{"article_id": "599760085", "sentence": "A leading Republican lawmaker is calling for investigations into alleged Russian cyberhacks during the US election despite President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated calls for warmer ties with Moscow. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and one of the chamber’s most experienced foreign policy hands, said the attempt by a foreign country to interfere with the US voting process needs better understanding and a vigorous response. “Assuming for a moment that we do believe that the Russian government was controlling outside organizations that hacked into our election, they should be punished,” Graham told reporters Tuesday. Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Graham added that, “Putin should be punished.” Graham, who wants the hearings to examine all Russia’s “misadventures throughout the world,” has the support of colleagues on both sides of the aisle. As other Republicans issued warnings about Russian activities, the hearings could become a source of tension between the GOP and the new President. “You could see, going forward, a Congress that’s really at loggerheads with the White House on policy toward Russia,” said Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University. Trump’s America Graham, who ran against Trump in the Republican primaries, admitted that “clearly Donald and me have issues.” But he added that he’ll do “everything I can to help him because he will be commander in chief in dangerous times.” Russia, Graham said, is a “bad actor.” To that end, Graham said hearings into Russia’s activities should also address Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and interference in Ukraine, its cyberattacks against US allies, and examine whether Russia is guilty of war crimes due to its intervention and bombing campaign in Syria. There have been splits on Russia in the past between Trump and fellow Republicans. GOP lawmakers have long called for the US to arm Ukrainian forces fighting Russian-backed rebels in the eastern part of the country. But the Trump campaign stripped that language from the Republican platform before the party’s national convention in July, angering some lawmakers. The intelligence assessment about Russian hacking during the election highlighted an even more dramatic split between Trump and many in his party. In an October 7 statement, the US intelligence community and the Department of Homeland Security announced they were “confident that the Russian Government directed” the theft of emails from US institutions including the Democratic National Committee and individuals, including Democratic campaign officials. Those emails were later leaked by groups such as WikiLeaks, DCLeaks.com and the online persona Guccifer 2.0. Yet during the campaign, Trump said he didn’t accept the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was behind the hack, suggesting instead that it “could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.” Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said early classified assessments he saw were inconclusive. Donald Trump’s team of bitter rivals “But do I personally think Russia’s somewhere in the mix? Yes.” Corker said he was “all for more fully understanding what happened” through hearings. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, the vice-presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket with Hillary Clinton, said the investigation would be well worth it. “It’s really important to know what a foreign government was trying to do to influence this election,” Kaine said. “Just the knowledge that it happened isn’t the same as knowing everything about how it happened,” Kaine said. “Knowing how it happened can help everybody protect themselves, a lot of insight can come from that. It can stop it from happening again.” In Russia, there’s a widespread sense that Trump’s election will bolster ties with the US, leading to better trade and economic relations and perhaps the easing of sanctions imposed after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Trump has repeatedly praised Putin as a strong leader and speaks of the need for better relations with Moscow. Putin was one of the earliest leaders to congratulate Trump on his victory, and has said he wants to improve relations with the US. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday “we should put as much faith in such statements as any other made by a former KGB agent who has plunged his country into tyranny, murdered his political opponents, invaded his neighbors, threatened America’s allies, and attempted to undermine America’s elections.” Graham urged Republicans not get sidetracked by the fact that the hacks may have helped their party. His fellow GOP lawmakers shouldn’t “let allegations against a foreign government interfering in our election process go unanswered because it may have been beneficial to our cause,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161117000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/politics/russia-congressional-hearing/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "722103835", "sentence": "A Las Vegas shooting survivor learns how to live again. A journey to where people live without roofs. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in. Here’s what you might have missed in a busy news week: Las Vegas shooting survivor Rachel Sheppard sustained injuries so bad, many said that she shouldn’t have survived. But she did. And she’s learning how to live again. The Trump administration’s latest reversal on TPS, or the “temporary protected status” of immigrants from countries such as El Salvador, has sent shock waves through communities where many of these people have settled. Gilma Ramirez is one of them. In the latest “This Could Be Awkward,” John Blake and Tawanda Scott Sambou explore the ways in which President Trump embodies the worst stereotypes that conservatives have invoked to describe affirmative action beneficiaries. Three months after Hurricane Maria, a CNN investigation shows tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have applied for temporary roofs but still have not received them. In a worldwide climate of increasing privatization, worsening discrimination and closed borders, cultural institutions have the opportunity to do what so many political ones can’t: Open their doors. Ana Ma, former chief operating officer of the Human Rights Campaign, writes that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has an opportunity to solidify a new course for corporate America – a moral, principled course where profit is not procured at the expense of people.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180113154500", "country1": "SLV", "country2": "PRI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/us/weekend-reads-january-13-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "707286472", "sentence": "Asgardia is the world's first \"space nation\". The concept is essentially a virtual nation, but wants to file for UN recognition. In fall 2017, it launched a satellite containing citizens' data as a way of cementing a physical presence in space for the first time. The world’s first “space nation” has taken flight. On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite. The “nanosat” – it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread – undertook a two-day journey from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the United States, to the International Space Station (ISS). It contains 0.5 TB of data belonging to 18,000 of Asgardia’s citizens, such as family photographs, as well as digital representations of the space nation’s flag, coat of arms and constitution. Russian scientist Dr Igor Ashurbeyli founded the world’s first independent nation to operate in outer space in October 2016. Named after a Norse mythological city of the skies, Asgardia is free to join and so far, about 114,000 people have signed up. Ashurbeyli says the project’s mission is to provide a “peaceful society”, offer easier access to space technologies, and protect Earth from space threats, such as asteroids and man-made debris in space. While Asgardia’s citizens will – for the time being – remain based on earth, the satellite launch brings the nation one step closer to space. Asgardia-1 made its journey to the ISS aboard the OA-8 Antares-Cygnus, a NASA commercial cargo vehicle. Now it must wait for about three weeks as vital supplies and scientific equipment are transferred from the NASA ship to the six people currently living at the ISS. The nanosat will then be detached from the NASA vehicle and begin its own orbital journey around the earth. Citizens’ data will remain in orbit for between five and 18 months, the typical lifespan of this type of satellite. It will then burn out and disappear. For Ashurbeyli, the launch fulfills a pledge he made when establishing the “space nation” to take its citizens to space via their data. “I promised there would be a launch,” he says. “We selected NASA as a reliable partner … because we have to meet the commitments that I made 13 months ago.” Within 40 hours of the project being announced in 2016, over 100,000 people had applied for citizenship on Asgardia’s website. After three weeks, Asgardia had 500,000 applicants. Anyone over 18 years old, with an email address, regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion, and financial standing can apply for citizenship – including ex-convicts, provided they are clear of charges at the time of application. Today, there are 114,000 Asgardians from 204 countries – a population drop from 211,000 in June, when voting to determine the details of Asgardia’s constitution began. Only those who agreed to adopt the finalized constitution are counted as Asgardians. Turkey currently has the largest number of Asgardians, with over 16,500 residents. Rayven Sin, an artist based in Hong Kong, told CNN that she signed up to become an Asgardian in November 2016 after hearing about it on a Chinese radio show while she was in Toronto. “I really want to be able to see if human beings are able to have more opportunity to express their opinions,” she told CNN. “The society we live in now – everything seems to be either capitalism or communism – there’s a lot of conflict. “As a human being, I would hope (to see) if we could have other ways (of living). For a better life, and for more options.” John Spiro, a digital marketing specialist who organizes a monthly meet-up for Hong Kong-based Asgardians, told CNN it was the possibility of sending personal data into space that excited him. “I help translate and preserve Buddhist sutras as a hobby and the symbolism of sending one of those religious texts in electronic form ‘up to the heavens’ seemed very nice.” Going forward, the Asgardia team hopes to create habitable platforms in low-earth orbits – the first one located 100 to 200 miles (161 to 321 kilometers) from space, which is also where the ISS is located. The first human flight to this location is projected to take place in eight years’ time. “We want to give equal opportunities to everyone who has a mind, who can do something, for their protection,” Ashurbeyli said. “Our real home is not the house or the city where we were born. (Our) home is planet Earth, (and) we want to protect it. “(It’s) not a fantasy. Going to Mars, the galactics, so on – that’s just fake. I intend something more real.” Further satellite launches are in the works but no dates have yet been confirmed. A 53-year-old rocket scientist, Ashurbeyli says he is single-handedly bankrolling the project – for a sum that’s undisclosed. Regularly reported to be a billionaire – although he has never appeared on the Forbes rich lists – the Azerbaijan-born Russian graduated from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in 1985, and three years later founded Socium, a software and consulting firm turned holding company with over 10,000 employees, according to his website. After moving to Moscow in the 1990s, he became a heavyweight in the science industry and, in 2010, was awarded the Russian State Science and Technology Prize. Three years later, he founded the Aerospace International Research Center (AIRC) in Vienna, and today he is chairman of UNESCO’s Science of Space committee. In short, Ashurbeyli is no beginner when it comes to space. He did, however, resign from all governmental organizations in 2011, according to his website, and now claims to be politically neutral. At a press conference in Hong Kong in June 2017, Ashurbeyli explained that Asgardia is a project he has been dreaming of since childhood. “I was interested in doing something unusual that nobody else was doing,” Ashurbeyli told CNN. “It was my dream to create an independent country.” That ambition became more concrete after Ashurbeyli gave a speech at a conference on space law at McGill University in Montreal in 2016, where he was inspired by a discussion about the laws governing murder, marriage and divorce in space. “I thought: ‘Why not organize a country?’ Not only for lawyers. But for technicians, for engineers, for every human … because he’s currently restricted by the laws of the country he was born in.” Currently space law is adhered to in the form of the Outer Space Treaty, signed by 103 countries including the US and Russia. Asgardia advocates for the creation of a new legal platform in space. One of Asgardia’s most ambitious plans is to gain UN membership. To achieve this, the UN’s Security Council must firstly approve Asgardia’s application to be considered a nation, then two-thirds of members of the General Assembly must vote for its admission. “A state has to have these characteristics: a permanent population; a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. And it must be recognized as a state by other states,” Joanne Gabrynowicz, a space law expert and professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology’s School of Law, tells CNN. Ashurbeyli plans for Asgardia to form a democratic government, as well as a Prosecutors Office, National Audit Office and the other governmental bodies. Governmental departments will be run by Asgardians in the locations they represent, while the administrative center will be in Vienna. These have not yet been formed. A parliamentary election will come first: Asgardians have until March 29 to submit their applications to become parliamentarians. After the election, governmental bodies will then be formed. When asked by CNN how Asgardia intends to provide peace to its citizens without a physical settlement, Ashurbeyli says the nation’s citizens can take advantage of their “dual citizenship”. “If I have problems on Earth, I’ll have my embassy from Asgardia. (It’s as if) you are a tourist, you can go to your embassy and they’ll try to help you.” Ashurbeyli does, however, recognize the multitude of issues that come with forming his own nation – let alone one based in space. “We have to be like a normal country. All countries have problems, and soon we will have the same problems,” he says. “But we will have more than normal countries because we are not on earth.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Asgardia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171116013000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/asgardia-satellite-launch/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "754877809", "sentence": "Defense Secretary James Mattis may have come to terms with President Donald Trump’s decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal, but he suggested the administration is still grappling with how to define US policy on countering Tehran following public calls for regime change from national security adviser John Bolton and Rudy Giuliani. Mattis sidestepped questions from lawmakers Wednesday about whether Bolton’s and Giuliani’s vocal support for regime change in Iran has directly influenced the current US strategy, but offered little indication that Trump and his top advisers have reached a consensus on the administration’s long-term vision. Related article Unbridled Trump storms global stage “Our problem with Iran is not with the Iranian people. It is with the regime. But I would let Mr. Bolton and Mr. Giuliani speak for themselves,” Mattis said, adding that he would prefer not to comment on the specific instances in which both men have pushed for regime change in the media. Specifically, lawmakers expressed concerns over an op-ed Bolton published in 2015 that advocated regime regime change and a speech by Giuliani, now Trump’s personal lawyer, just days before the President nixed the nuclear deal, that also endorsed the idea. “I think it’s the only way to peace in the Middle East. It’s more important than an Israeli-Palestinian deal,” Giuliani said about regime change for Iran. Mattis himself has long pushed for a more aggressive strategy toward Tehran and in 2016 called Iran “the single most enduring threat to stability and peace in the Middle East.” But unlike Bolton, Mattis consistently advised Trump to remain in the nuclear agreement, arguing – along with former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson – that it was in the national security interests of the US to do so “if we can confirm that Iran is living by the agreement.” During a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee last October, Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, asked Mattis: “Do you believe it is in our national security interest at the present time to remain in the (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)? That is a yes or no question.” Mattis replied, “Yes, senator, I do.” “I believe at this point in time absent indications to the contrary, it is something the President should consider staying with,” Mattis added at the time. Related article Mattis jokes to Bolton: 'I heard you're actually the devil incarnate' However, leading up to Tuesday’s announcement, Mattis – now without the support of Tillerson or former national security adviser H.R. McMaster – all but stopped answering questions in public related to withdrawing from the deal. And last week he declined to say whether he was incorporating the views of the United Kingdom, France and the United Nations nuclear watchdog charged with enforcing the Iran nuclear deal into to his discussions with Trump, telling reporters that he owed the President “a certain amount of confidentiality.” While Mattis has previously sided with officials, like Tillerson, who cautioned against scrapping the agreement, a person familiar with the dynamics told CNN that he knew he was outgunned this time around given the recent overhaul atop Trump’s national security team. According to this source, Mattis did not advocate remaining in the agreement in the weeks leading up to the announcement, knowing full well that Trump would withdraw. Related article Surrounded by hawks, Mattis digs in amid Trump admin chaos “This took us over a year as we dealt with it on the inter-agency … you saw it was not a hasty decision immediately after inauguration and I can assure you that the chairman and I were given full hearing,” Mattis said on Wednesday, testifying alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford. “{The President} got to a point where he just did not see that this was in our best interest to continue. It had to do with all the other things that Iran is certainly doing … so all of this had to be mixed together, and to separate out what the chairman’s or my advice was on our area, it had to be leavened with foreign policy concerns out of State, intel assessments of where they’re at today and where they’re going,” he said. Despite Trump’s decision to leave the deal, Mattis said Wednesday that the US remains in a place where it can work with allies to address some of its “shortcomings and make it more compelling.” “We will continue to work alongside our allies and partners to ensure that Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon. We’ll work with others to address the range of Iran’s malign influence. This administration remains committed to putting the safety, interests and well-being of our citizens first,” he said. Mattis reassured lawmakers that the decision to leave the deal was made with the full consideration of all the related agencies but he also indicated that there is daylight between what Bolton and Giuliani have publicly said about regime change and official US policy. Related article James Mattis woos John Bolton with breakfast club invite While subtle, the suggestion of a split between two of Trump’s most influential national security advisers  has done little to temper speculation that Mattis remains more isolated than ever amid a shifting power dynamic around the President that now includes the freewheeling Giuliani, in addition to Bolton. Mattis has done his best to downplay notions that he is concerned about working with Bolton, previously saying that he looked forward to working with the former UN ambassador and he hoped the two men held “different worldviews” to avoid “group think.” And while Mattis hopes to reconstruct the dynamic he had with Tillerson by informally meeting with Bolton and newly minted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a regular basis, early indications are it is unlikely that they will defer to the defense secretary in the same way Tillerson once did. Related article Trump is now as sick of Rudy Giuliani as he is of everybody else One source close to the White House told CNN that going forward, any potential conflict is likely to stem from the fact that the power dynamic is no longer heavily weighted in Mattis’ favor, and situations will likely arise in which he will be forced to “share the porch” with other strong personalities whose views may conflict with his own. Those differences manifested themselves this week when Trump announced – despite past advice from Mattis – that the US is leaving the Iran deal. In Tuesday’s speech – which one senior White House official told CNN was heavily influenced by Bolton – Trump said he would initiate new sanctions on the regime, crippling the touchstone agreement negotiated by his predecessor. Trump said any country that helps Iran obtain nuclear weapons would also be “strongly sanctioned.” Bolton’s hard-edged, hawkish reputation on Iran, coupled with his rising profile within the administration, has prompted some to wonder whether he will support Trump on extreme policy initiatives even if they are opposed by Mattis. Related article Everything that scrapping the Iran deal says about Donald Trump On Wednesday, Mattis was asked about another op-ed published by Bolton prior to joining the administration titled “To stop Iran’s bomb, bomb Iran,” a proposal for using military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. “Following the experience in Iraq, can the Department of Defense be confident that such an action would be limited to airstrikes and avoid another ground war involving US troops in the Middle East?” asked Democratic Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico. “I’ve had numerous conversations in the last two or three weeks with Mr. Bolton. This issue as categorized in this article has not even arisen. There is, as we all recognize, a sobering aspect of being in the positions he and I occupy,” Mattis responded. CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Ryan Browne contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US administration's Iran policy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180510194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/politics/mattis-iran-deal-bolton-giuliani/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "559671476", "sentence": "They’ve danced suspended from the side of skyscrapers and performed on rock cliffs more than 2,700 feet up in the air – but they don’t want to be called daredevils. California-based dance company, BANDALOOP, have turned dancing as you know it upside down and sideways. We sent a dancer through the streets of Hong Kong. Here's what happened For more than twenty years their stage has been the side of buildings, bridges, cliffs and billboards and their warm-ups something more akin to rock climbing as the group have performed for audiences around the world. “We’re not daredevils, we just like to celebrate the human spirit,” Amelia Rudolph, BANDALOOP’s founder and artistic director, says. “Especially in today’s world, where there are so many sad things happening, I think it’s really important to do something that instills a feeling of possibility,” she continues. The group’s eclectic style of dance draws on abseiling and trapeze to challenge preconceptions of what is physically possible and reconsider the way gravity and movement interact. Indeed, to be able to keep their bodies perpendicular to the sideways stages, the dancers rely on rock climbing technology – and exceptionally strong abdominal muscles. Yet while the company included both climbers and dancers when it was founded in 1991, today, most performers are modern dancers. “It’s much easier to teach a dancer to climb than a climber to dance,” says 52-year-old Rudolph, who still dances vertically for a living. “The truth is it’s easier on your joints than normal dancing,” she says. But it’s not just bodily joints that need attention. Apart from the direct challenges posed by performing sideways, vertical dancers also have to take caution not to land on surfaces like delicate windows. “Most dancers take smooth and flat dance floors for granted, while ours consist of windows, ledges and other architectural features,” Rudolph says. BANDALOOP looks for opportunities to dance on structures that are themselves works of art. Every time the group performs they adjust the choreography to site-specific characteristics. They hope to one day dance on the side of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao – a spectacular titanium building with reflective curled walls designed by Frank Gehry, to challenge the connections between art and architecture. They’ve already danced in more than 100 different sites around the world, including mountaintops in the Himalayas and Yosemite national park. To get to the latter they first had to climb for six days and five nights, before they reached their dance destination on the top of El Capitan. Although Amelia doesn’t necessarily like how audiences watch BANDALOOP with a nervous type of excitement, she says that it is that “triggered space” that makes the performance so impactful and emotional to watch. “In that triggered space the audience is drawn into the experience and they’re feeling what we are feeling as we are flying through the air. I think it pulls them out of their everyday life,” says Rudolph.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "BANDALOOP", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160714041500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "HKG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/arts/bandaloop-vertical-dance/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "685904226", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: David Davis is UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The opinions in this article belong to the author. It’s more than two years since I last visited Washington DC. Since then, there has been tremendous political and economic change on both sides of the Atlantic. It is imperative that we now work together, as the closest of friends, to deliver a solution that works for both of our great continents. The UK’s decision to leave the European Union surprised much of the establishment. But it allows us an unprecedented chance to take control of the important issues that govern Britain’s society and economy. From designing an immigration system that addresses the concerns of ordinary working people and fits the needs of business to ensuring we have regulation more tailored to the UK economy rather than the needs of 28 different economies, leaving the EU provides us with a large opportunity. For the first time in over 40 years, we’ll have the freedom to strike our own trade deals and deepen key relationships with old allies, including our closest ally, the US. Brexit is not about Britain stepping back from the world, but jumping into the new opportunities it presents. Outside of the EU, Britain will be nimbler, more open to innovation and technological change, at the same time as driving up global standards. Using our might as the world’s fifth largest economy – we can become a true champion of free trade. That should be in the interests of our close neighbours in Europe, as well as more far-reaching parts of the world. From the very start of this process we’ve been clear that pursuing a new path will not come at the expense of our relationship with Europe. Our growth and prosperity will come alongside that of Europe, not instead of it. Yesterday I completed the third round of negotiations to deliver a new partnership with the EU. It was constructive, but as I made clear, if we are to get the right deal we will need more flexibility. That deal is in both of our interests because after we’ve left, the UK will continue to buy Europe’s goods and services, sell them ours, and our citizens will continue to travel, live and work across the continent. It will address the unique circumstances around the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland – making sure there is no hard border, and the Belfast (“Good Friday”) Agreement is upheld in every way. And it will also underline our continued cooperation with the EU on foreign affairs, and combating crime and terrorism. We also want a new free trade agreement with the EU that allows for the freest possible trade in European goods and services between Britain and the EU’s member states. It should give companies operating in the UK the maximum freedom to trade with and operate within European markets – and let European businesses do the same in Britain. This is a deal of global economic importance which is in the shared interests of the UK and the EU. In 2016, while the UK exported £241 billion worth of goods and services to the EU, the UK imported £312 billion worth of goods and services from the EU. The progress made this week at the formal negotiations means I’m hopeful we can start talking soon about a trade deal with the EU in the near future. A successful economic relationship in Europe is in the interests of the US as well. Britain and America have the closest defense relationship in the world, but it’s often overlooked that we are each other’s single largest foreign investors, supporting 2.2 million jobs. Related article UK's Theresa May doubles down on plan to run for 2022 elections An example of this is UK company JCB Ltd – which manufactures machinery in both Savannah, Georgia, and Derbyshire in England, and recently confirmed one of the biggest single orders in its 71-year-old history to the US Army. American corporations have invested nearly $600 billion in the UK, and there are many US subsidiaries in other EU member states doing business in Britain. As the world’s largest economic power and the world’s fifth, together we can drive domestic and global growth. In my speech today to business leaders at the US Chamber of Commerce, I’ll outline how Brexit creates a huge opportunity for increasing liberalisation in services, improving standards around the world for workers and consumers, and through better harnessing technological developments. I make no apologies for being ambitious for Britain, and the role it can play in the world once we leave the EU. Because after we leave we can be a truly global Britain, competing on the world stage and a real champion for free trade. And if we embark on that path together, with our American friends, there could be a very exciting future for us all.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Brexit", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170901104500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/01/opinions/uk-us-brexit-david-davis-oped/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "694653774", "sentence": "Trump on Monday struck a unifying sentiment during his White House address \"Our unity cannot be shattered by evil, our bonds cannot be broken by violence,\" Trump said President Donald Trump begins two days of consolation on Tuesday, traveling to storm-battered Puerto Rico before making his way to Las Vegas to view a different type of wreckage at the site of the deadliest shooting in modern US history. It’s the most concentrated stretch of presidential comforting to occur during Trump’s tenure, which has been marked more by stoking of divisions than displays of empathy. Nevertheless, Trump on Monday hewed to presidential precedent, striking a unifying sentiment during a solemn address at the White House. “Our unity cannot be shattered by evil, our bonds cannot be broken by violence,” Trump said. “And though we feel such great anger at the senseless murder of our fellow citizens, it is our love that defines us today – and always will, forever.” Related article 58 killed, 515 hurt in Las Vegas Strip massacre His aides expect the two-day stretch to prove emotionally taxing for the President, who has yet to confront the type of devastation seen in Puerto Rico or Las Vegas since taking office in January. White House officials initially considered canceling his trip to Puerto Rico after the Nevada shooting but ultimately determined he should still travel there. During dark national moments, US presidents often turn away from divisive political rhetoric in a bid to console Americans and project a sense that the country’s citizens share a common bond. Sometimes that includes delivering eulogies or attending memorial services for victims, or assessing damage after a major natural disaster. Comforting Americans at what is often the worst moment of their life is a skill that takes time for presidents to develop, and exacts an emotional toll, past holders of the job say. Trump has assumed the task at various moments during his first eight months in office. But his trips on Tuesday and Wednesday amount to the weightiest tests yet of his ability to project both sadness and resolve, and a gauge of his willingness to drop the bombastic political rhetoric that he’s injected into nearly every situation since becoming president. Trump landed in Puerto Rico having provoked a spat with the mayor of the island’s capital city over disaster relief efforts, which the President insists are proceeding without fail. He repeated his praise of the federal recovery operation on Monday. “We are going to be seeing all of the first responders, the military, FEMA, and frankly, most importantly, we are going to be seeing the people of Puerto Rico,” Trump said in the Oval Office ahead of talks with the Thai prime minister. “It’s been amazing what’s been done in a very short period of time on Puerto Rico. There’s never been a piece of land that we’ve known that was so devastated.” The US territory remains debilitated following the hurricane, with water and fuel still scarce and the majority of the island without power. Trump reacted harshly over the weekend to comments from San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz suggesting the island was still lacking in robust federal aid. “Such poor leadership ability by the mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help,” Trump tweeted on Saturday morning. “They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort.” Other administration officials suggested Cruz had refused invitations to participate in FEMA briefings, opting instead to appear on television. The mayor, in turn, insisted in an interview with CNN that she would not be distracted by “small comments, by politics, by petty issues.” The pair agreed to meet, however, early Tuesday. “Well I think she’s come back a long way,” Trump said before he left for Puerto Rico. “I think it’s now acknowledged what a great job we’ve done. And people are looking at that. In Texas and in Florida, we get an A-plus. I think we’ve done just as good in Puerto Rico and it’s actually a much tougher situation … Whether it’s her or anybody else, they’re all starting to say it.” Related article Puerto Rico's nightmare recovery The sour public dispute reflected a sharp break from how past presidents have reacted to criticism of their attentiveness during a natural disaster. President George W. Bush was excoriated for his response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which included what in retrospect was misplaced praise for his FEMA director. “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job,” Bush told then-FEMA chief Michael Brown. But Bush did not lash out at infuriated local officials when they pleaded with the federal government for more assistance. In responding to a series of hurricanes that made landfall in the United States, Trump and his aides have been cognizant of avoiding the pitfalls faced by predecessors in dealing with natural disasters. Trump made quick visits to Texas and Florida after storms damaged parts of those states and sought to project a display of federal competence. He was cautious about appearing overly valedictory before the full scope of the recovery could be gauged. In Puerto Rico, however, the President has shown little regard for presidential custom. Aside from his fight with San Juan’s mayor, Trump has openly lauded his government’s response, despite the evident shortfalls on the island. “We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico,” he tweeted this weekend. “Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates, people are now starting to recognize the amazing work that has been done by FEMA and our great Military.” We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates,... Trump on Tuesday is meeting with local officials about the recovery efforts and view damaged areas of the island. “I expect the focus to be on the recovery efforts, which we’re fully committed to,” Sanders said. “The top priority for the federal government is certainly to protect the lives and the safety of those in affected areas, and provide life-sustaining services as we work together to rebuild their lives.” In Las Vegas on Wednesday, Trump confronts a separate tragedy after a gunman rained bullets on a country music festival, killing more than 50. He announced he would travel there during his morning statement from the White House. “It’s a very sad moment for me, for everybody,” Trump said. “For everybody, no matter where you are, no matter what your thought process, this is a very, very sad day.” Presidents have confronted American mass shootings differently as they have become more common over the past two decades. President Barack Obama, over the course of his two terms, evolved from expressing feelings of sadness and anger, to resolve at enacting new gun controls, to – at the end of his tenure – resignation that the country’s political leaders lacked the will to make meaningful changes. Speaking at a eulogy for a slain pastor after the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting, Obama broke into strains of “Amazing Grace” – a raw display of emotion that encapsulated the country’s grief. Trump has yet to demonstrate that type of sentiment as president. Trump’s first public remarks about the Las Vegas shooting were uncharacteristically subdued. He initially did not speak about the gunman, who authorities identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, though he referred to him on Tuesday as a “very, very sick individual.” And he avoided discussion of gun control, even as Democrats and activists insisted lawmakers in Washington confront again the widespread availability of assault weapons. He didn’t answer reporters’ questions on Tuesday about whether the shooting was an act of domestic terrorism. Instead, Trump has used broader language to acknowledge the anxiety and senselessness surrounding the attack. “Even the most terrible despair can be illuminated by a single ray of hope,” he said Monday. It was a different tone from the one Trump adopted after mass shootings that occurred while he was running for president last year. After gun attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Orlando, Trump used the moment to harden his position on radical Islamic terrorism. Related article Las Vegas massacre reignites debate over the meaning of 'domestic terrorism' Unlike the San Bernardino or Orlando incidents – both carried out by Muslim-Americans – the perpetrator of the Las Vegas shooting was an older white male. At the White House on Monday, Sanders said it was too early to determine whether the incident amounted to domestic terrorism. And she ascribed Trump’s more muted tone after Las Vegas to his elevated standing. “I think there’s a difference between being a candidate and being the President,” she said. CNN’s Elizabeth Landers contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171003054500", "country1": "PRI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/trump-puerto-rico-las-vegas/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "519977212", "sentence": "Ex-Putin aide Mikhail Lesin was found dead in a hotel room He died of 'blunt force', officials say, following an autopsy A former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin died of blunt force injuries to the head, officials said Thursday. Mikhail Lesin, 57, also sustained injuries to his neck, torso, arms and legs, a statement from Washington D.C.’s Medical Examiner’s Office said. Dustin Sternbeck, the D.C. police department’s chief spokesman, told the Washington Post that the case remains under investigation. He would not say whether the medical examiner’s ruling means a crime may have been committed. “We’re not willing to close off anything at this point,” Sternbeck said. In a mystery that sounds plucked from a cold war spy novel, Lesin was found dead inside a Washington, D.C. hotel room in November last year. The Russian millionaire was a long time advisor to President Vladimir Putin and the one-time head of media affairs. He became head of Gazprom Media in 2013 but resigned the following year. The holding company controls several popular television channels and other media outlets. The cult of Putin One U.S. senator called him the country’s top censor and asked that he be investigated for money laundering.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mikhail Lesin", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160311040000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/10/europe/russia-mikhail-lesin-death/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "701441255", "sentence": "Tillerson traveled to the Gulf and Iraq In Switzerland, the top US diplomat held talks on Syria Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s to-do list for the Middle East is not getting any shorter. The top US diplomat outlined a series of US priorities and concerns in a briefing with reporters as he ended a six-day trip to the Middle East, South Asia and Europe. Tillerson touched on US concerns about strife between Iraq and separatist-minded Kurds that could undermine the fight against ISIS; the need for Iraq to remain focused on defeating the terrorist group; the squabbling between America’s allies in the Gulf; and Iran’s influence in Syria and Iraq. He also offered a glimpse into US efforts to improve relationships among its Middle East allies, one possible key to containing Iran’s influence in the region. Related article Tillerson makes surprise visit to Iraq following ISIS defeats The lengthy list was a reminder that despite President Donald Trump’s campaign declarations that the US can no longer afford to be the world’s policeman, the Middle East inevitably pulls every administration into its orbit and issues. Tillerson gave a nod to threading that needle, saying that the US will continue its leadership role, but – like the administration before it – the Trump White House will call on other countries to do more. “The US remains committed to providing leadership in every region of the world,” Tillerson said at the end of travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, India and Switzerland. “And as we lead, we will continue to ask more of others to take up their responsible roles as well, so that they can ultimately provide for their own people and uphold their own sovereignty,” the top US diplomat continued. “As we do, we will provide greater security and prosperity for the American people.” Tillerson spoke in Switzerland, where he met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy on Syria. There, Tillerson said that with ISIS “on the brink” of defeat, the US wants to see the war torn country turn to political negotiations about a future that eventually does not include its leader. Related article US military: Kurdish-Iraqi clashes undermining ISIS fight “As we have said many times before, the US wants a whole and unified Syria with no role of Bashar al-Assad in the government,” Tillerson said. Referring to the Obama administration’s early declaration that “Assad must go,” Tillerson said that, “when this administration came into office we took a view that it is not a prerequisite that Assad go” before a political process starts. “Rather, the mechanism by which Assad departs will likely emerge from that process,” he said. Asked about the view that Syria has been a victory for Tehran, because it has kept Assad in power and maintained its hold on a country strategically important to it, Tillerson framed his answer in terms of the fight against ISIS. “Iran has not particularly been successful in liberating areas,” he said, praising the Russian government and the anti-ISIS coalition for successes. “So I don’t think that Iran should be given credit for the defeat of ISIS in any way in Syria, rather I think they have somewhat taken advantage of the situation with their presence there.” Tillerson also touched on Iran’s ties to Iraq. The long border and centuries long connections between the two neighbors means “we are not going to eliminate all contact between those two countries. There are legitimate contacts that should continue, economic, trade, things like that,” Tillerson said. Related article 'Fully intact' Tillerson talks Trump, North Korea and Iran But he indicated that the US would like to see more distance between the Iraqi government and Iran. “What we’re saying to Iraq is you must develop the capacity to stand on your own and resist that influence,” Tillerson said. In its place, he indicated, the US would like to see a closer relationship between Iraq and countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, that are close US allies as well. “There has been more than three decades of isolation almost between Iraq and the GCC countries,” Tillerson said, Iraq and the Gulf countries share a common culture and ethnicity, Tillerson suggested. “These are all the same people. Iraqis are Arab. Iraqis are not Persian,” he said. The US has strongly supported recent overtures between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. “We’ve worked hard to facilitate and encourage that,” Tillerson said, describing the Saudi and Kuwaiti commitment to helping with Iraq reconstruction. Related article Nikki Haley issues stern warning in South Sudan “It is important to facilitate Iraq again standing on its own, that it doesn’t have to only look to the east,” where Iran sits, Tillerson said. “It has important partners, security partners and more importantly, economic partners to the south, and I think this is how we strengthen Iraq as an independent country and they can make their own decisions then.” Referring to a recent meeting between Iraq and GCC members in Saudi Arabia, Tillerson said the US is “glad to see expanding connections between Iraq and its neighbors.” The efforts to pull Iraq farther away from Iran have been complicated by a dispute within the GCC, with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and others accusing Qatar of supporting terrorism. “The US remains troubled and concerned about the far-reaching consequences of the Gulf dispute,” Tillerson said. “Our message is clear, the GCC is strongest when it is united.” And tensions within Iraq, between the central government and Kurds who have pushed for independence in the north, are another concern. “We are disappointed the parties have not yet been able to reach an entirely peaceful resolution over recent tensions,” Tillerson said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States Middle East policy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171026231500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/tillerson-middle-east-concerns-goals/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "721856108", "sentence": "John Michael Bradford was evacuated from his home outside New Orleans for months One of the people evacuated with Bradford was musician \"Big Sam\" Williams 2017 swept into the record books as the most destructive hurricane season in US history. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria forced millions to evacuate, leaving families from Texas to Puerto Rico fearing that they might never see their homes again. It’s a feeling that’s only too familiar to Louisiana native John Michael Bradford – and one he will never forget. “I just cried so much,” Bradford said, recalling the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. “It was definitely traumatic, not knowing what was going to happen. We’d see the news every day, all the craziness happening. Our friends are losing homes. It’s just hard.” It was especially hard for Bradford, who was a young boy when Katrina hit. “I was about 7 or 8 years old, waking up on a Saturday morning, and suddenly my parents turn on the news, and they said we have to evacuate.” Bradford, with his family and some friends, evacuated from the New Orleans suburb of Metairie to a friend’s house in San Antonio, Texas. Despite the cramped living conditions, Bradford’s family tried to keep things as normal as possible. Bradford was enrolled in a new school but found that he wasn’t ready for the change. “I couldn’t bear being in another school. I couldn’t mentally focus,” Bradford said. It was a family friend, Sam Williams, who gave Bradford his first real sense of home. Williams, his girlfriend and her younger brother had evacuated with Bradford and his family to San Antonio. Williams and Bradford didn’t know each other before Katrina forced them into the same house. But Williams had something that piqued Bradford’s interest: a trombone. “Sam was the first time I had been around a trombone, and his sound is so big and warm,” Bradford recalled. “It really made me feel good to hear music and that New Orleans funky style.” Williams is the front man and trombonist for the “NOLAdelic PowerFunk” band Big Sam’s Funky Nation. It was music that gave Bradford not only the comfort of home but a sense of purpose. “I gravitated towards him. I wanted to be like Sam.” Bradford and Williams spent a couple of months together in Texas before heading back to their respective homes in the New Orleans area. But Bradford was coming back a changed person with his heart set on one thing: playing music. “For a year and a half, I kept asking my parents for a trombone. Then, for Christmas, my grandfather gave me his high school trumpet. Immediately, I was able to play.” Born with natural musical ability and living in the birthplace of jazz, Bradford took up the trumpet and never looked back. Williams started inviting Bradford to play with Big Sam’s Funky Nation, and eventually other seasoned New Orleans musicians took notice of Bradford, as well. “I was invited to play in Jackson Square with all the older musicians,” Bradford said. “They pushed me in front of the audience and made me be the leader. I’m the youngest person there, but they pushed me to be a leader.” Bradford’s musical gift has now taken him from the streets of New Orleans to performance halls around the world, playing shows in Japan, in Sweden, at Carnegie Hall in New York, even at the Grammys. His first album, “Something Old, Something New,” came out last year, and he’s studying at the Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship. Even though Bradford feels that music was his “destiny,” he credits his evacuation experience with Williams during Katrina for putting him on his current path. It was surviving that trauma that steered him toward a new life. It’s a story he hopes will inspire those affected by disasters everywhere. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. “I always think back to Katrina. I always think back to Sam and about those times when I just dreamed about being a musician. Now that I’m doing it and seeing that people really love what I’m doing, I can’t even explain how it makes me feel. “For me, it was a tragedy turned into a blessing,” Bradford said. “I think music can turn a tragedy into something that’s beautiful because it can touch so many people. It’s universal.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hurricane Katrina", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180112153000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/health/turning-points-john-michael-bradford-hurricane-katrina-musician/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "667339146", "sentence": "Prime Minister Theresa May will present the offer to Parliament next week EU citizens living in the UK for five years or more will get the rights of British citizens In a Brexit divorce deal offering, British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday said European Union citizens will be given the opportunity to stay in the United Kingdom after it leaves the EU. May and other European officials are meeting in Brussels, Belgium, to begin negotiations for a UK exit from the EU after the country voted last year to leave. Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty outlines the voluntary departure. Under the British proposal, any EU citizen living in the UK for five years or more by a yet-to-be specified cutoff date would be granted UK “settled status,” giving them the same rights as British citizens to health care, education, welfare and pensions Related video Was the Queen's hat an anti-Brexit message? EU citizens living in the country for less than five years could potentially stay and obtain residency status after reaching the five-year mark. “The UK’s position represents a fair and serious offer,” May told EU leaders in Brussels. “One aimed at giving as much certainty as possible to citizens who have settled in the UK, building careers and lives and contributing so much to our society.” What Article 50 actually says May’s offer will be put forth before Parliament next week. Speaking to journalists on Thursday night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says May’s EU citizens’ rights proposal is a “good start,” but there will be many other questions to be discussed. The June 2016 Brexit vote in the hotly contested referendum exposed deep division across the country. Related article Brexit: 50 things the UK needs to do after triggering Article 50 Earlier this year, the UK government formally served divorce papers on the EU, marking the beginning of the end of a relationship that has endured for 44 years. May confirmed then that UK had triggered Article 50, beginning the legal process that must end in two years’ time with Britain leaving the EU. Brexit letter that officially triggered UK withdrawal from the European Union. The UK must work out a number of issues after triggering Article 50 – including trade, migration, education and health care. Even if some terms of divorce are not settled, the UK will fall out of the union on March 29, 2019. They can split earlier if both parties agree. CNN’s Sebastian Shukla reported from Brussels. CNN’s Laura Goehler and Milena Veselinovic contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "British Prime Minister Theresa May", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170623003000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/europe/theresa-may-brexit-rights/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "658090125", "sentence": "The push comes as North Korea ramps up its nuclear and missile testing The country has stated a goal of developing a long-range nuclear missile that can hit US soil The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee plans to call for a $2.1 billion boost to the US military in the Pacific region to bolster it against threats from North Korea and China. Texas Republican Mac Thornberry will introduce a bill this week that would provide $1 billion in munitions and $1 billion for missile defense, including more interceptors for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, in the Pacific, according to a summary of the legislation obtained by CNN. The measure would also include $100 million for joint exercises with US allies in the Pacific and would require maintaining a combat aviation brigade in South Korea for responding to any military provocation from Pyongyang. Trump: South Korea should pay for $1B missile defense system In an interview, Thornberry said his goal was “to put specific dollars” into the US military in the Pacific, “so that it’s not just words, but it’s capability that backs it up.” Thornberry’s bill is one of several efforts underway in Congress to address shortfalls that US Pacific Command has detailed, including munitions, submarines, missile defense capabilities and manpower. The push to direct new resources to the Pacific region comes as North Korea ramps up its nuclear and missile testing – with a stated goal of developing a long-range nuclear missile that can hit US soil. Pyongyang launched its second medium-range missile test in less than a week Sunday. Earlier this year, Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain introduced his own effort, called the Asia Pacific Stability Initiative, which would add $7.5 billion to the US military budget for the region over the next five years. Defense Secretary James Mattis has expressed support for the concept, and the Pentagon will formally endorse McCain’s fund in its upcoming budget, which is being released Tuesday, according to two US officials. The budget won’t include a major funding contribution like McCain is seeking, according to one of the officials, but it will lay the groundwork to ramp up the funding the following year. Lawmakers on the defense committees say the threat from North Korea has not necessarily changed in recent weeks, but Kim Jong Un’s aggressive pursuit of a long-range nuclear missile has crystallized the threat for many in Congress, as well as the public. “It makes it easier for those members who have a tendency to focus on Europe and the Middle East to remember that we have to keep our eye on” the Pacific, Hawaii Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz told CNN. The focus on the Pacific also comes as US allies in the Pacific remain wary of the Trump administration and President Donald Trump’s previous comments that he might not be committed to the security of allies in the region – such as when he suggested South Korea should pay for the US deployment of THAAD. Mattis has tried to foster that reassurance among Asia-Pacific allies, however, and his first trip as Defense secretary was to the Pacific. Navy Adm. Harry Harris, head of US Pacific Command, has provided a lengthy road map for Congress to provide him more capabilities. At recent congressional hearings, Harris said he has only half the number of attack submarines he’d like in the region, he would want more missile interceptors, including deployed to Hawaii, to guard against potential missile threats from North Korea. Harris also agreed with concerns expressed by Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono about manpower cuts to the Pacific Command headquarters as part of Defense Department-wide reductions. “We all should seek efficiencies where we can, but I’m not supportive of the idea of salami slicing either,” Harris said. Pacific Command has lost more than 100 officials as part of a 20% reduction mandated by former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and along with US Forces Korea will be reduced by another 50 staffers, according to Pacific Command documents provided to Congress and obtained by CNN. The Obama administration had also called for refocusing its attention to the Asia-Pacific region – the Pacific pivot, as it was known – but many Republican critics say the pivot never materialized, as the military had to keep efforts focused on ISIS and the war in Afghanistan. The Pacific push from McCain and Thornberry, who both lead the annual defense authorization bill that sets Pentagon policy, is in fact modeled after an Obama-era effort: the European Reassurance Initiative. That was a fund that has added billions to the Pentagon budget to bolster the US military in eastern Europe following Russia’s invasion of Crimea. It was funded as part of the military’s war budget – which is not subject to the budget caps that have constrained federal spending. Thornberry said that his legislation is as much about deterring China and its actions in the South China Sea as it is about North Korea, but he’s felt a new sense of urgency over North Korea’s recent missile tests. “I was surprised at how often people would come up and not just ask about North Korea, but have a real sense of concern or anxiety about North Korea,” Thornberry said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military presence in the Pacific region", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170523010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/mac-thornberry-congress-military-pacific/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "549200703", "sentence": "Trump also emphasized that as president he will work to \"make America great again for all Americans\" The remarks come amid a sustained barrage of criticism over his comments accusing an Indiana-born federal judge Donald Trump, who ignited an uproar by attacking a judge as biased on the basis of his Mexican heritage, said Friday in a speech to evangelical voters that he believes “no one should be judged by their race or their color.” “Freedom of any kind means no one should be judged by their race or their color and the tone of his hue – should not be judged that way,” Trump said as he read from prepared remarks while speaking in Washington. “Right now, we have a very divided nation. We’re going to bring our nation together.” Trump, who typically doesn’t address racial harmony in his public appearances, also emphasized in his speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition “Road to Majority” Conference that as president he will work to “make America great again for all Americans.” “We will work together to rebuild and restore and lift up everyone – not a certain group, everyone,” Trump said. The remarks come amid a sustained barrage of criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike over his comments accusing an Indiana-born federal judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University of being inherently biased against him due to his Mexican heritage. Facing criticism from powerful Republicans – including House Speaker Paul Ryan, who this week called Trump’s comments the “textbook definition of a racist comment” – Trump on Tuesday issued a statement saying his comments had been “misconstrued.” Some Republicans have called on Trump to go further and apologize for his comments – calls Trump, never one to back down, has resisted. Still, Trump’s remarks Friday point to a new understanding on Trump’s part of his need to adjust his rhetoric and walk back his comments about the judge, Gonzalo Curiel. On Monday, Trump showed signs that he was softening his position in an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. “I don’t care if the judge is Mexican or not,” Trump told O’Reilly. “All I want him to do is give me a fair shake.” Speaking later Friday at a campaign event in Richmond, Virginia, Trump suggested an update to his famous campaign slogan. “Make America great again – I’m adding, ‘for everyone,’ because it’s really going to be for everyone, it’s not going to be for a group of people.” He added, “I am the least racist person, the least racist person that you’ve ever seen.” Trump’s speech to the key group of socially conservative evangelical Christians comes as the presumptive GOP nominee is still working to rally the Republican Party around his candidacy. But Trump on Friday worked in earnest to unify Republicans around his campaign, ticking down a list of cookie-cutter conservative policy positions, including pledging to protect religious liberty, appointing anti-abortion judges and abolishing Obamacare. The billionaire also homed in on another point of unity among conservatives: bashing Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee. Speaking moments after Clinton wrapped up a speech in which she lambasted Trump’s positions on women’s issues, Trump reamed Clinton on her policy positions and raised controversies swirling around the Democrat. Trump accused Clinton of using a private email server during her time as secretary of state in order to “hide her corrupt dealings.” He claimed Clinton will “appoint radical judges” to the Supreme Court “who will legislate from the bench, overriding Congress, and I’ll tell you, the will of the people will mean nothing.” He said Clinton’s “Wall Street agenda will crush working families.” And he brought up news reports about a Clinton donor who received a top spot on a State Department intelligence board during the former secretary of state’s tenure. “This position dealt with tactical nuclear weapons and he had Top Secret clearance,” Trump said. “And he knew nothing about it.” Trump is slated to delve deeper into those controversies and to raise scandals that have plagued the Clintons since the ’90s in a speech Monday in New Hampshire. CNN’s Betsy Klein and Rachel Chason contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160610193000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/10/politics/donald-trump-race-comments-faith-and-freedom/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "694726163", "sentence": "The global surfing industry brings in approximately $50 billion dollars a year Africa has the potential to be the world's next top surfing destination. A recent study estimates the global surfing industry pulls in around $50 billion dollars a year, and some African countries are keen to tap into this economic growth. Although the surfing industry on the continent is still relatively young, with a coastline of over 19,000 miles, it has the potential to become the world’s next top surfing destination. Africa’s surf spots have become an attraction to surfers who desire less crowded waves, with South Africa leading the charge. With a variety of waves and a relatively developed surf culture, South Africa is a huge attraction for surf tourists around the world. One of its many surf spots, Jeffery’s Bay, is ranked as one of the top 10 surfing spots in the world with a swell consistency of 96% and an average swell height of 12ft. South Africa’s 2,000 kilometres of waves and relatively warm weather conditions have earned it the tag of “surfers paradise.” However, shark attacks have been known to stop some surfing activities. The country has a reputation of having the world’s third highest shark attack rate with a total of 790 incidents since 1900. Although the surfing scene in Ghana is still relatively small, its uncrowded 550 kilometres of coastline, is an attraction to tourists around the world. There are many surf spots in the country, however, the small fishing village of Busua, west of Takoradi, has slowly becoming the country’s surfing capital. Surf camps, schools, shops and the likes are springing up across the village. Only a handful of surfers in Ghana are locals with most being tourists from around the world. Related article Could waves become the next big renewable energy source? Its swells range from two to six feet reaching its highest at eight feet typically around April to September. Other surf spots in Ghana like Dixcove, Takoradi, Mutrakni are relatively empty even though they boast of swell sizes of about three to five feet. In Sengal surf spots are uncrowded despite seeing north and west swells between two to 10 feet.  Some of it’s popular surf camps like N’gor and Malika surf camp make an average of $125,000 annually. The geographic location of Dakar, Senegal exposes it to northern and southern hemisphere swells patterns, which ensures that the city sees decent waves all year round. N’gor Island, one of its popular surf spots sees swell sizes of three to 5 feet with its highest at 16 feet and above. It also has a swell window of 370 degrees which about 100 local and ex-pat surfers riding its waves every year. Over the years, Morocco has transformed to a surfing scene thanks to the influx of surfing tourists from around the world. Taghazout, Morocco its most popular surf spot has metamorphosed from the fishing village it used to be to become something of a surfer’s mecca. Related article Reclaiming the waves: South Africa's new surfing heroes Many tourists are attracted by its waves which go as high as 15 feet especially between October and March. The country has over 300 days of sunshine a year and sees swell sizes of  up to 15 feet in its winter months The southern African nation of Mozambique has a coastline of over 2500km but its waves are relatively unexplored save for Imhambane and Ponto d’Ouro. The country gets waves through out the year with peaks from June to August at wintertime and stable sea temperatures of 25-25°C all year round. Some of the more popular surf spots in the country are Barra beach, Guinjala Bay, Tofinho and Ponta d’Ouro.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Africa's surfing industry", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171003114500", "country1": "ZAF", "country2": "SEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/africa/surfing-destinations-africa/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "732893425", "sentence": "President Donald Trump requested the FBI investigate how the Obama administration was involved in Russian meddling in the 2016 – questioning why Congress and federal investigators aren’t probing how the Democratic administration handled certain issues. “Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation?” Trump tweeted. “Why didn’t Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren’t Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions!” Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation? Why didn’t Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren’t Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions! Trump’s tweet is his latest attack on his attorney general over Russia and special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, which returned 13 indictments against Russians last week for their alleged role in meddling in the 2016 election. Related article Trump's former bodyguard hired by RNC for $15,000 a month The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have interviewed numerous Obama administration officials about the election meddling, though those efforts focus on reviewing the intelligence community’s assessment of Russian election interference and preventing future Russian attempts — and not “Democratic crimes” as Trump was suggesting. But there are several investigations in Congress currently probing Obama administration incidences, including several with ties to Russia. Here’s a look at all the things Congress is still investigating during the Obama administration: House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy announced last October that they were going to launch an investigation into an Obama-era Uranium deal that some have linked to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Republican-led probe from Nunes, a California Republican, and Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, concerns a 2010 uranium deal that was struck between the US and Russia while Clinton was secretary of state. Trump and other Republicans have accused the Russian uranium company of donating to the Clinton Foundation in an effort to sway Clinton to sign off on the deal, though the allegations are unproven. The deal was approved through an inter-agency process, not just the State Department. But the matter is being evaluated at the Justice Department, too. Sessions last year said he would consider appointing a second special counsel as many Republicans have demanded, as he asked senior federal prosecutors to “evaluate certain issues” presented by House Republicans, including alleged ties between the Clinton Foundation and the sale of Uranium One. House Republicans are preparing to ask former FBI Director James Comey to testify as part of the Republican-led probe into the FBI and Justice Department handling of the Clinton email investigation. Related article Trump says 'the facts' prove he's tougher on Russia than Obama -- they don't Comey’s testimony, if he appeared, would raise the stakes of the joint Judiciary and Oversight Committee investigation into the decision not to charge the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee over classified emails on her private server – and the rare step for Comey to publicly announce Clinton would not be charged. Several Republicans told CNN that Comey is a key witness for the investigation, although no timetable has been set for his testimony. So far the committee has interviewed former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe and Comey’s chief of staff, James Rybicki, as part of the House committees’ joint probe. A series of text messages exchanged between top FBI employees referring to then-candidate Trump as an “idiot” and other insults, while fearing his potential victory as “terrifying,” were released to lawmakers last December. Related article Schiff memo may finally see the light of day Before the texts were released, reports surfaced that special counsel Robert Mueller had removed Peter Strzok, one of the FBI’s top Russian counterintelligence experts, from his team after an internal investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general uncovered politically tinged messages exchanged with FBI lawyer Lisa Page. Throughout the primary season in 2016, Strzok and Page appeared to dread a Trump victory, according to the messages reviewed by CNN. House and Senate investigators on multiple committees have received the text messages from the FBI, including a second batch sent last month. Thousands of messages that initially appeared to have been deleted have been recovered and will also be sent to the Hill panels soon. With Trump’s approval, House Republicans released a disputed GOP intelligence memo that alleges FBI abuses of its surveillance authority earlier this month. The memo, which was led by Nunes, alleges that the FBI failed to tell the FISA court that the opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia written by ex-British intelligence office Christopher Steele was funded through Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee. It also charges that McCabe told the committee the October 2016 surveillance warrant for former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page wouldn’t have been granted without the dossier, though Democrats say that’s skewing his testimony. The memo has been highly disputed on the committee, but conservatives have pointed to it to charge that the Obama administration was spying on the Trump administration through the FISA process. A criminal referral of Steele to the Justice Department, which was sent by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham and partially declassified by the FBI earlier this month, also alleges that Steele’s dossier was misused by the FBI in obtaining the warrant on Page. CNN’s Eli Watkins, David Shortell, Manu Raju, Laura Jarrett and Sophie Tatum contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180222003000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/politics/obama-administration-congress-hillary-clinton-investigation/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "600812162", "sentence": "Activists say a family of six was killed in chemical gas attack \"Inside the city of Aleppo is a Holocaust,\" a resident says Syrian regime forces pounded eastern Aleppo with airstrikes for a sixth straight day Sunday, bringing the death toll to almost 300 in the most intense bombing since the war began five years ago, rescuers say. Among the latest reported violence: a suspected chemical attack that killed four children and their parents. Two activist groups – the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights and Aleppo Media Center – said a barrage of barrel bombs struck their neighborhood, al-Sakhour. The Syrian regime resumed heavy bombardment over eastern Aleppo on Tuesday after a three-week lull, killing at least 289 people by Saturday, according to the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets. “This is the heaviest bombardment I have seen in the past five years,” said Ismail Abdallah from the White Helmets. At a time when hospitals are desperately needed, few have withstood the relentless bombardment – not a single one is operating at full capacity, the Syrian American Medical Society told CNN. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the assault and “indiscriminate shelling” for killing and maiming scores of civilians, including children, and for leaving eastern Aleppo without a functioning hospital. “The secretary-general reminds all parties to the conflict that targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure is a war crime,” the statement said. “Those responsible for these and other atrocities in Syria, whoever and wherever they are, must one day be brought to account.” A video from the Aleppo Media Center shows the toll in one neighborhood. Five bodies – three children, two adults – are visible in the bed of a truck, covered in colorful blankets in the cold air. Their neighbors surround them in the street covered with rubble from bombed buildings. The mother wears a lavender, black and pink headdress and red sweater. The father wears a heavy off-white or tan sweater while the two boys died in dark blue sweaters, matching their skin; a toddler girl is clad in a baby-blue one, emblazoned with a cartoon character. Their eyes stare, their mouths are agape. “We were sleeping when a barrel bomb fell near our home,” a man explains on the video. “We went down and discovered it was chlorine gas. The victims weren’t activists or anything … but they were suffocating so much, they turned blue. It was a man, four kids, and his wife. The oldest boy was 10 years old. Why did this happen? May God curse you, Bashar (al-Assad).” Another man shows coins to the videographer from the Aleppo Media Center, which appear tarnished. The man says he took the coins from the pockets of the dead. “The gas caused them to change color,” he says. They weren’t the only fatalities from the suspected gas attack. A young man says his family was asleep at 1 a.m. when they were awakened by an explosion. “We came down and started choking. We discovered it was chlorine gas,” he said. “My mother was suffocating and my brother-in-law started foaming at the mouth.” Syria’s grinding five-year conflict has devastated Aleppo, divided between government-controlled areas in the west and rebel positions in the east. The regime, backed by Russian air power, has decimated much of eastern Aleppo with aerial bombardments in recent months, and analysts have said the intensified air raids are a sign the regime may be planning a ground offensive to wrest control of the area. A government siege on eastern Aleppo since July has essentially cut the area off from the rest of the world – a stranglehold tactic that the Syrian regime is infamous for. Today, eastern Aleppo is desperately short of food, medicine and fuel supplies, while the roads are full of rubble from destroyed buildings. The sound of bombings and news of children dying are the norm. “Inside the city of Aleppo is a Holocaust,” an Aleppo resident, who describes himself as an independent media activist, told CNN. Related video One of the few doctors left in Aleppo speaks to CNN He said neighbors and families were sharing what little food they had left to survive. The United Nations has pushed to get into the area to deliver aid, and on Sunday it announced it had designed a detailed humanitarian plan to provide assistance and medical evacuations from Syria. It said it had shared the plan with all parties in the conflict, as well as its member states. “It is imperative all parties agree to the plan and allow us to secure immediate, safe and unimpeded access to provide relief to those most in need in east Aleppo, but equally in all other parts of Syria where there are people in need,” read a joint statement from Syria Humanitarian Coordinator Ali Al-Za’tari and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis and Kevin Kennedy. Meanwhile, in regime-held western Aleppo, rebel rocket fire hit a school in the government-held al-Furqan neighborhood, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem said at a news conference in Damascus. He said 10 students were killed in the attack, while the state-run news agency SANA put the number at eight. “What did those kids do to die? I am sad about these students’ death,” he said. A student at Aleppo University in the west told CNN that security forces had gathered students in the university’s main square on Sunday to protest against rebels in eastern Aleppo. The student, who CNN is not naming for security reasons, also said they had been told to appeal to the United Nations to have opposition armed groups removed from the east so the siege on civilians can be lifted. It is unclear how many children have died in the attacks, but at least eight have been reported killed in eastern Aleppo, and eight in the city’s west. Activists said there were likely to be more children among the dead. Related article Aleppo deaths pass 1,000 since brief ceasefire collapsed Medical charities have renewed calls on the regime to stop targeting health facilities. “For the first time, eastern Aleppo is out of hospitals operating at full capacity,” said Dr. Mazen Kewara, director of the Syrian American Medical Society’s Turkey office. Several major trauma hospitals have been knocked out of service, the organization said, while three floors were destroyed in eastern Aleppo’s only dedicated children’s hospital, forcing the evacuation of babies, said the charity Doctors Without Borders, which also is known by its French initials MSF. But activists working in the city said as many as five other hospitals in eastern neighborhoods were still somewhat functional. Doctors Without Borders emergency coordinator Teresa Sancristoval said Saturday’s bombardment of hospitals marked “a dark day for east Aleppo.” “The attacks have destroyed entire hospitals, electric generators, emergency rooms and wards, forcing them to stop all medical activities,” she said. “It is not only MSF that condemns indiscriminate attacks on civilians or civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, but also humanitarian law. The message is simple and I don’t know how to say it any louder: Stop bombing hospitals.” Tried protecting generator from shrapnel with sand bags. Attacks have destroyed emergency rooms, entire hospitals. https://t.co/MLO8b4qle1 pic.twitter.com/exqDOzz4WV Staffan De Mistura, the envoy of the United Nations secretary general, met with Syrian Foreign Ministry officials on Sunday and said there was “a total denial of any aerial bombing of hospitals in eastern Aleppo,” Reuters reported. “We should be allowed to send a verification team to verify the damage in hospitals in eastern and western Aleppo,” he said. CNN’s  Laura Smith-Spark, Yasim Amer, Ray Sanchez, Jomana Karadsheh, Merieme Arif and Samantha Beech contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161120103000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/20/middleeast/syria-aleppo-airstrikes/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "758679878", "sentence": "2024 is already shaping up to be another banner year for nudity around the world with a nude cruise and nude beach weddings on the horizon. Earlier this year, tour and travel company Bare Necessities announced an 11-day voyage from Miami to the Caribbean in collaboration with Norwegian Cruise Line. It’s due to set sail in February 2025. With stopovers in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico, “The Big Nude Boat” is billed as a “once in a lifetime experience” with amenities designed to “fit everyone’s style of bare cruising.” And couples will soon be able to tie the knot sans clothes at Is Benas Beach in Sardinia, which has a naturist-designated area. The news was confirmed in May by Luigi Tedeschi, mayor of San Vero Milis, the closest town to the beach. “Nudity has nothing to do with sex. For [naturists], it’s a philosophy of life, and is linked to nature,” Tedeschi said. “It should be respected – so why not?” Meanwhile, there are more places than ever to sun, swim or build sandcastles au naturel at clothing-optional beaches around the world. From rocky coastlines to talcum-powder fine sands and big city bays to secluded shores, there are now hundreds of beaches where it’s perfectly legal (or at least de facto legal) to frolic beside the sea in nothing more than your birthday suit. “Soft, smooth sand, warm ocean breeze, gentle ocean waves and lots of other naturists makes for a great clothing-optional beach,” says Nicky Hoffman of The Naturist Society, who’s also the managing editor of Nude & Natural magazine and co-author of “The World’s Best Nude Beaches & Resorts.” While clothing-optional beach destinations may seem like a modern invention, it’s actually quite an old idea, a product of the otherwise prudish Victorian era. During the 1880s, American poet Walt Whitman extolled the virtues of the “Adamic air bath” – his nude walkabouts and swims along Timber Creek in New Jersey, writing of “the free exhilarating ecstasy of nakedness in Nature.” Channeling that same vibe, the naturist movement took off in Europe and North America during the first half of the 20th century, with city parks, camp grounds and eventually beaches established for those who wanted to experience nature nude in their most natural state. One of the spin-offs of the socially and sexually liberal 1960s was a “free beach” movement that saw a proliferation of nude beaches around the world. And their popularity continues today, with more and more popping up each year. Here are 24 of the best nude beaches you can visit around the world in 2024: Located about a 30-minute drive from Punta del Este, Uruguay’s best-known nude beach overlooks Portezuelo Bay on the Atlantic coast. Photogenic dunes and water temperatures that reach 25 Celsius (77 F) and higher even in the Southern Hemisphere winter add to the strand’s allure. After decades as an unofficial naked getaway, Chihuahua finally achieved legal status in 2000. Since then, amenities have expanded to include the Hotel El Refugio Nudista Naturista clothing-optional resort. Playa Naturista Chihuahua, Avenida Las Amarras, 20003 Chihuahua, Uruguay The chilly Baltic Sea may not seem like the most obvious place to skinny dip. But this gorgeous strand on the long, sandy Curonian Spit offers one of Europe’s most picturesque spots to take it all off. With its wildflower-covered dunes (among the highest in Europe) and shoreline forest, the beach was the focus of a 19th-century artists’ colony that attracted many of the leading painters, poets and writers of the time. Walk far enough south along the strand and you eventually come to a fence that marks the Lithuania-Russia border. Nida Nude Beach, Nidos-Smiltynės pl., Nida, Lithuania Sweden may be home to many beaches where nudity is accepted, but Agesta Beach, located roughly 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of Stockholm, is its only official nude beach. Based in the southern end of the lake Magelungen, Agesta Beach’s sandy shores are popular with locals as well as visitors looking for an escape from the bustling capital city. Open from May to September, this beach is very well looked after, with picnic tables, BBQ areas, public bathrooms and play areas for children available. Agesta Beach, Huddinge, Sweden Although it’s technically legal to go naked on any beach in personal-liberty-loving New Zealand, the nation’s naturists tend to congregate at well-known clothing-optional spots like Little Palm Beach on Waiheke Island. Reaching the secluded strand entails a 40-to-60-minute ferry ride from Auckland, a taxi or rideshare to the island’s north shore, and then a short downhill hike. You can top or tail your beach adventure at Waiheke’s many wineries, restaurants, and art galleries. Little Palm Beach, Miro Road, Waiheke Island 1081, New Zealand Flanked by sheer cliffs and shades by pine trees, this remote beach on the mainland opposite Brač island is reached via a narrow path that seems ready made for goats rather than people seeking an apparel-free escape on the Adriatic. Be sure to bring a thick towel or even a beach chair — like many Croatian beaches the surface is pebbles rather than sand. Nugal is about a half-an-hour walk from the nearest town, although it can also be reached by boat or sea kayak from Makarska or Tučepi. Nugal Beach, 21300 Makarska, Croatia Perched at the island’s western extreme, Moshup is a long curving strand that wraps around a headline crowned by the historic Gay Head Lighthouse (built in 1799). Located right below the ancient light, the clothing optional portion lies beneath rust-colored sandstone cliffs that were declared a National Natural Monument in 1966. Moshup is open free of charge to anyone who wants to take their clothes off, as opposed to Lucy Vincent, the island’s private nude beach. Moshup Beach, 71 Moshup Trail, Aquinnah, MA 02535 Set beneath the high cliffs of Torrey Pines, Blacks has been the Golden State’s favorite place for all-over tans for more than 50 years and was once the only legal nude beach in the entire United States. Long, wide and blessed with great surf, the beach is reached via the zig-zag Ho Chi Minh Trail from La Jolla Farms Road or the Citizens Trail from Torrey Pines Gliderport near the University of California, San Diego. Black’s Beach, Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, San Diego, CA 92037 Although it sometimes seems like just about any beach in Australia is clothing optional, there are a number of official nude beaches here such as Lady Bay. (also known as Lady Jane Beach.) Perched just inside the South Head of Sydney Harbour, it’s small and narrow, but incredibly secluded for such a big city location. The rocky ledges around South Head are also used for nude sunbathing. Lady Bay Beach, Watson’s Bay, Sydney, Australia “Grin and bare it” might well be the motto for nudists on this North Sea island, where the average water temperature in summer is a chilly 17 C (63 F). Technically all of the beaches on Sylt are clothing optional, but Buhne 16 was the first and is still the foremost location for nude sunbathing along the German shore. It’s a place where beachgoers can chill in the famous blue and white striped wicker beach chairs or let it all hang out at summer beach parties. Buhne 16, Listlandstr 133b, 25980 Kampen (Sylt), German Billed as one of the world’s longest nude beaches at 7.8 kilometers (4.9 miles) long, Wreck Beach is actually a series of sandy strands, pebble flats and rocky outcrops wrapped around the end of Point Grey. With the University of British Columbia just across the street, a steady stream of students and teachers have shed their clothes on this beach since the early 1970s, when it first became popular. Evergreen trees along the shore and snowcapped peaks across the water complement the Canadian ambiance. Wreck Beach, Vancouver, British Columbia; Canada This secluded shore on the south side of Crete is a hotspot for nude sunbathing in Greece. Named after its ocher-colored sand and cliffs, Red Beach (or Kokkini Ammos) is reached via a 20-minute hike from Matala or a very short boat ride from the village waterfront. Pioneered by Euro hippies during the 1960s, the beach offers chair and umbrella rentals and is home to a funky little bar called Yianni’s that’s renowned for its mojitos. Note: the mysterious rock carvings at the end of the beach are a modern creation and definitely not ancient Minoan relics. Red Beach, Matala, Crete 702 00, Greece Related article 20 amazing cliffside beaches around the world Callantsoog is the oldest nudist beach in the Netherlands, having been officially recognized as a nudist beach since 1973. Situated 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Amsterdam, near the coastal town of Callantsoog, this beautiful stretch of sand enjoys Blue Flag status and is a great place to spot seals. Its designated nudist section is marked between two poles. Those keen to get even closer to nature can pay a visit to the nearby Zwanenwater, a protected nature reserve and home to the largest natural dune lakes in Europe. Callantsoog Beach, Strandslag Dorpsplein, 1759 Callantsoog, Netherlands While the Caribbean may be full of wonderful, chilled out beaches, this wild, white sand strand on the rear side of St. Barts is one of the few places on the islands where public nudity is tolerated (although sunbathing naked is technically prohibited in St. Barts.) Anse de Grande Saline (or Saline Beach) is another self-catering beach. Visitors will need to bring along everything they need for a day at the shore, especially sunscreen, as there is no shade to speak of. L’Esprit, an excellent French restaurant, is within walking distance of Grand Saline and well worth a visit. Just make sure to put your clothes back on before heading over. Anse de Grande Saline, St. Barthélemy Set between the deep blue Mediterranean and multicolored salt pans near Ibiza’s southernmost point, official nudist beach Es Cavallet is separated into various different sections, including a beach club party section, a gay scene and a more secluded, middle section where the clothing-free crowd hang out. However nude sunbathers aren’t the only beings who frequent this area. Those bright pink things you’ll see pacing in the background aren’t sunburned tourists, but rather flamingos that like to gather in the shallow salines. Platja des Cavallet, 07818, Balearic Islands, Spain Flanked by ancient lava flows and backed by a volcanic cinder cone, Little Beach would be super-cool even if you couldn’t take your clothes off. Part of Makena State Park on the island’s southeast coast, it overlooks a national marine sanctuary renowned for its sea turtles, dolphins, whales and tropical fish. Gnarled trees behind the sand provide a modicum of shade and the cove is well protected for swimming. Additionally, a drum circle and fire dancers entertain the crowd during Sunday sunsets. Little Beach, Makena State Park, Makena Rd, Kihei, HI 96753, USA Sometimes called the “Naked City,” Cap d’Agde Naturist Village is the world’s largest clothing-optional beach resort, attracting as many as 40,000 guests on any given day during high season. Visitors are free to be naked wherever they want – restaurants and stores, post offices or banks, sailing their boat or lounging on the long public beach (where nudity is obligatory, even for those not staying at the resort). Non residents can stay overnight at the naturist hotel, camp ground or rental units. Cap d’Agde Naturist Village, Rond-Point du Bagnas, 34300 Agde, France Related article 10 secret beaches worth discovering Situated along Sardinia’s west coast close to the town of San Vero Milis, Is Benas is known for its remoteness and pristine environment. The idyllic beach has had a partially hidden naturist-designated area for the past two years. Mayor Luigi Tedeschi of nearby San Vero Milis recently confirmed that local authorities had given the go ahead for couples to say their vows there au naturel at Is Benas in the future. “We have this beach, a place that lends itself brilliantly to naturism,” Tedeschi told CNN. “And then we thought, let’s make a beach for weddings. If people want to marry nude, they can.” The beach is right next to the more famous Is Arenas Beach, while the ruins of Tharros, a Roman city dominating a thin peninsula, can also be found nearby. Is Benas Beach, Province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy South Africa’s only official nude beach – and perhaps the only legal clothing-not-obligatory strand on the entire African continent – is located in the Mpenjati Nature Reserve south of Durban. Its legal status was achieved in 2014, but this came with a list of prohibitions including no staring, no photography, no suggestive behavior, etc. Local clergy and others continue to mount protests (legal and otherwise) against the naked designation. Mpenjati Nature Reserve, Palm Beach, Port Edward, South Africa Live your “Y Tu Mamá También” fantasies at the beach where so many of the scenes from the sensuous 2001 Mexican movie starring Gael García Bernal were shot on location. Pioneered by Mexican and American hippies during the 1960s, the strand stretches about two kilometers with rocky bluffs at either end, and is famed as a clothing-optional beach (although it isn’t legal here.) While the main beach here is backed by budget hotels and cafes, a tiny sliver of sand at the eastern end called Playa del Amor offers far more privacy. Playa Zipolite, San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico Float nude in the warm, ultra-buoyant salty water and smear your entire naked body with soothing, mineral-infused black mud at this rocky beach on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Perhaps the only place in the Middle East where any kind of public nudity is tolerated, Metsoke Dragot is located about an hour’s drive from Jerusalem and requires a short but rough drive along an unpaved road to reach the shoreline. Primitive camping is aloud along the shore. The only nearby hotel and bar is the cliff top Metzoke Dragot Travelers Village. Metsoke Dragot, Highway 90, Dead Sea, Israel The string bikinis on Copacabana may expose an awful lot of Brazilian flesh, but not nearly as much as this naturist beach along the Bahia coast. Related article Brazil has great beaches; here are 8 of the best A two-hour drive north of Salvador, the nude beach is about a one-kilometer walk from the parking lot along the shoreline flanked by coconut palms, rolling dunes and very surfable waves. Praia Massarandupió, Bahia, Brazil Located on the gorgeous Cinque Terre, this primo Italian nude beach looks like something out of a movie (think “Swept Away ” – the 1974 version directed by Lina Wertmüller.) Adding to the beach’s mystique is the fact that it can only be reached via kayak or motorboat or hiking down a steep and somewhat treacherous trail that involves scrambling over rocks. Guvano is totally primitive, with no facilities of any kind, so bear this in mind when planning your visit. The beach is also pebble rather than sand, but the water is clear, clean and gorgeous. Spiaggia di Guvano, 19018 Vernazza, SP, Italy Edged with pine trees, this Latvian beach is as calming as it is beautiful. Based close to the capital city of Riga and a relatively short walk from Vecaki train station, it’s known for its shimmering waters, stunning sunsets and of course, its nudist section. The zone, which happens to be the biggest nudist beach area in the country, includes a beach volleyball area that’s a big hit with local residents. Vecaki Beach, Selgas iela 20, Riga 1030, Latvia The most popular public nude beach in the United States, Haulover attracts more than 1.3 million bare bottomed people to its white sands and warm water each year. The clothing-optional portion, marked at either end by picket fences, offers rental beach chairs and umbrellas, as well as lifeguards. Given the stellar weather in south Florida, there’s usually someone in the buff on any given day. But the biggest crowds gather during National Nude Recreation Week in July and whenever Haulover is trying to set a new Guinness World Record for skinny dipping. Haulover Beach Park, 10800 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33154 Editor’s note: This story was updated and republished in May 2024.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "naturist beaches and nude recreation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180524101500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "URY", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/best-nude-beaches-world/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "753880567", "sentence": "Got a tip about these cases? Contact the U.S. Marshals Service at usms.wanted@usdoj.gov or 1-800-336-0102. The other party-goers at Mario’s garage on the night of November 23, 2002, didn’t know the man, but everyone called him “Vampire.” Two of his front teeth were missing, so it wasn’t hard to guess why. Vampire left the party with a friend of Mario’s, Lori Mejia, age 29. About an hour later, he returned alone, with blood on his clothes. “I killed her,” he told Mario, and then left the scene. Mario called the police. When the authorities arrived, he led them out behind the garage to a grisly scene. “It was a horrific murder,” Lieutenant Larry Kish of the Denton County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office told CNN’s “The Hunt with John Walsh.” Mejia “was violently traumatized prior to her death … and even after her death.” Who was “Vampire,” why had Mejia left the party with him, and how did she meet such a violent end? Mario admitted to authorities that Mejia came to the party to make money as a prostitute. He had even negotiated her fee in advance, $100 per client. Former Texas Ranger Tracee Murphree believes Mejia and Vampire left “with the intent of him paying her for sex and something went horribly wrong.” “Lori deserves the same justice as anybody else,” Kish told “The Hunt,” “as a homicide victim would deserve. We did not focus on her being a prostitute. We focused on finding this Hispanic male named Vampire, with no teeth, that had just brutally killed a lady.” No one at the party knew Vampire’s real name, but Mario connected the authorities with a friend who did. “Vampire” was a man in his early 30s, Herbert (Herberto) Maldonado, who lived in the area with his 84-year-old girlfriend. “To have an 84-year-old girlfriend was shocking in and of itself,” said Murphree. “She talked to us about how Maldonado had beat her, and in the same breath she would tell us that she loved him.” “She didn’t want anything to happen to him, but she did provide us with our next best piece of information, which was some photographs,” said Murphree. Armed with photos of Maldonado, investigators got a break: A girlfriend of someone at the party recognized the suspect. She didn’t feel comfortable around him so wrote down the license plate number of his vehicle. They entered the details in their system and got a match. “We get a hit immediately that says this vehicle has been in contact with the Plano police, and they had actually arrested a Hispanic male for DWI,” recalled Kish. And that’s where their luck ran out. By the time they were on the phone with Plano police, the DWI suspect had bonded out. “We get the identifiers on the person that was arrested and we quickly learn that is Maldonado, the same person that we’re looking for,” said Kish. “And we just missed him, like, within the hour.” According to Murphree, Maldonado’s brother and other relatives were able to post bond. He was taken to Dallas, to be put on a bus to Mexico. “We had him,” said Kish. “He slipped through our fingers. He disappeared.” “Twelve years later, it still bothers me, said Murphree, “having been that close and not been able to bring justice to this family.” Friends and family of Lori Mejia hope that the added exposure from CNN’s “The Hunt” will at long last lead to Herbert Maldonado’s arrest. “People make mistakes, but what happened to her, that’s just uncalled for,” Mejia’s friend and former roommate Elizabeth Burt told “The Hunt.” “Nobody deserves to leave this world that way.” “I want to get this guy off the streets before he hurts someone else, and someone else has to deal with the pain we’re living,” said Burt. Herbert Maldonado has a large mole on the left side of his face near his nose. His front teeth are missing and other teeth protrude. He has tattoos on both his left and right upper arm. He has worked on a sod farm in the past and might be working a similar job somewhere in the U.S.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Herbert Maldonado", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180507214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/20/us/herbert-maldonado-the-hunt-john-walsh/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "675575937", "sentence": "It's the second time President Buhari has taken medical leave in 2017. President Buhari has been battling an undisclosed illness. New pictures have emerged of Nigeria’s ailing President Muhammadu Buhari for the first time since he left the country on medical leave 80 days ago. President Buhari has been battling an undisclosed illness since the start of the year and has spent long periods out of the country receiving treatment in the UK. On Sunday, his aides released a photo of the President having lunch with senior member of his ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in London. Related article Africa is young. Why are its leaders so old? “The President sends his best wishes to all Nigerians. He will be back to Nigeria as soon as his doctors give the go-ahead,” his office tweeted along with the picture of him at the lunch table. There has been intense speculation in the country about the president’s health with many false reports that he had died emerging online. By releasing the pictures, his inner circle hope to reassure Nigerians that the president is on the mend and very much alive. “By our visit to London… the merchants of lies have been put out of business and Nigerians will not buy the garbage they have been selling. All those who look up to fake news can find better use for their time,” said Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha who was part of the delegation. Related article Zimbabwe's Mugabe turns 93; lauds Trump's nationalist stance President Buhari has not made any public appearances during this period or addressed the country directly apart from a short voice message recorded in the Hausa language to wish Muslims a happy Ramadan. This is the second time President Buhari has taken medical leave in 2017. On January 19 this year he left for the UK on a 10-day medical leave, which was extended until March but did not resume work immediately. He then left again on May 7 and has been away since. Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo has been the acting president since Buhari left the country. Osman Mohammed contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Muhammadu Buhari", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170724161500", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/africa/nigeria-president-buhari-illness/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "561540860", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Lauren Wolfe is an award-winning journalist and the director of Women Under Siege, a Women’s Media Center initiative on sexualized violence in conflict. She is also a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine. Follow her on Twitter @Wolfe321. Lauren Wolfe: Story of Indian woman allegedly raped by men who'd done so 3 years before She says violence against women not just an \"over there\" issue; with cultural norms we accept the debasement of women Wolfe: To defang misogyny that leads to violence against women, we must insist men make women humans, not objects Sexual assault is a cheap and effective weapon. But in a new case in which this weapon has so horrifyingly been wielded, in the northern state of Haryana, India, the perpetrators may actually have defeated its own usefulness. If that is to be true, it is up to us. A 21-year-old woman is accusing five men of raping her inside a car on Wednesday in Rohtak, where she goes to college. Some of the men were the same ones who raped her twice over the course of four days in October 2013, she told police. “They tried to strangulate me,” the woman has told the press. “They said they would kill my father and brother.” Her family says they have been pressured by the accused men to settle the first case and that they believe the new rape was meant to scare the family once and for all into backing off of legal proceedings. “The accused were constantly threatening us to compromise outside the court,” the victim’s brother told the Hindustan Times. “They even offered us a hefty amount for settlement. But we didn’t agree.” With Indian police yet to make an arrest in the new attack, nerves are raw as social media and pundits voice the mounting international outcry. It’s yet another moment in which we are shocked, shocked, by the brutality of men. But to be clear, mainly we are shocked by the brutality of men “over there.” We separate ourselves from what happens to women in far off places in order to protect ourselves: This couldn’t happen here! But happen here it does. Again and again. When Gloria Steinem and I wrote about a concept called the “cult of masculinity” a few years ago, we talked about a kind of false idea of manhood that makes some men act violently and risk their lives against their own self-interest as human beings. With male violence plaguing the planet, it is time to stop distancing ourselves from the “over there” and recognize that we are not doing as well as we’d like to think in this country and in most places around the world. Whether it is in a newsroom in New York or a house in Iowa, there are many things we can do to push back at the mindset and the behaviors – large and small – that lead to abuse of women.  It’s not hard to draw a straight line between language that casually degrades women, pop culture that objectifies them, political and cultural norms that render them “less than,” and the impulse of some men to feel free to harm them. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. We can call for stronger laws and faster arrests in the countries where we hear about these attacks, including our own. We can call out media for violating basic rules for writing about rape, such as holding them to account for blaming the victim or for describing a victim’s physical attributes in a lascivious way, as The Washington Post did in a story on July 14. As citizens or as media producers, we can hold governments to account for not taking action in rape cases, as recently happened in a case I reported on in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was for mysterious reasons not arresting a man suspected of committing approximately 50 rapes of girls aged 18 months to 11 years old over the course of three years. He and his confederates were arrested after authorities’ inaction was called out in the press. International pressure works. Closer to home, we can also, as a country, recognize that we have a candidate for President who attributed a respected female journalist’s aggressive questioning to her menstrual cycle, and who has called women at various times a “dog” and a “disgusting pig,” debasing women to the level of animals — that is, less than human.  And we can say that this is unacceptable. We can stop excusing a kind of manhood that belittles women, bringing us down to the level of objects — objects that can be treated with not only scorn, but with actual violence. On the reverse pole of treating women in this degraded way is a societal overemphasis on a woman’s “purity.” This is why sexualized violence is also such an effective means of embarrassing male members of a family who worry immensely about their relatives’ “honor,” such as happens in Syria or Afghanistan or other “honor cultures” around the world. Rape, whether it is meant to take a woman’s “purity” or to demean her already “animal-like” self, is not about sex. Power and control are the drivers. So let’s teach our boys that women, too, are not only able to hold power, they are worth more than the sum of their body parts. They, too, are able to reach the highest levels of government; they, too, are able to be strong and hold control. Allegedly gang-raping a young woman in India to persuade her family to drop court charges is only effective if the family gives in, which it has said it won’t, and if the government acts to punish the perpetrators, which we are still waiting to see. We can support the family’s brave decision. And we can go further than that by challenging a global status quo in which men remain in charge and can debase women with vile language without consequence. Right now, we can begin to defang the misogyny that allows violence against women to be such an effective weapon. Learning to speak about women as humans is really just the most basic — and surprisingly necessary — first step.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "India", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160719234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "COD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/opinions/india-rape-allegations-treatment-of-women-wolfe/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "473629520", "sentence": "Hillary Clinton has split with President Barack Obama on deportations, Syria, Obamacare's 'Cadillac tax,' the Keystone pipeline and trade Clinton's differences have become increasingly apparent in recent weeks Hillary Clinton insists on the campaign trail that she’s her own woman – and in recent weeks, she’s really tried to prove it. In a huge blow to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda, the Democratic front-runner now says she opposes the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive trade deal she once helped negotiate as secretary of state. But that’s not all. Clinton has broken from her vocal support of several of Obama’s policies on several high-profile issues in recent weeks – including immigration, Syria and the Keystone pipeline. Here’s a look at five major issues on which the two Democratic leaders have differences: Clinton has a long history with free trade. After all, it was her husband, President Bill Clinton, who signed the first regional mega-deal: the North American Free Trade Agreement. And Clinton herself as secretary of state helped get the ball rolling in negotiations over the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership – once calling it the “gold standard” of trade pacts. Related video What is TPP? The massive trade deal, explained. But she delivered a major blow to the deal on Wednesday, announcing her opposition to it just two days after Obama’s top trade negotiator announced that the United States has, after years of negotiations, reached an agreement. “As of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it,” Clinton told PBS on Wednesday. “I don’t believe it’s going to meet the high bar I have set.” RELATED: 45 times Clinton pushed the trade bill she now opposes As a presidential candidate, she had previously criticized two of its elements. She’s called for more of a focus on currency manipulation, which is being addressed on the sidelines of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. And she has joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, in criticizing the deal’s inclusion of a mechanism that allows companies to challenge whether countries’ laws and regulations live up to their international trade commitments. But that, too, was the subject of last-minute changes designed to appease liberal critics. Obama’s administration has aggressively enforced immigration laws, ramping up deportations in an effort to immunize the White House from being accused of lax security efforts as it worked with Congress to pass immigration reform (an effort which failed). Deportations reached an all-time high of 438,421 in 2013. Clinton has previously said Obama has little choice but to enforce the laws on the books. But in an interview with Telemundo on Monday, she said it’s time for a different approach. Asked if she thinks Obama has done everything within his executive power to improve the current immigration system, Clinton cited the President’s increased enforcement of deportation laws as a mistake. RELATED: Clinton faults Obama for strict deportation “The deportation laws were interpreted and enforced very aggressively during the last six and a half years, which I think his administration did in part to try to get Republicans to support comprehensive immigration reform,” Clinton said. “It was part of a strategy. I think that strategy is no longer workable.” She added: “I’m not going to be breaking up families. And I think that is one of the differences. I totally understand why the Obama administration felt as though they did what they did under the circumstances. But I think we’ve learned that the Republicans, at least the current crop, are just not acting in good faith.” Clinton has supported Obama’s executive actions to forestall deportations for so-called “Dreamers” – undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children – as well as the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens. She’s promised to expand on those actions. Clinton has also cast herself as an independent voice from Obama in Syria. In her book “Hard Choices,” she wrote that as secretary of state, she urged the President to arm Syrian rebels – much earlier than he ultimately did. RELATED: Obama subtly pushes back against Clinton, Panetta on Syria Clinton has prodded the administration to allow more Syrian refugees into the United States, too, pinning her goal at 65,000 – many more than the 10,000 the White House is currently making plans to accommodate. And most recently, Clinton has called for a no-fly zone in Syria – which Obama opposes. It’s a split not just with Obama, but with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has complained that a no-fly zone could lead to the United States becoming further enmeshed in the conflict there. Obama dinged Clinton for her position in a news conference last week. “Hillary Clinton is not half-baked in terms of her approach to these problems,” he said. “But I also think that there’s a difference between running for president and being president.” RELATED: In contrast to Clinton, Sanders opposes no-fly zone in Syria Clinton has broadly promised to protect and even expand on Obama’s signature health care law. But there’s at least one element she wants to roll back: the so-called “Cadillac tax” on premium insurance plans. The tax was designed to hit those who can best afford it, helping pay for the law’s expansion of Medicaid and subsidies for lower-income insurance buyers. Obama’s White House has consistently supported it, saying that it’s necessary to keep down the cost of the law. But labor unions have blasted it, calling it a thorn in the side as they attempt to negotiate more favorable health insurance plans for workers at school districts, governments and companies. RELATED: Hillary Clinton: End Obamacare tax on top health plans “I have proposed new reforms to build on the progress we’ve made and lower out-of-pocket costs for families,” said Clinton in a statement issued September 29. “That’s why, among other steps, I encourage Congress to repeal the so-called Cadillac tax, which applies to some employer-based health plans, and to fully pay for the cost of repeal.” Another issue to watch: Whether Clinton will break with Obama on the law’s medical device tax. Clinton was at the helm of the State Department when it began a years-long environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline. That review still isn’t finished – and for months, she deflected questions about her position on whether the pipeline should move forward or not, saying she wants her old agency to finish its work first. It’s the same posture the White House has taken – Obama has yet to rule on the 1,179-mile Canada-to-Texas pipeline. But in September, Clinton finally ran out of patience – with the process, and with the political hits she was taking for ducking the issue. Liberals have long opposed the pipeline, blocking attempts by congressional Republicans to override the State Department and green-light the project. Sanders and O’Malley were highlighting Clinton’s refusal to take a position as evidence that they better suited the party’s base. Last month, she announced her opposition to the pipeline. RELATED: Hillary Clinton opposes Keystone XL pipeline “I think it is imperative that we look at the Keystone pipeline as what I believe it is – a distraction from important work we have to do on climate change,” Clinton told a community forum in Des Moines, Iowa. “And unfortunately from my perspective, one that interferes with our ability to move forward with all the other issues. Therefore, I oppose it.” It wasn’t just a change of rhetoric for a presidential candidate. Her opposition was also a reversal for Clinton herself, who had said in 2010 as secretary of state that she was “inclined” to approve the pipeline.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151006224500", "country1": "CAN", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/politics/hillary-clinton-5-differences-president-obama/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "737187320", "sentence": "When White House aides arrived at work Thursday, they were prepared for a market-shaking event that would prompt jitters among US allies and cause heartburn among establishment thinkers, even Republicans. They weren’t prepared for two such events. President Donald Trump sent shock waves across the globe when he accepted an invitation from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for talks. No sitting US president has ever met with a leader from North Korea. The move represents the largest gamble to date for two truculent leaders who have engaged in a harrowing nuclear stare-down. It also caught presidential advisers – who had been hurriedly finalizing details on steel tariffs while also attempting to stave off unsavory questions about a porn actress – off-guard. Trump hadn’t initially been scheduled to meet with a delegation of South Korea officials in Washington to brief his administration on recent talks with Pyongyang. The group arrived midafternoon as the President was convening sessions with representatives of the video game industry and announcing his new tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. Trump accepts offer to meet Kim Jong Un But after speaking with the US national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, the group, led by McMaster’s South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong, convened in the Oval Office with Trump. The gathering included three US generals – McMaster, Defense Secretary James Mattis and White House chief of staff John Kelly. It was there, sitting on the gold brocade sofas, that Trump fielded the striking offer from North Korea and readily agreed. For Trump, the offer and his unprecedented plans to meet the North Korean leader were too great to keep quiet. Trump left the Oval Office intending to return to his private residence. But he made a detour, navigating the corridors of the West Wing toward the press briefing room, a venue he’d yet to speak from during his year-and-a-month as President. Peeking around a half-opened pocket door, Trump caught the eye of a small handful of reporters and drew them closer to him. First, he asked to speak off the record, but with an ounce of prodding agreed to go on the record, as long as his remarks remained off camera. “South Korea’s going to be making a major statement at about 7 o’clock,” Trump said ceremoniously. Vice President Mike Pence stood silently behind him. “About what?” a puzzled reporter asked. Related article With State Dept. depleted, Trump admin considers outside help on North Korea “The big subject,” Trump replied, his scowl turning into a grin. Thursday, in fact, contained two big subjects at the White House for the government in Seoul: the developments on North Korea and the tariffs on steel, which South Korea exports by millions of tons per year. Trump clarified. “North Korea,” he said, before ducking back into West Wing. The brief appearance, which lasted 29 seconds, came amid a sordid swirl of reports about his alleged affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels and a thunderstorm of criticism over his beloved steel tariffs. It sent reporters and White House officials scrambling. McMaster huddled with press secretary Sarah Sanders in her office to sort out the unusual logistics of a foreign government delivering an announcement from the White House. It was determined that having Chung deliver his news from the briefing room podium would break protocol and prove confusing. Instead, they sent him outdoors to the set of microphones on permanent standby in the White House driveway. “President Trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearization,” Chung said. Related article Kim Jong Un wants to 'write new history' on South Korea reunification The decision, which aides said came about quickly in the Oval Office, represents a massive challenge for the President. His aides insist he is up for it. “President Trump has made his reputation on making deals,” one official said. “President Trump was elected in part because he is willing to do – take approaches very, very different from past approaches and past presidents. That couldn’t be better exemplified in his North Korea policy.” Sanders later wrote in a statement that the “place and time” of the meeting were still to be determined. The security and advance work would prove daunting for an experienced White House, let alone an administration still working to find its footing amid persistent chaos and low morale. The North Korea decision wasn’t immune from the appearance of disarray. Speaking in Ethiopia hours before Trump, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said direct talks between the US and North Korea were still in the distant future. Related article US sanctions North Korea after blaming country for Kim Jong Nam's killing “We’re a long way from negotiations. We just need to be very clear-eyed and realistic about it,” Tillerson said. “I don’t know yet, until we are able to meet ourselves face to face with representatives of North Korea, whether the conditions are right to even begin thinking about negotiations.” Trump spoke with his top diplomat before his announcement, a senior State Department official said. Both men spoke with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, who has expressed deep misgivings about opening talks with North Korea. Ultimately, the President himself may have been the least surprised at Thursday’s developments. He has long remained open to talks with Kim, despite the view of top national security officials that too much is unknown about North Korea’s intentions in proposing them. Trump himself offered the best preview of his move during last Saturday’s Gridiron dinner in Washington, a white tie affair for journalists, where few in attendance expected they’d be covering news of an upcoming US-North Korea summit in a matter of days. “I won’t rule out direct talks with Kim Jong Un. I just won’t,” the President said. “As far as the risk of dealing with a madman is concerned, that’s his problem, not mine.” CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jim Acosta contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's decision to meet Kim Jong Un", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180309050000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/08/politics/north-korea-us-trump-white-house-surprise/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "428129142", "sentence": "About a year after al Qaeda took Warren Weinstein hostage, his family paid a ransom, a Pakistani source says The captors demanded that other prisoners be released, the source says Weinstein, an American aid worker, was killed in a drone strike in January, the U.S. says In 2011, al Qaeda took Warren Weinstein hostage. Then, about a year later, his family paid money to his captors, said a Pakistani source who was in regular contact with the kidnappers. It did not lead to the American aid worker’s release, and he was inadvertently killed in an anti-terror strike in January, the White House announced Thursday. After the transfer of funds in 2012, the captors, who never referred to themselves as “al Qaeda,” but instead as “Afghans,” began demanding prisoners be released in exchange for Weinstein, most prominently Dr. Aafia Siddiqui of Pakistan, the source said. She has been described as the “poster girl” for Islamic jihad and is serving an 86-year sentence in the United States. The militants also wanted the release of local militants who hailed from the Pakistani province of Waziristan, along the Afghan border, the source said. The men on the other end of the phone spoke Pashto with an accent typical for the border region. And they were professional in their dealings, said the source, who noticed a marked change after the money was paid. The people who had originally talked to the source about Weinstein vanished and were replaced by new voices on the phone. The militants also connected themselves with other terror events. After ISIS beheaded American James Foley, Weinstein’s Afghan captors told the source that “the Iraqis” were asking for the American and that they were preparing an “orange suit” for him – a reference to the suits that victims have worn when ISIS militants murdered them. When the Taliban released U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a militant on the phone bragged to the source that he had been one of Bergdahl’s kidnappers. They had said, at one point, that if they did kill Weinstein, they’d announce it in a big way, because he was too big a catch not to publicly celebrate. The captors had called the source daily since sometime in 2012, and the last time the source spoke with them, in early April, they said that Weinstein was still alive. In spite of a request for proof of life, the militants didn’t give one. After that, the calls stopped. The source never had a number for the militants; they had always been the ones who called. The source declined to comment on the amount of money transferred to the captors, leaving the disclosure to Weinstein’s family. Could Weinstein have been saved? Weinstein’s family in Maryland was initially reluctant to take their case to Congress. Weinstein’s wife, Elaine, and his two daughters worried that drawing attention to their loved one’s plight – especially media attention – would make Weinstein, a government contractor working with USAID in Pakistan, a more valuable hostage to his al Qaeda captors. But the family switched course and went to their representatives in Congress in late 2013 after a video of Weinstein – frail and apparently in declining health – surfaced in which he said he felt “totally abandoned and forgotten” by his country. Related video W.H.: Hundreds of hours of surveillance preceded strike Will the drone debate return? More than a year later, that reluctance evolved into a close bond between the Weinsteins and the Maryland delegation of lawmakers and staff who pressed Weinstein’s case with the Obama administration as well as Pakistan. The congressional offices helped the family navigate the maze of government agencies working to free their loved one, according to one of those lawmakers and a Senate aide. “We don’t get choked up too often at work,” Algene Sajery said as she held back tears. “But this is really hard.” Sajery is a foreign policy adviser to Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, who worked closely on the case. After the White House announced that Weinstein had been accidentally killed in a January U.S. drone strike, the aide’s first call was to Weinstein’s daughters. “Myself and my colleague worked really closely with them, talked to them all the time … they’re just such good people,” Sajery said of the family. “There’s a personal connection there.” Cardin and his staff had tracked the Weinstein case since news of his abduction surfaced in August 2011, but when the family reached out to get help pressing their case, Cardin’s staff joined forces with Rep. John Delaney, the Weinsteins’ congressman, and began setting up meetings for the family. Cardin’s staff set up meetings for the senator and Weinstein’s family with everyone from the U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Pakistani ambassador in Washington. Cardin and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, wrote to President Barack Obama, calling on the U.S. to beef up efforts to secure Weinstein’s release and dedicate more resources to the cause. And the staff and lawmakers helped the Weinsteins weave through the network of agencies – from the FBI to the State Department and the White House – working to bring Weinstein home. “We focused on making sure that the capabilities of the government was well coordinated,” Delaney told CNN on Thursday. “The government is a bureaucracy, and you have to make sure that it’s working.” Related video 2014: Family says Weinstein dedicated to helping others But for the Weinsteins and the families of other American hostages held by terror groups abroad, the government hasn’t always worked well enough – a frustration that was palpable to the staffers on Capitol Hill who worked to help them. Al Qaeda hostage Warren Weinstein killed “Unfortunately, the assistance we received from other elements of the U.S. Government was inconsistent and disappointing over the course of three and a half years,” Elaine Weinstein said in a statement Thursday. “We hope that my husband’s death and the others who have faced similar tragedies in recent months will finally prompt the U.S. Government to take its responsibilities seriously and establish a coordinated and consistent approach to supporting hostages and their families.” It’s a criticism that has resurfaced as the families of American hostages were killed abroad spoke up and voiced their frustrations with what they characterized as insufficient U.S. government efforts to bring their loved ones home. Delaney was “saddened, disappointed and outraged that our government was not able to bring Warren home,” he said in a statement Thursday. And in an interview with CNN later in the day, he strayed away from blaming the Obama administration or people in various U.S. agencies, instead pointing the finger at a disjointed system. The Weinstein family’s frustration with that system boiled over last summer when Bergdahl, the U.S. Army sergeant, was released by a Taliban-affiliated group in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay prisoners. The U.S. policy of not negotiating with terrorists appeared to have an exception. “It’s one of those things where it’s both there’s some hope, but at the same time it caused them some great frustration,” Delaney recalled, saying the family asked: “Why not Warren?” But as the State Department called the Bergdahl exchange a “unique situation,” the Weinsteins’ hopes were dashed. “That’s when they asked us to really step up our efforts,” Sajery said. “That’s when they decided to really go public.” Delaney introduced a resolution calling on the Obama administration to use all tools necessary to bring Weinstein home and make his return – and that of other U.S. hostages abroad – a top priority. Mikulski, Cardin and Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk of Illinois pushed a similar resolution in the Senate. And the Weinsteins took to the airwaves, with Alisa Weinstein appearing on CNN’s “AC360” to make a public appeal for her father’s release – and for the U.S. government to do more to secure his freedom. “My father is just as deserving of freedom as Sgt. Bergdahl, as are all of the Americans who are being held abroad,” she said on CNN last June. “You cannot distinguish between these hostages. … They can’t just pick and choose, decide that it works to get one person out and then leave everybody else there.” White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday said that “significant resources” were dedicated to try to free Weinstein and that “as painful as it is,” the U.S policy of not negotiating with terrorists would remain in place, arguing that removing that policy could promote kidnappings abroad and put more Americans at risk. And State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf said many officials at the department were in touch with the Weinsteins throughout the process. While the U.S. policy of not negotiating with terrorists would remain in place, the State Department is reviewing how it works to secure the release of American hostages held by terrorists abroad, she said. The White House announced the review last fall, which Obama ordered last summer after terrorists killed or kidnapped Americans abroad. Speaking at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday, Obama reiterated that the White House will review what happened. “We all bleed when we lose an American life,” he said. “We all grieve when any innocent life is taken. We don’t take this work lightly.” Obama made to sure to praise the intelligence community overall, noting that much of their accomplishments remain classified, while only their failures become public. “The world doesn’t always see your successes – the threats you prevent, or the terrorist attacks you thwart, or the lives that you save,” Obama said. “It can be frustrating sometimes, but that’s part of the function of our democracy. But I know what you do.” But Delaney, the Weinsteins’ congressman, is revving up to push for more reforms that will make government agencies more effective at finding and freeing American hostages held abroad. Delaney on Thursday called on the government to streamline the efforts of various agencies and countries in the region that help the U.S. find American hostages – an effort he’s been pushing in recent months. The tragedy of Weinstein’s death could be just the momentum needed to spur those reforms. “I think that every single American wants any American held hostage returned,” Delaney said. “There’s tremendous support to do more.” On Friday, Elaine Weinstein said in a statement that the family has “been moved by the tremendous outpouring of support from around the world.” “We appreciate the sympathy and condolences we have received from those who knew the Warren we loved so much as well as those who did not,” the statement said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of others who have been taken hostage around the world as they endure these terrible ordeals.” CNN’s Sophia Saifi reported from Islamabad, Pakistan; Jeremy Diamond reported and wrote from Washington; Saima Mohsin reported from Bangkok. CNN’s Ben Brumfield contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150424123000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/politics/warren-weinstein-congress-hostage-release/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "606915508", "sentence": "As many as 50,000 ISIS fighters have been killed since the war against the terror group began, a senior US military official told CNN. The official called that figure a conservative estimate. ISIS recruitment also has fallen off. It recruited only several hundred foreign fighters this year, compared with a couple thousand a month last year, CNN has learned. In addition, the official also revealed Thursday that in May 2015, US special operations forces came “tantalizingly close” to capturing or killing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in Raqqa, but failed to do so because classified information was leaked to the news media. The official briefed reporters at the Pentagon on the condition his name not be used due to the sensitivity of the information. The official noted that after the May 2015 raid in Syria that killed ISIS operative Abu Sayyaf and led to the capture of his wife, the US got valuable information on Baghdadi from the wife after two days of interrogation. At the time, she told them “last week we were with Al Baghdadi in Raqqa,” the official said. “We had been tracking them in Raqqa, so we went back frantically to try to figure out where he (Baghdadi) was in Raqqa.” But the official said communications that were being monitored dried up which the official blamed news stories that were published about intelligence learned from the raid. The senior military official also disclosed that earlier this week when President Barack Obama visited the US military in Florida he privately spoke about the incoming Trump administration to General Joseph Votel, head of US Central Command, and General Tony Thomas, head of US Special Operations Command. “He asked specifically are there things we could be doing as an administration” to assist a smooth transition on military issues such as fighting ISIS and counterterrorism, the official said. The official would not discuss Votel’s answer but broadly noted that Thomas spoke about some changes to how special operations interact with the rest of the government. The bulk of the meeting with reporters dealt with the issue of special operations taking a leading role in coordinating across the entire US government efforts to counter extremist threats against the US and coalition partners originating from overseas. The matter has caused bureaucratic headaches inside the Pentagon and Congress over the question of whether special operations forces like Delta Force and Navy Seals will operate overseas more than they already do. The official insisted special operations have no new authorities to operate. But special operations forces will set up a new center to coordinate their operations with coalition forces and other government agencies at an “undisclosed location,” the official said. The official revealed for the last 18 months there has been a US military policy that airstrikes are only allowed against targets where 10 or less civilians might be killed. In a related matter, special operations is also set to become the leading part of the military for “countering weapons of mass destruction,” taking that role over from the US Strategic Command. There is growing concern that North Korea is edging closer to being able to deploy a nuclear weapon. The official said the US believes it has the capability to mate a nuclear warhead, missile and delivery system. “It’s the threat that keeps me awake at night,” the official said. The only issue holding the North Koreans off at this point appears to be they have not mastered the technology to make a weapon re-enter the earth’s atmosphere to reach its target. All of this is leading to stepped up “contingency planning,” to deal with North Korea’s nuclear capability if it came to that, the official said. CNN’s Jim Sciutto contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US special operations forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161209160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/isis-dead-us-military/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "508971393", "sentence": "Thousands flee to Turkish border from Russian airstrikes pounding Aleppo and government forces moving in Aleppo is split in two with 320,000 civilians thought to be in the rebel-held area in the east of the city Aleppo’s fall to rebels – back in 2012 a much more moderate bunch than the often al-Nusra-infected alliances we see now – was a symbolic moment: the commercial heart of Syria turning on the country’s own government. Now, as thousands flee to the Turkish border from Russian airstrikes pounding the city and government forces moving in, the battle for Aleppo is again gaining significance. The towns of Nubul and Zahraa were reached by government forces late Wednesday and their seizure could mark a turning point in the war in northern Syria. Not because they are significant in themselves, but because to reach the towns, the regime had to cross through towns that mark the main supply route into the rebel-held area of Aleppo. Related gallery Syria's civil war in pictures Nearly five years into the civil war that has killed more than 250,000 people, according to the United Nations, Aleppo remains split in two with 320,000 civilians thought to be in the rebel-held area in the east of the city. Last year, the regime tried to cut off its main supply route, but failed. This time it looks like they have succeeded, and if Russian air power persists, it will be tough for rebels to open the road again. Since then it has been bombarded, seen al-Nusra Front (al Qaeda in Syria) sweep in, have moderates resist them as well as ISIS, and now faces what might be a prolonged siege. It is too early to tell whether the move to take Nubul and Zahraa really has cut off rebel supplies into the city. Both sides exaggerate – the rebels to urge outsiders to assist, and the government to show their prowess. But something is changing, and the march of thousands of refugees north, towards Turkey, where an uncertain welcome awaits, is evidence enough of that. This change comes at a time of other changes to the status quo in the north. To the east of Aleppo, Kurdish forces are, with American support, eyeing the remaining ISIS strongholds along the Turkish border – Jarablus and Manbij. The U.S. wants ISIS out, to remove its access to resupply of materiel and fighters from Turkey. Meanwhile, Turkey, America’s NATO ally that is engaged in a brutal but often unseen war with the Kurds’ allies in Turkey’s southeast, doesn’t want the Kurds to advance, and may stop at nothing to prevent that. Slightly southeast of there, the regime was advancing on ISIS in the town of Al Bab. North of Aleppo, the moderate rebels in the tiny gap below the Turkish border crossing of Bab Al Salama, are under Russian fire, and pressure from the regime forces that moved against Nubul and Zahraa. Slightly to their west, the Kurds who have long been in an enclave to Aleppo’s north, known as Afrin, have moved slightly east, moving in to new villages, according to the SOHR. All sides are on the move. And one problem looms for the rebels’ backers in the West and Gulf: one of the main forces moving in to try and fight for rebel-held areas of Aleppo, is the al-Nusra Front. They have issued a call for fighters to defend the city, and published video of their huge column of fighters moving towards the city. What comes next may take months to play out. A siege is a complex and ghastly prospect that will take weeks to come into effect, on a population already struggling, but long aware this could happen. Related video Glimpse of life inside Syrian war zone A humanitarian disaster will build, likely meters away from Turkey’s military. And Russia, whose decisive and often brutal intervention has given the regime a momentum it has not seen in years, will continue to see its military might reshape the landscape of this war, and effectively scupper the negotiations it has, on paper, bought into in Geneva. But it won’t end there – whatever the outcome. ISIS still exists, mere miles away, and could step into any void. Those killed in the government advance have relatives who will seek vengeance. Turkey won’t accept Kurdish fighters controlling much of its southern border. Iran and Russia will not accept the Damascus government falling. The political track for negotiations has stuttered, perhaps for its final time. It may change fast, but Syria’s war refuses to see even the beginning of its end.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian airstrikes", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160205153000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/05/middleeast/syria-aleppo-civil-war/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "574861674", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Felix Sanchez is the chairman and co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Felix Sanchez: Trump's tough immigration speech odd after seemingly conciliatory meeting with Mexico's Pena Nieto He says meeting optics put Mexico on equal footing with US, but later speech for American audience was xenophobic The red-meat speech on immigration would come soon enough. But first…Donald Trump flew earlier in the day Wednesday into Mexico, bringing his own version of magical realism. He landed at Los Pinos–the Mexican White House. Trump, the surreal aggressor, voluntarily helicoptered into enemy territory to face an unknown outcome. Two embattled men facing abysmal approval ratings looked to each other for salvation.  The Mexican President, who had nothing to lose, suddenly found himself as the unexpected power broker/mediator to the world’s most unruly potential head of state. They were meeting about two months before the US presidential elections: a scene out of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel.  Trump –abandoned in the polls by educated whites, blacks and Latinos – was reaching for a lifeline. And indeed the trip brought a surprising result.  With his command of the timing and optics of the event – and his canny positioning to ensure that his comments were the last word – this may well represent the event at which Trump became a politician. Like him or not, Trump scored a home run with this strategic surprise trip to Mexico, a nation presently in mourning over the death of its world musical icon, Juan Gabriel.  Trump, standing at the matching podiums with an American ally, elevated his presidential stature. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The visual parity between a world leader and a world leader contender emphasized Mexican and US equality—a new world order, even, with Mexico, in this instance, taking center stage. Only a few hours later, of course, it was Trump’s 10-point xenophobic tirade, presented with Latino antagonists, like Sheriff Arpaio, in tow that took center stage, as the candidate reverted to his old self in a speech on immigration, completely unbraiding the potentially progressive message he began in Mexico City. He had had his Los Pinos photo op and now it was back to reassuring his base.  A shame. But let’s not let that completely tarnish his foray to visit with Peña Nieto, who deserves praise. Despite the fantastical nature of the encounter, the Mexican President confronted head-on Trump’s disinformation campaign against Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.  Trump’s reliance on extreme images of marauding Mexicans pillaging and looting the US has created the new American bogeyman, the new Willy Horton. For the courage to face off with Trump, President Enrique Peña Nieto should get kudos for defending the honor of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.  It’s not like Barbra Streisand, Ben Affleck or Oprah Winfrey had come to our defense. But what was remarkable was that it was not the Mexican President who was arriving at Trump Tower for a benediction, but the United States Republican presidential candidate who appeared to come to seek the Mexican President’s counsel. It was not a visit to the capitals of Britain and Germany, but it is a true North American summit:  a unique moment where Mexico flexed and exercised power over the possible next US President. Mexico was the only place Trump could come and attempt to achieve a crucial validation he lacks. Mexicans, after all, still hold the key to a locked US voting demographic. Trump did well in his Mexico trip, though he was not spiritually cleansed of his sinful, vitriolic rhetoric and immigrant fear-mongering.  But he aimed his pitch at Mexican-American voters and nervous Republicans worried that he had taken his message too alt-right. How might this have helped his candidacy? The Democratic Latino coalition has always had an Achilles heel that includes three critical Latino segments:  Cuban-Americans, who don’t have an immigration issue thanks to the US dry foot, wet foot policy; Puerto Ricans, who similarly do not have an immigration issue, because all Puerto Ricans are born US citizens; and finally multigenerational Mexican-Americans, who for the most part do not have immigration concerns. Not that these US Latinos don’t have empathy or support for Latino immigrants and their struggle, but it is not their top priority.  Jeb Bush understood the Latino sweet spot and how these voters were ripe to support him, which is why the Clinton campaign worried more about Jeb Bush than any other GOP candidate. But it’s hard to see how this will work for Trump, particularly if they got an earful of his call to arms against immigrants later in the evening on national television. These Latino swing voters appear to have coalesced behind Secretary Clinton, who has a long and authentic history with the Latino communities from Texas to Puerto Rico. What the Mexican President did today was to reframe the US –Mexico relationship, by emphasizing how the border economy affects far more than just US Latinos, it floats the economies of major states from California to Texas.   In their joint appearance, the debate shifted away, however briefly, from finger pointing to bi-national, shared governance.  The exclusive focus on undocumented immigration expanded to include discussion of the illegal flow between both countries of cash, drugs and guns and how they contribute to perpetuating gangs and drug cartels. What the Trump meeting also showed is how little we actually understand how the major cogs of the US economy work: our reliance on trading partners like Mexico, the benefits that have redounded to both nations under free trade agreements, and the importance of perfecting, but not discarding bilateral commercial agreements. Trump may have won the optics of the day (the first part, at least) and he may have somewhat resuscitated his campaign, deemed by many to be on life support, but the issue is whether this moment will propel Trump all the way to the White House.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160901124500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/opinions/donald-trump-pena-nieto-mexico-sanchez/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "444018674", "sentence": "Prosecutor: A delivery employee drove a van into the factory and set off a blast A decapitated body is found in the van and a severed head is found hanging on a fence French authorities call the attack near Lyon a terrorist act French authorities detained the lone suspect in an attack on a factory Friday in which a large explosion was followed by the discovery of a severed head hanging from a fence. Two people were hurt in the blast at the U.S.-owned factory near Lyon in southeastern France, the French President said. On a day when terrorist attacks also took place on two other continents, French authorities were particularly alarmed – especially after finding two banners or flags, inscribed with Islamic writing, hanging with the victim’s head. A decapitated body was found in the suspect’s van. In Tunisia, three gunmen opened fire on beachgoers at an oceanfront hote in Sousse, leaving 37 dead and 36 wounded, many of them foreign nationals, the country’s health ministry said, according to the state-run TAP news agency. In Kuwait, ISIS claimed responsibility for a blast that killed 25 people at a Shiite-affiliated mosque, state media reported. The attack at the factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) outside of Lyon, began in the morning when a delivery van entered the gates, said Paris Prosecutor François Molins, whose office handles anti-terrorism cases throughout France. The van had been used to make deliveries there, and the driver was recognized as a delivery employee, so it was allowed through. Security cameras lost sight of the van until seven minutes later, when the van is seen accelerating toward a warehouse containing canisters of acetone, liquid air and gas, Molins said. A minute later came an explosion so huge that it was heard two miles away, residents told CNN. “There is no doubt that the intention was to provoke an attack, an explosion,” French President François Hollande said. Firefighters arrived five minutes later and soon found the suspect in the warehouse trying to open canisters of acetone, Molins said. They took him into custody. The warehouse was damaged and the roof and back of the van were destroyed by the blast, he said. Inside the van, firefighters found a knife and decapitated body, which Molins said was that of a 54-year-old man who was in charge of the transport company where the suspect worked. Authorities then discovered the victim’s head hanging on the factory’s fence with the flags. Raymond Feyssaguet, the mayor of the nearby town of Villefontaine, identified the suspect as Yassin Salhi. The suspect has three children and has been married for 10 years, Molins said. He does not have a police record, but in 2006 he was put on the terrorist watch list and “he continued to attract the attention of the intelligence services, particularly with regard to the Lyon region,” he said. Related gallery France terror attack The suspect’s wife and sister and another person were also taken into custody. They are being investigated for involvement in a terrorist conspiracy, Molins said. The prosecutor said investigators are still trying to piece together other details of the attack such as where the victim was killed, the suspect’s route, and what the motive was. Though Molins said the flags were inscribed with the profession of faith of Islam, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the writing on the flags had not yet been translated. He also did not specify what language it was in. Cazeneuve also said the suspect, from a Lyon suburb, was in touch with Muslim fundamentalist Salafists. Hollande expressed his condolences and solidarity with the victims, including two injured at the scene, and urged the French people to remain united and “not to give in to fear.” France raised security across the Rhone-Alpes region to its maximum level for the next three days, Hollande told reporters, CNN’s French affiliate BFMTV reported. The attack came the same week that France’s Parliament passed a law giving expanded powers to security services. Such efforts have been hastened by several recent attacks, including the Islamist terror attacks in January on the offices of satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris. The U.S. firm that owns the factory, Air Products & Chemicals, said it is working closely with all relevant authorities following Friday’s attack. The company, which supplies gases for industrial use, said it had stepped up security at its other locations worldwide as a precaution. U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the attack, a senior administration official said. Bergen: This is what we can expect going forward CNN’s Pierre Meilhan, Melissa Gray, Marilia Brocchetto, Hala Gorani, Sandrine Amiel, Sarah Oulahna, Alanna Petroff, Julia Talanova and Sunlen Serfaty contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "French authorities", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150626101500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "TUN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/europe/france-attack/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "425757998", "sentence": "Over the past two weeks, President Barack Obama made a full-court press to persuade lawmakers to back his Iran diplomacy and abandon a bill giving Congress a say in any final deal. Ultimately, though, the White House was forced to bow to the reality: Enough Democrats supported the principle of allowing Congress to weigh in on the nuclear deal that even a veto threat couldn’t stop it. READ: Iran bill passes committee as White House withdraws veto threat Shortly before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously voted Tuesday to send the bill to the Senate floor, the White House indicated that the veto threat had been withdrawn. Republicans and some Democrats chalked up the about-face to a calculation by the administration that the numbers simply weren’t on its side. “I don’t think they had a choice. The votes were there,” said Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, a committee member. “I think they certainly didn’t want to flirt with the situation where there would be enough votes to override a veto. That’s where we were headed.” Related video Senator: Congress should sign off on Iran deal As California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, put it: “I think it was a recognition of the lay of the ground, so to speak.” But the White House is pushing back on the suggestion that it caved on the bill. “Despite the things about it that we don’t like, enough substantial changes have been made that the President would be willing to sign it,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday, “because it would reflect the kind of compromise that he’d be willing to sign.” According to the administration, those changes include shortening a 60-day review period to a maximum of 52 days, dropping the requirement that Iran declare it will not sponsor terrorism and other similar poison-pill language, and wiping out “other extraneous elements” from the measure. “They did not cave. They did not cave,” said Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “We looked at the language and got the language to where they were comfortable.” Despite the White House’s massive outreach across Capitol Hill – the administration placed more than 130 calls, many from President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, while several Cabinet secretaries held briefings for lawmakers – it was the close discussions with Cardin that resolved many of the White House’s concerns. READ: What’s in that Iran bill and why all the fuss about it? Cardin was the key point person in hammering out the compromise version with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and lead bill sponsor Bob Corker of Tennessee. While Cardin said the administration got most if not all of what it was looking for, the Republican senator maintained that the legislation remained substantially the same as what he had originally drafted. “The bill is slightly different but we’re talking about a gnat’s hair difference,” Corker said. “It gave them (the White House) a chance to say changes had been made even though the essence is what it’s always been.” Related video Thornberry: Kerry was in 'strong advocacy mode' That essence includes requiring the details of any Iran deal – due by the end of June – be sent to Congress and paving the way for a vote on a joint resolution that could express approval or disapproval of the deal. During Congress’s review, the President wouldn’t have the ability to waive congressionally mandated sanctions on Iran. While originally the review period was set to last 60 days, the compromise dials that down to 30 days, with 12 more days added automatically if Congress passes a bill and sends it to the President, and an additional 10 days of congressional review if Obama vetoes that legislation. If the deal is submitted late, after July 9, the review period reverts to 60 days. Either way, Obama is required to certify to Congress every 90 days that Iran is complying with the terms of the deal. The bill also requires the President to make a series of detailed reports to Congress on issues ranging from Iran’s nuclear program to its ballistic missile work and its support for terrorism globally, particularly against the U.S. and its allies. When it came to getting the White House to drop its veto threat, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin acknowledged that the math also aided Obama: He only needs 34 senators to agree with him to sustain a veto of the bill, which would be read as “basically tacit approval of the deal.” “That’s a pretty low threshold,” he said. “He probably came to the conclusion that no matter what the deal is, he can hurdle that bar.” Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, another committee Democrat, also thought that number helped sway the administration. Still, he said, “I’m sure they were not thrilled with ultimately having to cede this.” Markey said the changes to the bill that Cardin was able to work out with Corker also helped many Democrats who shared the administration’s concerns stay on board. READ: Christie: Iran and White House nuclear proposal threaten American security “All of the concerns that members had been raising on the Democratic side were now gone, and so as a result the argument came down to whether there would be a congressional role at all,” he explained. “It made it a lot easier for those Democrats who had been raising objections on terrorism certification and other issues to then feel more comfortable voting yes.” That in turn gave the bill too much Democratic support for the president to be secure in a veto. Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee who has been pressing to give Congress the chance to vote on a deal, said it became increasingly clear in his recent discussions with the administration that the main issue wasn’t whether Congress would be involved, but how to structure a process both sides felt was workable. “It’s really a choice between congressional involvement under a prompt and reasonable set of rules or a free-for-all involvement,” he said. “I think the events of the last couple of months convinced them – yep, it might not have been our original choice, but we’d rather have it circumscribed and appropriate.” CNN’s Laura Koran and Alexandra Jaffe contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "White House Iran diplomacy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150416001500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/15/politics/iran-senate-obama/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "730078235", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him @aarondmiller2.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. As if the broken, angry, dysfunctional Middle East needed another conflict, along came an unprecedented escalation between Israel, Iran and Syria to make the region even more volatile and dangerous. In the predawn hours of Saturday, an Iranian drone penetrated Israeli airspace and was shot down. Israel retaliated by attacking Iranian facilities in Syria, from where the drone had launched, which prompted an Israeli F-16 fighter jet to come under Syrian fire and crash.  This is believed to be the first time in decades that an Israeli jet has been taken down in such a manner. Much about these incidents, particularly why Iran sent a drone into Israeli airspace, isn’t yet certain. And where these events will lead is equally hard to predict.  But here are the key takeaways to consider. A perfect storm of factors with the potential to prompt an attack like Saturday’s have been brewing for some time. Capitalizing on Iran’s support of the regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Teheran has moved to expand its influence in Syria as a hedge against US and Saudi designs. And with Iran’s help, Hezbollah has probed areas close to the Syrian Golan Heights to possibly create another front against the Israelis. They planned to establish weapons factories and land routes that might facilitate supply to Hezbollah. Motivated partly by the ideological struggle against Israel and by a practical need to build up a stronger capability in the event of an Iranian-Israeli conflict, Iran apparently plans to expand the Israeli-Lebanese front to include Syria. Related article How to restore US credibility in the Middle East For its part, Israel has drawn clear red lines that it warned Iran not to cross and has long complained about Iran’s ambitions in Syria. These include Iran’s desire to create a land bridge connecting Iran and Lebanon through Iraq and Syria, deploy 10,000 Shia militia in southern Syria, create maritime and air bases and weapons factories, and even to create a presence adjacent to the Golan Heights. On this last goal, steps have already been taken. In 2015, Israel killed an Iranian general and senior Hezbollah operatives near the Golan Heights. Over the last several years, Israel has conducted at least a hundred  attacks in Syria, aimed at preventing weapons shipments to Hezbollah, blowing up weapons depots and eliminating  regime or jihadi activity too close to its borders.   But Saturday’s violation of Israeli airspace and sovereignty by an Iranian drone was considered a provocation that needed a clear answer on the tactical level and a strategic response. The other reality, which could result in external powers clashing in Syria, is the shifting focus of the conflict. As US-led coalition forces have whittled away ISIS control of its “Caliphate,” the struggle for influence, oil and territory has intensified. Turkey is fighting Syrian Kurds while the United States supports the Kurds in their effort to hold territory liberated from ISIS. Meanwhile, Russia and Iran are supporting Assad’s efforts to take territory back from jihadis in the Idlib province. All this further complicates Washington’s relations with Turkey. But as the commitment of these foreign external powers to the Syrian arena has grown, so have the costs. Within the past two weeks, a Syrian jihadi group shot down a Russian fighter jet, a Kurdish militia downed a Turkish helicopter, and Syrian air defenses disabled an Israeli F-16. And as Iran and the Russians have helped the Assad regime take back territory, Assad’s confidence and his willingness to challenge Israel have also grown. The downing of the Israeli fighter will hand Assad a propaganda victory and buck him up more. Despite the serious escalation, a sustained and massive confrontation is not necessarily around the corner. None of the major players is looking for a regional war. Russia has no desire to undermine three years of investment in saving the Assad regime, only to see Israel become involved militarily in  Syria, which could weaken the Syrian regime and strengthen the United States’ hand against Iran. Iran isn’t looking for war with Israel either, as it could jeopardize its own gains in Syria. Related article Israeli PM: Airstrikes dealt 'severe blows' to Iran, Syria And Israel has no interest in getting bogged down in Syria or triggering a conflict with Hezbollah, Iran’s loyal ally. A war with Hezbollah would rain thousands of rockets and missiles down on Israel’s cities, produce heavy civilian casualties, and force Israel to wage a costly war against Lebanon. More than likely, this coincidence of interests in avoiding war will succeed in deferring a major escalation to some later date. Could this dangerous moment produce a moderating effect forcing all sides to consider more stable arrangements? It’s doubtful given Iran’s commitment to Assad and Russia’s inability and unwillingness to constrain Teheran. Quite predictably, Moscow has adopted a position supporting both Syria and Iran and urged Israel to respect Syria’s territorial integrity. Moreover, given the history of Israeli-Lebanese conflicts –from 1978 to 2006 – it seems only a matter of time until the next round. Faced with an unprecedented escalation between Israel, Iran and Syria, which contain any number of dangerous, historic and unpredictable firsts, the Trump administration seems to have adopted a hands-off, low-key approach to the current crisis. It’s clearly very early in this crisis, but Washington seems content for now in issuing strong statements defending Israel’s actions and condemning Iran’s provocations. It may well turn out  that in a battle of wills between the Trump administration’s staunchest Middle East ally and its greatest adversary, the President wants to use Israel to hammer Iran in Syria. He may have no interest in getting involved in any diplomatic effort that might force him to put brakes on Israel or push his friend Putin to restrain Iran. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook As for the role of the secretary of state, it’s more than a little awkward if not outright embarrassing that Rex Tillerson, who’s traveling in the region, talked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, yet seems to have no plans to stop in Israel. He should add Israel to his itinerary, if only to receive a personal briefing on Israeli thinking and coordinate with Jerusalem. The fact that he’s not going speaks volumes about Tillerson’s own marginalized role and the administration’s lack of a strategy in thinking through how to pre-empt further escalation in a dangerous crisis.   And rest assured the Israeli-Iranian tangle in Syria isn’t going away. Sooner or later it will return with a vengeance.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180212023000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/11/opinions/israel-iran-syria-conflict-opinion-miller/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "590100249", "sentence": "Obama hopes the left-leaning Renzi will continue his legacy on the global stage But Renzi himself isn't secure in his job President Barack Obama chose to bestow his final state dinner upon a young, progressive leader who he hopes can help secure his agenda in Europe long after leaving the Oval Office. But even Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, whom Obama feted Tuesday with the highest form of Washington flattery, isn’t a certain bearer of the Obama legacy on a continent gripped with uncertainty and populist fervor. Both Obama and Renzi warned Tuesday that an isolated Europe would be harmful for economic growth. And while Obama insisted Renzi remain in office even if his proposed constitutional reforms are voted down in December, neither leader expressed much certainty about Europe in the months and years ahead. “I believe that we find ourselves in a season of our political lives,” Renzi said through a translator at a midday press conference in the White House Rose Garden. “Maybe some people choose hatred, the culture of intolerance. We have to bet on liberty. We have to bet on our identity, the values that make this country extraordinary. And Europe – Europe has a desperate need to find its own soul.” Obama, meanwhile, warned that nationalist voices in the United States and Europe would only be amplified if governments fail to address the valid concerns of citizens. “There’s probably been no group of people who’ve enjoyed more prosperity and more peace over the last several decades than a united Europe,” Obama said. “If it begins now splintering because their sense is the global capitals and elites are not attentive to the ordinary concerns of people, that would be a tragedy. And my hope is that that discussion, led by Matteo and others, will continue.” The visit came as Obama’s closest European allies have either been ousted from office, face uncertain futures or are nearing the end of their tenures. In rolling out the red carpet for Renzi, Obama hoped to buttress – through a lavish display of friendship – one of Europe’s most outspoken pro-US voices, one he hopes can provide a bulwark against isolationism on the continent in the months and years ahead. “The president does see in Renzi an up-and-coming politician that’s likely to be around for a while and who shares his progressive agenda, who shares a similar outlook on lots of different issues. In that respect, he’s bringing him to a very important event in part to give him visibility and give him a boost,” said Charles Kupchan, Obama’s senior director for European Affairs, who called Renzi, 41, one of “the most promising young politicians in Europe.” RELATED: White House state dinner: Batali’s pasta, 2016 politics to chew on Like his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau, Renzi represents the type of left-leaning politician Obama hopes will continue his liberal legacy on the global stage once he leaves office. Once accused of failing to develop close ties with foreign leaders, Obama has worked during his final year in office to foster more personal bonds with the leaders he’s leaving behind in January. The effort has ramped up due in part to a new generation of foreign counterparts entering office, including Trudeau, whom Obama hosted for a state dinner earlier this year. It’s also come as Obama’s closest European allies were either forced from office, like Prime Minister David Cameron, have seen their political star dim, like French President Francois Hollande, or are nearing the end of their terms, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel. That’s left an uncertainty in Europe as Obama prepares to hand off US foreign policy to either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. The same nationalist and anti-trade forces that have propelled Trump to the top of the Republican ticket are at work in Europe, too. Obama has issued a full-throated pushback against those sentiments in Europe to decidedly mixed results. Related gallery The Obamas 8 years of state dinners In Renzi, Obama has found a like-minded liberal who has emerged as Europe’s top advocate for strong transatlantic ties. The pair have worked jointly to address migration issues and European stability; they’ve also spent time jogging together during global summits. Renzi has voiced eager support for Obama’s stalled TTIP trade plan with the EU and has been a strong voice in Europe against austerity fiscal policy. But Renzi himself isn’t secure in his job. Italians vote in a December 4 referendum of a slate of constitutional reforms he says are necessary for effective governing. Meanwhile, nationalist parties are gaining ground in capitals across the continent. Like Cameron, Renzi could find himself politically wounded after the referendum vote in December, when Italians will decide on a set of constitutional reforms the Prime Minister has pushed to streamline the governing process. Obama said Tuesday he supports those reforms, believing they will help jolt a paralyzed legislative process. But he was careful not to wade too deeply into yet another sticky referendum vote could prove tricky for a president whose stance on the last two closely-watched foreign votes – on Britain’s exit from the EU and Colombia’s adoption of a peace deal with the FARC rebels – ended up being opposed by the people. “I won’t weigh in on the referendum, but the reforms Matteo is initiating, certainly on the economic side, are the right ones,” Obama said. “And in a global, Internet-driven world, governments have to be able to move fast and quickly and transparently.” Related video Italian PM: This is a time for new hope On Tuesday, Obama and Renzi made a push toward the trade deal with Europe, even as other European leaders, including in Germany and the UK, have backed away from the notion amid anti-trade sentiments. They also discussed the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean, where migrants fleeing turmoil in Northern Africa and the Middle East have faced peril and death reaching Europe on overstuffed boats. Despite their similarities, Renzi hasn’t been an entirely consistent ally for Obama, hesitating to enact tougher sanctions on Russia for its incursion into Ukraine as his country remains dependent on Moscow for oil. And he’s vowed to resign his post if the constitutional reforms fail to pass, though as polls have showed support stalling in recent weeks he’s avoided repeating his promise. On Tuesday, Obama said his partner should remain in place, even if he finds himself wounded in December. “I am rooting for success, but I think you should hang around for a while no matter what,” Obama said. For his part, Renzi – who openly backs Clinton in the upcoming election – acknowledged that attention in the US and abroad wasn’t on his own political troubles. “I have a feeling, and I think that rightly so, our American friends are a little bit more interested in November 8 than in the Italian vote on constitutional reform,” he said. “And so are we, might I add.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Matteo Renzi", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161018103000", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/politics/obama-renzi-italy-state-visit/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "488148381", "sentence": "The President took another crack at giving a pep talk to the American people over the cresting fear of terrorism For all his speech-making skills, Obama has admitted several times publicly that his communication strategy as president has sometimes been lacking Back on U.S. soil, President Barack Obama was looking for a do-over. The President took another crack at giving a pep talk to the American people over the cresting fear of terrorism and anti-refugee sentiment during a press conference Tuesday with French President Francois Hollande. The event was designed to display solidarity between the two countries following the recent terror attacks in Paris – which both presidents made sure it did. But Obama also used it to salve his own political vulnerabilities, exacerbated by sparring matches with reporters during his trip abroad last week that were poorly received at home. The President’s comments were his most expansive yet on how Americans should view the aftermath of the ISIS-claimed killing spree. But while they might stabilize him politically, they also underscore his deeper struggle to produce a long-term strategy to eliminate the threat from ISIS, which now appears to be turning its sights to terror attacks outside of its self-declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq. And though Obama and Hollande both vowed to intensify air strikes on the extremist group, he offered little new in the way of strategic thinking. The President began by delivering a moving tribute to the “joie de vivre” and cultural and historical greatness of France and later warned Russia to stop targeting moderate Syrian rebels in some of his more pointed comments of the event. But he also delivered a personal, distinctly political – if still unifying – message to Americans, providing the kind of reassurance, national rallying call and quiet resolution critics deemed missing from his appearances while he was in Turkey and Asia last week. Indeed, Obama seized the podium at the White House Tuesday and spoke directly to the American as well as French people. “Francois, with your understanding, my statement today will be a little longer than usual. I have been traveling and this is an important moment for our nations and for the world,” Obama said, in an apparent admission his earlier remarks following the Paris terror attacks 10 days ago had been lacking. “What happened in Paris is truly horrific. I understand that people worry that something similar could happen here. I want you to know that we will continue to do everything in our power to defend our nation,” Obama said. For all his speech-making skills, Obama has admitted several times publicly that his communication strategy as president has sometimes been lacking. On occasion, he has either seemed to underestimate the political impact of an event or required several attempts to craft an appropriate message. For example, over Christmas 2009, he struggled to keep up with rapidly evolving news coverage after an al Qaeda operative attempted to bring down a U.S. airliner over Detroit, possibly because he was thousands of miles away from the political tumult enjoying his annual vacation in his native Hawaii. Nearly six years on, Obama, who often seems to disdain the more theatrical tasks of the presidency, appears to still have some work to do on presentation. A CBS News poll published on Monday found that 66% of Americans believe that he does not yet have a clear plan for defeating ISIS. And a new Washington Post poll on Tuesday found that the President’s approval rating on handling terrorism had toppled to a new low of 40%, down seven points from January. And his overall approval rating has dipped back to 45%, down from 51% in October. READ: Obama: We are all French now Obama might have been criticized back home for his initial response to the Paris attacks, but there was no complaint from Hollande, who warmly praised the President’s swift vows of support for France in the immediate hours after the assaults. “He was the  first one to call me,” Hollande noted. “It was very late in France, 2.00 a.m. when Barack called – the President of the United States,” Hollande went on, praising Obama for his “emotion, his compassion against the horror.” On Tuesday, the commander in chief sought to reassure Americans wary that the Paris attacks, which killed more than 120 people, could presage an attempt by ISIS to strike U.S. soil. He detailed what he said were “extraordinary measures” taken to strengthen homeland security since the September 11 attacks in 2001 and praised the “tireless” work of security and law enforcement officials dedicated to stopping terror attacks. Then, seeking to stiffen national resolve, Obama argued that every American had a role to play in defeating ISIS and other terrorist groups and that they could make a contribution simply in the way they respond to threats. “Even as we are vigilant, we cannot and we will not succumb to fear, nor can we allow fear to divide us, for that’s how terrorists win,” he said. “We cannot give them the victory of changing how we go about living our lives.” The President did not name Republican presidential candidates, but his comments were a clear denunciation of the warnings issued by Republican candidates about a rising threat from terrorism that have rocked the 2016 presidential race since the Paris attacks. Even as Obama spoke, one GOP candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was accusing the President of forgetting the lessons of 9/11 and faulted him for referring to ISIS at a press conference in Asia on Sunday as “a group of killers who are good at social media.” “I would be fascinated to see the President go to Paris and speak to the families who lost their loved ones … days ago and tell them that ISIS is just a group of killers who are good at social media,” Christie told the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Another Republican presidential candidate, Jeb Bush, also argued that American leadership in the world was lacking under Obama, saying that the shooting down of a Russian warplane by Turkey along its border with Syria was a symptom of a “world rife with insecurity.” But Obama avoided the harsh partisan tone he adopted while abroad, subtly parrying opposing positions rather than directly engaging them. He kept his tone elevated and did not explicitly call out the GOP, in contrast to the lashing he gave Republicans last week for being scared of three-year-old Syrian orphans destined to enter the country as refugees and accusing them of being a “potent recruitment tool” for ISIS. On Tuesday, he still implied that the party’s position on barring refugees from the United States, based on fears that ISIS extremists could try to hide among those seeking entrance, ran counter to the values that underpinned both the United States and France. READ: Obama: Turkey has the right to defend itself and its airspace But instead of stigmatizing critics, the President appeared to be appealing to the better angles of his nation’s nature, and a wider humanitarian impulse to help people fleeing tyranny or war in their homelands. “Each of us, all of us, must show that America is strengthened by people of every faith and every background,” Obama said, apparently referring to calls by Republican front-runner Donald Trump to consider monitoring Muslim Americans and closing some mosques. Obama also noted that France was still planning to admit 30,000 Syrian refugees over the next two years – three times the U.S. amount. “On the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, there are words we know so well: ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,’ Obama said. “That’s the spirit that makes us Americans. That’s the spirit that binds us to France. That’s the spirit we need today.” Obama was also criticized last week for failing to offer a sharper definition of certain victory over ISIS, in the way that previous presidents have predicted the demise of American foes to rally public opinion. Back on U.S. soil, in a high-stakes press conference, he didn’t make that error again. “President Hollande, my fellow Americans, let’s remember we face greater threats to our way of life before. Fascism, communism, a First World War, a Second, a long Cold War, each and every time, we prevailed,” Obama said. “Make no mistake: We will win and groups like ISIL will lose.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Barack Obama", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151125010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/24/politics/obama-francois-hollande-paris-attacks/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "701762146", "sentence": "Trump and his allies in Washington are seizing on a pair of revelations about Hillary Clinton The offensive is an attempt to regain control of the narrative President Donald Trump and his allies in Washington are seizing on a pair of revelations about his former rival Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party aiming to flip the months-long narrative about potential Russian collusion. Republicans this week launched a multi-pronged attack – from the White House, Capitol Hill and politicos around town – on Democrats and their former nominee after reports revealed that the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee helped fund an opposition research effort that produced a controversial dossier that made allegations (including many salacious and unverified ones) about Trump and his Russian ties; and as new questions surfaced about the circumstances surrounding the sale of a Canadian-based uranium mining company during Clinton’s time leading the State Department. Court documents connected with the case reviewed do not reference donations to the Clinton Foundation, nor attempts by US or Russian interests to influence the Uranium One deal decision. Since these allegations have resurfaced in the wake of recent reporting, Clinton and members of her staff have disputed accusations that anything improper occurred surrounding the approval of the Uranium One deal. Related article Obama-era uranium deal yields new questions, new accusations and new investigation Clinton said in an interview with C-SPAN this week that any accusations that she was bribed to approve the deal were “baloney” and that they had been “debunked repeatedly.” The reaction from Trump and his Republican allies was swift and synchronized, serving to muddy the waters and draw attention away from the investigations and allegations the President and his allies still face. “It is now commonly agreed, after many months of COSTLY looking, that there was NO collusion between Russia and Trump. Was collusion with HC!” Trump tweeted, referring to Clinton. On Capitol Hill, congressional Republicans opened two fresh Clinton-related investigations into the uranium sale and the decision by the FBI not to pursue criminal charges against Clinton over her private email use. And throughout the week, Republican political operations from the RNC to Trump-aligned surrogates flooded the airwaves and reporters’ inboxes with allegations that the real tale of collusion was on the other side of the aisle. Republicans, who have spent months on defense amid allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, jumped back into an attack posture. “This is a major development and one of the first openings we’ve had on this issue in months,” said an RNC official, who requested anonymity to candidly discuss the Republican strategy. The RNC official and a senior White House official said the revelations gave Republicans and the White House an opportunity to go on the offensive and divert attention from the investigations facing the President. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders did just that on Friday as she took to the White House podium and claimed: “All the things that the Democrats have accused the President of doing, they are actually guilty of themselves.” “If any collusion took place, it would be between the DNC and the Clintons,” Sanders said. A White House official said Sanders was referring to the Democratic-funded dossier compiled by a former British intelligence official, which leveled allegations about Trump and his associates’ ties to Russia as well as to months-old allegations that a DNC contractor met with Ukrainian officials offering information that could be damaging to Trump’s campaign. The DNC has vehemently denied any collusion with the Ukrainian government. The White House and its allies’ argument: that the dossier – initially funded by still-undisclosed Republicans during the 2016 primary campaign – amounts to collusion because it included information sourced to Russian intelligence sources. The allegation is hardly as hard-hitting as those Trump and his allies have faced, particularly given that the federal investigation and the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russian meddling and allegations of collusion were not triggered by the dossier. Trump, meanwhile, still faces the scrutiny of public investigators for his firing of FBI director James Comey – which Trump has said was because of “this Russia thing” – his campaign associates’ meetings with Russian officials, including most notably his eldest son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer he believed would furnish the Trump campaign with incriminating information on Clinton from the Russian government. The Daily Beast revealed earlier this week, and CNN confirmed, that the head of a data firm employed by the Trump campaign emailed WikiLeaks head Julian Assange hoping to gain access to 33,000 emails that had been on Clinton’s server. US intelligence officials believe many of the hacked emails Assange released were obtained as part of a Russian hacking campaign. News of the email exchange comes amid federal investigations into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Brad Parscale, the Trump campaign’s digital director, was interviewed Tuesday by the House intelligence committee as part of that inquiry. But the allegations Trump and his allies are now lobbing at Democrats don’t have to pan out to be effective. A senior White House official said the allegations would at a minimum “demonstrate that this is a far more complicated matter than people lead on.” The allegations and attacks against Clinton mark a return to the tried-and-true GOP attack playbook of raising suspicion about Clinton’s actions. “The news about Hillary Clinton and the DNC paying for the research behind the Russia dossier raises a lot of questions that I think are fair to ask from the RNC and from other groups,” an RNC official said. “There’s at least a perception that Democrats and the Clinton campaign lied about this – that this is very Clinton-esque.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump and his allies", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171027234500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/donald-trump-republicans-attack-russia-collusion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "574639914", "sentence": "Kaine questioned Trump's potential conflicts of interest if elected president Kaine has increasingly stepped into the role of vice presidential attack dog in recent days Sen. Tim Kaine again criticized Donald Trump Wednesday over his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, continuing his attacks on the Republican nominee in recent days. “We are entitled to get the information to get to the bottom of this cozy bromance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee said at a community center gym here. “Would Trump, as president, help our allies block Russia from annexing more territory and destabilizing Europe where hundreds of thousands of Americans live and about 70,000 of our troops are deployed? And what if Russia engaged in some kind of cyberattack or other effort to destabilize an election in this country? Would Trump stand up against them?” Citing Trump’s declaration at a March debate that he had “almost 120 deals” outside of the United States, Kaine questioned Trump’s potential conflicts of interest if elected president and what he said was the mogul’s lack of transparency regarding his business abroad. “That’s 120 deals where there are at least potential conflicts of interest. We ought to be able to find out whether they are conflicts. One-hundred-and-twenty opportunities for those in other countries to influence him because they have influence on his financial condition,” Kaine said. The Virginia senator referenced former acting CIA director Michael Morell’s assessment that Trump has been recruited as “an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation,” pointing to his foreign business dealings, including one with an associate of Putin to bring the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow. Morell made the statement earlier this month in a New York Times op-ed endorsement of Hillary Clinton. Kaine has increasingly stepped into the role of vice presidential attack dog for Clinton in recent days. Last week, he said Trump was “pushing” the values of the Ku Klux Klan. He backed away from the comments a day later, telling reporters that Trump has some supporters “connected” with the KKK who are “claiming him.” And Tuesday, he suggested Trump wouldn’t stand up to a Russian cyberattack of the American election.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160831220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/31/politics/tim-kaine-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "669419477", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Nic Robertson is CNN’s international diplomatic editor. The opinions in this article are his own. Nic Robertson: The dangerous divide in the Middle East urgently needs attention from America's top diplomat Will US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson snap out of his reticence and shine? In the Middle East, new lines are being drawn, for now not on maps, but indelibly across the territory, affecting the lives of millions. A world order – shaped a century ago when Sykes, Picot and Balfour etched linear division, dividing peoples and creating new nation states – is eroding in real time. It is a moment for this generation’s diplomats to lead through the change, a chance for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to snap out of his reticence and shine. It’s not just the war in Syria but the face-off between Gulf allies and Qatar that is at the heart of this shift. The 13 demands Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain have given Qatar defy a quick diplomatic fix and could herald a major regional shake-up. But this discord didn’t come from nowhere. Its roots run through the Syrian conflict, out the other side to the Arab Spring and before. In the eyes of his Gulf allies, President George W. Bush failed them, invading Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein, allowing Iran to extend its Shia theocracy beyond its borders into what had for generations been Sunni-led land. In their eyes again, President Obama failed them when he didn’t back their common allies – Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia – during the Arab Spring. Related article Qatar crisis is a mess the Middle East could do without Obama also compounded Saudi angst by cementing a nuclear deal with Iran a few years later and failing to more fully engage Assad’s and Iran’s forces in Syria. Saudi Arabia ramped up its defense spending, super-sized its security forces and surrounded itself with Sunni allies. Along that path a new ambitious heir to the throne has arisen. Fast forward to today and the clash with Qatar comes as Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies seek to impose their vision on the region. In short: to demand allegiance in an atmosphere poisoned by the polarization that seeps out of Syria. In the past three months alone, missiles from Russia, Iran and America have slammed Syria. Like regional rival Turkey, each has combat troops in-country. The battle on the ground is finally slowing as Assad consolidates his grip, and separately ISIS’s caliphate is being scotched from the landscape. But what the regional crisis reveals – shrouded in the multi-layered surrogacy of this war – is an ugly, ethno-sectarian disease spreading its infection way beyond Syria’s borders. While we have all been distracted by the destruction and death inside Syria, it’s what’s happening outside that could become a serious cause for concern, too. As divisive as the Syrian conflict has become, what really threatens to rip through today’s Middle East alliances is the Gulf standoff with Qatar. It comes at a magnitude and pace that could, if it is not settled soon, look like a road that should have been taken in life’s rear-view mirror. But as this region teeters on the verge of fundamental change, President Trump is distracted by domestic political drama. Trump’s recent trip to Saudi still has many guessing here about what was said in his conversations with Arab leaders and whether he may have inadvertently played a role in triggering the sudden confrontation. Europe, too, is distracted, both by kvetching over Brexit, and by grappling with the implication that President Trump is not just absent from the world stage but also a stranger to their values. There is much curiosity about what Trump will say and do on his trip next week to the G20 summit in Hamburg, where he is to meet Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office. Related video Qatar given list of demands to end boycott In short, many eyes have been off this ball, which may explain why there is still confusion over what Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain really hope to achieve through their 13 demands. Do they intend to separate Qatar from Iran, with which it shares a massive natural gas field, or re-orient it away from political Islam in the form of the Muslim Brotherhood? Or is it as Qatar’s Foreign Minister fears, to strip Qatar of its sovereignty? “We are left to conclude that the purpose of the ultimatum was not to address the issues listed, but to pressure Qatar to surrender its sovereignty. This is something we will not do,” he said. It may also be a clumsy cleft in the road for conservative Sunni Islam. Both the Qataris and the Saudis follow Wahhabism, Sunni Islam’s least liberal interpretation, and the challenge would be which nation would direct conservative Sunni values. Ever since King Salman, father of the newly-elevated Crown Prince Monhammed Bin Salman, came to the Saudi throne, he has been focused on expecting loyalty from allies, something President Trump may recognize. Last year the Kingdom cut several billion dollars in funding to Lebanon out of concern its erstwhile Sunni allies there could not stop the money ending up in the pockets of Hezbollah, Iran’s militarized Lebanese proxies. It was an object lesson in loyalty that neighbors like Jordan heeded. Perhaps a little belatedly, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson finally has his eye on the ball, undoubtedly recognizing that the stakes are very high. Tillerson is proving far more timid in his new role than expected, given that, as CEO at Exxon, he’d been known as a robust leader. Related video Tillerson voices frustration with White House A glimmer perhaps returned this week when asked if he was satisfied with the pace of staffing at the senior levels of the department, he responded, “No, I’d like it to go faster.” Tillerson was reported to have had a heated clash with White House officials on that same issue. But perhaps this was really a reflection of his workload and a realization of how far behind he is, and how much of a hole the Middle East might be in, without sustained diplomatic intervention. In the past few days alone, Tillerson has met with several of the Qatar standoff protagonists publicly, including the Qatari foreign minister and the Kuwaiti acting information minister, who like Tillerson has become a middleman trying to manage a way out of the chaos. Tillerson may also have met others on the QT. A Saudi source in senior Royal circles told me how jet lagged he was, having gone without sleep for 2 days. He didn’t say where he’d been, or who with, but I know his boss is enough of a player to be in this up to the hilt. Perhaps it’s a sign that Tillerson is finally finding his way diplomatically. If so, it would be little surprise, given that he is rubbing shoulders with just the sort of oil wealth he made a career wooing. Certainly the eloquent and sophisticated  Emirati diplomat Omar Saif Ghobash holds Tillerson in high esteem, noting, “Secretary of state Tillerson is the leading global diplomat, so we expect nothing less from him and appreciate very much the U.S. attempts to mediate and find a solution to the problem.” On that, perhaps the Qataris do agree, their foreign minister hinting as much: “We agree with Washington that the demands should be rational.” Related article Qatar must stop changing the subject -- and start changing its behavior Tillerson says little about his chances of success “We hope all the parties will continue to talk to one another in good faith,” he said following one of his recent meetings. The Saudis say their demands are non-negotiable, while the Qataris have already rejected many of them as unrealistic. Worse even, the Qataris seem to be courting the Saudis’ ire, not only ignoring the demand to close a new Turkish military base in Qatar but actually inviting in more Turkish troops as the deadline ticks down. At risk here is a further serious regional decline, and a poisoning of relationships that will spread. What has been unleashed here in recent years won’t be put back in the box. As fighting ends in Syria, the real regional power plays will begin in earnest as Russia, Turkey, Iran and Saudi vie to realize their ambitions. The US risks becoming a bit player, losing more leverage. Cauterizing the Qatar rift now might just make all of that more manageable, and might help the US down the road. This is no time for the United States to be eying ISIS’s demise in Raqqa and thinking of leaving the battlefield. No time for Trump to be anything other than laser-focused on the long term, understanding that disengagement damages the US’s future interests. Even if his boss is tied up with the fallout over his tweeting, Tillerson’s head needs to be here, big time. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook If he gets a result, he can chalk it up as a major diplomatic coup, if he doesn’t, he may, like his predecessor John Kerry, reflect on what might have been, had his boss been more willing to engage. As it was for Sykes, Picot and Balfour, this is a time for bold ambition, not to draw new lines, but to deftly manage the erasure of old ones.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170630193000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/opinions/test-for-tillerson-qatar-opinion-robertson/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "582296670", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Matthew Chance is CNN’s senior international correspondent. He has reported extensively on major stories for CNN’s global news networks from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and Chechnya, Europe and the Far East. The opinions expressed in this article belong to the author. Not since the end of the Cold War has the rhetoric between Moscow and Washington been so acute. Even in American politics, the Putin Factor has become a major campaign issue The catastrophic breakdown of the Syrian truce, less than a week after it came into force, has pushed relations between Russia and the United States to a new low. Not since the end of the Cold War has the rhetoric between Moscow and Washington – who back opposing sides in the conflict – been so acute. Both blame the other for failing to rein in their Syrian proxies. Moscow was furious at an attack last weekend by warplanes of the US-led coalition on Syrian Army positions, which they say killed more than 60 personnel. US officials say the strike, near Deir Ezour in Eastern Syria, was a mistake; a case of friendly fire. The US says they thought they were ISIS. But the Russian foreign ministry rejected that outright, calling an emergency session of the UN Security Council and issuing an extraordinary statement, in which it accused the US of colluding with Islamic State rebels in Syria. Related video Kerry: Russia needs to stop Assad from bombing people But it was an appalling incident in Syria a few days later that delivered a near fatal blow to peace efforts, and sent US-Russian relations further into a tailspin. As it waited to deliver its cargo of blankets, food and other humanitarian aid to the suffering people of Aleppo, a UN convoy came under devastating attack. Eyewitnesses spoke of barrel bombs being dropped from the air and of jets circling in the night skies above. The US said all signs pointed to a Russian air attack, but Russia insists neither its air force nor that of its Syrian government ally carried out the attack, which has been condemned by human rights groups as a war crime in which at least 20 civilian aid workers were killed. “I think we need to refrain from emotional reactions and from making comments immediately,” Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov implored the UN in New York. “We need to investigate and be very professional,” he added. Related video Russia will deploy aircraft carrier to coast of Syria Moscow had already suggested alternative explanations for the attack, saying the aid convoy may have been set ablaze by rebels, or even that a US Predator drone could have been responsible for obliterating it. It all seemed too much of a stretch for the exasperated US secretary of State John Kerry, who had spent months brokering the Syria truce with Russia, and who now launched a blistering verbal assault on his Kremlin counterpart. “I listen to my colleague from Russia and I sort of felt a little bit like we’re sort of in a parallel universe,” he raged. “When you’ve signed up to a ceasefire and you don’t adhere to it. What kind of credibility do you have, with any of your people?” The diplomatic clashing of swords over Syria, of course, did not come out a vacuum. Russia and the US have been at loggerheads for years over a range of foreign policy issues: from the Gulf war in 1990 to the Arab spring uprisings that began in 2010. Add to these NATO expansion and US missile defence and you get a sense that even though the Cold War ended, the mutual rivalry and suspicion didn’t. The latest round of US-Russian tensions began in 2014, when a popular pro-Western uprising toppled the Ukrainian government. The Kremlin responded by effectively invading, then annexing, the strategic Crimean Peninsula where Russia leased a naval base for its Black Sea Fleet. It then fueled a rebellion in Eastern Ukraine, arming rebels and even sending in Russian Army units to fight, according to US officials. The US response was one of outrage, and economic sanctions on Russia were soon to follow, cementing the old, familiar bitterness between these two former foes. At the heart of Russia’s rocky relationship with the US stands Vladimir Putin, the man who has led the country as President, then Prime Minister, then President again, for the past 17 years. It’s his muscular foreign policy, forcing the world to recognize Russia as a major power once again, that has so angered the West and made him increasingly popular at home. Despite a tough economic climate, battered by low oil prices and sanctions, he still gets approval ratings of which the US President can only dream. Related video U.S. blames Russia for bombing aid convoy True, recent Russian parliamentary elections saw a relatively low turnout. But that is not necessarily a reflection of Putin’s popularity. He was not, after all, standing for election himself. Even in American politics, the Putin Factor has become a major campaign issue, amid startling allegations – denied in Moscow – that the Kremlin is trying to influence the outcome of the presidential vote. The influence of the Russian leader is hard to ignore. Indeed, it may be this same Putin Factor that decides what happens next in the bloodbath of Syria. Secretary of State Kerry, in his emotional plea at the UN this week for a renewal of the ceasefire, said this is a “moment of truth.” He may have been addressing the entire UN Security Council in that moment, but in reality, he was speaking to just one man.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160924103000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/24/homepage2/the-putin-factor-chance-analysis/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "637121945", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ramesh Srinivasan is an associate professor at UCLA, director at the UC Digital Cultures Lab and author of the new book “Whose Global Village? Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World”  Follow him @rameshmedia. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Ramesh Srinivasan: The Trump team deftly employs Facebook to pander to and maintain its base of support But Facebook must try to serve a more balanced media diet to all of its users, writes Srinivasan Why is Donald Trump consistently able to make false claims while maintaining his base of support? In many ways it’s because Facebook has transformed into a major source of journalism for the American public. Over 65% of Facebook users – 44% of all US adults – access news through the social media giant’s platform. That group greatly outnumbers readers who frequent mainstream news outlets like The New York Times or The Washington Post. And there is evidence that shows this platform was and continues to be exploited by conservative political advocacy groups and consultants to target users based on data-driven psychological profiles. As a result, many users are fed targeted content instead of being presented with a variety of alternative viewpoints. Trump’s team, in particular, has taken advantage of the ascendance of Facebook as the platform where Americans go first to get their news. By gathering a great deal of data on eligible American voters, targeting them with ads and taking advantage of Facebook’s algorithms, the Trump machine has been able to significantly influence how information is disseminated through social media. In other words, Facebook users receive sponsored posts, created by data gathered from both Facebook and data brokers that track and sell our personal information. Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics company that has Trump advisor Steve Bannon on its board, has proudly boasted of its ability to predict voter behavior by correlating Facebook data with other information it purchased from data brokers, given the relatively lax information privacy laws in the United States. In a statement to Motherboard, a Cambridge Analytica spokesperson denied influencing the electoral outcome. “Cambridge Analytica did not engage in efforts to discourage any Americans from casting their vote in the presidential election,” the company said. “Its efforts were solely directed towards increasing the number of voters in the election.” While these techniques have been honed by marketers in relation to product campaigns, their application to the domain of national politics marks an important and troubling shift. Related article Can Zuckerberg save journalism -- or democracy? For example, according to Bloomberg, in the Little Haiti district of Miami, the Trump campaign used Facebook targeted “dark posts” to sway African American voters. These posts – newsfeed-like ads – reminded voters of the Clinton Foundation’s failures in Haiti, as well as when Hillary Clinton in 1996 referred to some black youth as “superpredators.” The key with these targeted posts was not just the demographic profile of the Facebook user but the choice of which post would best influence them based on psychological profile. And in an interview with Motherboard, Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, says they have a large amount of data to profile users. “We have profiled the personality of every adult in the United States of America – 220 million people,” Nix said. Our experience of news has therefore been altered. Social media networks and the invisible algorithms that shape them determine the content that is curated and presented to us. The selection of news stories, their framing and the opinions raised about them are then determined by our “friends” on Facebook, who often share our political persuasion. Far less transparent are the problems with algorithmic curation, where Facebook decides what posts we see and what are left invisible. As I argue in my just-released book, Whose Global Village?, when an algorithm reinforces certain political or cultural perspectives while leaving others hidden, it becomes difficult to respect or learn from one another. The challenges posed by Facebook’s rise as the primary source of news are magnified by the Trump administration’s aggressive first several weeks of political activity. Numerous executive actions around the US-Mexico border, immigration bans and the Keystone and Dakota pipeline bring to the forefront issues that were already divisive. Related video Trump: Press is \"enemy of the American people\" When the Trump team’s actions are refracted through Facebook, the euphoria or anger users may feel is further magnified. The public is left more divided than ever, inflamed by how these political issues are described and portrayed on their Facebook walls. When the mainstream media attempts to debunk examples, such as Trump’s claim of Obama wiretapping him (which he has since pulled back on) or his argument that he lost the popular vote due to voter fraud, it is quickly rejected by the administration as partisan, or even worse, in Trump’s own words, as an “’enemy of the American people.” In such a political environment, it becomes even more difficult to understand a position different from our own, or see a calm, rational way out of the hysteria it produces. It emboldens Trump to the point where he can say “the public doesn’t believe [the news media] anymore … and maybe I had something to with that.” We must do more to fight back. On January 25, Facebook announced that it would modify its trending topics algorithm to promote vetted news stories, as opposed to only promoting articles that are popular within a social network. While this is a step forward, the American public can further pressure Facebook to make some important changes, as well as cultivate strategies to overcome the current crisis. First, we can ask for social media companies to make transparent and comprehensible the filters and choices that go into the most important algorithms that shape interactivity. Here I do not mean publishing proprietary software code but instead giving users an explanation of how the content they view on Facebook is selected. Related article Why punishing the media will backfire on Trump More specifically, Facebook can explain that content is chosen because of location, number of common friends or similarity in posts. It can provide users with a glimpse into how its algorithm may select between different options in its decisions to make certain information visible on one’s newsfeed. Second, we must provide users with the opportunity to choose between different types of information, whether it is news shared by people outside of their social networks or whether users are given options for how filters may be applied to their Facebook feed. Such filters would allow users to determine what parts of the world they’d like to see information from and the range of political opinion they would want to view. Third, we can get back to a practice that long characterized the web: open-ended browsing. Social media companies can develop tools that allow news credibility to be visualized, enabling users to browse content within and outside of their immediate social network. Related video No! Don't share this stuff online! For example, Facebook could make posts available from users who are not in their friend network, or provide the user with tools to browse the networks of others, assuming permission is provided. It could even develop interfaces that allow users to look across posts from multiple perspectives, places and cultures around a given topic. At the same time, we must continue to think about the long game – how to develop political literacy in our educational and social systems. This would involve learning how to assess, evaluate and recognize the difference in credibility across information sources. It requires not viewing any piece of information, whether presented on Facebook or through a traditional news outlet, as infallible, but instead scrutinizing the ways in which that story was framed and the agendas it serves. While the largest news networks in our world are private corporations, they should be held accountable to the public. We have a right to demand fair and honest reporting. And in the current media landscape, we must pressure our news networks to tell stories that respect the perspectives of the diverse communities they report on. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Now as Facebook, with nearly 1.8 billion global users, has arrived as the major gateway to our news, it too must be held accountable to the public – rather than just its shareholders. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed concern over Trump’s executive orders, and justifiably so. Yet he must understand that his company is not only a private entity, but also a major public source of news and should therefore consider its role in Trump’s rise to power. We have no choice but to rein in our blind trust of the social media platforms that increasingly define the internet. To do so, we must not only pressure these companies to open up the black boxes by which they unite and divide us, but also recognize that Facebook, as it stands, divides us rather than unites us, politically and culturally.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Facebook", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170315151500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "HTI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/opinions/power-of-facebook-on-politics-opinion-srinivasan/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "450938226", "sentence": "Donald Trump isn't building relationships with party leaders in early voting states Strategy reflects Trump's unique approach to the presidential campaign Donald Trump does everything on a grand scale. On the campaign trail, the Republican presidential candidate gives longer speeches than his opponents. He spends money lavishly and likes to brag about it. And he attacks fellow Republicans more harshly, as he did over the weekend when he upended the GOP primary race by questioning John McCain’s war hero status. But Trump is surprisingly stingy in one notable way: his outreach to local party leaders in the early presidential states. Republican leaders in early-voting states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are used to getting the full-court press from presidential candidates. But they say they’ve heard little from Trump. Without durable relationships in the early states, Trump could find himself especially vulnerable to shifts in the news cycle that move national opinion. One day, he may be popular for harshly denouncing illegal immigration. The next day, his image – both nationally and in the early states – can be overwhelmed by comments like his widely condemned attack on McCain. McCain: Don’t apologize to me When the businessman travels to Bluffton, South Carolina, on Tuesday for a “kickoff rally,” he will have had minimal contact with Matt Moore, the state’s Republican Party chairman. “I met Mr. Trump for 30 seconds on May 9. Gave him my card. He hasn’t called me thus far,” Moore told CNN. Moore said that he has been in constant contact with many of Trump’s competitors, exchanging numerous text messages, for example, with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. “Many of the candidates reach out frequently,” he said. “They seem to understand that the chairman of any state is a nexus to communicating with thousands of people across the state.” Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann said while he’s bumped into Trump several times in recent months, the real estate mogul is the only candidate in the crowded GOP field who has not initiated a phone call or asked for a meeting. “He does seem to be taking it to the people, seems to be doing it primarily through the media. That’s one strategy,” Kaufmann said. “But I can tell you that you don’t win the presidency that way, because you have to have the party organization and party apparatus and local party leaders to win the presidency.” Trump’s strategy of bypassing prominent local leaders even as he addresses enormous crowds in their states is just one example of his atypical campaign operation. Eschewing the traditional political process, including actively wooing party officials, is key to Trump’s efforts to brand himself the ultimate outsider with no obligations to the GOP establishment. In New Hampshire, state Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley said he had not heard from Trump once this year, but has been in touch with most of the other GOP candidates. Political veterans say Trump’s campaign also shows that the basics of presidential campaigning are in flux, particularly as candidates now have more ways than ever to reach voters directly. That time Al Franken joked about McCain’s war hero status “The old model of 30 years ago of getting the top 10 county chairs as the baseline of your organization – I think that’s one way to do it, but I don’t think that’s the only way to do it,” said Steve Duprey, a veteran New Hampshire Republican strategist and former McCain adviser. “When you’re running the kind of campaign like he is, it’s possible to skip that whole effort and go directly to the voters.” Trump advisers pushed back on the suggestion that he has neglected one-on-one outreach to local leaders. For instance, Trump’s Iowa state director Chuck Laudner said the businessman hasn’t reached out to Kaufmann because the party chair is “neutral.” “Why would I meet with a guy who’s going to be neutral?” Laudner said. Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, said the real estate billionaire has had numerous meetings with GOP officials that have simply not been made public. “He does one-on-one and two-on-one meetings all the time,” Lewandowski said. “We just don’t report on it, while everybody else does.” RELATED: GOP to Trump: You crossed the line According to Lewandowski, Trump has met privately with Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and has also had “multiple private meetings” with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. But asked about the governor’s contact with Trump, a Branstad spokesman said Trump and the governor met “very briefly” at the Iowa Freedom Summit in January, but that there has been no contact since then. While most of the Republican candidates have so far trained their ire on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, Trump has also shown little restraint in dishing out harsh insults to fellow GOP candidates like Rubio, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. His open hostility has made some party leaders uncomfortable, and Trump’s remarks about McCain over the weekend seemed to push some of his GOP colleagues over the edge. Defiant Trump refuses to apologize to McCain The real test for Trump will be whether this distinctive style wears well over time in the early states following an initial boost in popularity. In two national polls last week, Trump cinched first place among the GOP contenders, beating other top-tier candidates like Bush and Walker. But if some voters find his booming speeches refreshing, plenty of others are unsure of what exactly to make of Trump’s style. Vivian Wong, a well-connected Republican business leader in South Carolina, recalls attending a meet-and-greet lunch in May at a downtown Greenville hotel. Wong said Trump delivered a fiery speech that touched on two of his favorite topics – illegal immigrants entering the country from Mexico and China’s currency manipulation. The performance drew mixed reactions. “He delivered it in his own way,” said Wong, who has not yet aligned herself with a candidate this cycle. “It was not how an ordinary politician would deliver the message.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150721103000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-2016-election-local-power-brokers/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "617009498", "sentence": "Stop us if you’ve heard this before: we are now one step closer to repealing Obamacare. Or perhaps we should say, “one more step closer.” Friday, House Republicans followed the Senate’s lead and passed the budget resolution. So, Obamacare’s been repealed? No. Now Congress can begin the process of repealing. From the notorious traffic to legislation, nothing happens quickly in Washington, D.C. WHAT’S NEW TODAY ON… The House approved the budget resolution on a mostly party line vote, 227-198, taking the next formal step toward dismantling Obamacare. Members of the bipartisan “Problem Solvers Caucus” are urging Trump to prioritize “rebuilding America’s infrastructure and reforming our tax code” and arguing that the “logic of combining (the two issues) into one package is compelling.” Their letter explains to Trump that if he pursues these objectives, he’ll have “willing governing partners” in them. On Thursday, Trump transition officials spoke with the House Ways & Means Committee to push for Ivanka Trump’s child care reform proposal that includes tax credits and six weeks of maternity leave.  When asked about this at the CNN Town Hall, Ryan said the proposal is “definitely on the table.” According to new data released Friday, China’s exports fell 2% last year, its biggest decline since 2009. Given Trump’s hallmark critiques of US-China trade, Chinese officials and many economists do not expect the picture to improve for China anytime soon. On Thursday, Obama made three civil rights sites national monuments and expanded protected land in Oregon and California. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal wrote a deep dive about Obama’s late moves, noting they will be difficult, if not impossible, to roll back. Looking ahead…", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obamacare", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170114031500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/13/politics/transition-tracker-one-week-from-inauguration-edition/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "690889637", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Shepard Fairey is a street artist, graphic designer and activist. This is an edited excerpt from “Peace: Photographs by Jim Marshall,” published by Reel Art Press. The peace sign has long been an important image and symbol for me, not just because I am pro-harmony and anti-war, but because it is the graphic icon that taught me the power of an easily recognized and reproduced symbol. As a rebellious teen in the ’80s, I embraced the peace sign as an emblem of counterculture favored by skateboarders who listened to punk and reggae. Looking back, it is remarkable that the peace sign crossed over to punks who said “never trust a hippie!” Even the reject-everything punks were susceptible to the graphic strength and allure of the peace sign. I was one of those punks and not only did the peace sign pique my interest visually, but it also led me to investigate anti-war ideas and movements. Glenn Lowry: 'It is all too easy to become inured to the waves of people fleeing war and poverty' I eventually ended up putting a “STOP THE ARMS RACE NOT THE HUMAN RACE” bumper sticker on the family station wagon, most likely as a domino effect catalyzed by a curiosity about the peace sign. Eventually, I had a professor, a hippie I trusted, who taught me about the Vietnam War, the anti-nuclear proliferation movement, and the protest movement against the Vietnam War in the late ’60s and early ‘70s. My teacher was cool enough to mention the role symbols like the peace sign, the dove and flowers in the ends of guns played in the activist movement, and how especially the peace sign became pervasively woven into many areas of pop culture. In many ways, I think that the peace sign as an easily understood ubiquitous symbol of opposition to the Vietnam War played a major role in diminishing the public support for the war. When I began to create images protesting the war in Iraq, I immediately thought of the success of the peace sign during the Vietnam era, and I began incorporating the symbol into many pieces of my work. Not only do I think the peace sign is strong visually, but it also brings to mind an activist movement whose energy and tactics created a widespread shift in the culture. In the post 9/11 climate of fear and the rush to war with Iraq, I saw many parallels to the Vietnam era which inspired me to use the peace sign as a pacifist symbol, but also to remind people just how analogous the mistakes of Vietnam were to the mistakes in Iraq. Looking at Jim Marshall’s images, I’m struck by how acutely he picked up on the rise of the Peace Sign as a counterculture, and later a dominant-culture, symbol. Artists offer alternative views of Iranian culture in a new group exhibition Marshall has an image from 1963 (we can tell from the date on an ad poster) with a peace sign drawn on a subway wall. Many of  Marshall’s photos are of graffiti of the peace sign with “ban the bomb” written next to it. Marshall was obviously attuned to the peace sign as part of the anti-nuclear proliferation movement long before it reached a critical mass as a symbol of the anti-Vietnam War movement. These photos demonstrate Marshall’s keen eye for imagery signifying the counterculture and his awareness of the viral and do-it-yourself nature of the graffitied and handmade peace signs showing up on walls, guitar cases, and clothing. What I find most exciting and unusual about these peace photographs is that symbols and slogans of peace dominated by the peace sign are the subjects of these portraits. These portraits showcase an idea rather than pictures of famous musicians, scenesters or politicians, and the artful nature of the images indicate that Marshall saw the role of the peace sign as a crucial character or protagonist within the culture. I’m most moved by the mystery and anonymity of the images that only show the peace sign and maybe accompanying text as the visible residue of an act of defiance. Small rebellious acts like a piece of graffiti pushing back against injustice, encourage me to take action and remind me that regardless of how alone I may feel, there are kindred spirits out there. I think Jim Marshall saw the value in documenting the evidence that something’s happening out there! “Peace: Photographs by Jim Marshall,” published Reel Art Press, is out now. “Peace: Love, Rock and Revolution - Photographs by Jim Marshall” is on show at ACA Galleries in New York until Sept. 30, 2017, and at H.M. Electric Gallery in London until Sept. 24, 2017.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "peace sign", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170919113000", "country1": "VNM", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/jim-marshall-peace-shepard-fairey/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "589582593", "sentence": "ISIS tunnels, trenches targeted in missiles attacks, militia umbrella group says Offensive aims to rout estimate 3,500 to 5,000 fighters in last ISIS stronghold The offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS control has begun, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a televised statement early Monday. “Our dearest people in Nineveh province, the victory bell has rung, and the operations to liberate Mosul have begun,” he said. “I am announcing today the beginning of these heroic operations to liberate you from the brutality and terrorism of ISIS. God willing, we will meet soon on the ground of Mosul where we will all celebrate the liberation and your freedom.” Only forces with the Iraqi army and National Police will enter the city “and no others,” the Prime Minister said. Fighting with them are the Popular Mobilization Units, largely Shiite paramilitary forces that include Sunnis, Christians and other ethnic and religious groups. The units released a statement shortly after Monday’s offensive began saying they were targeting ISIS tunnels and trenches south of Mosul with highly destructive thermobaric missiles. In addition, Peshmerga Forces – Kurdish fighters – launched Monday morning a coordinated operation east of Mosul in Khazir. The Peshmerga General Command said the operation, launched in coordination with Iraqi Security Forces from Gwer and Gayyara, included as many as 4,000 fighters in an effort to clear occupied villages surrounding Mosul. Defeating ISIS in Mosul would represent a major victory for the Abadi government, as it struggles to boost its credibility, prove its military prowess and end the terrorist group’s territorial dominance in Iraq’s oil-rich north. Routing the group from a port city close to the border of Syria and Turkey could also help stem the flow of fighters and weapons between the states. The fight is expected to last weeks, if not months, and if the battles to wrest Falluja and Ramadi from ISIS’ grip are indicators, Mosul will be a messy melee. The assault’s buildup has been ongoing for some time. US-led coalition and Iraqi forces have hammered ISIS targets with airstrikes for more than a year. The Nineveh Liberation Operations Center, which was set up to coordinate the offensive, has brought in dozens of American and British advisers. A US artillery unit has provided cover for operations south of Mosul. On ISIS’ side of the fight, there have been reports of a growing network of tunnels leaving the city. The terrorist outfit has also allowed wounded fighters to leave Mosul and freed prisoners jailed for low-level offenses. The militants were also taking measures to combat the effectiveness of airstrikes. Skirmishes flared outside Mosul in the days leading up to the battle, and Sunday brought several signs that the fight for Mosul was near, including an airstrike on one of the city’s main bridges. Not only did Abadi declare, “God willing, the decisive battle will begin soon,” but leaflets proclaiming, “It’s victory time,” also rained over the city Sunday. Related video Mosul awaits assault on ISIS The 30,000-strong force tasked with recapturing the largest city under the terrorist group’s control comprises many groups, with the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga making up the bulk. Iraqi security forces are expected to lead the ground campaign with the backing of coalition airstrikes and advisers, US officials have said. Once Abadi announced the offensive had begun, Brett McGurk, the US State Department’s special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIS, acknowledged in a tweet the operation aimed to end “two years of darkness under (ISIS) terrorists.” “Godspeed to the heroic Iraqi forces, Kurdish #Peshmerga, and #Ninewa volunteers. We are proud to stand with you in this historic operation,’ he wrote in a second tweet. Godspeed to the heroic Iraqi forces, Kurdish #Peshmerga, and #Ninewa volunteers. We are proud to stand with you in this historic operation. The US recently announced the deployment of 600 additional troops to aid in the city’s capture. The deployment brings the number of US personnel to more than 5,200, the Pentagon says. “There are no major objectives after that,” Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said. “This is it. This is the last big holdout in Iraq for (ISIS).” Before becoming the top prize in the Iraqi portion of the militant group’s self-declared caliphate, Mosul was inhabited by more than 2 million people. About 1 million residents remain today – in the clutches of an organization known to use civilians as shields. The UN refugee agency says most of the remaining residents could flee once the fighting is underway, creating what a UN representative says could be “one of the largest man-made displacement crises of recent times.” Related article Iraq: Families flee ahead of battle for ISIS-held Hawija Camps are being set up to accommodate the refugees, who will need transport and basic necessities once the Iraqi security forces and Peshmerga screen them as they leave the city. Abadi told CNN in September that forces “are planning for a fight for many months.” Some Peshmerga commanders have predicted it will take at least three months to clear the city as ISIS leaves sleeper cells behind. Others expect a quicker victory, with ISIS leaders retreating to the desert west of Mosul. Bracing for the offensive, ISIS in recent days allowed wounded fighters in Mosul to move to Raqqa, Syria, the group’s de facto capital, a source inside Mosul said. Related video ISIS sets oil wells on fire ISIS also released some low-level prisoners, including those jailed for their beards, cigarettes or clothing, the source added. A tunnel network large enough to accommodate motorbikes stretches from the outskirts of the city to the nearby village of Hamdania, according to the source. US military officials estimate there are 3,500 to 5,000 ISIS fighters in Mosul. ISIS supporters put the number at 7,000. Plumes of black smoke rose from oil-filled trenches on fire outside northeastern Mosul, an attempt by ISIS to obscure its fighters’ positions during airstrikes, military sources said. In northern Iraq, the main road to Mosul is dotted with villages deserted in expectation of the fight. At checkpoints, ISIS fighters wore masks to disguise their identities in what is seen as a sign of decreasing confidence, as well as concerns about retaliation from Mosul residents. There is concern among diplomats and Kurdish officials about plans for stabilizing and governing Mosul once ISIS is evicted, and according to US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a holding force of about 15,000 Sunni elements was being trained and equipped to secure the city once it’s liberated. The push to Mosul is being felt more than 200 miles south, in Baghdad, where ISIS has launched suicide attacks. At least 34 people were killed in a Saturday suicide bombing at a Shiite gathering in the capital, police sources said. Mosul, a city almost 3,000 years old, would represent ISIS’ last stand in Iraq. Though ISIS seeks to create an Islamic caliphate, it has lost considerable territory in the past two years, being driven out of Tikrit, Ramadi and Falluja. Kurdish forces have dug in to the east, north and west of Mosul, and Iraqi forces have been moving slowly from the south. Iraqi security forces also recently recaptured the Qayyara oil refinery and seized the Qayyara airbase, Iraq’s third-largest. The airbase is expected to be a vital staging ground in the battle for Mosul. On Friday, Abadi visited oil-rich Kirkuk province, where he met with leaders ahead of the operation to liberate the ISIS-controlled city of Hawija, about 100 miles south of Mosul. It has been under ISIS control since 2014, and Iraqi security forces estimate about 1,200 ISIS fighters occupy the city and nearby villages. Abadi inspected military units and spoke to security officials. He said he was preparing for a military operation to take back more cities from ISIS. Having nearly cleared ISIS from Anbar and Salaheddin provinces, the retaking of Hawija would be a coup as it would lessen or eliminate the threat to Iraqi and Peshmerga forces who would have their backs to the city during the battle for Mosul. CNN’s Arwa Damon, Ben Wedeman, Hamdi Alkhshali, Daniel Nikbakht, Susanna Capelouto, Nick Paton Walsh, Ghazi Balkiz and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi government offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161016231500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/16/middleeast/mosul-isis-operation-begins-iraq/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "650195418", "sentence": "A new study says saturated fats don’t clog arteries. So go ahead and fry up that bacon guilt-free while you catch up on the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) A federal judge blocked President Trump’s attempt to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities. The ruling – a preliminary injunction against Trump’s executive order signed in January –  is just the latest bad news for the administration on the immigration front. The judge said the cities and other jurisdictions, which don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts, would be harmed if the President’s order goes into effect and that their constitutional challenge of the order would probably succeed. The White House called the ruling an “egregious overreach by a single, unelected district judge.” The Russia probe is heating back up. The House Oversight Committee looking into meddling in the US election says retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump’s ex-national security adviser, probably broke the law when he failed to disclose more than $45,000 in payments from Russia for a speech he gave on Russian state TV. Meantime, ex-acting Attorney General Sally Yates will testify next month before a Senate committee that’s looking into Russian interference in last year’s election. Yates is expected to talk about phone calls between Flynn and a Russian ambassador. Need a refresher on all the players? Here you go. Maybe we’ll have a government shutdown after all. The threat of a shutdown eased somewhat when President Trump backed down from demanding that border wall funding be included in the spending bill that Congress must pass by Friday to keep the government running. Now Democrats are saying they won’t vote for the bill unless money for Obamacare subsidies is included. Subsidies help make health care more affordable for low-income enrollees. The fight comes as House Republicans are trying to revive Obamacare negotiations. While the US faces off against Canada over timber tariffs, it lost a battle with Mexico over tuna. The World Trade Organization ruled that Mexico could hit the US with $163 million a year in sanctions. Mexico says that’s how much it has lost because the US penalizes Mexican tuna, which America says is fished using a method that kills dolphins. Mexico says it plays by the rules. The timing is sensitive, as President Trump says he wants to renegotiate NAFTA. We’ve entered a brave new world. Police arrested a man in his wife’s killing – based on evidence found in her Fitbit. He had told police that intruders attacked him and killed his wife, but the Fitbit showed she was moving around when, based on his story, she would have been dead. Technology is turning up more and more in criminal cases, like Amazon Echo recordings used in an Arkansas murder case and a pacemaker used in an Ohio arson case. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Buckle up Uber has unveiled plans to develop flying car prototypes by 2020. Science fiction said we’d have them by now, but we can wait a few years. Run the world Beyonce’s latest project isn’t a new album or a sizzling music video. It’s four college scholarships for young women. Mural madness There’s a new mural of Michelle Obama in Chicago, and some folks are PO’d about it, but not for the reasons you’d think. Last in line Congrats, United. Despite that whole dragging-a-passenger-off-the-plane thing, you’re still not America’s least-liked airline. A good deed She lost a $676 money order. He found it and gave it back. She gave him $40 as a reward, then listened to his story and realized she needed to do more. Pok-e-what? This dad knows nothing about Pokemon, so of course he’s the perfect person to explain the phenomenon to you. (Click to view)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170426110000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/us/five-things-april-26-trnd/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "523475278", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem is a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School, a former assistant secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama administration and founder of Kayyem Solutions, a security consulting firm. She is the host of the “Security Mom” podcast and author of a forthcoming book, “Security Mom: An Unclassified Guide to Protecting Our Homeland and Your Home.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Dozens were killed in Brussels on Tuesday in attacks on airport, subway station Juliette Kayyem: Too many soft targets in Europe and the United States to ensure complete security The attacks Tuesday morning on the airport and a subway station in Brussels were highly probable, and at the same time almost impossible to disrupt. That oxymoron is what makes this wave of terrorism the most dangerous in history, and so different from even the days of al Qaeda. As I wrote last week, the arrest on Friday of Paris terrorism suspect Salah Abdeslam was never going to be the end of the fight. Indeed, it could possibly be the beginning of a new wave from ISIS. Because Abdeslam was captured alive, European authorities were likely going to be able to get him to speak and perhaps reveal details about the network that had aided him in the Paris attacks last year and that let him remain in hiding for months after. And even absent any willingness to speak on his part, Belgian officials would have been more than willing to make it appear as if he were cooperating.  Indeed, as early as last weekend, Belgian officials were saying that Abdeslam was “collaborating,” a word that makes it sound like he was more than happy to turn over information. Those in his network, or those who support ISIS, were likely to feel the pressure and launch attacks if they had the opportunity. So why, many are asking, wasn’t Brussels ready for another attack? Basically, no country is ever completely ready. Security has three fundamental attributes in any open society: minimizing risk, maximizing defenses, and maintaining freedom. Officials minimize the risk by sharing intelligence, infiltrating terrorist groups and trying to disrupt them. They maximize defenses by deploying more police and counterterrorism officials, managing borders, and hardening targets as much as practicable. The challenge is always the third variable. Open societies that rely on the flow of people and goods, that are plugged into the global market and engaged with the world, can’t possibly harden every place where people gather. As a result, they are constantly balancing the need for counterterrorism efforts against the freedom of movement. Related article Key clue in Brussels attacks: The explosives This is true even for airports, which are essentially porous until you get to the security check. They are places where people congregate; there are stores and restaurants where people meet and relax. Departure areas such as the one at Zaventem airport in Brussels are meant to allow people to move quickly so that passengers on their way to flights can check their luggage and head to security, allowing for the next batch of people. In the United States alone, about 2 million people travel each day in and out of our airports. Our system of commerce and travel would come to a standstill if we essentially pushed out security to the highways outside an airport. The same holds for the metropolitan transit systems. Yes, they can be made safer with security checks of passengers, but a 20-minute train ride would then become an hour or more. And the public, despite the threat of attacks, would simply not tolerate this. The focus on airplane security that we have seen since 9/11 was of course aimed at ensuring that the airplane itself was not utilized as a weapon of mass destruction.  But an airport does not have the same luxury, not if countries want and need to maintain their commitment to movement. That is why the only option for Brussels right now is the exact opposite: a total shutdown of the airport.  It’s like an on/off switch, with little room in between. The reality is that there are just too many soft targets in Europe and the United States to ensure complete security. It is the way our system of freedom has been built. Sadly, as the attacks Tuesday showed, that is also why it is so vulnerable. 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{"article_id": "658350573", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Page Pate, a CNN legal analyst, is a criminal defense and constitutional lawyer based in Atlanta. He is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Georgia, a founding member of the Georgia Innocence Project, a former board member of the Federal Defender Program in Atlanta, and the former chairman of the criminal law section of the Atlanta Bar Association. Follow him on Twitter @pagepate. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Michael Flynn is expected to plead the Fifth and refuse to comply with a Senate subpoena Page Pate: Congress should grant Flynn immunity, so he can begin to answer questions regarding potential Russia-Trump campaign collusion Michael Flynn has a story to tell, but we may never get to hear it. According to his lawyer, Flynn plans to invoke his Fifth Amendment right and refuse to comply with a document subpoena from the Senate, unless and until he is granted immunity. So far, senators haven’t been willing to take Flynn up on his offer. But they should. Flynn could produce valuable information into alleged ties between the Russian government and the Donald Trump campaign. But Flynn doesn’t have to talk to Congress or anyone else about this case if he doesn’t want to. He has a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The Fifth Amendment also protects Flynn if he refuses to produce documents requested by a subpoena. Flynn only needs to show that “the act of producing” the documents may be incriminating, and that he has a realistic chance of being prosecuted. The threat of prosecution for Flynn is real. This week, House Democrats released a letter suggesting the former national security adviser made a false statement to investigators when renewing his security classification. If Flynn told investigators that his trip to Moscow was paid for by “US companies” when it was in fact sponsored by a Russian media outlet, then he lied. And if he lied to these investigators, he committed a federal felony offense. Even before this letter was released, we knew two things about Flynn’s actions that could point to a crime – he received a significant amount of money from foreign sources – the Russian media outlet RT and the Turkish government – without disclosing those payments, and he did not disclose his foreign contacts as he was required to do on his security clearance form. Add an alleged false statement charge to the mix, and you have a hat trick of felonies. Flynn may be stone-cold guilty, but that doesn’t mean he must be prosecuted. He could be a valuable source of information for both Congress and the special counsel. Flynn can presumably provide information about who else in the White House – if anyone – may have known about his foreign compensation and contacts and his later failure to disclose them. He may also know about any Russian involvement with the Trump campaign or transition team. Related article Trump can't waft away stench of Flynn scandal In other words, Flynn is exactly the kind of high-level insider that prosecutors love to flip. I’m sure what Flynn and his lawyer really want is complete immunity from prosecution. Only Robert Mueller, the recently appointed special counsel, can give him that. There are a variety of factors that Mueller will likely consider before deciding to give Flynn complete immunity, though, at this stage of the investigation, it’s far too early for Mueller to make that call. But it’s not too early for Congress to agree to Flynn’s request to grant him a more limited type of immunity that will allow Flynn to produce documents and testify before Congress without fear that his statements, or his production of documents, will be later used as evidence to prosecute him. And, frankly, this is the only way Congress can get what it wants from Flynn. Once he has immunity, then Congress can force him to comply with the subpoena under threat of a real contempt action – being sent to jail. Though Congress could hold Flynn in contempt now, they have no power to send him to jail for refusing to turn over the requested documents. Congress needs the cooperation of the Justice Department or the special counsel to hold Flynn in criminal contempt. And they also need a judge willing to enforce it. At this point, a judge would be reluctant to hold Flynn in contempt because he has a legitimate Fifth Amendment right to not produce the requested documents. But if Flynn gets immunity, he cannot hide behind the Fifth Amendment. With immunity, Congress can also require him to personally appear before them and answer questions about what he did, why he did it and who else may have known about it. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook If you think that Flynn shouldn’t be able to completely avoid prosecution just so Congress can get its hands on these answers, don’t worry. Unlike the complete immunity from prosecution that Mueller can grant, a grant of limited immunity from Congress in this situation isn’t a “get out of jail free” card. Although it may make things a little messier, Flynn can still be prosecuted by Mueller if there is enough evidence to show he committed a crime. Congress has an opportunity to get the documents it wants and to hear Flynn’s story about who knew what and when during the campaign. All Flynn wants in return is a little bit of immunity. That’s a small price to pay for what may be a blockbuster of a story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Michael Flynn", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170523200000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/opinions/flynn-immunity-opinion-pate/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "506127387", "sentence": "Germany has seen protests over alleged kidnapping and rape of Russian-speaking teen in Berlin Prosecutors in Berlin say the alleged crime did not occur as reported by Russian media Russia's Foreign Minister has accused German officials of a politically-motivated cover up Russia’s foreign minister has poured oil on a firestorm surrounding the alleged kidnapping and rape of a Russian-speaking teenager by asylum seekers in Berlin, charging that there’s been a cover-up by German officials who say the crime never took place. Members of Germany’s Russian-speaking community and right-wing activists took to the streets of German cities in angry protests over the weekend, following Russian media reports, widely circulated on social media, that a 13-year-old girl had been abducted for 30 hours and gang-raped by Arab men in Berlin earlier this month. They carried signs reading “We want security” and “Our children are in danger.” The Berlin prosecutor’s office says the incident did not occur as the Russian reports and protesters claim. A representative for the prosecutor’s office said that the Russian-speaking girl had been reported as missing by her family when she disappeared on January 11. When she returned, following a 30-hour absence, she claimed to have been kidnapped and raped. But a subsequent medical exam found no evidence of rape or sexual intercourse, and the girl changed her story. The prosecutor’s office said investigators were still not clear where the girl was or what she was doing during her absence. But her answers to their questions led authorities to believe she may have had sex prior to her disappearance, which, due to her age, would be classified as child abuse or statutory rape, the representative said. Police and prosecutors were investigating two men as suspects in relation to this, the representative said, but no further details on their identity were available. Despite German authorities having poured cold water on the accounts circulating on social media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov waded in to the debate on the case at a news conference in Moscow Tuesday, accusing German officials of covering up the incident. “I hope these issues do not get swept under the rug, repeating the situation when a Russian girl’s disappearance in Germany was hushed up for a long time for some reason,” he said. He said Russian officials were communicating with the girl’s lawyer, who was working with the girl’s family and the Russian Embassy in Germany. Related video Responding to New Year's Eve attacks in Cologne “It is clear that [she] did not exactly decide voluntarily to disappear for 30 hours. Truth and justice must prevail here,” said Lavrov. He said Russia wished Germany “success in dealing with the enormous problems caused by migrants.” “I truly hope that these migration problems will not lead to attempts to ‘gloss over’ reality for political motives – that would be just wrong,” he said. “Problems need to be laid out honestly and admitted to the voters, open and clear solutions need to be proposed.” German government officials hit back at a news conference on Wednesday, accusing the Russian foreign minister of politicizing the case. German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said he had full confidence in Berlin police and prosecutors’ handling of the case – but said he could not make the same claim about sections of the Russian media. He urged politicians, the media and the girl’s family to bear in mind “that this is about a 13-year-old girl, and it surely cannot be in her interest to somehow exploit this politically.” Sex crimes by migrants have become a hot-button issue in Germany this month as the country reels from a wave of mob sex assaults blamed on migrants on New Year’s Eve. Related video Refugees suspected in wave of sexual assaults More than 900 people reported being attacked by men of North African or Arab appearance during New Year’s Eve festivities in the city of Cologne, with 523 of them reporting having been sexually assaulted. Similar attacks were reported in other German cities. The attacks prompted a wave of criticism of authorities and the media, who were accused of being slow to acknowledge the crime wave had occurred due to a sense of political correctness. Cologne’s police chief lost his job over his handling of the episode, and a German broadcaster apologized publicly for their tardy coverage. Germany, Europe’s political and economic powerhouse, is one of the most desirable destinations for migrants who have entered the continent in unprecedented numbers over the past year. Under Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hospitable policies, the country has taken in the bulk of the more than 1 million migrants who entered Europe’s borders in 2015. CNN’s Atika Shubert, Olga Pavlova and Carol Jordan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Germany", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160127160000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/europe/russia-germany-berlin-rape/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "555213911", "sentence": "\"We've had times throughout our history where anti-immigration sentiment is exploited by demagogues,\" Obama said Obama has increasingly criticized Trump in recent public remarks President Barack Obama said Wednesday he believes the United States will continue to be a “nation of immigrants” despite attempts to exploit “anti-immigration sentiment” – a thinly-veiled swipe at presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Obama, who was speaking in Ottawa, Canada, at a North American leaders’ summit was asked if he discussed Trump’s “anti-immigrant and anti-Mexican rhetoric” during his meetings with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “We’ve had times throughout our history where anti-immigration sentiment is exploited by demagogues,” he said at a news conference. “The language is identical. But guess what? They kept coming, and they kept coming because America offered possibility for their children and grandchildren.” Obama added, “America is a nation of immigrants. That’s our strength. Unless you are a Native American, somebody, somewhere in your past showed up from someplace else, and they didn’t always have papers.” “And the genius of America has been to define ourselves not by what we look like or what our last name is or our faith but our adherence to a common creed,” he added. The President took a swipe at Trump’s populist message – though he didn’t mention the candidate by name – by questioning how the real estate mogul had ever worked to improve the lives of working Americans. “Somebody else, who has never shown any regard for workers, has never fought on behalf of social justice issues … they don’t suddenly become a populist because they say something controversial in order to win votes,” Obama said. “That’s not a measure of populism. That’s nativism, or xenophobia, or worse. Or it’s just cynicism.” “Let’s just be clear that somebody who labels us versus them, or engaged in rhetoric about how we’re going to look after ourselves, or take it to the other guy, that’s not the definition of populism,” Obama added. “Sorry.” Obama has increasingly criticized Trump in recent public remarks. “Isolating or disparaging Muslims, suggesting that they should be treated differently when it comes to entering this country, that is not just a betrayal of our values. That’s not just a betrayal of who we are – it would alienate the very communities at home and abroad who are our most important partners in the fight against extremism,” Obama said in May while delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University. And earlier this month, Obama lit into Trump over the billionaire’s calls for tough action in the fight against terrorism, particularly his ban on Muslims from entering the U.S. “That’s not the America we want,” he said. “It doesn’t reflect our democratic ideals. It will make us less safe.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160629220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/29/politics/barack-obama-demagogues-immigration/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "592218639", "sentence": "Veterans were given bonuses that shouldn't have been offered to them \"Our military heroes should not shoulder the burden of military recruiters' faults,\" Rep. McCarthy says Ten years after the Pentagon enticed soldiers to reenlist by offering hefty bonuses, officials are demanding thousands of those veterans pay the money back. Christopher Van Meter is one of the affected veterans in California. He earned a Purple Heart after he was hurled from an armored vehicle in Iraq. By 2007, he had already served 15 years in the Army and was about to retire – until the military encouraged him to reenlist. “They entice you with another reenlistment bonus. Those bonuses were … around $15,000,” Van Meter told CNN’s “New Day” on Monday. “We were in the Iraq and Afghanistan war at the time. And they wanted to keep soldiers in the military.” But years later, officials realized Van Meter and thousands of other veterans were not actually eligible for the bonuses they were given. The Los Angeles Times reported that only soldiers with certain assignments – for example, intelligence, civil affairs and some noncommissioned officer posts – were supposed to get bonuses. But investigators uncovered rampant fraud and mismanagement by California Guard officials trying to meet enlistment targets. The California Guard’s incentive manager, retired Master Sgt. Toni Jaffe, pleaded guilty in 2011 to filing false claims of $15.2 million, the Department of Justice said in a statement. “When she pleaded guilty, Jaffe admitted that from the fall of 2007 through October 2009, she routinely submitted false and fictitious claims on behalf of her fellow California National Guard members,” the Department of Justice said in a statement. “Jaffe admitted that she submitted claims to pay bonuses to members of the California National Guard whom she knew were not eligible to receive the bonuses and to pay off officer’s loans, even though she knew the officers were ineligible for loan repayment.” In 2012, the sergeant was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Three officers also pleaded guilty to fraud and were put on probation after paying restitution, the Times reported. But, now, thousands of soldiers are paying the real price. Related video Obama: We are working to decrease veteran suicides Van Meter, the Purple Heart recipient, was floored when he got a letter saying he owed a combined $46,000 – including the $15,000 reenlistment bonus, a student loan and an officer bonus. “They tacked on a 1% processing fee into that,” he said. “It’s gut-wrenching because you have to figure out what you’re going to do and how you’re going to survive.” Van Meter said after he retired in 2013, he had three years to pay off the debt. “We were paying upward $1,300 a month back to that recoupment. We weren’t able to afford everything – food for the kids, a day care.” Eventually, he and his wife decided to refinance their mortgage to pay off the surprise debt. Van Meter’s family is far from alone. According to the Los Angeles Times, the California Guard has told 9,700 current and retired soldiers to repay some or all of their bonuses. But Col. Michael Piazzoni, commander of the Soldier Incentive Assistance Center, which performed the audit, said the number is actually lower. Of about 11,000 soldiers included in the audit, 1,100 were found to have received unauthorized payments that they have to pay back; 5,400 soldiers were found to have missing paperwork or lack of documentation of eligibility, and may have to pay back that money. About 4,000 soldiers were found to be eligible for payments they received. So far, auditors have confirmed 2,300 unauthorized bonus payments to about 2,000 soldiers, amounting to at least $22 million in unauthorized bonuses. This number includes 1,100 soldiers who received unauthorized payments and those from the 5,400 figure who could not show proof. If the remaining recipients do not produce proper documentation showing they were eligible, they could be liable to pay back those amounts to the Defense Department. The California National Guard said it can’t just ignore the debts – even if it wants to. “The bonus audit and recoupment process is a federal program governed and adjudicated by the National Guard Bureau and the Department of the Army. The California National Guard does not have the authority to unilaterally waive these debts,” it said in a statement. “However, the California National Guard welcomes any law passed by Congress to waive these debts. Until that time, our priority is to advocate for our soldiers during this difficult process.” The affected soldiers can petition to have the debt waived, Defense Department spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said. The military has the authority to waive individual repayments on one by one basis but it does not have the authority to issue blanket waivers, he said. The Pentagon urged service members to take advantage of the appeals process while it works with the Army, the National Guard Bureau, the California Army National Guard and “other relevant authorities to resolve these issues,” spokeswoman Laura Ochoa said. Van Meter told CNN said he has petitioned multiple times, but “to no avail.” California senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer urged the Defense Department to use its authority to waive repayment. “They (soldiers) accepted these incentive payments in good faith and at the height of the Iraq War, when the Department was having difficulty retaining service members,” they said in a statement. “Many of these individuals paid a heavy price for their service – including severe injuries sustained after reenlisting. Now they are facing interest charges, wage garnishment, tax liens, and other penalties.” Related video Veteran gets double arm transplant It’s unclear whether Congress will take any action on the issue when members return from election recess next month, the Military Times reported. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California said he, too, is appalled. “Our military heroes should not shoulder the burden of military recruiters’ faults from over a decade ago,” he said. “They should not owe for what was promised during a difficult time in our country. Rather, we are the ones who owe a debt for the great sacrifices our heroes have made.” CNN’s Ryan Browne, Drew Griffin, Patricia DiCarlo and Alisyn Camerota contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "California National Guard", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161024200000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/us/national-guard-recruitment-bonus-repayment/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "581202543", "sentence": "Trans-Siberian railway spans eight time zones, covers more than 5,000 miles Lesser-known detours include Trans-Manchurian route through China's Rust Belt region A century ago, a turbulent Russia was only months away from the simmering discontent among the impoverished peasant population that erupted into the Bolshevik Revolution. The doomed final Tsar, Nicholas II, soon to be executed along with his entire family, had just completed perhaps his grandest legacy: a continuous railway line connecting Moscow to Vladivostok on the far eastern coast of Siberia. One hundred years on, the railway line, spanning eight time zones and covering more than 5,000 miles of track, continues to beguile as a vital artery linking together the largest nation on earth. But beyond the classic sites of Lake Baikal, the Kremlin and Vladivostok, there’s a wealth of lesser-known corners and detours on this epic journey. The Trans-Siberian is actually just an umbrella term for a variety of routes that commence in Moscow. As well as the “classic” Moscow to Vladivostok route there’s also the Trans-Mongolian line, which dips south after Lake Baikal, crossing through Mongolia into the Gobi Desert and through the Chinese border, eventually stopping in Beijing. Infinitely more obscure however are two branch lines that, although easy to book tickets for, are seldom used by non-Russians. The Trans-Manchurian route goes through the Chinese Rust Belt region from the Russian border at Manzhouli to Beijing, passing through Harbin, a fascinating city where, incredibly for auto-obsessed China, the main drag is pedestrianized. The wealth of 19th century churches and synagogues is a melange of Chinese and Russian influences bedded together in relative harmony. Mustang: A Himalayan kingdom forgotten by time This is the ultimate combination of obscurity and pointlessness in train form. Only completed in the early 1990s, the Baikal-Amur Line took three attempts and half a century to complete. Only a handful of trains now make a tortoise-paced journey on what was intended to be an alternative route from Lake Baikal to the Pacific coast. Running for 2,300 miles the journey heads through pristine taiga forest, marshes and almost-deserted villages consisting of little more than a dozen or so clapboard houses. Conventional sights are virtually nil for visitors but that’s not really the point. This is a chance to see genuinely unknown Siberia where, alighting in the BAM administration capital Tynda or the wide Soviet boulevards of Komsomolsk-na-Amure, “tourism” is still a relatively unknown concept. Sacred sea: Russia’s vast and remote Lake Baikal Closed to outsiders until nearly a decade after the fall of the USSR due to its nuclear reactors, Krasnoyarsk is missed by many Trans-Sib travelers who stay on the train until Lake Baikal. The center, however, is a beguiling combination of Soviet tidiness and Tsarist era timber wooden mansions all set amid a backdrop of jagged low hills. The gargantuan hulk of the SV Nikolai is docked in the naval waters of the Yenisei River on which a young Lenin traveled on when forced into Siberian exile by the Tsar. Tour guide Nadya Arlashina is just one local who thinks the city deserves a higher profile. “So few people know about the strange volcanic rock formations that we call ‘stolby,’” she remarks. “They look like giant fingers and are all over a huge park outside the city. The best way to see them is to go by a ski-lift, which runs all year round in the park.” 9 of Asia’s most underrated attractions The mercantile hustle of modern Russia isn’t yet so apparent when you get this far east in Siberia. Standing inert and looking patricianly in the center of Ulan Ude’s vast city square is an immense bust of Lenin – the biggest on earth at more than seven and a half meters in height. The capital of the Buryat region, the Buddhist temples and narrow side streets are a strong taster of what’s to come further south in Mongolia. The city’s grandiose Opera and Ballet Theater is a colossal circular pile decorated with swirling bas-reliefs and frescoes. Built in the Stalin era there are, unusually, still a few small symbols of Uncle Joe’s face lurking amid the masonry. As the taiga gives way to dragon toothed, treeless peaks in these parts, the panoramic view over the city from the heights of the modern Rinpoche Bagsha Datsan temple is given a melodic edge by the bell ringing and chanting from the Tibetan monks worshiping here. Look carefully and you may well find them charging their mobile phones underneath their oblong prayer books. Spotlight Russia: 7 golden travel tips The city where Russia’s first elected president, Boris Yeltsin, arrived on the political scene, serving as mayor in the late 1970s, Yekaterinburg has great infamy as the location for the execution of the last Tsar and his family in a basement in 1917. There’s now a handsome Orthodox church on the spot of the murders. But, according to local tour guide Marina Monsentseva, this city has long been unfairly ignored by Trans-Siberian travelers: “This is actually one of the wealthiest cities in Russia today. “It still looks quite Soviet but the city has a reputation for working hard and playing hard. “I love the new ‘Loft’ performance and art space, which is in the huge building that used to house the local newspaper. “The city has its own Banksy-type figure called Old Man Bukashkin. He died in 2005 but you can see the works he painted on garages and walls on a Bukashkin trail in the city.” Otherworldly travel destinations here on Earth If the idea of getting morning coffee from a samovar in a corridor or bartering for smoked fish on railway station platform’s doesn’t appeal, then there’s a solitary luxury train that follows the route from Moscow through Siberia and Mongolia and all the way to Beijing. The Tsar’s Gold is run by a German company and, through the summer months, takes about 180 visitors on the entire route on a 16-day trip. The plus side is that the carriages (in five different classes) are decorated in Tsarist style drapes and blankets, the food is in the form of four-course dinners in chandelier-lit restaurant cars and the train stops daily so travelers can spend hours in each destination on route. The minus point is that it doesn’t come cheap. Sharing a cabin in the lowest class on the train costs a shade more than $4,000 per person. For the double beds, en suite showers and in-cabin flat screen TVs of Bolshoi Platinum class, tickets go up to $15,000 per person. 11 of the world’s most luxurious train journeys 31 must-see places around the world Rob Crossan is a freelance journalist and radio presenter based in Stockwell, South London.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trans-Siberian railway", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160921110000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "MNG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/travel/trans-siberian-railway-secrets-russia-mongolia-china/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "444787611", "sentence": "Two years after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff scrapped a state visit to the White House, she and President Barack Obama are trying to make amends Tuesday. Rousseff met with and speaking alongside Obama as part of an attempt to move past the spying revelations that led Rousseff to abruptly cancel a Brazilian trip in September 2013. Information leaked by security contractor Edward Snowden revealed that American authorities had been spying on her communications. Rousseff eventually asked for an apology, “We recognize that the U.S.-Brazil relationship went through a turbulent patch after the disclosures that took place related to U.S. intelligence activities a couple of years ago,” Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters Monday. “So this visit I think really does indicate the extent to which we’ve turned the page and are moving forward.” On Tuesday, both leaders presented a unified front on trade and climate issues. “As two of the world’s largest economies, we understand that lasting prosperity and confronting the injustices of poverty and inequality can only come when we invest in our people,” Obama said at the top of his remarks. READ: France summons U.S. ambassador after reports U.S. spied on presidents He added, however, that “We have not made it a practice to issue apologies related to our surveillance activities.” He continued, “What the President has done, though, is make changes based upon his very thorough review of our various programs.” Rhodes conceded that frays in the relationship have thwarted progress on issues that should not have been difficult to make inroads on. The bilateral leaders this week will discuss global trade and efforts to combat climate change, among other issues. While Rhodes did not say the White House would push Brazil to cut its emissions ahead of an upcoming Paris climate change conference in which specific commitments by countries to cut emissions are sought, he described the meeting as a “key milestone” before the negotiations. The pair will also look to broaden the trade relationship between the two Western Hemisphere powers, a topic the leaders were supposed to approach back in 2013.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S.-Brazil relationship", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150629200000", "country1": "BRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/29/politics/brazil-u-s-spying-bilateral-meeting/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "603939828", "sentence": "Legendary Sufi mystic and poet Rumi is an icon of the Muslim world He is rapidly gaining popularity in the West Rumi's work is inspiring a new generation of artists, and could improve interfaith relations “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they’re in each other all along.” “My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” The ecstatic poetry of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi could have been written for the social media age, rather than the 13th century, such is its pithy and quotable nature. The Sufi mystic known as Mevlana (Master) composed thousands of stirring verses exploring love and oneness that inspired a religion known as the Mevlevi Order. His masterwork the “Masnavi,” an epic collection of 27,000 verses published in six volumes, has been described as the “Quran in Persian tongue.” Over 700 years later, his words have not lost their power. Translations of his poems are best sellers across the world. A major Hollywood movie of his life is in the works, and social media pages that post his lines have millions of followers. The distinctive whirling dance form he invented is being practiced in new chapters across the world. Rumi is enjoying a spectacular resurgence. The capital of Rumi appreciation at this time of year is Konya, in southern Turkey, where the poet produced his major works and was buried in 1273. Hundreds of thousands of admirers flood into the town for the Mevlana Festival, a vibrant 10-day celebration of his life that features readings, concerts, and performances. The main attraction each year is a performance of the famous Whirling Dervishes on the closing night of December 17 commemorating the date of Rumi’s death – the so-called “wedding night” of his reunion with God. The Whirling Dervishes are Mevlevi; the Sufi Muslim sect created by Rumi’s son Sultan Walad to follow his teachings. Their rituals are modeled on the ecstatic states he entered while composing poetry. The trance-like ceremony is listed as intangible heritage by UNESCO. Under the colored lights of the Grand Mevlana Cultural Centre, dozens of  Dervishes dance through phases of transformation towards spiritual maturity, extending their arms to the sky in supplication to the almighty, their white-robed fanning out into spinning circles. The intensely physical – not to mention dizzying – display has been compared to military training. “The festival brings the global community together,” says Gevher Celebi, a direct descendent of Rumi and an organizer of the festival through the International Mevlana Foundation, which studies and preserves Mevlevi heritage. “The audiences are growing and the whole city becomes very busy.” For 600 years the Mevlevi enjoyed pre-eminence in Konya and the Ottoman Empire after Rumi’s death, and they left a strong cultural legacy. “Most of the fine arts of the Ottoman Empire were cultivated by Mevlevi Sufis (including) music and calligraphy,” says Dr Leonard Lewisohn, senior lecturer in Persian and Sufi literature at the University of Exter, and editor of the Mevlana Rumi Review. “Mevlevi were of the highest rank in the Ottoman state.” But President Kemal Ataturk banned the Mevlevi Order in 1923, as part of his vision for a secular Turkish state, and the ceremonies are now permitted only as cultural displays. “The religion went underground,” says Celebi. The Mevlevi also responded to the crackdown by branching out, establishing bases in Syria, and other far-flung locations from the UK to Colombia. “A Mevlevi sheikh traveled to London in 1963 and taught the ceremony to 60 people,” says Philip Jacobs, head of the London Whirling Dervish group. “The ceremonies have continued ever since.” “He gave it to us to look after, as long as we kept (the ritual) in its original form.” The head of the International Mevlana Foundation estimates there are now 101 ceremonial lodges – tekkes – around the world. While Turkey holds the largest official gathering of Rumi devotees, the Master wrote in Persian, and his influence may be greatest in Iran. “(Iranian) people know his poetry and incorporate him into their daily lives,” says Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, director of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland. “Politicians quote him, there are Rumi lines on radio programs … you can step into a taxi and the driver will be reciting Rumi lines to himself.” Rumi is a dominant influence in Iranian classical music. Renowned performers such as Shahram Nazeri have forged stellar careers based on his work, and his son Hafez has recently picked up the mantle. Less traditional interpretations are also flourishing among Persian artists, in disciplines from jazz to avant-garde cinema and abstract art. The Rumi juggernaut is also gathering pace in the West. Modern English translations have bought Rumi to a wider audience, notably through the work of American poet Coleman Barks, whose Rumi translations have sold over 1.5 million copies. The Sufi leader has even caught on in Hollywood, with celebrities such as Tilda Swinton and Coldplay helping to introduce the Master to popular culture, through public readings and citing his influence on their work. Rumi’s star is set to rise farther through the upcoming movie of his life, which will begin production next year with Oscar-winning screenwriter David Franzoni, who wrote Gladiator (2000) on board, although the movie has courted controversy through the rumored casting of a white actor – Leonardo DiCaprio. The poet’s simple but powerful style is key to explaining his near-universal appeal, according to Brad Gooch, author of the forthcoming biography “Rumi’s Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love.” “It goes back to his resonance, beauty, and infectious kind of intimacy,” he says. Gooch adds that Rumi’s bite-sized couplets are perfectly suited to the digital age. He tweets his own translations and has gained a dedicated following – although still some way short of the leading Facebook page which has over two million followers. Lewisohn believes that despite the spread of Rumi poetry and Mevlevi chapters in the West, the English-speaking world is still only “on the cusp of discovering Rumi” and his popularity will soar in the coming years. A recurrent message in Rumi’s poetry is of tolerance towards other faiths, such as in his line: “There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.” His funeral in Konya was famously attended by Jews and Christians as well as Sufi Muslims. Many followers and scholars of Rumi hope that his ultimate legacy might be to foster improved relations with Muslims in the West and promote interfaith understanding. “I think we are at a point where this material is very much needed,” says Keshavarz. “I see it as a wonderful window and Rumi’s own metaphor is very apt – ‘If you are lost in the desert, look at the stars to find your way.’” “As we seem to keep getting lost, I hope that we look at the stars to find our way, and he is one of the brightest stars we have.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rumi", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161130131500", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/travel/rumi-revival/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "553362448", "sentence": "Trying to recall the most unusual place Miguel Gutierrez set up his stool and offered a haircut during his travels is easy for the man known as the Nomad Barber. “Kurdistan in northern Iraq, we were like 20 minutes from the Iran border and to get there, you have to go through 12 checkpoints,” he says. Though footfall was limited in the remote region, he still managed to give haircuts to some locals. That was just one stop on a 12-month journey he undertook in 2013 when he decided to travel until his money ran out. In just under a year, he traveled to 21 countries on five different continents to discover how a trade, which dates from 3500 B.C. varies across the world. He also set up his stool on the street, in a park or on the beach wherever he went offering haircuts to travelers and locals alike in an effort to interact with those around him, all the while documenting the trip on his own YouTube web series. Beginning his training in the trade as a 16-year-old after receiving disappointing school grades, Gutierrez worked hard and eventually moved to London from his native Liverpool. The secret lives of airplane passengers He worked everywhere from swanky salons in upscale Mayfair to funky places in bohemian Soho. After cementing his reputation, he planned to open his own shop but had the urge to travel before taking on the responsibility of his own business. The only thing holding him back was the fear of not wanting to disappear from the industry altogether and be forgotten by his peers. Inspiration struck when a friend took pictures of a barber cutting hair in cool places and wrote a blog piece about it. The idea snowballed and for Gutierrez, who has an interest in film and photography, all the pieces began to come together. Keen to take the project to another level, he launched a Kickstarter campaign to pay for a cameraman to accompany him. It was a largely spontaneous adventure. “Sometimes we’d use rickshaw drivers to help us translate the barbers or we’d use kids in the street who spoke English,” recalls Gutierrez. “But it was totally improvised every step of the way.” What happens when you’re born on an airplane Beginning his trip in Athens, he moved on to Turkey and traveled throughout Asia and the Middle East. He experienced everything from a basic shave to head and face massages in India and threading and ear hair singeing in Lithuania. He took in barbershop culture in places such as Singapore, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Dubai while also offering his own haircuts in unusual places. Among them a waterfall in Bulgaria. Since wrapping up his hairdressing odyssey, he’s continued to travel, bringing the total number of countries visited to 30. So having experienced countless shaves and haircuts on several continents, which country does his think has the best barber culture? “Probably India,” he says. “I find it like a really interesting place because they have the caste system over there and a lot of the barbers have kind of been born into it, through their fathers and grandfathers doing it.” Dubai’s most decadent restaurants “Also, generally Indian men are quite vain so they like to go to the barber shop a lot. A lot of them don’t shave at home, they just go to the shop because it’s really cheap. “There’s barber shops everywhere, of every style and color and they are very service focused [offering massages and additional perks] as well.” While Gutierrez explains that the foundation of barbering was pretty similar everywhere he went, he did learn a lot about the importance of other services offered. “In India and Turkey, the way they look after their guys and the way people leave the shop feeling relaxed, that’s one thing I took on board and I try and incorporate it into my shops,” he explains. “I always want people to feel they’ve had an experience.” The most unusual practice he experienced? “Probably the most interesting thing that we don’t offer in the UK barbershops is ear cleaning, or they call it ear digging, where they basically lie you back and scrape all the wax out of your ears.” “They say it helps with the respiratory and immune system. The main places we saw it was Thailand and Vietnam.” What struck Gutierrez the most however, was the similarities between barbers wherever he went. Vietnam: Insider Travel Guide “I learnt how different we are but how the same we are all over the world. “It doesn’t matter how you got into it, whether you were born into it, or your family got you into it or you chose to go into it, everyone kind of goes through the same experiences and deals with the same type of clients every day.” And which country had the best groomed males? While men in India and Turkey are very groomed and make trips to the barbershop every two or three days to touch up their look, he says Middle Eastern men, particularly in Dubai where it pays to look good for career purposes, took the coiffuring crown. Having temporarily packed away his suitcase and picked up the scissors again as he prepares to get his second barber shop in Berlin up and running – his first is based in London’s Shoreditch – it seems it won’t be long before Gutierrez is on the move again. “I’m going to be between here and London and then probably going to do a bit more traveling as well” he says. “I want to go back to Asia so will probably visit Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, The Philippines, and then back to the States, Brazil, Argentina… there’s so many places!” he laughs. Stay tuned. Are these the world’s sexiest accents? Does being bilingual make you sexy? Halima Ali is a London-based freelance journalist and editor. 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{"article_id": "606756385", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: We’ve removed several related videos and galleries about World War II and the Pacific Theater as they may risk misinterpreting or contradicting the views expressed in this essay. Oliver Stone is an Academy Awarding winning Hollywood writer and director. Peter Kuznick is professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. Together they co-authored the documentary film and book series titled The Untold History of the United States. The views expressed here are solely theirs. On the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, we’ve been asked to reflect on what might have happened if Japan had not launched an attack on the US fleet on December 7, 1941. The question is both interesting and relevant at a time when Japan experiences a military resurgence and America’s provocative Asia “pivot” is being rethought by the incoming and often unpredictable Trump administration. Trump’s rash statements about China, Japan, and South Korea have already roiled the waters throughout the region. The assault on Pearl Harbor was not only foolhardy, it was ultimately suicidal. Naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison dismissed it as “strategic imbecility.” Many in Japan – including most of the nine former prime ministers whom Japanese Emperor Hirohito met with a week prior to the attack – had opposed it. Yet Gen. Hideki Tojo’s government authorized the attack with the objective of destroying the US Pacific Fleet, which potentially could have blocked Japan’s access to the resources of Southeast Asia. The Pearl Harbor attack, however, was only partly successful. Though Japanese forces caused significant damage to the US Fleet and killed 2,335 US troops and 68 civilians, their attack was not fatal. The Fleet’s three aircraft carriers weren’t in Pearl Harbor when the attack occurred and many of the damaged ships and planes were able to be repaired. This would come back to haunt Japan the next June, when US forces, including two of those carriers, took out four Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway and turned the Pacific war in the US favor. The Japanese attack had given President Roosevelt the pretext he sought to bring the US into the war. Americans may have overwhelmingly favored the Allies over the despised Nazis and sympathized with the plight of Chinese being brutalized by Japan, but few wanted to get drawn into another war. World War I had left a bitter taste in their mouths. Not only had it not been “the war to end all wars” or the war to make the world “safe for democracy,” it had enriched the greedy bankers and arms manufacturers – the “merchants of death” as they were then known – and done nothing to end colonial exploitation. By 1941, Roosevelt surreptitiously maneuvered the US into confrontations with both Germany, which had conquered much of Europe, and Japan, which had seized Manchuria and Indochina and was waging a vicious war against China. At Newfoundland in August 1941, he told Churchill that he “would wage war, but not declare it” and do everything he could to “force an ‘incident’ that could lead to war.” His overt support for Britain against Germany and decision to halt desperately needed exports of oil, metal, and other resources to Japan proved sufficient. One day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt addressed Congress, which approved his war resolution with one dissenting vote. Three days later, Germany and Italy, Japan’s allies, declared war against the United States. The world would never be the same. But here’s how it could’ve been different. The attack on Pearl Harbor has loomed large in the American imagination for several reasons. Americans considered it a cowardly “sneak” attack because the Japanese had not declared war against the US. It occurred on American territory – the US had forcibly annexed Hawaii in 1898 – and revealed a stunning failure of US intelligence, heightening fears of US vulnerability in a dangerous world. It also triggered ugly discrimination against Japanese-American citizens and Japanese immigrants alike inside the United States. Almost 120,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans were rounded up and put into internment camps until the end of the war. But had the Japanese not attacked Pearl Harbor, the Pacific War would largely have evolved along similar lines. The US and Japan had been on a collision course for months if not years. With or without the attack on Pearl Harbor, the two countries were heading for war. What most Americans forget is that it was not only Pearl Harbor that Japan attacked on December 7, 1941. As Roosevelt told Congress on December 8, Japan had also attacked the British colonies of Hong Kong and Malaya, the US colony in the Philippines, and US holdings in Guam, Wake Island, and Midway Island. The attack on Malaya actually preceded the assault on Pearl Harbor by more than an hour. In addition, though not mentioned by Roosevelt, Japan invaded Thailand. It also attacked Singapore, which was then part of British Malaya. US officials had broken Japanese diplomatic codes in August 1940, enabling them to monitor Japan’s war planning. They knew an attack was coming. They just didn’t think it was coming at Pearl Harbor. The most likely targets in their minds were the oil-rich Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Malaya, and the Philippines. Japan’s attack on US bases in the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, and Midway Island would have been more than sufficient provocation for a US president eager to get the US into the war. In the Philippines alone, the cost of the American defeat was staggering, resulting in the death or capture of 23,000 American and perhaps 100,000 Filipino military personnel. While US involvement was absolutely crucial to Allied victory in the Pacific War, it was less so in the defeat of the European Axis powers. In fact, had the US not entered the European war, the outcome would have been the same. By the time the US and Britain finally initiated their promised second front in France a year and a half after Roosevelt publicly announced it would begin, the Russians had already turned the tide and German forces were in full retreat across Europe. Up to that point, the US and British had been confronting some 10 German divisions combined while the Soviets were confronting nearly 200 by themselves. Forcing Germany to fight on two fronts certainly expedited the end of the war, but it didn’t change the outcome. Contrary to American mythology, the Soviets deserve the lion’s share of the credit for victory in Europe. And they suffered immensely in bringing this about. In quantitative terms, the 27 million Soviets who died at the hands of Germany is the equivalent of one 9/11 a day every day for 27 years. It is the equivalent of one Pearl Harbor a day every day for 30 years. Despite Churchill’s hatred of Bolshevism, the British owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Soviets, without whom they might be speaking German today. They also owe a huge debt to the Americans without whom they might be speaking Russian. It is interesting to contemplate how the face of Europe would have been different if the US had remained the “arsenal” of the Allied powers without actually joining the war. It was fortuitous that Germany and Italy declared war against the US on December 11, 1941 without which Roosevelt would have had to find another justification for American entry. Where would the line between the Soviets and the West have been drawn if the US had not entered the European war? How might the Soviet economy have developed if Soviet leaders had access to the greater potential wealth of West Germany and France? Might socialism have appeared a more viable option in the postwar world if the US was not in a position to help rebuild the depression- and war-shattered capitalist economies? There are some other interesting counterfactuals that can be explored regarding the Second World War, some of which we do look at in our documentary film and book series The Untold History of the United States. What would have happened if Roosevelt had retained his visionary and controversial vice president Henry Wallace on the ticket in 1944 instead of the much smaller minded Harry Truman? Despite the opposition of the conservative Democratic Party bosses, Roosevelt had the moral authority and political muscle to insist upon Wallace remaining on the ticket as his wife and children and the majority of Americans desired. The Gallup Poll – a US public opinion survey – released on July 20, 1944, the first day of the Democratic Party convention in Chicago, reported that 65 percent of potential Democratic voters wanted the enormously popular Wallace back on the ticket as vice president. Two percent wanted Truman. The internal machinations that resulted in Truman’s selection are a sordid tale with which few Americans are familiar. Had Wallace become president upon Roosevelt’s death in April 1945 instead of Truman, there would have been no atomic bombings of Japan and possibly no Cold War. Wallace envisioned friendship between the Americans and the Soviets and a healthy competition between the two systems in which each would strive to show that it was better suited to serve the needs of humanity. He would have delivered on the $10 billion credit that Roosevelt had dangled before the Soviets to help them rebuild from a war that had turned much of the country into a wasteland. The positive repercussions that might have had in Soviet-occupied Europe are incalculable. It is also worth noting that Wallace was a fierce opponent of colonialism, who openly deplored the British and French empires, leading Churchill and the French to pressure Roosevelt to replace him on the ticket. Roosevelt largely shared Wallace’s views regarding empire. He condemned British rule in Gambia, calling it “the most horrible thing I have ever seen in my life.” He felt similarly about Dutch exploitation of the East Indies and French rule in Indochina, insisting he would not let the French back in after the war. On some level, he understood that the Pacific War was rooted in imperial rivalries, commenting privately, “Don’t think for a minute that Americans would be dying in the Pacific…if it hadn’t been for the short-sighted greed of the French and the British and the Dutch.” He promised “immediate” independence for the Philippines once Japanese troops were ousted shortly before his death. Roosevelt often wavered on this issue, but Wallace never did. He was steadfast in his hatred of colonial exploitation and the racism that justified it. Think of the lives that could have been saved and the misery that could have been avoided if colonialism had been ended peacefully in the immediate aftermath of the war. A second counterfactual is what would have happened if World War II had ended without the atomic bombs being used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan? American mythology holds that the two bombs ended the war and, by obviating the American invasion of Japan, humanely saved millions of American and Japanese lives. According to defenders of the atomic bombing, the cost, by 1950, of 200,000 dead in Hiroshima and 140,000 dead in Nagasaki was a small price to pay. The evidence is overwhelming, as we show in Untold History, that it was the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, South Sakhalin, the Kurile Islands, and Korea, which began at midnight on August 8, 1945 that precipitated the Japanese surrender and not the atomic bombs. US intelligence had been forecasting such an outcome for months and Truman acknowledged that the Soviet entry would be decisive. At Potsdam on July 17, he wrote in his diary, Stalin “will be in the Jap war on August 15. Fini Japs when that comes about.” He characterized the intercepted July 18 cable as “the telegram from the Jap emperor asking for peace.” He knew the end was near and the bombs weren’t necessary. If the bombs had not been used in the war, might the US and the USSR have avoided the nuclear arms race that the atomic bombings set in motion? Soviet leaders, knowing full well that the bombs weren’t needed to defeat Japan, interpreted their use as a warning of the devastation that the US would wreak on the Soviets if they interfered with US postwar plans. We’ve lived with the threat of the extinction of life on this planet ever since. Japan’s fate was sealed when the Soviets invaded as the official US Navy Museum in Washington, DC acknowledges. The Japanese hurried to surrender to the Americans while they still had the chance, knowing that a Soviet takeover would spell the end of not only the emperor system but of the capitalism that supported it. At first, the US occupation was relatively benign and in some ways even enlightened. The US imposed Japan’s peace constitution, which disavowed the sovereign right of war and disallowed the retention of offensive military forces. It is those forward-thinking principles that the Shinzo Abe administration is presently trying to eviscerate. If the Soviets had had a greater hand in the occupation, Japan might have become a Cold War battleground as Korea did. Would the Russians have been torn between the conflicting pressures to rebuild Japan and to loot it that they faced in Germany? The animosity they felt toward the Japanese paled in comparison to their hatred and mistrust of the Germans, who had so much Soviet blood on their hands. As we know, the US quickly abandoned its progressive vision for postwar Japan and sought to rebuild it as the military and economic outpost of Western capitalist interests in the volatile Asia-Pacific region. Either way, Japanese cars, electronics, and sushi were fated to transport, connect, and feed the planet. The world would be better off, however, if the rise of Japanese militarism could have been thwarted or further delayed. World War II with its vast bloodletting, incredible toll of human life, deployment of technology to maximize killing and destruction, and prominent display of the ugly side of human nature, replete with racism, xenophobia, and ethnic and religious bigotry, serves as a cautionary tale of what happens when we unleash the forces of fear, hatred, and nationalism. Some of those same forces are rampant in the world today. Pearl Harbor should serve as a reminder. But we must be careful to draw the right lessons to avoid a repeat of the horrors that engulfed the planet more than 75 years ago.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161209044500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/asia/pearl-harbor-75-anniversary-essay/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "671964923", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of “Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Gayle Lemmon: Recent death of Pfc. Hansen Kirkpatrick is a reminder of the problems with the Pentagon's new policy of delayed notification of US troop deaths The war in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001, has become barely noticed background noise for most Americans, whose lives remain untouched in any direct way by the conflict, she writes The Afghan war may live far from the headlines, but US soldiers are not far from the battlefield. A 19-year-old Army soldier, Pfc. Hansen Kirkpatrick, lost his life in Afghanistan due to “indirect fire” on July 3. His death marks the eighth loss this year for Americans serving in their nation’s longest war. In a Facebook post now taken down but reported on by local media, his mother, Anngel Norkist, urged people to remember the sacrifice of her son and his fellow soldiers still serving in Afghanistan.  Norkist confirmed to me by telephone that the post was hers. “Please seriously stop! Take a moment. Realize that real actual blood dropped on a battlefield for YOU. That’s what the red symbolizes on our flag. My son just died today…over on some nasty, dry battlefield in a far off land. His life was cut short at only 19. Stop and really give thanks for all those who gave and continue to give us our freedoms we so easily take for freakin granted,” Norkist wrote. “Do not comment and say how sorry you are! I don’t care!! Actions speak louder than words, so GO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!” This sentiment underscores a hard reality: These losses should be our country’s losses, and right now they don’t feel like it. They feel quarantined, experienced by a grieving few instead of a nationwide many. A fraction of the American population has fought 100% of its wars for 16 years. Precious few Americans are paying attention. In the future, news about American battlefield losses may be even slower to reach the headlines. The Pentagon has announced a new policy stating that it will hold all information about US troop deaths until one day after notification of next-of-kin. A spokesman for Army Gen. John Nicholson, who leads US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said there are simply too few soldiers serving in Afghanistan now for “non-identifying” announcements of US deaths to remain anonymous – especially in the age of social media. “Gen. Nicholson is insistent that the support system for family members of our fallen and wounded warriors is in place with those families prior to public release; hence the 24-hour hold after next-of-kin notification,” said Capt. William Salvin, a spokesman for the US led coalition in Afghanistan. “Information that we have historically released that was considered ‘non-identifying information’ has become identifiable given that we have such a limited footprint in Afghanistan.” While the motivation to hold back potentially identifiable information is understandable, the policy should not mean that the American public hears even less than they already do about lives lost in their name. The reality is this policy shift will make little practical difference in a war in which most every casualty has become nameless and faceless for most of the nation. But as Kirkpatrick’s mother so poignantly made clear, those names and faces should be known to Americans. Related article Why the US military is delaying announcing Afghanistan combat deaths The war in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001, has become barely noticed background noise for most citizens, whose lives remain untouched in any direct way by the conflict. And the delay in notification may make the war even more remote. As Gen. Nicholson knows better than nearly anyone, it is important for Americans to hear — quickly and in a timely manner — of the losses their nation’s fighting forces are sustaining. It is important for those newly Gold Star families to know that their country is there for them, that it cares, that it understands the sacrifice and appreciates that some families are willing to incur unfathomable losses on behalf of their country. What would make the biggest difference for grieving families is for Americans to sit up and pay attention to their wars and to mourn with Gold Star families once those losses are named and faces and photos are added to the stories about war casualties. This is because war is deeply personal, even if we don’t write, talk or act like it in this country. Beyond the policy changes on notification, America’s disconnection from the Afghanistan war is about to be tested further as the Pentagon-led interagency review of the conflict launched by President Donald Trump finally draws to completion — several months later than expected.  Among the issues being debated by those conducting the policy review: the number of troops, what kinds of troops and for how long would they remain committed to the Afghan theater. Those close to the review expected an announcement in May, before that month’s NATO summit.  Indeed, in February, Defense Secretary James Mattis told reporters that “it shouldn’t take too long. I’ve got to integrate a fair number of issues to give a good recommendation for the way ahead.” Three months later, Mattis said that the Afghanistan troop recommendation “is being put together by the chairman and myself, and I expect it’ll go to (a) decision very, very soon.”  And in June, the defense secretary told Congress that he would be giving Trump his Afghanistan recommendation “very soon.” Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Recent reports suggest that Trump, who had previously said he would defer to his generals about troop levels, would cap the number of those sent to Afghanistan at 3,900 — at least without requiring military leaders to return to him for his approval. This was a month after news reports appeared, asserting that “the Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan” and nearly immediately generated a statement from the Pentagon denying any decision had been made. Whenever the official troop announcement comes, it likely will be around the 3,900 mark. America must pay closer attention as those service members deploy and engage with its wars not from a distance, but as if the war had personal stakes. For the sake of families like those of Pfc. Hansen Kirkpatrick and for the sake of the country that sent him to Afghanistan in the first place, America can no longer see these fights as sterile, nameless or faceless. They are none of the above.  Every one of those losses was a father, mother, sister, wife, friend and brother.  And each one should matter — in real time — to the nation.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pentagon's new policy of delayed notification of US troop deaths", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170710214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/opinions/afghanistan-war-should-be-visible-lemmon-opinion/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "604079412", "sentence": "Trump is lending credibility to his claims that he'd put people he'd called \"killers\" to help American workers State and local governments offer companies tax incentives to locate, expand or remain there all the time Donald Trump staked his credibility as a negotiator – the underpinning of his grand entrance to politics – on a very specific claim. He wouldn’t just stop the trend of globalization and outsourcing. He’d convince Carrier – an Indianapolis-based air-conditioning manufacturer – to abandon its plans to eliminate more than 2,000 Hoosier jobs and shift its production to Mexico. Well before even taking office, he’s delivered – Tuesday night the company announced it would keep about 1,000 of those jobs in Indiana. And he’s shed light on how he might use the levers of government to pressure companies that plan to ship jobs overseas in the future, too. It was well-timed victory for Trump, who also rolled out his economic team, tapping Steven Mnuchin for treasury secretary and billionaire Wilbur Ross to head the Department of Commerce. Related article Bannon rejects white nationalism: 'I'm an economic nationalist' Both Mnuchin and Ross come with public relations warts – including Mnuchin’s time as a Goldman Sachs partner and hedge fund manager and Ross’ “king of bankruptcy” nickname. But in securing a deal with Carrier, Trump is lending credibility to his claims that he’d put people he’d called “killers” – meant as a compliment – to help American workers. The details of the Carrier deal remain obscure. Trump’s campaign has deflected questions on exactly how the company was convinced to stay in Indiana – pointing reporters to the company and its much larger parent, United Technologies. The fate of Carrier’s plant in Huntington, Indiana, which employed 700, is also unclear. Carrier released a few more details later Wednesday in a statement. “The incentives offered by the state were an important consideration” to staying, Carrier said, though the company didn’t specify what the incentives were. And while Trump’s campaign pledges to lower corporate taxes and ease regulations likely played a role, it was not Trump – but Vice President-elect Mike Pence – who was key to Carrier’s decision. His status as Indiana’s governor positioned him to offer Carrier tax breaks to stay in the state. It’s not a new strategy: State and local governments offer companies tax incentives to locate, expand or remain there all the time. In fact, Pence’s Indiana Economic Development Corp. has faced sharp criticism for handing millions of dollars to companies that sent jobs overseas even after receiving those tax breaks. Trump himself had even blasted the practice on the campaign trail, including in October remarks in Pennsylvania. “I’ve been watching these politicians go through this for years. I’ve been watching them give low-interest loans. I’ve been watching them give zero interest loans,” Trump said in Wilkes Barre, later adding that “the whole thing is crazy.” He made a similar case in Erie, Pennsylvania, in August. Related gallery Donald Trump's rise “Our states – I watched. Remember, they’d give the low-interest loans,” Trump said, mocking state officials for handing out tax incentives. “‘Here’s a low-interest loan if you stay in Pennsylvania. Here’s a zero-interest loan. You don’t have to pay. Here’s a this. Here’s a tax abatement of any kind you want. We’ll help your employees,’” he said. “It doesn’t work, folks.” In Carrier’s case, it does appear to have worked. It’s the second time Trump has claimed credit for a company’s decision to keep jobs in the United States. But when a Ford plant in Louisville, Kentucky, said it would not produce a sport-utility vehicle in Mexico, the decision was a facade in terms of Trump’s involvement: No jobs were on the line, and none were saved. Trump’s strategy with Carrier might not be an exact model for his broader trade and manufacturing efforts. For one, it puts states and municipalities at risk of facing threats from other manufacturers that they’d leave unless offered major tax breaks of their own. Subsidizing businesses is also a practice protectionists in the United States have long decried from foreign governments including China, and risks provoking a trade war. Trump’s broader strategy appears to be his promise to cut taxes and make it easier for companies to shift profits earned overseas back into the United States. On the campaign trail, he has also threatened companies that manufacture goods in foreign countries with stiff tariffs – the types eliminated through trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement. But his willingness to use government incentives as muscle in negotiations offers a preview of how Trump might handle similar situations in the coming years. “The President-elect and the Vice President(-elect) picked up the phone and called the CEO of the United Technologies and told them we want to keep jobs here. Can’t remember the last time a president did that,” Mnuchin told reporters in the Trump Tower lobby Wednesday. United Technologies – Carrier’s parent company – earns about 10% of its income through federal contracts for products including engines for F-35 fighter jets. If tax breaks are Trump’s carrot, the threat of losing government contracts – risky as it is when national security-related products are involved – could be his stick.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161130214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/politics/donald-trump-carrier-jobs-analysis/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "647796339", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jane Merrick is a British political journalist and former political editor of the Independent on Sunday newspaper. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. British Prime Minister Theresa May has cast off her “Theresa Maybe” label, confounding critics who said she is overly cautious and risk averse, by calling for a general election to be held on June 8. Her decision to hold an election while Brexit negotiations have barely gotten started has taken everyone in Westminster and Brussels by surprise – particularly as she has consistently said she would not go to the country before 2020. It is a high-risk decision, and will bring further uncertainty to a Europe undergoing huge political turbulence, with elections in France and Germany to come later this year. Related article UK snap election: What does it mean? Yet, from her point of view, she had little choice. Her party’s working majority in Parliament is only 17, giving her a weak hand over her political rivals in Britain just as she needs unity in negotiating her country’s exit from the European Union. If she were to win with an increased majority, it would settle once and for all the debate about whether the British people voted for the “hard Brexit” that May is attempting to negotiate, with its clean break from Europe’s single market and her threat to walk away with no deal if she does not get what she wants. There has been a growing sense that if May wanted to call an early election, it was now or never: fighting an election campaign whilst Brexit negotiations were in full swing would have been near impossible. A snap election also outmaneuvers the Scottish National Party, which is using Brexit to push for a second referendum on Scottish independence, arguing that Scotland voted to remain a member of the EU. A victory in June for May’s Conservative Party would give her the personal mandate for Brexit she needs and, as she said herself in her surprise statement in Downing Street, make her stronger when she fights for a deal with fellow European leaders. May said she was reluctant to call for an election and has only recently come to the decision because of what she described as “political game-playing” by opposition parties in Westminster. She said Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP were all trying to block Brexit, creating “division and disunity”. Yet this is a weak and spurious reason for calling an election: opposition parties, particularly those who officially supported remaining in the EU, are supposed to oppose the government – that is their job. The Prime Minister has never come close to losing a vote in the Commons on Brexit, so her position was never under threat. What’s more astounding is May’s claim that the country was “uniting” around Brexit. This is simply not true. The UK remains divided about whether it is right to leave the EU. By seeking a mandate for Brexit through a general election, she is tacitly admitting she does not have a mandate for Brexit – at least her hard, “no deal” version – at the moment. So in accusing others of political game-playing, the Prime Minister is game-playing herself. But what ultimately matters is that, with the Conservatives leading the main opposition party Labour in the polls by at least 20 points, May is likely to win a landslide on June 8. This will give her the authority to fight for a better Brexit deal from the EU – which is bad news for Brussels. Next month, an anti-EU candidate may win the French presidency. It would be hard for Brussels to hold the EU project together in the face of strengthened nationalist governments in the UK and France. When European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted earlier: “It was Hitchcock who directed Brexit: first an earthquake and the tension rises,” perhaps he should have added that there are plenty more earthquakes to come.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "British Prime Minister Theresa May", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170418150000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/opinions/why-theresa-may-called-a-snap-election-merrick-opinion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "709366342", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: A Canadian citizen and a Yale graduate, Jiang Xueqin is a China-based educator and writer. He was formerly deputy principal of Tsinghua University High School, Peking University High School and Shenzhen Middle School. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. This is the next installment in CNN Opinion’s series on the challenges facing the media as it is under attack from critics, governments and changing technology. Jiang Xueqin: China's \"fake news\" is what allows political corruption and tyranny to continue And the Chinese internet firewall has only made things worse -- distinguishing truth from lies is nearly impossible, writes Xueqin I can count myself lucky that when the Chinese secret police arrested me for reporting on worker strikes and branded me a spy, all they did was deport me. It was June 3, 2002, and I was filming a worker protest undercover for a PBS documentary. As I interviewed a laid-off worker, I was jumped by thugs, thrown into a van, driven to a black spot and held incommunicado for 48 hours. Here’s what the Chinese secret police told me: I was reporting in China illegally to stir anti-China sentiment and deserved to be imprisoned for 20 years. Then they put me on a motorcade for the airport. Looking back, I can now see that what saved me from the unchecked power of China’s secret police was their fear of the unfettered response of the American media – the world’s free speech defender of last resort. China let me back into the country a year later in 2003, and today I’ve switched from being a rebellious journalist into a public educator tasked with helping China adopt Western creativity. And after ten years of teaching students how to think in a country that has truly “fake news,” here’s what I learned: A free media is a democracy’s communal classroom, where citizens learn to use facts, evidence and logic to discuss and debate ideas. A free media is based on the liberating and empowering belief that the pursuit of universal truths is what unites and armors us against the arbitrariness of authority. America’s free media is the source of American power and progress; China’s state-controlled media is what enables the corruption and tyranny that’s decaying the nation’s soul. Related article Ask the tough questions China’s Communist Party maintains its iron grip on power by controlling what’s said in the media and what’s taught in the classroom. China’s state-sponsored media warp reality to cohere to Communist Party doctrine – and thus turn truth into farce. China’s classrooms teach students that authority is always benevolent and right – and thus educate them out of the truth. In my attempt to educate Chinese students back into the truth, my most powerful tool is the American media.  When Trump calls the American media “the enemy of the people,” he’s echoing the sentiments of the Chinese government, which has built the “Great Firewall” to monitor and control their citizenry’s pursuit of truth. *** For thousands of years, China walled itself off from the world, but after witnessing the American subprime crisis and hosting the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it imagined a dominant role for itself on the global stage.  President Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” calls for Chinese schools to teach creativity to make China great again.  In this rush to reverse engineer and mass manufacture Steve Jobs clones, Chinese schools have hired me to teach Western creativity. To do so, I use the American media as the main tool to teach students how to think. In class, we analyze Atlantic and New Yorker articles, breaking down the research and thinking process of reporters. Outside class, my students translate articles from Western media and publish their own daily newspaper. I teach students how to think by having them conduct research, compile their findings in a logically coherent way and then debate their ideas openly. I believe that China can’t be creative unless people stop making facts up and stealing each other’s ideas. What drives my work is the faith that creativity comes from the pursuit of truth, which, as a universal human aspiration, is a good unto itself. When I train teachers, I force them to use multiple resources to do research, cite their sources and cross-reference facts. We read George Orwell’s “1984,” Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” and Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” together, to learn how the consistency, coherence and clarity of words speak truth to power. I teach them new mental practices – asking questions, switching perspectives, analyzing subtext – that subvert their old cultural habit of parroting authority. But teaching creativity in China can feel like a Sisyphean struggle, because power trumps truth in China. The prime example of this is the Chinese media, which has always existed to serve the political elite, not to keep it in check. When I was arrested and deported by China’s secret police, they threatened me that if I talked to the American media, they would use the Chinese media to attack me. To control the media, the Party uses a carrot and stick approach. It slaps the hands of those who talk about sensitive topics, and it winks at those who take bribes in exchange for favorable publicity. Too often, Chinese reporters just publish word for word whatever press releases officials and executives give them. The World Wide Web once promised to break the Communist Party’s monopoly of information, but technology has only strengthened and expanded the Party’s Big Brother reach and gaze. China’s “Great Firewall” blocks foreign websites, filters out sensitive keywords and spies on its own citizens. Over the past few years, China has cracked down hard on online public expression – draconian laws hunt down “rumor-mongers,” police harass and arrest popular bloggers and an army of state-employed “public opinion analysts” monitor and manipulate online discussion. It’s hard to teach students to form opinions based on facts and evidence when the Chinese internet is so cluttered with distortions, lies and prejudices. Related article Amanpour: No free press, no democracy By being able to tunnel through the “Great Firewall” and access blocked websites such as Google and Facebook/Twitter, Virtual Proxy Networks (VPNs) are currently the only way for businesses, universities and foreign nationals to access real information and to communicate unfiltered. But the Communist Party is determined more than ever to plug the VPN leaks in the “Great Firewall.” I have endured breathing Beijing’s polluted air for many years now, but without my VPN I’d suffocate. China understands that the source of American power is in innovation. But what it cannot understand is that what empowers Silicon Valley, Wall Street and the Ivy League is the free flow of information sanctified by the Constitution and rigorously exercised by the America media. Despite all the skyscrapers and high speed railways built, China can never be as great as the United States until it frees its citizens to pursue the truth. Ironically, then, just as China struggles to adopt American innovation, Trump risks destroying it with his war on truth. The China Dream may one day still come true, if Trump fulfills the dark prophecies of Orwell, Bradbury and Postman by amusing us all into tyranny.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China's state-controlled media", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171123120000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/23/opinions/china-media-effects-opinion-xueqin/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "747244710", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Steven Blockmans is a senior research fellow at the Center for European Policy Studies, a think tank based in Brussels. The opinions in this article belong to the author. In the theatrical style of a capricious reality-TV host, US President Donald Trump has been building up suspense over an American withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. He has consistently called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – which was negotiated during Barack Obama’s presidency by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) under the auspices of the European Union – an “embarrassment” that needs to be “corrected” and is not in the US’ interest. What he is talking about here is the deal’s “sunset” clauses – expiration dates after which Iran could resume uranium enrichment. The US is looking for an extension of those dates beyond 2025. Related article Trump's missiles will not fix Syria Trump also sees weakness in the inspection regime under which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies Iran’s compliance with its commitments because it does not provide full access to military sites. Hardliners like Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, who have now joined Team Trump in leading roles, have said that this leaves Iran with too much leeway to cheat IAEA inspectors and the international community. Facing a previous cliffhanger on the recertification of the deal, Trump passed the buck to Congress, only to discover that it was too divided to deal with the issue. When he grudgingly approved the sanctions waiver in January he threatened: “This is the last chance. I hereby call on key European countries to join with the United States in fixing significant flaws in the deal, countering Iranian aggression, and supporting the Iranian people. If other nations fail to act during this time, I will terminate our deal with Iran.” Trump’s ultimatum – and Iran’s response that the US would pay a high price for breaking the deal – have piled pressure on Europe to prevent the agreement and regional security from being plunged into even more uncertainty. So far, the EU has said that it remains “fully committed” to implementing the nuclear deal – just as Iran is, according to no fewer than 10 reports issued by the IAEA. Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, has conveyed the message that nixing a key element of the international non-proliferation architecture is not in the interest of anyone, including the US, which will soon enter into direct de-nuclearization talks with North Korea. Mogherini has consistently argued that the JCPOA’s nuclear focus should not be sullied by attempts to import other issues such as ballistic missile control and regional security, which can be addressed in other forums. The US going it alone would fly in the face of the international law that workable agreements must be kept. It would also undermine the authority of the UN Security Council, whose members unanimously endorsed the agreement. Moreover, it is highly unlikely that a stronger accord could be built on the ashes of the JCPOA, which was the culmination of more than a decade of delicate multilateral talks. The EU has long stood united on these issues. But similarly to 2003, when member states infamously split over the invasion of Iraq, EU unity is again being stress-tested by a US President. Member states closed ranks when Trump withdrew the US from the Paris climate agreement and UNESCO, but several of them abstained from a vote in the UN General Assembly condemning the unilateral decision by the US to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Brexit Britain now appears pliable to American pressure and has set up an expert group on “fixing flaws” in the Iran nuclear deal. France and Germany, however, are looking for ways to accommodate Trump while leaving the JCPOA – and EU common positions – intact. They have raised pressure on Iran over its ballistic missile program, while lobbying other member states to agree to new sanctions — on top of an existing EU arms embargo and sanctions on missile technology. Of course, Trump may retaliate by imposing punishing tarrifs on European imports. European diplomats are lobbying US officials and members of Congress to create exemptions from enforcement for European companies that might be affected by a return of US sanctions against Iran. Related article Pompeo moves to reassure skeptical Dems in bid to be top US diplomat They should go further and threaten the US with legal proceedings before the World Trade Organization and adopt a retaliatory system to reimburse European companies for damages they incur in the US by imposing penalties on US assets in the EU. The latter should accompany a proposal for a “blocking regulation” like the one that made it illegal for European investors to adhere to the 1996 Helms-Burton Act imposing US sanctions on trade with Cuba, Iran and Libya. Past experience has taught the EU that such a strategy can be successful in protecting its interests while preventing a trade conflict with a belligerent White House. Extensive soul-searching back in 2003 led to the adoption of the first-ever European Security Strategy. This document was replaced by a more comprehensive Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy in 2016. European countries would do well to learn from the past, serve their shared strategic interests and adopt a common position independently of the US to protect the EU’s flagship diplomatic achievement. Europe should make common cause with Russia, China and other signatories that prize the JCPOA. If, together, the EU and the P5+1 manage to keep Iran wedded to the agreement, then the deal stands a chance of surviving. They will have to persuade Tehran that, as long as it continues to honor its side of the bargain, Iran can continue receiving most of the benefits promised by the JCPOA, even if the US ceases to be a party.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180413140000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/opinions/how-europe-can-save-the-iran-nuclear-deal-opinion-intl/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "449414104", "sentence": "For more on the most important and iconic moments of the 1970s, watch CNN’s “The Seventies,”  Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The 1975 mission between the U.S. and the Soviets symbolized a thawing of tensions in the long-running Cold War Despite tensions over Ukraine, friendly cooperation continues in orbit aboard the International Space Station Leonov: \"Cooperation means friendship, friendship means peace. Let's live in peace.\" On July 17, 1975 two men shook hands. One was American Brigadier General Thomas Stafford. The other was Russian cosmonaut and national hero, Alexey Leonov. The extraordinary thing about this handshake was that it happened in space, somewhere over West Germany, in a joint mission that symbolized a thawing of tensions in the long-running Cold War. “We estimate over a billion to a billion and a half people around the world saw me shake hands with Alexey and said look if people like this can work together we can work together on a lot of things,” the 84-year-old Stafford said. Up until then, space had been the stage for one of the most riveting rivalries between Russia and the United States as both nations competed for superiority in the wake of World War II. It was known as the space race. “I think that these were the best competitions, higher than Olympics,” the 81-year-old Leonov said, “because as a result of this, as you call it race, we developed brand new equipment that we’re still using.” Leonov had played a key part in the contest which began with the launch of the artificial satellite Sputnik into orbit. This world-first event was a worrying sign for America at a time of increased tensions. It implied that Russia also had the capacity to potentially launch a long-range nuclear missile. Related gallery Famous firsts in space Russia continued to clock up the milestones, sending the first animal, man and then woman into space.  When Leonov trumped U.S. plans to pioneer space walking in March 1965, it appeared that Russia had the race won. But four years later, America would claim the ultimate prize, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon. Both nations recognized the strengths and weaknesses in each other’s space programs, so when political tensions eased following the end of the Vietnam War, plans were made for a joint mission known as the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The primary goal was to design and build an international docking system that would allow two different spacecrafts to join in orbit, allowing crews to cooperate on experiments and further exploration. After four years of planning, on July 15, 1975, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valeri Kubasov were launched into space aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh desert. Seven and a half hours later, the American spacecraft Apollo was sent on its last ever mission, guided by astronauts Donald Slayton, Vance Brand and Thomas Stafford. Two days later, the Russians and Americans met in space and made history. At the time, Stafford said: “When we opened this hatch in space, we were opening, back on Earth a new era in the history of man.” But the period of detente that enabled the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project to proceed, ended when Russia and the U.S. found themselves in a proxy war in Afghanistan at the end of the decade. It would be another 20 years before Russia and the U.S. docked in space again, with the MIR- Shuttle Program. Another two decades on, Russia’s annexation of Crimea has seen tensions rise again, but friendly cooperation continues in orbit aboard the International Space Station. “We rely on each other literally for our lives,” American astronaut Mark Kelly said from the International Space Station, “so despite any political differences our countries may have, or past history, we get along just great.” So too, Leonov and Stafford.  The two men remain close friends and their affection for each other was clear as they met at Moscow’s Space Museum on Wednesday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Even when they re- enact the famous handshake for the cameras, it is with vigor and for them remains symbolic. Leonov even borrows from a speech his American counterpart made to students at the University of Moscow when they returned from their pioneering mission 40 years ago: “Cooperation means friendship, friendship means peace,” he quotes. “Let’s live in peace.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Apollo-Soyuz Test Project", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150715174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/15/world/space-handshake-anniversary/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "668636580", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s longtime confidante Roger Stone will testify before the House intelligence committee on July 24 in a closed session. Stone’s expected testimony follows news that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign chairman John Podesta on Tuesday met with House investigators digging into Russia’s efforts to alter the 2016 elections. “I am confident that Podesta most likely repeated his lie that I knew in advance about the hacking of his email, and am anxious to rebut this falsehood,” Stone said in a statement to CNN on Tuesday. “I am still unhappy that my testimony will not be in public, but believe it is more important to resolve the question of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – which I believe was nonexistent.” Related article Who is Roger Stone? Stone has repeatedly called for an opportunity to testify in an open session. But a source familiar with the matter said the committee decided to keep the hearing closed. “It was the decision of the committee,” the source said. “We asked for open and they declined.” Stone was the recent subject of a Netflix documentary, “Get Me Roger Stone,” which chronicles his life in national politics. The Trump associate began his career as a young “dirty trickster” for President Richard Nixon. Though he endured a scandalous setback in the mid-1990s, Stone re-emerged in the last two decades, most recently during Trump’s campaign. “I acknowledge I am a hardball player. I have sharp elbows. I always play politics the way it is supposed to be played,” Stone told CNN in May. “But one thing isn’t in my bag of tricks: treason.” A spokesperson for Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, who is leading the Russia probe, did not respond to a request for comment. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Gregory Krieg contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Roger Stone", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170628024500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/politics/roger-stone-house-intelligence-committee-testimony/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "745832879", "sentence": "Syria and its most powerful ally, Russia, blamed Israel for striking an air base in the war-torn country on Monday, following a suspected chemical gas attack that drew condemnation from world powers. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed two Israeli F-15 warplanes launched eight guided missiles from Lebanese territory, targeting the T-4 base in central Syria. The Defense Ministry said Syrian defense units destroyed five of the incoming missiles. The Lebanese Army issued a statement alleging a number of violations of Lebanese airspace by Israeli aircraft between Sunday and Monday. The statement stopped short of accusing Israel of being behind the attack on the T-4 base. Syrian state media said that a number of people were killed or injured in the strikes and cited a military source blaming Israel for the military action. Israeli officials have not issued any response to reports of the strike, but its warplanes hit the same facility in February, after Israel said an Iranian drone had infiltrated its airspace. Israeli officials said Iran, a key backer of the Syrian government, was using the T-4 facility as a command center. The Syrian conflict has developed into a complex proxy war, which in recent years has included Israeli strikes on Iran-linked targets. Israel’s official stance on the war is neutral, but it has acknowledged carrying out some strikes on Syrian military targets, while denying responsibility for numerous others. It has clearly stated in the past that it would respond to Iran’s growing presence in Syria. Related article Gassed where they had hidden, Syrian families killed in minutes Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a March interview with the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that Israel had been acting militarily in Syria in recent months. “A large part of Israeli army activity does not find its way on to (Israeli newspapers and websites) … and that is good,” he said. “It’s just not right to say that we don’t act.” Israel and Russia have typically coordinated their military actions over Syria for deconfliction since Russian forces entered the country in late 2015. The T-4 base, located in a strategic position between the cities of Homs and Palmyra in Syria’s west, has been a key staging ground for Syrian and Russian aircraft during the war. But Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said there had been no contact between Israel and Russia before or during Monday’s airstrike, adding the lack of communication was a “cause for concern.” Peskov said Putin intended to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the issue as Russian advisers were still at the T-4 base. Syria had earlier speculated that the United States was behind Monday’s strikes, which the Pentagon swiftly denied. Syrian activist groups said toxic gas inside barrel bombs were dropped from helicopters over the rebel-held city of Douma on Saturday, killing dozens of civilians and wounded scores more. Graphic footage shot by rescuers and activists show victims – including children – dead and injured, some ghostly white and foaming at the mouth in makeshift clinics. Others were found suffocated in their homes, according to first responders. CNN could not independently verify the authenticity of the images. The Syrian government and Russia vehemently denied involvement and accused rebels in Douma of fabricating the chemical attack claims to hinder the army’s advances and provoke international military intervention. The United Nations Security Council held a special meeting Monday to discuss what appeared to be a chemical attack, and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley excoriated Russia, saying its hands are “covered in the blood of Syrian children.” “Russia could stop this senseless slaughter, if it wanted,” she said. “But it stands with the Assad regime and supports it without hesitation.” Russia pushed back. “Nobody has invested you with the authority to act as gendarmes, policemen of the world … we call on you to return to the legal fold,” Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said. Related article Haley says Russia's hands are 'covered in the blood of Syrian children' Despite the chaos in Douma, life goes on in the capital, Damascus. The streets are choked with traffic as people commute to work and marketplaces, while young people smoke shisha pipes at street-side cafes. But there is also a sense of relief in the capital. Its residents have for years endured mortar fire from Eastern Ghouta, an enclave which Douma is part of, though that reprieve could be short lived. President Trump on Sunday warned Russia, Iran and Syria of a “big price to pay” following the attack, and slammed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as an “animal” on Twitter. On Monday he said the United States would respond in 24 to 48 hours. “It was an atrocious attack, it was horrible, you don’t see things like that as bad as the news is around the world, you just don’t see those images,” he said Monday. Related article Trump says US 'cannot allow' Syrian chemical weapons attacks The Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons said that a fact-finding mission was working to establish whether chemical weapons were used. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that his country had sent experts to Douma and that there was “no trace” of the use of chemical weapons there. The attack came as Syrian forces were on the verge of reclaiming Douma, the last town held by rebels in Eastern Ghouta, which was besieged for six years and has been heavily bombarded since mid-February. On Sunday, Syrian state TV reported that the government had reached an agreement with Jaish al-Islam, the only remaining rebel group in the town, to leave within 48 hours. As part of the agreement, the group’s fighters would be transported to Jarablus in northern Syria. In exchange, the rebels would release all captives they are holding in Douma. Tamara Qiblawi reported from Damascus. Mary Ilyushina reported and Angela Dewan wrote from London. James Griffiths contribued to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180409103000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/middleeast/syria-missile-strike-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "517581334", "sentence": "Some experts say drought contributed to Syrian civil war Historic drought is at least in part due to human effect on climate, scientists say Drought began in 1998 The Holy Land is experiencing a drought of biblical proportions. It’s being blamed for a brutal war and vast suffering, and if some experts are to be believed, humans bear at least some responsibility for its severity. A new study by NASA says the drought that began in 1998 in the Levant, the eastern Mediterranean, is probably the worst in 900 years. And this drought, at least in the view of other experts writing last year, helped spark the Syrian civil war – which in turn led to an exodus of millions of people, overwhelming some European countries and placing the free movement of people throughout the European Union in doubt. The authors of both studies said the severity of the drought was at least partly the result of climate change caused by human activity. “There is evidence that the 2007-2010 drought contributed to the conflict in Syria,” according to the 2015 article, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “It was the worst drought in the instrumental record, causing widespread crop failure and a mass migration of farming families to the urban centers. … For Syria, a country marked by poor governance and unsustainable agricultural and environmental policies, the drought had a catalytic effect, contributing to political unrest.” “We conclude that human influences on the climate system are implicated in the current Syrian conflict,” the 2015 article said. The authors of the newly published NASA study examined the rings of trees to determine the historical incidence of drought in the region. Thin rings indicated dry years; thick rings developed when water was plentiful. The current drought is afflicting an area that includes Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria and Turkey. And the new article agrees with the earlier one in finding that the current drought is, at least in part, the result of human effects on the climate. “If we look at recent events and we start to see anomalies that are outside this range of natural variability, then we can say with some confidence that it looks like this particular event or this series of events had some kind of human-caused climate change contribution,” said Ben Cook, the lead author of the study and a climate scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. If these scientists are correct, a biblical quote comes to mind. “They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind,” the book of Hosea says. And the end of the whirlwind may be nowhere in sight.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "human activity causing climate change", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160303140000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/middleeast/mideast-drought/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "654241812", "sentence": "\"This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies,\" Toobin said He went on to predict Trump would appoint a \"stooge\" to lead the agency and Russia probe CNN’s Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin reacted to news that President Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, calling the move a “grotesque abuse of power” and undemocratic. “It’s a grotesque abuse of power by the President of the United States,” said Toobin, speaking with Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room.” “This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies, that when there is an investigation that reaches near the President of the United States, or the leader of a non-democracy, they fire the people who are in charge of the investigation.” Toobin compared the shock move by Trump to former President Richard Nixon’s October 20, 1973, firing of Archibald Cox, who was leading the investigation into the Watergate scandal. “This is something that is not within the American political tradition,” said Toobin, speaking moments after the news of Comey’s firing broke. “That firing led indirectly but certainly to the resignation of President Nixon.” “This is not normal,” he continued. “This is not politics as usual. This is something that is completely outside how American law is supposed to work.” Toobin acknowledged that Trump “absolutely” had the legal authority to fire Comey, but suggested the motive could only be ascribed to politics. “This is a political act when the President is under investigation, when his White House counsel was described yesterday as being told that his national security adviser was subject to blackmail by the Russians, and they fired the Attorney General a few days later,” he said. “Now they fired the FBI director,” Toobin said. “I mean, what kind of country is this?” Related video Toobin: Trump admin going to put a stooge in Later in the exchange, Toobin predicted the White House would replace Comey with a “stooge” who would turn the FBI’s Russia probe into a charade. “Can I point out the emperor is not wearing any clothes?” he asked. “If anyone thinks that a new FBI director is going to come in and the agency will just take over and continue their investigation as if this had never happened, that’s not how it works,” Toobin said. “They will put in a stooge who will shut down this investigation.” Jeffrey Toobin: They are going to put in a stooge who will shut down this investigation! https://t.co/W5F3OFUkWg https://t.co/XFd1fLxOmO “Now Donald Trump will put in maybe Chris Christie, someone who will do his bidding,” he added. Trump fired Comey on Tuesday after his attorney general and deputy attorney general recommended the FBI director’s removal. In a signed letter, Trump informed Comey that he was “hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately,” explaining that he reached the conclusion that Comey is “not able to effectively lead the bureau.” “It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission,” Trump told Comey in the letter. “I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said shortly before 6:00 p.m. ET Tuesday that Comey was “notified a short time ago,” but declined to say how Comey was notified. Comey’s dismissal took effect immediately. The White House said that Comey was fired based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions has recused himself from the Russia investigation because he was a member of Trump’s campaign team. CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, Jeremy Diamond and Eli Watkins contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170510030000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/toobin-comey-firing-grotesque-abuse-of-power-cnntv/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "609896128", "sentence": "He was Russia's ambassador to Turkey since 2013 Described as \"quietly spoken, hospitable professional\" Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey,  was shot dead Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara. Karlov, who was appointed as Moscow’s man in the capital since July 2013, was married, and had a son, according to the Russian Embassy. He had served as ambassador at a fractious time in Russian-Turkey ties; diplomatic relations hit a low after Turkish forces shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Syria border in November 2015. Related article Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara In the wake of that attack, Karlov accused Turkey of encouraging an anti-Russia campaign, in an interview with Russia’s state-run TASS news agency. “Of late, Turkey more often makes unfounded accusations, in particular, that Russia’s military aircraft allegedly violate the airspace,” he said. “Most often, this misinformation launches anti-Russian campaigns in the Turkish mass media or becomes their part.” Russian airstrikes in Syria, which borders Turkey, have been conducted to bolster President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Russia has said it’s coordinating with the Syrian regime to target ISIS and other terrorists. Richard Moore, Karlov’s British counterpart in Turkey, tweeted of his shock. He described the ambassador a “quietly spoken, hospitable professional.” Sir Tony Brenton, who was Britain’s ambassador to Moscow from 2004 to 2008, did not know Karlov. However, he told CNN: “As a former ambassador myself, you always know you’re a symbol and also a target. Something like this is particularly horrifying when it happens. My first thought was sympathy for his family and colleagues.” Thoughts w. my Russian colleague Andrei Karlov, his wife & family after this terrible attack. Quietly spoken, hospitable professional. Karlov was born in the capital of the then-Soviet Union in 1954, and began his diplomatic career in his early 20s, after studying at Moscow’s State Institute of International Relations. An English and Korean speaker, he previously served as Russia’s ambassador extraordinary to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). CNN’s Elizabeth Roberts also contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia's ambassador to Turkey", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161219184500", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/europe/who-was-andrey-karlov/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "579098713", "sentence": "A Latino Trump supporter caused a stir after he warned against \"taco trucks on ever corner\" The USHCC wants to have taco trucks register voters Marco Gutierrez, the “Latinos for Trump” founder who warned unchecked immigration would lead to “taco trucks on every corner,” might have his nightmare come true on Election Day. Sort of. The US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is organizing an effort hoping to put taco trucks on every corner – or, rather, every polling site – on Election Day. Gutierrez recently warned, in vivid terms, of negative consequences if America did not adopt tighter immigration policies. “My culture is a very dominant culture. And it’s imposing, and it’s causing problems. If you don’t do something about it, you’re going to have taco trucks on every corner,” Gutierrez told MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid. Last week, treating Gutierrez’s warning as a challenge of sorts, the USHCC created the initiative “Guac the Vote.” Its aim – mobilizing taco truck owners to encourage its customers to register to vote, and park their trucks outside polling sites on Nov. 8. “The idea of taking the taco trucks is not even a Mexican or Hispanic symbol – it’s an American symbol,” said Chamber spokesman Pablo Manriquez. “The hope is that we’re going to be able to deliver quite a few trucks to quite a few polling centers.” Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond for comment to this story. What Donald Trump has said about Mexico and vice versa Manriquez said he’s not sure how many taco trucks there are in the country – but he believes its in the thousands – and there’s no recent data that shows how many election centers there are in the United States. Data in 2004 shows that there were 113,754 polling places, according to a report by the US Election Assistance Commission. In July, the USHCC endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president, which was a first for the normally nonpartisan group. “Hillary Clinton will be America’s first American small business president. She grew up in a small business. She understands the challenges of small businesses. And throughout her campaign, she’s engaged our organization and our business owners all over the country,” the group’s president, Javier Palomarez, told CNN’s “New Day” at the time. Immigration has been a hot topic in this election after Trump mentioned Mexican immigrants in his June 2015 campaign announcement. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” Trump famously said. “They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Since then, Trump has faced criticism for his comments about building a border wall and having Mexico pay for it, as well as accusing a US-born federal judge of Mexican heritage, Gonzalo Curiel, for being biased about presiding about a Trump University case. Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Aug. 31 in Mexico City, to discuss his comments about Mexico paying for the border wall Trump has pledged to build if he is president. Peña Nieto reiterated his response that Mexico would not pay for such a wall.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160914234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/politics/taco-trucks-on-every-corner-latino-business-hispanic-chamber-of-commerce/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "632586503", "sentence": "Russian and Syrian regime pilots bombed Syrian villages that “they thought were held by ISIS” – but were in fact occupied by US-backed coalition forces, a US general said Wednesday. Russia’s Defense Ministry denied the claim, state-sponsored Sputnik News said. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the top US commander in the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, said ISIS fighters had withdrawn from the towns and Syrian-Arab coalition troops had moved in. US forces serving in an advisory role witnessed the Russian and Syrian airstrikes, Townsend said. Quick calls to Russian forces through “deconfliction channels” stopped the bombing, he said. But Moscow’s Defense Ministry said neither Russian nor Syrian warplanes struck Manbij or any areas designated by US commanders. Russia has argued that the United States has not always coordinated its own bombing of targets.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170301220000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/world/russia-syrian-bombs-unintentional/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "691335466", "sentence": "French President Emmanuel Macron rejected any military solution to the North Korean crisis Tuesday in an exclusive interview Tuesday with CNN. But he also talked about love. In response to a question from CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, the still-new leader of France opened up a little about his unconventional union with Brigitte Macron, a woman 24 years his senior.. “The world is actually obsessed right now with your marriage,” Amanpour told him. “Tell us about it.” “It’s always hard to speak about that,” Macron answered. “It’s part of intimacy. Love is part of my life and my balance. I do believe that you don’t build something great and you don’t behave properly if you’re not balanced and a strong couple. I’ve been with my wife for decades now and she’s part of me.” The Macrons first met when the future president was a high school student. Brigitte Trogneux was his teacher, and Macron took part in a school play that she directed. She divorced her husband in 2006 and married Macron a year later. He’s now 39; she’s 64. Although that makes their relationship unique and has garnered them a lot of attention – not all of it kind – Macron seems grounded about it all. “For me, it’s very important for my personal balance to have somebody at home telling you the truth every day,” he told Amanpour. He continued, “Access to truth is one of the main challenges. Somebody with her deep convictions and knowing you for what you are and loving you for what you are – not for what you represent or your role or your honors … That is very important to me. That is my anchor.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "French President Emmanuel Macron", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170920183000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/world/macron-amanpour-marriage-cnntv/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "740766184", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today:– In the end, the Austin serial bomber blew himself up. He detonated an explosive in his vehicle as police closed in, injuring one officer. Even so, police still warned the public to stay vigilant for possible package bombs still out there. – More than 4,500 flights are canceled as 70 million people brace for ANOTHER nor’easter. – President Trump is furious about the leak of a warning by national security advisers who told him not congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election, a source told CNN. Trump commended Putin anyway in a phone call. – A longtime Fox News analyst blasted the network as a “propaganda machine” as he announced he’s stepping down. – A Holocaust denier is now officially the Republican nominee in a Chicago-area race for the US House after running unopposed in Tuesday’s primary. – Authorities are trying to use Florida’s new gun law to restrict the Parkland shooter’s brother from accessing firearms. Zachary Cruz was caught skateboarding at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and is being held on $500,000 bond on a trespassing charge. – An “atmospheric river” in the sky could unleash catastrophic rain on Southern California. Officials, fearing flash floods and mudslides, ordered evacuations. – Stephen Hawking’s ashes will rest near the graves of other scientific greats, including Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, in tribute to the world-famous physicist. – A satellite that looks like giant disco ball and was meant to inspire humanity soon will come plummeting back to Earth, ending the party much sooner than anticipated.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180321180000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-march-21-trnd/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "447181580", "sentence": "Zambian author Namwali Serpell has won the 2015 Caine Prize for African writing for her short story “The Sack” – the first time a Zambian author has scooped the prestigious award. Described as “truly luminous” by Chair of the judges Zoe Wicomb, the story explores the fraught relationship between two men in a love triangle with a dead woman. Here are some of the key things you need to know about the talented 34-year-old. 1. She’s sharing her prize money In accepting the award on Monday at Oxford University’s Bodleian library, Serpell announced that she will be sharing her  £10,000 ($15,400) prize money with the four other shortlisted writers. “It felt like a way to make a statement about the way that these literary prizes work,” she told CNN. “They don’t always support writers, but rather use them to drum up some excitement. I don’t think writing is a competitive sport.” Her entry was chosen over stories by two Nigerians and two South Africans; Nigerian writer and former Caine prize winner Segun Afolabi’s “The Folded Leaf,” Elnathan John’s story “Flying,” South African FT Kola’s “A Party for the Colonel” and Masande Ntshanga’s “Space.” “I tremendously respect and admire the writing of the other candidates, so it was very easy to do,” she explained. “I don’t think writers like to compete with each other for money.” 2. She has been shortlisted for the Caine prize before Serpell’s first published story, “Muzungu,” was shortlisted for the Caine prize in 2010, but winning it for “The Sack” has given her particular satisfaction. “‘Muzungu’ was classic realism, this one is a bit more surreal and experimental,” she explained. “I’m really pleased that the Caine Prize is honoring something so strange.” The two men in the story have known each other all their lives, but are torn apart by the death of their loved one. Frantic dreams plunge one of the characters into paranoia. Serpell said the story’s motivation is best described by novelist Vladimir Nabokov. “He said, ‘I don’t wish to move minds or even to touch hearts, I want the artist-reader to feel that little sob at the base of their spine’.” 3. Born in Lusaka, she has lived in the U.S. over half her life Serpell’s father is a British-Zambian professor of Psychology at the University of Zambia; her mother is a distinguished economist who has worked for the U.N. She moved to Baltimore aged nine, going on to study literature at Yale and Havard Universities. She has lived in California since 2008, where she is an associate professor of English at the University of Berkeley. “I go home to Zambia quite frequently, more so now that I can afford the plane tickets! Things are slower there in a way that doesn’t feel bogged down, it just feels comfortable.” “You can do two or three things in a day, and that’s enough. It’s very different from the U.S.” 4. She’s a dedicated bookworm Her whole family shares her love of books. “My mother was often found as a child underneath the bed with a candle. By the time it was me it was a flashlight, reading way past my bedtime.” Moving to America in 1989 enhanced this passion. “It can be quite lonely when you move as a child to an entirely new place, where your sense of self is not quite as secure. I really immersed myself in books.” She lists her favorite African writers as Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Bessie Head, Amos Tutuola and Wole Soyinka. “I always tell people when they ask how to become a writer: just read more.” 5. She’s a feminist “I’m absolutely a feminist, born and bred,” emphasized Serpell, who was awarded the Rona Jaffe prize for emerging female writers in 2011. “I think the short story is especially available to women. I’m not saying we should only write short stories, but there’s something about its brevity that is amenable to womens’ lives. “Women are not always given a room of their own or long spates of their time on their own in which they can write.” Quiz: How well do you know African literature?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Namwali Serpell", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150708100000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/africa/namwali-serpell-caine-prize-winner/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "426713148", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a New America fellow. He is the author of the new book “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Julian Zelizer: In early weeks of the 2016 campaign, candidates and potential contenders have stumbled in small ways He says Chris Christie's words about Social Security and marijuana may haunt him It’s only a few weeks since the first presidential announcement but already it feels like the campaign is in high gear. A number of politicians have officially announced their candidacies and the outline of their messages is starting to emerge. Hillary Clinton, who announced last week, even jumped into her black van for a road trip out to Iowa, including a pit stop at Chipotle along the way. Although the campaign has barely begun, most of the candidates – and some  probable candidates – are already starting to make mistakes. Most of the mistakes will simply be blips along the way, but some of them might end up being more damaging if they feed into negative perceptions that voters have about the candidates. Here are a few notable mistakes in the past few weeks: Trying to separate himself from the pack, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called for substantial cuts to Social Security. He also promised to reverse the marijuana legalization laws that many states have been enacting in response to ballot initiatives. Both of these statements could come back to bite him, should he run for president. While Christie sees Social Security cuts as a way to “go big” in crafting a platform for a possible presidential run, as many Republicans have discovered Social Security is a very popular program and one that has strong support from Americans who are over 60 – a big part of the electorate. On marijuana legalization, Christie inserted himself into an issue that has growing public support in red and blue states, especially with the younger and independent voters who Christie is promising to bring into a potential campaign. If Christie continues to veer right it will be harder to sell himself as the moderate in the race, and yet there is little chance that he will secure conservative votes over someone like Sen. Ted Cruz. Sen. Cruz impressed many observers when he announced his candidacy at Liberty University. But soon after he did something that took many people by surprise. The Texas senator, who has been one of the leading opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care plan, acknowledged that he would be enrolling in the Affordable Care Act program since his wife was taking a leave of absence from her job to help with the campaign. It will be hard for him to live this one down. Since he wants to sell himself as the authentic conservative and the Republican who will give Democrats their biggest toughest fight, the fact that he decided to join a program he has railed against – and tied up Congress with – will raise questions about whether he is just another politician, and not a true zealot over Obamacare. The decision will offer plenty of fodder to Democrats who want to remind voters that Republicans rail against government even when they and their constituents depend on it. If anyone faces authenticity questions, it is Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. As the so-called “libertarian” in the campaign, Paul is aiming to attract younger Republicans who otherwise are not interested in the party. He is also hoping to bring back hard-core anti-government conservatives who believed that their party has moved too far away from their original goals. Paul has already struggled to justify some of his recent announcements, such as calling for a more aggressive war against ISIS and his statements against gay marriage. But after announcing his presidency, he brought himself more trouble with his aggressive interaction with “Today” host Savannah Guthrie. Paul became clearly aggravated with what the host and went so far as go explain how to conduct the interview. The interview focused most media attention on Paul’s temper and his interactions with women rather than his message. In an interview on CNBC, he put his finger to his lips and said “Shhh, calm down” to anchor Kelly Evans. Both moments revealed a side of his character than until that moment had been somewhat off the radar. “You’re coming off as pretty thin-skinned in your interviews,” Megyn Kelly of Fox News told the senator. Thus far, Clinton has had a fairly smooth opening but during her first week on the trail, she did make a minor mistake. While speaking in Norwalk, Iowa, Clinton said during a discussion about immigration reform that “all my grandparents, you know, came over here” even though only one was really an immigrant. Her staff corrected the statements. “Her grandparents always spoke about the immigrant experience and, as a result she has always thought of them as immigrants. As has been correctly pointed out, while her grandfather was an immigrant, it appears that Hillary’s grandmother was born shortly after her parents and siblings arrived in the U.S. in the early 1880s.” Clinton’s campaign video seemed pitch perfect to many observers, as she largely removed herself from the story line. Her drive to Iowa demonstrated that she isn’t likely to repeat the kinds of mistakes that she made in 2008 when she failed to take the nuts and bolts of caucus organization seriously. Although the entire opening certainly had the flavor of a made for television event, it has generally been well-received. Clearly the biggest “gaffe” in the run-up to the Clinton campaign was in how she handled the story of her use of a private server rather than the State Department email system. Although she dragged out the campaign announcement, she certainly should have had more of the team in place given how much attention she would receive. At first she stumbled in her response, giving the accusers time to spin the story as reflecting a tendency to hide information and suggesting that she was still the untruthful person so many people suspected. Rubio announced his presidential run after the biggest announcement of them all: Hillary Clinton. Given that Rubio is not one of the most well-known of the candidates, outside of Republican political circles, his timing was not perfect. The announcement was overshadowed by Clinton’s video and drive to Iowa. Coming on the heels of Obama’s historic discussions with Cuba, the timing and sequence didn’t help the senator to get the kind of initial buzz that he was hoping for. Although in the long run this won’t make a difference, it might have been wise for him to delay the announcement  and give his campaign some breathing space. All of these are still relatively small missteps in the very start of the campaign. And we know from social scientists than individual gaffes and mistakes don’t really have a big impact on the outcome of these contests, so much as the “fundamentals” like the ability to raise campaign contributions and the endorsements from political elites. Still, mistakes can play a role in campaigns. While individual mistakes might be fleeting, collectively, these kinds of moments can shape how voters think of candidates when the time comes for a vote. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "2016 U.S. presidential candidates' early campaign mistakes", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150419223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/19/opinions/zelizer-campaign-mistakes-thus-far/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "624516257", "sentence": "Royal Jordanian Airlines plays off Trump's travel ban troubles Airline also poked fun at Trump during US election President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries may be mired in legal limbo stateside, but one air carrier overseas is trying to focus on the bright side. Royal Jordanian Airlines is hoping to entice travelers to get on board while the ban is on pause, tweeting a lighthearted swipe at Trump’s legal troubles. “Fly to the US with RJ now that you’re allowed to,” the Royal Jordanian ad reads, along with a heading that’s been doctored to change “Ban” to “Bon Voyage!” ✈ 🇺🇸 ✅ #DonaldTrump #MuslimBan pic.twitter.com/rptY3dS3Xh The ad also appears to show the airline slashing its fares while the travel ban is on hiatus. Royal Jordanian on Saturday announced it would again be flying visa- and green-card-carrying nationals from travel-banned countries, based on updated guidance from US immigration officials after the ban was blocked temporarily in court. This isn’t the first time the airline has had some fun with Trump in the name of marketing. In November, a Royal Jordanian tweet on US Election Day featured a thinly veiled reference to the then-Republican nominee – and garnered thousands of retweets and likes. “Just in case he wins. … Travel to the US while you’re still allowed to!” Royal Jordanian tweeted, alluding to Trump’s campaign hints about banning Muslims from coming to the United States. 🍊 ⛔️✈️️ #USElections pic.twitter.com/yBDVO2w3gb Clever ads aside, Royal Jordanian has played a role in the Middle East’s ongoing refugee crises. The United Nations’ migration agency has previously contracted the carrier to help bring migrant workers trapped in Syria back to their home countries. Royal Jordanian also operates out of a country that’s ground zero for the region’s refugee crisis. As a stable nation amid turbulent neighbors, Jordan has for years been a sanctuary for those fleeing violence. Jordan joins Lebanon and Turkey in hosting millions of Syrian refugees, and Amman and other Jordanian cities have become home to more than a million Iraqis over roughly the last decade. CNN reached out to Royal Jordanian Airlines for comment on their ad but has not yet received a response.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Royal Jordanian Airlines", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170206021500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/middleeast/royal-jordanian-trump-travel-ban-trnd/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "430516399", "sentence": "Molly Norris is in hiding after getting death threats for her cartoon At least 3 Americans have been convicted in plots to kill cartoonists Paris. Copenhagen. And now Garland, Texas. The Dallas suburb may be the latest city where depictions of the Prophet Mohammed have been met with gunfire. It’s still not clear who shot a security guard Sunday night at the “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest” in Texas. And the motive remains unknown. But the attack isn’t the United States’ first brush with sacrilege over the Prophet Mohammed. Americans have been on the giving and receiving end of death threats. One cartoonist has been in hiding for four years. And several Americans have been arrested for plotting the death of others who they deem insulted Islam. Here are some run-ins Americans have had with such depictions, which many Muslims consider blasphemous: No one really knows what Molly Norris’ name is now. She changed her identity and disappeared, at the suggestion of the FBI, after a slew of death threats for her cartoons featuring Mohammed four years ago. Even the radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki – the American-born spokesman for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula  – said Norris was a “prime target” for execution. Her controversy in April 2010 started with a cartoon published online about an imaginary group called “Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor” that proposed an “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.” “I didn’t mean for my satirical poster to be taken seriously,” Norris told Seattle’s City Arts Magazine. “It became kind of an excuse for people to hate or be mean-spirited. I’m not mean-spirited.” Norris’ cartoon inspired others to create pictures of the Prophet Mohammed on the Internet. More than 100,000 people signed up on a Facebook page. But competing sites that blasted the campaign also drew tens of thousands of followers. “When she learned about the Facebook page that had the most vulgar cartoons you can imagine, she distanced herself immediately,” said Arsalan Bukhari, executive director for the Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “She realized this is the wrong thing to do, to deliberately insult a minority group.” Norris made a short film about the experiences of American Muslim women who wear head scarves. She was trying to destroy stereotypes about Muslim women, he said. It was too late, and the death threats too many. Pennsylvania resident and self-styled “Jihad Jane” Colleen LaRose pleaded guilty in 2011 to helping plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. Vilks had drawn a cartoon of Mohammed with the body of a dog. LaRose traveled to Europe and followed Vilks online “in an effort to complete her task,” federal prosecutors said. She was sentenced last year to 10 years in prison for the plot to kill Vilks. She’s not alone. Over the past four years, at least three American citizens have been convicted in plots to murder Scandinavian cartoonists and journalists who they believed had insulted Islam, CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen said. And two other Americans have also been convicted of inciting violent attacks against cartoonists in the States who they felt had insulted the Prophet Mohammed. As for Vilks, he may have dodged one plot against his life. But he came much closer to danger in February. That’s when a gunman stormed a Copenhagen cafe where Vilks and his supporters had gathered for a free speech forum. The attack killed one man and wounded three police officers were wounded. Denmark attacks: ‘We have tasted the ugly taste of fear’ Prosecutors said LaRose had  emailed former Colorado resident Jamie Paulin Ramirez in 2009 inviting her to Europe and asking her to attend a “training camp.” So Ramierez did. She pleaded guilty in 2011 on charges of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Why Islam forbids images of Mohammed David Headley had already played a critical role in the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 that left 166 people dead. But after furor over what he deemed blasphemous cartoons, Headley turned his attention to Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten newspaper. Headley hatched a plan to take over the Jyllands-Posten building with multiple attackers using similar tactics to those used in Mumbai. The plan involved beheading employees working at the newspaper and throwing their heads out the windows of the building. He was eventually arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport in October 2009. He later pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Zachary Adam Chesser encouraged violent jihadists to attack writers of the animated TV series “South Park” for an episode that depicted the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit. He posted online messages that included the writers’ home addresses and urged online readers to “pay them a visit,” the documents said. Chesser, who was born in the United States, converted to Islam in high school. In court, he said he tried to go to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab, an Islamic militant group that the United States considers a terrorist organization. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen and CNN’s Steve Almasy and Daniel Burke contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "depictions of the Prophet Mohammed", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150504103000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SWE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/04/us/prophet-mohammed-cartoons-death-threats/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "629838598", "sentence": "The effort to take western Mosul back from ISIS will be a battle of attrition Civilians trapped by the fighting have no easy escape route A familiar pattern is emerging as Iraqi forces begin the final phase of their offensive to clear ISIS fighters from western Mosul. They edge towards the city limits, using artillery and airstrikes to soften up the terror group’s defenses. ISIS retaliates with suicide bombs, exploits its tunnel networks and activates sleeper cells elsewhere in the city. A long battle of attrition is underway, with some 750,000 civilians caught in the middle. For the Iraqi army and government, the prize is clearing ISIS from the last city it holds in Iraq. The battle for western Mosul is likely to be tougher than that for the eastern half of the city, which took well over two months. Satellite imagery and witness accounts indicate that ISIS’ defenses are thicker here, and the warren of alleys in the old city is impenetrable to armored vehicles. On the upside, Iraqi special forces gained hard-won experience in the east. One sergeant in the Counter Terrorism Force told CNN last month that his unit had stopped using vehicles and had pushed forward at night on foot, frequently surprising ISIS fighters. In the initial stage of this latest offensive, the Iraqi Federal Police and the 9th Armored Division have begun shelling areas around Mosul’s airport, to the south of the city, ahead of a ground advance. ISIS has heavily fortified this area with road blocks and berms, and long ago rendered the airport runway unusable with trenches. Iraqi military officials said Tuesday that the first target, a hill to the south which overlooks the airport, had been taken. In support, US airstrikes have targeted ISIS operations inside the city, most notably with a bombardment of its command headquarters in the five-story Bab Sinjar building on February 17. The coalition reported heavy airstrikes Monday against ISIS command centers and more than a dozen of its mortar units. There is one major difference to this phase of the battle. When they were in eastern Mosul, ISIS fighters had the option of dropping back to western Mosul. Now they are bottled up in a small pocket of territory, with escape routes across the desert and toward Syria blocked off by Iraqi paramilitaries. The vast majority will have to choose between death and surrender – which will only make the battle even harder. There are also fewer choices for the civilians. All the bridges linking east and west Mosul have been destroyed. Escaping to the south, through the fighting, would be  perilous, but basic supplies are running short. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says “available food and fuel supplies continue to dwindle, with residents resorting to burning furniture and rubbish to keep warm. “Food and fuel supplies are dwindling, markets and shops have closed, running water is scarce and electricity in many neighborhoods is either intermittent or cut off,” OCHA said this week. The exodus from eastern Mosul was substantial (about 180,000 at its peak) but manageable, with well-established camps beyond the city limits. A prolonged fight in the west would have worse consequences. At present, OCHA says, there is space prepared for some 60,000 displaced people. To root ISIS out of western Mosul, the Iraqi military has had to deploy many of the elite units that took the eastern neighborhoods. The risk is that ‘holding forces’ left behind are less experienced and less disciplined, according to some western observers. A CNN team in eastern Mosul last month found the brittle mood among a civilian population that was beginning to return home but wary of the fragile security situation. There has already been a spate of suicide bombs in eastern Mosul since ISIS fighters were driven back across the River Tigris. Eleven people were killed in one attack on a restaurant on February 10. It is a large area to police and Iraqi officers told CNN last month that sleeper cells were a constant worry. The worst-case scenario would be for clashes to erupt again in the east, forcing Iraqi units to fight on two fronts at once. The bigger picture, once this battle is won, is about reconstruction and reconciliation. Large tracts of eastern Mosul have been devastated. Burned-out vehicles litter the streets, thousands of homes are rubble, much of the infrastructure is ruined. Services and security need to be restored if people are to be persuaded to stay – but the price tag is likely in the billions. And that’s before the cost of the battle for western Mosul is considered. Nor is there yet any agreement on how to govern Mosul, an ethnic and sectarian fault-line where Sunni, Kurdish, Shabak, Christian and Turkmen groups – often themselves divided – will jockey for influence in the vacuum left by ISIS’ departure. Kurdish Peshmerga forces have already built a massive  berm in a unilateral attempt to draw a new border for their region. Kurdish officials are apprehensive that once Mosul has fallen, US interest in the region will wither, though senior figures in the new administration have pledged that the “strategic US-Iraq relationship” endures. Throughout 2016, US diplomatic stamina was critical in building and holding together the fractious coalition of the Kurdish Regional and Iraqi governments, as well as the various militias that want a say in how this part of Nineveh province is run. Analyst Michael Knights, who has long experience working with the Iraqi military, says continued US involvement is critical. “US forces should commit to at least three more years of extraordinary security cooperation,” to solidify the hard-won gains in Mosul and elsewhere.” The liberation of Mosul just might offer a template for sharing power and resources in Iraq – but the experience of the past 14 years is not encouraging. Sectarianism, corruption and more recently the fall in the price of oil have all hobbled efforts to put Iraq back on its feet. Even if ISIS is decisively beaten in Mosul, its deep roots in Iraq will not have been eradicated. It will try to revert to what it was – an insurgency living among Sunni populations throughout northern Iraq, hiding out in areas like the sparsely-populated Hamrin mountains. Since Mosul’s capture by ISIS fighters in June 2014, Mosul has been a vital stronghold for ISIS.The largest city under ISIS control in Iraq and Syria, it was the city from which the group first declared the establishment of its so-called caliphate. Since then, ISIS has gradually lost its other Iraqi cities – Ramadi, Tikrit and Falluja – to government forces. About 1 million people are estimated to remain in Mosul, once a cosmopolitan trade hub of 2 million residents. In areas of Diyala province and around the town of Tikrit, ISIS is already showing signs of renewed life. Earlier this month, the Governor of Salahudin province appealed for help from Baghdad after a spike in attacks. The Institute for the Study of War – which monitors the security situation across Iraq – says ISIS is “returning to traditional … terror tactics outside of its efforts to govern and hold cities.” One Kurdish intelligence official, Lahur Talabani, told Reuters last week that even if ISIS evaporates “another group will pop up under a different name, a different scale.” “These next few years will be very difficult for us, politically,” Talabani said. Nowhere is that more true than in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. Rasha al Aqeedi, one of the many Mosulawi in exile, says it would be a tragic mistake for people to think “there is only one kind of resident in Mosul, one kind of Muslim, or one kind of anything else.” “The place is just not that simple, and missing the details is bound to end in tears for everyone.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi military offensive to retake western Mosul from ISIS", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170221181500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/middleeast/west-mosul-analysis/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "755809902", "sentence": "The US officially relocated its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday, formally upending decades of American foreign policy in a move that was met with clashes and protests along the Israeli-Gaza border. At least 58 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,700 injured in Gaza as deadly protests took place ahead of, during and after the ceremony in Jerusalem, making it the deadliest day there since the 2014 Gaza war. The violence could deepen Tuesday, when Palestinians mark what they call the “Nakba,” or Catastrophe, in memory of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who were either driven from or fled their homes during the Arab-Israeli war that accompanied the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. On Monday, which marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, US and Israeli leaders hailed the embassy move as a sign of the enduring relationship between the two countries and of US trustworthiness. American officials said it could create an honest foundation for an eventual peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. President Donald Trump did not attend the ceremony in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood, but in a video message broadcast at the event he congratulated Israel, saying the opening had been “a long time coming.” “Today, Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s government. It is the home of the Israeli legislature and the Israeli supreme court and Israel’s Prime Minister and President. Israel is a sovereign nation with the right, like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital, yet for many years we failed to acknowledge the obvious, the plain reality that Israel’s capital is Jerusalem,” Trump said in the prerecorded remarks. “As I said in December, our greatest hope is for peace,” he added. But that hopeful vision made for a jarring juxtaposition with the climbing death toll in Gaza, televised images of Palestinians running from gunfire and the decision by the Pentagon and State Department to boost the Marine Corps presence at US embassies across the Middle East and Africa. The celebratory air at the official opening ceremony in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood also contrasted sharply with calls from international leaders who expressed alarm at the spike in violence and appealed for calm, with some US allies denouncing the US decision to break with international norms by moving the embassy. France expressed its official disapproval. South Africa pulled its envoy from Tel Aviv, while Turkey pulled its ambassadors from both Washington and Tel Aviv. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an audience in London that the US prefers “to become part of the problem rather than the solution” and that it “has lost its role as mediator in the Middle East peace process.” Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian representative to the United Nations, told reporters there is “no chance” that Palestinians will engage in the US-led peace process, while President Mahmoud Abbas called for three days of mourning. Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the Trump administration, expressed “strong condemnation” of Israel’s use of force against Palestinian civilians, the official Saudi press agency said. Queen Rania of Jordan, another close US ally, tweeted that it was “a dark and sad day in history, marked with more Palestinian sacrifices.” “When will the world’s conscience mobilize to give Palestinians the rights so many of us take for granted?” the Queen asked. “May God have mercy on those who lost their lives defending Jerusalem’s proud Arab identity.” The UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, was “profoundly alarmed by the sharp escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and the high number of Palestinians killed and injured in the Gaza protests,” said his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq. Guterres added that Israeli security forces “must exercise maximum restraint in the use of live fire” and “Hamas and the leaders of the demonstrations have a responsibility to prevent all violent actions and provocations.” The UK’s Middle East minister, Alistair Burt, said that “we will not waver from our support for Israel’s right to defend its borders. But the large volume of live fire is extremely concerning.” He said, “We continue to implore Israel to show greater restraint.” He also said that “the UK supports the Palestinians’ right to protest, but these protests must be peaceful.” Those calls diverged from the Trump administration’s insistence that the problem was on the Palestinian side and in particular Hamas’ “cynical” use of the situation. “The responsibility for these tragic deaths rests squarely with Hamas,” White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah told reporters at the White House. “Hamas is intentionally and cynically provoking this response and as the secretary of state said, Israel has a right to defend itself.” When asked about the contrast between rock-wielding Palestinians and armed Israel Defense Forces firing on them, Shah said, “This is a propaganda attempt. I think the Israeli government has spent weeks trying to handle this without violence.” At the State Department, when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked by CNN’s Michelle Kosinksi if he would address the ongoing violence, he simply turned and left the room. Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and relocate the embassy is contentious for Palestinians, who hope to claim part of the city as their future capital. The city is also home to deeply holy sites for Jews and Christians. The issue has been so thorny that international negotiators had left the question of Jerusalem to the final stages of any peace deal. At the ceremony Monday, politicians and dignitaries – including Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, – watched as US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin unveiled the US seal, turning what was formally the consulate building into the embassy. Kushner, who is also a senior adviser to the US President, called for unity in his address. “We believe it is possible for both sides to gain more than they give – so that all people can live in peace – safe from danger, free from fear and able to pursue their dreams,” he said. “Jerusalem must remain a city that brings people of all faiths together.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump for his support on Twitter hours ahead of the opening ceremony. “What an amazing day! Thank you, @POTUS Trump,” Netanyahu said while retweeting a Twitter post from Trump. The opening of the embassy happened a day after Israel celebrated Jerusalem Day, marking what Israelis consider the reunification of the city. Speaking at the ceremony, Netanyahu hailed the alliance between America and Israel as “stronger than ever.” “What a glorious day. Remember this moment. This is history,” he said. “President Trump, by recognizing history, you have made history. All of us are deeply moved; all of us are deeply grateful.” Outside the embassy, police and protesters clashed as tensions ran high. Fourteen protesters were arrested for confronting police officers and interrupting public order, Jerusalem police said. Abeer Salman reported from Jerusalem. Nicole Gaouette wrote from Washington. James Masters wrote from London. 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{"article_id": "568508563", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Alain Robert, also known as the “French Spider-Man,” is a rock climber and urban climber from Bourgogne, France. He has climbed numerous landmark skyscrapers around the world, often illegally and using the free solo technique. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Climber Alain Robert: Steve's Trump Tower climb with suction cups was not particularly impressive Free solo climbing, like Robert does, is faster and takes more skill, he says Was the three-hour climb that Steve from Virginia made up the side of Trump Tower in New York Wednesday an amazing feat or just a foolhardy stunt? I think it is something closer to the latter. I know a little about climbing buildings in New York. Eight years ago I climbed the 52-story New York Times building, free soloing – which is how I have climbed buildings around the world for a quarter century – without ropes and harnesses. I wore only climbing shoes and used chalk powder to help with my grip. Steve from Virginia did something very different. What he did is not free soloing, and it doesn’t impress me. Climbing a building with suction cups is safe, but the time it takes is a bit long and the climb is tedious and repetitive, especially as Steve used so many suction cups (it looked like six). That’s probably why the guy didn’t make it to the top. (I should stress here that climbing the side of a building is dangerous and could get you killed. Don’t try this at home.) But Steve could have done it if he had the skill level. For example, climbing the Times building 52 stories to the rooftop was an easy one for an experienced climber like me to do bare handed — but it had to be, as I was carrying a banner to fix to the top that read, “Global warming is killing more people every week than 9/11.”  I was arrested when I reached the top and charged with disorderly conduct. Normally with bare hands a climb like the Trump Tower takes 30 minutes, and with suction cups one hour maximum. It is so much faster bare handed – by the time the cops arrive the ascent is nearly finished. If Steve was using only his bare hands the cops would have never dared to arrest him mid-climb and endanger his life. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. We are talking about climbing a building with some safety gear but without much purpose — at least based on what Steve has told police. Also, it’s New York, where lawmakers have proposed an anti-Spidey law punishable for up to a year in jail. So it is a place hostile to such a climbing challenge. And since the police broke a window to reach Steve and pull him inside the building on the 21st floor, I’m afraid that he may also get a big fine. Actually I wanted myself to climb that particular building some years ago. I tried it a week after 9/11, when I was in New York. I had been planning to climb the World Trade Center, which I had scouted for a week in January 2000. But after the 9/11 tragedy, since I was in New York with nothing to do, I checked out other potential buildings to climb, including the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue. And I saw that it was doable. I even climbed it at night, nearly 10 meters up and down only using my bare hands, and was not spotted. My only concern was this level at the atrium where I knew that I could get caught by the cops. But I have also had my share of climbing successes; I have climbed some really tough buildings in my life, including the Calico in New York (also illegally), the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Blue Cross-Blue Shield building in Philadelphia, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is the tallest structure  in the world. I’m a five-time Guinness Book of World Records holder for climbing the highest buildings in the world and for the greatest number of buildings ever climbed using only my bare hands. We don’t know much about Steve and why he climbs. But for myself, I  started at the age of 11 by climbing my parents’ seven-story building, as I hadn’t my keys to get in. Shortly after, I started to climb some cliffs and mountains. All along I have been fascinated by the idea of doing something courageous and potentially dangerous. And that is why free soloing is the only way to climb. Some 25 years ago I did some routes free solo that were nearly the maximum difficulty that people could climb with safety gear at that time. That means there was almost zero margin between the hardest climb I could do with a rope and without. Now I’m much more reasonable. Getting older.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Steve from Virginia's Trump Tower climb", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160811160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/opinions/steve-from-virginia-trump-tower-climb-alain-robert/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "695931157", "sentence": "A Supreme Court ruling could make it more difficult to make bribery charges stick The case could go on past Thanksgiving Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, denies the charges Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial is expected to last several more weeks, but a cryptic comment from the judge presiding over the case has renewed questions about whether it will even go to the jury. Related article No cameras, please: How the Supreme Court shuns the spotlight “I am very careful because of you know what and that being McDonnell,” Judge William Walls said last week – issuing the legal equivalent of a thunderclap in the courtroom. The trial will resume Tuesday for its sixth week, although court has only been in session 16 days thus far. The “McDonnell” bomb that Walls dropped is a 2016 Supreme Court case unanimously tossing out the bribery conviction of former Virginia GOP Gov. Bob McDonnell – a result that has produced a gold mine of litigation for defense attorneys seeking to upend guilty verdicts in corruption cases. A slew of former governmental officials from both parties – including Democrats Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson, New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Republican New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos – have all benefited from the McDonnell fallout with recently overturned convictions. Defense attorneys for Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, tried to get the senator’s case thrown out before trial using McDonnell, but Walls deferred ruling on the motion at that time, saying he needed to see how the evidence at trial played out. Now, in a trial that could last past Thanksgiving, the judge’s musings prove as a reminder of the high burden prosecutors must reach to prove their case. Meet the judicial renegade overseeing Sen. Menendez’s trial The heart of the Justice Department’s case rests on a theory that Menendez accepted political contributions, free rides on private jets and a swanky hotel suite in Paris from a wealthy doctor from Florida, Dr. Salomon Melgen. In exchange, they argue, the senator agreed to use the power of his office to encourage other high-level federal officials in the executive branch to help resolve Melgen’s business problems – “official acts” prosecutors claim put Menendez on the hook under federal bribery law. Related article Source: Prosecutors won't call Reid to testify in Menendez case Menendez and Melgen deny the charges. The challenge for prosecutors is that the Supreme Court in McDonnell narrowed the types of “official acts” that can form the basis of the crime. The justices said that merely “setting up a meeting, hosting an event, or calling an official” is no longer sufficient – the politician must put his or her thumb on the scale in an ongoing proceeding, lawsuit or controversy, or “exert pressure” on someone else to do so. “You need evidence from which a jury could reasonably infer that (Menendez) was seeking an official act,” said Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, a former Democratic congressional candidate who teaches classes on corruption laws. “That does not mean that you need anybody in particular to say ‘I knew that he was seeking x or y official act’ – it can include circumstantial evidence,” she added. Prosecutors specifically accuse Menendez of pushing officials to make national health care policy changes that would have resulted in a favorable outcome in Melgen’s multimillion-dollar dispute with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The indictment also alleges the senator encouraged State Department officials to intercede in a contract dispute Melgen had with the government of the Dominican Republic for cargo screening at the island’s ports. Related article Judge throws out bulk of corruption case against freezer cash congressman To prove its case, prosecutors have introduced stacks of emails, flight records, customs forms, credit card receipts, invoices and glitzy hotel brochures. They have called 35 witnesses to the stand thus far, including FBI agents, pilots, former Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, former US ambassador to Guatemala Todd Robinson, and a bevy of former congressional staffers. Witness describes ‘hostile’ conversations with Menendez, Reid, Sebelius One witness not expected to be called: former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who was part of a meeting on the Medicare rules with Menendez and Sebelius. The defense team doesn’t deny gifts changed hands between the two longtime friends Menendez and Melgen, but instead says no legal wrongdoing occurred, in large part because the senator – who lawyers remind the jury had no power to resolve Melgen’s business disputes as a legislator – had broader policy concerns in mind when he contacted officials within the executive branch. Melgen faced an $8.9 million repayment demand from CMS over his billing practice for the eye drug Lucentis and prosecutors accuse Menendez of lobbying various officials to make the case go away. Related article Poll: New Jersey voters say Sen. Menendez should quit if convicted But defense lawyers have frequently elicited testimony suggesting Menendez wasn’t a particularly successful advocate – as witnesses have uniformly stated that they either never agreed to help Melgen, despite repeated entreaties from Menendez and his staff, or others say they simply couldn’t pin down his precise “ask.” “I don’t exactly know what he wanted other than for me to do something,” Sebelius told jurors about a 2012 meeting she attended with Menendez and Reid. “There was confusion about what they were asking our office to do and I wasn’t clear on that,” added a former Reid aide when asked if Menendez wanted officials to “interfere” in Melgen’s case. Multiple witnesses have also told jurors Menendez’s concern – at least expressed to them – was that he viewed CMS’ billing practices as unfair and resulting in a windfall for drug companies – never referencing his friend or Lucentis directly. Defense lawyers, and now Judge Walls, have pounced on this fact. “(N)o bureaucrat who has testified here so far within my hearing has indicated that this particular Senator raised the name of his alleged friend in the meetings,” Walls said. “I have been very careful to listen to that. Because in the teachings of McDonnell, we are really thinking about things.” Judge throws out bulk of corruption case against freezer cash congressman But several legal experts interviewed by CNN were skeptical the McDonnell decision means Menendez had to reference Melgen explicitly by name in order for the senator’s advocacy on behalf of his friend to constitute an “official act.” Related article Meet the judicial renegade overseeing Sen. Menendez's trial “Menendez doesn’t have to because it’s the elephant in the room,” said Michael Weinstein, a former trial attorney at DOJ and now at Cole Schotz law firm in New Jersey. “Through inference, innuendo and flexing his senatorial muscle, he gets people to be in a room that would never have been in the first place.” This story has been updated.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sen. Bob Menendez", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171007130000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/07/politics/robert-menendez-mcdonnell-decision/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "732105574", "sentence": "The Russian government denied Monday that it had interfered in the 2016 US election campaign in the Kremlin’s first remarks since 13 Russian nationals were indicted Friday on charges of conspiring to defraud the US. Answering a question from CNN on a weekly telephone news conference, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, said the indictments provided “no substantial evidence” of Russian meddling, and that there were “no indications that the Russian state could have been involved.” “We didn’t see any substantial evidence of someone interfering in the domestic affairs,” Peskov added. He said the US indictment “mentions Russian citizens, but we heard the accusations against the Russian state – that the Russian state, the Kremlin and the Russian government were involved.” Related article For Mueller, this is only the beginning Special counsel Robert Mueller – appointed by the US Justice Department to investigate Russian election meddling – laid out charges against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities on Friday. The sweeping indictment describes in detail an unprecedented, years-long effort by Russia to interfere with the US political system and the 2016 presidential election, affirming the longstanding conclusions of the US intelligence community. It is at odds with President Donald Trump’s persistent questioning of those conclusions, which has continued throughout his first year in office. The President has repeatedly called the investigations into his presidential campaign’s potential collusion with Russia a “hoax,” but on Sunday, Trump tried to clarify his stance. “I never said Russia did not meddle in the election, I said ‘it may be Russia, or China or another country or group, or it may be a 400 pound genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer,’” Trump tweeted. “The Russian ‘hoax’ was that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia - it never did!” Related article Trump: 'They are laughing their asses off in Moscow' over how US handled Russia investigations Trump also tweeted that the Russians were “laughing their asses off in Moscow” for the way Washington has handled the Russia investigations. Russia has denied any involvement in the election, and Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion. As recently as last week, three sources familiar with the President’s thinking told CNN he remained unconvinced that Russia interfered in the presidential election. On Monday, Peskov rejected the findings in Mueller’s indictment, saying: “There are no indications that the Russian state could have been involved in this and there can’t be any. So we still insist, we think such evidence lacks foundation, we don’t think it’s in any case comprehensive, we don’t think it’s fair and we can’t agree with it.” “Russia has never interfered, doesn’t have the habit of interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries, and is not doing it now,” Peskov added. On Monday, CNN managed to briefly enter the building in St. Petersburg believed to house the “troll factory” at the center of the Mueller indictments, where paid bloggers flood social media, Internet forums and comments sections of news websites. Related article Exclusive: Putin's 'chef,' the man behind the troll factory Security guards quickly ushered CNN out of the nondescript office block on 55 Savushkina Street, headquarters of the Internet Research Agency. Although the Agency officially ceased operations in December 2016, its work is said to continue inside the building. A man smoking outside the property told CNN he was a journalist for Nevsky Novosti (Nevsky News), which is owned by Evgeny Prigozhin, according to the St. Petersburg investigative journalism website Fontanka. Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch dubbed “chef” to Putin, controlled a firm that funded the Internet Research Agency, according to the Mueller indictment. He was one of the 13 Russians charged in the US on Friday. Prigozhin has denied any involvement in election meddling. CNN was told by the building’s real estate agent that although two floors of the property were empty, the top two floors were still occupied and would be vacated within 30 days. Earlier reports had suggested that the troll factory had moved to another location, but that did not appear to be the case as of Monday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180219133000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/politics/russia-denies-us-meddling-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "687633477", "sentence": "Trump said he believed he could quickly resolve the dispute Trump on Thursday opted instead for a thinly veiled warning President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is prepared to personally intervene to resolve the months-long dispute between Qatar and several other Gulf neighbors if the countries do not reestablish diplomatic relations soon. “I would be willing to be the mediator,” Trump said, adding he believed he could quickly resolve the dispute. “If I can help mediate between Qatar and in particular, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, I would be willing to do so.” The dispute is still ongoing three months after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar and initiated an economic boycott, citing Qatari funding of terrorist groups and, later, its increasingly close relationship with Iran. The spat has simmered even amid the efforts of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has tried to bridge the divide between the two countries and expressed frustrations about the lack of movement. Related article Quartet says Qatar talks possible but no concessions Trump on Thursday opted instead for a thinly veiled warning that did not mention Qatar by name, but made clear the US will not tolerate ongoing financing of terrorist groups by Doha. “This all began because of the fact that there has been massive funding of terrorism by certain countries. What I want is I want – stop the funding of terrorism,” Trump said. “And if they don’t stop the funding of terrorism I don’t want them to come together. But I think they will.” Trump even suggested hosting representatives from the feuding countries at the White House to mediate the dispute and said he believed his personal diplomacy could lead to a swift resolution. Related article Tillerson: Trump 'speaks for himself' Trump’s comment came during a joint news conference with the Emir of Kuwait, who has also attempted to mediate the dispute between Qatar and its neighbors. Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said “the hope has not ended yet” for a breakthrough and said Qatar stands ready to sit down and discuss the 13 demands laid out by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the spat. “Now is the time that we have to forget all of these differences,” Al-Sabah said. Saudi Arabia and its allies moved abruptly to cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar in June, just a few weeks after Trump visited the kingdom in his first foreign trip, signaling a deepening of the relationship between the US and the Saudi kingdom. Several analysts at the time suspected that Saudi Arabia’s move toward Qatar – which followed months of escalating tensions – was in part driven by the country feeling emboldened by its strong relationship with the Trump administration. Related article US, citing human rights, cuts some Egypt aid Tillerson engaged in a round of shuttle diplomacy in July in an effort to resolve the dispute, emerging empty handed and visibly frustrated at the lack of progress and goodwill. “Right now, the parties are not even talking to one another at any level,” Tillerson had said, adding that an “ultimate resolution may take quite a while.” Few signs of progress have since emerged in efforts to resolve the dispute.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170907204500", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "ARE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/07/politics/donald-trump-diplomacy-qatar-saudi-arabia-gulf-dispute/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "745825071", "sentence": "The Chinese government has reacted warily to the establishment of a new Japanese amphibious special unit, designed to repel invasions on Japan’s remote islands. Japan and China have a long history of territorial disputes over islands in the East China Sea, in particular a rocky, uninhabited island chain known as the Diaoyu Islands in Beijing and the Senkaku in Tokyo. The Japanese Self Defense Force debuted their newly formed Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) on Saturday, at a military display near Sasebo, on the southwestern tip of Kyushu Island. About 1,500 members of the new unit conducted a public exercise, camouflaged with khaki stripes, imitating recapturing a Japanese island from an invading army. The unit gives Japan its first marine troops since World War II. In an editorial on Sunday, Chinese state media tabloid Global Times said Asia needed to watch Japan’s “militarism revival.” “Some question if the Japanese government may consider using safeguarding territorial integrity as an excuse to revive militarism, to which regional countries must stay on high alert,” the article said. Tensions have regularly flared between China and Japan over the islands in the East China Sea, including in 2017 when three Chinese Coast Guard ships sailed near to the islands, sparking a diplomatic war of words. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Monday Japan’s military moves were being followed closely by their Asian neighbors “for historical reasons.” Relations between Beijing and Tokyo have been strained since the end of the Second World War, stemming from the Japan’s wartime occupation of mainland China. The new Japanese unit was announced by Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera at the Ministry of Defense on March 31, who said it would be composed of about 2,100 personnel. “In the event of an invasion of a remote island, its task will be promptly landing on the island and regaining and securing it,” Onodera said at a press conference. Split into two amphibious deployment regiments, the unit is equipped with amphibious vehicles and will continue training with US military forces, a Japan Self Defense Forces press release said. Related article China sails into disputed waters, prompting protest by Japan Defense Minister Onodera added the brigade would continue training with US-built military aircraft, the V-22 Ospreys, which can be used for long-range flights and take off and land like helicopters. Japan’s naval forces also have ships well-suited to amphibious operations, including its helicopter destroyers, four of which have been commissioned in the past decade. Those ships, which look a lot like a small aircraft carrier, could be configured to carry stealthy F-35B fighter jets, which can land vertically. They are also platforms that accommodate the V-22. Despite the activation of the new unit and the hardware supporting it, Japan’s marines are far from being an effective fighting force, according to Grant Newsham, senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies. Newsham said in a blog post Japan must be able to integrate the marines with its air and naval forces. “Amphibious operations are complex, effectively three-dimensional as they involve operations afloat, ashore, and in the air,” Newsham wrote on the Japan Forward website. If other branches can’t deliver and protect a landing force, it won’t accomplish its mission, he said. The Chinese government has repeatedly said it would be prepared to defend the islands claimed by Beijing in the East China Sea if they were taken by force. On March 31, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang called on Japan to “adopt a correct historical view” after the government approved a series of education textbooks labelling the Senkaku Islands as undisputed Japanese territory. “China resolutely defends its territorial sovereignty and any attempt to infringe upon China’s sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands will be futile,” Lu said according to Xinhua. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has long sought to change his country’s pacifist constitution, adopted after the Second World War, to allow Japan to maintain armed forces. In May 2017, Abe said he wanted to have the constitution altered and a new version in place by 2020. “I strongly wish to make 2020 the year that the reborn Japan will make a new start,” he said at the time. Related article Japanese leader sets 2020 deadline for changing pacifist constitution In recent years, aggressive actions by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including firing missiles over Japanese territory, have given Abe’s complaints about the constitution a sense of urgency. Currently Japan has a military known as the Self-Defense Forces, but the constitution bars it from “the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.” Despite the constitution and its restrictions, Japan maintains one of the strongest armed forces in the world, according to analysts. But Japan’s military revival is controversial in the Asian region, particularly in China and South Korea, due to deep sensitivities about the country’s role in World War II. Speaking on Monday, a rival to Abe inside his Liberal Democratic Party warned against a hurried push towards revising the constitution, saying the ruling party needed to consider “how we distribute our political energy,” according to local media.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Japanese military revival", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180409100000", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/asia/china-japan-island-drill-intl/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "614461471", "sentence": "Some time in May 2014, Paul Overby, an American writer in his 70’s, disappeared as he was traveling between Khost in Afghanistan and North Waziristan in Pakistan – a region rife with the Taliban and terror groups such as al Qaeda. He has not been heard from since. On Wednesday, his wife went public for the first time with his disappearance, providing a statement to CNN and other media outlets. Overby’s wife, who asked not to be identified by name, last heard from her husband on May 16, 2014, as he was preparing to cross the border into Pakistan. Until then, they had spoken every day on the phone. Overby, who frequently traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan and was writing a book about the current war in Afghanistan, was on his way to interview Siraj Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani network, which is a component of the Taliban and is responsible for many of most lethal bombing attacks in the Afghan capital, Kabul. In 2015, Haqqani was appointed deputy leader of the Taliban. The US State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information about him. Prior to his disappearance, Overby had spent one month in Kabul and a month in Khost, an Afghan province close to the Pakistani border where the Haqqani network has a strong presence. For the past two and half years, Overby’s family had kept his disappearance a secret and had requested media outlets that were aware that he was missing, including CNN, also keep the matter confidential out of fear for his life if it became public. Overby’ s disappearance was first reported on Wednesday by Rahimullah Yusufzai, a leading Pakistani journalist, and was confirmed to CNN by Overby’s family. Yusufzai, who has reported authoritatively on the Taliban for more than two decades, wrote that his sources “in the Afghan Taliban group and their faction, Haqqani network” maintain that they don’t hold Overby. In 1993, Overby published “Holy Blood: An Inside Account of the Afghan War,” a chronicle of the Afghan resistance to the Soviet occupation during the 1980s. According to Holy Blood, Overby first traveled to Afghanistan in 1988 to chronicle the mujahideen, or “holy warriors,” and their fight against the Soviets. He even learned how to shoot an AK-47 assault rifle and fought alongside the mujahideen. Overby also learned to speak Pashto, the major language of the Afghan-Pakistan border area. When he disappeared, Overby, who is from western Massachusetts, was on his eighth trip to the region. His family provided emails to CNN that Overby had written in the days before he vanished. They contain discussions about why the US should not retain military bases in Afghanistan – and fears for his safety. “We (the US) should not attempt to keep troops in Afghanistan, nor retain any bases … bases only confirm the deep suspicion of many Afghans that America is planning to use this country as a base from which to contest the mastery of Central Asia, or at least play games, with Iran, Russia, and China,” he wrote in one of the emails. Overby also worried about the potential risk: “As the time slowly spools out I’m not sure how I feel. Safe or in danger?” The working assumption of the US government and Overby’s family is that he is being held captive by the Haqqanis. At a Pentagon briefing last month, Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson, the overall commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said that the Haqqanis are holding five Americans, although he did not provide the names. US officials said those Americans are: Caitlan Coleman, 31 (Coleman’s two toddler sons, who both are under the age of four, were born in captivity); Kevin King, a teacher at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul who was abducted in August near the university; and Overby. The Haqqanis also are holding hostage Coleman’s Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, 33, and another American University of Afghanistan teacher, Timothy Weeks, an Australian citizen. Caitlan Coleman addressed President-elect Donald Trump directly in a video released last month, urging him to secure the release of her and her family. She said the Haqqanis “are not going to simply release our family easily because it is correct. They want money, power and friends. … We are told there are Afghans who are prisoners in Kabul that these men care about.” Coleman was referring to Anas Haqqani, the brother of Siraj Haqqani, who is in on death row in Afghanistan after a court convicted him in August of raising money to fund terrorism. The Haqqanis have threatened to kill their American hostages if the Afghan government carries out the death sentence on Anas Haqqani. The incoming Trump administration has a great deal of leverage with the Afghan government, which is strongly hoping for a continued robust US presence in the country that will extend past the end of the Obama administration. Trump prides himself on the art of the deal, so he could use the leverage he has to secure the release of the American and other Western hostages that are held by the Haqqanis in exchange for the release of Anas Haqqani. At the same time, Trump could also pressure the Pakistani government, which has long had ties to the Haqqani Network, to secure the release of the American, Canadian and Australian hostages that the terrorist group is holding. Overby, who has had significant health problems in the past according to his wife, turned 74 on November 27.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Haqqani network", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170105181500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/taliban-american-hostage/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "454758932", "sentence": "Debris believed to be from a Boeing 777 washed ashore last week, putting Reunion Island in an international spotlight \"We are looking for whatever the sea could give back,\" says a leader of the search for more debris It’s a tiny island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, unknown to many until the news last week. A piece of debris, believed to be from a Boeing 777, washed onto the beaches of Reunion Island. It could be the biggest breakthrough yet in the search for MH370, which disappeared in March 2014. It’s given people here hope in finding clues but also a shared pain for the loved ones of passengers who were aboard the Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared without a trace. “People find it terrible,” says Cecil Dupre, who runs Reunion Island’s volunteer sea rescue service, Sauveters En Mer. They feel a connection to MH370. “Everyone was so shocked by the way this plane disappeared. Without any explanation,” Dupre explains. But it’s also more personal than just a headline. Family ties are strong here on this French island. “It’s a small place, and people are concerned for the families of those that went missing on MH370,” explains Dupre. They’re “very concerned not to know where the bodies of the victims of MH370 are.” Residents have been scouring the coastline for days. More than a dozen objects have been handed in since a purported 777 flaperon was found last week. But so far, nothing is even under consideration as linked to the piece – save for a suitcase under examination near Paris. They’re searching the seas, too, that surround Reunion Island, which lies roughly 700 kilometers (435 miles) east of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa. Dupre’s team usually focuses on things such as boat rescues and diving accidents. But right now, they’re looking for clues. They have a small vessel with basic equipment.  There’s no high technology here, just radios and word of mouth. But they are doing what they can. It’s French tradition for sailors to take part in the sea rescue and do something for their community, Dupre tells CNN. They don’t find anything during a search, but they’re not giving up. “They say the sea has its own way of working,” says Dupre. “We are looking for whatever the sea could give back.” CNN’s Peter Kavanagh contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Reunion Island", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150803213000", "country1": "REU", "country2": "MYS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/world/mh370-reunion-island/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "758489849", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, had his White House security clearance restored Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter said, after months of uncertainty stemming in part from his role in the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. Kushner met with Mueller’s investigators a second time in April and answered questions for seven hours, according to his attorney, Abbe Lowell. He had previously sat for an interview last November that was largely focused on former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who soon after pleaded guilty to charges of making false statements to the FBI. These developments come as the Mueller’s investigators appear to be trying to complete parts of their inquiry. The Kushner team believes he is now finished with all ongoing inquiries, which also include the investigations by congressional committees, according to a person close to Kushner. A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment. “A year ago, Jared was one of the first to voluntarily cooperate with any investigation into the 2016 campaign and related topics,” Lowell said in a statement. “Since then, he has continued this complete cooperation, providing a large number of documents and sitting for hours of interviews with congressional committees and providing numerous documents and sitting for two interviews with the Office of Special Counsel. On each occasion, he answered all questions asked and did everything he could to expedite the conclusion of all the investigations.” Kushner was stripped of his interim clearance in February amid an overhaul of procedures governing access to the nation’s most sensitive secrets following the resignation of Rob Porter, the President’s staff secretary, who had been allowed to remain in his post for months despite allegations of spouse abuse. The Mueller probe has also hung over Kushner’s status in the White House, in part because some of the matters under investigation relate to his role during the campaign and the transition, including contacts with Russians, as well as events that occurred in the early months of the Trump presidency, such as the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. Related video What you need to know about Jared Kushner White House officials have blamed the delay in Kushner receiving his security clearance on administrative backlogs normal to a new administration, as well as the complicated nature of his application. But Kushner’s troubles were compounded at least in part because his initial security clearance application didn’t list dozens of foreign contacts that he later included in updated submissions to the FBI. Lowell disputed that the initial security clearance application played any role in the delay in Kushner receiving his final clearance. “With respect with the news of his clearance being restored, as we stated before, his application was properly submitted, reviewed by numerous career officials and went through the normal process,” Lowell said. “Throughout the process, Mr. Kushner has continued to work on a number of foreign policy and domestic issues with no interruption. Having completed all of these processes, he is looking to continue to do the work the President has asked him to do.” Kushner’s initial SF-86 form did not mention any foreign contacts, though he quickly supplemented it to indicate that he would provide that information. He updated the form in the spring, listing about 100 contacts, but did not mention the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting he attended with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, Donald Trump Jr., and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Kushner updated the SF-86 forms once more in June to include that meeting.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jared Kushner", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180523184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "619882092", "sentence": "Marco Rubio was one of a few Republicans who had been withholding support for Rex Tillerson Rubio's support virtually ensures Tillerson will win OK from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Marco Rubio, a key vote on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said Monday he will vote for Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, all but guaranteeing former oil CEO Rex Tillerson is confirmed as the US chief diplomat. “Given the uncertainty that exists both at home and abroad about the direction of our foreign policy, it would be against our national interests to have this confirmation unnecessarily delayed or embroiled in controversy,” Rubio said in a statement posted to his Facebook page. “Therefore, despite my reservations, I will support Mr. Tillerson’s nomination in committee and in the full Senate.” Rubio’s support virtually ensures that Tillerson will win approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee later Monday and sets him up for a full Senate approval at some point soon after. Through the past weekend, Rubio was one of just three Senate Republicans who had been withholding support for Tillerson over broad concerns about his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the two other holdouts – Sen. John McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham – said Sunday they would support Tillerson. Rubio’s decision comes after intense lobbying by the Trump administration, including a 90-minute meeting last week between Rubio and Tillerson, according to a Rubio adviser. RELATED: Ben Cardin: I will not support Tillerson for secretary of state The Democratic National Committee quickly lashed out at Rubio on Monday, reviving Trump’s insult during the campaign for the Florida senator. “By ignoring his serious reservations about Tillerson’s connections to Vladimir Putin, Marco Rubio is not only rolling over for Donald Trump,  he’s earning the nickname Trump gave him: Little Marco,” DNC spokesman Zac Petkanas said in a statement. This story has been updated.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Marco Rubio", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170123161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/rubio-to-vote-to-confirm-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "658728721", "sentence": "Chemical from marijuana plant cut seizures by 39% in children with Dravet syndrome The study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial, considered the gold standard Cannabidiol, which is found in marijuana plants, reduced the number of convulsive seizures in children with a severe and often fatal epilepsy disorder, according to research published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Among children taking cannabidiol, the decrease in the frequency of convulsive seizures – which involve a loss of consciousness, stiffened muscles and jerking movements – was 23 percentage points greater than the decrease in seizures among children taking a placebo. The study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial, which is considered the gold standard test for any new medicine. Cannabidiol, also called CBD, is one of more than 80 active cannabinoid chemicals in the marijuana plant, which is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance. Unlike tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, it does not produce a high. Related article Germany joins the global experiment on marijuana legalization GW Pharmaceuticals, a company that is developing cannabidiol medicines, helped subsidize the study. “After 3,800 years of cannabis use for epilepsy … we finally have solid evidence,” said Dr. Orrin Devinsky, lead author of the study and director of NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. His own previous research indicates that cannabis was used as early as 1800 B.C. in Sumeria to treat epilepsy; neurologists of the Victorian period used Indian hemp, which is rich in cannabidiol, for the same purpose. Despite the generally positive results, most study participants reported side effects that included vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea and some liver issues. “CBD is an effective drug for this type of rare epilepsy but was not a panacea (or cure-all) for these children,” Devinsky said. A total of 120 patients with Dravet syndrome, ranging in age from nearly 2 to 18 years old, were randomly assigned to receive either an oral solution of cannabidiol or a placebo for a 14-week period. Related article Epilepsy patients need more than pot “Dravet syndrome is a severe childhood-onset epilepsy that causes multiple kinds of seizures, developmental delays, speech and language problems, behavioral issues and movement and balance problems,” said Brandy Fureman, vice president of research and new therapies at the Epilepsy Foundation. She was not involved in the new study. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that disrupts electrical communication between neurons in the brain. Considered a spectrum disorder, different epilepsy syndromes are defined by clusters of symptoms or features and treated accordingly. Existing epilepsy medications usually don’t work for patients with Dravet, so “up to 20% of these children die from seizures before age 20 years,” Devinsky explained. Related article Health care refugees: Medical marijuana and new hope Within the study, individual participants experienced convulsive seizures at a rate ranging from four per month, on average, to 1,717 per month. During the 14-week study, frequency of convulsive seizures decreased from an average of 12.4 to 5.9 per month in the cannabidiol group, compared with 14.9 to 14.1 in the placebo group. On average, the change in seizure frequency amounted to a 39% decrease for the cannabidiol group patients, compared with a roughly 13% decrease among the placebo group. Five percent of the children became entirely seizure-free during the 14-week study. Overall, parents in the cannabidiol group felt that they witnessed “significantly greater” positive changes in their children than parents in the placebo group. Related article The real -- and growing -- effects of fake pills However, there was a downside. Most (93%) of the cannabidiol patients reported side effects, though three-quarters of the placebo group patients did as well. Nine out of 61 cannabidiol group patients dropped out of the study, eight of them because of side effects, compared with just three of the 59 placebo group patients. “Tiredness (somnolence or fatigue) was most common; others were decreased appetite, diarrhea and vomiting,” Devinsky explained. Based on the overall results, Devinsky believes CBD should be evaluated for epilepsy types beyond Dravet syndrome, which is caused by a genetic mutation and affects about one in 20,000 to 40,000 children in the United States. Wayne Hall, professor and director of the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research at the University of Queensland in Australia, also believes the findings are “sufficiently encouraging” to warrant further research of cannabidiol that focuses on “related forms of epilepsy.” “No one study decides an issue; the sample size is still relatively small (because this is a rare syndrome and so hard to study large numbers of cases) and the duration of treatment so far has been relatively short,” Hall, who was not involved in the research, wrote in an email. Still, Hall said the research, which carefully measured safety and efficacy for a “substantial” number of children, showed “clear evidence of benefits in reducing seizure frequency and severity over the duration of the trial.” Dr. Brenda Porter, associate professor of neurology at Stanford School of Medicine, said she’s “glad to see” data coming out. Porter is not one of the researchers behind this study, though she too has published papers on cannabidiol as a treatment for epilepsy. Related article A 'Catch-22' of medical marijuana and organ transplants “Interestingly, it looks similar to our other seizure medications in terms of efficacy and tolerability,” Porter said.  “So, sadly, not a home run for most patients but another tool in our treatment regimen.” The marijuana plant is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance. Scientific researchers studying cannabidiol must meet federal security requirements and follow federal practices. Some scientists have said these federal requirements have slowed research supporting medicinal benefits of the plant. Porter believes the study may open the door to having “more thoughtful discussions with our patients about the efficacy and the side effects” of cannabidiol. “Hopefully, the FDA will see this as a sign it should be moved off of Schedule I. If it stays on Schedule I, we will have trouble getting it to our patients when it does become available.” Related article DEA declines to loosen restrictions on medical marijuana The 1970 Controlled Substances Act classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug, meaning it has “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Changing the schedule of a drug falls to the Drug Enforcement Administration or the Department of Health and Human Services. An interested party, such as a drug company, may also petition for the process to begin. The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute of Drug Abuse provide guidance to the DEA when reviewing scientific evidence on which to base a schedule change. Dr. David Gloss, director of clinical neurophysiology at CAMC Health System in Charleston, West Virginia, believes the new study is “very important” because “there’s a lot of people using cannabidiol for all kinds of stuff.” Gloss co-authored a review of cannabinoids for the Cochrane Library, which publishes systematic reviews of medical research. He was not involved in the new research. He noted that generating more evidence of effective use is “a good thing.” Already, there is existing “medical evidence of efficacy for narrow neurologic conditions,” said Gloss, who hopes that when enough evidence is available, the classification of cannabidiol as a Schedule I drug might be reconsidered and changed. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. The University of Queensland’s Hall believes that boundaries between medical use of cannabinoids and the recreational use of cannabis by adults should not be blurred. “If future clinical trials confirm these promising results, then appropriate regulation will enable the drug to be safely used for medical purposes,” he said. The Epilepsy Foundation’s Fureman said, “before publication of this trial, much of the clinical evidence about CBD’s effects on people’s seizures was uncontrolled and anecdotal.” She added that the new study is “critically important” for the epilepsy community, which believes a CBD-based medical product would be a first-in-class therapeutic option. On the need for more scientific research, all these experts agree. As Devinsky said, “natural substances are not necessarily safe and effective. They need to be evaluated rigorously.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cannabidiol (CBD) as a treatment for Dravet syndrome epilepsy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170524220000", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/health/cannabidiol-epilepsy-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "555908294", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Lewis Beale writes about culture and film for the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and other publications. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Lewis Beale: Tarzan, a storyline of white hero in Africa (and relic of paternalistic imperialism) is back in new movie He says in an era of heightened race consciousness, film an anachronism showing Hollywood's cluelessness about Africa Beale: While film not overtly racist, it speaks to lingering racist mentality, and Hollywood's need for change It’s 2016. Can anyone explain why Hollywood is releasing a new Tarzan movie? For nearly a century, Hollywood has been churning out versions of the loinclothed legend, swinging through the African jungle on a fever dream of colonialism and paternalistic imperialism.The basic template: Hot white guy, babe wife, clueless, and often dangerously savage, African natives. For years, in fact, it seemed like one of the few ways American filmgoers could see sub-Sahara Africa onscreen at all was through the exciting adventures of buff white actors, like former Olympic swimming gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller (probably the most famous Tarzan), and hunks like Lex Barker, Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry. Since 1918, with the silent flick “Tarzan of the Apes,” there have been over 40 versions of the boy-raised-by-apes tale, including, of course, a Disney feature. Titles like “Tarzan’s Secret Treasure,” “Tarzan and the Leopard Woman,” and “Tarzan’s Three Challenges” have featured the hero in exploits that have taken him as far afield as India and even New York City. Now here comes “The Legend of Tarzan,” which had a big opening weekend at the box office. This new take on the Edgar Rice Burroughs creation, which first appeared in print in 1912, is, for one thing, a total anachronism in an era of heightened race consciousness. And by greenlighting this film, it seems that Warner Bros., the film’s distributor, did not get the memo that the new movie, while not overtly racist, remains the product of an early 20th-entury colonial mentality – yet another example of the developed world patronizing the Third World. That a member of the white aristocracy has to lead the natives, who can’t seem to do it on their own, is  just another indication of how Hollywood has mostly portrayed Africa and Africans for decades – either with smirking racism, or tut-tut condescension. Related article Charlotte Rampling: Welcome to Hollywood hypocrisy Since movies began, this offensive depiction has manifested itself in several ways: – Promoting the “ooga-booga” stereotype of Africans as superstitious, simple and savage, which can be seen in many of the early Tarzan movies, and in films like “King Kong,” (those Skull Island native scenes are ooga-booga to the max),  1931’s “Trader Horn” (which features a white blonde jungle queen fighting a hostile tribe) and 1965’s “The Naked Prey,” in which a white man who offends a native tribe is first tortured, then hunted for sport. – Portraying the natives as a seething mass, with no attempt made to provide any sort of individualized characterization. Take, for example, “Zulu,” a fine 1964 film about the 1879 battle of Rorke’s Drift, in which 150 British soldiers held off an army of 4,000 Zulu warriors. Although the Brits, including star Michael Caine, are carefully delineated, not one tribal warrior is fleshed out. – Ensuring that if there’s a major black character, there’s a white man who is his equal, or gets more screen time (exception: Nelson Mandela). Any number of films fit this template, including 1987’s “Cry Freedom,” in which white journalist Donald Woods’ role is larger than that of murdered activist Steve Biko; 1975’s “The Wilby Conspiracy,” in which a black activist and white engineer are forced to flee South African police; and 1957’s “Something of Value,” in which a white and black boy who grew up together split apart over racial issues – If an African is the main character, it has to be in atmosphere of genocide, civil war or dictatorship (exception: Nelson Mandela). A recent example is last year’s “Beasts of No Nation,” in which Idris Elba is the leader of an army composed of child soldiers. Also in this category is 2004’s “Hotel Rwanda,” with Don Cheadle as a hotel manager during the Rwandan genocide, and 2006’s “The Last King of Scotland,” with Forest Whitaker as crazy Ugandan leader Idi Amin. – Africans? What Africans? The most egregious example of all has to be Disney’s 1999 animated “Tarzan,” which, although taking place on “the dark continent,” contains not a single African figure. No gun bearers, tribal leaders, nada. It’s as if some anti-black plague has struck. “The Legend of Tarzan” thankfully avoids many of these mistakes. There are several speaking roles for native characters, most of them played by honest-to-God African actors, like Benin native Djimon Honsou. The film makes a serious, if limited, attempt, to show a sophisticated view of African society, with its bustling villages and family atmosphere. And there are, thankfully, no ooga-booga moments. That’s fine, but these are just baby steps. You’d think that a continent with several hundred million people, which has seen the rise and fall of mighty empires, and has produced great art and culture, would have more stories to tell than the ones Hollywood chooses. That this is not the case speaks to a lingering racist mentality, and our profound ignorance of an entire global region. Same as it ever was. How to change this? Well, the recent announcement that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science has added 683 new voting members, nearly half minorities, means that the color palette in Hollywood movies, and the subjects they take on, may be expanded accordingly. For now, however, if you want to get the straight dope on Africa, it looks like you’ll have to check out the works of real African filmmakers. You could start with the 2014 film “Timbuktu,” about how jihadists come to a small village in Mali. Or “Tsotsi,” the 2005 Oscar winner for foreign language film, about a young South African street thug who steals a car and finds a baby in the back. No white super heroes in these films. Just real Africans doing real things. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hollywood", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160701193000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/opinions/tarzan-movies-about-africa-beale/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "511221236", "sentence": "As world powers agree to \"cessation of hostilities, Matthew Chance asks if Russia has successfully played the West again? He says Russia may be helping Syrian forces to advance, but in the long run, it may find it harder It’s not quite a ceasefire, more a “cessation of hostilities,” explained U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. But for the Russians, the agreement brokered in Munich to halt the fighting in Syria is neither. “Despite these accords, Russia will continue its counter-terrorism operation of the air task force,” Vladmir Dzhabarov, deputy chairman of the Russian International Affairs Committee, told state media. Related video Diplomats agree to 'cessation of hostilities' in Syria The agreement relates “only to the warring groupings,” he went on, “not to terrorists on the territory of Syria.” Russia therefore believes its airstrikes in Aleppo are not included, nor are attacks against what Moscow calls terrorist targets across Syria. It is a glaring hole in the “cessation” to say the least. Related gallery Syrian refugees flee embattled city of Aleppo Russian air power is now ferociously pounding the areas of Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city, still under rebel control. According to the Russian defense ministry, 510 combat sorties were carried out across Syria by its warplanes last week alone, many of them focused on supporting Syrian troop advances aimed an encircling Aleppo. The defense ministry reports engaging 1,888 “terrorist objects.” There’s been no indication that pace of strikes, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, is set to decrease. EXCLUSIVE: ‘Thank you Russia, thank you Iran’ On the ground, the result is straightforward. The Syrian Army, backed by the Russian air force and fighting alongside Iranian militia and other groups, is making substantial gains. It is, in other words, winning. Related video Syrian refugees are stranded as Russian airstrikes advance That’s not a word Western diplomats like to use, or even hear, when it comes to Russia, Syria or President Bashar al-Assad. At a recent embassy briefing, one senior diplomat questioned the very idea of any victory being possible in Syria’s quagmire. And the diplomat may be right. Russia’s intervention has turned the tables, saved al-Assad, and restored Moscow’s self-image as a great power. MORE: Inside Kremlin’s creeping military campaign in Syria But Russian President Vladimir Putin’s end-game remains unclear. How will al-Assad’s forces, for instance, hang on to the territory they are so quickly seizing from the rebels? Without the continued, indefinite and extremely costly backing of Russian air power, government forces may be too weak to maintain control. After all, it’s the reason al-Assad lost the territory in the first place. It all points back to the old criticism of the Russian president one western diplomat told me recently. “A master tactician, but a poor strategist,” the diplomat said. We shall see. MORE: Turkey’s ‘nightmare is coming true’ MORE: On the front lines of the battle for Aleppo MORE: Sarajevo to Syria: Where is the world’s moral compass?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160212201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/europe/syria-putin-analysis/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "642292033", "sentence": "Both Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis criticized Russian involvement in Ukraine Tillerson is in Brussels to reinforce US commitment to NATO Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that US sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow “reverses the actions” it has taken in Ukraine. The comments are notable given President Donald Trump’s at-times reluctance to criticize Russia over its actions in Crimea, though he did declare last month that the territory was “taken” by Russia. As a candidate, Trump hinted he might recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and sources have previously told CNN that Ukraine-related sanctions were on the table for review as part of Trump’s interest in pursuing warmer ties with Moscow. “American and NATO support for Ukraine remains steadfast. As we have repeated at every ministerial and summit since Russia launched its campaign of aggression against Ukraine, NATO allies stand firm in our support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Tillerson said at a NATO meeting at the organization’s headquarters in Brussels. “We do not, and will not, accept Russian efforts to change the borders of territory of Ukraine.” He added, “We will continue to hold Russia accountable to its Minsk commitments. The United States sanctions will remain until Moscow reverses the actions that triggered our sanctions.” At his confirmation hearings in January, Tillerson called Russia’s claims on Crimea “illegitimate.” His comments on Friday also echo those made by US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, when she told the UN Security Council last month that US sanctions against Russia would remain in place until it withdraws from Crimea. Earlier Friday, Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis criticized Russian actions in overseas comments aimed at reassuring US allies. Mattis, appearing with his British counterpart in London, also called out the Putin regime for “mucking around” in other people’s elections – a particularly notable claim coming at a time when federal and congressional investigators are probing alleged Russian meddling in the US elections last November. “We look to engaging with Russia on a political or diplomatic level, but right now, Russia is choosing to be a strategic competitor,” Mattis said during a news conference with Michael Fallon, the UK defense secretary. “We are going to have to carve out diplomatically some kind of maneuver room here, assuming Russia can change its behavior and act in accordance with international norms and international law.” He also said “Russian activity” in Afghanistan “gives us concern,” though he stopped short of saying the Putin government was arming the Taliban. In response to Mattis, Alexey Pushkov, a senior Russian lawmaker, tweeted, “New US administration sounds just like the old one — Mattis is indistinguishable from (former Defense Secretary Ash) Carter, Tillerson is talking about ‘Russian aggression.’ (Barack) Obama and (Hillary) Clinton must be happy.” Tillerson is in Brussels to reinforce US commitment to NATO – an organization Trump has repeatedly criticized – and referred to the alliance as “the bedrock for transatlantic security.” “We understand that a threat against one of us is a threat against all of us, and we will respond accordingly. We will uphold the agreements we have made to defend our allies,” he added. The Trump administration’s top diplomat, however, reiterated on Friday Trump’s call for members to increase their financial contributions to the organization. “Our goal should be to agree at the May leaders meeting that by the end of the year, all allies will have either met the pledge guidelines or will have developed plans that clearly articulate how, with annual milestone progress commitments, the pledge will be fulfilled,” Tillerson told the ministers. But Trump’s hopes of striking a grand bargain with Russia are fading, two administration officials told CNN Thursday. According to one senior administration official, this isn’t necessarily because Trump’s view of Putin has evolved. But Trump believes in the current atmosphere – with so much media scrutiny and ongoing probes into Trump-Russia ties and election meddling – that it won’t be possible to “make a deal,” as the President himself has framed it, the officials said. One of the White House officials said the President was particularly “frustrated” in a meeting in the Oval Office with newly minted national security adviser H.R. McMaster and other top officials in the wake of Russia’s February cruise missile deployment – an apparent treaty violation. This official said that with each violation from Russia, the President views it as that much harder to make amends. The President is not closing the door on engaging with Russia on a variety of issues – including Syria, Ukraine and combating ISIS – but the administration is not optimistic at the moment. CNN’s Nicole Gaouette, Sara Murray, Elizabeth Landers, Eugene Scott, Mary Ilyushina and Matthew Chance contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170331124500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/rex-tillerson-russia-ukraine/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "722171094", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jemar Tisby is president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective where he writes about race, religion and culture. He is the co-host of the Pass The Mic podcast and a PhD student in history at the University of Mississippi. Follow him on Twitter @JemarTisby. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. I could tell something was wrong the moment my wife stepped into our hotel room. She had just left to pick up some food on our last morning in Hawaii when she came back way too early and with a frantic look on her face. “Did you hear about the ballistic missile alert?” I had just rolled out of bed and was brushing my teeth. I just stared at her. Then she told me that she had gotten an emergency alert on her phone that told everyone to seek shelter and a missile was on its way to the islands. “EMERGENCY ALERT: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” (8:07 a.m. PST) I checked my phone. I had not gotten the alert, but I immediately took to Twitter because that’s where information gets shared the fastest. Those were the longest few minutes I can remember. There was a brief period when we couldn’t confirm whether the alert was real. I kept scrolling through my feed, but only everyday civilians in Hawaii seemed to be saying anything and everyone was asking this same thing. “What is happening? Is this real?” Related video Trump was golfing when false alert was issued Lacking any other credible information, we started to act as if a nuclear missile was heading straight toward us. An emergency alert banner scrolled across the television screen and it said to seek shelter and stay away from windows and doors. As my wife and I scanned social media, we turned the television to a kids’ show in the hopes of shielding my seven-year-old son from news that death might rain down from the skies in a few minutes. I had not seen the cartoon before, and I remember thinking, “Is this really the last thing I want to see on television before I die?” Finally, after a relatively brief but still seemingly interminable amount of time, some unconfirmed reports of a false alarm started popping up. But not before they evacuated our hotel. I threw on some shoes and I remember this frozen moment where I debated about what to bring in case everything got destroyed. The only thing I picked up was my wedding ring. Related article We're not remotely prepared for the bioweapons threat In the hallway, we ran into a trickle of people coming out their rooms. Most folks were not frantic, just confused and concerned. I don’t have any prior experience with a ballistic missile threat, but they seemed pretty calm given the circumstances. I actually didn’t evacuate. I stayed in the elevator lobby. More and more unconfirmed reports of a false alarm had started appearing, so I was increasingly convinced that we were not in danger. Even if we were, I figured the best place was indoors, not outside. Finally, 38 minutes after the initial alert, we got another message. EMERGENCY ALERT: THERE IS NO MISSILE THREAT OR DANGER TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. REPEAT. FALSE ALARM (8:45 a.m. PST) Hotel officials instructed everyone to go back to their rooms and that regular operations would resume shortly. “Sorry about the nuclear missile alarm. Nothing to see here. Everybody get back to having fun!” Related video Hawaii official: This was my fault Now I’m just trying to let it all sink in. My wife is still dazed. My son was confused but back to watching cartoons. It was our last day here, so we finished packing and checked out of the room. The event is now a memory, but the feelings persist. As I reflect on the ballistic missile threat, I am mindful of those around the world who live under the specter of death on a daily basis. From civil wars, to drone attacks, to terrorism, some people endure this kind of stress daily and in much more threatening circumstances. What made this experience even more surreal, though, was enduring what we thought was a life-threatening moment along with thousands of other people. When countless people face the same morbid situation in an instant, there’s a collective sense of shock and even support. Of course, I hugged my wife and reminded my child that I loved him. I think that’s a common experience for a lot of people who contemplate their mortality and the fragility of life itself. Afterwards, my wife went out and got breakfast as planned. When she got back she said everyone was joking about not dying. Even on social media, the memes and gifs have already started to appear. A psychologist friend of mine calls this “trauma laughter.” It’s a way of coping with an immensely stressful situation by making light of it. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Through all of the misinformation, bewilderment and anxiety of a ballistic missile threat, I am thankful for my Christian faith. Not that Christians want to die, but there’s a comfort in knowing that Heaven awaits if you do. As I write this, officials are saying it was “human error.” Someone pressed the wrong button. I’m going to need a better explanation than that. It sounds like officials are eager to make sure this never happens again, too, so I look forward to learning what exactly happened. The worst part is that these threats have real validity because of the president we now have. I’m not trying to make a political point, necessarily, but leadership matters. The immature messages the current commander in chief has sent to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a ballistic missile attack on an American territory seem extremely likely. I hope our nation’s citizens and lawmakers realize how quickly and devastatingly things can go wrong on an international scale and work to reduce the threat. Life is not perfect, but it can be good, and we can spend our days making it better for our loved ones and others.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "the current commander in chief", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180114011500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/opinions/being-in-hawaii-during-false-missile-alert-tisby-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "649410213", "sentence": "The White House insists it has no desire to put a finger on the scale of a foreign election But Le Pen's positions often found an echo in Trump's campaign Sunday’s French election result sets up a battle between the heart and the head of the Trump White House. In the latest blow to establishment party politics in the Western world, two outsider candidates – centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen – advanced from a crowded field to a run-off for the Elysee Palace on May 7. Le Pen has risen on the same populist politics, rooted in anger over immigration policies, globalization and middle class economic disenfranchisement, that ignited Donald Trump’s presidential campaign last year. She represents a threat to the strength and unity of the political institutions that have underpinned Western countries for the past half century, notably in her opposition to the EU and pledge to leave NATO. Related article Le Pen faces Macron in final round of French presidential election So there’s little doubt that the foreign policy establishment types who make up the more conventional, less-populist wing of Trump’s national security team will be quietly rooting for the pro-EU Macron in two weeks. But those sentiments certainly clash with the political DNA of Trumpism. Le Pen’s France-first positions as the head of the National Front mirror the economic and political nationalism of Trump’s political philosophy. Like the US president, she plumbed resentment towards elites from a power base in small towns and rural areas that abhor voters in more cosmopolitan, liberal cities. Why you should care about the French election Le Pen has also for years adopted positions on terrorism, porous national borders and Muslims that often found an echo in last year’s US presidential election. Related video Who backs France's Emmanuel Macron? And while the White House insists that it had no desire to put a finger on the scale of a foreign election, Trump has left little doubt about whom he wanted to win, even if his tweet on Sunday ahead of the results was cryptic: “Very interesting election currently taking place in France.” In an interview with the Associated Press on Friday, Trump noted that the attack that killed a French policeman in Paris last week would have a big impact on the election, and delivered a veiled endorsement of Le Pen. “She’s the strongest on borders and she’s the strongest on what’s been going on in France,” Trump said. “Whoever is the toughest on radical Islamic terrorism, and whoever is the toughest at the borders, will do well in the election.” Related article What the French elections mean for Americans Le Pen called for “Islamist mosques” to be closed after the attack. Macron was criticized in some quarters for a less hawkish response. It was not the first time that Trump had sought a parallel with a foreign election. Last year, he frequently boasted that he had predicted that the United Kingdom would vote to leave the European Union. His comments on France hint at the strong political identification between Trump and members of his inner circle with the goals of European populists. Two sources told CNN earlier this year that Trump political advisor Steve Bannon told Peter Witting, the German ambassador to the US, that the Trump administration preferred to strengthen bilateral ties with individual European countries rather than deal with the European Union. In what was described as a “combative” conversation, the sources said Bannon spelled out a nationalist world view and cited a wave of anti-EU populism as evidence of the bloc’s flaws, a refrain he had previously articulated as the head of the Breitbart News website. A victory in the second round of the election by Le Pen would raise the specter of another existential referendum on EU membership. Related video Le Pen: France must close mosques The union can survive the decision by the UK, one of its largest but most ambivalent members, to leave. But most analysts believe that the departure of France, along with Germany, one of the key levers of European integration, would spell the end for an institution that has helped consign the continent’s blood-soaked past to history. Given the upheaval in the Middle East and turmoil elsewhere in the world, it’s a scenario that few foreign policy experts in Washington welcome. In fact, some administration officials have gone out of their way during Trump’s first 100 days in office to reassure Europeans that they are not rooting for the fracturing of the bloc, despite past rhetoric. In Brussels in February, Vice President Mike Pence expressed the “strong commitment” of the United States to continue to work in “partnership” with the European Union. Any weakening of NATO, meanwhile – which Le Pen has vowed to leave if she becomes president – would certainly threaten US global influence and ultimately raise questions about Western security. Le Pen has gone so far as to chide Trump for what she sees as a reversal on NATO, a body that he criticized during his campaign but has now embraced. “Undeniably he is in contradiction with the commitments he had made,” Le Pen said in an interview with France Info radio last weekend. Many foreign policy experts in Washington believe that a weakened NATO and European Union would directly aid the goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Le Pen visited Putin in Moscow in March and, like Trump, used her campaign to call for better relations with Russia. Macron is a far less confrontational politician than Le Pen. Given his relative inexperience and euphoric rallies, he drew some comparisons to Barack Obama in 2008. (The former president called Macron last week to wish him luck). While he has chosen to form his own party and not stand as part of the establishment, he is nothing if not a member of the French elite. Although the former banker has never held elective office, he once served as a French finance minister and attended the top Paris schools that mold future establishment leaders. If, as most analysts expect, he emerges as the winner of the second round of the election, he will face the task of forging relations with Trump, a politician who temperamentally and philosophically has more in common with Le Pen.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Marine Le Pen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170424054500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/24/politics/trump-french-elections-le-pen/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "726873331", "sentence": "The Democrats' memo hits House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes The document is a rebuttal to a Nunes' own memo on alleged FISA abuses As President Donald Trump weighs when to release a Republican congressional memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools, Democrats on Capitol Hill have prepared their own memo as a counterpunch that also hits House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes. California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, produced the 10-page document as a rebuttal to the Republican memo on alleged FISA abuses that the House panel voted to make public on Monday. But the Democratic memo also goes after Nunes, a California Republican who has been at the center of the committee’s criticism of the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of the opposition research dossier on then-candidate Trump and Russia, according to four Republican and Democratic sources who have read the document. Related article Dems direct outrage over Nunes memo at Speaker Paul Ryan, rule out leaking Schiff memo Schiff’s memo charges that the Nunes memo is an attempt to help the White House with the Russia investigation. The Nunes memo alleges that the FBI failed to provide information to the FISA court when using the dossier as part of an effort to obtain a surveillance warrant for former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page, including that the dossier written by ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele was bankrolled in part by Democrats. The Schiff memo argues that in fact proper procedures were followed in obtaining FISA warrants. CNN has reported that the FBI used information beyond the dossier to support the court application, and the dossier was cited in footnotes to specific allegations, according to current and former US officials briefed on the matter. Elements of Schiff’s memo will likely need to be redacted if it is publicly released, sources said. Schiff told CNN Tuesday he planned to let the Justice Department review the document first before the public has a chance to see it. “I think that what we see in the Republican memo is a terrible mischaracterization of the events.  So, we sent out the proper events in their context in our own memoranda,” Schiff told CNN on Tuesday. “Even when their memo is made public, we can point out, OK, this is wrong. And this is misleading. And this is distorting.” Related article Trump wants Nunes memo released as quickly as possible, but not before State of the Union Asked if he would consider reading the contents of his own memo from the floor of the House, Schiff said, “That’s not an option. Our memo is classified just as theirs is – the only difference is we are vetting ours through the FBI and the Justice Department.” Democrats have called the Nunes memo “profoundly misleading” and say it’s an effort to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. A spokesman for Schiff declined to comment. A spokesman for Nunes did not respond to a request for comment. The committee voted along party lines on Monday to make the Nunes memo public, while rejecting a motion from Schiff to also make the Democratic memo public at the same time. The committee did vote to allow the full House to read Schiff’s memo, which Republicans argued was the appropriate measure because they took the same first step with the Nunes memo before making it public. The Nunes memo is now being reviewed at the White House, where the President has five days to decide whether to object to its release or allow the release to proceed, according to an obscure committee rule used to make the memo public while bypassing the traditional declassification process.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democrats' memo", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180131033000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/democrats-rebuttal-nunes-memo-criticism/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "627204485", "sentence": "US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley issues print statement on North Korean missile test Her statement was more notable than the UN Security Council action on the missile, says Richard Roth Another North Korean missile launch, and yes, another emergency UN Security Council session the day after. It wasn’t the council condemnation that was significant and notable, but rather the print statement issued by new US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley as she entered the consultations room. Just weeks into her position, the tough-talking diplomat said Monday, “It’s time to hold North Korea accountable, not with our words, but with our actions.” Also in contrast to other recent US ambassadors, there was criticism aimed at China over its support of Pyongyang. Haley wrote, “We call on all members of the Security Council to use every available resource to make it clear to the North Korean regime, and its enablers, that these launches are unacceptable.” Enablers? No doubt a Trump administration shot across the bow aimed at Beijing. China went along with the council statement issued Monday night calling the launch a grave violation of its obligations under Security Council resolutions. But China, North Korea’s main ally and trading partner, has resisted more drastic attempts over the years at tougher sanctions such as an oil embargo. The council has slapped six rounds of economic and military sanctions on North Korea but none has pressured Kim Jong Un to halt ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests. Haley’s veiled shot at China is not the diplomatic norm at the United Nations. Usually, harsh words among the big powers are expressed behind closed doors, though former US Ambassador Samantha Power and Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin went at it during public council meetings on Syria, the anger spilling over after years of war. President Trump said last week he had agreed that Beijing is the one China in the US relationship, not Taiwan, but the Haley comment means relations among the big permanent five countries on the Security Council are likely to be in potential roller-coaster mode for the next four years. Nikki Haley: We’re taking names The United Kingdom seemed to publicly want to back Haley’s “enabler remark.” UK Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told reporters, “We need to make sure every single country in the international community is fully implementing every single Security Council resolution on North Korea.” However, the United Kingdom was the latest country on the council to not agree with Haley on another important issue. Haley put out another barbed statement Friday night blocking the new UN secretary-general from naming a former Palestinian Prime Minister to be the UN representative in Libya. The UK ambassador disagreed Monday, as did France and Sweden over the weekend. It wasn’t as if China wasn’t going to go along with the UN statement of denunciation on North Korea. China has lost patience with Pyongyang, especially after North Korea conducted a nuclear test during major Communist Party gatherings in China. There are limits as to how far China will let Pyongyang be punished and questions remain as to how tight the border really is between China and North Korea. Haley is adding to her tough talk list at the United Nations. Haley now says its time for action, not words, on North Korea, Iran and UN reform. At the United Nations its not easy to win support of other countries. It can take time, a lot of time. But the international community may be running out of time as North Korea improves its missile capability and range.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nikki Haley", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170214021500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/politics/north-korean-missile-launch-un-nikki-haley/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "470944890", "sentence": "Etihad has teamed up with Ten Group to launch inflight concierge services Passengers on-board its top-tier The Residence can enjoy the perks There are many urges that fliers have to contend with while cooped up on a plane at 35,000 feet, but procuring a rare blue diamond typically isn’t one of them. For the wealthy few who do need to splash cash on high-end jewels though, it’s now possible. The catch: It’s only possible if they’re flying Etihad’s top-tier route from London to Abu Dhabi. In what some in the aviation industry have dismissed as a superficial gimmick, the UAE-based airline has teamed up with an upscale concierge service to cater for the whims of passengers using its luxurious Residence service. The flight’s $20,000 one-way ticket already buys them a three-room suite complete with inflight gourmet chef and a butler. And now they won’t have to wait until they land to shop for baubles, grab coveted reservations at Michelin star restaurants or tickets to sold-out shows. Residence passengers can also instruct the concierges, provided by Ten Group, to hunt down rare handbags or fine art. The service is a far cry from the cheap, cheerful and somewhat random selection of fripperies available in the inflight SkyMall catalog once ubiquitous on U.S. airlines. “As long as it’s moral and legal, we offer a whole assortment of weird and wonderful things,” says Toby Gauvain, international managing director of Ten Group, which has offices in London, New York, Hong Kong and beyond. He says he isn’t allowed to disclose details of requests received so far, but says the service has proved popular since it launched at the end of August. Passengers relay their wishes to the on-board butler who then calls Ten Group’s concierge teams from a satellite phone. If it works, everything is in place before the plane reaches its destination. The in-flight concierge is the latest move in what seems to be Etihad’s quest to turn its airliners into fully-fledged luxury hotels. Residence suites have a living room with a 32-inch flat-screen TV, a bedroom with a double bed draped in Egyptian cotton sheets, and a carpeted hallway which leads to an en-suite bathroom with a shower, bathrobes and high-end toiletries. Etihad says the first person to fly on board The Residence had no complaints. In fact, the airline’s PR machine quoted Gino Bertuccio describing his trip, somewhat improbably, as “beyond anybody’s imagination.” “After returning home, I was living again minute by minute this fantastic journey I was lucky to live,” he added “When we launched The Residence by Etihad last year, we wanted to challenge the conventions in commercial air travel,” says Peter Baumgartner, Etihad’s chief commercial officer. “The Etihad Lifestyle Concierge service is a continuation of that ambition.” Baumgartner says it serves passengers who are stretched for time: “For example, if they were unable to make any preparations before traveling, or need something unexpectedly. “It also suits passengers who are looking for something out of the ordinary, perhaps a unique gift for a loved one, such as a rare blue diamond, “he says. For some airline industry experts, Etihad’s latest move is little more than a gimmick. “Frankly I think the concierge service offered by Etihad is style over substance,” says Ben Schlappig, a connoisseur of major airlines’ first-class experiences and author of popular aviation blog One Mile at a Time. “Ultimately I doubt this will be much more valuable than services offered by many top-end credit cards, and likely won’t have the local expertise or clout of a top hotel concierge. “Presumably people dropping $20,000 plus on a one-way ticket already have access to other concierge services,” he adds. But Baumgartner insists that as people travel further and more often, the time spent on the journey needs to be more enjoyable than ever. “How we travel is changing. Today’s tech-driven, fast-paced world means that we have to strive to be innovative, rethink what we’ve done historically, and offer more convenience and comfort to our guests,” he says.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Etihad", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150928114500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "ARE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/travel/etihad-concierge-services/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "629327693", "sentence": "NEW: Footage on Japanese TV appears to show moments before Kim's death North Korea, Malaysia engaged in diplomatic feud Closed circuit television footage released Monday appears to show the moment that Kim Jong Nam was attacked and the events leading up to his death. The footage, which first aired on TV in Japan, shows Kim being attacked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, walking over to a desk and then being escorted to a hospital clinic – both of which match the timeline of events released by authorities. Kim, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, died on his way to hospital. Authorities believe that he was poisoned and the case is being treated as a murder investigation. So far, police have arrested four suspects and looking for four more who were believed to have left Malaysia the day of the attack. Five of the eight are North Korean. When asked if North Korea had ordered his murder, a top Malaysian police official merely said, “the four (on the run) hold North Korean nationality, that is all.” Interpol is assisting in the search. The investigation into Kim’s death has sparked a diplomatic row between Malaysia and North Korea. Pyongyang’s ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol, told reporters Monday that the investigation was being “politicized by Malaysia in collusion with South Korea.” He claimed that the dead man was Kim Chol, a citizen of North Korea, and that requests for a DNA sample were “preposterous.” Who was Kim Jong Nam?The world’s most mysterious family treeWhy would North Korea want him dead?Security footage appears to show moment of attackSuspect in death of Kim Jong Nam seen wearing ‘LOL’ shirt North Korea’s history of secret killings and kidnappings Who was Kim Jong Nam?The world’s most mysterious family treeWhy would North Korea want him dead?Security footage appears to show moment of attackSuspect in death of Kim Jong Nam seen wearing ‘LOL’ shirt North Korea’s history of secret killings and kidnappings Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister said the North Korean embassy in Malaysia confirmed Kim Jong Nam’s identity. He added that Kim Jong Nam had been traveling with two passports, one under the name Kim Chol. Kim Jong Nam had a reputation for traveling with false documents. Earlier Monday, the Malaysian government summoned Ambassador Kang after he accused officials in Kuala Lumpur of conspiring with “hostile forces” during the investigation. Malaysia also recalled its own ambassador in Pyongyang, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. North Korea had previously said it opposes any autopsy that is done without their own officials present and has publicly demanded the country return the body. But Selangor Police Chief Abdul Samah Mat said that without DNA from a next of kin, Malaysia wouldn’t hand over Kim’s body or release the autopsy report, which could reveal the cause of death. CNN’s Saima Mohsin reported from Kuala Lumpur, while Joshua Berlinger reported and wrote from Hong Kong. CNN’s Kocha Olarn, Kathy Quiano, Elizabeth Joseph, Chieu Luu and Andreena Narayan and journalist Salhan Ahmad contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170220094500", "country1": "MYS", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/asia/malaysia-investigaton-kim-jong-nam/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "719011517", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Trita Parsi is author of “Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy,” and President of the National Iranian American Council. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. In a matter of days, protests in Iran have quickly spread across the country, taking the government by surprise and leaving analysts and pundits alike confused. Part of the reason many have been caught off guard is because these protests appear quite different from their 2009 predecessor – in terms of size, leadership and objective. But another reason is that the drivers of these protests are from a segment of the population that has rarely figured into Iran’s political developments in the past two decades – those who never believed or have lost hope in the idea of real change through reform. Similarities between the current protests and the 2009 uprising are quite limited. While the current demonstrations started outside of Tehran – in Mashhad and Qom – and quickly spread to other cities, their size remains relatively small compared to what the world observed after Iran’s fraudulent 2009 elections. In the first few days after that election, more than one million people protested in the streets of Tehran. Though quite ferocious, the current protests have rarely numbered more than a few thousand in any specific locality. The protests in 2009 also had very specific goals – at least initially. They were prompted by accusations of fraud in the presidential election, and the protestors were demanding the votes be recounted. The protests also had strong leadership from then-presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who gave the movement much-needed organization. The current protests appear much more sporadic, with no clear leadership and with objectives that have shifted over the course of the past four days. According to witnesses I’ve spoken to, the protests were initiated in Mashhad by religious hardliners who sought to take advantage of the population’s legitimate economic grievances to score points against the Hassan Rouhani government, which they consider too moderate. Related video Protests continue for a third day in Iran But they quickly lost control over the protests as the economic message has resonated with a broader segment of the population than they expected. Frustrations with corruption and falling living standards appear to have given way to much sharper political slogans – such as “Death to the dictator!” and “Down with the Islamic Republic!” Few have been more surprised by all of this than Iran’s reformists. The absence of slogans and chants invoking Green leaders such as Mousavi, Karroubi or former President Mohammad Khatami gives credence to their claims that they are not a driving force behind these protests. In fact, no major reformist figure has come out in favor of the protests, and some activists have even spoken out against them. Key operatives in the Green movement that I have spoken to both in Iran and in exile have clearly adopted a calculated distance from the demonstrators, though they express sympathy for the population’s grievances. The fact that reformists – who have been at the center of most of the large-scale protests in Iran for the past two decades – appear to be neither driving nor even particularly involved presents a new political phenomenon in Iran. Related video Trump applauds Iran's anti-government protest The protestors likely include some disillusioned Rouhani supporters. But remember that Rouhani won re-election with 57% of the vote (and 70% voter participation) only seven months ago. That means it’s more likely that the core of the demonstrators are of a different ilk. Their uncompromisingly anti-regime slogans suggest they may belong to the segment of the population who tends not to vote, doesn’t believe the system can be reformed and either never subscribed to or has lost hope in the idea of gradual change. Add to that those who have joined the protests out of a sense of economic desperation and humiliation. Most analysts have not kept an eye on these segments of the population precisely because they have not been at the center of political change in Iran in recent history. Nor do they have a track record of being able to muster protests of this size. Precisely because this is a new phenomenon, it is also more challenging to predict how the protests will evolve and how protestors will react to the likely crackdown by the authorities in the coming days. This may also explain why the government’s reaction thus far has been relatively muted. The Iranian government is certainly not known for its lack of brutality. Protests in 2009 were violently suppressed, with massive human rights violations captured by citizen journalists on their cellphones. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The brutality it is capable of has – at least so far – not been fully mustered. The question is why? Is it because the Rouhani government calculates that the protests will fizzle out on their own and potentially even give him leverage against the hardliners to push more aggressively for reform? Or, is it because the hardliners are holding back to embarrass Rouhani and claim he is incapable of upholding security? Or, is it simply that the government as a whole is scrambling to figure out how to respond to this outpouring of discontent from segments of society they rarely pay attention to? Four days into the protests, there are still more questions than answers. The picture that is emerging, however, is that the political landscape in Iran is being shaken up by those seeking change outside of reform.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iranian government", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171231213000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/31/opinions/iran-protests-meaning-opinion-parsi/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "623400056", "sentence": "The white paper gives more details on the UK government's negotiating strategy Theresa May gave a speech last month which outlined her priorities The British government formally set out details for the first time Thursday of its strategy for Britain’s departure from the European Union. The 77-page “white paper” was published a day after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that once finalized would give May the authority to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – the formal process of leaving the EU. It contained few clues about the government’s overall strategy that were not evident in a speech delivered by Prime Minister Theresa May in January. But it fleshed out aspects of May’s plan in some key areas. The white paper said: • The UK will seek a “new strategic partnership” with Europe. While the UK would leave the EU single market and  customs union, it would seek to keep “elements” of the free-trade zone. • No “cliff-edge” Brexit. The government said it would seek transitional arrangements to minimize the impact of Britain’s departure front he EU. • Early targets for trade deals would be the US, China, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, India and states in the Persian Gulf. It would seek “continuity” of arrangements with other countries that are currently covered by EU deals. • The government hopes for an “early” agreement on the status of the 2.8 million EU nationals who live in the UK. It expressed disappointment that a number of EU states had blocked attempts to sort the issue out before formal divorce talks begin. • It offered no guarantee on the status of the Irish border. The government said only that it would “aim” to protect the common travel area that exists between Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, which will remain in the EU. The issue is a key part of the deal that brought peace to Northern Ireland. In a foreword to the white paper, May said Britain approached the negotiations anticipating success, not failure. “The House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly for us to get on with it. And the overwhelming majority of people – however they voted – want us to get on with it too,” she said. David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, told the House of Commons that Britain wanted the “European Union to succeed, politically and economically” and so would approach the negotiations in the “spirit of goodwill” and for both sides’ mutual benefit. Around 2.8 million EU nationals live in the UK, many of them Polish. Around 1 million UK nationals live in other member states, 300,000 of them in Spain. Resolving the status of both groups was an “early priority”, the white paper said. It indicated frustration with other EU states that it had not already been dealt with. “The government would have liked to resolve this issue ahead of formal negotiations,” it said. While welcoming the contribution of migrants to Britain’s economy and society, the white paper said there had been “record levels of long-term net migration in the UK and that sheer volume has given rise to public concern.” It cites pressure on housing, infrastructure, public services and downward pressure on wages for those on the lowest incomes. “We will design our immigration system to ensure that we are able to control the numbers of people who come here from the EU,” it says. “In future, therefore, the Free Movement Directive will no longer apply and the migration of EU nationals will be subject to UK law.” Pressed in the House of Commons by opposition Labour spokesman Keir Starmer, Davis said EU nationals would not be forced to leave the UK. “I am not going to be throwing people out of Britain and for him to suggest that is outrageous,” he said. Under the terms of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which brought an end to sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, there is currently an open border between the north and south. Any change to this arrangement would imperil the peace process, critics have warned. However, there are doubts that the UK could maintain an open border with an EU member state – and the white paper acknowledges the doubts, saying only that the government “aims” to maintain the current arrangements. Speaking last month, May said that finding a solution to the border issue would be “an important priority,” adding that “nobody wants to return to the borders of the past, so we will make it a priority to deliver a practical solution as soon as we can.” The government will seek to retain a large part of the country’s current trade arrangements with the EU, but emphasizes the need to boost trade with other states, citing growth in its exports to South Korea, China, Brazil and Mexico. The paper reiterates May’s recent announcement that Britain will not remain in the union’s single market but will instead seek “the freest and most frictionless trade possible in goods and services between the UK and the EU.” But the document made it clear that the UK wanted to retain some parts of the present single market arrangements, saying it “makes no sense to start again from scratch” in areas where rules have existed for years. The government will seek the freest possible trade in financial services, a key sector for Britain’s economy. Several prominent financial institutions based in London have suggested moving jobs to EU states to remain part of the single market. From within the EU, Britain has been able to provide financial services across the union under a common set of rules and regulatory authority – access known in the sector as “passporting.” More than 5,000 UK firms use passporting to provide services to the EU, while around 8,000 European firms use the instrument to provide services to Britain, and UK-based financial institutions have lobbied the government to try to retain passporting rights. The government hopes to seek new opportunities and reform policy in the agriculture, food and fisheries sectors, which the paper described as “currently heavily influenced by EU laws.” The government says it will continue to work with the EU in fighting terrorism and maintaining security, adding it is “uniquely placed to develop and sustain a mutually beneficial model of cooperation.” It says that the UK is “driving or co-driving” approximately half of the Europol projects against organized crime, and cites the extradition of more than 8,000 individuals accused or convicted of a criminal offense to other EU countries under the European Arrest Warrant. It reiterates its willingness to work with EU allies over criminal matters, security and cyber security while upholding its commitments to NATO. It also highlights that it will “seek a strong and close future relationship with the EU with focus on operational and practical cross-border cooperation.” The government says it wants to deliver a smooth, orderly exit and to “avoid a disruptive cliff-edge” as Britain leaves the European Union. The government envisages finalizing a deal within the expected two-year period after triggering Article 50, but seeks a phased transition after that, to maintain stability and give businesses and institutions time to adjust. It does not give a timeline for how long the whole process might take, saying some elements will be phased in faster than others. But it stresses Britain will not seek an “unlimited transitional status” which would be good for neither side. CNN’s David Wilkinson contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "UK government's Brexit negotiating strategy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170202110000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IRL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/europe/brexit-white-paper/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "760212100", "sentence": "Bill Browder, a prominent financial manager and vocal Vladimir Putin critic, was briefly arrested in Spain on a Russian arrest warrant Wednesday. “Urgent: Just was arrested by Spanish police in Madrid on a Russian Interpol arrest warrant,” Browder tweeted early Wednesday. “Going to the police station right now.” He later tweeted out what he said was an image of the warrant. This is the arrest warrant pic.twitter.com/Cr1Sf4vS4a Spanish authorities confirmed that the anti-corruption activist was arrested in Madrid, but had since been released. “Browder had an international arrest warrant issued by Russia against him and that was the reason he was arrested,” a Spanish National Police spokesperson told CNN. “When he was at the police station we realized the arrest warrant wasn’t valid, so he was released.” Chicago-born Browder is the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, an international investment fund. He was once the largest investor in Russia’s stock market and a supporter of the Russian President. But that all changed in 2005 when he was expelled from the country after being deemed a threat to national security. Browder claims his expulsion was because of his criticism of Russian corporate governance. In the years since, Browder has become a UK citizen and a fierce critic of corruption. He has been one of the main proponents of the Russia sanctions law in the US known as the Magnitsky Act – named for his former lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in suspicious circumstances in 2009. The Magnitsky Act, passed in 2012, provides US lawmakers with sweeping powers to freeze assets and place travel restrictions on foreign government officials involved in human-rights abuses. Shortly after leaving the police station, Browder tweeted a curbside photo and wrote: “Good news. Spanish National Police just released me after Interpol General Secretary in Lyon advised them not to honor the new Russian Interpol Red Notice. This is the 6th time that Russia has abused Interpol in my case.” Good news. Spanish National Police just released me after Interpol General Secretary in Lyon advised them not to honor the new Russian Interpol Red Notice. This is the 6th time that Russia has abused Interpol in my case pic.twitter.com/ZonzXizvIJ Browder has previously claimed that Putin has tried multiple times to use Interpol, the multinational police organization, to target him abroad. “Thankfully, Interpol has seen these as blatant, politically motivated attempts to silence me,” he wrote for CNN last year. “Each request has been summarily rejected, including the most recent. But Putin doesn’t just use Interpol to express his anger. Russian agents have threatened me via email, voice mail and text messages with death, kidnapping and extradition.” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tweeted Wednesday that he was “very glad” Browder had been released. Just spoken to Bill Browder – very glad that he has now been released. Moscow should concentrate on bringing those responsible for the murder of #Magnitsky to justice In December, a Russian court convicted Browder in absentia of deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion and sentenced him to nine years in prison, Reuters reported, citing the country’s general prosecutor. Browder – who dismissed the accusations as politically motivated – had previously also been sentenced to nine years in jail in 2013 in a trial alongside Magnitsky, who was posthumously found guilty of tax evasion. Laura Perez Maestro reported from Madrid. Lauren Said-Moorhouse wrote from London.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180530111500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/europe/bill-browder-arrest-spain-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "753777328", "sentence": "One week before the formal opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, the city has posted the first signs officially pointing visitors to the facility’s location. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat posted a picture of himself near the new sign on his Facebook page, writing, “This is not a dream – it’s reality! This morning, I am proud and excited to install the first signs for the US embassy, which will open next week in Jerusalem.” Written in Hebrew, Arabic and English, the signs direct visitors to what is now the consulate in the Arnona neighborhood, south of the historic Old City of Jerusalem. On Monday, May 14, the building will officially become the US Embassy in Israel, in a move President Donald Trump promised during his campaign. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is expected to attend the opening, along with his wife, Ivanka Trump, and US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, among many others. The embassy move, coupled with Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, infuriated Palestinians, who responded by freezing ties with the US administration. Palestinian Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat, slammed the decision, in a statement on Monday, “This move is not only illegal but will also thwart the achievement of a just and lasting peace between two sovereign and democratic states on the 1967 borders, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security. Those who attend the ceremony will thus be sending an ominous message, a message that they encourage flagrant violations of international law and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.” Palestinian leaders, who at first welcomed Trump as an arbiter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reversed position following Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The status of Jerusalem was supposed to be one of the final and most sensitive issues addressed in negotiations toward a lasting peace deal. Trump’s decisions, the leaders said, exposed Trump as firmly biased toward Israel and rendered his administration incapable of leading Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The administration maintains it will be a fair negotiating partner and still intends to introduce a framework for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Trump’s recognition was overwhelmingly condemned by the United Nations General Assembly in early December, with 128 countries voting in favor of condemnation and only nine voting against. Since Trump’s decision on Jerusalem, he has remained very popular in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hosting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week, hailed a “deep friendship” between the US and Israel that is “getting even deeper and stronger.” Netanyahu has said a half-dozen other countries are also looking at moving their embassies to Jerusalem, but so far, only Guatemala has concrete plans to do so. Guatemala will officially open its embassy in Jerusalem two days after the opening of the American outpost.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Embassy move to Jerusalem", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180507141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/middleeast/jerusalem-us-embassy-sign-intl/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "627951626", "sentence": "Brain volume was smaller in people with ADHD compared to others, research finds The biggest difference occurred in the amygdala, a region involved in emotional processing People diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have smaller brain volume than those without the disorder, according to a study published Wednesday in the medical journal The Lancet Psychiatry. The differences in brain volume were identified by researchers who reviewed brain scans comparing those without ADHD to those with the disorder. ADHD, a neurodevelopmental disorder, can cause inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. More than one in 20 people younger than 18 is affected by the disorder. Two-thirds of those affected have symptoms into adulthood. For the study, the researchers re-examined data collected by a variety of ADHD studies at 23 research sites around the world. Participants included a total of 1,713 people with a diagnosis of ADHD and 1,529 people without a diagnosis, ranging in age from 4 to 63 years old. Related article Hyperfocus: The other side of adult ADHD Within these studies, MRI scans measured each participant’s overall brain volume plus the volume of seven brain regions thought to be linked to ADHD: the pallidum, thalamus, caudate nucleus, putamen, nucleus accumbens, amygdala and hippocampus. The aim of the new research was to address weaknesses in the existing research, specifically small numbers of participants in each study and non-uniform analytical techniques. After gathering data, the research team applied a consistent method of analysis to all of it in their investigation of whether children and adults with ADHD had structural differences in their brains. The researchers discovered that overall brain volume and the volumes of five regions in particular – the caudate nucleus, putamen, nucleus accumbens, amygdala and hippocampus – were smaller in people with ADHD than in others, with the biggest difference occurring in the amygdala. That’s the part of the brain responsible for emotions. Differences were most prominent in the brains of children with ADHD and less obvious in the brains of adults with the disorder. Although “children with ADHD can out grow the disorder … the adults in our study do have a current diagnosis of ADHD, so this cannot explain this effect,” said Dr. Martine Hoogman, lead author of the study and a post-doctoral researcher at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands. “It seems that there is a shift in the maturation of the brain but later in life it is caught up,” Hoogman wrote in an email. Related article Controversial ADHD prescription rule scrapped from Georgia bill Overall, the differences in volumes were very small and most likely would not have been found if the study size had not been so large, according to Hoogman. She added that similar differences in brain volume have been seen with other psychiatric disorders. “Similar studies have been performed in schizophrenia, depression, OCD and Bipolar, and similar sized differences were found, some in overlapping regions and some in different regions,” she wrote. As part of their analysis, Hoogman and her colleagues also investigated the possible effects of medication. Information about current use of medication was available for 1,254, or 73%, of the participants with ADHD: Twenty-seven percent were on psychostimulant medication (methylphenidate or amphetamine) when their brains were scanned, and 47% were not taking medication at scan time. Lifetime usage of medication was known for 719 (or 42%) of participants with ADHD. Of these, 11% had never taken stimulant medication, and 89% had used it for a period of more than four weeks at some point. The researchers found differences in volume of the total brain and the five regions whether a person with ADHD had taken medication or not. The researchers “were not able to show that medication effects attenuated or normalized brain volumes,” said Dr. Jonathan Posner, an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Columbia University. “That’s actually a little bit different from prior studies, which have suggested that medications do have a normalizing effect on the brain in ADHD.” Posner, who was not involved in the new research but wrote a commentary about it, observed that “the more robust way” to study medication effects would be to “take a group of kids with ADHD and give some medication and some placebo.” However, this could not be done in the new research because it was based on data from a variety of studies that simply recruited and evaluated kids with ADHD and compared those who were on medication with those who were not. “The limitation in doing that is that there could be systematic differences between those kids,” Posner said. “For example, the kids who had ADHD and were on medication, it is possible that they had a more severe case of ADHD.” Authors of the study have consulting agreements or received payment or research funding from various pharmaceutical companies, including Shire, maker of Adderall, which is used to treat ADHD, and General Electric Healthcare, a maker of MRI products. Hoogman said financial ties did not influence the results and added that the study relied on data gathered from 80 different researchers. Related article ADHD may have lingering effects “Indeed some of them received for example a speaker fee from shire, but most of the researchers involved in the studies did not receive such funds,” she said. “We treated all the data the same and have been analyzed all together in one mega-analysis.” Overall, Posner believes the new study “represents an important contribution to the field.” “The most significant thing was, their sample size was really an order of magnitude larger than prior studies,” he said. Previous MRI studies of ADHD “maybe had 30 or 40 or 50 participants,” and the new study looked at more than 1,500 participants with ADHD and compared them to a nearly equal number of people without the disorder. “So it really was substantially larger, and that gives us a lot more confidence in the results,” Posner said. Sampling around the globe, he said, also “speaks to the disorder more broadly” and offers more certainty to the results. The volume differences found in several brain regions echoed past research, Posner said. “Some of them have been implicated before in ADHD, but (the researchers) also found volume differences in the amygdala,” he said, noting that this brain region is associated with emotional processing. According to Joel Nigg, a professor of psychiatry, pediatrics and behavioral neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, “the amygdala is heavily connected to other brain regions. It is a kind of hub for numerous kinds of signaling around salience and significance of events. “The bigger story here is that alterations in amygdala have not been widely accepted as part of ADHD, so seeing that effect emerge here is quite interesting,” said Nigg, who was not involved in the study. According to Posner, “kids with ADHD oftentimes have emotion-related symptoms,” including emotional reactivity and poor frustration tolerance. “Those types of symptoms aren’t given as much focus or attention as the cognitive symptoms seen in ADHD,” he said. He said emotional symptoms have often been assumed to be secondary. For instance, a child has a difficult time focusing, so any frustration or discouragement is seen as related to a difficulty concentrating. “These findings would suggest that it’s possible that there’s actually a more primary disturbance in emotional processing,” Posner said. The finding that people with ADHD no longer showed differences in brain volume by adulthood is consistent with the hypothesis that ADHD is a form of delayed maturation of the central nervous system, Posner said, but “to really be confident of that finding, you’d want to follow the same group of kids over 10, 15 years and see if that maturation is delayed in individuals.” In any event, one possible explanation of this finding “is that the brain structure no longer looks different but the function is different,”  he said. “And that would have to be picked up through other measurements.” See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Nigg observed that the study focused on subcortical structures, those that are below the outer layer of the brain, but the regions on the surface of the brain “may be equally or more important.” The study also looked only at the size of structures, “but their interconnections may be more important than their size,” Nigg said. This is not a weakness of the research, he added, but readers should recognize that the differences in ADHD brains were very small and seen only when the numbers were averaged and compared across both groups, he said. The smaller size, then, would not be noticeable when looking at an MRI scan of an individual with ADHD. Among the structural differences, Posner noted that two regions – the caudate and putamen, part of the basal ganglia – have been implicated in ADHD for some time. “We think it relates to motor control, motivation, cognitive control,” he said. “Lots of the types of symptoms we see with ADHD.” The nucleus accumbens is also interesting, Posner said, because it relates to reward processing and is implicated in other disorders, such as substance abuse. “So it’s possible, for example, that kids with ADHD are at greater risk for developing substance abuse problems,” he said. “It’s possible because that underlying vulnerability is seen in both disorders – or that underlying abnormality.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ADHD", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170216001500", "country1": "NLD", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/health/adhd-brain-scans-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "514257280", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. An unthinkable crime. An unending campaign. An unbelievable finish. It’s Monday, and here are the five things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. Qs & (not many) As:  Words like “shock” and “unimaginable” don’t quite do the job in describing the reaction to what happened Saturday evening in this Michigan city. Here’s another difficult word: why. Why would a man shoot and kill six people, seemingly at random, all while picking up and dropping off passengers for Uber? Maybe we’ll get to the why today, when suspect Jason Brian Dalton is arraigned. Here’s the latest on what we know and don’t know. Had something better to do this weekend than watch the latest episode of that crazy reality show known as the presidential primaries? Well let us catch you up: Luck be a lady tonight: Hillary beats the house (and Bernie) in the Nevada caucuses, once again earning her top billing on the Democratic side. Nothing’s gonna stop us now: The Donald, this season’s breakout star, kicks you-know-what in the South Carolina GOP primary. He says he’s going to win the GOP nomination and predicts record turnout in an epic season finale with Hillary. Bushwhacked: Longtime cast member Jeb! leaves the show, after yet another disappointing finish. The audience just never warmed up to him. Can Bernie rebound in South Carolina? How long before the good Dr. Ben leaves the show? Will Melania get another speaking role?  Stay tuned. Have fingers. Will point: The feds really want to get into San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone. But they may be out of luck – and not because Apple is fighting a court order to unlock the phone. The FBI says a county employee may have accidentally reset the phone’s iCloud password. The county says, the FBI told us too. Either way, goodbye iCloud backup, which could have revealed more info about Farook. ISIS. Always ISIS: World leaders announce an imminent partial truce in war-ravaged Syria. So what does ISIS do hours later? It hits Syrian regime strongholds in Homs and Damascus with car bombs and suicide attacks, killing well over 100 people yesterday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry still believes a ceasefire is possible. But we’re a week-and-change into the promised timeline and … crickets. Cut off:  Ever try to fix one problem and only end up creating another? That’s pretty much what’s happening in India. after deadly protests and a water crisis broke out over quotas involving its complex caste system. The quota system’s meant to correct inequalities created by the caste structure. But in Harayana state, the relatively prosperous Jat group is crying ‘Reverse discrimination,’ Members blocked roads and attacked railways. Oh, and they’ve also cut off water to New Delhi. Now do they have your attention? The death toll from Fiji’s devastating cyclone keeps going up … David Cameron says Britain will stay with EU (but London’s mayor says, Not if I can help it) … The Pope says cool it with the death penalty. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Quote of the day: “80 percent of my income goes to paying my rent. Isn’t that ironic? Your employee for your food delivery app … can’t afford to buy food.” Yelp employee Talia Jane, who wrote an open letter to Yelp’s CEO complaining her pay’s too low and the rent’s too damn high. She was promptly fired. Baby, you can’t drive my car Welcome to Lamu, the Kenyan island where cars are banned. Money shot 50 Cent may be broke, but he still has some cash left to flash. His bankruptcy judge may have more than 21 questions about that. Lunar jamz NASA finally releases the “outer-space type music” from an Apollo mission on the far side of the moon. Won by that much Races don’t end any closer than Denny Hamlin’s 0.011-second victory in the Daytona 500 yesterday. Getting down What do you do when you’re 106 years old and meet the President you’ve waited a lifetime for? You bust a move, of course Here’s what’s happening today. No laughing matter Her husband’s lawyers’ are fighting it, but Camille Cosby will be deposed this morning by attorneys for the eight women who’ve sued comedian Bill Cosby for defamation. Klan clash The KKK wants a piece of Georiga’s “Adopt-A-Highway” action. The state DOT says Nuh uh. Georgia’s highest court says, Hmm, let us decide.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160222130000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/us/five-things-template/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "728899488", "sentence": "New developments are surfacing in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe nearly every day, but new poll numbers are showing Republican voters aren’t all that concerned. Weekly Gallup numbers released Monday show President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Republicans at a sky-high 90% — his best number among those in his own party since Inauguration Day. A new Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday shows a more nuanced look at how GOP voters view the Russia investigation — where they are unanimously skeptical and where their confidence has eroded over time. Here are five key numbers on how Republicans are sticking by the man in the Oval Office. A majority of Republican voters, 58%, say the FBI is biased against Trump, according to the new Quinnipiac poll, though voters overall disagree. The new numbers come days after House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes released a memo alleging that the FBI abused its surveillance authority in obtaining a warrant for then-Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. Most Republican voters, 53%, also disapprove of how the FBI is handling its job — though voters overall disagree on this point, too. Is it appropriate for a president to ask officials from the Department of Justice for loyalty? Two-thirds of American voters overall give a resounding “no” to that question — but Republican voters are roughly evenly split. In the new Quinnipiac poll, 46% say it’s appropriate vs. 44% who say it’s not appropriate. Former FBI Director James Comey said Trump asked him to pledge his loyalty, Trump recently asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein if he was “on my team,” and Trump also asked former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe who he voted for in the 2016 presidential campaign. A majority of American voters, 53%, says Trump tried to derail or obstruct the investigation into Russian meddling and potential coordination with the Trump campaign. But ask GOP voters, and it’s the polar opposite. A whopping 83% of Republicans voters — nearly the number of party faithful who tend to approve of Trump’s job performance — say that Trump hasn’t tried to derail anything. A list of topics that Mueller has provided to Trump’s lawyers suggest any interview between the two could focus substantially on obstruction of justice issues. A plurality of Republican voters, 46%, say that Mueller has not been fair in his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Roughly a third, 35%, say he’s been fair. That stands in contrast to the majority of Americans, 56%, who say that Mueller has been fair during his probe so far. Mueller’s investigation has charged four people, including former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December to lying to the FBI about conversations with Russia’s ambassador. A broad 77% of GOP voters say that the investigation into Trump associates and Russian meddling is a “witch hunt,” according to Tuesday’s new survey from Quinnipiac. Overall, voters say the probe is legitimate by an 8-point margin. Trump has repeatedly dismissed the investigation as a witch hunt and attacked top investigators in his own Justice Department. This Quinnipiac University poll was conducted from February 2-5 among 1,333 registered voters. The margin for sampling error is ±3.3% pts. among all voters; it is larger for subgroups. The respondents were 24% Republican, 29% Democratic and 40% independent. This story has been updated.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling and Trump campaign", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180207131500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/politics/poll-numbers-gop-trump-russia/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "620734965", "sentence": "\"Whatever you think about President Assad, the fact is that he is the president of Syria,\" she said Gabbard recently introduced legislation that would prohibit sending federal funds to nations that support terrorist groups Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard met with President Bashar al-Assad during a secret, four-day trip to Syria, she told CNN’s Jake Tapper Wednesday. “When the opportunity arose to meet with him, I did so because I felt that it’s important that if we profess to truly care about the Syrian people, about their suffering, then we’ve got to be able to meet with anyone that we need to if there is a possibility that we can achieve peace,” the Hawaiian congresswoman said. When asked by Tapper whether she had reservations about meeting with Assad, who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians, Gabbard said there has to be a dialogue between the US and Syria. “Whatever you think about President Assad, the fact is that he is the president of Syria,” she said. “In order for any peace agreement, in order for any possibility of a viable peace agreement to occur there has to be a conversation with him.” “My commitment is on ending this war that has caused so much suffering to the Syrian people, to these children, to these families, many of whom I met on this trip,” Gabbard said. Gabbard, who is a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committee, recently introduced legislation that would prohibit sending federal funds to nations that support terrorist groups. “(The Syrians) asked me, ‘Why are the United States and its allies supporting these terror groups which are destroying Syria, when it was al Qaeda that attacked the United States on 9/11, not Syria.’ I didn’t have an answer to them.” The US government claims it does not fund these groups and only provides assistance to so-called moderate rebels. However, Gabbard said the Syrians she met with told her that there are no moderate rebels in the country. “Let the Syrian people themselves determine their future, not the United States, not some foreign country,” Gabbard said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Tulsi Gabbard", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170125224500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/tulsi-gabbard-lead-syria/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "638725219", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Liepa Želnienė is a political  journalist and fact-checker for Lithuanian online media outlet 15min. She was a member of the Digital Communication Network exchange program in 2016, funded by the US Department of State. The opinions in this article belong to the author. A few days ago I was talking to my daughter about World War II. She couldn’t believe that the US had helped Russia win a war against Germany. “Now Trump is acting the same. He is supporting Russia!” she said, with panic in her voice. This is precisely the issue that much of central and eastern Europe is thinking about, as it looks with concern at the news coming from Washington. It’s easy to get caught up in the drama of FBI director James Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogers giving testimony to the House Intelligence Committee about the Trump’s wiretapping claim, alleged Russian interference in the US election and what, if any, relationship Trump’s campaign aides had with Moscow. While these allegations rightly concern Americans, here in Lithuania, it is more than a matter of domestic politics. Since his election, President Trump has done little to halt the growing confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. For those of us in the Russian “spheres of interest,” this carries potentially chilling consequences. Related article Timeline: What we know about the Trump campaign, his administration and Russia In his inaugural address, his first statement as US President, Trump said: “We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world – but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.” Now the President is following up words with action. In his budget, outlined last week, Trump confirmed earlier reports that he intends to dramatically scale back funds to the State Department. What does that actually mean? Russian state-owned media has been very fast to translate. They wrote before the budget was officially announced that Trump was ready “to slaughter sacred US cows” and to stop “democracy export.” “Democracy export” is a phrase commonly used in Russian propaganda. They’ve used it to describe the Arab spring, the Euromaidan protest in Ukraine and even the Lithuanian declaration of independence 27 years ago. But in none of these historical events was there a drop of American imposition. I know this very well from my own family’s history. No one made my father’s uncle write and print illegal literature in his own flat. No American helped him in 1980, when he was sentenced to prison and exiled to Siberia for seven years. No one told my parents in 1987 to take their 3-year-old daughter – me – to a demonstration against the Soviet Union in Vilnius. Nor did America organize the Baltic Chain – in which 2 million people joined their hands for freedom. America didn’t impose any of these things on us. Rather, America gave us hope. We always knew that we were not alone. Like when the US refused to recognize the incorporation of the Baltic states into the Soviet Union. Or how the Lithuanians who managed to break through iron walls were welcomed to come to the US as refugees. There was the the Voice of America on the radio, giving us small sips of truth. And American journalists bore witness as Soviet tanks tried to run over the fragile freedom of Lithuania on January 13, 1991. Democracy is not a thing to export. It’s impossible to export a wish for freedom and justice. But when a country gives everything for liberty, it’s good to have friends with same values who can teach them how to transition from revolution to functioning democracy. And one of the best ways to learn is to see and experience. Related article Why Putin is world's most powerful man As a journalist, I had the opportunity to go abroad through Digital Communication Network, a group that exists because of State Department support. After a fellowship at PolitiFact, I opened a fact-checking unit in Lithuania, 15min.lt. Today, my nation isn’t the only one wondering how Washington will treat Moscow and the rest of the world. Our neighbors in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are working hard to escape from the prison of Russia’s sphere of interest. If Trump keeps his promise, it won’t be long before the world faces another Ossetia or Crimea. Americans shouldn’t forget about us in the Baltic states – they could even learn something from us as they go through their period of political turmoil. We lived in a world of fake news for 50 years. We had propaganda all around us, but didn’t lose the capability to identify the truth and to reach for the information we needed. Trump seemingly doesn’t realize that by saying he doesn’t care about the rest of the world he plays into the hands of his own country’s enemies. America first should not mean turning a blind eye elsewhere. If Putin knows that the US is not looking, he might just remember Russia’s interest in the Baltic states.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170320164500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "LTU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/opinions/putin-is-not-a-political-sideshow-zelniene-opinion/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "713327946", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: Amid growing sexual harassment allegations and mounting pressure from colleagues, the Minnesota Democrat said he would resign and took a jab at President Trump in a speech from the Senate floor. Dozens of people were injured in the West Bank as protests erupted there and in other towns, including Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah. During demonstrations, the leader of Hamas called for a new intifada. More than 116,000 acres have burned in the Southern California region. Dry weather coupled with the strong Santa Ana winds are hampering firefighting efforts and making the blazes more explosive. The four raging fires have driven about 110,000 people out of their homes. Michael Slager is sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for the second-degree murder of an unarmed black man. Marriage equality cleared the final hurdle after Australia’s Parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage after years of political jockeying and public debate. – 2017 may become the year of the Bitcoin, but does anyone know why? The cryptocurrency has been breaking records, surging above $16,000. – A woman has crescent-shaped eye damage after viewing the solar eclipse in what doctors think were defunct viewing glasses. – Flu cases are higher than usual for this time of year, especially in the South. – Lindsay Lohan is pushing for a “Mean Girls” sequel, but Tina Fey is the only one who can decide to bring “fetch” back.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171207204500", "country1": "PSE", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-december-7-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "750822962", "sentence": "Tension filled the small Jerusalem courtroom as a family sat meters away from the man who killed their son, waiting to hear the judge’s verdict. The defendant, Ben Deri, arrived accompanied by his family and girlfriend. Deri was serving as an Israeli border policeman four years ago when clashes erupted near the West Bank village of Beitunya. The date was May 15 – when Palestinians mark the “Nakba” or Catastrophe, in memory of the more than 700,000 people who were either driven from, or fled, their homes during the Arab-Israeli war that accompanied the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. CNN producer Kareem Khadder had a camera in hand and was filming at the precise moment Deri aimed and fired his rifle at Nadeem Nuwara. Nearby CCTV cameras captured the 17-year-old Palestinian walking unarmed before collapsing as a bullet entered his chest. A second Palestinian teenager was shot and killed by Israeli forces just over an hour later. An Israeli military spokesman said a preliminary inquiry showed that live fire had not been used. Later investigations proved otherwise. State prosecutors initially charged Deri with manslaughter, arguing that he knowingly used live ammunition. Under a plea deal, that charge was reduced to negligent homicide, with Deri admitting to an accidental use of live rounds. To the end, Nuwara’s family was convinced that Deri knew the type of ammunition he was using. “Ben Deri’s mentor described a responsible, accurate, committed and disciplined soldier,” Siam Nuwara, Nadeem’s father, told CNN. “I agree with the witness. Ben Deri is accurate and truly plans ahead. He knew very well what he was doing.” Judge Daniel Teperberg sentenced Deri to nine months in prison, and ordered him to pay Nuwara’s family 50,000 Israeli shekels, or nearly $14,000. As the judge read the sentence, Deri’s mother cried. Nuwara’s family fumed with rage and called the decision a joke. “Nadeem’s case is the strongest,” Siam told CNN after the trial. “We have all the evidence, strong evidence, but there is no justice in Israel.” Deri, flanked by his family and girlfriend, dodged journalists as he left the court just after the verdict. His lawyer, Zion Amir, said he was happy with the reduced charge and sentence, but insisted the case should never have gone to trial in the first place. “We don’t like the fact they are putting fighters on trial under circumstances like these,” Amir told journalists. “We think [the soldiers and police officers] are carrying out their roles.” Video of the incident, including the material from CNN and captured by CCTV, helped build a picture of events.  The court subpoenaed CNN’s footage and ordered CNN producer Kareem Khadder to testify to defend the video’s authenticity and recount the shooting. “I saw a border police officer playing with his rifle, and later aiming at the protesters,” Khadder recalled for the court. “I waited until he fired, and waited further for a military personnel next to him to fire at the protesters, before panning the camera on to the protesters. During that time, I heard protesters in the distance shouting, ‘Isaaf, Isaaf’ – they were calling for an ambulance.” A United Nations report about the incident found that Nuwara, and the other teen killed later, did not present a direct threat when they were shot. The judge agreed with the report. His sentencing detailed how the rock-throwing had ceased by the time Deri shot Nuwara. “Against procedures, and despite the fact there was no threat from the deceased [Nuwara] to the soldiers, the accused pointed his gun at the direction of the chest of the deceased and fired at him,” the judgment read. It added that – crucially – Deri fired under the belief he was shooting a rubber bullet. Palestinians said the killing and the subsequent verdict highlighted a double standard in the occupied West Bank, a place where they say Israeli soldiers and settlers act without real consequence. “Such a conviction represents Israel’s deliberate dehumanization of its Palestinian victims, primarily children, which is the outcome of decades of the military occupation that holds an entire nation under captivity, and employs an unremitting and lethal shoot-to-kill policy against Palestinians,” Palestinian Liberation Organization Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi said in a statement condemning the verdict. Prosecutors said they were disappointed with the sentence, but added that it sent an important message to Israeli security forces. “We thought the sentence should have been longer, but still the fact the court says someone will go to jail although he was there as a soldier has a powerful meaning,” prosecutor Gula Cohen told CNN after the trial.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israeli security forces", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180426000000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/middleeast/israeli-police-officer-jailed-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "505626361", "sentence": "China expels detained Swedish human rights advocate Dahlin had appeared on Chinese state TV to \"confess\" China has expelled Swedish human rights advocate Peter Dahlin, who had been detained for three weeks and made what his organization described as an “apparent forced confession” on state television. A spokesperson for the Swedish embassy in Beijing confirmed Tuesday that Dahlin had been released from detention and expelled from the country but declined to give further details. Dahlin works for the Chinese Urgent Action Working Group, which “undertakes rapid response assistance for rights defenders in need” and provides legal aid and training across China, according to its website. He appeared on state television on January 18, where he apologized for [having] “caused harm to the Chinese government. I have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. I apologize sincerely for this. And I’m very sorry that this ever happened.” His colleague Michael Caster also confirmed his release but said he hadn’t spoken to Dahlin yet. He added that his girlfriend, a Chinese national who was detained at that same time, had been released but remained in China. Related video Was Gui Minhai's TV confession made under duress? Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, said that Dahlin worked for an illegal organization that sponsored activities that jeopardized China’s national security. China Action said last week the accusations against Dahlin remain “baseless.” Dahlin’s confession on state broadcaster CCTV followed a similar appearance by another Swedish citizen – Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong publisher who went missing in Thailand in October. Gui said he turned himself in over a 2003 hit and run incident but supporters in Hong Kong say they suspect he was abducted by Chinese security forces because he publishes books critical of China’s ruling elite. READ MORE: Wife of missing Hong Kong booksellfer ‘reunited with him in China’ Related video Authorities request meeting with bookseller On Monday, before Dahlin’s release, the Swedish Embassy took to Chinese social media to express its concern and said arrested individuals should have their cases heard in court with the presence of defense lawyers, not on TV. “Two of our citizen have ‘confessed’ on China’s national broadcaster, and we feel unsettled about this kind of action,” read a statement on the embassy’s Weibo account. “Many hoped that China would have abandoned such mechanism of public self-criticism decades ago, yet it instead has become more and more common in the country.” CNN’s Steven Jiang, Judy Kwon and Elizabeth Joseph contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160126034500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "SWE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/25/asia/china-sweden-peter-dahlin-expelled/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "700732503", "sentence": "Suspected leptospirosis cases rising in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria The bacterial infection can be transmitted through drinking water or open wounds Puerto Rico has reported at least 76 cases of suspected and confirmed leptospirosis, including a handful of deaths, in the month after Hurricane Maria, said Dr. Carmen Deseda, the state epidemiologist for Puerto Rico. Two deaths involved leptospirosis confirmed through laboratory testing, and “several other” deaths are pending test results, Deseda said. The 76 cases, up from 74 last week, also include one patient with confirmed leptospirosis who is currently hospitalized. Spiral-shaped Leptospira bacteria, which are found in the urine of rodents and other animals, tend to spread after floods through drinking water or infection of open wounds, according to the World Health Organization. In serious cases, infection causes organ failure and can be fatal. “This bacteria, like any other bacteria, can kill you,” Deseda said. Related article There's a hospital ship waiting for sick Puerto Ricans -- but no one knows how to get on it The island typically sees between 63 and 95 cases per year, she said. Health officials had expected that there would be a jump after the hurricane. “It’s neither an epidemic nor a confirmed outbreak,” Public Affairs Secretary Ramon Rosario Cortes said at a news conference Sunday. “But obviously, we are making all the announcements as though it were a health emergency.” Leptospirosis may be treated with antibiotics, but many people recover on their own. “The majority of the lepto cases is a mild, subclinical disease with no complications,” Deseda said. “But one out of 10 people who have leptospirosis develop severe illness.” In the first stage of leptospirosis, symptoms vary widely from fever and headache to red eyes and rashes. Some people may have no symptoms at all. But a small number will develop dire complications: meningitis, kidney and liver damage, bleeding in the lungs and even death. Related article About 1 million Americans without running water. 3 million without power. This is life one month after Hurricane Maria. Doctors are required to report any potential leptospirosis cases to health authorities, Deseda said. Those cases must then be tested to confirm the bacteria, since the symptoms can be difficult to tell apart from other illnesses. After that, health officials may look for patterns or clusters and determine whether there is an outbreak. The lab tests on the suspected cases have been sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Deseda said. The turnaround time is about five or six days. Doctors on the island have expressed concerns about burgeoning health crises amid hospitals that are overwhelmed, undersupplied and sometimes burning hot. Influenza is another concern on the horizon, Deseda said. Drinking water is also hard to come by on many parts of the island. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Dr. Raul Hernandez, an internist in San Juan, told CNN that people were drinking water from whatever sources they could find, such as rivers and creeks. If that water contains urine from an infected rat, those people will be at risk, he said. Deseda said people should be discouraged from walking barefoot, drinking or swimming in potentially contaminated waters. “These diseases are everywhere, and there’s a way to prevent them,” she said. CNN’s Catherine Shoichet and Parija Kavilanz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Puerto Rico health authorities", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171024203000", "country1": "PRI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/health/leptospirosis-puerto-rico/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "654252018", "sentence": "Netanyahu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing He's accused of accepting gifts of cigars and champagne A months-long criminal investigation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hangs over the Israeli leader as he prepares to host President Donald Trump later this month. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, has been questioned three times in two different cases in the ongoing graft probe, with another questioning likely. In the first case, called Case 1000, Netanyahu is suspected of having received gifts from businessmen overseas, including cigars for himself and champagne for his wife, Sara. The case has focused primarily on Netanyahu’s relationship with billionaire Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan. Netanyahu has lashed out against the accusations, calling them an “attempt to overthrow the government in an undemocratic way.” He has repeated what has become his mantra during the investigation: “There will be nothing because there is nothing.” Related article 5 corruption scandals that rocked Israel Nir Hefetz, Media and Communications Director for the Netanyahu family, said, “We’re talking about cigars that were given many times over the course of 17 years of friendship, so the claims that one present worth hundreds of thousands of shekels was given, or that many presents worth thousands of dollars each were given, is simply not true.” “In the course of all these years, there were no vested interests and nothing was given in return,” Hefetz added. “The close friendship between the families is an unequivocal fact and cannot be denied.” Milchan’s publicist Ronen Tzur has said that his client and his team are not commenting on any of the reports, whether they are “true or false and completely imaginary.” The second case, called Case 2000, involves conversations Netanyahu had with Arnon Mozes, the owner of one of Israel’s leading newspapers, Yedioth Ahronoth, which is regularly critical of the Prime Minister. In the conversations, transcripts of which have been leaked in the Israeli media, Netanyahu allegedly discusses limiting the circulation of Yedioth Ahronot’s biggest competition in favor of more favorable coverage. Both Netanyahu and Mozes have said they were not serious discussions; rather, they each claim they were trying to expose the other’s lack of trustworthiness. The investigation, which began as a preliminary examination last summer before being upgraded to a criminal investigation in January by Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, a Netanyahu appointee, is likely to continue into the summer, a source close to Netanyahu told CNN. Israeli Police Chief Roni Alsheikh told reporters in late January that investigators were nearing the end of their work, and that they would soon issue their advice on whether the Prime Minister should be charged. However, no recommendation has yet been issued. If police do support an indictment, then it will be up to the Attorney General to decide whether to file charges. The source told CNN Mandelblit will likely make that decision in early fall. In Netanyahu’s first term as Prime Minister, in the late 1990s, facing two different graft probes, police recommended indictment, but the then Attorney General declined to file charges, citing a lack of evidence. In the current probe, police will likely not recommend an indictment in Case 2000, the source close to Netanyahu told CNN, because no agreement was ever reached between the Prime Minister and the newspaper owner, and nothing was ever exchanged. However, Case 1000 could see police recommending indictment, the source said. Despite that, the source close to the Prime Minister told CNN he believes the Attorney General would ultimately decide not to file charges, on the grounds that it would not be possible to prove that Milchan had gained, or had expected to gain, in any way from gifting Netanyahu the cigars and champagne. The investigation is now being led by Liat Ben-Ari, a prosecutor with a hardline reputation, who led a corruption case against former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Ben-Ari, head of the Financial Crimes Division at the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office, succeeded in getting a judge to sentence Olmert to six years in prison, though that sentence was later reduced on appeal to 18 months. Speaking at an event for the Israel Bar Association Tel Aviv District last week, Ben-Ari was asked about the legality of receiving gifts. The question did not mention Netanyahu by name. Related article Netanyahu's honeymoon with Trump ends abruptly “When it is about hundreds of thousands of shekels given to a public servant, I find it hard to believe that it is just a present from one friend to another … I know how it is with me and my friends: none of us have received, and none of us have demanded, hundreds of thousands of shekels as gifts,” said Ben-Ari, in what was taken as a reference to Netanyahu. She went on: “Let’s say 1,500 shekels are given from someone, with an interest, to a public servant who advances those interests, then that person should be put on trial. The person might not end up going to prison for six years, that is a question of punishment; but it is not a question of whether or not to put the person on trial in the first place.” Under Israeli law, the Prime Minister does not have to resign if he is indicted. He only needs to step down if he is convicted of a crime and if that conviction is upheld throughout the appeals process. But an indictment would put tremendous public and political pressure on Netanyahu to step down.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Benjamin Netanyahu", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170510040000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/middleeast/netanyahu-criminal-probe/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "675453618", "sentence": "Statement likely to be well received inside Indonesia, say analysts Poor-quality statistics make it hard to quantify Indonesia's drug problem Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on police to kill drug dealers who resist arrest in what critics say is an attempt to burnish his credentials as a strongman leader among wavering voters. “As I’ve said before, just be firmer, especially to those foreign drug dealers entering the country, particularly those who resist. Just shoot them on site, give them no mercy,” Widodo said in a speech to the Islamist United Development Party Friday. If enacted, the new policy would closely follow that of Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte, who’s brutal war on drugs has left up to 8,000 people dead in just over a year. Human rights activists condemned Widodo’s speech, but political analysts said it was likely to be well received inside Indonesia where hardline drug policies are popular. “He’s held to his (2014) campaign promise that he would be executing drug dealers and public support for that has barely wavered. It has overall been very popular,” associate professor of Indonesian politics at the Australian National University Greg Fealy told CNN CSIS political analyst Tobias Basuki said Widodo had deliberately invoked the memory of former Indonesian dictator Suharto in an attempt to appeal to those nostalgic for the former leader. “There’s a lot of jargon about returning to the New Order period, Suharto being more firm, much more stable, I think he is trying to (say) that he can be as firm as Suharto in a democratic period,” he told CNN. Suharto ruled Indonesia for over three decades, until his resignation following the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis in May 1998. Widodo is not the first high-level Indonesian official to call for extrajudicial killings of drug dealers in the past week. National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian praised Duterte’s “war on drugs” in a speech Thursday, saying “we see that when we shoot at drug dealers, they go away.” Related article Philippines police claim drug war deaths exaggerated Karnavian’s speech came after Jakarta police shot a Taiwanese national dead earlier in July during a raid on a methamphetamine smuggling ring. It was the largest drug bust in the country’s history, local media reported at the time, totaling one tonne of sabu-sabu, the local term for methamphetamine. Basuki told CNN the real risk of the speeches from Widodo and Karnavian was if police took it as a green light to use excessive force. “I’m not saying that’s going to happen but I think it’s dangerous,” he said. “If there’s a shooting where it’s not called for, I think there would be a lot less backlash, security would not receive that much criticism.” The actual extent of Indonesia’s drug problem is unclear, with experts and government officials disagreeing on the nature of the problem. Related video From slums to the palace: President Widodo In 2015, the head of Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Commander General Anang Iskandar claimed that “33 people die from narcotics everyday,” and that four million people were part of the drug abuse epidemic. But many experts have criticized these numbers, which Widodo used to justify his harsh policies on offenders, saying they are based on small and outdated surveys with questionable assumptions. For example, those who had used intravenous drugs once within a 12-month period were categorized as addicts. “The statistics are flawed,” Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono told CNN. “Then what is the result? Over the last few years because of that statistical problem the prison density in Indonesia is worsening … I have a personal friend who was caught with two milligrams of sabu-sabu. He got seven years.” Related article 'A cannon to shoot sparrows': New Indonesian anti-Islamist law slammed According to a United Nations report in 2010, 0.18% of Indonesia’s population were using amphetamines, or about 469,000 people. Indonesia has a total population of 258 million, according to 2016 estimates. Harsono and Basuki both said it was hard to tell how serious the drug problem really was in Indonesia without quality statistics, but Fealy said a lot of Indonesians were already convinced. “When you hear people talking socially, when you listen to talkback radio, there’s always a flood of calls from people who have personal experience from friends and relatives who have drugs problems which have destroyed their lives,” he said. While he is still a popular leader in Indonesia, some analysts felt Widodo’s harsh line on drugs was a way to see off rivals who might paint him as a weak leader. “For people who are looking for a really determined president, Jokowi ticks more boxes than he had previously done,” Fealy said. “People think he’s a very decent man, he’s doing good things for the poor, good things for the economy … but on these kinds of issues there is some political benefits for him in appearing to be really uncompromising.” Widodo has maintained a harsh line on capital punishment for drug traffickers, despite strong international pressure and condemnation. Friday’s tough speech to the the Islamist United Development Party, who are part of his coalition in the Indonesian parliament, may also have been designed to shore up his support among Indonesia’s huge Muslim population, Fealy said. But while some analysts said Widodo should be taken at his word on the police shootings, Basuki said he expected a statement from the president’s office soon watering down his statement. “I think he made a hyperbolic statement, rather than calling it as a policy,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Indonesian President Joko Widodo", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170724063000", "country1": "IDN", "country2": "PHL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/asia/joko-widodo-indonesia-drugs/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "662821846", "sentence": "At first glance, the campaign against Qatar makes no sense But if you put it in a wider prism, the larger struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran becomes clear Let’s try to work this out. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (Sunni, US allies, conservative monarchies) lead a campaign to isolate neighboring Qatar (Sunni, US ally, conservative monarchy.) The charge: that Qatar “embraces various terrorist and sectarian groups aimed at destabilizing the region.” At the same time, just to complicate things, President Donald Trump appears to throw in his lot in with Saudi Arabia, tweeting that he hopes Qatar’s isolation may hasten “the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!” This even though a large US air base hosted by Qatar is a hub in the aerial war against ISIS. So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding... ...extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism! And then ISIS claims to carry out terror attacks that kill 12 people in Tehran. And Iran’s Revolutionary Guards blame the Saudis. None of it seems to make sense. But all these events can be seen through the prism of a much larger struggle - about regional superiority, the war against terrorism and sectarian distrust between Sunni and Shia followers of Islam. And the main belligerents: Iran and Saudi Arabia. On the face of it, for Riyadh and friends to place a fellow member of the Gulf Cooperation Council under siege is odd if their real enemy is Iran. But Saudi anger, shared by the UAE, Jordan and Egypt, is directed at Qatar’s mercurial and independent foreign policy, which includes cordial relations with the Islamic republic across the water. Qatar isn’t completely isolated. Turkey has fast tracked a decision to approve the deployment of troops to Qatar – part of an existing bilateral agreement but widely interpreted as a show of support. Related article Middle East split: The allies isolating Qatar Why should Qatar even want to get on with Iran? In part, it’s gas. The two countries share a huge field under the Persian Gulf. Kuwait – which is now trying to mediate in the Arabian bust-up, also shares oil resources with Iran. The Saudis and their allies in the Emirates also see Qatar as promiscuous: it has flirted with Israel, embraced the radical Muslim Brotherhood and offers shelter to the radical Palestinian group Hamas, all while using the pan-Arab reach of the al Jazeera news network to convey its perspective. There is certainly more than an idiosyncratic streak to the al-Thani dynasty in Qatar. To the Saudis and the Egyptians – and, ironically even the Israelis – the Muslim Brotherhood is inextricably linked to Hamas – and even al Qaeda. And they see radical elements in Iran as keeping these militant Sunni groups alive – in a cynical Faustian bargain – even though Iran is Shia. Unraveling the Qatar crisisCrisis threatens to split mom from kidsQatar Airways boss calls on USIran sends planes stuffed with food US suspects Russian hackers World cup a bargaining chipPhilippines stops sending workersGulf crisis: What you need to know Unraveling the Qatar crisisCrisis threatens to split mom from kidsQatar Airways boss calls on USIran sends planes stuffed with food US suspects Russian hackers World cup a bargaining chipPhilippines stops sending workersGulf crisis: What you need to know Saudi officials recall bitterly how Iran provided senior al Qaeda figures shelter after 9/11, even as the terror group launched attacks across the kingdom. One former member of al Qaeda, who was close to several senior figures in the group before 9/11, told CNN that many Muslims believe they are in the middle of a generational conflict for the soul of Islam. It’s a specter that’s haunted Arab regimes for decades, since the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1980. Former President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt spoke a decade ago of “Tehran’s hand moving with ease throughout the region, from the Gulf to Morocco,” according to US diplomatic cables at the time. Related article Qatar frozen out: What you need to know This confrontation has deepened with the Syrian civil war. The rise of ISIS and the prominent role of Iran – in both Iraq and Syria – has redrawn the balance of power in the Middle East. Jordan’s top military officer, Gen. Mahmoud Freihat, said recently that Iran was trying to carve out a “land belt” between its territory and Lebanon – right the way across Iraq and Syria, partly motivated by a very real fear of ISIS. Just last week, pro-Iranian militia seized a town (Baaj) held by ISIS just inside Iraq, while their comrades on the other side of Iraq’s border with Syria tried to attack a US base (Al Tanf) supporting moderate Sunni rebels. The awful war and humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen is another example of this larger struggle. Once a country where sectarian identity was less important than left and right, its Shia minority – the Houthis – are clinging to power in one part of the country, under bombardment by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, while al Qaeda prospers in another. The Saudis, predictably, accuse Iran of arming the Houthis; Iran, predictably, denies the charge. But why has this long-simmering animosity now burst into the open?  First, according to some reports, Saudi Arabia was infuriated by a complicated ransom deal Qatar did in April to secure the release of nearly 30 prominent Qatari citizens held in Iraq. The terms of that deal are unknown, but both Iran and jihadist groups in Syria are reported to have been beneficiaries. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said suitcases containing hundreds of millions of dollars were seized from a private Qatari jet in Baghdad. Qatar’s foreign minister insisted his government “did not deal with armed groups outside the authority of the (Iraqi) state;” Riyadh didn’t believe him. Related article Middle East madness engulfs Iran, Qatar and US Then came the infamous alleged hack of the Qatari news agency on May 23, and the planting of a report quoting the Emir as saying: “There is no wisdom in harboring hostility towards Iran.” Saudi and UAE media went to town with the reports. But part of the answer may lie a hemisphere away in Washington. The Saudis didn’t like or trust the Obama administration, especially after it jettisoned their good ally Mubarak in Egypt (2011) and made a nuclear deal with Iran (2015).  There was a sense that as the US moved toward energy independence, it would care less about the Gulf. So Riyadh’s younger generation of decision-makers set out on a more assertive foreign policy, which included putting Qatar in its place. To some analysts, President Trump’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia only encouraged this boldness – against Qatar and Iran. “His open embrace of the more hard-line factions in the Kingdom sent a signal to Tehran that regardless of its policies, the United States wouldn’t be responsive to changes in Iran,” such as the re-election of President Hassan Rouhani, say Dina Esfandiary and Ariane M. Tabatabai at Foreign Affairs magazine. While in Riyadh, Trump told a meeting of Arab heads of state that Iran was the chief source of instability in the region, providing terror groups with “safe harbor, financial backing, and the social standing needed for recruitment.” Which brings us to Wednesday’s terror attack in Tehran. For ISIS, which claimed responsibility in a statement and video, it’s a symbolic strike at the heart of “Safavid” (derogatory term for Iranian) darkness. For its part, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said the attack “was perpetrated soon after the meeting of the US President with the heads of one of the reactionary regional states that has always supported “Takfiri’ terrorists,” aka Saudi Arabia. And so a little more fuel is added to a fire well set.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170607221500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/middleeast/qatar-crisis-analysis/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "657209787", "sentence": "Watch on CNN: “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” visits Muslims living in small town America Sunday at 10p ET/PT. Stephen Miller is Trump's senior adviser for policy and speechwriter He used to work for then-Senator Jeff Sessions The author of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, which targeted people from six-majority Muslim countries, is the principal speechwriter for the President’s speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Stephen Miller, Trump’s senior adviser for policy and speechwriter, is the principal aide in charge of writing both the speech on Islam and Trump’s later speech on the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a White House official told CNN. Both are topics Miller has spoken out against throughout his career on Capitol Hill and in the White House. Related article Donald Trump's risky religious pilgrimage The official said the speech has been put together through a collaborative process inside the White House, but that Miller was the primary author. The speech, which will be given in front of about 50 Muslim leaders, could be a flashpoint in Trump’s eight-day, five country trip. Trump has long derided Islam, proposed banning all Muslim immigration into the United States during the campaign and is expected to use the term “radical Islamic terrorism” throughout the speech in Saudi Arabia, the cradle of the 1.6 billion-member religion. His travel ban, in the name of protecting the US against terrorism, also specifically targeted all Muslim-majority countries, a move that was derided by Muslims everywhere, including in the Middle East. That ban was the work of Miller, a 31-year-old aide who, along with Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart CEO, has been a key voice in Trump’s ear on immigration. Miller himself has a lengthy history with anti-Muslim rhetoric. During his time at Duke University, Miller wrote extensively for the school’s newspaper, including one article in which he wrote: “Islamic terrorists … have declared a death sentence on every man, woman and child living in this country.” The time I went to summer camp with the future mini-Trump Miller also worked as a college student for the Terrorism Awareness Project, an effort founded by the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The group is considered an anti-Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Prior to working with Trump, Miller worked as a top aide and speechwriter to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is now Trump’s attorney general. Sessions was outspoken on terrorism during Miller’s time on his staff, mimicking Miller’s views on the faith. Trump has called his first foreign trip “crucial,” despite the fact the trip couldn’t come at a worst time for the President: His administration is currently consumed by the naming of a special counsel by the Justice Department to look into Russia’s connections to the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. Trump said earlier this week that he will “challenge” Muslims in Saudi Arabia to “fight hatred and extremism and embrace a better future of their faith.” “We have to stop radical Islamic terrorism,” he added. H.R. McMaster, Trump’s national security adviser, said Trump’s speech will be “inspiring but direct” and urge the leaders to “confront radical ideology.” “The President hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam to dominate across the world,” McMaster said. “The speech is intended to unite the broader Muslim world against common enemies of all civilization and to demonstrate America’s commitment to our Muslim partners.” CNN’s Daniel Burke contributed to this report. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to properly identify a group Trump will deliver a speech on. It’s the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Stephen Miller", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170519161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/stephen-miller-islam-travel-ban-speech-writing/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "734299814", "sentence": "Saudi Arabia has replaced a number of top military commanders in a late-night political reshuffle Monday that saw the country’s monarch issue 39 royal decrees. The state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud had issued the orders that included reshuffles for the positions of chief of general staff and the commanders of the country’s air defense force, land forces and strategic missiles force. The decrees related to military appointments were issued “based on recommendations of the Minister of Defense,” according to one of the royal decrees. The current Defense Minister is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is first in line to inherit the throne from his 82-year-old father, King Salman. The 32-year-old is seen as a key power player behind the king and a reformer by Saudi standards. Saudi Arabia has waged a years-long military campaign in Yemen in support of the internationally recognized government that the Houthi rebels drove out of the capital, Sanaa. Changes and appointments were also made to several government posts, including naming the first female deputy minister –  Tamadhir bint Yosif bin Moqbil Alrammah as deputy minister of labor and social development. Since his appointment some restrictions on women have been eased and last year, the Crown Prince vowed to destroy “extremist ideologies” in a bid to return to “a more moderate Islam.” A day before the military reshuffle, Saudi Arabia announced that it would open its military to female employment for the first time. “The General Directorate of Public Security announces military jobs for females at the rank of soldier,” the kingdom’s General Directorate of Public Security said in an advert on its official Twitter account on Sunday. Clarification: This story has been updated to include the names of the new appointees and their roles", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180227080000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/middleeast/saudi-military-posts-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "743759214", "sentence": "President Donald Trump again called for an end to the filibuster and said there will be no deal with Democrats on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA. “Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. ‘Caravans’ coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL,” Trump tweeted Sunday morning. Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. “Caravans” coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL! In two more tweets Sunday morning, Trump threatened to dismantle the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he called Mexico’s “cash cow,” if the country doesn’t reduce the flow of immigrants coming across the southern US border. Trump also tweeted that “big flows of people are all trying to take advantage of DACA. They want in on the act!” Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the U.S. They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL! The President followed up on his tweets as he went into Easter Sunday church service in West Palm Beach, Florida. “Mexico has got to help us at the border. If they’re not going to help us at the border, it’s a very sad thing between two countries. Mexico has got to help us at the border. And a lot of people are coming in because they want to take advantage of DACA and we’re going to have to really see,” he said. “They had a great chance. The Democrats blew it. They had a great, great chance. But we’ll have to take a look. But Mexico has got to help us at the border. They flow right through Mexico. They send them into the United States. Can’t happen that way anymore.” This isn’t the first time Trump has called for a change to Senate rules by invoking the “nuclear option,” which would permit a simple majority to move forward on a measure. Last May, he called for Congress to move to a simple majority to pass health care and tax reform bills. Related article How Trump is quietly rewriting US immigration policy Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, has emphatically stated he is against changing senate rules to initiate a nuclear option for the legislative filibuster. Current Senate rules mandate that 60 senators – three-fifths of the 100-member Senate – must agree in order to end debate and move forward to a vote on a measure or piece of legislation – a process known as invoking cloture. CNN’s Tal Kopan and Miranda Green contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180401161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/01/politics/trump-no-more-daca-deal/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "584668461", "sentence": "Trump delivered at least four falsehoods during his remarks last month CNN's Jake Tapper will look next week at a stump speech delivered by Clinton In one stump speech last month in Fort Myers, Florida, Donald Trump offered up at least four big whoppers. That’s according to a fact-check from CNN’s Jake Tapper, who investigated a set of remarks from September 19 alongside FactCheck.org The first falsehood: Hillary Clinton would not bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term – only 55,000 more Syrian refugees, lifting the total to 155,000 for all refugees. The second: Trump did not publicly oppose the war in Iraq before it began. He was ambivalent about the invasion, at best. The third: Trump might say that the US “got out of Iraq the wrong way,” but he had once said the US should just “declare victory and leave.” And the fourth: Clinton did push for intervention in Libya, but Trump himself too called for that same move. It’s part of a pattern for Trump. FactCheck.org analyzed another Trump appearance, in Miami, and found over 20 questionable statements. Tapper will look next week at a stump speech delivered by Clinton. As FactCheck.org wrote: “The day-to-day appeals in stump speeches often go largely uncovered, though. The words are nearly identical in stop after stop for weeks and weeks. And the media are looking for new things to report. But those speeches — repetitive as they may be — represent the core appeal to voters.” Read the full post at FactCheck.org.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161001131500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/01/politics/jake-tapper-donald-trump-stump-speech-fact-check/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "468365118", "sentence": "Padre Gilberto is one of three American Catholic priests living in Cuba, church says He hopes thawing U.S.-Cuba relations will help more families be reunited The Rev. Gilbert Walker came to Cuba to connect with his family’s past, but he found out much more about his ancestors’ lives and secrets than he could have ever imagined. Padre Gilberto, as his parishioners call the thin, seemingly always smiling pastor, is one of only three American Catholic priests living in Cuba, church officials said. He has been here for 12 years, and other than Black Panthers who skyjacked planes to Cuba in the 1960s, there are likely few other Americans who have lived on the island so long. Walker grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi, and dreamed of one day visiting Cuba, off limits to most Americans since the Cuban revolution took power in 1959. “I became interested in Cuba hearing the stories of my great-grandparents and my grandmother. She lived until she was about 11 or 12 on a small sugar plantation in Chaparra, in eastern Cuba,” Walker told CNN in an interview from the small church he oversees in Old Havana. A member of the Vincentians order of missionaries, Walker finally got his wish. Six months after moving to Cuba, he journeyed to the remote town where his great-grandparents had lived for more than 30 years. The Chaparra in his family photos looks like an American town transplanted to Cuba. The men, including Walker’s great-grandfather Ralph Wood, all wear suits and ties, an act of defiance against Cuba’s tropical heat. In one photo, Wood’s breast pocket is stuffed with Cuban cigars. “He smoked them every day,” Walker said. Most of the houses in the town, which was populated with American employees of a U.S. sugar company, had several floors and wraparound porches. There was even a country club. Little of that luxury was left when Walker visited the town, long after after his great-grandparents left to move back to the U.S. in the 1950s. A few years later, all U.S. property, including the American sugar companies, had been expropriated, and all Americans living in Cuba were forced by the new revolutionary government to leave the island. Even the name of the town had changed; Chaparra was now Jesús Menéndez, in honor of a slain union leader considered to be a martyr by the revolution. Walker went to the town museum to ask if anyone remembered his family. “One man said my great-grandfather liked to gamble, but he was fair to his workers,” Walker said. Then Walker asked a question that surprised even him: Had his great-grandfather had any children outside his marriage? “It was a strong intuition. The only explanation that I have is that God gave me this intuition that I have family here,” he said. The answer was yes. He and a local woman had a daughter named Amparo. Walker’s great-grandfather Ralph saw his daughter Amparo only a few times. She and her mother were left behind in Cuba when he returned to the U.S. with his American family for good. Town residents told Walker that they had telephoned Amparo’s son, Rafael, and a few minutes later the American priest was face to face with a member of the Cuban family he never knew he had. “I didn’t know what to expect, what he’d be like,” Walker said. “I didn’t know if he would be welcoming. It was absolutely unknown to me, and it was absolutely wonderful. He and I welled up as we met each other.” His cousin Rafael Rabade Guntín had given up hope of ever meeting his family in the U.S. “I always say he had me at a disadvantage,” Rafael said. “He looked for his family. He could find them or not. He knew he could find them. I didn’t hope for anything. It was a bigger surprise for me.” From that first meeting, the men stayed in touch and now see each other or talk at least once a week. Walker said he hopes that with the restoration of relations between the U.S. and Cuba, more families divided by the country’s political differences will once again be reunited. “It’s been a real blessing for me, and I think for my family here, too, and for my family in the States,” Walker said. “To know that there’s a connection. That time and distance haven’t erased that connection. It’s still there. The same blood flows through our veins.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S.-Cuba relations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150919123000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/19/world/cuba-lost-family-found/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "434605537", "sentence": "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said his planned visit Wednesday to a joint industrial complex has been canceled by North Korean authorities. In a speech in Seoul,  the secretary-general said there was no explanation given by the North Koreans for the last-minute change. “This decision by Pyongyang is deeply regrettable. However, I, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, will not spare any efforts to encourage the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea) to work with the international community for peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and beyond,” Ban said, according to a U.N. statement. The Kaesong Industrial Complex lies north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the two Koreas. More than 100 South Korean factory owners employ about 50,000 North Korean laborers to manufacture products such as clothing and shoes. The complex was established more than a decade ago at a time when a previous government in South Korea was pursuing a “sunshine policy” of friendship with its reclusive northern rival. Its creation allowed South Korean companies to benefit from the low cost of North Korean labor. Meanwhile, North Korea gained a valuable stream of hard currency revenue by appropriating an undisclosed amount of salary from its citizens working in Kaesong. CNN’s Karen Smith and Laura Ly contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150520023000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/19/asia/north-korea-ban/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "639539153", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the latest number of fatalities from London Metropolitan Police. \"You have to be kidding me?!\" Trump Jr. tweeted Khan and Trump had sharp words for each other during the campaign President Trump’s son is criticizing the mayor of London in the immediate aftermath of an attack in the city that killed four and wounded about 40 on the grounds of the UK Parliament. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., manages the Trump Organization and has no role in the White House, but he remains an occasional surrogate for his father. The younger Trump also occasionally calls out the President’s political opponents on Twitter, the venue he chose Wednesday to weigh in on the incident in Britain. You have to be kidding me?!: Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan https://t.co/uSm2pwRTjO “You have to be kidding me?!” Trump Jr. tweeted, as he shared an article from The Independent, and paraphrased its headline as: “Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan” Police name London attackerLondon unites against terrorA city stilled, shocked, enragedOpinion: Attack was long overdueAnalysis: Don’t bet on lone wolf Challenge of low-tech terrorPolitician rushes to victim’s aid Police name London attackerLondon unites against terrorA city stilled, shocked, enragedOpinion: Attack was long overdueAnalysis: Don’t bet on lone wolf Challenge of low-tech terrorPolitician rushes to victim’s aid The article, published in September 2016, featured Khan’s reaction to a bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York. In it, Khan said that preparedness for terror attacks is “part and parcel of living in a big city,” and asked Londoners to be correspondingly “vigilant.” Twitter users took to the platform to criticize Trump for his take on the tragedy. Labour politician Wes Streeting – a party colleague of Khan – called the President’s son a “disgrace” for capitalizing on the attack for “political gain.” “You use a terrorist attack on our city to attack London’s Mayor for your own political gain,” he wrote. “You’re a disgrace.” You use a terrorist attack on our city to attack London's Mayor for your own political gain. You're a disgrace. A  journalist for UK broadcaster Channel 4 accused Trump of mischaracterizing Khan’s words – suggesting that he didn’t read past the article’s lead paragraph. “Is this helpful @DonaldJTrumpJr?” Ciaran Jenkins wrote. “Did you even read the article before goading London’s Mayor during a live incident?” The White House issued a more conciliatory response to the terrorist attack. The President spoke by phone with British Prime Minister Theresa May, and White House press secretary Sean Spicer said it would be “irresponsible” to speculate this soon on what precisely happened or who was responsible. Khan and Trump Sr. had sharp words for one another during the campaign: Khan, who is Muslim, criticized Trump’s immigration ban, and Trump at one point challenged the London mayor to an I.Q. test. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the latest number of fatalities from London Metropolitan Police.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump Jr.", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170322230000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/donald-trump-jr-mayor-london-attack-tweet/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "600416179", "sentence": "After Brexit and the Trump victory, traditional political expectations lie in tatters Soon voters in France, Austria, Italy and Germany will have their say in national polls The outcomes could change the political map of Europe If Europe’s leaders thought Brexit was an aberration, the election of Donald Trump brought the reality of their own vulnerabilities crashing home. With political norms and expectations shattered, attention is turning to the heart of western Europe – to France, Germany, Austria and Italy, each of which holds national polls in the coming months. For so long, the allies were able to look across the Atlantic at one another and see themselves more or less reflected back. President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric and subsequent election victory has smashed that mirror. What really draws down the darkening for Europe’s leaders, however, is the realization that there are plenty of other European politicians ready to remake their own image in Trump’s. They want the mirror effect to work for them, so that their visions can win. They are not just on the right, like Marine Le Pen of France’s National Front, who predicts Trump’s victory will translate to gains for her in the upcoming French presidential elections, but also leftists like Podemos in Spain and Syriza in Greece, even though neither rooted for a Trump victory. They all think they can profit from Trump’s populist message by similarly tapping into frustrations, anger and nationalist agendas. The change in mood and reality was clear when President Obama visited Europe earlier this month. Matteo Renzi, Italy’s young and charismatic Prime Minister, sat to Obama’s right at his farewell roundtable in Berlin, displacing British Prime Minister Theresa May, who might once have expected to take that prestigious position. The Italian will have been fully aware he faces his own denouement at the hands of populists buoyed by Trump’s victory. Renzi has called a referendum to push for needed political reforms. That referendum has since morphed into a vote on him, and he has said that he’ll quit should the vote go the wrong way. Presidential elections taking place in Austria on Sunday – the same day as Renzi’s referendum – could also point to a “Trump effect.” The Austrians currently seem set to hand victory to Norbert Hofer, a nationalist who used Trump-style rhetoric of rigged elections to force the last ballot to be canceled before it was even held. Among other things, he has been trading on fears of migrants. Also at the table with Obama in Berlin was French President Francois Hollande, who knows his current approval rating is so low that he is now unlikely to be his party’s pick to represent them in the French presidential elections next year. Already, pollsters are tipping Le Pen as a favorite in the first round of voting, and will only be defeated if left and center right join forces in the second round. The mood at the table, aside perhaps from May’s, must have been stark. Obama is aware that much that he holds dear could be lost. Trump has openly criticized the transatlantic relationship, questioning NATO’s relevance, and has praised Britain’s decision to leave the EU. For many of Europe’s leaders, the fear is that this winter may be a long one. Not perhaps of Shakespearian proportions heralded in the opening lines of “Richard III,” but nevertheless, one of significant discontent.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Europe's leaders", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161118183000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "AUT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/europe/trump-ripple-effect-europe-nic-robertson/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "660871118", "sentence": "Trump's performance in Europe deepens wariness about the US Merkel says days of relying on allies are \"over\" “America First” is what Donald Trump promised, and it’s what he’s delivering, with his expected withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and his upbraiding of fellow NATO leaders in Europe last week. A possible rejection of the global consensus on fighting climate change and Trump’s view of NATO and transatlantic trade as transactional agreements that add up to a bad deal for US taxpayers, rather than guarantees of US power and global influence, will win the President kudos from his political supporters. But the headlines in Europe following his trip – “Boor in Chief” among them – and first reactions to reports he may walk out of the Paris pact are the signs of a backlash against Trump’s global role that are likely to have longstanding consequences, not just for America’s image abroad, but for his own foreign policy aspirations. Most seriously, diplomats, experts and former officials say European allies may be potentially less willing or less able to fulfill their decades-long role of having Washington’s back in the world arena. While in Europe, Trump lectured allies, rebuked Germany, physically shoved another leader, failed to endorse core security commitments and played coy on the Paris climate agreement while his G-7 counterparts unanimously lined up to reaffirm it. Trump proclaimed it a victory. “Just returned from Europe. Trip was a great success for America. Hard work but big results!” he tweeted. Just returned from Europe. Trip was a great success for America. Hard work but big results! Seen from Europe, the performance deepened impressions formed during the presidential campaign that under Trump, the US is ceding its global leadership role in favor of an inward turn. The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, offered a preview of the likely reaction from the other side of the Atlantic if Trump goes ahead and says he will leave the Paris pact during an appearance in the White House Rose Garden at 3 p.m. ET. “I am a trans-Atlanticist. But if the American President was to say in the coming hours that he wants to exit the Paris accord, then it is our duty to say: ‘You can’t do that,’” Juncker said in Berlin on Wednesday night, according to the commission’s office in the German capital. In the aftermath of Trump’s visit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her citizens on May 28 that “the times when we could completely rely on others are, to an extent, over.” Derek Chollet, a former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs in the Obama administration, said a danger is that Europe won’t want to follow Trump if he needs them. “In his behavior, Trump is spending political capital that he might need to use if he wanted to pursue different policies or ask European leaders to make tough decisions on our behalf,” Chollet said. “Whether it’s a new approach to Iran, a new approach to ISIS, he’s giving them little incentive to cooperate. In fact, he’s giving the opposite incentive: not to cooperate.” Trump has made pressuring Iran a central goal, floating the idea of backing out of the nuclear deal reached with the European Union and other parties. The idea that the US might walk away from the deal has frustrated Europeans after the years it took to reach the agreement. Analysts say they’re not likely to go along with the US if Trump does back out, continuing instead to allow their companies to open up to business with Tehran. One European diplomat agreed, saying that leaders on the continent already face growing populist sentiment among citizens who are “already less inclined to back foreign interventions or move the focus from domestic issues. Trump is just going to make it harder” for those leaders to convince their publics to agree if the US asks for help, the diplomat said. “The way the political incentives in Europe are working right now, it’s better not to cooperate with the United States because Trump is so politically toxic,” Chollet said. There are limits to how much both the US and Europe could disengage from one another. As the world’s largest economy, the US is a huge market for European goods and the American military is crucial to European security. Trump had said that he wants other nations to step up and do more on global challenges, including North Korea’s aggressive pursuit of a nuclear weapon, which the administration wants to build an Iran-style coalition to counter. Related video Macron: Trump handshake was moment of truth The administration has also pushed other countries to do more on another of Trump’s foreign policy priority – eradicating ISIS. On both fronts, Europe will be a key player. The US also relies on European intelligence services and its military. While the the US carries the lion’s share of the military load around the world, Europe has been increasingly important. In West Africa, Europe has a far more active presence than the US military, with countries like France leading the fight against terrorist groups there. But Trump’s own belligerent persona and sharp demands of European leaders to spend more on their militaries could be counter-productive. Germany, for instance, has committed to reaching the 2% threshold by 2024. The decision came after an exhaustive policy review and a conclusion that the perceived threat from Russia had grown. But the move was deeply sensitive in a nation that is still intensely conscious of the consequences of its past militarism. Now the debate on spending will be infused by hostility towards Trump, who is highly unpopular in the country. Indeed, the animus for the President is so bad in Germany, that Der Spiegel, the country’s equivalent of Time magazine, summed up Trump’s visit with an op-ed that concluded: “It’s time to get rid of Donald Trump.” Trump had upbraided Germany for being “bad, very bad” about its trade surpluses and berated NATO leaders about defense spending without reaffirming the core principle of mutual defense – after telling the autocratic leader of Saudi Arabia on an earlier stop that he was not “here to lecture.” I spoke with @realDonaldTrump at length this morning and told him that I could not be more pleased with his first international trip. More: pic.twitter.com/sUiaR87qFr Back home, at least among Trump’s allies, reviews for his trip were better. The Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee was among those who praised the performance. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee tweeted that he’d told Trump “that I could not be more pleased with his first international trip,” adding that it “was executed to near-perfection.” Corker said he was “confident we can reassert US leadership, strengthen key alliances.” It was a stark contrast to Merkel’s assessment that Europe now “really must take our fate into our own hands.” Bill Kristol, the conservative editor and commentator, said that “Merkel’s comments today are a reminder that Trump’s failures are, while he’s president, also America’s failure, and damage America.” Merkel's comments today are a reminder that Trump's failures are, while he's president, also America's failure, and damage America. Still, for Trump’s supporters, a US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and his earlier rejection of the Trans Pacific Partnership are a sign that the President is prepared to challenge a global establishment that they believe has hurt their economic interests to benefit elites, a form of leadership in itself. Trump’s top advisers reject the notion that his attitude is a symptom of an abrogation of US global leadership. In fact, they contend that Trump is providing direction following an era of US disengagement. Twice in the first four months of the administration, Washington will have turned its back on major international agreements, which involved its partners and rival governments also making painful political concessions to reach a deal. That experience is likely to make it less likely in future, whoever is president, that foreign states will trust the US to live up to its commitments. It will also further undermine the liberal international order and the dominant role of Western-style democracy, and cede leadership positions to American rivals like China, Trump critics argue. Related video Markey: Moral imperative for U.S. to lead on climate “#ParisAgreement is not only about the climate: It is also about America remaining the global leader,” wrote former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Twitter on Wednesday. Juncker made a similar point, saying he had explained to Trump that “it would not be good for the world or the United States if America was to literally step off the world’s stage. Because the vacuum will be filled and the Chinese are in prime position to take on a leadership role.” Also Wednesday, Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Jack Reed of Rhode Island sent a letter to the White House saying that “leaving the Paris agreement would damage relationships with our allies and weaken American leadership on the global stage … empowering sometimes adversarial nations like China.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170601054500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/politics/trump-europe-alienation/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "604460064", "sentence": "A Europol report projects that ISIS will stage terrorist attacks on the continent in the \"near future\" Technology and social media have allowed ISIS to continue recruiting ISIS and other terrorist groups are evolving in ways that will force the US and Europe to adapt new counterterrorism strategies, according to US lawmakers, analysts and European security officials. A report issued Thursday by the European security agency Europol projects that as ISIS comes under increasing pressure in the Mideast, it will stage terrorist attacks on the continent in the “near future,” using techniques and tactics honed in Syria and Iraq, such as car bombs and kidnappings. That grim forecast came as US lawmakers examined ISIS’ dangerous adaptability Thursday and discussed how US counterterrorism approaches should change in response. Technology and social media have allowed ISIS to continue recruiting, training and executing sophisticated external attacks, even as it has lost more than 55% of its Mideast territory since 2014. RELATED: ISIS uses water as weapon in Mosul fight “ISIS and al Qaeda have proved to be resilient in the face of extreme pressures,” said Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “reinventing themselves and taking advantage of conflicts around the globe to root into local populations.” Witnesses, who described the fight against jihadist groups as generational, suggested ways the US can adapt. Daniel Benjamin, former coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department, said the US should reconsider its use of social media “messaging” to counter violent extremism and adopt – or push its Mideast allies to adopt – a more hands-on approach. Young people “especially aren’t going to be listening to the kinds of messaging we’re putting out,” he said. “We need to move away from counter-messaging and toward more direct intervention in communities: teachers, health care providers, religious leaders who can intervene when they see individuals are in danger of radicalization.” He also recommended building up partnerships with developing countries, emphasizing the rule of law and spending more money on development and diplomacy. “That has been woefully underfunded,” he said. Juan Zarate, the former deputy national security adviser on terrorism to President George W. Bush, said it will be imperative to have a “Marshall Plan-like structure to deal with inevitable vacuums that terrorists would fill” once ISIS is defeated in places like Mosul, Iraq. Like Benjamin, Zarate pushed for more effective partnerships in Europe and the Middle East, and a less virtual, more engaged approach to fighting extremism. Somehow, people came to believe that fight against jihadis could be won remotely, that “you can push a magic button and make them go away, Zarate said. “The laws of physics apply to counterterrorism. We have to physically disrupt the ability of groups to plot and organize.” RELATED: James Mattis selected as Trump’s secretary of defense And he said that words matter in this fight: “how we define the enemy; how we talk about our allies.” Benjamin, along with several Democrats, agreed. Anti-Muslim rhetoric during the presidential campaign not only undermines the US ability to cooperate with allies, they said, but plays into the hands of jihadi recruiters who look for alienated and angry young Muslims. Proposals floated by President-elect Donald Trump during the campaign, such as “threats to cut off all Muslim immigration, restore waterboarding and other forms of torture, create a national registry of Muslims and kill the families of terrorists have all contributed to a profound unsettling of American Muslim communities,” Benjamin said. “This will undermine our security in far-reaching ways, I fear,” if Trump continues to pursue them as president. The strongly integrated Muslim-American community has close ties to law enforcement, one reason there have been few attacks on US soil, said Benjamin, who added that the treatment of Muslim-Americans will be key to protecting against future attacks. “Thinking somehow that directly attacking the religion of over 1.6 billion people will make them more willing to help us is just fallacy,” said the ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland. “We need to recognize that there is a global effort to fight extremists. What we say, what we do, has a major impact on that.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161201231500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/01/politics/isis-evolving-lawmakers/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "623536312", "sentence": "The move is a minor easing of a sanction put in place by Obama A top State Department official said the move was made as a technical fix The Treasury Department said Thursday it will allow for some companies to do limited business with Russia’s Federal Security Service, known as the FSB. The move is a minor easing of a sanction put in place at the end of the Obama administration that limits business to $5,000 for any calendar year. A top State Department official said the move was made as a technical fix to the sanctions that were put in place to avoid “unintended consequences” of US government business with Russia. President Donald Trump denied Thursday he’d eased sanctions on Russia. “I haven’t eased anything,” Trump said during a meeting with Harley-Davidson executives at the White House. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the same during his daily press briefing. “From what I understand it’s a fairly common practice for the Treasury Department, after sanctions are in place, to go back and look at whether or not there needs to be specific carve-outs for different industries or products or services,” he said. He said the move didn’t reflect a shift in policy, but rather a “regular course of action.” The fix was in the works soon after the sanctions were put in place because FSB is also involved in customs and border checks on trade. The sanctions had the unintended consequence of preventing US businesses from being able to pay some necessary trade-related costs to the Russian government. US intelligence agencies accused the FSB of being involved in the election-related hacking last year. The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Treasury Department sanction policy on Russia's FSB", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170202183000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/treasury-sanctions-russian-intelligence-agency/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "695432711", "sentence": "On Thursday, President Donald Trump escalated his ongoing one-sided war with the media. He did it, of course, via Twitter. “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up - FAKE!” Trump tweeted. Why Isn't the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE! Let’s be clear about what Trump is suggesting here. He wants the Senate intelligence committee to open an investigation into the “Fake News Networks” to get to the bottom of why so much of the news is “just made up.” He offers no evidence of this claim. And yet, the President of the United States feels entirely comfortable urging the legislative branch to open an investigation into the Fourth Estate. The reason? Because Trump doesn’t like what the media writes about him. That’s what he means when he uses the word “fake” – and he uses it a lot. “Fake” for Trump is rightly translated as “not fawning.” (The committee, by the way, is already investigating real fake news targeted by Russians on the US as part of their larger examination of Russian meddling in the run-up to the 2016 US election.) The truth – as hundreds of fact checks have shown – is that the biggest purveyor of fake news in the country right now is Trump. According to The Washington Post’s Fact Checker blog, Trump has made 1,145 false or misleading claims in his first 232 days in office. That’s 4.9 false or misleading statements per day. Related article FBI chief on Russian hacking: We 'should have seen this coming' Trump’s casual relationship with the truth makes his calls for the legislative branch to investigate the allegedly “fake news” industry all the more outlandish. Yes, the media – including me – do occasionally get things wrong. But, in virtually every case, those mistakes are honest ones – slip-ups made in an honest pursuit of the truth. And, when an error is found, steps are made to publicly remedy the mistake to keep misinformation from seeping into the public’s consciousness. Can Trump say the same? The answer, of course, is no. He not only spreads falsehoods but does so long after it’s become clear that what he is saying is simply not true. Why does he do it? For the same reason he has made attacking the “fake news” media his primary daily duty. Because it works – or, at least, it works to motivate his political base, which believes whatever he says (facts be damned!) and is convinced the media is comprised primarily of liberals trying to push their agenda behind the guise of neutrality. It’s worth noting here that Trump is far from the first president to have his issues with the media. Virtually every president has an adversarial relationship with the press. The difference with Trump is that he seems not to believe in the fundamental role that a free press plays in a democracy and spends a good chunk of his time working to discredit and disenfranchise the media. Related article DOJ demands Facebook information from 'anti-administration activists' Here’s how President Barack Obama described his relationship with the media – and the media’s role in covering the White House – in his final news conference in January: “I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I’ve enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that’s the point of this relationship. You’re not supposed to be sycophants, you’re supposed to be skeptics, you’re supposed to ask me tough questions. You’re not supposed to be complimentary, but you’re supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power and make sure that we are accountable to the people who sent us here, and you have done that.” And here’s former President George W. Bush on the press earlier this year: “I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. We need an independent media to hold power to account. Power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power.” Contrast those two quotes to Trump’s tweet this morning. Bush and Obama affirm the core importance of a free and independent press to the American way of life. Trump calls on the Senate to investigate the media for writing stories he doesn’t like. Startling, right? Related article Ivanka Trump rebrands -- again The broader point here is that what Trump is doing is dangerous. (Yes, I know I have said other things Trump is doing are dangerous, too. That’s because they are.) He is trying to pressure an independent branch of the government to investigate the independent media because he doesn’t like what the media is reporting. It’s his latest ramping-up of an ongoing effort to destroy the credibility of the media in the eyes of a not-insignificant number of people in the country. Which is bad enough. What makes it worse is that Trump knows the media isn’t fake. He is an avid consumer of cable TV and major national newspapers. No president has been so aware of what the media is saying about him at any given minute as Trump. He is saying and doing these things not because he really believes it but because he knows it works for his base. That cynical ploy may well be a way for Trump to rally that base to him. But the medium- and long-term implications of trying to use the Senate to pressure the media to cover a president more favorably are scary.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171005163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/politics/donald-trump-media-war/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "444061009", "sentence": "38 people were killed in Tunisia, the health ministry reports ISIS identifies the attacker as a local engineering student Terrorist attacks also happened in France and Kuwait ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on a seaside resort hotel in Tunisia on Friday that killed at least 38 people and wounded at least 36 others, many of them Western tourists. The Islamist group named the attacker as Abu Yahya al-Qirawani and said he managed to infiltrate the Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba in the coastal city of Sousse. ISIS posted a photo of the alleged attacker, but people who were at the scene of the shooting told CNN they could not definitively say whether the gunman they saw is the same one featured in the ISIS photo. Some witnesses reported seeing more than one gunman, and the Tunisian Interior Ministry initially said there had been three, but a ministry spokesman later said they are aware of only one and that he was killed. The spokesman, Mohammed Ali Aroui, said the gunman was a student who was going to receive his master’s degree in engineering in the nearby town of Kairouan. Tunisian authorities did not name him. Two U.S. officials said they believe the Tunisia attack may have been inspired by ISIS, though not directed by the terrorist group. Tunisia hotel attack witness: It was sheer horror Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said 38 people were killed, many of them as they enjoyed their holiday on the beach. Among the dead were at least five Britons, three Belgians, one German, and one woman from Ireland, according to the foreign ministries of Britain, Ireland and Tunisia. An unknown number of French nationals were also among the dead, Essid said Saturday, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. A British man wounded in the arm described running into the sea to escape. “I heard someone firing a gun and then I looked at my wife, and she got up and ran,” the man, whose name wasn’t given, told Tunisia’s Watania 1 TV. “As I turned, the bullet just hit me in my arm. … My wife ran to the hotel and I just saw the gunman firing shots randomly at people laying on the sunbeds on the beach.” Another British tourist staying next door to the Imperial Marhaba said he had just left its lobby and was walking along the beach with his wife when the firing started. Ian Symes said that at first it sounded like fireworks, but “then you could hear the swoosh of the bullets as they were going on the beach, and that’s when panic set in and everybody rushed up to the hotels.” He said he also heard a couple of explosions amid the gunshots, which he believes might have been grenades. A woman from Wales told CNN’s Robyn Kriel that she saw bloodied bodies lying in the sand and people from neighboring hotels jumping over fences to get to her hotel, about a mile away from the main attack scene. The woman said she heard at least 30 seconds of sustained gunfire. Symes said staff from the hotel ran onto the beach while the firing was still going on so they could help the victims. “They were very brave,” he said. “They were going toward (the victims), certainly while the guns were still firing. Very commendable.” On its website, Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba is described as an all-inclusive hotel with views of Port El Kantaoui on the Mediterranean Sea. It contains indoor and outdoor pools, including one for children, as well as buffet-style and theme restaurants. Opinion: What the Tunisia attack means Tunisia’s nightmare came on the same day as at least two fatal terrorist attacks in other countries. Related gallery France terror attack A man caused an explosion at a chemical plant near Lyon in southeastern France after having beheaded his boss and leaving the head hanging on a fence, French officials said. Authorities detained the suspect. And ISIS has claimed responsibility for an apparent bomb blast at the Shiite-affiliated Al-Sadiq mosque in Kuwait’s capital during Friday prayers, leaving at least 25 dead and more than 200 injured. Spain raised its terror alert – to 4 on a 1-to-5 scale, with the higher numbers indicating a bigger threat – in light of the three attacks, Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Ferandez said. Other leaders, like British Prime Minister David Cameron, reacted as well. “I am sickened by the attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait,” Cameron tweeted. “Our countries stand together in combating the horrors of terrorism.” I am sickened by the attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait. Our countries stand together in combatting the horrors of terrorism. Sajjan Gohel, the international security director for the Asia-Pacific Foundation think tank, said the confluence of events add up to “an unprecedented day for terrorism.” He noted that, while questions remain about who was responsible and the extent to which the attacks were coordinated, in each case you have individuals “buying into the … doctrine that groups like ISIS articulate.” While what happened Friday is rare, Gohel told CNN that people worldwide should brace themselves for more such violence. “Terrorism is something that, unfortunately, we’re going to have to accept as part of our daily lives,” said Gohel, who is also an Islamist ideology expert at the London School of Economics. “Terrorism is now diffuse: It’s not autonomous, it’s not necessarily being coordinated by one particular group, (and) it can often be very spontaneous. “… Gone are the days of the al Qaeda large-scale plots where the cell was big, the authorities could disrupt it, arrest (people) and prosecute. Now are are seeing an increase in the volume of terrorism because the plots sometimes actually are on a smaller scale (which makes them) harder to protect, harder to monitor.” Opinion: Terror on three continents Tunisia is the birthplace of the Arab Spring and perhaps its lone success story. But the North African nation is not without its issues, including an uneven economy marred by high unemployment and the distinction of having more citizens – up to 3,000 – thought to have gone to Iraq and Syria to fight as jihadists, according to the London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalization. Terrorists within Tunisia have been targeted before, as part of apparent attempts to hurt Tunisia’s economy by scaring off some of the millions who come each year to the country for its culture and Mediterranean Sea beaches. Related gallery Terrorist attack in Tunisia The prime example, until Friday, had been the killing of 23 people – most of whom vacationing aboard two cruise ships – last March at  the landmark Bardo Museum in Tunis. At the time, that attack was the deadliest on tourists in the Arab world since the 1997 massacre in Luxor, Egypt. In a subsequent audio statement, ISIS identified two men – Abu Zakariya al-Tunisi and Abu Anas al-Tunisi – who it said used “automatic weapons and hand grenades” to kill and injure what it called “crusaders and apostates.” That message also warned that the Bardo Museum attack was “just the start.” Friday’s hotel attack will do nothing to calm fears about more violence, especially for tourists. Belgian carrier JetAir not only canceled all its flights to Tunisia in the wake of this new violence, but had one flight turn around mid-flight and return to Brussels. And TUI tour operators Jetair, Sunjets.be and VIP Selection have canceled all departures to Tunisia until further notice. Travel groups cancel flights after attack And Tunisians themselves looked inward once again, forced to face the scourge of terrorism and figure out what to do next. “Tunisia has undergone a remarkable democratic transition and is the success story of the Arab Spring. But our country is still fragile,” said the Ennahda Party, a moderate Islamic group that’s part of Tunisia’s coalition government. “There is a tiny but poisonous fringe of society across our region which has wrongly interpreted the Islamic faith and wishes to destroy Tunisia’s progress, at any cost. … Today’s attack will not weaken the commitment of Tunisians and people around the world to the values of democracy, equality and the fundamental importance of human life.” In Tunisia, terror attack undercuts Arab Spring’s best prospect CNN’s Sara Mazloumsaki, Salma Abdelaziz, Yousuf Basil and journalist Yasmin Ryan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150626131500", "country1": "KWT", "country2": "BEL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/africa/tunisia-terror-attack/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "758863737", "sentence": "Julian Assange’s nearly six-year refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is in danger, opening the WikiLeaks founder to arrest by British authorities and potential extradition to the US, multiple sources with knowledge tell CNN. While Assange has in the past claimed his position in the embassy was under threat, sources say his current situation is “unusually bad” and that he could leave the embassy “any day now,” either because he will be forced out or made to feel so restricted that he might choose to leave on his own. His position there is “in jeopardy,” one source familiar with the matter said. Assange’s exit from the embassy could open a new phase for US investigators eager to find out what he knows. Related article A GOP congressman's lonely quest defending Julian Assange CNN reported in April 2017 that the US has prepared charges to seek the arrest of Assange, who US intelligence agencies believe Russia used as an intermediary to distribute hacked emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 presidential election. Assange and his lawyers say he has been detained without charge for 2,720 days – 53 of those “gagged” and isolated from visitors and outside communications – and that there is “not a shred of evidence that Assange has done anything but publish material just as the establishment media do every day,” according to a tweet by his lawyers on May 19. “The concern from day one until the present is that if Julian Assange walks out of the Embassy, he will be extradited to face what the executive director of the ACLU described as an ‘unprecedented and unconstitutional’ prosecution under the US Espionage Act,” his lawyer Melinda Taylor told CNN. Ecuador’s newly elected president, Lenín Moreno, is under increasing pressure from the US to expel Assange, sources say. Moreno described Assange as an “inherited problem” and “more than a nuisance” in a television interview in January. Related article Hot Pockets, mismatched chairs and a critical mission: Inside year one of the Mueller investigation Sources familiar also believe Spain exerted pressure on Ecuador after Assange tweeted support for the separatist movements in Catalonia, a northeast region of Spain seeking independence. Recently, the Ecuadorian government cut off Assange’s access to the internet, making it virtually impossible for him to manage WikiLeaks. He has also had his access to visitors severely restricted. Assange is now only allowed to see his lawyers, who say their mobile phones are jammed while they are inside the embassy. He is dealing with multiple lawsuits. While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador declined to comment on Assange’s case, it referred CNN to past statements made on the decision to cut his internet access. In statements, the ministry denied mistreatment and suggested Assange had not been abiding by his agreement with Ecuador by publicly discussing the internal affairs of other nations, presumably Spain and the US. The ministry “acts in the strictest adherence to the Constitution, laws and international law,” according to the March 2018 press release. British authorities have said that they would issue a warrant for Assange’s arrest if he were to leave the embassy. He faces charges in the UK for breach of bail for failing to surrender for extradition to Sweden, a charge a British judge upheld in February despite the fact that Sweden stopped investigating an allegation of rape against Assange in 2017. Swedish prosecutors maintain the right to resume the investigation if Assange leaves the embassy, however. In the US, Assange’s fate is even more uncertain. Assange’s lawyers claim that US officials have maintained a secret grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks for nearly eight years. Related article 2016 Presidential Campaign Hacking Fast Facts “For the last eight years, the UK has refused to either confirm or deny that they have received an extradition request from the US. At the same time, they have refused to provide assurances that Julian will not be extradited to the US if such a request were to be received, and maintained an ever-present vigil of the Embassy, notwithstanding a UN directive to take steps to ensure Julian’s immediate liberty,” Taylor told CNN. “Their silence speaks volumes, particularly in light of recent statements from US officials that Julian’s arrest and extradition are a priority.” Taylor was referring to comments in April 2017 by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who said that arresting Assange is a “priority.” “We’ve already begun to step up our efforts and whenever a case can be made, we will seek to put some people in jail,” Sessions said at a news conference in El Paso, Texas. Representatives from the US government, including the White House, the Department of Justice, the State Department and the intelligence community either did not respond to request for comment or declined to discuss Assange’s cases with CNN. “Mr. Assange’s presence in the Ecuadorian Embassy is a matter between the UK and Ecuador,” one State Department official told CNN. “As a matter of policy, the Department of State neither confirms nor denies the U.S. government’s intention to request extraditions.” Related article Roger Stone says he hasn't been contacted by special counsel CIA declined to provide additional comment about Assange and referred CNN to former Director Mike Pompeo’s past statements on WikiLeaks, describing the group as a “hostile non-state intelligence service” rather than a media outlet. Pompeo, though he formerly tweeted his appreciation of WikiLeaks and the role it played in publishing Democratic National Committee emails during the election, told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2017 that the US can no longer give Assange a platform to speak freely and openly using information he’s provided by leakers. “To give them the space to crush us with misappropriated secrets is a perversion of what our great Constitution stands for. It ends now,” Pompeo said. US authorities are also deeply interested in further investigating WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of source codes and documents revealing details about CIA hacking tools in March 2017. The FBI’s prime suspect for the leak, revealed in recently unsealed court documents, is a CIA employee who developed some of those tools. The Department of Justice says that individual also managed an encrypted server that contained evidence of child pornography. Both the intelligence community and the Department of Justice continue to investigate the theft, one source familiar with the matter told CNN, though the two investigations are separate. Both would be interested in speaking with Assange about the disclosure if he were to leave the embassy. Assange has had difficulties with his hosts in the past. The most memorable incident came in 2013 when several embassy employees were punished, one of whom was demoted, in part because of Assange’s actions while there, according to two sources familiar with the matter, including one source at the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the time, Assange was eager to get involved to help NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden find asylum in Ecuador, establishing WikiLeaks as the preeminent organization for whistleblower protection. He convinced a high-ranking embassy employee to help him. When top officials found out, several employees suffered the consequences, including at least one demotion. Assange has since said he encouraged Snowden to stay in Russia. The Guardian reported last week that the embassy for years had spent millions on protecting Assange using expensive surveillance tools from cameras to spy software – while Assange turned around and hacked into the embassy’s communication systems. Ecuador has cut off Assange’s internet access multiple times, the most recent instance in late March.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Julian Assange", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180524231500", "country1": "ECU", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/julian-assange-ecuador-embassy-jeopardy/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "654176397", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Kenneth Roth is executive director of Human Rights Watch. Follow him on Twitter: @KenRoth. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Kenneth Roth: Trump's one-day emotional response to horrors of a particular chemical attack in Syria is not enough He says the US needs a coherent policy to end the Syrian people's suffering How do we make sense of President Donald Trump’s military response to the April 4 sarin attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun, which evidence shows was launched by Syrian government forces? Was Trump simply demonstrating that he is not President Barack Obama, responding militarily to the chemical weapon “red line” that Obama chose instead to enforce through the negotiated removal of what President Bashar al-Assad claimed were all of his chemical weapons? Or was Trump showing that even he has limits to the atrocities he will tolerate? Russia claims that the April 4 attack was a Syrian conventional bomb that happened to hit a “terrorist” chemical weapons cache on the ground. That cover story was quickly undercut by the fact that Khan Sheikhoun residents began suffering symptoms from a sarin attack five hours before Russia said the conventional attack took place. Then, last week, Human Rights Watch decimated the cover story. Dozens of local residents interviewed said that a crater in the middle of a paved road appeared to have been the epicenter of the chemical exposure and that there were no indications that other sites attacked that morning contained any stored chemicals. Related video US sanctions Syrian research center Two remnants found in a crater in the paved road have characteristics that are similar to a Soviet-produced, air-dropped chemical bomb designed to deliver sarin, suggesting that the weapon used was factory-produced. And it turns out, the April 4 attack was not the Syrian military’s only recent use of nerve agents. Witnesses described to Human Rights Watch how bombs containing nerve agents were also dropped on March 30 southwest of Khan Sheikhoun and on December 11 and 12 on two villages in territory controlled by the Islamic State, or ISIS. It would be laughable to suggest that at four different times in four different locations Syrian bombers just happened to hit hidden caches of nerve agents – all the more so since there is no firm evidence that anti-government fighters even possess them. The Syrian government has been responsible for a devastating range of atrocities. In addition to nerve agents, it has deployed chlorine as a chemical weapon against civilians so extensively that these attacks may amount to a crime against humanity. But beyond chemical weapons, the Assad government has been responsible for conventional attacks that have killed vastly more Syrian civilians than its use of chemicals. Related video The inconsistencies in Assad's interview While chemical deaths number in the hundreds, deaths from conventional weapons are in the hundreds of thousands. Supported on the ground by Iran and Hezbollah and from the air by Russia, the Syrian military has pummeled civilians and civilian institutions with conventional weapons, including heavy artillery, cluster munitions, incendiary weapons and the notorious helicopter-dropped “barrel bombs.” It has subjected hundreds of thousands of civilians to the severe deprivation of unlawful sieges.  And its prisons have imposed ruthless conditions, pervasive torture and widespread death on thousands more. Yet these atrocities have barely registered in the Trump administration’s rhetoric. Millions of Syrians have fled these atrocities, seeking safety and security abroad. But Trump has suggested that despite extensive vetting they are too dangerous to come to the United States and has sought to ban the lucky few who were selected for resettlement. Related video Trump: Syria attacks the work of a butcher Meanwhile, US foreign policy has flouted human rights norms. As Trump removed “human rights” from the name of the White House office that had promoted them, his secretary of state said he would relegate human rights to “values,” distinguishing them from the policies that will guide US relations and prioritize economic and security interests. In addition, Trump held official meetings with autocrats like Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping without any public criticism of their egregious rights records. It may well be that Trump was moved to respond to the Khan Sheikhoun attack after seeing images of the victims. But without a strategy to protect civilians in Syria his one-off response will do little to meet their urgent need. A serious Syria policy would center on the need to protect civilians from all forms of attack. It would rally other nations to talk regularly about the Syrian government’s extensive war crimes, press for accountability and impose intense pressure to end them on Russia, whose military support the Assad government needs to survive. Related video Haley: I think Russia knew about attack Trump has cooled his early infatuation with Vladimir Putin, but has put only limited public pressure on Putin to rein in Assad’s atrocities, other than a seemingly summary declaration that Assad must go. Shamefully, although the US under Obama voted to create a new accountability mechanism for Syria through the UN General Assembly, Trump has yet to contribute any funds, according to UN officials. Instead, US policy remains fixated on defeating ISIS – an important initiative, but far from the main cause of Syrian deaths or suffering.  The Trump administration has toyed with the idea of “safe” zones for Syrian civilians but has offered no concrete plan for who would actually keep them safe. For all practical purposes, Trump continues to leave the Syrian people in the lurch. No one pretends that solving Syria is easy. But, so far, Trump has offered no coherent policy, just a one-day emotional response to the horrors of a particular chemical attack. That barely makes a dent in the Syrian people’s suffering.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170509230000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/opinions/horrific-sarin-attack-only-part-of-the-syrian-peoples-suffering-roth/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "632849881", "sentence": "Readers have to answer three multiple-choice questions before they can post comments Many news platforms have disabled comment fields, turning to social media instead How often do you read a headline online and race to the comment section, desperate to vent? It may be natural to many, but it’s exactly the type of behavior that NRKbeta, the technology section on the news website of Norway’s public broadcasting network, is trying to stop. On some stories, potential commenters must answer three simple multiple-choice questions about an article before they can post responses to it. On a recent NRKbeta article about a new Facebook search tool, for example, readers have to answer these correctly questions before they can post a comment: Who developed Stalkscan? Should you be terrified of Stalkscan? When did Facebook Graph Search launch? Three options are given for each, and the answers can all be found in the story. Related article Study: Facebook can actually make us more narrow-minded The site has few problems with its regular community of readers, NRKbeta editor Marius Arnesen told CNN. “But when we share our articles on the home page, they attract a lot of readers not familiar with the topics,” he said. “They just read the headline, assume certain things and race to the comment field. “The aim is to make people take 30 seconds before they comment, to take the edge off.” The initiative was launched three weeks ago. Arnesen admits that its success will be difficult to measure: “Are fewer comments a sign of success? Better comments? How do you measure good/bad comments?” But he said the initial reaction from the site’s regular audience has been positive. Over the last few years, many news platforms, including CNN, have disabled the comment field entirely on some or all of their articles, choosing to encourage discussions on social media channels instead. Related article Brutal video brings online harassment to life Last year, tech site Engadget disabled its comment system for a week because “so many of the replies” to stories dealing with topics such as gender, race or harassment were “hateful, even threatening,” according to a statement posted on the website. The comment system was re-enabled soon afterward with a new series of safeguards, including in-line moderator tools and user profiles. Other sites are taking advantage of tools such as Civil Comments, which uses crowdsourced moderation, or Disqus, which uses ban lists and word filters to moderate reader comments. Like many other platforms, NRKbeta is committed to keeping comment fields open if at all possible. “We believe that you reading NRKbeta are at least as clever, and often smarter, than us who work here,” Arnesen wrote in a statement on the website in August. “We believe in the idea that comments help to make the articles better by deepening, enriching and questioning the themes.” But NRKbeta is one of very few sections on the NRK website to have any comment fields still open at all, according to Arnesen. “Most of the comment fields on the rest of the site have been turned off for years,” he told CNN. With this new tool, Arnesen said he hopes to reinvigorate reader engagement across the NRK platform. “This could lead to us turning on comment fields elsewhere on the site,” he said. Whether it can halt the slow death of comment fields on sites across the Web, however, remains to be seen.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "NRKbeta", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302150000", "country1": "NOR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/europe/norway-tech-site-quiz/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "647980047", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Anushay Hossain is a writer and media personality based in Washington. For more, visit AnushaysPoint.com. The views expressed are her own. Ivanka Trump's company gets provisional OK for 3 trademarks in China hours before she dines with Chinese President By keeping an ownership interest in her businesses, Ivanka risks an appearance of conflict of interest, Anushay Hossain writes As the President got ready to sell his latest executive order  to the American public, an overhaul of the H-1B skilled worker visa program, under his “Buy American, Hire American” slogan, Ivanka Trump appeared to be busy protecting the real emerald of the Trump family’s vast business empire: China. On April 6, hours before she and her husband dined with the Chinese President and his family, Ivanka’s company secured provisional approval for three new trademarks to sell her brand’s jewelry, bags and spa services in the world’s second-largest economy. Though there is no direct evidence linking her trademark approval to the dinner or any other meeting with the Chinese government, the story does draw attention to the fine line the Trump White House is walking when it comes to maintaining its family businesses. All the Trump family knows is how to make and close business deals. However, now that they are in politics – representing America on the world’s stage – they cannot use the White House to make money for the Trump family brand. And they certainly should avoid any appearance of impropriety. Related article Ivanka's role raises red flags The trademarks are just the latest in a string of international trademarks the Trump family has secured since Donald Trump won the presidency. And despite all the boycotting efforts and attempts to curtail the sale of Ivanka’s brand, business is booming. The brand, which is still owned by Ivanka, who now also holds an official White House role, not only hit record sales this year, but saw its US imports, most of which came from China, increase 166%  in 2016. According to China’s Trademark Office, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC has 16 registered trademarks in China and 32 pending applications ranging from cosmetics to leather handbags to clothes to spa and beauty services. Although not all the applications were filed after Trump won the White House, some were, including five filed last December after Trump’s electoral victory and another four earlier this year after Trump’s inauguration. Ivanka’s company said she did not sign off on the new trademark applications, adding that the trademarks are not “not necessarily an indication that the brand is planning to launch a category or a store in a specific territory.” However, all this creates the appearance that Ivanka is still intent on maintaining her business portfolio and potentially even pursuing lucrative business deals under the shadow of her father’s White House. Related article 'SNL' is right: Ivanka is complicit We have to remember that despite divesting some of her assets and selling $36.7 million in assets to comply with ethics rules, Ivanka still owns her clothing and jewelry brand. And like her father, Ivanka retains her ownership role in her massive global business empire. Her lawyer, Jamie Gorelick noted that Ivanka resigned from running the business and put it in trust, adding, “Ivanka has had no involvement with trademark applications submitted by the business.” Unlike her father, Ivanka is subject to federal rules that prevent her from participating in matters in which she has a financial interest now that she works in the White House in an official capacity. Despite ethics experts raising red flags for months over conflicts of interest between the Trump presidency, his businesses and his family, the unprecedented and unfamiliar nature of Trump’s political landscape is proving to be too convenient for the Trumps, especially Ivanka. Now that she is serving in the White House in an unprecedented position, Ivanka is benefiting from loose or nonexistent accountability mechanisms. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook After all, who wouldn’t want to do business with the President of the United States’ daughter, especially one who holds an office in the West Wing, and all the perks that come with that position? And her clothing line isn’t even the only asset of Ivanka’s that we need to worry about. There is also her father’s Trump International Hotel down the street from the White House, in which Ivanka is a multimillion dollar stakeholder, despite ethics experts urging her to stay away from the hotel while holding a government job. Will Ivanka Trump be an advocate for women’s rights, climate change or paid family leave? Or is she making it appear she is more interested in pursuing potential business opportunities? From what we’ve seen so far, it pays to be the President’s daughter.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ivanka Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170419034500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/opinions/ivanka-trademark-ethics-opinion-hossain/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "621374260", "sentence": "Donald Trump emphasized his hopes for a warmer relationship with Russia The news conference capped a turbulently productive seven days in office for Trump President Donald Trump used his first White House news conference Friday to say he is open to a warmer relationship with Russia and believes torture works as an interrogation technique, in a performance less confrontational than other recent media appearances. Standing alongside British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White House East Room, Trump wouldn’t say whether he was planning to lift sanctions on Moscow ahead of a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. Nor would he outwardly affirm his support for NATO. Compared to his pre-inauguration news conference in New York, Trump answered questions on his foreign policy prescriptions with uncharacteristic caution. During each answer, Trump stopped himself after only a few minutes, moved little beyond what he’s said previously, and displayed none of the brashness that became his hallmark on the campaign trail. Asked about the return of waterboarding for suspected terrorists, Trump declared the torture technique works. But he said he would allow his Defense Secretary James Mattis to “override” him on torture, an issue where the two men fundamentally disagree. “I happen to feel that it does work,” Trump said. “I’ve been open about that for a long period of time. But I am going with our leaders. And we’re going to win with or without, but I do disagree.” May, who was under pressure from rights groups in Britain to condemn torture during her visit to the White House, said only that on areas of disagreement, she would carry out a “open and frank discussion” with the US leader. And while both leaders went out of their way to create a friendly ambience, it was up to May to bring up the issues at the top of her wishlist: public backing of NATO or say he would work to swiftly work towards a free trade deal with Britain once it leaves the European Union. “Mr. President, I think you said, you confirmed that you’re 100% behind NATO. But we’re also discussing the importance of NATO continuing to ensure it is as equipped to fight terrorism and cyber warfare as it is to fight more conventional forms of war,” May said, seeking both to bolster the military bloc but but also to forge a way forward following the President’s complaints that it is obsolete. The 18-minute news conference in the White House East Room capped a turbulently productive seven days in office for Trump. He’s taken rapid-pace executive action, including ordering the federal government to begin construction on his promised wall between the United States and Mexico. That move put Trump in his first diplomatic flap. Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday abruptly canceled a planned visit to Washington. On Friday, Trump described a “very, very friendly” call with the Mexican leader, which took place in the morning before May arrived for talks. At the same time, Trump insisted he would maintain a tough stance on trade with the US neighbor. “Mexico with the United States has out-negotiated us and beat us to a pulp through our past leaders,” Trump said. “They have made us look foolish.” He said he would work to bolster a “soft and weak” border and prevent American jobs from moving across the border. “We’re no longer going to be the country that doesn’t know what it’s doing,” Trump said. And ahead of a Saturday phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump indicated a willingness to work with Moscow. “We’ll see what happens,” Trump said of the call. He said it was “too early” to discuss removing sanctions that were issued on Russia under his predecessor, President Barack Obama. “We’re looking to have a great relationship with all countries,” Trump said. “If we can have a great relationship with Russia and China and all countries I’m all for that.” Relations between the US and the UK, however, remain strong, Trump said, hailing the “special relationship” between the nations as “one of the great forces of history.” “Our relationship has never been stronger,” Trump said. May underscored the sentiment, saying Queen Elizabeth II invited Trump for a state visit later this year. Trump said both he and May were adamant that governments “be responsive to everyday working people” and show respect for their citizens. For Trump, the event was an opportunity to fully capitalize on his new office, trading the lobby of Trump Tower – the site of his last fiery news conference – for the iconic gold curtains and presidential podium in the East Room. Vastly different in persona, the bombastic Trump and the sober May appeared friendly despite their differences. May is the daughter of a vicar in the Cotswalds and has been known for her constrained public appearances. Trump’s brazenness upended US political norms in last year’s election. “I’m not as brash as you might think. And I can tell you that I think we’re going to get along very well,” Trump said Friday. “You know, it’s interesting because I am a people person. I think you are also, Theresa. And I can often tell how I get along with somebody very early, and I believe we’re going to have a fantastic relationship.” CNN’s Jeremy Diamond and Stephen Collinson contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.2, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170127161500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/donald-trump-theresa-may-news-conference/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "756993486", "sentence": "A federal judge on Thursday cast doubt on a civil lawsuit brought against the Trump campaign and Roger Stone by three Democrats who claim that election-year WikiLeaks releases destroyed their reputations. The hearing put Trump campaign lawyers in the position of arguing in court that there was no collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russians – a drama that played out on the one-year anniversary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal investigation into exactly that matter. “We didn’t possess the emails, we didn’t disseminate the emails and we didn’t hack the emails,” said Trump campaign attorney Michael Carvin, referring to the Democratic National Committee email leak. Carvin argued that even if there had been discussion between Russia and the Trump campaign to change the party’s platform and influence voters to oppose Hillary Clinton, “that conspiracy is not about an unlawful act,” he said. “That’s all quite legal. It’s called democracy.” Carvin’s arguments also seem to preview points he could make in fighting a lawsuit brought by the Democratic National Committee against several Russian and campaign affiliates. Carvin argued Thursday that the Trump campaign shouldn’t be held liable for the acts of individuals on the campaign, after the Democrats’ lawyer in court pushed the possibility that George Papadopoulos’ and Paul Manafort’s contacts with Russian-connected individuals during the campaign, and Michael Flynn’s contact afterward, helped execute a conspiracy. Judge Ellen Huvelle was skeptical that her Washington court was the right venue for the case, noting the Trump campaign was based in New York and that the DNC recently filed its own hacking-related lawsuit in New York. Huvelle did not make a decision in the case Thursday. If it’s dismissed, the Democrats wouldn’t be able to engage in the fact-finding about Trump campaign discussion that they seek in this suit. Huvelle asked the Democrats’ side sharp questions about the complaint against longtime Trump ally Stone, who is also named in the suit. She pointed out that Stone left the Trump campaign a year before the hacked emails came out in July 2016 and that he does not live in Washington, where the suit was filed. “He could be completely disreputable and a prankster, but that doesn’t give me jurisdiction,” Huvelle said. Stone denies colluding with WikiLeaks or Russia. The basis of the claims against him largely comes from his own comments during the 2016 campaign, and after, where he claimed to have a back channel with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and appeared to predict some of the explosive leaks. Two of the Democrats who filed the lawsuit last year saw their Social Security numbers exposed in the leaks. The third plaintiff claims the emails outed him as gay. US intelligence agencies and Trump’s intelligence heads say the Russian government was responsible for the DNC hack. WikiLeaks published the nearly 20,000 messages in July 2016, and Trump regularly touted the materials at his rallies. CNN’s Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump campaign", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180518014500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/17/politics/democrats-trump-campaign-civil-suit/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "620554825", "sentence": "Walling off southern border became an oft-repeated campaign promise and rallying cry Reality of building the wall could be more difficult than the rallying cries would suggest President Donald Trump is following through with one of the first pledges he made a year and a half ago when he announced his long-shot bid for the White House – directing federal resources toward building a wall along the southern border. But the reality of building the wall could be more difficult than the rallying cries would suggest. The length of the wall, when construction will begin, how much it will cost and who will pay for it remain fundamental questions. There is also ongoing debate about the feasibility of the structure and the need for it in the first place. Trump’s push for a wall dates back to the day in June 2015 when he announced his campaign and promised to “build a great, great wall on our southern border” and said Mexico would pay. “Mark my words,” he said for added effect. His effort to turn those words into reality is expected to be formally announced Wednesday and is among several immigration-related actions anticipated in a multi-day rollout from the new administration. Related video Trump pledges to build a wall Since he first made the pledge, walling off our neighbors to the south became an oft-repeated promise and rallying cry, both for the candidate and his supporters. Chants of “build that wall” thundered through arenas and convention halls. In at least one instance, Trump himself led the cheer. Building “an impenetrable physical wall on the southern border, on day one” is listed as item No. 1 on his “10 Point Plan to Put America First.” At the first press briefing of the new administration Monday, one of the first questions to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was about the wall. Spicer said the administration was working with agency heads and Congress to move forward on the project. He offered no further details. Donald Trump’s immigration policy: Then and now Not everyone is as enthusiastic as the President about building a wall, including the man whose job it was to secure the U.S. border for the past three years. “I don’t see any efficacy in building a wall across the border,” said Gil Kerlikowske, who until last week served as Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection under former President Barack Obama. “The border and migration issues are just unbelievably complex,” Kerlikowske said in an interview with CNN. “And a simple answer to a complex problem is most assuredly the wrong answer.” Trump has yet to appoint Kerlikowske’s replacement. Related gallery Donald Trump's Inauguration Day Kerlikowske said the rugged terrain in the Arizona desert and the shifting Rio Grande River in Texas, which routinely changes depth and even direction, both represent natural obstacles to building a border wall. Some of the land along the border in the Rio Grande Valley is privately owned, representing another challenge, he said. Kerlikowske also noted that the vast majority of people trying to enter the US are actually showing up at border entry points and seeking asylum or turning themselves in. Most are not trying to scale the fence in the dark of night, he said. Even if a wall was built, he said, it would require a significant hiring increase to have enough agents to monitor the wall. That would be no easy feat for an agency that is currently 1,200 employees below full strength. Kerlikowske said that, in addition to some 700 miles of fencing, the border is currently patrolled by agents on foot, bikes, motorcycles, ATVs and horseback. There’s also an air wing, unmanned predator drones, ground sensors, infrared video and tower-mounted video with a range of 25 miles. “It’s all preferable to a wall,” Kerlikowske said. “Unless you monitor that wall.” On the campaign trail, Trump told a crowd of supporters in Anaheim, California, in May that he’d reached out to leaders in the union representing Border Patrol agents and asked whether a wall was truly needed. “Mr. Trump, It’s absolutely vital,” came the reply, he told the crowd. “It’s an absolutely important tool. Maybe our most important tool to stop what’s going on.” Building Trump’s wall: For Texans, it’s complicated Hearing that, Trump told the crowd: “We’re going to build the wall. We have no choice.” At the point, the crowd began chanting, “build that wall.” Trump joined in from the podium. The National Border Patrol Council, the union representing Border Patrol agents, endorsed Trump for President – marking the first time the group had taken such an action. Brandon Judd, president of the council, said in a recent interview with CNN, that Trump was “by far the best on border security” when compared with other candidates. Judd said he didn’t reach that decision based on his pledge to build a wall. He said his group favored “barriers in strategic locations.” But, importantly, he didn’t say those barriers had to come in the form of a wall as Trump is suggesting. “It doesn’t have to be a wall,” Judd said. He called the double fencing along the border in the San Diego area “insanely effective.” Judd, who said he met with Trump and his transition team, argued such fencing allows agents to confront people on the US side of the border while they still have a fence in front of them to slow their progress. “He was very much willing to listen to our perspective,” Judd said. “It was, you know: ‘I didn’t realize that’. And ‘that’s good to know’.” Trump would then turn to an aide, Judd recounted, and say: “Hey, get on this. Get back with me. I need to know more about this.” Judd said he was confident his group’s views were being taken into consideration. “If you look at the areas they’re currently surveying – if you look at what the talk is, a lot of that is coming from us,” he said. “They absolutely 100% are in the process of implementing things we suggested.” Judd said he signed a non-disclosure agreement that prohibited him from going into detail about planned construction. Trump believes millions voted illegally, WH says – but provides no proof Shawn Moran, vice president of the Border Patrol union, said he thinks most people would be surprised to learn that it’s possible to drive for 30 minutes in some Border Patrol sectors and not encounter agents on patrol. “I think a lot of Americans think you’re going to see agents in towers every hundred yards,” Moran said. “That doesn’t exist.” He said one instance in which a wall may have made a difference was in the 2009 slaying of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas. Rosas was shot to death by assailants who crawled under fencing near the eastern San Diego County town of Campo. The US-Mexico border is approximately 2,000 miles long, running from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas. Trump initially said he wanted to wall off the entire border, but has since said that 1,000 miles may do. He has offered few details on the wall since being elected president. But speaking at a news conference earlier this month, he reiterated his pledge, referring to the border as “an open sieve.” He made construction sound imminent. “Mike Pence is leading an effort to get final approvals through various agencies and through Congress for the wall to begin,” he told reporters on Jan. 11. CNN reported earlier this month that Trump transition team officials had been in discussions with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior Department to begin planning a wall, including how certain environmental laws could come into play. “It seems clear they were trying to size up the environmental laws that may be obstacles to building the wall,” said one U.S. official familiar with the inquiry. A review of Trump’s statements on the campaign trail offers a glimpse of what he envisions – or did at the time. President Donald Trump’s thin skin Trump said his wall would be solid, strong and “probably 35 to 40 feet up in the air.” “It will actually look good,” he added. “You know, as good as a wall is going to look.” The dimensions of the border barricade grew when former Mexican President Vicente Fox insisted his country would never pay for it. “It just got 10 feet taller,” Trump told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer last year. When then-Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush referred to the proposed wall as a fence in August of 2015, Trump took to Twitter to correct him: “It’s not a fence, Jeb, it’s a WALL,” Trump tweeted, “and there’s a BIG difference!” In an interview with MSNBC in February, then-candidate Trump said he’d priced out the project at about $8 billion. Later that month, he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity the cost would be $10 billion. “It’s going to be a very terrific wall,” Trump said. “$10 billion is not bad.” Hannity asked Trump, whose name is synonymous with his brand as a builder and hotelier whether the name Trump will be on the wall. “Only if its’ beautiful,” he replied.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump’s border wall policy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170125120000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/trump-wall-mexico-challenges/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "553224170", "sentence": "Christiane Amanpour’s interview with Edgar Feuchtwanger airs at 2pm ET on CNN International. Edgar Feuchtwanger, then 8, first saw Adolf Hitler on a Munich street in 1932 The Jewish boy's family later escaped from Germany; he would become a professor in UK “I knew only too well, even when I was 8 years old – I knew it was a very bad business for us.” Edgar Feuchtwanger first saw Adolf Hitler on Munich’s Prinzregentenplatz in 1932, a year before Hitler would be named chancellor. “I was being taken for a walk by my nanny,” he recalled. “I passed his front door just as he came out. And he saw, and I saw him, and he looked at me quite benevolently.” “There were some people, of course, in the street who immediately shouted ‘Heil Hitler.’ “ “If he had known who I was, I wouldn’t be here to talk to you,” Feuchtwanger, now 91, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an interview airing Thursday. He has written a memoir of his experience, “I Was Hitler’s Neighbor,” which was published last year in the UK. Not only was Feuchtwanger Jewish, but his uncle, Lion Feuchtwanger, was a prominent novelist who had become something of a “personal enemy” to Hitler, as he put it. One of Lion’s books, “Success,” included a Hitler-like character named Rupert Kutzner. “If they had ever found out that we were the closest relation to Lion, we wouldn’t be here, for sure.” Hitler moved into the neighborhood in 1929 “as he was on the up and up.” They would be neighbors for nine years as Germany was transformed into a dictatorship. There was, of course, no way to know what was to come, but it was clear something profound was happening, Feuchtwanger said. “It was very much the talk of everybody.” As a Jew, Feuchtwanger didn’t have to enroll in the Hitler Youth. But at school, Nazi ideology was inescapable. “I had this teacher who was 150% Nazi immediately.” “Of course, I was told you do what your teacher tells you.” So when sketching Nazi propaganda was the order of the day, young Edgar could not demur. Did he know what he was doing as a young boy? Amanpour asked. “I think so. I knew it was a bad business for us. But at the same time, I had to do what the teacher told me. And the teacher was quite a charismatic lady who pushed all that out, and who was over the moon about it all.” The changes that were brewing all came to a head in November 1938 – the Kristallnacht pogroms. Across the country, Jews were targeted, and their businesses destroyed. And Feuchtwanger’s father, a prominent publisher, was taken to Dachau, the Nazi’s first concentration camp. Authorities confiscated much of the family’s extensive book collection – for “safekeeping,” they were told. Related video Watch the full interview “We didn’t know would we ever see him again,” Feuchtwanger told Amanpour about his father. Remarkably, the elder Feuchtwanger was released after six weeks. “I think the whole enterprise was designed not to keep the people there but to frighten them into leaving” Germany. “After all, things like Auschwitz didn’t exist yet. That it would reach that sort of extreme, one didn’t really anticipate. But it was bad enough, let’s face it.” And leave they did – to England, where Edgar Feuchtwanger would go on to become a respected professor of history. He lives in England to this day. The “amazing thing,” he said, is that – as far as he knows – the authorities never figured out his family was related to the despised Lion Feuchtwanger. “If they had found that out, even while we were just living there, we would have been goners – there’s no doubt about it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160623153000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/europe/hitler-amanpour-edgar-feuchtwanger/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "755125958", "sentence": "On Thursday morning, a White House aide named Kelly Sadler joked about Sen. John McCain’s opposition to CIA nominee Gina Haspel by noting that “he’s dying anyway.” It was the latest in a series of increasingly nasty comments about McCain: Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, called it “ridiculous” that McCain wasn’t planning to invite President Donald Trump to his funeral while a retired general on Fox News on Thursday referred to a debunked conspiracy theory that McCain had informed on his comrades while a prisoner of war during Vietnam. There’s no disputing the fact that McCain has terminal brain cancer and that he is very unlikely to be around at this time next year. It’s also indisputable that McCain is a genuine American hero – who fought and suffered for his country in the theater of war and had decided the better part of the last four decades of his life to public service as a House member, a senator and a two-time presidential candidate. That even some part of his final days – or weeks or months – is consumed by this sort of garbage is maddening. And depressing. And made even more so by the fact that this is, in fact, the new normal. How did we get here? Where anyone who disagrees with us on anything is evil, other and an object for ridicule? Where the phrase “reasonable people can disagree” has lost all meaning? Where someone can feel comfortable making a death joke about a man battling brain cancer? Lots of people would like to lay the blame – all of it – at the feet of Trump. The reality is more complex. Our own self-sorting tendencies – we rarely live around anyone anymore who doesn’t see the world generally as we do – played a role. The expansion of ideological media where you can only watch, read and listen to people who validate you and your views played a role. The rise of outside political groups who made a business out of purifying the two parties of any so-called moderates played a role. The partisan redistricting processes around the country, which jammed us into congressional seats prioritized by political party played a role. That said, there is no question that Trump – the campaign he ran in 2016 and the way he has acted in the White House since winning – has been the prime catalyst for this degradation in our ability to simply treat people with whom we disagree with respect. There was already lots of gasoline on the ground. Trump lit the match and dropped it. Trump’s campaign was based on a simple idea: Politicians are too political. They’re afraid of their own shadows. They won’t say it like it is because they live in fear of the political correctness police coming to knock on their door. He cast himself as the antidote to all of that – someone who would say what everyone was thinking. He was a status quo shaker, the worst nightmare for the staid and ineffective political establishment. That idea, in and of itself, is powerful. The problem was – and is – that Trump conflated insults and bullying with shaking things up. So, questioning McCain’s war credentials – “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” – as Trump did in July 2015, at the start of his presidential campaign, was somehow treated by Trump and those who supported him as speaking truth to power. Ditto his attacks on Carly Fiorina’s looks. His attempts to raise the heritage of Judge Gonzalo Curiel. His suggestion that Khizr Khan, the father of a solider fighting in Iraq, had been put up to his speech at the Democratic National Convention by partisans out to get him. His suggestion, as President, that “both sides” were to blame for the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. His repeated bullying of his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and his comments about the alleged plastic surgery of “Morning Joe” anchor Mika Brzezinski. On and on the list goes. And it all adds up to one thing: Trump weaponized nastiness and bullying. He turned it into a political art form. He gave cover for all of those people with uninformed views – on race, ethnicity and everything else – to emerge from the shadows and speak out. And, if you didn’t laugh or “get the joke” – even though Trump was often not joking in these circumstances – you were part of the problem. Just another defender of a status quo that rewarded elites and left out the little guy. Just another person who didn’t get it. Related video Trump's I'm-joking-but-not-really strategy The issue with all of this is that it bastardized a very legitimate issue – the growing income (and everything else) gap between the rich and the poor – for Trump’s own political purposes. He drove the divide for political reasons and, in his language, made it totally OK to say whatever you wanted about people you disagreed with because they had been out to get you for years. This was just payback. And man did they deserve it. Nuance went out the window. Speaking hard truths that the country needed to hear – as McCain has done throughout his career – became indistinguishable from calling Sen. Ted Cruz’s wife ugly or suggesting that we need to ban Muslims from entering the country. Political incorrectness became a crutch to justify racist and xenophobic views. And in the middle of it all was Trump. When he wasn’t engaging in these behaviors, he was refusing to condemn them – an example of his abdication of the idea of the President as moral leader. Who am I to say who is right and who is wrong in the Charlottesville violence, Trump asked.  Who am I to judge who is telling the truth – Roy Moore or the multiple women who said he had pursued relationships with them when they were teenagers? That view has trickled down. When CNN’s Chris Cuomo asked State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Friday to comment on the “joke” about McCain’s death, Nauert responded: “I’m not familiar with what you’re familiar with.” Really? Nauert hadn’t heard about the story? I find that very, very hard to believe. That collective shrug from the President of the United States and his allies coupled with the extant factors of our internal divisions and the sort of campaign he ran in 2016 created the toxic stew from which comments like the one Thursday by Sadler grow. No one is standing up and saying “We can’t treat people like this.” And sadly, that vacuum in moral leadership means that the better angels of our nature are being drowned out by our demons.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180511144500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/donald-trump-john-mccain-death/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "702895290", "sentence": "Suspect's phone had 90 ISIS videos on it, FBI says in court document Five Argentinians and one Belgian were among the eight victims killed The suspect in New York’s deadliest terror attack since 9/11 has been charged with federal terrorism offenses in Tuesday’s attack that left eight people dead, authorities said. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan native who was living in New Jersey, is charged with providing material support to ISIS, violence and destruction of motor vehicles,  said Joon H. Kim, acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York . Saipov appeared in federal court in a wheelchair and didn’t enter a plea, a source at the US attorney’s Office told CNN. President Donald Trump said he should be executed. “NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!’ the President tweeted late Wednesday night. Read the federal complaint against the suspect Saipov told investigators he was inspired by Islamic State videos, in particular one showing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a federal criminal complaint states. Related article How the New York City truck attack unfolded The suspect decided to conduct a truck attack “to inflict maximum damage against civilians” and that he specifically chose to strike on Halloween “because he believed there would be more civilians on the street for the holiday,” the complaint says. He began planning an attack a year ago and decided two months ago to use a truck, officials said. One of Saipov’s cellphones reviewed by law enforcement contained approximately 90 videos, “many of which appear to be … ISIS-related propaganda.” The phone also had almost 4,000 images, many of which were ISIS propaganda, the FBI said in the complaint. Authorities said Saipov came to the US legally in 2010. He allegedly drove a rented truck onto a well-trafficked bike path just blocks from the World Trade Center on Tuesday afternoon. Eight people were killed and more than a dozen injured as the truck carved a path of destruction through several blocks of Lower Manhattan. Saipov crashed the truck into a school bus, left the vehicle brandishing imitation firearms and was shot by police, officials said. In carrying out the attack, Saipov relied on the playbook laid out by ISIS in recent years, officials said. “He appears to have followed almost exactly to a ‘T’ the instructions that ISIS has put out in its social media channels before, with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such an attack,” John Miller, NYPD deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, said at an earlier news conference. A handwritten “document” found near the scene had both Arabic and English text, and included the message that the Islamic State would endure, the complaint says. Saipov came to the US from the central Asian nation of Uzbekistan in 2010 on a diversity immigrant visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program awards up to 50,000 individuals per year a visa for a green card, which bestows permanent residency and is a path to citizenship. The visas are awarded randomly to those in select countries to promote immigration from places that don’t otherwise send many immigrants to the US. The bill establishing the program was signed into law in 1990. NYPD’s Miller said Saipov has never been the subject of an NYPD or FBI investigation, but investigators are looking into how he is connected to the subjects of other investigations. Saipov was “radicalized domestically” in the US, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “The evidence shows – and again, it’s only several hours, and the investigation is ongoing – but that after he came to the United States is when he started to become informed about ISIS and radical Islamic tactics,” Cuomo said. Saipov was not on any US government terror watch lists, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. Just over six months ago, Saipov began driving for Uber in New Jersey, the company told CNN. He passed a background check. The company said it has not yet identified any complaints about his safety. The company is cooperating with authorities in the investigation. Related article Who is New York attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov? Saipov once listed his occupation as a truck driver, his marriage license shows. He had multiple run-ins with law enforcement in several states, online records show. He had traffic citations issued in Maryland, Missouri and Pennsylvania and was arrested by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in October 2016 after failing to show up in court for a misdemeanor offense. He paid a $200 bond, which he forfeited when he didn’t show up in court for his next hearing in November. A guilty plea was entered on his behalf. Saipov’s wife has spoken with investigators, law enforcement officials said. Saipov, his wife and three children have a residence in Paterson, New Jersey. Carlos Batista, one of Saipov’s neighbors in Paterson, told CNN that Saipov had acted as a “peacemaker” about six months ago. Batista was riding a dirt bike at night, and Saipov’s friends asked him to stop. The incident became testy until Saipov stepped in and “calmed everything down,” Batista said. Saipov has been linked to social media accounts that contain ISIS-related material, a law enforcement official said Wednesday morning. The official also said Saipov has been somewhat cooperative with FBI and New York police investigators who questioned him in the hospital overnight. Among the eight people killed, five were from Argentina, two were Americans, and one was from Belgium, according to the New York Police Department. The Argentinians were part of a group celebrating their high school reunion in New York City, Argentina’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said. Related article Victims of the New York terror attack Hernán Diego Mendoza, Diego Enrique Angelini, Alejandro Damián Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij and Hernán Ferruchi died in the attack, the ministry said in a statement Tuesday. They had traveled to New York from Rosario, a town nearly 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, to mark the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation. A sixth Argentine national who was also part of the group was injured during the attack. Nicholas Cleves, 23, from New York, and Darren Drake, 32, from New Milford, New Jersey, were the two Americans killed. Ann-Laure Decadt, a 31-year-old Belgian woman, was also among those killed, according to a statement from her husband, Alexander Naessens. Decadt, a mother of two young sons, was on a trip to New York with her two sisters and her mother, Naessens said. Hours after the attack, President Trump tweeted that he’s ordered the Department of Homeland Security “to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program”, and he accused Sen. Chuck Schumer of not being tough enough on immigration. Related article Who is the NYPD officer who apprehended the suspect? Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Trump called the suspect an “animal” and said that he planned to start the process of terminating the diversity lottery program. “I am going to ask Congress to immediately initiate work to get rid of this program. Diversity lottery, diversity lottery. Sounds nice, it is not nice, it is not good. It hasn’t been good and we have been against it,” he said. Earlier, Gov. Cuomo criticized Trump’s tweets. “The President’s tweets were not helpful. I don’t think they were factual. I think they tend to point fingers and politicize the situation,” he said. “You play into the hands of the terrorist to the extent that you disrupt, divide and frighten people in the society. The tone now should be the opposite – on all levels.” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said “the last thing we should do is start casting aspersions on whole races of people or whole religions or whole nations. That only makes the situation worse.” De Blasio also warned against stereotyping all Muslims as extremists. “Anyone who wants to come into this country should be very thoroughly vetted as an individual,” he said. “But the minute you start generalizing it, especially to a whole religion, then unfortunately we’re sending the exact negative message that a lot of our enemies want and the terrorist wants to affirm – that this nation is somehow anti-Muslim. We’ve got to do the exact opposite.” The tactic of turning an ordinary vehicle into a lethal weapon is becoming increasingly common. In 2014, an ISIS spokesman called for lone-wolf attacks using improvised weaponry. “If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock or slaughter him with a knife or run him over with your car or throw him down from a high place or choke him or poison him.” Related article Vehicles as weapons: New York City crash is part of a deadly trend Since 2014, there have been 15 vehicular attacks in the West by jihadist terrorists, killing 142 people, according to a count by New America, a nonpartisan research institution. Those figures include Tuesday’s attack in Manhattan. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to reflect the note claiming that the attack was made in the name of ISIS was found near the truck. It has also been updated to correctly quote Mayor Bill de Blasio on comments he made cautioning against casting blame on different groups of people. And the story was updated with the correct spelling of Ann-Laure Decadt. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz, Tal Kopan, Paul Murphy, Brynn Gingras, David Shortell, Topher Gauk-Roger, Curt Devine, Hilary McGann, Elizabeth Joseph, Athena Jones, Sarah Jorgensen, Nelli Black, Kristina Sgueglia and Patricia DiCarlo contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Diversity Immigrant Visa Program", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171101090000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "UZB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/us/new-york-attack/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "450965790", "sentence": "NEW: Turkish Prime Minister: One suspect has been identified, links under investigation Funerals begin after an attack that killed more than 30 people in the border town of Suruc Police in Istanbul fire tear gas as protesters rally in support of the blast victims in Suruc Funerals were held Tuesday for victims of a blast that ripped through a rally in the Turkish border town of Suruc a day earlier – an attack suspected to have been carried out by an ISIS suicide bomber. At least 31 people were killed in the explosion – one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to rock the country in years. At least 100 others were wounded, provincial Gov. Izzettin Kucuk told Turkish media. Crowds of mourners wept and chanted beside flag-draped coffins as the funerals got underway. Suruc lies about 6 miles from the Syrian border opposite Kobani, the Syrian city that was the scene of intense fighting last fall between ISIS and predominantly Kurdish forces, backed by coalition airstrikes. Related gallery Dozens dead after bomb attack in Turkey Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference Tuesday that “one suspect has been identified” and that all that person’s “links domestically and internationally are being investigated.” “Right now links to ISIS and it being a suicide bomber have gained probability,” he said. “We expect the investigation to be completed as soon as possible.” Davutoglu on Monday described ISIS as “not just a threat to Syria but to Turkey as well.” He urged solidarity among the Turkish people, saying the attack was not against any one part of the country but “against all of us.” Davutoglu said the government would not hesitate in taking action in response to the bombing, which he suggested was in revenge for the role Turkey is playing in the war on terror. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which struck a gathering of mostly Kurdish activists calling for more help to rebuild Kobani. Read: Explosions at Turkish political rally kill at least 2, injure 100 Late Monday, police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse several hundred demonstrators gathered in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, to show support for the victims of the blast. The explosion occurred at midday at the Amara Cultural Park in Suruc, where an activist group had gathered. Related video Turkey blames ISIS for suicide bombing Photos and video from the scene show bodies strewn around a park and dazed people at the blast site while emergency teams rush to aid victims. “Kids were screaming, everyone was screaming and running,” eyewitness Erhan Subasi told CNN. “Everyone was in a panic but trying to help. “People’s faces were blown off, arms scattered. … You could smell burned bodies.” The mood in the town was somber as investigative and forensics teams worked into the night, blood still staining the ground. On Tuesday, toys appeared at the scene of the bombing, placed in a symbolic reference to the playthings that some of those targeted had been sending into devastated Kobani. people targeted in #suruc #turkey were sending toys into #kobani. Some now symbolically placed at scene of attack pic.twitter.com/AqGP7LoveW The Kurdish and Syrian rebel forces eventually succeeded in driving ISIS out of the strategic stronghold, but the Syrian town was left in ruins. It’s not the first time the violence in Syria has spilled over into Turkey. But the scale of this attack against Kurds on Turkish soil will doubtless raise fresh questions over how the government is handling the ISIS threat. A Turkish official speaking on condition of anonymity told CNN on Monday that the government thinks the attack is “retaliation to the Turkish government’s fight against terrorism.” Read: Offices of Kurdish party in Turkey rocked by explosion The official called for the international anti-ISIS coalition to “more actively pursue a solution to the crisis in Syria.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the attack. “Terror doesn’t have a nation, race or homeland,” he said. “That is why we have been consistent in underlining the need for a global effort to fight terror.” CNN’s Arwa Damon and Gul Tuysuz reported from Suruc, while Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN’s Nimet Kirac, Michael Pearson and Ivan Watson also contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150721123000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/world/turkey-suruc-explosion/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "659167386", "sentence": "A total of 38 alleged traffickers have been charged in the case Victims were forced to pay impossible bondage debts and undergo plastic surgery Another 21 alleged members of an international sex trafficking ring have been charged in the United States with forcing hundreds of Thai women to travel to the US to work as “modern sex slaves.” They join 17 members charged last October, three of whom have pleaded guilty. The indictment, unsealed Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota, details a scheme dating back to 2009, which denied the women their freedom until payment of bondage debts that were often as high as $60,000. According to a statement made by US Attorney Gregory Brooker of the District of Minnesota, the defendants include 10 Thai nationals and 11 US citizens, arrested at various locations in Los Angeles, San Diego, Dallas, Austin, Houston, and Chicago. One defendant remains at large. “The complexities of this organization represent the lengths to which criminals will go to profit off of human beings. This is an important reminder that sex trafficking and the associated buying, are not victimless crimes – this organization preyed and profited on vulnerable women,” said Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart, who took part in the dismantling of the criminal enterprise. Operating since January 2009 through May 2017, the criminal organization allegedly trafficked hundreds of women from Bangkok, Thailand, to various cities across the US, including Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, Houston, Dallas, Seattle, and Austin. The women, often from impoverished backgrounds and speaking little to no English, were lured with promises of a better life and steady income in the US. The indictment says they were informed back in Thailand that they would engage in prostitution activities, but were often “painted a rosy picture of life in the United States,” with a quick payoff of the debt and a chance to send money back home. Once in the US, the women were forced to have sex with strangers – at times all day, every day, with up to 10 or more men – and were isolated, not allowed to leave the prostitution houses without an escort. In the event of an attempted escape, the woman and her family in Thailand would be threatened, compelling her to return to “work.” The indictment described them as “modern sex slaves.” “The victims are isolated,” the document states. “The victims are effectively ‘owned’ by the organization.” In addition to the significant bondage debt, the victims were forced to bear the cost of cosmetic surgery they were encouraged to undergo, to make them “more appealing to potential sex buyers in the United States,” according to the indictment. Typically, 60% of the profit was routed to a trafficker to pay down the bondage debt, while the rest of the money would be retained by the “house boss” who owned the prostitution facility. The eight-count indictment outlines bulk cash smuggling and money laundering offenses, detailing “funnel accounts” to route cash from cities across the US to money launderers in Los Angeles. The ring moved tens of millions of dollars from the US to Thailand and elsewhere using a “hawala-based system,” in which family members and trusted individuals would carry large volumes of cash on their person, including hiding cash in clothing and dolls. The women brought to the US for sex purposes were also forced to open bank accounts in their own names, which were controlled by members of the organization for coordinated deposits. “The special agents of IRS Criminal Investigation are committed to taking the profit away from these human traffickers,” stated Special Agent in Charge Shea Jones of the St. Paul Field Office IRS Criminal Investigation. “As all financial transactions leave a trail, IRS Criminal Investigation special agents used their accounting expertise to analyze the complex financial transactions made by these criminals.” Their positions ranged from traffickers, who held the bondage debt of a victim, to house bosses, who “owned” the houses of prostitution, to money launderers and facilitators, whose responsibilities included transportation of women to different houses of prostitution – travel costs which were added to the victims’ bondage debt. According to US Attorney Brooker, this investigation took years to complete and to finally “disrupt and dismantle this criminal organization from all angles.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "international sex trafficking ring", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170526040000", "country1": "THA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/us/us-thailand-sex-trafficking-ring/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "465692910", "sentence": "Watch the full interview with Jeb Bush on “The Lead” with Jake Tapper at 4 p.m. ET \"I don't see how over the long haul that you can insult your way to the nomination,\" Jeb Bush told CNN's Jake Tapper Earlier Thursday, Trump attempted to defend the remarks he made about Carly Fiorina Related gallery Jeb Bush's life Jeb Bush said Thursday that Donald Trump cannot insult his way to the presidency, a reference to controversial remarks Trump made about Carly Fiorina’s looks that were published in a recent magazine story. “Look, I don’t get it. I don’t see how over the long haul that you can insult your way to the nomination or the president – certainly not the presidency – and not the nomination either,” Bush told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead.” “This disparaging of women is deeply troubling. It just doesn’t make any sense to me,” Bush continued. “Carly Fiorina has made a good contribution already and will continue to make a contribution in this nomination process. She should be respected as a talented person and a viable candidate.” Related gallery Carly Fiorina's political career Earlier Thursday, Trump attempted to defend the remarks he made about his fellow GOP presidential contender in a Rolling Stone profile published Wednesday. “Look at that face!” Trump told a Rolling Stone reporter as Fiorina appeared on TV. “Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president.” “I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not s’posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?” Trump said, according to the magazine. Trump said Thursday that when he suggested Fiorina’s face would make her unelectable, he wasn’t talking about her looks. “I’m not talking about looks. I’m talking about persona,” Trump told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day.” Related video Eight candidates in two days on CNN Bush also criticized the Iran nuclear agreement, saying Iran has no incentive to honor it. “I think you need to look at the full relationship we had with Iran by giving them over $100 billion of revenue where they’re going to be able to continue to be the largest sponsor of terrorism around the world,” he said. “There’s no evidence that they will comply with this agreement, because they’ve violated the agreements in the past.” Bush also said the U.S. needs to be more aggressive in its plan to help Syrian refugees. “We’ve had a rich noble tradition of supporting refugees from all across the world,” he said. “They’ve added vitality to our country. That’s undeniable. We have a tradition of doing this and I think we have an obligation to do this in support of the displaced people that are suffering.” Asked about his newly unveiled tax plan, Bush said it would improve life for middle class Americans. “We should have the lowest corporate tax rates in the industrial world, which I’m proposing. Eliminate the deductions and allow for investment to take place in our own country,” he said. “The middle class in my proposal – all of them – will get, on average, a 33% cut in taxes. We need to boost people’s spirits by giving them more money to be able to make decisions for themselves.” Related video Bush: 'I'm pretty confident I'm gonna be the Republican nominee' Despite his current place in the polls – a new CNN/ORC poll has him in third place with 9% support among Republicans – Bush said he is “pretty confident” that he is going to be the Republican nominee. “I think ultimately the three things that matter are you have to have a heart for people, you have to have ideas to lift them up and you have to have the leadership skills to make sure people know it’s actually possible,” he said. “I have those skills and I’m going to share them with passion and conviction.” Bush continued to tweak Trump on the campaign trail in Exeter, New Hampshire, Thursday night, telling reporters Fiorina and Ben Carson, with whom Trump has recently feuded, “have to get in line.” “I’m still the number one beneficiary of the Donald’s insults. Look, he is who he is. He likes to disparage people,” Bush said. CNN’s Cassie Spodak contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150910204500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/jeb-bush-donald-trump-carly-fiorina/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "716943309", "sentence": "Bulgari Resort Dubai has been crowned the best new luxury hotel of 2017. The lavish property, located on man-made island Jumeira Bay, came out on top in members-only travel ratings company Luxury Travel Intelligence’s annual list, beating off stiff competition from the likes of The Ned in London and Paris’ Hotel de Crillon. Described as an “urban oasis,” the 158,000 square-meter complex, designed by renowned Italian architectural firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, was credited for its structural design as well as its “understated” location. While the Bulgari Resort Dubai may have taken the top spot, it certainly wasn’t the only new hotel that made a lasting impression. Here’s the full list of LTI’s top 14 “truly exceptional” new hotels for a memorable stay: “This sensational property impressed us so much it became this year’s last minute LTI top pick,” says LTI founder Michael Crompton. “It is low level (just four floors), private and understated – everything most Dubai hotels are not. We also love its striking architecture.” Covering over 13 hectares, this opulent resort located ten minutes from the city has an imposing low-rise design which sets it apart from typical Dubai hotels. The Bulgari’s other selling points include a private beach club and beach, a 50-berth marina, a spa and an Italian restaurant headed up by chef Niko Romito. “We have advised LTI members to go for a Beach Villa,” says Crompton. Bulgari Resort Dubai, Jumeira Bay Island, Jumeira 2, Dubai, UAE +971 4 7775555 Set in the former headquarters of an international bank, this new London hotel from the Soho House group also won over the team at LTI, narrowly missing out on the number one spot. Related article 10 cozy hotels that redefine luxury The Ned was praised for its 3,000-square-meter lobby, separated by 92 verdite columns and rows of walnut banking counters, and its spacious rooftop, which offers views of St. Paul’s Cathedral. “It’s big, bold and brave – and more New York that anything in New York itself,” says Crompton. The Ned, 27 Poultry, London EC2R 8AJ; +44 20 3828 2000 Villa La Coste, a luxury hotel at the 600-acre Château La Coste organic winery in Provence, has 28 contemporary villa suites which all boast a private terrace and views over the Luberon. “This unique property has the distinct feel of a private home,” explains Crompton. One of the most notable aspects of the property, which was developed by Irish hotelier Paddy McKillen, is the artwork on display. Its walls are decorated with paintings by Sean Scully and Damien Hirst as well as rare photographs of Picasso by David Douglas Duncan. Villa La Coste, 2750 Route de la Cride, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, Provence, France; +33 4 42 50 50 00 Hôtel de Crillon was reopened in July 2017 after a four-year $200 million renovation. The Parisian landmark hotel, which dates back to the 18th century, now holds 124 stand-out rooms and suites, a subterranean as well as notable courtyards dreamed up by revered landscape architect Louis Benech. Related article Hôtel de Crillon reopens with 2 designer suites It was recognized for its two Karl Lagerfeld-designed Grand Apartments which are collectively known as “Les Grands Appartements.” Hôtel de Crillon, 10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France; +33 1 44 71 15 00 Built in the center of the Mayan forest, Chable Resort offers 38 spacious casita-style rooms and two expansive suites. The five-star establishment, which is stretched across 750 acres of the Yucatán Peninsula, is revered for its structural designs as well as its expansive in house tequila collection. “The stunning design, standout cave-like spa, laid back vibe, contemporary Maya cuisine and 750 acres of private grounds are just a few of the things that wowed us on our recent visit to Chable Resort,” says Crompton. Chablé Resort & Spa, Tablaje 642, San Antonio Chablé, 97816 Chochola, Yucata, Mexico; +52 55 4161 4262 Positioned 2,800 feet above Lake Lucerne, the much anticipated Burgenstock Resort was launched in August, nine years in the making. While there are four hotels located here, LTI has named the Burgenstock Hotel as its “favorite.” The property has 102 rooms and suites with spectacular fireplaces as well as an alpine spa, a lobby bar, wine cellar and a cigar lounge. Bürgenstock Hotel, CH-6363 Obbürgen; +41 41 612 60 00 Situated along Carbon Beach in Malibu, this is the first hotel of the Nobu Ryokan brand, which is owned by billionaire Larry Ellison, chef Nobu Matsuhisa, actor Robert De Niro and film producer Meir Teper. Once a 1950s vintage beach motel, the property now consists of 16 rooms, 11 of which include ocean views and terraces. Related article 10 stunning apartment hotels around the world “We particularly love the minimalist style, teak soaking tubs and beach side location,” says Crompton. Nobu Ryokan is also right night door to the Nobu in Malibu and all guests have access to the restaurant. Nobu Ryoken, 22752 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu CA 90265; +1 310 317 3080 Built in the late 1800s, the luxury hotel reopened in 2017 after undergoing a vast restoration project. Hotel Eden, which was bought by the Dorchester Collection in 2013, has now reduced its number of rooms from 121 to 98, and the remaining lodgings are far spacious and luxurious. Its new 2,174-square-foot Bellavista penthouse suite has been a big hit with guests thanks to its floor-to-ceiling windows, which offer expansive views of Rome. The hotel has also added a spa and redesigned eateries such as rooftop restaurant La Terrazza  and Il Giardino Ristorante & Bar. Hotel Eden Rome, Via Ludovisi 49, Rome 00187, Italy;  +39 06 478121 The private island resort in Fiji is situated on Yaukuve Island, which is south of Viti Levu, Fiji’s main island, and has been dubbed “a world away from the world.” Developed by Australian property billionaire Lang Walker, it holds 21 luxurious Fijian-styled beachside villas with their own private pool and and traditional thatched roofs. Crompton suggests taking a picnic, prepared by chef Anthony Healy, on an island excursion for “pure barefoot luxury.” Kokomo Private Island, Yaukuve Levu Island, Fiji; +679 776 4441 The new Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club is a reimagined portrayal of the historic Miami social club’s heyday back in the 1930s, when it was a stomping ground for the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Winston Churchill. Related article Four Seasons Surf Club evokes Miami's former glamour Designed by Richard Meier, the nine-acre property consists of 77 guest rooms, 30 hotel residences and 121 private residential apartments as well as a private club. “Our new favorite resort style property in Miami, this is classic Four Seasons,” says Crompton. The impressive on site Le Sirenuse restaurant, which is the family-owned hotel’s first project away from its Amalfi home, was also commended. Four Seasons Surf Club, 9101 Collins Ave, Surfside, FL 33154, USA; +1 305 381 3333 The Jackalope brand’s first property opened in Victoria, Australia in May, with others coming up in Melbourne, Shanghai and Los Angeles. Located at the Willow Creek Vineyard, its 46 rooms all have floor-to-ceiling windows and private terraces. LTI has given particular praise to its two restaurants, describing the food as “exceptional.” “This property is everything you could wish for from a relaxing urban escape,” declares Crompton. Jackalope Hotel, 166 Balnarring Rd, Merricks North Victoria 3926, Australia; +61 3 5931 2500 Latin America’s only entry on the list is the highly regarded Palácio Tangará in São Paulo, which is set in the center of  Burle Marx Park, a 27-acre stretch of rainforest. The five-star hotel also houses a Sisley spa, restaurants overseen by acclaimed French ched Jean-Georges Vongerichten and two swimming pools. “Be sure to visit the eye-catching glass walled wine cellar with engaging sommelier Gabriele Frizon,” recommends Crompton. Palácio Tangará, Rua Deputado Laércio Corte, 1.501, Panamby 05706, São Paulo, Brazil; +55 11 4904 4040 The Silo hotel in Cape Town rests six floors over the Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa) in what was once a concrete grain silo. Related article The Silo: Is this Africa's best new hotel? Now Africa’s most expensive city hotel, The Silo’s most admired feature is its standout 25-feet-high convex windows, which overlook the V&& Waterfront. However its glass framed rooftop pool is also a “big plus”, according to LTI. All 26 of the eclectic rooms here have been individually designed and decorated by South African hotelier Liz Biden. The Silo Hotel, Silo Square, V&A Waterfront 8001, Cape Town, South Africa; +27  21 670 0500 The newest property from hoteliers Tim and Kit Kemp opened in early 2017 and is billed as a “a celebration of contemporary art and design.” It has 86 individually designed bedrooms and suites with floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as a 130 seat state-of-the-art cinema and an Orangery. “A real New York ‘slam dunk’ for the London based Firmdale Hotels, who rarely put a foot wrong,” says Crompton. The Whitby, 18 W 56th Street, New York, NY 10019; +1 212 586 5656", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bulgari Resort Dubai", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171221121500", "country1": "ARE", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/best-new-luxury-hotels-2017-lti/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "473031136", "sentence": "South Korea's National Intelligence Service says it will investigate whether the student violated national security law Won-moon Joo has said he crossed into North Korea to make a statement A permanent resident of the U.S., he took a semester off from NYU to travel North Korea has released Won-moon Joo, a South Korean student at New York University whom it detained in April. The student was handed over to South Korean officials at the border Monday afternoon, Seoul said. North Korea said it had deported Joo as a “humanitarian measure.” In an interview with CNN in Pyongyang in May, Joo said he had been arrested by soldiers after crossing into North Korea from China to make a statement. “I thought that by my entrance to the DPRK – illegally, I acknowledge – I thought that some great event could happen and hopefully that event could have a good effect on the relations” between the two Koreas, Joo told CNN’s Will Ripley, using an abbreviation of North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Joo, who is in his early 20s, said at the time that he wasn’t sure what kind of great event could happen as a result of his actions. A permanent resident of the United States, Joo had been living in New Jersey and studying at New York University. He took a semester off to travel across the United States and said he went to North Korea after an unsuccessful attempt to find work in California. North Korea said at the time that the student’s illegal entry was “a serious violation” of its laws. New York University welcomed news of Joo’s release. “He and his family have been in our thoughts. We’re relieved to learn of his release and glad for this good outcome,” spokesman John Beckman said. The South Korean Unification Ministry said in a statement that it was relieved Joo was  released but urged North Korea to free three other South Korean citizens it’s holding. It may not be an entirely happy return for the student. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said it will investigate whether Joo violated national security law. CNN’s K.J. Kwon reported from Seoul, and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong. CNN’s David Shortell contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151005050000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/asia/north-korea-nyu-student/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "590872956", "sentence": "Protesters called it Black Wednesday They demanded an end to violence against women nationwide Thousands of people wearing black clothes braved the torrential rain in Buenos Aires to protest the rape and killing of a 16-year-old girl in Argentina. Protesters called it Black Wednesday, and turned it into a day to demand an end to violence against women nationwide. Lucia Perez was abducted outside her school in Mar del Plata on October 8. She was drugged, repeatedly raped and sodomized with an “unspecified object” so violently that she eventually bled out from her internal injuries. Three suspects have been arrested and are still in custody. The prosecutor on the case, María Isabel Sánchez, told Telam news agency that the assailants washed her body and cleaned her clothing before dropping her off at a local clinic – and running away. “We can all be vulnerable and suffer what happened to this girl – all of us, our entire gender,” said Gergina Elcano, a demonstrator in Buenos Aires. Another protester, Mariela Arri, said these incidents are not a coincidence. “This is gender violence and it’s institutionalized, then it repeats itself in smaller settings, among families,”  Arri said. Demonstrations were held  in 80 cities in Argentina, and 58 others worldwide joined in, according to the state-run news agency. In Madrid, women chanted “We’re not crazy, we’re not afraid – we’re fed up!” \"No estamos locas, no tenemos miedo, ¡estamos hartas!\". Así suena la marcha de #NiUnaMenos desde Madrid https://t.co/bvGd9b9Xh6 pic.twitter.com/O9c7oMsDvd Perez’s story has brought attention to violence against women in Latin America. Under the hashtag #NiUnaMenos, or “not one less,” and #VivasNosQueremos, or “we want to live,” posts on social media from all over the world show women and men standing in solidarity with the horrors that the teenager and her family went through. Hoy, seguimos pidiendo #NiUnaMenos #MiercolesNegro #Basta pic.twitter.com/OtjAjFySHh Perez’s brother, Matias, published an open letter on his Facebook via magazine La Garganta Poderosa, saying the family is receiving death threats. “I would have liked to publish along with this letter a photo of me laughing with my sister. Or a photo of her, hugging my parents. But no, we can’t … because while we try to process that she was killed the way she was, we have to process the death threats that fall on all of us,” the letter reads. Matias urged action to stop attacks against women. “This time, gender violence touched Lucia, but the next time it could be you, or the person you love most in this world. We have to be strong and get out into the street, scream all together, now more than ever: not one less.” UNICEF Argentina posted a series of tweets on the incident. “All women, including girls and teenagers, have the right to a life free of violence #notoneless,” the UN children’s agency said in one of its tweets. Todas las mujeres, incluidas niñas y adolescentes, tienen derecho a una vida libre de violencias #NiUnaMenos pic.twitter.com/vltEv6BqVr", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "violence against women in Argentina", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161020094500", "country1": "ARG", "country2": "ESP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/20/americas/argentina-teen-raped-killed-trnd/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "419010468", "sentence": "The bodies of four Italian tourists killed in Tunis are returned to Italy The uncle and cousin of one of the suspected gunmen say they had no idea he had been radicalized The bodies of four Italian tourists slain in a terror attack on Tunisia’s Bardo Museum three days ago arrived back in Italy on Saturday, an official with the Tunis Crisis Center told CNN, but 14 victims’ remains still lie in the morgue. As Tunisia gets back on its feet, the investigation into Wednesday’s shooting at the Tunis landmark continues. Most of the 23 victims were foreigners, making the process of identification more complicated. Nineteen of them were tourists who’d been on two cruise ships that docked in Tunis. French, Spanish, Italian, British, Japanese, Russian and Colombian citizens are among those to have been formally identified so far. Related video Tour guide witnessed Tunisia museum attack The bodies of the Italians were met in Rome by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who paid his respects to the victims and their families in a brief ceremony. Eleven people who were injured in the attack remained in the hospital in Tunisia on Saturday, the official at the Tunis Crisis Center said. Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid identified two suspects in the attack, Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaou, in an interview with French radio station RTL on Thursday, though it wasn’t immediately clear if they were the pair killed at the museum by Tunisian security forces. He said Yassine was “known to the security services, he was flagged and monitored,” but not known or being followed for anything special. Authorities have arrested nine people in connection with the attack, including four directly linked to it, according to a statement from Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi. An uncle of Yassine Labidi, Abeld Malik Labidi, told CNN on Friday that no one he knew had seen any signs of extremism in his 26-year-old nephew. But he said Yassine Labidi was one of the two gunmen killed at the museum. “It’s true that Yassine carried out this terrorist attack, he was killed; his head, his body, we don’t have it back,” he said. But, he said, he believed Yassine and other young Tunisians like him were also victims of terrorism – of the recruiters who paid them money, organized the logistics and took them to places like Syria and Libya to train as fighters. He had known his nephew well, he said. “After the revolution of 2011 he started to pray, before he would drink beers from time to time, like a young Tunisian. He wasn’t extreme in any way.” The only thing that raised questions was that Yassine had disappeared for about a month, he said. Although his nephew said he’d gone to the Tunisian city of Sfax to work, his family now suspected he had been in Libya because of the phone numbers he called from. “When he came back his behavior was the same: he was still himself, calm, serious. Nobody noticed anything, even the neighbors I spoke to,” said Abeld Malik Labidi. “He said hello to everyone, he prayed, he took his coffee, even on the day of the attack he took his coffee with his family and went to work.” Abeld Malik Labidi said Yassine’s father, sister and brother had undergone lengthy interrogations by anti-terror police since the attack. Officers had seized his nephew’s computer and phone, as well as taking samples of his fingerprints, he said. A cousin of Yassine, who asked not to be named, told CNN that the family was shocked by what had happened. “We are all shocked, we lost someone even if what he did was wrong, may God forgive him. Those he killed were innocent, why would you go and harm Australians or Japanese … our Islam doesn’t mention about killing people, Islam has never been this,” he said. He also said he had no idea how his cousin had been radicalized, saying he was “a normal Tunisian guy … but not an extremist.” Security Minister Rafik Chelly said on Friday that the two extremists who attacked the museum got weapons training at camps in Libya. The suspects were activated from sleeper cells in Tunisia, he said. He did not say which group activated them, or with whom they trained. “They left the country illegally last December for Libya, and they were able to train with weapons there,” he told private broadcaster AlHiwar Ettounsi TV. Like Tunisia, Libya saw its longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi ousted during the regional wave of revolutions known as the Arab Spring. But unlike its neighbor to the west, Libya has been fraught with more instability and violence – much of it perpetrated by Islamist militants. In an audio message posted online Thursday, ISIS claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack, which it said targeted “crusaders and apostates” with “automatic weapons and hand grenades.” CNN cannot independently verify the legitimacy of the audio statement. That bloodshed is “just the start,” the ISIS message warned – a threat that may or may not be hollow, but nonetheless adds extra urgency for Tunisian investigators. CNN’s Claudia Rebaza reported from Tunis and Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN’s Radina Gigova and Greg Botelho contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150321151500", "country1": "TUN", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/21/africa/tunisia-museum-attack/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "751145974", "sentence": "Walk around the streets of Duhok, northern Iraq, and you’ll see the same face staring back at you. Stoic and square-jawed, the inscrutable portrait is a common sight behind shop counters and stalls in this city, a short drive north from Mosul. Everyone in Duhok has heard of the man known as “Crazy Fakhir.” For over a decade he risked his life to ensure others’ safety; a local hero who removed landmines with nothing but a knife, wire cutters and quick wits. Now his story is being told in a new feature-length documentary that has been described as a real life version of Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar winning film “The Hurt Locker.” Fakhir Berwari first demined as a soldier alongside the American-led coalition, following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He risked death for years in and around Mosul, surviving near-misses and the loss of his right leg to a mine in 2008. Wearing a prosthetic limb, Berwari returned as a colonel in the Kurdish Peshmerga, neutralizing booby traps left by a retreating ISIS. Related article Fading tradition of female facial tattoos in Middle East and North Africa Exactly how many mines the colonel successfully disarmed is unknown, but it is believed to be in the thousands. However, in November 2014 Berwari paid the ultimate price when he was killed in an explosion while clearing a mine-riddled house. Each chapter of this remarkable story, through to its shattering conclusion, was captured on camera. Unbeknownst to his family, hours of footage were recorded by his colleagues and stashed away by Berwari on DVDs in a battered old briefcase. Three years after his death, the briefcase was discovered by Berwari’s son, Abdulla. This cache from 2003-2008, paired with video shot in 2014, comprises the backbone of “The Deminer,” co-directed by Hogir Hirori – born in Duhok but now living in Sweden – and Kurdish filmmaker Shinwar Kamal. Sustaining unbearable tension and pockmarked with extreme violence, the film joins a roster of recent award-winning documentaries including “The White Helmets” and “Nowhere to Hide,” stemming from Iraq and the ongoing conflict in Syria. Before its UK release, CNN sat down with Hirori to discuss Berwari’s unimaginable courage and the film’s difficult journey to screen. The following conversation took place via an interpreter and has been edited for length and clarity. CNN: Where did this documentary start for you? Hirori: In 2014, ISIS was attacking areas in Iraqi Kurdistan. I was there making another documentary and I happened to see Fakhir. I knew about him; in our area he was portrayed as this local hero. I went up to him and asked about making a film. He said: “No, sorry, you can’t. Take my advice: go home to Sweden where it’s safe and stay there.” But then as we started talking Fakhir said: “Well, there is actually this guy who’s just recently started making a film about me called Shinwar Kamal. If you want to do something go and talk to him, because we can’t have two teams running around making two films. It’s too dangerous.” What do you remember of Colonel Berwari’s death? Fakhir died three months after I met him. I was in Sweden; I opened my phone and my whole newsfeed on Facebook was filled with pictures of Fakhir. I realized that it was not good. I immediately called Shinwar to ask what happened and if they were ok. He and his team were outside the building (they were demining), but the ones filming inside the building – Fakhir and his two assistants – died in the explosion. When he died the whole film-making process became more complicated. There was an ongoing story that was cut short. When was the archive footage discovered? And what condition was it in? The majority was found in 2017, three years after his death. The material is purely shot by amateurs. One of the people responsible for filming was Fakhir’s driver – he’s still a little bit shocked his video is going to appear in a movie. The footage wasn’t dated; there was no logic to it at all. There was a lot of work and time put in to speaking to Fakhir’s colleagues and friends to put together the whole puzzle and make sense of it. The process was not clear cut – that’s why it ended up taking 78 versions of the film before we reached the final edit. What was the colonel’s reason for filming his work? Fakhir and his team wanted to document what they were doing so they could show everybody else their work and what they were accomplishing. There was also another purpose behind filming: to show what the mines consisted of, how they were set up, how they were placed and how they were disarmed, so other teams could learn from that. But after a while it just became part of their everyday lives. They always had a camera rolling. Why didn’t Berwari opt for the protective gear used by other bomb disposal personnel? It was available for the specially trained and educated mine groups, but this always made the process so much more complicated and time-consuming. A specialist mine group could disarm one mine during a day, and then went home to their families. Fakhir could disarm 100 mines a day. In the scene where he disarms his first mine, the Americans are saying: “What is this guy doing?” They had been waiting for a specialist mine team for about two hours and they never showed up, or it took them too long to arrive. Fakhir got frustrated and thought that mine could blow up at any moment. He went over to it, cut the wires and was like: “Ok, it’s done.” Can you put a figure on how many mines Fakhir disarmed in total? During the first year in Mosul they estimate about 600 mines, and then they just lost count. Fakhir just kept going and going and nobody was keeping track. During the ISIS conflict in 2014 the figure circulating is about 3,000-4,000 mines for that three-month period. In one scene when they’re putting mines in a truck, they’re counting them and saying “this is 1,050 mines” – that’s after three weeks of demining. The film doesn’t shy away from showing the devastating impact of these explosions. Was it hard judging what to show and – perhaps more importantly – what not to show? In reality the material is very censored and carefully chosen. If we had shown all the archives then no one would be able to look at it, even for a couple of seconds. There were body parts flying everywhere and people getting hurt all the time. The incident when Fakhir loses his leg is such a big part of Fakhir and his personality – his story – we just had to include it. Even that scene was cut. The worst part, when they entered the van with Fakhir when he’s lost his leg, that’s even more graphic. Can you explain his legacy for people who are new to this story? Related article The enduring influence of Zaha Hadid In his hometown there is nobody who doesn’t know who Fakhir is. But the legacy that Fakhir has left is that he never made a distinction between people according to race or background, if someone was poor or rich, or if they were Kurds or Arabs. They were just people. He was doing this to help other people and he would want that to live on. What do you want audiences to take away from this film? More love and less hate. I wanted to show how dangerous the situation with mines is and just how many mines there actually are. The other thing is to be inspired by the person that Fakhir was… that it is possible to help fellow human beings and to do something about a horrible situation. I also wanted to show the real situations behind why people flee or leave those areas and come to the rest of Europe. It’s not that they want luxury lives, or they want benefits. They’re leaving really, really horrible situations that they have to get out of. “The Deminer” is released in UK cinemas on April 27.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Fakhir Berwari", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180427013000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SWE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/middleeast/the-deminer-fakhir-berwari-documentary/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "666717412", "sentence": "Queen Elizabeth II makes no mention of state visit to UK by US President Donald Trump Controversial parts of Conservatives' manifesto dropped from monarch's speech A somber Queen’s Speech laid out a Brexit-heavy policy agenda and dropped key pledges made by embattled Prime Minister Theresa May, who on Wednesday officially began the challenge of leading a minority government. Queen Elizabeth II read out a list of the government’s intentions – as is tradition before parliament begins a new session – at a tumultuous time for Britain and as May’s leadership comes into question. Related article It's not a great time to visit, President Trump The speech included eight bills centered on the UK leaving the European Union, and measures to address recent terror attacks in Manchester and London, as well as last week’s deadly apartment block fire. The agenda is essentially a watered down version of the Conservative Party’s election campaign manifesto, a document widely blamed for the party’s loss of command in Parliament. The speech did not make reference to pledges in the manifesto to tax the elderly more heavily for their own care and cut back on free lunches for schoolchildren, policies slammed by opposition parties and the public. Take a 360 tour of the Houses of Parliament While the Queen said she planned to welcome the Spanish King and Queen in July, she made no mention of a visit by US President Donald Trump. The Queen invited Trump to Britain, but a date has never been set and UK media has speculated that the trip may be scrapped due to a lack of public support. May had hoped to officially secure support from the Democratic Union Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland, whose 10 seats in Parliament would give her enough votes to push her legislative agenda through. But as of Wednesday morning, no deal had been made. The agenda appears to be deliberately modest in ambition and there were no real surprises, reflecting the Conservative party’s weakened position in Parliament. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, shot the agenda down as “threadbare” and sign of a government “in chaos.” “This is a government without a majority, without a mandate, without a serious legislative program led by a prime minister who’s lost her political authority, and is struggling even today to stitch together a deal to stay in office,” he said in Parliament after the MPs were sworn in. The Queen announced that the Great Repeal Bill would be introduced to convert all EU laws into UK law, allowing the country to decide at a later date which to keep and which to scrap. Bills on trade and customs will be introduced – Brexit means Britain will try to strike new deals with the EU but also with other nations that it was unable to negotiate with while a an EU member. “My government’s priority is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the European Union,” the Queen said. Parliament will also introduce a new bill on immigration. Immigration was the centerpiece issue in the campaign to leave the EU, and the government has promised to deliver a policy that controls the inflow. The Queen confirmed that there would be a full public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire and that an independent public advocate, who will act for bereaved families after public disasters, would be introduced. At least 79 people are presumed dead in one of the country’s worst disasters in a generation. In light of recent terror attacks in Manchester and London, existing laws would be revised, but no new bills were announced. “My government’s counter-terrorism strategy will be reviewed to ensure that the police and security services have all the powers they need and that the length of custodial sentences for terrorism-related offenses are sufficient to keep the population safe,” the Queen said. While powers will be revised, there was no mention of police resources. After the recent terror attacks, May came under criticism for cutting 20,000 officers from police forces in her time as Home Secretary, and senior politicians, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, have openly called on her government to boost police numbers. Corbyn repeated his call in parliament Wednesday for May to boost police resources and blamed the government’s cuts to councils for the disaster. Corbyn had already said that his party could vote against the Queen’s Speech and even offer up some amendments. The Queen’s Speech lacked the usual level of pomp and pageantry, with the Queen ditching her traditional red velvet Robe of State and crown for a blue day dress and hat, and swapping her horse-drawn carriage for a car. She was accompanied by her eldest son, Prince Charles, after Buckingham Palace confirmed that her husband, Prince Philip, had been hospitalized with an infection. The Queen’s Speech comes at a time when May’s premiership has become vulnerable and the country’s future uncertain, with negotiations over Britain’s departure from the European Union having only just begun. May’s own position has been called into question ever since her decision to call a snap election. Her attempt to secure a larger mandate ahead of the Brexit negotiations backfired with her losing her commanding majority. Related article Survey shows youth vote surge in UK election In written remarks prepared for the first day of Parliament, the troubled Prime Minister began trying to undo some of the key messages from the Conservatives’ election campaign, saying that social care would be addressed and that every school should be fairly funded. Parliament must pass the Queen’s Speech in a vote, but with May yet to secure a deal with the DUP, she is aware that failure to get the speech through could be seen as a vote of no confidence. The Queen’s Speech usually sets out the government’s legislative plan for the 12 months ahead, but this year’s is different. May’s government intends to run a two-year parliamentary period to complete the country’s exit from the European Union. CNN’s David Wilkinson, Carol Jordan and Stephanie Halasz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Theresa May's government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170621050000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/europe/queens-speech-theresa-may/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "691083707", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: CNN National Security Analyst John Kirby is a retired rear admiral in the US Navy who served as a spokesman for both the state and defense departments in the Obama administration. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. John Kirby: We don't need a parade to remind the world of the US military's might There are more important things to spend our resources on to help our military, such as addressing the high rate of suicide among veterans Inspired by his attendance at this year’s Bastille Day parade in Paris, President Trump has apparently decided we need a similar military parade here in Washington of the Fourth of July. “I think we’re going to have to start looking at that ourselves,” he said yesterday while meeting French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. “So we’re actually thinking about Fourth of July, Pennsylvania Avenue, having a really great parade to show our military strength.” Bad idea, Mr. President. Please don’t. First of all, the United States doesn’t need a parade down Pennsylvania or any other avenue to show our military strength. We do that every day in virtually every clime all over the world. Which nation leads the international coalition against ISIS? We do. Who has four aircraft carriers at sea right now? We do. What country contributes more than any other to the mission in Afghanistan and is about to increase that commitment? Yep, we do. How many other nations have seven treaty alliances, five of them in the Asia-Pacific region? None. And exactly what other military, anywhere, can boast more than two million volunteers in its ranks? That’s right, volunteers all. By pretty much any measure – size, capability, reach, lethality, leadership and professionalism – there isn’t another military in human history that has ever come close. Ever. In human history. We know it. Our allies and partners know it. And our foes, declared or not, certainly have no doubt. Kim Jong Un doesn’t cast the struggle over his nuclear weapons program as “North Korea vs. the World.”  He casts it as a conflict between North Korea and the United States. I think he does that because he knows, by dint of our military presence on the peninsula and in the region, we are the most consequential thing standing in his way. The United States is the biggest thing he has to fear. And that’s why he likes to throw parades: to convince himself and his followers that they aren’t impotent against the threat they see from the United States, to make themselves feel good. It’s great propaganda. Now, don’t get me wrong. The Bastille Day parade is fantastic. I had the chance to attend last year, while in Paris with then-Secretary of State John Kerry. It is a heart-thumping, pulse-quickening patriotic display at its most ardent, no question. Related article Trump suggests US will have military parade on July 4 But the Bastille Day parade isn’t designed only to commemorate the storming of the famous fortress on July 14th, 1789; it also commemorates the Fete de la Federation, a celebration of French national unity that was originally marked one year after that battle. And the French have on many occasions invited foreign troops and dignitaries to participate in the parade, recognizing allied and coalition contributions to their security. This year saw more than 150 US military personnel in the parade, with American military planes flying overhead. In other words, it’s not just about showing off French military wares. It’s about that country’s struggle for freedom and democracy, even against itself, throughout history. In any event, I’m not French. And neither are my fellow veterans. We don’t need a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to recognize allied and coalition contributions to our own security. As I said, our colleagues in active service right now are living it every day. Nor do we need a parade to make us feel appreciated by the American people. I suspect most veterans want the same things every other American wants: meaningful work, an education, a home, and a chance to give their children a better life. Just last Friday, at the end of the day, the Veterans Administration released a stark report about veteran suicide. According to their analysis, risk for suicide was 21% higher among veterans than non-veterans. Incredibly, the suicide rate for female vets was about 2.5 times greater than for American women who have not served in the military. To your credit, Mr. President, you have advanced some important reforms for the VA. You should try tackling the suicide problem as well before spending resources on a parade. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook You should also work harder with Congress to achieve something akin to budget certainty for the armed services. The Senate yesterday passed a roughly $700 million defense authorization bill for next fiscal year, but the bill failed to eliminate automatic spending cuts under the sequester mechanism that could still force unnecessarily tough choices on Pentagon leaders. And, as you well know, the military had been funded throughout most of 2017 by continuing resolutions that capped most spending at 2016 levels. This uncertainty and fiscal instability makes it difficult for your military leaders to plan for the procurement of new weapons or the maintenance of old ones. It also makes it harder for them to ensure our troops get the necessary training they need before deployment. Don’t throw them a parade, Mr. President. Give them a budget. Unless, of course, the parade is really for you. The showman. The entertainer. The winner. You did tell President Macron you’d have to “try and top it,” didn’t you? But that can’t possibly be. A parade for an audience of one. Who’s the Rocket Man now?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170920003000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/19/opinions/fourth-of-july-parade-opinion-kirby/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "413049344", "sentence": "Australian lawyer receives barrage of abuse at the urgings of a U.S. website The Daily Stormer instructed followers to be as \" nasty, hurtful, hateful, offensive\" as possible Counter campaign sees thousands tweet #IStandWithMariam The Internet is a dangerous place for Mariam Veiszadeh right now. It’s where death threats lurk and vile messages appear faster than they can be deleted. But it’s also a place where support is growing in a Twitter counter-campaign – #IStandWithMariam – to the urgings of a U.S.-based white supremacist website, the Daily Stormer, to “be as nasty, hurtful, hateful, offensive, insulting and ‘vilifying’ as you possibly can.” And they have been. “Leave now before we behead your mother and bury you all with pigs…” said one tweet from an account, which has since been suspended. Many of the messages include extremely offensive hashtags. Veiszadeh, an Australian lawyer and founder of the Islamophobia Register, which tracks instances of abuse against Muslims, knows exactly why she’s being targeted. “The reality is people don’t abuse me just because I’m a woman or because my name is Mariam or because I’m Middle-Eastern. They abuse me because I have a scarf on my head and because I’m a Muslim,” Veiszadeh told CNN. Last October, Veiszadeh posted an image of a T-shirt for sale in Woolworths, one of Australia’s biggest retailers, which showed the Australian flag with the words “If you don’t love it, leave.” She called the shirt “bigoted,” a flood of complaints followed and the shirt was withdrawn from sale. Woolworths apologized and blamed an ordering error, saying it “should never have been on our shelves.” Pls RT@woolworthsI'm outraged that #WOOLWORTHS are allegedly selling these bigoted singlets at their Cairns stores pic.twitter.com/0GVwscbpuK That could have been the end of it. However, three months later, the Australian Defence League (ADL) – a right-wing group that’s calling for Islam to be banned in Australia – posted Veiszadeh’s tweet on its Facebook site, along with another one she posted saying “Everyone  is entitled to dress as they please,” with the title “Hypocrisy Much?” The post attracted dozens of offensive comments. Abusive tweets followed but the campaign took a more sinister – and organized – twist when the Daily Stormer implored its “troll army” to attack her. The post, in part, justifies the attack as revenge for the prosecution of a 22-year-old woman from Ipswich, in the Australian state of Queensland. The woman allegedly sent a stream of invective to Veiszadeh, calling her a tramp, whore, “rag head” and other offensive names. She’s been charged with “using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offense” and is due to appear on court on March 11. On the blog post calling for the tirade of abuse, the Daily Stormer publisher justifies the attack by saying attempts to ban freedom of speech “should be responded to with the most ridiculous conceivable hateful speech.” It recalls a similar “successful” campaign against Luciana Berger, a British MP who was targeted with a barrage of abusive messages after a man was jailed for sending her an anti-Semitic tweet. “The goal of these operations is to purposefully enrage the target, so as to escalate the situation to the level of media attention, and the method for doing that is through the most extreme speech possible,” writes Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin on one blogpost. He said attention would force a discussion about whether people should be jailed for hate speech, concluding that “the vast majority of White (sic) people do not think name-calling should be an imprisonable offense.” Veiszadeh is adamant the campaign of intimidation will not be successful. “If their stated objective is to silence me, then my stated objective is to do the exact opposite,” she said. Earlier this week, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott foreshadowed tougher penalties for hate speech, as part of a move to strengthen the country’s counter-terrorism laws. “No one should make excuses for Islamist fanatics or their imitators here in Australia,” Abbott said. Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane – who himself has been the target of a Daily Stormer hate campaign – says the country’s current laws under the Racial Discrimination Act “send an important message to bigots and racists.” “Those who peddle messages of hatred should be made to answer for their extremism. And they should know that the rest of Australian society rejects their promotion of fear and division,” he said. However, the Racial Discrimination Act does not cover attacks on a person based on their religious beliefs. That’s covered by state laws, which vary from state to state. Veiszadeh said in New South Wales, where most of Australia’s Muslims live, there’s no law to cover Muslims who are abused on the basis of their religion. Of the Queensland woman due to face court, Veiszadeh said, “Had this woman not referred to my ethnicity, I would have absolutely no grounds to take action against her.” But even a change in Australian law wouldn’t solve the issue of attacks emanating from outside the country by trolls who create multiple fake accounts to attack then vanish. The Daily Stormer has issued instructions to its followers on exactly how to do it, reminding them not to threaten violence (though some have), presumably in an attempt to avoid legal action. Right now, Veiszadeh is concentrating on naming the trolls and urging her 15,000 followers to block their accounts. “I’m still getting horrifying images and abusive tweets but, as bad as that sounds, I’ve become accustomed to it. I’ve developed a thick skin and for me it’s about exposing bigotry and raising awareness about Islamophobia.” Thank you to all those who have sent me lovely messages of support. 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{"article_id": "681396490", "sentence": "With true crime TV, the devil is in the details – specifically, the ones that we didn’t remember, or even with high-profile cases, perhaps never knew. Television is in the midst of a true crime explosion, motivated by both unscripted (“Making a Murderer,” “The Jinx”) and scripted (“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”) explorations of notorious cases. While the genre was once largely the province of TV movies – think back to the trio of films devoted to the “Long Island Lolita” trial in the 1990s – it’s now receiving series treatment, devoting from six to 12 hours to such projects. At first blush, one might think multi-part retellings of stories where everyone knows the outcome would amount to, pardon the expression, overkill. But thus far, many of these programs have proved compelling, not merely rehashing the tabloid-style titillation but fleshing out peripheral players, and even placing the timing in broader historical and sociological context. The latest entry, “The Murder of Laci Peterson,” premieres August 15 on A&E. It’s a six-part docu-series, recounting the Christmastime disappearance of a pregnant woman in 2002 and eventual conviction of her husband, Scott, after a protracted media circus. Not surprisingly, it was previously turned into a movie (Dean Cain played Scott), as was the Menendez brothers murders, which will become a series under NBC’s “Law & Order” banner. Discovery Channel, meanwhile, is currently airing the eight-part “Manhunt: Unabomber,” while next month brings new seasons of Netflix’s “Narcos” and Univision’s “El Chapo.” And the next “American Crime Story,” “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” is due in January. Unlike some of these programs, “The Murder of Laci Peterson” seeks to re-litigate aspects of the case, including interviews with Scott’s family members, among others, who continue to argue for his innocence. The more sobering component, though, takes viewers back to when these events unfolded, and examines how the salacious elements – such as Scott’s affair with Amber Frey, weaving in their audiotaped conversations – wowed the media and consumed plenty of time and oxygen. In perhaps the most surreal moment, then-CNN anchor Aaron Brown kills time waiting for a Modesto police press conference to start by discussing whether the U.S. might be heading toward war in Iraq, a juxtaposition made several times in the hours previewed. News organizations decided “the audience is going to be riveted by this” and “went all in,” recalls journalist Ken Auletta in the documentary, citing a complicity between the media and investigators that were both playing to the public. The producers also highlight Nancy Grace’s histrionics during the story, which included using her TV soapbox – then with Court TV – to serve as a de facto prosecutor, judge and jury – a role she played in a number of similar situations. (Grace is among those interviewed, in the process retelling the story about her fiance’s murder, a source of justification for her on-air demeanor.) In part, the expansion of true-crime series represents a response to the shifting nature of the TV business: A proliferation of channels, with ample time to fill, eager to knife through the clutter with recognizable titles. For an audience overwhelmed by abundance, names like “Menendez,” “Unabomber” and “O.J.” provide a kind of marketing shorthand. Nevertheless, the appeal of these extended programs has been something of a revelation, demonstrating that knowing the outcome doesn’t mean there isn’t more to learn – both in the particulars and filtered through a wider lens – about these sensational stories. “The Murder of Laci Peterson” premieres Aug. 15 at 10 p.m. on A&E.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "true crime TV genre", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170815143000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/entertainment/true-crime-tv-laci-peterson/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "410743785", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News.  You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. The Weekly Newsquiz tests students' knowledge of events in the news February 20, 2015 Welcome to Friday’s edition of CNN Student News! Today, our coverage begins with a report on an international meeting in the U.S. capital. That’s followed by an explanation of “cryptocurrencies,” defining the term, its uses and its limitations. And we tell you about a new application that’s brought about a network of people helping others. On this page you will find today’s show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the transcript of today’s CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ Click here for a printable version of the Weekly Newsquiz (PDF). 1. In what North African nation, a border country of Egypt, did Egyptian fighter planes launch strikes against the ISIS terrorist group this week? 2. What U.S. capital landmark is associated with the myth that only men were allowed to ride its elevator to prevent any risk to women and children? 3. Warner Bros.’ secret movie prop archive is located on the outskirts of what European city? 4. About what percentage of the U.S. population is composed by people of Hispanic or Latino descent, the largest ethnic or race minority in the country? 5. Bertha, a massive digging machine, was named after the first female mayor of what U.S. city? 6. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of what Christian religious season? 7. What event triggers the world’s largest annual human migration? 8. During what international economic crisis did the U.S. government institute the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)? 9. In the 7th Century, the first-ever banknotes were traded in what Asian country? 10. Dating back to the 9th Century, Castilian is a dialect of what world language? CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News!", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150220000000", "country1": "EGY", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/studentnews/sn-content-fri/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "595789232", "sentence": "As Hillary Clinton attempts to make history as the first female US president, how might her experience compare to women politicians around the world? We looked at how people in other countries talked about their female leaders – both in the 90 days before they were elected, and the 90 days after. Age, weight, married, earlobes – these were some of the most popular words people typed into Google as they hurried to find out about the women in charge of their countries. From Australia to Argentina, the questions give us an insight into local attitudes towards women at the top. Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female prime minister in dramatic style after successfully challenging then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for the Labour Party leadership in June of 2010. Overnight, Gillard went from Deputy Prime Minister to leader of the nation – and online, people scrambled to find out more about the red-haired, unmarried, British-born woman who had swiftly disposed of Rudd. A few months later, Gillard narrowly won the federal election. But in 2013 she was ousted by the very same person she initially wrested power from –  Rudd. Why were people asking about Gillard’s sexuality? Gillard was one of Australia’s few unmarried leaders, and her relationship with hairdresser boyfriend Tim Mathieson drew plenty of media attention. In 2013 radio shock jock Howard Sattler was fired after repeatedly asking the prime minister if her partner was gay because of his profession. “There was this sense in the media that Julia should explain why she was a woman in her 50s who didn’t have kids and wasn’t married,” said David Denemark, professor of political science and international relations at the University of Western Australia. “So much attention was paid to her as a female, and not as the nation’s leader.” What do her earlobes have to do with it? When Gillard faced Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott in a televised debate ahead of the 2010 election, it appeared one of the biggest talking points wasn’t her policies – but her “pendulous earlobes.” Following the debate, thousands of people liked Facebook pages dedicated to Gillard’s “epic pouches of skin.” “Television is famous for being an image-based medium,” said Denemark. “And to play on the personality and not the subtleties of policies is easy to do.” “Most people don’t know much about politics, and they rely on the media as their point of access – and if the media plays to these images then it seems to really emphasize all of that.” The expert view: “The pre-election Google searches appeared more substantive,” said Denemark. “It’s a worry that post-election it was all ‘earlobes’ and ‘jokes’ and ‘partner.’” Erna Solberg was elected Norway’s prime minister in September 2013, the second woman ever to hold the position after Gro Harlem Brundtland in 1981. Solberg has been a member of parliament since 1989, and will face her next election in September 2017. She earned the nickname “Iron Erna” after tightening immigration rules as a minister in the early 2000s, though in recent years has apparently adopted a more “caring” public persona. Norwegians want a leader who stands for them: Politicians flaunting their wealth and superiority probably aren’t going to get very far in social democratic Norway – and Solberg was no different. “Norway is a country were equality is highly praised,” said Hilde Danielsen, research professor in cultural studies at the Uni Research Rokkan Centre in Bergen. “Solberg was representing the Conservative Party, but also had an image as being quite common, definitely not posh,” said Danielsen, pointing to a popular newspaper feature in the run-up to the election that  showed pictures inside the politician’s untidy and unfashionable home. But what’s the obsession with Solberg’s weight? Solberg has never been shy about discussing her weight, and during a TV2 interview in December last year even read out some of the online abuse she had received – including messages calling her a “fat bastard.” “Solberg seems comfortable in her body and makes jokes about her weight even in parliamentary debates,” said Danielsen, adding that while Solberg’s size was in the public eye, it didn’t dominate headlines. “Female politicians in Norway are generally respected, and we have had a history of many public female politicians since the 1980s,” she continued. “However we still see a greater interest in their family life compared to male politicians, and the focus on looks and appearance is probably bigger now than it used to be in the 1990s.” The expert view: “Since her election, Solberg has been seen more and more as a mother of the nation, parallel to Angela Merkel’s position in Germany,” said Danielsen. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became Argentina’s first elected female president in October 2007, and was reelected for a second term in October 2011. Her predecessor and husband Nestor Kirchner loomed large in her political career until his death from a heart attack in 2010. Since leaving office in 2015, Cristina has been the focus of various corruption investigations – which she denies. Why don’t people know Mrs Kirchner’s name? Cristina’s husband Nestor was president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and some political analysts say his wife rose to power on the back of his name. “It was very difficult to avoid the derogatory construction of Cristina Fernandez as the ‘wife of Kirchner,’” explained Jane L. Christie, author of “Negotiating Gendered Discourses: Michelle Bachelet and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.” “Many positioned Nestor Kirchner as her authoritative patron, and constructed him as an almost paternal figure who had delegated power to his wife.” That said, Argentina also has a history of women leaders (Isabel Peron served as president in 1974, though was not elected by the people), and the country has gender quotas to increase female representation in parliament. Why did a “fotoblog” get people talking? Those wanting an insight into Argentina’s first family were granted behind-the-scenes access thanks to their teenage daughter’s blog. Florencia Kirchner, who also went by the online name “Florkey,” posted images messing about with her friends, interviewed herself, and included backstage photographs of her mom’s presidential inauguration. While the site raised eyebrows in the local press for its perceived vulgarity, it also drew many fans who described Florkey as “just an ordinary teenager trying to enjoy herself.” The expert view: “There was a mixed perception of continuation and change surrounding Cristina,” explained Christie. “Some anticipated the continuation of her husband’s politics,” she said. “At the same time, she was constructed as the face of newness, a break from a long history of male political leaders.” In Australia, the focus on Gillard’s appearance dramatically increased once she became prime minister. While in Norway, Solberg’s policies were scrutinized as fiercely as her weight. And in Argentina, Kirchner struggled to step out of the shadow of first her political heavyweight husband, and then social media sensation daughter. “Some of these questions are just natural curiosity – ‘who is she?’ and ‘what do we know about her?’” said Denemark on the Google searches around the world. “But maybe people do it with a sharper edge for women,” he added. “Things such as earlobes and dress styles – I’d really like to see the media not play to the lowest common denominator and comment so heavily on these.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "female political leaders", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161104123000", "country1": "NOR", "country2": "ARG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/04/politics/female-politicians-media-coverage-election/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "474622560", "sentence": "Propaganda blitz under way in Russia, to secure support for airstrikes on rebel-held areas of Syria Live reports, analysis, official briefings and even weather forecasts delivering message that strikes are crucial Some 72% of Russians now support the attacks, compared to 14% before the offensive began It is Russia’s version of shock and awe: a slick, 21st century media campaign in which briefings, high-tech graphics – even weather reports – tout Vladimir Putin’s Syria attack plan and its claims of success. The publicity blitz is on a scale never before witnessed in a Russian conflict; from edited clips of airstrikes to live news from the Syrian runways – the sheer number of camera angles is a revelation for Russia’s normally secretive military. Across state media – the only news outlets that really matter here – millions of Russians are treated to a succession of live reports, analysis, and official defence briefings (closed to the foreign press) delivering a seemingly coordinated message: that airstrikes in Syria are crucial in the fight against ISIS. And regardless of just how successful the strikes themselves have been so far, the campaign at home appears to be winning. Just a few days before the offensive began, the Levada Center, an independent pollster, found the Russian public was deeply sceptical about the possibility of strikes, with support for military intervention in Syria as low as 14%. Related video Russians see parallels between Syria and Afghanistan The idea of Russia being sucked into its first war outside the former Soviet Union since the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 filled many Russians with apprehension. But a dramatic week of airstrikes – backed by a propaganda campaign – appears to have turned opinions around, and the public is now squarely behind the military move; according to the latest Levada opinion poll, 72% of Russians are now in favour of it, with only 14% opposing the incursion. According to Dmitry Nekrasov, a media analyst and frequent chat show guest in Moscow, the state propaganda has worked brilliantly. “Not a lot of people actually really support sending our troops to Syria, because everyone understands there could be victims,” he told me this week. “But everyone, or the majority, like this demonstration of force – these planes and so on – of Russian power,” he added. It’s a message of power backed up by daily Defence Ministry videos of the conflict zone, and briefings designed to talk up Russia’s military prowess. According to the Kremlin’s spin doctors, even the elements are on Russia’s side when it comes to its campaign against what the government insists is “ISIS, and other terrorist groups.” “From the point of view of weather conditions, October in Syria is a generally advantageous time for airstrikes,” one meteorologist informed viewers this week, in a clip that has since gone viral on social media. In another new departure, defence officials have taken to Facebook and Twitter to post updates and videos, utilizing social media to push the Kremlin line. But what’s most interesting are the insights this new media strategy offers into what is really driving the Kremlin. Certainly, attention is being drawn to Russia’s military muscle. The country’s most advanced weaponry looks great in action. Related video Russia escalates military involvement in Syria And Vladimir Putin can be portrayed, once again, as a hero who stands up to the West. But critics say this blanket coverage of Syria may also be a useful distraction. Already, enthusiasm for Russia’s other war, in Ukraine, appears to have dimmed. Euphoria over the annexation of Crimea last year is now hardly mentioned in the media. And with the country’s economy withering under the impact of sanctions and low oil prices, the Kremlin may be gambling that Syria can provide a spectacular boost to Russia’s national pride.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151009180000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/europe/russia-propaganda-war-syria-airstrikes/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "747894461", "sentence": "Former FBI Director James Comey said he believes “it’s possible” that Russia has compromising information on President Donald Trump. “I think it’s possible. I don’t know. These are more words I never thought I’d utter about a President of the United States, but it’s possible,” Comey told ABC News during a wide-ranging, five-hour long interview, a portion of which aired on Sunday evening, promoting his tell-all book “A Higher Loyalty,” due out this week. “I (would have) been able to say with high confidence about any other President I dealt with, but I can’t. It’s possible,” Comey said. Related article Trump now faces Comey's moral assault Comey was fired by the President last year in the midst of the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump’s campaign associates colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. When he was still FBI chief, Comey briefed Trump on the details of a dossier – portions of which remain unconfirmed – that was commissioned as opposition research during the 2016 election and compiled by a former British intelligence agent, Christopher Steele. The dossier contained salacious allegations about the President during a trip he took to Moscow in 2013. “There’s a non-zero possibility that the Russians have some, some sway over him that is rooted in his personal experience, and I don’t know whether that’s the business about the activity in a Moscow hotel room or finances or something else,” Comey told USA Today in an interview that posted early Monday morning.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180416033000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/politics/comey-trump-russia-abc-news-interview/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "664495030", "sentence": "\"So, yeah, this is just wildly overblown and fortunately most of us are not paying any attention,\" Toomey said. The Pennsylvania senator also called the Comey hearing a \"sideshow.\" Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday called the investigation into possible collusion between members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia “overblown” and said he isn’t paying much attention to it. “I have seen that (Sen.) Dianne Feinstein has stated to her credit – liberal Democrat who has been on the intelligence committee for I don’t know, for decades I think – she has acknowledged that there is absolutely no evidence of any collusion anywhere,” Toomey said on the Chris Stigall Show on WPHT radio. “(Sen.) Mark Warner has said, the Democrat from Virginia, has said the exact same thing. (Former FBI Director) James Comey told us at the hearing that the President himself is not the subject of investigation. “That’s because nobody has found any evidence that suggests that he should be the subject of an investigation. So, yeah, this is just wildly overblown and fortunately most of us are not paying any attention.” The Pennsylvania senator said he thought the Senate intelligence committee should stick to its initial mission of investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and called the Comey hearing a “sideshow.” “My time is probably 70% dedicated towards trying to reach an agreement that works on Obamacare repeal and replace, maybe 20% on the tax reform that I want to do immediately after we get Obamacare, and maybe 10% on all the other miscellaneous that come across my desk, and very, very close to zero on Trump and Russia,” Toomey added. He continued, “Now I understand if you’re on the intelligence committee, you don’t have any choice but to deal with it because you have people like Comey coming in and you have to deal with that testimony. I’m not on that committee. I’m all about doing the big things that we promised the American people.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "investigation into possible collusion between members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170613161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/kfile-pat-toomey-russia-investigation/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "641575977", "sentence": "The Justice Department and both chambers of Congress are all now investigating alleged Russian attempts to meddle in the 2016 elections and whether President Donald Trump’s associates colluded with Moscow – an ever-evolving saga that is showing no signs of slowing down despite the firing of the man who long found himself spearheading the probe, now-former FBI director James Comey. CNN has compiled a list of the growing and diverse cast of characters amid news that a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI after he lied about his interactions with Russians who had close ties to the Kremlin, the campaign’s clearest connection so far to Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election. Several US lawmakers and agency heads have emerged as visible, and at times controversial, figures in the investigations into connections between individuals in Trump’s orbit and Russian hacking of Democratic Party groups including the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign adviser John Podesta. Robert Mueller – The Justice Department named Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the department’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election after the firing of Comey on May 9. The former FBI director has a long history with investigations and prosecutions. Mueller was former Comey’s predecessor. The longtime litigator was the second-longest FBI director in history, only behind iconic and controversial director J. Edgar Hoover. Congress passed legislation in 2011 to extend Mueller’s term from the usual 10 years, giving him a 12-year tenure. Mueller, 72, oversaw the FBI from September 4, 2001, just days before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, until September 4, 2013. He is widely seen as a nonpolitical, dogged investigator, respected on both sides of the aisle. The extension of his term passed the Senate 100-0, and he was also initially confirmed in 2001 unanimously, 98-0. James Comey – The now-former FBI director was fired abruptly by Trump, but seemed to have a knack for finding himself in the middle of high-profile political controversies while serving as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Months after weathering criticism from both parties over his handling of the investigation into Hilary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state, Comey once again is front and center in another political storm. Most recently, he dropped a bombshell before the House Intelligence Committee when he told lawmakers that the bureau was investigating not only Russian hacking and other alleged interference in the 2016 vote, but whether there was any coordination between Trump figures and Moscow as part of its intrusions. Mike Rogers – Late last year, Rogers was simultaneously a candidate to be promoted to Director of National Intelligence under President-elect Trump and on the hot seat to be fired as director of the National Security Agency by then-President Barack Obama. Eventually, Rogers remained in his role as the director of the NSA under Trump and now finds himself among those agency heads testifying before Congress as an authority on cybersecurity as it relates to hacks by suspect Russian-relate groups. Rogers played a key role in last week’s House hearing with Comey when he joined the FBI director in refuting Trump’s claim that Obama had had his phones tapped during the campaign. He in particular batted down the notion that the Obama administration requested that the British eavesdrop on Trump, an unfounded assertion made on Fox News cited by the Trump White House. Sally Yates – A holdover from the Obama administration, the most memorable moment of Yates’ short tenure as acting Attorney General may have been her firing in the early days of the Trump administration after she refused to implement the President’s orders barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. Yates also briefed Trump’s White House counsel on former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, communications that ultimately led to Flynn’s resignation. Her scheduled testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on ties between Russian agents and Trump campaign officials was abruptly cancelled by committee Chairman Devin Nunes. The White House rejected allegations that it had sought to prevent Yates from testifying. James Clapper – The director of national intelligence under Obama has never been shy in offering criticism of Trump, clashing with him over the latter’s public disparagement of intelligence officers, wiretapping allegations and views on Russian hacking. Clapper, along with Comey and then-CIA Director John Brennan, briefed Trump on Russian hacking during the election campaign just hours after the President-elect doubled down on his dismissal of the threat as an artificial and politically driven controversy, calling it a “witch hunt.” He has also had been invited to testify by Congress. John Brennan – Nearly three years ago, John Brennan, acting CIA director at the time, found himself apologizing to the Senate intelligence committee and acknowledging that the CIA had spied on senators’ computers after previously vehemently denying the claims. Now, Brennan, who has been out of the role since January, is testifying about his own concerns about espionage from Russia via possible contacts with the Trump campaign. Dan Coats – Less than two months into his tenure as Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats is being thrust into the public spotlight – asked to testify before Congress amid an investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 election. It is a potentially precarious situation for the former US lawmaker and diplomat who is now serving as Trump’s principal adviser on intelligence matters and head of US intelligence efforts. Confirmed to his new post in March, Coats now finds himself involved in an investigation looking into possible collusion between a foreign power and members of the campaign that helped elect the man who picked him for the post. Mike Conaway – Rep. Mike Conaway has been given the reins to the House intelligence committee’s fractured Russia investigation following chairman Rep. Devin Nunes’ announcement that he is temporarily stepping aside — but who is the man now tasked with getting things back on track after weeks of partisan conflict? A seven-term Republican representing Texas’ 11th Congressional District, Conaway is the chairman of the agriculture committee in addition to serving as a member of the intelligence committee and Armed Services Committee. He has also chaired the House ethics committee during his time in Washington. A member of the House intelligence subcommittee that oversees the National Security Agency and CIA, Conaway has expressed skepticism over the intent of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Devin Nunes – The man once charged with leading the House’s investigation into possible connections between Trump associates and Russia’s hacking of the 2016 election stepped asied after becoming the focus of controversy. Nunes worked on Trump’s transition team, publicly supported Flynn just hours before his resignation as national security adviser and downplaying Trump’s wiretapping allegations against Obama by suggesting they shouldn’t be taken literally. Nunes particularly provoked Democrats after he disclosed evidence to the press and White House – before informing Democrats on his committee – that the Trump team’s communications may have been picked up in “incidental” collections by US surveillance of conversations with foreign nationals who were being lawfully monitored. Adam Schiff – The Democratic “yin” to Nunes’ Republican “yang,” Schiff is his party’s most senior member on the House Intelligence Committee and has been one of the most visible lawmakers on the Russia investigation. Though the committee has historically been one of the more discreet on Capitol Hill, Schiff hasn’t held back his criticism of Trump or, increasingly, the committee chairman. On Monday, Schiff called on Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation in a stunning split between the two top investigators of a committee with a reputation for bipartisanship. Schiff has repeatedly maintained he’s seen additional evidence that is more than circumstantial proof of collusion between Trump aides and Russian entities. Elijah Cummings – The representative from Maryland is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. Cummings was one of the first lawmakers to call for an investigation into Russian meddling in the US election. Cummings wrote a letter to committee chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz in November 2016 calling for a bipartisan commission, similar to the one that investigated the 9/11 attacks, and the Democratic effort to have an independent investigation is only gathering steam as the acrimony on Capitol Hill rises. Cummings has also gone beyond calls for Nunes to recuse himself, suggesting he be investigated after his comments disclosing the surveillance that may have picked up conversation of Trump associates. And he has also sharply denounced Flynn, brandishing emails that show the former national security adviser was paid by Russian entities for a trip there during the campaign, raising legal and regulatory questions. Richard Burr – The North Carolina Republican and chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee is leading a separate investigation into Russian efforts to tamper with the US election.  So far it has been a low-key process, as he’s stayed out of the limelight while interviewing witnesses in private. Some of that will change Thursday, when the Senate Intelligence Committee hosts its first public hearing for its Russia investigation. Investigations by the FBI and congressional committees have included several aides to the Trump campaign and their communication with key foreign entities and, in some cases, Russian operatives. Others have cropped up in headlines because of their dealings with the longtime US adversary. Several of these individuals have volunteered to testify before House and Senate Intelligence Committees to clear up questions about their actions and associations. Paul Manafort – A Republican strategist and longtime Washington operator, Manafort joined Trump’s campaign team last spring and was elevated after campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was fired in June. But with just under three months to go until the presidential election, Manafort resigned amid questions over his campaign role and extensive lobbying history overseas, particularly in Ukraine, where he represented pro-Russian interests. Manafort’s connections to Russia faced fresh scrutiny earlier this year after current and former US officials told CNN that high-level Trump campaign advisers, including Manafort, regularly communicated with Russians known to US intelligence. Manafort called the allegation “100% not true” and said he didn’t “remember talking to any Russian officials, ever.” Manafort has turned over hundreds of pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee. Manafort and Rick Gates, long-time business associates who served together on the Trump campaign, were indicted in connection with Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation on 12 counts that included conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal. The charges do not cover any activities related to the campaign, though it’s possible Mueller could add additional charges. Manafort and Gates entered not guilty pleas before a federal magistrate judge. Rick Gates – Gates’ fate has long been tied to the fortunes of Paul Manafort. Manafort served as Trump’s campaign chairman, and he ran the Trump campaign for several months with Gates serving as his deputy. Gates stayed on the campaign after Manafort was ousted amid questions about his work in Ukraine. But Gates was ousted from a pro-Trump advocacy group earlier this year amid mounting questions about Manafort. The pair’s relationship goes back years. Gates joined Manafort’s lobbying firm in the mid-2000s when he handled projects in Eastern Europe, including in Ukraine. Gates has denied any wrongdoing. “Everything was done legally and with the approval of our lawyers,” Gates said in a June interview with The New York Times. “Nothing to my knowledge was ever done inappropriately.” George Papadopoulos – A former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI after he lied about his interactions with Russians who had close ties to the Kremlin. In recently unsealed court records, the FBI said Papadopoulos “falsely described his interactions with a certain foreign contact who discussed ‘dirt’ related to emails” concerning Hillary Clinton. Papadopoulos lied to FBI agents “about the timing, extent and nature of his relationships and interactions with certain foreign nationals whom he understood to have close connections with senior Russian government officials,” according to the complaint. Mueller signed a 14-page statement regarding Papadopoulos’ offense, which lays out of the facts of the case. Papadopoulos’ guilty plea brings the Mueller probe into actions that occurred during the 2016 campaign. Papadopoulos graduated from college in 2009, before moving to London to get a master’s degree in security studies. He worked for the Hudson Institute from 2011 through 2015 in Washington, and was also briefly a foreign policy adviser to then-GOP candidate Ben Carson – now Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development – before he joined the Trump campaign. He lists his current profession as an oil, gas and policy consultant on his LinkedIn page. Papadopoulos’ name first was raised in connection with the Trump campaign when Trump listed him as one of his foreign policy advisers during a Washington Post editorial board interview. A former Trump campaign official said Papadopoulos interacted with the campaign “a significant amount” during the 2016 election cycle. “He was a foreign policy adviser,” the official said. But the official described Papadopoulos as an adviser who was in contact with the campaign staff via email and not a familiar face around Trump Tower. This official said Papadopoulos exchanged emails “constantly” on foreign policy matters with the Trump team during the campaign. Still, this official placed Papadopoulos in the same category as Carter Page who felt more like a “hanger-on” to the campaign staff. When asked about Papadopoulos’ role in the campaign, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters his role was “extremely limited” and called it a “volunteer position.” Michael Flynn – Flynn has courted controversy since before he became an early supporter of Trump’s campaign. In 2014, he was pushed out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in Obama’s Pentagon. Flynn said it was because he raised alarm bells on Islamic terrorism, but four US officials serving at time told CNN it was because of his contentious management style. His reputation for outspokenness and criticizing Washington figures led to raised eyebrows inside the Beltway when Trump tapped him as national security adviser. His tenure in any case didn’t last long, as he resigned after acknowledging that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of his communications with the Russian ambassador in Washington, Sergey Kislyak. He had initially denied that they had discussed sanctions recently imposed by the Obama administration. It is illegal for unauthorized private citizens to negotiate with foreign governments on behalf of the US, though the FBI has said that it has no intention of bringing charges against Flynn. At the time, Flynn did not hold a public office in the US government which technically qualifies him as a private citizen His financial ties with Russia and other foreign countries have also attracted attention, including the emails obtained by Cummings showing that he was paid by a state-run Russian TV outlet from which he had originally denied receiving funds. Jared Kushner – The 36-year-old businessman-turned-political operative played a crucial role in his father-in-law’s presidential campaign and has carved out a role for himself as one of Trump’s key White House aides. After amassing billions of dollars in properties over his decade in the New York real estate market, he now finds himself frequently assisting the President in matters of foreign policy. That has led to questions in certain arenas, including a recently disclosed meeting he held in December with a Russian banker appointed by President Vladimir Putin. The White House maintains that Kushner met with the banker in his role as a Trump adviser while the bank said it met with Kushner as a private developer. Kushner volunteered to testify before senators because of his role in arranging meetings between top campaign advisers and Kislyak, the Russian ambassador. Carter Page – Page worked for seven years as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch, which his biography said took him to London, New York and Moscow for three years in the mid-2000s, before Trump last year listed him as a foreign policy adviser in response to a question from The Washington Post. Page has regularly espoused views at odds with much of the foreign policy community in Washington, in particular questioning the US approach toward Russia and called for warmer relations between the two countries. His reported meeting with Kislyak during the Republican convention in Cleveland is one of his interactions with Russian officials that has caught the attention of the FBI. Page has denied any wrongdoing and volunteered to speak to the House Intelligence Committee about his role in Trump’s campaign. Page, who the White House has said was only loosely connected to the Trump campaign, emphasized last week that he was not a campaign insider. J.D. Gordon – A former Pentagon spokesman under Defense Secretaries Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates, Gordon contributed to a variety of media outlets before working as a national security adviser to the Trump campaign. Gordon disclosed earlier this month that he was among the Trump advisers who had met with Kislyak during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. Gordon told CNN that he told Kislyak that he would like to improve relations with Russia. Gordon added that at no time did any inappropriate chatter come up about colluding with the Russians to aid the Trump campaign. Roger Stone – The eccentric former Trump adviser and self-described, master of political dark arts has been labeled as the “dirty trickster” of delegate fights. He has worked with the campaigns of Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. Stone repeatedly claimed throughout the final months of the 2016 campaign that he had backchannel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and that he knew of the group’s forthcoming document dumps, which disseminated the materials hacked from the Democrats. Later, Stone walked back those tweets. His attorney maintains he has done nothing wrong. Wikileaks also denies any connection with Stone. Roger Stone also has been forced to defend contacts with hacker Guccier 2.0 on Twitter. While Stone said his messages to the hacker alias are of no consequence, he is the first person in Trump’s orbit to have acknowledged any contact with a hacker – not to mention one that claimed responsibility for hacking the DNC. Stone’s attorney said the longtime Trump confidant has complied with the House Russia investigators’ request for him to provide the identity of his intermediary to Assange. But Stone’s attorney, Grant Smith, would not say whether that meant Stone had in fact revealed the identity of his WikiLeaks go-between to the House intelligence committee. Michael Cohen – Trump’s personal lawyer has been a staunch defender of his client, often serving as a media surrogate during the campaign. During a CNN interview in February, Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Artemenko said he had discussed a pro-Russian peace plan for Ukraine with Cohen over dinner in January. Ukraine would vehemently oppose the idea that the White House would consider formalizing Russian control of Crimea. Cohen told CNN that they never discussed a peace plan and the White House has flatly denied any knowledge of the proposal. Connections between Trump campaign aides and notable foreigners have fueled suspicions of possible coordination with Russia. Specifically, the US officials told CNN last week that it has information that indicates Trump associates communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Sergey Kislyak – The Russian ambassador to the US is seemingly ubiquitous around town, having gained extensive experience during a career spanning both the Soviet and Russian Federation eras. Not only did the veteran diplomat meet multiple times with Flynn, drawing scrutiny, but his meetings with then-Sen. Jeff Sessions led to the attorney general recusing himself from any potential investigations. Kislyak has also held several meetings – or at least photo-ops – with Democrats. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (who has joined the calls for Nunes to recuse himself) claimed to have never met with Kislyak, but a photo surfaced showing the two individuals in the same room. Current and former US intelligence officials TELL CNN that Kislyak is a top spy and recruiter of spies, an accusation that Russian officials have dismissed. Julian Assange – The founder of Wikileaks, the self-styled “radical transparency” organization with the stated goal of exposing the secrets of the powerful, Assange has cast a wide, blurry shadow over the center of US politics from his seclusion in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he remains holed up to avoid facing sexual assault charges in Sweden and a potential extradition to the United States. Assange spearheaded the release of nearly 20,000 internal DNC emails last July, which US intelligence bodies unanimously concluded were hacked by the Russians. WikiLeaks also began to serially release emails from Podesta, the Clinton campaign chairman, in October. WikiLeaks has denied that Russia was the source for its disclosures, and the Russian government has emphatically denied any connection with the theft as well. The Daily Beast revealed, and CNN confirmed, that the head of a data firm employed by the Trump campaign emailed WikiLeaks head Assange hoping to gain access to 33,000 emails that had been on Clinton’s server. US intelligence officials believe many of the hacked emails Assange released were obtained as part of a Russian hacking campaign. Guccifer 2.0 – The hacker otherwise known as “Guccifer 2.0” burst into the national conversation after claiming responsibility for a hack of the Democratic National Committee last year. US officials believe with “high confidence” that “Guccifer 2.0” was actually a front for Russian military intelligence and was part of the effort to influence America’s elections. Roger Stone has been forced to defend contacts with the online persona via Twitter. While Stone said his messages to the hacker alias are of no consequence, he is the first person in Trump’s orbit to have acknowledged any contact with a hacker – not to mention one that claimed responsibility for hacking the DNC. Christopher Steele – A former officer with MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence service, Steele compiled a dossier of unsubstantiated allegations related to Trump’s personal and business ties to Russia before he became president. Steele initially had been hired by a Washington research firm working on behalf of Trump’s political opponents – initially in the Republican primary and then later Democrats. The FBI obtained a version of Steele’s dossier last summer and investigators compared it to some of their own work related to Russia’s attempts to influence the US election. His file contained claims that Russian operatives had compromising personal and financial information about Trump. Trump has consistently denied the claims, dismissing them as “phony” in January, though Schiff and others drew on some of them in the Comey-Rogers hearing earlier this year. US investigators said they have corroborated some of the communications in the dossier, but CNN has not been able to verify many of the specific allegations in the documents. 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{"article_id": "664194039", "sentence": "Melania Trump officially moved into the White House Sunday Now she will be able to embrace her role of first lady more fully President Donald Trump stepped off Marine One Sunday, followed by son, Barron, and wife, Melania. The couple held hands as they walked across the White House’s South Lawn on the warm June evening, the President waving to cameras assembled before guiding his wife into the private residence. And just like that, without any further pomp or circumstance, Washington officially got its first lady. “Looking forward to the memories we’ll make in our new home! #Movingday,” she posted on social media alongside an image from what appeared to be a dining room table with a window overlooking the Washington Monument. A post shared by First Lady M. Trump Archived (@flotus45) Nearly five months into the administration, the Trumps are reunited under one roof again, following the first lady’s unprecedented choice to minimize disruption for their son as he completed the school year in New York. Now, she will focus on settling in to both her new home at the White House and to her role as America’s first lady, which she will be able to embrace fully from Washington. The extremely family-oriented Melania Trump’s main priority in the immediate future is settling in son Barron. School’s out for summer for the 11-year-old, who walked into his new home with the ubiquitous fidget spinner Sunday evening. He will attend St. Andrews Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, this fall. Her parents, Amalija and Viktor Knavs, also arrived in Washington from Marine One on Sunday. While they won’t be living in the White House full-time, they have previously split their time between the United States and their native Slovenia and will continue to spend time with their daughter and grandson. The Knavs’ eldest daughter, Ines Knauss, lives in New York’s Trump Park Avenue property. Trump called her sister “an incredible woman and friend” in her July speech at the Republican National Convention. Melania Trump has already taken steps toward defining her platform, identifying women’s empowerment and access to education for women and girls as key priorities for her East Wing. Trump has also subtly signaled other priorities – she has now made six separate visits to children’s hospitals, and in early April, she visited a local shelter for abused women and children in South Florida. She’s assembled a team of staff, including chief of staff Lindsay Reynolds, social secretary Rickie Niceta and communications director Stephanie Grisham, to help her formally roll out what will ultimately become her legacy as first lady. It took Michelle Obama a year to announce her “Let’s Move” initiative, and Laura Bush held events for her “Ready to Read, Ready to Learn” initiative during the summer of her husband’s first term. “We look forward to unveiling initiatives in the coming weeks,” Grisham said Monday. Trump’s arrival in Washington will also come with raised expectations for her visibility. “Now that she’s moved into the White House, as every first lady has done since Abigail Adams – exception being Anna Harrison – she will be expected to be more hands on,” said Kate Andersen Brower, a CNN contributor and author of “First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies” and “The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.” Her presence and positive approval rating could be a welcome distraction for a White House embroiled in controversy as the Russia investigation shows no signs of slowing down. The President acknowledged his wife’s star power at a Mother’s Day event in the East Room. “She has become so popular, it’s true. It’s true. In fact, I’m going to have to ask her how are you doing this, but our first lady, they had a poll that came out, she went through it like a rocketship. I said, ‘How do you do this?’ And that’s only because people have really gotten to know her,” Trump said, calling his wife an “incredible woman.” Trump has eased her way into the role, performing the traditional first lady duty of America’s official hostess; initially traveling to Washington rarely, but more frequently in recent months. She’s participated in key events, hosting the 179th annual White House Easter Egg Roll and welcoming governors and spouses at the formal Governors Ball. And she was by her husband’s side throughout the inaugural festivities; she watched as he gave an address to a joint session of Congress; she joined him to award a Purple Heart at Walter Reed; and she was on the world’s stage as he traveled in the Middle East and Europe on his first foreign trip, receiving widespread praise. She will continue to welcome world leaders and their spouses to the White House, sharing carefully curated spots as she did with Sara Netanyahu, with whom she toured the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Queen Rania of Jordan, with whom she visited a girls’ public charter school. Her predecessor, Michelle Obama, ventured into Washington often, hitting up SoulCycle classes, dining out at up and coming establishments, and once even going shopping at a local Target. Trump, who is famously private, isn’t as likely to leave the White House grounds quite as often. Her husband’s only meal outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue so far was a ride down the road to the steak house at the Trump International DC Hotel. Looking ahead, Trump will host the annual congressional picnic later this month with members Congress and guests. And in July, she’ll accompany her husband abroad yet again, traveling to Poland and then to Germany for the G20 summit. In the meantime, she’ll adjust to her new home, city, and the more mundane aspects of daily household life with the President, who celebrates his 71st birthday on Wednesday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Melania Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170612191500", "country1": "POL", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/melania-trump-white-house-move/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "683065427", "sentence": "The Navy ordered an operational pause for its fleet to help ensure safe operations Lawmakers are concerned that readiness problems could have contributed to the crashes The US Navy is facing difficult questions about the health of its fleet in the aftermath of the USS John S. McCain’s collision with an oil tanker east of Singapore on Monday, the latest in a series of naval accidents in the Pacific. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson ordered a rare, one-day operational pause in response to the latest collision. And while the cause of the USS McCain crash is still to be determined, the spate of accidents – four since January – suggests there could be a more systemic issue. Lawmakers and defense analysts are warning that the Navy’s readiness problems – which have led to longer deployments for ships and less time and money for maintenance and training – could be playing a role in the uptick in crashes. In addition to the Navy’s stand-down, the Marine Corps grounded all of its aircraft for 24 hours earlier this month on the heels of two deadly crashes “to focus on the fundamentals of safe flight operations, standardization, and combat readiness.” Related article Navy wants answers after warship, merchant vessel collide House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said it was unprecedented that “two military services have now had to take a knee to review safety and training procedures.” “We ask a lot of our men and women in the Navy,” Thornberry said in a statement. “The time they spend at sea is increasing, while their ships age and their funding gets cut. These are just the conditions that can lead to an increase in the kinds of accidents we are witnessing.” In addition to the USS McCain crash on Monday, the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan in June, the USS Lake Champlain hit a South Korean fishing boat in May and the USS Antietam ran aground off the coast of Japan in January. Retired Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, a CNN diplomatic and military analyst, said the Navy’s review will look at a number of factors to try to understand whether there’s a systemic problem. “They’ll look at the quality of leadership at all levels, the amount and the quality of training that commanders have been able to get done, shipboard watch-standing procedures and qualifications, and system and equipment readiness,” Kirby said. “I suspect they will also want to consider the degree to which the budget uncertainty of the last few years has likewise affected any of those factors.” To Republicans and some Democrats in Congress, the budget issues affecting military readiness have long been a point of concern, as maintenance and training dollars have often been the first cut while the Pentagon has faced constrained budgets under the 2011 Budget Control Act. Former Virginia Republican Rep. Randy Forbes, who is now a fellow at the Naval War College, said the concern over the recent incidents goes beyond just determining why the collisions occurred, but points to a broader issue if the Navy had to ramp up in a significant conflict. Related article A spate of US Navy warship accidents in Asia since January “When our ships are having this much difficulty sailing in open waters, it gives us a lot of concern about what would happen if we were in a major conflict and how we would operate there,” Forbes said. “The Navy is in desperate need of additional resources so that they can do the kind of training they need, they can do the kind of ship maintenance they need.” Congress is sure to review the incidents, too. Virginia Republican Rep. Rob Wittman, who chairs the Armed Services seapower subcommittee, said Monday he would be conducting a review of all ongoing naval operations to ensure sailors’ basic safety. “While I support the Chief of Naval Operations operational safety stand-down of the fleet, I believe that there are even more basic causes for this systematic operational failure of our fleet to include a demanding operational tempo, limited training opportunities and inadequate funding to support basic needs,” Wittman said. Jerry Hendrix, a defense analyst at the Center for a New American Security, said that the Navy has attempted to be more innovative with its ships as the number of vessels in the US naval fleet has decreased. Related article US Navy plans 1-day operational pause following warship collisions But that concept needs to be examined to determine if more basic procedures have been lost or diminished as a result, he said. “Our fleet size has come down, and we’ve been trying to compensate for the smaller number of ships by becoming more innovative in the way that we use them,” Hendrix said. “Our ships become more combat-effective working together as a group than they are singularly. But, in kind of going after that high-end innovative approach, have we missed or ignored or overlooked basic operational ship-handling skills?” There could be other factors connecting the four incidents in the Pacific, which involved two Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and two Navy cruisers. Thomas Callender, a defense analyst at the Heritage Foundation and former Navy submarine officer, noted that the destroyer collisions occurred in low-light times of day and highly trafficked areas. “Those are some of the most difficult times, sunset and sunrise, of trying to determine what your contact picture is, what you’re really seeing with this,” Callender said. Forbes said traffic congestion would likely be a commonality, too. “It’s like when you have accidents on roads: Normally it’s going to be where more vehicles are,” he said. “It still doesn’t justify it – we’ve got to operate in those waters.” But the fact that all four Navy collisions this year occurred in the Pacific could also point to issues with training that are specific to the region, Hendrix said. “The fact this is so regional … it strikes me there’s a degradation in training standards and operational procedures,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Navy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170821210000", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/navy-ships-crashing-readiness/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "669086915", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: CNN political commentator Van Jones is president of Dream Corps and Rebuild the Dream, which promote innovative solutions for America’s economy. He was President Barack Obama’s green jobs adviser in 2009. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Van Jones says the ambush video of him done by notorious provocateur James O'Keefe is a hoax Jones says he thinks it's unlikely Trump will be forced from office over the Russia investigation but that doesn't mean he thinks there's nothing there Serious question: Is anyone out there still gullible enough to fall for an edited, right-wing propaganda video – in 2017? Apparently, the Trump White House is. (SAD) James O’Keefe and his band of crazies are at it again. This time I am one of the targets. Yesterday, O’Keefe released a so-called “bombshell” video of me, standing outside CNN’s Los Angeles bureau. I was answering a passerby’s question by saying: “The whole Russia thing is a big nothing-burger. There is nothing you can do –” before I was cut off by the arrival of my CNN coworkers. More on what I actually meant in a moment. But first, for those of you unfamiliar with James O’Keefe and his misnamed  “Project Veritas,” here’s a helpful recap: James O’Keefe is a notorious con man whose infamy arises from his addiction to pulling the same media stunts, over and over again. He has gotten busted so many times posting fake, doctored videos that his name alone produces eye rolls among well-informed liberals and conservatives alike. His favorite shtick is secretly taping employees of institutions like NPR, Planned Parenthood and now CNN. Next, he deceptively edits the videos. Then he tricks the right-wing media into spreading his lies. His hoaxes are notoriously pathetic and embarrassing. In a 2009 stunt, he secretly filmed employees of ACORN to try to discredit the organization and spliced in video of himself dressed as a pimp. He paid $100,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former ACORN employee who was on his discredited video. Then there was the 2010 stunt, in which his associates pretended to be telephone repairmen to sneak into Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office. For that Senate office caper, he pleaded guilty to entering a federal property under false pretenses and was put on probation and fined. In other words: O’Keefe is the kind of person from whom decent people run like the plague. Now, let’s fast forward to this week. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the deputy press secretary for the President of the United States, stood at the White House podium and told Americans to watch one of James O’Keefe’s new videos.  She admitted she didn’t know if it was truthful, but she told everyone to watch anyway. I guess she forgot that this is the same James O’Keefe who pleaded guilty to entering federal property under false pretenses. Or maybe she doesn’t care, because President Trump may be guilty of that, too? I honestly can’t figure out the thought process of people who work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue anymore. But the White House embracing a hoaxer like O’Keefe was a low moment for those of us who believe in the dignity of our nation’s highest office. The scariest part of the Trump administration is not found in its heartless health care proposals. Nor is it found in its draconian and retrograde ideas about the criminal justice system. Trump’s misguided policy positions are just that – really bad ideas that can be resolved eventually through the normal course of elections and legislation in a democracy. The truly terrifying thing about Trump is his complete disregard for the truth. He lies about everything from his inauguration crowd size to the citizenship of the first African-American president. Then he elevates proven liars like Alex Jones and James O’Keefe, to help them spread their conspiracy theories and disinformation stunts even farther. James O’Keefe and his distorted videos are just another weapon in Trump’s war on the truth. I don’t know what the antidote is for this kind of civic poison. But Trump’s biggest supporters, who claim to love both God and country, should demand better. So let’s turn back to the latest video from James O’Keefe, where I was supposedly caught on camera shrugging off the Russia investigation. Interviewer: “What do you think is going to happen this week with the whole Russian thing? Van Jones: “The whole Russia thing is a big nothing-burger. There is nothing you can do –” Did I mean that there is “nothing” to the allegations that members of team Trump colluded with the Russians and then tried to cover it up by firing FBI Director James Comey? No – and far from it. But that’s not what I was talking about. I have been consistently pushing my fellow Democrats to deal with bread and butter issues – and not just hope and believe Trump will be impeached and gone tomorrow. I have been beating this drum for weeks now. I said in a recent Twitter chat: “I am glad there is a Russia investigation, and I hope they get to the bottom of it. But I think Democrats are fooling ourselves if we think that something is going to come out of this investigation that is somehow going to end the Trump presidency and make everything better. Unless there is a real smoking gun, which there is probably not, it’s just going to be a big old mess. Meanwhile we are not talking about jobs, not talking about poverty, not talking about solutions, not talking about the addiction crisis. Let’s talk about our stuff.” In other words, no evidence is going to emerge (“THIS WEEK,” soon, or maybe ever) that is powerful enough to force the craven GOP to oust Trump. Too many Democrats see the Russia controversy as some kind of magical “get out of jail free” card. They insist that we will be delivered from our misery – as soon as the next shoe drops and Trump is impeached. I understand the appeal of this line of thinking. In fact, I agree with many of the basic points: •       I do think Putin must have something over Trump, because Putin is the only person (besides Ivanka) whom Trump never disses. Given how Trump lashes out at everyone else, that fact alone is fishy. • I think there probably was collusion by some people in the Trump campaign with Russian operatives. • I think Trump fired Comey to stop the Russia investigation (which Trump has all but admitted, himself). That’s obstruction of justice, in my book. But the truth is this: Americans will probably have to wait until 2020 and then vote Trump out of office. The Senate has never voted to remove a sitting president. Never. Even though Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were both impeached, they still served their terms. Therefore, an impeached Trump could still complete his first term. The bar for removal is very high. I doubt if the Republicans in the Senate would remove Trump, even if the House impeached him. And let’s remember, Nixon quit before the Watergate issue could be resolved. I think Trump is far too egotistical to follow Nixon’s example and quit the biggest job in the world voluntarily, for the good of the country. Donald J. Trump is too much of a narcissist to ever resign. Therefore, we are likely stuck with Trump until at least 2020. To be clear: I am not talking about the state of the evidence against Trump. I am talking about the state of today’s Republican Party, which lacks the courage and integrity to remove Trump in the absence of irrefutable audiotaped or videotaped evidence (such as the Nixon tapes in the Watergate crisis). Thus, the Russian controversy is potentially a distraction from the hard work Democrats need to do to rebuild our party and win back the votes of some of Trump’s supporters. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook If you take any one line of my argument out of context, you can use it to pull off a hoax. That’s what O’Keefe’s minions did. The notion that I think Trump is innocent of all wrongdoing in Russiagate is ludicrous. But perhaps the people on team Trump can afford to live in a fantasy world. Those of us who oppose Trump do not have that luxury. So here’s my loud and clear message to anyone who will listen – the Russia investigation should be mainly left to the experts like Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The rest of us can best undercut Trump by focusing on real issues that will bring voters back to the Democratic Party – creating jobs, fighting poverty, battling addiction, defending democracy and human rights, winning health care for all. It will take a long, difficult slog to get Trump out of that White House. I expect no short cuts. But one goal will make our efforts worth the pain and sacrifice – a new president who respects all people and honors the truth.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald J. 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{"article_id": "691308637", "sentence": "The Foundation for Moral Law shared the video titled \"OBAMA THE MUSLIM, HIS OWN WORDS\" on November 18, 2015. Reached by phone, Moore told CNN's KFile that the video did not reflect his personal views. Alabama US senate candidate Roy Moore’s foundation shared a video on its Facebook page in 2015 that uses out-of-context video clips of then-President Barack Obama to promote the conspiracy theory that Obama is a Muslim. The Foundation for Moral Law, the non-profit Christian legal organization that Moore founded in the early 2000s, shared the video titled “OBAMA THE MUSLIM, HIS OWN WORDS” on November 18, 2015. Moore currently holds the title of president emeritus at the foundation. It was originally posted by the group Britain First, a far-right British nationalist organization that describes its goals as to “restore Christianity as the bedrock and foundation of our national life,” citing “the rapid growth of militant Islam.” Moore’s wife, Kayla Moore, who has served as the president of the foundation since 2013, also shared the video on her personal Facebook and on the wall of the Friends of Roy Moore Facebook group the same day the foundation shared the video. Opening and closing to ominous music, the video itself presents a version of the widespread but baseless conspiracy theory that Obama, a Christian, is secretly a Muslim. The video shows the then-President praising the historical legacy of the Islamic faith and the contributions of Muslims to the United States and American culture, while displaying text asking if he had ever praised America or Christianity in “similar glowing words.” The video also features selectively edited quotes commonly used to promote the conspiracy theory. These include Obama’s statement to the Turkish parliament in 2009, referring to the impact of Muslims on his life and his childhood years living in Indonesia, “Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country–I know, because I am one of them.” In another remark, from his address to the Muslim world in Cairo in 2009, a speech that features heavily in the video shared by Moore’s foundation, Obama is shown saying, “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction…” It cuts off before he finishes the sentence, which clarifies that his conviction was “that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t.” The video concludes by showing the hijacked planes striking the World Trade Center on 9/11, followed by Obama saying, “Thank you and eid eh shoma mobarak,” which means “Happy New Year” in Farsi. Reached by phone, Moore told CNN’s KFile that he had not worked at the Foundation for years, but said that the video did not reflect his personal views. Asked if it reflected his wife’s views, he said, “Sir, I can’t speak for other people. My campaign has nothing to do with Obama. He’s not President. This is kind of ridiculous.” Asked if his wife wanted to comment directly, he said that she was not with him at the moment and directed the reporter to contact his campaign chairman. Representatives of the Foundation for Moral Law did not respond to requests for comment. A representative for Moore’s campaign also did not respond to a comment request. As previously reported by CNN’s KFile, Moore himself has fueled the debunked “birther” conspiracy movement, saying as recently as December 2016 that his “personal belief” was that Obama wasn’t a natural-born citizen of the United States. He started questioning Obama’s birthplace in 2008, when he called for a “major investigation” into Obama’s citizenship in an interview with the far-right website World Net Daily. He further questioned Obama’s birthplace in 2009 in an interview with conservative internet radio host Andrew Shea King, saying that it was “very strange indeed” that the president had not shown his birth certificate. He made similar comments the following year. In 2011, Hawaii officials released the long form of Obama’s birth certificate at the then-President’s request, showing that Obama was indeed born in Hawaii.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Roy Moore", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170920163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IDN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/politics/kfile-foundation-for-moral-law-facebook-obama/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "738412724", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and Nairobi, Kenya, and the author of the book “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” Follow her on Twitter. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Donald Trump seems determined to make America ugly again. He has insulted scores of nations, undercut our allies and projected the worst of American xenophobia, racism, small-mindedness and vulgarity overseas. In a world that is deeply interconnected, he wants to isolate the United States. It’s working – our image gets worse every day. That doesn’t make America great. It hurts all of us. On Tuesday Trump announced he had fired his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. Tillerson had been on his first visit to Africa – a continent made up of nations Trump tarred as “shithole countries,” and one that obviously wasn’t all that important to the White House. Indeed, the US has been losing influence across the continent for years, while China’s influence spreads. Even the manner in which the Tillerson ouster was accomplished signals that at best Trump views Africa with general disregard, and at worst with open disdain. Related video Trump fires Rex Tillerson Tillerson was mid-travels on Friday when he was informed by Chief of Staff John Kelly that he would soon get some news from Trump, according to news reports.  A few days later, he would ultimately learn his fate from — no surprise here — a tweet from the President. On his way back to the US, Tillerson departed from the White House line on the shocking poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter living in Britain.  The attack “clearly came from Russia,” Tillerson said, calling it an “egregious act” that would “certainly trigger a response.” The British government has said it is nearly certain the Russians are behind the poisoning. If that’s true, it may well amount to a brazen act of war and an indication that Russia has no respect or fear of the UK. Tillerson backed up the British government, as one would expect the United States to do in the face of such an extraordinary action against one of our closest allies. The White House, though, has refused to point a finger at Russia, except in the most provisional terms. Trump told reporters: “as soon as we get the facts straight, if we agree with them, we will condemn Russia – or whoever it may be.” Related article President Trump should fire Betsy DeVos His reluctance fuels further speculation about this administration’s Kremlin ties, and why exactly we would go so easy on an anti-democratic government widely understood to be waging a covert war against stable democracies around the world. Trump is also moving forward in his plans to build a wall between the US and Mexico by looking at prototypes this week in California. America’s relationship with our southern neighbor is already in shambles thanks to Trump’s race-baiting and immigrant-bashing, and Mexico is not going to pay for the wall as Trump has promised. But Trump may very well use American taxpayer dollars to build it himself. It’s hard to think of any historical period celebrated for wall-building designed to keep certain groups out.  From Berlin to Northern Ireland, walls that have the effect of dividing people from each other tend to not go down well in history. Trump presses forward anyway, sending the message that America is so weak and fearful and hateful that we are willing to barricade ourselves in. We’ll be walled in with all of our guns, though. This week Trump also walked back his earlier comments supporting a handful of reasonable gun control measures, apparently after the NRA – and the NRA-cowed members of his party – got to him. Related article Longtime diplomat: Tillerson's public firing makes my head explode And so another mass shooting in America makes international headlines – another episode in which our children are slaughtered in school – and the rest of the world, where this simply does not happen in peacetime nations, looks on aghast and wonders why we don’t do anything. This is the America the Trump White House projects overseas: violent, hateful, afraid. A reflection, sadly, of the President himself.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180313194500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/opinions/trump-remakes-america-angry-hateful-afraid-filipovic/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "576506269", "sentence": "Clinton and Trump attacked each other's security credentials at campaign events Tuesday Trump unveiled endorsements from military brass, while Clinton launched a new ad Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump as inexperienced. Trump called Clinton a failed foreign policy leader. So began the homestretch to Election Day, as both candidates on Tuesday put national security squarely at the center of the 2016 campaign in the belief that it gives them the advantage. Trump began by unveiling a list of 88 retired military leaders endorsing his candidacy, including four four-star generals and 14 three-star flag officers. Then, alongside retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn at an event in Virginia Beach – where fighter jets could be heard whooshing overhead – Trump said of Clinton that “virtually every decision she’s made has been a loser.” Russian President Vladimir Putin “looks at Hillary Clinton and he smiles,” Trump said. “Boy, would he like to see her … Because just look at her decisions. Look how bad her decisions have been.” In a split-screen moment, Clinton took the stage at the same time in Tampa to launch her own barrage of attacks. Clinton dismisses calls for another congressional probe “We are going to work with our allies, not insult them. We are going to stand up to our adversaries, not cozy up to them. We are going to have real plans, not claims and secret plans,” said the former secretary of state. Trump argued later Tuesday during a rally that Clinton’s email use and her handling of classified information is “disqualifying.” “People who have nothing to hide don’t smash phones with hammers. People who have nothing to hide don’t bleach – nobody’s even ever heard of it – their emails, or destroy evidence to keep it from being publicly archived as required under federal law,” Trump said, pointing to Clinton aides’ use of a software named BleachBit to expunge traces of deleted emails. The security back-and-forth comes as the campaign enters its final two months and reminders of terror poised to return to the surface in advance of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sunday. A new CNN/ORC poll found that both candidates have advantages on national security. Those surveyed said they trust Trump more on terrorism (51% to Clinton’s 45%), underscoring his ability to connect with the fears of Americans in an age of ISIS-inspired domestic attacks. But Clinton holds an edge on foreign policy (56% to Trump’s 40%), enabling her to point to a wider range of national security credentials. Overall, the poll showed the two candidates in a statistical dead heat, with Trump leading nationally among likely voters, 45% to Clinton’s 43%. Poll: Nine weeks out, a near even race For Trump and Clinton, Tuesday’s security focus came in two Southern swing states – Virginia and Florida – with large populations of veterans and military families. Related gallery Hillary Clinton's life in the spotlight Clinton aides, who asked for anonymity while talking about strategy, said the focus on national security is part of a confluence of important dates and forums with Trump. Early voting, which includes mail-in ballots traditionally used by active-duty military, begins in many states this month. In some states, like Florida, active-duty military are asked to send in ballots starting in late September and early October. Another factor is that Trump has given her material to work with, Clinton aides said. They described her as relishing going after Trump on this topic because she feels she knows it well and he doesn’t. It also allows her to target Republican-leaning voters who have been turned off by Trump. “His whole campaign has been one long insult to all those who have worn the uniform,” Clinton said on Tuesday in Tampa, just miles from MacDill Air Force Base, where 15,000 people work. Clinton’s push also comes with another prize in mind: “Security moms,” or female voters who are concerned about terrorism – particularly middle-class suburban women in must-win swing states like Pennsylvania. A late-August Franklin and Marshall poll found Clinton ahead by 15 points in Southeastern Pennsylvania – largely Philadelphia’s suburbs – even as the Republican incumbent senator leads his Democratic challenger by 9 points in the same region. That margin would be close to insurmountable for Trump on Election Day. Clinton, press do awkward dance at 30,000 feet “Any viable path for him would require mitigating that damage somewhat,” said Hari Sevugan, a former Obama campaign spokesman who’s now a strategist for the Democratic firm 270 Strategies. Sevugan said timing is also at play, though the focus on national security isn’t driven solely by the approaching September 11 anniversary. “People are starting to tune in and focus in a more concentrated way on the election after Labor Day, and it makes sense from the Clinton perspective to really home in on where they have a relative strength,” Sevugan said. “And from the Trump perspective, they need to shore this up.” But Bryce Reeves, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2017 and a former Army Ranger, said national security is a concern across all demographic groups – and one that can give a big boost to Trump. “It’s a matter of time” before another terror attack, he said. “It’s not a matter of it we get hit, it’s a matter of when we get hit and how we respond to those threats. … That’s why you’re seeing a renewed interest by the candidates.” Clinton: Trump ‘choked’ when meeting with Mexican president He said the release of Trump’s military endorsements earlier Tuesday underscores the qualifications of the people he’d listen to as president. “The sign of a great leader is to surround yourself with phenomenal people, and if you look at Trump’s record today – who he put out supporting him – he’s got numerous flag officers who led troops in the field during some of our most heightened recent conflicts,” Reeves said. National security will be a focus all week. Clinton and Trump will participate in a joint forum Wednesday sponsored by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and broadcast on NBC and MSNBC – their first joint appearance of the campaign. Clinton is also bolstering her national security push with a new television ad called “Sacrifice,” highlighting Trump’s criticism of Arizona Sen. John McCain’s war-hero status and his fight with the Muslim parents of an American soldier killed in combat. Related gallery Donald Trump's empire And her super PAC, Priorities USA, is launching a $5 million ad buy in the swing states North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Iowa and New Hampshire on Friday with a spot titled “I Love War.” Featuring a mushroom cloud, it touts Trump’s hawkish remarks about war and nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine, delivered a security-focused speech Tuesday in Wilmington, North Carolina, accusing Trump of flip-flopping on how the United States should handle the war in Iraq. “He says whatever he feels like at any given time because you can do that when you’re a TV star. But you can’t do that when you’re president of the United States,” Kaine said. Trump and Clinton themselves also fought Tuesday over remarks Trump had made in an interview that aired on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “I just don’t think she has a presidential look and you need a presidential look,” Trump said of Clinton. “I’m talking about general, by the way, she says things about me that are horrible,” Trump said. “As an example the single greatest asset I have, according to those that know me, is my temperament.” Clinton’s camp seized on the comments, using them to highlight Trump’s previous fights with the Gold Star Khan family, his criticism of Fox News host Megyn Kelly and his questioning of President Barack Obama’s birthplace. “This isn’t the first time Donald Trump has had a problem looking at someone different from himself and actually seeing them,” said Clinton deputy communications director Christina Reynolds. Clinton also continued to fight back criticism of her use of a private email server as secretary of state. She shrugged off calls for additional congressional inquiries into her email usage as nothing more than pandering to right-wing conspiracy theorists, suggesting that the FBI “resolved” all the questions into her email use during their investigation. Clinton, speaking with her traveling press corps aboard her new campaign plane on Tuesday, said she has “just accepted” the fact that Republicans will continue to call for investigations into her, whether they are warranted or not. Clinton added, “I believe I have created so many jobs in the, sort of, conspiracy-theory machine factory. Because, honestly, they never quit. They keep coming back.” CNN’s Dan Merica and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160906231500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-national-security/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "646665932", "sentence": "This week, a slew of Trump's pronouncements were completely at odds with what he told voters But he's a businessman driven to by results, not ideology One of Donald Trump’s many memorable lines on the campaign trail was about ISIS. “I would bomb the s**t out of ‘em. I would just bomb those suckers,” he said. Given that, launching the so-called “mother of all bombs” against an ISIS target makes a lot of sense. Under normal circumstances, that consistency – a campaign vow with high-profile follow through – is standard. It is expected. But not with this President, and certainly not this week, where a slew of his decisions and pronouncements were completely at odds with what he told voters. For instance: Trump, in May, 2016: “NATO is obsolete.” Related article Then and now: Donald Trump's biggest reversals Trump, this week: “I said it was obsolete; it’s no longer obsolete.” Again, Trump last May: “China has been ripping us off. The greatest abuser of the history of this country,” And, Trump this week on China’s leader: “President Xi wants to do the right thing. We had a very good bonding.” Changing positions is hardly new for Donald Trump. After all, not long before he ran as an anti-abortion, anti-Obamacare Republican, he was a supporter of abortion rights and a universal health care system. When I interviewed Trump early in his campaign about it, he was unapologetic. Related video Trump shifts: Flexibility, evolution or flip-flop? “People are losing their plans. They’re losing their doctors. Doctors – one of the biggest problems that nobody talks about, doctors are all leaving. They’re leaving the profession,” Trump told me in July 2015. That kind of flip-flop would crush most candidates’ campaigns. Not Trump. Voters were drawn to him for lots of reasons, but being dogmatic was NOT one of them. In fact, the President himself was introspective about it last week, as he previewed military strikes in Syria – which he had not long ago railed against. “I like to think of myself as a very flexible person. I don’t have to have one specific way, and if the world changes, I go the same way,” Trump said. Related article Trump's stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria To be sure – on many of his 180s, from NATO to Syria – the world has NOT changed. So, the question is, what has? Sources close to Trump tell me there are several ways to answer that question. First, the obvious. He is a novice to politics and foreign policy who is getting a high-stakes, on-the-job education, which is leading him to change some views. Second, he is and always will be a businessman driven by results, not ideology. For example, he didn’t think NATO was serving America’s interest. Now that he is involved, he clearly believes he can change that. Third, and maybe most importantly, now that he is settling in as president, his inner circle has expanded, and along with it, his world view. New confidantes like Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis and National Security Adviser HR McMaster, who both support being tougher on Syria and more open to NATO, have the President’s ear. Advisers like Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller, supporters of the “America First” language of the Trump campaign and inauguration, now have company and competition from those with more globalist points of view. “Finally this week we saw realism from the Trump administration. It’s very welcome,” said former US ambassador to NATO and veteran diplomat Nicholas Burns. Some sources say the President is most influenced by the last person who talked to him. Others say that’s not quite right. A senior administration official with the President every day says that it is true he is swayed by aides, advisers, friends, members of Congress and others he talks to who try to influence him. But this source insists that it is not necessarily the last argument that the President hears that wins out, it’s the one he thinks is most cogent and compelling. An easy way to look the President’s outward turn toward the world in the last week is that it is proof that Bannon, whom the President publicly took to the woodshed over infighting with Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, is on the outs – and along with that, so are his nationalistic policies. A simple way to see it is that as a result, the more hawkish advisers are ascendant and more influential. The same senior administration official laughs that off, insisting that is “giving us all too much power.” “I have seen him brush back everyone, and by everyone, I mean everyone,” said the official, “even those most people think could never get fired.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170414010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/trump-flip-flop/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "600342326", "sentence": "Mallika Sherawat said would-be robbers were \"strong men but I didn't just cower down\" She expressed empathy for Kim Kardashian West, robbed in Paris last month The Bollywood actress who fought off masked attackers aimed at robbing her in Paris has vowed that she will not let it change her life. Mallika Sherawat was attacked from behind by three men who sprayed teargas at her and her French boyfriend, Cyrille Auxenfans, in the hallway of his apartment building as they arrived home. They pushed Sherawat to the ground, then started hitting Auxenfans and tried to grab her bag. “He was hurt a little bit. We both fought them off. I’m not going to let this change my life at all,” she told CNN, describing herself as “a strong woman.” “I fought them off. They are strong men but I didn’t just cower down,” she said. The attackers, who wore scarves over their faces, fled empty-handed from the building in rue de la Faisanderie, an upscale neighborhood in the 16th arrondissement. Sherawat, 40, did not wish to go into further detail about the attempted robbery, but told CNN: “It was extremely traumatic. No one should be made to suffer the insecurity of having their home broken into or the physical and mental abuse of such an attack.” The actress said the teargas temporarily blinded her and she has been left with “a few bruises and marks” and “the feeling of having to look over your shoulder.” Auxenfans, a businessman, also suffered minor injuries. The crime took place around 9:30 pm on Friday November 11 about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) from the luxury private mansion in the 8th arrondissement where American reality TV star Kim Kardashian West was robbed of an estimated $10 million worth of jewelry on October 3. Sherawat, who has two million Twitter followers and regularly posts about her life on social media, does not know if she was targeted because of her celebrity status. “They didn’t say anything. They didn’t utter one word,” she said of the masked men. She said of Kardashian West: “I really feel extremely empathetic towards her, she suffered the same emotional, physical and mental trauma that I have.” Sherawat did not have a bodyguard with her at the time and does not want to get one now. “Do I get paranoid, do I get security guards around me? Do I want to do that? I want to have a normal life,” she explained. Sherawat has previously spoken out against the number of attacks on women in her home country of India, including honor killings and gang rapes. She told CNN her recent experience made her think of those who live in fear every day. “I think for women it’s important to get the message out that we are not going to let this scare us or change our lives,” she said. “I am more empathetic to women who live in this fear because of their circumstances or where they live. It’s very humbling.” The actress lives in Los Angeles and Mumbai but was in Paris visiting Auxenfans as she took a break before she starts shooting her next film. The Paris police told CNN the motive is unknown, and declined to say if there is any link between the incident and the robbery of Kardashian West as the investigation is ongoing. Related article Kim Kardashian West in New York with family after Paris robbery Sherawat, whose real name is Reema Lamba, is well-known in her native India for her appearances in films such as “Welcome,” a Hindi-language comedy, and “Aap Kaa Surroor,” a romantic thriller. She has also made films in America and appeared in Hawaii Five-0, the American police TV series. Sherawat, who remained in the French capital Friday, is grateful to her well-wishers and the authorities. “That makes me feel very comforted,” she said. “The police have been wonderful and Paris is a wonderful city. I’m not going to let this bad experience spoil Paris for me.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paris police", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161118141500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/europe/mallika-sherawat-interview/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "573107995", "sentence": "Wolfowitz also called Trump a continuation of President Barack Obama Trump has been an ardent critic of the Iraq War on the campaign trail Former Bush administration official Paul Wolfowitz said he is considering voting for Hillary Clinton in an interview in which he lambasted Donald Trump as dangerous. Wolfowitz, who was the deputy secretary of defense for President George W. Bush in the lead-up to and start of the Iraq War, said in an interview published Friday that while he isn’t enthused about it, he may be forced to vote for Clinton. “I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for,” Wolfowitz told the German publication Der Spiegel. “I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her.” In the interview, Wolfowitz repeatedly expressed concerns about Trump, saying he agrees with 50 other former Republican security officials who recently blasted Trump as “dangerous.” 50 GOP national security experts oppose Trump “He says he admires Putin, that Saddam Hussein was killing terrorists, that the Chinese were impressive because they were tough on Tiananmen Square. That is pretty disturbing,” Wolfowitz said, calling him “unacceptable.” Wolfowitz also called Trump a continuation of President Barack Obama, despite their party differences. Wolfowitz said Obama’s apparent “step back” foreign policy would be exaggerated under Trump, calling him “Obama squared.” “The only way you can be comfortable about Trump’s foreign policy is to think he doesn’t really mean anything he says. That’s a pretty uncomfortable place to be in,” Wolfowitz said. “Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Trump mainly shows contempt for them. And he seems to be unconcerned about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By doing this he tells them that they can go ahead and do what they are doing. That is dangerous.” Wolfowitz is one of the nation’s most prominent neoconservatives and interventionists, and has been widely characterized as the “architect’ of the invasion of Iraq. CNN reported back in 2003 that he was the first Bush administration official to push the 43rd president to topple Saddam Hussein – broaching the subject four days after the September 11 attacks. Trump has been an ardent critic of the Iraq War on the campaign trail, saying he opposed it from the get-go, although the first evidence of him opposing the invasion of Iraq was after the war had begun. But Clinton voted in favor of the war when she was in the Senate, a fact that her opponents have used against in her both the 2008 and 2016 presidential elections. The GOP candidate has also criticized Obama and Clinton for pulling troops out of Iraq too quickly and destabilizing the region, though he supported the same policy in CNN interviews during Obama’s first term. Clinton has steadily courted and landed endorsements from Republican elders in foreign policy, arguing that their support shows that Trump’s election would endanger the country’s security.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160826190000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/26/politics/paul-wolfowitz-voting-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "748230735", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jeffrey W. Hornung is a political scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. This week’s summit at Mar-a-Lago between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should be routine diplomacy allowing for two allies to catch up and reaffirm strategies. In reality, it represents a crucial moment: Trump and Abe need the summit to go well. The two leaders have much to discuss, but two issues will likely dominate the agenda. One is North Korea. Coming just days before the summit between North and South Korea, and before Trump’s own as-yet-unscheduled meeting with Kim Jong Un, the Trump-Abe summit is an opportunity to reaffirm a unified stance on keeping the “maximum pressure” sanctions intended to force Pyongyang to denuclearize and roll back its ballistic missile programs. A second issue is tariffs. When Trump imposed tariffs on security grounds on steel and aluminum imports last month, he did not exclude Japan. After some discussions, he did, however, provide exclusions for South Korea, Australia, Canada and the EU, all US allies. The meeting is an opportunity to discuss this potential flashpoint and find a resolution. Behind the scenes, there is even more at stake. For Abe, the meeting is critical for promoting Japan’s interests in North Korea. Because Abe has no scheduled summit with Kim Jong Un, there is a risk Japan may be left behind. Meeting Trump is an opportunity to directly advocate for keeping Japan’s interests on the list of priorities. This includes ensuring that stopping the North’s abduction of Japanese citizens remains a priority, along with denuclearization and abandonment of its ballistic missile program. At the bare minimum, it means getting Trump to agree that Japan needs to be present at any multinational negotiations. Economically, Abe needs Trump to exclude Japan from the tariffs. Abe staked his administration on economic growth. Trump’s tariffs threaten critical sectors. The summit is a chance for Abe to remind Trump of the value Japan brings to the American economy. Abe has already noted in parliamentary debate that Japanese steel products help US auto makers become more competitive by keeping their products cheaper for American consumers. Related article Abe faces awkward Trump summit on North Korea amid plummeting support in Japan Trump also has vital interests at stake. Trump needs Abe because Japan commands attention in the region. Through its diplomatic heft, economic clout, and soft power, Japan serves as a counterweight to China in an uncertain environment where many countries question America’s commitment. Strategically, given its robust military capabilities and hosting of approximately 50,000 US military personnel, Japan remains a critical player for regional peace and stability. Although Japan is legally limited in how it can use its military forces, Japan is the most important US regional ally. Its cooperation is needed for virtually any activity the US seeks in the region. The US cannot afford to lose Japan as a trusted ally. Economically, Trump needs Japan. Although Trump pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he has asked US officials to explore the possibility of joining the 11-country modified version that Japan is leading. Once implemented, this pact will serve as a foundation for building a broad free trade area. If Trump seeks fairer and more reciprocal trade and investment relations with Japan, including a bilateral free trade agreement, Trump could take this opportunity to move the ball forward on trade. And for both, politically, a summit could not have come at a better time. Both are dogged by political scandals at home and desperately could use a success in international diplomacy to show their electorate their leadership skills. But these stakes are higher for Abe. While other foreign leaders distance themselves from Trump’s rhetoric, Abe has publicly backed Trump on many issues, even as Trump complains about Japan. With Trump’s actions now appearing to come at the expense of Japan, Abe faces a situation where he is expected to capitalize on his relationship with Trump. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook What is most surprising is that this is even an issue. The two have developed a close relationship. Not only was Abe the first foreign leader to meet Trump after his November 2016 victory, he was the first to meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago after becoming President. They also have frequent phone conversations and give each other gifts as signs of their friendship. The fact that Trump is treating Abe in a manner that creates an atmosphere in which the summit needs to go well is something few would have predicted even a few weeks ago. It is hard to argue that the dynamics of the US-Japan relationship have not changed. After a year and half of relative stability, the allies are now forced to talk about difficult issues in which they have vested interests. As allies, and close friends, they could both benefit from reconfirming common goals and establishing a set of strategies to deal with the region’s challenges.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-Japan summit at Mar-a-Lago", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180417041500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/why-the-us-japan-summit-matters-hornung-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "756642679", "sentence": "Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, says he thinks President Donald Trump could be indicted, despite Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani expressing otherwise. “The President is not above the law, and an indictment – if that’s the course that Robert Mueller chooses to go – I believe would be upheld by the courts,” Blumenthal said on CNN’s “The Situation Room.” Giuliani told CNN earlier Wednesday that Mueller’s team informed Trump’s legal team they had concluded they are not able to indict a sitting president. “All they get to do is write a report,” Giuliani said. “They can’t indict. At least they acknowledged that to us after some battling, they acknowledged that to us.” Mueller is currently leading the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, which includes looking into any potential ties between Trump campaign associates and Moscow. Trump has repeatedly denied collusion. Blumenthal told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that if the President were to be indicted, it could go to the United States Supreme Court. “It’s an issue that has never been resolved, and that way there is a Department of Justice opinion to the contrary,” Blumenthal said. “I happen to think that he could be indicted even if the trial is postponed. “ This isn’t the first time the issue has been questioned. Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller investigation, was asked about whether a sitting president could be indicted while speaking at an event. “I’m not going to answer this in the context of any current matters, so you shouldn’t draw any inference about it,” Rosenstein previously said. “But the Department of Justice has in the past, when the issue arose, has opined that a sitting President cannot be indicted. There’s been a lot of speculation in the media about this, I just don’t have anything more to say about it.” CNN’s Dana Bash contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180517004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/politics/richard-blumenthal-trump-indictment/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "594592999", "sentence": "Meeting with opposition marks Maduro's first talks with his political foes in over two years US diplomat joins representatives from other countries helping to mediate the talks Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro added a US diplomat to a long list of mediators trying to build rapport between the government and opposition parties, who are in a constitutional tug-of-war for the highest seat in the country. US diplomat Thomas Shannon was welcomed by Maduro at the Miraflores Palace on Monday evening, according to a Venezuelan government press release. US State Department spokesman John Kirby said Shannon was traveling  “to encourage this dialogue process” in Venezuela. Kirby said Shannon was invited to visit the country after discussions Secretary of State John Kerry “had on the margins of the peace ceremony in Colombia with President Maduro.” “We are focused on trying to see an effective dialogue between and among Venezuelans across the political spectrum,” Kirby said. “We believe that’s a necessary step to finding remedies to the political and economic challenges that they’re going through.” Before meeting with Shannon, the Venezuelan government met with the Democratic Unity Board, the political coalition that includes several opposition parties, to try to halt the vitriolic rhetoric expressed by both sides. This marked Maduro’s first talks with his political opponents in over two years. Venezuela is in the throes of one of its worst recessions in years, leading to protests and calls to impeach Maduro. The meeting was facilitated by the Vatican, among other parties. “The only alternative is dialogue,” Maduro said before the talks began. “We have come prepared to listen and hopefully to be heard and to find topics of agreement for the interests of the majority of the country. I think it isn’t the time for long speeches but rather to assume a deep commitment.” Both sides approached the country’s biggest issues by creating subcommittees to tackle Venezuela’s economic, electoral and humanitarian affairs. The talks were attended by designated mediators, including papal envoy Monsignor Claudio Maria Celli, former Colombian President and Union of South American Nations Secretary General Ernesto Samper, and former heads of state and government from Panama, the Dominican Republic and Spain. The talks took place in Caracas and lasted well into Monday morning, hours before Shannon met with Maduro. Shannon will stay through Wednesday to meet with senior officials and other leaders, the State Department said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US diplomat Thomas Shannon", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161101033000", "country1": "VEN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/world/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-us-mediator/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "633735360", "sentence": "South Korea government offers financial incentive for defectors Country willing to pay up to 1 billion won for information South Korea is quadrupling its reward fee for defectors from North Korea who are willing to hand over classified information on the reclusive country’s military secrets. The Ministry of Unification announced Sunday that it would pay up to 1 billion won ($860,000) – eclipsing the previous maximum of 250 million won. A bill outlining the changes is set to be submitted and would offer substantial financial rewards for those able to provide intelligence and knowledge, which could enhance South Korea’s security, according to the ministry. The bill will be considered in the National Assembly between February 28 and March 9, a Unification Ministry official said. The move comes at a time of simmering tension over South Korea’s controversial THAAD missile system, which came a step closer to reality last week. The THAAD, or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, such as those North Korea claims to own. South Korea reached an agreement with Lotte international over an approved land swap last week, according to an official with the country’s defense ministry. The deal between international conglomerate Lotte and the South Korean government will allow the THAAD system to be deployed on the military’s preferred site. The US and the South Korea are planning to deploy the system by the end of this year During his recent trip to South Korea, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said his country was determined to defend South Korea against the “evolving North Korean threat.” But speaking at a news conference last week, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said it would “severely disrupt regional strategic balance.” “The Chinese side has stressed repeatedly that we understand the legitimate concerns of relevant parties in safeguarding their security, however one country’s security cannot be pursued at the expense of (anothers),” he said. Related video N. Koreans praise missile test despite sanctions Both North Korea and China have repeatedly stated they are strongly against the deployment of THAAD. On February 3, North Korea accused the US and South Korea of pushing the Korean peninsula to the “brink of nuclear war” with the deployment. In a statement, the rogue state alleged the THAAD system was part of an offensive strategy “for a preemptive attack on the North.” But Mattis said Pyongyang’s aggressive behavior is why THAAD was necessary. Meanwhile China has consistently opposed the missile system’s deployment, saying it could jeopardize their “legitimate national security interests,” according to Foreign Minister Wang Yi. John Delury, associate professor of international studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, previously told CNN that Beijing was doing “everything in its power to prevent the deployment of the defense system.” CNN’s Ben Westcott and Yoonjung Seo contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "THAAD missile system", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170305114500", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/05/asia/south-korea-reward-defectors/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "634665334", "sentence": "Noriega experienced severe brain hemorrhaging, lawyer says The former dictator will be kept in a medically induced coma for five days Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, 83, is in a medically induced coma after suffering severe brain hemorrhaging, his attorney told CNN affiliate TV Panama. The hemorrhage occurred after Noriega underwent surgery to have a benign tumor removed from his brain. “He is in intensive care following a second open cranial surgery in less than eight hours,” lawyer Ezra Ángel said. “The situation is delicate. He is in critical condition and we hope he recovers in the coming hours.” Noriega will be kept in the medically induced coma for a minimum of five days, his attorney told TV Panama. Noriega came to power in the 1980s, and by 1983 controlled Panama’s armed forces and civilian government. Relations between the United States and Noriega-led Panama broke down in the years that followed due to growing unrest. In 1989, then-US President George H.W. Bush invaded Panama on a mission to oust Noriega under the banner “Operation Just Cause.” Noriega’s 1991 trial, and eventual conviction, in US court on drug smuggling and racketeering charges was called the “trial of the century” by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Noriega served an almost 20-year prison sentence in the United States. He has been serving a seven-year sentence he received from a French court for laundering €2.3 million ($2.9 million) in 2010. Noriega was extradited from France in 2011 to serve the remainder of his sentence in Panama. In October, a court granted his request to recover from surgery in the hospital rather than in prison.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Manuel Noriega", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170308044500", "country1": "PAN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/world/manuel-noriega-critical-condition-surgery/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "739093461", "sentence": "President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Japan of using a “bowling ball test” to cheat US auto companies out of selling cars to Japanese consumers. A White House spokeswoman said Thursday he was joking. “It’s the bowling ball test. They take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and drop it on the hood of the car,” Trump said of Japan during a fundraising speech in Missouri, according to audio obtained by The Washington Post and confirmed to CNN by an attendee. Related article Trump says he made up trade claims in meeting with Trudeau “If the hood dents, the car doesn’t qualify. It’s horrible,” Trump told the donors. Trump did not go into further details. But Japan and other international markets do have higher safety standards for automobiles, particularly to protect pedestrians’ heads when they are struck by vehicles, Grant Faulkner, vice president of auto industry consultants LMC Automotive, told CNN. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, asked about the comment on Thursday, said Trump was “obviously … joking.” “The President has been talking about unfair trade practices for decades. It is not new for him. Part of the reason he was elected was to end unfair trade practices and push for free, fair and reciprocal trade so American goods can compete in more foreign markets,” she said. “Obviously, he is joking about this particular test but it illustrates the creative ways some countries are able to keep American goods out of their markets.” There are other reasons US auto manufacturers struggle to sell to Japanese consumers. In particular, drivers there typically prefer much smaller cars given the nation’s dense urban environments and tight parking spaces, Faulkner said. The President also said he is looking to use his administration’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to persuade Japan to manufacture more automobiles in the US. CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Japan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180315193000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/trump-japan-bowling-ball-test/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "486016439", "sentence": "Prosecutor: The raid began around 4:20 a.m. and a gunfight lasted about an hour Official: French authorities carried out this raid after picking up phone communications The suspects were \"about to move on some kind of operation,\" police sources say French authorities took the offensive Wednesday, raiding a purported hideout of the suspected ringleader in last week’s deadly Paris attacks in an operation that ended with eight detained, two dead and potentially more bloodshed thwarted. But what about that suspected ringleader, Abdelhamid Abaaoud? At one point, authorities believe he was holed up on the third floor of an apartment building in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Wednesday. Whether he was there when scores of heavily armed French police launched their assault at 4:20 a.m. Wednesday (10:20 p.m. ET Tuesday) is unknown. Related video New video of Saint Denis raid emerges Some residents in the area told CNN they saw Abaaoud recently in the neighborhood and at a local mosque. Investigators zeroed in on the building after picking up phone conversations indicating that a relative of Abaaoud might be there. They met fierce resistance from the start, including an armored door, a woman who blew herself up and bullets flying back and forth for about an hour. The French officers even used powerful munitions, which led to one floor of the building collapsing. That violence produced rubble that included body parts, on which investigators are conducting DNA tests. Neither Abaaoud nor suspect Salah Abdeslam, for whom authorities have been hunting since the attacks, were among those detained in the operation, Molins said. Related article Who were suspects in Paris terror attacks? French President Francois Hollande held up the vicious back-and-forth as further proof that “we are at war” with ISIS. “What the terrorists were targeting was what France represents. This is what was attacked on the night of November 13,” he said. “These barbarians targeted France’s diversity. It was the youth of France who were targeted simply because they represent life.” ISIS first drew international attention for taking over swaths of Iraq and Syria, leaving a trail of violence and destruction in its wake. And its efforts to bring terror to the global stage seem to be growing. This month alone, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks, the downing of a Russian passenger jet in Egypt and a pair of suicide bombings in Beirut. France had already been part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS with airstrikes. But the country has stepped up its efforts since the series of shootings and explosions in Paris last week, which killed 129 people. Read more: France demands EU help in ISIS war Now, Hollande has proposed extending France’s state of emergency for three more months – a measure that, among other things, gives authorities greater powers in conducting searches, holding people and dissolving certain groups. To go after the Islamist extremist group, the French President also said he would appeal to world leaders – including meeting next week with U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who have been at odds on what to do in Syria. “There is no more … divide. There are only men and women of duty,” he said. “We must destroy this army that menaces the entire world, not just some countries.” Paris attacks: What you need to know Whoever was inside the Saint-Denis apartment on Wednesday appeared to be “prepared to act” in possibly another attack, Molins said, noting their weaponry, structured organization and determination. Some 110 police swarmed on the diverse, working-class area that is home to the Stade de France sports stadium, where three suicide bombings took place days earlier. Paris attack survivor details horrors inside concert hall They first went into one apartment that had been under surveillance since Tuesday, a Paris police source said. Related video Explosions heard at scene of Paris suburb raid Telephone communications on a wiretap by French and Belgian security agencies indicated a woman at the residence was Abaaoud’s cousin, a Belgian counterterrorism official told CNN. That raid led them to another apartment on the same street. Molins described it as a complex operation. For almost an hour, he said, there was uninterrupted gunfire as police tried to get into the apartment. The violent standoff left residents in the area, already shaken by last week’s attacks, startled and scared. “We could see the bullets,” a woman, who identified herself only as Sabrine, told CNN affiliate France 2. “We could feel the building shaking.” Three people in the Saint-Denis building itself, including one with a bullet wound in the arm, are among the eight detained, according to Molins. The others include the person who loaned the apartment to the suspected terrorists and his friend. Two of the eight held were hospitalized, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told France Info radio. Related gallery French raid in Saint-Denis Five French officers, meanwhile, were slightly wounded, while a police dog died in the operation, according to police. Saadana Aymen, a 29-year-old who lives one street down, couldn’t believe what was happening in his neighborhood. “When you think of Saint-Denis, you don’t think of terrorists,” he told CNN. “I’m shocked! Why would the terrorists pick this neighborhood?” Paris victims from all walks of life That wasn’t the only place where French authorities fanned out Tuesday night into Wednesday as they worked to find suspects tied to the attacks and cracked down on security. The Interior Ministry announced 118 searches led to the detention of at least 25 people, the confiscation of 34 weapons and the discovery of illicit drugs in 16 instances. In recent days, hundreds of similar operations have been conducted, the ministry said, resulting in 64 people being held and 118 put under house arrest. Authorities have not provided details about the arrests or said what connection they could have to Friday’s attacks. Molins said investigators are working to piece together where terrorists were in the days and hours leading up to the attacks – and with whom they had contact. They’ve encountered at least one piece of evidence that could help them in their search: One of the attacker’s cell phones was found in a trash bin outside the Bataclan theater, where most of Friday’s victims were gunned down. A message on the phone, according to Molins, said, “Here we go, it’s starting.” Authorities are trying to determine who the message was sent to, he said. And they’re still trying to determine whether the suspected ringleader in the attack is still on the run, or whether his remains were found in the rubble. Analysis: Why Paris explosives are a key clue Complete coverage of Paris attacks CNN’s Atika Shubert and Saskya Vandoorne contributed from Saint-Denis; Paul Cruickshank, Scott Bronstein, Margot Haddad and Tim Lister contributed from Paris; Nima Elbagir from Brussels; Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz contributed from Washington; Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley, Khushbu Shah and Naima Kouider contributed from Atlanta; Euan McKirdy contributed from Hong Kong; Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong; Greg Botelho, Catherine E. Shoichet and Brian Walker wrote from Atlanta.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "French authorities", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151118103000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/18/world/paris-attacks/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "500609044", "sentence": "A top commander in the U.S. military voiced concern Friday over a recent decision by the Pentagon to open up combat positions to women. Marine Gen. John Kelly, the outgoing head of Southern Command, told reporters that in contemplating action on the battlefield, the key question is whether or not it makes the armed forces more lethal. “If the answer to that is yes, then do it,” Kelly said. “If the answer to that is no, clearly don’t do it. If the answer to that is, it shouldn’t hurt, I would suggest that we shouldn’t do it, because it might hurt.” Last month, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the military would open some 220,000 jobs to women – including infantry, armor, reconnaissance and some special operations units –that had been previously only open to men. Related video Carter: Military combat roles open to women Kelly also said he anticipated pressure from “the agenda-driven people here in Washington” on future military leaders “to lower standards” in order to bolster the numbers of women in combat. The Pentagon has maintained that it would not lower standards to accept women, and several women have struggled in the most rigorous training courses and failed to advance. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, also a Marine, had advocated keeping some military roles restricted to men during the review when he served as the commandant of the Marine Corps. The Marines have been seen as the most reluctant branch to open up all combat jobs to women. Kelly, whose own son was killed in combat in Afghanistan, was particularly candid in his assessment of future standards for women in the military as commanders work to integrate them into new roles. Kelly, who is retiring from the Marine Corps, will be succeeded by Navy Vice Adm. Kurt Tidd later this month.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pentagon decision to open combat positions to women", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160109000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/08/politics/women-in-combat-general-lower-standards/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "674983624", "sentence": "Defense Secretary James Mattis told reporters Friday that the administration is “close” to finalizing a plan going forward in Afghanistan. He stressed that putting together an overall strategy “takes time” and added, “this is hard work so you’ve got to get it right, that’s all there is to it and we are working to get it right.” Mattis had said on several previous occasions that a decision would come by mid-July. When asked by reporters if the delay is because of political issues, he replied: “I hope it’s a political decision. You fight wars for a reason.” Mattis added, “once you get the policy right then you have to get the strategy right.” Mattis insisted that there is no stalemate in Afghanistan. “It’s not like we just stalled out here … We have changed what we’re doing. But I have not used the authority that has been granted to me, I’m going to figure it out before we — last thing I want to do is send troops in there and find I sent troops in for something I just canceled, these troops go in harm’s way so you have to be careful.” Related article Afghan security personnel killed in apparent friendly fire Two defense officials close to the discussion on Afghanistan policy tell CNN that the top US commander for Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson is likely to get what he is requesting. The officials say that an additional 3,000 to 4,000 more troops are likely to be sent to the country. However, the officials caution that no final decision has been made. What remains unclear is whether the troop increase would involve sending additional US forces or just topping off the unfulfilled NATO requirement from US allies. Mattis acknowledged how precious forces are for the US and allies: “There will be some allies who are willing to send more troops. We are aware of that. But again their troops are as precious to them as ours are to us so we’ve got to get this thing right.” Approximately 8,000 US troops are currently in Afghanistan. Mattis also hinted that an official troop number increase may not be made public, “I think we’ll certainly give the framing principles. Wherever we can give the plan in a way that doesn’t jeopardize the lives or the mission, we’ll do it. I don’t want to tell the enemy that (how many troops). …  You know me I am always going to be conservative, if it’s going to endanger the troops: nope, not going to talk about it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US administration's Afghanistan strategy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170721214500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/mattis-trump-afghanistan-strategy/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "602195237", "sentence": "17 police officers are under investigation for possible mishandling of Stephen Port'scbs case Rape victims only went to police after killings became known London police are reviewing the deaths of dozens of men who used sex-enhancing drugs amid concerns that cases previously dismissed as drug overdoses may be additional victims of serial killer Stephen Port. Port, 41, was found guilty of murdering four gay men and drugging and sexually assaulting seven others by a jury at London’s Old Bailey on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police Service told CNN they had identified at least 58 deaths from poisoning by the date-rape drug GHB between June 2011 and October 2015 – the period in which Port carried out his crimes. “It is not known if these deaths were related to chemsex activities. In many cases police involvement was limited, with the matter dealt with by the coroner,” a police spokesman told CNN. “A review of these deaths is now underway to establish any suspicious circumstances.” Police say there is so far nothing to suggest the cases are linked to Port. Port had denied all the charges against him but was found guilty of the murders of fashion student  Anthony Walgate, 23; Gabriel Kovari, 22, originally from Slovakia; fellow chef Daniel Whitworth, 21; and forklift truck driver Jack Taylor, 25. READ MORE: Serial killer drugged, raped victims Police also are under fire for not fingering Port earlier as a killer and possibly saving some victims’ lives. Seven police officers are under investigation for gross misconduct over their handling of the case, and another 10 police officers have been accused of misconduct. Anthony Walgate, 23Walgate, Stephen Port’s first victim, was originally from Hull, northern England, but came to London to study fashion. He worked as a male escort to help fund his studies.After overdosing him with GHB, Port dumped his body and called the police, saying he had found the dead man by chance. Port was tracked down through his phone number, and after he was found to have lied to police, he was charged and later jailed for eight months.Gabriel Kovari, 22Originally from Slovakia, police say Kovari came to London “to begin a new life.” He moved into Port’s apartment after they met on a dating website, and the killer agreed to put him up on the sofa, rent free. Kovari’s body was found by a dog walker in a graveyard, some 500 meters from Port’s flat. He was propped up against a wall, wearing sunglasses, next to a bag of his belongings.Daniel Whitworth, 21Whitworth, a trainee chef, met Port through the Fitlads dating site. His body was found by the same dog walker in the same spot as Kovari. His phone was missing and Port had placed a fake suicide note in his hand, in which he appeared to confess to the death of the young Slovakian the month before. Jack Taylor, 25Forklift truck driver Taylor lived with his parents in east London, not far from Port’s home. After drinking with friends in a local gay club, he went home and saw his father, before hooking up with Port on gay dating app Grindr and taking a taxi to his flat. His body was found near the graveyard, in similar circumstances to Whitworth and Kovari. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating “how officers responded to the four deaths before the homicide investigation was launched, including the nature of the investigative work undertaken, how evidence was examined and how similarities between the cases were considered,” it said in a statement. Port, who lived alone in Barking, east London, was arrested after the first death but only charged with perverting the course of justice – which meant he was able to carry on killing after serving a short jail term. He lured his victims to his home using online dating sites and then either injected them with drugs or spiked their drinks using “poppers,” Viagra and sleeping pills as well as GHB and crystal meth. Port then dragged the bodies of his victims out into the street and left them slumped against walls not far from where he lived, police said. GHB was found in the bodies of each of the four men who died. And in three of the four deaths, drugs were planted on or near victims’ bodies to make it look as though they had overdosed. Port will be sentenced on Friday. “Port is a highly devious, manipulative and self-obsessed individual who has not once shown a shred of remorse for his actions,” said Commander Stuart Cundy of the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime and Operations command. He said Port was “motivated by his overwhelming desire to have sex with younger gay men while they were unconscious through drugs.” None of the sexual assault victims had contacted police before Port was charged in relation to the four deaths. “I hope Port’s conviction today offers reassurance to the LGBT community that if you have been a victim of crime our officers will take you seriously, treat your situation with the utmost sensitivity and do their very best to bring offenders before the courts,” said Cundy. “We can’t rule out the fact there may be other victims out there who suffered at Port’s hands and have yet to come forward. We would appeal for them to contact us as soon as possible.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Metropolitan Police Service", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161124151500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "SVK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/24/europe/stephen-port-serial-killer-investigation/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "684569510", "sentence": "Tillerson pointed to his own comments condemning racism For months, reports have indicated Tillerson's frustrations in the top diplomatic post Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that President Donald Trump “speaks for himself” when asked whether the President’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, raised questions about Trump’s values. The brief remark from the top Cabinet official appeared to be the latest subtle sign of a gap between Tillerson, a former globe-trotting oil executive, and the freewheeling President, who ran a campaign in large part against how the US interacts with pillars of the international community. It also points to a distance between Trump and some of his team on Charlottesville. Tillerson said on “Fox News Sunday” that the United States was committed to freedom and “equal treatment of people the world over” when posed the question by anchor Chris Wallace. “I don’t believe anyone doubts the American people’s values,” Tillerson said. “And the President’s values?” Wallace asked. “The President speaks for himself,” Tillerson said. Related article Tillerson aide: Constitution, not Trump, 'speaks for the country' Tillerson’s comment was in response to a line of questioning about a United Nations committee issuing a warning to the United States about racism and hate crimes, saying US leaders had not sufficiently condemned white supremacy. Trump was widely criticized for his response to the racially motivated violence in Charlottesville, in which he said “both sides” – white supremacists and those protesting them – were responsible for the clashes that left one woman dead and dozens injured. Trump initially blamed the violence on “many sides,” but amid mounting criticism, he called out white supremacists and hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan specifically a couple of days later. Then, the next day, he generated further controversy with his “both sides” remark during a press conference at Trump Tower. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tillerson’s remarks, and the State Department said it would get back to CNN if there was “anything to share.” Tillerson’s comment followed a curious line from Defense Secretary James Mattis about problems in the US that he said had not manifested themselves in the military. Speaking to service members in a video picked up by The Guardian, Mattis said, “Our country right now, it’s got problems we don’t have in the military.” “You just hold the line until our country gets back to understanding and respecting each other and showing it,” Mattis said. And Gary Cohn, the director of Trump’s National Economic Council, reportedly mulled resignation after Trump’s response to Charlottesville, people familiar with the situation told CNN. Cohn stayed, but he told the Financial Times that the administration “can and must do better” on condemning hate groups. In the Fox interview with Tillerson, Wallace asked if he was trying to distance himself from Trump explicitly. “Are you separating yourself from that, sir?” Wallace continued. “I made my own comments as to our values as well in a speech at the State Department last week,” Tillerson replied. In that speech earlier this month, Tillerson delivered a condemnation of both hate and those who “protect or accept hate speech” in any form – a sharp contrast with some of the comments made by Trump. “It’s simply important to say – although I think it’s well understood and embraced, I’m certain, by everyone in this room – we all know hate is not an American value, nowhere is it an American value,” the top US diplomat said. In the past, Tillerson has come under fire for saying, as he did in May, that US foreign policy should sometimes separate values such as freedom, human dignity and “the way people are treated” from policies it pursues around the world. In the interview on Sunday, Tillerson denied an ongoing fight in the administration was occurring between “nationalists” like the recently departed Steve Bannon and “globalists,” referring to people who advocate for increased international cooperation and free trade. But in practice, Tillerson’s State Department has found itself on occasion grappling with both the President’s words and aides seeking to steer foreign policy. Just months into the job, the difficulties for Tillerson played out on the world stage – from his attempt to mediate the Gulf region’s dispute over Qatar’s alleged involvement in terrorism being reshaped by tweets from the President, to the former Exxon Mobil chief’s inability to sway Trump on staying in the Paris climate agreement. Related article Here are the Republicans denouncing Trump by name Tillerson did not attend the speech in which Trump made his decision on the Paris agreement public, and the State Department did not say why the nation’s top diplomat was not present for the announcement of a major foreign policy move. For his part, Tillerson downplayed the significance of the decision Trump had treated with so much fanfare. Differences between Tillerson and Trump became further pronounced when reports suggested he was mulling stepping down from the job. Then Tillerson took an unannounced vacation in July, and State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert declined to say if the secretary was happy with his role. When Tillerson came back, he said his relationship with Trump was “good” and that he would stay on the job as long as Trump let him. But his comments on Sunday indicated the policy gap that has existed between Trump and Tillerson from the start might still be in place. CNN’s Nicole Gaouette contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rex Tillerson", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170827183000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "QAT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/politics/tillerson-trump-speaks-for-himself/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "464652284", "sentence": "Congress comes back Tuesday from a five-week summer recess Congress's agenda includes the Iran nuclear deal, funding the government and the visit of Pope Francis Get ready for the September scramble. After more than a month off, lawmakers return to Washington on Tuesday facing the most frenetic agenda in recent memory. By the middle of September, Congress will have to decide whether to block President Barack Obama’s historic nuclear deal with Iran. Lawmakers are also staring down a September 30 deadline to avert the second government shutdown in two years – a debate that’s increasingly divisive as it becomes tied to the Planned Parenthood controversy. And in between these two showdowns, Pope Francis will become the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of Congress – a speech that will almost certainly highlight issues that make both parties uncomfortable. In a Congress that has lurched from crisis to crisis in recent years, lawmakers have struggled to address even the most basic issues without drama. With so many historic decisions to make at once, this is sure to be a September to remember. Here’s what to expect: House and Senate votes on the Iran nuclear agreement are expected this week, but they are more about messaging since the White House has already secured enough votes to preserve the deal. Last week, Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski became the 34th Democrat to come out in favor of the agreement, giving the President the votes to uphold a veto on a Republican resolution to block it. Supporters continue to try to get enough support from undecided senators to prevent Republican leaders from even holding a vote on the controversial deal. They need 41 votes to block debate and currently are just shy of that threshold. Related gallery What is the Iran deal, and can it pass through Congress? While the fight on the Iran deal is over in practical terms, the political war over the issue will continue through the next election, when Republicans vow they will elect a president who will roll back the agreement. Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner argue that a majority of both chambers oppose the deal and point to some polls that show most Americans are critical. “If people vote for me, they know they’re voting to get rid of that deal on the first day of my presidency,” promised Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a presidential candidate. The rhetoric will escalate Wednesday when a tea party group has scheduled a rally outside the Capitol to oppose the Iran deal. Headlining the gathering will be two Republican presidential candidates: Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. The deadline for Congress weighing in on the nuclear agreement is September 17. If both chambers are able to pass the resolution to block it, the House would vote first on overriding the President’s veto. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi proclaimed last week that she is “confident we will sustain the President’s veto in both houses of Congress.” The hottest ticket in Washington will be to the September 24 speech by the extraordinarily popular Pope Francis in the House chamber. Boehner, who is Catholic, has tried to secure a papal appearance since he was first elected to Congress in 1990. Related gallery Pope Francis Only a select few will get a seat inside. Boehner imposed a rule barring former members from using their floor privileges to attend, and each congressional office is given just one ticket for a seat in the visitor’s gallery. Due to intense interest, a series of Jumbotrons will be set up on the West Front of the Capitol so the public can watch. The Pope is expected to appear briefly on a Capitol balcony to see the crowd. A limited number of tickets close to the balcony will go to House and Senate offices, some of which are setting up lotteries online to decide which constituents will get the coveted passes. McConnell told reporters last month: “We have more requests for this appearance than anything anybody can ever recall around here.” Even as members from both parties say they are excited about the Pope’s speech, there could be awkward moments. Most Republicans don’t agree with Pope Francis’ statements criticizing capitalism and promoting permissive immigration policies. Many Democrats are at odds with the social policy positions of the Catholic Church, although the Pope has made some modifications recently. Here we go again. Congress faces a September 30 deadline to pass legislation to fund the government, but a fight over abortion politics is threatening another possible shutdown. Republican leaders are expected to unveil a short-term funding bill that keeps federal agencies running through the fall or mid-December, but conservatives want to strip out federal funding for Planned Parenthood. That’s a non-starter for most Democrats, and the White House says the President would veto such a bill. Multiple congressional committees launched investigations this summer into Planned Parenthood after an anti-abortion group released a series of videos that it says prove that some affiliates are selling fetal parts for profit. The group denies the allegations and has released its own report saying the videos are heavily edited. McConnell, who has repeatedly insisted there will be no shutdown, acknowledges Republicans don’t have the votes to force the President’s hand on the issue. “I would remind all of your viewers: The way you make a law in this country, the Congress has to pass it and the President has to sign it,” McConnell told WYMT, a Kentucky TV station, last week. He added, “The President has made it very clear he’s not going to sign any bill that includes defunding of Planned Parenthood, so that’s another issue that awaits a new president hopefully with a different point of view about Planned Parenthood.” An effort to pass a bill defunding the group failed last month in the Senate. But Cruz – who in the past has led high-profile efforts to block legislation he opposes – has vowed to use every procedural tool at his disposal to ban federal funds for Planned Parenthood. House and Senate Republican leaders are urging their members to focus on the investigations, not another spending fight they don’t think they can win. They believe the public hearings can potentially increase public pressure on Democrats and the White House. One idea leaders are considering is to include a provision to defund Planned Parenthood into a separate legislative package that repeals key parts of Obamacare. The so-called “reconciliation” bill allows the Senate to pass legislation related to the deficit with a simple majority, not the 60 votes most legislation needs to pass the Senate. While approval of a short-term “continuing resolution” averts a shutdown, it’s a temporary Band-Aid. Partisan fights over the annual spending bills have caused the process to stall out, and leaders from both sides say the only way to find any medium- or long-term solution is to broker some type of broad bipartisan budget deal between the White House and Capitol Hill. “Our Democratic friends want to spend more on everything. We’d like to spend more on defense. And so there will be a sort of grand negotiation here in the fall between the two sides over just how big the discretionary budget of the United States government ought to be and how it ought to be spent,” McConnell told WYMT. Congress will also need to address the debt ceiling, and that could be potentially wrapped into some kind of year-end budget deal. The debate over the nation’s borrowing authority is always contentious because conservatives don’t want to increase the debt limit without imposing new spending cuts. Those Senate Republicans running for president are expected to try to use their positions to make a mark in the crowded 2016 GOP field in the hopes they can raise their poll numbers after weeks of Trump dominance. That’s likely to cause McConnell headaches given the list of high priority bills he needs to get done this fall. Boehner also has to deal with familiar fights with members of the right in his conference. Earlier this summer, one conservative, North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, attempted to oust Boehner by offering a resolution to remove him as speaker. The challenge went nowhere, and Meadows told CNN that for now he’ll hold off pushing for a floor vote until he evaluates how much input from him and other conservatives is included in leadership decisions in September. “The only fair thing to do is see if that process is fixed,” Meadows told CNN by phone last week. Funding for federal roads, bridges and transit projects will expire at the end of October so Congress will need to come up with a proposal to add money to the highway trust fund. After 35 short-term extensions, leaders of both chambers are hoping to find agreement on a five- or six-year deal.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150907224500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/07/politics/congress-iran-nuclear-deal-pope-francis-government-shutdown/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "648503920", "sentence": "New: China's Ministry of National Defense says the report is \"not true\" US official says Chinese military aircraft also being brought up to full readiness China temporarily put cruise missile-capable bombers “on high alert” this week as the United States sees evidence the Chinese military was preparing to respond to a potential situation in North Korea, a US defense official told CNN. The official said the United States has also seen an extraordinary number of Chinese military aircraft being brought up to full readiness as part of a military posture adjustment to increase its ability to respond. The alert status change was thought to be a temporary measure. These recent steps have been assessed as part of China’s effort to temporarily “reduce the time to react to a North Korea contingency,” the official said. Such a contingency could include the risk of an armed conflict breaking out as tensions on the Korean Peninsula have increased in the wake of North Korean missile tests. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Lu Kang said Friday he was “aware of the relevant reports” of a heightened alert in the Chinese air force but said he has “no information to give.” But China’s Ministry of National Defense said the US official’s assertions were “not true.” “The Chinese military at the China-North Korea border is maintaining a normal level of combat readiness and training,” the ministry said in a statement. Washington and Pyongyang have ratcheted up the rhetoric, with the latter’s state media warning Thursday that the United States and South Korea could be “completely destroyed in an instant” if North Korea launched a pre-emptive strike. Beijing has long been concerned about potential instability in North Korea should the regime in Pyongyang collapse, fearing both an influx of refugees and the potential of reunification under a South Korean government closely allied to the United States. China is also opposed to the US military’s presence in South Korea, protesting the recent decision to begin deploying elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile defense system. Given the close economic ties between North Korea and China, US military officials have said Beijing is critical to solving the situation, with President Donald Trump recently commending Chinese President Xi Jinping for efforts to curb Pyongyang’s activities. Senior administration officials told CNN on Thursday that China is the focus of the Trump administration’s North Korea strategy. “Nobody thinks the Chinese are going to press North Korea militarily or bring the regime to its knees, but the strategy looks to China to find a political solution more than anything else,” one senior administration official said. The officials said Trump’s approach is based on a careful review of past US efforts to deal with North Korea, noting that during the analysis of failed negotiating efforts with the long-reigning Kim family, one thing became abundantly clear: “China has never exerted maximum leverage on the Kim regime.” But one senior administration official cautioned that the China-centric strategy was still at an early stage, and that “there are many more stages to go.” Lu, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said Beijing was “gravely concerned” about North Korea’s recent nuclear and missile activities but praised Washington’s approach to the issue. “American officials did make some positive and constructive remarks … such as using whatever peaceful means possible to resolve the (Korean) Peninsula nuclear issue,” Lu said. “This represents a general direction that we believe is correct and should be adhered to.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.2, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170420164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politics/us-north-korea-china/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "490105611", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review and a former CNN producer and correspondent. Follow her @FridaGhitis. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Frida Ghitis: Timing of ISIS Paris attack likely boosted chance of climate conference success as nations feel solidarity to save the world She says Obama casts COP21 as act of defiance; even big polluter China, now targeted by ISIS, enters conference in spirit of unity ISIS planners were probably not thinking about climate change when they chose the date for their terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month. It’s highly unlikely that they looked at the calendar and considered the implications of striking the French capital just two weeks before the world’s most important gathering on climate change. And yet, by attacking Paris just before the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP21, they inadvertently gave a boost to the chances that the conference will succeed. The blood drawn by ISIS christened Paris as a central stage in a momentous global drama. And then, by an accident of timing, the climate conference became a new act in this historic play. Savage violence juxtaposed against saving the planet has turned the conference into a show of resistance against terrorism. When French President Francois Hollande met with President Barack Obama at the White House shortly after the attacks, seeking to enlist the United States in a new push against ISIS, Obama officially branded the COP21 conference part of the war against ISIS. “What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be,” he declared, “when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children.” With that, the pressure was on for world leaders to attend, and for all, including Obama, to produce results. Attending the gathering took on a solemn meaning. The number of heads of government announcing their participation quickly mushroomed. Little more than a week ago, the U.N. announced proudly that more than 120 would participate “to show solidarity with France.” In 2009, the climate change meeting in Copenhagen included just 60 world leaders. When COP21 opened, some 150 president and prime ministers were on hand. But the potential effect of the attacks goes beyond attendance. Because the conference has been branded as a symbol of countering ISIS, achieving results takes on additional symbolic weight. And there is an even more powerful political cost of failing. Related article Climate change is a form of terror Consider the case of the American president: As soon as he arrived in Paris, Obama went to pay his respects at the Bataclan theatre, scene of the worst carnage on November 13. When he spoke at the opening of the conference, he again described holding the meeting in Paris as “an act of defiance.” In linking the ISIS attacks and the global gathering, he raises the political cost of failure on climate talks. Obama was already on the defensive on ISIS after having declared ISIS “contained” just hours before the carnage in Paris. The unfortunately timed claim added to charges that he has failed the challenge of global leadership. Now Paris, the same city that put the lie to his boast, offers the chance of at least partial redemption. He is unlikely to achieve major success against ISIS in what’s left of his presidency, but if he can exercise leadership in Paris, there is a chance to show that he can lead the world in a challenge of lasting significance. He has more of a head start than in the past: In previous climate negotiations, the United States has clashed with China over the correct strategy to tackle global warming. Instead of suspiciousness and acrimony, the world’s leaders – including China’s President Xi Jinping – have arrived in Paris in a spirit of unity, as if visiting a friend in mourning. Related article COP21 climate change summit: 'Never have the stakes been so high' China, which has overtaken the United States as the world’s top polluter, has been stunned to see its own citizens killed by Islamist terrorists. Just after the Paris massacres, ISIS announced it had “executed” Fan Jinghui, the first Chinese national killed by ISIS.  And the Chinese people were still in shock over the news when an al Qaeda group burst into the Radisson hotel in Bamako, Mali, and took 170 people hostage. When the siege was over, 22 people were dead, including three Chinese citizens. The Chinese people are angry, and the country’s leaders have vowed to take action. The bottom line is that China, too, is now on the anti-ISIS side. China’s leaders have arrived in Paris at a time when terrorists have managed to create emotional links between antagonists on the subject of how to defeat terrorism. Will all this be enough to overcome the many substantial obstacles to a climate deal? There’s no guarantee. But we should not dismiss the power of human connections in diplomatic negotiations. Instead of arriving in Paris with a sharp focus on how to defend their interests and minimize the cost of a climate deal, delegates of 195 countries have come to City of Lights with the inescapable awareness that they have stepped into the scene of a massacre, of a historic affront against civilization. When they sit across the table, they know whose side they’re on. The terrorist attacks have made it clear that they are on the side of saving the world. 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{"article_id": "637088614", "sentence": "Seven weather-related deaths reported in US and one in Canada Normalcy trickles back in some areas of the Northeast Normalcy was trickling back to some areas of the Northeast after a major winter storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow in the region. Commuters can expect regular train and metro service to resume Thursday. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted the state travel ban. Students will return to public school classrooms in Boston. Airline travel also is getting back to normal. More than 1,200 US flights were canceled Wednesday, but the outlook was looking much better for Thursday, according to Flightaware.com The storm led to seven deaths in the United States and one in Canada this week, authorities said – a toll that started Monday as snow fell in Wisconsin. A roundup of the deaths: • A 10-year-old boy died Wednesday after getting trapped in a pile of snow in Pendleton, New York. The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office said it appeared the boy was digging a tunnel in the snow when it collapsed. • Two men died of cardiac-related problems after trying to clear snow Monday in Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County, the county’s medical examiner’s office reported. One man, 76, was operating a snow blower before he died; the second man, 64, was shoveling snow, the office said. Related video Timelapses show snow cover the Northeast • In Longmeadow, Massachusetts, a snowplow driver was killed in a collision Tuesday with an Amtrak snow-plowing train, fire Chief Andrew Fraser said. The plow driver was crossing the tracks, which the train was working to clear after roughly 12 to 15 inches of snow fell. • In Canada, a driver of a tractor-trailer died from injuries after a multicar pileup Tuesday during blizzard conditions on Highway 401 in the township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands in southern Ontario, a township spokeswoman said. • On New York’s Staten Island, a 47-year-old man died of a heart attack he suffered while shoveling snow Tuesday, police said. • In East Hartford, Connecticut, an elderly man died after being struck by a snowplow Tuesday afternoon, police said. • In Gilford, New Hampshire, a 16-year-old girl was killed in a weather-related accident, police Chief Anthony Bean Burpee told CNN. The victim was the daughter of a Gilford police dispatcher, according to authorities. More than 30 inches of snow were reported Tuesday in parts of Pennsylvania and upstate New York, according to the National Weather Service. The largest amount reported was 41 inches in Bridgewater, New York, a hamlet about 45 miles southeast of Syracuse. Binghamton, New York, set a 24-hour snowfall record with 31.3 inches, breaking the previous record of 23 inches set in February 1961. Some parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine received 20 inches or more, the weather service said. “Areas along the coast from New York to Boston didn’t see as much as expected,” said Taylor Ward, a CNN meteorologist. “But some portions of the Northeast have seen more than 30 inches of snow.” Not even close to being high tide either @ACPressSkeldon pic.twitter.com/yQ1c8mkJnd Strong winds also caused difficulties Tuesday. Along the New Jersey coast, winds pushed ocean water into neighborhoods, resulting in coastal flooding and beach erosion. Amtrak announced that regular operations resume Thursday for the Acela Expess, Northeast Regional and other services that operate between Boston and Washington, DC. Empire Service will still be on a modified schedule, according to the company. Related article Was the blizzard a bust? It's debatable Metro-North trains, which ferry commuters to and from New York City, will run its regular weekday schedule Thursday. Customers should still expect some delays, the company said in a statement. Though the storm’s most powerful portion moved out to sea, it still was expected to affect eastern Quebec. A blizzard was expected to drop more than 10 inches of snow and whip the area with wind gusts of more than 60 mph, Environment Canada said. CNN’s Madison Park, Michelle Krupa, Mayra Cuevas, Janet DiGiacomo and Keith Allen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "major winter storm in the Northeast US and Canada", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170315133000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/us/northeast-winter-weather/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "662028760", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ahead of the British election, we want to know: What do you think the UK’s place in the world should be? Call us and leave a message: http://cnn.com/voicemail Your response could be used on CNN. Khan says as deals with fallout from attack, he doesn't \"have time to respond\" to Trump Trump criticizes Khan for second time since Saturday's attack US President Donald Trump’s war of words with the Mayor of London continued Monday, with the two men trading barbs even as the city mourns the victims of Saturday’s terror attack. Speaking to the UK’s Channel 4 News, London Mayor Sadiq Khan reiterated that he thought a planned state visit to the UK for Trump should be called off. Related article Timeline: How Trump's relationship with the London mayor grew so heated “I don’t think we should roll out the red carpet to the President of the USA in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for,” Khan said. “When you have a special relationship it is no different from when you have got a close mate. You stand with them in times of adversity, but you call them out when they are wrong. And there are many things about which Donald Trump is wrong.” He said his position on the planned state visit had remained consistent. Related article Trump's terror tweets make a statement In January of this year, Khan insisted Trump’s state visit to Britain be canceled after the US President attempted to impose a travel ban on Muslim nations – a policy that he labeled “cruel and shameful.” The British politician was largely dismissive of two tweets sent by Trump in the wake of the attacks, which misconstrued a statement from Khan. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Khan said there was “no cause for alarm” when referring to a visible increase in police activity on the streets of London. Trump appeared to misconstrue the statement on Sunday when he tweeted: “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is “no reason to be alarmed!” At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is \"no reason to be alarmed!\" Trump renewed his criticism of Khan on Monday, a day after attacking his handling of the weekend’s terror attack in the city. Trump said: “Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his ‘no reason to be alarmed’ statement. (Mainstream media) is working hard to sell it!” Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his \"no reason to be alarmed\" statement. MSM is working hard to sell it! Following a vigil held near the city’s famous Tower Bridge, Khan said that as he deals with the fallout from the latest attack on the British capital, he hasn’t “got the time to respond to tweets from Donald Trump.” Prime Minister Theresa May came to Khan’s defense, saying he was doing a “good job” and that they were working together closely in the wake of the weekend attack. “I think Sadiq Khan is doing a good job and it’s wrong to say anything else – he’s doing a good job,” May told reporters after a general election campaign speech. May declined to directly criticize Trump for his tweet, which has prompted a fierce backlash in Britain. Asked what it would take for her to publicly criticize the US President, May suggested that she “was not afraid” to speak out when Trump “gets things wrong.” “I’ve been very clear, I’ve been very happy to say when I think President Trump is wrong – to have taken America out of the climate change agreement, the Paris agreement,” May said. “So I’m not afraid to say when I think President Trump is getting things wrong.”’ RELATED: Trump never forgets a slight. Now his team is trolling the mayor of London After Trump’s first attack on Khan, the acting US ambassador to the UK, Lewis Lukens, notably singled out the London Mayor for praise. “I commend the strong leadership of the @MayorofLondon as he leads the city forward after this heinous attack,” read a tweet from the US’ London embassy attributed to Lukens.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170605154500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/politics/trump-criticizes-london-mayor-sadiq-khan-again/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "742791840", "sentence": "The US military conducted its first airstrike against al Qaeda in Libya Saturday, killing one of the group’s leaders, according to US Africa Command, which oversees US military operations in the region. “This is the first precision airstrike the US has conducted against al Qaeda,” Africa Command spokesperson Robyn Mack told CNN. Africa Command said in a statement Wednesday that the strike, which took place near Ubari, Libya, killed “two al Qaeda terrorists, including Musa Abu Dawud, a high ranking al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) official.” AQIM is the local al Qaeda affiliate in North Africa. Related article What the massive US military budget pays for “Dawud trained AQIM recruits in Libya for attack operations in the region. He provided critical logistics support, funding and weapons to AQIM, enabling the terrorist group to threaten and attack US and Western interests in the region,” the statement added. The statement said the strike was “conducted in coordination with the Libyan Government of National Accord” and that the US military assesses that no civilians were killed. The US has carried out a series of airstrikes targeting ISIS in Libya, a country beset by internal divisions and conflict following the ousting of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. US aircraft carried out over 500 airstrikes against ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte after the terror group seized control of the city, helping to drive ISIS out by the end of 2016. The US has carried out additional strikes against ISIS in remote areas of the Libyan Desert. “It’s very very hard to plan some kind of operation that has a large effect when you have two to three guys in the Libyan desert,” a Africa Command official told CNN last month. Related article Surrounded by hawks, Mattis digs in amid Trump admin chaos “It’s not an ideal solution but we’re keeping them degraded,” the official added. However, this is the first time the US has specifically targeted the local al Qaeda affiliate in Libya, though US forces have targeted operatives with links to the group. AQIM also has a presence in neighboring Algeria and other North African countries like Mali. Al Qaeda in Libya was responsible for the 2013 attack against the In Amenas oil consortium in Algeria, which killed three US citizens, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Sheryll Klinkel told CNN – as well as the 2012 Benghazi attack. “An al Qaeda-affiliate was also responsible for the US Consulate attack in September 2012 that killed our Ambassador and several others,” Klinkel added. US military officials have expressed concerns about the growing strength of al Qaeda-linked groups in northwest Africa, particularly in Mali. “ISIS and al Qaeda have taken advantage of under-governed spaces in Libya to establish sanctuaries for plotting, inspiring, and directing terror attacks; recruiting and facilitating the movement of foreign terrorist fighters; and raising and moving funds to support their operations,” Africa Command said in its statement confirming Dawud’s death.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military airstrike against al Qaeda in Libya", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180328184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/us-airstrike-al-qaeda-libya/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "716209204", "sentence": "British lawmakers used a debate on Monday to express their outrage at the revelations about the slave trade in Libya exposed by a CNN report last month. Chris Law, MP for Dundee West, described the crimes as “violations of human rights and human dignity that are on an unthinkable scale.” “They have no place in our world,” he added. He urged the United Kingdom not to “stay silent or stand by in the face of such inhumane atrocities” but to instead join with the international community to tackle the problem. Related article How one of Africa's richest men is trying to stem the migrant crisis The debate was triggered by a petition created by Constance Mbassi Manga after CNN released video footage of migrants being sold into slavery in the north African country, some for as little as $400 each. The petition calls for the UK government to “put pressure on the Libyan government to take immediate action to stop these criminals from selling more people, to set current prisoners free, arrest the criminals and end this.” It was signed by more than 265,000 people, easily passing the 100,000 threshold qualifying it for a parliamentary debate. Member of Parliament Paul Scully, who lobbied for the petition to be debated, opened the debate with an impassioned call for action on the “atrocious” crimes, acknowledging that “nobody really knows the extent of the problem.” He argued that the power vacuum in Libya and the root causes of migration need to be addressed before any solutions can be found. Speaking to CNN earlier in the day, Scully said he hoped the debate would further strengthen public awareness of the issue. He said governments must take a long-term view of the problem and focus on directing aid to the right recipients and ending economic migration from sub-Saharan Africa. Today’s debate is just “part of a campaign, not the end of a campaign,” he said. “This is just one cog in a wheel.” Other lawmakers expressed their shock that slave auctions, a phenomenon they believed had been eradicated long ago, still go on. The images emerging from Libya are shocking and “have a historical resonance,” said Lyn Brown, MP for West Ham. “The victims are black Africans and the people who enslave them are not.” “These people matter. African lives matter,” she said. “They need us to be their allies, taking action to end this today. This is not a situation that we can simply take note of and move on.” Middle East Minister Alistair Burt said the UK is committed to tackling the problem head on. “Eradicating modern slavery is one of our top foreign policy priorities,” he said. According to Burt, the UK is doubling its aid spending on modern slavery and launching a £75 million ($100 million) migration program to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants traveling from West Africa to Libya and to “assist those along the way who may wish to return home.” While some speakers, including Burt, focused on the need to end mass migration from sub-Saharan Africa, others criticized the UK government for failing to provide safe, legal migration routes for Africans hoping to reach Europe, arguing that this leaves them vulnerable to traffickers. “The EU goes to great lengths to stop migrants coming into its territory, including even training the Libyan coastguard to stop boats reaching Italy,” said Law. “As part of the EU, the UK is complicit with the EU’s push to tighten its borders.” The release of the slave auction footage last month sparked protests and outrage around the world. Related article Nigerians return home with a warning to others: Don't go to Libya UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was horrified at the reports, which could amount to crimes against humanity, and called on the international community to unite on the issue. The UN Security Council later called for “all relevant authorities to investigate such activities without delay,” saying the acts amount to “heinous abuses of human rights.” Individual nations added their voices, too. Spain’s Foreign Ministry expressed “deep concern” over the report, while French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to press for sanctions. In response to the global condemnation, Libyan officials denounced the slave auctions but claimed more support was required from the international community to tackle the issue. “Addressing this phenomenon exceeds the national capacities,” said the United Nations-backed Libyan Government of National Accord. European countries also have come under fire. In a report published on December 12, Amnesty International accused European governments of being complicit in the torture and abuse of migrants and refugees in Libya. “Tens of thousands (of refugees and migrants) are kept indefinitely in overcrowded detention centers where they are subjected to systematic abuse,” said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Europe director. “European governments have not just been fully aware of these abuses; by actively supporting the Libyan authorities in stopping sea crossings and containing people in Libya, they are complicit in these abuses.” Amnesty called on the EU to end what it called a “policy of containment” and instead establish “pathways” to bring the migrants and refugees to Europe safely. CNN’s Hilary Clarke and Lauren Moorhouse contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Kingdom government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171218221500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/europe/libya-slave-auctions-uk-debate-intl/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "744827289", "sentence": "About 59,000 Haitians are in the US under Temporary Protected Status Many work in health care, often in grueling, low-wage jobs as nursing assistants or home health aides Now, these workers' days in the US are numbered After back-to-back, eight-hour shifts at a chiropractor’s office and a rehab center, Nirva arrived outside an elderly woman’s house just in time to help her up the front steps. Nirva took the woman’s arm as she hoisted herself up, one step at a time, taking breaks to ease the pain in her hip. At the top, they stopped for a hug. “Hello, bella,” Nirva said, using the word for “beautiful” in Italian. “Hi, baby,” replied Isolina Dicenso, the 96-year-old woman she has helped care for for seven years. The women each bear accents from their homelands: Nirva, who asked that her full name be withheld, fled here from Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Dicenso moved here from Italy in 1949. Over the years, Nirva, 46, has helped her live independently, giving her showers, changing her clothes, washing her windows, taking her to her favorite parks and discount grocery stores. Now Dicenso and other people living with disabilities, serious illness and the frailty of old age are bracing to lose caregivers like Nirva due to changes in federal immigration policy. Nirva is one of about 59,000 Haitians living in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a humanitarian program that gave them permission to work and live here after the January 2010 earthquake devastated their country. Many work in health care, often in grueling, low-wage jobs as nursing assistants or home health aides. Now these workers’ days are numbered: The Trump administration decided to end TPS for Haitians, giving them until July 22, 2019, to leave the country or face deportation. In Boston, the city with the nation’s third-highest Haitian population, the decision has prompted panic from TPS holders and pleas from health care agencies that rely on their labor. The fallout offers a glimpse into how changes in immigration policy are affecting older Americans in communities around the country, especially in large cities. Related article Using technology to help older adults keep their independence Ending TPS for Haitians “will have a devastating impact on the ability of skilled nursing facilities to provide quality care to frail and disabled residents,” warned Tara Gregorio, president of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association, which represents 400 elder care facilities, in a letter published in The Boston Globe. Nursing facilities employ about 4,300 Haitians across the state, she said. “We are very concerned about the threat of losing these dedicated, hardworking individuals, particularly at a time when we cannot afford to lose workers,” Gregorio said in a recent interview. In Massachusetts, 1 in 7 certified nursing assistant (CNA) positions are vacant, a shortage of 3,000 workers, she said. Nationwide, 1 million immigrants work in direct care – as CNAs, personal care attendants or home health aides – according to the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, a New York-based organization that studies the workforce. Immigrants make up 1 in 4 workers, said Robert Espinoza, PHI’s vice president of policy. Turnover is high, he said, because the work is difficult and wages are low. The median wage for personal care attendants and home health aides is $10.66 per hour, and $12.78 per hour for CNAs. Workers often receive little training and leave when they find higher-paying jobs at retail counters or fast-food restaurants, he said. Related article Why confusion leads seniors to turn down home health care The country faces a severe shortage in home health aides. With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, an even more serious shortfall lies ahead, according to Paul Osterman, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. He predicts a national shortfall of 151,000 direct care workers by 2030, a gap that will grow to 355,000 by 2040. That shortage will escalate if immigrant workers lose work permits, or if other industries raise wages and lure away direct care workers, he said. Nursing homes in Massachusetts are already losing immigrant workers who have left the country in fear, in response to the White House’s public remarks and immigration proposals, Gregorio said. Nationally, thousands of Haitians have fled the U.S. for Canada, some risking their lives trekking across the border through desolate prairies, after learning that TPS would likely end. Employers are fighting to hold on to their staff: Late last year, 32 Massachusetts health care providers and advocacy groups wrote to the Department of Homeland Security urging the acting secretary to extend TPS, protecting the state’s 4,724 Haitians with that special status. “What people don’t seem to understand is that people from other countries really are the backbone of long-term care,” said Sister Jacquelyn McCarthy, CEO of Bethany Health Care Center in Framingham, Mass., which runs a nursing home with 170 patients. She has eight Haitian and Salvadoran workers with TPS, mostly certified nursing assistants. They show up reliably for 4:30 a.m. shifts and never call out sick, she said. Many of them have worked there for over five years. She said she already has six CNA vacancies and can’t afford to lose more. “There aren’t people to replace them if they should all be deported,” McCarthy said. Nirva works 70 hours a week taking care of elderly, sick and disabled patients. She started working as a CNA shortly after she arrived in Boston in March 2010 with her two sons. She chose this work because of her harrowing experience in the earthquake, which destroyed her home and killed hundreds of thousands, including her cousin and nephew. After the disaster, she walked 15 miles with her sister, a nurse, to a Red Cross medical station to try to help survivors. When she got there, she recounted, the guards wouldn’t let her in because she wasn’t a nurse. Nirva spent an entire day waiting for her sister in the hot sun, without food or water, unable to help. It was “very frustrating,” she said. Related article Simple steps to help people with dementia lead better lives “So, when I came here – I feel, people’s life is very important,” she said. “I have to be in the medical field, just to be able to help people.” The work of a CNA or home health aide – which includes dressing and changing patients and lifting them out of bed – was difficult, she found. “At the beginning, it was very tough for me,” Nirva said, especially “when I have to clean their incontinence. … Some of them, they have dementia, they are fighting. They insult you. You have to be very compassionate to do this job.” A few months ago, Nirva was injured while tending to a 285-pound patient who was lying on her side. Nirva said she was holding the patient up with one hand while she washed her with the other hand. The patient fell back on her, twisting Nirva’s wrist. Injury rates for nursing assistants were more than triple the national average in 2016, federal labor statistics show. Common causes were falling, overexertion while lifting or lowering, and enduring violent attacks. Related article Many home health care workers lack insurance of their own Nirva works with a soft voice, a bubbling laugh and disarming modesty, covering her face with both hands when receiving a compliment. She said her faith in God – and a need to pay the bills to support her two sons, now in high school and college – help her get through each week. She started caring for Dicenso in her Boston home as the older woman was recovering from surgery in 2011. Like many older Americans, Dicenso doesn’t want to move out of her home, where she has lived for 63 years. She is able to keep living there, alone, with help from her daughter, Nirva and another in-home aide. She now sees Nirva once a week for walks, lunch outings and shopping runs. The two have grown close, bonding in part over their Catholic faith. Dicenso gushed as she described spending her 96th birthday with Nirva on a daylong adventure that included a Mass at a Haitian church. At home, Dicenso proudly displays a bedspread that Nirva gave her, emblazoned with the word LOVE. On a recent sunny winter morning, Nirva drove Dicenso across town to a hilltop clearing called Millennium Park. “What a beautiful day!” Dicenso declared five times, beholding the open sky and views of the Charles River. As she walked with a cane in one hand and Nirva’s hand firmly clasped in the other, Dicenso stopped several times due to pain in her hips. “Thank God I have her on my arm,” Dicenso said. “Nirva, if I no have you on my arm, I go face-down. Thank God I met this woman.” In addition to seeing Dicenso, Nirva works three shifts a week at a chiropractor’s office as a medical assistant. Five nights a week, she works the overnight shift, from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., at a rehabilitation center in Boston run by Hebrew SeniorLife. CEO Louis Woolf said Hebrew SeniorLife has 40 workers with TPS, out of a total of 2,600. Related article Appeals court rules against latest Trump travel ban It’s not clear how many direct care workers rely on TPS, but PHI calculates there are 34,600 who are non-U.S. citizens from Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua (for which TPS is ending next year) and Honduras, whose TPS designation expires in July. In addition, another 11,000 come from countries affected by Trump’s travel ban, primarily from Somalia and Iran, and about 69,800 are non-U.S. citizens from Mexico, PHI’s Espinoza said. Even immigrants with secure legal status may be affected when family members are deported, he noted. Under Trump, non-criminal immigration arrests have doubled. The “totality of the anti-immigrant climate” threatens the stability of the workforce – and “the ability of older people and people with disabilities to access home health care,” Espinoza said. Related article Caring for an elderly relative? What you should know Asked about the impact on the U.S. labor force, a DHS official said that “economic considerations are not legally permissible in TPS decisions.” By law, TPS designation hinges instead on whether the foreign country faces adverse conditions, such as war or environmental disaster, that make it unsafe for nationals to return to, the official said. The biggest hit to the immigrant workforce that cares for older patients may come from another program – family reunification, said Robyn Stone, senior vice president of research at LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit groups that care for the elderly. Trump is seeking to scrap the program, which he calls “chain” migration, in favor of a “merit-based” policy. Osterman, the MIT professor, said the sum of all of these immigration policy changes may have a serious impact. If demand for workers exceeds supply, he said, insurers may have to restrict the number of hours of care that people receive, and wages may rise, driving up costs. “People aren’t going to be able to have quality care,” he said. “They’re not going to be able to stay at home.” See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. But since three-quarters of the nation’s direct care workers are U.S. citizens, then “these are clearly not ‘jobs that Americans won’t do,’” argued David Ray, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which supports more restrictive immigration policies. The U.S. has 6.7 million unemployed people, he noted. If the health care industry can’t find anyone to replace workers who lose TPS and DACA, he said, “then it needs to take a hard look at its recruiting practices and compensation packages. There are clearly plenty of workers here in the U.S. already who are ready and willing to do the work.” Angelina Di Pietro, Dicenso’s daughter and primary caretaker, disagreed. “There’s not a lot of people in this country who would take care of the elderly,” she said. “Taking care of the elderly is a hard job.” “Nirva, pray to God they let you stay,” said Dicenso, sitting back in her living-room armchair after a long walk and ravioli lunch. “What would I do without you?”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180405090000", "country1": "HTI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/05/health/immigrant-caregivers-partner/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "688801658", "sentence": "Mexico announces it won't be sending aid to Texas due to two natural disasters Mexico will no longer send the emergency aid offered to Texas after Hurricane Harvey, to focus on those affected by a deadly earthquake and Hurricane Katia that struck the eastern state of Veracruz last week, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said Monday. In a statement, the ministry said the decision was taken in light of the changed circumstances in both countries, and the fact that the need for help in Texas had diminished. Mexico offered to deliver aid to Texas in late August, after the state was struck by Hurricane Harvey and flooding. But Mexico is now grappling with the aftermath of two natural disasters. An 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Mexico’s southern coast last Thursday. The earthquake struck the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco, and killed 95 people, according to the Foreign Ministry. It was the most powerful to hit the country in a century and was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City by an estimated 50 million people. The following day, Hurricane Katia, a Category 1 storm, made landfall in Mexico’s state of Veracruz. Katia’s remnants led to a mudslide that killed two people Saturday in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz Gov. Miguel Angel Yunes had said. “Given this situation, the Mexican government will channel all available logistical support to the families and communities that have been affected in Mexico and has informed the Texas and US governments that, unfortunately, on this occasion, it won’t be possible to provide the assistance originally offered to Texas in late August in the wake of Hurricane Harvey,” according to the Foreign Ministry’s statement. Mexico had offered to send 25 trailers with supplies, as well as 300 beds, nine generators, water treatment equipment, three mobile kitchens, radio and satellite equipment and personnel to the US. Mexican government officials had initially announced their offer in a statement responding to President Donald Trump’s tweets bashing Mexico for violence and the trade deal between the countries. The hurricane aid was offered “as good neighbors should always do in difficult times.” CNN’s Lonzo Cook and Leyla Santiago contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mexico", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170912094500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/americas/mexico-pulls-texas-aid/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "624807242", "sentence": "Israel’s parliament passed legislation Monday that aims to legalize about 3,000 housing units built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. The so-called “Regularization Law” passed the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in a 60-52 vote. Many of the housing units are located in outposts, the term for small, unsanctioned communities that have sprung up in the West Bank over the last 20 years. Unlike settlements, they are not recognized or authorized by Israel even though many are  close to existing settlements. The vote further complicates efforts to reach a two-state solution in the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict over land rights. Officials from both sides of the debate characterized the vote as a clear step toward annexation of the West Bank. Related article What you need to know about the Israeli settlements The vote follows Israel’s announcement last week that it plans to build a new settlement in the West Bank, despite a UN Security Council resolution in December condemning Israeli settlement construction. Before the vote, Nickolay Mladenov, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, urged Israeli legislators to reconsider adopting the measure, noting that Israel’s attorney general had deemed it unconstitutional. “If adopted into law, it will have far-reaching legal consequences for Israel and greatly diminish the prospects for Arab-Israeli peace,” Mladenov said in a statement Monday. Government Minister Miri Regev of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party called the bill’s passage “a historic move” toward annexing the West Bank. “This is the first step towards complete regulation, namely, applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria,” Regev said, using the biblical name for the West Bank. The new law is widely expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds the Knesset does not have the authority to legislate property issues on land that is not part of Israel. Related article US abstains as UN demands end to Israeli settlements Israeli nongovernmental organization Peace Now, which campaigns to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians, said it will appeal the law. “Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to allow land theft to endanger IDF officers, and to drag Israel to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, all in the name of political survival, and under the pressure of interrogations. In light of this insanity, we will act as the responsible adult and will block this dangerous law in the Supreme Court,” Peace Now said. The bill offers original Palestinian landowners compensation for their loss of the land, though Palestinians have not agreed to the sale. Under international law, all settlements and outposts are illegal because the West Bank is considered occupied territory, though Israel disputes this. Senior Palestinian officials condemned the law, calling it legalized “land theft” and accusing the Knesset of breaking international law. “Such a law signals the final annexation of the West Bank. Not only does it attempt to retroactively legalize the settlements and outposts built on Palestinian private property, it also gives clear license to the settlers to embark on a land grab in the occupied West Bank with impunity,” Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said in a statement. “All settlements are illegal, whether on private property or on state land that belongs to the Palestinian collective as a whole.” Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erakat appealed to the international community to act with “concrete measures” to protect the Palestinian people from Israel’s military rule. “All Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine are illegal and a war crime regardless of any law passed by the Israeli parliament or any decision taken by any Israeli judge. The Israeli settlement enterprise negates peace and the possibility of the two-state solution,” he said in a separate statement. “It’s long overdue to hold Israel accountable for its systematic violations of international law, in defiance of the collective international will to act for peace.” CNN’s Andrew Carey reported from Jerusalem and Emanuella Grinberg reported and wrote in Atlanta.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israel's Regularization Law", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170206221500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/middleeast/israel-knesset-west-bank-outposts-bill/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "743947075", "sentence": "President Donald Trump will host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida later this month, the White House said Monday. Abe will visit the so-called “Winter White House” on April 17 and 18, the Trump administration said in a statement. “President Trump and Prime Minister Abe will explore ways to expand fair and reciprocal trade and investment ties between the United States and Japan, two of the world’s wealthiest and most innovative economies,” the White House said. The two men are also expected to discuss the “maximum pressure” campaign on North Korea ahead of Trump’s expected meeting with Kim Jong Un this spring. Trump hosted Abe at Mar-a-Lago last February, when North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile. More recently, the two saw each other in Tokyo in November during Trump’s tour of Asia.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States-Japan relations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180402141500", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/politics/donald-trump-shinzo-abe/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "728504200", "sentence": "Tuesday marks 100 years since some British women were first guaranteed the right to vote. The Representation of the People Act was adopted in February 1918, eventually paving the way for universal women’s suffrage in the country. Here’s a look at how all women in the UK were eventually granted the vote and how it compares with the rest of the world. But the landmark act only granted a sliver of the UK’s female population the right to cast a ballot. Under the 1918 Representation of the People Act, women over the age of 30 who either owned land themselves or were married to men with property were given the right to vote. The same act also dropped the voting age for men from 30 to 21. For the next decade, the number of women’s suffrage campaigners grew as they demonstrated for equal voting rights under two main factions. The Suffragists, a predominantly middle-class group of women, campaigned under traditional, non-violent forms of dissent, using peaceful tactics and demonstrations to collectivize under the law. The more militant Suffragettes took another approach to their campaign, executing hunger strikes, and carrying out arson and firebomb attacks to galvanize support. In 1928, under the Equal Franchise Act, women in the UK were granted equal voting rights, increasing the number of eligible female voters from 8 million to 15 million. Like the UK, Austria and Germany also first gave way to women’s suffrage in 1918. New Zealand was the first country in the world to secure women’s voting rights under law in 1893. In 1902, some Australian women got the right to vote – but the law excluded indigenous women from casting their ballots until 1967. In Europe, Finland became the first European country to introduce women’s suffrage in 1906. Women in Switzerland were the last in Europe – excluded from their voting rights until 1971. In 1929, Ecuador became the first South American country to grant women’s universal suffrage. It was an optional right for women to exercise until 1967, when it became compulsory. Mongolia became the first country in Asia to grant women the vote in 1924. Following independence in 1947, Pakistan adopted universal suffrage for legislative elections – with women granted the right to vote in national elections in 1956. Indian women were granted universal suffrage in 1950. Women’s suffrage in Gulf States have lagged behind the rest of the world, with Oman the first to loosen the law in 1994, followed by Qatar in 1999. Bahrain changed their laws in 2002, followed by Kuwait in 2005. In the United Arab Emirates, the right to vote is limited for both women and men, but in 2006, around 6,000 citizens – including women – were able to cast their ballots. Saudi Arabia women voted in municipal elections in 2015, marking the first time they were allowed to cast ballots – and run for office – in the Kingdom. Although some women in the UK have been casting their ballots for 100 years, female politicians remain a minority in elected positions of power. There are more women members of parliament than ever before, but they still make up only 32% of the total 650 members of Parliament. In 2017, 208 female lawmakers were elected to the House of Commons in the General Election – the most seats that women have held in the country’s history. But it’s progress. In 2015, the total number of women to become MPs in history surpassed the number of males in a single Parliament. When will women live #AsEquals with men? Globally, the UK ranks 39th for female representation in parliament. The United States ranks 99th – with women making up less than 20% all lawmakers. Rwanda currently leads the world in terms of share of female legislators, with women holding more than 61% of positions in parliament. Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Sweden follow at the top, according to the International Organization of Parliaments. Graphic by CNN’s Henrik Pettersson", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "women's suffrage in the UK", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180206083000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RWA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/europe/womens-vote-uk-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "489205083", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: The names of the “Halabi” family have been changed to protect their identities and the identities of those who helped them in Syria. Years of war had left only one small Jewish family in the northern Syrian city An Israeli-American businessman worked with rebels to spirit them out The Jewish Agency calls the businessman \"dangerous\" and a \"vigilante\" The plan to rescue the last Jews of Aleppo was hatched in Brooklyn during the waning days of summer. Two months later, in a white minibus commandeered by pro-Western Syrian rebels, the Halabi family whizzed from Syria into Turkey in the dark of night. But the journey to that point was difficult – and getting them out of war-torn Syria did not turn out to be the end of the story. Mariam Halabi, 88, was born and raised in Aleppo. She had never wanted to leave her homeland before. In fact, she and her small family had never left Syria before. They didn’t even have passports. But practicing her faith through years of civil war, without regular kosher supplies, praying in secret, was taking its toll on Mariam. Friday night Shabbat dinners continued through gun battles and airstrikes, but in the fourth year of the war, she became a vegetarian after kosher meat from Turkey ran out. Worried for his family, Mariam’s U.S.-based son Eli wanted his mother and sisters Gilda and Sarah out. But when the time came to leave, even Mariam and her daughters did not know the plan. Eli, Mariam’s only son, moved to Brooklyn in 2005, long before the start of the civil war in his homeland. Like many others coming to the United States, he wanted to chase the American dream: a better life and more money. After a decade of separation and news of barrel bombs dropped on his hometown by the Syrian regime, Eli contacted his rabbi. The rabbi had heard of an Israeli-American businessman who had been in and out of Syria since the revolution began. He arranged for Eli to meet the businessman, Moti Kahana. Gregarious and outspoken, Kahana was willing to help. “I had helped another family before this one so I knew this was a possibility,” Kahana said. This time the plan was more complicated though. Not only were the moderate Free Syrian Army rebels and the Syrian regime operating in Aleppo, by late 2015, the so-called Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked Jabahat al-Nusra were also encroaching. The journey out would have to be winding and dangerous. And Kahana wanted to send the Halabi family to Israel – but did not think it was safe to tell them that. “The word Israel could not be mentioned to anyone inside Syria,” Kahana said, “so we could not tell them about the precise plan.” To further complicate the operation, Gilda was married to a Syrian Muslim man with three children from a previous marriage. Getting four Muslims to Israel was not an easy feat, Kahana thought, but that would have to be dealt with once the family was out of Syria. The plan itself was simple: get the family passports, get them in a van, and get them to Turkey. The Jewish Agency, a nonprofit that organizes “aliya,”or immigration of Jews to Israel from around the world, was to take charge of the family journey once they reached Istanbul. Neither Eli nor Kahana could get to Syria, so they worked with moderate Syrian rebels in the city. The Muslim rebels, who “did not ask for a single penny,” he said, facilitated the trip , guarded the family’s safety, and did everything to get the Halabis out of the Aleppo. It took weeks to get the family passports through the Syrian government, a task Kahana entrusted to some of his contacts in-country. Then, the Halabi family waited. Finally, out of nowhere, a minibus arrived at the family’s doorstep. “Thud, thud, thud!” Kahana recounted. “Initially we had to confuse them. Who was knocking at the door? Is it (Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad? Rebels?” This gave the family less time to think, gather belongings and get into the running van, according to Kahana: “No one broke windows or kidnapped them. We just wanted to get them all out quickly and let them ask questions later.” Once all seven were in the van, the rebels identified themselves and told the family Eli had sent them. What should have been a two-hour journey from Aleppo to the Turkish border town of Gaziantep stretched out over 72 hours to avoid checkpoints, ISIS and the Syrian regime. No one but a few rebels knew their whereabouts on the strenuous journey to an outpost on the Turkish side of the border. Tired, hungry, and terrified, the group was dropped off with a Palestinian Muslim woman and her Syrian husband in Gaziantep. Kahana had contacted them ahead of time and asked for their help. “Of course I took them in. Why wouldn’t I? I helped them because of humanity. They were alone and needed help. Everyone needs help,” said the woman, who asked not to be named to protect her safety. Afraid her Syrian neighbors would be nosy, the woman put the family up at a nearby hotel for a night, and the next day, Mariam and her family were driven to a safe house in Istanbul. Only once they were in Istanbul did the family find out they were going to Israel. And that is where the journey became even more complicated. The Jewish Agency took over the final leg of the trip. Getting Mariam and Sarah, her unmarried daughter, to Israel was simple. But since Gilda was a convert to Islam, she could not be issued an aliya visa – one for Jewish migrants settling in Israel. And it is illegal to convert from Islam while in Turkey. The head of public relations for the Jewish Agency, Yigal Palmor, is deeply critical of Kahana, calling him “dangerous” and an “aliya vigilante.” The Halabis wanted to stay in Syria, and had made no effort to leave, Palmor insisted. Kahana “resorted to scare tactics, which in itself is totally reprehensible, to get them out. They don’t have family in Israel. He told them they would be going to America,” Palmor said. Kahana acknowledges he lied to the Halabi women about their final destination. Wanting to keep the word “Israel” out of the negotiations in case it was overheard by the Syrian government, he said, he admits he had implied the Halabis would reunite with Eli in America. In the end, Gilda and her husband, along with his three children, went back to Aleppo. They were not offered any other options, like a tourist visa or humanitarian visa, Kahana claimed. Palmor denies this, saying many people who are not Jewish travel to Israel on a tourist visa, insisting again that maybe the five did not want to move to Israel. Mariam and Sarah, meanwhile, have made it to Ashkelon in Israel, and they are in touch with Eli in Brooklyn. But Palmor worries about what will happen to this torn-apart family, now scattered across three countries: “It’s not like they can start over again.” War has forced half of Syrians from their homes. Here’s where they’ve gone.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jewish Agency", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151128050000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/27/middleeast/last-jews-aleppo-syria/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "661179057", "sentence": "Putin tells reporters: Hackers could work on behalf of their country's interests Russian President denies that any Russian hackers were working on behalf of government Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to suggest Thursday that “patriotic hackers” may have meddled in the US election, but insisted that none of their potential activities were state-backed. It’s the first time the Russian leader has conceded that any election-related hacking attacks may have emanated from his country. In comments to reporters at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Putin likened hackers to “artists,” who could act on behalf of Russia if they felt its interests were being threatened. “(Artists) may act on behalf of their country, they wake up in good mood and paint things. Same with hackers, they woke up today, read something about the state-to-state relations. “If they are patriotic, they contribute in a way they think is right, to fight against those who say bad things about Russia,” Putin said. Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in any attempts to influence November’s US Presidential election. When asked directly whether Russia interfered in the election, Putin said in March: “Read my lips: No.” He also described the allegations as “fictional, illusory, provocations and lies.” Derek Chollet, senior adviser of the German Marshall Fund of the US, told CNN’s Brian Todd that’s not true. “The US intelligence community in January concluded with high confidence that Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign to try to shape the US election. And part of that influence campaign were hackers. This is Putin trying to obfuscate and blur what is the reality.” Sources: Congress investigating another Sessions meetingComey to testify on Trump confrontationsHouse Russia investigators issue subpoenasRussia investigation: What to know Sources: Congress investigating another Sessions meetingComey to testify on Trump confrontationsHouse Russia investigators issue subpoenasRussia investigation: What to know While he maintained Thursday that the Russian government wasn’t behind the attacks, he said hackers anywhere could make their efforts appear like they came from the state. “The most important this is that we don’t do that on government level,” he said. “Secondly, I can imagine that some purposefully does that, building the chain of these attacks in a way to make it seem that Russia is the source of these attacks. Modern technology allows to do that quite easily.” However, he said that even if hackers did intervene it’s unlikely they could swing a foreign election. “No hacker can affect an electoral campaign in any country, be it Europe, Asia or America.” “I’m certain that no hackers can influence an electoral campaign in another country. It’s just not going to settle on the voter’s mind, on the nation’s mind,” he added. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria said Putin’s remarks on the hacking mirror what Putin said when Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimea region. “If you remember, when the invasion of Crimea and the destabilization of eastern Ukraine took place, Vladimir Putin said, ‘I don’t know who these people are … it seems there are patriotically minded Ukrainians and Russians who want the Crimea to be part of Russia,” Zakaria said. The US government publicly announced in October that it was “confident” Russia orchestrated the hacking of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and other political organizations of the Democratic Party in the lead-up to the election. And in January, days before Trump took office, the US intelligence community concluded that Putin had ordered an “influence campaign” aimed at hurting Trump’s rival, Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton. Last month, the US Justice Department appointed a special counsel led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller to oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference in the election. US President Donald Trump said the probe “hurts our country” and has branded the investigation the “single greatest witch hunt” in political history.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170602040000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/politics/russia-putin-hackers-election/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "623575576", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Elaine Dang is a graduate student at the Yale School of Management. Meaghan Shanahan worked with Dang in the writing of this piece. The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author. Elaine Dang: I survived a terrorist attack and learned that educating ourselves is an antidote to fear The best way to overcome fear is to befriend Muslims in our community and learn more about their faith, writes Dang I survived a terrorist attack – the kind President Trump uses to perpetuate a fear of “The Other.” I am not a national security expert, but I am someone who has come face-to-face with terrorism. I, likely more than many experts who often base their knowledge on theory and secondhand information, can understand how this fear can spiral into something ugly. On September 21, 2013, the International Day of Peace, I was at a children’s cooking competition in a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, when members of the extremist group al-Shabaab opened fire. By the end of their siege, 67 people were killed, though I was fortunate enough to survive the attack. In the following weeks, my physical wounds healed, but I developed PTSD. Every time a door slammed, my heart raced and I ducked for cover, assuming it was a gunman. As I walked into any public place, I immediately surveyed my surroundings and planned an escape route. I constantly felt threatened in large groups of people, so I avoided crowds and public spaces. And, just like many Americans today, I began to feel anxious and suspicious of people who were visibly Muslim. As someone who was raised in a variety of diverse communities, this shift in my thinking and response to others shocked me. My fear had narrowed my vision, and made me believe that good and evil were as easy to discern as black and white. Somehow I had begun to think that by knowing what a person looked like or how he worshiped I could classify him as either dangerous or safe. But I was wrong. As my psychological wounds healed, I began to recognize when my response was emotional rather than rational. And then I learned to use those moments as a signal that I needed to pause and consciously think about the emotions I was experiencing, and how they affected the conclusions I drew about situations and about people. Related video Anxiety over Trump in a California mosque I realized the only way to overcome my fear and distrust was to educate myself about the religion, read reputable sources for facts and information about terrorism and violent crime in our country and – most importantly – get to know more Muslims. I spent time reaching out to people I knew who were Muslim and told them about my experience. I openly shared my concerns and asked questions about their beliefs and opinions. We talked about things I saw on social media or heard in the news. Over time, the people I met became my friends, colleagues and mentors. It was clear that the extremists who carried out the attack I experienced were not true representatives of their faith. In fact, their actions were an affront to a religion based on peace and compassion. Of course, it shouldn’t have surprised me. One of the first people to come to my aid as I escaped the mall was a Muslim woman who, largely driven by her faith, risked her own safety to assist me in a time of need. She was the true face of Islam, not my attackers. Related article France is paying the price for normalizing Islamophobia But I hadn’t taken the opportunity to dig deeper and learn more – at least not then – and so I missed something that only became obvious later on: that al-Shabaab did not reflect the ideals of Islam. Using the actions of a few extremists to justify fear of 1.6 billion people worldwide is irrational and amoral. Grouping an incredibly diverse set of people based on one characteristic – whether religion, race or any other single trait – unfairly objectifies them. It turns many individuals worthy of care and understanding into a massive, inhuman entity of fear. For those curious about Islam, there are many people and resources that can help those interested in learning more. Visiting a local mosque, reaching out to a Muslim business owner or engaging with Islamic Cultural Centers in-person or online are all excellent options to explore. And for those who aren’t interested, I implore you to try. I share my story because I understand your fear of radicalism and the real threat that it poses. And I also understand how this fear and the information espoused by the very government that serves us can shade your thinking. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The more I have learned and engaged, the more I have realized how futile it is to try to group all Muslims together. Just like subscribers to any other religion, they are undeserving of judgment and distrust based on the actions of a few. And rather than labeling them “The Other” – which erases their humanity and historically has been used to justify heinous acts – we must recognize their individuality and diversity. We must directly engage and learn from one another. In the end, it is the only way to overcome fear and pave the way for future peace and mutual understanding.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Muslims", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170202204500", "country1": "KEN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/opinions/terror-victim-overcoming-fear-of-the-other-opinion-dang/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "644083450", "sentence": "NEW: Russian envoy to UN says lack of vote open room for further talks US Secretary of State says \"steps are underway\" to remove Syrian President Russia has challenged US President Donald Trump to set out his strategy on Syria after he said an apparent chemical weapons attack had transformed his views on President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Trump, who has previously argued against removing Assad from power, said the attack on a rebel-held town in Syria’s Idlib province was a “heinous” act that “crossed a lot of lines for me.” Related video Video shows gas attack aftermath The President has not offered any details of how US strategy on Syria would change – but he did tell some members of Congress that he’s considering military action in Syria in retaliation for Tuesday’s chemical attack, a source familiar with the calls told CNN on Thursday. The Joint Chiefs of Staff held a quickly called meeting in the office of the chairman, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, on Thursday afternoon and were briefed on the military options regarding Syria, a US military official told CNN. The attack killed at least 86 people, including 26 children. Why Syrian civilians get killed with barrel bombs and chemical attacks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters that “steps are underway” to organize an international effort to remove Assad. He called on Russia to “consider carefully” its continued support for the Syrian regime. When asked whether Russia would reconsider its backing for Assad, Russia’s Foreign Ministry instead challenged the United States to show its cards. “Russia’s approach to Assad is clear. He is the legal president of an independent state. What is the US approach?” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told CNN in a text message. Kremlin spokessman Dmitry Peskov warned against “snap judgments” on what happened in Idlib. “It’s indeed a very menacing course of events, dangerous and horrible crime. However, sticking labels on everyone, prematurely, is not a correct thing to do, in our opinion,” he said. Russia is Syria’s most powerful ally and has provided the military might behind Assad’s grip on the country, which plunged into civil war six years ago. At the United Nations, diplomats from the United States, United Kingdom and France circulated a new draft resolution against the Syrian government, but the 15 members of the Security Council failed Thursday night to reach agreement. Victims gassed as they slept Teen: ‘I saw the explosion’Explainer: Syria’s chemical weaponsHow a chemical attack unfolded Man says 25 relatives lost in strike Photos show no hiding from the horrorWatch: Attack survivor’s plea to TrumpTrump: ‘I now have responsibility’ Victims gassed as they slept Teen: ‘I saw the explosion’Explainer: Syria’s chemical weaponsHow a chemical attack unfolded Man says 25 relatives lost in strike Photos show no hiding from the horrorWatch: Attack survivor’s plea to TrumpTrump: ‘I now have responsibility’ The draft demands that all parties “provide delay-free and safe access to any sites deemed relevant by the (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Fact Finding Mission).” The OPCW said its investigation into the Tuesday attack is ongoing. The draft also emphasizes that the Syrian government is obligated to provide flight logs filed on Tuesday and to arrange requested meetings, including ones with generals or other officers. The Security Council ended up with two other competing draft resolutions. Russia’s deputy ambassador Vladimir Safronkov said he thought the US decision to not bring its draft to a vote “opened a window for further work, for attempts to find a common denominator.” Closed-door discussions took place after a regularly scheduled Security Council meeting. In talking about potential US military action in Syria, Safronkov said, “First of all, you have to think about negative consequences. All responsibility … will be on shoulders of those who initiated such doubtful and tragic enterprise.” Several countries have said they believe the Syrian regime carried out the attack, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Turkey. Related article What we know about Syria's chemical weapons US military and intelligence officials told CNN that Syrian planes dropped bombs at the time and place that the chemical attack was reported to have happened. A US official said radar intelligence followed the radar track of regime airplanes and the infrared heat signature of the bombs. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem denied the government carried out airstrikes at the time of the attack and repeated the government’s claims it had never used chemical weapons and never would. He said the government’s first strike happened at 11:30 a.m., about five hours after reports of the chemical attack emerged. That strike hit a depot holding chemical weapons smuggled into the country by terrorist group Al Nusra Front, he said. Russia said that the deaths were caused by the Syrian regime strike on the munitions depot. But several chemical weapons experts dismissed Russia’s claims as “chemically impossible” and “laughable.” The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was “premature to accuse the Syrian government of using chemical weapons in Idlib,” insisting on a full investigation. Autopsies on three victims conducted in Turkey indicated exposure to chemical substances, Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said. It’s not yet confirmed what chemical agent was involved in the attack, but early indicators point to the release of a nerve agent like Sarin. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Assad a “murderer” over the incident. British Prime Minister Theresa May also said the attack would need to be investigated. “If it is the case that it was the Assad regime, it shows the barbarism of the regime,” she said, describing the attack as “despicable.” And German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the incident was a war crime that must be investigated. “The chemical attack in Syria was a barbaric attack which must be cleared up,” she said. Hospitalized victims told CNN they saw planes drop bombs. No terrorist or rebel group in Syria is believed to have the capacity to carry out aerial strikes. Related article Teen lost 19 family members in Syria chemical attack: 'I saw the explosion' Mazin Yusif, a 13-year-old-boy, broke down in tears at the Reyhanli Hospital in southern Turkey near the Syrian border, where about 25 victims have been taken for treatment. “At 6:30 in the morning, the plane struck. I ran up on our roof and saw that the strike was in front of my grandfather’s house,” Mazin told CNN. Related video Syrian survivors detail moment of attack He said he ran toward his house and found his grandfather slumped over. He ran outside to call for help. “I got dizzy and then fainted in front of my grandfather’s garage. I next found myself here in this hospital, naked in a bed.” Another survivor, Ahmed Abdel Rahim, 31, stared vacantly from his hospital bed while explaining he was hit with a poisonous substance carried by three rockets. “I was in my house. I had difficulty breathing, but I feel better now. But I did throw up after getting to the hospital,” he said. “I don’t know if my family is dead or alive. I don’t know anything.” CNN’s Barbara Starr, Kareem Khadder, Richard Roth, Ben Wedeman, Tim Lister, Theodore Schleifer, Dan Merica, Isil Sariyuce, Nadine Scmidt, Simon Cullen, Steve Almasy and Schams Elwazer contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170406104500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/middleeast/syria-idlib-chemical-attack/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "683132166", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Brian King is professor and associate dean at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is editor-in-chief of the journal “Tourism Culture & Communication.” Golden temples, Mekong River cruises, mighty waterfalls and nearly two dozen national parks. On paper, Laos has it all. But the land-locked Buddhist country welcomed only around 4.2 million visitors in 2016 – a paltry achievement compared with its southeastern Asian neighbors. In that same year, there were 32 million tourist arrivals in Thailand, 26.8 million in Malaysia and over 10 million in Vietnam – all countries boasting long coastlines of gorgeous beaches. Meanwhile, Cambodia is famed internationally for its Angkor Wat “Tomb Raider” temples, and recently opened-up Myanmar is growing its tourism industry. Laos, it seems, just isn’t on the radar for most international travelers headed to southeast Asia, aside from young backpackers. But things could be set to change. A high-speed rail link between Laos and China expected to open in 2022 has poised the country for a game-changing influx of Chinese tourists. A former French colony, Laos retains the nostalgic charm of an earlier era – note the stylishly restored villas in the historic Old Quarter of the former trading post and now capital Vientiane. Unlike the car-choked metropolises of Bangkok or Hanoi, Vientiane’s low-key boulevards invite a walking pace with their wandering Buddhist monks. It’s the upside of Laos’ undeveloped economy: Vientiane’s status as national capital hasn’t prompted the frenzied high-rise construction that has been evident in Ho Chi Minh City. The motorbikes are there but, somehow, with less intensity. The capital of Laos is Vientiane.The population is estimated to be 7 million.It’s the 13th-fastest growing economy in the world.President Bounnhang Vorachith heads the communist government.Lao is the official language. English, French and several dialects are also spoken.SOURCES: Lao Statistics Bureau, World Bank, CIA World Factbook The capital of Laos is Vientiane.The population is estimated to be 7 million.It’s the 13th-fastest growing economy in the world.President Bounnhang Vorachith heads the communist government.Lao is the official language. English, French and several dialects are also spoken. In addition to its heritage, Laos also offers mystique. The so-called Plain of Jars sees clusters of giant Iron Age stone structures scattered across the hillsides around Phonsavan in northern Laos. Nobody knows who created them or why, although theories abound. That the bizarre jars have survived is itself a miracle. The area was heavily bombed by America during the Vietnam War and only a few are today open to the public while unexploded cluster bombs are cleared. But the quintessential Laos postcard scene is probably Luang Prabang. Set in the mountains of Central Laos, the ancient town – named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995 – is the former home of the Royal Palace and capital of a kingdom of the same name. Laos’ main problem is its lack of the three Ss – sun, sand and sea. The country is making a bold attempt to overcome this natural deficit by becoming the first foreign country using Chinese technology, equipment and investment to connect with that giant nation’s domestic fast and vast rail network. Vietnam and Myanmar will eventually be connected to China’s rail network, too, but Laos looks likely to be the first to do so using Chinese technology. Critically, that means Laos and China will have a common rail gauge on both sides of the border making traveling between the two countries seamless. Furthermore, if all goes as planned, Laos will be the first stop on one route of the Pan-Asia Railway, which aims to connect China with all of Southeast Asia, with trains traveling at speeds of up to 125 miles per hour, carrying both passengers and cargo. The route from Kunming to Singapore will take just 10 hours. Laos’ flight connections with China are improving, too. A direct link operated by Sichuan Airlines launched between Kunming and Vientiane in May, while a Hainan Airlines route to Haikou, the capital of Hainan Island, began last year. To be a tourism powerhouse, Laos will need to welcome Chinese, and other, tourists without sacrificing its unique, peaceful atmosphere. It would do well to learn from the mistakes of its neighbors. In Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, for example, the local tourist authority had to create etiquette pamphlets to educate visitors on how to respect the local culture and temples, in response to  incidents involving Chinese nationals in 2015. Laos also needs better facilities – a change that’s already underway. The 32-room President by Akaryn hotel opened in a restored neoclassical villa next to the Presidential Palace in Vientiane in February. And in Luang Prabang, Azerai, a new venture from Aman Resorts’ founder Adrian Zech, launched in February, while the Rosewood Luang Prabang is scheduled to open its luxury tented camp and villas before the end of the year. While these properties are a step in the right direction, other tasteful, high-end hotel options are generally lacking. In addition, more professional service skills are needed to complement the natural hospitality of the Lao people. Still, many will see that underdevelopment as part of Laos’ charm. If so, now could be the last chance to experience a rare unspoiled part of Southeast Asia before it joins its neighbors in the high echelons of bucket-list destinations. Editor’s note: Brian King is professor and associate dean at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is editor-in-chief of the journal “Tourism Culture & Communication.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Laos tourism development", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170822021500", "country1": "LAO", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/could-china-put-laos-on-the-tourist-map/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "753280481", "sentence": "A Trump administration nominee to lead the United Nations migration agency faced an onslaught of questions from reporters Friday about his anti-Muslim tweets and the sharing of others. Ken Isaacs, a veteran refugee coordinator who has helped migrants from Iraq to Myanmar, has an extensive history of tweets reviewed by CNN’s KFile, which include “Islam is not peaceful” and one comparing Islam to the People’s Temple, the Jim Jones mass murder cult in Guyana. Isaacs told reporters at the United Nations Correspondents Association event: “There’s nothing that I can say to change what I said. I’ve apologized for the hurt that I’ve caused. I have hundreds of Muslim friends around the world, and I’ve had them for years. So I do not believe that Islam is a violent religion, and I have no distinction, no discrimination against anybody of any religion or no religion.” Isaacs is in a three-way race to lead the International Organization for Migration, based in Geneva. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley hosted a reception this week for Isaacs in New York so that he could meet some of the people who may decide if he is elected. Isaacs told reporters he met with representatives of 90 countries in the last two days. But the tweets can’t be dodged, especially inside the UN, with dozens of Muslim countries as members. Isaacs said his online comments and retweets sometimes were made at home and when he had no idea that they would come under scrutiny, as they have since his nomination. He said his Internet bio says at the top that “tweets aren’t endorsements” and that a lot of retweets are to “stimulate conversation.” The man who once tweeted Austria and Switzerland should consider building a wall in the Alps to “control their borders from refugees,” said, “What I apologized for was that I did not mean to hurt anyone’s feelings. That’s not in my nature to hurt people.” He said much of what he tweeted was taken out of context. “I will have to say that Twitter, 140 characters, is not a very good way to make comments, but it’s also not a good way to capture the context of what was said … Would I tweet again? No, I wouldn’t. But if I’m elected the director general or if I’m not, I believe in the human rights of the individuals. I believe every individual is unique, has a valuable life, and they all deserve equal and fair treatment.” The election is June 29 in Geneva. Isaacs’ competitors are the current deputy secretary-general of the International Organization for Migration, Laura Thompson of Costa Rica, and Antonio Vitorino, a former deputy prime minister of Portugal. If he wins, Isaacs vows to be in the field during crises “You probably will not see me at a lot of diplomatic meetings, but you will see me at every disaster in the world. You will see me on the front lines where migration is going on. You will see me on the front lines where immigration and human suffering is going on,” said Isaacs, who is vice president for programs and government relations for Samaritan’s Purse, a worldwide humanitarian relief organization. CNN’s KFile has reported it reviewed more than 140 previously unreported tweets from Isaacs before he was nominated. Isaacs on Friday there were only 15 that were controversial. Toward the end of the press conference, Isaacs said he would not take any more questions about his Twitter account. Asked whether he had advice for younger political or humanitarian hopefuls. Isaacs said: “You better be careful on social media.” Richard Roth is CNN’s senior UN correspondent.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ken Isaacs", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180505004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/04/world/un-migration-agency-nominee-isaacs-islam/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "687944869", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – Irma is heading for the mainland US and also may brush Cuba and the Bahamas after leaving a trail of devastation in the Caribbean. Southern Florida is bracing for a direct hit early Sunday, and evacuations have been issued, sparking a dramatic mass exodus from the state where millions could be affected. The catastrophic storm also hit the islands of Turks and Caicos overnight, and President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate closed ahead of Irma. – On the horizon: Hurricane Jose strengthened to Category 4 with winds up to 150 mph, and the storm is forecast to move west-northwest into the Atlantic Ocean over the coming days. Hurricane Katia is spinning in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. – The House approved the package on Hurricane Harvey relief. The bill includes measures that would raise the debt ceiling and keep the government open for three months. A 8.1-magnitude quake hit off the coast of southern Mexico, leaving dozens dead. Social Security numbers and other data for up to 143 million people may have been exposed to cyber criminals following a massive security breach of credit monitoring firm Equifax. Today, it’s been revealed that three Equifax executives sold stock before the hack was disclosed. Find out whether the Equifax hack hit you here. – The Trump hangover continues for gun companies as sales drop.– Politics aside, catch up on the other headlines of the week or, if you prefer, look at this week’s photos.– Deaths associated with heroin have jumped 533% in the US since 2002, a report said. – Uber is ditching diesel cars in London. – Planning a fall trip? Here’s a guide to make sure it’s smooth sailing when you’re traveling with friends. Does Napa Valley make the bucket list?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hurricane Irma", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170908211500", "country1": "TCA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/08/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-sept-8-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "437641821", "sentence": "Investigation underway into who ordered Iraqi troops to withdraw from Ramadi, letting ISIS take the city last month Iraq's prime minister was not aware the order was given, raising big questions, parliamentary speaker says The question of why Iraqi troops left the city has sparked an international blame game Iraqi troops left the strategically vital city of Ramadi – allowing it to fall to ISIS – because of a direct order from their military commanders of which Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was not aware, according to the powerful Sunni speaker of Iraq’s parliament. Salim al-Jabouri, arguably the most powerful Sunni politician in the country, told CNN that Ramadi was abandoned last month because of “a clear decision to give the order to pull out – and after that Ramadi fell.” Al-Jabouri added: “Even the Prime Minister – the general commander of the armed forces – was not aware of the orders to pull out. This led to big questions for us. Who has a direct interest in the army pulling out and not confronting ISIS?” Asked who gave that order, he replied: “In command was the Golden Division, and after they withdrew, a collapse occurred, and ISIS controlled Ramadi.” He said it was unclear where the order to withdraw originated – whether the Golden Division was ordered to pull out by a higher command, or did so on its own. A parliamentary investigation is under way to establish these facts, he added. “There are a number of answers that we need to confirm in a realistic form,” he said. “We fear that there are other hands involved in this that played a role in military decisions.” The Iraqi army loss in Ramadi has been the subject of an international blame game in the media, during which U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told CNN the Iraqis lacked the “will to fight.” Al-Abadi, the Iraqi Prime Minister, told the BBC that Carter had bad information, and the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qassim Suleimani, said U.S. President Barack Obama had not done a “damn thing” to confront ISIS. Read: Iraqi army conduct in Ramadi ‘surprised all of us,’ deputy prime minister says Al-Jabouri echoed assertions by U.S. officials that the Iraqi forces in the city were far from outnumbered by ISIS. “The number of ISIS fighters who entered Ramadi at the time of the fall was not large,” he said, “and I think morale played a huge role and it had an influence.” Sectarian tensions are high over the fall of Ramadi, with some critics of the often pro-Shia Baghdad government suggesting it was reluctant to arm the Sunni tribes fighting ISIS there as it mistrusts them, but also reluctant to send adequate reinforcements to fight for a predominantly Sunni area. Read: Inside the battle for Ramadi: Iraqi soldier recalls the battle with ISIS Al-Jabouri said locals in Anbar province – like the Sunni tribes fighting there – should be the ones to liberate the province, but that previous campaigns in other towns against ISIS had left a bitter taste for some Sunnis. “The experiences in Salaheddin, in Tikrit and al-Dor sometimes play a discouraging role. There is concern that it would be repeated in Anbar, especially after the liberation operations in those areas. We have to be careful. We must not think only of the liberation of an area but also about what comes after liberation. How do we establish stability and security?” Many will take that as a reference to the conduct of Shia fighting groups, whose human rights records are often questioned and whom some Sunnis fear. In the 48 hours before the interview, al-Jabouri met the U.S. coordinator for the coalition against ISIS, Gen. John Allen, and he is expected to travel to Washington soon. He appealed for more aid from the U.S., and said that airstrikes could intensify along with – if the U.S. was willing – boots on the ground.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi military command", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150601141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/world/iraq-ramadi-withdrawal-order/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "484822616", "sentence": "ISIS has claimed responsibility for the carnage that left at least 129 dead Terror expert Paul Cruickshank: Group is increasingly getting into international terror business The coordinated nature of Friday’s deadly attacks across Paris points to an organized terrorist group, security experts say, giving credence to ISIS’ claim of responsibility. ISIS has sought to extend its reach globally, with an ISIS affiliate claiming credit for the recent downing of a Russian passenger plane over Egypt and a bombing in Lebanon that killed more than 40 people this week. The Paris carnage has left at least 129 dead – including at least 80 at the Bataclan concert venue in the center of the city. With a steady flow of radicalized foreign fighters traveling to places such as Syria and then returning – in addition to the considerable number of homegrown ISIS sympathizers in many European countries – the militant Islamic organization is finding it easier to support and encourage these kind of attacks, experts say. Fear, grief and support after terrorists run amok “The French are overwhelmed by the numbers of people they’re having to monitor,” CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank said. “They’ve opened surveillance files into more than 5,000 Islamic extremists throughout the country. There have been more than 1,000 French nationals traveling to Syria and Iraq. They know of 250 that have come back, and that’s just the number they’re aware of.” Horror as Paris wakes to 128 dead Related video Hostages flee concert hall He pointed to a January terror plot thwarted in Belgium when security services uncovered a huge cache of weapons – as well as police uniforms – suggesting a possible attack on a sensitive site there. “Intelligence officials there and in the United States have told me that plot was directed by the top leadership of ISIS in Syria,” he said. Complete coverage on Paris attacks “This is a group that is increasingly getting into the international terrorism business. I think all these different events of the past few weeks have really illustrated this: More than 100 killed during an attack in Ankara – ISIS suicide bombers – the attack in Beirut, 40 to 50 killed, ISIS bombers that claim for taking down that Russian Metrojet airliner. It goes on. ISIS is pivoting toward international terrorism.” Paris attacks: What we know so far Related video Brother of drummer: Band heard gunshots, exited venue The fact the attacks in Paris all happened within 30 minutes suggested it was long-planned and there was some kind of command and control structure, according to Michael Weiss, co-author of “ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror.” Witness describes concert ‘bloodbath’ “That’s not to say it’s coming out of ISIS headquarters in Raqqa,” he told CNN. “One of the things to keep in mind is the that the caliphate has expanded in a way that many have not foreseen. It’s not necessarily taking up more terrain in Syria and Iraq, but it is getting these affiliates – getting these sleepers – essentially to declare allegiance and to conduct their own operations.” CNN iReporter films gunmen from building While the gunmen and bombers picked a number of “softer” targets in the French capital – a concert hall and restaurants – other analysts said they believe the attack on the Stade de France was the real statement of intent. “There’s a tremendous amount of symbolism when you have France playing Germany – this is the national sport of France, this is where you’ll have a tremendous number of people gathered there and watching on television, hearing the explosions go off,” CNN political commentator Buck Sexton said. “To explode suicide vests outside of there is really to strike at the heart of France when the entire country is watching. The entire country heard those explosions as they went off. They would have thought, ‘What was that?’ So as soon as the news started to break, there would have been a ripple effect.” Related video Explosion heard at Paris soccer game Cruickshank said the next challenge was the emergence of a major ISIS propaganda video if they eventually do take credit for the Paris attacks. “Just recently, they (ISIS) instructed all their recruits, all their operatives on the ground, to film everything,” he said. “They say there’s no point launching these kinds of attacks if you don’t film them.” Obama: ISIS hasn’t been ‘decapitated’ So how will France react? According to Sexton, there will be a “quite a response” from France. “They’re already done airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. They’ll go with more of that I think. There’s also a U.S. presence on the ground in Syria – that will likely increase.” Amid #Paris horror, a moment of solidarity as evacuating fans sing French national anthem https://t.co/ddKcnB5XFnhttps://t.co/k3j3Rwkfg5 He said France has shown it is capable of unleashing its fury. And it is exactly the tone President Francois Hollande has taken. Speaking from outside the Bataclan concert hall late Friday, he vowed France would be “ruthless” in its response.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151114083000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/europe/paris-attacks-analysis/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "758527183", "sentence": "President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is devising a plan to withhold US foreign aid funds from the home countries of immigrants who illegally enter the United States. Speaking at a roundtable on illegal immigration and the MS-13 gang, Trump offered few specifics about the plan and it was unclear if he was referring to the illegal entry of any undocumented immigrant or those who have committed other crimes. It was also possible he was referring to situations where home countries refuse to accept undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes in the US once they have served their prison sentence. “Many of these countries we give tremendous amounts of aid to. Tens of millions of dollars. And we’re working on a plan to deduct a lot of the aid because I happen to believe that it’s not so hard,” Trump said during the event in Bethpage, New York. “So we’re going to work out something where every time somebody comes in from that country, we’re going to deduct a rather large amount of money from what we give them in aid – if we give them aid at all, which we may not just give them aid at all,” he added. A White House spokesman could not immediately clarify the President’s comments. Trump’s comment came after Rep. Dan Donovan, R-New York, lamented the situation where the home countries of certain undocumented immigrants refuse to “take … back” undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes in the US. Trump accused the home countries of undocumented immigrants in the US not only of “not trying to stop” illegal immigration to the US, but of encouraging criminals to leave their country. “They’ll let you think that they’re trying to stop this. They’re not trying to stop it. I think they encourage people,” Trump said. “They don’t want the people – they don’t want the people that we’re getting in that country.” “Despite all the reports I hear, I don’t believe they’re helping us one bit,” he added of the home countries. Trump has previously threatened aid cuts to Latin American countries who are primarily responsible for illegal immigration to the US, but experts have warned such efforts would backfire and could worsen the flow of migrants to the US. The roundtable on Wednesday was just the latest in a series of events the President has hosted in recent weeks focused on immigration issues, underscoring the extent to which the White House is focused on illegal immigration as a rallying issue heading into the 2018 midterms. Trump once again shined a spotlight on crimes committed by MS-13 gang members to reinforce his administration’s efforts to curtail illegal immigration, even though they account for only a small portion of both the number of undocumented immigrants and gang members in the United States. The Justice Department estimates there are more than 10,000 MS-13 gang members in the United States. That is just a fraction – less than 1% – of the 1.4 million gang members the FBI estimates to be criminally active in the United States. While it is not known what percentage of MS-13 members are undocumented, MS-13’s membership in the US is dwarfed by the total undocumented immigrant population in the US, which is estimated at roughly 11 million.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US foreign aid policy toward home countries of undocumented immigrants", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180523221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SLV", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/politics/trump-ms-13-meeting/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "472391737", "sentence": "Horology buffs gather in Hong Kong for the 3rd annual edition of Watches and Wonders Luxury watchmakers face uncertainty in Asia Exhibit spaces range from themes of subtle heritage to more theatrical takes Gallery highlights new products and lines at event This week, Hong Kong plays host to Watches and Wonders, an exhibition organized by the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH). Described by the event organizer and FHH Managing Director Fabienne Lupo as “a total immersion experience,” the exhibition is less a trade fair and more a platform for education and culture. Held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, the third annual Watches and Wonders features 12 fine watch maisons, 10 of which are owned by Swiss luxury group, Richemont. Last year, the event recorded 16,000 invite-only guests over four days, despite pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests deterring mainland Chinese tourists from visiting Hong Kong and disrupting traffic. Without concerns of protests this year, Lupo expects more will visit, though the watch industry now faces new challenges – staying financially sound amid China’s slowing economy, anti-corruption legislation in China, and increasing interest in smartwatches. The Asia market remains an important one for luxury watch makers, with many having long hedged their bets on the Chinese consumer. But, according to Deloitte’s Swiss Watch Industry Study, only 27% of Swiss watch executives who responded to its annual survey, expect growth in China and Hong Kong over the next twelve months, with 34% expecting demand for Swiss watches to decline. “It’s why you will see everyone in the industry here – the presence of all the brands’ CEOs, the designers, even the watchmakers – we want to show support during this uncertain period,” Lupo explains. At the event, there’s an aura of somberness – well-turned out visitors wearing mostly black and white, speaking in hushed tones, sipping conservatively on champagne, and scrutinizing the timepieces on offer through thick plates of glass. New features, like the addition of scannable QR codes that connect to audio tours, dot the exhibition space as a digital and Asia-facing means – to learn more about individual watches and brands’ histories. Lectures, such as “Chinese people’s aesthetic approach to watches” and watchmaking workshops, are on offer. Our first stop is Swiss watch manufacturer, Roger Dubuis. And at 10am, it’s a jarring wake-up call. At only 20-years-old, Dubuis is among the youngest brands in among the industry’s old heritage maisons. As if to hammer this point home, the company has dramatically decked out its exhibition space –  which is transformed to feel like the mechanical insides of one of its skeleton watches. Further enhancing the futuristic theme – visitors can take a virtual reality trip through one of its watches, by strapping on an Oculus Rift headset. Jean-Marc Pontroue, CEO of Roger Dubuis, says the exhibition’s theatrics embody the brand’s values. “We love fantasy. We love to enrich the brand with storytelling, with an emotional environment.” “We’re targeting the young generation that don’t necessarily want a classic watch, or the watch of their fathers,” Pontroue continues. “But rather, the youth who like to wear niche brands.” Pontroue admits that sales have been affected in Hong Kong and Macau this year, due to lower tourism numbers, but has remained stable in mainland China. In fact, the brand is expanding its presence in Beijing – with a second store that opened this summer and another one planned for next year. A polar opposite to the Gotham-esque Roger Dubuis, is German watch manufacturer A. Lange & Sohne – which has chosen to present a more subdued set-up. “We didn’t want to overshadow the watch,” explains Katharina Mack, Head of Marketing at A. Lange & Sohne. “It’s about substance. It’s not the staging that is emotional, it’s the watch that is emotional.” A. Lange & Sohne is celebrating its 200th anniversary – and while the warm colors of the exhibit, along with the matte watch faces, are rather understated, the feeling conveyed is that of rich tradition. That – and literal history. There’s a bust of its founder protruding from the wall, a chunk of the Berlin Wall itself, and an enlarged timeline celebrating its watch evolution. “People are curious to see how a German brand, not a Swiss brand, is working,” says Mack. “It’s a very technical look and feel, it’s maybe not that romantic.” For romance, there is of course, Van Cleef and Arpels, the French maker of all things delicate and very, very pretty. Its watches are marketed as “poetic complications.” At Watches and Wonders, the French jewelry, watch and perfume company is debuting its Extraordinary Dials collection, three limited editions of 22 timepieces. A partnership with a feather artist has produced the exquisite watch faces of a cardinal, hummingbird, and kingfisher. “We really differ from brands that are more technical and masculine,” says CEO Nicolas Bos. “Our message is more about the design and craftsmanship. The Asian market has been very responsive to our feminine designs, but we don’t differentiate the collection according to geography, we’re never opportunistic.” On suggestions of rockier times ahead for the watch industry, Van Cleef and Arpels CEO Nicolas Bos responds, “Yes, we have some years that are more positive than others, but that’s pretty much what we feel in mature markets.” “It feels like the customer and market and operation in Hong Kong and in mainland China, at least in the major cities, are going to look more like operations in New York, London, Geneva or Tokyo.” “There’s probably not that specificity of tremendous and huge volume that the industry had for awhile. It’s going to disappear and stabilize. Then, I think there are opportunities for growth, I have no doubt about that.” The event is a chance to create buzz around newer product lines and developments within the industry. Visitors to Vacheron Constantin’s booth, for instance, can view the “world’s most complicated watch” in a closed section, where no cameras are allowed. Richard Mille had watch buffs in titters with its RM 69 Erotic Tourbillon. The watch, of which only 30 were made, features a series of provocative messages on the watch face, which rotate to show one message after the other. Messages include “I want to caress you madly” and “I long to explore your lips.” These were the more kid-friendly combinations of the 169 messages rotating messages available. At Cartier, the Cle de Cartier collection – which debuted earlier in the year at Salon International de Horlogerie – is showcased front and center. The “cle”, or French word for key, is in reference to a special crown designed for the watch – a new system to rewind, that Cartier recently patented. But something flashier catches our eye, and that’s the one-of-a-kind Inca Watch, part of its High Jewelry collection. “We have our own aesthetic vocabulary,” Cartier director of image and style, Pierre Rainero says. “The Roman numerals, the dials, the crown, and above all, harmonious proportions.” “Everything is looked after, everything is a work of art. In Asia – there’s a tradition in craftsmanship, a taste for precious materials and beauty, and that’s all the values that Cartier is about. That’s why Cartier is successful in Asia, remaining Cartier as it is.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Swiss luxury watch industry in Asia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151002124500", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/luxury/watches-and-wonders-2015/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "421484181", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Robert Klitzman is a professor of psychiatry and director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University. He is author of “Am I My Genes?: Confronting Fate and Family Secrets in the Age of Genetic Testing” and the forthcoming book, “The Ethics Police?: The Struggle to Make Human Research Safe.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Robert Klitzman: Physicians should consider reporting pilots who have medical problems such as depression Yet stigma can make pilots fear job loss and thus hide diagnoses and not seek treatment The FAA could require that pilots seek treatment in order to fly, but some pilots may still simply cover up problems “A pilot called me last week, concerned he might have Marfan syndome,” a health care provider told me recently at a meeting.  “But if I find he has the disease, do I have to report him to the Federal Aviation Administration?  And if so, should I call him first and tell him that?  Would he lose his job?”  She was totally unsure what to do.  Several other providers were present, and none of them knew, either. “You should definitely call him and tell him,” a health care lawyer, who was present, said. “You have to provide full disclosure.” “But presumably, he knows that you might do so,” I said.  “And if you told him, he might not come in for the check-up.” Marfan syndrome affects connective tissue and can lead to sudden tears in the aortic artery, causing sudden death.  Yet if treated, it poses much less risk, though not necessarily zero. The case raised several specific quandaries about what the responsibilities of medical professionals are and should be – legally or ethically – in evaluating pilots. The FAA requires that pilots self-report any diagnoses.  But health care professionals have no obligation to notify anyone.  They may know that a pilot has a medical problem that is poorly or not treated and may endanger passengers, but these providers have no obligation to do anything about it. These issues are crucial, given that Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the Germanwings Flight 9525, killing 150 passengers. We still don’t know why he committed suicide-murder, but the latest reports indicate he was treated for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot license. The Germanwings disaster has demonstrated that current standards of medical and psychiatric evaluation are inadequate. The FAA requires only that pilots fill out a psychological questionnaire, asking whether they have had psychological symptoms.  But pilots are not assessed in person by a psychiatrist. Such face-to-face assessments can provide crucial information that self-report forms might miss, partly because pilots might answer inaccurately. Moreover, the FAA requires only that 25% of pilots have a single random drug screen per year.  Pilots may pass drug tests in January and realize that the odds of undergoing subsequent tests that year are nil.  They may hence use more alcohol and recreational drugs. We need to consider changing current policies.  Some alterations are relatively easy.  The FAA should consider requiring far more drug testing – for all pilots, perhaps every few days. Other possible reforms pose difficult ethical dilemmas, and thus need broad, careful discussion – e.g., what role providers should play and how much privacy pilots should have. Medical exams and records over time can indicate key problems that a single visit to an FAA doctor may miss.  But requiring more information from pilots diminishes their rights to privacy.  Indeed, such rights impeded investigators from knowing initially the reason Lubitz took a six-month leave and the nature of his medical condition. Physicians have to break patient confidentiality when third parties may be endangered.  The legal precedent for breaking patient confidentiality in this way is the so-called Tarasoff case, in which a young patient told his psychologist at the University of California at Berkeley that he wanted to kill his girlfriend, Tatiana Tarasoff.  The psychologist alerted the campus police, though not the city police or Tarasoff. Unfortunately, the patient then killed Tarasoff.  A court found the psychologist liable. These violations of patient confidentiality make us providers uncomfortable. As a physician, I have had to report patients whom I even suspected might be abusing a child.  I remember one patient who came to the emergency room for psychiatric problems mentioning that she sometimes hit her toddler son with the end of an electrical cord, swinging it until the thick part banged him.  As I asked more, she began to cry. I felt terrible for her and was unsure how dangerous her actions were, but I erred on the side of protecting the child’s safety and contacted social services.  When I told her, she nodded, then whispered thank you.  She knew she needed help. Still, in Germany and several states, providers do not have to break patient confidentiality, even when they think the patient may endanger others. Critical dilemmas arise, though, of what threshold should be used concerning which diagnoses and how much their successful treatment should matter.  Some diagnoses may be treatable and thus permissible if doctors examine the pilot more frequently than once a year. Early in the HIV epidemic, for instance, some critics argued that HIV-infected pilots should be barred from flying, since the virus could cause neurological problems.  Fortunately, the FAA decided that evidence of actual neurological deficits – not infection alone – should ground these employees. Physicians arguably should consider reporting pilots who have, for instance, epilepsy, manic-depression or diabetes that leads to coma if these conditions are not well controlled with medications. Yet stigma can make pilots fear job loss and thus hide diagnoses and not seek treatment.  The FAA could require that pilots seek treatment in order to fly, but some pilots may still simply cover up problems. Ideally, the clinician should be able to talk with the pilot about the need not to fly and arrange a leave for a few months to improve treatment.  Good employee assistance programs and trust are also needed. In addition, we need research to find how much physician reporting would reduce risks or lead pilots to camouflage problems. Questions still arise of whether even the suspicion of a problem that could impede function should warrant reporting. An individual may seem fine weeks or even days before becoming seriously depressed.  Careful, transparent discussion, involving medical experts, pilots, policymakers and others, to establish  policies with clearly established cutoffs are thus vital. Unfortunately, suicides, for instance, are impossible to predict.  But much can be done to improve the current system. Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "FAA medical and psychiatric evaluation policies for pilots", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150330233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/30/opinions/klitzman-pilot-ethics/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "707333493", "sentence": "US authorities will remove restrictions on importing African elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia. That means Americans will be able to hunt the endangered big game and bring trophies home. Big game hunting is an activity that garnered worldwide attention when a Minnesota dentist took Cecil, perhaps the world’s most famous lion, near a wildlife park in Zimbabwe. A US Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman said the move will allow the two African countries to include US sport hunting as part of their management plans for the elephants and allow them to put “much-needed revenue back into conservation.” Related article Study shows elephants vanishing at alarming rate Critics, however, note the restrictions were created by the Obama administration in 2014 because the African elephant population had dropped. The animals are listed in the US Endangered Species Act, which requires the US government to protect endangered species in other countries. “We can’t control what happens in foreign countries, but what we can control is a restriction on imports on parts of the animals,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. The number of elephants in the wild plummeted 30% overall between 2007 and 2014, despite large scale conservation efforts. In some places it has dropped more than 75% due to ivory poaching. In 2016, there were just over 350,000 elephants still alive in the wild, down from millions in the early 20th Century. Pacelle, who opposes the decision, told CNN it means “elephants minding their business are going to be gunned down by rich Americans.” Safari Club International, a worldwide network of hunters, cheered the announcement. “We appreciate the efforts of the Service and the US Department of the Interior to remove barriers to sustainable use conservation for African wildlife,” SCI President Paul Babaz said in a statement. Related video Attenborough: Poaching 'will rest heavily' on humanity But the decision was met with outcry from animal-rights advocates, including Chelsea Clinton, a longtime proponent for elephant conservation. The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton once called elephants her “great passion” in a 2016 Politico profile and, together with her mother, unveiled a $80 million partnership through the Clinton Global Initiative in 2013 to help end the ivory poaching crisis. “Infuriating. Will increase poaching, make communities more vulnerable & hurt conservation efforts,” she tweeted Thursday, linking to a report from the Humane Society of the United States. Infuriating. Will increase poaching, make communities more vulnerable & hurt conservation efforts: https://t.co/w3BT8tZzgw President Donald Trump’s sons Donald Jr. and Eric are themselves big game hunters. Photos posted in 2012 by the website Gothamist show Donald Jr. holding an elephant tail. The website says the photos were from a 2011 hunt in Zimbabwe. When Donald Jr. addressed the photos at the time, he did not deny their authenticity or where they were taken. “I can assure you it was not wasteful,” he posted on Twitter, adding, “The villagers were so happy for the meat which they don’t often get to eat.” Pacelle, of the Humane Society, noted that corruption in the Zimbabwean government was a concern when the US banned trophy imports from the nation in 2014. Zimbabwe is currently in a leadership crisis, after the military seized power this week and placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest. CNN’s Betsy Klein contributed to this report.Clarification: This story was updated to reflect that the Obama administration’s restrictions on the import of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia prevented US hunters from bringing trophies home, but did not prevent them from participating in hunts in those countries.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US authorities' decision to remove restrictions on importing African elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171116051500", "country1": "ZWE", "country2": "ZMB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/15/politics/elephant-trophies-us-restrictions-zimbabwe-zambia/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "690870990", "sentence": "Tributes are being paid to Marshal Arjan Singh, India’s last five-star officer and the only member of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be awarded the accolade. Singh died of a heart attack on Saturday at an Army hospital in the Indian capital Delhi. He was 98. A state funeral was held on Monday in Delhi, with the national flag lowered to half-mast across all government buildings in the city. The Indian Air Force tweeted: “#IAF & the Nation mourns the loss of a Great AirWarrior. The CAS (Chief of Air Staff) pays homage to the Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh.” #IAF  & the Nation mourns the loss of a Great AirWarrior. The CAS pays homage to the Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh. pic.twitter.com/bnaVjBThez Paying tribute to Singh, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country remembered his “outstanding service to the nation.” India mourns the unfortunate demise of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh. We remember his outstanding service to the nation. pic.twitter.com/8eUcvoPuH1 The Indian Army gave a 17-gun salute to Singh while Indian Air Force jets performed a fly-past in honor of Singh. #MissingManFormation SU-30: Aerial Salute to the Legendary #Marshal of the IndianAirForce #ArjanSingh.#IAF bids farewell to departed Leader. pic.twitter.com/MhXGU1Egk8 Born on April 15, 1919 in Lyallpur, now known as Faisalabad in Pakistan, Singh was chosen for a pilot training course at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 19. His training was cut short because of World War I and he returned home before being posted to the North Western Frontier Province, present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan, as a member of the No. 1 IAF Squadron. In 1944, Singh led his squadron in combat during the Burma Campaign, in which forces from what was then the British Empire, the Republic of China and the United States defeated the Japanese. He received a Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the fight, and was later promoted to Wing Commander. When India became an independent nation on August 15, 1947, Singh led a fly-past of over 100 aircraft over Delhi’s Red Fort to mark the end of British colonial rule. In the following years, Singh quickly rose up the ranks of independent India’s new air force. In 1964, at the age of 44, he was appointed Chief of Air Staff with the rank of Air Marshal. Over his long career, Singh flew more than 60 types of aircraft, from pre-World War 2 planes to the more modern Gnats and Vampires. In 1965 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian honor, for his leadership and became the first Air Chief Marshal of the IAF that same year. Following his retirement in 1969, Singh was appointed as India’s Ambassador to Switzerland in 1971 and concurrently served as the Ambassador to the Vatican. He became India’s envoy to Kenya in 1974. In 2002, the Indian government gave him the rank of Marshal of the Air Force, making him the first and only ‘Five Star’ rank officer of the IAF. The Indian Armed Forces have had only three Marshal rank officers, the highest honorary rank given. The first, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, led the military operation that led to creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, in 1971. He died in 2008 at the age of 94. Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Army, died aged 94 in 1993.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Marshal Arjan Singh", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170919101500", "country1": "IND", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/19/asia/india-arjan-singh-dead/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "662985712", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Simon Mabon is a lecturer in international relations of the Middle East at Lancaster University. The views expressed here are solely his. Iran attack comes as region faces worst crisis since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1991 Attack challenges Saudi narrative Iran is behind all regional terrorist violence The specter of terrorism has loomed large over the Arab Gulf states for some years, but the attack in Iran Wednesday, claimed by ISIS, suggests that the Islamic Republic is now a target. Attackers stormed the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Tuesday, killing at least 12 in attacks on two hugely symbolic sites of both the revolution and the Islamic Republic. The Persian Gulf has long endured threats from a number of Islamist terrorist groups, which have attacked a range of targets including the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Shia mosques across the region, and the Khobar Towers complex in Khobar, but Tuesday’s attack is a first for Iran. For Al Qaeda, the enemy was the West and other Muslims could help in this struggle. In contrast, for ISIS, Shia Muslims are a legitimate target and the growth in sectarian violence in Iraq has only served to fuel these differences. For many rank and file ISIS members, the rafida – the derogatory name for the Shia – should have been struck in Iran much earlier, but it was the elders of the jihadi movement who urged leaders to focus upon different targets. Security calculations are increasingly fused with political considerations across the Persian Gulf, shaping domestic politics and international relations. Within these calculations, religion occupies a central role, affecting the two most serious threats to regional security: terrorism, and relations between the powerful six state Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – which includes Saudi Arabia and the UAE – and Iran. The attack in Iran comes as tensions between members of the GCC have rapidly escalated, resulting in the most serious crisis to hit the Gulf since Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1991. On Tuesday, the Saudi daily, Al-Riyad published an op-ed that argued that “If your friend deceives you, treat him as your enemy,” reflecting the increasingly fractious tensions between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Following the alleged hacking of Qatar’s national media website – allegedly by Russian hackers – which revealed comments made by Sheikh Tamim about Iran and the need to normalize relations with the Lebanese military group Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahraini, and Egypt all withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar. How members of GCC members engage with Islamist groups and Iran determines the nature of the organization and relations between its members. The diplomatic spat between Qatar and the emerging Saudi-led bloc has developed as a consequence of Doha’s relationships with both Iran and a number of Islamist groups. The Muslim Brotherhood, an 90-year-old religious and political group, has long been vocal opponents of regimes in Egypt and the UAE, and Qatar’s support for – and funding of – the Brotherhood has been viewed with a great deal of suspicion across the region. Prominent Hamas leaders, including Khalid Meshaal, have also sought safe haven in Doha and the Qataris have also attempted to facilitate dialogue between the Taliban and the US. It is this relationship with Islamist groups – and the Muslim Brotherhood in particular – that has shaped Emirati and Egyptian antagonisms towards Qatar. Yet for Saudi Arabia, it is Qatar’s approach towards Iran that is the most serious cause for concern. Since the revolution of 1979, Riyadh and Tehran have become embroiled in a struggle to shape the Persian Gulf in their image, with religion a fig leaf to justify their activity in Iraq and Lebanon. Unraveling the Qatar crisisCrisis threatens to split mom from kidsQatar Airways boss calls on USIran sends planes stuffed with food US suspects Russian hackers World cup a bargaining chipPhilippines stops sending workersGulf crisis: What you need to know Unraveling the Qatar crisisCrisis threatens to split mom from kidsQatar Airways boss calls on USIran sends planes stuffed with food US suspects Russian hackers World cup a bargaining chipPhilippines stops sending workersGulf crisis: What you need to know Since the Arab Uprisings, the two have become increasingly embroiled in proxy conflicts in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen, in addition to hostility in Iraq. The attack in Iran seriously challenges Riyadh’s allegation that Tehran is behind all acts of terrorism in the Middle East. Of course, such a claim is not without substance. One only has to look at Iranian support for a number of groups across the region who have used terrorism as a tactic, including Hezballah, Hamas, the Assad regime – states are complicit in terrorism too – a range of Shia militias in Iraq, and for a long period, Al Qaeda. The two have also drawn upon the support of regional allies, yet Doha’s increasingly autonomous foreign policy agenda has been a cause of serious concern to Riyadh. It was this that caused the previous stand off between Saudi Arabia and Qatar in 2014. In Qatar’s support, Turkish President Recep Erdogan sent troops and food to Doha whilst strongly rejecting claims that the country had supported terrorism. There was also the suggestion that Iran may also provide food, which will fuel the suggestion about a burgeoning rapprochement between the two Gulf neighbors. Of course, any further movement towards Iran will add to Qatar’s isolation from the GCC and also the US, as President Donald Trump has been vocal in support for Saudi Arabia. It appears that almost 40 years after the formation of the GCC, Saudi Arabia is increasingly of the opinion that its friend is deceiving them and that Qatar must be treated like an enemy. Simon Mabon is a lecturer in international relations of the Middle East at the Lancaster University. 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{"article_id": "698386901", "sentence": "GOP strategist Peter W. Smith was found dead in an apparent suicide Smith claimed connections to Trump campaign aides to recruit cybersecurity experts House and Senate investigators are turning their attention to a Republican operative’s hunt for Hillary Clinton’s private emails from Russian hackers – and his possible connections to senior members of the Trump campaign. The operative, Peter W. Smith, was an Illinois-based Republican activist who during the presidential campaign sought to obtain emails he believed were likely stolen by Russian hackers from Clinton’s private email server. He later was found dead in an apparent suicide weeks after telling a reporter about his efforts. In a private interview earlier this month,  a cybersecurity analyst Smith recruited for the effort reiterated to House investigators a comment that he had publicly made: He believed that Smith had ties to members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former chief strategist Steve Bannon and White House aide Kellyanne Conway — and may have been helping build opposition research for the Trump campaign, according to a source familiar with the matter. Smith claimed connections to Flynn and senior Trump campaign aides in his effort to recruit cybersecurity experts to help him obtain and verify Clinton’s emails, and now the House and Senate intelligence committees are probing whether those connections in fact existed. The House panel has interviewed Matt Tait, the British security analyst who was recruited by Smith, and Jonathan Safron, a law student who worked as Smith’s assistant. The Senate committee has reached out to Eric York, another security expert Smith enlisted in his email hunt, according to a source familiar with the matter. The strange case of Smith is one of many layers connected with Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US election and possible collusion with Trump’s associates, which are being scrutinized by both Congress and Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller. Smith spoke to The Wall Street Journal about his effort in May, saying he and the colleagues he enlisted found five groups of hackers claiming to have 33,000 deleted emails from the private server Clinton used during her tenure as secretary of state. Two of the groups he determined were Russian, he said. “We knew the people who had these were probably around the Russian government,” Smith told the Journal. Smith said he was unable to verify the emails, and told all of the groups to give them to WikiLeaks. Flynn’s attorney, Robert Kelner, declined to comment. A person close to Bannon said the President’s former chief strategist had never heard of Smith and was unaware of his efforts. Conway acknowledged knowing about Smith from his work in Republican political circles, but told the Journal in July that she had no interactions with him during the campaign. She declined to respond to CNN’s request for comment for this story. The White House referred questions to the Trump campaign, which did not respond to CNN request for comment. Less than two weeks after he spoke with the Journal, Smith, 81, killed himself in a Minnesota hotel room. He left a suicide note in which he stated there was “no foul play,” adding that his health had taken a turn for the worse and he had an expiring $5 million life insurance policy. The House intelligence committee, which is running the chamber’s Russia investigation, is talking to those who interacted with Smith during his quest for Clinton’s emails, and the Senate panel appears to be taking similar steps. “We’re investigating all rational leads,” said Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican who is leading the House Russia investigation, declining to comment further on the Smith matter. A source familiar with the testimony told CNN Tait testified in a staff interview that he believed Smith was close to Flynn and his claims of a connection to Flynn and his onetime consulting firm, the Flynn Intel Group, were legitimate. Tait told the committee he believed Smith may have been working as an unofficial opposition research arm for the campaign, the source said. The committee raised questions with Tait about how he knew of connections between Smith and the Trump campaign, the source said, and whether Smith’s claims were credible. Tait did not respond to requests for comment on his testimony. Safron confirmed he testified but declined to comment on the details. York declined to comment. After the Journal story on Smith published, Tait wrote a post on the national security blog Lawfare detailing his interactions with Smith. As part of his effort to recruit the British security analyst, Tait wrote that Smith gave him a document that claimed he had connections to Flynn, Bannon and Conway. The document detailed a company Smith had set up for the endeavor “to avoid campaign reporting,” Tait said. The document listed four groups involved, he wrote, including one entitled “Trump Campaign (in coordination to the extent permitted as an independent expenditure),” which listed Flynn, Bannon, Conway and other campaign officials. “My perception then was that the inclusion of Trump campaign officials on this document was not merely a name-dropping exercise,” Tait wrote. “This document was about establishing a company to conduct opposition research on behalf of the campaign, but operating at a distance so as to avoid campaign reporting. Indeed, the document says as much in black and white.” Tait said that the it wasn’t initially clear how independent Smith was operating, but he said it was “immediately apparent that Smith was both well connected within the top echelons of the campaign and he seemed to know both Lt. Gen. Flynn and his son well.” Smith maintained a political blog that he regularly updated until his death. In several of the posts, he dismissed US government assessments about Russian election-meddling and openly embraced the Kremlin’s favored narratives. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s “emails were released through WikiLeaks, with no evidence of Russian involvement,” Smith wrote shortly after the US intelligence community announced that Russian hackers stole Podesta’s emails and relayed them to WikiLeaks for public release. In addition to York, the Senate intelligence committee has asked for an interview and documents from conservative blogger Chuck Johnson, according to a July letter from the intelligence panel Johnson posted on his website. Johnson told Politico in July that he aided in Smith’s effort to find Clinton’s emails. Johnson told CNN he has not provided any documents or spoken to the committee. He would not participate in a closed-door interview, he said, because he believes it’s unconstitutional to force testimony in a closed setting. A Senate intelligence spokeswoman declined to comment. The intelligence committees aren’t the only ones interested in Smith. Mueller is investigating what role, if any, Flynn had in the effort, the Wall Street Journal reported in August.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Peter W. Smith's effort to obtain Clinton's emails and alleged connections to Trump campaign", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171016204500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/politics/peter-w-smith-house-intelligence-committee/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "646112622", "sentence": "1,300-1,500 Yazidis found in mass graves since 2015, official says Authorities expect to uncover more bodies in ISIS-held territory The bodies of between 1,300 and 1,500 members of the Yazidi minority have been discovered near the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar since it was retaken from ISIS in 2015, a Kurdish official told CNN Tuesday. It’s the first time an official has estimated the total number of Yazidis found in grave sites littered around Sinjar since Iraqi forces pushed the terror group out more than two years ago. Thirty-five mass graves along with 100 individual graves have been unearthed, according to Hussein Hassoun, the spokesman of the Higher Committee to Introduce Yazidi Kurds. “The mass graves are about 5 to 10 kilometers apart,” Hassoun told CNN. Between 300 and 500 bodies were found in the past few months. A new mass grave was recently found in the Hardan area of Sinjar, the town’s mayor told Rudaw news agency. Most of the bodies have been left in their graves, so officials can only give an estimate of the total number of dead discovered thus far. Due to limited resources, only 65 bodies have been exhumed, Fouad Othman, the spokesman of the Martyrs Ministry in Kurdistan, told CNN. ISIS swept into the Sinjar area in August 2014, displacing, killing and enslaving thousands of Yazidis – an ancient ethnic and religious minority who are descendants of Kurds and call modern-day Iraq home. A 2016 United Nations report found that ISIS committed “genocide” against Yazidis. ISIS was driven out of Sinjar in 2015, and Kurdish officials believe more mass graves will be found as more territory is seized from the terror group. A US-led coalition has mounted an aggressive campaign to recapture ISIS-held territory in recent months. ISIS currently controls less than 7% of Iraqi territory, Iraq’s military says – down from nearly 40% of the country in 2014. Hassoun said intelligence reports indicate that there could be up to 12 mass graves in the village of Kocho, which remains under ISIS control. The village is among two identified by the UN report as sites of large mass killings, which the report defines as more than 20 men and boys killed at the same time. Hassoun told CNN that his committee lacked the funds to conduct DNA tests needed to match the dead with family members looking for their loved ones’ remains. He said more international support would be needed to determine the true scale of ISIS’ atrocities against Yazidis.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170412130000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/middleeast/iraq-yazidi-mass-graves-isis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "478261360", "sentence": "Maj. Taj Sareen was part of a unit conducting airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria He died when his plane went down Wednesday in eastern England A U.S. pilot killed this week when his fighter jet crashed in eastern England was on his way home from a six-month deployment in the Middle East, a U.S. military statement said. Maj. Taj Sareen, 34, died when his F/A-18C Hornet went down Wednesday while en route from Bahrain to California, according to the statement. Before his deployment, Sareen was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, and was returning after a mission against ISIS militants in the Middle East. Sareen was among a squadron of six aircraft headed home. The remaining five landed safely. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The Hillsborough, California, native joined the Marine Corps a decade ago, and has deployed at various times, including to Afghanistan in 2010. His jet took off from a U.S. base in Suffolk and crashed in Ely, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of London. The Hornet is a fighter and attack aircraft known for its all-weather capabilities, according to the U.S. military. Sareen was part of Operation Inherent Resolve, which is conducting airstrikes against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria. CNN’s Carol Jordan and Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. military operations against ISIS", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151023124500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/europe/uk-fighter-jet-crash-american-killed/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "754505312", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Historian Michael Oren, Israel’s deputy minister for diplomacy, was Israel’s ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Israelis are celebrating. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, formally named the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, makes America, Israel and the world much safer. The deal threatened the security and the very future of Israel. It legitimized Iranian aggression throughout the Middle East and funded massacres and terror through sanctions relief and business contracts. It also enabled Iran to retain its nuclear infrastructure and the ability to reactivate it in the near future. The announcement that the United States will pull out of the JCPOA follows decades of concerted Israeli efforts to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Contrary to the claim that no deal would satisfy us, Israelis, in fact, sought an arrangement that would dismantle Iran’s nuclear facilities, halt its building of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads and ensure that the jihadist regime in Tehran could never develop nuclear weapons. We sought a treaty that would link Iran’s ability to do business overseas with the cessation of its support for terror, of its campaign to dominate the Middle East and of its declared goal of destroying the Jewish state. Related article Trump is exactly right about Iran's misdeeds The JCPOA, signed in 2015, achieved none of this. Rather than blocking Iran’s path to nuclear weapons, it paved it. All of Iran’s nuclear facilities, including those intended to make atomic bombs, were retained, along with the bulk of their centrifuges. Iranian scientists, led by veterans of the secret nuclear weapons program, developed centrifuges able to enrich uranium at four times the 2015 rate. And international inspectors were denied entry into Iranian military sites. These flaws would alone discredit the JCPOA, but the agreement also had expiration dates. Beginning in a mere seven years, the limitations on Iran’s nuclear program would be gradually lifted. In a short period, Iran would be able to enrich enough uranium for an entire arsenal of bombs. But JCPOA’s failings did not end there. It ignored Iran’s role as the world’s largest sponsor of state terror, its complicity in the killings of a half-million Syrians and its threats to destroy the state of Israel. It even overlooked Iranian aggression against Americans. Iran did not need intercontinental missiles to reach Israel – it needed them to hit the United States. And yet the JCPOA rewarded Iran with many tens of billions of dollars in sanctions relief and international contracts. Iran’s quest for regional hegemony went unchecked. Endangered neighboring states considered launching their own nuclear programs, triggering fears of a Middle East arms race. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Justifiably, Israelis opposed the deal and failed to understand why, with Iran’s economy in tatters, a better one was not signed. Now, though, the United States is again poised to apply immense pressure on Iran, greatly reducing its ability to mount aggression in the region and abroad. America, again, stands with its Middle East allies, sending an unequivocal message of strength to the world. The threat of Iran nevertheless persists, especially in Syria, which it is trying to transform into a forward military base against Israel. Iran has also supplied Hezbollah with 130,000 rockets and embedded them in Lebanese villages. Faced with these dangers, Israel will continue to defend itself, confident in America’s support and freed from the specter of a bad deal.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180509183000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/opinions/end-iran-deal-world-safer-opinion-oren/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "682129077", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Mark Preston is CNN’s executive director of political programming and senior political analyst. He hosts “Full Stop with Mark Preston” on SiriusXM POTUS 124. His full interview with DNC Chairman Tom Perez can be heard on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET, Sunday at 1 a.m. ET, and Sunday at 5 p.m. ET. Follow him at @prestonCNN. Mark Preston: Even with Trump's historically low approval ratings, Tom Perez still has a lot of work to do to restore faith in the Democratic Party The limelight on the administration is taking away from the attention that the Democrats need to gather support for their agenda Defeated, yet defiant, Democratic activists and demonstrators flooded streets across the country and around the world in late January to protest Donald Trump, who just 24 hours earlier was sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States. In Washington, it was a startling sight to see: where Trump supporters had watched his inauguration one day before, now political opponents stood in their place. The official name of the protest was the Women’s March, but it became something bigger, much bigger, and expanded to include many traditional Democratic Party constituencies including environmental groups and unions. For Democratic operatives and organizers, January 21, 2017, was akin to Christmas and your birthday falling on the same day: the party’s political base was frustrated, but not depressed. Political organizers could skip months of therapy sessions designed to excite Democrats and move straight onto crafting plans for the November 2017 elections and the 2018 midterm elections. Donald Trump had unified the Democratic Party. Or had he? Related article Cupp: Wow, does Trump have an awful opinion of his own voters A month after the Women’s March, Tom Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee – a high profile position tasked with the boiler room responsibilities of raising money, motivating voters and building infrastructure from the ground up. Hardly a plum assignment for the former Barack Obama Cabinet secretary following the surprising loss of the White House. To make matters more complicated, Perez took over a fractured party still reeling from the controversial Democratic presidential primary. Perez, a former Secretary of Labor and Justice Department official, is now charged with trying to unite the party’s liberal and establishment factions, while restoring credibility to the national party organization, whose email system was hacked by Russia in 2016. Perez said he sees an opportunity in this age of Trump for Democrats to rally around the party’s “values” on issues ranging from health care and income inequality to public education. “We all succeed when we all succeed, and we are all better when we are united,” Perez said in a recent interview on SiriusXM’s “Full Stop with Mark Preston.” Except it will not be that easy. Many liberals are still smarting over the 2016 presidential primary – a system they argued was rigged against Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in favor of the establishment favorite, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Related article The word that once existed in Washington: compromise More than a year after Clinton won the presidential primary and seven months into Trump’s presidency, the phrase “time heals all wounds” does not seem to apply to all Democrats, certainly not at last week’s Netroots Nation conference. The annual gathering of liberal activists was part strategy session, part political rally and speakers such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, urged attendees to demand that party leaders embrace and advocate for liberal policies. “We don’t have to tiptoe anymore,” Warren said.  “We don’t have to hedge our bets.” Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution – the organization founded by former Sanders campaign staff and supporters – wasn’t tiptoeing when she accused the DNC of disrespecting the progressive movement. She recounted a standoff outside the DNC headquarters in late July when she was refused access to the building. Turner, a DNC member, and the activists she led were attempting to deliver petitions to party leaders. The group was not allowed to enter the building because of security concerns, which infuriated Turner. “Unity requires give and take,” said Turner, who was named president of Our Revolution in June. “But it seems that it’s just take, take, take from the Berniecrats.” Related video DNC chair: I'm elated for Obama to return So, even though Trump is being roundly criticized for his Charlottesville remarks, has a 38% approval rating and is losing support from Republicans, Democrats must contend with their own internal problems. Perez said one of the first strategic acts he put in motion was a program called Resistance Summer. “Resistance Summer is a down payment on what the new DNC is about,” said Perez, who sat for this interview prior to the Netroots Nation conference. “It was an investment that we made, and it’s in place in over 40 states, and we are paying organizers out there so that we can talk to people again. One of the things we have to do, our new mantra at the DNC, is that every zip code counts.” This all-inclusive approach is similar to the 50-state strategy implemented by former DNC Chair Howard Dean in 2005 and a concept advocated by Sanders in the 2016 campaign. Perez notes that Resistance Summer has paid off by helping New Hampshire Democrats pick up a state House seat and electing two Democrats to state legislative seats in traditionally ruby red Oklahoma. Related article Mitch McConnell should have seen this coming “So that’s the new DNC,” Perez said. “And one more observation, which is 2017 for me is feeling a lot like 2005. In 2005, we had a very unpopular president pursuing a very unpopular far-right agenda in cahoots with a far-right Congress, and what we were able to do in 2005, which we haven’t been able to accomplish since, we won the governorships in both New Jersey and Virginia. Then the following year we flipped the House, and I’m seeing a similar trend here. But the past is never prologue and what we have to do is build that infrastructure, recruit great candidates, and then organize, organize, organize with our message of a better deal and a brighter future for everybody.” (Worth noting that in the first half of 2017, Democrats went 0-3 in three special Congressional elections). Last month, Democrats unveiled their policy goals called “A Better Deal,”  but it was not embraced by many liberal Democrats, and a Quinnipiac University poll  showed that 54% of Americans hadn’t heard about it. Part of the problem for Democrats is that the spotlight is fixed solely on Trump these days, making it difficult for other political news to break through. “He sucks up the oxygen, but it’s one thing to suck up the oxygen with affirmative things to help people. He’s been sucking up the oxygen in the room by firing all of his people, by ensnarling his administration in scandal,” Perez said. “I mean the culture of chaos and corruption in this administration is off the charts, and I don’t think the American people want to normalize chaos; they don’t want to normalize ethical lapses; they want people fighting for a better future for them – that’s what Democrats are doing.” Listen here Related video DNC Chair Tom Perez: Trump is a 'fraud' But for all of the controversy swirling around Trump, the Republican National Committee is outpacing the DNC in the critical measurement of fundraising. The latest Federal Election Commission reports show that the RNC has nearly $44 million cash-on-hand, while the DNC has $7.5 million in the bank but is also burdened by $3.3 million of debt. “Well we’re making progress; we have more work to do,” said Perez. “When I walked into the DNC, we had to rebuild our systems, and our fundraising department was a very good group of people, but we needed to quadruple their size and we’re in the process of doing just that.” Perez said he emphasizes to donors that helping to pay for rebuilding the party infrastructure “ain’t sexy,” but noted it is critical to success. “You know when your plumbing goes out in your house or the water pipes in Flint (Michigan) corrode, it has life threatening consequences,” Perez said. “And similarly when the political infrastructure corrodes, we lose elections.” As Perez tries to keep the party focused on the November elections in New Jersey and Virginia, the DNC remains ground zero for Russia’s hacking in the 2016 election. Perez did not go into detail when asked about the investigation other than to note that “from the onset of this investigation we’ve cooperated with the FBI. We continue to cooperate with people on Capitol Hill, and we’ll do so throughout.” Related article Charlottesville spotlights Trump's toxic failure to lead Rebuilding, reforming, uniting and winning elections in 2017 and 2018 are some pretty difficult challenges for a person to shoulder. But that is not the only responsibility Perez is saddled with in his role as DNC chair. The wide open 2020 Democratic presidential primary is just around the corner. “Well the most important thing we’re going to do is to build a fair, level playing field for everybody,” Perez said. “I welcome the debate. I think there is going to be a bumper crop of candidates and that the American people are going to see a very robust Democratic Party. What will unite all of them is that they are all fighting for a better deal and a brighter future and better tomorrows for everyone, not just a few at the top. And what we’re doing at the DNC is making sure we build the infrastructure, the organizing infrastructure, the technology infrastructure so that whoever … becomes the nominee that they can walk into a DNC that enables them to sprint across the finish line. Listen here While Perez said he hopes ideas and ideals are what helps to unite his party, it may just be mutual disgust for Trump that will act as the super glue for Democrats. Below are some of excerpts of my interview with DNC Chairman Tom Perez. This Q&A has been edited for brevity, clarity and flow. Mark Preston: As you look at the current state of play right now, what is the Democratic plan to address Donald Trump in this off year? Tom Perez: Step one is that we have to take on Donald Trump in all of these areas that he’s trying to take America back, and make America weak, not make America great. Equally important though, we can’t simply be against Donald Trump. We’ve got to articulate what we are for, and we have always been fighting for a fair shake for everyone. Listen here Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Preston: (W)hen you were running for chairman, … it was a bit of a contentious fight. There was a lot of criticism from the grassroots about the battle between establishment Democrats and grassroots Democrats. … What is being done behind the scenes to try to bridge the divide between those two (factions)? Perez: Every single day we are leading with our values. … If we want to address income inequality in this country, one of the most important things we can do is support efforts for people to unionize and form a union. When unions succeed, the middle class succeeds. When unions succeed, income inequality goes down, and what we have to do as a party is be out there on the issues that matter the most to people: health care, good jobs, the efforts to cut support for public education, we have to articulate what we stand for.” Listen here Preston: Is the focus right now for the DNC, when you’re looking at priorities, to get back the House of Representatives? Perez: Well, that’s a very big part of what we’re trying to do. We have a more immediate focus, which is 2017 because you know what, you win Virginia, you win New Jersey, you lay the foundation for future success. 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{"article_id": "667018405", "sentence": "Otto Warmbier's parents objected to an autopsy Autopsies can determine cause and manner of death Expert: Warmbier autopsy would've likely been inconclusive What happened to Otto Warmbier while he was in North Korean custody is a mystery. And it’s likely to remain that way. Following his death on Monday, Warmbier’s parents Cindy and Fred asked the coroner not to perform an autopsy on their son. “The family’s objection to an autopsy was honored, and only an external examination was performed,” the Hamilton County (Ohio) Coroner’s Office said in a statement Tuesday. “No conclusions about the cause and manner of Mr. Warmbier’s death have been drawn at this time, as there are additional medical records and imaging to review and people to interview,” the statement said. Forensic experts say autopsies can reveal important information about how or why a person died; in this case, determining what events may have led up to Warmbier’s arrival in the United States in a persistent vegetative state. Related video What happens during an autopsy? “I think it’s a terrible mistake” not to perform an autopsy, said Dr. Cyril Wecht, a prominent forensic pathologist who was not involved in Warmbier’s case. “If you have something that could be anything other than a natural death, you’re obligated to do an autopsy.” As far as what put Warmbier in a coma in the first place, Wecht said it would be difficult to determine in someone who had been comatose for such a long time “because the brain continues to undergo decomposition.” The possibilities could have been any number of things, Wecht said, including strangulation, suffocation, medication or a botched suicide attempt. But “the basic cause, no matter what the mechanism, would have been … hypoxia,” the medical term for insufficient oxygen reaching the brain. Up until last week, one of the last times the world saw Warmbier, an American college student, was at a news conference in North Korea on February 29, 2016. Warmbier stood accused of a “hostile act”: taking down a political poster in a hotel in Pyongyang. Through tears, the then-21-year-old begged for forgiveness but was ultimately sentenced to 15 years of hard labor during his one-hour trial on March 16, 2016. Then, on June 13, 2017: North Korea released Warmbier in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness,” according to doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, who examined him upon his return to the US. In a news conference last week, they disputed the North Korean regime’s claims that Warmbier had contracted botulism and slipped into a vegetative state after taking a sleeping pill. Related article How the US secured Otto Warmbier's release from North Korea Dr. Daniel Kanter, director of UC Health’s Neurocritical Care Program, said Warmbier’s MRI scan showed “extensive loss of brain tissue in all regions of the brain” but no evidence of a skull fracture. “We have no certain or verifiable knowledge of the cause or circumstances of his neurological injury,” Kanter said. “This pattern of injury, however, is usually seen as the result of cardiopulmonary arrest, where the blood supply to the brain is inadequate for a period of time, resulting in the death of brain tissue. “He has spontaneous eye-opening and blinking,” Kanter continued. “However, he shows no signs of understanding language, responding to verbal commands or awareness of his surroundings. He has not spoken. He has not engaged in any purposeful movements or behaviors.” According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just two states – Arkansas and Nevada – have no conditions under which an autopsy is required by law. The remaining 48 states and the District of Columbia have different criteria as to when an autopsy is mandatory. In Warmbier’s home state of Ohio, an autopsy is required in five circumstances, including when a death is ruled a homicide, in cases where it is related to a public health threat, and when a “child death appears natural and occurs suddenly when in good health.” Related article Who was Otto Warmbier? The Warmbier family has not said why they objected to an autopsy, but Wecht said some families cite religious reasons, overwhelming grief or a desire to more quickly move on. “It’s not that I’m insensitive or indifferent to family objections,” Wecht said. “When I was coroner, for 20 years, of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania), if I could bend, I bent. Other times, you cannot bend. This is a case of unknown etiology, and the only way to ascertain what may have gone wrong would be to do an autopsy.” Despite the tragic circumstances, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said the case was very interesting from a medical perspective. “For 15 months or so, (Warmbier) had a devastating neurological injury but was kept alive,” said Gupta, who is also a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners and a practicing neurosurgeon. “One of a few things likely happened here – and we may never know, especially if there’s no autopsy. Related article Otto Warmbier's graduation speech: A fond memory “One thing to keep in mind is that he did just have a long flight from North Korea to the US,” he said. “Even healthy people can develop deep-vein thrombosis, or DVT. With someone who is not moving, the risk is even greater. The risk of a blood clot in the lungs is also a possibility, especially given how sudden this was.” Gupta, who has not reviewed Warmbier’s medical records, said Warmbier could have been given a new medication or have had an old medication withheld. For example, “he could have been treated for a body-wide infection such as sepsis, which is not uncommon in someone who is bedridden,” Gupta said. “The family could have decided to stop giving him antibiotics, then sepsis may have led to his death.” Given Warmbier’s prognosis last week, “this would not have been unreasonable,” Gupta said. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Warmbier also may have been given new medications for comfort care in the US that he didn’t receive while in North Korea, which could have led to his death, Gupta said. Wecht said he was surprised the family didn’t want to make one last attempt at determining what happened to their son while he was a prisoner of what President Donald Trump has called a “brutal regime.” For their part, Cindy and Fred Warmbier said their son had “completed his journey home.” Otto Warmbier will be laid to rest Thursday after a funeral service at his high school in Wyoming, Ohio.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korean regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170622011500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/health/otto-warmbier-autopsy/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "721714139", "sentence": "The President used a vulgar term to refer to certain countries He's made racially charged remarks in the past President Donald Trump’s stunning remarks decrying the migration of citizens from “shithole countries” weren’t the first time he’s made comments widely considered disparaging to ethnic and racial groups. Here are other instances when Trump seemed to belittle people’s backgrounds: During a June 2015 speech announcing his candidacy, Trump referred to some Mexican immigrants as “rapists.” “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” Trump said. “They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Two days after becoming the presumptive Republican nominee in 2016, Trump tweeted a picture of himself enjoying a taco bowl on Cinco De Mayo, a Mexican holiday. The tweet read: “Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!” Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI Trump on the campaign trail in December 2015 called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” positing that immigration from Muslim-majority nations threatens security in the United States, as well as in Europe. That notion has underpinned the series of travel bans his administration has implemented. Trump also made widely discredited claims that American Muslims celebrated the attacks on September 11, 2001, in New Jersey. As a candidate, he said he would consider surveillance of mosques and shutting some down, and suggested establishing a national database to register Muslims. Late last year, Trump retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right account rife with anti-Muslim content. In an attempt to tout his support among African-Americans, then-candidate Trump pointed to a black man in a crowd at June 2016 rally in California and called him “my African-American.” “Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him,” Trump said. “Are you the greatest?” Gregory Cheadle, then a GOP California congressional candidate, said he was the supporter to whom Trump pointed. Cheadle said the comment didn’t offend him. The President’s remark came as he recalled an incident earlier that year when a black supporter of his assaulted a white protester who was being escorted out of an Arizona rally by police. During an August 2016 campaign stop, Trump argued that African-Americans have been struggling and taken for granted by the Democratic Party, and should consider voting for him in the November general election. “You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58% of your youth is unemployed – what the hell do you have to lose?” Trump told a crowd in Michigan. During a November 2017 event at the White House honoring World War II Navajo Code Talkers, Trump referred to Massachusetts Sen.  Elizabeth Warren by his nickname for her, Pocahontas. “I just want to thank you because you are very, very special people. You were here long before any of us were here,” Trump said. “Although, we have a representative in Congress who has been here a long time … longer than you – they call her Pocahontas!” The President then turned to the Code Talkers behind him and said to one man: “But you know what, I like you. You are special people.” The President didn’t name Warren in his remarks. Conservatives have previously criticized Warren for claiming she is part Native American, and Warren’s heritage became an issue during her Senate campaigns. Pocahontas was a 17th-century historical figure, and using her name in an intentionally disparaging way insults native peoples and degrades their cultures. Trump long has boasted about his ability to negotiate, and he’s said he’d use his deal-making skills to rewrite trade deals with China and East Asia. During a campaign event in 2015, he used broken English to impersonate Asian negotiators. “When these people walk into the room, they don’t say, ‘Oh hello, how’s the weather? It’s so beautiful outside. How are the Yankees doing? They’re doing wonderful, that’s great,’” Trump said at an event in Iowa. “They say, ‘We want deal!’” This story has been updated to reflect additional reporting. CNN’s Tal Kopan, Dan Merica, Tom LoBianco, Ashley Killough and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180112031500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/president-trump-racial-comments-tweets/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "754256642", "sentence": "The lawyer representing adult film star Stormy Daniels sought to ratchet up the pressure on Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen Tuesday, claiming that he has learned of numerous banking transactions that could call into question Cohen’s business practices. “Michael Cohen should not be selling access to the President of the United States,” attorney Michael Avenatti said on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” Tuesday night. In a memo posted online Tuesday afternoon, Avenatti alleged that Cohen received the following payments after the 2016 election: approximately half-a-million dollars from a company linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin; nearly $400,000 from pharmaceutical giant Novartis; $150,000 from Korea Aerospace Industries and $200,000 from telecommunications conglomerate AT&T. AT&T is trying to acquire CNN’s parent company, Time Warner. The Justice Department sued to prevent the merger in November of last year. Avenatti’s documents stated the payments by AT&T were made in four amounts of $50,000 each, with two of those payments made before the Justice Department sued to block the merger. Related article Exclusive: Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen AT&T confirmed the payments in a statement to CNN. “Essential Consulting was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide insights into understanding the new administration,” the company said. “They did no legal or lobbying work for us, and the contract ended in December 2017.” Adding to the intrigue: The payments were made to the same bank account that Cohen had created in 2016 to execute the now infamous hush payment to Daniels, Avenatti said. CNN has reviewed documents that appear to show these payments. CNN has not independently authenticated the documents. Cohen established the firm Essential Consultants in the weeks leading up to Election Day to make a $130,000 payment to Daniels, as a part of an agreement to prevent the porn star from discussing her alleged affair with Trump. The White House has repeatedly denied that Trump and Daniels had an affair. Related article Trump suggests legal action coming against Mueller's team Cohen has insisted that he used his personal funds to cover those costs and that the Trump campaign and Trump Organization were never a party to the agreement and that neither entity reimbursed him for the $130,000 payment. Last week, Trump’s new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, made the stunning revelation in a Fox News interview that Trump personally reimbursed Cohen for the payment. The former New York City mayor said the payments were made in multiple installments. Avenatti’s allegation that Cohen received a significant sum of money from a firm tied to Vekselberg soon after the 2016 election raises questions about Cohen’s potential connections to Russian interests, as special counsel Robert Mueller has cast a wide net to investigate potential collusion in the 2016 presidential election. CNN reported Tuesday evening that Mueller’s investigators have questioned Vekselberg about payments his company’s US affiliate made to Cohen. Vekselberg is the chairman of Renova, a Russian investment company. His cousin Andrew Intrater runs Columbus Nova, which a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission describes as Renova’s US affiliate. “Columbus Nova is a management company solely owned and controlled by Americans,” Columbus Nova’s attorney Richard Owens said in a statement Tuesday night. “After the inauguration, the firm hired Michael Cohen as a business consultant regarding potential sources of capital and potential investments in real estate and other ventures. Reports today that Viktor Vekselberg used Columbus Nova as a conduit for payments to Michael Cohen are false. The claim that Viktor Vekselberg was involved or provided any funding for Columbus Nova’s engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. Neither Viktor Vekselberg nor anyone else other than Columbus Nova’s owners, were involved in the decision to hire Cohen or provided funding for his engagement.” Later Tuesday, Eric Kosta, general counsel of Columbus Nova, sent this statement: “As the General Counsel of Columbus Nova, I can confirm that the company is 100% owned and controlled by Americans. Any suggestion that at any point in time Viktor Vekselberg or any of his companies owned or exercised any control over Columbus Nova is patently untrue.” Vekselberg was one of two oligarchs stopped by FBI agents working for the special counsel when his private plane landed in a New York-area airport earlier this year, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. During the stop, Vekselberg was questioned about the payment to Cohen, one source familiar with the meeting told CNN. Related article Roger Stone says he hasn't been contacted by special counsel He was also asked about roughly $300,000 in political donations Intrater made to Trump’s inauguration and victory funds and the Republican National Committee in 2017, sources told CNN. The donations were unusual for Intrater, who previously donated a combined $3,800 to two candidates, one Republican and one Democrat. Intrater was also interviewed by the special counsel’s team, according to sources. According to Avenatti’s memo, pharmaceutical company Novartis made four separate payments of $99,980 to the Essential Consultants bank account in late 2017 to early 2018; Korea Aerospace Industries made a single payment of $150,000 in November 2017; and AT&T made four payments of $50,000 from late 2017 to early 2018. In a statement, Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff said, “Any agreements with Essential Consultants were entered before our current CEO taking office in February of this year and have expired.” Korea Aerospace Industries did not immediately respond for comment. Related article Rudy Giuliani: Cohen might have paid other women for Trump 'if necessary' The memo suggests that federal prosecutors “could be looking to see if Cohen was involved in a multinational crime syndicate,” CNN legal analyst Michael Zeldn said. “What was Michael Cohen’s business?” Why was he engaged in these transactions?” The stakes are sky-high for Cohen, who is currently under a federal criminal investigation by the US attorney’s office in Manhattan and had his home, hotel room and office raided last month. Sources have told CNN that investigators sought and seized documents and records related to a number of issues, including Cohen’s various businesses. One source said the warrant also referenced an investigation into wire fraud and bank fraud. CNN previously reported FBI agents removed Cohen’s computer, cell phone, business files and financial documents, according to the source. The FBI also collected recordings Cohen made of his conversations with lawyer Keith Davidson, who previously represented two women – Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal. Both Daniels and McDougal alleged they had affairs with Trump. “This is probably why Cohen’s offices were raided,” Zeldin, the legal analyst, said about the payments detailed in Avenatti’s memo. Giuliani’s claims last week appeared to directly contradict Trump’s recent statement that he did not know about Cohen’s payment to Daniels. “The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair,” Trump wrote on Twitter. The payment was entirely unrelated to his campaign, Trump added. Update: This story has been updated to include Columbus Nova’s latest statement. CNN’s Eli Watkins contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Michael Cohen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180509014500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/daniels-lawyer-russian-oligarch-payment-cohen/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "757839680", "sentence": "Here’s a look at the life of former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Birth date: June 18, 1942 Birth place: Idutywa, Transkei, South Africa Birth name: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki Father: Govan Mbeki, a teacher and politician Mother: Epainette (Moerane) Mbeki, a teacher Marriage: Zanele Dlamini Mbeki (1974-present) Children: With Olive Mpahlwa: Monwabise Kwanda Mpahlwa Education: University of London, Economics, 1961-1962; University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, M.A. in Economics, 1966 In the past has publicly questioned the connection between HIV and AIDS, minimized the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic and did not support widespread treatment or testing for AIDS. Mbeki’s father was a leader in the African National Congress. Was expelled from school as a teenager for organizing a student strike. His father was in prison with Nelson Mandela. His son, Monwabise Kwanda Mpahlwa, is believed missing since going into exile in the early 1980’s. Mbeki fathered Mpahlwa at the age of 16, out of wedlock. Creates the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute following his presidency. 1961-1962 - Youth organizer in Johannesburg for the African National Congress. 1962-1990 - Lives in exile in various countries. 1967-1970 - Official in London for the African National Congress. 1971-1972 - Assistant Secretary to the Revolutionary Council for the African National Congress. 1975-1976 - Acting Representative of Swaziland to the African National Congress. 1975 - Member of the National Executive Committee for the African National Congress. 1976-1978 - Representative of Nigeria to the African National Congress. 1978 - Political Secretary to the Office of the President of the African National Congress. 1984-1989 - Director of Information and Publicity and Secretary of Presidential Affairs for the African National Congress. 1989 - Head of the Department of International Affairs for the African National Congress. 1994-1999 - Executive Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa. 1997-2007 - President of the African National Congress. June 14, 1999-September 2008 - President of the Republic of South Africa. 2000 - Publicly denies that HIV causes AIDS, alternately blames the disease on poverty and racism. 2002-2003 - Chairman of the African Union. December 18, 2007 - Mbeki loses his bid for a third term as President of the African National Congress to Jacob Zuma, his former deputy president. Mbeki had dismissed Zuma from the post in 2005 after allegations of corruption and fraud. January 11, 2008 - African National Congress begins an investigation into Mbeki’s administration, regarding possible wrongdoing committed in a multi-billion rand arms deal in 1999. Mbeki is later exonerated. July 2008 - Mbeki tries to mediate a peaceful solution to Zimbabwe’s contested election. He suggests the formation of a national unity government. September 21, 2008 - Announces his resignation as president during a televised address. March 2009 - Along with two other former African presidents, is appointed chair of the African Union High Implementation Panel, working to solve the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. February 27, 2017 - Is inaugurated as chancellor of the University of South Africa.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Thabo Mbeki", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180521164500", "country1": "ZAF", "country2": "ZWE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/world/africa/thabo-mbeki-fast-facts/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "709128573", "sentence": "President Trump has publicly said he's thankful for a lot of things They range from law enforcement to a signed copy of Marco Rubio's book Thanksgiving, a day aptly named for giving thanks, is nearly upon us. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the things President Donald Trump has publicly given thanks for. Check out the video above for a full survey of Trump’s #blessings. 1. Help “Thank you for all your help,” Trump said to Puerto Rican Governor Rosselló in October. The President commended Governor Rosselló for his hard work and for his cooperation during recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. 2. Law enforcement “We need law and order and we will have law and order. Our police, our firemen - but our police do a fantastic job,” Trump said at a campaign rally in August 2016. “So we should be very thankful for the job they do.” 3. Work toward Israeli-Palestinian peace “I think we have a pretty good shot – maybe the best shot ever – and that’s what we’re looking to do. And I just want to thank you for all of the time, all of the meetings, all of the work. It’s a complex subject; always been considered the toughest deal of all,” Trump said to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in September. Related video History of the White House turkey pardon 4. Questions “Thank you for the question,” then-candidate Trump said to an audience member at a CNN Town Hall in March of 2016. Part of the question: “How do we protect the constitutional rights of minority groups like the Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, and Jews, while still addressing radical Islamization?” Not a softball, but still something Trump was thankful for. 5. Attendance “Thank you for being here, by the way,” Trump said to an attendee of his Made in America Roundtable in July. And to a Medal of Honor recipient who attended a Hispanic Heritage Month event at the White House in October, Trump said, “Thank you for being here. We appreciate it.” 6. Invitations “I am deeply grateful for your invitation,” Trump said to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, and their wives, upon landing in Israel for his first overseas trip as President. 7. Votes (in Wisconsin especially) “Thank you for all of the votes you gave me in Wisconsin,” Trump said During a meeting with Harley-Davidson executives and union leaders days after his inauguration. Trump earned almost 23,000 more votes than Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016. 8. Boy Scouts “Thank you for making scouting possible,” Trump said to the moms and dads of Boy Scouts during a speech at the National Scout Jamboree. Same. Scouts – boys, girls, military and characters from literary classics – are cool. 9. “Hardware, plus a beautiful patch” President Trump welcomed survivors of the USS Arizona to the White House, where they presented him with “the nicest hardware, plus a beautiful patch.” Both of which he thanked them for. Related video The story behind the 'Blacks for Trump' man 10. The “Blacks for Trump” sign “Thank you for that sign. ‘Blacks for Trump,’” President Trump said to a regular supporter in Pennsylvania during a speech on April. 11. An autographed copy of Marco Rubio’s book A CNN presidential primary debate essentially descended into 90 seconds of chaos in February of 2016. Seriously, it was bonkers. It started when Trump mentioned a donation he gave Sen. Ted Cruz, which prompted Sen. Marco Rubio to say that Trump had never funded him. According to Trump, Rubio had sent him an autographed copy of his book. “Thank you for the book. Go ahead,” Trump said. Who else is thankful that debates are over? 12. Janet Yellin’s service While he has chosen to nominate Jerome Powell to be the new Fed Chair, President Trump really appreciates current Chair Janet Yellen. “We are grateful for her total commitment to public service,” Trump said. She may be out of a job soon, but Yellen should feel honored to get personally thanked for her service. It doesn’t happen every day. 13. America’s blessings In his weekly address during Passover and Easter earlier this year, Trump took a moment to be thankful for America. “We are grateful for the tremendous blessings of this land, our home. We have a beautiful country, an abundant countryside, and an amazing people with a truly bright and wonderful future,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171122163000", "country1": "PRI", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/22/politics/things-president-trump-is-thankful-for/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "620552190", "sentence": "The concern among rank-and-file Republican legislators has been palpable A small group of moderate and conservative House Republicans voted against starting repeal Republican lawmakers are heading to Philadelphia Wednesday for two days of intensive work on replacing Obamacare with hopes that some of the biggest questions can be answered by the often confounding President Donald Trump. House and Senate Republicans will pack the city, not far from where Democrats nominated Hillary Clinton just six months ago, for their annual retreat – and crafting a replacement plan for Obamacare is at the top of their list. “Look there are a whole lot of different ideas about how to replace Obamacare,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, shortly before lawmakers left town. “As all of us have said repeatedly: it will be done in consultation with the new secretary of Health and Human Services, the new head of (the Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services) and active discussion among House and Senate Republicans, because we anticipate no cooperation from the other side.” The repeal part has not been much of a question for the Republican majorities, after they started the clock ticking on stripping core items from the Affordable Care Act earlier this month. But how to craft their own version of Obamacare has Republicans in something of a holding pattern inside the Capitol, largely waiting to see what Trump and his team will do. The concern among rank-and-file legislators has been palpable. A small group of moderate and conservative House Republicans voted against starting the repeal process earlier this month amid a mix of worries that included not having a replacement ready. And other Republicans who supported starting the repeal have said they want more definitive answers, soon. “I’m hopeful for a very definitive solution on what we replace the Affordable Care Act with and not just a framework,” Rep. Mark Meadows, R-North Carolina, chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, told reporters on Tuesday. He said he wants to see the plan that Trump said he is preparing and discuss approaches being developed by congressional Republicans. Thursday, in Philadelphia, they will get a chance to press the newly-minted President himself. Trump is scheduled for a two-hour meeting with House and Senate Republicans Thursday – in between meetings with Vice President Mike Pence and British Prime Minister Theresa May. And the group will spend Thursday morning working intensively on health care. Big questions loom about what will happen to states that expanded Medicaid (punctuated by a meeting of Republican governors in the Capitol last week, a day before the inauguration) and how Republicans can expand coverage beyond what Obamacare has accomplished. Lawmakers are also still feeling out how much of the law they can strip away through the budget “reconciliation” – a move that would avoid having to get 60 votes in the Senate to break a Democratic filibuster. The wheels have been turning behind the scenes, perhaps best exemplified by Pence shuttling routinely between the Capitol and the White House. (On Monday, Pence left the White House, spent an hour with House Speaker Paul Ryan on the issue at the Capitol, and then jetted back to the White House to swear in the new CIA director, Mike Pompeo. Tuesday Pence held meetings with individual senators and then joined Senate Republicans for their weekly lunch meeting.) But Trump himself has often injected confusion into the debate, with conflicting comments on what he wants – Republican lawmakers gently corrected him last week after he told The Washington Post he wanted universal health care “coverage” and not just “access.” House and Senate Republican leaders meanwhile have said they are waiting on formal guidance from the White House before rolling out any details. And, they add, those details won’t be coming until Trump has a Health and Human Services secretary – a clear dig at Democrats, who spent Tuesday morning grilling nominee Tom Price. With a virtual vacuum in place on the issue, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, rolled out their own measure that would allow states a series of options for replacing Obamacare – even allowing them to keep it. Cassidy explained Monday that he did not expect the bill to be the final measure that replaces Obamacare but wanted to start debate. He told reporters Tuesday that he thinks their idea – starting the debate before the White House has submitted its own plan – is in keeping with Trump’s style. “You know I imagine when Donald Trump says ‘I am going to build 100-story building in New York,’  he doesn’t say, ‘I want the foundation to be this deep.’ He says, ‘I want to build a 100-story building.’ And therefore that in and of itself is establishes what the foundation is,” Cassidy said. “So sometimes just by setting your goal, you establish everything else and that is my sense of how Donald Trump does his business.” Trump has said that their plan would come almost “simultaneously” with the confirmation of Price for HHS secretary – a prospect that is unlikely until at least a week after the retreat. And Pence told senators earlier this month that the timetable would be something close to mid-February or mid-March. Rep. Chris Collins, a New York Republican and one of Trump’s earliest supporters, said he views the administration plan as a “starting point” and is waiting on that. But he added that letting states decide how to handle Medicaid is something most Republicans agree on – including how to shift the program “How we get that done, the devil is in the details. And the details have not been rolled out,” the congressman said. The holding pattern on the toughest issues has other lawmakers holding their tongues before seeing what the Trump White House proposes. And unless Trump changes his time line for releasing a plan – based on Price’s confirmation – lawmakers could easily leave Philadelphia disappointed. “One of the things I’ve learned is that patience is a virtue,” said Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican. CNN’s Deirdre Walsh and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican lawmakers' effort to repeal and replace Obamacare", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170125114500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/senate-republican-retreat-trump-obamacare/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "724526418", "sentence": "Grand imam of Al Azhar explains why he canceled meeting with US vice president He is one of several officials who refused to host Mike Pence on Mideast trip President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem was “rash and uncalculated” and represented “aggression toward people, countries, cultures and civilizations,” one of Sunni Islam’s highest authorities said Thursday. Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Al Azhar, recently canceled a meeting scheduled with Vice President Mike Pence during the latter’s upcoming visit to Egypt. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Tayyeb said receiving Pence would “tear up my identity” and appear “contradictory in front of people.” Tayyeb is one of several officials who have refused to host Pence during the vice president’s Mideast tour, which is set to start Friday. Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also scrapped their meetings with the vice president after Trump’s Jerusalem announcement. The imam said he welcomed Pence’s visit before Trump announced that the United States would move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel’s capital. The move upended seven decades of US foreign policy that has resisted a recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved. Tayyeb said the decision would “feed terrorism in the region” but said the Muslim world was not “in a position for confrontation.” “Decisions like this one nurture terrorism, create it and propel it forward to act and express itself in methods we all reject,” he said. “When terrorism rises again, the East and West will drown in seas of blood.” The sheikh, who is considered a leading figure in some schools of Sunni Islam, is one of many prominent Muslim and Arab leaders who condemned Trump on Jerusalem Last month, leaders from the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation recognized East Jerusalem as the “occupied capital” of a Palestinian state in response to Trump’s announcement. The group rejected Trump’s move as “null and void” and said the “dangerous declaration” marked the US withdrawal from the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180122203000", "country1": "EGY", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/middleeast/sunni-imam-pence-visit-egypt-intl/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "597315587", "sentence": "Here's how Trump has pledged to \"Make America Great Again\" They include five proposals fervently favored by his supporters Donald Trump’s pledge to “Make America Great Again” was itself built on a host of lofty promises that galvanized his supporters and helped him clinch a stunning victory. Below are some of Trump’s signature proposals supporters expect him to deliver on when he takes office in January. Without question, Trump’s central campaign plank was his pledge to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Trump made immigration a top focal point from the moment he launched his White House bid in June of 2015, when he controversially claimed that Mexico was sending “rapists” and “criminals” across the border. The wall, which Trump has promised will be “beautiful,” was the centerpiece of his immigration policy. He insisted that Mexico would pay for its construction, although he didn’t broach the subject when he met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in August. Many Democratic and more moderate voters have voiced opposition to the wall, but the proposal is wildly popular among Trump’s backers. Seventy-nine percent of his supporters said they favor building a wall along the entire US-Mexico border, according to the Pew Research Center. The chants began during the Republican National Convention. Soon, “lock her up” became a ritual at each of Trump’s rallies. And at the second presidential debate, Trump told Hillary Clinton that, were he to win, he would “instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your (missing email) situation.” Clinton responded by saying it’s “just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country.” Trump shot back: “Because you’d be in jail.” Many political observers on the left and the right were troubled by Trump’s comment, but his supporters ate it up. FBI Director James Comey said over the weekend that Clinton should not face criminal charges over a review of emails linked to her time as secretary of state, reaffirming the agency’s findings over the summer. But Trump’s vow to revisit the matter became a main theme of his closing argument, and one not likely to be forgotten by his supporters. Almost a year ago, following the massacre in San Bernardino, California, Trump issued perhaps his most dramatic proposal: “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” The proposal has morphed in the 11 months since then, making it difficult to identify Trump’s exact position on the matter. He eventually said the ban applied to immigration “from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism,” though his original pledge remains outlined on his campaign website. Just last month, Trump’s running mate Mike Pence, who called the original proposal “offensive and unconstitutional,” said that Trump no longer supports an outright ban on Muslims entering the US. But Republicans seem to believe Trump had it right the first time. Exit poll data from earlier this year found wide majorities of GOP primary voters in support of a temporary ban against Muslims from entering the country. Republicans have been trying to repeal President Obama’s signature health care law pretty much from the moment it was signed in 2010. Now the GOP will finally have someone in the White House to finish the job. Trump has hammered the Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, calling it a “disaster” and vowing to replace it with “the finest health care plan there is.” The law has had its share of setbacks, the most recent of which was the announcement that premiums are set to skyrocket in 2017. The prospect of undoing Obamacare will excite even the Republicans who were lukewarm toward Trump’s candidacy. House Speaker Paul Ryan said last week that, despite his misgivings with Trump, he nevertheless voted for the GOP nominee in part because of the opportunity to get rid of the health care law. Trump is now armed with a Republican House and Senate eager to repeal, though that would entail kicking up to 20 million people off health insurance. Trump’s improbable win on Tuesday was driven in large part by his triumph in the Rust Belt, with states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania going to the GOP for the first time since the 1980s, and Trump leading in a third, Michigan. He inspired voters there with a populist message on free trade, promising to return their communities to the golden years by scrapping what he described as horrible deals for workers. The two deals in question, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), gave Trump an opening with Rust Belt voters  – and proved to be a political weak spot for Clinton. She came out against TPP, which is opposed by many Democrats, after previously describing the measure as a “gold standard” – a shift for which Trump took credit. And Clinton’s position on NAFTA, which was signed into law by her husband former President Bill Clinton, was difficult to pin down. In contrast, Trump has been resolute in his opposition to both. He has vowed to renegotiate the terms of NAFTA with Mexico and Canada, leaving open the possibility of pulling out entirely, and has said he will not approve TPP as president.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161109120000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-campaign-promises/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "758808989", "sentence": "President Donald Trump has pulled out of a summit with North Korea next month, and Americans are likely not going to be pleased. Unlike a lot that has happened during the Trump administration, Americans were actually happy with the direction Trump was taking on North Korea. Earlier this month, a CNN poll found that 77% of Americans approved of Trump’s decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. That included 92% of Republicans, 79% of independents and even 62% of Democrats. In that same poll, Trump’s approval rating among Democrats for his overall job performance was just 9%. Perhaps more interesting is that Trump was gaining overall positive marks for the entirety of his North Korean approach. In the CNN poll, 53% of approved of how he was handling relations with North Korea. That was up from 43% in March and 35% last November. It was also significantly higher than his 41% job approval rating overall and his 42% approval rating on foreign affairs. Indeed, Trump’s approval rating on North Korea was higher than it was for any other issue tested by CNN. Amazingly, it was higher than Trump’s ratings on the economy, which has historically been among Trump’s best issues and was probably helping to drive up Trump’s approval rating despite the constant disarray in the White House. Trump’s handling of North Korea may have been at least partially responsible for his recent uptick in the polls. While there is no way to know what, exactly, has driven up Trump’s approval rating over the last few months, it’s probable that seeming to appear more presidential and doing stuff that presidents normally do helped. Trying to negotiate peace with a longtime adversary like North Korea may have been part of that effort. Americans, though, seem to have appreciated Trump’s efforts without actually expecting anything to occur from them. Although Americans were gaining confidence that the situation with North Korea was going to be resolved without conflict, only 41% of them said they were confident of that in a CBS News poll conducted earlier this month. The same poll found that 56% of Americans thought that a meeting between Trump and Kim would either make the situation between the two countries worse or result in no change. Americans, simply put, doubted that North Korea was really ever serious about negotiating over its nuclear program. A Pew Research Center poll taken in late April and early May discovered that only 38% of Americans believed that North Korea was “serious about addressing international concerns about their country’s nuclear enrichment program.” And when it came to actually giving up nuclear weapons, a very low 19% of voters in an April Quinnipiac University poll said they thought North Korea would. The big question after the failure to have a summit is whether Americans will sour on the idea that economic and diplomatic efforts can resolve the situation with North Korea. Back in March, 63% of respondents told CNN that they thought those methods could resolve the crisis. In the same poll, 45% of Americans favored military action against North Korea if economic and diplomatic efforts failed. That was nearly equal to 46% who were opposed. Among those who approved of Trump’s job performance, 65% favored military action if economic and diplomatic efforts failed.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180524184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/donald-trump-north-korea-poll-approval/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "583883590", "sentence": "Chemical weapons deliberately against civilians in Darfur conflict, says Amnesty The attacks may constitute a war crime, the report said. Witnesses say skin became rotten and fell off in chunks after attacks. The Sudanese government has been accused of using chemical weapons against the people of Darfur, according to a report released by Amnesty International on Thursday. The attacks targeted civilians and may constitute a war crime, the report said. The Sudanese government has denied the allegations, calling them “rumors.” Amnesty says it has new evidence abuses persist in a war that has been described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian conflicts by the United Nations. Unidentified witnesses quoted in the Amnesty report said the attacks left a smoke, which turned dark blue and smelled “like rotten eggs,” coating the trees, ground, and humans in a thick black dust. Related article US lauds state sponsor of terrorism ... for fighting terrorism After exposure to the smoke, some said their skin turned white and became rotten or hardened and fell off in chunks. “When the bomb exploded I inhaled the poisonous air which I am still smelling even now,” said one witness. Some children vomited blood, the report said. Another witness said: “My youngest child was walking before the attack. Now she is only crawling.” Pictures obtained by Amnesty International show graphic images of children with large welts, peeling skin, and infected lesions. The alleged use of chemical weapons came during a large-scale offensive by the Sudanese forces and its allied groups against an armed opposition group, the Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW), which operates in the Jebel Marra region. The Sudanese government accused the group of looting and attacking civilians and military vehicles prior to the January offensive. Since the Sudanese military campaign began in January, Amnesty International says up to 250 people have been killed by chemical weapons. The report alleges the Sudanese forces targeted civilians: “The overwhelming majority of the attacked villages had no formal armed opposition presence at the time of the attacks. The purpose…appears to have been to target the entire population of the village.” Chemical attacks in some regions have been taking place for eight months, including just weeks before the report’s release. Related article Global leaders at UN tackle world's worst to-do list The Sudanese government has denied allegations it had used chemical weapons against civilians, calling them “rumors.” “I don’t know from where these rumors are being said,” Sudan’s Information Minister Ahmed Bilal told CNN. Bilal acknowledged a government offensive in Jebel Marra had taken place, saying it was in response to rebel activity. “It was started by them,” Bilal said. “The rebels were doing some sort of looting, they were attacking innocent people. This has stopped. There is not an inch occupied by rebels,” Bilal said. “The whole Darfur is quite in peace and the people are very happy,” he said. Journalists and humanitarians have been prohibited from entering Jebel Marra for more than four years, making reporting extremely difficult from the region. Amnesty International claims to have evidence of the use of suspected chemical weapons in Darfur. It says two independent experts have concluded the evidence suggests exposure to blister agents.Blister agents include sulfur mustard and nitrogen mustard. Sulfur mustard has long been in use as a chemical weapon – it inflicted horrific casualties in World War I. Mustard agents inflict chemical burns on the skin, eyes and lungs, and can also affect the internal organs. Victims can be disabled as a result of exposure. It can be fatal if they come into contact with large amounts.While damage is caused to the body’s cells within minutes of contact with mustard agent, it can take hours before the full effects are felt.Symptoms can include blistering, itching or severe burning of the skin; weeping eyes, swollen eyelids or even blindness; vomiting and collapse.The effects of severe exposure can last for years.There’s no antidote for mustard agent injury.Sources: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Blister agents include sulfur mustard and nitrogen mustard. Sulfur mustard has long been in use as a chemical weapon – it inflicted horrific casualties in World War I. Mustard agents inflict chemical burns on the skin, eyes and lungs, and can also affect the internal organs. Victims can be disabled as a result of exposure. It can be fatal if they come into contact with large amounts.While damage is caused to the body’s cells within minutes of contact with mustard agent, it can take hours before the full effects are felt.Symptoms can include blistering, itching or severe burning of the skin; weeping eyes, swollen eyelids or even blindness; vomiting and collapse.The effects of severe exposure can last for years.There’s no antidote for mustard agent injury. Amnesty International had to do all reporting remotely. Collecting soil samples for confirmation was impossible. Two chemical weapons experts reviewed photographic and video evidence and both found the symptoms consistent with chemical agents such as sulfur mustard, lewisite and nitrogen mustard – or a combination. “The symptoms varied between the attacks and this tells me there were likely more than one chemical in use as well as the possibility that the chemicals were mixed or that different chemicals were used at different times for different attacks,” said Dr. Jennifer Knaack, one of the weapons experts involved in the study. The writer of the report, a senior Amnesty adviser, Jonathan Loeb calls it “by far the most substantial, credible release of evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Darfur since the conflict began.” The conflict in Darfur began around 2003 when several rebel groups in Darfur took up arms against the government in Khartoum. They had grievances over land and historical marginalization. In response, the government’s counterinsurgency strategy targeted the opposition groups but reportedly expanded to target tribes associated with the insurgents. The violence escalated into a war and the in 2008, the UN estimated that 300,000 people may have died in the Darfur conflict, although experts say that figure has likely risen since then. Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir, was charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, including genocide, related to the Darfur conflict in 2010. Bashir has yet to cooperate with the court and continues to travel freely around the continent. South Africa and Uganda have both been criticized for allowing President Bashir to travel to their countries without being turned over to the ICC.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sudanese government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160929073000", "country1": "SDN", "country2": "ZAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/africa/sudan-chemical-weapon-darfur/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "656566065", "sentence": "Trump fired Comey last week Lieberman is a former senator from Connecticut White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and Attorney General Jeff Sessions recommended Sen. John Cornyn for the FBI director position last weekend, two Republicans familiar with the process told CNN Wednesday. One source said that Trump favored Cornyn for the post. The President called Cornyn to discuss the position twice, including after Cornyn passed up the job. Cornyn, who the officials say was intrigued by the idea and initially interested, ultimately withdrew from consideration  after a number of his colleagues said they believed Trump should shy away from picking a GOP politician. Trump was meeting Wednesday afternoon with four FBI director candidates, just as he is facing fresh questions over his firing of former director James Comey. Among the candidates, Trump will meet with 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate-turned-independent Joe Lieberman, a former senator who supported Republican Sen. John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Trump will also meet with acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating and Richard McFeely, a career FBI official who retired in 2014 as head of the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services branch. Related article Memo: Trump asked Comey to end Flynn investigation Lieberman told CNN the appointment “was not sought after or expected,” but that he got a call Tuesday asking him to fly into Washington for the interview. Keating, the governor of Oklahoma during the 1994 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, left the White House with a smile on Wednesday. “We had a good conversation,” Keating told reporters. Asked if he would accept the job if offered, he said that he liked public service. The meetings come a day after news broke that Trump allegedly asked Comey in February to drop the FBI’s investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go,” Trump told Comey, according to a memo Comey wrote at the time, excerpts of which leaked to reporters on Tuesday. The memo only added to the furor surrounding Trump’s sudden and controversial firing of Comey last week, which came amid the FBI’s intensifying probe into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign and Trump campaign associates’ potential collusion with Moscow officials. That firing has sparked heated questions from members of Congress in both parties who have called for a closer look into why Comey was fired and whether it was tied to the Russia investigation. Comey is expected to testify before the House Oversight Committee next Wednesday. Lieberman’s selection could be controversial and while he was for a time a Democrat, his exit from the party and eventual support for McCain in 2008 has caused many Democrats to sour on their party’s 2000 vice presidential nominee. One Senate Democratic leadership aide responded to the news by saying, “There couldn’t be worse time to take the unprecedented step of handing the FBI over to a politician. That includes Sen. Lieberman.” CNN’s Jay Shaylor contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170517203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/joe-lieberman-donald-trump-fbi-director/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "601909231", "sentence": "Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday his country will react if the United States renews sanctions against the Islamic Republic. “If this sanction is implemented, this is definitely a violation of the agreement, without any doubt,” Khamenei said in an address on state television. “And they should know that the Islamic Republic will definitely react towards it.” The US Congress voted last week to extend the Iran Sanctions Act for another 10 years. However, the Obama administration is working to stave off any additional sanctions and encouraging American companies to do business with Iran, a US official tells CNN.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161123184500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/23/politics/irans-ayatollah-khamenei-warns-us-on-sanctions/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "748990573", "sentence": "Faced with a growing torrent of outrage both at home and abroad, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved to address his country’s persistent issue with sexual violence, asserting “rape is rape” and should not be politicized. The comments come amid stinging criticism from India’s former leader over Modi’s alleged mishandling of the issue, following a string of particularly brutal rape cases which have shocked the nation and triggered countrywide protests. Modi, who is currently visiting the UK, made the remarks Wednesday during an address to selected members of the Indian-diaspora in London. “A rape is a rape. How can we tolerate this torture with our daughters? You are always questioning your daughters, why don’t you ask the same questions to your sons? I believe this is the evil of not just the individual but also of the society,” he said. “This is a matter of great concern for the country. The people who are committing the sin are someone’s son.” Around 100 sexual assaults are reported to police in India every day, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. There were nearly 39,000 alleged attacks in 2016, an increase of 12% on the previous year. “Any time a small girl is sexually assaulted, it is painful for all us,” Modi said in London. “But can we compare the number of rapes in different governments? We can’t say there were this many rapes in our government and that many in yours. There cannot be a worse way to deal with this issue.” Fallout from recent cases, including two alleged unrelated attacks on girls aged 16 and eight, is threatening to overshadow Modi’s visit to the UK. On Wednesday, hundreds of protestors gathered outside Downing Street and the British Parliament, waving placards reading “go home Modi” and “hang the rapists” as the Indian leader prepared to meet with UK Prime Minister Theresa May. Modi’s arrival in the UK comes as violent clashes between protesting students and police continued in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, the scene of the rape and murder of an 8-year-old Muslim girl, with demonstrators demanding justice for the young victim. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district Thursday, security forces fired warning shots into the air and launched teargas shells to disperse the crowd. As many as twelve people were taken to hospital where they are in stable condition, hospital officials said. The alleged gang rape was originally reported in January but it wasn’t until April 11, when a group of lawyers and right-wing Hindu activists attempted to forcibly block investigators from filing charges against the accused, that the case began to attract nationwide attention. The girl, who belonged to a Muslim nomadic community known as the Bakarwals, was abducted while grazing horses in a meadow in the isolated Himalayan district of Kathua on January 12. From there, it is alleged she was taken to a Hindu temple, where she was drugged, held captive and repeatedly raped for five days by different men. Police have arrested eight suspects in connection with her death, all of whom are Hindu. Seven of the eight have pleaded not guilty, while the eighth will be tried separately as a minor. The arrests of the men, who investigators allege plotted the girl’s abduction as a means of scaring the predominately-Muslim nomads into vacating the region, has proved a lightning rod in a part of India simmering with religious tension. Last Friday, two BJP ministers in the Jammu and Kashmir state government who had participated in the protests in support of the accused outside the courthouse were forced to resign from office, amid accusations of political interference and religious discrimination. In another case, a state lawmaker from Modi’s own Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands accused of raping a teenager. Kuldeep Singh Sengar, an elected BJP member of the Uttar Pradesh state legislative assembly, was arrested last week as police investigate claims he raped a 16-year-old girl in June 2017. A week after the attack, the girl was allegedly abducted and repeatedly raped by others allegedly known to Sengar, who has denied the allegations. Prior to his arrest, Sengar told India’s CNN News 18: “I have done nothing wrong. I will be proved innocent after the investigation. The rape allegations are false and baseless.” The alleged involvement of a BJP member in one of the recent cases has amplified calls for action from Modi, with opponents rounding on the prime minister for his apparent reluctance to properly tackle what is fast becoming a policy crisis. Speaking to CNN Thursday, the spokesperson for India’s opposition Congress Party, M.V. Rajeev Gowda, accused Modi of “ignoring his party’s people’s complicity in this whole matter.” “There is a very, very active BJP involvement in all of this. But Modi has referred to them [the separate cases] only as small incidents, basically sending a signal to many rapists … that they can continue to do what they want. It is a let down to the people of India and the women and girls involved in these incidents.” Speaking to The Indian Express Wednesday, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Modi “should follow his own advice to me and he should speak more often. Through press [reports] I know that he used to criticize me for not speaking up.” After several days in which he failed to publicly address the cases, despite widespread protests, Modi finally broke his silence during a speech in Delhi on April 13, promising justice for “our daughters.” Related article Indian women's commissioner on hunger strike over rape laws His comments came after a day after Swati Maliwal, the head of Delhi’s Commission for Women, published an open letter to Modi, in which she called on rape to be punishable by death. Maliwal has been on a hunger strike since April 13 to push for stricter laws for rape in India. Vrinda Grover, a lawyer and women’s rights activist, told CNN the issue should be the “single most important agenda of the government.” “If a prime minister is to be held accountable for basic security and exercise of right to life and liberty for half the population of this country, then it should be a problem for Modi,” said Grover, adding the apparent defense of an accused rapist is symptomatic of “polarization and hate ideology” in the country’s political system. “A sitting legislator is yet to be removed by the party. There is therefore some kind of overt or covert political patronage,” she said. “The signal from the top is that there is impunity for sexual violence.” CNN’s Mukhtar Ahmad and Edwin Thomas contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180419093000", "country1": "IND", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/19/asia/modi-rape-politicized-india-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "728996530", "sentence": "There is a bipartisan deal. And that is a very big deal. The deal proposed by Senate leaders would lock in a two-year agreement on spending numbers, essentially taking shutdowns threats and continuing resolutions off the table for the time being. It would provide long overdue disaster relief funding to hurricane-ravaged Texas, Florida and, most urgently, Puerto Rico. Congress has been lurching from spending crisis to spending crisis for seemingly months. Should the House and Senate pass this, it in large part clears the decks. But there are still major steps that need to be taken, so expect an exciting next 24 hours. It certainly doesn’t look like it. There are still several steps to go, and things can still going wrong/the votes may not appear. But aides in both parties, and in both chambers, tell me things are on track. The Senate and House will both vote on Thursday. Some perspective on this: The first CNN heard that negotiators were going to take a serious run at this was Sunday, but even then senior aides were skeptical they could get there. It is, after all, a very large deal to put together from a technical standpoint, combined with the fact these types of talks historically collapse under the weight of the sheer scope of the various pieces. RELATED: Trillion dollar deficits to hit sooner than expected Yet three days later they are on the brink of it. Crazy to think about: The era of fiscal responsibility as a driving force behind any budget agreement has all but fallen by the wayside. This does away with not just the sequester, but also rolls back the limits imposed by the Budget Control Act. And there are no significant commiserate spending cuts in sight. That’s quite a thing for anyone who has covered the spending wars of the Obama administration. According to several sources involved, the votes will be there for this in the House, but that doesn’t mean Democrats – who will have to provide a significant number of “yes” votes due to pockets of GOP opposition to the spending increases – will be happy about it. Unlike their Senate colleagues, House Democrats remained steadfast that no caps deal should be reached until a DACA resolution was in sight. A DACA resolution very clearly is not in sight. That’s a problem for many. Related article Read Senate's full bipartisan budget agreement Reality check: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced on the House floor she was against the plan but her team has been very involved in these negotiations and they wouldn’t be at this point if she wasn’t. How many House Democrats will support this is still up in the air – several are very angry this was agreed to – but enough should be there to get it across the finish line. Remember – this includes major Democratic priorities as well. Is this locked in yet: No. The loss of leverage for Democrats is real here. Expect several heated closed-door Democratic caucus meetings in both chambers in the next 24 hours. But remember: There is still a vote on the omnibus – the vehicle that will officially lock in the spending deal, which will need to be written by appropriators and then voted on by March 23. Several Democratic aides have pointed to that as a degree of leverage on DACA if there is a need for it. So why would Democrats sign onto this: It’s a question you’re going to hear repeatedly – and loudly – from immigration advocates on and off the Hill in the next few days. The bottom line is this has an awful lot for Democrats to like, but perhaps more importantly, is extremely consequential for Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s caucus. For Senate Democrats up for re-election in Trump states – there are 10 – a major bipartisan agreement they can tout that funds major priorities is a very big deal. Will it upset immigration advocates? No question. Outrage them even. But the calculation was made in the last two weeks that a deal – just getting something done – was better than no deal. It’s unquestionably a roll of the dice for Democrats. Defense spending was the key piece of leverage. Senate Democrats have grown more comfortable with McConnell’s approach to the issue – a floor debate that won’t be tilted in any one direction. But that answers zero questions in the House, where House Speaker Paul Ryan has noted nothing will move on the DACA front without Trump’s sign-off, no matter what the Senate does. RELATED - Graham: ‘Increasingly pessimistic on immigration’ House Democrats are still pushing for a commitment from the Speaker to take up specific pieces of DACA legislation in order to unlock their votes. But at the moment, it’s not clear that will have any effect. Which means the pathway to a DACA resolution is still very, very unclear. For a solid hour or so Tuesday, negotiators working on this deal were holding their collective breath – President Donald Trump calling for a shutdown if border security wasn’t addressed was, as one Republican aide working on the deal put it to me in a text: “Certainly not ideal!” Keep in mind Republicans are on the verge of accomplishing something they’ve been pushing for months to get: a separation of the budget talks from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program issue. And here was the President … bringing immigration back into those talks? Needless to say, Republicans aides were nervous, for a least a brief period, that it would spook their Democratic counterparts. That hasn’t happened – Democrats have largely ignored it, save for the rolling of the eyes. But CNN has been told to expect to hear a lot about it from a messaging perspective from Democrats frustrated with the budget deal in the next 48 hours. 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{"article_id": "743011225", "sentence": "The Democratic advantage on the generic congressional ballot has tightened to 6 percentage points, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. The poll finds that 50% of registered voters say they prefer a Democrat in their congressional district, while 44% say they want a Republican. That’s a major shift in favor of the GOP since February, when Democrats held a 16-point edge. It’s much closer to January, when their lead was just 5 points. But Democratic voters are much more enthusiastic about casting ballots in November’s midterm elections. About half – 51% – of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they are extremely or very enthusiastic about voting for Congress in November, compared with just 36% among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. And at the same time, those voters who are deeply enthusiastic about voting give Democrats a better than 20-point lead on the generic ballot: 60% prefer the Democrat in their district, while 38% who prefer the Republican. Overall, just 18% of voters approve of Congress, while 75% disapprove. And an even smaller share of those enthusiastic to vote in the fall, 11%, approve of the way Congress is handling its job. Though Republicans control Congress, voters say they believe Democrats would do a better job of dealing with a host of key issues. Among them: Health care (56% Democrats to 36% Republicans, a sharp change from 2010 when the two parties were nearly even on the issue following passage of the Affordable Care Act), the Russia investigation (51% Democrats to 35% Republicans), immigration (51% Democrats to 40% Republicans) and gun policy (48% Democrats to 40% Republicans). The GOP is favored on just one issue: National security, at 48% to 40% Democrats. The public is split over whether they prefer the Democrats or the Republicans in Congress on the economy (45% choose each party) and the federal budget (43% prefer the Democrats and 42% the Republicans). The findings come just two weeks after Democrats won a stunning victory in a special congressional election west of Pittsburgh, where Conor Lamb – fueled in part by energized labor unions – narrowly defeated Republican Rick Saccone in a district President Donald Trump won by 20 percentage points in 2016. The poll showed that Trump’s approval rating has ticked up to 42% – the highest since the 100-day mark of his presidency. The CNN poll was conducted by SRSS on March 22-25 among a random national sample of 1,014 respondents, including 913 registered voters, reached on landlines or cell phones by a live interviewer. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. For registered voters, the margin of error is 3.8 points. CNN’s Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democratic Party", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180329110000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/cnn-poll-march-2018-generic-congressional-ballot-midterm-election/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "677490915", "sentence": "North Korea’s latest missile test has sparked the familiar round of international condemnation and new fears that the US mainland is now in reach of the country’s arsenal. Here’s what you need to know. North Korea launched the longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile it has ever tested – and the second ICBM this month. It flew for about 45 minutes, going 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) high and for a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), according to analysis from the US and its allies. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touted the test as a success and claimed the “whole US mainland” is now within range of his missiles. US President Donald Trump condemned the missile launch and said the United States would act to ensure its security. Trump on North Korea: ‘We Handle Everything’ The latest test shows that Pyongyang’s missile program may be more advanced than previously thought. If the missile was fired on a flatter, standard trajectory, it would have major US cities such as Los Angeles, Denver and Chicago well within its range, with the possible ability to reach as far as New York and Boston, according to David Wright, a missile expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists. North Korea also claimed Friday’s test was designed to show the missile’s maximum range when equipped with a “large-sized heavy nuclear warhead.” But last week a US official told CNN that the US government doesn’t believe North Korea will be able to launch a reliable, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile until early 2018. The official said that while North Korea can currently get a missile “off the ground,” a lot of undetermined variables remain about guidance, reentry and the ability to hit a specific target. Some experts are skeptical of North Korea’s claims, pointing out that the size of the missile’s payload is unknown. The heavier the payload, the shorter the usual range. “We don’t know the mass of the payload used in the test; if a real warhead is significantly heavier, that would reduce the range the missile could reach,” the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Wright told CNN. Read: What we’ve learned from the North’s tests One thing is clear: Friday’s test marked a big step forward for a country once deemed incapable of developing a serious ICBM program. The US and South Korea conducted live military exercises in a show of force hours after the test. The US also sent two B-1 bombers on a 10-hour round trip over the Korean Peninsula on Saturday. On Sunday, the US conducted a test of its THAAD missile defense system, but the THAAD system is not capable of intercepting ICBMs, and the test had been scheduled since earlier this month. On the diplomatic front, US officials spent the weekend reassuring its allies in the region and warning North Korea to end its missile tests and nuclear program. I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet... ...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem! Trump renewed his criticism of China, claiming in a tweet that it has done “NOTHING” to rein in North Korea, while Vice President Mike Pence said “all options are on the table” when it comes to the rogue country. On Sunday, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley echoed Trump’s stance, saying that “the time for talk is over” and that Washington would not seek UN Security Council action following the latest missile test. North Korea has long maintained that the only way to protect itself against US-led attempts at regime change is through the threat of a nuclear attack. Related article US detects 'highly unusual' North Korean submarine activity According to a US defense official, evidence of an “ejection test” – which examines a missile’s “cold-launch system” – was carried out on land at the Sinpo Naval Shipyard, a port city on the Sea of Japan, on Sunday. It was the third ejection test carried out in July, and the fourth demonstrated this year. The latest ejection test is further evidence that Pyongyang is trying to beef up its nuclear capabilities, as were “highly unusual and unprecedented levels” of North Korean submarine activity detected earlier in July. In that instance, North Korea sent a diesel-powered Romeo-class sub around 100 kilometers (62 miles) out to sea in international waters –  farther than it had ever traveled. North Korea had also been outfitting its Gorae sub with a possible missile launch demonstration tube. US and South Korean forces raised their alert levels slightly after detecting the subs’ atypical training activity. North Korea’s submarine fleet is believed to encompass around 70 vessels, but most are outdated and are probably unable to fire missiles. Without offering any specifics, US President Donald Trump said his administration would be able to take care of North Korea. “We will handle North Korea. We are gonna be able to handle them. It will be handled. We handle everything,” Trump told reporters at his second full Cabinet meeting. CNN’s Brad Lendon, Faith Karimi, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Browne and Steven Jiang contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170731173000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/asia/north-korea-missile-test-catchup/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "729786368", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Nic Robertson is CNN’s diplomatic editor. The opinions in this article belong to the author. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has carefully choreographed his departure this coming weekend from the party’s most powerful post, but it’s unlikely that we’ve seen the last of him. For his many critics, Adams is the utterly unacceptable face of Irish Republicanism. In their opinion, he has blood on his hands — an assertion he’s rejected. Adams has repeatedly denied he was a member of the Irish Republican Army, a militant organization that in 1999 admitted to killing people during the three decades of sectarian bloodletting in Northern Ireland known as “the Troubles.” The conflict – which saw more than 3,600 people killed – pitted Catholic republicans against Protestant unionists. The former wanted to unite Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland, while the unionists wanted Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom. Related article Gerry Adams Fast Facts Adams has also repeatedly denied that Sinn Fein, the party he led for 34 years, was the political wing of the IRA. It is heavy political baggage that Adams hauls, and time has not lightened his load. The stains of his alleged paramilitary past have never faded. Instead, they have become a sticky residue attracting conspiracies, grudges, even police investigations. No amount of spin doctoring can erase that kind of tarnish. By handing over Sinn Fein’s presidency in an uncontested leadership change, to longtime party deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald, Adams seems to accept the limitations of his legacy and image, but he may also be exploiting Brexit. McDonald is untainted by allegations of affiliations to the IRA, allowing Sinn Fein to win more votes particularly south of the border in the Irish Republic, where Adams’ toxic past has long been an impediment to Sinn Fein’s success. A survey in January showed a fifth of Irish voters would be more likely to support Sinn Fein under McDonald. But the process leading to his departure has suffered some unwelcome wobbles. In January, a Sinn Fein lawmaker posted an image of himself on social media with a loaf of Kingsmill bread on his head. He was forced to resign because he appeared to be making fun of the murder of 10 Protestant workers in 1976 in what became known as the Kingsmill massacre. And two weeks ago, one of Adams’ closest allies became an unwitting star in a video that went viral. Gerry Kelly, a very senior Sinn Fein politician who was a convicted IRA bomber, was videoed outside his local gym using bolt cutters to take a wheel clamp off his car. He said he feared being late for important political meetings, but the damage to Sinn Fein’s recent efforts at an image makeover was done. Local headlines read “Wheel IRA,” a play on the “Real IRA,” an IRA splinter group. Related article Northern Ireland Fast Facts The episode underlines the view that old-school IRA/Sinn Fein leaders can be expected to play by their own rules rather than the law. While Adams looks for political capital from a seamless succession, the wobbles will have set him back. But he’s has built his career on overcoming setbacks. When the British government jailed him and many other young Republicans during the internments in the 1970s, Adams turned the table on British authorities by using the time to educate his young cadres in politics and the republican cause. In Northern Ireland today, Sinn Fein is by far the largest Catholic party, and Adams the most powerful Catholic politician. His long-term goal as stated as recently as the past couple of weeks is for Sinn Fein to gain enough political power across the island of Ireland to engineer conditions for a united country. “We need to devise strategies and win support for a referendum on Irish unity. And we need to campaign for this. We also need to win that referendum… Don’t believe the naysayers and begrudgers … who claim that a United Ireland is a pipe dream. “It isn’t. It’s very real. It’s very achievable. We can do it.” It was Adams’ astute foresight following the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement to immediately pivot his party toward building political clout south of the border that has put the party on the strong footing it enjoys today. While his principle partner in peace talks, the late Sinn Fein MP and accused former IRA commander Martin McGuinness, focused on Northern Ireland, Adams turned his attention to the Republic of Ireland, becoming a member of parliament there and establishing Sinn Fein as the third most popular party. Under Adams’ leadership, Sinn Fein has become a grassroots, socially supportive party with a hard-earned reputation of taking care of the people and communities it represents. The party has made gains and broadened its appeal beyond its core. Adams has helped cultivate a progressive mantle for Sinn Fein, calling for change to Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws, among other issues. But it appears that even with his political savvy, he could take Sinn Fein no further. Adams’ decision to step down may also be timed to exploit an unexpected political windfall from the UK’s Brexit referendum. South of the border, Brexit is already leading to extreme frustration between the Irish government and Theresa May in London, which Adams has been ably exploiting by demanding the Irish Taoiseach or Prime Minister take a tough line. But it is north of the border where Adams may see a bigger opportunity from Brexit. Not for the first time, an event not directly linked to the province may nudge the politics forward. It has happened before. In the 1990s Adams and McGuinness and Kelly led the IRA into a ceasefire and ultimately to the 1998 Good Friday agreement, but they refused to surrender the IRA’s weapons. After the peace deal, the decommissioning of the IRA’s guns became the next big stumbling block to lasting peace. Adams had cannily brought the IRA to a position of not using the weapons: They weren’t technically defeated, but it was a bad-faith impasse that helped bring down the unionist leaders they negotiated the peace agreement with. And it was threatening to halt the whole peace process. Then al Qaeda attacked New York and Washington in 2001. The September 11 attacks were a game changer for the IRA. The word terrorist suddenly had a very clear meaning in the US and Adams quickly realized that American political capital and backing – not to mention fund-raising – would be lost unless the IRA got rid of its guns. An event far away from the island of Ireland, in other words, had moved the peace process forward. Brexit also may hasten change in Ireland. Sinn Fein opposed Brexit. Its biggest political rival, the Democratic Unionist Party, was vociferously in favor of it. Yet despite unionists being a majority in Northern Ireland only 38% of people there voted to leave the European Union. Not long after the vote, when I saw Adams in Cuba as he was sweltering in an hours-long line to pay his respects to Fidel Castro’s body, I asked him how Brexit was affecting his political calculations. He smiled, a big broad smile, in that moment answering all my questions. On this, he remained enigmatic and opaque – other, that is, than the smile. There was no doubt in my mind that Adams was calculating gains republicans like him might reap from Brexit. Related video Brexit brings worries for those on the border Unionist farmers along the border I’ve met are appalled at the damage Brexit may do to their businesses. They rely on an open border. The DUP demands something that at this time it seems impossible for London to deliver. What Theresa May wants is a Brexit that keeps an open border with the Republic of Ireland, but pulls the UK out of the EU customs union. But a fully open border and an exit from the customs union are mutually exclusive unless Northern Ireland gets a deal that differs slightly from the one the rest of the UK gets, and that’s something the DUP categorically rejects. Sinn Fein will try to sell the idea that a united, borderless Ireland is better for everyone. There are nowhere near enough buyers of that view to make it a reality, but such is Adams’ multitrack logic that he will want to harness Brexit divisions for all he can get. With Adams gone and McDonald at the helm. Sinn Fein might just get closer to critical mass, to increased political support north and south of the border without his bloody legacy. Incremental gains on both image and Brexit are the margins that Adams is playing for. Of course, it’s impossible to know the real reasons why Adams’ is stepping down. We don’t even know if he went willingly. Such is the opacity with which Sinn Fein conducts its core business, Adams’ departure may only ever be fully understood by a tiny handful of people. His health is one question. Adams will be 70 this year and while he appears in great shape I’ve noticed during our past few interviews that his voice is not as strong as it once was. Related article Martin McGuinness: From IRA terrorist to political leader and peacemaker And then there is the question of his effectiveness. In the past year he lost his closest ally in the republican project, Martin McGuinness. For decades they were inseparable in leadership. Twenty years ago, in the tiny village of Bellaghy, I spent the night in the road chatting to the pair of them. They’d come to join a small protest stopping a traditional Protestant marching band pass through the mostly Catholic streets. They mingled easily with the people blocking the police vehicles at the head of the march. Their presence alone signaled that the march was doomed to failure. Adams and McGuinness were the visible face of the republican movement and personified its intransigence to British authorities. At peace talks, it was always Adams and McGuinness outside, whispering to each other away from prying ears. Just them, rarely others. Without McGuinness’ easy charm, could Adams make the headway they managed together for so long? We may never know. Whatever the reason for Adams’ departure as president of Sinn Fein, it would seem out of character that the party is done with him, or him with it. He has been its ultimate guide, like a chess master planning many moves ahead. In all likelihood, he has been carefully stage-managing his departure and replacement for some time, just as he has controlled so much else at Sinn Fein. He is unlikely to become a silent partner in the enterprise he created. What we are seeing this weekend isn’t so much Adams stepping down as president. 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{"article_id": "678169076", "sentence": "A controversial national security aide to President Donald Trump has been removed from his post, the White House said on Wednesday. Ezra Cohen-Watnick, who served as the senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council, will be reassigned to another area of the administration, a White House official said. It’s the second major departure from the NSC in a week. The official said H.R. McMaster, Trump’s national security adviser, “appreciates the good work” that Cohen-Watnick accomplished in the intelligence division of the NSC, but “has determined that, at this time, a different set of experiences is best-suited to carrying that work forward.” “Gen. McMaster is confident that Ezra will make many further significant contributions to national security in another position in the administration,” the official said. Cohen-Watnick’s new post or department was not specified. Cohen-Watnick served on Trump’s transition team and later his administration under Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser who was ousted from the job after it became clear he misled members of the administration about his interactions with Russian government officials. Another Flynn appointee, Retired Col. Derek Harvey, was also removed from his post last week. Harvey, a long-time intelligence officer, was appointed by Flynn and continued to serve as the council’s senior director for the Middle East under McMaster. Earlier this year, Cohen-Watnick came under scrutiny for his alleged roundabout role in providing information to GOP Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, showing members of Trump’s team included in foreign surveillance reports collected by US intelligence. Cohen-Watnick, along with White House national security lawyer Michael Ellis, are believed to be two of the individuals involved in assisting Nunes in gathering the intelligence materials, US officials told CNN and other news outlets in March. Nunes refused to identify the sources of his information, and the White House would neither confirm nor deny that Cohen-Watnick or Ellis had aided the Republican congressman. In late June, three months after the controversy, Nunes told CNN in an interview that it was definitely not Cohen-Watnick or Ellis who provided him the information. But criticism over Nunes’ actions led to him temporarily stepping aside his committee’s investigation into Russia’s election-year meddling. Cohen-Watnick served at the Defense Intelligence Agency alongside Flynn, who ran that office until 2014.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ezra Cohen-Watnick", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170802223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/nsc-ezra-cohen-watnick/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "448002453", "sentence": "Maisie Williams is perhaps best known around the world as kick-ass teenage heroine Arya Stark, from the hit TV show “Game of Thrones.” But before the swords and direwolves, 18-year-old Williams was not always so assured. “For a long time I thought ‘I’m just a weird acting kid,’” says Williams. “At school, kids didn’t audition for things – and I had a job at 12.  But now I’ve met so many other people and I’ve realized that’s very normal, everyone felt that weird segregation at some point.” After her huge success in “Games of Thrones,” Williams is now taking her talents to the big screen. Last year she starred in supernatural drama “The Falling,” in which a mysterious epidemic of fainting takes over the pupils at an English girls’ school. “The transition from Game of Thrones where I’m a small piece in a big puzzle, to something where you’re taking the lead was very nerve-wracking,” says Williams. “The role I play in ‘The Falling,’ Lydia, was a character that I wanted to show other people that I could do. I had to leave it at home, the nerves of carrying the film, and actually prove to people that I have more confidence in it,” she added. The film led to her nomination as one of 10 “European Shooting Stars” – young actors chosen from across the continent and honored at Berlin Film Festival for their talent and future potential. Following in the footsteps of actors Carey Mulligan, Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Alicia Vikander, Williams received her award from Hollywood star Natalie Portman. Between Berlin and promotional duties for Season Five of “Game of Thrones,” Maisie was given another opportunity to prove her cinematic credentials with a film called “The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea,” directed by Will Purple and starring Jason Sedakis and Jessica Biel. Co-star Biel described Williams as a “sparkling” talent set to make it big in the film industry in the coming years. “Maisie is one to watch because you literally cannot take your eyes off her,” added Biel. “She is enigmatic, charismatic, deeply emotional and able to share all of those abilities, plus many more, and put them on the screen in a way that is so raw and authentic. “From an actor’s point of view, you’re jealous of how easily she is able to do that and envious of that ability.” Indeed, both of Maisie’s films made an impression in Cannes. Buyers were given a sneak preview of “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” while “The Falling” was snapped up for U.S. distribution following positive reviews on its UK release. “I’ve been told by directors that I should direct because what I find so interesting is not just the acting, but just watching when I’m on set,” said Williams. “A lot of the time between takes I like to sit on set with my warm coat just watching what’s going on and ask directors why they’ve lit it this way and why they’re using that lens. “One day if I find a project I’m passionate about and feel like I could do a good job on, I would love to direct it.” Phoebe Parke contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Maisie Williams", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150710180000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/10/entertainment/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "618447573", "sentence": "This time last year, CNN Opinion asked a group of commentators from around the world for their take on the US presidential election. One year later, Donald Trump is preparing to be sworn in as President of the United States.  So, what is the world expecting – and hoping for – from a Trump presidency? Guest commentators from around the world weigh in. The views expressed are their own. When Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 presidential election, he received a round of applause in the Russian parliament. It was a pure, almost childish expression of joy. Since then, the “Russian factor” has loomed ominously over Trump’s impending presidency. The Russian term “kompromat” – compromising material – is entering the English language, much like “sputnik” did more than 50 years ago. The American press debates – in total seriousness – whether the Kremlin is literally keeping the President of the most powerful country on Earth on its leash and shaping his policies. More importantly, the notorious hacking story is far from over. For many in Washington, Vladimir Putin has become the main trickster of the election. However, Russian officialdom was hardly expecting a Trump victory. Viewing the American election as a zero-sum game with the West, Putin planned for a likely defeat. Before Election Day, Russia’s propaganda machine was warming up to announce that a flawed American political system would never let the anti-establishment candidate win. That was supposed to be Russia’s consolation prize. Then, defeat suddenly turned into victory. Russia is beyond satisfied with this serendipitous turn of events. A happy and astounded Kremlin will now try to get the most from Trump – from easing sanctions to making a deal on Syria and settling the Ukraine issue. It is difficult, of course, to predict how Trump’s administration will address these issues and what the result will be. But this uncertainty hardly undermines the feeling that Russian officialdom has been experiencing: a sense they have achieved a moral victory over the West and its values. Since the annexation of Crimea, the West has labeled Putin a pariah and a global threat. Yet now, Trump’s win has made something clear: It is not Putin who is a weak outlier before the world’s liberal order. Rather, it is the West that is divided and full of resentment. An outcast yesterday, Putin may now see himself as a major power broker in the emerging global Trumpworld. The least that the Kremlin will now expect from the White House is a display of respect and equality. After what has been presented by Russian propaganda as years of unprecedented humiliation and offense from the West, Putin will easily sell his country’s newfound parity with the United States to the Russian public for his own personal gain. Transforming Putin’s moral triumph into a dramatic expansion of Russian influence on the global stage will be trickier. But from the Kremlin’s point of view, it is probably doable. Mikhail Fishman is editor-in-chief of The Moscow Times. Mexico got Donald Trump elected. That, at least, is what President-elect Trump probably believes.  His promises to build a wall (that Mexico will supposedly pay for), deport millions of undocumented immigrants, and renegotiate NAFTA turned Mexico and its people into the perfect scapegoat for the ills affecting America – unemployment, stagnant wages, crime and drugs. Throughout his campaign, we all hoped he would tone down such rhetoric so as not to alienate the Hispanic vote (too much, at least). However, his rhetoric simply became more vitriolic – and more threatening. So President Enrique Peña Nieto invited him to Mexico, perhaps in hopes that the hospitality and reality of bilateral relations would change Donald Trump´s opinion about the southern border (and awkward facts such as there being potentially millions of jobs at stake – on both sides of the border – if he decided to scrap NAFTA). But mere hours after returning from Mexico, not only did Trump NOT change his mind, but he engaged (in Arizona of all places) in some of his most anti-immigration rhetoric yet. Meanwhile, in Mexico there was a backlash against Peña Nieto’s decision to invite Trump, forcing Finance Minister Luis Videgaray – seen as instrumental in arranging the visit – out of the Cabinet. Trump lamented Videgaray’s departure in a Tweet. As the votes were tallied on election night, there was hope that Trump’s rhetoric was campaign garbage and not genuine policy. But in the two months since the election, Trump has reiterated his calls for a wall, insisted that Mexico will reimburse the US for the cost and called for the renegotiation of NAFTA and a border tax for companies that invest in Mexico and wish to send their products to the United States. On the back of all this, the Mexican peso has plunged, and there is concern that on January 20, the least popular person in decades to be sworn in as US President will deliver a speech that could be catastrophic for the Mexican economy. Since losing his role at the finance ministry, Luis Videgaray has been appointed foreign minister, and will head negotiations with the United States. Perhaps the President is hoping that Trump will now play and negotiate in an appropriate way. He likely is wrong. Through his threats, tweets, and speeches, Trump may have left the President and his negotiators with no political wiggle room to sign any kind of agreement that requires ratification by the Mexican Senate. And the chances for a candidate from Peña Nieto’s party will likely be scuppered in the 2018 presidential elections unless the President can convince Trump not to initiate massive deportations and to stop insisting on building the wall. But if Trump believes his “Mexican agenda” helped get him elected, it is hard to imagine he will do anything but continue to insist on his beautiful wall, deportations and a new and “improved” NAFTA agreement. Ana Maria Salazar worked at the White House as policy adviser for President Bill Clinton’s special envoy for the Americas and was deputy assistant secretary of defense for drug enforcement. She writes, teaches and has anchored radio and TV news programs in Mexico since 2001. After eight years of hostility and tension with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will let out a huge sigh of relief Friday when Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. For Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition government, Trump’s presidency is viewed as a new beginning when it comes to Israeli-US relations. One government minister went so far as to say that Trump’s victory in November signals that “the days of the Messiah” have come. That might be a stretch, but for Israel, Trump seems like the antithesis of the outgoing president. While Obama regularly pressured Israel to stop construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Trump’s advisers have said they will not. While Obama refused to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem, Trump has said that he will. And while Obama championed the Iran deal that Israel aggressively tried to prevent, Trump has raised the possibility that he will scrap it. While this all bodes well for the current government in Jerusalem, it remains to be seen what Trump will do when it comes to Israel’s ongoing conflict with the Palestinians. Will he follow the longstanding US policy of pushing for a two-state solution or will he offer new options for a resolution? Will he stand strong against settlement expansion or will he allow Israeli annexation of settlements as some government ministers are advocating? So far, Trump hasn’t said much, although the announcement that his son-in-law Jared Kushner will serve as the president’s Middle East envoy seems to indicate that he plans to take on the thorny issue. Like other countries in the Middle East, Israel is hoping to see a more engaged America playing an active role in the region. The presence of Russian military forces in Syria, for example, is believed to be directly linked to Obama’s decision not to enforce his “red line” on the use of chemical weapons in that ongoing civil war and humanitarian disaster. Leaving a vacuum allowed Russia to enter the country. Will Trump re-engage the Middle East or will he prefer to remain on the sidelines and stay away from a region that has for decades frustrated consecutive American presidents? Starting on January 20, the world will begin to get some answers. Yaakov Katz is the editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post and co-author of “Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower.” On the eve of the inauguration of Donald Trump, India is experiencing some of the same kind of anxiety it felt when Narendra Modi was about to become the country’s prime minister, back in May 2014. A right-wing Hindu leader with a controversial political past who cultivated an image as an outsider, Modi’s rise to power disturbed the existing political equilibrium in the country, and his election brought with it a heightened sense of unpredictability and uncertainty among not just Indians, but overseas as well. Indeed, for many – particularly the country’s liberals – it took quite some time for the reality of a Modi premiership to sink in. A sense of disbelief and uncertainty has gripped many people here again. Will the improvement in India-US relations continue with a Trump administration? How will Indians settled and working in the United States be treated? Will the protectionist measures that Trump is talking about impact Indians living abroad? Will such policies affect the outsourcing that keeps so many Indians in India working? These are just some of the questions Indians have. But the questions also extend to international affairs – how is India going to adjust if Washington decides to revise Obama’s policy towards the Middle East and western Asia? Policymakers in New Delhi are already worried, for example, that reimposing sanctions on Iran would impact India’s crude oil supply and delay the completion of Chabahar port  that will create a new trade route for Afghanistan and drastically alter the trade dynamics in South Asia. In addition, New Delhi is also keenly waiting to see how Trump goes about dealing with Pakistan. Will he continue the old policy of transactional engagement with the Muslim state or take a firm line over its support for terror groups? But there is a more philosophical concern among liberals in India: The potential impact of a close political entente between Modi and Trump. The fear is that the political proximity between the two leaders, who have strong anti-Muslim, anti-minority images, will unleash and strengthen forces inimical to liberal and secular values. Such sentiment is already simmering in India since Modi assumed office in 2014 – and his presence has contributed to keeping the Indo-Pakistan relationship on tenterhooks. Many on the Indian subcontinent see Trump as Modi’s alter ego. Closer ties between them might prove to be a double-edged sword for our country. Sanjay Kumar is a New Delhi-based journalist who writes on national and international issues with particular emphasis on South Asia. On Monday, the British people learned that Donald Trump’s late mother was an admirer of the British monarchy. “She loved the ceremonial and the beauty, ‘cause nobody does that like the English,” he told an interviewer. A family weakness for the British nostalgia industry is unlikely to have much impact on his approval rating among a population deeply concerned about the President-elect’s ethics, prejudices and mental stability. What did get the UK talking was the identity of the interviewer. Michael Gove, who recently left the British Cabinet after losing a leadership election, has returned to his role as a columnist for The Times of London. He remains a prominent figure in Westminster politics and has retained his seat in the House of Commons. Meeting with Trump in his capacity as a journalist, Gove is only the latest right-wing figure to irk the British government by flaunting a relationship with the President-elect outside official channels. Prime Minister Theresa May, who clashed frequently with Gove when they were Cabinet colleagues under David Cameron, has made clear that such freelance diplomacy will not hasten his political rehabilitation. Even Gove, however, failed to match the stir created when the President-elect was pictured with Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party, before he had met representatives of the governing Conservative Party. When Trump then suggested on Twitter that Farage should be appointed ambassador to Washington, May was furious. In Britain, where ambassadorships are traditionally held by long-serving career diplomats, this was seen as unprecedented interference in the affairs of Her Majesty’s Government. The Queen nominally appoints each ambassador and takes a close interest due to her contacts with other heads of state. If Trump shares his mother’s fondness for the Queen’s ceremonial role in British life, he would be well advised to respect her protocol. As well as securing a scoop for The Times, Gove’s main aim in meeting the President-elect will likely have been to impress on him the existence of prominent Brexiteers other than Nigel Farage. Farage has enjoyed high visibility on British TV, his divisive rhetoric delivering strong ratings. Unlike Trump, he has not succeeded in translating that into electoral success, having failed at seven attempts to win a seat in Parliament. He was excluded by the official “Vote Leave” campaign in the UK referendum, run by more mainstream members of the Conservative Party, and campaigned instead with a smaller, unregistered “Leave EU” team dominated by UKIP. The anti-European movement in Britain is riddled with personal divisions; Gove, who played a major role in “Vote Leave”, will have bridled at Farage taking credit for the referendum. None of these subtleties are likely to deter the British government from maintaining a formal alliance with the United States as long as it remains a world power. But the President-elect would be wise to avoid playing favorites with squabbling British politicians. Serious concerns remain about the future of the relationship with Britain; elements in the security services are concerned about the legal implications for the “Five-Eyes” intelligence sharing system should Trump authorize the use of torture by their American partners. In Scotland, he has long been an unpopular landlord, indulging in an ongoing feud with the ruling Scottish National Party over environmental and planning issues. Diplomacy by Twitter is not the British way. The Queen would not approve. Kate Maltby is a theater critic for The Times of London and regular broadcaster and columnist in the United Kingdom on issues of culture and politics. Her website is www.katemaltby.com. From a Berlin perspective, there is a particular irony in the inauguration of Donald Trump as the next US president. Today’s Germany in many ways is a product of the post-World War II era in Europe on which the United States has spent so much time and resources over the past decades. Locking Germany into a collective European order has been key to pacifying the European continent, and has served Germany particularly well. Indeed, the principles that are so strongly rooted in this country are largely tied to the pacifist attitudes of the German public and a preference for an economic rather than a security role in foreign affairs. There is also a strong reflexive support among Germans for multilateral approaches aimed at building global institutions and international law, as well as for the need for Germany to have a predictable foreign policy. But what Berlin has understood from the President-elect so far is that Donald Trump is not really very interested in any of these principles. Instead, his rhetoric runs counter to some of the most formative instincts of the political elite in Germany – and of the public at large. The question Germans have now is how Berlin will react once President Trump actually starts to shape politics rather than talking about it? And there has been plenty in the talk so far to cause concern. For example, just last weekend, Trump gave a major interview with widely read German newspaper BILD Zeitung in which he called into question the role of NATO and the future cohesion of the European Union. Both institutions are fundamental pillars of German foreign policy. Angela Merkel gave a first glimpse of her mindset in a news conference with the prime minister of New Zealand in Berlin that same day. “I think we Europeans have our fate in our own hands,” she said when asked about Trump’s comments. By her usually cautious standards this was another remarkable statement following her initial reaction to Trump’s election back in November. When President Barack Obama gave a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in the summer of 2013, he called for an end to German complacency in international affairs. Developments in and around Europe over recent years have already seen a much more active Germany on the European and international stage. Berlin has understood that some of its vital interests – both in economic and security terms – have come to be challenged. Trump is going to ensure Germany accelerates along this path, a reality that will have major implications for Germany and Europe. Berlin has a realistic understanding of its power, and where the German government has the resources to punch its weight it will attempt to do so. But how willing will Germany be to confront President Trump on fundamental questions over the future of the European and global order? Germany currently holds the G20 presidency. That might give us a sign about how much Merkel is willing to say. Almut Möller is a senior policy fellow and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Berlin office. While the uncertainty surrounding Donald Trump’s incoming administration doesn’t bode well for anyone, the instability ahead could begin to recede if the new executive branch is willing to learn and acts sensibly. For instance, Trump has repeatedly demanded “fair trade”. No one rejects the idea of fair trade, but if the focus is on “fair” rather than “unfair” trade, then the key issue is who decides what type of trade is fair or otherwise. As long as the United States does not exit the World Trade Organization, America, like any other member of the WTO, is subject to the body’s arbitration mechanism to settle trade disputes. The Trump administration may renegotiate the North America Free Trade Agreement or quit the Trans Pacific Partnership, but if it does, it will still be opting for negotiation and bilateral trade agreements with Asia-Pacific nations and other trade partners. In other words, Trump may not be a fan of globalism, but he still subscribes to bilateralism and even internationalism. China, for its part, could well live with a China-US bilateral trade and investment framework, along with a WTO cap. The ongoing negotiation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty is an example. Trump wants “smart” negotiation, to which China has no objection. But if Trump refuses to settle disputes through negotiation, then China won’t be happy. Still, China is wary of the possibility that the Trump team might try to play the Taiwan card as part of any bargaining. This would be unacceptable – China may be willing to negotiate or renegotiate over trade, investment and currency levels, but it will in no way be willing to renegotiate the “One China” principle. This is one thing that China will never put up for sale. If the Trump administration can understand this key point quickly, and if it acts in a diplomatic way, then Trump does indeed have a chance to make America truly great again. Shen Dingli is professor and associate dean at the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University. South Africans in general were more inclined to support Hillary Clinton for president, but that did not happen. Why the support for Clinton? Because South Africans valued the longstanding relationship that their nation had developed with the Clintons, especially during the Mandela years. Now that the election is over and Donald Trump has won, South Africa – like many other nations – hopes that it will be able to secure favorable trade relations with the Trump administration. Of course, the signs from the Trump camp suggest that the incoming administration will take a tough stance on trade. And though Trump did not single out South Africa specifically for criticism, he did warn more broadly that deals would need to be rethought because the United States is always losing out on trade agreements. Another issue that might be of interest to South Africans is US immigration policy toward South Africa. Again, Trump warned over the threat posed by certain kinds of immigration, which became a feature of his campaign. If he cracks down it could make it tougher for South Africans wishing to secure a US visa. But it’s not all trepidation. Some South Africans admire Trump’s apparent success with his own businesses. They hope that he will enjoy similar success running the United States. Indeed, if Trump is successful and the US economy performs well under his presidency, countries like South Africa will likely benefit, too. As John Stremlau, former vice president of the Carter Center, told Africa’s News24, it is still unclear what shape the Trump administration’s foreign policy will take. However, as a businessman, it seems that Trump is determined to try his hand at making deals. It will be interesting to see what this new style means for business with Africa. Tinashe Chuchu is a lecturer in the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. The election of Donald Trump was welcome news in Cairo. The US President-elect and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met each other on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting last September. After that meeting, both expressed a mutual admiration for one another. Sisi remarked that Trump would make a strong leader, which Trump reciprocated by praising Sisi as a “fantastic guy.”  Sisi was reportedly the first Arab leader to congratulate Trump, and recently reportedly stated to the Egyptian press that he knew Trump would win as “his honesty touched the hearts of the American people.” It’s not hard to imagine why these two men would get along. Both are not particularly fond of protecting human rights, and have demonstrated a deep disdain for the press. They abhor Islamists of all shapes and forms. Neither man handles criticism well, as demonstrated by their emotional outbursts. Both admire Vladimir Putin, who has spent time cultivating them both. Overall, they share an identical black and white world view, reminiscent of George W. Bush’s “you are either with us or against us.” There is no middle way in Trump and Sisi’s world; only enemies to be annihilated or friends based on mutual interests. With regards to Egypt and the Middle East, discourse on human rights and democratization will become background noise, as the Trump administration’s foreign policy will likely focus on advancing US economic and security interests. Trump and Sisi began collaborating even before the President-elect assumed office: Trump reportedly called on Sisi to withdraw the U.N. resolution against Israeli settlements, which ultimately passed. Conveniently, the Egyptian media has dropped the commentary from Trump about Muslim bans and registries from its coverage, while equating the President-elect with Sisi; a strongman who will bring stability in an age of turbulence. However, almost three years since Sisi’s election, many segments of the Egyptian population feel disappointed in his leadership, as he has failed to bring stability or usher in the era of economic prosperity that he promised. Given time, the American people, like their Egyptian counterparts, are also likely to find themselves profoundly unhappy with their new president. Adel Abdel Ghafar is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center and the author of “Egyptians in Revolt: The Political Economy of Labor and Student Mobilizations 1919 -2011.” Considering that there are, by some estimates, around 300,000 Filipinos living as undocumented migrants in the United States, the question for many here is whether President Donald Trump will be true to his campaign promise of being tough on illegal immigration. As for the about 3.5 million Filipinos living in the United States, they join other Americans in hoping that the Trump presidency will deliver stable jobs, better health care, and safer communities. Like other Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines wants to know whether Trump will continue to endorse the rebalancing of American forces toward the Asia-Pacific region. More specifically, Filipinos have two other questions on defense: What will Trump’s policy be regarding the maritime dispute in the South China Sea involving China and its smaller neighbors? Will he uphold the mutual defense pact between the Philippines and the United States? It is not only on defense that a Trump presidency raises questions for Filipinos. In terms of his economic program, for example, many wonder whether his vow to protect American businesses will mean less investment in the Philippines and the rest of Asia? They also wonder whether his call for the return of manufacturing and outsourced jobs to the United States will disrupt Asian economies. Interestingly, Trump is often compared to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Both are non-traditional politicians who achieved surprising electoral victories despite their controversial, divisive – sometimes politically incorrect – views. Duterte has frequently criticized the United States for its colonial crimes and political meddling, even making an unprecedented declaration of a “separation” of the Philippines and the United States. President Obama chose to ignore Duterte’s rants. Will Trump do the same thing? Will he comment on the alleged American plot to destabilize Duterte’s government? Both are interesting questions. But perhaps the biggest question mark is over whether Donald Trump will raise the issue of human rights with Duterte, whose war on drugs has, by many accounts, left thousands of civilians dead. Filipinos are extremely curious to find out what happens next. Mong Palatino is a Filipino activist, blogger, and former legislator.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump presidency", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170118213000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/opinions/trump-presidency-international-views-roundup/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "608934537", "sentence": "Trump will not divest his businesses when he enters the White House His adult sons will have no involvement with the White House when he enters office President-elect Donald Trump is not planning to divest from his businesses but will also not be involved with his companies when he enters the White House, the Wall Street Journal’s Monica Langley told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday night. Speaking on “Anderson Cooper 360,” Langley said that even though Trump’s adult sons, Eric and Donald Jr., are involved in transition meetings right now, once Trump enters the White House, they’ll focus on the businesses. But, she predicted, Trump’s family is not going to sell any of the properties or real estate in their businesses. “He’s not going to divest them,” she said. “He is going to lay out how he will not be involved at all. But he’s going to still plan to own it and the reason they’re not going to sell it … is at first everyone thought, ‘Well if they sold it, it’ll be a fire sale.’” She added that if the properties went on the market all at once, many potential suitors might want to buy a Trump property, especially in foreign countries. Trump has been facing questions about his potential conflicts of interest when he enters the White House. A CNN poll released last month found that 6 in 10 Americans believe the President-elect is not doing enough to address his potential conflicts of interest. Trump owns or has a position in more than 500 companies, according to a CNN analysis. That includes about 150 that have done business in at least 25 foreign countries, including Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Trump was supposed to hold a news conference on Thursday to announce how he was distancing himself from his business as he took office, but that event was postponed until January.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161216043000", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/15/politics/donald-trump-businesses-white-house/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "633933327", "sentence": "Raw sewage has been reported in the Tijuana River, Tijuana River Estuary and Imperial Beach, California With millions of gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Pacific Ocean surface and onto the shores of southern California, officials in the United States and Mexico have launched a bi-national investigation into the spill that apparently originated in Mexico. The spill was first spotted in early February along the beaches of San Diego, California down through Tijuana, Mexico, according to the International Boundary and Water Commission. The IBWC is a joint government agency responsible for brokering water treaties between the two countries. Agency commissioners agreed to investigate the matter after receiving reports about sewage originating in Mexico that affected the Tijuana River, Tijuana River Estuary, and coastal waters at Imperial Beach, California. “This is the worst spill we’ve had in over a decade,” Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina told CNN affiliate KSWB. “More than 143 million gallons of raw sewage were discharged into the Tijuana River, which flowed through south San Diego, into Imperial Beach (causing) closed beaches from the border all the way to Coronado.” Sewage spill report from #IBWC--143 million gallons spilled into TJ Rver starting on 2/6/17. This is why @WILDCOAST @SurfriderSD are needed. pic.twitter.com/P4gySzlxEu Coronado beaches opened for the first time in several weeks Sunday, but stretches of beach further south from Silver Strand State Beach to Imperial Beach remain off limits, KSWB reports. “The ocean shoreline from the International Border to the north end of Silver Strand at Avenida Lunar will remain closed until sampling confirms these areas are safe for water contact,” the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health said in a statement. Initial reports from Imperial Beach city officials indicate the sewage came from a broken sewer pipe in Tijuana,  KSWB reports. “We need to make sure the commission receives timely and accurate information when there are sewage spills in one country that affect the other,” IBWC  Commissioner Edward Drusina said in a release. The duration of the spill and volume have not been confirmed, IBWC officials said. The investigation is expected to last 30 days and results are expected by April 1. Marine conservationist are also expressing concern over the border sewage. Concerned citizens demanding no more Sewage Spills! #CleanWaterNow #StopBorderSewage pic.twitter.com/oQHuzpot1W FACTS you need to know about the “Largest Sewage Spill in a Decade” #SanDiego #Tijuana #cleanwaternow #sewagespill!https://t.co/7UjSMhARAM For now, yellow and red signs lining the shores of Imperial Beach warn beach goers away from the coastal waters. CNN’s Joe Sutton contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mexico", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170306071500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/americas/mexico-us-sewage-spill/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "632922754", "sentence": "Top House Intel Committee member Adam Schiff expressed frustration Thursday about FBI Director James Comey, saying the FBI was not forthcoming about their investigation of ties between Russia and the Trump administration, and said for the first time there should be a special prosecutor to investigate. His comments came after revelations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice with Russia’s ambassador to the US and failed to disclose those meetings when asked about the topic during his confirmation hearing. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, shook his head and said “no” when asked if he agreed with having a special prosecutor. Nunes also reiterated he hasn’t seen evidence yet of contacts between Russia and the Trump campaign. He would not say if Sessions should recuse himself. Schiff said Comey briefed members in the committee for upward of three hours Thursday and offered new information that had not been provided to other Congressional leaders yet. Schiff would not specify what they talked about, but did say he was disappointed that Comey dodged lawmakers questions and that he wants Comey’s “full cooperation” next time. Schiff said the information the FBI has provided the committee is a “small fraction” of what the FBI has uncovered. The House Intelligence Committee set the scope of its own investigation into Russia’s interference on Monday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "FBI", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politics/fbi-house-intelligence-committee/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "620335226", "sentence": "California’s governor on Tuesday decidedly pitted his state against the Trump administration, in a call to prepare for “the battle ahead,” during the annual State of the State address. Instead of focusing on California, Gov. Jerry Brown pointed to the East, warning Washington that the most populous state in the union views the future as “uncertain” after the election, and that “dangers abound.” Brown said while federal law may overrule state law on immigration, California would use its enacted protective measures for undocumented immigrants. A variety of state measures offers the undocumented access to higher education and limit the state’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities. “We may be called upon to defend those laws and defend them we will,” said Brown. “We will defend everybody – every man, woman and child – who has come here for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.” Brown’s promise comes as President Donald Trump has pledged to cut federal funding for so-called sanctuary cities, which could be millions for California’s major cities. Underscoring his pledge to protect the undocumented, Brown swore in Xavier Becerra as the state’s new attorney general, a former congressman and son of Mexican immigrants. Brown, long an advocate of the environment, also mocked the Trump administration’s “alternative facts.” The governor pledged the state would forge ahead on its own or with other states and countries on climate change initiatives. “Whatever they do in Washington, they can’t change the facts,” Brown said. Brown also pledged to protect the five million Californians covered under the Affordable Care Act, but remained vague about how he would make up any gaps should federal funding evaporate. The governor faced a supportive and friendly legislature. California, which is 40% Latino, has a two-thirds Democratic majority in its legislature. The most striking message in Brown’s address was its tone. Brown, who had been more restrained in public comments after Trump’s election, positioned himself as the leader for the state’s progressives, applauding the women’s marches across the country last weekend. “This is a time which calls out for courage and for perseverance,” said Brown. His last line in his address was a battle cry to his constituents. “California is not turning back. Not now, not ever,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "California governor Jerry Brown", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170124211500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/politics/jerry-brown-california-donald-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "644263419", "sentence": "André Leon Talley was once a \"great friend\" of Melania Trump He traveled to Paris with her in 2005 to help her choose a wedding dress Vogue contributing editor and former editor-at-large André Leon Talley, whom Melania Trump once referred to as a “great friend,” weighed in on the first lady’s sartorial choices Wednesday evening. Speaking in a conversation with Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan, Talley called the first lady “selective,” noting that she has been very intentional with her fashion decisions. “You also worked for Melania Trump when she was – ” Givhan began, but Talley cut her off, shaking his head. “That was then,” he said to laughter and applause from the high-fashion audience. “Melania is very selective and she chooses her looks carefully, and there’s obviously a great deal of preparation for the looks. I think that she is indeed a very, very confident person and she chooses carefully for the clothes that look great on her. And it is always her choice,” Talley said. Speaking to Larry King as a newlywed in 2005, Trump called Talley a “great friend” with whom she had “a lot of fun” planning her nuptials, which took place in Palm Beach, Florida. “I loved my dress. I had a great time in Paris, I went with my great friend André Leon Talley. He’s an amazing man and we went to Paris for one week to the shows,” Trump had said. Talley recalled Trump’s “impeccable” manners during their trip: “When I helped her with her wedding trousseau, it was an assignment from Vogue and I flew with Melania. … She went to all the great couture houses, and the great thing about Melania is her manners. She was very impressive that the couture houses were very impressed that she was not the arrogant Mrs. Trump … She was so impeccable in her manners, in the way she spoke to people and she was so charming.” Trump chose a John Galliano Dior dress for the wedding. “Allegedly, reportedly, it was $230,000 then,” Talley said of the dress, which took eight hours to fit. Twelve years later, the friends have fallen out of touch. “I can only say that was then. And then I saw Melania a bit after she was married and I’ve lost contact with her, so that was then,” Talley said Wednesday. The style icon did have high praise for Trump’s powder blue inaugural Ralph Lauren suit. “I mean, that was beautiful. Let’s face it. Give her credit. … And she walked down the street for two minutes in the stilettos,” he said. “Personally, I’ve never seen anyone, except Melania Trump, who can walk for hours or stand in four-and-a-half inch stilettos. She wore them at her wedding all through the night,” he added, noting that she wore two separate pairs. The first lady has been particular about her fashion choices, opting for solid color dresses, usually slightly below-the-knee, in her few public appearances since her husband took office. She drew some criticism for the outfit worn in her official portrait, an Italian-made Dolce and Gabbana tuxedo jacket. He had kind words for Trump’s predecessor, Michelle Obama, whom he said will “go down in history as one of the great first ladies like Eleanor Roosevelt.” Talley was responsible for Michelle Obama’s first Vogue cover in 2009, interviewing the then-first lady at the Hay-Adams Hotel and assisting on her photo shoot for the magazine. “I  was so very proud of that. When Anna (Wintour) gave me that assignment, I knew that she really, really thought a lot of me,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Melania Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170406204500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/andr-leon-talley-melania-trump-vogue/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "672484628", "sentence": "To catch a glimpse of the hermit state of North Korea most tourists journey to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone along the South Korean border. Another alternative is to view North Korea from its friendly neighbor, China. Dandong, a riverside city in Northeast China’s Liaoning province, offers great views of North Korea from across the Yalu River. Sneaking a look at North Korea isn’t the only attraction Dandong has to offer. To catch a glimpse of Korean War history in Dandong, visit a bridge the Americans bombed or have a look at anti-American propaganda at the Museum of American Aggression, a Sino-Korean interpretation on the Korean War. Dandong was an important frontier settlement in ancient China. The easternmost section of the Great Wall of China here was constructed at Hu Shan to protect against Korean invaders during the late Ming and early Qing dynasty. Today the Hu Shan Great Wall section overlooks Sinuiju, North Korea. Using binoculars from the top of the wall, you can see for miles into North Korea, as well spot an air force base where a mysterious North Korean warplane took off before crashing in China. While it’s risky to venture into North Korea even with the fenceless border here, you can take a leisurely boat ride on the small river straddling the Hushan Great Wall and North Korean border. Visitors will often see North Korean soldiers and farmers going about their daily business. The banks of the Yalu River could not be a better example of the contrast between Chinese-style capitalism and North Korean communism. What Americans will miss about going to North Korea Dandong’s gleaming condominiums tower over the river, while fields and empty hills dominate the North Korean landscape. On the Chinese side, tourists stroll along a boardwalk brimming with commercial activity. Rusty boats lay idle and small factories belch smoke on the North Korean side. Dandong attracts many South Koreans interested in a look at their North Korean brethren. Curious tourists can take pleasure boats or even speed boats that get very close to the banks of the North Korean side. North Koreans often don’t like being looked at like zoo animals and have been known to throw rocks at tourists in boats that get too close. At dusk, Dandong lights up the skyline while the North Korean side remains eerily dark and quiet. The bridge the Americans bombed during the Korean War is lit up while a newer Friendship bridge allows cross-border trade between North Korea and China. Dandong has a sizable population of ethnic Koreans who serve up the most authentic Korean food. At dusk, restaurants break out small tables and plastic chairs for barbecues. Dandong is famous for its street-side seafood BBQ. The favorites are fresh caught giant yellow clams and prawns. Where to stay The best view of North Korea is from the Crowne Plaza hotel located on the banks of the Yalu River on Binjiang Road. For cheaper rooms, the Chinese business hotel chain Home Inns has three hotels within a ten-minute walk of the Yalu River. How to get there Flights are available from Dandong airport to most parts of the country. From Beijing there’s an overnight train (K27) to Dandong that takes about 13 hours. Dandong can also be reached by bus from the seaside city of Dalian. The trip takes 4.5 hours. Buses depart from Victory Square in downtown Dalian. Dandong is a pedestrian friendly city. A taxi is the most convenient way to the Hushan Great Wall. Editor’s note: This article was previously published in 2010. It was reformatted and republished in 2017.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170712143000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/dandong-china-north-korea-gateway/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "664905987", "sentence": "Two men were arrested on charges of aggravated assault Both men are Turkish nationals Two men were arrested by federal law enforcement agents early Wednesday morning in connection with a violent altercation that occurred outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC last month, according to the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Both men are Turkish nationals and were arrested on charges of aggravated assault, according to Commander Rob Fernandez of the task force. Metropolitan Police identified the two Turkish nationals arrested for their alleged roles in the brawl. Sinan Narin of Virginia was arrested at his job near McLean, Virginia and charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor assault or threatened assault in a menacing manner. Eyup Yildirim was arrested at his home hear Manchester, New Jersey charged with felony assault with significant bodily injury, felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor assault or threatened assault in a menacing manner. He is currently awaiting extradition in New Jersey. Others involved in the brawl left the US prior to the completion of the investigation and before arrest warrants could be obtained for them, a law enforcement official told CNN. Related article Why Turkish embassy violence is unforgivable Last month, the DC Fire and EMS Department tweeted that nine people were hospitalized after approximately two dozen protesters turned out in front of the ambassador’s residence, shortly after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with President Donald Trump. Following the clash, footage surfaced showing Erdogan watching his security detail beating up the demonstrators. The Turkish envoy said the protesters were “affiliated with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party)” and had assembled without permission. The US State Department said the Turkish security involved in the altercation appeared to be embassy and Erdogan security staff. A State Department official condemned the the actions of the security staff: “The conduct of Turkish security personnel earlier this week is deeply disturbing.” Turkish Ambassador Serdar Kılıç was summoned to the State Department the week after the brawl, a senior State Department official told CNN. Related article Trump welcomes Erdogan amid US-Turkey strains “The conduct of Turkish security personnel earlier this week is deeply disturbing,” the official said. “The State Department has raised its concerns about these events at the highest levels and a thorough investigation that will allow us to hold the responsible individuals accountable is of the utmost importance to us.” Likewise, the US Ambassador to Turkey was summoned before Turkish officials who objected to the way the situation was handled. Turkey said that the “lapses of security” during Erdogan’s stay were “caused by the inability of US authorities to take sufficient precautions at every stage of the official program.” CNN’s Sophie Tatum, Zachary Cohen, Elise Labott, Paul P. Murphy, Peter Morris, Hamdi Alkhshali and James Masters contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkish security personnel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170614213000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/two-arrested-brawl-turkish-embassy/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "509238355", "sentence": "Saudi Arabia’s fresh public willingness to send ground troops into Syria is drawing ridicule from the kingdom’s chief regional rival. The commander of Iran’s revolutionary guard on Saturday mocked Saudi Arabia’s declaration that it is prepared to commit ground troops to fight ISIS in war-torn Syria. “They claim they will send troops (to Syria), but I don’t think they will dare do so,” Maj. Gen. Ali Jafari told reporters in Tehran, according to Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency. “They have a classic army and history tells us such armies stand no chance in fighting irregular resistance forces.” “This will be like a coup de grace for them. Apparently, they see no other way but this, and if this is the case, then their fate is sealed,” Jafari added, according to Fars. Iran and Saudi Arabia, led by regimes representing opposing Islamic sects, already are bitter rivals. A years-long civil war in Syria has stoked tensions – Iran is one of the Syrian regime’s few allies, while Saudi Arabia has given financial aid and weapons to rebels. On Thursday, Saudi Brig. Gen. Ahmad Asiri, a military adviser to the kingdom’s defense minster, said that the Saudis are willing to send – as part of an international coalition – ground troops into Syria to fight ISIS, the terror group that has captured swaths of territory in Syria during the war there. And on Friday, two Saudi officials told CNN that the kingdom plans to run in March a multinational military training exercise – involving as many as 150,000 troops – to prepare for future anti-ISIS operations. Most of the personnel will be Saudis; troops from Egypt, Sudan and Jordan have already arrived in the kingdom for the exercise, and troops from other countries – Morocco, Turkey, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar – are expected, the officials said. 40,000 fleeing Aleppo as battle for Syrian city intensifies, U.N. group says Saudi Arabia also participates in a U.S.-led coalition conducting airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. The predominantly Shiite republic of Iran is no friend to the Sunni terror group ISIS, but it also couldn’t be a fan of a Saudi military presence in a country whose regime Iran supports. Turkey isn’t preparing to invade Syria, source says Jafari’s comment came three days after peace talks for the Syrian conflict were put on hold amid anger among Syrian opposition groups over a Russian air campaign over the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Russia openly joined the civil war in September, backing the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with airstrikes. You thought Syria couldn’t get much worse. Think again CNN’s Nic Robertson, Greg Botelho contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160206141500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/06/middleeast/syria-civil-war-saudi-iran/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "699376061", "sentence": "First lady Melania Trump is the guest of honor at a gala dinner Thursday She will give remarks First lady Melania Trump will take the stage and make remarks Thursday night at the guest of honor at the Kuwait-America Foundation’s gala dinner. She will make remarks and be honored by the foundation “for her dedication to causes affecting women and children in the US and abroad,” per East Wing communications director Stephanie Grisham. President Donald Trump will accompany the first lady to the dinner, which is held at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait. “As an American woman with an international background, she is an inspiration to women and girls worldwide. She is honored by the recognition, but more importantly considers this as an opportunity to continue to shine a light on the fact that it is often children who bear the harshest burdens of cruelty and injustice,” Grisham said in a statement. Related article Melania Trump to donate her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian Thursday’s glitzy dinner is closed to press and no readout of the first lady’s speech is expected. The annual dinner is hosted by the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, and his wife, Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah, a former journalist and prominent Washington socialite. The Kuwait-America Foundation is a charitable organization with the core mission “to express gratitude for American sacrifice during the Gulf War, and to strengthen ties between the peoples of the United States and Kuwait,” per its website. A spokesperson for the foundation did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. This year’s dinner benefits UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which protects and assists refugees around the world. Representatives from UNHCR are attending the dinner as invited guests of the Kuwait-America Foundation. A spokesperson for UNHCR told CNN the organization is grateful to receive the donation, but specific details about the amount and whether it’s designated for particular UNHCR outreach efforts have not yet been announced. While it’s not unusual for high-profile guests to attend and speak at the gala dinner, it’s still rare for the first lady to speak, and the Trumps have not thus far been active on the Washington social circuit, with the exception of appearances at the Ford’s Theater Annual Gala and the June wedding of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Then-Secretary of State John Kerry was the keynote speaker at last year’s Kuwait-America Foundation gala dinner, also benefitting UNHCR. Then-CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus was the guest of honor in 2012 alongside actress Nicole Kidman. Petraeus told a story about being mistaken for Ben Affleck at the bank. Other guests of honor over the years have included political and celebrity figures such as former President Bill Clinton, Michael Bolton, and Affleck in 2011, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Leonardo DiCaprio in 2009, President George W. Bush in 2008, and then-first lady Laura Bush, Michael Douglas, and then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2006. The first lady has previously spoken about challenges facing women and children domestically and abroad, delivering remarks on the topic at a luncheon at the US Mission to the UN last month in New York, and earlier this year at an event at the State Department. While Trump has not yet formally unveiled her platform as first lady, these issues have been front and center in recent months, and she signaled priorities in her recent speech. “Together, we must acknowledge that all too often it is the weakest, most innocent and vulnerable among us – our children – who ultimately suffer the most from the challenges that plague our societies,” Trump said during her luncheon speech in New York. “Whether it is drug addiction, bullying, poverty, disease, trafficking, illiteracy, or hunger, it is the children who are hit first and hardest in any country. And as we all know, the future of every nation rests with the promise of their young people.” She has also identified the devastating opioid epidemic as an area of interest for her forthcoming initiatives.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Melania Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171019213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KWT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/politics/melania-trump-kuwait-america-foundation-gala-dinner/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "713290208", "sentence": "Disillusioned and disappointed Palestinians took to the streets in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem on Thursday following US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Some were angry, others resigned, saying a peace process appeared all but impossible. Dozens gathered outside the Damascus Gate, in the eastern part of the city. “We are Jerusalemites, we belong to Jerusalem,” they chanted. Jerusalem is “my life,” said Nawal Sahtay, 45, who grew up in Jerusalem. “For Trump to come just like that and to say, Jerusalem is not yours anymore … this means he is taking everything from me.” She said she’s expecting more measures to be put in place by the Israeli government that will make life harder for Palestinians in the city. “We are hardly able to live in Jerusalem without it being declared the capital of Israel. What about now?” “A third intifada is knocking on the door,” she added. READ MORE: Why declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital is so controversial George Assad, 43, a Christian Palestinian who was also at Damascus Gate on Thursday, believes Trump’s announcement exposes the true face of American policy over the last 25 years. “The fig leaf is off,” he said. “This only shows that the Americans’ position hasn’t been [as] an honest broker, as they claim. And this is the final nail in the coffin of the peace process, of the two-state solution.” He doesn’t believe that Trump will continue to work for that solution, as the President pledged in his speech. “The position of Trump is basically an Israeli position,” he said. “The Israelis have continuously said they want to pursue peace … but on the ground, nothing happens.” Protesters had also been gathering since early Thursday morning in al-Manara square in central Ramallah, chanting and calling for an uprising. Rania, a 48-year-old Palestinian, came with a group of women to join the protest. “We should cancel all agreements, Oslo in particular,” she told CNN. “No more relations with Israel, and a third intifada should start … to the Arab leaders I say shame on you, you sold us.” The Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian Authority, granting it self-governance over parts of the West Bank and Gaza, were signed by Israeli and Palestinian leaders in 1993. The agreement included the aim of achieving a final status peace agreement within five years, but implementation and subsequent negotiations foundered. Naim Masarweh, an elderly Palestinian man, was angry too. Unable to speak because of a medical condition, he had come armed with a pen and paper, determined to spread his message however he could. “What Trump declared is worse than what Balfour did and is more dangerous than Nakba,” he wrote. The Balfour Declaration, made in 1917, was a letter from the British government expressing support for the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” The “Nakba” – the Arabic word for “catastrophe” – is the term given to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Arabs from their homes – some expelled, some fleeing – in the period surrounding the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Hana Dreidi, 50, had come to the square with her sister and her sister’s children. “We are Palestinian-Americans,” she said. “We don’t see Jerusalem as anything but Palestine.” She believes that Israelis also have rights in the city and hopes for a two-state solution, but she is frustrated by Trump’s announcement and thinks it will only lead to violence in the region. “We know our rights and we know Jerusalem is our right. He won’t take it away with some words that he announced,” she said. In other parts of the West Bank, tensions were running high. Palestinians in Bethlehem and on the outskirts of Ramallah clashed with Israeli soldiers, who used water cannon and rubber bullets on the protesters. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, at least 49 people were wounded in clashes on Thursday in the West Bank, with most of the injuries from tear gas and rubber bullets. WATCH: Protests erupt over Trump’s Jerusalem decision Protests in Gaza began on Wednesday and continued on Thursday, with some demonstrators burning American flags and images of Trump. Among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, feelings were muted. At Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp, home to thousands of Palestinian refugees, the location of the American embassy in Israel is likely to have little impact on the daily lives of the people here. Most of them have never stepped foot in the Palestinian territories. Abdullah Talib, 92, does feel angry, but his anger is focused on Arab leaders, who he says profess support for the Palestinians’ claim to Jerusalem, then do nothing. Ahmad Hadid, 77, has a little more hope that he could one day live in a Palestinian Jerusalem. “Until judgment day I will wait,” he said. “I will tell my children and my grandchildren, our land is Palestine.” CNN’s Abeer Salman and Nic Robertson reported from Ramallah and Jerusalem and Judith Vonberg wrote from London. CNN’s Vasco Cotovio, Ian Lee, Andrew Carey and Ben Wedeman contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171207183000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/middleeast/palestinians-react-trump-jerusalem-intl/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "758163550", "sentence": "After more than two decades of development and testing, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet has made its combat debut. The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday on Twitter that its version of the aircraft – dubbed the F-35 “Adir” – is already flying in operational missions. “The Adir planes are already operational and flying in operational missions. We are the first in the world to use the F-35 in operational activity” “The Adir planes are already operational and flying in operational missions. We are the first in the world to use the F-35 in operational activity,” the IDF tweet said. Related article Israel greets first F-35 fighter jets from US Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin said the stealth fifth-generation aircraft was used to strike two different targets in the Middle East, The Jerusalem Post reported. The F-35 fighter jet is touted as the future of military aviation; a lethal and versatile aircraft that combines stealth capabilities, supersonic speed, extreme agility and state-of-the-art sensor fusion technology, according to Lockheed Martin, the plane’s primary contractor. However, the aircraft, which is the most expensive weapons system in history, has also drawn sharp criticism in recent years after facing a long list of setbacks – including problems with the software, engines and weapon systems. And critics have continued to express skepticism about the F-35’s combat capability despite reassurances by US military leaders who say the kinks are being worked out. The US Air Force became the first military service to declare its version of the F-35 ready for combat in August 2016. The Marine Corps accomplished a significant milestone last year by deploying its variant to Japan – the aircraft’s first permanent overseas deployment. But Israel’s announcement on Tuesday marks the first time that the F-35 has been used in an actual combat situation – a significant moment given the program’s checkered past. Over the past five decades, Israel has sought to maintain its superiority in the skies over the Middle East – perceiving many threats in its neighborhood, including the Syrian conflict and missile attacks from Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group based in Lebanon. In recent years, Russia has also introduced its S-300 and more advanced S-400 surface-to-air missiles systems in Syria – a challenge to Israel’s regional air superiority. Israel acquired the F-35 in response. The fighter can fly virtually undetected but stealth technology does not guarantee a jet can fly unseen. Related article US shows off new F-35 fighter jets ahead of US-South Korea drills Nicknamed the “Mighty One” by the Israeli press, the F-35 is part of a $38 billion Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the US covering a 10-year period beginning in 2019. The Israeli Air Force has ordered 50 F-35s from the US – each with a price tag of more than $100 million. It received its first aircraft in 2016 and declared its fleet operationally capable in December of 2017. CNN’s Ian Lee contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "F-35 fighter jet", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180522183000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/f-35-fighter-jet-combat-israel/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "650357910", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Euan Graham is director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney. The opinions in this article are those of the author. The funny thing about tension on the Korean Peninsula is that the further away from it one is, the closer to war it appears. South Koreans have been living in the shadow of North Korea’s threats longest of all. They understand bluster. They also know that bluster spills over into real violence periodically. Seoul’s inhabitants live within artillery range of North Korea, but life goes on. Across the water, Japan’s government has launched a public information campaign about how to prepare for a ballistic missile attack, which the Prime Minister has warned could include chemical weapons. Related article The 'axis of evil' is back Farther away still, in Washington, war talk is more prevalent. “All options” remain on the table, including preventive strikes to prevent North Korea from developing an Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). What explains this inverse ripple effect? The primary factor is North Korea’s own efforts to develop the capability to project mass destruction in ever-increasing concentric circles, with the ultimate goal of a nuclear-tipped ICBM that can hit the US – something that only Russia and China can do at present. Following on from North Korea’s latest series of rocket trials, a cornucopia of ballistic missiles paraded in Pyongyang on April 15 – including ICBM launchers – was a bold signal of intent to do just that. They are not there yet, but practice makes perfect. There is a strong chance Pyongyang will realize this capability within Donald Trump’s time as president. As the ultimate guarantee of regime survival, it is unrealistic to expect that Kim Jong Un can be persuaded to deal his nuclear ace out of the pack. The nuclear ICBM is the incendiary game-changer that explains why the US has gone to deliberate lengths to confront North Korea since Trump took office. To be sure, North Korea’s nuclear missile program would feature near the top of any White House security watch-list. But it’s not clear the Trump administration has developed a coherent strategy to counter it yet. As the State Department’s former North Korea point man Christopher Hill said recently, it’s as if the Trump administration is trying to out-North Korean the North Koreans. Matching brinkmanship with brinkmanship. Yet for my money, we are in a phony war phase. If there’s an underlying motive to Washington’s increased belligerence, including the accumulation of strike assets around the Korean Peninsula, it is to get the Chinese sufficiently rattled that they become serious about sanctions beyond tokenistic enforcement. If not, then the US will get serious about sanctioning Chinese entities doing business with North Korea. And if that fails – and only then – will we see a genuine momentum toward US military action. To be crystal clear, there are no easy or risk-free options for that scenario. This isn’t Syria. A second Korean War would be a bloody and unpredictable affair. Recent US interventions in the Middle East would pale by comparison. It is, however, possible that an ICBM test, intercepted over the water, or even destroyed on the ground would not automatically trigger the North Korean escalation that is frequently assumed. Given its overall inferiority, North Korea’s military relies on rapid escalation to deter US and South Korean invasion. That is likely to include use of nuclear weapons to target US bases in the region, in the early stage of any conflict. The North Koreans, Kim Jong Un included, are calculating and rational survivalists. Threat is their leverage. But brinkmanship also relies on knowing when to pull back. The absence of a nuclear test in recent weeks suggests Kim is calibrating his demonstrations of defiance. He presided over a mass artillery drill to mark a major military anniversary this week, but no more. Related article The North Korea rhetoric is angry -- but is conflict closer? Kim Jong Un now faces a growing risk: not simply an emboldened US under Trump, but its estranged ally, China, applying the economic thumbscrews. We should never forget that Kim is also looking over his shoulder at his generals, whose material wants he must continue to please, and who likely have no appetite to fight a conventional or nuclear war that will spell their demise. The internal enemy is always trickiest to deal with. Trump and Kim have more in common than many realize. Neither wants a war. But there is still a risk they will box each other in, or else Kim concludes Trump is bluffing and oversteps the mark. That would be the most destabilizing outcome from the current episode. I do not believe that the US is about to launch strikes any time soon. My guess is that it will give China some months to produce results, an approach that could drift on for longer if the North Koreans continue to play it safe. Unfortunately, that’s not really in either man’s nature.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170426203000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/opinions/how-dangerous-is-situation-in-north-korea-graham-opinion/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "726420006", "sentence": "A Russian Su-27 jet performed an unsafe intercept of a US Navy surveillance plane while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea Monday, three defense officials told CNN. The American pilots reported that the Russian jet came within 5 feet of the US plane, according to two of the officials. The Russian jet’s action forced the US Navy aircraft to end its mission prematurely, one of the officials said. The US State Department issued a statement late Monday accusing the Russians of “flagrantly violating existing agreements and international law.” “This is but the latest example of Russian military activities disregarding international norms and agreements,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in the statement. “We call on Russia to cease these unsafe actions that increase the risk of miscalculation, danger to aircrew on both sides, and midair collisions.” US Naval Forces Europe, which oversees US operations in the region, provided more detail about the intercept, which it said lasted a total of two hours and 40 minutes. “This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-27 closing to within five feet and crossing directly through the EP-3’s flight path, causing the EP-3 to fly through the SU-27’s jet wash,” US Naval Forces Europe spokesman, Capt. Pamela Kunze told CNN. “Unsafe actions‎ increase the risk of miscalculation and midair collisions,” Kunze said, adding, “The US aircraft was operating in accordance with international law and did not provoke this Russian activity.” The Russian Defense Ministry said its fighter jet flew “strictly in accordance with international rules” when it intercepted the US surveillance plane. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said that an “unidentified air target” was detected approaching Russian airspace at about midday over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. “A Su-27 fighter was sent to intercept the target and approached the aircraft at a safe distance and identified it as an ER-3E (Aries II) US reconnaissance aircraft,” the statement said. “The crew of the fighter jet reported the identification of the American reconnaissance aircraft and accompanied it, preventing it from violating Russian airspace, observing all necessary security measures.” “The entire flight of the Russian Su-27 was strictly in accordance with international rules for the use of airspace and there were no extraordinary events,” the statement added. Several unsafe interactions between Russian and US military forces have taken place near the Black Sea. Russian, US and NATO forces operate in close proximity to one another in the area, particularly since Russia boosted its military presence in the region following its annexation of Crimea in 2014. Related article Russian jet makes 'unsafe' intercept of US Navy aircraft The US Navy has upped its presence in the area in recent years. CNN military analyst John Kirby said the Russian jet’s action was “inexcusable, provocative & potentially fatal.” He added that “while it is difficult to determine the degree to which senior levels in the chain of command are involved in the specific conduct of any particular intercept, one thing is absolutely clear: The Kremlin desires to challenge US military patrols in and above the Black Sea and elsewhere.” “It’s a policy we must presume the Russian defense establishment is acting concertedly and aggressively to pursue. Russian military leaders are known for a lot of things. Independent thinking is not one of them,” he said. A Russian Su-30 fighter jet made an “unsafe” intercept of a US P-8A Poseidon aircraft in November while it was flying over the Black Sea. The Russian jet’s actions were deemed unsafe because the aircraft crossed in front of the US plane from right to left while engaging its afterburners, forcing the P-8 to enter its jet wash, an action that caused the US plane to experience “a 15-degree roll and violent turbulence,” according to  Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon. Related article US F-22s intercept Russian jets over Syria, fire warning flares The last reported incident between US and Russian aircraft occurred in December in the skies over Syria, when US F-22s intercepted Russian attack jets after they flew over the de-confliction line intended to ensure safety. The US jets fired warning flares during the intercept of the two Russian Su-25 close air support jets after they crossed the de-confliction line multiple times, US officials said. The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement denying the incident took place west of the de-confliction line, accusing the F-22s of interfering with the flight of the Su-25s while they were operating along the western bank of the Euphrates River in the vicinity of the town of Mayadin. This article has been updated to include statements from the US State Department, US Naval Forces Europe and the Russian Defense Ministry. CNN’s Emma Burrows contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180129173000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/russia-jet-us-navy-black-sea/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "609049639", "sentence": "\"We have two 6-year-olds figuring out who can piss higher on a tree,\" he said The White House Press Secretary said Trump was aware of Russia's involvement Debates about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election – and ongoing alleged hacking – have become politicized and are putting the American people at risk, according to one counterintelligence expert. “As a loyal American, let me tell you, I’m disgusted by the White House and disgusted by the incoming president. This is non-partisan,” CNN counter-terrorism analyst Philip Mudd said Friday on “New Day.” “We have two 6-year-olds figuring out who can piss higher on a tree about what happened with the intelligence.” GOP on brink of new Cold War over whether to work with Russia Mudd said the White House and Trump transition team must come together to address ongoing concerns about Russia’s involved in the digital world, the Iran nuclear program and Syria. “My message is ‘Shut-up to the White House! Shut up to the Trump office. Figure out what we do going forward and stop trying to figure out what happened six months ago,” he said. Clinton says Putin grudge led Russia to hack Dem groups Mudd, a CIA and FBI veteran, suggested that if the two camps don’t come together to address Russia, bigger problems could lie ahead. “The conversation about Russia can not be isolated to deal with the hacks,” he said. “I think the conversation has to be broader.” “What’s the new approach to Russia that includes conversations about Iran and Syria? Can the Obama administration do something to put the ball on the tee for the Trump campaign,” Mudd asked. “They’ve got to work together. And Right now its like two kids in a sand box. It’s disgusting.” Phil Mudd on reaction to Russian hacks: I'm disgusted by the White House and disgusted by the incoming president. https://t.co/nyYjZhs8wz Donald Trump attacked John Earnest during a rally Thursday after the White House Press Secretary alleged the President-elect was knowledgeable of Russia’s involvement in the election.”This foolish guy, Josh Earnest, I don’t know if he is talking to President Obama. You know, having the right press secretary is so important because he is so bad the way he delivers the message,” Trump told supporters in Hershey, Pennsylvania. “He can deliver a positive message and it sounds bad. He could say ladies and gentlemen, today we have totally defeated ISIS and it wouldn’t sound good.” Obama vows action against Russia for hacks Trump’s attack was a response to Earnest telling the media earlier Thursday that Trump “obviously” knew Russia was involved in the hacking. “It’s just a fact – you all have it on tape – that the Republican nominee for president was encouraging Russia to hack his opponent because he believed that that would help his campaign,” Earnest said. “I don’t know if it was a staff meeting or if he had access to a briefing or he was just basing his assessment on a large number of published reports, but Mr. Trump obviously knew that Russia was engaged in malicious cyberactivity that was helping him and hurting Hillary Clinton’s campaign,” he added.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia's involvement in the 2016 election", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161216130000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/16/politics/philip-mudd-trump-russia-white-house/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "606324782", "sentence": "George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole spoke at at the Bush Center at Texas A&M University The two had a hard-fought GOP primary fight in 1988 Former President George H.W. Bush and former Sen. Bob Dole – their lives linked through service in combat and as rivals for the presidency – shared another experience Wednesday: remembering the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. “Pearl Harbor Day changed President Bush’s life. It certainly changed my life, later. But that’s the price we pay for freedom,” said Dole, who was severely wounded while fighting in Italy during World War II. Bush joined the Navy after the attacks and his plane was shot down in 1944. “We love our country. We want to keep our freedom,” Dole added. The two members of the Greatest Generation commemorated the occasion at the Bush Center on the campus of Texas A&M University, where Dole was presented with the Bush library’s award for public service. Both men sat in wheelchairs as Dole made brief remarks during which he praised Bush’s leadership, including after their hard-fought GOP primary fight in 1988. “Many people doubted I could serve the President since we had a rather rough campaign, but it wasn’t true – because of the man he was, not because of me,” Dole said. “I was proud to be his leader in the Senate because I liked what he stood for. He wanted to make America – well I won’t say great again – I think that somebody else already said that,” Dole quipped, drawing laughter from the audience. With feelings still raw following the most recent presidential campaign, Dole offered a lesson from his own experience. “I think at that time you turned the page and said, ‘OK, I can either go backwards or forwards. I’d rather read a book by turning a page and going forward.’” Dole singled out one achievement of Bush’s that demonstrated his leadership as President: his signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He called it his “proudest moment” working with Bush, saying it represented a “giant step forward” that “opened many doors for disabled Americans who had been in effect at the curb.” “And thanks to President Bush all that changed,” Dole said. “This man has a heart.” Dole also mixed in some of his trademark humor with his emotional testimonial, talking about his and Bush’s life after office. “He retired and, well, I’m in a law firm. I go to work every day. Well, I show up every day – don’t do anything. Kind of reminds me of serving in Congress.” Dole’s remarks only last about five minutes, which he forecasted to the audience by saying, “I don’t get paid a lot for speaking so I’m not going to talk long.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "George H.W. Bush", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161207234500", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/07/politics/george-hw-bush-bob-dole-pearl-harbor-anniversary/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "478936378", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: In her 2015 memoir “Reckless: My Life as a Pretender,” Chrissie Hynde recounts in vivid detail leaving her home state of Ohio in search of a new life and a career in music. In this excerpt from the chapter “Limeytown!” she lands in London for the first time with “a couple hundred dollars to last me for what would turn out to be the rest of my life.”After a series of misadventures rumbling around London’s mid-1970s punk rock scene, Hynde founded The Pretenders, a band that went on to sell millions of records worldwide and tour the globe performing. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.“Reckless: My Life as a Pretender” is available in bookstores worldwide and online. I stepped off the plane at Heathrow and onto English tarmac with “I-G-G-Y” on one lens of my wraparounds, and “P-O-P” on the other, written in Old English lettering, which I’d carefully applied in Halbert’s white-out. I’d stitched “Bernice” on the back of my denim jacket in snakeskin. Sartorially, I was a victim of the Summit Mall, but I was trying my best to look cool enough for London. “I’m here!” It was 1973, the month of May, the best month of my life thus far. We exited Heathrow, got in a black cab and told the driver to “Take us to a hotel in London.” My first sightings of Victorian and Edwardian buildings, cobbled streets, red pillar postboxes and phone booths and the double-decker buses driving on the wrong side of the road were more beautiful than all my schoolgirl imaginings. It wasn’t the sixties, though. Former dolly birds in miniskirts now looked like tired versions of the teenage daughters they were with. (Those mother-and-daughter sets seemed to be everywhere.) Girls walked arm in arm with each other in a way I could never imagine doing with my pals. (Walk arm in arm with Annie down Copley Road? Good Lord, no. She’d think I’d gone crazy.) We passed a hundred pubs, their amber lights ever so inviting. I tried to peer in and get a good look at every traffic light. “Old boys,” men in pubs, didn’t seem to mind sharing the bar with people half their age. I would soon discover that they all bopped along to the same music on the jukebox like it was perfectly normal. It seemed kind of freaky. A man my dad’s age listening to the same music as me? Very strange. The cabbie dropped us at a bed and breakfast in Bayswater. The Lion Court Hotel was more of a student hostel than a hotel, with shoes drying on window ledges, bunk beds and cheap towels. I hadn’t brought much: a few changes of clothes and the three records I didn’t feel I could leave behind – “White Light/White Heat,” “Raw Power” and “Fun House.” I had a couple hundred dollars to last me for what would turn out to be the rest of my life. I needed to find a job. We stashed our suitcases and walked up Queensway to the Bayswater Road (not “Bayswater Road,” but “the Bayswater Road”) and wandered along a parade of outdoor market stalls selling paintings and handbags and crafts. I’d never seen anything like it before. This was real Alice in Wonderland stuff for sure. I went from stall to stall and asked anybody I could collar if there was a job going. We ended up with some sleazebag back in the Lion Court Hotel. The following day, I started my first job, selling handbags in an indoor market called Point on Oxford Street, near Tottenham Court Road. There were about 30 stalls specializing in all sorts: cheesecloth shirts; “loons” (bell-bottoms); Indian scarves and incense; smoking paraphernalia. There was a protocol for everything that I had to learn. For example, you’d never walk into a “newsagent” and say, “Gimme a pack of Rothmans!” That would be considered rude. You’d have to say, “May I have a box of Rothmans, please, and some matches.” Writing about it now, it all seems so insignificant, but it was the beginning of my assimilation into English life. After all, immigrants have to learn the language. My stall in Point was at the back, and I would sit there quietly fascinated all day, watching people mill around. English people: lank-haired guys with seedy complexions wearing short brown leather bomber jackets with lousy collars; girls in flowered dresses and wavy, nondescript haircuts that owed nothing to Vidal Sassoon. It looked like the sixties had been hijacked by the Amish. I didn’t see one Jean Shrimpton lookalike – not a nod to anything that so much as hinted at Terence Stamp. Still, even the most dowdy English were more glamorous than anyone at the Summit Mall. Everyone was underweight with undernourished, pallid skin tones, greenish in hue. But anything was always going to be better than bulging stomachs spilling over the waistbands of polyester slacks or “shorts,” an unfortunate American craze virtually unknown to the English. Best of all were the shoe stalls. Debbie Smith would have gone crazy. By day three I met some guys who took me to a pub, and I discovered that pubs didn’t serve wine. Maybe a bottle of sherry was stashed behind the counter for the publican’s wife, but it was mainly beer, which they drank warm. If I’d served warm beer at any establishment I ever worked in I’d have been out on my ear. They didn’t seem to mind. Even a Coke came without ice. Nobody was bothered. I asked for a tequila and that too drew a blank. “Okay, then, I’ll have a whisky.” That was when I noticed old boys in flat caps side by side with teenagers listening to the latest charts: Wizzard, Peters and Lee, Alvin Stardust, David Essex. Weird! There were pictures at every newsstand of the hairy-chested Gary Glitter, shirt unbuttoned. He was on the cover of all the teeny-bopper magazines! Why would a teenage girl want to look at that? Where was Marc Bolan? I thought girls wanted effete little things, not big, burly, manly-looking men. It was outrageous! London was throwing a lot of curveballs I didn’t see coming, but I didn’t care. The weirder it got, the more I loved it. Yes, I was in love with it. You never asked for “the bathroom” in a public place unless you wanted a bath. If you wanted to relieve yourself you asked for “the toilet.” You could never say that in the States. It was starting to occur to me that Americans had odd habits too. Seeing them from a new perspective was fun. (Why would you ask for a bath when you wanted a toilet?) I’d never been on an overground or underground train before. At the “top” of my new street, Englewood Road, there was a “Tube station,” which was what they called the subway. Crazy language was English in the hands of the English. I could jump over the turnstiles at Clapham South and go anywhere I wanted on the Northern line for free, as long as I didn’t get caught. I didn’t get caught – I couldn’t afford to get caught. I had to be frugal and careful. Public transport! (What genius thought that one up? When the word got out in America, they’d all want it!) I could now go wherever I wanted, whenever I wanted. The days of waiting for someone to pick me up in a car were over. For the first time I felt like my own person; I didn’t have to answer to anyone. It felt so right, like something I’d been waiting all my life for. Civilization: you could smoke on the top deck of the bus; you could smoke in movie theaters too. They called them cinemas – how quaint. (Everyone coughing their lungs out.) You could drink alcohol in public; the bottle didn’t need to be concealed in a brown paper bag. A self-proclaimed DJ came into the market one day. Disc jockeys in England weren’t just on the radio; they could play records at parties or events. He was a sixties type – lanky, checked suit, gray teeth, thin colorless hair, vestiges of acne – nothing special but a look I found to my taste. A two-bit hustler, he claimed he could get me a job in a clothing store: “Mates by Irvine Sellar.” “You need to get onto a good scene,” he kept telling me. He wasn’t on one himself, as it turned out. He never got me the job, but one afternoon took me by his folks’ council flat. (What we Americans would call “the projects,” except this was where a variety of working-class people lived, not just those on welfare – socialism!) I waited in the living room with his brother, who was watching a horse race on the TV. “Do you like horses?” I asked, excited to meet a fellow enthusiast. “Only when they win,” he replied, disdainfully. Betting on horses was an everyday pursuit for millions of English. Betting shops were on every corner of every high street. Men, old and young alike, spilled out of them and into the nearest pub. I lost the job selling handbags in the market when I stopped showing up. I didn’t even go to collect my wage. I never sold a bag anyway. Everything was in black and white, even television. I was walking past an appliance shop with a guy one day who stopped and pointed to the window, saying, “That’s what I want, one of those.” I couldn’t work out what he was talking about – I presumed he already had a television – but he was pointing to a color one. Good grief – it was a new thing. Every part of town had a High Street, local shops like a mini-downtown in every neighborhood, all of which had their own names and personalities, all different. Kensington High Street, St. John’s Wood High Street (I remembered that name from the Stones song “Play with Fire”), Kilburn High Road, Shoreditch High Street: the list was endless; they were all places in which to hang out and shop and drink and eat and buy flowers. When I saw the destination Muswell Hill on a bus I jumped on and rode to the end of the line, where I wandered around knowing that Ray and Dave Davies must have walked there too. London – I was a kid in a toy store. I found every aspect of the city totally fascinating. I woke up every morning, a girl in love – at that stage of love where the object of desire has no faults. Next door to Kensington Market was a huge emporium, a clothes store called Biba. It was the best place I’d ever seen. You could get blue lipstick and purple nail polish and all sorts of metallic clothes. It was the place that Alex from “A Clockwork Orange” would have hung out, and, for me, something of a concession for missing out on the sixties London that I mourned. Life was almost perfect and I knew it. Reckless: My Life as a Pretender is available in bookstores worldwide and online.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "London", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151026073000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/22/travel/chrissie-hynde-the-trip-that-changed-my-life/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "593475544", "sentence": "Duckworth's paternal ancestors served in the American Revolution Kirk has also faced criticism for misrepresenting his military career Sen. Mark Kirk apologized Friday to his Democratic challenger Rep. Tammy Duckworth after using her Thai heritage to deride her family’s military history during a debate. “Sincere apologies to an American hero, Tammy Duckworth, and gratitude for her family’s service. #ilsen,” he tweeted. Duckworth accepted the apology, writing on Twitter, “Thanks, Sen. Kirk. Let’s honor my family’s service - and your own - by sticking to the issues for the final week. See you Friday in Chicago.” Thanks, Sen. Kirk. Let’s honor my family’s service - and your own - by sticking to the issues for the final week. See you Friday in Chicago. https://t.co/INdBtm5K3G The Illinois Republican questioned the military veteran’s ties to the American Revolution during a Senate debate Thursday. Duckworth was speaking about how her father’s family served in the military since the American Revolution. “My family has served this nation in uniform going back to the Revolution. I am a daughter of the American Revolution. I’ve bled for this nation. But I still want to be there in the Senate when the drums of war sound because I want to be there to say, ‘This is what it costs. This is what you’re asking us to do. And if that’s the case, I’ll go,’” she said at the University of Illinois Springfield. “Families like mine are the ones that lead first. But let’s make sure the American people understand what we’re engaging in. And let’s hold our allies accountable because we can’t do it all,” she added. Kirk responded: “I forgot your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington.” When he said that, Duckworth was drinking a bottle of water and put it back on the table as he finished his sentence. She smiled and the moderator moved on to the next question. “Sen. Kirk’s statement speaks for itself, as does Tammy’s response,” Duckworth campaign spokesman, Matt McGrath, told CNN after the debate. Kellyanne Conway, the campaign manager of Donald Trump – whom Kirk has publicly broken with – mocked the Illinois senator over the episode, linking to a story about the debate and tweeting, “The same Mark Kirk that unendorsed his party’s presidential nominee and called him out in paid ads? Gotcha. Good luck.” Duckworth was born in Thailand, but her father was a Marine veteran who traced his family’s American roots to before the Revolutionary War. She is an Iraq War veteran who lost her legs and partial use of her right arm during a mission and was awarded a Purple Heart. In the past, Kirk has also faced criticism for misrepresenting his military career. In 2010 he accepted responsibility misstatements about his Navy Reserve career, including that he served in the Gulf War, that he once commanded the Pentagon war room and that he came under fire while flying intelligence missions over Iraq. And in 2016, Kirk falsely asserted on his campaign website that he was a veteran of the Iraq War. He actually stayed in the United States during the Iraq War when he served in the Navy Reserves. Duckworth’s opponents have faced criticism over their attacks on her. In 2012 then-Rep. Joe Walsh – who is facing criticism this week after saying he’s going to pick up a musket if Donald Trump loses the 2016 election – attacked Duckworth over her war record, saying she talks too much about her war record. CNN’s David Mark contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sen. Mark Kirk", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161028040000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "THA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/politics/tammy-duckworth-mark-kirk-military-illinois-debate-senate/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "704574127", "sentence": "British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was forced to backtrack Tuesday amid growing criticism over his comments about a jailed British-Iranian woman, saying his remarks “could have been clearer” but insisting they should have no impact on her prison sentence. Johnson had been urged to retract comments that could complicate the fate of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is currently serving a five-year term in Iran after being accused of espionage – charges she denies. Last week, Johnson told a British Parliament committee that Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained at Tehran airport along with her young daughter in April 2016, had been teaching journalism during her visit. “When you look at what Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was doing, she was simply teaching people journalism as I understand it,” Johnson told the committee, adding that he found the situation “deeply depressing.” Both Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her employer have always maintained she was simply visiting family while on vacation. The comments appeared to lead to Zaghari-Ratcliffe being summoned to an unscheduled court hearing in Iran over the weekend, at which Johnson’s remarks were cited as proof that she had engaged in “propaganda against the regime.” There are now fears that a longer sentence could be imposed. On Tuesday, amid an outcry from Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband and fellow lawmakers, Johnson held a call with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in an attempt to clarify his remarks and call for her release, while admitting that his comments to the committee “could have been clearer.” During the call, Johnson “expressed concern at the suggestion from the Iranian Judiciary High Council for Human Rights that his remarks last week at the Foreign Affairs Committee ‘shed new light’ on the case,” the UK Foreign Office said in a statement. “The Foreign Secretary said this was absolutely not true. It was clear, as it always had been, that Mrs. Zaghari Ratcliffe had been in Iran on holiday when arrested. “The Foreign Secretary concluded by emphasizing that his remarks could form no justifiable basis for further action in this case and urged the Iranian authorities to release Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe on humanitarian grounds.” Johnson will travel to Iran before the end of the year to discuss the matter further, the Foreign Office said. The phone call came after Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, urged Johnson to retract his comments. “The worst thing the Foreign Secretary could do is to now suddenly go quiet and to create this problem without making any clarifications,” Ratcliffe told the UK Press Association on Tuesday. “I think that’s really important. You can’t make a muddle and then leave it. That would be the worst of both worlds.” Johnson’s remarks were described as a “slip of the tongue” by International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, who added that he did not believe it was a “serious gaffe.” But fellow Conservative MP Anna Soubry described Johnson’s remarks as “appalling,” writing on Twitter that “in ‘normal’ times” the Foreign Secretary would have been “sacked long ago.” Opposition Labour lawmaker Yvette Cooper also registered her disgust on Twitter, writing: “Hard to find words for how appalling this is. For him it’s just another lazy, arrogant failure to check facts. For her it’s incarceration.” Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is being held on allegations relating to espionage, has denied the charges, persistently maintaining that she was in Tehran to visit family and was not working in the country at the time of her arrest. The head of the London-based media foundation that employed Zaghari-Ratcliffe welcomed Johnson’s actions and urged him to meet with her in jail. “Nazanin has never trained journalists in Iran and we are pleased that he has admitted to the Iranian Foreign Minister that she was in Iran purely on holiday,” Monique Villa, CEO of Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the news service, said in a statement. “It’s time now for the Foreign Secretary to meet Nazanin in jail, as he proposed last week, and to bring her back home.” Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained at the airport in Tehran in April 2016 on her way back to the UK from visiting family with Gabriella, her then 22-month-old daughter. The Iranian government accused her of working for a UK media network involved in activities against Iran. She was sentenced to five years in jail and her child was placed in the care of her parents. Last month, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) opened a new case against her, accusing her of having joined organizations specifically working to overthrow the regime. She was also charged with having attended a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in London. In September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that his hands were tied on the issue of dual nationals imprisoned in his country. In October, when the new charges were filed, husband Richard Ratcliffe said the British government should be doing more to help his wife, and that it should not be making business deals with the regime that has imprisoned her. CNN’s Euan McKirdy and Hilary McGann contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171107083000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/asia/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-boris-johnson-iran/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "650927965", "sentence": "Russia's influence on the election is currently the subject of four separate congressional probes The White House has consistently argued there is no connection with Moscow The 100-day mark is traditionally a time for presidents to examine their accomplishments (or lack thereof), but nothing has placed a cloud over President Donald Trump’s early presidency quite like the issue of Russian meddling into the election last year and the White House’s relationship to Moscow. Russia’s influence is currently the subject of four separate congressional probes, and has led to the resignation of the national security adviser and the recusal of the attorney general for the Justice Department investigation into the matter. The steady drip of leaks coming from intelligence sources familiar with the federal investigation has turned into a consistent stream of embarrassing news for the new administration. As the Trump White House heads into the 100th day, House and Senate investigators are on a slow, methodical track, pulling together the many threads of Russia’s ties to a core group of Trump’s top advisers, all of which promises to extend the steady stream of news related Russia much farther into the President’s term. The White House has consistently argued there is no connection between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives. In an amusing exchange during his daily briefing last month, White House press secretary Sean Spicer made the point that overzealous reporters are seeking something that doesn’t exist. “If the President puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that’s a Russia connection,” Spicer said. The Russia investigations stand at a juncture now – with questions of whether they will turn out more like Watergate, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon (a president Trump is often compared to stylistically) or closer to Whitewater – a fiasco which harangued President Bill Clinton through his first term in office, but ended with no criminal charges against the president. The one thing that is certain is this cloud of Russia questions is not moving from over the administration any time soon. The very run-up to Trump’s 100-Day mark was dominated by news first that former national security adviser Michael Flynn may have broken the law by not disclosing payments from RT-TV on his security clearance application – a revelation not from the House intelligence committee, but instead the House oversight committee. RELATED: How Michael Flynn lost his job in 23 days “On the one hand I want to make sure people are held accountable, I want to make sure this doesn’t happen again, but you know you still want them to conduct business in the best interest of the country. And I hope they do that,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat on the House intelligence committee. “But for our purposes, we just don’t want them obstructing. That’s all we ask. We’ve already seen this coverup behavior for the last few months: the number of people who met with Russians who didn’t disclose it, the information that we’ve asked for – whether it’s Flynn, or Sessions, or Kushner – that they won’t turn over is concerning.” The White House has distanced itself from the four major targets of both the FBI probe and Congressional investigators – Flynn, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page and former Trump aide Roger Stone. Spicer has said Manafort played a “very limited role” in Trump’s campaign – despite Manafort’s essential role in helping the campaign win the Republican nomination. On the 60th day of Donald Trump’s presidency, FBI Director James Comey stunned the nation with the announcement he had been investigating ties between the President’s campaign and Russian operatives since July 2016. The announcement from Trump’s own FBI director, and approved the Justice Department, led the President to begin sub-tweeting his own administration in real time, as the House Intelligence Committee’s hearing continued. By the 61st Day of Trump’s presidency, Trump’s closest ally on the House Russia investigation – the very leader of that probe, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes – took a secret trip to the White House to review documents provided by the White House that allegedly supported Trump’s own counter-attack to the Russia questions, false accusations that he was the victim of surveillance by former President Barack Obama. RELATED: Who cleared Devin Nunes into the White House? From Days 62-76 of the presidency, one of the very probes that could derail Trump’s administration, was instead knocked off course by the fog of chaos that engulfed much of Trump’s own campaign and administration but was foreign to the staid, closed-off world of intelligence investigations. But on the 77th Day of his presidency, Trump’s biggest supporter on House Russia probe, Nunes, was pushed to the sidelines, the subject of a newly launched House probe himself into whether he broke the law by releasing classified intelligence. In three weeks the Trump gambit built on allegations that he was wiretapped, had been sidelined, along with his biggest supporter – and the House Russia investigation was chugging along. But whether there is any proverbial fire creating the massive smoke cloud that is the Russia investigations is almost irrelevant at this point. Undisclosed meetings with Russian ambassador the US Sergey Kislyak have led Flynn to be fired and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from the investigation. Sessions’ recusal: What’s next? Veteran congressional investigators say the best answer is to simply not fight the inquiries, by either withholding documents or distracting. “The way this normally works is for the investigators to request and then perhaps subpoena documents, for the White House to resist providing documents – either in whole or in part – then there’s a public discussion and eventually, over the objections of the White House the documents are substantially produced,” said Richard Ben-Veniste, a former lead prosecutor on the Senate Watergate investigation and a veteran Democratic investigator on numerous Congressional investigations after that. The White House does not appear to heeding at least some of that advice, telling the House oversight committee earlier this week that for several reasons it would not be handing over documents they requested related to Flynn. The peril for the Trump administration is that it now faces not just an active FBI investigation, but two major, functioning Congressional probes and additional inquiries – all churning slowly in quiet, digging deeper into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russian operatives. The House investigation is beginning to resemble the Senate Russia investigation more – methodical, planned and focused – after a reset under the new leadership of Rep. Mike Conaway, a Texas Republican brought in to replace Nunes. The Senate investigation, meanwhile, is nearing interviews of the Trump aides at the center of the Russia allegations, after spending months on a detailed review of the intelligence report detailing Russian meddling in the US election. RELATED: Senate Russia investigation to add 2 more staffers after pace criticized Both committees have secured access to top-level intelligence – a sensitive process of intense negotiations with the intelligence agencies (and one that, for at least three weeks, was stalled by Nunes’ close ties to the White House). Senate investigators have spoken with more than 30 witnesses. The leaders of the House investigation – Conaway and top Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff – have agreed on a schedule of interviewing witnesses. Meanwhile, outside the Capitol, “Tax Returns!” has become a chant in rowdy town hall meetings where Democratic and Republican lawmakers are bombarded with questions about Trump’s financial holdings that, progressive activists say, could easily show Trump’s own ties to Russia. So far, Republicans in the House and Senate have resisted calls to subpoena Trump’s tax returns. But House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has noted that, if Democrats win back the House in 2018, they could easily seek his tax returns. The 100-Day benchmark is typically a victory lap for a new administration – but the parade of Russia stories from this fledgling White House and the outstanding questions – almost guarantees the story far away from its ending.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170428104500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/politics/russia-investigation-congress-donald-trump/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "542125216", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Lt Col Rick Francona is a CNN military analyst and retired US Air Force intelligence officer with over 4000 flight hours in a variety of reconnaissance aircraft. The views expressed here are solely his. China and U.S. have no agreement on protocols for intercepts This could lead to repeat of lethal 2001 incident when Chinese pilot died Two Chinese J-11 fighter aircraft carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a United States EP-3E “Aires II” reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the South China Sea, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. During the incident, which took place Tuesday, the fighters reportedly came within 50 feet (15 meters) of the Navy plane. Flying two supersonic fighter jets within 50 feet of a four-engine turboprop aircraft is dangerous, especially when the pilots cannot communicate effectively with each other, nor are the intentions of the intercepting aircraft clear. One mistake, either in judgment or airmanship, could result in a lethal incident. This is not theory – it has happened in this same airspace with almost the identical participants. In April 2001, a Navy EP-3E was intercepted by a Chinese J-8 fighter. The Chinese pilot misjudged the distance between his fighter and the Navy aircraft. He attempted to do a zoom climb from under the aircraft and pull up immediately in front of the cockpit. He clipped the aircraft, lost control and crashed, resulting in his death. The EP-3E was severely damaged and was saved only by the skill of the flight crew. Unfortunately, the crippled plane made an emergency landing at a Chinese air base - thereby compromising the technical capabilities of the aircraft’s electronic intelligence gathering capabilities. READ: Showdown in the South China Sea: How did we get here? Every time the Chinese intercept either the United States Air Force (USAF) or Navy reconnaissance aircraft that routinely operate in international airspace off the Chinese coast, the 2001 incident is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Unless the Chinese exercise control of these situations, we could have another collision, needless deaths and yes, an international incident that lead to even greater consequences. There is nothing untoward about intercepting aircraft operating close to a country’s coast or borders. The United States routinely intercepts unidentified aircraft approaching our coasts or borders. Armed fighters will approach the aircraft and identify it to officers at the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). Once the aircraft is deemed to not be a threat, or in the case of a foreign reconnaissance flight (the Russians conduct flights routinely) when it turns away, the fighters return to base. Although there is an agreement in force with the Chinese to prevent military incidents, it only calls for annual meetings to discuss the issue. There are no specific protocols on how the military forces are to conduct themselves when in close proximity to each other. Contrast this with the agreements between the United States and Russia which spell out very specifically minimum separation distances. That protocol calls for a minimum vertical distance of 1,000 feet and a horizontal distance of 1,500 feet. Fortunately, these incidents with the Chinese are not that common. Usually the Chinese broadcast verbal warnings on international distress frequencies demanding that the U.S. aircraft change course and depart the area, often claiming that the aircraft are violating Chinese airspace. The area in which this incident occurred is particularly sensitive for the Chinese. Not only are they enlarging uninhabited islands and reefs in the South China Sea and building airstrips, they have deployed military aircraft and air defense missile systems as well. The sovereignty of these islands is contested by other countries in the region. The Chinese may be watching the increased tensions between the United States and Russia. On several occasions over the last few months, the Russians have harassed U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Japan in what is almost certainly an orchestrated attempt to provoke an American reaction. If the United States alters its behavior based on the Russian recent aggressive intercepts, it may embolden the Chinese to act in a similar confrontational matter, hoping to keep American reconnaissance flights from operating close to their coast. It won’t work. The United States will continue to conduct lawful aerial reconnaissance missions in international airspace off China. The Chinese have already provoked one incident – with lethal consequences. One misunderstanding, one misjudgment, one mistake - that’s all it takes to move us to the brink of an international crisis. These incidents are likely to continue until specific protocols are worked out between the two countries. Thus far, the Chinese have shown no interest in lessening the tension – they believe this is Chinese airspace.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160520014500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/opinions/china-u-s-military-flight-intercept/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "480386837", "sentence": "Members of the Iranian opposition group MEK settled at Camp Liberty in 2012 More than 2,000 people live there, the U.N. refugee agency says Rockets slammed into a former U.S. military base housing Iranian exiles near the Baghdad airport, reportedly causing numerous casualties. At least 80 rockets struck Camp Liberty, where members of the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, have been living since February 2012, said Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. According to the group, the Thursday attack killed 23 residents of the camp and injured dozens more. “This is a most deplorable act, and I am greatly concerned at the harm that has been inflicted on those living at Camp Liberty,” said U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. “Every effort must continue to be made for the injured and to identify and bring to account those responsible.” About 2,200 people live at Camp Liberty, according to the U.N. refugee agency. The U.S. State Department also weighed in on the attack. “The United States strongly condemns today’s brutal, senseless terrorist attack … that killed and injured camp residents,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement. “Our condolences go out to the families of the victims, and we hope for the swift recovery of those injured.” The exiled Iranian opposition group was moved to Camp Liberty more than three years ago from another camp inside Iraq. The camp was billed as a temporary facility at the time. A senior U.S. administration official said there were plans to keep it open until all of the camp residents were resettled outside Iraq. Members of the Iranian opposition group have been housed in Iraq for more than 25 years. Exiles, described as Iranian resistance figures and their sympathizers, live at Camp Liberty, also known as Camp Huriyya. The MEK formerly was on the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations, because of the killing of six Americans in Iran in the 1970s and an attempted attack against the Iranian mission to the United Nations in 1992. However, the State Department removed the MEK from the list in September 2012, citing the group’s renunciation of violence and the passage of a decade without its carrying out any attacks. And since 2004, the United States has considered the residents of Camp Ashraf “noncombatants” and “protected persons” under the Geneva Conventions. In the 1980s, then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invited members of the MEK to relocate to Iraq in an effort to undermine the Iranian government, which was then at war with Iraq. Iran also considers the group to be a terrorist organization. The current Iraqi government has closer ties to Tehran, and some opposition figures are afraid the camp will be subject to more attacks. Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly characterized the status of the MEK. The U.S. State Department removed the MEK from the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations in September 2012.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151030114500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/30/world/iraq-camp-liberty-opposition-attack/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "683633086", "sentence": "Sergey Kislyak downplayed his contact with members of the Trump campaign in an interview with CNN on Wednesday \"It's nonsense,\" Kislyak said when asked if he tried to recruit members of the Trump administration Russia’s former ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak downplayed his contact with members of the Trump campaign on Wednesday, calling allegations that he worked as a spymaster and tried to recruit people within President Donald Trump’s orbit “nonsense” during an exclusive interview with CNN. Kislyak left the US for Russia last month after concluding his tour of service but remains a central figure in the federal and congressional Russia probes – causing extensive problems for Trump campaign aides because of multiple failures to disclose talks with him. In March, CNN reported that Kislyak is considered by US intelligence to be one of Russia’s top spies and spy-recruiters in Washington, citing senior US government officials. Russia’s Foreign Ministry strongly rejected the allegations. CNN managed to catch up with Kislyak in the Russian city of Saransk where he was attending a campaign event as a candidate for the Federation Council – a governing body akin to the US Senate. During the interview, Kislyak again denied allegations that he worked as a spymaster while in Washington and that he tried to recruit people close to Trump. Related article Longtime Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak heads home “You should be ashamed, because CNN is the company that keeps pointing to this allegation. It’s nonsense,” Kislyak said when asked if he tried to recruit members of the Trump administration. When asked about US intelligence and security officials’ conclusion that Kislyak had attempted to recruit individuals close to Trump, Kislyak pointed to others, including a former FBI director – possibly meaning James Comey – who only referred to him as a diplomat: “I’ve heard that other statements by them, also by (the) former head of the FBI that said I was a diplomat. I have no – no reasons to doubt that he knew what he said. OK.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from overseeing the federal Russia probe in March, shortly after The Washington Post revealed Sessions met twice with Kislyak during the campaign. Sessions, at the time, said he was recusing himself because of his work on the campaign. Months later, Trump openly blamed Sessions for his ongoing Russia woes, saying that Sessions never should have stepped aside. And Trump fired former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after reports that Flynn had discussed lifting sanctions on Russia with Kislyak in previously undisclosed phone calls. Related article Russia's Kislyak: 'No secrets' in talks with Flynn Earlier this year, leaders of the House Oversight Committee revealed that Flynn did not disclose payments for a speech he gave to RT-TV and for his lobbying work on behalf of a Turkish businessman on his security clearance application filed last year – a possible crime, if he purposefully left off those payments. Asked Wednesday if he and members of the Trump campaign – specifically Jared Kushner – discussed setting up secret channels to the Kremlin, Kislyak responded: “I’ve said many times that we do not discuss the substance of our discussions with our American interlocuters. Out of respect to our partners.” Kislyak also pushed back on claims that Trump disclosed secretive information about Syria during the now infamous Oval Office meeting between between the President and high-profile Russian diplomats. “I’m not sure that I heard anything that would be secretive, but it was a good meeting and we were discussing things that are important to your country and to mine,” he said. Ultimately, the former Russian ambassador told CNN that the future of US-Russian relations is going to be difficult due to new sanctions levied on Moscow by the US government last month. “It’s the sanctions law, but sanctions is an instrument, it’s basically a statement of being anti-Russian,” Kislyak said. “It’s not going to be wished away, it’s going to stay  and it’s going to spoil ability of both countries to resume a normalcy in our relations. And normalcy in our relationship is exactly what is missing.” CNN’s Mary Ilyushina, Cameron Stewart and Tom LoBianco contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sergey Kislyak", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170823163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/politics/ex-russian-diplomat-sergey-kislyak-cnn-interview/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "432916815", "sentence": "Nearly 2,000 people have died in 2015 trying to get from Africa to Europe across the Mediterranean The European Commission is putting forward plans for quotas on the number of migrants each EU country takes in UK Home Secretary Theresa May argues this could encourage more migrants to come Nearly 2,000 migrants are estimated to have lost their lives attempting the perilous sea crossing from North Africa to Europe in 2015, and it’s not even fully five months into the year. To try to stem this deadly tide, the European Commission – the European Union’s executive arm – on Wednesday outlined a new migration policy, in an effort to share responsibility across Europe for the mass influx of migrants. The plan includes a call for quotas on the number of migrants each EU country would be required to take in, based on population size, gross domestic product and unemployment rate, as well as the number of past applications received. The proposals will likely be controversial, with immigration a hot-button issue in many of the 28 EU member nations. Germany backs the plans, for example, but the UK government strongly opposes them. What’s not in question, though, is that something must be done to curb the often deadly trafficking of migrants across the Mediterranean. Presenting the new migration policy on Wednesday, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said: “With this bold agenda, the European Union has proven itself ready to address the plight of those escaping from wars, persecution and poverty. “Migration is a shared responsibility of all member states and all member states are called now to contribute to tackling this historical challenge.” EU foreign and defense ministers are due to meet as soon as Monday to take some initial decisions on measures outlined in the proposals, she said. Mogherini on Monday asked the United Nations to authorize military action to destroy boats used illegally to smuggle people from Africa to Europe. Many of the migrants are from sub-Saharan Africa and Syria, or are foreign workers who have lost their livelihoods. They know that people-traffickers can take them to Europe from Libyan shores, often arriving in Italy. But many die at sea. More than 3,400 migrants died in 2014, according to estimates from the U.N refugee agency, many more than in the previous year. In her Monday speech to the U.N. Security Council, Mogherini said 2015 looked likely to be worse yet. The U.N. refugee agency estimates that close to 2,000 have already died attempting the journey so far this year. Related video EU refugee proposal rejected by UK “Our first priority must be to save lives; to prevent the loss of lives at sea. We believe, in the European Union, that this is a huge responsibility we all share, not only as Europeans but also globally,” Mogherini said. She also assured those listening that “no refugees or migrants intercepted at sea will be sent back against their will” and that their rights under the Geneva Conventions would be respected. Answering reporters’ questions Wednesday, Mogherini restated the EU’s commitment to those rights, but clarified that not every migrant rescued at sea would be allowed to stay in Europe. However, those individuals will not be returned to unsafe countries or sent back before their case is properly considered, she said. European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans also made the point that the return of migrants whose asylum claim was not accepted was “a cornerstone of the plan.” Other proposed elements include: • Additional funding for operations by Frontex, the EU’s border agency, in the Mediterranean to help rescue migrants in trouble and deter people smugglers; • An extra 50 million euros ($56 million) for an EU-wide resettlement scheme, to offer 20,000 places across member states to displaced people in clear need of international protection in Europe; • A possible joint security operation in the Mediterranean to dismantle traffickers’ networks by capturing and destroying their boats; • Working with migrants’ countries of origin and nations that are major transit points to try to stem the flow of migrants before they are put on boats, including by helping them to strengthen their borders; • Working with the International Organization for Migration and U.N. refugee agency to set up a pilot center in Niger, a major transit route for migrants, that would try to limit the number of people coming from West Africa; • Introducing a new policy on legal migration to reduce the incentive for people to seek to enter illegally and making sure all EU states share a common policy on asylum process. UK Home Secretary Theresa May argued in an opinion piece published Wednesday by The Times of London that the introduction of quotas for migrants would only encourage more people to make the hazardous journey. Related video CNN goes on migrant search and rescue flight Instead, May said, “The EU should work to establish safe landing sites in North Africa, underpinned by an active programme of returns.” She also rejected Mogherini’s remarks on not sending migrants back to their countries of origin, saying, “Such an approach would only act as an increased pull factor across the Mediterranean and encourage more people to put their lives at risk.” And she called for differentiation in the way asylum seekers and economic migrants are treated. “We must distinguish between those genuinely fleeing persecution and economic migrants crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of a better life,” she wrote. Under EU treaties, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark have a special status allowing them to opt out of the proposed migration measures. According to figures released by Eurostat on Tuesday, 27 EU member states “granted protection status to 185,000 asylum seekers in 2014, up by almost 50% compared with 2013.” No figures were available for Austria. Of those asylum seekers whose claims were accepted, 37% – or 68,400 people – were from war-torn Syria. Germany and Sweden combined took in 60% of those asylum seekers. Eritrea and Afghanistan were the next most common countries of origin, with their citizens each making up 8% of those granted protection. More than three-quarters of the Eritreans were taken in by three countries: Sweden, the Netherlands, and Britain. More than half the Afghans were taken in by Germany and Italy. Others came from Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Pakistan, Russia and elsewhere. CNN’s Don Melvin, Livia Borghese, Richard Allen Greene and Lucy Pawle contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European Commission migration quota plan", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150513114500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/13/europe/eu-migration-proposals/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "621442810", "sentence": "\"Look at my desk. Papers. You don't see presidents with that on their desk,\" Trump said The same desk has typically appeared mess-free when used by former presidents Throughout his time in the public eye, President Donald Trump has often been photographed behind his desk at Trump Tower alongside a mountain of papers, photographs and other trinkets he proudly displayed. Now, he’s bragging about his cluttered desk in the Oval Office. “Look at my desk. Papers. You don’t see presidents with that on their desk,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity during an interview that aired Thursday. Less than a week into his presidency, Trump’s desk appears to already be the sight of disorder. However, when he signed his first executive orders, it appeared clean, meaning he has quickly gotten to work. Trump’s desk in the presidential plane, Air Force One, appeared strikingly tidy Thursday when he was photographed during his trip from Washington to Philadelphia for the Republican congressional retreat. But it was just his first time on board, so he may not have had the opportunity to properly clutter the desk. The sight of the desk during Trump’s meeting Friday with British Prime Minister Theresa May was yet again the sight of cleanliness. Historically, the desk of the President has been clean, lacking clutter. Sometimes neatly stacked files or paperweights can be seen, but all orderly and neat as opposed to Trump’s discombobulated set up of folders jutting out or piled several inches high. The same desk, known as the Resolute Desk, has typically appeared mess-free when used by former presidents, including George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. According to the White House Museum, every president since Rutherford B. Hayes – except Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford – has used the Resolute desk. However, some chose to use it in their private study in the private residence as opposed to the Oval Office, where Trump uses it. The desk became especially notable after a photograph was released in Life magazine of President John F. Kennedy working while his son, John Jr., peeked out the front through the kneehole panel. It became an iconic image of the Kennedy’s life in the White House. The kneehole panel was installed after Franklin D. Roosevelt requested it to hide his knee braces.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170127203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/donald-trump-desk/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "691891573", "sentence": "People living near Puerto Rican dam being evacuated Dangerous storm surge expected in Turks and Caicos and parts of Bahamas Puerto Rico grappled with damages and deaths caused by Hurricane Maria on Friday as the storm hurtled across the Caribbean and slapped the Turks and Caicos Islands. Related article Hurricane Maria leaves more than 3 million Americans without power. Is help on the way? People in the northwest part of the island were urged to evacuate in the afternoon after a dam on the Guajataca River failed, according to a tweet from the National Weather Service. The storm hit Puerto Rico two days ago and knocked out power in the US commonwealth of more than 3 million people, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said. And it could be months before the electricity returns. A gradual weakening of Maria is forecast over the next two days, but the Category 3 hurricane still socked the Turks and Caicos, a British overseas territory of more than 52,000 people. Maria’s core left the Turks and Caicos in a north-northwestward direction and was gradually moving away from the Bahamas, the center said in its 8 p.m. advisory. A dangerous storm surge and large waves will raise water levels by as much as 9 to 12 feet above normal tide in the Turks and Caicos and southeastern Bahamas, the center said. Related video Puig's emotional interview on Hurricane Maria The giant storm’s death toll continues to mount. At least 15 people are confirmed dead on Dominica, and dozens more remain missing. One person died in the US Virgin Islands, probably from drowning, authorities said. At least six people were killed in Puerto Rico, said Héctor M. Pesquera, the island’s public safety director. Earlier, Puerto Rico’s governor told CNN’s “New Day” that 13 people had died in the storm. The figure was based on reports from mayors on the island, but law enforcement hasn’t confirmed that total, the government said. “Flash flooding continues in portions of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic due to persistent heavy rainfall from Maria’s trailing rain bands,” the hurricane center said. The rain could spur “life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.” Maria is producing winds of near 125 mph (more than 200 kilometers per hour) with higher gusts. Moving at 9 mph (15 kilometers per hour), it was 375 miles (600 kilometers) east-southeast of Nassau, Bahamas. The government of the Bahamas changed the hurricane warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas to a tropical storm warning, the weather service said. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the central Bahamas. Heavy rainfall is expected through Saturday. In Turks and Caicos, 8 to 16 inches are predicted, with 20 inches in some places, and in Puerto Rico, an additional 3 to 6 inches is likely, with isolated maximum storm totals at 40 inches. Heavy rains are expected in parts of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and the Bahamas. Maria will move closer to the US East Coast and Bermuda by the middle of next week, “but it is too soon to determine, what, if any direct impacts there might be in these areas,” the hurricane center said. Swells from the storm are expected to begin reaching the US Southeast coast, the center said. “These swells are likely to cause dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents along the coast for the next several days, even with Maria forecast to remain well offshore over the western Atlantic Ocean,” it said. Survivors of Hurricane Maria need assistance Parts of the Caribbean that Maria has already struck are just coming to terms with the extent of their losses. CNN’s Michael Holmes, who is on Dominica, said that almost all trees from the lush paradise have been denuded, leaving a stark, brown landscape in its place. Aid had been stockpiled before Hurricane Irma, the storm that recently preceded Maria, but it was distributed to neighboring islands after Dominica appeared to have avoided the worst of it. Then came Maria. Dominica knocked to its knees by Hurricane Maria’s might In Puerto Rico, every inch of the island was hammered when Maria made landfall Wednesday. As many as 4,500 Army reservists have been brought in to complement the Puerto Rican National Guard, says Brig. Gen. Dustin Shultz, who is commanding the reserves in the Caribbean during rescue effort. Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp of the US Virgin Islands is calling for “all hands on deck” as the territory expands recovery efforts after both Irma and Maria struck in less than two weeks. The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Ocean arrived in the British Virgin Islands with about 650 personnel and 60 tons of cargo, including construction equipment, hygiene kits and water purification tablets. The ship’s arrival means there are now more than 2,000 UK military personnel working on relief. US President Donald Trump has pledged federal help for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. In San Juan, Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital suffered damage. It’s part of life in the “hurricane corridor,” hospital planning director Margo Silva told CNN. “We’re used to dealing with this. Unfortunately, being so close to the ocean, these circumstances come up,” Silva said The air conditioning had failed, meaning patients such as 103-year-old Diosa Alarondo were suffering in the heat. She’s been at the hospital for two months, and her daughter Jacqueline Alarondo was distressed. Water only arrived Thursday afternoon, she said. “It was bad, messed-up organization from the administration.” But another patient, Ana Rivera, said it might have been the best place to ride out the storm. The food comes on time, and they’ve been treating her well, she said. Ten miles west of the capital, residents trudged through floodwaters to reach their homes – many of which no longer had roofs. Sylvia Colon fought back tears as firefighters and the National Guard reached her 84-year-old neighbor. She refused to leave the woman who, she says, is like a grandmother to her. One girl, Marytere, 16. had to cross floods with her family, clutching small dogs, along with bags filled with food, toiletries and pillows, to reach the rescue team. The family had left to find help when the water got too high. “I’m scared of what’s going to happen now to us,” she said, wiping away tears. “What’s the family going to do now?” CNN’s Nick Valencia and Leyla Santiago reported from Puerto Rico, while Joe Sterling reported and wrote from Atlanta, and Euan McKirdy reported and from Hong Kong. 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{"article_id": "455753797", "sentence": "Umm Sayyaf is being held by Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish government, U.S. says She was the wife of  Abu Sayyaf, an ISIS leader killed in a U.S. military raid in Syria Umm Sayyaf – the widow of an ISIS leader killed by U.S. Special Operations Forces – was transferred from U.S. custody to the Iraqi government, the Defense Department said Thursday. Sayyaf, also known as Nasrin As’ad Ibrahim, was married to Abu Sayyaf, a key ISIS commander. In May 2015, Abu Sayyaf – also known as Fathi Ben Awn Ben Jildi Murad al-Tunisi – was killed in a U.S. military raid in eastern Syria. Shorty thereafter, Umm Sayyaf was captured by U.S. forces and was held in Iraq. She’s suspected of being a member of ISIS. Sayyaf was transferred after the U.S. government determined such a move would “be appropriate with respect to legal, diplomatic, intelligence, security, and law enforcement considerations,” the Pentagon said in a statement. Officials said the transfer is consistent with U.S. policy. Umm Sayyaf is being held by the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government’s Interior Ministry, according to the U.S. military. Kurdistan is a semiautonomous region in northeastern Iraq that has its own fighters battling ISIS. Abu Sayyaf oversaw ISIS oil and gas operations, an integral source of the terror group’s revenue, National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said after Sayyaf’s death. The United States has been considering the possibility that wives of ISIS figures may play a significant role in the Sunni Islamist extremist group’s operations. Meehan said at the time that Umm Sayyaf “played an important role in ISIL’s terrorist activities.” ISIL is an  acronym commonly used by U.S. authorities for ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic state. U.S. officials believe the couple possessed information about American and Western hostages in Syria. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said then that Abu Sayyaf’s death was a “significant blow” to ISIS.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. government policy on transfer of ISIS detainees", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150807004500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/06/politics/umm-sayyaf-isis-transfer/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "696723398", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Seni Sulyman is Country Director of Andela Nigeria. He is passionate about building an ecosystem of exemplary African businesses and leaders and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. Andela this week announced a $40M round of funding  from two Africa-focused venture funds.The views expressed in this article are solely his. Africa has missed out on two of the most important episodes of global advancement The internet has revolutionized how knowledge and opportunities can be accessed and shared Humans have done a poor job of equipping the majority of our seven billion peers to contribute meaningfully toward our collective future. As a result, humankind is not advancing at the pace it should be. Today, millions of children lack access to education and healthcare, and are all too familiar with poverty and hunger. Our planet is exhibiting severe side effects resulting from human activity while we still debate the existence of climate change. Elections in developed countries are no longer guaranteed to be free and fair, thanks to hackers. This is 2017. Africa, home to a massive young and growing population, could possess the solution to the global human capital dilemma. Africans, working alongside and leading global teams, can help humankind avoid catastrophes in healthcare, education, climate change, and cybersecurity. By producing the next wave of global leaders, Africa (and Africans) will play a critical role in building the future. If we’re going to actualize this promising future, we need to first come to terms with our difficult past. Over 12,000 years ago, humans shifted from hunting and gathering to organized agriculture. Africans participated actively in what is widely known as the Agricultural Revolution, spanning several centuries across several kingdoms. We’ve since slid in both productivity and innovation, failing to achieve food security, and have some of the highest rates of undernourishment globally. The reasons vary and we can debate them, but the consequences are irrefutable. Related article The startup that's harder to get into than Harvard In the 18th and 19th centuries, humans developed the steam engine, created the textile industry, invented machine tools and factories, and built telecommunication, transportation and power infrastructure. The Industrial Revolution, as we know it today, is commonly referred to as the most important event in human history since the domestication of animals. Africa was a source of key raw materials and labor that fueled this revolution, yet once again the benefits of this revolution skipped most African economies. Today, the repercussions of these missed opportunities are vast. With the collapse of most of Africa’s major empires either via self-destruction or colonization, our interactions with the world have become severely imbalanced and our development has been disappointingly slow. Many African countries are net importers of necessities like food, fuel, equipment and consumer goods. In Nigeria, 75 percent of land is arable, yet we import unreasonable quantities of rice, tomatoes and other basic agricultural produce. We literally can’t feed ourselves. In terms of industry, things are equally appalling. While banking and telecommunications (which we’ve basically imported) are shining examples of success in many countries, our public transport infrastructure is rudimentary at best, hospital conditions are deplorable, and electricity is a luxury. Related article Africa's surprising future For the past few centuries, Africans have certainly not been sitting around resigned to stagnation and exploitation. Yet we’ve largely missed out on two of the most important episodes of global advancement. The prayers, hopes and aspirations of our colonized ancestors did not propel us into the 21st century. Today, our prayers, hopes and aspirations will not propel us into the future. This is our history. Let’s embrace it. Let’s learn from it. Today, the world is on the precipice of its third major revolution: The digital revolution. This time, Africa will not be left behind and history will not repeat itself. We are fortunate to have a massive advantage over previous generations: the internet. The internet is the global equalizer. It has fundamentally changed how knowledge is shared and opportunities are accessed. With a connected device and a desire to learn, anyone can tap into the knowledge, experience and insights from the world’s greatest minds and communities, irrespective of where they are. As a result, our continent’s ability to partake in the digital revolution is contingent upon the strength of our human capital and our leadership. Related article UN: Half of world's population growth is likely to occur in Africa Africa is projected to account for half the world’s population growth by 2050, and has the sheer capacity and the raw brainpower to produce technologists who will go on to build the future. The emergence of a new crop of young, thoughtful and upright leaders – who are committed to creating immense value and leaving their communities better off – is what will fully unlock the potential of millions of Africans in ways we can’t yet possibly imagine. Just 10 years ago, “young and tech-savvy Nigerian” was synonymous with “internet fraudster.” Today, the world recognizes that some of our future technology leaders are located in cities like Lagos, Abuja, Nairobi and Kampala. By investing in young African leaders, one at a time, and then applying the learnings to rapidly scale those efforts to millions of others, we can catalyze an entire generation. It’s already happening, led by young Africans. We don’t need anyone’s permission. The world’s human capital shortage – the constraint to the digital revolution and to the advancement of humankind – is a global dilemma that affects all of us, regardless of ethnicity, geography or socioeconomic status. Related article Optimism is rising in Africa, here's why Changing Africa’s history of getting left behind is not a choice, it’s a necessity. The role that future generations of Africans will play is already being determined by the actions and decisions we make today. Having an African fund lead what is easily one of the largest venture rounds on the continent is nothing short of remarkable. If Africans are successful at accelerating our participation in the global technology revolution, we will not only begin to solve Africa’s most pressing challenges, we will in fact begin to solve the world’s.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Africa", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171010193000", "country1": "KEN", "country2": "UGA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/africa/africa-human-potential-andela/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "659680703", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Kavitha Rajagopalan is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute and nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. She is the author of two books and has been an op-ed contributor for The New York Observer, Newsday and PBS. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Kavitha Rajagopalan: Budget cuts to the NIH could affect rare-disease patients Most hospitals can't devote time or resources to rare-disease research, she writes On the eve of the new year, my four-month-old son was diagnosed with leukocyte adhesion deficiency type I, a very rare primary immunodeficiency disease, so life-threatening that he could die from a diaper rash. As Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president, my son was admitted to Memorial Sloan Kettering, where he now awaits the only known cure for his disease: a stem cell transplant. This week, as we count down the days until his life may be saved, President Trump has proposed to slash the budget of the National Institutes of Health by 22%. Only about a dozen scientists worldwide specialize in my son’s disease, and three of them are at the NIH. The $7.7 billion this administration proposes to cut from the NIH budget will restrict biomedical research, jeopardizing the health of millions of Americans with diseases like my son’s. Scientific research conducted at the NIH was instrumental in both my son’s diagnosis and in developing his cure. One team in the NIH’s Clinical Pathophysiology Section researches genetic causes of diseases like LAD, an autosomal recessive disease produced when both I, an Indian woman, and my African-American husband had an error on the same part of the same gene on the same chromosome. NIH scholars also study how the disease behaves, and helped my son’s doctors determine that an abscess on his leg was not an allergic response but a cluster of immune cells produced by his hyperactive immune system. Related video Trump budget proposal could hurt many from his base Of course, my son isn’t alone in his struggle. The NIH estimates that more than 25 million Americans have rare genetic diseases. Research from the Institute’s Office of Rare Diseases Research and the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program informs their care, and it also helps diagnose and treat millions of people with more common diseases. The hallmark of rare disease research and care is consultation – between advocating parents and attentive doctors, between clinicians and researchers and between medical experts and elected officials. Consultations get sick babies diagnosed, keep their treatment regimens from killing them and help scholars devise the cures that save lives of millions more like them. My son’s doctor at MSK routinely consults with one of the world’s few specialists in his disease, a distinguished principal investigator at the NIH’s Intramural Research Program, who is often able to guide his treatment based on research that has not yet been completed and published, and whose research in turn evolves based on information about my son’s case. To save my son’s life, his doctors will destroy his faulty immune system with chemotherapy and regenerate a new one for him over the course of a year, during which time he will undergo surgeries to insert a feeding tube and central intravenous line, and will be vulnerable to even the most harmless bugs. Related article This isn't how to honor veterans Gene therapies, experimental techniques that use or manipulate genes in order to treat genetic diseases, would spare future babies such suffering and would cost much less in time and money. In fact, an NIH researcher consulting on my son’s case is currently developing cutting-edge gene therapies that could edit the errors on faulty genetic codes like my son’s. This means that future babies might be spared the extremely risky, painful, costly and lengthy cure of bone marrow transplant. But without funding from the federal government, this research may be discontinued. General care hospitals have neither the incentive nor the resources to undertake the kind of research that will save my son’s life. NIH is one of very few institutions that functions as a home for diseases that would otherwise be orphaned if such research was left to commercial or general patient-care-focused hospitals. Related article Trump's budget isn't the disaster you think, ex-CBO chief says Proponents of the administration’s budget suggest that a reorganization of the NIH would improve efficiency and streamline taxpayer monies. But taken together with this administration’s positions and policies toward health care access, immigration, scientific research and even education, it stands to reason that rare-disease research will suffer from far more than reduced funding. It will wither in a harsh political climate that disputes not only the claims but inherent value of science, that deprives our research institutions of expertise from all over the world and that forces millions to consult Google rather than doctors they can’t afford without health insurance. Trump’s budget also proposes to cut NIH’s Fogarty International Center, devoted to global health research. Along with the administration’s haphazard and often uncompromising approach to international relations, we may also see the end of such global initiatives as the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium. The NIH launched this consortium with the European Commission to deliver 200 new therapies for rare diseases and the means to diagnose more rare diseases by 2020. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook But now millions of lives may be lost because people don’t have access to the kind of care they once did. In the battle against these kinds of diseases, access to care isn’t so much about the ins and outs of health insurance coverage, it is about the way doctors, patients and research scientists create knowledge together. Investing in medical research means investing in these relationships, and these investments could not only save millions in treatment and care in the long run, but also leave us with a stronger, healthier society. My son and the millions of others with diagnosed and undiagnosed rare genetic disorders rely on an uninhibited, unhindered community of scientists and researchers who are supported by humane, curious governments. I join the thousands of scientists who marched on Washington and stand beside the millions of mothers with sick children in pleading with Congress to kill this inhumane budget.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget cuts", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170528003000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/27/opinions/trump-budget-nih-opinion-rajagopalan/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "727643305", "sentence": "Secretary of Defense James Mattis has warned the Syrian regime against the use of chemical weapons, telling reporters Friday “you have all seen how we reacted to that, so they’d be ill advised to go back to violating the chemical convention.” Mattis was referring to the April 2017 military strike when the US launched Tomahawk missiles against Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians. Asked if the Syrian regime was using chlorine weapons Mattis said he believed they had done so “repeatedly” but said that the US is “even more concerned about the possibility of Sarin use, the likelihood of Sarin use, and we’re looking for the evidence.” Mattis said he does not believe that Syria has kept to the 2013 agreement brokered by the US and Russia that required the Assad regime to relinquish their chemical weapons. “We think that they did not carry out what they said they would do back when in the previous administration when they were caught using it. Obviously, they didn’t, because they used it again during our administration, and that gives us a lot of reason to suspect them, and now we have other reports from the battlefield, from people who claim it’s been used, we do not have evidence of it, but we are not refuting them, we are looking for evidence of it, since clearly we are dealing with the Assad regime that has used denial and deceit to hide their outlaw actions.” Mattis acknowledged that the US has not seen direct evidence of the use of Sarin gas but pointed to open source reports. “I don’t have the evidence. What I’m saying is that groups on the ground, NGOs, fighters on the ground have said that Sarin has been used,” he said. “We are looking for evidence. I don’t have evidence credible or uncredible.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Thursday said the US is “extremely concerned about yet another report of the use of chlorine gas by the Syrian regime to terrorize citizens” in east Ghouta. Nauert said this is the third reported incident in east Ghouta in the last 30 days.  “We call on the international community” to hold the responsible parties accountable, Nauert said. Recent alleged attacks have suggested that Syria continues to produce weapons, US officials told reporters Thursday. The Assad regime may also be producing new kinds of weapons, the officials said, with the goal either to improve military capability or avoid accountability from the international community, the officials added. Following the April strike against the regime airbase, Mattis told reporters the regime “the Syrian regime should think long and hard before it again acts so recklessly in violation of international law against the use of chemical weapons,” adding, “if they use chemical weapons, they are going to pay a very, very stiff price”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180202161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/mattis-syria-chemical-weapons-warning/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "515898937", "sentence": "Republicans pressure Kerry on matter It's complicated, he says of such a declaration The Obama administration this week faced intensifying pressure from lawmakers and activists to label what ISIS is doing in Syria and Iraq a genocide. Advocates of religious freedom stepped up their campaign with a petition and a commercial to be aired on cable news channels, demanding the United States make a legal determination to call the atrocities by ISIS a genocide, actions that  include brutal attacks on the Yazidis in Iraq and the bloody beheading of Christians. A website operated by the Knights of Columbus and listing representatives of several denominations counts presidential candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio among their backers, as well as religious figures including Pope Francis, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, and Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles. Even former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has weighed in, declaring in December, “What is happening is genocide.” At three separate hearings this week, Secretary of State John Kerry was pressed by Republican lawmakers. “It’s time for America to act,” said Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California at Thursday’s hearing. “We are talking about the lives of tens of thousands of people who are brutally being brutally slaughtered, targeted for genocide.” “I share just a huge sense of revulsion over these acts,” Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday. While he promised a decision soon, he said fact-gathering and legal analysis were required first. “We are currently doing what I have to do, which is review very carefully the legal standards and precedents,” he said. Thousands of members of the Yazidi religious sect in Iraq have been killed by ISIS fighters, activists say, starting with an attack on them in 2014 in Sinjar, Iraq. One Yazidi, Sabah Mirza Mahmoud, told CNN afterward, “ISIS killed my dad, my uncles, they kidnapped 25 relatives, including women.” Another said, “A man was shot next to me, and fell on me. I was covered with his blood.” Many of the victims said the Islamic State attacked them because of their religion. A 19-year-old Yazidi woman who escaped said ISIS fighters came to her village and said, “You have to convert to Islam, or we will kill you.” And a woman who said she had been captured and raped told CNN that her ISIS captor said, “Anyone who doesn’t convert to Islam, we will kill the males and ‘marry’ the girls.” But Christian advocacy organizations and some lawmakers say the Yazidis are not the only victims, and are demanding that the administration declare that Christians are victims of ISIS genocide, too. They point to the brutal beheadings by ISIS of Christians from Ethiopia and Christians from Egypt, and to ISIS propaganda that explicitly pledges to wage war on Christians. One issue of their magazine Dabiq showed an ISIS flag flying over the Vatican, with an article saying, “We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women.” U.S. officials tell CNN there has been a debate inside the White House and the State Department going back to last year over whether to invoke the genocide label. “There are lawyers considering whether or not that term can be properly applied in this scenario,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said earlier this month. “It has significant consequences, and it matters for a whole variety of reasons, both legal and moral.” But he added that the designation would not change the administration’s response, which he described as an aggressive campaign to push back ISIS, coupled with efforts to protect minorities, such as the coalition effort to help Yazidis escape from Sinjar. In general, genocide characterizes the systematic destruction of a national or ethnic group, specifically by execution or murder. One thing a genocide designation could do for victims is bolster their asylum claims in other countries, according to Travis Weber, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council. “They can say, ‘Look, it’s been clearly established that we’re the target of genocide based on our religion,’ ” he said. But such a designation could also open complicated questions about U.S. obligations to refugees and asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq, and to calls for greater U.S. military engagement. While there are no concrete steps it would specifically require the administration to take, it could rally the international community to step up the campaign against ISIS, according to former State Department senior adviser Robert McKenzie, now at the Brookings Institution. “That would not only mean more bombing. Potentially, that would also mean more support to displaced persons,” he said. Still, McKenzie said, a genocide label is unlikely to have a practical effect on Islamic State’s violent ambitions. “I mean, this is a group that has an apocalyptic worldview,” he said. “I don’t suspect that this is going to impact the way that they operate.” CNN’s Elise Labbott, Atika Shubert, Ivan Watson and Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States administration (Obama administration)", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160227011500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/26/politics/isis-attacks-genocide-claims/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "601208489", "sentence": "Samantha Power names Syrian commanders, comparing them to infamous brutal rulers like Slobodan Milosevic Her comments come amid the worst shellings since the conflict began in 2011 U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power upbraided Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime and Russia for its military actions across Syria and particularly in the war-torn and devastated city of Aleppo, and she publicly named and shamed Syrian commanders for their involvement in deadly assaults and running prisons where torture has been reported.. Power made reference to the recent days of bombings on eastern Aleppo and surrounding countryside, which have left more than 300 people dead, the most intense bombing since the conflict started in 2011. The devastated city is divided between government-controlled areas in the west and rebel positions in the east. “Think of what you were doing Saturday,” she said at a U.N. Security Council briefing on Monday about the humanitarian situation in Syria. “Imagine being subjected to 180 airstrikes while you were doing it. Horrifying video from eastern Aleppo affirms a shocking inhuman barrage on civilian neighborhoods.” Related video One of the few doctors left in Aleppo speaks to CNN The Syrian regime resumed heavy bombardment over eastern Aleppo on Tuesday after a three-week lull, killing at least 289 people by Saturday, according to the Syrian Civil Defense Force, also called the White Helmets. Among the latest reported violence: a suspected chemical attack that killed four children and their parents. On Monday, Aleppo withstood another day of all-out war as bombardments in eastern Aleppo left at least 27 people dead and 120 injured on Monday, the White Helmets said. #Aleppo city update: 27 killed;3 in Jisr AlHaj8 - Sukari2 - Sakhur6 - Shaar2 - Eastern Ansari2 - Karm AlNuzha4 - Fardus&120+ injured pic.twitter.com/1MotqyNuEP Power noted that the United States strongly condemned shelling by opposition forces, which has caused more than 60 casualties since November 1. But she focused her ire on the Assad regime and Russia for their “starve, get bombed, or surrender” strategy in eastern Aleppo. “But, I ask, will Russia condemn even a single airstrike by the Assad regime here in this chamber today – or any day? Choose any of the hospitals that the Assad regime has destroyed, or any of the schools. Will Russia ever condemn its ally Bashar Al-Assad here at the Council for a single one of these attacks? We have been attending sessions like this one for more than five years. But, despite all of the carnage inflicted by their regime partners, they have uttered not one critical word. Not even one skeptical word,” she said. Related article Aleppo: Who still lives in this decimated city -- and why? The assault on Aleppo, she said, was “not an isolated case. It is part of a country-wide strategy. Across Syria, Russia and the Assad regime are waging a campaign that includes sieges, the blocking of humanitarian aid, the indiscriminate bombardment of civilian areas, and the use of barrel bombs.” Other representatives at the meeting slammed the Assad regime and Russia for its actions in Aleppo. Both entities pushed back. Russian envoy Vladimir K. Safronkov, said the “country had been assisting United Nations humanitarian aid and other assistance in Syria, as well as facilitating political efforts.” The Syrian representative, Bashar Ja’afari, said it “allowed civilians in eastern Aleppo to flee and had opened corridors for them to do so.” “The terrorists, however, had retained civilians to use as human shields,” Ja’afari said. Related article Aleppo: Eyewitness describes aftermath of hospital attack According to a transcript of her remarks, the U.S. ambassador named Syrian commanders involved in deadly assaults on “cities, residential areas and civilian infrastructure: Major General Adib Salameh, Brigadier General Adnan Aboud Hilweh, Major General Jawdat Salbi Mawas, Colonel Suhail Hassan, Major General Tahir Hamid Khalil.” She added, “The United States will not let those who have commanded units involved in these actions hide anonymously behind the façade of the Assad regime.” She also named commanders who work at detention facilities where torture has been reported: Major General Jamil Hassan, Brigadier General Abdul Salam Fajr Mahmoud, Brigadier General Ibrahim Ma’la, Colonel Qusai Mihoub, Brigadier General Salah Hamad, Brigadier General Sha’afiq Masa, Major General Rafiq Shihadeh, Hafiz Makhlouf. “The United States will not forget the cases of the many Syrians who have suffered so much at the hands of individuals like these, and we will continue fighting to hold them accountable for their hateful crimes,” she said. She called for an end to the “merciless attacks” from Russia and Assad’s regime. “Now, I know right now, today, with wind at their backs, these individuals feel impunity. So, though, did Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor, and countless war criminals before them,” she said, citing the former leaders of Serbia and Liberia. “Today’s atrocities are well-documented, and the civilized world’s memories are long.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Assad regime and Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161121200000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/middleeast/syria-aleppo-violence/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "501703300", "sentence": "NEW: Italian news outlets report that investigators say Ashley Olsen may have been strangled using a rope or cord Olsen, 35, was last seen at a Florence nightclub early Friday No one has yet been excluded as a suspect, a prosecutor tells CNN Investigators believe that Ashley Olsen, a 35-year-old American artist killed in Florence, might have been strangled using a rope or cord rather than bare hands, according to Italian media reports. In their reporting, Italian news outlets did not specify the source of their new information. Italian news agency ANSA reported that Olsen’s boyfriend, a fellow artist, discovered her body on Saturday after growing concerned because he had not heard from her. He asked her landlord to go with him to Olsen’s apartment to check on her, according to ANSA. Her death is being treated as a homicide, police spokeswoman Maddalena Carosi said on Italian TV. ANSA reported that Olsen had been strangled, but authorities declined to comment on the cause of death until an autopsy is complete. Initial results of her autopsy were expected Monday, prosecutor Giuseppe Creazzo told CNN. But toxicology and other tests could take much longer, he said. Olsen had last been seen early Friday at a Florence nightclub, he said. Although the boyfriend has an alibi that lines up with testimony from other witnesses, Creazzo said Monday that “no one has been excluded” and “no track has been excluded.” Authorities are also looking into pictures on Olsen’s Instagram feed in which she said, “I have a stalker.” It was unclear whether the posts were serious. Olsen was originally from Florida. She was living in Florence, where her father, an architect, works at an art school. “The police haven’t really said anything yet. My son is waiting for the police to share more,” Olsen’s grandmother, Ann Olsen, told CNN by phone from Florida. CNN affiliate WJAX in Jacksonville, Florida, spoke with Olsen’s friends, who described her as infectiously happy. “She was full of life. She never met a person who didn’t like her,” the station quoted Staci Kelly as saying about Olsen. “She had the best personality.” Olsen loved to travel, Kelly told the station. “She never really stayed in one spot for too long,” she said. CNN’s Michael Pearson, Dana Ford, Vasco Cotovio, Dave Alsup, Allie Malloy and Hande Atay contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Italian authorities", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160113021500", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/europe/italy-american-woman-dead/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "597354643", "sentence": "United States President-elect Donald Trump will have a lot of global challenges to deal with, and Europe is one of them. Here’s what you need to know. “People want to take their country back and they want to have independence in a sense, and you see it in Europe, all over Europe,” Trump said on June 24, the day after the UK voted to leave the EU. “They want to take their borders back, they want to take their monetary back. … I think you’re going to have this more and more.” The rate of economic growth in the European Union is currently forecast to be 1.8% in 2016 and 1.9% in 2017. At the same time, the European Central Bank is continuing its quantitative easing program by buying €80 billion in bonds until next March at least.  All the while, the rate of unemployment in the EU is 8.6%. I throw these numbers at you because they are the clearest sign that although the economic situation in the EU is improving, it still has a long way to go – especially with the US growing at a faster rate, the US central bank considering raising rates (not cutting them), and the unemployment figure hovering around half the EU number. The economic challenges facing the EU remain considerable, especially if the Union is to play its full role as a global partner in creating faster and sustainable economic growth.  And there is always the possibility of another calamity.  Let us not forget: 1. Brexit 2. Elections in Germany and France in 2017 3. Greece and the issue of debt relief 4. Constitutional reform in Italy Any one of these issues has the potential to sink the Union into despair and disarray. The first issue for Trump will be what to do about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – the gargantuan free trade deal being negotiated between the EU and US. European politicians have already been leaking that the deal is pretty much off the rails, and the President-elect will have to decide if it’s worth pursuing a trade deal that - at best - is going to run into fierce opposition. In the current anti-globalization environment, TTIP is swimming against the tide. Trump has expressed reservations about these giant deals.  Since he came out against the Asian treaty TPP, it is highly unlikely that the President-elect would expend political capital on its European counterpart.  For now, TTIP is dead. The other issue of course is Brexit. Trump has already rejected President Obama’s comment that the UK would have go to the back of the queue in negotiating a free trade deal with the US.  He said the UK would be at the front of the line for such a deal. It is possible that once Brexit comes around, the longstanding traditional close ties (yes, the dreaded “special relationship”) between the US and UK would mean some sort of negotiation would take place sooner rather than later, especially if TTIP collapses.  But always remember: There is no overarching trade treaty with the US at the moment for Europe, so a failure here would not be devastating. Finally – elections, elections, elections.  Having just won an election himself, Trump will be sympathetic to French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who both go to the polls in 2017.  The tricky part is now to give something to their friends without taking sides.  Expect very little to be done during a febrile election year where Brexit dominates the European agenda. The US watches from the wings and waits. Militarily, all eyes will be on how Trump interacts NATO. Economically, the US will remain stronger, with faster growth and lower unemployment. Politically, Europe will just be coming out of Brexit. The EU will still be deciding what its reformed role will be – and much of that depends on how the public react to the changes. Oh and on trade – maybe, just maybe, there is some sort of US-EU trade agreement. But I wouldn’t bet on it.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European Union", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161109140000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-europe-global-headaches/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "623182481", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Bruce Feiler  is the author of six consecutive New York Times best-sellers, including “Walking the Bible” and “Abraham.” His new book, “The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us,” will be published in March. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. The rising controversy on Trump's travel ban has had one positive effect, writes Bruce Feiler It has brought together people of different religious traditions, he says President Trump’s dramatic executive order blocking Syrian refugees from the United States and suspending immigration from some Muslim-majority countries has had a tumultuous impact. Children have been separated from their parents, teachers have been kept from their schools, Christian families have been turned away from American airports. Everyone from politicians to corporate executives has denounced the move. Scores of protests erupted around the country.  The scope of the outrage appears to have caught even the White House by surprise. Yet lost in the turmoil is one critical but overlooked benefit to all this upheaval: The president’s action – and the backlash that followed – are the biggest boon to interfaith relations in decades. The idea that thousands of people would take to the streets in impromptu, grass-roots protests to defend not their own religious traditions but those of a beleaguered minority is relatively unheard of in the long history of religion. That the religion being defended is not just any tradition, but one widely disparaged in recent years from pulpits and campaign platforms as evil incarnate makes it even more remarkable. Just look at the signs the protesters have been carrying: “FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE MUSLIMS… THIS TIME WE SAID, ‘HELL NO!’” “TODAY WE ARE ALL MUSLIM.” “STOP PRETENDING YOUR ISLAMOPHOBIA IS PATRIOTISM.” “JESUS WAS A REFUGEE.” Related video Trump defends travel ban as protests spread (The expression “First they came” is a reference to Martin Neimoller’s famous poem famous poem about the Holocaust, with its incantation, “First they came for the Socialists,” but I did nothing, then they came for the Trade Unionists, but I did nothing, then they came for the Jews.) Lay people have not been the only ones expressing outrage. Religious leaders, precisely those people who usually stay out of such fights so as not to antagonize their own followers, have been out front and vocal. And not just the usual ones. – The United States Conference of Bishops lambasted the move. “We believe in assisting all, regardless of their religious beliefs,” said one bishop. – The National Association of Evangelicals criticized any discrimination against the most vulnerable, without regard to “ethnicity, country of origin, religion, gender or gender identity.” – The head of the Southern Baptists called on the president to affirm his commitment to protecting the downtrodden, including “Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Yazidi or other.” – Reform Jewish leaders denounced “in the strongest terms the horrifying executive order.” – Even deeply conservative Focus on the Family expressed cautious support for admitting any persecuted people, “even Muslims,” into the United States. Related article Religious leaders condemn Trump's immigration order. But who's listening? It would be hard to overstate how rare this ecumenical unanimity is. Religious leaders are not used to rallying to the defense of their rivals. One reason for this universality: Support for the vulnerable, especially refugees, is one of the foundational beliefs of biblical ideology. The edict “Love the stranger because you were a stranger once yourself” is the single most common idea in the Hebrew Bible, used 36 times. Jesus picked up and enhanced this idea, making it a central pillar of his teaching and the Christian church for the next 20 centuries. No wonder 550 Catholics attended Mass outside the White House this week in support of refugees. As Father Jim Martin, SJ, tweeted: “If you reject the migrant and refugee, you reject Christ himself, who asked us, who implored us, who ordered us, to see him in the stranger.” So why have there been so few occasions for inter-religious cooperation? What came to be called the “interfaith movement” began in the late 19th century, largely as a way to build bridges among Protestants. Not until after World War II were Catholics and Jews added to this effort in a meaningful way. The term “Judeo-Christian” did not become popular until the 1950s. After 9/11, Muslims have been slowly included in these conversations, and the term “Abrahamic” gained widespread use. Related article 2nd day of protests over Trump's immigration policies Still, these gains have been fitful. Bitter wars in the Middle East, coupled with repeated terrorist attacks around the globe, have left even those respectful of different traditions feeling angry, confused and fearful of speaking out. Efforts toward coexistence, while much healthier than a generation ago, have stalled in recent years. President Trump may have changed that dynamic with a single stroke. More than 2,000 religious leaders signed a letter to the President and Congress supporting the refugees. Rallies have included people across the religious spectrum. And the backlash has since broadened to include widespread criticism of the White House’s  decision to exclude Jews from his statement recognizing International Holocaust Memorial Day as well as Trump’s tweet singling out Christians who were killed in the Middle East, while leaving out Jews, Muslims and others. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Ten years ago, during a visit to the Oval Office, I asked President George W. Bush, who had read my book “Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths” and expressed interest in religious dialogue, why he didn’t organize an event at the White House. “In my experience, these things are better off not being done by the President but by the grass-roots,” he told me. The new President may have shown how true that is. By bringing overtones of religious intolerance to the White House, he has finally roused the grass-roots. For a movement in need of signature moments, the impact has the potential to be profound.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170201211500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/opinions/trump-refugee-ban-bringing-religious-faiths-together-feiler/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "644206750", "sentence": "\"The first thing we ought to do is probably obey the Constitution,\" Paul said. \"Short of Congress voting on it, I'm opposed to illegal and unconstitutional wars,\" Paul added. Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday Congress would need to approve military action in Syria. “The first thing we ought to do is probably obey the Constitution,” Paul said on “Kilmeade and Friends.” “When Nikki Haley came before my committee and I voted for her, I asked her that question. ‘Will you try to take us to war? Will you advocate for war without constitutional or congressional authority?’ And she said no. So I assumed what she means by this is that, the President, if he decides to do something in Syria, he would come to Congress and ask for a declaration of war. Short of Congress voting on it, I’m opposed to illegal and unconstitutional wars.” Paul said he had sympathy for the images coming out of Syria, but any action would need to be carefully weighed. “I have the greatest amount of sympathy, I can’t see those pictures, it’s heartrending to see those pictures,” he said. “But going to war we have to decide, will it be better or worse? Will we improve our national security? Are we threatened currently by Syria, and if we go to war is (Syrian President Bashar al-)Assad likely to use less chemical weapons or more? There’s some argument for the more cornered and the more defeated in some ways more likely they are to use chemical weapons and actually for the less defeated they are that they’re less likely to use them. The bottom line is it’s horrific.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Congress approval for military action in Syria", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170406171500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/kfile-rand-paul-syria-trump/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "758809193", "sentence": "The world’s largest known freshwater pearl is going on sale at a public auction in the Netherlands next week. Known as “The Sleeping Lion” due to its unique shape, the rare natural object weighs almost 120 grams (4 ounces) and is over 2.7 inches long. Along with its size and animal-like appearance, the pearl is renowned for its approximately 300-year history, during which it changed hands between colonial merchants, noble jewelers and European royals, including Catherine the Great. The Sleeping Lion will be sold at the Venduehuis auction house in The Hague on May 31, with top estimates valuing it at 540,000 euros ($632,000). The pearl is of Chinese origin and is believed to have formed between 1700 and 1760, during the Qing dynasty, according to Venduehuis. Following its discovery, the Sleeping Lion was moved by Dutch merchants to Batavia, present-day Jakarta, before being shipped to Europe – a move believed to have violated the Chinese Emperor Qianlong’s ban on the export of large pearls. What's behind our obsession with gems? The item was first auctioned in 1778 in Amsterdam following the death of its owner, a wealthy merchant from the Dutch East India Company. Advertised on the auction flyer as a “well-known royal cabinet piece, depicting a sleeping lion, created by nature itself,” the pearl was purchased on behalf of the Empress of Russia, Catherine the Great, and moved to St. Petersburg, according to the Venduehuis catalog. The Sleeping Lion resurfaced in Poland in the mid-1800s and was bought by a jeweler working for Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a united Italy. It was then held by several other European jewelers, only to settle back in the Netherlands when the Russian Revolution of 1917 prevented it from returning to St. Petersburg. In 1979, the pearl was bought by its current owner, the Amsterdam Pearl Society. “What makes this object even more interesting is that it has traveled a long way since the 18th century,” Peter Meefout, director of Venduehuis, said by email. In recent decades, the pearl has been the subject of studies by both historians and gemologists. A 2014 paper, published in the Journal of Gemology, found that while the object’s shape and remarkable size are highly irregular, its interior layering is consistent with naturally occurring freshwater pearls. Rockefeller auction sells $646M in first night The auction lot includes a copper box built specifically for the pearl upon its discovery centuries ago. Both items will be on display this weekend, before being auctioned off for only the second time in nearly 240 years. “The Sleeping Lion Pearl will probably not be on sale for the coming 200 years or so,” Meefout said. “It’s the last chance for the Dutch public to view this wonder of nature.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Sleeping Lion pearl auction", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180524184500", "country1": "NLD", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/style/article/worlds-largest-pearl-sleeping-lion-auction-netherlands/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "761006126", "sentence": "President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his summit with Kim Jong Un is back on. This news came after senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol hand-delivered a letter from Kim Jong Un to the President. The White House released photos of its delivery, and this isn’t just any ordinary letter. It’s huge. .@POTUS @realDonaldTrump is presented with a letter from North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, Friday, June 1, 2018, by North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol in the Oval Office at the @WhiteHouse in Washington, D.C., followed by a meeting. (Official @WhiteHouse Photos by Shealah Craighead) pic.twitter.com/6a1PgFXS3v Some Twitter users were quick to point out that holding an envelope that size might make one’s hands look small. The President’s hand size is something he has previously defended. Do you think Trump has any idea that Kim Jong Un is mocking him with this enormous letter? https://t.co/JGBrKcb6Ea Are we sure the letter is really that big, or are Trump’s hands just that small? https://t.co/Qh8Iexatk1 Others wondered, will Trump reciprocate with an equally large letter? At what point does something stop being an envelope and start becoming a paper bag? Not to be outdone, Trump's reply letter will be delivered in an envelope the size of a football field. https://t.co/s4iN1Go7tt As for what this giant letter contained, well, we don’t know just yet. Right after his meeting Friday with Kim Yong Chol, President Trump told reporters he had not yet read the letter. But a White House official has since confirmed that the President has read the contents of that giant envelope. The letter was “carefully examined” by the Secret Service for anything potentially dangerous before the North Korean official was able to deliver it, according to a White House official. The summit is set to be held on June 12 in Singapore. CNN’s Steve Brusk contributed to this story", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180602014500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/01/us/trump-north-korea-huge-letter-trnd/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "514575801", "sentence": "Sandy Powell has won three Academy Awards and is nominated for her fourth for Carol A longstanding fan of Patricia Highsmith's novel, Powell has championed the adaptation from the off On the Academy: \"It should be completely mixed, and it isn't. We've known that for a long time\" Sandy Powell recalls the first time she encountered Carol Aird, the New York socialite trapped in a loveless marriage and drawn to the young, elfin Therese. Stuck in a train station in southeast England, the costume designer needed reading material. Perusing a shelf of books she came across “The Price of Salt” by Patricia Highsmith; slight and sandwiched between two Stephen King tomes. “I thought I was buying a thriller,” she remembers, laughing. “On the train home I read it in one go and was blown away. I thought ‘this would make just the most amazing film.’” Years later, over dinner with producer Elizabeth Carlson who had secured the rights, Powell stated her case for involvement. Carlson needed little convincing. Powell’s CV speaks for itself: A three-time Academy Award-winner, she’s designed costumes for every Scorsese film since 2002’s “Gangs of New York” and is a regular collaborator with Todd Haynes and Cate Blanchett, both of whom she would work with on “Carol”, Phyllis Nagy’s adaptation of Highsmith’s novel. A subtle, restrained affair, Powell’s costume design is integral to the film, both in tone and plot, and in Carol Aird we’re gifted a fashion icon for the ages. As the Awards approach, we sat down with Powell to discuss her methods, eroticism, and why the Academy’s new membership rules are still wide of the mark. “People talk about fashion and costume, but they are two different things,” argues Powell. Except when they’re not. Carol Aird is one such case: lifted from the pages of fashion glossies and interpreted in Powell’s inimitable style, she is distinctly on trend – if that trend is Autumn/Winter 1952. She wears her clothes as a symbol of status and wealth, and in marked contrast to the likes of aspiring set designer – and relatively dowdy – Therese. “The whole idea about ‘Carol’ was it’s about real people in real time,” she explains. “In my mind, 1952 isn’t the Fifties – I don’t think the Fifties as we recognize them happened until about halfway through the decade. “The actual look of the film is really that of the late Forties – apart from somebody like Carol, who can afford bang on-date fashion.” Therefore, whilst Powell’s quintessential colors, bold and saturated, appear at times in Carol’s wardrobe, Therese’s look is “much more muted and subdued” than Powell says she is used to – until that is, Therese meets Carol, and her outfits begin to change. “There’s a power dynamic,” says Powell, “which is all reflected in the clothing.” After dressing Cate Blanchett for “The Aviator” (for which Powell won her second Oscar) and “Cinderella” (for which she is also nominated this year), their relationship was such that together they were able to get under the skin of Highsmith’s character. Insulated by winter, Carol and Therese’s lesbian love affair is nonetheless kindled and nurtured in an era of sexual repression. In a screenplay littered with caesura and pregnant pauses, every visual aspect of “Carol”, from body language to costume design, demands the audience’s attention. And it’s in these moments that Powell and Blanchett do their greatest work, filling voids with what isn’t said, but nonetheless expressed. “Cate and I talked about what was erotic and what was not,” says Powell. “Carol wears clothes that are high up at the neck. There’s no flesh showing really, but there are little areas that are accentuated, like the sleeves on all the dresses are bracelet length, halfway down the forearms. “Things like wrists, neck and ears are all accentuated. She touches her ears and her earrings, and your eyes are drawn to the neck. There’s these tiny hidden areas we were accentuating. That was deliberate, because we didn’t want to make anybody overtly sexual.” “It really is a collaboration: I provide the clothes, and then work closely with the actors,” she says. “It’s not just about how a costume looks, but that the actor does in it. My clothes are a tool for them to create their character.” Powell says that despite the obvious links between fashion and costume design, she’s reluctant to put too much stock in suggesting film influences fashion. “People always say to me ‘Do you think your costumes inspire fashion?’ and I say not at all. But then,” ponders the designer, “maybe they have.” “I’ve certainly been inspired by fashion… perhaps it is symbiotic. But then half the time I think it’s a zeitgeist thing; we’re all thinking the same thing at the same time.” For a designer who has made her name and won her awards in largely period films, there are obvious reference points to be sought, and Powell has said she pored through specific editions of Vogue in the research stages of “Carol”. Whilst she returns continually to the original Balenciaga and Dior, Jean-Paul Gautier, Jean Galliano and Alexander McQueen all have a place in her contemporary influences. But not all influences – or fabrics – are inspired by the runway. Having lived in Brixton, south London for many years, Powell has a keen appreciation for the African prints sold in local markets, some of which featured in the Oscar-winning “Young Victoria.” “I’ve always loved the diversity,” she says of Brixton, something she suggests does not currently extend to the Academy. “I completely agree in getting more women into the Academy, for sure, as well as different ethnicities,” she argues. “[It] should be completely mixed, and it isn’t. We’ve known that for a long time.” She knows however that it is not merely a matter of membership. “The industry has got to be prepared to employ more [ethnic minorities],” she says. Along with the new raft of regulations announced by Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs is a stipulation that has ruffled feathers: that members without a credit in the past 10 years could lose their right to vote. “That I find a little odd,” she says. “I might stop work for ten years… and then be struck off, when I’m perfectly capable of watching films and having an opinion.” For now though Powell is in no danger of falling into that category, with London-based punk film “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” in the can and due to hit screens later this year. Irrespective of what happens at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, her legacy is already more than assured.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Academy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160223104500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/fashion/sandy-powell-carol-interview/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "711886330", "sentence": "North Korea this week broke a two-month lull in weapons testing State media declared the Hwasong-15 missile its \"most powerful ICBM\" An intercontinental ballistic missile that North Korea said could reach the “whole” mainland of the United States likely broke up upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, a US official said Saturday. North Korea on Tuesday broke a two-month lull in weapons testing. It launched an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-15, that state-controlled media described as the “most powerful ICBM” carrying a “super-large heavy warhead” to unprecedented heights of almost 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles). Technical analysis of the missile flight is ongoing, but the US official said “the North Koreans had problems with re-entry. “ Coupled with the rogue regime’s need to master missile guidance and targeting, the re-entry failure underscores the challenges facing the country’s weapons program, according to the official. Still, the ability of the new missile to fly higher and longer than others in the past signals the program’s intent to develop weapons capable of attacking the US. While some US military officials have referred to the missile launched Tuesday as a “KN 22” – a designation signaling the launch involves a new type of ICBM – other officials urge caution in categorizing the missile. So far, US officials believe the latest test involved a single missile in the inventory, and that future launches will likely include missiles with modifications. The initial analysis shows Tuesday’s launch likely involved a two-stage missile with a non-explosive dummy warhead, the official said. The first stage was significantly larger than that on other missiles. The larger size of the first and second stages allows the missile to fly a greater distance with a larger payload. The missile was at least partially fueled by liquid fuel – which, along with some other indicators monitored by sensors and satellites, allowed the US receive an earlier warning of the launch, according to the official. The country’s state media announced the test on Wednesday, hours after leader Kim Jong Un ordered the launch of the Hwasong-15 missile, which reached the highest altitude ever recorded by a North Korean missile.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171202204500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/02/asia/north-korea-missile-re-entry/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "622683731", "sentence": "Vote to take place on February 20 Trump invited on state visit which would include meeting Queen Members of the UK parliament are to hold a debate on President Donald Trump’s controversial state visit. The debate, which will be held in the House of Commons on February 20, comes after a petition calling for the invite to be scrapped attracted over 1.6 million signatures. A counter petition, supporting Trump’s visit, will also be discussed, after it gathered the support of more than the required 100,000 signatures required to trigger a debate in Parliament. Demonstrations took place across the UK Monday with thousands turning out to protest against Trump’s potential visit in which he would be expected to meet Queen Elizabeth II. There has been growing anger over Trump’s travel ban which has imposed a 90-day ban people from seven Muslim-majority nations and to restrict the number of refugees who can enter the country. The executive order was signed just hours after British Prime Minister Theresa May left the White House after becoming the first world leader to hold talks with Trump. Since then, May has come under fire for her slow response in criticizing the ban and her perceived reluctance to speak out against Trump. May did eventually comment when one of her spokespeople said “we do not agree with this kind of approach,” adding that immigration was a matter for the US to decide on its own. Related video May on special relationship, Trump on torture May’s invitation to Trump, which was made during a joint press conference in Washington last week, has caused anger both inside Parliament and with the public. It has also left Buckingham Palace under the spotlight. Related article Theresa May in trouble over Trump's UK state visit invite In a letter to Tuesday’s Times newspaper, the respected former head of the Foreign Office, Peter Ricketts, said May had put The Queen in a “very difficult position” and should protect her by downgrading Trump’s invitation to an “official visit”. Such a trip would be a far quieter affair, involving talks with May and a low-profile call on the monarch. No US President has received a state visit in his first year in office, making Trump’s invite unprecedented. President Barack Obama was afforded the honor 28 months into his tenure, while George W. Bush was extended the invite after 32 months. On Monday, Downing Street said that May “extended an invitation on behalf of the Queen - and she was very happy to do so.” But her stance has caused consternation with MPs urging for any invite to be rescinded until the travel ban is halted. “Why on earth has Theresa the appeaser got him here within a few months?” asked Labour lawmaker Mike Gapes during a Parliamentary debate Monday. Another Labour member of Parliament, Yvette Cooper, urged Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson “for the sake of history, for heaven’s sake have the guts to speak out!” Earlier, Johnson labeled Trump’s travel ban as “divisive and wrong,” while London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the move was “shameful and cruel.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Theresa May's invitation to Donald Trump for a UK state visit", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170131154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/politics/donald-trump-parliament-state-visit-debate/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "726077634", "sentence": "In just one year, US President Donald Trump has changed the way Asia looks at the United States. The cornerstones of American power in Asia, Japan, Australia and South Korea, all lost a little faith in their longtime close ally and protector in 2017, according to Gallup polling. No military assets have been withdrawn, no embassies closed, but the lack of interest expressed by a US administration focused on “America First” has deeply shaken its status in the region. “Nowadays when we attend international conferences (around Asia), nobody really talks about the United States anymore … it’s a little bit strange,” Chisuke Masuo, associate professor at Kyushu University’s Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, told CNN. Uncertainty about America’s commitment to the region has prompted local leaders to strengthen ties with each other, to prepare for the day when the US no longer has their backs. Meanwhile, a number of simmering flashpoints across the region could test the US’ commitment to its allies, and Masuo said China is likely to use those points of tension to prove its regional supremacy. “It’s the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party in July 2021, and I think (Chinese President) Xi Jinping will love to demonstrate his people that China has become a dominant power in Asia by then,” she said. “The US may want to change its Asia policy after three years, but I’m very worried if that will be possible,” Masuo added. “China is restructuring the entire international order in the Asia Pacific.” Related article Why China won 2017 and how Donald Trump helped them do it Nowhere in Southeast Asia is the power struggle between the United States and China as clear as in the fight for control of the South China Sea. It’s a regional flashpoint which has long threatened to spark a larger armed conflict amid territorial claims from at least five separate countries for a small collection of reefs and submerged islands. Related article South China Sea: How 2017's forgotten flashpoint could flare again Since Trump was sworn into office, tensions have faded as Washington and Beijing’s attention turned north to the Korean Peninsula, Ian Storey, senior fellow at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, told CNN. “But if history is anything to go by, it means tensions will start to rise again,” he said. China has not stopped expanding its footprint in the South China Sea during the North Korea crisis, continuing to extend its hold over the area through bases for aircraft and radar installations. Storey said over the next three years there are several lines China could cross which would likely provoke a fierce reaction from the United States and other Southeast Asian nations. For instance, it could declare an air defense zone over the Spratley Islands, as it did in the East China Sea, or Chinese forces could begin reclamation of Scarborough Shoal. “(Additionally) so far China has refrained from sending any fighter aircraft to its artificial islands, but given the scale of the facilities they’ve built on three of these features for aircraft, it’s really only a question of time,” he said. “That would warrant a reaction from Southeast Asian countries … so I think China is playing it cautious for the moment. (But) I mean if they do, what options do those countries have other than to protest?” Several countries in Southeast Asia have already started moving closer to China as US influence in the region fades, including a startling about-face by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in 2017. But the country to watch as a litmus test of China’s growing influence in Southeast Asia is Vietnam, Storey said, which has emerged as a surprising US ally in recent years. In 2017, Vietnam built a closer defense and security relationship with the US while standing as perhaps the last major opposition to China in the neighboring sea. A US aircraft carrier will be visiting the country in 2018 for the first time since the Vietnam War. Storey said any moves by Vietnam towards Beijing would be stunning. “That would be a key indication that China is winning in the region and that Southeast Asian countries were making concessions to China,” he said. Related article Can the world's mightiest naval fleet survive the perfect storm? The vast majority of American power in Asia, both military and diplomatic, is centered on the Korean Peninsula. In 2017, the North Korean government announced it had developed missiles capable of hitting the mainland United States, sparking a war of words between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump as well as conflicting views inside Washington over how to resolve the crisis. Related article Trump's first year of diplomacy finds friends and foes How the standoff ends could well determine the future of US power in Asia, but John Park, director of the Korea Working Group at Harvard Kennedy School, told CNN the event itself shows the cracks in American influence. “The current North Korean nuclear crisis is showing the considerable effort that the US has to make to project its power,” he said. It isn’t just the impotence of the US to stop North Korea attaining nuclear weapons. Repeated threats of military action which could come at the expense of South Korea have caused concerns among the close US ally, Park said. “The pillar of the decades-old assurance that the US would defend Seoul as if it were Los Angeles is appearing to shake,” he said. Trump’s threats of potential military intervention in North Korea are likely to be tested in coming years as well. Park said further missile testing is likely in 2018, as well as a possible atmospheric nuclear test by the North Koreans. Neighboring countries will be watching the US carefully and any rash conflict sparked by Washington will be laid straight at the White House’s door. “The credibility of US leadership as a provider of global stability would erode,” Park said. But while international attention is focused on the Korean Peninsula, China could seek to test US influence in Asia through a completely separate flashpoint in East Asia. In his speech at the 19th Party Congress in October, Xi Jinping did not mince his words when saying the national reunification of Taiwan with the mainland was a vital part of his plan for China. Related article Rubio: How US and Asian democracies can counter China Mainland Chinese authorities announced in early 2018 they would be opening new air routes over the Taiwan Straits, in an area close to the island itself, without consulting Taipei’s government. “The one thing that has never changed (for Beijing) is the Taiwan position,” Xu Guoqi, Kerry Group professor at the University of Hong Kong, told CNN. “They always claimed Taiwan was part of China … so now as China becomes more assertive, more powerful, as the Americans pull back, Beijing might do something that might be a surprise.” Any moves by China against Taiwan would be a test for US influence, as Washington has been a close ally of Taipei for decades. If American promises to defend the island from Beijing aggression weren’t honored, Xu said, the backdown could shatter US influence and alliances in Asia. Barely two weeks into 2018, Indian Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said it was time for India to shift its defensive focus to the northern border it shares with China. “The country is capable of handling China’s assertiveness. China is a powerful country, but we are not a weak nation,” he said in New Delhi on January 12, according to the Indian Express. The comments infuriated Beijing, spurring a series of rebukes from the Chinese Foreign Ministry and even editorials in state media publications. Related video Trump: Relations with India better than ever But Bharat Karnad, research professor in national security studies at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi, said the repositioning was necessary and long overdue. “We are shifting our military focus from Pakistan to China. This is something we should done 30 years ago,” he said, adding further tensions on the Chinese/Indian border such as the 2017 standoff at Doklam were inevitable. According to Rawat, India and several other countries in Asia, including Japan, were already treating the US as a “fading power,” who could no longer be relied on for defense purposes. “It could manifest itself in the future via Asian countries and especially India and Japan cooperating and collaborating further on their security objectives,” he said. Other countries in South Asia have anticipated the new paradigm in a different way, choosing to make definitive moves closer to the government in Beijing. Pakistan is a close part of China’s grand One Belt One Road infrastructure initiative which will be unfolding in Asia over the coming years as Beijing sponsors projects across the region with an aim to recreate the original Silk Road. Speaking to CNN, former Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said she didn’t believe her country had to pick between the US or China, but added Beijing had been a long-term partner for Pakistan. “(China is) perhaps the only real strategic partner Pakistan has had, not from today or the last five years, but for the last four decades. With them, we have a complete alignment of interest,” she said. In January, the US confirmed it would be suspending an estimated $1 billion in security assistance to Pakistan over what it sees as a failure by the Pakistani government to adequately clamp down on terror groups within its borders. Elsewhere, Myanmar’s controversial State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi recently visited Beijing again to a warm reception, while the Sri Lanka the government announced it had granted a Chinese company a 99-year lease on a newly constructed port. Despite India’s neighbors Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar working closely with China, Karnad said Delhi had one advantage which would hold Beijing at bay for the near future at least. “(China) cannot afford to lose the Indian market,” he said. “If it upsets India too much, it can shut off the Indian market to Chinese goods, the Chinese economy takes a big hit … Things are far more difficult for China than many people in the West make out.” It’s been a rough year for Australia diplomatically, caught in complicated and fractious relationships with both US President Donald Trump and the Chinese government. In the second half of the year, China and Australia regularly clashed over allegations of interference by Beijing in domestic Australian politics, allegations the Chinese vehemently denied. In January, Australian International Development Minister Concetta Fierravanta-Wells told local media China’s aid in the Pacific was just creating “useless” buildings and “roads to nowhere.” Hugh White, professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University, says Australia is still trapped in the mantra which has defined its diplomatic choices for a decade: “Australia doesn’t have to choose between the United States and China.” Related article Australia aims to curb China clout with new laws on political funding Even the new Australian foreign policy white paper published at the end of 2017 makes little reference to the possibility of a reduced US role in the Asia region. “Australia tangibly supports the deep engagement of the United States in the economic and security affairs of the region, which has been and continues to be essential to the stability and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific,” the document says. But White warned that over the next three years, trapped between an increasingly aggressive China and a disinterested White House, Canberra could be caught unprepared for a new Asia. “Australia doesn’t have a policy on this, it just has a series of hopes,” he said. With Australia hugely reliant on the United States for its defense, any breakdown of US influence or presence in the Asia region could leave the island nation militarily adrift, White said. To complicate matters, Australia looks likely to see a change in government before 2021, with the current government under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull broadly unpopular across polls. Related article China or the US? Australia's tricky balancing act There’s no indication as yet whether a new Labor government would change its policy to China or the United States. Michael Fullilove, executive director of Sydney’s Lowy Institute, doesn’t agree with White that China is guaranteed to assume the leadership of the Asia region, but added navigating the coming years would take deft diplomacy for Australia. “What Australia needs to do is hedge … by seeking to play an active role (diplomatically), by strengthening our connections with other countries. The more we can strengthen our connections with India, Indonesia and Japan, the harder it is for Asia to be dominated by one particular state,” he said. At the same time, Fullilove said Australia needs to work to keep the US engaged in the region while cooperating with China when it is in Canberra’s interests to do so. “That’s a very ambitious foreign policy I just sketched out – the question in a lot of minds is, ‘is the volatile Australian political system capable of it? 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{"article_id": "678967506", "sentence": "When it comes to shocking developments in the winding probe into President Donald Trump’s campaign, the 2016 election, the Russians, hacking, allegations of collusion, and who-knows-what-else, the revelation on Thursday that special counsel Robert Mueller had issued grand jury subpoenas somehow managed to feel like an anticlimax. Mueller’s particular concern in this case appears to be Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer, among others, at Trump Tower in June 2016. But the real news here has less to do with the particulars than the existence of the grand jury itself – and where that leads. This investigation, triggered by Moscow’s meddling, is now expanding. Mueller is on the money trail, with an eye on Trump and his associates’ financial ties to Russia. That is a potential rabbit hole that could lead to some very weird places, including those with no bearing or relation to the 2016 election. So again, while the panel will in theory allow Mueller and his team to expedite their work and help bring about some kind of legally and politically satisfying conclusion to what is – and who would disagree at this point? – a generational fiasco, it could also prolong and deepen it. History would vote for the latter. Just ask former President Bill Clinton. Or the special prosecutor who led the probe that took us from Whitewater to Monica Lewinsky’s blue dress. Ken Starr, in an interview on CNN Friday, warned about the danger of Mueller ranging too far from his mandate – remarks that, as CNN’s Chris Cillizza noted, confirmed irony’s untimely death.  But years have gone by and there is, perhaps, an argument that Starr, as much as anyone, has a sense of precisely how these things can go haywire. We are coming up now on the 19th anniversary of Clinton’s big grand jury testimony, the first given by a sitting president into an inquiry focused on his own behavior. Nixon took his turn after leaving office. Clinton answered the Starr team’s questions from the White House, his image and voice beamed out over closed-circuit television. Given Trump’s predicament, the subject matter that day underlines a certain ironic twist. Starr began his inquiry because of a controversy surrounding Clinton’s finances and Whitewater investments. He ended up elbows deep in graphic inquiries about the President’s sex life. Mueller, by contrast, was hired to probe the Trump campaign and Russia, and the potential for collusion or other kinds of skullduggery, but he could now feasibly get bogged down in Trump’s financial transactions. The August 1998 exchange yielded what Starr would ultimately characterize as three lies – or instances of perjury. First, when Clinton denied engaging in oral sex (answering the question of whether it was performed on him, “As I understood it, it was not, no.”); next when Clinton suggested, “You are free to infer that my testimony is that I did not have sexual relations, as I understood this term to be defined”; and finally that he had implicitly misled prosecutors about when the relationship began. But the interrogation is most famous for Clinton’s lawyerly demurrals and deflections. None more so than his response when asked whether “the statement (made by his lawyer) that there was ‘no sex of any kind in any manner, shape or form, with President Clinton,’ was an utterly false statement”? Clinton replied (and this is just the first couple lines!): “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the – if he – if ‘is’ means is and never has been that is not – that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement.” Whatever else it is, the exchange was a deeply damaging for the President, who had clearly moved on from trying to convince the public to salvaging is job and beating back a potential perjury charge. If you’re wondering now what this conversation had to do with Whitewater, the investigation into a bad land deal the Clinton’s were involved in back in Arkansas, you would have been in good company in the late 1990s. If you’re curious as to how the broader story is relevant today, simply consider how easily the initial focus of the probe switched gears. And that, simply, comes from subjects giving false or potentially false or misleading statements under oath. The grand jury will speed up the process of requesting testimony and documentation. If, in the case of the Trump campaign and its “satellites,” conflicts begin to emerge, like in certain parties’ recollections (and records) of that June 2016 meeting, the potential for prosecution could arise even if the meeting itself was legally above board. But that’s all, in all likelihood, a long way off.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump campaign and Russia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170805224500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/05/politics/trump-white-house-grand-jury-clinton/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "710613317", "sentence": "Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said his panel won’t share with another key committee a transcript of an interview his investigators conducted with Jared Kushner, a move that could force President Donald Trump’s son-in-law to return to Capitol Hill for further questioning. Burr told CNN that the transcript of the July interview won’t leave his committee, despite a request from a second panel, the Senate Judiciary Committee, to review Kushner’s responses behind closed doors to Senate Intelligence as part of its Russia investigation. “We don’t hand out transcripts,” Burr said in the Capitol. “No.” Moreover, the Senate Intelligence Committee is also signaling it wants to bring Kushner back for further questioning as well. “I believe there are an awful lot of questions that Mr. Kushner still has to answer,” Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on Senate Intelligence, told CNN. The pressure on Kushner comes after the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee suggested that he had not been responsive to the committee’s requests, demanding to see transcriptions of his interviews with other panels. The comments are significant because the two leaders of the Senate Judiciary, Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein, told Kushner in a letter earlier this month that it wanted to review transcripts from his interviews with other congressional committees, including the House and Senate Intelligence panels, if he did not agree to come before Judiciary for questioning. The refusal to share the transcript between committees also points to another lingering issue on Capitol Hill: That the committees often butt heads as they compete for witnesses and information as part of the three separate Hill investigations into Russia meddling. “Those committees have not provided us with transcripts of any of their other witness interviews,” Grassley and Feinstein said in their letter to Kushner. “If you are able to secure for the Committee copies of the transcripts from Mr. Kushner’s other interviews, then please provide them and we will consider whether the transcript satisfies the needs of our investigation.” In response to the letter, Kushner’s attorney noted that his client had already spent “six or more hours answering any relevant question” to Senate and House Intelligence and said they are not in possession of the transcript. “I do not understand why these committees would not provide the transcripts to you,” wrote attorney Abbe Lowell in the November 17 letter to Grassley and Feinstein. “We have told both committees we have no objection to their providing them to you or in response to any bipartisan request from a committee with proper jurisdiction.” In an interview with CNN last week, Lowell said his client is willing to cooperate if another interview is sought. “Mr. Kushner has been very clear that will cooperate as he has been voluntarily with all bipartisan requests from committees on anything that’s relevant. He’s done it and he’ll do it again,” Lowell told CNN’s Evan Perez on November 19. Lowell did not respond to CNN request for further comment. The Senate Judiciary Committee initially set a Monday deadline for Kushner to provide a wide-range of information, asking for records regarding communications with Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, as well as a correspondence about WikiLeaks during the campaign season and information about a security clearance form that initially failed to disclose his foreign contacts. But that timeline demand has eased as both the Judiciary panel and Kushner’s team are engaged in negotiations for Kushner to provide the documents the committee requested. Grassley told CNN Monday that Kushner was being “cooperative” to the panel’s latest requests as part of the latest round of talks. Asked if he still wanted to bring Kushner in for a transcribed interview, Grassley said he wanted to see what documents the White House adviser first provides to the committee. “I think what we’re after is the documents that evidently we didn’t make clear in our first request that we wanted,” Grassley said. “We are exchanging letters on that point. We’re going to review that stuff before I can answer the question.” Despite meeting with two Hill panels in July, Kushner remains of interest on Capitol Hill because of his contacts with Russians during the campaign season and transition as well as the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower, which was also attended by Russian operatives and the President’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. All three Hill panels still want to question Trump Jr. this year. Trump Jr. has already met once this fall with Senate Judiciary staff. “We plan to interview him,” Burr told CNN, referring to the President’s son. “I don’t know when that will happen. … We don’t have that set yet.” This story has been updated and will continue to be updated with new developments.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Senate Intelligence Committee", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171128160000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/jared-kushner-congress-russia-investigation/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "701174798", "sentence": "Hillary Clinton was unaware of the now-infamous dossier of allegations about Donald Trump and Russia prior to Buzzfeed’s publishing of the document earlier this year, a source familiar with the matter has told CNN. Clinton was disappointed that the research from the document was not made public before she lost the 2016 election, the source said. The New York Times first reported on Wednesday that Clinton didn’t know about the dossier until it was published, citing two associates who discussed the matter with her. The news comes a day after the law firm representing the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee acknowledged it helped fund opposition research on President Donald Trump that ultimately resulted in the dossier. CNN reported Tuesday that a source familiar with the matter said the law firm retained the intelligence firm Fusion GPS and entered “into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November.” CNN has previously reported that the Fusion efforts researching Trump were first funded by Republican foes of Trump, and Democrats began paying the research firm later on, after Trump became the presumptive nominee. The identity of the Republican client or clients has not yet been publicly revealed. Clinton is not the only high-profile Democrat to deny knowledge of the document before it was published. The Clinton campaign’s national press secretary, Brian Fallon, tweeted Tuesday about the reported tie between the campaign and the dossier. “I regret I didn’t know about Christopher Steele’s hiring pre-election,” he tweeted, referring to the former British intelligence agent who authored the dossier. “If I had, I would have volunteered to go to Europe and try to help him.” “If I’d gotten his dossier before Nov 8, I may have tried to convince Mook & Podesta to let me hold a Comey-style press conference to read it,” Fallon, who is now a CNN political contributor, tweeted. DNC communications director Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement Tuesday: “Tom Perez and the new leadership of the DNC were not involved in any decision-making regarding Fusion GPS, nor were they aware that Perkins Coie was working with the organization.” “But let’s be clear, there is a serious federal investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, and the American public deserves to know what happened,” the statement read. Trump also made mention of the dossier this week, calling Clinton’s and others’ denial of having any knowledge of it a “disgrace.” “Hillary Clinton always denied it. The Democrats always denied it, and now, only because it is going to come out in a court case, they said yes they did it. They admitted it and they are embarrassed by it. I think it is a disgrace,” Trump said Wednesday. CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misspelled Fusion GPS. CNN’s Eli Watkins and Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171026044500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/hillary-clinton-dossier-buzzfeed/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "693827806", "sentence": "Donald Trump arrived on the Republican primary circuit in 2015 with a promise to get by with a little help from his friends – “the best and most serious people” on the market. But after eight months in office, that pledge has become a favorite punchline on the web. Rather than a home to efficient, skilled operators, the Trump White House has been marked by an eccentric swirl of office politics run amok and off-hours fits of pique. Set aside, if only for a moment, the very real issues animating the President’s response to Puerto Rico, his views on white supremacist marchers, and the ongoing Russia scandaI. If you pitched what remained as satire, an editor would toss it right back as overdone. (Someone find Thad Cochran!) Here’s a quick skip through the profound – and very real – weirdness that has colored much of the current administration. No one hides from the press (or the President) better than Trump’s people. First there was former FBI director James Comey. Trump initially decided to keep Comey on in his job and, during a post-inaugural reception at the White House, singled him out for a handshake and slap on the back. But as Comey confidante Ben Wittes told it on the Lawfare blog, the lanky lawman tried to avoid the awkward interaction by blending in with the drapes, which matched his blazer. Related video Friend: James Comey tried to avoid Trump “So he stood in the back, right in front of the drapes,” Wittes wrote, “hoping Trump wouldn’t notice him camouflaged against the wall.” Alas, the President caught a glimpse. “Oh, and there’s Jim,” Trump said. “He’s become more famous than me!” That relationship would sour a bit, and on the occasion of Comey’s firing, in early May, Trump communications staffers tried to steer clear of the media. Most notable was Sean Spicer, the dissembling former press secretary, who hid in – correction: among – some bushes on the White House grounds rather than confront a hungry pack of reporters. Priebus is in this van on tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, as Potus has not yet disembarked. Driver pulled van away as press moved toward it pic.twitter.com/mlrV2s3U8P Former chief of staff Reince Priebus’s departure from his job, ditched on the tarmac after a ride on Air Force One, was an uncomfortable affair. Perhaps it would have been less so if there was a large trash can there to obscure reporters’ view. This photo, courtesy of @tedbarrettcnn: Reince Priebus ducking out of Senate lunch for a phone call, obscured by giant trash bin pic.twitter.com/hoD8QDOnvu And then there is the curious case of Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and their vacation schedule. The couple and their children often seem to be away when the President starts lighting fires. Is it a coincidence? Are they keeping a lid on Oval Office shenanigans – only to see it pop off when they leave? Or is it – as the critics have increasingly suggested – that they are actively trying to stay out of the less flattering headlines? To Trump, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is the “Rocket Man.” That song, by Elton John, is from 1972. Another famous tune, from the same year, could be applied to Trump: David Bowie’s “Starman.” Trump has repeatedly found himself in odd situations with the biggest star of all: the sun. He most recently took on a solar eclipse – training the presidential retinas directly on it. According to the press pool on hand that afternoon, “White House aides standing beneath the Blue Room Balcony shouted ‘don’t look’” as Trump, well, looked. Before that, there was the famous “orb.” During his first visit to the Gulf as President, Trump gathered with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to paw an odd-looking, glowing sphere. @KingSalman and @POTUS inaugurate The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh. #RiyadhSummit pic.twitter.com/do6cFL7wBW As it turns out, this was less a star than some kind of incandescent globe, meant to signify, as noted in the Saudi embassy tweet, some kind of new joint effort to combat terrorism. But Trump’s most studied grappling with solar power came during a pair of visits to Europe earlier this year, when he repeatedly engaged in prolonged handshakes with French President Emmanuel Macron. The young leader has an appreciation for both clean energy and the power exercised by the Sun King, Louis XIV. If we know one thing about Trump, it’s that he prizes loyalty – to Trump. He tells us constantly. His subordinates know it and have, on occasion, gone to outsize lengths to prove their own. One memorable example: Before his own wings were clipped, The Washington Post reported, Priebus was called on to ground a fly that infiltrated an Oval Office meeting. It had been buzzing, and annoying Trump, who duly “summoned his chief of staff and tasked him with killing the insect.” Doing Trump’s bidding, however ridiculous, is a core competency in this White House. Spicer’s thirst for the job was tested on his first weekend, when he declared the audience for the previous day’s festivities the largest “to ever witness an inauguration, period.” Spicer’s rant was a signal of things to come. The next day. Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway went on NBC  to defend her colleague’s assertions, up to a point. “You’re saying it’s a falsehood,” she told “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd. “And they’re giving – Sean Spicer, our press secretary – gave alternative facts.” Related video Trump's Cabinet showers boss with praise But there was no alternative, only love, when Trump formally introduced his Cabinet in June. As the group went up and down a long conference table, they hand-bathed the President in praise. Here’s a taste: And then came Priebus for the topper: “On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you’ve given us to serve your agenda and the American people.” Do a deal. Have a meal. Trump has brought with him to the presidency some of the vestiges of the New York City real estate life. Among them, a desire to combine food with business. Related article Trump, Dems move closer to deal on DACA Earlier this month, that meant dinner with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi included Chinese food, but no Republicans. They walked out of the meeting with some conflicting reviews, though not of the cuisine. The questions centered on whether Trump had agreed to a deal that would protect DACA recipients in exchange for a bump in border security (but no money for the wall). That last bit is still a mystery. What’s not is the President’s preference for a chocolate dessert. At the Pelosi-Schumer get-together, it was pie. But back in April, there was a different order. Two of them, actually. First for cake, then for airstrikes on Syria. How do we know – and why do we care – what Trump had for dessert before making the decision? Because he told us. In an interview with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, the President turned his recollection of the strikes into an advertisement for his Mar-a-Lago resort. .@POTUS tells @MariaBartiromo he told President Xi about the Missile strikes over \"the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake.\" pic.twitter.com/vPLu7ZhxbR “We had finished dinner,” he said of himself and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We’re now having dessert – and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen, and President Xi was enjoying it – and I was given the message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded.” And then? “We made a determination to do it, so the missiles were on the way.” It wasn’t the first time the President put on a show for the paying customers at Mar-a-Lago. In February, Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were tucking into iceberg wedge salads when word came down that North Koreans had launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile. The leaders got down to business in full view of gawking guests. Some aides even illuminated potentially sensitive briefing papers with the flashlights on their phones, which might or might not have been secure. (Spicer later told reporters the leaders had been “reviewing the logistics for the press conference,” not scouring classified documents.) Waiters stayed on the scene too, swapping out the salads for a main course. But Trump and Abe soon moved to another room. It’s unclear if they ever made it to dessert. The Trump administration is still short of the quarter pole and it’s already staked a claim to being the leakiest in American history. How bad is it? Well, when national security adviser H.R. McMaster authored a memo warning against the “unauthorized disclosure of classified information or controlled unclassified United States Government information,” it was promptly shared with Buzzfeed. Related video Audio of Scaramucci's vulgar call released And while it’s not usually considered a leak when it comes from the President’s mouth, The Washington Post in May reported that Trump shared highly classified information with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador during an Oval Office meeting. The list goes on. Short-lived communications director Anthony Scaramucci sealed his own fate when, in his zest for pursuing leakers, he called up the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza to chat – on the record – about his colleagues. Warning, this link contains lots of graphic language. And then there is new Trump lawyer Ty Cobb. He recently gave The New York Times a look at the inner workings of a White House increasingly at odds with itself over how to manage special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. How so? By conducting the conversation, with a colleague, over lunch at a popular Washington steakhouse in the immediate vicinity of both the White House and the Times’ DC bureau. How did the reporter spot him? Well, here’s a picture of Cobb. And here’s what he looked like on that afternoon, dining and prattling on about all manner of internal intrigue. Here's a photo of Ty Cobb & John Dowd casually & loudly discussing details of Russia investigation at @BLTSteakDC while I sat at next table. pic.twitter.com/RfX9JLJ0Te", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump White House", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170929114500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/politics/strange-stories-from-trump-era/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "469395053", "sentence": "Abdul Shalabi's transfer from Guantanamo is the second announced in less than a week That leaves 114 detainees at the U.S. naval base on the eastern tip of Cuba Abdul Shalabi, a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was once thought to have been a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, has been transferred to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Tuesday. Shalabi’s transfer from Guantanamo was the second announced in less than a week, leaving 114 detainees at the naval base that the Obama administration is pushing to close. “The United States is grateful to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The United States coordinated with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to ensure this transfer took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures,” the Defense Department said in a statement. Related gallery Photos: Inside Guantanamo Bay It announced last week that Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri had been transferred to Morocco. The remaining 114 detainees being held at Guantanamo fall into two categories: Those who can be transferred to other countries and those who the United States must continue to hold. In August, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that Pentagon teams were looking at U.S. sites to house the detainees. Closing the military detention facility at the U.S. naval base on Cuba was among Obama’s 2008 campaign pledges, but he’s run into stiff opposition in Congress, particularly from Republicans who say moving terror suspects onto U.S. soil would pose unnecessary security risks. CNN’s Ross Levitt and Eric Bradner contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150923013000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/politics/guantanamo-detainee-abdul-shalabi-transfer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "547680631", "sentence": "NEW: Suspect detained, according to reports in state media A single gunman attacked the intelligence agency office, according to reports A suspect in an attack on a Jordanian intelligence agency office which killed five people Monday has been apprehended, according to reports in Petra, the country’s state media. The attack, which took place in Baqaa, the country’s largest refugee camp, is understood to be the work of a lone attacker and saw the death of three intelligence officers and two workers, Petra reported, citing government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani. The camp is a vast facility housing some 120,000 Palestinian refugees situated about 20 kilometers (more than 12 miles) from the capital, Amman. Al-Momani said the initial indications are that this was an individual isolated incident and that the investigation is still ongoing. A single assailant armed with an automatic weapon was responsible, reported Al Rai, a newspaper close to the government, citing “informed sources.” Related video U.S. and Jordan join forces for military exercises The attacker drove to the office at about 7 a.m. local time before carrying out the attack, the newspaper reported. Describing it as a “terrorist” act, Momani said the targeting of the office on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan showed “a clear indication of their criminal behavior and their deviation from our religion,” according to Petra. Authorities are searching for the attacker; there has been no claim of responsibility. Jordan’s Queen Rania tweeted her condolences Monday. “At the start of the month of giving and mercy, a despicable act of terror has taken the lives of five of Jordan’s sons,” she wrote on her official account. Related video Jordan foils 'criminal plot linked to ISIS' “We offer our condolences to the nation on these martyrs of duty, and call on God to grant their families patience and solace.” Jordan is a key Arab member of the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition and has carried out strikes against the group in both Iraq and Syria. In March, Jordanian security forces carried out a series of raids against suspected ISIS militants it said planned to strike civilian and military targets in the country. Following the raids, seven suspected terrorists attacked Jordanian forces in the northern city of Irbid. All the militants and one Jordanian soldier died in the clash. The Baqaa camp was established in 1968 for Palestinian refugees displaced in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jordanian intelligence agency", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160606141500", "country1": "JOR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/middleeast/jordan-baqaa-camp-attack/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "471773674", "sentence": "Lebanon has been overwhelmed with 1.1 million Syrian refugees Barbara Massaad has published a humanitarian cookbook to benefit the UNHCR's food relief Anthony Bourdain, Sally Butcher and Yotam Ottolenghi are contributors It was a cold winter night. Barbara Abdeni Massaad sat shivering in her apartment in Beirut, Lebanon. She turned on her heater to warm up but still had no relief from the frigid weather. “That night, I couldn’t sleep thinking about refugee families in the Bekaa sleeping in their tents,” she said. “How were they able to beat the winter cold?” Massaad became so concerned about the conditions in refugee camps, she couldn’t sleep a wink. “I couldn’t go on with my life and ignore theirs,” she said. That Sunday during Mass, she chatted with a friend from the United Nations. That friend told her about a camp in Zahle, Lebanon. “I went to visit the refugee camp, not really knowing what to expect,” said Massaad. “I felt the urgency from the moment I set foot in the refugee camp and witnessed their suffering with my own eyes.” “My visit brought me closer to the problem and inspired me to find a way to ease someone’s pain,” she said. As a cookbook writer, photographer and president of Slow Food Beirut, it came natural to Massaad to use food to as a way to make an impact. She and a friend banded together and began making homemade soup for the Hamra refugees. Related gallery Soup for Syria: Cook up a recipe for refugee relief “I started taking photos of the refugees and talking to them about food,” she said. After a few weeks, she decided to do a humanitarian cookbook as a way to help Syrian refugees. It was then that “Soup for Syria: Recipes to Celebrate our Shared Humanity” was born. Massaad began to reach out to her foodie community, which included fellow writers and acclaimed chefs she’d worked with in the past. Most of them were glad to join in her efforts. She held soup workshops and had volunteers come to her home to cook hundreds of soups. She tested and photographed them. In the fall of 2014, Massaad met with her U.S. publisher, Michel Moushabeck of Interlink Books, who immediately decided this cookbook needed to be taken to a global level. “The Interlink team did not treat the book as only a book project,” said Massaad, “but as an initiative that could help create an international movement to help Syrian refugees.” A total of 80 contributions in all were made to the book, including from Joe Barza, Sally Butcher and Yotam Ottolenghi. CNN’s own Anthony Bourdain also contributed. In a contributor’s statement, he said that soup “is elemental, and it always makes sense, even when the world around us fails to.” Although many of those featured in the recipes are celebrity chefs, Massaad made sure to include others. “I also wanted to include a selection of recipes from friends, relatives, Facebook pals who helped a great deal in the project,” she said. 100% of U.S. sales of “Soup for Syria” will go to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for food relief for refugees. “When I write books, I always focus on the people behind the food, and this time it so happens that those people are refugees,” said Massaad. “I would always tell the refugees, ‘Had I been a barber, I would have cut your hair for free. I am not a barber, but a photographer and food writer, so I will take photos and write about food to help your cause and send a message to the world,’ ” she added. “Each kind gesture towards another in need is a step forward for humanity. Use what you know best to help others.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150930190000", "country1": "LBN", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/30/world/iyw-soup-for-syria/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "723549180", "sentence": "The unnamed man, described as a citizen of both the US and Saudi Arabia, was turned over to US forces in Syria in September He has been accused by the US government of fighting on behalf of ISIS in Syria A federal judge ruled Thursday that the US Defense Department must refrain from transferring a US citizen accused of fighting for ISIS and detained as an “enemy combatant” in Iraq to the custody of a third country until Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the unnamed individual, filed a motion with the court earlier this month asking that the man not be transferred from US government custody until the court has ruled on his petition for habeas corpus, which challenges the legality of his detention by the US government. The government must respond to the claim of unlawful detention by Monday. The Justice Department argued they have the authority to transfer the individual to the custody of an interested third country but that the government did not have the burden of disclosing the identity of that country. In her order, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said that based on the government’s assertion that there was “no basis to believe” a transfer of the man would take place in the next 48 hours but that the government retains the authority to transfer the individual “as soon as another country is ready,” Chutkan ordered no transfer could take place until Tuesday. Related article Tillerson sees long-term US presence in Syria The unnamed man, described as a citizen of both the United States and Saudi Arabia by the US government, was turned over to US forces in Syria in September by the Syrian Democratic Forces and taken to Iraq. He has since been held in Iraq under US custody. The US government accuses him of fighting on behalf of ISIS in Syria. Chutkan had ruled last month that the government had to give the individual access to the ACLU to determine if he wanted access as counsel and wanted to challenge his detention, something the man affirmed he did earlier this month during an initial video conference with the ACLU. The ACLU has since communicated with the individual a second time. The group says it petitioned for his identity to remain anonymous based on the man’s fear for his safety and that of his family. Related article Turkey sees betrayal as US backs Syrian Kurds The civil rights group had initially sued the government requesting he be given access to counsel and demanding that the Trump administration justify his continued detention without charges. The Justice Department had argued the ACLU had no standing to sue because it had not shown the individual wanted to challenge his detention. Chutkan disagreed in the ruling last month, saying the ACLU had “demonstrated that it is dedicated to the detainee’s best interests,” and she ordered the Pentagon to allow the ACLU to communicate with him. The Defense Department has not said how long it expects to hold the individual, according to previous court documents.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180119003000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/american-isis-suspect-judge-orders/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "537628468", "sentence": "Russia's main military assets in Syria include SU-34 fighter jets with a fully digital cockpit Despite Russia’s claim that it would withdraw most of its forces from Syria, it maintains a strong presence at its airbase near Latakia. While some assets have been removed, others have been added. Here are Russia’s main combat assets in Syria. On top of these main combat aircraft, CNN also saw a wide array of transport helicopters and planes as well as tanks, armored vehicles and surface to air missile systems. This shows that Russia maintains a powerful presence in the Syrian civil war.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia's military presence in Syria", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160506053000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/middleeast/pleitgen-russia-military-syria/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "702373973", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York homicide prosecutor and currently is counsel at the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC, focusing on wrongful conviction and civil rights cases. Follow him on Twitter @paulcallan. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Paul Callan: As the first indictments are unsealed, hints regarding the road ahead are beginning to emerge President Trump may be concerned about whether the special counsel is looking into the operations of his business empire, Callan says The unsealing Monday of the first indictments arising from Robert Mueller’s investigation provides many valuable hints regarding the future direction of the special counsel’s probe. The use of sealed indictments and Mueller’s decision to do an 11-year look back into former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s prior business operations will make President Trump’s personal lawyers very nervous today.  Will the special counsel do a similar look back to 2006 on any aspects of the Trump business empire now that the Manafort indictment has opened the door? As CNN reported Monday, Manafort and former Trump campaign official Rick Gates have turned themselves in to Mueller, who unsealed an indictment against them on 12 counts, including conspiracy against the US, conspiracy to launder money, being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, and making false statements. The criminal justice system is presumptively open to public view.  The only exceptions to this rule apply to grand jury proceedings and occasional matters relating to such things as national security, confidential informants or threatened witnesses.   This transparency, required by the US Constitution, is obviously even more important in a free society when a criminal investigation focuses on the sitting president’s election campaign and claims of “collusion” and possible tampering by a hostile foreign power. So why the sealed indictment in a case that cries out for full disclosure?  Such indictments are generally used when there is a fear that a criminal suspect, with knowledge of a pending indictment, might flee the jurisdiction, destroy evidence or even threaten witnesses likely to testify against him at trial. Related article Is this Watergate or Iran-Contra? In cases involving organized crime, drug dealers and crimes of violence, sealed indictments are a sensible way to make sure the suspect doesn’t escape and that witnesses are not harmed.  For instance, the infamous Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, alleged leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel who is now awaiting trial in a Brooklyn federal jail, was indicted via a sealed indictment. In so-called “white collar” investigations like the Mueller probe, the sealing and delayed disclosure of the indictment is sometimes done, not out of prosecutorial fear, but as a courtesy to a prospective defendant who has been generally cooperative. This enables the suspect’s attorney to arrange a quiet, voluntary surrender of his client without one of those embarrassing handcuffed “perp walks” often staged by then-US Attorney Rudolph Giuliani in the 1980s and by other publicity-seeking prosecutors. The high-profile nature of the potential targets in the Mueller investigation make it unlikely that they could successfully flee the United States to avoid prosecution. Of course this cannot be entirely ruled out, because so much of the probe focuses on the relationship Trump campaign officials allegedly maintained with Russia, a hostile power which has sheltered American fugitives such as Edward Snowden. Related article Controversial Trump dossier: What really matters Early indictments in high-profile investigations often “send a message” to other potential suspects that anyone who seeks to obstruct the investigation may face indictment regardless of who they are or who they know. Of course, prosecutors will deny indicting someone just to “send a message,” but even an entirely legitimate indictment based on strong evidence can have this collateral effect.  Even ethical prosecutors would say that there is nothing wrong with allowing a perfectly proper indictment to serve a dual purpose. The type of charges that would send a message include lying to the FBI or other federal investigators.  Anyone who tells such a lie can be charged with a felony, as can anyone who  testifies falsely about a material fact before Congress. Charges relating to obstruction of justice can also be lodged in situations even where the original suspected crime cannot be proven.  The old saying that “it’s not the crime but the coverup” that you must worry about is quite true.  This message can be sent with frightening clarity to all potential White House witnesses through early “message sending”  indictments. Sometimes tough prosecutors pick on surprising targets to inflict pain and induce cooperation from resistant suspects. They go after family and close associates. Since Mueller is following the tax and money-laundering road, he can really exert pressure with a threat to arrest a wife or other family members who may have been involved in the suspect’s business and/or signed off on tax returns. The arrest of a wife or child is a strong inducement to get cooperation from a stubborn and resistant “target.” And yes, such indictments and arrests really do happen in high-profile tax and money laundering cases. Related article Attacks on Hillary Clinton show Team Trump won't go down without a fight Make no mistake, the widely praised Mueller is no softie and is capable of such a maneuver. We already know that Mueller’s team executed a “No Knock” warrant permitting a pre-dawn raid at Manafort’s home. Raiding agents seeking financial records reportedly also rummaged through closets looking at clothing and other items there.  It is obvious in hindsight that they were exploring the subject of money laundering or even possible tax charges in seeking such records and making visual observations to see if the Manafort lifestyle was commensurate with his reported income. A similar approach was used to get Al Capone. Paul Manafort has continually maintained that he is innocent of any wrongdoing. Mueller may have had to move quickly in bringing charges against Manafort because the six-year statute of limitations for tax fraud may be expiring.  This statute of limitations could have been a key determining factor in selecting early indictment targets. Such charges based on business operations and tax returns filed prior to the Trump campaign but “arising from” the election tampering investigation are perfectly legal under Mueller’s charge from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Yet a look back at pre-campaign business operations would be likely to send a chill through the White House. This would suggest that an examination of Trump’s pre-campaign business operations is now a real possibility, crossing the previous “red line” described by the President. Trump’s Achilles heel may well be found in the pre-campaign operation of the complex and varied transactions of his business empire rather than in an explicit conspiracy with the Russians to tamper with the American election. The president will not find solace or refuge in the pardon power of the presidency should the Mueller probe zero in on him by “flipping” witnesses with early indictments.  In fact, pardons will backfire since a pardoned suspect can no longer avoid testifying by asserting the 5th Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Once pardoned, the witness faces no criminal exposure for his underlying crimes and can be forced to testify.  And the Fifth Amendment cannot be used as a shield against perjury charges as a pardon, when bestowed, cannot apply to future crimes. Given the serious developments today, the President is likely to adopt a new policy: vetting his tweets about the Mueller Investigation with his personal counsel.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Robert Mueller's investigation", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171030180000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/opinions/manafort-charges-will-send-shivers-through-white-house-opinion-callan/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "651786369", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – The Trump administration will end former first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let Girls Learn” education program for adolescent girls in developing countries. – A gunman shot a paramedic in Dallas. The incident is still an active-shooter situation. – President Trump did a few interviews over the weekend where he said … a lot. The President said he would be “honored” to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un under the right conditions. He lamented the “archaic” rules of Congress. And Trump said his Obama wiretap claim was proven. – With health care back in the spotlight this week, here are some key things to keep in mind. – A mystery illness killed 12 people in Liberia. – The shooter at a San Diego pool party “didn’t say a single word” before he opened fire, a witness says. – Weekend storms that killed at least 15 people in the central and southern US are moving east, putting 80 million at risk of severe weather. – Did you know you can hit turbulence in clear skies? Well, you can, as these Aeroflot passengers found out the hard way.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170501201500", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "LBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-may-1-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "594629764", "sentence": "Secret tapes of Kim Jong Il were an intelligence windfall for the US They could shed light on personality of his son and current leader Kim Jong Un A new documentary reveals secret audio tapes of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il talking openly about his frustrations with the country’s propaganda and film production. He is heard speaking freely in a high-pitched voice, in tapes smuggled out of the country in the 1980s by two South Koreans who were kidnapped and held in North Korea. “The Lovers and the Despot” tells the story of how actress Choi Eun-hee and director Shin Sang-ok were seized by North Korean agents in 1978, and kept in North Korea for eight years, forced to make movies. They made 17 films in captivity, ranging from tear-jerkers to thrillers. With a hidden micro-casette recorder, they recorded some of their meetings with the movie-obsessed leader. Experts say the tapes could even help shed light on Kim’s son, the inscrutable young leader who rules the country today: Kim Jong Un. North Korea: ‘We were forced to eat grass and soil’ Kim is heard apologizing to them for the kidnapping technique, promising money and resources for the film industry, and complaining about the quality of the movies his country has been producing. “Why do all of our films have the same ideological plots? There is nothing new about them.” He also finds his country’s filmmakers lacking, compared to those of his more-successful rivals to the South. “We don’t have any films that get into film festivals. But in South Korea, they have better technology. They are like college students; we are just in nursery school. People here are so close minded.” On a more personal note, according to Choi, he made fun of his diminutive stature when he first met her. “Look at me,” she said he told her. “Aren’t I small,” and then made a crude self-deprecating comparison. At the time, Kim was head of the country’s ministry for culture and propaganda. Shin and Choi both described Kim as someone who micromanaged everything, according to Paul Fischer, who wrote a book about the kidnapping. “Kim Jong Il was a film fanatic himself,” says Fischer. South Korea reveals it has a plan to assassinate Kim Jong Un Choi and Shin eventually slipped their North Korean minders during a trip to Europe and defected, eventually reaching the US. But even before they did, they smuggled the audiotapes out during a previous trip, and an intermediary brought the recordings to the State Department in 1985. “My jaw dropped,” said David Straub, a Korea specialist at the State Department at the time, who received the tapes and began listening to them. “Hours and hours of recordings of Kim Jong Il speaking relatively freely would be an intelligence windfall for the American government, since we’d never heard him speak before, much less privately.” Greg Scarlatoiu, of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, said that the tapes showed that Kim was insecure about everything including the thing he loved most – movies – and this trait was likely shared by his youngest son Kim Jong Un. “Just like his father before, this leader of North Korea must suffer from a complex of inferiority as well,” he said. “The insecurity was surely something that Kim Jong Un inherited.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kim Jong Il", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161101070000", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-il-secret-tapes/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "664516012", "sentence": "\"I believe by mid-July we will be able to brief you in detail,\" Mattis said In May, the Pentagon said it was considering sending additional troops to Afghanistan US Secretary of Defense James Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that he will be able to brief the committee on a new Afghanistan strategy by mid-July. “I believe by mid-July we will be able to brief you in detail,” Mattis said, “We are putting it together now and there are actions being taken to make certain we don’t pay a price for the delay.” Mattis was replying to questioning from Sen. John McCain, who expressed exasperation that the administration is being so slow to outline its strategy, remarking that it’s “Not a helluva lot to ask … We just lost three brave Americans, when can we expect the Congress of the United States to get a strategy for Afghanistan that is a departure from the last eight years, which is ‘don’t lose’?” McCain was referencing the three US soldiers who were killed during a joint US-Afghan military operation Saturday in Nangarhar province. Related article 5 children lost their dads in an attack that killed 3 US soldiers In May, the Pentagon said it was considering sending additional troops to Afghanistan as part of a broader set of recommendations on how to adjust the US military approach in Afghanistan. But that plan has not yet been presented to Congress and a senior administration official told CNN on Monday that President Donald Trump is not expected to make a decision on the US strategy in Afghanistan for several more weeks. Related article Trump decision on Afghanistan still weeks away McCain pressed Mattis on the urgency of a new plan for Afghanistan: “I hope you understand that we’re going to start getting more vocal in our criticism of not having a strategy for Afghanistan. Do you agree that we are not winning in Afghanistan?” Mattis acknowledged the need for urgency. “I understand it’s my responsibility, we are not winning in Afghanistan right now and we will correct this as soon as possible.” Monday, before the House Armed Services Committee, Mattis provided some additional details on what the new troops would potentially do, stressing the advisers would provide tactical support to Afghan troops at the brigade level as opposed to the current corps/headquarters level. “The troops that are being asked for by Gen. Nicholson … many of them are going to be what we call train, advise, assist. These are troops that are specifically trained by our US Army to go out in the field and you apply them with the brigades, the Afghan brigades.” He went on to add, “We’re talking now about putting what we call NATO air support, down at the brigade level, so when they are in contact, the high ground is now going to be owned by the Afghans. It’s a fundamental change to how we bring our … real superiority in terms of air support to help them. In other words, we’re not talking about putting our troops on the front line.” There are about 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan as part of the US-led counterterrorism mission and a separate, NATO-led effort to train, advise and assist the Afghan army and police force in the fight against the Taliban. A US defense official told CNN that accelerated operations against ISIS in should be expected in the coming weeks in response to the recent attacks. They said this will be separate from the request to increase the number of advisers for training and assistance and the US would expect to increase the frequency of airstrikes launched. They also said the military will ramp up intelligence gathering in Nagarhar province, where most of the ISIS operatives are located. The aim of the increased intelligence will be to find high value targets and concentrations of ISIS fighters, the official said. Since the US struck with its “mother of all bombs” earlier this year, ISIS has largely avoided assembling in large concentrations, so the official said additional targeting is needed. The official also said that the US estimates there are still several hundred ISIS fighters in eastern Afghanistan.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Afghanistan strategy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170613181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/james-mattis-pentagon-afghanistan-plan/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "561864461", "sentence": "\"I do think he'll wind up, you know, wind up having to commit more troops there,\" Christie said Christie said he expects Trump to become more aggressive after he delivers his convention speech Thursday New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is in line for a top spot within a potential Donald Trump White House, said Wednesday he thinks Trump would have to send more troops to fight ISIS in the Middle East if he wins in November. “I do think he’ll wind up, you know, wind up having to commit more troops there,” Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper. He added, “When you sit and talk to him about facts, he listens, absorbs and alters his view. I think that’s what we want from a politician.” In March, Trump said at a CNN-hosted debate that the US has “no choice” but to defeat ISIS and said he was “hearing” that as many as 30,000 troops might be necessary to achieve that goal. He then told CBS News on Sunday that he would declare war on the terrorist group and send “very few” US troops to combat them. Christie said he expects Trump to become more aggressive after he delivers his convention speech Thursday. He added that Trump is “strong” about increasing US overseas intelligence capabilities and said the Republican nominee would be “consistent in his rhetoric on the nature of the threat.” The New Jersey governor also said he talked with Trump Tuesday but did not talk about Melania Trump, whose speech on Monday plagiarized passages from a 2008 address delivered by First Lady Michelle Obama. He said he expected to talk about Melania’s speech with Trump later Wednesday. A Trump organization staffer took responsibility for the incident Wednesday. “I don’t know what the dynamic is that’s going on within the Trump household right now, but I know Melania very well,” Christie said. “And I know Melania is a private person, really intelligent, really cares about Donald, loves him and loves her son.” Christie said the speech controversy has become demeaning for her. “Now there’s all this stuff from a speech that she probably didn’t want to give in the first place, that is demeaning to her even by extension,” he said. He added, “It would make me enormously uncomfortable if a member of my staff had done that to my wife.” The public, Christie said, needs to understand that it is hard for many families when they are thrust into politics the way that the Trump family has been. He said the campaign staff, the family and the candidate often form a political “love triangle” that needs to be balanced. “I suspect when I speak to him later today that I’m going to hear a big personal dynamic that’s part of this story too because it involved his wife,” Christie said. “And I think to underestimate how that impacts the way you make decisions, the rapidity of your decisions, and the nature of them, is to give less of an understanding than there really needs to be to that triangle.” The New Jersey governor also said he hoped Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would finally endorse Trump in his speech Wednesday night – something he said Cruz had promised he would do. “I hope Ted Cruz gets up tonight when he speaks tonight and keeps his word, endorses Trump,” Christie said. “He was kissing Donald’s rear end for first six months of the campaign. They did rallies together on Capitol Hill. Seriously. They don’t realize Donald isn’t a politician. He thought Ted really meant it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160720194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/chris-christie-donald-trump-isis/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "418883381", "sentence": "FBI says it believes AWOL rookie policeman Henry Solis is armed and dangerous He is accused of shooting a man after a fight in a Pomona, California, bar The search for a rookie Los Angeles Police Department officer suspected of homicide has expanded into an international manhunt, focused on the border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The FBI said Friday it believes AWOL policeman Henry Solis is armed and dangerous and drove 800 miles across the desert from Southern California to El Paso with his father in a pickup a week ago. The FBI is offering $25,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Solis in connection with the death of Salome Rodriguez, 23, who died after a fight between the men in a downtown Pomona, California, bar. “The pattern suggests he crossed into Mexico, but he has family and friends living in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez,” said Scott Garriola, special FBI agent who runs the fugitive task force from the Los Angeles Bureau. “So he could be on either side of the border.” “It’s a quick bus ride from the interior of Mexico to other parts of the country and Central America.” The FBI, Pomona Police and Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to comment on whether Victor Solis might face charges for allegedly helping his son flee to El Paso. Garriola said Solis is a veteran of the Marines and “he has extensive training and weapons” understanding. Authorities posted three photos of Solis, with and without facial hair, and said he may now have a full beard. Police said after the early morning bar fight Solis pursued his victim on foot in the nightclub district and shot him multiple times. Garriola said Solis then reportedly called his father in Lancaster, California, and later that morning they began the trek to El Paso. Victor Solis said he dropped off his son at a bus stop in El Paso and his son made some incriminating statements “not only about his actions that day but also that he would never be seen again,” Garriola said. Henry Solis worked in the Devonshire Division of the San Fernando Valley, where he rode with a training officer. Earlier this week, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck fired Solis and appealed for him to give up. “You have dishonored this police department, your country and your service to your country,” Beck said. Marine Corps records say Solis served in Iraq from April to November 2007, earning several medals, including for the Iraq campaign, global war on terrorism service and Marine Corps good conduct. The personnel file also shows Solis was an aircraft maintenance technician and a security guard. Garriola said he was confident Solis will be caught, and said he shared Beck’s opinion of Solis. “It’s a brother law enforcement officer, he served our country, we echo that same indignation.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Henry Solis", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150321001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/20/us/lapd-officer-homicide-suspect/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "441309108", "sentence": "NEW: The U.S. calls the death \"a major blow\" to al Qaeda and to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, \"its most dangerous affiliate\" Nasir al-Wuhayshi was the top leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP AQAP says its military chief, Qasm al-Rimi, will succeed al-Wuhayshi Al Qaeda’s second in command, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, has been killed in a drone strike in Yemen, dealing a heavy setback to the leadership of the international terrorist group. Al-Wuhayshi was the top leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, one of the most dangerous and dynamic branches of the jihadist network. His death is “the biggest blow against al Qaeda since the death of (Osama) bin Laden,” said CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank. Al-Wuhayshi was al Qaeda’s “leading light” and was one day expected to take over from its current global chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri, said Cruickshank. Two Yemeni security officials told CNN on Monday that al-Wuhayshi was killed Friday in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen’s Hadhramaut region. On Tuesday, AQAP released a video statement announcing that its leader and two aides had died. The speaker said that al-Wuhayshi would be succeeded by the group’s military chief, Qasm al-Rimi, also known as Abu Hureira al-Sanaani. Opinion: A death trap for al Qaeda leaders? The U.S. government confirmed al-Wuhayshi’s fate Tuesday, calling his death “a major blow to (al Qaeda’s) most dangerous affiliate and to al Qaeda more broadly.” Al-Wuhayshi “was responsible for the deaths of innocent Yemenis and Westerners, including Americans,” U.S. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said. Related video Report: Head of al Qaeda in Yemen killed “While AQAP, al Qaeda and their affiliates will remain persistent in their efforts to threaten the United States, our partners and our interests, (al-Wuhayshi’s) death removes from the battlefield an experienced terrorist leader and brings us closer to degrading and ultimately defeating those groups.” Al-Wuhayshi, known as al Qaeda’s crown prince, was a charismatic figure who was adored by many of the terrorist group’s jihadist fighters. In a video that surfaced in April of last year, al-Wuhayshi appeared brazenly out in the open, greeting followers in Yemen, the impoverished nation that the organization uses as a base. In a speech to the group, he makes it clear that he’s going after the United States, saying: “We must eliminate the cross. … The bearer of the cross is America!” The video showed what looked like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years. Al-Wuhayshi’s death deprives al Qaeda of a dynamic heavyweight Originally from Yemen, al-Wuhayshi assumed command of AQAP in 2009. He’d escaped a Yemeni prison in 2006 and had previously worked as a personal secretary for Osama bin Laden. His successor is also seen as a formidable leader. “Qasm al-Rimi was considered the brains of the operation,” Cruickshank said. “For more than a decade, he’s really been at the helm of the military side of things for AQAP but also planning their large international operations.” The leadership change is expected to bring “a degree of continuity,” he said, noting that al-Wuhayshi and al-Rimi were believed to have worked very closely together. April: American mouthpiece for al Qaeda killed Al-Wuhayshi’s death comes at a time when AQAP appears to have been thriving amid the recent turmoil in Yemen. Related gallery Unrest in Yemen The group has been “expanding the territory they control, taking advantage of political chaos,” Cruickshank said. AQAP has been feeding off anger among Sunni tribes in Yemen over the advances made by the predominantly Shiite Houthi rebels who overthrew the Yemeni government earlier this year. Adding to the violence and destruction, a Saudi-led coalition has been bombing the Houthis and their allies in an effort to restore the deposed government. AQAP has exploited the unrest to seize more turf, including the port city of Al Mukalla, where it freed hundreds of inmates from a prison in April. The Yemeni security officials told CNN that the drone strike that killed al-Wuhayshi took place in southern Al Mukalla. What is AQAP? Yemen’s descent into chaos prompted the United States to pull out its Special Operations forces based in the country in March, raising fears that its counterterrorism efforts against AQAP would be hobbled. But al-Wuhayshi’s death and an airstrike in April that killed a senior AQAP leader show that Yemen is no haven for the terrorist group. U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, told CNN on Monday that the terrorist leader’s death would hurt al Qaeda, but he stressed that the jihadist network still poses a threat. “This is a long, difficult struggle that we’re engaged in, and it’s going to require all kinds of tools,” he said. News of al-Wuhayshi’s death emerged days after U.S. planes carried out a strike inside Libya, purportedly killing a key terror figure in North Africa. The target was Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a veteran Islamist fighter who is blind in one eye and affiliated with al Qaeda in North Africa, a U.S. official told CNN. The Libyan government said Belmokhtar was killed in the weekend strike, something that U.S. officials have not confirmed. Senior AQAP leader Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi killed CNN’s Dana Ford, Hamdi Alkhshali, Salim Essad, Merieme Arif, Barbara Starr, Greg Botelho, Jomana Karadsheh and journalist Hakim Almasmari contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150616064500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/16/middleeast/yemen-aqap-leader-killed/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "533158796", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jimmy Gurulé is a law professor at Notre Dame Law School and former Under Secretary (Enforcement) at the U.S. Treasury.  He filed an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs in the Bank Markazi case.  He also worked as an expert consultant for Plaintiff Peterson in the case. The views expressed are his own. Supreme Court affirmed appellate court decision requiring Iran to pay $1.75 billion to victims of Iran-sponsored terror Jimmy Gurulé: Courts decision was a monumental victory against terrorism On Wednesday, the Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court decision requiring Iran to pay $1.75 billion to the victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism and their surviving families. In doing so, it secured a monumental victory against terrorism. Among those included in the ruling are the family members of 241 American servicemen killed during the 1983 terrorist bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. A federal district court in Washington had found Iran liable for financing and sponsoring the attack, and a federal district court in Manhattan found that the victims could attach $1.75 billion in blocked Iranian assets to enforce their judgments. In a 6-2 decision written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court held that Congress did not impermissibly dictate the outcome of a specific case, and therefore did not violate separation of powers by passing a law to enforce terrorism judgments against Iran that made available $1.75 billion in assets of Bank Markazi (the Central Bank of Iran) that were found in a U.S. bank account. The court stated that the Constitution affords Congress and the President plenary powers to conduct foreign affairs, including the disposition of blocked assets of Iran, a state-sponsor of terrorism, that are located in the United States. “Exercise by Congress and the President of control over claims against foreign governments, as well as foreign government-owned property in the United States, is hardly a novelty,” Ginsburg noted. The ruling brings to an end a 15-year legal battle to hold Iran responsible for its role in the 1983 bombing, the single deadliest terrorist attack against the United States prior to 9/11. But the case also has important legal and policy implications. First, the court’s ruling sends a loud and clear message to Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism that they are not above the law and will be held accountable for supporting terrorism. Hopefully, the decision will have a deterrent effect on Iran, or at least cause Tehran to think twice about supporting terrorist activity in the future. Related article Administration wrong about terrorism sponsor act The reality is that while the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action may have lifted certain sanctions against Iran, the nuclear agreement has not altered Iran’s status in the U.S. as a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran is therefore not immune from terrorism litigation, and unless it changes its behavior and stops supporting terrorist organizations, it is likely to be the target of more lawsuits for sponsoring acts of international terrorism that kill or seriously injure Americans. With this in mind, the Bank Markazi decision is likely to embolden other U.S. victims of terrorism to bring suit against Iran in the future. Second, the Supreme Court’s ruling could generate support for pending legislation that would allow the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged support of al Qaeda. The legislation, known as the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, was passed in the Senate last Congress by a unanimous vote, but never received a vote in the House.  In September, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and Republican Sen. John Cornyn reintroduced the bill in the Senate, and Republican Congressman Peter King reintroduced it in the House. The narrowly drawn legislation applies to terrorist attacks committed within the United States. Of course, the Bank Markazi ruling could stiffen Saudi Arabia’s opposition to the legislation and further strain diplomatic relations between the United States and its traditional Middle East ally. But while President Barack Obama has indicated he would veto the bill, arguing that it could prompt other countries to allow their nationals to sue the United States in retaliation, Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders have come out in favor of the bill. Indeed, the question of whether the victims of terrorism should be permitted to sue state sponsors of terrorism could prove to be an interesting issue on the presidential campaign trail. And while it is unclear at this point what role, if any, the Saudi government had in the events leading up to September 11, being seen to deny the families and other victims of terrorist attacks their day in court is unlikely to be popular with the American public. 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{"article_id": "694977813", "sentence": "The visit is Trump's second trip in as many days \"He was a sick man, a demented man,\" Trump said of the shooter President Donald Trump avoided the topic of gun control while visiting Las Vegas Wednesday, just days after the deadliest shooting in modern American history. The visit, which comes hours after Trump visited Puerto Rico to survey the damage wrought by Hurricane Maria, marks the President’s second trip to soothe national concerns in as many days. In Las Vegas, Trump met with local politicians, first responders and survivors of the shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others. Though Washington lawmakers have been facing questions about possible gun control measures in the wake of the massacre, Trump told reporters that he would not address the issue while traveling in Las Vegas. “We’re not going to talk about that today,” Trump told a reporter at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada trauma center. “We won’t talk about that.” Trump’s desire to avoid the tricky topic tracks with talking points the White House distributed after the shooting that urged supporters to stress now was not the time to talk about gun control. The Las Vegas community was rocked when a shooter perched in a Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino 32 floors up rained bullets down on concert goers Sunday night. The President was greeted on the ground by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joseph Lombardo. The visit brought Trump face-to-face with those directly affected by the shooting. Trump, shortly after touching down in Las Vegas, headed to the hospital that treated scores of those injured and killed. After meeting with first responders, Trump told reporters he “just met some of the most amazing people” and that he met with patients that were “terribly wounded.” “It makes you very proud to be an American when you see the job they’ve done,” the President said of the medical staff at the hospital. Related article Las Vegas shooting: Gunman set up cameras at hotel The President’s visit to Las Vegas was dramatically different than his trip to Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Trump was clearly in search of a good news story when he visited Puerto Rico on Tuesday, giving himself high marks by touting the federal response even as millions in the island territory are without power and with few supplies. Trump’s briefing with local officials on the island was more reflective than prescriptive, and at times awkward. Wednesday’s visit here appeared far more subdued and behind closed doors, with the President spending most of his time meeting with doctors and victims away from the media. This was different than his tactic in Puerto Rico, where nearly every visit and stop was on camera. Trump’s remarks, too, were more controlled, with the President delivering an at times poetic reflection on the shooting. “A grateful nation thanks you,” he told first responders, who he credited with saving countless lives. “The example of those whose final act was to sacrifice themselves for those they loved should inspire all of us to show more love every day for the people who grace our lives.” As he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump suggested that he may know more about the shooter in the Las Vegas than is currently publicly known. “They’re learning a lot more and it’ll be announced at an appropriate time,” Trump said. “It’s a very, very sad day for me personally.” The President did not elaborate on what law enforcement is learning about the shooter or answer a question about whether the shooter was radicalized. During a visit with first responders after meeting with hospital staff, Trump continued to question the shooter’s mental capacity, saying he was a “sick, demented man” whose “wires are screwed up.” Trump, a president whose tenure has been defined by self-inflicted division and dissension, has struck a unifying tone after the Las Vegas shooting. In a somber speech from the White House on Monday, Trump urged togetherness. Related article Tragedies to test Trump as nation's comforter “Our unity cannot be shattered by evil, our bonds cannot be broken by violence,” Trump said in an address delivered with a teleprompter. “And though we feel such great anger at the senseless murder of our fellow citizens, it is our love that defines us today – and always will, forever.” The shooting, which happened during the headlining performance at a country music festival and left thousands running for their lives, briefly put Trump’s visit to Puerto Rico in jeopardy, White House aides told CNN. Trump, though, went through with the visit, and before leaving for Puerto Rico said the shooter in Las Vegas was a “very, very sick individual.” Moments of tragedy, and the way former commanders in chief have responded to them, have defined the legacy of past presidents. Former Oval Office occupants have described the difficulty that comes with comforting those working through with the worst moments in their lives. Though Trump has stepped up to the task before, his visit Wednesday provides another test. Trump’s initial remarks about the Las Vegas shooting tracked with past presidential pronouncements on tragedy, offering a reflection that empathized with those lost. “We cannot fathom their pain, we cannot imagine their loss,” he said. “To the families of the victims, we are praying for you and we are here for you and we ask God to help see you through this very dark period.” But Trump has shown the propensity to stay on message in speeches like the one he gave on Monday, while being his more off-the-cuff self during visits like the one he will have in Las Vegas. Republicans have looked to avoid any discussion about gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, even as Democrats – spurred by the fact the shooter had over 40 firearms in his hotel and home – looked to push action on the availability of assault weapons. Trump, asked aboard Air Force One Tuesday about whether he was open to a discussion on gun control, said: “At some point perhaps that will come. That’s not today.” It is a \"miracle\" how fast the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were able to find the demented shooter and stop him from even more killing! Democrats are not satisfied with that answer, though. Rep. Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, told CNN on Tuesday now is exactly the time for a conversation on guns. “As the President comes here, he looks at the victims, he looks at the mothers burying their children and the children burying their parents, this is exactly the time to remember this episode and have these kinds of difficult conversations,” Rosen said. Trump’s plea for time in the wake of the massacre is at odds with his past comments about violence. After a 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people, Trump quickly called for a “total and complete” ban on Muslims entering the United States.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171004061500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/politics/trump-las-vegas-massacre/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "705479269", "sentence": "The files are part of a delayed release for information about the JFK assassination One CIA document provides reaction the news of Oswald being named the potential assassin The government made thousands of files related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy public on Thursday, marking the latest installment in the collection’s delayed release. Many of the documents in Thursday’s release show the intelligence community grappling with – and griping about – investigations into the assassination, and further underscore covert activities in the Cold War. Thursday’s release included nearly 13,000 CIA documents, all formerly withheld in part except for two, and more than 200 NSA documents previously postponed from release on the original deadline last month. In one 1963 file, the CIA refers to knowledge about Lee Harvey Oswald’s infamous visit to Mexico City prior to the Kennedy assassination and the reaction from the agency when the news came that Oswald was the potential assassin. “When the name of Lee Oswald was heard, the effect was electric,” wrote John Whitten of the CIA. Seeking to shed light on the assassination, Congress passed a law in 1992 mandating the release of all secret files related to the Kennedy assassination and gave the government 25 years to do so, leaving the decision to further withhold the files up to the sitting president. The 25-year deadline hit in October, and President Donald Trump at first decided to release most, but prevent some of the documents from being released. Trump went on to say all files would become public, with some names being withheld. Thursday’s release was the latest publication of the secret files, following a release of files last week and another batch released on the deadline last month. The collection includes many files only tangentially related to the Kennedy assassination, including documents on US activities in Cuba and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., which was examined alongside the Kennedy assassination by a congressional committee. Some provide details about the intelligence community’s more controversial activities. One document, for example, shows that the CIA knew of a Bulgarian independence activist confined in a military hospital in Panama under the false pretense of being a psychopath. The activist drew the attention of Greek authorities, French intelligence and the CIA. The file referred to him alternatively as Kelly, D.A. Dimitrov and Gen. Donald A. Donaldson. The document said the US “was considering an ‘ARTICHOKE’ approach to Kelly to see if it would be possible to reorient Kelly favorably” by dispatching agency doctors to drug him and change his behavior, but ultimately decided to do nothing. Project Artichoke was a predecessor to Project MKUltra, an experimental CIA mind control program. The 1977 file put together the information on the Bulgarian because the “apparently alive” independence activist was talking about the Kennedy assassination. Documents in previous releases showed the US considering putting lives on the line in Cuba in an effort to pressure the Castro-led Cuban government. CNN’s Wade Payson-Denney contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "CIA", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171109221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/politics/jfk-file-cia-nsa-release/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "625217586", "sentence": "Study examined egg counts and hormone levels in women receiving fertility treatment Women reporting heavy lifting and moving had 8.8% fewer total eggs and 14.1% fewer mature eggs Jobs that involve heavy lifting on a regular basis could reduce a woman’s fertility, particularly among overweight and obese women, a new study shows. The research, published Monday in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, also found that working antisocial hours (in the evenings or night) or rotating shifts, may also impact female fertility. Though the underlying cause is not known and more research is needed to further verify the findings, the team at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health believes that women in their reproductive years may need to consider this when trying to conceive. Related article Controversial IVF technique produces a baby girl -- and for some, that's a problem “Our study suggests that women who are planning pregnancy should be cognizant of the potential negative impacts that non-day shift and heavy lifting could have on their reproductive health,” said Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, a research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health and lead author of the study, in a statement. Recent studies have shown potential associations between physically demanding jobs or shift work and reduced fertility, but this new study explored direct biomarkers for fertility in the body, such as egg numbers and hormone levels, to suggest possible mechanisms behind the change. The team of researchers studied more than 470 women having fertility treatment and compared the physical demands and schedules of their jobs against four biomarkers – genes or characteristics in the body – known to be linked to their ability to reproduce, also called fecundity. Get fit with Daily BurnTry a new workout every day30-day fitness trial, 50% off first monthSpartan Race obstacle training program Related article Pregnancy changes a mother's brain for years, study shows The biomarkers were numbers of antral follicles, indicative of the number of immature eggs remaining in the body; levels of follicle-stimulating hormone that regulated reproductive processes; estrogen levels; and numbers of mature eggs capable of developing into healthy embryos. The heavier the lifting or moving of objects the women reported doing in their jobs, the lower the number of antral follicles and mature egg: Women reporting heavy lifting and moving had 8.8% fewer total eggs and 14.1% fewer mature eggs compared with women who never lifted or moved heavy objects at work. “These occupational exposures are affecting egg production and quality,” said Audrey Gaskins, an epidemiologist at  the Harvard T.H. Chan School and senior author on the paper told CNN. This reduction in mature eggs was even greater in women who were also overweight, obese or over the age of 37. “We saw this same association in an entirely different cohort,” Gaskins said of a recent study by her team that also saw a link between obesity and reduced fertility. “We speculate it could be due to a disrupted stress-response system. Obesity affects the body’s ability to handle stress.” People who worked nights or rotating shifts in the new study also saw a reduction in the number of mature eggs. No association, however, was seen between these aspects of the women’s occupation and their levels of follicle-stimulating hormone or estrogen. The mechanisms explaining this link to reduced fertility are not known, but the researchers would like to explore further, as well as looking at whether this impact on fertility could be improved, reduced or avoided. Related article Woman is first to have baby with ovaries frozen in childhood “(We want) to look at whether a woman is able to change her schedule or lifting and whether we see a change in fecundity,” Gaskins said, adding that this would determine whether the effect is short- or long-term. If stopping these exposures leads to an improvement, the team can make recommendations for policies. “It’s perhaps not surprising that people under more physical stress might have poorer fertility, but the big question is, why?” Channa Jayasena, a reproductive endocrinologist at Imperial College London who was not involved in the study, told CNN. He cited previous studies showing that women who are malnourished or do extreme amounts of exercise, putting strain on their bodies, see adverse fertility effects. “It’s possible this is an extension of that,” he said. But Jayasena added that although this study was interesting and insightful, greater sample sizes than the less than 500 in this study are needed to truly account for differences such as socioeconomic status. “I think this tells us a limited amount,” he said. “You need a study in the thousands.” See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Gaskins highlighted that the women were probably all of fairly high socioeconomic status, given that they were able to afford fertility treatment. Another factor not accounted for was testosterone. “In the study, no effort was made to address confounding by testosterone levels in those women. A physically stronger woman is more likely to undertake heavy lifting but would also be implicitly less fertile,” said Alastair Sutcliffe, professor of pediatrics at University College London in the UK. “The typical and consistent differential between the sexes of strength is 10% to 15%, and this (is) accounted for by testosterone. Women also produce testosterone, albeit at a lower level than men.” One possible theory for the differences of shift work is disruption to a woman’s circadian rhythm. Here, the researchers and Jayasena agree. “It’s certainly a very plausible mechanism,” he said. “Each part of the body has its own circadian rhythm, including the ovaries.” Shift work has been proven to have a range of negative consequences on health, including increased risk of heart disease and obesity. “Shift work is not a biologically good way to work,” said Sutcliffe. “So what does this study mean? If trying to optimize fertility, stick to the day job and leave the lifting to their partner.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "physically demanding jobs and shift work", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170208001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/health/infertility-manual-labor-shift-work-egg-count-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "678759531", "sentence": "Two recent ICBM launches by North Korea prompted a call for action by many UN members A proposed UN Security Council resolution would curtail four key aspects of North Korea's exports A new proposed UN Security Council resolution would impose fresh sanctions on North Korea for continued ballistic missile testing and violations of prior UN resolutions. Two recent ICBM launches by North Korea prompted a call for action by many UN members. A vote could happen as early as Saturday, according to diplomats though no timetable was set as of Friday afternoon. The resolution, not surprisingly, will condemn the recent missile tests. Related article Senator: How to really turn the screws on North Korea This resolution, circulated Friday for the first consideration by the full 15-nation Security Council, would also curtail four key aspects of North Korea’s export economy. The proposed draft, according to a Security Council diplomat, would ban the export of seafood, coal, lead, lead ore and iron ore. The diplomat said North Korea’s export economy brings in $3 billion, which would be slashed by one third if the sanctions are adopted. The diplomat estimated $251 million in coal exports would be shut off along with $295 million estimated in seafood sales. Other serious measures such as cutting off oil imports to North Korea were not included in the proposed resolution. The diplomat said ‘this is a good day’ because it shows more “convergence” among nations to apply more pressure to confront the threat posed by North Korea. The Security Council diplomat, who refused to be identified in order to reveal resolution content, said there was “high confidence” Russia and China would support the resolution. One veto from those permanent Council members would kill the resolution. Related article Why neither North Korea nor the United States want all-out war However China and the United States have again worked for weeks together negotiating the text. The diplomat said because of North Korean ICBM tests “China is unhappy, too”.  After the latest North Korea launch prohibited by UN resolutions on July 28, US Ambassador Nikki Haley said she didn’t want to conduct an emergency Council meeting because she was tired of such sessions that were just full of words. The proposed sanctions resolution would also block countries from using new North Korean workers abroad in what the official described as  “deplorable”conditions. The aim is stop North Korea from obtaining hard currency from siphoning off money that goes to the workers globally. The draft resolution also calls for an end to joint ventures with North Korea and any new investments with existing joint operations. The diplomat said “we are looking for ways to squeeze them.” The Security Council diplomat described the resolution as aimed at the leadership of North Korea, not its people. It will again include language to toughen enforcement of old and these new sanctions. Some travel bans and asset freezes are also contained, according to the diplomat. This resolution will not likely turn off North Korea’s desire to test its missile capability. The diplomat said this “thorny problem” has bedeviled three US administrations. Countless resolutions by the UN Security Council targeting North Korea have failed to curtail aggressive behavior which have now caused tensions on Korean peninsula and the entire world to rise to new heights.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "UN Security Council resolution on North Korea sanctions", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170804221500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/asia/north-korea-united-nations-sanctions/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "729710556", "sentence": "The legal battle over the detention of a US citizen accused of fighting for ISIS entered a significant new phase Friday as his attorneys submitted a filing that experts say could set up a showdown over the legal underpinning of today’s war on terror. The case of the unnamed American held as an enemy combatant in US military custody in Iraq has moved quietly over a series of procedural hurdles since he was turned over to US forces by an American-backed militia in Syria last September. Judge says Pentagon must give notice if planning to transfer US detainee it alleges fought for ISIS Now, after successfully inserting itself as a representative for “John Doe” and securing an order from a DC federal judge that would prevent his immediate transfer to a third country, the American Civil Liberties Union argued Friday that the US government acted illegally by detaining the man, potentially setting up a major test of the controversial post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force. “For nearly five months, the government has been detaining an American citizen without charge or trial, based on legal theories that no court has ever endorsed,” the ACLU wrote in its filing. At issue is whether the government can use the military force statute – signed into law in the days following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and granting the US president the power to target those responsible for the attacks – to detain an individual accused of fighting for ISIS. Related article Justice Dept. reveals American accused of fighting for ISIS wants a lawyer Under the law, the president can use force against “those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 or harbored such organizations or persons.” The US has blamed al Qaeda for the attacks, and the group’s late leader, Osama bin Laden, claimed responsibility for them. “The answers to these questions are not clear, and if I were the government I would not want to risk litigating them,” said Matthew Waxman, a professor at Columbia Law School and former Pentagon adviser on detainee issues. Related article A Virginia bus driver's dark journey to Raqqa The Authorization for Use of Military Force has been debated and reinterpreted over the years to match a changing enemy, but despite scrutiny it has avoided a significant challenge in Congress or the courts and remains the basis of the ongoing fight against ISIS, a group that originally called itself al Qaeda in Iraq. Friday’s court filing could represent the first serious challenge to the law. In an interview before the ACLU filing, a Justice Department official said there were a “variety of possibilities” under which the government believes it can detain Doe, including the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, a second such authorization signed in 2002 that provided the legal basis for the Iraq War and the president’s war powers under Article 2 of the Constitution. Related article ACLU urges US protect rights of citizen accused of being ISIS fighter “We are very confident that we have a strong legal and factual basis to detain this person as an enemy combatant and are fully prepared to defend our authority to do that if that’s what ends up being our decision about what the best outcome is for this guy,” the official said. The ACLU also provides in the filing the first public account of the detainee’s story, writing that he “sought to understand firsthand and report about the conflict in Syria” and “was kidnapped and imprisoned by ISIS” and “tried numerous times to escape.” Related video Kidnapped Yazidi boy raised by American ISIS mother “Not even the government alleges that he ever took up arms against the United States or anyone else,” the ACLU writes. In its filing, the ACLU also rebuts the government’s defense of the detention under the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force and the president’s constitutional powers. In a briefing schedule, the federal judge presiding in the case allows for the Justice Department to submit a further response to the ACLU’s Friday filing. The government could also bring criminal charges against Doe, a dual Saudi national, in US civilian court, or, as it has floated in previous hearings, attempt to transfer his custody to a third country. Related video CNN goes on patrol with US soldiers in Syria If Judge Tanya Chutkan does, however, eventually rule in favor of the ACLU’s petition against Doe’s detention, she could open the door to a greater challenge to the use of the Authorization for Use of Military Force in the global war on terror, Waxman said. “Detaining an American citizen fighting for ISIS in Syria puts this whole controversial argument about the AUMF before a court, because he has a right of habeas corpus to challenge his detention,” Waxman said. “If the government were to lose this argument, the detention case would call into question the entire legal framework of counter-ISIS operations,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180210053000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/politics/detained-isis-fighter-challenge/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "656124278", "sentence": "When White House press secretary Sean Spicer took the podium on Monday, it was with a demeanor that can only be described as grim determination. I’m not going to like this and neither are you, Spicer was saying to the assembled press corps, so let’s just get through it. You can understand why he’d feel that way.  And why any – and every – member of President Trump’s White House staff might feel that way. Time and again over the last week – whether it’s the firing of FBI Director Jim Comey or allegedly disclosing classified information to Russians, according to a Washington Post report confirmed by sources to CNN – Trump has acted and then forced his staff to react. In both of those instances, he appeared to catch his staff totally flat-footed – caught unawares that he was going to do what he did, say what he said or tweet what he tweeted. But, it’s worse than just that.  Trump not only forces his staff to adjust on the fly to his seat-of-the-pants decision-making but then he also publicly contradicts the version of events they come up with as the best possible spin for what he’s said. Interactive: The many paths from Trump to Russia And then – yes, it gets worse! – he grouses about how poor a job the communications staff is doing, complaints that inevitably leak to the press and undermine further attempts by people like Spicer to retain credibility. Spicer, in an off-camera briefing on Tuesday afternoon, was decidedly low energy – even as reports that Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Fox News anchor, was interviewing to replace him. “I hate to say it but @PressSec looks and sounds the most exhausted he has since he started. No humor or banter today,” tweeted Newsmax White House reporter John Gizzi, who was in the briefing. Spicer is far from alone in facing a credibility and moral crisis.  Because truth and fact are such elusive comments for Trump, his staff is continually struggling to serve their mercurial boss while also maintaining credibility with the reporters who cover them every day. That latter relationship is always strained but never more so than right now. Take the Comey firing. The spin produced out of the White House was that Trump had acted after serious consideration of a memo from deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein outlining Comey’s shortcomings in the Hillary Clinton private email server investigation. Sure, that explanation strained credulity somewhat – Trump had been effusive in his praise for Comey’s decision to re-open the Clinton investigation in late October – but it was defensible on the merits. Enter Trump. In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, the president threw his entire staff directly under the bus by insisting that the decision to fire Comey was his, and that he would have done so regardless of what the Rosenstein memo said. Fast forward to last night.  National security adviser H.R. McMaster comes out of the White House to insist the Washington Post story detailing the alleged leak by Trump of highly classified information to the Russians during an Oval Office meeting last week was untrue. Then, this morning, Trump hops on Twitter to essentially confirm the Post’s – and CNN’s – reporting. “As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining…….to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism,” Trump tweeted. As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining.... ...to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism. Sooooo………… Trump is someone who has never worked with a terribly large inner circle. And that inner circle has not only always been small but it’s almost always been filled with family members as opposed to people who work for him. In the White House, he’s been forced to go away from that model somewhat; while his daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, are formal advisers, his adult sons are removed from him – both geographically and due to conflict of interest concerns regarding his business. He is, by nature, a lone wolf – and a provocateur. Trump often says and does things for the reaction they elicit. Which is his right. He won, as he likes to remind you. But his actions also have consequences. And on the staff front, we’ve already seen what those consequences are. Trump struggled to find a willing communications director at the White House before eventually naming  respected GOP operative Mike Dubke. For a variety of other senior staff positions, the field is smaller than it should be because people don’t really want to subject themselves to the environment Trump has created in the White House. The result? A more and more isolated Trump, increasingly surrounded by people afraid to tell him when he’s wrong.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170516143000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/16/politics/trump-staff-russia/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "583800852", "sentence": "These four people had personal questions for Obama at the town hall All of their questions are related to the military President Barack Obama answered questions from servicemen and women and military family members Wednesday regarding national security and other related issues at CNN’s presidential town hall moderated by Jake Tapper. Here are some the people and stories behind the questions: Obama: “There is nothing weak” about veterans asking for help concerning PTSD https://t.co/M2lichaOPy #ObamaTownHall https://t.co/IGT4WyxDvV With tears in her eyes, Amanda Souza told Obama about her husband who suffered from PTSD after his time in the military and then committed suicide. “He was diagnosed with PTSD, but unfortunately, like many of our service men and women, this was his career, this was his livelihood and he was too scared to go get help because he did not want to risk being labeled as unstable or weak. Unfortunately, he did not get the help that he needed … My question to you is how can we ensure that our military men and women understand that it’s OK to get the help that they need and that they’re not going to risk their careers, that they are not going to be labeled?” Obama responded: “If you break your leg, you’re going to go to a doctor to get that leg healed. If, as a consequence of the extraordinary stress and pain that you are witnessing, typically, in a battlefield, something inside you feels like it’s wounded, it’s just like a physical injury. You’ve got to go get help. And there’s nothing weak about that. That’s strong … But ultimately, that has to pervade the culture of our military … So we’re putting money behind this. We are hiring more mental health professionals.” Obama tells an Army veteran's widow: The VA has been “overwhelmed,\" and it is “inexcusable” https://t.co/rJSORnW9N5 https://t.co/79VP7oYeJg While clutching her late husband’s folded American flag, Donna Coates, the widow of army veteran Barry Coates, said he waited more than a year for a colonoscopy at a VA hospital. But by the time he got one, it revealed terminal cancer that had metastasized. The family sued the VA and that claim was settled. “So when are we going to actually start holding these contracted doctors and the VA employees accountable?” she asked Obama. “For it’s a difference between life and death. And families like mine, they’re tired of waiting. And the only true change that’s come since we began talking was that I am now a widow. And my family, we will never be the same.” Obama responded: “So part of what was happening, and we’re beginning to fix it, but we’re not there yet, is, in taking appointments, we were using old systems where somebody would answer the phone, they’d write down, try to schedule it, then they’d hand it off to somebody who then would input it into some old, rickety computer … So we’re having to rebuild information systems, intake systems – part of what we’ve done, working with Congress, was also making sure that if somebody is in a situation where, for example, they live far away from a facility, that they now have recourse to go to a private doctor, and to get, that doctor can get reimbursed. So across the board, we’re working on these issues. But I think it’s really important to understand that the VA schedules 58 million appointments every year. Fir million. And I want zero errors in all that process.” Obama: I’d like to see more young people serve in the military https://t.co/cyZwbt1gcH #ObamaTownHall https://t.co/DtdhHsuWyP Marine Corporal Brandon Rumbaugh lost both of his legs during his second deployment to Afghanistan in an IED blast while carrying a stretcher to help his friends, who had been injured in an earlier explosion. “We have men and women that serve in combat theaters four, five, even six times in such small amount of time. What can we do to take the burden off of these service members and also, at the same time, increase the number of citizens that serve our country?” he asked Obama. Obama responded: “I would like to see more of our young men and women serve including people who are, you know, underrepresented right now. And a lot of those are folks who are from higher income brackets, you know. So we’ve got to do a better job at showing them how they can help.  And I think people will be willing to help.” Obama on women in combat: “If you can do the job, you should be able to get the job” https://t.co/rJSORnW9N5 https://t.co/Kn5iQBM16B Lauren Serrano is an active duty Marine who earned a Bronze Star for her service in Iraq. “A study by the Marine Corps revealed that mixed gender combat units performed notably worse and that women suffered staggeringly higher rates of injury … Why were these tangible negative consequences disregarded and how does the integration of women positively enhance the infantry mission and make me and my husband safer?” Obama responded: “The one thing that I do know is that as a consequence of women serving in our military and opening up what used to be closed situations to them, we’ve gained a lot of talent … I want to make sure that our starting assumption is if you can do the job, you should be able to get the job … If it turns out they can’t do something, then we’ll deal with that specific situation. But I don’t want to start off with that assumption.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. military policies on veterans' care and service inclusion", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160929013000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/politics/highlights-questions-obama-presidential-town-hall-military/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "469124192", "sentence": "A farm laborer fell into a crater in a road in Madhya Pradesh state, police say He died after workers repairing the road filled in the hole with him still in it Residents in a rural part of central India made a gruesome discovery over the weekend. They spotted part of an arm protruding from the recently laid surface of a road in Madhya Pradesh state. After the rest of the body was dug out of the ground, authorities identified the man as Latori Barman, a local farm laborer. Police say Barman appears to have been walking home drunk Friday night when he fell into a crater in the middle of the potholed road in Katni district. “It was pitch dark. He didn’t see that crater,” said Katni’s police chief, Gourav Rajput. And construction workers repairing the road that same night apparently didn’t see Barman lying in the hole. They filled it in, burying him alive, and then flattened it with a roller, Rajput told CNN. The local residents discovered Barman, who had died of suffocation, the next morning. Police have arrested a road worker and a driver and charged them with culpable homicide over the death. Authorities have given Barman’s family compensation of 50,000 rupees ($760), Rajput said. Potholed roads and open sewer-holes are a common problem across India, including in big cities like New Delhi and Mumbai. Roads built with substandard material and engineering often break apart in the annual monsoon season. Around 7,700 people were killed last year across India because of defective roads, poor street lighting, government neglect and stray animals, according to official data on road accidents. May: Chinese baby rescued after being buried alive CNN’s Harmeet Shah Singh reported from New Delhi, and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Indian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150922084500", "country1": "IND", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/asia/india-man-buried-in-road/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "663893722", "sentence": "Iran pledges 100 tons of fresh fruit a day Gulf citizens in Qatar can stay, government says Five Iranian planes filled with food have landed at Doha airport as the blockade against Qatar by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries starts to bite. Iran said the planes were filled with vegetables and that it plans to send 100 tons of fresh fruit and legumes every day to the import-dependent nation, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. “So far five planes carrying … vegetables have been sent to Qatar, each carrying around 90 tonnes of cargo, while another plane will be sent today,” Iran Air spokesman Shahrokh Noushabadi told the Agence France-Presse news agency Sunday. “We will continue deliveries as long as there is demand.” An #IranAir #B747 \"Freighter\" being loaded at #Shiraz Airport with #food shipments for #Qatar. #B747F #cargo pic.twitter.com/xYOdF423SO Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut links with Qatar last Monday, accusing Doha of supporting and financing terrorism in the Middle East and elsewhere – a charge Qatar denies. Separately, Iran is preparing to send a flotilla of warships first to Oman and then later to international waters north of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, Tasnim reported. The agency said the fleet was dispatched as part of Iran’s commitments to fight international piracy, and did not mention tensions with Arab countries involved in the spat with Qatar. Related video Qatar crisis threatens to tear families apart As well as cutting air, sea and land links with Doha, three of the countries involved – Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE – ordered Qatari citizens to leave within 14 days. On Sunday, Qatar said that the 11,000 citizens of those countries that have cut ties will be allowed to stay in the country. “The state of Qatar has not taken any steps regarding the inhabitants on its territories, who are the citizens of brotherly and friendly countries which have cut diplomatic relations or downgraded diplomatic representation with the state of Qatar in the wake of biased and hostile campaigns against the state of Qatar,” the government said in a statement. “The citizens of these states have absolute freedom to stay in the territories of the state of Qatar in adherence with the laws and applicable regulations in the country in the context of working treaties established with them and with the agreement of their countries and based on entry visas that are available to them” it continued.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170611160000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "EGY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/11/middleeast/iran-qatar-planes-food/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "674342823", "sentence": "Cross Platform Link: This feature is part of CNN Parallels, an interactive series exploring ways you can improve your health by making small changes to your daily habits. Sleep deprivation can make you sick or irritable and even kill you Developing good habits can bring back a good night's rest We are one groggy, cranky, sleep-deprived population. Depending on our age, we are supposed to get between seven and 10 hours of sleep each night. But according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a third of us get fewer than seven hours of sleep per night.  In addition, 50 million to 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, insomnia and restless leg syndrome, which can ruin a good night’s shuteye. And we’re not alone. In bedrooms around the globe, men, women and children are tossing and turning. According to World Sleep Day statistics, sleep deprivation is threatening the health of up to 45% of the world’s population. Science has linked poor slumber with high blood pressure, a weakened immune system, weight gain, a lack of libido, mood swings, paranoia, depression and a higher risk of diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease, dementia and some cancers. Related article How to sleep better: 37 hacks Car crashes, industrial disasters, and medical and occupational errors also increase as we tire, not to mention a decrease in work productivity and efficiency. A study by RAND Europe found that the United States loses an estimated $411 billion each year from workers who sleep fewer than six hours a night. That’s about 2.28% of US gross domestic product. Japan comes next, with $138 billion, or 2.92% of GDP, followed by Germany ($60 billion; 1.56% of GDP) and the United Kingdom ($50 billion; 1.86% of GDP). But guess what would happen if those same people added an hour of pillow time? The US could add $226.4 billion back to the economy, the study said, and Japan would recover $75.7 billion, while Germany and the UK would be blessed with an additional $34.1 and $29.9 billion. Exactly how does a lack of sleep affect the body? There are the obvious signs: irritation, moodiness, dull reflexes and a fuzzy mind. As you can imagine, how those continue to affect us depends on whether the deprivation is short-lived or long-term and chronic. Interactive: How much sleep do you get? Weakened reflexes Studies show that after 17 to 19 hours without sleep, you’ll be functioning as if you’ve been drinking enough to raise your blood alcohol concentration to 0.05%. Skip a full 20 to 25 hours of sleep, and you’ll soon be at 0.1% – well over the US legal driving limit of 0.08. In other words, a lack of sleep for one night can impair your reflexes and decision-making to the same extent as being over the limit. But sleeping less than the recommended amount on a regular basis can be almost as bad. A lab-based sleep study found that people who were sleeping fewer than six hours a night for two weeks – and who thought they were doing just fine – functioned as badly on cognitive and reflex tests as people who were deprived of sleep for two full nights. Related article Skipping two hours of sleep may double your crash risk, study says This is evident in traffic statistics. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that at least 100,000 accidents reported to US police are the result of drowsy driving. This results in an estimated 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries and $12.5 billion in monetary losses, according to the National Sleep Foundation. An unfocused mind While you sleep, your brain is busy. It’s preparing for the next day, sorting your experiences and making new pathways for learning. To capture newly acquired information, absorb fresh skills and form key memories – as well as to retrieve them later – you need plenty of sleep time to let your brain do its work. A lack of sleep therefore impacts your ability to pay attention, learn new things, be creative, solve problems and make decisions. Related article Our ancient ancestors may have slept better than you, but less A chronic lack of sleep is also closely tied to anxiety and depression, as the body struggles to cope with the stress of sleepiness. Some studies have found a connection between sleep apnea, a disorder with which you actually stop breathing for up to a minute, and cognitive impairment, and insomnia has been associated with reduced brain size. There’s even growing evidence that poor sleep early in life can lead to the development of the plaques and tangles that cause Alzheimer’s and other kinds of dementia. Related article Can poor sleep lead to Alzheimer's? A study published this month in the journal Brain found that healthy middle-age adults who slept badly for just one night produced an abundance of the protein beta amyloid, responsible for the plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s. A week of disrupted sleep upped the amount of tau, another protein responsible for the tangles associated with Alzheimer’s, frontal lobe dementia and Lewy body disease. If that’s not enough, a study in mice by the University of Pennsylvania found that prolonged periods without sleep actually killed brain cells. Continued sleep deprivation can also lead to wide swings in mood, increasing paranoia and even hallucinations. The chronically sleep-starved will also become less able to tolerate pain and resist coercion, which makes it one of the military’s favorite tools for torture. Poor repairs Deep sleep, the kind that comes only after a full cycle, is necessary for the body to release hormones designed to repair cells and build tissue in the body and brain, especially in children and teens. Unfortunately, although preteens and teens need the most sleep of any age group – at least nine hours a night – they are the least likely to get enough rest. Early start times for school, combined with today’s technology lures, high stress levels and late-to-bed habits, are creating a nation of sleep-starved youngsters. Over 90% of US high school students are chronically sleep-deprived, with 20% getting fewer than five hours a night, according to a Sleep in America poll. Related article Here's how long children should sleep every day According to a study from the CDC, this sets teens up to engage in more risky behavior, such as drinking or texting while driving or not wearing a seat belt or helmet, compared with those who get at least nine hours a night. Previous studies on teen sleep found that fewer than eight hours a night was also associated with obesity, migraines, substance abuse, lack of exercise, sexual activity, feelings of depression and thoughts of suicide. The teen sleep problem is so bad that in 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement asking schools across the country to delay the start of middle and high school to no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Even though some schools are heeding that call, the advocacy group Start School Later says that more than four in five start classes earlier than the recommended time. Weight gain Studies show that poor sleep leads to an increase in hunger and weight gain. That’s partly due to the connection between sleep and the peptides that regulate your appetite: ghrelin and leptin. Ghrelin, which makes you hungry, goes up when you don’t get enough sleep. At the same time, leptin, which sends “full” signals to the brain, decreases. Related article Weight loss can be tied to when, not just what, you eat A lack of sleep is known to increase stress, which pumps up the body’s primary stress hormone, cortisol. Among other things, cortisol helps control blood sugar levels and regulates metabolism. During times of stress, the increased cortisol causes higher insulin levels, which in turn drops your blood sugar and results in cravings for fatty, sugar-filled foods. Shorter, unhealthier lifespan Getting less than the recommended amount of sleep each night on a regular basis raises your risk of dying. In a longitudinal study of 10,308 British civil servants published in 2007, researchers found that those who reduced their sleep from seven to five hours or fewer a night were almost twice as likely to die from all causes, especially cardiovascular disease. Related article The great American sleep recession Here’s the worst news: As you head toward death, your chances of developing a major disease or medical condition are also much higher if you don’t get enough sleep. That’s because during sleep, your body is literally repairing and restoring itself on a cellular level. Studies show a significant association between a lack of sleep and cardiovascular disease. Weight gain can lead to obesity and type 2 diabetes. Your immune system takes a hit, making you more vulnerable to colds, flu and all sort of viruses and other infectious diseases. It may even mess with your genes. A small study of 15 men looked at the impact of sleep deprivation on “clock genes” that regulate circadian rhythm.  They found that the loss of a single night’s sleep could alter those genes in key metabolic tissues. Whether that change is permanent is unknown. The good news is that you can do something about your sleep deficit. You can train your brain to seek better sleep just as you train it to learn and accomplish other skills. One of the first tasks is to set up your sleep environment and establish a relaxing bedtime routine. It’s that repetition that will train your brain to recognize that its time to relax and sleep. Related article The healthiest way to improve your sleep: exercise Cool temperatures Start with the bedroom. Make sure your bed and pillows are comfortable and the room is cool: Between 60 and 67 degrees is best.  Don’t watch TV or work in your bedroom; you want your brain to think of the room as only for sleep. Mood lighting Be sure to eliminate all bright lights, as even the blue light of cellphones or laptops can be disruptive. If that’s hard to accomplish, think about using eye shades and blackout curtains to keep the room dark. Try to eliminate disturbing sounds as well. Earplugs or white noise machines can be very helpful, but you can create your own with a humidifier or fan. During the day, try to get good exposure to natural light, as that will help regulate your circadian rhythm. Related article Sleep better with six minutes of bedtime yoga Develop a routine Then, establish a bedtime routine you can follow each night. Taking a warm bath or shower, reading a book, listening to soothing music, meditating or doing light stretches are all good options. Food and drink to avoid Other suggestions for good sleep include avoiding stimulants such as nicotine or coffee after midafternoon, especially if you have insomnia. Alcohol is another no-no. You may think it helps you doze off, but you are more likely to wake in the night as your body begins to process the spirits. Tell us your storyWe love to hear from our audience. Follow @CNNHealth on Twitter and Facebook for the latest health news and let us know what we’re missing. Also avoid rich, fatty foods just before sleep. If you have any digestive issues, eating fried or fatty foods, spicy meals, some citrus and even carbonated drinks can trigger heartburn and indigestion. Get moving Exercise is key to promoting good sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, as little as 10 minutes a day of walking, biking or other aerobic exercise can “drastically improve nighttime sleep quality.” Follow all these steps, and you’ll be well on your way to closing your sleep deficit and improving your health.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170719164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/health/dangers-of-sleep-deprivation/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "559539675", "sentence": "George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will attend a graduation for their Presidential Leadership Scholars Program The event Thursday in Arkansas is a sign of their close relationship Former President Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will appear together in Little Rock on Thursday during the graduation of a leadership program launched by the duo in 2014. The graduation of the 61 members from the 2016 Class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program will feature a discussion with Bush, Clinton and Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister. The 42nd and 43rd presidents have a close relationship despite past political tensions. Clinton defeated Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, in 1992. And in 2000 George W. Bush ran for president promising to bring “honor and dignity to the White House” after Clinton left. When Bush and Clinton launched the program in 2014, the two yukked it up on stage in Washington, D.C., talking openly about their legacies as president and their relationship. “He used to call me twice a year, in his second term, just to talk,” Clinton said about Bush. “We’d talk – depending on how much time he had, because he was busier than me – somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes, for several years. It meant a lot to me.” Clinton said he and Bush “talked about everything in the world. He asked my opinion, half the time he disagreed with it. But I felt good about that, I thought that was a really healthy thing.” When they were asked about what they respected about one another, Clinton was lengthy in his praise for Bush. “I actually learned a lot watching him over the years,” Clinton said. Bush, true to his personality, was briefer, calling Clinton an “awesome communicator” who can “really lay out a case and get people all across the political spectrum to listen.” “Is that enough?” Bush quipped to laughs. “It was a lot shorter than your answer, I know.” It is well-documented that Clinton has grown closer with the Bush family since his presidency. Clinton and George H.W. Bush worked together after the Asian tsunami in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, while Clinton and George W. Bush worked together after the 2010 Haitian earthquake.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "George W. Bush and Bill Clinton", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160713190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/politics/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-little-rock/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "582665192", "sentence": "Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has made many claims about US foreign policy and national security. CNN’s Reality Check team has put those statements and assertions to the test. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN selected key statements and rated them: True; Mostly True; True, but Misleading; False; or It’s Complicated. Reality Check: Timing of Iran nuclear deal July 21, 2016 By Jamie Crawford, CNN During a speech on the final day of the GOP national convention, Trump seemed to criticize the timing of the international deal over Iran’s nuclear program, saying it occurred just after the seizure of 10 U.S. Navy sailors by Iranian forces after their vessels strayed into Iranian waters. “We all remember the images of our sailors being forced to their knees by their Iranian captors at gunpoint. This was just prior to the signing of the Iran deal, which gave back to Iran $150 billion and gave us absolutely nothing – it will go down in history as one of the worst deals ever negotiated,” Trump said. The landmark agreement between Iran, the United States and five other governments was reached in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2015, after over two years of negotiations over the final contours of the agreement, but it was not until January 12 of this year that 10 US Navy sailors were held for hours in Iran after two small U.S. naval vessels entered Iranian waters. Trump may be referring to the actual implementation of the nuclear deal on January 16, just four days after the incident with the sailors, when the deal entered into full force following a determination that Iran had completed the necessary steps in a deal to restrict its nuclear program, which allowed for the lifting of international sanctions against Iran to begin. Although the actual implementation of the deal with Iran occurred four days after the incident with the U.S. sailors, Trump referenced the signing of the deal which occurred the previous July. We rate his comments as false. Reality Check: Trump on Clinton’s legacy July 21, 2016 By Amy Gallagher, CNN Trump rattled off a litany of events he claimed would make up “the legacy of Hillary Clinton.” “After 15 years of wars in the Middle East, after trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, the situation is worse than it has ever been before. This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.” In essence, the briefest way to check his claim is simply to read this sentence. If there were 15 years of wars in the Middle East and trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, and even if it can all be laid at the feet of US foreign policy, we are actually talking about the legacy of at least two presidential administrations and four secretaries of state: Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. At the very least, Trump is overstating Clinton’s influence – she did not become secretary of state until 2009. As a result, we rate his claim that the state of the Middle East and Libya are Clinton’s personal legacy as false. Reality Check: Trump on Clinton’s support for the Iraq War June 22, 2016 By Kate Grise and Laura Koran, CNN Trump took shots at Clinton’s record on the war in Iraq. “It all started with her bad judgment in supporting the war in Iraq in the first place,” he said. He added, “Though I was not in government service, I was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war, and yes, even before the war ever started.” Clinton did vote in favor of the Iraq War resolution in October 2002. Years later, Clinton said her vote was a mistake. Verdict: True. However, Trump’s claim that he was one of the first to criticize the Iraq War is less clear. In an interview with Howard Stern on September 11, 2002, Trump said that he supported invading Iraq after Stern asked him if he was “for invading Iraq.” “Yeah, I guess so,” Trump responded. “I wish the first time it was done correctly.” The Washington Post seems to have the earliest quote from him criticizing the invasion. Trump told the paper at a 2003 Oscars after-party days after the invasion that “the war’s a mess.” He was more vehement in an August 2004 Esquire Magazine interview, saying of the invasion, “I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the country? C’mon.” Trump has also tweeted the link to a July 2004 Reuters article titled, “Donald Trump Would ‘Fire’ Bush Over Iraq Invasion” to emphasize his opposition. But these statements were made after the war began, mostly in 2004. There’s no indication he said anything along the lines of “Do not attack Iraq” before the invasion began, as he has previously claimed. Verdict: It is true that Trump did criticize the war shortly after it began, but his claim that he criticized the war before it started is false, especially when considering his statement of support for the war to Stern before Congress voted for the invasion. Reality Check: Trump claims Clinton support for ‘regime change’ caused Syrian bloodshed June 22, 2016 By Eve Bower, CNN Trump fiercely criticized Clinton’s Middle East policy during her tenure as secretary of state, claiming her “support for violent regime change in Syria has thrown the country into one of the bloodiest civil wars anyone has ever seen.” It is true that the civil war in Syria has been one of the deadliest in modern history: according to a recent U.N. estimate, since the start of hostilities in early 2011, more than 400,000 Syrians have been killed. But it is difficult to determine how much of Syria’s fate can be attributed to a Clinton proposal that was never adopted. In April 2012, Clinton indeed advocated for the “overthrow” of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to a State Department document released by Wikileaks as part of her email archive. (The email was undated but references a statement made “last week” to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak about “the toppling down of Assad.” Barak made that statement on April 19, 2012, dating Clinton’s email in late April.) In the leaked message, Clinton pressed for a multilateral intervention in Syria, writing, “Only the threat or use of force will change the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s mind.” Specifically, she advised, “Washington should start by expressing its willingness to work with regional allies like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to organize, train and arm Syrian rebel forces.” Clinton was not alone in calling for the end of Assad’s rule. Almost one year earlier, in August 2011, President Barack Obama had said “the time has come for President Assad to step aside.” But crucially, at the time, Obama refused to pursue regime change, saying, “The United States cannot and will not impose this transition upon Syria.” It appears that Obama persisted in his opposition. The New York Times, citing unnamed administration officials, said that in the summer of 2012, Clinton had been working on a plan with then-CIA Director David Petraeus to arm Syrian rebels but that Obama “rebuffed” their plan. Because it is impossible to attribute the ongoing bloodshed of the Syrian civil war to the rejected policies of a secretary of state now out of office for more than three years, we rate Trump’s claim FALSE. Reality Check: Clinton and the Benghazi attacks June 22, 2016 By Ryan Browne and Laura Koran, CNN Trump slammed Clinton’s response to the September 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of four Americans, including the ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. Here is what Trump said: “Ambassador Stevens and his staff in Libya made hundreds and hundreds of requests for security. They were desperate. They needed help. Hillary Clinton’s State Department refused them all. She started the war that put them in Libya, denied him the security he asked for, then left him there to die.” During her testimony on Capitol Hill before the House Select Committee hearing on Benghazi last year, Clinton acknowledged that “a number of” requests were made but added, “I did not see them. I did not approve them. I did not deny them.” During the same hearing, Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, estimated that about 600 requests or concerns were raised with regard to Benghazi and Libya. A State Department independent investigation into the attack chaired by former Amb. Thomas Pickering and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Michael Mullen found that senior officials in the State Department had “demonstrated a lack of proactive leadership and management ability … in their responses to security concerns posed by the Special Mission Benghazi.” The investigatory board, though, did conclude that no employee “engaged in misconduct or willfully ignored his or her responsibilities.” However, the report also notes that while most of the requests were not fully fulfilled, some measures and concerns were addressed, at least in part. Because State Department officials were deemed responsible for not adequately responding to security concerns and because Clinton was secretary of state at the time – even though there is no evidence that Clinton was directly responsible for the inadequate response – Trump said it was “Clinton’s State Department” that ignored the requests not Clinton herself. However, because Trump overstates his claim and says “all” requests were refused and because he later implies that Clinton herself “denied him the security he asked for,” we rate this claim as false. Trump also made the assertion that Clinton attributed the attack to an online video that was critical of Islam: “To cover her tracks, Hillary lied about a video being the cause of his death,” Trump said. Trump cites a family member of one of the victims as evidence that Clinton attributing the video as the cause of the incident. That person was the mother of Sean Smith, who told Fox News, “She lied to my face.” Some of the family members of the victims have indeed said that Clinton misled them on the cause of the attack, but did not mention the video. Kate Quigley, sister of CIA operative Glen Doherty, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that in the wake of the attack Clinton had mentioned protests but not a video. “She spoke to my family about how sad we should feel for the Libyan people because they are uneducated and that breeds fear, which breeds violence, and leads to a protest,” Quigley said, adding that Clinton chose to “perpetuate what she knew was untrue.” While some administration officials, including then-ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, did not immediately call the attack a pre-planned terror operation, emphasizing the video and protests, it is less apparent that Clinton attributed the attack directly to the online video. In a statement made immediately after the attack, Clinton mentioned the video but did not tie it directly to the attack, saying, “Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet.” But in an email exchange from the night of the attack, Clinton told her daughter Chelsea – who was using the pseudonym “Diane Reynolds” – that the attack was launched by “an al Queda-like group.” A few days later, on September 21, Clinton publicly labeled the attack an act of terrorism, saying, “What happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack, and we will not rest until we have tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four Americans.” RELATED: Some of Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi-related emails released Because Clinton’s email exchange indicates terrorism’s role in Benghazi and because there is conflict between family members about whether a video was mentioned, there’s no way to determine conclusively the veracity of Trump’s claim. For that reason, we rate this it’s complicated. Editor’s Note: This post has been updated after a review of the previous conclusion. Reality Check: Trump claims Clinton accepted $58,000 in jewelry June 22, 2016 By Cristina Alesci and Laurie Frankel, CNNMoney Trump said, “Hillary Clinton accepted $58,000 in jewelry from the government of Brunei when she was secretary of state – plus millions more for her foundation.” Clinton did receive 18-carat gold, sapphire and diamond earrings, a necklace and a bracelet worth $58,000, according to the State Department website. That gift was recorded in September 2012. The former secretary did accept the jewelry and justified it by saying that not doing so would’ve “would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. government.” However, Clinton was not allowed to keep the jewelry. Under State Department rules, if a gift over $350 cannot be refused, it automatically becomes property of the U.S. government, and the recipient must report the gift and transfer it to the Office of the Chief of Protocol within 60 days. As for donations from Brunei to the Clinton Foundation, that is true. The government of Brunei donated between $1 million and $5 million to the foundation, according to its website. Trump also said the “Sultan of Brunei has pushed oppressive Sharia law, including the punishment of death by stoning for being gay. Brunei became the first East Asian nation to adopt Sharia law in 2014. Our verdict on the jewelry: true, but misleading. Although she received the gift, she turned it over to the U.S. government as required by law. Reality Check: Trump claims Clinton ran the State Department like a personal hedge fund June 22, 2016 By Cristina Alesci and Laurie Frankel, CNNMoney According to Trump, Clinton ran the State Department like her own personal hedge fund, doing favors for oppressive regimes and many others in exchange for cash. To make this claim, Trump cited several examples from the book “Clinton Cash” by Peter Schweizer. Among the accusations: Clinton’s State Department approved the transfer of 20% of America’s uranium holdings to Russia while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation. While the deal to sell Uranium One to a Russian company was completed in 2010, there’s no hard evidence of a quid pro quo. Even Schweizer admits there’s no smoking gun. According to The New York Times, although significant donors to the foundation stood to benefit from the transaction, which allowed a Russian company to buy the rights to one-fifth of U.S. uranium deposits, “Whether the donations played any role in the approval of the uranium deal is unknown.” CNN several times has asked the Clinton Foundation to confirm whether the nine investors who benefited from the deal also contributed to the foundation, but the foundation has yet to respond. RELATED: Russian company seeks to buy U.S. uranium mining operations But even if foundation donors profited from the sale of Uranium One, the State Department was one of several agencies that needed to sign off on the transaction. The Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the Unites States, an interagency body that reviews deals that could result in a foreign entity owning a US business, reviewed and approved the sale. The committee includes representatives from nine agencies, including the State Department. Verdict: False. Reality Check: Who met Putin? November 10, 2015 By Tom LoBianco, CNN When it comes to U.S.-Russian relations, a little chest-puffing is hardly new. But two Republicans vying for the White House did some exaggerating of their own with their claims of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I got to know him very well because we were both on ’60 Minutes,’ we were stable mates. We did well that night,” Trump said in Milwaukee during the fourth debate of Republican candidates. Trump also implied last month that the two had spent some time in together before the show in comments last month on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “I think the biggest thing we have is that we were on ’60 Minutes’ together and we had fantastic ratings. One of your best-rated shows in a long time,” he joked. “So that was good, right? So we were stable mates.” Fiorina took a swipe at Trump when she responded later and, in the process, overstated Trump’s claim. Related video Trump: I met Putin on '60 Minutes' “One of the reasons I said that I would not be talking to Vladimir Putin right now, although I have met him as well, not in a green room for a show, but in a private meeting,” Fiorina said. Trump never directly said that the two met, but he did imply it. But that’s not the case. The Putin interview was conducted in Putin’s home in Russia. On the other hand, Fiorina has met Putin. Though something that Fiorina leaves out of her recollection of meeting with Putin: she praised the Russian leader following their meeting in 2001, before the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, when she praised his leadership and the promise for a new Russia. “I keep wondering how it is that I got positioned to speak in the slot before the President of the Russian Federation – on the subject of change, no less, ” Fiorinia said, according to a copy of the speech posted on Hewlett Packard’s website. “Hewlett-Packard has been at the center of a lot of change in our 62-year history. But President Putin was elected president in the first democratic transition in Russia in 1,000 years. Talk about giving new meaning to the word ‘invent.’” Verdict for Trump: False", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160926013000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/25/politics/donald-trump-defense-foreign-policy/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "745180862", "sentence": "Two guinea pigs and a cat belonging to former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, poisoned in a nerve agent attack in the UK last month, have died, British authorities have said. The two guinea pigs were found dead in Skripal’s house some time after the attack, apparently from dehydration, and a cat was put down after being discovered in a “distressed” state. Police sealed the house after Skripal and his daughter Yulia were discovered unconscious on a bench in Salisbury on March 4. “When a vet was able to access the property, two guinea pigs had sadly died,” the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said in a statement. “A cat was also found in a distressed state and a decision was taken by a veterinary surgeon to euthanise the animal to alleviate its suffering.” The guinea pigs “most likely… died due to a lack of water,” a DEFRA spokesperosn told CNN later. The deaths are the latest peculiar developments in a story that has taken a turn for the absurd in recent days. Apparently in an effort to shift the debate away from the issue of culpability, a succession of Russian officials have attempted to make light of the whole affair. The issue of the pets was first raised by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday. “Where are they now?” she said, speaking to reporters.  “After all, we are talking about living organisms, and if a poisonous agent was used in the house, they must also have been affected,” she continued. Later, at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, Russia’s representative Vassily Nebenzia read out extracts from a copy of Alice in Wonderland in an attempt to discredit Britain’s claims that Russia was responsible for the Skripals’ fate. After the death of the animals was confirmed, the Russian embassy in London said their value as pieces of evidence had been ignored. “Such treatment of pets is also hardly consistent with UK laws on animal cruelty and comes as a blatant disregard to Mr Skripal’s rights as the owner and companion of the animals,” the embassy said, claiming a second cat was still missing. DEFRA told CNN that only one cat had been found on the property and offered no information about a possible second cat. It could not say whether there was any evidence the animals had been poisoned. Detectives revealed last week that they believe Skripal and his daughter Yulia first came into contact with a nerve agent at the former spy’s home and that the highest concentration of the substance had been found on the front door. Related article Experts unable to identify source of nerve agent but UK says it's Russia Sergei Skripal remains critically ill but stable in hospital. Yulia, also poisoned in the attack, is now conscious and talking. In a statement released Thursday, the 33-year-old said she woke up “over a week ago” and her “strength is growing daily.” Yulia and Sergei Skripal were found slumped on a bench at an outdoor shopping precinct. The British government believes they were poisoned with a Russian-made nerve agent, Novichok. Russia denies involvement and the incident has led to a spiraling diplomatic dispute between the two nations. The UK and its allies have expelled scores of Russian diplomats, triggering retaliatory expulsions by Russia. At the United Nations Security Council meeting on Thursday, Nebenzia, Russia’s envoy, called the allegations a “fake story” and said the UK was “playing with fire and they will be sorry.” The British government insists that only Russia had the capability to carry out the attack. CNN’s Katie Polglase and Sebastian Shukla contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180406110000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/europe/sergei-skripal-cat-guinea-pigs-dead-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "754378707", "sentence": "Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next CIA director, pledged Wednesday she would not restart the CIA’s detention and interrogation program and that she would not follow an order that she found morally objectionable. “I would not allow CIA to undertake activity that I thought was immoral, even if it was technically legal,” Haspel said. “I would absolutely not permit it.” Haspel’s role in the George W. Bush administration’s interrogation program was front-and-center for her confirmation hearing, where she faced pointed questions about her views on the harsh interrogation of detainees and her role in the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes. Haspel made clear that she does not believe the CIA should be in the interrogation business — and she would not allow the CIA to resume interrogations — but she declined to criticize the CIA for using waterboarding and other interrogation tactics that critics say amounted to torture. “I’m not going to sit here with the benefit of hindsight and judge the very good people who made hard decisions who were running the agency in very extraordinary circumstances at the time,” Haspel said. The CIA nominee was pressed repeatedly by Democrats about whether she thought CIA’s interrogation tactics were moral, which she answered by saying she supported the current “higher moral standard.” Sen. Kamala Harris of California tried a different tack, asking Haspel whether she thought torture “worked,” as Trump has said. “We got value information from debriefing of al Qaeda detainees,” Haspel said. “And I don’t think it’s knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that.” Haspel was also pressed over her role in the 2005 destruction of the CIA tapes that was ordered by her boss, then-clandestine chief Jose Rodriguez. She emphasized that the decision to destroy the tapes was his, but she did acknowledge she also supported it. “I absolutely was an advocate, if we could within and conforming to US law, and if we could get policy concurrence to eliminate the security risk posed to our officers by those tapes,” Haspel told Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California. Haspel told Sen. Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, that she would no longer support the destruction of the tapes today. It’s not clear whether Haspel’s answers will sway skeptical Democrats. Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, questioned “the message the Senate would send” by appointing a director who worked in the interrogation program. “Ms. Haspel has stated that the law has changed and that the RDI program is no longer legal. She has committed to upholding the law. I appreciate that, but it is not enough,” Warner said. In her opening statement, Haspel said she would not restart the interrogation program, saying it was now clear the CIA was “not prepared” to run an interrogation program. “Having served in that tumultuous time, I can offer you my personal commitment, clearly and without reservation, that under my leadership, on my watch, CIA will not restart such a detention and interrogation program,” Haspel said. Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr praised Haspel, a 33-year CIA veteran, as the most qualified nominee that could have been chosen for the post, and argued that her confirmation hearing should not be used to put the George W. Bush administration’s interrogation program on trial. “I’d like to set the record straight and make clear to those in attendance, and the American people, that this hearing is not about programs already addressed by executive order, legislation and the court of law — it is about the woman seated before you,” Burr said. For lawmakers on the fence, Haspel’s willingness to answer questions about her past will be a major factor in whether she will be able to clinch Democratic votes. And several senators from both parties say her answers will matter – they’re looking to her hearing to decide how they will vote on her nomination. Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine who is still undecided on Haspel, said the hearing was going to be key in whether he supports her. “It’s an important hearing,” King said. “My principal concern is about the tapes’ destruction and what she was thinking, what her role was. That’s the essence of it.” Haspel was selected as deputy CIA director last year, a position that did not require Senate confirmation. But Trump’s selection of Haspel to succeed Mike Pompeo atop the agency has been contentious ever since she was tapped in March. Her nomination was quickly opposed by human rights groups and many Democrats, as well as Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, over her role in the George W. Bush administration’s interrogation and detention program, in which critics say the CIA tortured terror detainees. Critics point to Haspel’s time leading the CIA’s black site in Thailand in 2002, where harsh interrogations were conducted. Then in 2005, she was chief of staff to the CIA’s clandestine chief, Jose Rodriguez, when he ordered the destruction of tapes of CIA interrogations. With Paul’s opposition and Sen. John McCain’s absence from Washington as he fights brain cancer, Haspel will need at least some Democratic support to win the simple majority needed for confirmation. Republicans are looking to the same red-state Democrats who voted for Pompeo’s confirmation as secretary of state last month to also back Haspel. Several have signaled they’re open to supporting her. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida pointed to support for Haspel from former Obama and Bush administration officials, while Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said she “has been a true soldier and done her job.” Other Democrats, however, say the CIA has failed to publicly disclose key details about her record that the public should have access to before she is confirmed to a Cabinet-level position. Several Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee have urged the CIA and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to make Haspel’s record in the interrogation program public. The CIA has declassified some materials, including an internal 2011 report on the tape destruction clearing her of wrongdoing. And the agency provided additional classified material to senators but has argued that the information cannot be made public for security reasons. Democrats say the response is insufficient, and they have complained that the CIA is selectively releasing favorable parts of Haspel’s record. They are also warning that Haspel will say little to nothing about the controversial parts of her career during the open hearing – there is also a classified session for senators – because they remain classified. “As of now, this is headed toward a secret confirmation process,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, adding later, “It is going to take place in public. Yet I believe, as of now, people will not know much of what the nominee was doing during that crucial period and will not know a number of the facts … that relate to her record and who she really is.” Haspel and the CIA tried to push back on the criticisms of her record in the lead-up to the hearing. The CIA has waged its own public relations campaign for Haspel, releasing an extensive biography and tweeting support for her nomination. Dozens of former intelligence officials, including senior Obama administration officials, have expressed support for her nomination. Haspel’s leadership experience has left many in the GOP leadership confident she’ll get the job. “She’s got the résumé. She’s got all the field work. She knows this job cold,” Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of GOP leadership, told CNN. Thune said Haspel “enjoys broad support among Republicans. The question is are there Democrats that will vote for her?” This story has been updated. CNN’s Manu Raju, Jenna McLaughlin and Barbara Starr contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Gina Haspel", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180509104500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "THA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/politics/gina-haspel-confirmation-hearing/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "587528509", "sentence": "Police in UK issue statements warning people not to scare their communities by dressing up Wave of creepy clown sightings have emerged in US Spike in clown-related incidents in lead-up to Halloween The sinister clown scare is spreading worldwide. The bizarre craze seemed to be confined to the US, where sightings of so-called creepy clowns emerged in the late summer. But it now looks like the fancy dress frenzy has spread across the seas. It may seem a funny prank to scare unsuspecting victims ahead of Halloween but police in the UK are warning against participating in the hoax. Authorities across the country have responded to an increasing number of incidents involving people in clown outfits. “Dressing up as a clown to scare people may seem like a joke, but it is no laughing matter,” Cumbria Superintendent Mark Pannone said. “The fear of such incidents is deeply upsetting children in Cumbria and causing them a great deal of distress.” Related article A brief, creepy history of clown hoaxes and internet panics On Sunday, Cumbria Police said it received nine clown-related reports including one who was holding a knife and another a stick. Thames Valley Police said it responded to 14 incidents in 24 hours over the weekend. And police in Durham in the northeast of England are investigating after a man dressed as a clown and wielding a knife is alleged to have followed four children to school on Friday morning. “The children arrived at school understandably upset and distressed by this incident and we are currently trying to locate this man,” neighborhood Sergeant Mel Sutherland said in a statement. “We believe this to be part of a much larger prank which is currently sweeping across the USA and parts of the UK. It is very alarming he was carrying a knife, however we do not think he intended to harm the children and as far as we are aware, this is part of the prank.” Related article What's with all the clowns everywhere? 6 legit possibilities Authorities are urging people to forgo the mischievous fun as the reports are taking vital resources away from other crime investigations. “While we do not want to be accused of stopping people enjoying themselves we would also ask those same people to think of the impact of their behavior on others and themselves,” Thames Valley chief superintendent Andy Boyd said in a statement. “Their behavior is causing multiple reports to our call takers and is tying up police resources which could impact on calls to other incidents.” And it’s not just pranksters in the UK who are clowning around. Authorities in Australia and Canada have also issued clown-related cautions in the last several days. Related video How to be a good clown Victoria Police in Australia told CNN that they are aware of copycat incidents and warned that “any intimidating and threatening as well as anti-social behaviors will not be tolerated.” They urged those in their community to contact their local station if concerned. According to Google Trends, interest in clowns tends to spike each year ahead of Halloween on October 31 but a wave of creepy clowns spotted around the US has brought with it a frenzy of panic. Reports of clowns around the neighborhood first emerged in South Carolina towards the end of August but has since filled up countless social feeds as imitators don their own masks. As a result, a number of people in the US have been arrested, schools have released letters warnings parents and the subject even cropped up at a White House briefing last week. Press secretary Josh Earnest said: “I don’t know that the president has been briefed on this particular situation.” Karla Pequenino contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "clown-related incidents and pranks", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161010170000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/world/creepy-clown-sightings-global/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "458585291", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News.  You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. August 18, 2015 Our “Catching Up” series continues today by explaining the controversial Iran nuclear deal: What is it, what are some international perspectives on it, and how is the U.S. Congress involved? We’re also looking at how the role of Japan’s military could change. And amid a spike in U.S. heroin overdoses, Dr. Sanjay Gupta is exploring the effects of opiates on the brain. On this page you will find today’s show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the transcript of today’s CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News!", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150817224500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/17/studentnews/sn-content-tues/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "622948836", "sentence": "Source tells CNN that Xiao has been abducted from Hong Kong hotel Front page newspaper ad in tycoon's name denies he's been kidnapped A Chinese billionaire with Canadian citizenship has been seized from his apartment at the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong and taken to mainland China, a source familiar with the situation told CNN Wednesday. Hong Kong police said they were investigating the disappearance of Xiao Jianhua, who was reported missing Friday. Police added that they had received a request Saturday from a family member to drop the case. “We are still investigating and have reached out to the mainland authorities concerned,” the statement sent to CNN Tuesday said. Xiao is one of China’s richest men and controls the Tomorrow Group, a massive holding company with stakes in banks, insurers and property developers. According to Hurun, which analyzes Chinese wealth, Xiao is 46 and has a net worth of $6 billion. Xiao’s disappearance adds to fears that freedoms guaranteed under the “one country, two systems” policy agreed to as part of Britain’s 1997 handover of Hong Kong are being eroded as Beijing asserts more control over the city. His case has drawn comparisons with Lee Bo, a bookseller and British passport holder that disappeared from Hong Kong in late 2015 and later turned up in Chinese custody. Lee’s removal, which came after the disappearance of four of his colleagues, sparked outrage in Hong Kong and internationally over fears he was taken against his will by Chinese law enforcement agents, who aren’t permitted to act in the self-governing city. One of the booksellers, Swedish citizen Gui Minhai, remains in detention 15 months after he was taken from Thailand. Meet 5 of China’s disappearing executives The person familiar with the situation told CNN that there was a small scuffle between two dozen security officials and Xiao’s own security detail, which usually numbers about eight bodyguards per shift. The source, who wanted to remain anonymous because of the politically sensitive nature of the case, said Xiao had close connections to some of China’s most powerful families. In a front-page ad published in Hong Kong’s Mingpao newpaper Wednesday, Xiao appeared to deny he had been kidnapped. The statement in Chinese, which had Xiao’s name printed at the bottom, said that he was “recuperating overseas” and hoped to meet with media once he had recovered. “I’m a patriotic overseas Chinese and I’ve always loved the party and the country,” it said. The statement added that he was a Canadian citizen entitled to consular assistance and a permanent Hong Kong resident. Mingpao said they couldn’t disclose who bought the unusual ad, which according to the newspaper’s advertising rate card would have cost $36,500. Other high-profile businesspeople detained in China have been pressed to release messages insisting that everything is fine. The newspaper statement was similar to a post on the Tomorrow Group’s WeChat account – a social network and messaging app that’s massively popular in China. The post has since been deleted. The Four Seasons, which occupies a 45-story skyscraper that commands spectacular views of Hong Kong’s harbor, said it was cooperating with the police investigation but declined to comment further. The Canadian Consulate said it was aware of the reports and officials were “in contact with the authorities to gather additional information and provide assistance.” “In order to protect the privacy of the individual concerned, further details on this case cannot be released.” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Public Security Ministry didn’t respond to a request for comment. Born in China, Xiao also held a diplomatic passport from Antigua and Barbuda, where he was an ambassador at large, according to a statement on the Antigua government website. The country’s foreign ministry didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. According to the Financial Times, Xiao was a financier with links to the family of Chinese President Xi Jinping. He was one of a number of Chinese tycoons who had moved to Hong Kong and taken up residence in private apartments at the 5-star Four Seasons hotel during Xi’s crackdown on corporate excess, the paper said. A 2014 profile in the New York Times said Xiao was often surrounded by aides and retained a number of female body guards “who even wipe the sweat from his brow.” Born in a poor mountain village, Xiao passed the highly competitive college entrance exam at 14 and attended Peking University, China’s most prestigious, it added. CNN’s Esther Pang, Felicia Wong, Yuli Yang, Vivian Kam and Zahra Ullah contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Beijing", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170201074500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "HKG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/asia/china-hong-kong-billionaire-xiao-jianhua/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "497191661", "sentence": "Russian President Vladimir Putin let loose a volley of trash-talk at his annual press conference Putin sometimes veers off into country-bumpkin expressions, which occasionally defy translation For most U.S. politicians, such comments would be impossible to get away with, but they are seen as part of Putin's attraction It was a classic “Putin moment.” A huge hall filled with almost a thousand journalists, his formal “year-ender” December 17 news conference, broadcast live on all the major Russian TV networks and websites. A question about Turkey, and why it shot down a Russian warplane in November. President Putin was still furious. With a sneer and a snort, he let loose a volley of trash-talk. “If anyone in the Turkish leadership decided to lick the Americans in a certain place – I don’t know if they acted correctly or not – I don’t know whether the Americans need that.” Laughs, and even applause from some of the Russian reporters. Foreign journalists looked stunned. What Putin left out was the real ending of that Russian expression: “lick someone’s a*s.” But every Russian in the room knew what he meant. Related video Trump and Putin's bromance Vladimir Putin has a presidential potty mouth that he uses to great effect. The public first heard it in September 1999, when Putin was an unknown prime minister. Russia was hit with several deadly terrorist  bombings of apartment buildings. Vowing revenge, Putin didn’t hold back: “We’re going to pursue the terrorists everywhere,” he said. “That means, you’ll excuse me, we’ll catch them in the toilet, we’ll wipe them out in the sh*t house, finally.” That tough talk shocked many Russians. They’d never heard anything like that from a leader before. But it also boosted their spirits; a tough, vigorous leader had their back and would fight to protect them. A few months later, the ailing president, Boris Yeltsin, stepped aside and Vladimir Putin took the reins as Russian president. But he didn’t change his locker room talk. At a summit meeting in 2002, a foreign journalist asked the president whether Russia was repressing human rights in the breakaway republic of Chechnya, where most people are Muslim. Related video Putin says downing of Russian plane was an 'enemy act' “If you’re really ready to become an Islamic radical and you’re ready to have yourself circumcised, I invite you to Moscow,” he shot back. “We have a multi-faith country and we have experts in that. I’ll recommend doing the operation so that nothing grows back.” Male circumcision is practiced more by Muslims than any other religious group. The first translator was left speechless and sputtered an attempt at explaining what Putin had in mind. “Uh…uh…uh, uh come to Moscow…” Another translator jumped in: “If you want to do a circumcision….You are welcome…and everyone is tolerated in Moscow.” No translation was provided regarding anything not growing back. Putin’s sense of humor often has an ironic twist to it. “If a grandmother had certain sexual indicators, she would be a grandfather,” he said in June of 2006, answering a question about sanctions against Iran. Michele Berdy, who writes a column on the Russian language for The Moscow Times newspaper, has followed Putin’s rhetorical style for years. She thinks “it’s a way of being like the guy next door.” “I always thought it was a controlled way of slipping into ‘Hey, we’re all just one of the guys, sittin’ around, throwin’ back beers, and talkin’ about life the way it really is,’” she adds. The Russian president occasionally veers off into country-bumpkin expressions, which occasionally defy translation. Related video Putin and Erdogan: A clash of egos “One of the first ones was a goat reference when Tony Blair was visiting,” Michele Berdy recalls. “Above us is Allah, under us are goats,” is what Putin’s interpreter translated him as saying to the former British Prime Minister.  But a Moscow Times article explained that the Russian for goat has a second translation – bastard, or something even more insulting – and suggested that the interpreter suffered from excessive modesty. “It involved goats and prisons and allusions that the translators, I think, understood but had no idea what to do with,” Berdy adds. But there was no issue about what he meant when he put down a question about his supposed wealth in 2008 with this zinger: “That’s such garbage! They picked it out of their noses and smeared it on their papers!” Putinisms have become famous in Russia, and it doesn’t hurt that they’re often about sex. “They’ve asked me when I began having sex,” Putin said in July, 2006, at an internet conference. “I don’t remember … I remember exactly when I did it the last time. I can define that right down to the minute.” Many of Putin’s zingers are launched in apparent anger, which helps to solidify Putin’s macho image. Related video Putin: Turkey will regret downing of Russian warplane “It’s also this sort of ‘man’s man,’ slipping into foul language, and always putting somebody down, making fun of somebody,” says Berdy. “Like the Turks licking the Americans. It’s insulting and it’s putting down the Turks and the Americans in the process.” In December 2011, young people wearing white ribbons on their coats gathered on the icy streets of Moscow to protest what they said were rigged parliamentary elections. Putin smirkingly derided the symbol of their protest movement. “Frankly speaking,” he said, “when I saw those little ribbons, I thought it was some sort of action against AIDS. I’m embarrassed to say I thought they were wearing condoms.” That comment infuriated the opposition and Vladimir Putin’s crude expressions have not gone down well with many in Russia’s educated class, the intelligentsia. For them, speaking proper, literary Russian is highly valued. But Putin, when he is not making off-color jokes, does speak excellent Russian. “That’s why I’ve always thought that his slipping into this is very strategic,” notes Michele Berdy. “He decides when he want to leave standard literary Russian and get into non-standard Russian.” Putinisms are decidedly not politically correct, but PC language now is a dirty word in Russia. Some Russians deride the West for wimping out in a lame attempt not to insult anybody. For most American or European politicians, comments like Putin’s would be impossible to get away with. In Russia, however, they seem to be part of Putin’s political attraction. After all, who can miss the point of this shorthand explanation of how the law should work, that he unleashed in 2003: “Everyone has to understand, once and for all, that you’ve got to obey the law all the time, and not just when they grabbed you ‘in a certain place.’”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151225181500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/25/europe/vladimir-putin-bad-language/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "472376032", "sentence": "British teenager plotted to behead a police officer during Australia's Anzac Day commemorations The attack -- which was to have been carried out by another person -- was arranged over social media It was foiled when police investigating other threats made by the boy decrypted messages on his phone A police officer beheaded in broad daylight on one of the most solemn days of the year, as thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to the sacrifice of soldiers in past wars. It’s a grisly crime that – if carried out – would have shocked Australia to its core. And it was plotted by a schoolboy on the other side of the world. Britain’s youngest terror mastermind has been jailed for life for orchestrating the beheading, which was to have been carried out during a parade in Melbourne on Anzac Day – a national holiday honoring the country’s war dead – in April this year. The boy, who admitted directing the jihadist plot and encouraging others to take part, was just 14 when he planned the brutal slaying. He cannot be identified because he is a minor. Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Mole, head of England’s North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said the boy’s role was “quite shocking,” considering he was “extremely young.” Related gallery Remembering Anzac Day, 100 years on “I think it shows that the ideology, if you’re open to it, it takes no prisoners … there are certain people who fall into the seductive propaganda of some of the ISIL stuff that’s pumped out on social media. “He’s been caught up in that, he’s explored it and he’s escalated into an attack plan, and a credible one, which is an extremely dangerous thing to do.” According to authorities, the attack was to have been carried out in person by his co-conspirator, Sevdet Besim, from Melbourne; the pair had set out the details of the deadly outrage in thousands of messages sent using an encrypted app. But the plan was foiled, police say, when they were called in after the teenager threatened to behead teachers at his school in northern England, prompting counterterrorism experts to crack the encryption code on his smartphone. Besim awaits trial in Australia on charges of conspiring to commit a terrorist act; he has not yet entered a plea. Alerted by their counterparts in the UK, Australian police closed in and found “the knife, the flag, and the martyrdom … script,” Mole said. Related video Anzac Day: Gallipoli remembered 100 years on The boy, who is now 15, was known to have behavioural problems, but his parents, who are divorced, are said to have had no idea their son had been radicalized until police became involved. The British-born teenager had managed to convince 18-year-old Besim that he was much older and had a history of radicalism, testing the Australian’s religious knowledge and determination to carry out an attack. “He’s put himself in the space of authority and Besim has accepted that,” said Mole. “That’s the mask of social media – you can, if you [behave] in the right way, ask the right questions, you can show yourself to be that sort of mature person that Besim was … looking for to give him some guidance.” Telegram is an instant messaging system which allows users to send encrypted texts, along with photos and videos, via their mobile phone or computer.It was set up by Russian exile Pavel Durov, who says he and his brother Nikolai “wanted a secure means of communication for ourselves.”Durov told CNN he believes people have a right to communicate without the government or others being able to see what they are saying.“When law enforcement bodies can get access to the data it leads to abusing that kind of power … and you can buy any private communication if you have enough money or connections.”Durov says he is aware the platform may be used by terrorists, but insists that: “Providing [a] secure private means of communication for … 99.999% of people that have nothing to do with terrorism means more than the threat we see from the other side.” Authorities claim that over the course of nine days the pair exchanged some 3,000 messages using controversial messaging app Telegram. Security analysts say members of terror groups like ISIS use encryption apps including Telegram, Surespot, Kik and Wickr to send messages to each other without the risk of them being read by outsiders. “It is very well known that ISIS – and not just ISIS – uses open source social media like Facebook and Twitter to circulate its propaganda,” said Charlie Winter, of counter-extremism think tank Quilliam. “What you also see is people in Syria and Iraq who self-advertise as Islamic State fighters and recruiters and they provide the details to their Surespot account, their Kik account, their Telegram account.” British authorities want the ability to monitor such communications. “Do we want to allow a means of communication between people which – even in extremis, with a signed warrant from the Home Secretary personally – we cannot read?” British Prime Minister David Cameron asked in January this year. His message has been echoed by Andrew Parker, the head of Britain’s security service, MI5, who says counterterrorism forces must be able to monitor suspected extremists. “MI5 and others need to be able to navigate the internet, to find terrorist communication,” Parker told the BBC in early September. “We’ve been pretty successful in recent years but it is becoming more difficult as technology changes faster and faster. Related video FBI: U.S. can't crack secret terror messages from ISIS “We need to be able to do in the modern age what we have done in our history – [we] need to be able to monitor the communications of terrorists and spies.” Telegram’s co-founder, Pavel Durov, says he is “sorry” that the teenager was using his app to plot the beheading, but insists: “If Telegram did not exist, this young boy would have used some other app.” A Russian exile, Durov says he’s seen first-hand what happens when a government has too much power over information. “What I saw in countries like Russia [and] many other places is that when law enforcement bodies get access or can get access to the data eventually it leads to abusing that kind of power.” He says people have the right to secure communication, and warns it is almost impossible to limit the spread of encrypted technology. But later this year, the British government plans to introduce draft legislation dealing with encryption – in the hopes of stopping the next teenage terrorist.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "British government encryption policy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151002114500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/europe/britains-youngest-jihadi/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "602368379", "sentence": "Program note: CNN’s “Declassified” reveals the story of Russia’s secret network of deep-cover spies living in the United States on Saturday July 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. CNN Senior International Correspondent Fred Pleitgen and his crew were embedded with US Air Force crews in the Middle East. U2 crew members fly surveillance missions over Iraq and Syria at more than 70,000 feet Planes fly 10-hour missions to gain intelligence on ISIS Getting dressed for a combat mission in a U2 “Dragonlady” reconnaissance plane looks almost like the preparations for a space flight, the pilot in a yellow compression suit wearing a massive white helmet. The suits need to be cooled the entire time, otherwise the pilots would die of heat exhaustion in a matter of minutes, but they are necessary to protect the crew members as they fly surveillance missions over Iraq and Syria at more than 70,000 feet scoping out ISIS targets. The US Air Force gave CNN rare access to U2 crews flying out of a secret location in the Middle East. We can only identify the pilots by their rank, first name and their call sign. The pilot getting suited up was named Capt. Steven. His call sign is “Meathead.” He was brought to the plane in a bus similar to those that bring astronauts to their spacecraft. He was connected to a mobile cooling unit the entire time. Dozens of ground personnel were readying the U2 jet for a 10-hour mission. “You do things to keep your mind busy,” Capt. Steven said, referring to the toll the long hours sitting in the cockpit take on them. “The radios are constantly going, there’s constant communications with guys on the ground. So it keeps you busy.” READ MORE: Flying with planes fueling fight against ISIS The “Dragonlady” lifted off soon after, quickly climbing into the Middle Eastern sun. The U2 is built for altitude. It can climb to well over 70,000 feet, making it an important asset in the effort to find and destroy senior ISIS fighters, safe houses and battle positions. “With the U2 we’re able to get out there, find those guys and track them,” said another pilot, Maj. Matt. “Then we get that information back to the fighters and bombers, so that way when they go out there they’ve got the best intel, the best information about where they are and can do what needs to be done.” The U2 “Dragonlady” is a Cold War-era plane. It’s been flying since the 1950s. But the planes have been modernized with new sensors and cameras, making them an important asset in the intelligence war against ISIS. But they are by no means the only ones. Drones also play a major role. From the massive Global Hawk that can stay in the air for well over 24 hours to the smaller predator and reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, all these platforms contribute to what is a gigantic airborne surveillance aimed at degrading and ultimately destroying ISIS. READ MORE: The fight for Mosul, one month on “I am seeing continuous progress,” said Col. Paul Birch, the head of the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group. “There’s progress each day. From reports about what’s happening to ISIS on the ground I know that we are having an absolutely critical impact.” But despite the many surveillance assets and the major firepower of coalition aircraft in the skies over Iraq and Syria, ISIS remains a powerful and elusive group, offering stiff resistance to Iraqi and Kurdish forces as they try to storm the terror group’s biggest stronghold, Mosul. Iraqi leaders have acknowledged it could be months before Iraq’s second largest city might be liberated. That means many more missions for the crews of the U2 “Dragonlady.” After about 10 hours we were on hand when Capt. Steve came in to land. The U2 is a very difficult aircraft to bring to the ground. Its landing gear is aligned like the wheel of a bicycle. Keeping one from running off the runway requires great skill and the help of a second pilot trailing the jet down the runway in a chase car and keeping radio contact. Peeling himself out of the plane, Capt. Steven was happy to leave the confines of the small cockpit and satisfied with the support he was able to provide forces fighting on the ground. “The things that we can do while we are up there, as well as how often we are up there. Thanks to our maintenance guys we are constantly up in the air providing that support for those who need it most,” he said. READ MORE: Slaughter of innocents in battle for Mosul And it looks like the demand for the U2 missions won’t go away anytime soon, as the international coalition continues to ramp up the pressure and the firepower, trying to destroy the network for good.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Air Force U2 reconnaissance missions", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161125054500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/25/middleeast/u2-dragonlady-reconnaissance-plane-pleitgen/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "704178093", "sentence": "Trump spoke in Tokyo just hours after the shooting He said his \"thoughts and prayers\" are with the victims and their families President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes the Texas church shooting was caused by a “mental health problem,” not an issue with gun laws in the United States. “Mental health is your problem here,” Trump said, noting that “based on preliminary reports” the shooter was “a very deranged individual.” “This isn’t a guns situation,” Trump said. “This is a mental health problem at the highest level. It’s a very, very sad event.” “A very, very sad event, but that’s the way I view it,” Trump said. Related article Texas church shooting leaves 26 dead Trump’s answer came in response to a question during a joint news conference Monday in Tokyo about whether he believed gun control measures were the answer to the Texas shooting. Sunday’s church massacre took place in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In addition to the at least 26 people who were killed, many others were wounded, said Freeman Martin, a regional director with the Texas Department of Public Safety, during a local news conference. The victims ranged in age from 5 to 72 years old. Among the dead is the 14-year-old daughter of the church’s pastor, Frank Pomeroy, according to his wife, Sherri Pomeroy, the girl’s mother. The couple were traveling out of state when the shooting occurred. Read: What life was like at Texas church before the shooting The shooter has been identified as Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, according to two law enforcement officers briefed on the situation. Related article What we know about suspect Devin Patrick Kelley He was described as a young white male who was dressed in all-black “tactical-type gear” and wearing a ballistic vest, Martin told reporters. After a brief chase, law enforcement later found the suspect dead of a gunshot wound inside his vehicle. Authorities said they don’t know if the wound was self-inflicted or the result of a resident who fired on the suspect, Martin said. Earlier Monday, Trump decried the Texas shooting as an “act of evil” and called it “horrific” in his first public remarks since the attack. Read: How the shooting unfolded “This act of evil occurred as the victims and their families were in their place of sacred worship. We cannot put into words the pain and grief we all feel and we cannot begin to imagine the suffering of those who lost the ones they love,” Trump said at the top of his previously scheduled remarks to business leaders at the US embassy in Tokyo. Related article Mass shootings in modern US history Trump said his “thoughts and prayers” are with the victims and their families, but did not suggest plans to take any legislative or other policy action to address the shooting. Trump once again urged unity in the face of the latest mass shooting in US history and said it is what Americans “do best.” “We pull together. We join hands, we lock arms and through the tears and through the sadness we stand strong, oh so strong,” Trump said. Trump pledged his administration’s “full support to the great state of Texas and all local authorities investigating this horrible crime.” CNN’s Dakin Andone, Kaylee Hartung and Darran Simon contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171106010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/politics/trump-texas-shooting-act-evil/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "596735970", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion who focuses on climate change and social justice. Follow him on Snapchat, Facebook and email. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Sutter: COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh are an important followup to UN climate talks held last year in Paris The divergent views of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on climate change are hugely consequential, Sutter says The world’s attention is rightly focused this week on the US election. Meanwhile in Morocco, however, diplomats are trying to do something future generations might see as even more consequential: They’re trying to safeguard the planet from dangerous climate change. The COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh, which opened on Monday, the day before the US presidential election, are a wonky but important followup to the UN climate talks held last year in Paris. There, the world pledged to do everything in its power to limit harmful warming to at most 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. .@Salahmezouar & @RoyalSegolene present globe & delegates hold up #solar lanterns in honor of #ParisAgreement & #ClimateAction at #COP22 pic.twitter.com/58JBj7KV3c That’s a staggeringly bold and critical goal – one that requires the world to ditch fossil fuels completely in coming decades. When protests flare up in North Dakota over oil pipelines, this is partly why. Climate activists realize the true urgency with which the world must act to avoid super-droughts, drowned coastal cities and mass extinction. There’s simply no time to waste. The US election could be a turning point on this issue, since Hillary Clinton supports the Paris Agreement and Donald Trump says he will scrap it (which may not be so easy) and falsely claims well-established climate science is a “hoax.” But it’s important to note progress on climate change continues outside the American political echo chamber. In terms of rallying attention and ambition, recent global climate negotiations should be seen as a resounding success. The Paris Agreement became international law on Friday. As of Monday morning, 100 countries had ratified that agreement, including the United States, China, India and Brazil, which are some of the biggest polluters. Together, they represent nearly 70% of the world’s emissions. That all of them say they’re moving away from fossil fuels is a very big deal. On eve of #COP22 in #Marrakech, 100 parties representing 69% global emissions formally joined the #Paris Agreement https://t.co/zjJTXHaUKX pic.twitter.com/oXhRz0IVJs But it’s also true that the Paris Agreement falls far short of what the science requires. Current pledges will add up to 2.9 to 3.4 degrees Celsius of warming this century, according to the UN Environment Program, which is a significant amount when it comes to the atmosphere. Scientists say some small island states, including the Marshall Islands, for example, are in jeopardy of drowning beneath rising seas at even 2 degrees Celsius of warming. Every fraction of a degree counts. “If we don’t start taking additional action now, beginning with the upcoming climate meeting in Marrakesh, we will grieve over the avoidable human tragedy,” Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment, said in a written statement. “The growing numbers of climate refugees hit by hunger, poverty, illness and conflict will be a constant reminder of our failure to deliver. The science shows that we need to move much faster.” James Hansen, formerly of NASA and one of the world’s most prominent climate scientists, has called the Paris Agreement “just worthless words” because it does not penalize countries that fail to curb rates of deforestation or to move swiftly to replace fossil fuels with cleaner sources of energy. “As long as fossil fuels appear to be the cheapest fuels out there, they will be continued to be burned,” he told The Guardian. CO2 emissions account for 68% of global greenhouse gas emissions. #EmissionsGap Report on the way forward: https://t.co/eLoXRJUQdS pic.twitter.com/u96fV6iVvd But even on the price of fossil fuels, there could be progress this week. Washington residents will vote Tuesday on a carbon tax proposal that would be a landmark shift in state-level climate policy in the United States. The plan, called Initiative 732, is based on a successful carbon tax in British Columbia – and it is regarded by economists as the “holy grail” of climate solutions. Carbon taxes work by making a bad thing – carbon pollution – relatively more expensive, and by comparison reducing the price of cleaner energy sources. The tax proposed in Washington state aims to be “revenue neutral,” meaning tax revenues are distributed via other tax breaks and credits to poor people. This is an agreeable, effective and bi-partisan solution to the climate crisis, and I’m hopeful it will pass. There's a smart, cheap fix to the world's biggest problem. And it's up for a vote soon. https://t.co/TfjvaVtI6I #yeson732 #2degrees In Morocco this week, diplomats will work on putting the Paris Agreement into action. But they will be talking also about politics in the United States. On an entire range of issues, from tax policy to immigration, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump couldn’t be more different. Their divergent views on climate change, however, may be among the most consequential. What we do – or don’t do – right now to curb fossil fuel use and stop deforestation will shape the habitability of this planet for generations. It’s for this reason that Vox called this an election that “will matter for 10,000 years.” In a commentary published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change, a group of scientists wrote that looking at the climate problem on this longer time scale shows that “policy decisions made in the next few years to decades will have profound impacts on global climate, ecosystems and human societies — not just for this century, but for the next ten millennia and beyond.” There will be many issues on the minds of American voters on Tuesday. Let those ten millennia be among them.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paris Agreement", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161107220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/opinions/sutter-cop22-climate-change/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "521516877", "sentence": "Two men questioned are let go without being charged, prosecutor's office says Two suspects at large after raid on a Brussels apartment tied to Paris attacks, official says NEW: Four people were arrested in Paris in terror plot raid, but authorities say no attack was imminent The police raid of a Brussels apartment tied to last year’s Paris terror attacks turned up an ISIS flag, a Kalashnikov rifle and ammunition, but two suspects managed to escape after an intense, prolonged firefight, a spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor office said Wednesday. Authorities killed one suspect in Tuesday’s raid – Belkhaid Mohammed, 35, an Algerian who had not been on authorities’ radar before, spokesman Eric Van der Sypt said in a statement. He said a special forces sniper killed Mohammed when he tried to open fire on police from a window. The Algerian’s body was found next to a rifle and a book on Salafism, a puritanical branch of Islam that dictates only the followers of the Prophet Mohammed practice the correct Islam. Authorities also discovered 11 loaded Kalashnikov magazines “and innumerable shell casings,” but no explosives, according to Van der Sypt. An intense manhunt followed Tuesday’s operation in the southern Brussels neighborhood of Forest, which authorities connected to the investigation of the Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people in November. One man was taken in for questioning during a subsequent house search Tuesday night in Brussels. And police also arrested an injured man who’d been taken to a hospital in Halle, a city about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Brussels. But the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that both men were later let go without being charged. The raid began around 2:15 p.m. (9:15 a.m. ET) Tuesday when four Belgian and two French police officers arrived at what was thought to be an empty residence in Forest, according to a senior Belgian counterterrorism official. Instead, Van der Sypt said, “From the moment that the door of the flat was opened, at least two persons … opened fire toward them.” Three officers – including a Frenchwoman – were hurt in the initial exchange of gunfire before managing “to retreat safely,” he said. Reinforcements arrived, with bullets flying back and forth for several hours. Another officer, from Belgium, suffered a slight injury to the head in the later exchange. Related gallery Political violence is driving terrorism Two of the four wounded officers already had been treated and released from an area hospital as of early Wednesday, according to Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Jan Jambon. Afterward, authorities found another Kalashnikov in a building near the site of Tuesday’s raid. But other searches came up empty. Belgian troops will help police in their anti-terrorism efforts, Prime Minister Charles Michel said. There’s no change in Belgium’s threat level, now at its second highest, though the Prime Minister acknowledged Tuesday’s bloody raid underscored the need to be on guard. “The terrorist threat level is maintained at level three as yesterday’s events confirm the threat is still real,” Michel said. Four people suspected of planning a terror attack were arrested Wednesday morning in Paris, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. The four suspects, three men and a woman, were taken into custody. A source close to the investigation told CNN that police moved in to make arrests in Paris after individuals discussed launching an attack in the city. So far the plot appears to be only aspirational in nature.  Police have not recovered evidence pointing to concrete planning, the source told CNN. Cazeneuve, speaking to French media, said intelligence services are making arrests and carrying out terror-related investigations every day and called for “prudence.”  He confirmed that authorities found a starter pistol with one round but no other arms or weapons. It’s unclear what connection Tuesday’s raid has to the November 13 carnage in Paris. Belgium long has been a focal point for investigators. Related gallery Night of terror: Paris attacks Two terrorist operatives phoned in orders from Brussels to those directly involved in the Paris attacks, according to a senior Belgian counterterrorism official. These two had an even more integral role than Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man long identified as the ringleader of the attacks, according to the official. In his remarks Wednesday, Van der Sypt noted that authorities have searched more than 100 houses and arrested 58 people as part of the post-Paris probe. Another 23 people have been arrested “in linked investigations.” Abaaoud was killed during a raid that collapsed an entire floor of an apartment building in Paris. Yet others with Belgian connections and ties to the November attacks remain at large. They include Salah Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French national who lived and spent time with Abaaoud in a Belgian prison. The trail for Abdeslam, one of the few alleged Paris attackers to escape alive, went cold in December, according to a senior European counterterrorism official. Related gallery Paris attack suspects: What we know French sources close to the investigation said Abdeslam was not the target of Tuesday’s raid. Many of those tied to the Paris massacre lived in Belgium, and they’re believed to have met there before planning attacks. There is concern more individuals from the same place may be ready to launch other attacks. CNN’s Steve Almasy, Paul Cruickshank, Stephanie Halasz and Nima Elbagir contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Belgian authorities' counterterrorism efforts", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160316083000", "country1": "BEL", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/16/europe/brussels-raid-paris-attack/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "744404158", "sentence": "President Donald Trump spoke to reporters Tuesday and tweeted at length about immigration and border security, saying the US “basically” has “no border.” Here’s what he said and what the reality is. Trump: “I just noticed that the caravan now, which is toward the middle of Mexico, coming up from Honduras, is breaking up very rapidly. That’s because Mexico has very strong immigration laws, as we should have. … I’ve just heard that the caravan coming up from Honduras is broken up, and Mexico did that. And they did it because, frankly, I said you really have to do it.” Reality: There is an annual event organized by activists where migrants caravan through Mexico to the US, designed to highlight the dangerous journey that immigrants must undertake to escape violent and unstable conditions in their home countries. The migrants on the journey hope to make it to the US border, where they can make a claim that they qualify for asylum. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen tweeted Tuesday that Mexican officials had told her the “caravan is dissipating” and that several hundred of the migrants had been sent back to their home countries, while others are being offered refugee status. “I thank the GOM (Government of Mexico) for their partnership on this and other security issues,” she tweeted. Related article Activists say Mexico deports too many migrants, not too few Earlier Tuesday, Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso had tweeted the caravan was “dispersing” on its own and that Mexico’s immigration policies would not be influenced by foreign threats. The Foreign Ministry told CNN that the caravan was not necessarily ending but that people were separating. In a statement Monday night, Mexico’s Foreign Ministry had said that roughly 400 of the participants had been returned to their home countries. Organizers still estimated that over 1,000 participants were continuing on the journey. Trump: “We have very bad laws for our border and we are going to be doing some things, I spoke with (Defense Secretary) Gen. (James) Mattis, we’re going to do some things militarily, until we can have a wall and proper security – we’re going to be guarding our border with the military. That’s a big step.” Reality: The administration has yet to articulate how this plan will work. Military resources being used for border security would not be entirely novel. For one, the US Army Corps of Engineers already handles border infrastructure and construction. Related article Trump threatens Honduras' foreign aid over migrant caravan The National Guard has also been sent to the border in the past, especially during surges of migration much higher than levels seen today. From 2006 to 2008, under President George W. Bush, 6,000 National Guard troops were deployed to southern border states under Operation Jump Start. The troops repaired and constructed border fencing and flew border protection agents by helicopter to intercept immigrants trying to enter illegally. In 2010, the Obama administration deployed National Guard troops to assist US Customs and Border Protection with surveillance and intelligence gathering while the agency worked to hire additional staff. And in 2014, as a surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America crossed into the United States, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced the activation of up to 1,000 National Guard troops to help secure the southern border. Federal law explicitly prohibits the use of the military for law enforcement, however, without approval from Congress. Trump: “President Obama made changes that basically created no border, called ‘catch and release.’ You catch them. You register them. They go into our country. We can’t throw them out. And in many cases, they shouldn’t be here. … They’re supposed to come back to court. Almost nobody comes back to court.” Reality: When deportable immigrants are arrested, some go into mandatory detention and some have to be released. Immigration officials have discretion on the rest. The US has the capacity to detain only roughly 40,000 immigrants at any given time, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and congressional appropriators, and in this administration and the last, many immigrants who are deemed not to be flight risks and not dangerous are released on their own recognizance or with monitoring technology. Related article Sessions tests limits of immigration powers with asylum moves The Trump administration has expressed frustration in recent days with measures in the 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and a 2015 court ruling on what’s known as the Flores Settlement Agreement, a court case that goes back decades. Both created protections for children in immigration custody. Unaccompanied minors from non-neighboring countries must be turned over to the Department of Health and Human Services for resettlement within three days of arrest, as opposed to being held in lengthy detention, and children with their families also cannot be held in lengthy detention. To respond to that order, the Obama administration began releasing the families from detention, as opposed to releasing the children without their parents. Trump administration officials have referred to these measures as “loopholes” that criminals “exploit,” though advocates and supporters say they are human rights and constitutional rights protections for vulnerable populations. The Trump administration has also been trying to tighten the rights of asylum seekers. Asylum is a policy under international law and US law that says noncitizens who can show they are likely to be persecuted in their home countries can legally stay in the US. If an immigrant tells an officer at the border that they fear persecution, they are given a “credible fear” test to determine if they may have a claim. Based on US Citizenship and Immigration Services data, the credible fear passage rate was nearly 80% in fiscal year 2017, which takes into account that these individuals are likely to be traumatized, unfamiliar with US law and have little English-language skills. Because of a massive backlog in the immigration courts, it can take years for those cases to work their way to completion, and many immigrants are given the ability to work and live in the US in the meantime, putting down roots. According to Justice Department data, 25% of asylum decisions were given in absentia in 2016, meaning those immigrants were not in court. That number in 2015 and 2016 was higher than years previous. Also according to the data, 43% of asylum petitions were eventually granted in 2016, a number that continued the downward trend of recent years. Trump: “Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People. Border Patrol Agents (and ICE) are GREAT, but the weak Dem laws don’t allow them to do their job. Act now Congress, our country is being stolen.” (Tweeted Monday). Related article A timeline of DACA offers Trump has rejected Reality: A bill that represented the White House’s proposal to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which Trump has ended, would not have passed even with the so-called nuclear option – allowing legislation to pass with only a simple majority, instead of the 60 votes it now requires to advance bills. Trump’s bill, which included hardline immigration measures, border security and drastically cutting legal and family-based migration, got only 39 votes, including those of three Democrats. A bipartisan proposal that picked up eight Republicans and nearly all Democrats would have passed in that scenario, getting 54 votes. That bill, which would have created a path to citizenship for DACA recipients, given Trump $25 billion for border security and put some restrictions on family-based immigration, failed to get enough support after the administration aggressively attacked it before the votes. In the House, a proposal from immigration hardliners that also meets much of Trump’s wish list has languished. Despite Republican leadership whipping the bill, it lacks even enough Republican votes to pass the lower chamber, and would be dead on arrival in the Senate. CNN’s Catherine Shoichet in Washington and Leyla Santiago in Mexico City contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's immigration and border security policies", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180404013000", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "HND", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/politics/trump-immigration-reality-check/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "552905463", "sentence": "Norway’s Prime Minister, whose country is often put up as a model by Brits who want to leave the European Union, tells CNN that Brits won’t much like life outside the Union. “We are a small country,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday. “I think it will be more difficult for British voters to accept that Brussels decides and the Brits don’t have a say.” “I think those who are saying there’s a good romantic story outside the European Union are underestimating the challenge that the whole process of division will have.” Related video Watch the full interview Brits will go to the polls Thursday to decide whether to leave the European Union. Many who want to leave – the “Brexit” supporters – say the UK need not worry about leaving, because EU countries will be clamoring to trade with Britain. Norway rejected EU membership in its own 1994 referendum. But the country nonetheless has access to the so-called “single market” trade zone – access for which it pays heavily both in money and by allowing free movement of people and capital. “We really are, on some issues, more part of Europe, without the decision-making, than Britain is,” Solberg said. Norway, the Prime Minister said, accepts decisions made by EU leaders and representatives and enshrines them in Norwegian law – without having any official seat at the table. Related video Newspaper editors clash in Brexit debate “We try to lobby and put our weight into the decision-making process, but when the final decision is made, the Norwegian politicians and the Norwegian people have to accept most of those regulations.” “I don’t think that a large country like Britain would like to have that type of decision-making being made without participating in the decision making.” “I agree that there are a lot of things that I don’t like about EU decisions.” “Sometimes they are made by people who have another political view than I have. Being a conservative, I would like to have a little bit less of this very typical bureaucratic regulations.” “But you know, sometimes you make compromises. And if you want to move the world ahead, you cannot always get your own will.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Brexit", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160622183000", "country1": "NOR", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/world/brexit-norway-amanpour-erna-solberg/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "491227065", "sentence": "The Air Force says it is dropping bombs 'faster than we can replenish them' in fight against ISIS More than 20,000 bombs and missile have been dropped over the past 15 months The U.S. Air Force has fired off more than 20,000 missiles and bombs since the U.S. bombing campaign against ISIS began 15 months ago, according to the Air Force, leading to depleted munitions stockpiles and calls to ramp up funding and weapons production. As the U.S. ramps up its campaign against the Islamist terror group in Iraq and Syria, the Air Force is now “expending munitions faster than we can replenish them,” Air Force chief of staff Gen. Mark Welsh said in a statement. “B-1s have dropped bombs in record numbers. F-15Es are in the fight because they are able to employ a wide range of weapons and do so with great flexibility. We need the funding in place to ensure we’re prepared for the long fight,” Welsh said in the statement. “This is a critical need.” The bombing campaign has left the U.S. Air Force with what an Air Force official described as munitions depot stocks “below our desired objective.” Obama: U.S. safe against ISIS attack Related gallery More from the U.S. military's holiday wish list The official told CNN that the Air Force has requested additional funding for Hellfire missiles and is developing plans to ramp up weapons production to replenish its stocks more quickly. But replenishing that stock can take “up to four years from time of expenditure to asset resupply,” the official said. “The precision today’s wars requires demands the right equipment and capability to achieve desired effects. We need to ensure the necessary funding is in place to not only execute today’s wars, but also tomorrow’s challenges,” the official said. Which nations are attacking ISIS? The Air Force’s publication of the number of missiles and bombs dropped comes amid continued criticism from Republicans – in particular those running for president – who insist the Obama administration has been too timid in the fight against ISIS, with many on the right calling for the U.S. to loosen the rules of engagement and lead a more aggressive fight against the militant group. American pilots have fired weapons in less than half of the nearly 18,000 sorties they have in the first 10 months of 2015, according the latest figures available. That’s up from 2014, when pilots fired their weapons just one third of the time. Complete coverage on the U.S. military", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. Air Force bombing campaign against ISIS", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151204174500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/04/politics/air-force-20000-bombs-missiles-isis/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "572865637", "sentence": "UN report says Syria government and ISIS used chlorine and mustard gas weapons Security Council to meet Tuesday to discuss findings The White House is condemning the Syrian government Thursday after having announced that a year-long UN-backed investigation found that both the Assad regime and ISIS had used chemical weapons. “It is now impossible to deny that the Syrian regime has repeatedly used industrial chlorine as a weapon against its own people,” US National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement Wednesday. The NSC statement went on to accuse the regime of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention and a UN resolution. The investigation, led by the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention, was launched a year ago at the behest members of the UN Security Council with the aim of identifying the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Because chlorine has non-military uses, its removal was not mandated by the US-Russian arrangement in 2013, governed by UN Security Council Resolution 2118. However, weaponized chlorine is still considered a chemical weapon and its use is banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention that the US-Russia deal compelled Syria to be a party to, thereby making Syria’s use of the substance against civilians a violation of the agreement. There have been many such attacks using chlorine alleged after the resolution took affect, but the UN report is the first definitive international declaration of a Syrian breach. The findings of the new UN report is sure to revive Republican opposition to President Barack Obama’s handling of the issue of Syrian chemical weapons. In August 2012, Obama had described the use of such weapons as constituting a “red line” that, if crossed, would force the US to consider intervening. But following reports that Syria had used sarin gas in 2013, Obama – in the face of Republican and Democratic opposition – delayed in authorizing military action. Instead, Russia brokered an agreement, codified in Resolution 2118, to have Syria turn over its chemical weapons as part of a process overseen by the OPCW. Though the Obama administration embraced the process as a victory, Republicans charged that it was a display of weakness as the White House didn’t enforce its red line. The UN’s confirmation this week that the resolution has been violated has revived the political dispute. The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce, said in a statement Thursday that Assad’s use of chemical weapons had made “a mockery” of Obama’s red line. “The White House says it is now ‘impossible to deny’ the regime repeatedly launched gas attacks against the Syrian people in 2014 and 2015. Just a few weeks ago, the regime dropped more barrel bombs on a neighborhood in eastern Aleppo,” he said. “So what’s the president going to do about it?” When asked by reporters whether the Obama administration had done enough to address Assad’s use of chemical weapons against civilians, White House spokesman Josh Earnest pushed back, citing the US intervention in Iraq in 2003. “We’ve got a test case just over the border in Iraq about what the consequences are for the United States implementing a regime-change policy and trying to impose a military solution on the situation,” Earnest said. Earnest also defended the Moscow-orchestrated agreement. “Because of the tough diplomacy of the United States and Russia,” he argued, the US was able to get Assad to surrender his stockpile of chemical weapons like sarin gas. “Unfortunately, that has not prevented the Assad regime from taking a compound like chlorine and weaponizing it,” Earnest acknowledged. ISIS is also reported to have used mustard gas against civilians in August 2015, according to the report. The administration on Wednesday also condemned that attack and highlighted its efforts to curb ISIS’ chemical weapons activities, including targeted airstrikes and the capture of an ISIS chemical expert in March. “We continue to remove leaders from the battlefield with knowledge of these weapons and will target any related materials and attempts to manufacture such chemicals going forward,” Price of the NSC said. UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon submitted the report to the members of the Security Council Wednesday. While State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau would not preview what actions the US would take at the Security Council, she told reporters Thursday that “the administration will continue to pursue all appropriate legal and diplomatic options” to hold the responsible parties accountable. The UN said that the Security Council will meet to discuss the report Tuesday, but it’s unlikely that Syria’s primary backer, Russia, will countenance any effort to formally punish Damascus. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said that Moscow would need to study the UN document before taking further steps. “It is a very complicated report which needs to be studied by experts,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160826023000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/25/politics/un-report-chemical-weapons-syria/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "671673611", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @deanofcomedy. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Dean Obeidallah: There are two versions of Donald Trump -- the refined \"fake\" version and the crude \"real\" one Trump displayed both sides of when visiting Europe for the G20 summit this week There are two Donald Trumps: the “real” one and the “fake” one.  We saw both on display during the President’s Europe trip this past week. The fake Trump is the one who shows glimmers of being thoughtful, informed and presidential. We saw that Trump during his speech in Poland this week, when the Wall Street Journal editorial board, which has slammed Trump in the past, referred to his remarks as “Trump’s defining  speech.” Trump apparently loved the editorial so much it’s now on the White House website. Sure, that speech was “presidential,” with sentences like: “The triumph of the Polish spirit over centuries of hardship gives us all hope for a future in which good conquers evil, and peace achieves victory over war.” But let’s be blunt: Those words scream fake Trump. The real Trump – the one many of us knew on “The Apprentice” and were reintroduced to when he declared his bid for the presidency in 2015 – was on display that same day at a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda. When a reporter asked Trump if he would finally acknowledge that Russia was behind the meddling in our 2016 election, he did not offer measured words wrapped in beautiful prose. Instead, we got the real Trump telling us, “I think it very well could be Russia, but I think it could very well have been other countries. I think a lot of people interfere…Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure.” But former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper responded, “We saw no evidence whatsoever that it was anyone involved in this other than the Russians.” And on Sunday’s “State of the Union,” after CNN’s Dana Bash played the clip of Trump saying “Nobody really knows,” US Ambassador Nikki Haley still said, “Everybody knows that Russia meddled in our elections.” Related article Putin set a trap and Trump fell into it Then, in true Trump style, the President added: “I remember when I was sitting back listening about Iraq, weapons of mass destruction, how everybody was 100% certain that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Guess what? That led to one big mess. They were wrong, and it led to a mess.” And while Trump was indeed correct on Iraq, many intelligence officials refute his claim that they are wrong about Russia’s meddling. But there again was the real Trump, this time mocking our intelligence agencies on foreign soil because he refuses to accept their conclusions on Russia’s involvement in the US electoral process. Imagine Republican outrage if President Barack Obama had gone to Europe and publicly questioned the work of numerous US intelligence agencies. Poland wasn’t the only place Trump presented two opposing versions of himself. At the close of the G20 gathering in Hamburg, Germany, Trump tweeted: “The #G20Summit was a wonderful success and carried out beautifully by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Thank you!” That was a thoughtful, gracious tweet which represented the United States well. Unfortunately for America, that was also the fake Trump. Related article Trump's mistake in his meeting with Putin The real Trump could be seen the day before, tweeting a bizarre attack on Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager: “Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!” If Trump is telling the truth, the leaders of the G20 countries weren’t focused on the economic and security issues of their respective countries, but instead were fixated on the hacking of the Democratic National Committee in July 2016. (If you believe that, please contact me because I have a unicorn ranch I’m looking to sell.) Then there was the fake Trump who appeared “presidential” during the G20 summit photo of world leaders by not pushing his way past other world leaders to be in the center of the photo, as he did in a past photo op. But the real Trump emerged Saturday, when he suddenly left in the middle of a G20 working meeting tilted, “Partnership with Africa, migration and health.” Who did the President leave at the table in his absence, sandwiched between British Prime Minister Theresa May and Chinese President Xi Jinping?  His daughter Ivanka. Typically when world leaders leave these meetings, a high-ranking government official will sit in who is knowledgeable on the subject matter up for discussion. It’s unclear what Ivanka’s expertise on African migration and health issues is. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The difference between the real and fake Trump is as clear as Trump vodka, assuming you can still find a bottle. If you see Trump being “presidential,” you know you’re watching the fake one.  Just give it a little time and the real Trump – the one who denies inconvenient facts, attacks the appearance of a female cable news host and mocks our intelligence agencies – will soon reappear. Don’t be fooled by Trump’s “presidential” moments. They truly are the definition of fake news.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170709183000", "country1": "POL", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/09/opinions/fake-vs-real-trump-opinion-obeidallah/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "427884720", "sentence": "Ahmed Farouq was a leader in al Qaeda's India branch He was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism airstrike in January Like Adam Gadahn, Farouq was American and part of al Qaeda Ahmed Farouq didn’t have the prestige of fellow al Qaeda figure Osama bin Laden, the influence of Anwar al-Awlaki, or the notoriety of Adam Gadahn. Still, he was a big deal. That’s the assessment of multiple sources on a man who may not have been well-known in the West, but nonetheless had a special role in the terrorist group. Farouq – an American – died in a U.S. counterterrorism airstrike in January, according to the White House. Two al Qaeda hostages, Warren Weinstein of the United States and Giovanni Lo Porto from Italy, were killed in the same strike, while Gadahn died in another U.S. operation that month. Before that, Farouq was the deputy emir of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, or AQIS, a branch of the Islamist extremist group that formed in recent years. The branch made its presence known in September 2014, when militants infiltrated Pakistan’s navy and tried to hijack one of its ships, according to the SITE Institute, which monitors terror groups. The group’s spokesman, Usama Mahmoud, on Twitter compared the Pakistani naval officers involved in the attempted hijacking to Nidal Hasan, SITE reported. Hasan is the U.S. Army psychiatrist sentenced to death for killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas. Osama Mehmood, a spokesman for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, said that Farouq and another top figure, Qari Abdullah Mansur, were killed in a January 15 drone strike in Pakistan’s Shawal Valley. They were senior al Qaeda leaders, according to Mehmood. American mouthpiece for al Qaeda killed CNN’s Sophia Saifi contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. counterterrorism airstrike", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150423171500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/23/world/ahmed-farouq-al-qaeda/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "496280322", "sentence": "Trump described Hillary Clinton's 2008 election defeat to then-Sen. Barack Obama in R-rated terms: \"She was favored to win and she got schlonged, she lost, I mean she lost\" Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton in vulgar terms Monday night, saying that her bathroom break during the last Democratic debate was just too “disgusting” to talk about and then stating she “got schlonged” by Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race. “Even a race to Obama, she was gonna beat Obama. I don’t know who would be worse, I don’t know, how could it be worse? But she was going to beat – she was favored to win – and she got schlonged, she lost, I mean she lost,” Trump said, using a vulgar Yiddish word for a man’s penis. Related gallery Democratic debate in New Hampshire Earlier, Trump started to criticize Clinton for not returning to the ABC News debate stage on Saturday night in time, but then said he didn’t want to talk more about it because it was “disgusting.” “I know where she went, it’s disgusting, I don’t want to talk about it,” Trump said. “No, it’s too disgusting. Don’t say it, it’s disgusting, let’s not talk, we want to be very, very straight up.” Clinton campaign responds to ‘degrading’ comments Fired up by a raucous crowd, Trump unleashed on a slew of political opponents – starting with Sen. Lindsey Graham, who dropped his presidential bid earlier on Monday, and finishing with Obama. Throughout it all, Trump’s supporters roared in approval. But groups of protesters throughout the arena interrupted Trump throughout his hour-long speech. More than a dozen times, protesters began shouting during Trump’s speech, which was one of the most interrupted since he jumped into the presidential race in June. The protesters largely accused Trump of spewing a racist and bigoted ideology. Related video Clinton: Trump 'is becoming ISIS' best recruiter' Trump even mocked some of the protesters, noting that one had a “weak voice” and calling several others “a bunch of losers.” But Trump focused the brunt of his fire on Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, who just days earlier in the Democratic debate called Trump an ISIS recruitment tool. On Tuesday, the Clinton campaign’s director of communications Jennifer Palmieri tweeted, “We are not responding to Trump but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should. #imwithher.” We are not responding to Trump but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should. #imwithher Trump on Monday morning demanded an apology from Clinton for making the allegation, to which the Clinton camp responded with a swift, “Hell no.” Engaging Clinton again on Monday night, Trump described Clinton’s late return to the Democratic debate stage on Saturday night because of a bathroom break as “a weird deal.” “I know where she went. It’s disgusting. I don’t want to talk about it, it’s disgusting,” Trump said, after bringing up the incident unprompted 20 minutes into his speech. Trump went on to call Clinton a “liar” and “crooked,” insisting that Clinton would not want to face Trump in the general election despite reporting that the Clinton camp is licking their lips at the prospect of Trump as an opponent. “Ask Jeb Bush if he enjoys running against me. Ask Lindsey Graham, did he enjoy running against Trump? Ask Perry, ask Gov. Perry. Ask Bobby Jindal,” Trump said. “Ask all of these guys that have gone out, do they enjoy running against Trump? I enjoy it. They don’t enjoy it.” Related gallery Donald Trump's empire Trump also could not resist hitting one of his favorite opponents on Monday night: the press. In a strange segue in which he defended Russian President Vladimir Putin from widely reported allegations that he has ordered the killing of journalists, Trump went on to consider whether he himself would consider killing reporters, whom he then blasted as “lying disgusting people.” Donald Trump’s bromance with Vladimir Putin “I would never kill them. I would never do that,” Trump said at first, before reconsidering. “Uh, let’s see, uh?” Trump said inflecting his voice. “No, I would never do that.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151222034500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "615127641", "sentence": "One of the market attacks kills 11 people; the other kills 5 The attacks happen as anti-ISIS forces advance in the Mosul area ISIS has claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings at crowded Baghdad markets on Sunday, killing 16 people. The attacks happened the same day anti-ISIS forces advanced on the terror group’s stronghold in Mosul. Related article Iraqi PM: ISIS could be defeated 'within 3 months' The first blast happened when a driver blew up his explosives-laden vehicle at the Alwat-Jamila market in eastern Baghdad’s Sadr City. At least 11 people were killed and 25 were wounded, police said. In the second attack, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up at a busy market in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of al-Baladiyat, police said. At least five people were killed, and 12 were wounded. ISIS’ media wing, Amaq, claimed responsibility for both explosions in statements posted on Twitter. The statements said the bombings targeted Shiites. Car bombs and roadside bombs are not uncommon in Baghdad, but in 2017, ISIS has already carried out several attacks across the capital and killed dozens of people. Related article Risking death by staying home in Mosul The latest wave of violence in Baghdad came as Iraqi counterterrorism forces reached the east bank of the Tigris River in eastern Mosul on Sunday, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah said in a statement. Iraqi security forces on Sunday killed more than 125 ISIS militants in several neighborhoods in eastern Mosul, according to a statement released by Iraq’s joint operations command. Forty ISIS fighters were killed by counterterrorism forces as they were advancing toward the east bank of the Tigris River, the statement said, with the US-led coalition providing air support. The Iraqi army, counterterrorism forces and fedral police have been battling ISIS in eastern Mosul since the second phase of the Mosul operation was launched about 10 days ago. Their progress marks the first time Iraqi troops were able to reach the river since large-scale military operations to root out ISIS started in the Mosul area on October 17, 2016. CNN’s Holly Yan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170108091500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/08/middleeast/iraq-violence/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "611373649", "sentence": "The US allowed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements \"There's one president at a time,\" Rhodes said Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes denied Friday that President Barack Obama was trying to “get back” at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by abstaining from a controversial UN Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements. “Absolutely not,” Rhodes told CNN’s Jim Acosta on “The Situation Room.” “Bipartisan policy of the US government for decades has been to oppose settlements. The reason we took this step is because for years, we’ve seen an acceleration in the growth of these settlements. And frankly, if these current trends continue, the two-state solution is going to be impossible. The peace that people say that they want, that we badly want for the people of Israel – a secure Israel living side-by-side a Palestinian state – that goal will become impossible.” The United States allowed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, defying pressure from the Israeli government, which had reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto the vote. The Security Council approved the resolution 14-0, with the US abstaining. Asked what the White House would say to Israeli officials who believe the US does not have their back, Rhodes said, “It’s just not backed up by the record. We just concluded a $38 billion tenure (memorandum of understanding) for security assistance to Israel.” Rhodes said the resolution also condemns the incitement of violence, “which we’ve seen too often in Palestinian territory, which is also an impediment of peace. So, we made clear the responsibility is on both sides – the Palestinians to stop terrorism, to stop the incitement of violence, and the Israeli government to not continue with settlements that will make peace impossible.” Reaction immediately followed the vote, with Palestinians cheering but harsh criticism coming from both Republicans and Democrats. Netanyahu’s office harshly criticized the Obama administration, accusing it of “colluding” at the UN to force the vote while also publicly saying the Israeli leader looked forward to working with Trump. On Thursday, CNN reported the Israeli government reached out to Trump, to help pressure the Obama administration on the vote. Rhodes said having Trump get involved in the matter before he’s sworn in was “unusual.” “After January 20, he will be responsible for the conduct of American policy. Until January 20, President Obama is. That’s how it works. There’s one president at a time,” Rhodes said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161224011500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/politics/israel-un-vote-white-house-response-rhodes-cnntv/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "561298952", "sentence": "At least 26 people have been killed in a tour bus fire after it crashed into a guardrail on a highway near Taoyuan International Airport, according to the Ministry of the Interior’s National Fire Agency. Of the dead, 24 were tourists from China, including three children. A Taiwanese tour guide and the bus driver also died. The crash occurred just before 1 p.m.  local time on the No. 2 National Freeway that serves the capital Taipei’s airport, CNA reported. The bus was westbound on the highway and headed for the airport, where the tour group was due to fly back home after seven days in the country. The Taoyuan City fire department deployed 23 vehicles and 60 firefighters to join the firefighting and rescue operation. After extinguishing the fire, the crew reported finding a number of burned bodies. The National Fire Agency released images of the charred vehicle on social media. The Tourism Bureau confirmed that the group of tourists was from Dalian City in Liaoning Province, China. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Ma Xiaoguang said that an emergency response mechanism had been activated. “We are highly concerned with the life and property safety of our… compatriots,” Ma said. “Relevant departments will dispatch a work group to Taiwan to help families handle the aftermath.” Vivian Kam contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Taiwan", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160719074500", "country1": "TWN", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/asia/taiwan-tour-bus-fire/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "434257017", "sentence": "Press and commentators have traded jabs and stories about whether Pope called Palestinian leader an \"angel\" PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Vatican this weekend to witness canonization of 2 Palestinian nuns Just a few days after angering Israeli advocates by brokering a treaty with the “state of Palestine,” Pope Francis again came under fire for reportedly referring to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as an “angel of peace” during a meeting Saturday at the Vatican. It is unclear, though, whether Francis was praising Abbas’ angelic attributes or just urging him to forge a long-stalled agreement with the Israelis. Abbas visited the Vatican this weekend to witness the canonization of two Palestinian nuns, a political and religious gesture meant to highlight the deep history and present troubles of Christians in the Holy Land. According to the Vatican, Abbas thanked Francis for the canonizations and the two held a cordial discussion about the turmoil in the Middle East and the need to combat terrorism. There was no mention of angels in the Vatican Radio report. News outlets including the BBC, The New York Times and The Associated Press form the frontline of the “Abbas= angel” camp, quoting the Pope’s remarks in a raft of stories on Sunday. This, in turn, led to a round of columns, the gist being: Sorry, Pope, Abbas is no angel. “Such hyperbole may be par for the course in exchanges between heads of state but for the Pope to say something that is so patently false damages his credibility,” wrote Jonathan Tobin in Commentary. Italian media, though, tell a different story. According to La Stampa, a newspaper known for its sharp Vatican coverage, Francis presented  Abbas with a medallion and said: “May the angel of peace destroy the evil spirit of war. I thought of you: May you be an angel of peace.” After fielding calls from the media, the Vatican on Sunday released a short statement about angel-gate. “One of the gifts that the Pope often presents to visiting presidents is a large, round, bronze medal by a contemporary artist that represents an ‘angel of peace,’ ” said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman. “When the Pope presents the medal to the president or head of state, he offers a few words of explanation of the gift as well as an invitation to a commitment to peace on the part of the recipient. Each one of us must be for others and for the world an ‘angel of peace.’” Lombardi said he was in the room when Abbas and Francis met, but didn’t hear exactly what was said. He also noted that “angel” in Greek means “messenger,” as in the winged creatures that carried tidings from God to humans. According the Bible, the angels often had to shout to be heard.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150518223000", "country1": "VAT", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/living/pope-abbas-angel/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "736003532", "sentence": "President Donald Trump on Monday accused the Obama administration of using the investigation into potential ties between his campaign and Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election to discredit his bid and boost the chances of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. “Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling,” Trump tweeted Monday morning. Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling. It’s unclear exactly what pre-election investigation Trump was referring to, though the FBI opened its investigation into the Trump campaign’s links to Russia in July 2016. Then-FBI Director James Comey oversaw that investigation until Trump fired him in May 2017. Shortly after that, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel to continue the probe. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was wiretapped before and after the election. Some of the intelligence collected includes communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with the campaign, three sources familiar with the investigation have told CNN. Two of these sources, however, cautioned that the evidence is not conclusive. Manafort was Trump’s campaign chairman from May to August 2016. The FBI also eavesdropped on Carter Page, a campaign associate that then candidate Trump once identified as a national security adviser, on suspicions he was acting as a Russian agent. Page stepped away from the campaign in September 2016 amid questions about his Russian ties. The surveillance of Manafort and Page was approved by the secret court that oversees domestic surveillance of American citizens under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In Page’s case, the FBI and Justice Department presented enough evidence to the court to convince Republican-appointed judges to continue the surveillance into mid-2017. Trump, who has called the investigation into potential ties between his campaign and Russia a “witch hunt,” has repeatedly slammed the Obama administration’s handling of the Russia investigation, saying it “did nothing.” Before leaving office, however, Obama applied new economic sanctions on the Russian government, ordered the State Department to shut down Russian compounds in Maryland and New York, and expelled 35 Russian diplomats that he described as “intelligence operatives.” CNN’s Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and David Shortell contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180305153000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/politics/obama-election-trump-tweet/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "701030727", "sentence": "Trump disputes Myeshia Johnson's account He says he was very nice to her President Donald Trump defended Wednesday his conversation with the a fallen soldier’s widow who said Trump didn’t remember her husband’s name. Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson who was killed in Niger, said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” Monday that the President stumbled on her husband’s name and suggested the only reason he knew it was because the report was right in front of him. “I was really nice to her. I respect her, I respect her family, I certainly respect La David, who I, by the way, called La David right from the beginning,” Trump said Wednesday. “They put a chart in front, La David, it says La David Johnson.” Trump disputes military widow’s account of condolence call Johnson said she was distraught over Trump’s alleged oversights during the call, which came as the Johnson family and Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida, who is a friend of the family, rode in a limo to receive Johnson’s body from Dover Air Force Base. “(The call) made me cry because I was very angry at the tone of his voice,” Johnson had said. Trump was asked Wednesday if he said something to her that he didn’t to other families of fallen soldiers, to which the President answered, “I would say basically we talked condolence.” Trump also accused the media of not reporting on the other phone calls he has made to military families and said everyone else he spoke to “couldn’t have been nicer.” “I was extremely nice to her,” Trump said. “Nobody has more respect than I do. Nobody.” CNN’s Allie Malloy contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171025183000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "NER", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/donald-trump-la-david-johnson-name/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "451904952", "sentence": "The United States has killed a high-ranking al Qaeda commander in an airstrike in Afghanistan, a military statement said Friday. Abu Kahlil al-Sudani was killed during the attack in Paktika, a southeastern Afghan province that borders Pakistan, on July 11, the U.S. statement said. “This operation underscores the work that … all of our forces in Afghanistan do each day to take the fight to al Qaeda,” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said during a stop in Iraq.  “We will continue to counter violent extremism in the region and around the world.” Al-Sudani was the head of al Qaeda’s suicide and explosive operations and has been directly linked to plans for external attacks against the United States, according to the U.S. military statement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150724101500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/24/world/afghanistan-al-qaeda-commander-killed/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "607417883", "sentence": "China's foreign ministry \"seriously concerned\" Donald Trump is questioning the \"one China\" policy President-elect Donald Trump again signaled Sunday a willingness to confront Beijing, questioning whether the United States should keep its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of “one China.” “I fully understand the ‘one China’ policy, but I don’t know why we have to be bound by a ‘one China’ policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade,” Trump said on “Fox News Sunday.” Trump had set off a diplomatic controversy when he took a call from Taiwan’s leader. The United States recognizes Taiwan as part of China – and Chinese officials were furious over the first conversation in decades between a Taiwanese leader and a US President or President-elect. Trump indicated Sunday he won’t hesitate to anger China until the country comes to the bargaining table on trade and severs ties with North Korea. “I mean, look, we’re being hurt very badly by China with devaluation, with taxing us heavy at the borders when we don’t tax them, with building a massive fortress in the middle of the South China Sea, which they shouldn’t be doing, and frankly with not helping us at all with North Korea,” Trump said. “You have North Korea. You have nuclear weapons, and China could solve that problem, and they’re not helping us at all,” Trump said. Trump attacks China on trade but misses the mark Trump’s comments triggered a furious response from China’s state-run Global Times newspaper. In a Monday editorial, the Global Times said of Trump: “He is ignorant as a child in terms of foreign policy,” and the editorial ruled out negotiations on the “one China” issue. “The ‘one China’ policy cannot be bought and sold, Trump, it seems, only understands business and believes that everything has a price and that if he is strong enough he can buy and sell by force,” it said. The editorial warned that Trump, because of his “lack of hands on experience,” was liable to be influenced and controlled by hardliners near him. It added that if Trump ditched the “one China” policy, it would spark “a real crisis.” China’s Foreign Ministry said China was “seriously concerned” by Trump’s questioning of the policy, adding that bilateral cooperation would be out of the question if it was “compromised or disrupted.” “Adhering to the ‘one China’ principle is the political bedrock for the development US-China relations,” spokesman Geng Shuang said. ‘Screw ‘em’ Trump aide on ChinaTrump, China on collision courseTrump takes fresh swipeOpinion: Trump’s move brilliantWhite House weighs inOpinion: Major break in protocolChina lodges complaintReigniting flashpoint? ‘Screw ‘em’ Trump aide on ChinaTrump, China on collision courseTrump takes fresh swipeOpinion: Trump’s move brilliantWhite House weighs inOpinion: Major break in protocolChina lodges complaintReigniting flashpoint? Antagonistic rhetoric toward China was a feature of Trump’s campaign rallies through both the Republican primary and general election. He has accused China of manipulating the value of its currency in order to give its products price advantages in the American market. Trump has also called for much steeper tariffs on products imported from China – and then criticized US companies, including Boeing, which have pointed out that that could set off a trade war with Beijing that could close its market to US-made products. Trump’s comments Sunday made clear he intends to force a new deal with China. But it hasn’t been clear whether Trump was ready to eliminate the “one China” policy that has been the cornerstone of diplomatic relations since President Richard Nixon went to China. The formula, enshrined in the documents that eventually led to the establishment of US relations with China, permits Beijing to regard Taiwan as a part of China and the United States to sell the nationalist island arms to defend itself against the mainland, and has headed off a major US-China clash over the issue. But Trump has bristled at the policy, ignoring it and provoking China before even taking office. “I don’t want China dictating to me and this was a call put into me. I didn’t make the call, and it was a call, very short call saying ‘congratulations, sir, on the victory.’ “It was a very nice call. Short. And why should some other nation be able to say I can’t take a call. I think it actually would’ve been very disrespectful, to be honest with you, not taking it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161211184500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/11/politics/donald-trump-china-taiwan/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "689561064", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Charu Lata Hogg is an associate fellow of the Asia program at Chatham House, an independent foreign affairs think tank based in London. The opinions in this article belong to the author. This article has been updated to reflect recent news events. Over the past three weeks photographs of anguished, starving and desperate Rohingya Muslims have shocked readers as hundreds of thousands have fled the violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, streaming into neighboring Bangladesh. This week, Aung San Suu Kyi, the state councillor of Myanmar, broke her studied silence to speak out in a televised address  from capital Naypyidaw. In classic political speak, she avoided any criticism of the military, pressed the need to gather more evidence and diminished the Rohingya issue, touted as one of the biggest humanitarian crises of today. Related article Aung San Suu Kyi: The rise and fall of Asia's Mandela If her motivation for her silence was unclear, her speech has exposed that political calculation is at the core of her position. Be that as it may, she remains an elected political leader in Myanmar with a moral obligation to address abuses against the minority Rohingya Muslims. She commands the reverence and respect of the majority ethnic Burman population and has the authority to shape political opinion  significantly. She can also work, as she has done in the past, with her international supporters to exercise their political leverage on the Myanmar military and use her privileged position with them to ensure pressure on the armed forces, resulting in an end to the atrocities being committed against the Rohingya. In November 2015, she infamously declared that she would be “above the President” if her party won the national elections. Yet her public position on the Rohingya situation – which UN Secretary-General António Guterres described as a catastrophic humanitarian crisis – is not statesmanlike. She remains curiously distant, stating in the past that she wished “not to take sides” and more recently blaming “terrorists for an iceberg of misinformation.” Increasingly, the Nobel champion of those whose rights were trampled on for decades by a brutal military is looking isolated, stubborn and uncaring. The reality is that even if Suu Kyi wanted to, she could not immediately put an end to the persecution of the Rohingya. An almost universal antagonism toward the minority Muslim community is one of the deeper fault lines in Myanmar society. Her party, the National League for Democracy, has echoed the military’s rhetoric about the Rohingya being “illegal immigrants” and soon after its election in 2015 declared that helping the Rohingya “was not a priority.” The international context remains weak, too. Despite the rapid escalation of attention by the United Nations – which included the UN human rights chief terming it “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing” – there is little chance that UN action will go beyond these rebukes. Myanmar has already made clear it is counting on its allies, permanent UN Security Council members China and Russia, to block a UN resolution on the crisis. Then there is the reality of the Myanmar’s ostensibly civilian-led government where the military has the levers of power. The army continues to hold key ministries, and the prospect of constitutional reform that would reduce its control of parliament remains a distant prospect. In addition, there are questions over the National League for Democracy’s commitment to reform. Suu Kyi’s party has a parliamentary majority, which gives it the power to remove repressive legislation. Instead, it has failed to carry out any discernible human rights reforms, and oppressive laws continue to be in force giving the government powers to detain and charge its critics. Related article The Rohingya don't want our anger -- they want our help Despite major peace talks – which began soon after the 2015 election – conflict rages between state security forces and armed groups across the Kachin and Shan states, causing immense human suffering and reasserting the authority of the military. All this notwithstanding, Suu Kyi could still salvage her legacy and find her voice to speak out against the violent persecution of the Rohingya by her own government. There is no broader reform agenda if she continues to preside over a state that sanctions racism and terror. Her position within the government is not merely symbolic; she occupies at least three offices as state counsellor, foreign minister and minister of the president’s office. As a politically elected representative of the government, she bears the moral responsibility to do right by her people, which include the Rohingya Muslims.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Aung San Suu Kyi", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170914144500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/14/opinions/aung-san-suu-kyi-is-neglecting-her-moral-responsibility-opinion/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "507892014", "sentence": "The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus that has spread to at least 50 countries according to the CDC. The World Health Organization estimates that 3 to 4 million people in the Americas will be infected in the next year. The virus has been connected to microcephaly, a neurological disorder causing an abnormally small head, sometimes leading to death. The FDA approved the first human trial of a vaccine in June 2016. There are several international organizations that are providing assistance to people affected and at risk of infection: Project HOPE supports several women’s and children’s health clinics in the Dominican Republic by providing Zika virus training on awareness and prevention. The organization also travels to communities and helps identify and remove mosquito breeding grounds and teaches citizens how to prevent infection. MAP International is providing mosquito repellent, antibiotics, and pain relievers in the affected countries. Operation Blessing International is distributing mosquito nets and repellent to pregnant women in El Salvador and Haiti. The organization is also providing Gambusia, a small fish that eats mosquito larva, to families in Mexico to help prevent the spread of the Zika virus. It’s also providing financial assistance to El Salvador’s government for fumigation and plans to purchase a portable prenatal ultrasound machine. Direct Relief is supporting partner organizations in several countries throughout Central and South America. The organizations are providing contraceptives, medicine, IV solutions, and repellents. Additionally, it’s assisting mothers and newborns with pre and post-natal resources. UNICEF launched a 9 million dollar appeal for a program to help stop the spread of the virus and its impact on babies and their families. Save the Children teams are carrying out assessments in affected regions. The organization’s priority is to educate people about the virus and minimize infection especially in pregnant women. Team Impact Your World will continue to follow this story and update with any additional ways you can help.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "international organizations providing assistance to Zika virus affected populations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160202151500", "country1": "DOM", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/health/iyw-zika-virus-how-to-help/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "519656596", "sentence": "Thousands of well-wishers attended a closed casket public viewing The former first lady died Sunday She will be buried next to Ronald Reagan on Friday Fatiha Demijohn reverentially passed by the casket of Nancy Reagan and soon after reflected on a woman she began admiring from her native France. “She was a mother, a wife, she was a sister,” Demijohn told CNN. “She was poised, respectful, lady.” “France loves Nancy Reagan,” echoed her mother Adele Oudjaoudi, visiting from her homeland.  “She was a great lady.” The mother and daughter, who now live in nearby Thousand Oaks, California, joined 3,115 members of the public who took shuttle vans to the hilltop Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to remember the popular first lady who died Sunday. “She had such a storied career,” began Melissa Giller, spokesperson for the library. Related gallery Ronnie and Nancy: A love story “Starting in Hollywood and following Ronald Reagan to Sacramento for the governorship … Then of course to Washington, D.C. for the presidency. So her friends and her impact span all those different regions.” Eight secret service agents who served the Reagans acted as pallbearers, carrying the closed casket to the public viewing. “It’s just amazing,” Joseph Harvey said. “It’s just patriotic. I think no matter what party affiliation you are, it’s just coming together. It’s a thing we haven’t felt in this country for along time.” Related gallery People we've lost in 2016 Harvey met Phiilip Bennett in the winding lines of conversing strangers who wanted the intimacy of saying good bye to Nancy Reagan in person “I always admired the way that she took care of or protected the President,”  Bennett said. “Even when he (President Reagan) was being attacked by whoever, the media and what not.” Nancy Reagan will be memorialized Friday in a growing service that will be attended by former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura, current first lady Michelle Obama, and past first ladies Hillary Clinton and Rosalynn Carter. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Selleck and other celebrities are also invited. Opinion: Nancy Reagan’s real role in the White House Workers are erecting a stage and bleachers for up to 1,000 people. A military band and choir will perform. Related gallery Female firsts in politics “It’s everything that she wanted,” said Giller.  “It’s really going to be a great way to show our respect to her and help her with her final wishes.” Nancy Reagan will be buried next to her husband, whom she called Ronnie. Political world mourns Nancy Reagan The simple, elegant gravesite faces west, a short walk from a large piece of the Berlin Wall her “Ronnie” ordered torn down, as his policies help demolish the Iron Curtain. A spectacular reprint of Nancy Reagan in a celebrated red dress from her official White House portrait welcomed visitors to her viewing. Demijohn gazed at the actual dress at the library many times before with her daughters, and Wednesday said farewell with her mother. Demijohn left a final thought. “Seeing her in that dress reminded me of the kind of lady she was.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nancy Reagan", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160310070000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/10/politics/nancy-reagan-funeral/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "562014709", "sentence": "Trump's comments drew stern rebukes from members of both parties Trump suggested that the US shouldn't chide Turkey for violations of civil liberties Donald Trump, in a New York Times interview published Thursday, outlined a sharp break in US foreign policy tradition, suggesting the US wouldn’t defend NATO allies like the Baltic states against Russian aggression if they haven’t “fulfilled their obligation to us.” Related article Donald Trump's dreadful night Trump has repeatedly made the case that most of NATO’s 28-member countries are not making the requisite financial contributions for their common defense, and he’s said in the past that “the US must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves.” Throughout the interview, the Republican presidential nominee seemed to reject core assumptions of US military and foreign policy thinking – including foreign troop deployment and advocating for civil liberties – and argued for an unprecedented global retrenchment, frequently framing his argument in economic terms. Trump’s comments were met with shock and anger in some quarters, drawing stern rebukes from members of both parties and prompting the White House to assuage anxious allies. They also made matters awkward for Trump’s vice presidential choice, Mike Pence, who delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention within hours of the interview being posted online that contrasted in places with his running mate. At one point, Pence told the RNC audience that Trump would “stand with our allies.” “We cannot have four more years of apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends,” Pence said. Related article 7 takeaways from wild night at GOP convention Though Trump said, “I would prefer to be able to continue” existing international agreements, he later explained that “this is not 40 years ago.” He also suggested that the massive expense of maintaining an international order that is contributing to trade losses for the US “doesn’t sound very smart to me.” “We are spending a fortune on a military in order to lose $800 billion,” Trump said. Trump questioned the forward deployment of American troops when answering a question about the tension in the South China Sea. According to the Times interview, Trump explained that “it will be a lot less expensive” for the United States to deploy military assets domestically. Related video What Trump says about NATO and what it actually does Trump was also asked about the recent attempted coup in Turkey, praising President Recep Erdogan “for being able to turn that around.” And Trump suggested that the US shouldn’t chide Erdogan’s administration about potential violations of civil liberties because “when the world sees how bad the United States is and we start talking about civil liberties, I don’t think we are a very good messenger.” “I don’t think we have the right to lecture,” he said. NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, in an unusual statement about American domestic politics, responded to Trump’s comments with a call for solidarity. “I will not interfere in the US election campaign, but what I can do is say what matters for NATO,” Stoltenberg said in a statement to CNN. “Solidarity among Allies is a key value for NATO. This is good for European security and good for US security. We defend one another.” Toomas Hendrik, president of NATO member Estonia, appeared to respond to Trump’s comments on Twitter, though he didn’t mention the GOP nominee by name. “Estonia is (one) of 5 NATO allies in Europe to meet its 2% def expenditures commitment,” Hendrik tweeted. “Fought, with no caveats, in NATO’s sole Art. 5 op. in Afg.” Related video The people in charge of NATO's future White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday that the United States’ commitment to the mutual defense pact is “ironclad.” “This is a longstanding commitment that has been strengthened under the leadership of President Obama,” Earnest said. “There should be no mistake or miscalculation made about this country’s commitment to our country’s transatlantic alliance.” Hillary Clinton’s campaign put out a statement early Thursday morning following the publication of Trump’s interview, slamming his remarks and saying, “It is fair to assume that Vladimir Putin is rooting for a Trump presidency.” “For decades, the United States has given an ironclad guarantee to our NATO allies: we will come to their defense if they are attacked, just as they came to our defense after 9/11. Donald Trump was asked if he would honor that guarantee. He said… maybe, maybe not,” Clinton said. The former secretary of state continued, “Ronald Reagan would be ashamed. Harry Truman would be ashamed. Republicans, Democrats and Independents who help build NATO into the most successful military alliance in history would all come to the same conclusion: Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit and fundamentally ill-prepared to be our Commander in Chief.” Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who has been pegged as a possible Clinton running mate, said he was “stunned” by Trump’s remarks. “When you say to an ally who you have a treaty obligation to defend, ‘Eh, we’re not sure we will,’ that’s a very dangerous thing,” Kaine said at a press conference on Thursday. Sen. Lindsey Grahham, a South Carolina Republican who challenged Trump in the Republican primaries, also denounced the GOP nominee’s comments. “Statements like these make the world more dangerous and the United States less safe,” Graham said in a statement. “The Republican nominee for President is essentially telling the Russians and other bad actors that the United States is not fully committed to supporting the NATO alliance.” Graham, who last month urged Republicans to rescind their endorsements of the nominee, said he hopes Trump will “correct” his remarks in his speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican who is publicly supporting Trump and who spoke at the RNC earlier this week, differed with Trump’s NATO comments Thursday. He told CNN’s Jake Tapper that the US is in the trans-Atlantic military alliance “because it’s in our national security interest.” “We want to strengthen NATO and strengthen our common defenses,” he said. “Another part of strengthening it is making clear we’re going to stand by our security pledge.” Not doing so, he continued, “doesn’t make it less likely to get into a hot war, it ultimately makes it more likely.” In an interview with Fox News on Thursday morning, Pence said he hadn’t seen “the exact context” of the comments on NATO, but the Indiana governor nevertheless didn’t take issue with Trump’s position. “I think Donald Trump’s position very broadly with regard to our allies and with regard to treaty obligations and NATO is that it’s time for our allies to begin to pay their fair share. It’s time for people to begin to step up,” Pence said. Related video Farage reacts to Trump's proposed NATO agenda He added, “The NATO alliance since World War II has been a mutual defense alliance and I have every confidence that Donald Trump will see to it that the United States of America stands by the allies and lives up to the treaty obligation.” Trump also found a sympathetic ear in Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK’s Independence Party and one of the most vocal supporters of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. “I think the American military over the last few years has been pretty unhappy with their NATO allies, who have just kept cutting, cutting, cutting their defense spending,” Farage said, adding that NATO was “a wonderful vehicle to keep peace in Europe for 60, 70 years.” “But NATO now does need to redefine itself,” he said. “What is it for? We don’t have the Warsaw Pact. I’m pro-NATO. I’m pro-cooperation. But it’s not a bad thing that we reassess what it’s for.” CNN’s Barbara Starr and Tal Kopan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "NATO", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160721063000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/politics/trump-foreign-policy-interview/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "430345204", "sentence": "NEW: U.S. Central Command says there were airstrikes, but no civilian casualties that they know of Group alleges U.S.-led airstrikes carried out a \"massacre\" under pretext of attacking ISIS A Syrian group opposed to the country’s autocratic leader, Bashar al-Assad, says airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed 52 civilians. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights called the alleged killings a “massacre” committed under the “pretext” of targeting ISIS militants. The observatory also leveled a fresh charge against the al-Assad regime on Sunday, saying helicopters dropped explosive barrels on a neighborhood – and that medical sources believe the barrels contained chlorine gas.  At last 40 people suffered from suffocation, the group said. Both attacks allegedly took place Saturday. The London-based organization said U.S.-led coalition airstrikes hit a village northeast of  the city of Aleppo. The dead include seven children and nine women, the observatory said, adding that 13 more civilians were unaccounted for, so the death toll could rise. CNN could not immediately confirm the report. The U.S. military vowed to investigate. U.S. Central Command confirmed that coalition forces did conduct airstrikes to the northeast of Aleppo, in the vicinity of Jubb Mahli, on Thursday. It’s an earlier date than when the Observatory claims the alleged attack happened. In the April 30 airstrikes, the coalition destroyed several ISIS fighting positions and hit more than 50 militants, a Central Command spokesman told CNN’s Barbara Starr. Central Command has no indication that any civilians were killed in those strikes, the spokesman said. Kurdish forces had held the town prior to ISIS, and they reported that there had been no civilians in that area for weeks, the spokesman said. Related video Opposition General: Assad regime 'is falling apart' The U.S. government has cited the observatory’s data in the past. For example, in May 2014, the State Department’s official blog noted that “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights currently estimates that some 150,000 Syrians have perished in that country’s ongoing conflict.” “We in SOHR condemn in the strongest terms this massacre committed by the U.S led coalition under the pretext of targeting the IS in the village,” the observatory’s statement said Saturday, “and we call the coalition countries to refer who committed this massacre to the courts, as we renew our calls to neutralize all civilians areas from military operations by all parties.” The U.S.-led military coalition said Friday that it had launched 18 air strikes against ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State, in Syria and Iraq since early Thursday. The coalition, formed in October 2014 to fight the ISIS terrorist group, includes Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Related video Jordan's King on how to defeat ISIS The group’s complaint about the Syrian regime’s alleged chlorine gas attack was the latest in a string of similar accusations. Two explosive barrels fell on the northern neighborhood of Saraqib, the observatory said.  Medical sources reported about 40 cases of suffocation in civilians, including children, who inhaled gases from the explosive barrels, the observatory added. Medical sources believe the barrels contained the gas, the observatory said. CNN could not verify the claims independently. Syria’s state-run news agency SANA has not reported on an operation in that area on Saturday. It carried several reports of Syrian military forces cracking down on “terrorists” in the country. Syria has been wracked by civil war for four years, with a fearsome toll of death, destruction and refugees. SOHR has in the past been accused of selective reporting of the atrocities, publicizing only those committed by the al-Assad regime and ignoring those committed by his opponents. It has also been criticized as essentially a one-man show, run in Britain by a man who left Syria more than 10 years ago, and for failing to make its methodology public. The situation in Syria is complicated. The U.S. has called for al-Assad to leave power. Yet is it conducting airstrikes against ISIS, which is also opposed to al-Assad.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S.-led coalition airstrikes", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150503140000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/03/middleeast/syria-massacre-accused-us/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "654109996", "sentence": "John Sullivan vowed to make the State Department \"the pre-eminent force to protect American values\" Sullivan's uncle was the last US ambassador to Iran before diplomatic relations were halted The nominee to be Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s top deputy at the State Department committed to advocate for human rights Tuesday amid criticism from Democrats and Republicans that the Trump administration is taking an overly transactional approach to foreign policy. “I am committed to making the State Department the pre-eminent force to protect American values and promote American values in the world,” John Sullivan told the congressional committee considering his nomination. Sullivan’s remarks come less than a week after Tillerson told State Department staff the US must sometimes be willing to separate values from policies, explaining, “if we condition too heavily that others must adopt this value that we’ve come to over a long history of our own, it really creates obstacles to our ability to advance our national security interests, our economic interests.” Many policymakers criticized that vision as a signal the administration is willing to turn a blind eye to some human rights violations in exchange for diplomatic concessions by authoritarian leaders. “With those words, Secretary Tillerson sent a message to oppressed people everywhere: Don’t look to the United States for hope,” Republican Sen. John McCain wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times on Monday. “To view foreign policy as simply transactional is more dangerous than its proponents realize,” he went on to say. “Depriving the oppressed of a beacon of hope could lose us the world we have built and thrived in.” Related video Tillerson: US can't idly stand by on N. Korea Sullivan’s nomination was generally well received by Senate foreign relations committee members, who questioned him for just under an hour and a half. If confirmed, Sullivan’s presence at the State Department would provide additional leadership within an agency that remains understaffed at the senior levels. Sullivan currently works as a partner in the law firm Mayer Brown, advising clients on issues related to national security and foreign policy. His profile on the firm’s website says his responsibilities include advising corporate clients “on US sanctions and export controls, international trade disputes and regulation, and foreign investment in the United States, the Middle East, Russia, and other countries.” His previous government experience includes a stint as deputy secretary of commerce under George W. Bush’s administration. At his hearing Tuesday, Sullivan noted his respect for US diplomats, drawing on the dramatic experiences of his paternal uncle, William Sullivan, who served as the last US ambassador to Iran before diplomatic relations were halted in 1979. William Sullivan was recalled from the post just months before the Iran hostage crisis, and was briefly taken captive himself in a separate incident earlier that year.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "John Sullivan", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170509181500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/john-sullivan-confirmation-hearing-state-department/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "618354545", "sentence": "The Dalai Lama is confident about the future of the US For people with anxiety he suggests finding self compassion and taking time to reflect He also recommends letting go of constant anger, serving others and being kind The Dalai Lama has some advice for anyone who is looking for happiness, no matter what their circumstances. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people in exile, spoke about the incoming administration in an interview with CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. A post shared by Dalai Lama (@dalailama) The “president, of course, (is a) very important individual, but basically I (am) always telling (people), the world belongs to humanity,” said the Dalai Lama during the Emory-Tibet symposium of Scholars and Scientists held at the Drepung Monastic University in India in December.  “Each nation belongs to the people,” he said. In other words, take comfort in the fact that our country is not run by a lone individual, albeit one that is incredibly powerful. Related article Republicans, enjoy this week's party, but remember 2009 “America, I consider the leading nation of the free world,” His Holiness said. In an earlier interview he said he plans to meet with President-elect Trump after his inauguration and added that once in power, all presidents are forced to work with “reality,” and “so I have no worries.” America will always keep an “emphasis on liberty, democracy, rule of law,” he said, and “the people elected now have the responsibility” to work together and will have to use “team work,” since “America is a democracy and the power is divided.” If, however, someone’s confidence in the country’s checks and balances is still failing them, His Holiness has some additional advice to help you stay happy, no matter what happens in the world around you. First step, work on compassion and start by developing it for yourself. “Mainly,” he said, feeling happy is largely about “your own mental attitude.” If you remain someone who is “honest, truthful,” about how you feel, you can find happiness “no matter what (the) surrounding situation.” His Holiness is talking, in part, about the Buddhist concept of self-compassion. He believes we’d all be happier people if we learned more about our own selves and embraced who we are, flaws and all. Related article Which side of ourselves will prevail? When you have compassion for someone, typically that means you are recognizing and validating someone’s pain. Psychologists have shown when you do that, you automatically develop feelings of kindness and caring for that person. You develop concern for their general well-being. Self-compassion, then, is when you are kind, rather than critical, toward yourself, even when you mess up or when you are in some form of emotional pain. Don’t confuse this with self-pity, when you dwell on that pain. Instead, it’s when “in instances of pain or failure, rather than being harshly self-critical; perceiving one’s experiences as part of the larger human experience rather than seeing them as isolating; and holding painful thoughts and feelings in mindful awareness rather than over-identifying with them,” writes  scholar Kristin Neff in Self-Compassion and Pscyhological Well-Being. Neff is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s department of educational psychology and an expert on self-compassion. Related article Buddhism Fast Facts “Most people have much more compassion for others than themselves,” Neff said. If you can develop a compassion toward yourself, it is easier to feel compassion toward others “and is much more sustainable,” Neff said. And the Dalai Lama believes that with less self-criticism, your “health will be much better.” Many studies back that up. It’s a lot easier to feel compassion if you take the time to reflect on what you’re experiencing. The Dalai Lama, for instance, gets up at 3am to meditate five hours a day. Related article Cat yoga: The mewest exercise trend You probably don’t have that much time, but even 10 minutes of meditation has been shown to help your thought process. Meditation can physically change the parts of the brain that help you better handle stress and increase your feelings of empathy, studies show. Longer meditation sessions, even 20 minutes, can improve your mood, your attention span and memory. Thinking more deeply, you start to realize, His Holiness said, that “nothing exists as (it) appears.” Take the time to put your feelings in context, he said, “then the very basis of these negative emotions becomes thinner, thinner, thinner.” If you do feel angry about the election, or any other circumstance, don’t let it dominate your thoughts. Constant anger can lead to depression, insomnia, overeating,  heart problems, strokes and early death, studies show. Related article How to stop being annoyed by life “Constant anger is very bad for our health,” His Holiness said. “I try to keep compassion” constantly in mind and then stay “surrounded by (other) compassionate people” that can reduce your anger. Do that and your health will be “much better.” A lot of negative thought is rooted in perception, studies show, but that doesn’t have to mean you become a Pollyanna about negative experiences. “If a glass is half full, you can’t pretend it’s full,” Neff said. “If you can think about wrapping your suffering and anger in a kind of care and compassion and concern, it can activate the reward center of the brain.” Working with Tibetan teachers over the years, she said, she has been impressed that despite their difficult circumstances of having to flee their country and live as refugees, as the Dalai Lama has since 1959, many people seem to be happy. “It is not like they deny their suffering, they are open to it, but they hold those feelings with love and compassion,” she said. Another key to happiness, His Holiness suggests, is to “try to be of some service to others.” If you can help others, then “no matter what (the) surrounding situation, you can keep (up your) self-confidence and happiness.” Related article Meet the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2016 Service can come in the form of volunteering, like at a soup kitchen, or on a candidate’s campaign, but it can also be simpler, like being a good listener when people are upset. Volunteers feel more socially connected, they’re less lonely, and suffer from depression less, studies show. Volunteering creates physical benefits too: Regular volunteers are less likely to develop high blood pressure and live longer, some studies show. Simple acts like being a good listener can also reduce your own feelings of stress and improve your feelings of well-being, other studies show. Finally, be playful and childlike. Children, the Dalai Lama said are “very honest” and often accept people without judgment. Related article A lifetime in the field “They don’t care what’s their religion, what’s their nationality, they don’t care what sort of family background” they have, he said. “Basic human nature is compassionate.” While competition and materialism can encourage those feelings to go “dormant,” he said, playfulness can bring those feelings back. His Holiness is constantly laughing and he’s playful even when he speaks about such serious subjects. Studies back up his advice, showing that adults who are playful have more positive relationships and better life satisfaction. They also tend to be healthier and experience less anxiety. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Considering this advice could make a real difference to how you experience the next few years. “I will always feel there is real hope we can do something. So no matter (what the) difficult circumstances, it is really worthwhile,” the Dalai Lama said. “Make (an) effort (and) once you committed effort, even small effort results will come,” the Dalai Lama said. “You get tremendous sort of satisfaction and then feel happy.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170118160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/health/dalai-lama-guide-to-surviving-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "698857161", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Arpan Roy is an Indian expatriate based in Singapore. An experimental physicist, he is also the founder and illustrator of The Bong Sense, a popular online magazine. Indians online have been amused and slightly angered by an Australian company’s decision to sell “charpoys” – traditional Indian beds – for upwards of $990. Typically, a charpoy sells for less than $20 in India. The company claims that the beds are “100% Australian made” and “based on thousand-year-old Indian design.” A Delhi court has issued a city wide ban on the sale of fireworks, an essential feature in the Indian festival of Diwali. The excessive use of fireworks during the festival contributes to a spike in toxic smog, which in turn leads to closure of schools and construction sites. That lighter skin is preferred over darker skin in India is no secret. How Indians achieve the highly desired lighter appearance is coming under greater scrutiny, however, after a string of high-profile medical incidents involving unsafe skin whitening methods. A distressed Russian tourist was found begging outside a temple in the southern Indian city of Kancheepuram after reportedly losing all his money. Indian officials later took the man to the Russian embassy in Chennai where he received consular assistance.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Indian society", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171018074500", "country1": "IND", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/asia/arpan-roy-india-interesting-week-9/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "595050073", "sentence": "'Ties between our two countries are now set to reach new highs,' Malaysian PM says Malaysia to buy four ships from China Malaysia and China signed a series of agreements Tuesday that cover among other things energy and defense coordination, Chinese state media reported. “Ties between our two countries are now set to reach new highs,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in an op-ed in the state-run China Daily. Razak said that his country has agreed to purchase four littoral mission ships from the Chinese – two which will be built in China and two in Malaysia – in what he called “the first significant [sic] defence deal between our two countries. Opinion: Red-line warning haunts US ties in Asia Razak also took an apparent shot at the West for its treatment of former colonial powers. “More generally, we believe it is incumbent upon larger countries to treat smaller ones fairly,” he said. “And this includes former colonial powers. It is not for them to lecture countries they once exploited on how to conduct their own internal affairs today.” Comments on one of the biggest flashpoints in the regions – the South China Sea – were markedly diplomatic. “As two countries on the South China Sea, China and Malaysia’s increasing naval cooperation to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea is of great significance in increasing mutual trust between the two countries,” said Liu Zhenmin, China’s vice foreign minister. Razak said “when it comes to the South China Sea, we firmly believe that overlapping territorial and maritime disputes should be managed calmly and rationally through dialogue, in accordance with the rule of law and peaceful negotiations.” Liu also said that China plans to join in construction of oil and gas pipelines in the Malaysian state of Sabah, which borders the South China Sea, according to China’s The People’s Daily. Philippines top cop: We’ll find other sellers if US won’t give us guns The announcement comes as the Philippines has also begun strengthening its ties with China – a move which some say shows the waning influence of the United States in the region.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China-Malaysia relations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161102114500", "country1": "MYS", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/02/asia/malaysia-china-agreement/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "559224220", "sentence": "The D.B. Cooper manhunt has been one of the longest investigations in FBI history In order to solve a case, the FBI must prove culpability beyond a reasonable doubt The last time anyone saw D.B. Cooper, he parachuted out of a Mexico City-bound airplane with $200,000 in ransom strapped to his body, vanishing over the Pacific Northwest and initiating one of America’s greatest manhunts. Forty-five years later, the FBI is closing the books on this unsolved case. “We have arrived at our conclusion today that it was just time to close the case because there isn’t anything new out there,” said Special Agent in Charge Frank Montoya, Jr. “There’s a lot that goes into that decision but really it was just time.” The infamous hijacking that took place in 1971 became one of the bureau’s “longest and most exhaustive investigations,” the FBI said. While the bureau has chased down an immense number of leads and tips from the public, including accounts of sudden unexplained wealth and detailed descriptions matching the hijacker, none has resulted in definitive answers. “Unfortunately, none of the well-meaning tips or applications of new investigative technology have yielded the necessary proof,” the FBI said. “Every time the FBI assesses additional tips … investigative resources and manpower are diverted from programs that more urgently need attention.” Montoya told reporters at a news conference that the decision to close the case was his. FBI Special Agent Curtis Eng, who told reporters he’s been on the case since 2010, said he’s fine with the decision – and a bit relieved, as new tips have the potential to take him away from other cases. “If it [a new lead] comes in, we’ve got to follow up with it,” Eng said. “It takes time and resources away from my other cases, where there are victims now. Where there’s problems and crimes now.” On November 24, 1971, a dark-haired man who called himself Dan Cooper approached the ticket counter of Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon, and used cash to buy a one-way ticket to Seattle. “Cooper was a quiet man who appeared to be in his mid-40s, wearing a business suit with a black tie and white shirt,” the FBI said in a summary of the case on its website. “He ordered a drink – bourbon and soda – while the flight was waiting to take off.” After takeoff, he handed a flight attendant a note saying he had a bomb in his briefcase, opening it to show a mass of wires and red sticks, the FBI said. When the flight landed in Seattle, the hijacker exchanged the flight’s 36 passengers for $200,000 in cash and four parachutes, the FBI said, keeping several crew members on board. The flight took off again after he ordered it to fly to Mexico City. At an altitude of about 1.9 miles, Cooper made his dramatic exodus, disappearing into the night from the back of the jetliner, wearing a suit jacket and with the money strapped to his body. “If something were to arise – principally the parachutes or the money –  you know, we would reopen, we would look into this, we would do what we could to bring the perpetrator to justice. But at the same time, after 45 years we just don’t think that that’s likely,” Montoya said. For years after the great escape, law enforcement and amateur investigators alike have chased theories regarding Cooper’s true identity and his whereabouts. Whether “D.B.” – a name created by the press, according to the FBI –  survived the 10,000 foot plunge into the wilderness has never been confirmed, and his true identity has never been determined. The evidence collected over the years will now be preserved for historical purposes at the bureau’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., the FBI said. One clue came in 1980, when a boy found a rotting package of $5,800 in $20 bills that matched the serial numbers of the ransom money. Pieces of parachute debris and Cooper’s black tie, which he took off before jumping out of the aircraft, are also among the physical evidence being retained. The FBI has identified more than 100 persons of interest since the case started, Eng said. While the bureau is no longer actively investigating Cooper’s case, the saga that generated immense public interest will be sure to live on. “We would love to have solved this, there’s no question about it. To see justice served. And it doesn’t feel good to acknowledge that this is the only unsolved skyjacking in American history,” Montoya said. “But that happens sometimes – either we’re not able to solve it or much time passes before it can be resolved.” “There are a lot of mysteries out there,” he said, “and this is going to be one of those.” CNN’s Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "FBI", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160712231500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/world/d-b-cooper-fbi-closes-case/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "692054895", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Andre Spicer is a professor of organizational behavior at Cass Business School, City University London. He is the co-author, with Carl Cederstrom, of “The Wellness Syndrome.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Andre Spicer: Facebook's sudden willingness to hand over Russian advertisements to Congress is part of slow change in how the tech giant relates to the government But more so than dealing with election meddling, the key step is to begin grappling with the much tougher issue of big money in elections, Spicer writes On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg popped up on Facebook Live. Just back from parental leave, he had lines under his eyes. He may not have been getting any sleep, but there were no signs of baby spit-up on his T-shirt, which perfectly matched the large couch in the background. Zuck was there to share the big news that Facebook had handed over to Congress 3,000 ads associated with the 2016 presidential campaign that were linked to Russia. In the video, he claims this move came out of a deep concern for “election integrity.” But the prolonged controversy over alleged Russian interference in the US presidential elections, and more recent focus on Facebook’s possible role in enabling it, has clearly had an impact. As Zuck said, “It is a new challenge for internet communities to have to deal with nation states attempting to subvert elections, but if that’s what we must do then we are committed to rising to the occasion.” Facebook’s sudden willingness to hand over advertisements to Congress is part of slow change in how the tech giant relates to the government. In the past, it has dealt with government requests and pressure from regulators by appealing to Internet freedom. When that approach wore thin, it tried to baffle regulators and politicians with technical arguments. For instance, following allegations its newsfeed was biased, Zuck sought to explain the technical details of how it worked to Congress – undoubtedly confusing some. Then, it followed the playbook of other big corporations and used backroom lobbying and piecemeal bargaining to get its way on research and development tax credits for instance. Now Facebook is trying to deal with government pressure with appeals to “transparency.” “I wish I could tell you we’re going to stop all [campaign] interference,” he said Thursday, “but that just wouldn’t be realistic.” Zuck then went on to outline “nine things we’re going to be working on over the next few months” that would ensure electoral integrity. Facebook has also taken the step of voluntarily complying with the Federal Communications Commission requirements for political advertising on other forms of media, like television and radio. They require that the political campaign simply must reveal who paid for the ad. The FCC sets a pretty low bar compared with other countries, which often strictly limit the amount that political campaigns can spend and when they can air their ads. Facebook’s added transparency may reveal which front-group funded a campaign ad, but it is unlikely to make for informed voters. After all, many studies in political psychology show that ideologically committed voters are willing to bend almost any factual information to fit their preconceived values. Related article Want to change minds? Try this These measures may hold off for a little longer the threat of real regulatory scrutiny brewing among politicians for the social media giant and for other such tech companies, but it will do nothing to deal with the real blight in the US political system – which is out-of-control campaign financing. We must remember that $6.8 billion was spent on the 2016 US presidential election. That’s more than double what the nation spends on national parks each year. Spending on elections is growing rapidly, making political campaigning a lucrative market for Facebook. Some American citizens are outraged by a relatively small sum (about $100,000) being allegedly spent by Russian operatives buying Facebook ads. Yet, they seem to be relatively relaxed about the nearly $900 million that the Koch brothers spent during the 2016 election cycle, as just one example. Millions of dollars of other foreign money flowed into the US election from other sources as well. For instance, the British arms company BAE systems spent $415,000 on Congressional candidates and the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi spent just over $400,000. For sure, the corrosion of election integrity from foreign influence (via Facebook or other companies on the internet) is something to be guarded against. But the US also needs to guard against corrosion of election integrity from within its own political system as well. For social media behemoths like Facebook to address the issue of election integrity, providing a touch of transparency is only the start. The next step for social media companies like Facebook would be to think about ways of breaking down people’s ideological biases, which make them impervious to almost any actual information about elections (such as who paid for advertisements). Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook But the most radical, and the most desperately needed step is to begin grappling with the much tougher issue of big money in elections. The US government has shown it is completely unwilling to tackle the widely-acknowledged problem of campaign financing. Sadly, it is also unlikely that social media companies will start asking questions about the estimated $1 billion spent on political advertising on their platforms during the 2016 campaign. If someone doesn’t ask these questions, the US could continue to find itself with a political campaigning industry growing more rapidly than any that produce actual goods and services.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Facebook", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170922233000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/opinions/facebook-advertisements-russia-spicer-opinion/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "496702347", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Kelly Wallace is CNN’s digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. Read her other columns and follow her reports at CNN Parents and on Twitter. In a new book, children tell best-selling author how they see God The responses showcase more similarities than differences between children of different religions On the way to school, I told my girls there was something I wanted to ask them. As I prepared to write a story on a delightful new book on how children see God, I realized I never asked my daughters, ages 8 and 9, directly how they view God. How would they describe God? What do they think he/she looks like? Sure, we have talked a fair amount about religion, especially since I was raised Catholic, but my kids are being raised Jewish. We go to synagogue once or twice a year for the high holidays and my oldest daughter just started Hebrew school, but still, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what my kids specifically thought about God until I asked them. Their answers blew me away. My younger daughter said she thinks God is the moral in stories. Every story she reads usually has a moral, she said, and that’s God. My older daughter said she thinks God controls everything. Hearing what children think about God is like opening up “wonderful little treasure boxes” and seeing what comes out of them, said comedian Monica Parker, author of “OMG! How Children See God.” Parker’s own upbringing served as the impetus for the book, she said. Her father was a member of the Church of England, her mother was Jewish and from Austria. “So I joke that on the day I was born, I was both … baptized and matzo-balled on the same day,” said Parker, who is also an actor, writer and producer and has a recurring role on SyFy’s “Defiance.” Religion was never discussed in her household, she said. “I used to see children holding the hands of their parents going into various houses of worship and I had this envy. I don’t know that I was missing religion, because we didn’t have any conversations about it, but what I was missing was a sense of community and a sense of place … and I knew that I wanted to do better by my children.” She and her husband, whom she describes as a “lapsed Catholic,” decided to celebrate every holiday with their son. “Ritual was a big word for me because I didn’t have that and I loved it and so we celebrated everything.” When her son, Remy, was 7, he asked her, “Who is God?” She told him God is inside everything, from spiders to trees to humans. “Then he came the next morning and he said, ‘Mom, Dad, I know who’s seen God.’ And we said, ‘Who?’ And he said, ‘Doctors, when they cut people open.’ “ That literal image stayed with her for years (her son is now 30) until she decided to pursue a book looking at how children in today’s world see God. So many kids are coming from multicultural backgrounds, so many are in divorced households, so many are being raised by single parents, she wondered what they were thinking, especially when news coverage of religion often showcases the passionate believers and nonbelievers and rarely people who don’t fall into either category. Parker started asking children on her street in Toronto, Ontario, and then expanded to her wider network, and eventually traveled from the United Kingdom to Germany to the United States to make sure she had children representing every economic, cultural and religious background. Their responses to questions including “Who is God?” “What does God wear?” and “What is God’s job?” range from the hilarious to the touching and deeply poignant. “God doesn’t have a house. He doesn’t need one except on Sundays ‘cause that’s the day he likes to rest,” said Ethan, age 8. Wrote Kayla, who is 8½, “I wish God could make me famous SOON!” “I call God when I need help with things but not my homework, because my mom says I have to do that by myself,” said Jackson, 7. Said Max, 8, “My father never believed you were real but my mom did, but then she got sick and now he prays to you but my mom doesn’t anymore.” Manny, who’s 6, wrote, “My mom talks to God when we need more money.” Parker said the responses show children “remain openhearted and openminded.” They may come from different religions but there was never a sense their thoughts about God set them apart. “I felt as though it were a very open club that we could all join,” said Parker, who is also author of the best-seller “Getting Waisted: A Survival Guide to Being Fat in a Society That Loves Thin.” “I never felt that one child would have ever said, ‘My God is better than your God,’ unlike the contest that we have going on right now,” said Parker, referring to the anti-Muslim rhetoric that we’ve heard in the U.S. presidential race. Putting her book together has been a “door opener” for many parents who have children but who never talked with them about God, she said. When she approached people asking to interview their kids or give them five to 10 questions that they could pose to their children, she heard from many parents who said, “Oh, I’d love to know that because we’ve never had the conversation.” Her advice to parents who haven’t talked with their childlren about God and don’t know how to begin is to read her book to their children. “It opens a dialogue immediately,” she said. “You sit down, you just turn to any page and look what happens. … It’s a great conversation starter because I think that the kids can educate the parents, because no matter what a child asks, you can’t ignore a child’s questions, or you shouldn’t.” Parker said she was also intrigued to write the book because of how “God” is used over and over in our language, from “Oh my God” to “goddammit” to “God, I’ll never do that again.” She was also curious about how and why people have fallen away from religion but still think about God on holidays such as Christmas and Kwanza or when the “emergency bell” rings in a family. “So what that means is that somewhere on this third or fourth track, for a lot of people, there is a sense of God and I think we’re really praying to our higher selves when we do this. In some way, I think we’re asking the universe to guide us, to help us.” As any parent knows, we learn a ton from our children, and their thoughts about God are no different. The first page of the book opens with Emerson, age 12, raising questions about whether there really is a God, and the book closes with the words of Uma, age 11, who said, “God lives wherever you imagine. … To believe in God, you need to imagine. God does anything you can imagine.” How do the children in your life see God? Share your thoughts with Kelly Wallace on Twitter @kellywallacetv or CNN Parents on Facebook.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "children's perceptions of God", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151223143000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/23/health/children-how-they-view-god-parenting/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "682993041", "sentence": "The collision happened in disputed waters Ten US sailors are missing A collision involving a US navy ship Monday took place in waters that have been bitterly disputed between Malaysia and Singapore for decades. The incident happened while the USS John McCain, a guided missile destroyer, was on its way to a port call in Singapore. Ten sailors are currently missing and five were injured. Singaporean and Malaysian authorities have both said the incident happened in their territorial waters. Both sides said publicly that each were leading the search and rescue efforts and reiterated those claims when contacted by CNN for clarification. “Singapore should have … joined our search and rescue,” Zulkifili Abu Bakar, the director-general of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, told CNN. “This incident happened in Malaysian territorial waters.” Singapore deployed nearby assets to the Malacca Strait – one of the world’s most congested waterways – to help, including divers to help in the search and tugboats. The small city-state also flew four people from the ship to a hospital on land (their injuries are not considered life-threatening.) The US Navy said Malaysian ships joined the search effort in the afternoon local time. Claire Lim, a spokeswoman for the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority, said the crash happened in Singapore’s waters but declined to comment further when asked about the competing Malaysian claim, instead directing CNN to a media relations email address. Though the collision happened in disputed waters, Bakar said at a news conference earlier Monday that the search and rescue effort remains the top priority. “I don’t think we should … argue about whose waters, because I think the most important thing is to focus on the search and rescue effort,” he said. “The assets on the ground also, they are talking to each other. One thing is very clear is that we do not want to have another collision between the assets on the ground.” The USS John McCain was able to sail on its own Singapore’s Changi Naval Base, where it is currently docked. The dispute centers around a legal decision regarding a small piece of land in the middle of the ocean called Pedra Branca. Malaysia and Singapore both claimed it as their own territory and took the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which decided in 2008 that the island belonged to Singapore. The issue of who has sovereignty over the nearby territorial waters, however, was kicked back to Malaysia and Singapore. Earlier this summer, Malaysia asked the ICJ to revisit the issue of the surrounding waters, a request which Singapore called “puzzling.” (Malaysia also applied for a revised judgment in the case in February, claiming it had new evidence.) “The waters were supposed to be decided between Malaysia and Singapore as part of a joint committee,” said Kevin Blackburn, a professor focusing on Malaysian and Singaporean history at Singapore’s National Institute of Education. “The committee never really came to any firm conclusions.” Related article The eagle, the lion and the dragon: Singapore's future in the age of Trump Singapore has played a delicate balancing act in recent years, maintaining fruitful relationships with both China and the United States. The nearby South China Sea dispute has proven a sticking point in recent years, and the election of US President Donald Trump has also shaken things up. But China’s willingness to throw its weight around in the region has meant that both Singapore and Malaysia place a premium on their relationships with the US military. Blackburn says those will likely mean that the territorial disputes will be temporarily pushed to the backburner. “These two countries have had very close relations militarily with the US, and they would never damage those,” Blackburn said. “There shouldn’t be any problems given the strength of those relationships.” CNN’s Brad Lendon and Sophie Jeong contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Malaysia-Singapore territorial waters dispute", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170821153000", "country1": "SGP", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/asia/investigation-uss-john-mccain-singapore-malaysia/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "697381303", "sentence": "London police investigating sexual assault allegation related to 1980 incident New York police investigating claims detailed in New Yorker article, including 2004 incident Police on both sides of the Atlantic are investigating allegations of sexual assault involving Harvey Weinstein as the scandal surrounding the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul mounts. In London, the Metropolitan Police are investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Weinstein, while in New York, his hometown, police are reviewing claims made by victims interviewed in a bombshell New Yorker article. The news comes on the heels of mounting accusations of sexual harassment and assault against Weinstein. The studio executive and political power broker is facing allegations of rape, unwanted touching and assault by a number of women, including accusations of harassment by actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, in recent stories published in The New York Times and The New Yorker. Weinstein representative Sallie Hofmeister declined to comment on the New York Police Department investigation. CNN reached out for comment regarding the fresh investigation launched in London, but has not yet received a response. When asked about the New Yorker story, a Weinstein spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday: “Mr. Weinstein obviously can’t speak to anonymous allegations, but with respect to any women who have made allegations on the record, Mr. Weinstein believes that all of these relationships were consensual.” The movie producer has previously denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex. Related: Gwyneth Paltrow and many others accuse Weinstein of harassment A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told CNN that an alleged sexual assault involving Weinstein, which was referred to the London force by police in northern England, will be assessed by officers from the child abuse and sexual offenses command. Merseyside Police, which covers area in and around the city of Liverpool, said the allegation related to an incident in the 1980s. “Merseyside Police can confirm a report was received at 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday of an alleged sexual assault in the London area in the 1980s,” it said in a statement. Similar allegations have riled the criminal justice system across the pond, where the NYPD said on Thursday that it was investigating claims against the Hollywood producer detailed in the New Yorker article. Among those is a 2004 incident involving aspiring actress Lucia Evans, who alleged that Weinstein forced her to “perform oral sex on him” in a Miramax office in New York, the New Yorker reported. When the NYPD became aware of the 2004 allegations, and other criminal allegations detailed in the New Yorker piece, Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce directed investigators from the Special Victims Unit to identify, locate and interview the victims in the article, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN. Related: Explosive Weinstein stories expose mogul’s power over media Weinstein could be subject to arrest in connection with the 2004 incident if law enforcement has enough evidence to prosecute, the source added. Part of the NYPD investigation includes talking to Ronan Farrow, the reporter behind the explosive New Yorker article, who police believe can help identify the unnamed woman. CNN has reached out to Farrow for comment. Related article Harvey Weinstein is a symptom, but what is the deeper problem? Earlier this week, the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office traded public finger-pointing in response to questions about why Weinstein was not charged with a crime after a 2015 sting operation recorded him making potentially incriminating comments to a young woman. A New York attorney who represented Weinstein in 2015 discussions with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office regarding the allegations made by Ambra Battilana Gutierrez told CNN the district attorney had found “no crime was committed.” Elkan Abramowitz, former partner of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., would not elaborate on what aspects led the district attorney to find that “no crime was committed,” nor who was interviewed during the investigation. Clarification: This story and headline have been updated to clarify the nature of the investigations involving Harvey Weinstein CNN’s Simon Cullen and Eliza Mackintosh reported from London, with Brynn Gingras reporting in New York. CNN’s Lindsay Isaac and Lauren del Valle also contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Harvey Weinstein", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171012200000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/entertainment/harvey-weinstein-london-nyc-police-investigation/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "644976237", "sentence": "\"It's going to be hard to see a government that's peaceful and stable with Assad,\" Haley said \"If he needs to do more, he will do more,\" Haley said when asked if Trump would order more strikes US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN that until Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is out of power, she doesn’t see a political solution to the conflict in Syria. “There’s not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime,” Haley told “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper. “It just – if you look at his actions, if you look at the situation, it’s going to be hard to see a government that’s peaceful and stable with Assad.” Haley’s remarks come just a day after she warned that the United States was prepared to take further actions in Syria during a special session at the UN following a US military strike against a Syrian air base. President Donald Trump ordered the strike in response to a chemical weapons attack against civilians earlier in the week, which US officials say was carried out by the Assad government. “The United States took a very measured step last night,” Haley said at the UN special session Friday. “We are prepared to do more. But we hope that will not be necessary. It is time for all civilized nations to stop the horrors that are taking place in Syria and demand a political solution.” Syrian Deputy UN Ambassador Mounzer Mounzer denied the country’s use of chemical weapons, stating at the UN special session that Syria “would never use such weapons in any of its operations against armed terrorist groups.” But Haley reiterated her statements about further actions in Syria in her interview with Tapper. “If he needs to do more, he will do more,” Haley said when asked if Trump would order more strikes. “So, really, now what happens depends on how everyone responds to what happened in Syria, and make sure that we start moving towards a political solution, and we start finding peace in that area.” Haley said she thought a regime change would occur because “all of the parties are going to see that Assad is not the leader that needs to be taking place for Syria.” Haley noted that ousting Assad was not the US’s only priority. “So there’s multiple priorities,” she said. “It’s – getting Assad out is not the only priority. And so what we’re trying to do is obviously defeat ISIS. Secondly, we don’t see a peaceful Syria with Assad in there. Thirdly, get the Iranian influence out, and then, finally, move towards a political solution, because at the end of the day, this is a complicated situation.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday about the situation in Syria, a longtime Russian ally, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on its official Facebook page. “Lavrov stressed that an attack on a country whose government is fighting terrorism only plays into the hands of extremists (and) creates additional threats to regional and global security,” the post said. On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the US strike “aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bashar al-Assad", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170409004500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/politics/nikki-haley-syria-interview-sotu-cnntv/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "755746248", "sentence": "With Republicans staring down a blue wave in the fall, House Speaker Paul Ryan recently road-tripped to Las Vegas for an audience with billionaire GOP donor Sheldon Adelson. There, without technically asking, Ryan helped secure from the casino magnate a $30 million donation to a Republican-aligned super PAC. And the best – that is, most cringe-inducing – part? It was all totally legal – a jarring reminder of how things continue to work in the “swamp” nearly 16 months after President Donald Trump was scheduled to begin drainage. To start, the Federal Election Commission remains understaffed at the highest levels. Two of six commissioner seats remain unfilled, while the four still occupied are all held by commissioners working on despite their terms’ having expired. Dysfunction at the FEC matters because it makes the enforcement and, crucially, interpretation of campaign finance law that much more difficult, if not impossible. And in a country with an excruciatingly (and increasingly) complicated campaign finance rulebook, the absence of a full roster of referees means it’s become even easier to, if not break the law, then openly defy its spirit, although the real scandal may be that feints like Ryan’s are apparently perfectly acceptable. Here are just a few ways candidates, elected officials, their allies and outside groups make a joke of the current disclosure laws, as spelled out to CNN by Brendan Fischer, director of federal and FEC reform programs at the nonpartisan, nonprofit Campaign Legal Center. A pair of court rulings in 2010, headlined by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, ushered in the era of the super PAC. These relatively new groups have become a mainstay of presidential campaigns and both parties’ efforts to maintain or take back congressional majorities. Super PACs can raise and spend as much cash as they want, with one major caveat: they’re not allowed to coordinate with or donate to the candidates and campaigns they’re supporting. But as it plays out in the real world, those dividing lines have become so blurry as to render them punchlines – literally, in some cases. In the run-up to the 2016 GOP presidential primary, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, an early but still formally undeclared favorite, was asked at a conservative gathering how a Walker White House might operate. “We want to have the government out of the way. We want to make it as easy and accessible as possible and that’s what we’re going to do in any decisions going forward, should we choose…” he said, a grin forming on his face, “My lawyers love when I say, ‘As we’re exploring a campaign.’” That “love” stemmed from the fact that, according to campaign finance law, Walker as a nearly, but not-quite candidate had much wider latitude to raise money for the outside groups that would support his (brief) campaign. The rules don’t become clearer after a candidate formally enters a race, they just reset to something new and equally difficult to discern. Direct communication and coordination is banned, but candidates from both parties are always finding new and creative ways to keep close, some of them blessed by the FEC. “The FEC has said it is OK for a candidate to raise money for a super PAC that is supporting them as long as they don’t explicitly ask for contributions above what are called the hard money limits – the federal limits,” Fischer said. “A traditional PAC can only accept $5,000, so a candidate can’t ask for more than $5,000 for a super PAC, even though the super PAC can legally accept unlimited amounts of money from any source.” And that, as we learned on Thursday, is part of the legal logic that allows – totally within the bounds of law – for Ryan to talk up the importance of keeping the House in GOP hands during his meeting with Adelson, then walk out of the room so his allies can formally ask for a donation. (Adelson ultimately agreed to give $30 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund.) Other anti-coordination rules, like one that requires a “cooling off period” of 120 days before a staffer moves from a campaign to an outside group. Like the rest, it’s proven to be pretty easy to circumvent. Two members of the Trump campaign tested the rule during the 2016 election. According to Fischer, they “were hired by the campaign, worked there for a few weeks, then left and within two weeks had started a super PAC called Rebuilding America Now, which was exclusively dedicated to supporting Donald Trump.” The Campaign Legal Center recently filed a complaint about the move, which was justified in the eyes of the former Trump staffers by the fact that they had never been paid by the campaign and so, were not bound by the rule. Fischer’s argument here is that there is “no volunteer exemption” and, in any case, the spirit of the rule is pretty clearly broken when “somebody can join the campaign for just long enough to learn about its strategies and needs and then use that strategic information to make sure a super PAC’s ads are going to be of the maximum benefit to the campaign.” This isn’t just a Republican problem. Democrats work just as hard to seize advantages where they see them. Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign was also called out for allegedly trying to side-step the rules when it claimed the right to coordinate with David Brock’s super PAC, Correct the Record, because the group was not making independent expenditures, like running television ads. The basis for their argument, Fischer said, was a “narrow exception” meant to “allow bloggers to talk with candidates and do interviews with campaigns.” (You can read more on the campaign’s logic here, in a breakdown of relevant hacked emails made public by Wikileaks.) The upshot, Fischer said, is that coordination with Correct the Record allowed the campaign “to spin off its digital and opposition research arm into a super PAC that could accept unlimited and corporate donations.” Super PACs, unlike some other categories of outside groups, are required to make public their donors and how much money they’re taking in. But even then, there are ways around making the disclosures at politically inconvenient moments. Consider the recent primary elections in West Virginia. Fischer cited a pair of super PACs, one appearing to be associated with Democrats, another with Republicans, who changed their reporting schedules to avoid being required to share potentially damaging information right before the vote. The process here is arcane but the effect is most definitely not. In short, super PACs are required to file reports either quarterly or monthly. If they choose to do it quarterly, they also have to make an additional pre-election filing a little less than two weeks before the polls open. If they file monthly, there’s no pre-election requirement. You’ve been reporting a lot, the logic goes, so it’s unnecessary. The public is sufficiently informed. The groups focused on West Virginia, though, were relatively new and saw a loophole. “Both filed a quarterly report. That period ended on March 31, the primary was May 8. Just after that quarterly reporting period ended, they switched to monthly reporting,” Fischer said. “So because they had just formed, the only quarterly reports they filed didn’t show any fundraising and didn’t tell you who their donors were, then they switched to monthly reporting, so they could evade the pre-election report.” The information won’t stay hidden forever. New reports are due on May 20 – nearly two weeks after the vote. By then (if they haven’t already), people will have moved on and, like Fischer said, “If they do still care, it can’t really affect their vote.” Which brings us back to the agency meant to keep everyone on the level, to interpret the law, establish clear rules of the road and, when those get broken or bent too hard, step up and take action. Alas, it rarely happens. The FEC is supposed to have six sitting commissioners, with no more than three from each major political party. But that balance requirement also has the effect of creating stagnation and deadlocks between the two sides. “The FEC commissioners that have been appointed in the past decade or so, maybe past 15 years, the Republicans in particular, have been opposed to the mission of the agency,” Fischer said. This has become a familiar story, especially in the Trump era, with cabinet level officials often being placed in charge of institutions whose existence they fundamentally oppose. “It’s not partisan in the sense of Democrats only want to enforce the law against Republicans and Republicans only want to enforce the law against Democrats,” Fischer added. It’s more that the Republicans who’ve been nominated and confirmed to the commission have been ideologically opposed to the mission of the agency.” Trump has the power to break the stagnation here and, potentially, do a little to drain the proverbial swamp. There are, as noted above, only four commissioners currently serving. Because each is on an expired appointment, they could all be replaced by presidential appointment, of which there’s been one, and Senate confirmation, of which there’s been none. Democrats, too, would likely go along, or at least keep an open mind, because the balance requirement means Trump couldn’t stack the deck with Republicans. Still, the GOP is more recently in the business of breaking down, not building up, regulatory agencies. Set your expectations appropriately. Another delightful quirk of the campaign finance system is rooted in a recurring question over what candidates (and office holders) can and can’t use donor money to pay for – like legal fees. “Campaign funds can be used to pay legal fees that arise out of the campaign or one’s duty as an officeholder,” Fischer explained. “If the legal fees rise from something else, it would be impermissible to use campaign funds to pay them.” So, as an example, if a candidate gets pulled over driving drunk and issued a DUI, he can’t raid the campaign war chest to pay his legal team for their aid. That has to come from his personal funds. But – and here’s the weird part – the candidate would be within his rights to use campaign cash to compensate the lawyers who review or help draft the campaign’s press release addressing the incident. This rule is being tested, in a way, in connection with the Mueller investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia election meddling. It could also apply down the road to the probe into Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s alleged (and confirmed) activities before and after the 2016 campaign. “To the extent that the Mueller investigation pertains to personal matters, I think there’s an argument that they should not be using campaign funds to pay for that aspect of the legal fees,” Fischer said. “But there’s also an argument that the Mueller investigation wouldn’t exist at all if it weren’t for the campaign and if it weren’t for Trump’s duties as an officeholder, or his acts as an officeholder.” Though there is still lots to be sorted, and surely more information not yet publicly available, the Campaign Legal Center has done some poking around. They filed a complaint centered on Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer, whom he thought might have damaging information about Clinton. “We were wondering whether they would try and argue that Trump Jr. wasn’t acting on behalf of the campaign when he took that meeting,” Fischer said. “But once we saw that the campaign was paying his legal fees, that was effectively an admission that he was, indeed, acting on behalf of the campaign.” Might it have been the wiser route, with regard to the Mueller probe, to claim Trump Jr. was “acting in his personal capacity or freelancing”? Perhaps. But that would mean the Trump campaign’s riches were, by law, off-limits and what’s sure to be a hefty legal bill would fall directly on Trump Jr. To start, someone like Cohen is considered to be a lobbyist under the law if he spends 20% of his time lobbying. But as we learned from a Washington Post report published on Thursday night, his deal with AT&T was not that, as the company reportedly paid him $600,000 for “legislative” and “regulatory policy development.” Whatever that means exactly, it didn’t require or ask Cohen to directly engage lawmakers or the administration’s on the telecom giant’s behalf. (Important to note here: AT&T at that time was seeking government approval for its acquisition of Time Warner, CNN’s parent company. The administration eventually moved to block the deal, sending the dispute to court. A ruling is expected in the next month.) What’s most remarkable, really – according to what we know right now – is that both Cohen and the companies paying for his suddenly precious insights appear to have been acting well within the bounds of the law. Was it ethical? That’s a more difficult question – one AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson addressed on Friday. “There is no other way to say it – AT&T hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant was a big mistake,” he offered in a statement. “To be clear, everything we did was done according to the law and entirely legitimate. But the fact is, our past association with Cohen was a serious misjudgment.” That apology (of sorts) was, pretty clearly, a response to the bad PR that followed the disclosure – via media reports, not any legal requirement – of their deal. As Fischer pointed out (in a conversation shortly before the Washington Post story was published), the arrangement was likely to be very, well, normal. “Companies will typically pay (former members of Congress or former high-level agency officials) not as lobbyists but as consultants, to provide insight into who they should be talking to, what messages they should be using – inside information on how their lobbying can be more effective,” he said. “According to these companies, that’s what Cohen was being paid for and it is a unreported, dark means of influence peddling.” Until, that is, they get caught.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Federal Election Commission", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180514110000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/politics/weak-campaign-finance-lobbying-laws/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "560205205", "sentence": "Before deadly Bastille Day attack Nice already known as extremist hotspot Poverty, unemployment and lack of integration cited as problems in resort city Former group based in region were once known among France's most dangerous The postcard perfect French coastal resort of Nice seems an unlikely flashpoint for extremist violence, but this week’s deadly attack spotlights a dangerous undercurrent of radicalization. Nice is known for its beaches and traditional architecture, but law enforcement and experts on terrorism say its suburbs are unhappier places that have recently become breeding grounds for Islamic militancy. That appears to have reached a deadly crisis point with the attack on a Bastille Day holiday crowd that left more than 80 people dead and others critically injured. The incident follows previous extremist strikes in France – including November 2015’s massacres in Paris and January 2015’s attack focused on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo – that have plunged the country into a state of emergency. In the aftermath of the latest killings, as questions are asked over whether the bloodshed could have been prevented, scrutiny will fall on what was known about Nice’s problems with extremism. It’s not immediately known how Mohamad Lahouaiej Bouhel, the 31-year-old French-Tunisian and local resident who was named as the attacker in Nice, fitted into that picture. Nice, France’s fifth most populous city, is among many in the country struggling with an apparent lack of integration between longstanding residents and migrant populations mainly with roots in North Africa. In late 2015, Nice was prominent among cities reportedly listed by French counter-terrorism experts as hotbeds of Islamic extremism. Ariane, a densely populated neighborhood of high-rise apartment blocks to the north of Nice, was listed among 64 so-called “ghettos” characterized by youth unemployment and immigration. Attacker ‘not very intelligent’Why did he launch rampage?Photos: Celebrations shatteredNice: An extremist hotbed?Walking the trail of terrorWitnesses: Bodies everywhereNew tool of terror?Nice: Idyllic seaside cityShould tourists stay away from Nice? 30 days of terrorWhy France again?  U.S. victims: Father, son killed Attacker ‘not very intelligent’Why did he launch rampage?Photos: Celebrations shatteredNice: An extremist hotbed?Walking the trail of terrorWitnesses: Bodies everywhereNew tool of terror?Nice: Idyllic seaside cityShould tourists stay away from Nice? 30 days of terrorWhy France again?  U.S. victims: Father, son killed Drugs and organized crime are also said to be part of a landscape seen as an ideal recruiting ground for radicalization, chiefly by the so-called Islamic State or ISIS group. “From Nice, dozens of people have gone to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq,” said Prof. Peter Neumann of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at Kings College London. While the Nice attack has prompted some in France to call for tougher frontier controls and stricter limits on migration – concerns frequently raised in European nations with open borders – Neumann says much of the trouble is homegrown. France’s Mediterranean Riviera – including Nice’s neighbor Cannes, where movies stars gather every year for a glitzy festival – is a key focal point, Neumann added. “We also know that close to Nice, in Cannes, we had the first plot really after IS emerged early in 2014,” he told CNN. “It’s known that a number of people have gone from Nice and there are networks active that have recruited people.” That plot was behind a dramatic operations by French security service in February 2014 in pursuit of Ibrahim Boudina, a French national born in Algiers, who was suspected of being a member of a terrorist cell behind a grenade attack in Paris. Boudina, according to French security officials, was among members of a close-knit radical circle based around Cannes with links to other attacks and other extremists, particularly in the Paris suburb of Torcy. According to CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank, French officials called the “Cannes-Torcy” group the most dangerous terrorist cell uncovered in the country since a 1995 bombing of the Paris metro. Cruickshank reported that a friend interviewed by police portrayed Boudina as a leading figure in a small group of like-minded radicals who hung out together after prayers in mosques in the Cannes area. Attracted by others from tougher immigrant neighborhoods, they were said to have gathered at a nearby river because the beaches of the Cote D’Azur were inappropriate because of scantily-clad women. After heading to Syria in 2012, Boudina was detected re-entering Europe in 2014 and placed under surveillance as he hid out in Nice. He was arrested in a raid on his parent’s apartment block in Mandelieu-La Napoule, to the west of Cannes, despite trying flee the pursuit of security forces. Following his capture, police later discovered a gun and bomb-making ingredients in the building – cans filled with the high-explosive compound TATP with screws and nails for shrapnel. Similar equipment was later used to deadly effect in the terrorist strikes in Paris and Brussels. CNN’s terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "France", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160715154500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/europe/france-attacks-why-nice/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "473581226", "sentence": "The Chinese government cares more about the institution of the Dalai Lama than the man who carries that name, the 14th Dalai Lama told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “I have no concern,” he told Amanpour in London, adding that it is “possible” he would be the last Dalai Lama. Related video Watch the full interview The Chinese government still considers him a political leader, the Dalai Lama said, as the previous men carrying that title were for centuries. But since 2011, he told Amanpour, he is only a spiritual leader. “I totally retired from political responsibility – not only myself retired, but also (a) four-century-old tradition.” Buddhism in Tibet far precedes the Dalai Lama, and “in the future, Tibetan Buddhism will carry (on) without the Dalai Lama.” Decades ago, he told Amanpour, “I publicly, formally, officially – I announced the very institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not – (it is) up to Tibetan people.” Amanpour spoke with the Dalai Lama shortly before he was hospitalized and forced to cancel several appearances in the United States.  Now back in India, he has assured his followers he is in “excellent condition.” The Chinese government is continually at odds with the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Chinese officials label him an “anti-China splittist,” alleging that he wants Tibet – now a region of China – to become an independent country. “We are not seeking independence. Historically, we are (an) independent country. That’s what all historians know – except for the Chinese official historian; they do not accept that.” Labeling him a “splittist,” the Dalai Lama said, fits with China’s “hardliner policy.” “Past is past. We are looking (to the) future.” Tibet, he said, is “materially backward,” and benefits from being part of China. “It’s in our own interest, for further material development – provided we have our own language, very rich spirituality.” Asked if he had a message for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who at the time was on the eve of a state visit to Washington, the Dalai Lama at first demurred. With a laugh, he told Amanpour he’d have to think about it. “I may say to him, Xi Jinping, leader of most populated nation, should think more realistically.” “I want to say (to him), last year, he publicly mentioned in Paris as well as New Delhi, (that) Buddhism is a very important part of Chinese culture. He mentioned that. So I also say – I may sort of say some nice word about his – that comment.” Nowhere else, the Dalai Lama said, is the “pure authentic” tradition of the religion kept so intact as in Tibet. “No other Buddhist countries. So in China, preservation of Tibetan Buddhist tradition and Buddhist culture is (of) immense benefit to millions of those Chinese Buddhists.” In one of those Buddhist countries, Myanmar, the often peaceful image of practitioners has been tarred in recent years with the persecution of – and often outright violence against – Muslim minorities, the Rohingya. Whenever a Buddhist feels “uncomfortable” with a Muslim, or person of any other religion, the Dalai Lama said, he or she should think of “Buddha’s face.” “If Buddha (were) there – certainly protect, or help to these victims. There’s no question. So as a follower of Buddha, you should follow Buddha sincerely. So national interest is secondary.” “Consider as a human brothers, sisters. No matter what is his religious faith.” “To some people, Muslim, Islam, (is) more effective. So let them follow that. We must accept that.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Chinese government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151006190000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/world/dalai-lama-amanpour/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "590937751", "sentence": "The threat posed by drones and ISIS has already materialized on the battlefield Last month, the United States bombed an ISIS chemical weapons plant Terrorist groups like ISIS are looking for new ways to employ drone technology that could one day deliver chemical weapons or unleash similar catastrophes, according to a new report. The report from the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at the US Military Academy at West Point documents at least four terrorist groups, mainly based in the Middle East, have programs studying how to leverage more resources and infrastructure for producing drones. While the report rates the current       ability of terror groups to mount a lethal attack through a drone as “low to moderate,” the threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles and ISIS has already materialized on the battlefield. Earlier this month, ISIS attacked a Kurdish defensive post using a drone carrying “some sort of explosives,” a senior Peshmerga officer said at the time. The attack killed two Peshmerga soldiers and injured two French military personnel north of Mosul, Iraq, the Peshmerga officer said. While the technology employed by ISIS has been comprised of commercial items available to any consumer, Major Gen. Gary J. Volesky, commander of coalition forces fighting ISIS in Iraq, said the US is keeping an eye on it. The drones are “clearly not the capacity or capability that, that we have, but they are using them,” he told reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday. “We have seen them, and we’re taking measures to mitigate that.” Related video ISIS' battle tactics Beyond the battlefield in Iraq and Syria, the CTC report says terror groups seem to have advanced the most at using drones for surveillance and strategic communications. But, the report finds, “terrorist interest in drones as an attack platform has been diverse and has spanned a number of ideologies and geographic regions.” And with the proliferation of various drones and reduction in their sizes, among other factors, the report warns that a “tipping point” of more diffuse use by terrorist groups may not be far off. In June 2013, Iraqi authorities arrested five men tied to ISIS who were reportedly planning to use helicopters to release Sarin and mustard gas as part of an attack against targets in Iraq, North America and Europe. Last month, the United States bombed an ISIS chemical weapons plant that was housed in a converted Iraqi pharmaceutical factory, and the US-led coalition has targeted key ISIS figures involved in its chemical weapons program. “We have been very, very focused with our targeting to go after those places where we think this is being produced, those individuals that are producing it, and the resources they require to do that,” Gen. Joseph Votel, the top military commander for US forces throughout the Middle East, said at the Center for American Progress in Washington on Wednesday. ISIS’ development of chemical weapons is not “an overly sophisticated threat at this particular point, but yet it is out there, and so we have got to continue to address that” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161020133000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/20/politics/terrorist-groups-and-drones/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "536268759", "sentence": "One of the world's biggest airliners rolled across two Atlanta streets Saturday to its new museum home Delta mounted a huge three-hour-plus operation to move the first Boeing 747-400 from the airport The 400 series was Boeing's biggest selling version of the 747, the plane that forever changed air travel It was just a short trip across two streets, really. Except it involved one of the biggest passenger airliners in the world. There we were early Saturday morning — perhaps 200 aviation enthusiasts, Delta employees, news media and curious onlookers excited to see how Delta Air Lines would move an approximately 400,000-pound, 232-foot-long airplane from the outskirts of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, down two streets to the Delta Flight Museum. Twitter and Instagram started lighting up as our photos of the jet began shooting around the globe. If you’re wondering what all the fuss was about, well, this plane is historic. It’s the first 747-400 model ever built for a commercial airline. It’s kind of a star among stars. Most people know the Boeing’s 747 — the plane that forever changed the airline industry in the 1970s and opened the door to an entire generation of air travelers. The 400 series was the biggest selling version of the 747. Nearly 700 were sold before Boeing stopped making the passenger version in 2005. They kept making the cargo version until 2009. Boeing estimates that all the 747s in the 400 series flew a total of more than 5 million flights and more than 17 billion miles. Delta dubbed this 747-400 Ship 6301. After 27 years of service — first with Northwest Airlines — then with Delta after the two airlines merged in 2008, it was time to retire Ship 6301 last year. Delta, along with other passenger airlines, are phasing out their 747s and replacing them with more fuel efficient, twin-engine jets with fewer seats and about the same range. So, how do you move one of the world’s biggest airliners to its final resting place? First, you need a powerful towing vehicle. Inside that short and squat little truck, sits the 747’s nose landing gear – which allows the truck to tow the plane. A team of dozens of Delta workers would walk along side the plane as it slowly rolls across the tarmac and onto Atlanta’s Toffie Terrace toward the museum. Second you need local police to help you block local traffic. It might be easier to get this thing to Tokyo than to move it across the street...or not. #delta747experience pic.twitter.com/LGtSPpCLGT You need a small army of tractor equipment operators to lift and place dozens of steel plates on the curbs to protect against damage as the jumbo jet’s main landing gear — each weighing more than 6,000 pounds — rolls over the street. Light posts had to be temporarily removed to accommodate the plane’s gargantuan 211-foot wide wingspan. There was a real sense among everyone that history was being made. Workers stopped to take selfies. Even way up high in the plane’s cockpit window, you could see someone taking photos of the activity down below as it crossed the intersection of Toffie Terrace and Woolman Place. When Ship 6301 made the crucial turn into the museum parking lot, the crowd broke out in cheers. Just another day on Woolman Place. #delta747experience #delta747bigmove pic.twitter.com/FwzcWFs7AU They knew the remaining approximately 700 feet would be relatively easy for the tow vehicle to pull the plane across the smooth flat parking lot to its designated spot near the museum entrance. Then it kind of turned into a parade. Delta employees and others – many with huge grins on their faces – escorted the jet into the parking lot. They walked along side each of its wings –  hooting and hollering with every second of realization they were experiencing rare, up-close access to a moving 747. aaaaaannnnd we're IN! the 1st 747-400 is inside the grounds of  the Delta Flight Museum! #Delta747Experience #avgeek pic.twitter.com/iVGSBXwwpf The final 30 minutes was like the world’s most complicated parallel parking test as the plane and the tow vehicle backed up and moved forward again and again. Finally the crew seemed satisfied with the plane’s position. High fives were exchanged and it was mission accomplished: a very complicated street crossing for one historic passenger airliner. CNN’s Thom Patterson writes about aviation. Follow him on Twitter at @thompatterson.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Delta Air Lines", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160502114500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/aviation/first-historic-boeing-747-400-airliner-moved-to-delta-museum/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "414286921", "sentence": "Hillary Clinton is back in a familiar place: the center of a political controversy. The firestorm surrounding Clinton’s exclusive use of private — rather than official — email during her time running the State Department is rapidly escalating, with Republicans and Democrats turning the issue into a political back-and-forth. Clinton is certainly ready to move on, tweeting late Wednesday night that she wants “the public to see my email. “I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible,” Clinton tweeted. It won’t be that easy to put this issue aside though, and the State Department has already said the review process will take “some time” before they can release any Clinton emails. The controversy has echoes of the 1990s when controversies ranging from Whitewater to Monica Lewinsky had a way of exploding into a partisan pile-on during the Clinton White House. As the accusations and denials fly, here’s a look at what you need to know. Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, David E. Kendall, sent Republicans and Democrats on the House committee investigating Benghazi, a statement on Wednesday morning refuting something Trey Gowdy, the committee’s Republican chairman, said about the email controversy. Related video More fallout from Hillary's private emails READ: 4 reasons to care about Clinton’s personal email Gowdy told reporters on Tuesday that Clinton used multiple personal email accounts to conduct government business. “She used only private email accounts and she had more than one private email account,” Gowdy said. Kendall, in an email obtained by CNN, said that claim is wrong. “Secretary Clinton used one email account when corresponding with anyone, from department officials to friends to family,” Kendall wrote in an email to the committee. Kendall explained that after Clinton’s email address was published in a 2013 Gawker story, “she changed the address on her account.” “At the time the emails were provided to the department last year this new address appeared on the copies as the ‘sender,’ and not the address she used as secretary,” Kendall continued. “This address on the account did not exist until March 2103, after her tenure as secretary.” Kendall is the same lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and his impeachment trial. During his press conference on Tuesday, Gowdy said he did not want to leak information that would be refuted the next day. “So rather than selectively highlight – you know, whatever exists today could be contradicted by something that’s produced tomorrow, which is why you wait until the end and you produce a report,” he said. After Kendall’s email was made public, Republicans on the committee stood by Gowdy’s multiple emails claim, telling CNN the committee is in possession of records with two separate and distinct email addresses used by former Secretary Clinton and dated during the time she was secretary of state.” “Without access to the relevant electronic information and stored data on the server – which was reportedly registered to her home – there is no way the committee, or anyone else, can fully explain why the committee uncovered two email addresses,” said Jamal Ware, Republican spokesman for the committee. Ware went on to say questions around the number of emails shows why “former Secretary Clinton’s exclusive use of personal emails to conduct official U.S. government business is so problematic and raises significant issues for transparency.” On Wednesday, Ware announced Gowdy’s committee had issued subpoenas for Clinton emails related to Benghazi. “The Select Committee on Benghazi today issued subpoenas for all communications of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton related to Libya and to the State Department for other individuals who have information pertinent to the investigation,” he said in a statement. “The committee also has issued preservation letters to Internet firms informing them of their legal obligation to protect all relevant documents.” By using a private email system, Clinton and her aides had access to all emails that would have been backed up by the government if she had used an official account. Related video Report: Clinton had no official State Dept. email address While she is not the first secretary of state to use a private email address – former Secretaries Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice both had private emails – Clinton is the first to exclusively use a private account. As opposed to Clinton, both Rice and Powell had and used an official government email address. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters the department asked former secretaries in 2014 to “submit any records in their possession for proper preservation.” Hillary Clinton’s spokesman, Nick Merill, said when the Clinton’s received that request, they “immediately said yes.” Aides have argued that Clinton had “every expectation” her emails would be automatically retained because she was sending them to other government accounts. A Clinton aide said Tuesday, that “nine out of 10 emails that she sent over the course of her tenure went to the State Department.” That assumption, cybersecurity experts told CNN, makes the process of accessing all of Clinton far more difficult. David Kennedy, CEO of TrustedSec and a former member of the Marines cyberwarfare unit, said that if Clinton expected her emails to be saved as received mail, not sent mail, it would mean archivists would have to look through nearly everyone’s email at the State Department, instead of just pulling from her State account, a far easier task. Unlike personal emails, officials emails are backed up and kept by the government. “When you move that over to a public email address or a personal account, you lose all of that backup capability, so there’s no way to actually go back and retrieve it,” Kennedy said. The current set up also puts the decision making process of what to submit for the record in the hands of Clinton, not government archivists who would automatically have everything. Although multiple Democratic sources told CNN that when the former secretary of state received State’s requests for records, her team quickly sent 55,000 pages of documents, there is no way to tell if that is all emails of interest. “Secretary Clinton’s people have said that she provided anything that was responsive to our request for any records. If she did indeed provide everything then she would indeed be in compliance with her preservation requirements,” a senior administration official said. The official could not, however, ensure that all of Clinton’s emails were preserved properly in accordance with federal rules. A Clinton aide told CNN on Tuesday that they did comply fully with the request for all official emails. The server for Hillary Clinton’s personal email address was housed at her home in Chappaqua, New York, according to analysis by The Associated Press. The AP reported that Clinton’s private email account was set up by Eric Hoteham, someone who “does not appear in public records databases, campaign contribution records or Internet background searches.” The wire service also reported that in November 2012 - months before Clinton left State in January 2013 - Clinton’s private email server was redesigned to use Google as a backup server. That was altered again, according to the AP, in July 2013 when Clinton’s email was backed up by a McAfee owned company. Democrats looking to protect Clinton have seized on the fact that regulations through the National Archives and Records Administration were changed multiple times before and after Clinton’s four years at State. In 2009, according to a statement from Paul Wester, chief records officer for the archives administration, government employees were allowed - but strongly discouraged - from using private emails to government work. The regulations did stipulate, however, that “the agency must ensure that Federal records sent or received on such systems are preserved in the appropriate agency record-keeping system,” according to Wester. In 2013 - after Clinton left the State Department - the archives administration sent agencies a bulletin to “reaffirm that agencies and agency employees must manage federal records appropriately and protect them from unauthorized removal from agency custody.” The same bulletin said that personal email can only be used in “emergency situations,” and when used, the emails “are captured and managed in accordance with agency record-keeping practices.” Related gallery Hillary Clinton's potential challengers Late in 2014 - long after Clinton left State - President Barack Obama signed an update to the Federal Records Law to “prohibit the use of private email accounts by government officials unless they copy or forward any such emails into their government account within 20 days,” according to NARA. Jason R. Baron, a lawyer at Drinker Biddle & Reath and the former director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, said in an interview on Tuesday that is doesn’t appear Clinton “violated” the law because “the Federal Records Act is amorphous enough.” But Baron also said the sole use of private emails was extraordinary. “I was in the government for 34 years and, in my experience as director of litigation, I cannot recall an instance where a high level official – or anyone – solely used a private email account for the transaction of government business,” said Baron said. Clinton aides and outside groups looking to protect the presidential frontrunner were quick to circle the wagons around the former secretary of state. They pointed to the fact that other secretaries have used personal email, and knocked Republicans for “scandal mongering.” “When it comes to the Clintons, they want us to disclose everything,” Donna Brazile, a longtime Clinton aide, said on CNN. “She has disclosed this information and she has complied.” Correct the Record, a pro-Clinton group looking to protect Clinton, even attributed to kerfuffle around the meal to hoaxes around Bengahzi, the deadly 2012 terrorist attack that has hung like an albatross around Clinton’s neck since it happened. “If you thought the last chapter of the Benghazi hoax was written and the book was closed, think again,” said Isaac Wright, the group’s executive director. But quietly, some Clinton aligned Democrats were left shaking their heads at the revelations, wondering how someone with presidential aspirations could not see this was a problem. Those feelings were kept private, though, because Democrats presented a unified front around Clinton, their best hope for winning the White House in 2016. Republicans wasted not time to jump on an issue they see as a winning on. Their goal is to paint Clinton in the same way they pained her husband: A dishonest politician who pushes ethical boundaries and feel the rules don’t apply to her. On Tuesday, as the controversy began, countless Republicans issued statements questioning Clinton’s motives, the RNC produced a web ad about the emails and opposition research groups filed Freedom of Information Act requests for her correspondence. Not helping Clinton is the fact that the email controversy comes on the heels of a series of stories about the Clinton family charity, The Clinton Foundation, accepting foreign donations, including several while she was secretary of state, a violation of her agreement with the Obama White House. “It makes you wonder,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said. “Did she use the private emails so she could conduct diplomacy and fundraising at the same time?” Likely GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush tweeted that “unclassified Hillary Clinton emails should be released.” Business executive Carly Fiorina said, “This once again raises serious questions as to Hillary Clinton’s definition of leadership.” The strategy is similar to what Republicans did with Bill Clinton. Ever since the Clintons stepped into the governor’s mansion in Arkansas, Republicans have accused the family of pushing and even crossing the lines of propriety – from a lack of transparency on financial investments to the parade of donors overnighting in the Lincoln Bedroom to Bill Clinton’s dishonesty before a grand jury that eventually led to his impeachment. Philippe Reines, a longtime Clinton aide and vocal defender, emailed a select number of reporters on Tuesday to blast a Gawker report as “dreck” and the other are someone who “either naively or knowingly swallowed quite the whopper.” Gawker reported on Tuesday that two Clinton staffers – Reines and Huma Abedin – also used “private email addresses in the course of their agency duties.” The website hung the report on “a knowledgeable source” who had worked with Clinton in the past. Reines took issue with the report and in an email with a handful of journalists, including the Gawker writer and CNN’s Brian Stelter, questioned the story’s sourcing as someone who “flat out lied.” “If your lying liar pants on fire source worked with me at a federal agency as you and they contend, did you ask them to provide even a single email exchange with my using that account,” he asked Gawker’s J.K. Trotter. CNN has been unable to confirm the Trotter’s report. Gawker, a publication that had a number of Freedom of Information Act requests with the State Department for Clinton’s emails, also reported that “the use of private email addresses may explain the State Department’s puzzling response to several FOIA requests filed by Gawker.” One such FOIA requested all of Reines’ emails with reporters, but was denied because State had no record of the communications aide emailing with reporters. Reines also took issue with this, too, but referred all FOIA questions to the State Department. “So, is your cockamamie theory that the reason there is no record of my emailing with reporters is because I improperly used my personal email address to email with those reporters in an attempt to circumvent FOIA, and that every one of the many reporters you reasonably assume I emailed with are in on this conspiracy of having only emailed with me on my non-official email,” Reines wrote. “All sorts of media outlets reached out to me, including FOX and The Daily Caller. Are they in on it? Is everyone in on it aside from Gawker?” CNN’s Jim Acosta, Laura Koran and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton's exclusive use of private email for official State Department business", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150304190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/04/politics/hillary-clinton-email-2016-election/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "624797877", "sentence": "Former European leader attended a conference in Iran in 2014 Bondevik was heading to the National Prayer Breakfast when he was detained If you’re the former leader of a European nation, the president of a major human rights organization and the owner of a diplomatic passport, you’re not likely to encounter a long wait at airport immigration. But on January 31, Kjell Magne Bondevik, the former Prime Minister of Norway, encountered more than just a lengthy queue. Bondevik told CNN’s “Connect the World” he was interrogated by officials at Washington’s Dulles International Airport because he had an Iranian visa in his diplomatic passport. “When they found the Iranian visa, where I was in December 2014, they said that there was a … regulation that with such a visa I had to be flagged up,” Bondevik said. After the former European leader detailed his travel history – he was in Tehran speaking at an anti-extremism conference – Bondevik said he “assumed and presumed that they would let me go immediately.” But instead, Bondevik said he was questioned for over an hour. Related article Trump's travel ban hits legal hurdles: Get up to speed “Did they really believe that I presented a problem or threat to the US? I expected they would show more flexibility and wisdom,” he said. Bondevik said he was held along with migrants from the Middle East and Africa who were also facing additional screening. Although Bondevik was eventually released, he said the atmosphere surrounding President Donald Trump’s travel ban had shaken his core values. Bondevik told CNN’s Becky Anderson he disagrees with the ban entirely, calling it “a contradiction” to his “view on human dignity.” “I really dislike that he is treating people from some Muslim countries as a group and not individuals,” he said. Bondevik, who heads the human rights organization Oslo Center, said the incident speaks to a wider issue of concern brought on by the President’s first actions in office. It’s not just the ban that’s worrying Bondevik. “I also must say that I dislike very much his approach to other international leaders – the Prime Minister of Australia, the President of Mexico … and how he is acting in the international community.” He said many others, including Norway were concerned. Last week, Trump signed an executive order that banned citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, from traveling to America. The ban also suspended the refugee program for four months, and stopped the admission of all Syrian refugees indefinitely. These are the faces of Trump’s ban On Friday, the executive order was temporarily halted after a federal judge suspended key parts of the order nationwide. As of Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had denied the US government’s emergency request to resume the ban and had ordered both sides to submit their arguments for or against it before a final ruling.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170206214500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "NOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/americas/former-norwegian-pm-detained-by-us-immigration-iran/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "739074465", "sentence": "Adm. Harry Harris, who oversees US military operations in the Indo-Pacific, said Thursday that “we can’t be overly optimistic on outcomes” when it comes to the recently announced summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “As we go into this, I think we can’t be overly optimistic on outcomes. We’ll just have to see where it goes if and when we have the summit,” Harris told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, adding that he believed the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the peninsula would remain the goal of the talks. Speaking from the White House earlier this month, South Korea’s national security adviser made the surprise announcement that Trump had accepted an invitation from Kim to meet, saying that the summit would take place by May. The White House later confirmed Trump’s acceptance of the invitation. Related article Pompeo expected to reinforce Trump's hardline instincts on Iran and North Korea Harris said he was “encouraged by recent developments on the Korean Peninsula and the possibility of a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un” but added that “North Korea remains our most urgent security threat in the region.” “This past year has seen rapid and comprehensive improvement in North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities despite broad international condemnation and the imposition of additional United Nations security resolutions,” Harris said. “It is indisputable that KJU is rapidly closing the gap between rhetoric and capability. The Republic of Korea and Japan have been living under the shadow of North Korea’s threats for years, now that shadow looms over the American homeland,” he added, using an acronym for the North Korean leader. Asked by the committee’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, if he thought that progress with North Korea would be slow and that “the likelihood of a total complete agreement in one or two meetings is doubtful,” Harris responded by noting the unprecedented nature of the summit. Related article Trump apparently threatens to withdraw US troops from South Korea over trade “I don’t know, Senator. We’ve never been in a position where a president, our President has met with a leader of North Korea ever, so I don’t have a way to predict the future I just think that we have to go into this eyes wide open,” Harris said. Harris said the US military “will continue to fully support the President’s maximum pressure campaign and be ready to respond with our allies and partners to the full range of contingency scenarios.” But Harris rejected the notion that the Trump administration was actively considering a quick preemptive strike against North Korea, referred to by some as the “Bloody Nose” strategy. “We have no bloody nose strategy. I don’t know what that is. The press have run with it. I’m charged with developing, for the national command authority, a range of options through the spectrum of violence and I’m ready to execute whatever the President and the national command authority directs me to do but a bloody nose strategy is not contemplated,” he said. Related article Tillerson's dismissal rattles foreign nerves ahead of North Korea summit Harris said that if a military conflict were to take place it would likely not be quick and localized. “We have to be ready to do the whole thing and we are ready to do the whole thing if ordered by the President,” he said. But Harris also said that their were advantages to engaging with North Korea. “We haven’t lost anything by talking. The opportunity to engage has value in of itself regardless of the outcome,” Harris added.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-North Korea summit", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180315181500", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/harry-harris-trump-kim-north-korea-summit/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "537216105", "sentence": "It was just after midnight on an autumn evening in 1996 when Yuk Ming Dennis Lo made a discovery he knew would change modern medicine. Lo had discovered a “treasure trove” of valuable DNA floating freely in the bloodstream. His breakthrough would one day make it possible for pregnant women to safely screen their unborn children for genetic conditions, to map out the entire genome of their fetus, and potentially screen all ages for cancer at its earliest stages. All using a simple blood test. Lo’s first discovery was that the DNA of an unborn baby floats freely in its mother’s blood plasma – the yellow liquid that holds blood cells in suspension. That DNA, he knew, was a window into an unborn baby’s health, and future. But, at the time of his discovery, the medical world wasn’t interested. “They thought that you could only use it for sex selection,” says Lo, now the Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, in Hong Kong. This was deemed by experts to be a narrow application and one filled with ethical problems, according to Lo. The medical world had missed what would become one of the 21st century’s biggest breakthroughs. But this didn’t stop Lo. Lo’s quest to find fetal DNA in the mother’s blood had begun at Oxford University, where he met pioneering scientist Professor John Bell. “I heard him give a lecture about the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). He said this technique would change the world,” recalls Lo, now 52. PCR is a technique used to amplify a single piece of DNA into thousands, or even millions, of copies. Lo learned how to use the cutting-edge technology, and soon after searched for a way to apply it. His goal? A safer, non-invasive, test for Down syndrome. The traditional test for many mothers-to-be was to undergo a procedure called amniocentesis, where fluid is extracted from the amniotic liquid surrounding a baby in the womb. The cells within the fluid are then screened for health conditions, such as Down syndrome. “A big needle had to be inserted through the mother’s tummy into the uterus,” says Lo. The procedure carries an estimated 1 in 100 chance of causing a miscarriage, according to the UK National Health Service. “I wondered, why did doctors do such a dangerous procedure? How about [we] just take a blood sample from the mother?” says Lo. Science, however, had to catch up with his ambition: During this time as a student in the 1980s, the blood of a baby and its mother were believed to be separate. Lo began an eight-year search for fetal DNA inside a mother’s blood cells. But the number of fetal cells that enter this part of the maternal blood turned out to be very small, and the search had to be called off. In 1997, it was time for a change. Lo returned to Hong Kong in what became a historic year for both man and city: the British colony was returned to China and Lo would get his epiphany. Three months before his move, Lo had read about cancer patients found to have DNA from their tumors floating within their blood plasma. Scientists had realized that dying tumor cells can release their DNA into the circulation of patients, known as circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). This opened up the idea of non-invasive cancer diagnosis. “I thought a baby growing inside a mother is like a cancer growing inside a patient – except I’ve never seen an eight pound tumor,” says Lo. “If a small cancer can release enough DNA for us to see, maybe a baby can, too.” His goal required Lo to figure out just how to extract DNA from blood plasma – and he found inspiration in an unlikely source. “When I was in the UK, I would cook instant noodles, you boil the soup and add the noodle dish … I thought the simplest way to treat plasma would be to boil it.” And it worked. Boiling the sample destroyed proteins in the plasma – which could digest, and destroy the DNA – but the DNA was left unharmed. Lo tested the mother’s blood plasma for fetal DNA, and his first result was staggering. “I could not believe my eyes – the fetal DNA we had been looking for in the mother’s blood was in the part we had not looked in for eight years.” It had been hiding there all along. Years passed without Lo’s breakthrough finding any real audience or application. “The big prize, the medical world thought, would be if you could use that for testing for Down syndrome,” Lo remembers. Down syndrome is caused by a fetus having an extra copy of chromosome 21. Traditionally, the condition was diagnosed by looking at cells from a fetus and counting the chromosomes. I thought a baby growing inside a mother is like a cancer growing inside a patient Prof. Dennis Lo, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences Scientists didn’t believe a diagnosis could be made using cell-free DNA (cfDNA). But Lo proved them wrong. After another decade of dedication, in 2007, his team showed that due to the extra copy of chromosome 21, the number of molecules produced from this chromosome are increased in the mother’s blood plasma if she is carrying a baby with Down syndrome. “People thought we were crazy because that method meant you’d have to do several PCR tests,” says Lo. The amount of fetal DNA in the plasma, he says, is low, so several amplifications are needed to create enough data to analyze. The expense of this meant that wouldn’t be practical. At least not then. Luckily for Lo, the introduction of next generation sequencing in 2008 meant millions of DNA fragments could be produced in rapid time. In 2011, Lo launched his non-invasive prenatal blood test for Down syndrome and today, the test is available in more than 90 countries. The last time anyone counted, more than two million pregnant women had been tested. Right from the beginning, Lo says he was “very conscious about the ethical implications.” When he licensed his technology he did so with a clause firmly in place, prohibiting its use for sex selection. A controversial market exists in Hong Kong for prenatal gender testing as blood tests are far more conclusive in the early stages than ultrasounds. The tests cater largely to clients from mainland China where couples have a preference for sons, and where prenatal gender tests are illegal but abortions are not. Lo soon discovered that the secrets held by just a few drops of blood are almost limitless. Prenatal sequencing of the entire genome could, in the future, screen an unborn baby for various late onset disorders, gene defects – including the breast cancer gene BRCA1 – and even predict hair color or longevity. According to Lo, the prohibitively expensive cost means such tests are not being performed right now. “We’ve basically created … a non-invasive window to the body.” Today, Lo is instead working on a blood test, for adults, that can detect liver, nose and throat cancer at stages so early they would be invisible to conventional screening methods. Dubbed a “liquid biopsy,” it scans the blood plasma for ctDNA released by cancer cells. Lo believes it is possible to identify what type of cancer a patient has, and what stage the disease is at – all from this DNA. Such a test has already been made available to 10,000 middle-aged men in Hong Kong, and has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of adult lives around the world. Lo has also used the “liquid biopsy” to monitor organ transplant rejection, and even the health of a patient after a car crash. If an organ, or tissue, starts to fail it releases DNA into the blood stream, which can now be picked up using this method. Read: Miracle cells could cure blindness Lo’s next focus is on an even less invasive form of DNA testing – using a mother’s urine. “After a woman delivers a baby, two hours later the fetal DNA is gone from her bloodstream. Where does it go? We thought maybe it was in the urine.” And in the urine it was, providing yet another window into both mother and baby – and their future health. “That, I think, is going to be the next treasure trove.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Prof. Dennis Lo", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160505010000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/24/health/dennis-lo-dna-discovery/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "742039554", "sentence": "A judge has denied a motion for dismissal by lawyers for the widow of the Pulse gunman after they said new details from prosecutors reveal the shooter’s father was an FBI informant who is currently under a criminal investigation. The judge said the fact that Omar Mateen’s father worked as an FBI informant was not relevant to the case against Noor Salman. According to a motion filed by the defense, Assistant US Attorney Sara Sweeney sent an email to the defense on Saturday – in the middle of Salman’s trial – that stated Seddique Mateen was a confidential FBI source at various points in time between January 2005 through June 2016. The email also stated that Seddique Mateen is being investigated for money transfers to Turkey and Afghanistan after documents were found in his home on June 12, 2016, the day of the Pulse attack. The dates of the money transfers were between March 16, 2016, and June 5, 2016, according to the email. The revelation threatened to upend the case against Salman, the wife of Omar Mateen who is on trial for charges related to the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in June 2016. Salman’s defense attorneys said the failure to disclose this information earlier violated her due process rights, and they argued they would have taken a different legal strategy if they had known about this earlier. Salman faces charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of justice, as prosecutors say she knew about the coming massacre. She has pleaded not guilty, and her defense team has cast her as a victim rather than an accomplice. The defense began its case Monday. Prosecutors informed Salman’s counsel about Seddique Mateen’s FBI status on Saturday, more than a week after the trial began and after the prosecution rested its case. “I have just received authorization to disclose the following information about Seddique Mateen,” the email said, according to the defense motion. “If you should call S. Mateen to the stand, the government will not seek to elicit any of this information from him.” Related article Pulse shooter's wife to FBI: 'I wish I had been more truthful' In addition, an anonymous tip on November 1, 2012, indicated Seddique Mateen was seeking to raise $50,000 to $100,000 via a donation drive to contribute toward an attack against the government of Pakistan, according to the email included in the defense motion. Defense attorneys argued the late revelation is unconstitutional, citing the 1963 Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland. The Brady case ruled that prosecutors must turn over evidence that could be favorable to the accused over to the defense. “It is apparent from the government’s belated disclosure that Ms. Salman has been defending a case without a complete set of facts and evidence that the government was required to disclose,” her attorneys wrote. The attorneys further wrote that if they had known about Seddique Mateen’s FBI status, they may have argued one of two theories with “strong support.” “1) Omar Mateen and his father, rather than Ms. Salman, conspired to support ISIS; or 2) the FBI’s focus on Ms. Salman was based on its own motive to avoid responsibility for its failures with its own informant, Seddique Mateen, as well as his son,” Salman’s attorneys wrote. Seddique Mateen was on the prosecution’s witness list, but was not called to testify in the trial. Seddique Mateen spoke to CNN’s Don Lemon in the days after the killing and said he was shocked to learn his son gunned down 49 people at Pulse nightclub. “I’m as shocked as you are because I didn’t notice, as I said always in the past two days, I didn’t notice anything, irregular behavior on his part or emotional behavior on his part,” Seddique Mateen said. “He didn’t get my attention just being not normal. If I did notice that, I would have (taken) care of him myself, I would have called law enforcement.” Seddique Mateen is originally from Afghanistan, according to US officials. He told CNN his son had been attentive to his work, his family and made regular visits to the family prior to the shooting. “His act was a terror act, but as far him being a terrorist. I’m not aware of,” Seddique Mateen said. “This is the worst thing that can happen for a father to see a son act like this.” CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described the destination of money transfers for which Seddique Mateen is under investigation. The transfers were made to Turkey and Afghanistan. CNN’s Daniel Shepherd contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "prosecution in Noor Salman trial", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180326143000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/26/us/noor-salman-pulse-trial-fbi-informant/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "629222751", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Kevin Gray is a Reader in International Relations at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex who specializes in North Korean development and inter-Korean relations. The views expressed here are his own. The decision comes months after the UN agreed new sanctions on North Korea There are many possible reasons why Beijing has decided to clamp down now China’s announcement that it will suspend the import of North Korean coal until the end of 2017 appears to be a significant expression of Beijing’s continued frustration with the Pyongyang regime. On the one hand, the decision can be viewed as a delayed commitment to enforce existing UN sanctions against North Korea, to which China, as permanent member of the Security Council, played a key role in passing. Following years of vaguely worded resolutions that allowed for flexible interpretation by China, UN Security Council Resolution 2321 passed last November, which included an explicit target of reducing coal imports by 62%. Several more immediate factors may, however, explain the timing of China’s announcement. These include the suspected North Korean involvement in the alleged assassination of leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam, who had reportedly been living under Chinese protection in Macau and was an advocate of Chinese-style reforms in North Korea. Perhaps more significantly, however, North Korea’s oft-cited role as strategic buffer state vis-à-vis US-aligned South Korea has been increasingly undermined with the decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile defense system in the South. Despite South Korean and US emphasis on the defensive nature of THAAD, Beijing is suspicious of the capacity that the system’s radars have to monitor China’s own missiles. More broadly, the Trump administration’s more hawkish approach to China may have led Beijing to reassess the strategic value of its relationship with North Korea. By extension, the suspension of coal imports might thus be a form of “pay off” for Trump’s more recent apparent acceptance of the “One China” policy. Whatever the precise reasons for China’s announcement, a more important question in gauging the likely impact of the measures, is to what extent the China’s new restrictions on coal imports from North Korea will be implemented on the ground. Customs agencies on the Sino-North Korean border are known for being relatively lax and understaffed, and widespread smuggling takes place in the region. Stringent sanctions on the coal trade may simply drive more it underground. Related video The North Korea you aren't meant to see Though coal exports remain North Korea’s single largest exported item, the slowdown in the Chinese economy since 2014 has already led to decreased demand for the mineral. Instead, economic exchange between the two countries has been increasing in other areas. For example, Chinese clothing companies have increasingly outsourced production to North Korean trading companies as a result of rising wages in China and low-cost labor in North Korea. In recent years, there has also been the increasing dispatch of North Korean workers to Chinese border cities such as Dandong, Hunchun and Yanji. As such, limitations on coal exports will no doubt have some impact on North Korea’s earning of foreign exchange, but will be partly offset by growth in other sectors. The scope for China’s restrictions on coal imports to impact upon North Korea’s foreign exchange earnings certainly exists, and for sanctions advocates, this may offer a ray of hope that the sanctions regime may yet work. This is likely to be wishful thinking, however. Related video Why North Korea's new missile matters For a country that regards its external environment as irredeemably hostile and places the survival of the regime above all other goals, it is hard to see that the deprivation of foreign exchange will be significant enough to have any direct impact on Pyongyang’s willingness to finance its nuclear and missile programs. China bans all coal imports from North KoreaWhy China’s coal ban isn’t likely to stop North Korea’s weaponsNorth Korea sanctions: What’s next?Timeline: Nuclear tests vs UN sanctionsToughest sanctions yet cost North Korea $800 million China bans all coal imports from North KoreaWhy China’s coal ban isn’t likely to stop North Korea’s weaponsNorth Korea sanctions: What’s next?Timeline: Nuclear tests vs UN sanctionsToughest sanctions yet cost North Korea $800 million Livelihood exemptions within the international sanctions regime notwithstanding, an arguably more realistic scenario is that China’s enforcement of sanctions may produce widespread hardship that results in social unrest and potential regime change from within. Contrary to oft-made predictions concerning the country’s impending collapse, however, it seems that the paradox of the North Korean regime is not its instability but its resilience. Even during the time of the famine of the 1990s, long before North Korea’s mineral export boom, there was a distinct lack of any overt actions of resistance amongst the North Korean populace. In addition, sanctions are widely regarded as ineffectual if there are no existing splits amongst elites or opposition movements within the country. North Korea is notably lacking in either. China finds itself in a dilemma, however. Beijing has repeatedly expressed skepticism that North Korea can be persuaded to abandon its nuclear program through force, yet it is under intense pressure to enforce existing international sanctions against the country. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Whether or not China is correct on this point, it is nonetheless unrealistic to expect that Beijing is either willing or able to exert enough pressure on Pyongyang to induce it to change course. Given this reality, there seems to be little evidence that Beijing has ceased in its calls for the resolution of the North Korean issue through negotiations. Given the poor prospect of sanctions achieving their stated goals, perhaps it is time the world should listen. Editor’s Note: Kevin Gray is a Reader in International Relations at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex who specializes in North Korean development and inter-Korean relations. 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{"article_id": "724792248", "sentence": "The interviews are major developments in Mueller's investigation The White House said it is cooperating Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has spoken with both Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former FBI Director James Comey, it was revealed Tuesday. Sessions was questioned for several hours last week as part of the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Investigators spoke with Comey last year, sources told CNN. The interviews, part of the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the election and whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice since taking office, are major developments in Mueller’s investigation. Sessions was questioned last Wednesday, a source close to Sessions told CNN, and a source familiar with the discussion said it was the first time the attorney general was interviewed. He was not under subpoena, the source familiar added. The New York Times, citing two people briefed on the matter, reported Tuesday that Comey was asked about memos he wrote about interactions with the President. Neither meeting was revealed until Tuesday. Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores confirmed the Sessions meeting, which was also first reported by The New York Times. She declined to say if the attorney general turned over any documents or communications to Mueller’s office. The White House said it is cooperating with Mueller’s investigation. White House special counsel Ty Cobb declined to comment when asked about the Sessions meeting, and the White House did not immediately return a request for comment about the Comey interview. Trump told reporters Tuesday afternoon that he wasn’t worried about what Sessions told Mueller’s team. “No, I’m not at all concerned,” Trump said in the Oval Office. He added that he and Sessions did not discuss the conversation when the attorney general visited the White House on Monday. According to CNN research, Sessions is the 15th member of the Trump administration, including former and current officials, who are known to have been interviewed in the Russia investigation that is currently led by Mueller and was previously led by Comey. Last week, two people familiar with the process told CNN former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has struck a deal with Mueller’s team and will be interviewed by prosecutors instead of testifying before a grand jury. The sources did not say when the interview will take place or if the subpoena would be withdrawn. Sessions announced he would recuse himself from all matters relating to the Russia investigation in early March 2017. Politicians, including Republicans, praised the decision at the time, but Trump has publicly rebuked his attorney general and said he wished Sessions had not recused himself. Sessions’ recusal left Justice Department oversight of the probe to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller to be special counsel after Trump fired Comey in May 2017. Earlier this month, the Times reported that Mueller is aware of an unsuccessful attempt by Trump to lobby Sessions to not recuse himself from the Justice Department’s Russia probe. Trump has railed against Comey since he fired the former FBI chief in May 2017. It became public shortly after Comey’s ouster that he had kept contemporaneous memos on conversations where he wrote that Trump asked him to let go of an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. CNN reported in May that Mueller had been briefed on the contents of some of Comey’s memos. Comey, while still FBI chief, confirmed the existence of the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, and in testimony for a June hearing after his firing, Comey affirmed his claim that Trump sought to influence ongoing investigations. During that June hearing, Comey said he believed he was fired “because of the Russia investigation.” “I was fired in some way to change, or the endeavor was to change, the way the Russia investigation was being conducted,” Comey said. Trump has called Comey’s claims false, and an attorney for Trump late last year claimed the nature of the presidency itself meant Trump cannot obstruct justice. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Marshall Cohen, Dan Merica and Jessica Schneider contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180123154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/politics/jeff-sessions-robert-mueller-interview/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "702996403", "sentence": "Republican Sen. Jeff Flake continued to publicly criticize President Donald Trump Flake authored an op-ed in August criticizing one GOP immigration proposal Republican Sen. Jeff Flake defended the top Democrat in the Senate against attacks from President Donald Trump, who blamed the deadly New York City terror attack on a program that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer helped shape but later tried to end. Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that suspect Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek immigrant, came to the country through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program, which Trump described as a “Chuck Schumer beauty.” “I want merit based,” Trump added. The terrorist came into our country through what is called the \"Diversity Visa Lottery Program,\" a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based. The United States distributes 50,000 visas each year by random selection to people from countries with a low rate of immigration to the US — an effort designed to diversity the country’s immigrant population. The visas offer immigrants green cards, permanent legal residence and a path to citizenship. While Schumer helped shape the program in the 1990s, he was also part of the bipartisan Gang of Eight that crafted comprehensive immigration reform, including an end to the lottery program. The overall bill passed the Senate, but failed to advance in the House. “Actually, the Gang of 8, including @SenSchumer, did away with the Diversity Visa Program as part of broader reforms. I know, I was there,” Flake tweeted, in response to Trump’s tweet blaming Schumer for the program. Actually, the Gang of 8, including @SenSchumer, did away with the Diversity Visa Program as part of broader reforms. I know, I was there https://t.co/QQFJzPyRzC Flake has long been a fiercely outspoken critic of the President and recently announced that he wasn’t running for re-election to his seat representing Arizona. Flake was already facing an uphill battle in his primary and registered low in the polls. Also on Twitter, Trump vowed to scrap what he called “Democrat Lottery Systems” and fight for more “merit based visas.” To that, Flake offered another fact-check. “In fact, had the Senate Gang of 8 bill passed the House, it would have ended the Visa Lottery Program AND increased merit based visas,” he wrote. In fact, had the Senate Gang of 8 bill passed the House, it would have ended the Visa Lottery Program AND increased merit based visas. https://t.co/o3qJHHAv1C In August, Flake wrote an op-ed for The New York Times about Manuel Chaidez, a man from Mexico who worked on his family’s ranch in Arizona. While Chaidez didn’t fit Washington’s estimation of a “high-value immigrant,” Flake wrote, “Manuel is just about the highest-value immigrant possible,” describing his abilities on the ranch and the relationships he formed. “When re-evaluating immigration policy, it is right to give priority, through a point system or otherwise, to those who have skills and abilities unique to the new economy,” Flake wrote. “We did this in 2013, in the bipartisan immigration bill that passed the Senate. But there must always be a place in America for those whose only initial credentials are a strong back and an eagerness to use it.” CNN’s Tal Kopan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171101154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "UZB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/jeff-flake-schumer-defense-immigration/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "580247599", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College. He recently published “New and Collected Poems, 1975-2015.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Lionel Shriver, an American writer, stirred up controversy when she wore a sombrero at a literary festival in Australia Jay Parini: Cultural appropriation requires a fine balance between regard for those marginalized and the traditions of free speech Anyone familiar with the academic world has heard about the dangers of “cultural appropriation.” It’s a phrase used to denounce people who “steal” things from other cultures, sometimes with the aim to poke fun at that culture or – worse – belittle it. The debate on appropriation is one of the main fronts in the current culture war on campuses, and it’s provoking heated, or overheated, conversations around the US and abroad. The latest outburst comes in the wake of an American writer’s keynote speech at a literary festival in Australia. Her name is Lionel Shriver, and she was clearly out to provoke a reaction, wearing a sombrero throughout her talk (an allusion to a kerfuffle at Bowdoin College last year, where a couple of students were censored for wearing “mini-sombreros” to a tequila party). Shriver, as a novelist, makes several good points. As a writer, she wants to feel free to write about anything she wants. She’s justifiably worried that “the kind of fiction we are ‘allowed’ to write is in danger of becoming so hedged, so circumscribed, so tippy-toe, that we’d indeed be better off not writing the anodyne drivel to begin with.” The speech brought the house down – on her head. One novelist walked out in a fit of rage, and wrote about the incident in The Guardian, where she described Shriver’s speech as “a poisoned package wrapped up in arrogance and delivered with condescension.” Related article Why Trump is wrong on 'political correctness' This is complex territory. To successfully navigate this terrain, one must have a deep sympathy for those who feel marginalized, while understanding that the traditions of free speech require us to allow many forms of speech that might be offensive. This is especially true in the area of fiction writing, where I would agree with Shriver completely that a writer needs wide latitude to go wherever he or she pleases. It’s fiction, after all, and its main allegiance is to the truth of feeling conveyed by the work itself. The fact is, it’s very hard to “appropriate” some material without seeming ignorant or tin-eared. A classic example of appropriation is the 1967 novel by William Styron, “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” where a white Southern author takes on the voice of a black slave on a plantation. The first reviews were good, and Styron won the Pulitzer Prize the following year. But controversy followed rather swiftly. Ten black writers responded to the book in a harshly negative way, finding it inauthentic and dangerously misleading as a representation of the slave experience. Now, nearly half a century later, many critics – including African-American writers – take a more benign view of Styron’s book, noting that at least it sparked interest in slave narratives while inspiring a number of truly great novels by Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, Edward P. Jones and others. Related video College pushes back against political correctness In my view, a novelist must have absolute freedom to write anything – as long as the writing is good, honest and deeply felt. Then culture will, in due course, separate the wheat from the chaff. Bad, inauthentic writing tends to disappear. But what about college students and “cultural appropriation,” as when a white kid sings a rap song associated with black ghetto culture? Is it always wrong to use material from other cultures than one’s own? I would give everyone a good deal of latitude here: culture is always produced by appropriation, as when we blend cuisines from other countries or enhance our styles of clothing with dashes of color or elegance from another country. I loved it when Paul Simon took on African rhythms in “Graceland.” T.S. Eliot could not have written “The Waste Land” – the most important poem of literary modernism – without feeling free to “steal” lines from Hindu rituals, from dozens of other cultures. I doubt that the US Constitution could have been written without our Founding Fathers “stealing” from Montesquieu and other Enlightenment thinkers. In the globalized world we occupy, we can and should expect all sorts of fascinating acts of appropriation that open up new veins of thought and feeling. Related article No, Louie Gohmert, disability not a joke Yet it’s never appropriate to insult people. You may do so inadvertently, of course. And college kids as well as adults generally must be taught – taught – to consider the sensitivities of people who might take offense for good reason. Marginalized people, in particular – immigrants, Muslims, people of color, gays or transgender people, those with physical disabilities – should not be even further denigrated by crude behavior and stupid insults. Let’s take a most obvious recent example: Donald Trump’s mocking of a reporter with disabilities. The video went far and wide, and it’s disgraceful. I suspect that anyone with a disability, including the man mocked by Trump, would have felt even further marginalized by his ridiculous behavior. And it’s not a question of political correctness. PC means “plain civil.” If you don’t know how to behave, somebody should teach you. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook American campuses are in the throes of coming to terms with this complicated reality, and the controversy will only lead to good things in the long run. That is, the conflicts themselves will cause intelligent, well-meaning people to debate what it means to behave in a civil manner. And there will be errors on all sides: that’s in the nature of the dialectic. Eventually, people will (I hope) learn to behave in ways that show respect for those on the margins but still allow for a maximum of free speech. And novelists, no matter what anyone tells them, will write what compels them, saying the things they feel must be said, come hell or high water. Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College. He recently published “New and Collected Poems, 1975-2015.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "cultural appropriation debate", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160918200000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/18/opinions/cultural-appropriation-revisited-parini/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "605839235", "sentence": "Soyinka said Trump's election was \"not surprising\" Urged people to focus on \"rhetoric\" that got Trump elected Writer did not rule out a return to the US in the future Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Wole Soyinka, has spoken for the first time since he said in October that he would cut up his green card if Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. While the writer and poet would not elaborate on whether or not he had torn up his green card, or even if he had disposed of it, he told CNN: “I did exactly what I said I was going to do, which is how I always operate. It was a personal thing and I did everything I had to do personally.” The Guardian reported in November that Soyinka told students at Oxford University of his intention to “cut my green card myself and start packing up,” if Trump won the election. The former Scholar-in- Residence at New York University told CNN he realised “quite early on” Trump could win. “That’s when I began to scream and to prepare, and say if this man gets in and it’s looking as though he might, me, I’m out.” Related article 5 things Africans on Twitter are waiting for now Trump has won the US election “The American society is a very peculiar one. There are so many nationalities, so many interests, so it’s quite possible for a demagogue to twang the negative chords in various constituencies of interest.” “Even though they’re coming from different directions you can utilize that common negativity to pool them to back you. This is the story of many dictators, demagogues, populists, even progressive populists.” Related article Is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the most influential woman in Africa right now? Soyinka held a press conference in Lagos on Monday to discuss the intense debate surrounding his green card. He spoke of not understanding the “fuss” around a “personal response” and spoke of “feeling sorry” for outgoing President Barack Obama. “Obama was deriving no pleasure from handing over,” he said. “I watched the meeting, the body language, the tone, everything. This must be one of the most difficult duties he ever carried out as a president, I do not exaggerate. So I said I felt sorry for him.” He also urged people to focus on important matters, such as the danger of Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric. “The important thing, what really matters, is the rhetoric that got him there,” he said. “There was a rhetoric against the black peoples and in particular, specifically named, Nigerians, and I responded to it, and that’s my business.” Related article Artists bend rules of contemporary African art Despite his stance he did not rule out returning to the US in the future. “If I find something is absolutely essential, yes, of course I’ll visit there,” he said. “But I will not go there on my own behalf and I’ll be going as ordinary stranger, [an] ordinary citizen.” “It’s more arduous, the queues are longer, you’re just carrying a regular visa, but I am willing to go through that if it becomes necessary.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161206161500", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/06/africa/wole-soyinka-cuts-ties-us-donald-trump/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "724538882", "sentence": "For more about the debate over big game trophies, watch CNN Films’ “Trophy,” premiering Sunday, January 14, at 9pm ET/PT, on CNN. The RhODIS database contains more than 20,000 rhino samples Rhino horns and powders are worth more than gold, diamonds or cocaine CODIS – the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, containing genetic evidence gathered from crime scenes and serial offenders – helps cops nab criminals. Now, a similar DNA database is helping link international traffickers of rhinoceros horns to the scene of a poaching, according to a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology. Rhino horns and powders, made from grinding down the horns, are illegally sold across the globe as trophies and fake medicines. Today, RhODIS – the Rhino DNA Index System – includes data from roughly 5,800 rhino crime cases since 2010, according to the researchers. And more than 120 case reports built from RhODIS data have helped investigators connect the dots between criminals and blood-stained evidence, including carcasses and recovered horns. Related article South Africa's 'Rhino Ranger' One case, which involved three horns from two carcasses, led to a sentence of 29 years, said the team of researchers led by Cindy Harper, director of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. “Traditionally the punishment for poaching – which is more lucrative than drug trafficking – was trivial,” said Steven O’Brien, a co-author of the new study and a professor at Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography at Nova Southeastern University in Florida. “It was a very small slap on the hand, perhaps a small fine of a thousand dollars or maybe a week or two in jail, but that’s all changing now with the DNA evidence.” Rhino horns and powders are worth more, kilogram for kilogram, than gold, diamonds or cocaine, according to O’Brien. In South Africa, rhino poaching incidents increased from just 13 in 2007 to 1,215 in 2014, the research indicates. “South Africa has a vigilant and strong culture against the taking and poaching of the wildlife species, particularly rhinos and elephants and large, charismatic species,” O’Brien said. But the dramatic increase in rhino killings, accomplished in some cases by wealthy criminals helicoptering into habitats with automatic weapons and chain saws, has overwhelmed the African courts. Related article America's stance on elephant trophies? It's complicated “Most of the prosecutions were difficult to conclude because these guys could say anything when they’re caught with a piece of horn,” O’Brien said. Criminal “excuses” have included pretend ignorance – not knowing it was a rhino horn – and claims that the item is an ancestral museum piece. “If you could basically prove that they actually were in possession of material that was from a poached rhino in recent time, then that closes the circle of evidence,” he said. Human crimes are prosecuted based on DNA left at a crime scene, so why not apply that logic and technology to rhino crimes? Though this idea may be obvious, O’Brien said, what was not obvious was how to create a rhino database – in wild and remote African regions – that could make a direct genetic match. In South Africa, Harper “trained the entire wildlife anti-poaching staff to not only collect materials from poached animals but to enter them into an iPad and a small program that RhODIS designed that specifically gets uploaded into the database as soon as they come into Wi-Fi range,” he explained. Related article 11 wildlife encounters to do soon -- before they possibly disappear The goal is for all rhinos to be in the RhODIS system. The South African government made it obligatory for law enforcement officers to collect DNA samples from every crime scene as well as every living rhino handled by academic researchers, conservationists or veterinarians. Kenya soon followed suit. Other countries in the southern part of the African continent, including Botswana and Zimbabwe, have begun to do the same. Yet there’s another essential element necessary for DNA evidence to stand up in court, O’Brien said. There’s always some chance that completely unrelated DNA could be a genetic match to crime scene evidence. This is called “match probability,” he said. To win a court case, then, prosecutors need to prove that match probability is extremely low in order to prevent a good lawyer from getting up and saying the match of DNA from a rhino to DNA on confiscated items held by a criminal “is just by chance,” O’Brien said. “This is the kind of thing a lawyer would say. They’re wrong, but that’s what they would say.” O’Brien enlisted the help of “the best computational biologists I know”: a group working at the Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics at St. Petersburg State University in Russia. Asked how St. Petersburg’s programmers got involved with rhinos, O’Brien laughed. After working at the US National Institutes of Health for nearly four decades, he retired a few years ago and was looking for an adventure. “Mostly, I was looking for programmers to get into the genetics field,” he said, so he traveled to St. Petersburg and recruited about 20 of them. “If they were in the US, they would all be hired by Google or Facebook or Silicon Valley places,” he said. “But over there, they’re just trying to learn a trade that will make them valuable to the international genetics community.” Related article South Africa's controversial rhino horn auction gets underway The Dobzhansky Center programmers developed “state of the art methods” for application of match probability statistics. In nine case studies presented in the new research paper, the programmers’ statistical model shows that the likelihood of a chance match is “on the order of one in a million,” O’Brien said. “So this rhino thing was exciting for (the programmers) because it was a clear application of the methodology that they had perfected.” Bas Huijbregts, African species manager at the World Wildlife Fund, believes this “very interesting mix of different people” is one reason the new study and the RhODIS system are so strong. “It’s researchers from research institutes, from law enforcement agencies, from rhino specialist groups, from conservation groups, from all different horizons and different countries,” said Huijbregts, who was not involved in the new study. All of these contributions were necessary to validate RhODIS as a law enforcement tool that could be used internationally. By helping populate the RhODIS system with data, South Africa has given RhODIS importance and recognized evidence from the system in its courts, he noted. With 20,000 total rhino samples – gathered from crime scenes and research labs – in the database today, the system is becoming “very significant” while helping paint a picture of international criminal networks, Huijbregts said. There’s still work to be done when it comes to learning how to effectively build and use RhODIS, particularly with regard to “how data and information flows happen between different organizations and different law enforcement agencies,” he said. Related article Rare one-horned rhino at risk as Indian flood waters rise He is hopeful for the future, however. Rhino poaching may be continuing, but Huijbregts sees “more and more efforts on protecting the species,” including more professional rangers and more professional forensic tools. More effort is needed on the demand side, he said, with rhino products sold to the “rising middle-income classes in newly emerging economies” such as Vietnam and China. In these countries, rhino powders are marketed as “traditional” hangover cures and cancer treatments. “This has nothing to do with traditional Chinese medicine; it’s just newly invented branding for rhino products,” Huijbregts said. With completely fake medical usages popping up regularly, conservationists work hard to understand why people buy these products and quickly debunk the science, showing that there’s no real medical value to rhino horn or rhino horn powder. Related article DNA solves ancient animal riddle that Darwin couldn't It’s all about “making it not cool anymore, like it’s not cool to drive and drink or smoke anymore,” Huijbregts said. “That type of cultural shift needs to happen in those markets.” Ultimately, Huijbregts believes “that at some point, this current wave of killings will diminish.” And so he worries more about other threats to the rhino’s long-term survival. “A lot of people don’t know that there’s actually five species of rhinos left. And three of those five are critically endangered,” he said. (It is believed that there were once many rhino species, though the number is unknown.) For instance, there may be only 60 individual Javan rhino left in the wild as of 2015 estimates, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In Asia, there are roughly 3,500 one-horned or Indian rhinos and fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos, while about 26,000 white and black rhinos remain in Africa. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. As leftovers from an ancient past, rhinos are not only important for their own intrinsic value, they perform ecological functions in Africa and Asia and serve as a model for economic development (in the form of tourism) for the countries where they roam. Conservationists working with governments in African and Asian countries are devising various plans to preserve these phenomenal beasts, Huijbregts said. “But we have to be very, very quick.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "RhODIS – the Rhino DNA Index System", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180122211500", "country1": "KEN", "country2": "BWA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/health/rhino-dna-database-poachers-traffickers-study-intl/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "618682378", "sentence": "The strikes hit plotters actively \"plotting attacks in Europe,\" according to the Pentagon The mission is expected to be the last short-notice military operation ordered by Obama US B-2 bombers struck and destroyed two ISIS camps in Libya overnight, with initial estimates that over 80 militants were killed, US officials told CNN Thursday. The strikes were on external actors who were actively “plotting attacks in Europe,” Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters. The mission was approved several days ago by President Barack Obama and is expected to be the last short-notice military operation ordered by him, according to sources. “The fighters training in these camps posed a security risk to Libya, to its neighbors, to our allies in Africa and Europe, and to the United States,” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told reporters. “While we are still evaluating the results of the strikes, the initial assessment indicates they were successful.” A US defense official said the militants were seen immediately beforehand carrying weapons, wearing tactical vests, holding mortars and standing in formation. The Department of Defense showed reporters a rare video of surveillance footage of the ISIS fighters as they loaded what appeared to be shells and rocket-propelled grenades into pick-up trucks. A second video showing the camps being bombed was also shown. The number killed was not released by the Pentagon, but the first estimate put the figure at over 80. There were no women or children in the area, the official said. Cook described the camps as being in a “very rural area.” US surveillance aircraft had been watching the sites for weeks as fighters fled from Sirte on the coastline into what they perceived to be the safety of remote desert areas. But the isolation of the area gave those surveillance aircraft clear imagery showing military-aged males in several areas, according to officials. The two camps that were destroyed were located about 28 miles southwest of Sirte, the Pentagon said. Cook said the strike was carried out by two US Air Force B-2 Spirit bombers flying from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, a 30-plus hour roundtrip mission, and that over 100 bombs and missiles were dropped on the targets. It was the first time the aircraft were used in an attack since 2011. In addition to the B-2 bombers, unmanned aircraft also took part in the strikes, the defense official said. Initially, the rudimentary camps had moved and surveillance had to be conducted again before the strike. The B-2s heavy bombers flying from the US were planning to bomb four camps, according to early reports. Some of the sites may have been empty, with fighters having moved again. US Navy warships equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles were also on standby, but initial reports indicate they were not needed. The President’s approval of the strike underscores in the closing hours of his administration the difficulty of targeting ISIS fighters in dozens of countries around the world. Obama has increasingly relied on armed drones, bombers and special forces on the ground to go after these types of targets in Syria and Iraq. “We are committed to maintaining pressure on ISIL and preventing them from establishing safe haven,” Cook said in a statement released earlier, using another acronym for ISIS, also known as the Islamic State. “These strikes will degrade ISIL’s ability to stage attacks against Libyan forces and civilians working to stabilize Sirte, and demonstrate our resolve in countering the threat posed by ISIL to Libya, the United States and our allies.” Helping Libya’s recovering oil sector was also a likely factor in the US decision to target the training camps, according to Geoff Porter, president of North Africa Risk Consulting. “Since the defeat of the Islamic State in Sirte, Libyan oil production has increased from roughly 500,000 to 750,000 barrels per day. This is largely due to the inability of the Islamic State to threaten upstream, midstream and downstream oil infrastructure in the Sirte Basin,” Porter told CNN. “Targeting Islamic State training camps in the Sirte Basin consolidates the oil production gains made in the last two months and reduces the risk that they will be targeted by the Islamic State again in the future.” Porter says the stakes could not be higher. “Without oil production, Libya has no revenue. The only thing that could possibly save the struggling Government of National Accord is being able to restore the provision of social services. If oil flows, then the GNA has funds. If the GNA has funds, it can spend some of that money on electricity, gas, fuel, water, and can bolster the currency to reduce inflation.” CNN’s Ryan Browne and Paul Cruickshank contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military strikes on ISIS camps in Libya", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170119124500", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/us-airstrikes-libya-isis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "717019257", "sentence": "The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel despite threats from the US to pull funding from the world body. Some 128 countries voted for the resolution, while nine voted “no,” and 35 nations abstained, including Canada, Mexico and Australia. The vote came after US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley issued a direct threat, saying that the US will think twice about funding the world body if it voted to condemn Trump’s decision. “The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in this assembly,” Haley said. “We will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world’s largest contribution” to the UN and when other member nations ask Washington “to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit.” Haley said the US will put its embassy in Jerusalem regardless of the vote. “That is what the American people want us to do and it is the right thing to do,” Haley said. “This vote will make a difference in how Americans look at the UN,” she said. “And this vote will be remembered.” Haley’s remarks followed a threat from Trump himself, who mentioned the UN vote at a Wednesday Cabinet meeting. “We’re watching those votes,” the President said. “Let them vote against us, we’ll save a lot. We don’t care.” Later Thursday an invitation was sent around to the 64 countries in addition to the US that did not support the resolution on Jerusalem, to attend a reception with Haley in January. The event was labeled as a means to thank the countries for “their friendship to the United States,” according to a copy of the invite obtained by CNN. Few countries seemed cowed, as nation after nation blasted the US at the emergency session of the UN General Assembly, condemning the Jerusalem decision as illegal, destabilizing, and a violation of international law. Haley’s stance also provoked a fiery tweet from John Brennan, who served as CIA director under President Obama: “Trump Admin threat to retaliate against nations that exercise sovereign right in UN to oppose US position on Jerusalem is beyond outrageous. Shows @realDonaldTrump expects blind loyalty and subservience from everyone—qualities usually found in narcissistic, vengeful autocrats.” Trump Admin threat to retaliate against nations that exercise sovereign right in UN to oppose US position on Jerusalem is beyond outrageous. Shows @realDonaldTrump expects blind loyalty and subservience from everyone—qualities usually found in narcissistic, vengeful autocrats. The US was joined in its “no” vote by Israel and a slew of small nations, including Micronesia, Nauru, Togo and Tonga, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Guatemala and Honduras. Other abstainers included the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia and South Sudan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump and the countries that abstained in a statement issued shortly after the vote. “Israel rejects the decision of the United Nations and, at the same time, we show gratitude to the high number of countries that abstained from this resolution,” Netanyahu said. “Israel thanks President Trump on his unequivocal position in favor of Jerusalem and thanks other countries that voted together with Israel, together with the truth.” In the aftermath, Haley’s office said the support the US did get counted as a victory of sorts, pointing out that nine countries voted against, 35 countries abstained, and 21 were absent. “While the resolution passed, the vote breakdown tells a different story,” a spokesman for the US mission said. “It’s clear that many countries prioritized their relationship with the United States over an unproductive attempt to isolate us for a decision that was our sovereign right to make.” Before the vote, at least one world leader took the time to call out Trump directly. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a self-styled leader of the greater Muslim world, blasted the President during a speech in Ankara on Thursday. “Mr. Trump, you cannot buy Turkey’s democratic free will with your dollars, our decision is clear,” Erdogan thundered. “What is the cradle of democracy doing?” Erdogan said. “They are looking for people they can buy with their dollars.” And he issued an appeal to other world leaders, saying, “do not, for the sake of a few dollars, sell off your democratic free will.” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the US would “explore various options” following the UN vote. Nauert said the White House and NSC told the State Department on Thursday afternoon that “the President’s foreign policy team has been empowered to explore various options going forward with other nations, however no decisions have been made.” Nauert also said that “the UN vote is really not the only factor the administration would take into consideration in dealing with our foreign relations.” But at least one UN analyst said that the US threats about funding had an element of political theater about them, noting it would be hard for the US to pull support from countries such as Yemen, Pakistan or Afghanistan, and that the threats weren’t likely to sway votes. On issues relating to Palestinians, the US and Israel always either find themselves in a minority, or with a handful of other friends like the Marshall Islands in the face of overwhelming majorities in the General Assembly, said Richard Gowan, a New York-based UN expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations. And despite the threats from Trump, “There’s safety in numbers for most members of the UN,” Gowan said. “Smaller countries, poorer countries may get a little nervous when they hear the President’s rhetoric,” said Gowan, “but they will also gain confidence that all the big members of the Arab bloc are pretty much guaranteed to vote against the US position, as well as the Europeans.” US officials say the decision to recognize Jerusalem and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv reflects the basic reality. Israel’s seat of government sits in Jerusalem, say US officials who add that their decision has no bearing on a final resolution of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, or on the fate of holy sites of the world’s three largest faiths. The fate of Jerusalem is so fraught, however, that it is considered a “final status” issue, only to be decided at the end of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. No country bases their diplomatic mission in Jerusalem as a result. Apart from Israel, none of the US’ closest allies spoke before the vote. “No General Assembly resolution will ever drive us from Jerusalem,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon. “The United States simply stated a fact. They officially declared what has always been true. Jerusalem always has been and always will be the capital of Israel.” “Those who support this resolution are like puppets,” Danon said, “puppets controlled by the strings of your Palestinian masters.” Otherwise, speaker after speaker at the UN emphasized US isolation, with the Palestinian representative declaring that the decision destroyed Washington’s ability to act as a mediator in peace talks and left it with few allies by its side. “What does this decision serve?” asked Ambassador Riyad Mansour. “It serves the Israeli government in implementing its colonial plans. It serves the powers of extremism … Does the United States not wonder why it stands isolated,” Mansour asked, “and why even its closest allies couldn’t turn a blind eye to this decision?” “The world is not for sale,” said Venezuela’s representative to the UN, Samuel Moncada Acosta, “and your threats imperil global peace.” “This decision is an outrageous assault to all universal values,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “This is bullying,” he said of the US approach. “We will not be intimated.” And addressing the US directly, he added, “you can be strong, but this doesn’t make you right.” Maleeha Lodi, the Pakistani representative to the UN, said, “we regret and reject” the decision. “We must uphold the prevalent and time-honored norms, both legal and moral,” she said. The world “cannot and will not be complicit in any illegal activity.” Turkey co-sponsored with Yemen the draft resolution which calls on all countries to refrain from establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem. Any decision that alters the character, status or demographic composition of Jerusalem should “have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council,” it reads. Some polling counters Haley’s claim that the decision to move the embassy reflects the will of the US people. A University of Maryland Critical Issues poll released December 1 found that 63% of Americans oppose moving the embassy to Jerusalem, including 44% of Republicans. The pollsters questioned 2,000 people and had a margin of error of 2.19%. A December 13 Monmouth University poll that found Trump at record low approval ratings also found that 39% of Americans thought moving the embassy to Jerusalem was a bad idea, while only 23% thought it was a good idea. Some 51% of respondents said it would lead to greater regional instability, while 10% said it would make the region more stable. Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that 64 countries other than the US did not support the UN resolution and the fact that Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke at the UN. CNN’s Miranda Green, Michelle Kosinski and Elise Labott contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171221180000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/21/politics/haley-un-jerusalem/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "445500093", "sentence": "Richard Matt was shot and killed after aiming shotgun at agent, border patrol says Matt and Sweat escaped from the prison in upstate New York on June 6 New security measures at Clinton Correctional Facility After splitting with his prison-break partner following disputes about drinking and his inability to keep up, convicted murderer Richard Matt was eventually found lying behind a fallen tree. When agents with a U.S. Border Patrol special operations team came upon him last Friday afternoon, they ordered him to put up his hands. Instead, Matt aimed a 20-gauge shotgun at one agent, who shot and killed him with an M-4 rifle, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Kris Grogan said in a statement. It was an ignominious end for one of two convicts who staged a brazen escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York three weeks earlier. Matt’s demise came after apparently feuding with fellow escapee David Sweat, who told investigators Matt was out of shape and hitting the bottle too hard after they broke into a cabin while on the run. The discord prompted the fugitives to split up, he said, according to a law enforcement official briefed on Sweat’s interviews with investigators. Authorities said officers could smell alcohol on Matt’s body from a few feet away after he was killed. Two days later, an officer shot and wounded Sweat less than two miles from the Canadian border. From his hospital bed in Albany, he has spilled baffling details about the prison break June 6 and their time on the run. Sweat and Matt pulled off the escape not once, but twice, he told investigators. While authorities initially spoke of the possible use of power tools in the escape, Sweat has said they found a sledgehammer in an underground passageway. It was probably left behind inadvertently by a construction worker, according to the law enforcement official. The men supposedly used the sledgehammer to break down a brick wall on their way out of the maximum security prison, the official said. Related video David Sweat reveals new details about escape Sweat told investigators that he and Matt used only hacksaws to cut through their cell walls and a steam pipe inside the prison, the district attorney told CNN. During their time as fugitives, they had several close calls as authorities closed in, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said. While hiding in the hunting cabin, they heard voices nearby at one point. And after the pair split up, Wylie said, Sweat saw a law enforcement officer walk right by him as he hid in a tree stand used by hunters. Officials said the two had originally planned to come out of a manhole and meet prison tailor Joyce Mitchell, who would drive them away. The convicted murderers would then kill Mitchell’s husband, Lyle, before fleeing to Mexico. Sweat has told investigators that it was Mitchell’s idea for them to kill her husband, according to the law enforcement official briefed on his interviews. But her attorney denied that accusation Wednesday. Mitchell told authorities that Matt and Sweat hatched the plan to kill her husband. The night of the escape, Mitchell did not show up, forcing the fugitives to improvise on the run for more than three weeks. Related video David Sweat: Inmates did practice run night before escape Sweat said the plot to break out of prison started in January, Wylie said. After five months of hashing out strategies, they made a practice run. One night before Mitchell was supposed to meet them at a manhole, Sweat and Matt escaped from their cells, a New York state official said. They navigated a maze of tunnels and pipes before popping out of a manhole. But Sweat said they saw too many houses near that manhole and decided to try for a different one the next night, Wylie said. The state inspector general’s office is looking into whether prison guards had fallen asleep, officials told CNN. After interviewing Sweat over the past two days, state police investigators have no plans for now to speak with him further, spokesman Beau Duffy said. Duffy said Sweat will be turned over to the corrections department after his release from the hospital. Sweat is listed in fair condition and is expected to remain at Albany Medical Center for a few more days, according to the hospital. Mitchell, the prison tailor, has admitted to smuggling hacksaw blades by hiding them in frozen hamburger meat and having the meat delivered to Matt, a law enforcement official said last week. She has been arrested and charged with promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation. Another employee, Gene Palmer, is accused of taking the meat to the inmates. He’s charged with promoting dangerous prison contraband, two counts of destroying evidence and one count of official misconduct. The escape has prompted prison officials to beef up security. – Every cell at Clinton is being inspected once a week, with supervision from a senior security staff member. – The number of cells searched daily and randomly for contraband has tripled, with each cell being searched at least once every two months. – All tunnels are being inspected monthly instead of biannually. – The so-called “honor block,” where the escaped prisoners had been housed, has been eliminated pending further review, according to the department. And the investigation extends beyond Mitchell and Palmer. Three members of  the prison’s executive team, along with nine security staff employees, have been placed on paid administrative leave as part of the review of the escape, said the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Related gallery Governor sees escape route The nine security staff employees include a watch commander who was covering for the usual midnight-duty lieutenant; a sergeant who was working mandatory overtime the night of the escape; and a female officer who had just transferred to Clinton, according to a corrections department source. The FBI is investigating possible broader corruption at the prison, law enforcement officials briefed on the case said. Agents are looking into whether drug trafficking or other criminal behavior among employees and inmates took place, officials said. Some employees told investigators that there was heroin use among prisoners and an alleged drug trade involving employees. How prison guards go bad CNN’s Ashley Fantz, Shimon Prokupecz, Danelle Garcia, Deborah Feyerick, Don Lemon, Anderson Cooper, Carolyn Sung, Jean Casarez and Alexandra Field contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Clinton Correctional Facility", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150702080000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/us/new-york-prison-break/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "581583103", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. Protests. A profile. And a very hungry penguin. It’s Thursday and here’s what you need to know to  Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. A second night of protests over the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott descended into madness. Protesters set fires, looted businesses and went after reporters, including CNN’s Ed Lavandera. One man was shot. Cops responded with tear gas; Charlotte’s mayor and Scott’s family pleaded for calm and this public defender put himself directly in the line of fire. Things are so bad the city’s declared a state of emergency and NC’s governor’s calling in the National Guard. An artillery shell full of mustard gas landed in an air base in Iraq that US troops are using. Military officials are pretty sure where it came from: ISIS. Thankfully, troops aren’t showing symptoms of exposure. Officials say they had expected ISIS to use chemical weapons as the US helps Iraqi forces take back Mosul. This one was “ineffective” and “poorly weaponized.” The FBI wants to have a chat with two men seen on video taking a pressure cooker device with wires and duct tape out of some luggage and leaving it in Chelsea on the night of the bombing. The men are witnesses, not suspect, the feds say. Also, check out is this revealing profile of suspect Ahmad Rahami about his lifelong fued with his family and identity. Worth a read. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg forever changed how we communicate. For a second act, he and his wife want to wipe out diseases. Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have pledged a $3 billion investment to an effort to prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century. The first $600 million is going to a new research center called Biohub. It’s not fair to say Well Fargo didn’t do anything as employees kept opening up fake customer accounts. It did - it apparently fired those who weren’t cool with it. One ex-employee said when he refused to play along and called an ethics hotline, he was let go – for tardiness. Another said she was bullied and harassed and then fired. An ex-HR official said the bank actually had a system in place to push back against tipsters. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Get out the vote Members of “The Avengers” and a few other famous folks ask you to vote this fall (and take a few veiled swipes at The Donald). Inside job A Canadian Mint employee is accused of stealing $180,000 worth of gold by hiding it in his rear. Insert your joke here. (It still won’t be as funny as this write.) A lesson they’ll never forget A high school history teacher taught his students about the First Amendment by stepping on the American flag. It went exactly as you think it’d go. Cutest burglar ever A family in Peru thought a burglar had broke into their home one night. Turns out it was just a lost and very hungry penguin. Boy joy Here’s a few seconds of pure joy: a 2-year-old boy geeks out as motorcycles pass him by during a race. It’s the simple things in life, you know? The phone rings at  3 a.m. The next president of the United States is on the line, asking for your help with a global headache. Would you be a better fit in a Clinton or Trump White House? Play this game and find out. (Trust us, this is fun … and educational.)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160922104500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/22/us/five-things-thursday/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "662452383", "sentence": "Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats may reveal more Wednesday about his Trump meetings Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke to CNN Senators on the Senate intelligence committee are expected to push Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein about their private interactions with President Donald Trump to learn more about whether he tried to tamper in any way with the Justice Department’s Russia investigation. Related article Comey expected to testify openly about Trump discussions, but limited on Russia A day before former FBI Director James Comey’s high-profile hearing, senators plan to question senior intelligence officials about Trump’s controversies and the Russia investigation at a hearing that is supposed to be about re-authorizing a key section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Senators plan to use the opportunity to grill Rosenstein to answer questions in public for the first time about the President’s motivations for firing Comey and whether it was meant to quash the Russia investigation. According to some key senators, Coats may reveal more about his interactions with Trump, including when the President reportedly urged the former Indiana senator to rebut the notion there was any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. Coats declined to comment about those interactions when asked by senators on the Armed Services Committee last month but signaled he may be more forthcoming before the intelligence panel. Related article Michael Flynn turns over 600 pages of documents to Senate Intel “Director Coats said he’d be happy to tell the whole truth before the appropriate committee,” Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN: “And he promised me when he was confirmed that he would share and assist the investigation.” A Coats spokesman did not respond to requests for comment. At the Wednesday hearing, National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers also is expected to face questions about whether he faced pressure from Trump to rebut the stories about potential collusion between Trump associates and Russian officials. Both Rogers and Coats were uneasy about the request, given that the FBI is conducting an investigation about the matter. Other senators also signaled they’d use the hearing as an opportunity to push for more information about the Comey firing – and the Russia investigation – even though the hearing is supposed to focus on FISA. Andrew McCabe, the acting FBI director, is also expected to testify at Wednesday’s hearing. Sen. Ron Wyden told CNN that he plans to grill Rosenstein about the circumstances around the firing. “The President has said in his own words that he fired Mr. Comey to make the investigation go away,” said Wyden, an Oregon Democrat. “Now that was not something that was made up by a United States senator. Those were his words. So what we’ll be doing both tomorrow and Thursday is trying to flesh out more details about that matter.” Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores signaled that Rosenstein was prepared to testify about the topic of the hearing instead. “The committee requested a hearing on the re-authorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act – a critical tool that protects our national security – and that is what the deputy attorney general will be there to discuss tomorrow.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170606203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/senate-intelligence-rosenstein-coats-hearing/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "679575305", "sentence": "Beer aficionados the world over flock to Belgium for its internationally renowned brews. The tiny country of less than 12,000 square miles has more than 800 years of experience – monks first began brewing behind abbey walls back in the 12th century. This ancient tradition of Trappist beer still lives on today alongside centuries-old family breweries scattered across Belgium. Belgian breweries’ time-honored methods produce outstanding beer, but they’re not always equipped to welcome curious visitors. In fact, most abbeys prohibit guests from entering altogether. But these seven breweries are more than ready to welcome you on your next trip. This family brewery in Anderlecht has been in operation since 1900 and is famous for its lambic beer made with wild yeast strains and native bacteria. Visitors can drop in anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and do a 45-minute self-guided tour with a tasting for seven euros ($8) per person. You might even catch them brewing using the same 100-year-old equipment. Some of the favorites are beers flavored with fruit such as raspberries, peaches or strawberries, or the traditional gueuze, a blend of lambic beers of different ages combined for a secondary fermentation in the bottle. Belgian beer & Belgian food: Tram route 81 delivers passengers across the canal to Friture René, another neighborhood stalwart in operation since 1932. It serves Belgian classics like mussels and fries and Flemish meatballs to diners seated at tables draped in red-and-white tablecloths. Of course, Cantillon beer is on the menu, too. Cantillon Brewery, Rue Gheude 56, 1070 Brussels; +32 25 20 28 91 Friture René, Place de la Résistance 14-15, Brussels; +32 2 523 28 76 Medieval Bruges is a jewel of a town near the Belgian coast with a thirst-quenching brewery visit for the avid beer lover. The De Halve Maan brewery offers a stair-heavy, 45-minute tour (available at 11 a.m .and 4 p.m. daily for nine euros – $10 – per person) rewarded at the end with a tasting of their Brugse Zot Blond, a golden ale with subtle flavors of fruit and spice. True beer enthusiasts might want to splurge on the XL tour with a guide who leads you through a tasting of three different specialty beers in the cellars of the brewery. Reservations are encouraged. Beer in a pipe: The brewery is home to the world’s first beer pipeline. The two-mile pipe opened last year and connects the brewery to a bottling plant in the suburbs, cutting down on the use of trucks rumbling through the city’s historic center. De Halve Maan, Walplein 26, 8000 Bruges; +32 50 44 42 22 This might be one of Belgium’s most accessible brewery tours, open between 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. daily except Monday. Although this amber-colored ale has been brewed at Antwerp City Brewery since 1883, the brewery tour got a 21st-century upgrade after the brand was purchased by the Duvel Moortgat company in 2010. The self-guided program (12 euros – $14 – per person, 75-90 minutes) walks visitors through 10 different rooms equipped with video and other interactive displays which explain the history of the brewery, its beers, and the importance of the bolleke (De Koninck’s famous goblet-shaped glass). The tour ends with a beer tasting, while the full portfolio of Duvel Moortgat’s beers, including the golden Triple d’Anvers, is available at the on-site cash bar. Beer, chocolates and cheese: The brewery also houses top-notch food shops where you can try handmade chocolates at Jitsk, Belgian cheeses at Van Tricht, and cured sausages at De Laet & Van Haver butchers. De Koninck, Mechelsesteenweg 291, 2018 Antwerp; +32 38 66 96 90 MORE: The world’s best beer-brewing countries Between Antwerp and Brussels lies the rural town of Puurs on the River Scheldt, home to the Duvel Moortgat brewery. The guided tour (nine euros per person, 2-2.5 hours) includes an introductory film, a walk through the brewery and bottling plant (except on Saturdays), and a lesson in correctly pouring this iconic Belgian ale into its corresponding tulip-shaped glass. Founded by Jan-Leonard Moortgat in 1871, the recipe for Duvel was inspired by English ales using a yeast strain procured from a Scottish brewery. It’s still used in every bottle of Duvel today. Visitors are welcome Mondays through Thursdays at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m., Fridays at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. What’s in a name?:  Duvel was originally called Victory Ale when it was released soon after World War I. The name was only changed after a local shoemaker stated during a tasting session: “This is a real devil” (“duvel” means devil in the local dialect). The beer was then renamed in 1923. Duvel, Breendonk-Dorp 58, 2870 Puurs; +32 3 860 94 00 One of the oldest breweries in Belgium has operated inside an old beguinage (a sort of convent) in the historic city of Mechelen since 1471. The Van Breedam family then purchased it in 1872. They’re still running it today, producing beers like Gouden Carolus Classic dark ale and Lucifer, a strong and bitter blonde. The visit takes less than two hours, including a tasting, and ends on the rooftop with an unparalleled view of Mechelen’s famous St. Rumbold’s Tower. Soak up (or sleep off) the beer buzz:  A good sponge for all that beer is a plate of stoofvlees (Flemish beef stew) and other Belgian dishes at Het Anker’s brasserie. The brewery also has an on-site hotel. Het Anker, Guido Gezellelaan 49, 2800 Mechelen; +32 15 28 71 41 This brewery in the remote village of Watou on the border with France has been making dark and blonde abbey ales since 1946. It was thoroughly renovated in 2009, adding a tasting room and a hopfield right next to the brewery. The 90-minute tour (12.50 euros per person) includes a film and visit to the brewery, brewhouse and bottling plant. Then there’s a beer tasting in the café, with guests receiving a gift pack containing beers like their Tripel, Pater 6, Prior 8, Abt 12, and a distinctive balloon-shaped Belgian beer glass. Individual visitors should reserve a place in advance. Bonus beer: This brewery visit is easily combined with a stop at Saint-Sixtus Abbey of Westvleteren, home of the famous Trappist beer of the same name. Call to make a reservation in advance before visiting the abbey shop to purchase beer. St. Bernardus, Trappistenweg 23, 8978 Watou; +32 57 38 80 21 In the Wallonian town of Le Roeulx, this 144-year-old brewery hosts visitors without reservation every Saturday at 2 p.m. or on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Admission is seven euros. Founded in 1873 by Stéphanie Friart, it’s been operated by the same family ever since, save for a short hiatus in the 1990s. The fifth generation of this family is still turning out abbey-style beers like a brown ale, a tripel and a farmhouse ale called Saison. Barges and beers: This tiny town near the French border has one other claim to fame – the 335-foot-high funicular boatlift of Strépy-Thieu along the Canal du Centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Experience crossing this feat of engineering by barge. 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{"article_id": "662980332", "sentence": "There are three billion people globally with no listed address, says tech entrepreneur Idriss Al Rifai. When you’re trying to receive a package, that can be a problem. The issue is particularly acute in the UAE, but Al Rifai, Dubai-based CEO of Fetchr, thinks his company have hit on a solution – and it’s in your pocket. Fetchr is a GPS-based delivery service utilizing your smartphone’s – sometimes unnerving – ability to track your every move. In theory that means you can have an item delivered directly to you, wherever you are. Related article Why Careem is bigger than Uber in the Middle East The company has already been called “the next desert unicorn” by Forbes, implying the Middle Eastern startup is potentially worth $1 billion or more. Investors clearly agree. In May the company announced $41 million in Series B financing – “the biggest … in the history of the Middle East” claims Al Rifai – with money coming from both the region and Silicon Valley. Fetchr’s concept has proved so successful because, despite Dubai’s rapid development, formalized postal addresses are not as extensive as you’d imagine. “In the United States and in Europe you’re used to having a mailbox,” says Al Rifai. “There are no mailboxes here. There are no mailmen.” The usual delivery process sounded painful, suggests Fetchr co-founder and creative director Joy Ajlouny. “You get a phone call and you have somebody, usually with a language barrier, asking ‘Where do you live?’ And you literally say ‘Make a left at the grocery store, make a right at this statue.’” GPS circumvents this problem. It’s a solution well suited to the region: according to one report from April, the UAE has the highest level of smartphone penetration in the world. Instagram post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. Like Uber, the app integrates with Google Maps and uses an algorithm to match couriers with pick up and drop off points. The basic service asks users to choose a time slot, with the option to deposit a package with a receptionist or in a safe space. On top of that, the company’s new initiative Fetchr Now will pick up your package in under 45 minutes and deliver immediately. In keeping with a regional trend, the company offers “cash on delivery,” still the preferred payment method for e-commerce in the UAE, the company claims. Fetchr was born in 2012, when Al Rifai and Ajlouny met in California. They started developing the software in Dubai with three employees and two desks. “We started off with five packages,” Ajlouny recalls. “It’s those moments that you really have to cherish and remember… we’re always humbled by where we started.” Fetchr’s personnel has since swelled to 1,500, growing by 100% in the last four months alone. The company’s plan is to work towards ubiquity. “In this region of the world, everything is about luxury,” says Ajlouny, “triple diamond and gold and platinum and exclusivity. We wanted to bring a little taste of Silicon Valley, which is accessibility. “We wanted to be the brand that everybody could relate to.” Fetchr currently operates in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, but they’re looking beyond the region. Al Rifai refers to Africa, where Nigerian company Africa Courier Express is already operating in Lagos and Abuja with a similar mobile-based model. Related article 'Solar canopy' turns sunlight into electricity and art “If you look at most of the e-commerce companies now in the Middle East and Africa, it’s 80% mobile, which is higher than what you have in the US or in Europe,” he explains. “They are leap-frogging into technology.” Ajlouny admits that beyond tech evangelicals, there might be more work to convince others to jump on board. “Changing behavior is a process,” she says, “it’s not going to happen overnight.” “We feel like we’re only scratching the surface,” says Al Rifai of Fetchr’s $41 million injection. “We could go maybe 50 times bigger than we are today… We just achieve(d) 2%. Are you happy that you achieved 2%? No, we’re not.” “We’re more humbled,” adds Ajlouny. “Are we excited? Yes.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Fetchr", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170608091500", "country1": "ARE", "country2": "EGY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/tech/fetchr-app-dubai/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "485162162", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Juliette Kayyem, a CNN national security analyst, is a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, a former assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and founder of Kayyem Solutions, a security consulting firm. She also is the host of the “Security Mom” podcast. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Juliette Kayyem: Paris attacks raise issues and consequences new -- and familiar -- in age of terror ISIS may claim responsibility, but attacks recall al Qaeda's modus operandi, too, Kayyem says And social media showed its value in aiding in response to attacks, she says Friday’s terror attacks in Paris are as consequential as they are devastating. They will change the trajectory of efforts to combat the threat as well as how nations protect and defend their citizens. It is too early for universal pronouncements of a path forward, especially since it is likely that accomplices will be rounded up and we’ll learn how such a well-planned and coordinated effort could have been initiated without being detected. But the range of issues they raise are sadly familiar. Here are five: 1. ISIS is already taking credit for these attacks. Its claim means something but is not conclusive. The attacks in France were well-planned and highly coordinated, requiring military training that is consistent with skills seen from ISIS members in Syria and elsewhere. But the nature of these attacks also is eerily comparable to al Qaeda’s past modus operandi, in particular during 9/11 and the London bombings on July 7, 2005. We’ll learn in time if there is any connection, but what is clear is that any notion that the terrorist threat has been reduced to a mere lone wolf element – random men popping up here and there but whose impact and violence is minimal – is now put to rest. Is ISIS moving into realm of international terrorism? 2. Social media can be used as a tool for good and bad: Over the last few years, counterterrorism officials have warned about the use of social media to radicalize adherents.  But throughout the events in Paris, citizens used social media – Twitter, in particular – to help warn others, describe events as they unfolded and guide first responders’ actions, whether in  a concert hall or a stadium. By using the “wisdom of the crowd” in this way, we can begin to modernize government response capabilities that build on the good faith efforts of the very citizens they are trying to help. Facebook’s promotion of a “safe” status so people can know their loved ones are accounted for is an equally important contribution as it lowers the level of anxiety of family members. Social media reacts to Paris attacks 3. Already, most major American cities are responding by putting more security at major airports and any major events. That is part of a well-orchestrated plan, so it should not be viewed as proof that we might be facing a similar attack or as merely security theater. When major attacks happen, even abroad, it serves as an automatic trigger for a “ratcheting up” of resources. These more visible responses are only part of America’s response; intelligence is being shared across oceans and throughout the world, and the United States has satisfied information requests from France. I would anticipate we will see this continuing visible security presence through the holidays as the travel season picks up. U.S. officials say no known threat after Paris attacks 4. This isn’t over: The magnitude and sophistication of this attack is troubling not simply because of the number of terrorists that were part of this plan. The number of people who knew, or should have known, of the planning, organization, purchases and travel of the terrorists may well be double or triple the size of the group that perpetrated the attacks. The race to find the accomplices will be intense. The world turns blue, white and red 5. Finally, while Paris mourns, it will also be planning. These attacks will take on two very different paths in the political space. First, France – facing strong right-wing elements – will, with its European partners, begin a serious reassessment of immigration and refugee rules that have been so controversial over the course of the Syrian war. On the other hand, France will also be focused on ensuring that hate crimes against French citizens by those who take their rage and focus on a particular population do not rise. It is a delicate balance, and one that is not easily performed. As facts and details are unearthed, the storyline will continue to expand. It is essential that fact and rumor, reality and perception are distinguished; the consequences are too great and the likelihood that this will happen again is too certain. 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{"article_id": "606616403", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion who focuses on climate change and social justice. Follow him on Snapchat, Facebook and email. This story is part of CNN’s “Vanishing” series. Learn more about the sixth extinction and get involved. It’s the tallest land-based mammal in the world. Its construction-crane neck, toothpick legs, knocked knees and two-story stature make it an awkwardly lovable favorite of children’s book authors and cartoonists. This animal brings an odd sort of wonder to the savannahs of Africa. But perhaps it’s best for us to start imagining a world without the humble giraffe. The International Union for Conservation of Nature on Thursday up-listed this goofy creature – known for its craning neck, which helps it reach tree-top leaves its competitors can’t – to its “vulnerable” status, meaning the animal is at high risk for extinction. It moves up from the category called “least concern.” The reason: a sharp 36% to 40% decline in giraffe populations in recent decades. In 1985, the group said, there were as many as 163,452 giraffes. Now the estimate is 97,562. This puts the giraffe in good company. The elephant, the orangutan, certain bees, coral – so many of the Earth’s mind-blowingly cool creatures face extinction risk these days. If poaching rates continue, some fear African elephants will be extinct in 20 years. Scientists worry coral reefs will mostly vanish by 2050 because humans continue pumping fossil fuels into the atmosphere, warming up the oceans and making them more acidic, and making life hard for coral. I’ve spent much of 2016 reporting on the mass extinction event that’s brewing all around the world for a CNN series called “Vanishing.” That reporting will debut on CNN International on Friday and on this website Monday morning. If there’s one take-away from my travels, it’s this: We can’t take species for granted. We too often assume they’ll survive one generation to the next – that those elephants or giraffes will be out there, somewhere. They won’t. Not unless we humans drastically change our ways. In California, I met with Anthony Barnosky, executive director of Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and a global expert on extinction. He told me that we humans have – at the very most – 20 years to change the way we treat nature or we will bring about the sixth mass extinction event in the entire history of Earth. We are talking dinosaur-ending stuff here – as in three-quarters of all known species, not just the cute and iconic ones, could vanish in a couple of centuries. Having trouble imagining that world? “The best way to envision the sixth mass extinction is to look outside and then just imagine that three out of every four of the species that were common out there are gone,” he said. “That would be a very impoverished landscape.” It certainly would. If you’re not moved by that, consider the consequences for humans, too. “We are basically annihilating the life on our planet – and that is the only known life … in the entire universe,” Paul Ehrlich, also of Stanford, told me. “It’s life that shaped the planet, that made it possible for us to live here. It’s life that still makes it possible for us to live here. (If) we don’t have the diversity of other organisms, we’re done.” What’s causing the collapse? Barnosky has boiled it all down to three words: “power, food and money.” Power, meaning we’re burning fossil fuels for electricity, transit and heat. That’s warming the planet and wreaking havoc all over the world. We’re not just talking polar bears here – amphibians, oceans, everything is affected. By food, he’s referring to the fact that humans have plowed up or otherwise altered about 40% of the Earth’s surface, he said, for agricultural production, much of it for livestock. Some biologists think we have to set aside huge chunks of land – 50% of the Earth, according to Harvard University’s E.O. Wilson – to stop the sixth extinction from occurring, or to lessen its scope. Add the population boom to this and you can see why farms are going to be a big issue this century. Finally, money. That means poaching – illegal networks are decimating the populations of some animals, including elephants, rhinos and the pangolin. And it means thinking of nature as an endless vat of cash. “How do we get off of treating nature as this bottomless checking account and begin to treat it as an investment account, where we’re living off the interest?” Barnosky asked during our interview. I’m not sure how we’ll change. But I have to hope that understanding the scope of this crisis is part of moving toward solutions. Giraffes are constricted by human development; they’re poached for their tails, which are used as bracelets, and for their meat, according to the African Wildlife Foundation. We shouldn’t see the giraffe’s plight as an isolated crisis. Humans are reshaping the face of Earth as never before. It happens in slow motion, making us easily distracted from the cumulative destruction one generation passes to the next. And many of us are so disconnected from nature – we see it through car windows, from the suburbs, on safari – that we don’t realize the scope of our responsibility in this collapse. Imagine a world without giraffes. 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{"article_id": "742259451", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s blistering tongue and stinging tweets spare almost no one. But there are two blatant exceptions to his saturating rhetorical fire: Vladimir Putin and Stormy Daniels. The President never shrinks from slamming his perceived foes from Rosie O’Donnell to the cast of “Hamilton,” to slain political enemies like “low energy” Jeb Bush and estranged political guru “sloppy” Steve Bannon. He’s jabbed allied leaders such as Britain’s Theresa May and Germany’s Angela Merkel, torched whole nations, such as Pakistan and Belgium, and teed off against retail giants including Macy’s and Amazon. But the ex-KGB man in the Kremlin, who is accused of meddling with US democracy and ordering a nerve agent attack in Britain and the porn star who told 20 million “60 Minutes” viewers she had unprotected sex with Trump each get a mysterious pass from the President’s attacks. Related article US punishes Russia but Trump hedges bets on Putin Those omissions were especially noticeable on Monday as the Russian President and Daniels were vying for top billing on news shows. As tempting as it must have been to hit back at Daniels, Trump kept quiet, possibly seeking to avoid being drawn any deeper into a thicket of litigation by three women who have brought sex-related civil cases to which he is linked. Also Monday, Trump’s White House rolled out its toughest action yet on Russia, kicking out 60 diplomats over the attempt by suspected Kremlin agents to assassinate a former Russia spy in the sleepy English city of Salisbury. But Trump, consistent with his practice of never personally calling out or criticizing Putin, was nowhere to be seen. The reasons for Trump’s reticence were not clear, since he’s not talking. But there will be suspicions that he’s keeping quiet because both Putin and Daniels may know something about the President’s past that could hurt him. After all, Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti insists he has evidence supporting her claims about an alleged 2006 affair with Trump as she seeks to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement. Trump has denied the affair, the White House says. And special counsel Robert Mueller’s request for documents on Trump Organization business in Russia could suggest he wants to know if there is any activity the President would be keen to cover up and that could help provide a motive for a potential attempt to obstruct justice. Trump, again, has denied any wrongdoing. When it comes to Daniels, Trump’s aides have advised him that lashing out would only fuel to the story. He appears to be taking a similar approach to Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who revealed an alleged affair with Trump in a CNN interview last week. The President believes the Daniels allegations are a ‘hoax’ designed to damage him politically, Chris Ruddy, a close Trump ally and CEO of Newsmax, told ABC News on Sunday. Trump has also seized on Avenatti’s Democratic connections to portray him as an operative with an ax to grind. In recent conversations Trump has asked friends and outside advisers whether he should publicly defend himself, indicating that he’s eager to put the allegations to rest. But even allies who ordinarily reinforce the President’s combative instincts have warned that wading into such a torrid matter would appear unpresidential. That has not stopped Trump from complaining about constant news coverage of Daniels and a lack of allies on television defending him. There could also be legal implications – after all, former NBC “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos was able to launch a defamation action even after the statute of limitations had passed on her original harassment suit because Trump branded women who accused him of inappropriate behavior as liars. At least for now, Trump plans to heed warnings to stay quiet and he is not scheduled to take questions from reporters this week. But in a possible sign of his concern, he invited his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who is embroiled in the Stormy Daniels case for dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night. Still, Trump routinely changes his mind quickly, and could easily throw his aides for a loop by tweeting or offhandedly commenting on the issue. The White House wouldn’t say on Monday whether Trump had viewed the “60 Minutes” interview on CBS in which Daniels described playfully spanking him with a magazine and reluctantly having sex. But there were indications Trump spent Sunday evening and Monday morning reacting to the allegations. So much Fake News. Never been more voluminous or more inaccurate. But through it all, our country is doing great! “So much Fake News. Never been more voluminous or more inaccurate,” he tweeted. Later, White House spokesman Raj Shah said Trump “doesn’t believe that any of the claims Ms. Daniels made in the interview are accurate.” Rumors that Russia could have some material about Trump’s past have been floating around Washington since 2016 and were followed by revelations the next year about a dossier written by former British spy Christopher Steele. US intelligence officials have said that they have reached no conclusion on whether the Russian government does have any compromising information about the President. Trump has slammed the document as “bogus” and says it was part of a Democrat-funded bid to derail his election victory. John Brennan, who served as CIA director in the Obama administration, last week sparked a furor by warning that Russia may have damaging material, known as Kompromat, on Trump. “The fact that he has had this fawning attitude toward Mr. Putin, has not said anything negative about him, I think continues to say to me that he does have something to fear and something very serious to fear,” Brennan said on MSNBC. While Brennan did not cite any evidence, Trump’s warm relationship with Putin is a puzzle and at times has verged on hero worship – even as US-Russia relations have plummeted. Related article Ex-CIA boss says Russians could have personal dirt on Trump The President has enthusiastically sought out Putin at international summits, repeatedly praised his authoritarian leadership style during the campaign and pointed out that the Russian strongman once called him a “genius.” Trump has also repeatedly spoken about his desire to forge a strong relationship with the Russian leader even though Washington and Moscow’s geopolitical interests are diverging. Trump said last week his call with Putin was “very good” and hopes to meet him soon to discuss Ukraine, Syria, North Korea and a US-Russia arms race. But the President’s failure to raise the nerve agent attack in Britain and his decision to defy advisers and congratulate Putin on his election victory sparked another flurry of speculation about their cozy relationship. Related article Trump and Putin, closer than ever There are other credible explanations for Trump’s felicity towards Putin. One could be stubbornness, since most of Washington is trying to force him to toughen up and the President reacts poorly to such pressure. Another might be the President’s inability to divorce the question of US-Russia relations from what he believes are unfair allegations that Moscow intervened in the US election to help him win. Given Trump’s unpredictability, and impulse driven behavior, there’s no guarantee that even Putin and Daniels will remain safe from attack forever. Trump has discarded his aides’ advice in the past to remain silent on a variety of issues, most notably on Mueller. And his personal definition of what constitutes presidential behavior has never adhered to norms. Avenatti understands his foe well and appeared to be goading the President into lashing out, highlighting two areas where Trump has historically struggled to remain on the sidelines. Since this is what really matters (LOL), the ratings for my client's @stormydaniels appearance on @60minutes last night CRUSHED (BY MILLIONS) any Apprentice show in the last ten years as well as Mr. Trump's Nov 2016 appearance. #priorities https://t.co/JYVODdZKUH “The ratings for my client’s @stormydaniels appearance on @60minutes last night CRUSHED (BY MILLIONS) any Apprentice show in the last ten years as well as Mr. Trump’s Nov 2016 appearance,” he tweeted Monday. Earlier, he hinted at revelations that could also spur presidential outrage. “She can describe his genitalia,” he said on NBC’s “Today” show. 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{"article_id": "486888933", "sentence": "Anyone and anywhere feels like it could be a target in Paris The mood is different from the defiant celebration of diversity after Charlie Hebdo France is trying to fix shocking gaps in security revealed by the Paris attack The prevailing emotion in Paris now is fear. Fear that anywhere and anyone could be a target. A sudden noise, and hundreds flee from a square. The air is thick with sirens. Controlled explosions of suspect packages are routine. Public gatherings are banned. One week after terror attacks took the lives of 130 people in Paris, the French capital is in a somber mood – and the French government is set on revenge. “France is at war,” declared President Francois Hollande, ordering dozens of airstrikes against ISIS, which claimed responsibility for the attack. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in the eastern Mediterranean, tripling France’s ability to bomb, and at home sweeping new security powers were introduced. The contrast with January is striking. Then – after the gun attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo – the French people rallied with massive demonstrations in defense of free speech. Charlie Hebdo was targeted for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The response was a celebration of diversity, a coming together of faiths and ethnicities in this most multicultural, but fractious of European societies. “We can draw anything, including a prophet, because in France, the France of Voltaire and irreverence, we have the right to make fun of religions,” Justice Minister Christiane Taubira said. The solidarity hashtag #jesuischarlie went viral. A dozen world leaders joined a march through Paris. And sales of Voltaire’s Treatise on Tolerance leapt. Since then the landscape has changed. Tens of thousands of would-be refugees have abandoned Syria and other countries blighted by conflict and trekked north. ISIS has consolidated its hold on vast tracts of Syria and Iraq, and has also shown ever greater ambitions beyond. Its mantra – “remain and expand” – now sounds much more menacing. Related gallery Increased security following Paris attacks Some in France sense an erosion of trust. One of the lasting images of the past week was that of a man standing blindfolded in the Place de la Republique, where flowers and tributes have been laid. A sign beside him read: “I’m Muslim, but I’m told that I’m a terrorist. I trust you, do you trust me? If yes, hug me.” A quiet line of people, some in tears, queued to hug him. But the point was made. In the square where a million gathered after Charlie Hebdo, there was a subdued resignation that the world had changed, most eloquently expressed by one of France’s leading philosophers, Bernard-Henri Levy. “Each of us, this time, is a target, a frontline, a soldier without knowing it, a cell of resistance,” he wrote. The Charlie Hebdo attack – and that by Amedy Coulibaly against a Jewish supermarket – seemed random acts by individuals who had only loose associations with terrorist groups. The November attack inflicted 10 times more casualties, showed more sophisticated planning and co-ordination, and deployed suicide vests in addition to automatic weapons. Above all, it involved terrorists trained and presumably financed in Syria, and infiltrated into Europe. Related gallery The search for Paris terror suspects It was a shocking display of Europe’s failure to track the young men who had left to wage jihad with ISIS and later came home. More disturbing still, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, whose face and name were well known and who had been involved in at least four plots against France this year alone, had reached the French capital undetected. Only after the attacks did French authorities discover the plotter of the attacks was in Paris, and that thanks to a tip from Morocco. The Belgian federal prosecutor was candid about the security situation: “We can hardly keep an eye on people who came back from Syria because there are more than 130 of them,” Eric van der Sypt told CNN. “You can’t expect judicial authorities or security services to keep an eye on the hundreds of people who have been radicalized and whom you might suspect will go to Syria,” he said. These security failures, and ISIS’ clear intent to strike Europe, have chastened the French. There are more French citizens associated with ISIS than any other European nation. How many more may have come back? There is a palpable anxiety that more episodes of violence will follow, and unease that the reforms and resources promised after January’s attacks did not prevent another just months later. Anxiety has been heightened by the comments of Prime Minister Manuel Valls that the ISIS threat could extend to chemical and biological weapons. Challenged on this claim, Valls insisted it was important to “know the capacities of this enemy.” The government will spend nearly $700 million on beefing up the intelligence and police agencies and invest in cyberdetection. According to United States officials, the phones of last week’s attackers were equipped with encryption technology. There is also concern that terror groups are exploiting products like Playstation and Telegram to hide their communications. Related gallery Paris attack suspects: What we know But these investments – and reforms of the intelligence services – will take years to bear fruit, and the threat is immediate. The Socialist government is also demanding better security at Europe’s external borders. “These individuals took advantage of the refugee crisis … of the chaos, perhaps, for some of them to slip in,” said Valls – crossing multiple borders without detection. Some in the opposition have accused the government of deflecting blame for its own failures by criticizing the border controls of others. The far-right National Front senses an opportunity. It has warned that the migration crisis will bring terrorism and is hoping to benefit from a “Fortress France” mentality in regional elections in December. This sense of siege is perhaps best demonstrated by the declaration of a State of Emergency for the next three months, passed almost unanimously by the National Assembly, France’s lower house of Parliament on Thursday. It gives authorities new search powers and allows for house arrest of individuals for “their behaviors or their acquaintances, their comments or projects.” Over the course of five nights, nearly 800 searches were conducted and 200 weapons seized. The targets are invariably in the blighted banlieues that ring many towns and cities, where low-income immigrant communities – especially the young – feel divorced from and disowned by society. They inhabit a world of unemployment, petty crime and weapons. A tiny minority become radicalized, online or in shabby buildings that pass for mosques. The pattern is repeated time and again – in Toulouse, Grenoble, Marseille, Lille and other cities. On Friday, a neighborhood in the town of Sens south of Paris was placed under curfew for the whole weekend so that police could conduct searches following the discovery of weapons. Local authorities told CNN that the curfew was imposed because authorities “feared trouble to public order.” An hour’s drive away, in the Place de la Republique, a statue of France’s national symbol, Marianne, looks down on the world’s media. She holds an olive branch and is surrounded by three statues representing liberty, equality and fraternity. At her feet, for the second time this year, flowers are being laid and prayers said. They are for the victims – and also, perhaps, for France’s ideals.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "French government", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151120181500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "BEL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/europe/paris-attacks-fear-for-the-future/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "563769339", "sentence": "Warning comes after an international tribunal ruled against China's South China Sea claims U.S. says close calls between U.S. and Chinese warships growing more frequent Secretary of State John Kerry says U.S. does not take sides in territorial dispute The U.S. will continue freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, a senior Navy officer says, as the region continues to react to a landmark Hague ruling on territorial claims in the disputed waters. The Obama administration has made it “absolutely clear” to China that the U.S. will continue engaging in flights and naval activities in the disputed waters despite objections from Beijing, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said Tuesday. This month, an international tribunal in the Hague deemed the bulk of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea to have no legal basis under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The case was brought by a fellow South China Sea claimant, the Philippines. China immediately dismissed the court decision as “null and void” and said it would not affect its claims. Speaking in Vientiane, Laos, following the ASEAN Regional Forum, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the peaceful settlement of disputes in the South China Sea is “absolutely critical.” The U.S. “does not take a position on the side of one claimant or another claimant,” Kerry added. “What we are pushing for is absolute support for rule of law, for the legal process, and for diplomacy to work out the differences that people have.” Kerry said he had a “constructive meeting” on how the U.S. and China would proceed on this issue with Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Forum. Richardson, who just returned from a visit to China, said that he also made clear to his Chinese counterpart that any attempt by China to declare an air identification zone, or ADIZ, over the South China Sea, or efforts to build artificial islands in the Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters closer to the Philippines, were “clearly identified as concerns” for the US. Richardson said that as close calls between US and Chinese warships grow more frequent, US and Chinese protocols for such encounters have been effective at avoiding escalation or misunderstanding. Altogether, he said, “I see the relationship as progressing rather than at an impasse.” CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct the name of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson. CNN’s James Griffiths contributed reporting from Hong Kong.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160727003000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PHL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/politics/china-us-navy-chief-south-china-sea/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "482750119", "sentence": "Operation to retake Sinjar from ISIS is approaching Tempo of air strikes against ISIS positions in and around the town has picked up Yazidi fighters, now numbering some 5,000, want to retake their homeland Sharu Baharu, an 80-year-old with a magnificent handle-bar mustache, is facing his second winter on Mount Sinjar, where a bitter wind kicks up as the sun sets over the barren cliffs. Until last year, he had lived his entire life in the town of Sinjar below. Then, over a few days during August 2014, 5,000 men and boys in Sinjar and nearby villages were massacred, according to U.N. estimates. “We fought as long as we could, but we had no weapons and they had so many,” Baharu says, gesturing with his index finger for emphasis. “We saw so many killed, but we escaped at night and came to the mountain.” Thousands fled across the mountain and escaped through a narrow corridor forced open by Syrian Kurdish fighters who came to their rescue. Baharu is a Yazidi, a tiny minority living around Mount Sinjar in Iraq. They are considered heretics by conservative Muslims and were an obvious target for ISIS as it spread across Iraq and Syria. Baharu recalls how one Arab neighbor, whose family had lived next to his for generations, helped at least 60 Yazidis escape the advancing ISIS convoys. But another neighbor turned on the Yazidis. “He raised the Daesh [ISIS] flag and took his gun. He killed nearly 20 people as they tried to leave,” Baharu says. Around him, nine granddaughters play and gaze at the strange visitors. They suffer the cold on Mount Sinjar and have no schooling, but they are lucky to be alive, and the older girls are lucky not to be owned by ISIS fighters. As many as 7,000 young women and girls were abducted to become sex slaves; even today there are reports of their being sold in the ISIS stronghold of Mosul. Sinjar is now a chaotic jumble of demolished buildings whose only inhabitants are a few hundred ISIS fighters facing off against small detachments of Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Yazidi girl remembers horror of helicopter escape from ISIS But on the other side of the mountain, it is a different story. The village of Snuny sits in the shadow of Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq, close to the holiest Yazidi shrine. It is a dusty, rundown place, surrounded by multiple checkpoints set up by Kurdish Peshmerga forces who drove ISIS from the village in December last year. The rubble of conflict is everywhere, and even today ISIS positions are only a few kilometers away to the east and west. In February, when I last visited Snuny, it was empty of civilians. The last had scribbled appeals like “We need internationally help” before fleeing from ISIS. It was silent, dark and deserted at night, an outpost of the Peshmerga amid hostile ISIS-held territory. Now the electricity supply has been restored, there is running water, and the first trickle of Yazidi civilians are returning to the homes that were not blown up by ISIS. The fields that hug the Syrian border are being plowed; street kiosks sell vegetables, water and rice to Kurdish and Yazidi fighters and the few civilians who have dared come home. There is even a shisha café. The Yazidis are an ancient people; over the centuries they have been persecuted by or fought against Sunni Arabs, Kurds and a host of other adversaries. Their children are brought up learning about a history of attempted genocides. Until ISIS tried to exterminate them, about a half-million Yazidis lived within sight of Mount Sinjar, which looms above the plains of Nineveh and is home to their shrines and ancestral villages. The Yazidi religion borrows from several traditions, and includes some Islamic beliefs, Persian Zoroastrianism and Mithraism. Its origins are unclear, but it is believed to have emerged in the 12th century when a Sufi Muslim leader called Adi ibn Musafir settled in the area. ‘Hundreds’ of Yazidi women killing themselves in ISIS captivity Every Yazidi you meet has a harrowing tale. Kji Am Silu lived in the village of Kojo, a few kilometers south of Sinjar. On August 2, 2014, he says, his uncle had welcomed Arabs from nearby villages to a feast. “The next morning, everywhere we see the black flag of Daesh,” he says. Most of their neighbors had turned against them, encouraged by ISIS sleeper cells. For the next 10 days the Yazidis of Kojo were under siege, hopelessly outgunned and with no way of escape despite repeated appeals for help from the outside world. When ISIS finally entered the village, they shot 600 men and abducted as many as 1,000 women and girls. Silu says he survived because he pretended to be dead under a pile of bodies. His uncle did not survive. Silu and other Yazidis say they have no issue with Arabs from Iraq’s Anbar province and elsewhere who now share their refugee camp near Dohuk in northern Iraq. But they cannot imagine ever sharing their villages with the Arabs who turned on them. “We cannot go back without international protection,” Silu says. “We will never be safe.” Sitting next to Silu at the refugee camp is Khalil Jindil, a teacher in his early 50s with a careworn face and a cigarette always between his fingers. He says he has no faith the Iraqi legal system will bring justice. The word on his lips is revenge. It is a debt of honor to those lost. Another Yazidi serving in a volunteer battalion on the frontline near Sinjar declares with an icy stare: “When we return to Sinjar, there will be no Daesh prisoners.” There is no mistaking what he means. ISIS ‘forced pregnant Yazidi women to have abortions’ The operation to retake Sinjar is fast approaching. At night in Snuny, the yapping of wild dogs competes with the drone of C-130 aircraft and high-pitched murmur of coalition strike planes, invisible thousands of feet above. The tempo of air strikes against ISIS positions in and around the town has picked up; CNN witnessed one strike against what was described as a vehicle suicide bomb on the outskirts of the town. On Wednesday alone there were nine strikes. Sinjar matters existentially to the Yazidis, but it’s also important in the wider effort to defeat ISIS. The artery that passes through the town links Mosul – ISIS’ prized possession – with cities it holds in Syria. Cutting this route is big one step toward dividing the “Caliphate” that ISIS claims it is establishing. But the road also carries badly needed supplies to the 1.5 million people who still live in Mosul, where prices are rising and activists report hunger. The more optimistic Peshmerga commanders think that ISIS fighters will melt away within hours once the attack on Sinjar begins, and retreat to nearby Tal Afar – another stronghold of the group. Others fear that the network of tunnels they have built and the landmines and booby-traps they have planted will mean a painstaking street-by-street advance, especially if battle-hardened Chechen fighters are hiding in Sinjar. And the buildup to the attack has not been entirely smooth. For the drones and strike aircraft, it is often impossible to distinguish between an ISIS vehicle and other traffic, which has complicated the task of degrading ISIS’ presence in the area. According to some accounts, ISIS has even been able to reinforce its defenses in Sinjar. The timing of the offensive has been further complicated by discord among Kurds from different countries. The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has told the Syrian Kurdish fighters of the YPG, who are closely allied with the Turkish Kurds of the PKK, to leave the area. “No need for them here,” tweeted Hemin Hawrami, head of foreign relations for the dominant party in Iraqi Kurdistan. And the Peshmerga Forces’ Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jamal Mohammed said: “We have already ordered other parties not to intervene.” But the YPG units were still very much in evidence at their checkpoints and small bases around Mount Sinjar early in November, as was their distinct yellow flag with a red star at its center. They feel they have played the main role in fighting ISIS here and claim that Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani wants to claim the glory for recapturing Sinjar. The Kurdistan Regional Government has been similarly insistent that Yazidi fighters, now numbering some 5,000, fall under Peshmerga command. As for the Yazidi men themselves, going through their drills at a small camp near the village of Hardan, zero hour cannot come soon enough. But at the same time there is trepidation – not about the battle soon to begin, but about what they may find in the ruins of their homes. Fleeing ISIS tyranny: Agony of the Yazidis", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151107121500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/07/middleeast/iraq-yazidi-sinjar-isis-victims/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "522772632", "sentence": "Prince Harry visits damaged palaces, camp for quake homeless on first trip to Nepal Harry will pay tribute to Gurkha soldiers, who have fought in British military for 200 years The visit comes a month before first anniversary of devastating earthquake Prince Harry paid tribute to the resilience of the people of Nepal in recovering from last year’s devastating earthquakes, before visiting destroyed cultural sites on his first visit to the Himalayan nation. Speaking Saturday in the capital, Kathmandu, at a government reception to mark the start of his five-day visit, the prince told assembled dignitaries he had long wanted to visit the country. “I’m sure you hear this all the time, but your country holds a special place in the imagination for so many people,” he said. Related video Survivors pulled out of rubble in Nepal He noted his visit was occurring as Nepal was preparing to mark the first anniversary of the April 25 earthquake, which killed more than 8,000 people. An aftershock 17 days later killed more than 200 more. Harry said he planned to see how locals were recovering from the disaster. “I pay my respects to those who perished and hope to do what I can to shine a spotlight on the resilience of the Nepali people,” he said. On Sunday, the prince visited Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring an ancient royal palace and temples that were badly damaged in the quake, to view ongoing efforts to restore one of Nepal’s cultural treasures. Receiving a traditional welcome in Kathmandu's Historic Patan Durbar Square #HarryinNepal pic.twitter.com/6Kg7HmjaW4 Sitting alongside artisan carvers, he used traditional tools to attempt to restore carvings damaged in the disaster. The Apprentice, Kathmandu style. #HarryinNepal tries his hand at restoring ornate wooden carving pic.twitter.com/pOIBfFBGSq He then visited a temporary camp sheltering about 250 people, a quarter of them children, made homeless by the quake, according to a statement from the royal family. He was given a tour of the site by a teenager who lives there. At a camp for families whose homes were destroyed by the earthquakes. The guide is 15 year old Purushottam Suwal pic.twitter.com/mMItNjz57U Earlier Sunday he met with Bidya Devi Bhandari, Nepal’s first female president, at the Presidential Palace in Kathmandu. HRH tells President Bhandari he's delighted to be in Nepal & looks forward to opening the Girls Summit later in week pic.twitter.com/OLcvHQh4hs Last year marked the bicentennial of the first recruitment of Nepalese soldiers known as Gurkhas, renowned for their fighting prowess and bravery, into the British armed forces. Gurkhas have served in every major conflict involving the British military for two centuries. Harry is scheduled to visit the home of the Brigade of Gurkhas to pay personal tribute to “the extraordinary bravery and commitment that Gurkhas have shown in the last 200 years,” according to the statement. Related video Lumley: Nepalis are a 'brave and resilient people' The statement said the visit would be “a particularly important moment” for the prince, as he had “such a huge amount of respect for Gurkha soldiers,” since he served with Gurkha troops in Afghanistan in 2008 and knew Gurkhas who had been injured fighting for Britain. Prince Harry’s visit to the mountainous republic comes during the bicentennial year of formal bilateral relations between Britain and Nepal. In 1816, following two years of war between Nepal and the British East India Company, Nepal signed a treaty ceding about one-third of its territory. The view welcoming Prince Harry on landing in Kathmandu to start his official tour of Nepal #HarryInNepal pic.twitter.com/nfnkGgthZR", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Prince Harry's visit to Nepal", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160320124500", "country1": "NPL", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/20/asia/nepal-prince-harry-visit/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "522876858", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: The story was published before the bombings in Belgium took place on Tuesday. For latest news on those attacks click here. Suspect Salah Abdeslam captured in Europe's worst terror attack in modern era Questions remain: Who else is out there? Why did it take so long to capture him? Can he shed light on what ISIS is trying to achieve? A wave of relief swept through Brussels – and the Belgian security services – when Salah Abdeslam was detained Friday. France will finally be able to hold to account one man allegedly involved in the Paris attacks in November. But in reality, Abdeslam’s arrest is a footnote in the larger battle against terrorism in Europe. Not that it’s insignificant. A suspect who had been on the run after the worst terror attack in Europe in the modern era is now behind bars. According to Belgian officials, he may have been planning fresh attacks. If he talks (and his attorney says he is cooperating), he could provide intelligence on ISIS’ methods and resources in Europe. “It is of the utmost importance that Abdeslam was captured alive, because we can now try to reconstruct the entire scenario,” Belgian State Security Chief Jaak Raes told Belgian network VTM on Sunday. Abdeslam allegedly was one of at least 10 men directly involved in the Paris terror attacks. Most had entered Europe on fake documents after training in Syria. Several, including Abdelhamid Abaaoud and Samy Amimour, were well-known to the French authorities. But none was known to be back in France on November 13. Question 1: How many others might have slipped into Europe under the radar? Several hundred Europeans who have joined ISIS and other militant jihadist outfits are thought to have returned home. French terror expert Jean-Charles Brisard wrote in December’s Sentinel, published by the Combating Terrorism Center, that 600 French citizens “are believed to be fighting alongside terrorist organizations abroad and 250 are believed to have returned” to France. Raes told VTM: “We know that a number of people are possibly on their way to Western Europe, with the intention of conducting an attack. … We need to stay very vigilant about that.” Related gallery Paris attack suspects: What we know Similar warnings have come from British and French officials. They see the Paris attacks as the opening salvo in an evolving terrorism campaign. UK officials estimate that about half the 800 British residents thought to have gone to Syria and Iraq to join militant groups have returned home. Paris demonstrated that ISIS operatives in Europe are able to finance extensive travel, “safe houses,” acquire weapons and build workable suicide vests using the volatile high-explosive TATP. Abdeslam is said to have spent the best part of three months last year traveling around Europe in rental cars, allegedly meeting others involved in the Paris plot. And a woman who met Abaaoud immediately after the Paris attacks said he had boasted of some 90 ISIS operatives already in Europe. ISIS is thought to have obtained hundreds and maybe more blank Syrian passports as it captured government offices. Many of those who have come to Europe have used high-quality forged documents. Last month, Eric Van der Sijpt, spokesman for Belgium’s federal prosecutor, said the suspects in the Paris attacks “were known to travel through Europe using false identity cards.” Question 2: Why did it take so long to catch Abdeslam? After the November attacks, Abdeslam left Paris and appears to have gone underground in the Belgian capital for 124 days despite being Europe’s most-wanted man. The trail seemed to have gone cold long before last week. Both French and Belgian investigators speculated that Abdeslam had managed to return to Syria and expressed surprise that he was still in Brussels. Related video Salah Abdeslam, Paris terror suspect, captured It appears that a network of sympathizers helped him hide in safe houses despite the risks of harboring such a wanted man. Such is the depth of the jihadist “community” in some parts of Europe. Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon told CNN on Sunday that there was clearly “a logistics network and maybe also a network of supporters that … are helping him and this is something we have to look at closer.” And Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said, “We have seen a new network of people around him in Brussels.” Uncovering these support networks is a monumental challenge for overstretched security services. For example, Belgian police shot dead a 35-year old Algerian during a raid Tuesday in the Forest neighborhood of Brussels. His name was Mohamed Belkaid. He had been in Syria with ISIS but was not on the intelligence services’ radar. Only after his death did Belgian security services establish he was one and the same as Samir Bouzid, an alias he had used to cross Europe and to wire cash in November to Abaaoud’s cousin, Hasna Aitboulahcen, in Paris. She and Abaaoud both died in the police raid in the Paris district of St. Denis days after the November attacks. Question 3: Who is still out there? Ten men are in custody in Belgium over alleged links to the Paris attacks. But two potentially key suspected figures remain unaccounted for. One is 31-year-old Belgian-Moroccan Mohamed Abrini, who allegedly drove with Abdeslam to Paris twice in the week of the attacks. The two had known each other as teenagers in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek. Abrini has a criminal record for violent theft. He was briefly in Istanbul last summer and may have traveled into Syria. His younger brother was killed fighting for ISIS in 2014. The French arrest warrant issued in November for Abrini described him as dangerous and probably armed. But there have been no reported sightings of him since November 12. Relatives insisted he was in Brussels the night of the attacks. The other is Najim Laachraoui, who operates under the pseudonym Soufiane Kayal. He crossed from Hungary into Austria with Abdeslam and Belkaid (the man shot Tuesday) in September. “Kayal” and Belkaid were together when they made a money transfer to Abaaoud’s cousin just before French police raided the St. Denis apartment where he was planning a second attack. Both “Kayal” and Belkaid were older than most of the suspects, suggesting they may have had planning roles. Investigators say text messages were sent to the pair from the Bataclan on the night of the attack, one of which read “On est parti, on commence.” (“We’ve left; we’re beginning.”) “Kayal” also allegedly had rented a property in the Belgian town of Namur used by the cell ahead of the attack. Could he have been one of two men who escaped when Belgian police conducted the raid last week against the house in the Forest neighborhood? Question 4: Who might be running these operations for ISIS? There’s no shortage of experienced jihadists from France, Belgium and elsewhere in Europe still thought to be in Syria. They include Salim Benghalem and Boubaker el-Hakim. Both have deep roots among French jihadist groups going back more than a decade. Hakim was involved with a Paris-based jihadist group in 2003-2004 and was close to one of the Kouachi brothers, who carried out the Charlie Hebdo attack last year. Released from a French jail in 2011 after serving a sentence for recruiting French jihadists to join the insurgency in Iraq, he left for Tunisia. He later claimed to have been involved in the 2013 killings of two secular politicians there. The same weapon was used in both attacks. Hakim then traveled on to Libya and Syria. He is suspected of a role in planning the deadly attacks in Tunis and Sousse,  Tunisia, last year. The United States designed Hakim a terrorist last year. There are plenty of other foreign fighters in ISIS with intimate knowledge of the jihadist scene back home: French citizens such as Fabien Clain, who was associated with a plot in 2009 to attack the Bataclan theater in Paris and whose audio recording declared ISIS’ responsibility for the November attacks. Just what if any role these men might have in ISIS’ “external operations” is unclear, but they and many others have the backgrounds to make a significant contribution. Question 5: What is ISIS trying to achieve? European intelligence services are convinced that ISIS is planning further terror attacks on the continent. It wants revenge for airstrikes on the “caliphate” amid growing pressure on the territory it has carved out in Iraq and Syria. It wants to spark a religious war between Muslims and Christians in Europe. And it knows it can infiltrate operatives into Europe using false documents amid the migrant influx. In an interview with the ISIS online publication Dabiq last year, Hakim appealed to European militants to carry out attacks, saying: “You would wake up and fight them if you came here and saw what they do with their planes, how they terrify the women and children, and how they strive day and night to destroy this state.” As the Paris attacks showed, ISIS is intent on attacking “soft” targets rather than military or government facilities. Hakim encouraged such attacks with the message: “Do not look for specific targets. Kill anybody.” British Prime Minister David Cameron said in November that ISIS had “a dedicated external operations structure in Syria …. which seeks to target both the UK and our allies.” And more recently a senior British police official, Mark Rowley, said ISIS had big ambitions for enormous and spectacular attacks in Europe. Many analysts said they believe ISIS will encourage and sponsor more such attacks as its core territory is threatened. The growing sophistication of its European plots is ample evidence of that intent. Question 6: Can Europe cope with the threat? Modern Europe has been about expanding the European Union and erasing border restrictions. The Paris plotters took advantage of that, each of them crossing several borders without incident after reaching Europe. In addition to the travel from Hungary, Abdeslam accompanied another man, Ahmed Dahmani, on a ferry from Greece to Italy last summer. Dahmani has since been detained in Turkey. Now the European Union is trying to tighten its external borders and hammer out a deal with Turkey on returning refugees who arrive in Greece. The task of tracking possible terrorists is made all the more difficult given the massive migration flows from Syria and Iraq and the economic crisis in Greece, where so many thousands arrive by boat. European security agencies have not been famous for cross-border cooperation even as those borders have effectively vanished. In November, French officials were quick to point out that much of the planning for the Paris attacks had been done in Belgium – although French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Sunday praised the cooperation between Belgian and French security services in the hunt for Abdeslam. However, even within borders there are rivalries among security agencies, with information-sharing patchy at best. Different spellings of names in a database handicap the tracking of individuals. And according to French counterterrorism analysts, monitoring just one individual can require some 25 agents. ISIS has also been effective in disguising its communications, using encrypted messaging services such as Telegram. The Paris attacks galvanized European security services and in France led to tougher anti-terrorism legislation and a surge in arrests. And yet the task is daunting. Jambon, the Belgian interior minister, told CNN on Sunday that “with every search of a house we find new information. We have to continue the trickle down of all this information.” There is a bigger long-term challenge, according to Jambon and many counterterrorism analysts: to counter the ISIS narrative that seduces so many young men. “We are doing that – but it will take some time before you have results in the field,” Jambon said. CNN’s Mick Krever and Frederik Pleitgen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160321004500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/20/europe/salah-abdeslam-six-questions/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "680594199", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: CNN National Security Analyst John Kirby is a retired rear admiral in the US Navy who served as a spokesman for both the state and defense departments in the Obama administration. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. John Kirby: It's a mistake to think Trump's hyperbole and the public chatter in the media and beyond don't have harmful effects If Trump's game of chicken fails, then amid the devastation we will be left to contemplate how we went from leak to tweet to war It is worth considering the degree to which public discourse – and President Trump’s contribution to it – have driven us to a potentially dangerous level of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. Remember how this all started: with a Washington Post story on Tuesday morning that cited unnamed intelligence sources who divulged a classified assessment that Pyongyang had reached the ability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead. Mr. Trump was asked later that day for his take on the article. That’s when we got “fire and fury” and the nasty little exchange of threats and challenges between Bedminster, New Jersey, where Trump is taking his vacation, and Pyongyang, all of which culminated in this tweet Friday by the commander in chief: “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” Social and conventional media coverage of the tit-for-tat has fueled speculation, engendered discussion about worst-case scenarios, and at intervals prompted, if not provoked, President Trump to keep upping the ante. Here’s part of the exchange he had yesterday with a reporter outside his clubhouse: TRUMP: Let’s see what he does with Guam. If he does something in Guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody’s seen before, what will happen in North Korea. REPORTER: And when you say that, what do you mean? TRUMP: You’ll see. You’ll see. And he’ll see. He will see. Related article President Trump's 'fire and fury' is the new 'lock her up!' REPORTER: Is that a dare? TRUMP: It’s not a dare. It’s a statement. He’s not going to go around threatening Guam. And he’s not going to threaten the United States. And he’s not going to threaten Japan. And he’s not going to threaten South Korea. No, that’s not a dare, as you say. That is a statement of fact. You can see and feel in just this little give-and-take the frantic, tightening spiral toward yet another threat. Don’t get me wrong. This is newsworthy stuff. These are fair questions to ask the leader of the free world. And Trump should be made to comment and clarify his position. I do not fault reporters for doing their work, or commentators for providing their views. Nor do I question the Washington Post for publishing the original story (though I have grave concerns over the logic behind the leak itself. It wasn’t only criminal; it was reckless). As an on-air analyst, I have been party to the discussion. But I believe all of us – in and out of government – should be mindful that, as we talk about current events, the way we talk about them can and often does affect them. Words and tone matter and can drive more than just the story. They can drive actual events. Now, near as we can tell, no one’s finger is poised over any little red buttons. No US or coalition forces have been moved. No civilians have been evacuated. Aside from whatever preparations North Korea is making (or is not) to carry out its threat against Guam by mid-month, no other DPRK military action has been reported. Related article 12 things Trump should know about North Korea I’m going to choose to believe Mr. Trump is playing a game of chicken here, that he is trying to turn up the heat to a degree that even Kim Jong Un can’t stand, and that Washington is trying to force some sort of negotiated outcome. I hope it works. But it’s a mistake to think his hyperbole and the frenetic public chatter don’t have deleterious effects. The war of words has already caused a dip in the stock market. It has certainly affected the public mood in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, and Guam – where residents are now reading leaflets that tell them, for example, not to look at the airburst of incoming bombs. And it has prompted world leaders from Germany, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia, just to name a few, to publicly call for calm and dialogue. Indeed, just this morning Russia and China floated again the idea of trying to broker some sort of dialogue between the US and North Korea. Think about that for a moment: Russia and China playing the big boys to keep us little scrappers in line. And think about this: what was different between the time we went to bed Sunday night and woke up Monday morning? Nothing, really, except the public exposure of something most experts – and our President – already knew: that Pyongyang was racing ahead to build a nuclear-armed ICBM. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook There should be a peaceful resolution to all this. If it must come by way of Chinese and Russian intervention, so be it. But if that happens, we cannot grouse anymore about diminishing US leadership. We will have had a hand in it. If I’m wrong, and this isn’t just a bluff, then amid the devastation we will be left to contemplate how we went from leak to tweet to war.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170812004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/11/opinions/public-discourse-north-korea-opinion-kirby/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "677835969", "sentence": "In Donald Trump’s administration, the President may be the only person not talking about Russian sanctions and the country’s response. The usually loquacious Trump has been markedly mum on Russia’s decision to expel hundreds of United States diplomats from the country, declining to use a series of events, his active Twitter account or his pen to respond to the action. That silence comes as the Trump administration considers when to sign bipartisan sanctions on Russia after the Senate and the House overwhelmingly approved the measures in July and sent the bill to the President’s desk. Related article Tillerson says US is willing to talk to North Korea White House officials say Trump intends to sign the bill, but is currently working out legal questions regarding the sanctions before he does so. It is unclear what those legal questions may be, but the sanctions were passed with language that limit how the President can alter the penalties. “There’s nothing holding him back,” press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday when asked about the delay in signing the bill. “There’s a review process, a legal process. They’re going through that. He’ll sign the bill and we’ll let you know.” Trump’s silence on Russia, however, has not extended to Vice President Mike Pence, who has repeatedly assured reporters and foreign governments during his trip though Eastern Europe this week that the president will sign the stepped-up sanctions on Russia. “In a further sign of our commitment, very soon President Trump will sign legislation to strengthen and codify sanctions against Russia,” Pence said in Tbilisi, Georgia, a former Soviet state. Pence went on to say that while the United States would like a “constructive relationship with Russia based on mutual cooperation and common interest,” the United States is “unified” under the idea that lifting sanctions on Russia “will require Russia to reverse the actions that caused the sanctions to be imposed in the first place, and not before.” Later, in a conversation with reporters, Pence said the sanctions send a clear message: “We mean what we say and we say what we mean.” The fact that Pence has made the comments in Georgia is significant. The country lives in near constant fear of Russian aggression after a 2008 conflict between the two countries after Russia moved forces into South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway republics in Georgia. The conflict lasted less than a week - a ceasefire was signed on August 12 - but it looms over Georgia to this day. Related article Trump 'weighed in' on son's statement about Russia meeting, White House says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also commented on the sanctions, saying Saturday that he hoped the legislation would spur Russia to seek a better relationship with Washington. “The near unanimous votes for the sanctions legislation in Congress represent the strong will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States,” Tillerson said in a statement. “We hope that there will be cooperation between our two countries on major global issues and these sanctions will no longer be necessary.” In response to the so-far unsigned sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Friday that the United States cut its diplomatic staff in Russia and promised to seize two American properties. The plan, which would impact the US Embassy in Moscow and consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok, would reduce diplomatic and technical staff to 455 people, the same number Russia has in the United States. Trump has yet to weigh in on Russia’s response. “Right now we’re reviewing our options and when we have something to say on it, we’ll let you know,” Sanders said Monday. The delay in signing the Russian sanctions, and silence from Trump, are the latest in a long list of more muted responses to the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who the United States intelligence community said meddled in the 2016 election that saw Trump elected. Trump and his aides have framed stories about Russia with skepticism, saying the storyline is something Democrats are pushing to question the legitimacy of Trump’s presidency. Because of this, Russia has been one of the few countries spared from Trump’s usually blunt talk, on Twitter and otherwise. Since Russia’s decision to expel hundreds of diplomats, Trump hasn’t tweeted about Russia’s move, but has slammed China’s efforts to curb North Korea’s missile programs. “I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk,” Trump wrote over two messages. “We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!” The lack of response to Russia comes at the same time that White House aides have been inconsistent on how Trump feels about Russian sanctions. Former press secretary Sean Spicer said in June that Trump was still reviewing the possible sanctions but that the administration had concerns about Congress eroding the administration’s authority to determine such actions. Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s communications director who departed the White House Monday, told CNN last month that Trump may veto the measure, a comment that was largely dismissed by Republicans on Capitol Hill. “He may sign the sanctions exactly the way they are, or he may veto the sanctions and negotiate an even tougher deal against the Russians,” Scaramucci said on CNN’s “New Day,” calling Trump’s strategy on sanctions part of his “counterintuitive, counterpunching personality.” After the sanctions passed both the House and Senate with veto-proof majorities, White House spokespeople said Trump planned to approve the sanctions in due time. Trump has until August 9 to sign or veto the bill, according to guidelines outlined in the Constitution that requires a bill sent to the President becomes law after 10 days, not counting Sundays. The Constitution also gives Trump the power to pocket veto the bill, which occurs when the president does not sign the measure, but Congress is out of session. That option is unlikely: Though the House has already left Washington, the Senate will likely not will formally adjourn, making a pocket veto impossible. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker said Tuesday that despite the delay, he does not have concerns about the President signing the measure. “I have no idea, it doesn’t matter. It becomes law in 10 days, whether it’s signed or not,” Corker told reporters when asked why Trump hasn’t signed the bill yet. “It’s going to become law, and every indication that I get is they’re going to sign it. Once you pass a bill, you kind of forget about it. It’s not like I’m calling over there every day asking about it.” CNN’s Jeremy Herb contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian sanctions", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170801214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/politics/russia-sanctions-trump/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "467464945", "sentence": "Bernie Sanders may not want to go after Hillary Clinton directly, but his presidential campaign has shown over the last two days that it is are more than happy to punch back against the world of pro-Clinton super PACs. Sanders tweeted Wednesday that his campaign will “stand with @MoveOn against attacks by David Brock, head of HRC super PAC.” The tweet linked to an MSNBC story on how Brock, the head of a number of pro-Clinton PACs and longtime Clinton operative, wrote in his new book that Move On’s efforts to draft liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president were “cynical” and “misguided.” In “Killing the Messenger,” Brock writes that Move On “rather cynically see the opportunity to build their e-mail lists and make some money by backing ‘a more progressive alternative’ against Hillary Clinton.” RELATED: David Brock’s new book takes on GOP, New York Times For much of 2014, MoveOn and a coalition of other liberal organization were trying to draft Warren to run for president. While the movement failed to get Warren in the race – she has emphatically said a number of times she won’t run – it provided fodder for Republicans to call out Clinton for not being liberal enough for the Democratic Party. This is not the first time Sanders has hit back against pro-Clinton super PAC attacks. Earlier this week, Correct the Record – a pro-Clinton super PAC that works on messaging and research – sent an email to the Huffington Post that linked Sanders to Hugo Chavez, the late leader of Venezuela, and Jeremy Corbyn, the new United Kingdom Labour leader. The email was intended to be off-the-record, but the publication published a story on Monday, reporting that they received the email “without any agreement that it would be off the record.” In response, Sanders campaign sent two fundraising emails about the negative attacks against them. “Yesterday, one of Hillary Clinton’s most prominent Super PACs attacked our campaign pretty viciously,” read the fundraising email in Sanders’ name. “They suggested I’d be friendly with Middle East terrorist organizations, and even tried to link me to a dead communist dictator.” He added, “They’ll keep trying … unless we make them pay a price for their attacks. … They should not underestimate us.” Later in the day, Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, sent a similar fundraising email that said “this will not be the last time a Super PAC considers attacking our campaign.” RELATED: Sanders ‘stunned’ over polls The back and forth between pro-Clinton super PACs and Sanders campaign appears very different from the public relationship between Clinton and Sanders themselves. Sanders has been hesitant to go after Clinton, stating instead that they have differences in policy opinions but that he likes and respects the former secretary of state. Sanders has been surging in the polls lately and has caught Clinton in both Iowa and New Hampshire. Asked on Monday if she was worried about the Vermont senator, Clinton said, “I am not.” “He is doing a great job,” Clinton said of Sanders.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bernie Sanders presidential campaign", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150916183000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-super-pac-attacks/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "674873313", "sentence": "Late Thursday, The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump is seeking to understand his pardon power, a development that seems directly linked to the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the foreign power. The Post raises the possibility of Trump pardoning top advisers, family members and even himself. Friday morning, John Dowd from Trump’s legal team called the Post story about Trump considering pardons “nonsense.” But it is still a good question: Can he do that? To answer that question, I reached out to Brian C. Kalt. Kalt is a professor of law at Michigan State University and the author of a 2012 book entitled “Constitutional Cliffhangers: A Legal Guide for Presidents and Their Enemies.” Our conversation, conducted via email and lightly edited for flow, is below. Cillizza: Let’s start with the Constitution. What does it say, specifically, about presidential pardoning power? Kalt: Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution says that the president “shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” So it doesn’t reach state crimes (only “offenses against the United States”) and it can’t stop or undo a congressional impeachment, but other than that the power is pretty broad. Contrary to what many people think, there is no requirement that a person must be charged or convicted before being pardoned. The only other limits are things that are implicit in the definition of a “pardon.” So, for instance, a pardon can only reach things you already did. It can’t suspend the law in advance, because that wouldn’t be a “pardon.” Cillizza: Can a president actually even be prosecuted in office? Kalt: It’s not clear. I (in Chapter 1 of my book, “Constitutional Cliffhangers: A Legal Guide for Presidents and Their Enemies”) and many others have argued that presidents cannot be prosecuted while in office, but the argument is complicated and there are points on both sides. The Constitution does not explicitly provide for presidential immunity, and that’s good enough for some people to say a prosecution would be fine. But the Constitution also makes the president the head of the executive branch that would be doing any federal prosecuting, so a president couldn’t really be prosecuted by the federal government unless he effectively consented. It is very awkward to have even an independent counsel go after the president, because the president’s ultimate control over the executive branch means that the president can derail the investigation as long as he is willing to pay the political price. State prosecutions are awkward too, because having one county district attorney haul the president of the whole country into one is structurally awkward. If you like the idea of one county DA whose ideology you share having that power and using it against a president you dislike, ask yourself if you would like it if the parties were reversed. Imagine a county DA with politics opposite yours, pursuing a president you like. Impeachment provides another structural piece of the puzzle. There is broader consensus that presidents can be prosecuted once they have left office, and impeachment can hasten that day. Cillizza: No president has ever pardoned himself. But what about the pardon of a top adviser? And what was the blowback if any? Kalt:  One example was President Bush (43)’s commutation of Scooter Libby’s sentence, but that did not make a very big splash. Another example is President Bush (41), when he pardoned Caspar Weinberger and other Reagan administration officials in December 1992 regarding the Iran-Contra affair. They were not his aides, but he had worked alongside them in the previous administration and Bush was swept up in the scandal to some extent as well. But Bush had already lost the election, so there was nothing much for the blowback to blow back on. Cillizza: Presidential pardons have become a late-in-the-term move due to the controversy they cause. Has that always been the case, historically speaking? Kalt: Historically, there does seem to be a slight increase in the use of the pardon power toward the end of terms, but not a lot of overly controversial ones. More recently, though, we saw very controversial lame duck pardons by Bush(41) (as mentioned above) and by President Clinton, who pardoned Marc Rich, Susan McDougal, and his brother, Roger Clinton, among many others, on his way out of office. Given what happened to President Ford – who pardoned President Nixon in 1974 and then lost the election in 1976 partly as a result – you can see why they might have wanted to wait until after the election (even if a president isn’t running for re-election, like Clinton in 2001, he might want to avoid harming his party’s prospects). But one of the reasons that the framers of the Constitution gave the pardon power to the president was that he is politically accountable. That makes it troubling when presidents wait until the end [of their term], when they are at their least accountable, to issue controversial pardons. Cillizza: Finish this sentence: “The chances of a president being able to pardon himself are roughly ______%.” Now, explain. Kalt: Ha! I have been studying self-pardons and writing about them for over 20 years now (including in Chapter 2 of my book), and I have thoroughly convinced myself that any court faced with the issue should rule against self-pardons’ validity. But “should” and “would” are two different things, and it is so hard to predict just what the Supreme Court would do that I can’t say with any precision. I’ll just say that I think it’s less than 50%, but not close to 0%. On the president’s side is the fact that the Constitution does not expressly prohibit self-pardons. The argument is a bit more complicated on the prosecution’s side – that’s how it would get to court; the president would have to pardon himself and the prosecutor would have to prosecute him anyway, presumably after the president had left office. First, as I said in my answer to [your first question], there are limits in the pardon power implicit in the notion of what a “pardon” is. So the prosecutor would say that a pardon is inherently bilateral – something you can only give to someone else. “Pardon” comes from the same Latin root as “donate,” and it doesn’t make sense to speak of donating things to yourself. Second, there is a venerable principle in the law that no one can be the judge in his own case. We would not permit a judge to preside over his own trial, for instance. So we would say here that if a president wants a pardon he has to get it from someone else, i.e., a successor. Third, there are some historical arguments that support the idea that the framers of the Constitution assumed presidents could not pardon themselves. One could also interpret your question more practically: What are the chances that a president would feel able to get away with a self-pardon. Given how bad it would look, how it provides grounds for impeachment, and how it could even be a crime of its own (similar to how a pardon given in exchange for a bribe could be prosecuted as a bribe, a pardon given to obstruct justice could be prosecuted as obstruction of justice), and given how it would not affect any state prosecutions, presidents have lots of good reasons not to try to pardon themselves.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170721131500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/trump-pardon-authority/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "760632272", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani dismissed Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy’s defense of the FBI’s use of a confidential source to investigate potential Russian outreach to individuals connected to Trump’s presidential campaign, telling CNN on Thursday, “He’s drinking the Kool-Aid.” Giuliani went on to criticize Gowdy over his handling of a Republican-led investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack, which has been criticized by Democrats as a partisan attempt to undermine Hillary Clinton. Gowdy oversaw the investigation as chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi. “I never understood what he did with Benghazi either. He really screwed that up. I don’t know what he was doing,” Giuliani said. Gowdy, the House Oversight Committee chairman, threw cold water on the President’s suggestions that the FBI improperly spied on his campaign earlier this week when the South Carolina Republican told Fox News that he is “convinced” that the FBI acted appropriately in its handling of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible connections to the Trump campaign. The President has attempted to advance claims, without offering evidence, that the FBI embedded an informant in his campaign to act as a spy. On Thursday, Trump tweeted, “The corrupt Mainstream Media is working overtime not to mention the infiltration of people, Spies (Informants), into my campaign! Surveillance much?” US officials have disputed this characterization to CNN, saying that a confidential intelligence source was not planted inside the campaign. Last week, Gowdy attended a Justice Department briefing on the confidential source and subsequently told Fox News that he believes “the FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do.” Gowdy declined to comment on Giuliani’s comments. In his interview with CNN on Thursday, Giuliani said flatly that negotiations over any interview between the President and special counsel Robert Mueller are “at an impasse” and will remain so until they can see documents about the confidential source. “I will not accept a briefing. I only want to see the documents,” he said. “The only thing I can conclude is that the documents are going to show nothing connecting Donald Trump to the Russians. It’s exculpatory, which is why they don’t want to show us,” he said. Giuliani said he is not conducting regular interview preparations with the President yet, saying they were considering doing some practice at Camp David this weekend before North Korea summit talks were revived. He added that while he does talk generally about potential interview strategy with Trump, there are no plans to do any real prep work until after it becomes clear what will happen with a potential North Korea summit. The President told reporters on Thursday that meetings with a North Korean delegation in New York have gone “very well” so far and that negotiations ahead of the possible summit “are in good hands.” Shimon Prokupecz, Jim Sciutto, Laura Jarrett, Manu Raju and Nicole Gaouette contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rudy Giuliani", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180531190000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/rudy-giuliani-trey-gowdy-fbi-source-russia/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "586396682", "sentence": "Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery has won the highly coveted 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Caruso St John Architects, who were presented with the award on Thursday evening, converted a series of listed buildings on a London street to house the artist’s private collection of work for public display. David Adjaye honored as new African American museum opens in Washington The architects won the prestigious prize ahead of five other shortlisted contenders, including a university campus building in Glasgow and a modernist concrete house deep in the English countryside. The original Victorian industrial buildings were former scenery painting workshops, standing alongside a railway viaduct in Vauxhall, south London. Two entirely new spaces act as bookends to the converted row of buildings – one featuring a spiky saw-toothed roof. Judges described the project as “irreverent yet sensitive…a poetic juxtaposition of the old and new,” in a statement issued by RIBA. Inside, the five interconnected structures form a seamless space to accommodate exhibitions of varying scales. “Newport Street Gallery has realized my ambition to create an unobtrusive and beautiful series of buildings that work perfectly as a space to exhibit great art,” Hirst said in a statement. “I wanted to stay true to the history and roots of the building and Caruso St John understood that from the start. “I am immensely proud of what we achieved and the reaction it has received in its first year of opening and hope people will continue to enjoy it,” he added. The free public gallery opened last October. An exhibition of work by American artist Jeff Koons is currently on show. It is the first time Caruso St John, who were behind the Tate Britain revamp, have won the Stirling Prize, although they were previously shortlisted in 2000 and 2006. Deyan Sudjic: 'The referendum result was a punishment to the capital.' Of the shortlisted contenders, the Outhouse – in Gloucestershire’s Forest of Dean – won the annual People’s vote, hosted by the BBC News website. “With Newport Street Gallery … not only has Damien opened up his enviable private art collection to the world, but he has commissioned a real work of art to house it in,” said RIBA president Jane Duncan. RIBA announced its inaugural International Prize in May this year, featuring projects from than 20 countries. The winner will be announced in December.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161006194500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/architecture/riba-stirling-prize-winner-2016/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "622357043", "sentence": "Executive order specifically aimed at nationals of seven countries ISIS and al Qaeda are \"trans-national\" -- with members from dozens of countries The circular issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could not be clearer. “For the next 90 days, nearly all travelers, except US citizens, traveling from Iraq. Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen will be temporarily suspended from entry to the United States.” But why this mixed bag of countries? The Trump administration points out that all were previously on a list of “countries of concern.” This is true. The DHS compiled the list last year, following the passage of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act. On January 21, 2016, Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Syria were the first countries put on the list. The following month, the DHS added Libya, Somalia and Yemen after consulting the director of national intelligence and the State Department. Related video World leaders condemn Trump's travel ban But – and it’s a substantial “but” – those new restrictions were not aimed at citizens of these countries. They were aimed at those eligible for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP): people of dual nationality or – for example – someone of French or Belgian nationality who’d been to Yemen or Iraq. Those restrictions did not amount to a ban on entry but demanded much more information from applicants. The main reason, according to the US Customs and Border Patrol, was “the risks posed by the situation in Syria and Iraq, where instability has attracted thousands of foreign fighters, including many from VWP countries. Such individuals could travel to the United States.” (The US maintains a Visa Waiver Program with 38 countries.) By contrast, President Trump’s executive order is specifically aimed at nationals of the seven countries, not those who have traveled to those states, and it is an outright ban. The executive order does not explain why these countries have been selected and others not, except to say that “deteriorating conditions in certain countries due to war, strife, disaster, and civil unrest increase the likelihood that terrorists will use any means possible to enter the United States.” The conditions in these countries offer at least some reasons for their inclusion, if not a complete picture. There are still thousands of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria. ISIS has a substantial presence in both countries and is pledged to take its fight to western Europe and the United States, especially as its core territory shrinks. In most instances, ISIS has used its pool of foreign fighters – especially Belgian and French citizens – to plan and carry out its overseas attacks, or sought to encourage others already living in the West to launch terror attacks. However, in October, a Syrian refugee allegedly with links to ISIS was arrested in Germany after explosives were found in his apartment. Two other Syrians turned him in to authorities. Another Syrian who had applied for asylum in Germany blew himself up in July in an attack in Ansbach. Al Qaeda is strong in Syria and Yemen and has repeatedly demonstrated its intent to launch attacks on the West. But not – so far – by trying to send Syrians or Yemenis abroad. The brothers who attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices were French but had spent time with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Other AQAP conspiracies have focused on trying to smuggle bombs on board civilian aircraft bound for the US. AQAP is explicit in making the US its number one target – but largely by encouraging lone-wolf attacks. And it’s not, by any means, exclusively a Yemeni organization. The group’s master bomb-maker is a Saudi, Ibrahim al Asiri, and AQAP’s “underwear bomber” in 2009 was a Nigerian. Both ISIS and al Qaeda are “trans-national” in nature, with members from dozens of countries. Somalia has endured nearly three decades of civil war and terrorism. Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda affiliate, regularly launches suicide attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, and across the country, as well as in neighboring Kenya. An unknown number of Americans of Somali descent – probably in the dozens – have joined the group; many have been killed in Somalia. But much as Shabaab would like to launch an attack in the West, there is no evidence that it has tried to. Libya has become a base for ISIS in the last two years, but the group has lost its urban footholds in Derna and Sirte and retreated to the desert. In any case, many of its more important figures are not Libyan but Tunisian. There are also plenty of Tunisians in ISIS ranks in Syria and Iraq, and the Berlin Christmas market attacker was Tunisian, but it’s not one of the countries covered in the new executive order. Sudan was a base for al Qaeda in the 1990s, when Osama bin Laden lived there, and has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism by the US for more than 20 years. But nowadays the Sudanese regime, while still embracing conservative Sunni Islam, tries to combat jihadist groups. President Obama recognized the change last year; he lifted some sanctions because of Sudan’s “cooperation with the United States on addressing regional conflicts and the threat of terrorism.” Unlike the other six, Iran is a predominantly Shia Muslim country that’s been involved in fighting ISIS in both Syria and Iraq. But the US says it remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism through its “support for (the Lebanese militia) Hezbollah, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, and various groups in Iraq and throughout the Middle East.” In only one instance have elements from Iran been allegedly involved in a plot in the US. In 2011, an Iranian-American who had lived in the US for decades hatched a plan to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador in Washington. Then US Attorney General Eric Holder said the plot had been endorsed by parts of the Iranian government, but Iran denied any involvement. In 2014, more than 55 percent of terror attacks worldwide occurred in five countries, according to the State Department. Only one of those countries – Iraq – is covered in the executive order. The other four – India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria – are not. “Every jihadist who conducted a lethal attack inside the United States since 9/11 was (an American) citizen or legal resident.” New America Foundation Nor are other countries – such as Morocco, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia – thousands of whose citizens are active in jihadist groups around the world. The executive order mentions the failure to properly scrutinize visa applications of the 9/11 hijackers, but most of them were Saudis. In its comprehensive review of terror cases in the US since 9/11, the New America Foundation notes that “every jihadist who conducted a lethal attack inside the United States since 9/11 was (an American) citizen or legal resident.” Some have had no confirmed links with terror groups; others have associated themselves with ISIS. Some appear to have been driven primarily by personal issues. Some have had training overseas – such as Najibullah Zazi – others have not. Related video How many refugees are actually terrorists? There have been a handful of non-lethal attacks in the US by migrants, including two last year by men of Somali origin. One of them had come to the US from Pakistan; the other had been born in Kenya. There was no evidence of any link to terror groups in either case. Shutting down any terror “pipeline” in an age of transnational jihad and online radicalization has to be driven by sophisticated intelligence networks. The record of terror conspiracies and attacks suggests that a blanket ban on travel or immigration from any one country is – at best - a blunt instrument. As al Qaeda ideologue Anwar al-Awlaki put it in 2010, “Jihad is becoming as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170130204500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/middleeast/the-us-ban-why-these-seven/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "740568763", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Michael D’Antonio is author of the book, “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” (St. Martin’s Press). The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. In the space of a day, President Donald Trump’s legal troubles have taken a series of hairpin turns for the worse. A New York judge ruled that Summer Zervos, who accused Trump of sexual harassment, can proceed with defamation claims against him. With her lawyer revealing a photo of her passing a lie detector test of her claims years ago, adult film star Stormy Daniels is pressing her demand to be freed to tell her story of an affair with him. And former Playboy model Karen McDougal who also alleges an affair with Trump, is suing the company that owns the National Enquirer, American Media Inc., which allegedly bought her story so it could kill it. She too wants to be released from an agreement mandating her silence. Related article 3 Trump-related lawsuits: Porn star, Playboy model, harassment accuser There’s more: Special counsel Robert Mueller has demanded documents from Trump’s businesses, and superstar lawyer – and former solicitor general – Theodore Olson turned away the notion that he would join the President’s legal team. Sources familiar with the matter had told CNN the team was interested in adding Olson. Into this fray comes Joseph diGenova, who a hemmed-in Trump has added to the crowd of lawyers helping him deal with Mueller’s probe of Russia’s attack on the 2016 presidential election.  In hiring diGenova, Trump is staying true to the style that has landed him in this mess — all of it. DiGenova’s new role signals that Trump wants more help making the specious public argument that he is a victim of the so-called “deep state,” which, by his lights, includes many at the Federal Bureau of Investigation — which, in turn, he says is out to get him. Having assumed office with only an electoral college majority – and amid Russian interference— Trump became President under a cloud of controversy that threatened his legitimacy from the start.  It is easy to see where diGenova will find common cause with the President. A former prosecutor who made the leap to conservative pundit 30 years ago, diGenova has reliably sputtered about this supposed conspiracy against Trump all over right wing media. Among his recent claims on Fox News: Related article Former Playboy model who alleges affair with Trump sues company that didn't publish her story “There was a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn’t win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime.” “It wasn’t the Russians who corrupted the presidential election; it was the American officials at the Department of Justice and the FBI.” “We are headed toward a very sad ending for the FBI and senior DOJ officials. … I believe that several high FBI officials will be charged criminally. And it is conceivable that some DOJ people will also be charged criminally. … I would consider this the largest law enforcement scandal in history for this reason. These performances, tuned to Trump’s ear, no doubt made diGenova a go-to guy for the frustrated President. Decades past his service in 1997 as a special counsel in a case against a labor union, diGenova could not be expected to offer much lawyering that couldn’t be done by the attorneys already at work. However, he can make a public case for his client, and his long record of commentary surely fits Trump’s ideal for this duty. In January 2016, long before anyone linked the Trump campaign and Russia, diGenova was advocating for Trump and against his likely opponent. In his telling, the FBI was reaching “critical mass” in its investigation of Clinton’s emails and he declared she would be “charged with a crime” and be unable to run for president. She never was charged. Earlier, diGenova was a gadfly participant in the effort to create a scandal over then-Secretary of State Clinton’s handling of the attack on American facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Years of investigation confirmed no scandal. Related article Tillerson exits a weakened and disillusioned State Department In fact, diGenova’s record of loose talk and as a conspiracy theory con man appear to be his main qualifications for an appointment to the Trump team. Trump, who tried to con America into believing, among other things, that Barack Obama was born abroad, likes to hire in his own image. Thus he has surrounded himself with cons, bullies and grifters whom others would find underqualified. A few examples: Last week chief of staff John Kelly demonstrated a very Trump-like appetite for bullying when he told the press corps that he and not the President informed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that he was being fired. For good measure Kelly revealed that Tillerson, having fallen ill during a mission abroad, was on the toilet when he received the news. Not to be outdone in the practice of humiliation, on the day when Kelly told his Tillerson-on-the-toilet tale, Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided to fire career FBI man Andrew McCabe just before he could qualify for his full federal pension.  McCabe was a key ally of former bureau Director James Comey, whom Trump himself fired over the Russia probe. The excuse offered for the McCabe dismissal was a currently secret report indicating that McCabe had not been forthcoming about his involvement in giving the press information on the FBI’s investigation of Clinton. Coming from Sessions, who repeatedly misled Congress on his own contacts with Russia, the firing seems more like brutality exercised to make a point with Trump, Sessions’ boss. Of course, Sessions had previously established his penchant for cruelty with his appetite for anti-immigrant obsession and his desire to reinstate lengthy mandatory sentencing policies that fall disproportionately on the poor and minorities. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Compared with the bullies, the grifters in the Trump administration seem less unpleasant, but their transgressions are no less outrageous. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price indulged in $400,000 worth of travel in private aircraft before he quit after less than a year of service. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had spent $800,000 on just seven flights, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke paid $53,000 on just three helicopter flights, including one taken so he could ride a horse with Vice President Mike Pence. When it comes to American values, Trump has led the descent of his government with authoritarian-style doublespeak claims that would have us accept that the firing of McCabe marked a “great day for democracy.” His denunciations of the women alleging affairs with him, and his refusal to accept his lawyers’ cautions mark Trump as the model of a leader out of his depth. We will see how well he is served by his decision-making as multiple controversies unspool inside the legal system.   And we will see how well served Trump is by his newest lawyer, who will be right at home with the bullies, the grifters and the cons that this President has drawn to his side.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180321024500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/opinions/trump-legal-troubles-opinion-dantonio/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "682373889", "sentence": "Watch Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET. Trump is scheduled to make a decision on whether Iran is in compliance with the nuclear deal Former CIA deputy director David Cohen says Trump \"stands the intelligence process on its head\" Tensions between the United States and Iran have been red hot in recent weeks – and they might be about to get even hotter. Amid warning shots fired by US ships against Iranian ones, as well as very close calls when Iranian drones have buzzed the US military, President Trump will be called upon to certify that Iran is in compliance with the nuclear deal. His administration has declared Iran in compliance, as required by law, twice during his tenure so far. But Trump has said he expects the US to declare Iran non-compliant when the next review is due in September. The President has put together a team of aides to pull together the intelligence so he can do just that, according to a report in Foreign Policy. Related article Rouhani says Iran could quit nuclear deal in 'hours' if new US sanctions imposed David Cohen, former deputy director of the CIA, said it was “very disconcerting” that it appears Trump may have made a conclusion about Iran before finding the intelligence to back it up. “It stands the intelligence process on its head,” he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. “Our intelligence analysts, who have access to all of our clandestine collection, access to what our allies around the world are collecting and access to IAEA reports and other open source information are in the best position to make that assessment of whether Iran is complying with the nuclear deal.” “If our intelligence is degraded because it is politicized in the way that it looks like the president wants to do here, that undermines the utility of that intelligence all across the board,” said Cohen. “If it’s politicized, that credibility and reliability is undermined.” Earlier this week, presumably responding to these news reports, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said his nation’s nuclear program could be re-started within hours if new US sanctions are imposed. Related article Iran: US sanctions designed to derail nuclear deal Cohen said the international community likely would not unite with sanctions against Iran even if the United States finds Iran not in compliance. “As a practical matter, you’re not going to have the rest of the international community, you’re not going to have our allies in Europe, you’re certainly not going to have the Russians and the Chinese coming along with us to re-impose real pressure on the Iranians.  So you’ll have this fissure between the United States and essentially the rest of the world in trying to reinstate pressure on Iran.” “On the other side of the coin, the Iranians, with the US having pulled out of the deal, will feel that they are absolved from adhering to their commitments under the nuclear deal.  So maybe they will begin to spin more centrifuges,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's approach to Iran nuclear deal compliance", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170818184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/18/politics/fareed-iran-trump-cohen/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "681760345", "sentence": "Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe is seeking diplomatic immunity over allegations of assault in South Africa. Mugabe was supposed to present herself at a police station in a Johannesburg suburb on Tuesday to give a statement but failed to appear, despite her appointment being rescheduled several times throughout the day, South African police said. Mugabe’s attorneys informed authorities that she had “changed her mind” about speaking to police and subsequently requested diplomatic immunity, according to a police statement. The alleged assault took place Sunday at a hotel in Sandton, a wealthy suburb north of Johannesburg, according to police, who were called to the scene where a case of “assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm” was registered. The move comes after Gabriella Engels, a 20-year-old woman, used her personal Twitter feed to accuse Mugabe of attacking her, according to Vishnu Naidoo, a spokesman for South Africa’s police. Engels said she was in a hotel room with Mugabe’s two adult sons when the attack took place. “I had no clue who this woman was when she started beating me,” Engels said in a radio interview with CapeTalk 567AM. “I only found out this after I came out the hotel room. “I walked by a security guard and asked him who the woman was because I wanted to lay a case against her.” Engels also claimed on Twitter that Mugabe “split my head open in 3 places. With an extension cord and plug to hit me.” CNN has reached out to Mugabe’s representatives for comment. Police initially claimed Mugabe had turned herself before revealing that she had not. Her attorneys and representatives of the Zimbabwean government met police on Tuesday to establish “channels of cooperation,” police said. The wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has governed the country since 1980, is reportedly in South Africa to have a foot injury examined and to take part in diplomatic meetings.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Grace Mugabe", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170816184500", "country1": "ZWE", "country2": "ZAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/africa/grace-mugabe-diplomatic-immunity/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "640741117", "sentence": "US-backed troops continue to close the net around ISIS' self-declared capital ISIS has occupied the Syrian city since 2013 Civilians in Raqqa faced uncertainty after ISIS ordered the evacuation of the Syrian city, and then rescinded the command. Residents began to flee the city Sunday and take to higher ground after ISIS issued a statement warning of the expected collapse of the Euphrates Dam, according to local activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS). RBSS said ISIS later announced via loudspeaker that the dam was fine and requested residents remain in the city. Raqqa is the latest city targeted by coalition forces in their attempts to rid Iraq and Syria of the extremist group. The city, which is is the extremist group’s operational command headquarters, is now largely surrounded – its main supply routes cut off by advancing forces. The activist RBSS posted videos that purport to show Raqqa civilians fleeing, with groups of people clamoring to leave the city by car and foot. It also posted pictures that allegedly show coalition aircraft targeting the dam, which would endanger the northern Syrian city should it fail. Related video Officials: Marines aid rebels in Syria The dam is 25 miles west of Raqqa and supplies electric power to a wide area of Syria, according to the US. The area has been under ISIS control since 2013. Anti-ISIS partners want US to clarify strategy US-backed troops continued to close the net around Raqqa, which ISIS has occupied for since 2013. Related video Major Gen: 'Tough days ahead' in fight for Mosul On Sunday the SDF, a coalition of mostly Kurdish and Arab militia, assumed control of Tabqa airbase from ISIS, about 50 kilometers west of Raqqa, according to a group spokesman and the London based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Backed by coalition warplanes, the fighters “took control of wide parts of the airport and cut the road between Salamia and Tabqa,” SOHR said. Clashes between the SDF and ISIS in the town of Tabqa are still ongoing, SDF spokesman Talal Silo told CNN. The base had been held by ISIS since August 2014 and was the site of an ISIS massacre that year when the jihadist group murdered more than 200 Syrian soldiers stationed at the airbase after marching them into the desert. Late last week, France’s defense minister said, the battle to recapture Raqqa will begin in “days.” “France has always said that Raqqa was a major objective,” Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on French TV outlet CNews. “Today, one can say that Raqqa is encircled, that the battle for Raqqa will start in the coming days. It will be a very hard battle, but a battle that is going to be of utmost importance.” US military investigating if airstrikes caused nearly 300 civilian deaths A US-backed rebel group which operates in the area – the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – denied that coalition forces had caused any damage to the Euphrates Dam. Related video US official: ISIS ranks reduced by 75% “We do not assess the dam to be in imminent danger unless ISIS plans to destroy it,” the rebel group said in a statement posted by the Combined Joint Task Force. “(Tabqa) Dam has not been structurally damaged to our knowledge,” the statement continued, referring to the Euphrates Dam by another name. “The Coalition seeks to preserve the integrity of the dam as a vital resource to the people of Syria.” Reports: Airstrike on Syria school near Raqqa kills dozens Should the dam fail, it could “could lead to a severe humanitarian crisis,” Col. Joseph Scrocca, a coalition public affairs officer, said last week. Scrocca was speaking as fighters began a major ground offensive, backed up by US forces, to retake the vital dam from ISIS. The attack also included an unprecedented air assault involving US helicopters landing behind enemy lines – flying about 500 local US allies and coalition military advisers across the Euphrates River and Lake Assad so they could attack the ISIS-controlled dam and neighboring town and airfield from the south. “This is the first time we have conducted an air movement, air assault, with the Syrian Arab Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces,” he said. On a call with reporters from Baghdad Wednesday, Scrocca called the air operation a “daring assault behind enemy lines.” “We believe there are foreign fighters there, probably in the hundreds,” he said. “The (SDF) and our partners there are facing a pretty heavy fight – that’s what makes this type of operation so daring. I think we were lucky we caught ISIS by surprise. They are still reacting to this maneuver.” CNN’s Ghazi Balkiz in Erbil, and Merieme Arif, Deborah Bloom and Susanna Capelouto in Atlanta contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-backed coalition forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170327070000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/middleeast/raqqa-civilians-euphrates-dam-tabqa-airbase/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "416217841", "sentence": "Rangers arrested five men and sealed off the party's headquarter for hours MQM is based in Karachi and is one of Pakistan's largest political parties Businesses, gas pumps and schools remain closed in Karachi due to raid aftermath Pakistani Armed Forces paramilitary personal stormed the headquarters of one of the country’s most powerful regional opposition political parties in a predawn raid on Wednesday, seizing a stash of weapons and arresting several wanted criminals, officials said. The Rangers arrived unannounced early Wednesday morning, arrested five men and sealed off the party’s headquarter for four hours. According to a press release from the MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) one of their party workers was shot fatally by rangers during the raid. “All telephone lines have been disconnected and premises ransacked. Computers and other electronic items have been confiscated. The Rangers also destroyed the electronic surveillance system that had been set up following the May 2013 bomb attacks by the Pakistan Taliban (TTP),”  the release said. Rangers officials have not responded so far to these accusations. In a statement to the media, the Pakistan Rangers released a list of those arrested, including Faisal Mota, a former MQM worker who had been convicted and sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of journalist Wali Khan Babur.  Speaking to the media, Rangers spokesperson Col.Tahir Mahmood also confirmed that a large amount of illegal weapons had been seized during the raid. “The weapons that we had were legal and there as a precautionary measure to deal with real threats from the Taliban against our party and its workers,” Faisal Sabzwari, a senior MQM party leader told CNN. MQM is based in Karachi and is one of Pakistan’s largest political parties. It has the second-largest contingent in the provincial assembly, with 54 of 130 seats. It styles itself as a voice for the downtrodden, the middle class and immigrants from nearby India, but political rivals accuse the party of using heavy-handed tactics, including intimidation, to stay in power. “The raid is meant to send a clear message that law enforcement agencies and Rangers in particular are not going to bow to any political convention,” said Zarrar Khuhro, a senior journalist and political analyst in Karachi. MQM’s party leader Altaf Hussain, who has been living in self-imposed exile in London called for calm, but criticized the raid saying that “it should not be the role of the armed forces to conduct extrajudicial operations on lawful organizations, least of all the headquarters of a democratically elected political party.” Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said late Wednesday night that the raid was legal. The MQM  has the clout to shut down the city in an hour, sparking general strikes which could last for days, locals say. In the aftermath, locals say businesses in Karachi have shut down, and gas pumps and schools are closed for fear violent protests could erupt in the streets.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pakistan Rangers", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150311184500", "country1": "PAK", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/intl_world/pakistan-mqm-attack/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "726755078", "sentence": "President Donald Trump will give “eye-opening” remarks Tuesday on US efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, a source familiar with the President’s State of the Union speech said. The President will talk about the North Korean threat in a “strong and serious way,” the source said. “It will be eye-opening,” the source added, predicting the portion of the address dedicated to North Korea is likely to drive headlines on Wednesday. Everything you need to know about the SOTU addressHow to watchMeet Trump’s closest friends in CongressMeet Joe Kennedy, who will deliver the Democrats’ SOTU responseMelania Trump’s SOTU guestsSOTU history Everything you need to know about the SOTU addressHow to watchMeet Trump’s closest friends in CongressMeet Joe Kennedy, who will deliver the Democrats’ SOTU responseMelania Trump’s SOTU guestsSOTU history Trump’s aides and allies now point to North Korea’s recent decision to engage in talks with South Korea and participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics as evidence that the President’s “strategic rhetoric” is effective. The President will also touch on his proposal to provide a path to citizenship to more than 1 million undocumented immigrants, including the recipients of the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Trump believes his offer to give the DACA recipients an opportunity to obtain citizenship in exchange for a border wall to be “generous,” the source said. The President is also expected to make a strong pitch for his infrastructure proposals in a show of bipartisanship to Democrats. The source acknowledged the infrastructure portion of the speech, as well as other items on the President’s laundry list in Tuesday night’s address, may come across as somewhat dry to viewers. “Is it sexy? No. Can he make it sexy? He can make anything sexy. That’s the problem,” the source quipped, hinting the President could decide to ad-lib at times during the State of the Union to drive up interest in his speech.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180130190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/trump-north-korea-state-of-the-union-speech/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "477760822", "sentence": "Xi calls the British Parliament \"the mother of all parliaments\" Visit designed to strengthen economic ties between China and UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said it marks a \"golden era\" in the bilateral relationship Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed both houses of the British Parliament on Tuesday afternoon as he and his wife began a four-day visit that has aroused concern among human rights activists. Xi called the British Parliament “the mother of all parliaments.” The visit is designed to strengthen economic ties between Britain and China – including Chinese investment in the UK and commercial ties between the two countries. The rhetoric in advance of the meeting has been warm. Xi was met with a royal gun salute. He will stay in Buckingham Palace and he was greeted by members of the royal family. Supporters of Xi turned out early Tuesday to welcome him on his way to the palace. “He’s our President. We are very proud of him,” said Lin ze Qing, 31, who carried a huge portrait of Xi. British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking on CCTV, China’s state broadcaster, said the visit would mark a “golden era” in UK-China relations. But some human rights activists have raised concerns about the increasing coziness. Related video Protests greet Chinese President Xi in the UK “We’re not against trade,” said David Mepham, the UK director for Human Rights Watch. “We’re not against investment. “But I think it is deeply disturbing that the British government appears to be saying this week that it just wants to talk about trade, and it just wants to talk about investment,” Mepham said. “And moral issues and human rights concerns and people suffering at the hands of the Chinese state should be shunted to one side.” Among the concerns is the level of executions in China – a number that is not officially announced but is believed to be greater than the number of executions in the rest of the world put together, according to rights group Amnesty International. The British government has said it will raise human rights issues with Xi, although the topic will not be on the official agenda. At the same time, there concerns about some publicly discordant notes. Prince Charles, who greeted Xi on Tuesday, is a personal friend of the Dalai Lama, whom the Chinese government considers an opponent. The longtime heir to the British throne will skip the state dinner being held for Xi and meet him instead for tea. And there are concerns in government circles as well that the new Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will raise the issue of human rights in public. CNN’s Michael Martinez in Los Angeles, Katie Hunt in Hong Kong, and Don Melvin in London contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China-UK bilateral relationship", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151020120000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/europe/china-president-uk-visit/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "758831783", "sentence": "White House lawyer Emmet Flood attended the start of two classified Justice Department briefings with lawmakers on a confidential intelligence source, adding to Democratic concerns that White House staff were taking part in the briefings on classified information that was related to the Russia investigation. Flood and White House chief of staff John Kelly attended the start of the briefings before leaving. Their attendance was just one of the many twists that accompanied the remarkable back-to-back briefings between senior Trump administration officials and two different groups of lawmakers. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Flood and Kelly were there to “facilitate meetings” between the Justice Department officials and Congress and that both men left the meetings “after making brief comments.” Related article Giuliani media blitz, legal team's reshuffle hint at new Trump strategy “Neither Chief Kelly nor Mr. Flood actually attended the meetings but did make brief remarks before the meetings started to relay the President’s desire for as much openness as possible under the law,” Sanders said. “They also conveyed the President’s understanding of the need to protect human intelligence services and the importance of communication between the branches of government.” But Democrats slammed the fact that Flood was there at all. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said, “Never seen a Gang of Eight meeting that included any presence from the White House. Those individuals left before the substance of it.  Unusual times.” California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence panel, called Flood’s presence “completely inappropriate.” “Although he did not participate in the meetings which followed, as the White House’s attorney handling the Special Counsel’s investigation, his involvement — in any capacity — was entirely improper, and I made this clear to him,” Schiff said in a statement. Schiff pointed to comments Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani made to Politico on Thursday, in which Giuliani said: “We want to see how the briefing went … today and how much we learned from it.” “If we learned a good deal from it, it will shorten that whole process considerably,” Giuliani added, suggesting the briefings could speed up the process for special counsel Robert Mueller’s team to interview Trump. Giuliani later told CNN that he assumes Flood went to the meeting because the President wanted him there. When asked if Trump told him that, Giuliani said no but that it’s a safe assumption. Giuliani also said that learning about the confidential source is a prerequisite for any special counsel interview with the President. He defended Flood’s attendance at the briefings Thursday. “I can’t understand why it is inappropriate for White House counsel to be there. Maybe it would be for me, or Jay [Sekulow] but not the person representing the President inside the White House,” he said. Senior Justice Department and intelligence officials met with the lawmakers Thursday in a bid to end the standoff between House Republicans and the Justice Department over a confidential intelligence source in the Russia investigation. RELATED: Nunes, in spat with Justice Department, threatens Sessions with contempt over Russia materials It’s still not clear whether the pair of meetings — which became chaotic affairs over repeated changes to the invite list, time and place of the classified briefings — would satisfy House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, who has threatened to hold Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress for not providing the documents he’s seeking related to the confidential source. The Trump administration officials met at noon at the Justice Department with Nunes, House Speaker Paul Ryan, South Carolina GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy and Schiff. Then they went to a separate 2 p.m. briefing on Capitol Hill with the bipartisan “Gang of Eight,” the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate and the Intelligence Committees. Nunes and Gowdy both declined comment after their briefing. Ryan said in a statement afterward that the Intelligence Committee was “now getting the cooperation necessary” to complete their work. “I look forward to the prompt completion of the intelligence committee’s oversight work in this area now that they are getting the cooperation necessary for them to complete their work while protecting sources and methods,” Ryan said in a statement. RELATED: 5 easy steps that explain just how out-of-bounds Donald Trump’s FBI move really is Schiff said in a statement on behalf of the Gang of Eight Democrats, “Nothing we heard today has changed our view that there is no evidence to support any allegation that the FBI or any intelligence agency placed a ‘spy’ in the Trump Campaign, or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and protocols.” President Donald Trump and his conservative allies have claimed that the FBI was using the confidential source to spy on the Trump campaign, although US officials have told CNN that the source was not planted inside the campaign. But the briefings themselves over the source became the latest political confrontation in the Russia investigation after the White House initially only had invited Republicans to the Justice Department briefing on the confidential source. Democrats demanded to receive the same briefing. After the White House initially said it would hold that second briefing two weeks later, the administration agreed late Wednesday to give the “Gang of Eight” briefing the same day. And in a sign that the partisan tensions continued to simmer, Schiff was a late add to the briefing given to the House Republicans. The lawmakers were briefed by Rosenstein, FBI Director Chris Wray and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats. The first meeting was held at the Justice Department while the “Gang of Eight” briefing was on Capitol Hill. Nunes and Schiff were seen heading into both meetings. Republicans have argued that they need the classified information as part of their oversight work on the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into Trump and Russia. The request for the latest documents are the latest in a series of subpoenas to the Justice Department for sensitive information. Democrats have argued that the briefings never should have happened in the first place, charging that Republicans were seeking information in order to undercut special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. “The White House’s plan to provide a separate briefing for their political allies demonstrates that their interest is not in informing Congress, but in undermining an ongoing criminal investigation,” Warner said in a statement. “If they insist upon carrying out this farce, the White House and its Republican allies in the House will do permanent, longstanding damage to the practice of bipartisan congressional oversight of intelligence,” Warner said. CNN’s Ted Barrett, Liz Landers, Daniella Diaz and Dana Bash contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "White House", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180524203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/justice-department-briefings-congress/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "740491873", "sentence": "Michael James Riddering was one of dozens killed in Burkina Faso terror attack \"I am having trouble believing he is gone,\" wife posts He was at a cafe with a friend when the attackers opened fire An American who died in a terror attack in Burkina Faso moved halfway across the world with his wife to run an orphanage and women’s crisis center. Michael James Riddering was one of 28 people killed after terrorists opened fire Friday night at a cafe in the capital, Ouagadougou. The al Qaeda-linked militants then raided a luxury hotel across the street, shooting some and taking others hostage in an overnight siege that lasted hours. Sheltering Wings, a missionary group that supports Riddering’s orphanage, provided a detailed account of his ordeal. It said the Florida resident and his wife, Amy Riddering, worked at the orphanage in Yako, 115 kilometers (70 miles) from the capital. Riddering, 45,  was in Ouagadougou to pick up a team of missionaries visiting from the United States and stopped by Cappuccino cafe with a friend, the group said. Attackers stormed in and started shooting. The friend, identified only as Pastor Valentin, hastily called Riddering’s wife and told her they “urgently” needed prayers. Then the phone went dead. “It appears that Pastor Valentin was somehow separated from Mike during the attack and hid somewhere in the Cappuccino cafe,” the missionary group said. Riddering’s body was found in a morgue later. The pastor was rescued by security forces. In a Facebook post, Amy Riddering said the pastor called using her husband’s phone. “Heaven has gained a warrior! I know God has a purpose in all things but sometimes it is a complete mystery to me,” she posted. “My best friend, partner in crime and love of my life. The best husband ever. … My heart is so heavy and I am having trouble believing he is gone.” Amy and Michael Riddering moved to the West African nation five years ago from Hollywood, Florida. Before that, he owned a boat company in his home state. The parents of four adopted two children in Burkina Faso, according to the missionary group. “The Ridderings and their team care for about 400 orphaned children (and) provide direct assistance to disenfranchised widows,” Sheltering Wings said. U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby sent his condolences to the family. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time, as they are with all those affected by this brutality,” he said. Others killed in the terror attack included French, Canadian and Ukrainian nationals. Read: Burkina Faso attack demonstrates al Qaeda revival in Africa", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "al Qaeda-linked militants", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180320213000", "country1": "BFA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/17/africa/burkina-faso-american-michael-riddering/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "583614340", "sentence": "Currently, there are 4,565 US troops in Iraq President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi have a deal to increase those levels The US and Iraq have agreed on a plan that could send approximately 500 additional US troops to Iraq in the coming days to assist Iraqi forces in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS. The plan has been under discussion for weeks but President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi have now agreed on the details, a US defense official tells CNN. “In consultation with the Government of Iraq, the US is prepared to provide additional US military personnel to train and advise the Iraqis as the planning for the Mosul campaign intensifies,” the official said. This is expected to be the final addition of US military troops in Iraq, according to officials. Currently, there are 4,565 US troops in Iraq. The approved ceiling is of troops is 4,647. The Iraqi government generally has to approve and agree to any significant change in US troop levels. There are also hundreds of additional troops in Iraq on so-called temporary duty status that may only involve weeks or months of deployment. The US troops are to be based largely in northern Iraq at various locations. US officials have indicated as the battle for Mosul unfolds some small teams of US military advisers are likely to be placed closer to combat than previously but not at the front lines. In a statement, Abadi said Wednesday, “American President Barack Obama was consulted on a request from the Iraqi government for a final increase in the number of trainers and advisers under the umbrella of the international coalition in Iraq.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US troop increase in Iraq", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160928150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/politics/us-iraq-agree-on-plan-to-send-more-american-troops/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "654441795", "sentence": "12 hours after President Donald Trump’s stunning firing of FBI Director James Comey, there are a whole lot more questions than answers. I’ve been jotting down the questions I still have about all of this since hearing of the Comey dismissal last night. Here’s what I came up with – in no particular order other than when they occurred to me. In his internal memo making the case for Comey to be fired, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein pegged much of his argument on the Director’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server. But, Comey announced that he wouldn’t bring charges against Clinton on July 5, 2016. And Trump praised Comey in late October for re-opening the Clinton investigation after more emails were found on a computer owned by top Clinton aide Huma Abedin and former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner. Trump has been president for 109 days. Why make the decision to get rid of Comey now rather than in January or February? There hasn’t been “new” news on the FBI investigation in that time. There’s no obvious catalyst here. The White House quickly released a memo from the deputy attorney general detailing Comey’s wrongs – and fireable offenses. Did Trump commission that report? Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions? If so, why?  Was there something that triggered that review?  Or did Rosenstein do it on his own accord?  Reporting suggests that he did.  But, why?  And did he expect it to lead to Comey’s dismissal? Amid the barrage of coverage of the Comey firing, you might have missed this CNN exclusive: That associates of fired national security adviser Michael Flynn received grand jury subpoenas over the last few days. That represents a significant ramping up of the Justice Department investigation into Flynn and the broader attempts by Russia to meddle in the 2016 election. Our reporting suggests the subpoenas went out several days ago. Was Trump aware of that fact?  If so, did it have any impact on the timing of his decision to fire Comey? In Trump’s publicly-released letter firing Comey, the president asserted that the now-former FBI director had “inform[ed] me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation.” If that’s accurate, Comey would be breaking with a whole heck of a lot of protocol. So, when were these occasions? Does Comey corroborate them? If so, why did he do it? If not, then why did Trump say it? Is it possible Trump misunderstood conversations with Comey to be assertions that he wasn’t a target of an investigation? If so, how did he misunderstand that so badly? Trump built his reputation in American culture as the guy who would sit across a boardroom table from someone and tell them, “You’re fired.” He built his reputation as a politician on the idea that he would stand up to anyone and everyone – telling them exactly what he thought and why. So, why then did he send a former bodyguard to the FBI with the news that Comey had been fired? And why did he wait until Comey was in California before making the move? Why did Comey, who, whatever you think of his actions around the 2016 election, had served admirably and well, have to find out he was fired by seeing it on television like the rest of us? One nugget from CNN’s Dana Bash jumped out at me last night: “Senior White House officials did not think the firing would be a big political explosion.” Um, what?  Unseating the FBI Director in the midst of a Justice Department investigation into connections and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence officials might not be a big deal?  Did the White House forget that Comey was effectively in charge of the Russia investigation because Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced to recuse himself after not disclosing two meetings he had with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the course of the 2016 campaign? Firing an FBI director under ANY circumstances is a big deal.  Doing it under these circumstances is a MASSIVE deal. The Trump White House is trying to have it both ways in their post-firing spin. Trump was decisive in that on the same day he received the memo from Rosenstein, he acted and fired Comey.  Trump was thoughtful in that he made a considered decision based on a series of missteps by Comey. Both of those things can’t be true.  And, if Trump was really preparing to make this decision for quite some time, why didn’t he have any sort of replacement for Comey lined up?  Why did it feel as though he made a snap decision without much forethought or future planning over what it might mean? Trump had been adamant that the whole Russia story was a “total hoax.” And while Republican members of Congress didn’t go that far, there seemed to be little appetite on Capitol Hill to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Russia’s hacking of the 2016 election. Trump’s decision to fire Comey changes that calculus. Already Senate Intelligence Committee chair Richard Burr has said he is “troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey’s termination.” Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake tweeted this: “I’ve spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable rationale for the timing of Comey’s firing. I just can’t do it.” I've spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable rationale for the timing of Comey's firing. I just can't do it. While some other Republicans have been more supportive of the firing – Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, for one – it’s difficult to imagine that the political pressure to support an independent counsel will grow unbearable at some point soon for Congressional Republicans. Of course, an independent counsel appointment requires presidential sign off. And who knows what Trump would do..", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170510170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/comey-fired-trump-questions/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "664615656", "sentence": "Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave several answers on his meetings with Russian officials Senators proved despite the end of Tuesday's hearing they're not quite done with Sessions Attorney General Jeff Sessions captivated Washington Tuesday, beating back rumors of a private meeting with Russia’s ambassador to the US and mounting a defense for President Donald Trump, one week after former FBI Director James Comey artfully unloaded on both men. Sessions routinely said he would not answer questions regarding his conversations with Trump, but he delivered more than enough answers over two and a half hours of testimony Tuesday afternoon. Here are the top five things we learned. Sessions had one major goal – to protect himself after Comey thrust him into the center of the Russia maelstrom. And he appeared to do that effectively in a strong opening statement, where he slammed the door shut on even the possibility that he had a third meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. “I did not have any private meetings, nor do I recall any conversations with any Russian officials at the Mayflower Hotel. I did not attend any meetings at that event separate,” Sessions said. But in the rat-a-tat-tat of follow-up questions, Sessions slowly pried that door open again, by increasingly hedging his answers. Related article Once again, senators try to cut off Kamala Harris Shortly after his opening, Sessions said that if he had talked with Kislyak, “It would’ve been certainly, I can assure you, nothing improper, if I’d had a conversation with him. And it’s conceivable that that occurred. I just don’t remember it.” Later, under an intense grilling from Sen. Kamala Harris – which earned a rebuke from Sen. John McCain – Sessions explained his hedging. “Will you let me qualify it? If I don’t qualify it you’ll accuse me of lying. So, I need to be correct as best I can,” Sessions said. “And I’m not able to be rushed this fast, it makes me nervous.” The chief law enforcement officer of the United States was never briefed on Russia’s hacking of one of its major political parties, or any other efforts by Russia to mess with the elections – past and future. Why? Because he personally recused himself from all things related to the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia the day after he was sworn into office. What Sessions didn’t explain is why he waited a month to tell the public – and his own associates – that he had stepped aside from the probe. Comey testified last week that as of February 14, he still believed Sessions had not recused himself – but that he almost certainly would. In fact, according to Sessions, he had recused himself two weeks earlier. Also, he’s not 100% sure that Russia messed with the election, because he’s only read news reports about it. It’s not clear if Sessions intended to pay penance to Trump after their relationship strained over the President’s concerns that Sessions burned him by stepping aside from the Russia probe – but he did a good job defending the White House anyway. Sessions is now the only Trump official on the record, under oath, countering Comey’s testimony last week under oath. In particular, Sessions tamped down Comey’s recounting of the February 14 meeting Comey had with Trump – where Trump reportedly asked him stop investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn. READ: James Comey’s prepared testimony First, Sessions discounted Comey’s report that Sessions didn’t want to leave the room because he felt like something might be amiss. “I left. It didn’t seem to me to be a major problem. I knew that Director Comey, long-time experienced in the Department of Justice, could handle himself well,” Sessions told Sen. Marco Rubio. Then Sessions downplayed Comey’s request that he never be left in the room alone with Trump again, saying, “he gave me no detail about what it was that he was concerned about.” Later, Sessions directly blasted Comey for his testimony in private last week, “This is a secret innuendo out there being leaked about me – and I don’t appreciate it.” The White House said Trump thinks Sessions “did a very good job” in his testimony. In the gaggle on Air Force One on Tuesday, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders said the President wasn’t able to watch “much of it,” but from “what he did see and what he heard, he thought that attorney general Sessions did a very good job and in particular was very strong on the point that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.” Sanders confirmed that the President did interview Robert Mueller as a candidate for FBI director the day before he was named special counsel of the federal investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia ties. Sanders would not, however, say whether the President has confidence in Mueller in that role. “Beyond that, what I said earlier, I don’t have anything more to add,” Sanders said, when a reporter asked if Trump has confidence in Mueller. When Comey testified, there was nobody carrying water for the White House on the Senate Russia probe – even though half of the panel is comprised of Senate Republicans. But that changed Tuesday, with a variety of Republicans coming to Sessions’ (and the White House’s) aide. Related article Winners and losers from Jeff Sessions' testimony on Russia It could be because they didn’t like seeing one of their former colleagues – Sessions was in the Senate 20 years – under the hot glare of the national spotlight. Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican who has frequently supported Trump and worked with Sessions when he was in the Senate, offered him a hand, painting a comical portrait of an alleged spy scheme. “Have you ever, ever in any of these fantastical situations heard of a plot line so ridiculous that a sitting United States senator and an ambassador of a foreign government colluded at an open setting with hundreds of other people to pull off the greatest caper in the history of espionage?” An apparent fracture on the committee even emerged when, after Chairman Richard Burr said they were intensely focused on Russian interference in the election, Sen. Jim Risch muttered, “doesn’t seem like it.” Warner made clear in his opening remarks they were already planning to bring Sessions in for questioning later this year, well before Sessions offered to appear before them. And lawmakers throughout the hearing pressed Sessions on providing emails and other documents to them. What’s not clear is if Trump will be forced to invoke executive privilege to stop Sessions from testifying again, or from handing over the documents senators requested Tuesday. Sessions cited a Justice Department policy which blocks officials from testifying about private discussions with the President. (Sen. James Lankford, an Oklahoma Republican, later noted that former Attorney General Eric Holder used that policy to stall Congress’ investigations of the Obama White House.) Burr made it clear Tuesday that National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers followed through on his promise to the Senate intelligence committee and returned to answer questions in private that he said he could not answer. Sessions would not make that promise Tuesday. But lawmakers aren’t done with him yet. CNN’s Liz Landers contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Attorney General Jeff Sessions", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170614010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/jeff-sessions-hearing-takeaways/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "561174412", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English. A former journalist for Time, Slate and Popular Science, he is the co-editor of “Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future” (William Morrow, September 2014) and author of “Culture Machines,” a book about the present and future of algorithms (MIT Press, forthcoming). The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Ed Finn: Smartphone camera is not a de facto tool of democracy Political strongmen often use social media to consolidate power, he says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s response to the botched coup attempt this weekend revealed something important about the laws of power in social media. Like other turning points in the Middle East since 2011, the news was relayed first and foremost by smartphones. But unlike the events in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which many called the “Facebook Revolution,” in Turkey the revolutionaries were not the ones pointing the cameras. Instead, the world watched in amazement as the military units operating on the night of July 15 seemed to follow a classic 20th-century model for a coup d’etat: seizing the state TV studio, which the insurrectionists duly accomplished at 12:13 am on the 16th, forcing the announcer to read a statement on their behalf. Eleven minutes later, Erdogan cleverly responded by getting himself on the air via a FaceTime call to CNN Turk. It was a remarkable moment to watch, with the head of CNN’s Ankara bureau, Hande Firat, holding a lapel mic up to an iPhone. Erdogan managed to appear at once presidential and intimate, striking a balance between his assured rhetoric and the tenuousness of his connection to the media universe. At one point, the video cut out while someone else tried to call the phone, underlining the leader’s luck at managing to get on air from (we presume) his vacation in the beach town of Marmaris in the midst of an extremely chaotic night. Perhaps realizing their mistake, the junta took over the CNN Turk studios three hours later, emptying the facility even as the staff continued to broadcast. But, of course, it was too late: Erdogan had successfully sent the message to his supporters to get out on the streets, and that is exactly what they did. There are many reasons why this coup failed, and why Erdogan maintains such a powerful grip on Turkey. But this particular moment signals a broader truth about the nature of politics in an age of social media. Tahrir Square, the recent documentation of incendiary police killings in the United States and countless other stories have shown us how ubiquitous smartphone cameras and proliferating social media platforms can empower individuals. But Erdogan reminded us that not all social media users are created equal. The laws of power apply, and those with influence find it easiest to use social media to get even more. The smartphone camera is not a de facto tool of democracy. It just magnifies whatever it is turned on – and strongmen like Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are learning to use that immediacy to their advantage. The design of the iPhone tells us how FaceTime conversations should be conducted: we cradle the phone a few inches from our face, bringing us into close connection with someone else doing precisely the same thing. Erdogan’s turn with FaceTime gave viewers an intimate, almost visceral experience of his presence in a moment of crisis. Assad has been trying for more modest propaganda gains with the Syrian presidential Instagram feed, offering a – shall we say – tightly curated view of life filled with family cameos and humanitarian photo ops. That digital intimacy is transforming all kinds of political exchanges, creating a new kind of cinema verité that is as familiar to Katy Perry as it is to Donald Trump. Live video is empowering powerful eyewitness testimony, but it is also giving politicians another way to leverage the cult of celebrity and to short-circuit traditional media filters. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. When that happens, the ground rules of discourse shift from news reporting to the comments section. Savvy politicians use social media to say things they can only get away with on those platforms, maximizing their (theoretically) unscripted nature as a way to push the envelope far beyond what would be acceptable in other media formats. Donald Trump’s circulation of the now-infamous Star of David image is one recent example. At the same time, live video amps up the relationship between politicians and constituents even further by creating the visual impression that we are an arm’s length away from power. Consider President Obama trading friendly Twitter barbs with Prince Harry over the Invictus Games, a Paralympics-style competition for wounded military service members and veterans. The premise of Prince Harry’s response video is that we are watching an unscripted reaction from Queen Elizabeth to the Obamas’ original taunt; we have a front row seat to a form of 21st century public banter between world leaders that would have been unimaginable in the halls of Kensington Palace even a decade ago. Related article Recep Tayyip Erdogan Fast Facts This kind of high-wattage digital intimacy brings unintended consequences. In many ways we’re just beginning to discover what persuasion and decision-making mean in the era of constant connection. Trump swept aside challengers in his primary field because he understood this new reality far better than anyone in the Republican Party, and the coming election will be a kind of referendum on the business of politics in the United States. But for Turkey at least, the answer is already settled: through massive purges Erdogan has eliminated even the hint of opposition, drawing his country ever closer to him, as he did his iPhone camera during the coup.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Recep Tayyip Erdogan", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160718230000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/opinions/erdogan-face-time-social-media-ed-finn/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "493323202", "sentence": "Elmgreen & Dragset are an artist duo celebrated for their darkly comic artworks mocking art world conventions The two have been working together for 21 years Their famous works include fashionista's favorite Prada Marfa For an artist duo with global acclaim, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset don’t sound very interested in pleasing the galleries that show their work. The pair don’t mind biting the hand that feeds them – “biting can be pretty sexy,” they’ve said – which might explain why their two new exhibitions are gleefully taking aim at some of the art world’s most well-worn conventions. The mischievous cross-disciplinary Scandinavian double-act are best known internationally for Prada Marfa: a lifeless recreation of Prada boutique, found deep in the Texas desert, which has become a pilgrimage site for fashion fans – Beyonce included – who line up to photograph themselves in front of the never-opened store. But their chaotic back-catalogue also covers naked men in unexpected places, an exhibition of imagined artworks, an opaque telescope, a triumphant, golden anti-war monument in London’s Trafalgar Square, and a dead art collector floating in a swimming pool. This month, the pair have two exhibitions in Aarhus, Denmark (at Dokk 1 and ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum) and are looking forward to a major show at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, where they plan to stage a glitzy art fair, with only their own work on display. We caught up with them at their recent London show “Self-Portraits” at Victoria Miro Gallery Mayfair, where the pair put together an exhibition “selfie” consisting entirely of recreations of art gallery name labels, and learned five surprising facts about the artists behind the mischief. How can art labels be a self portrait? 54-year-old Copenhagen-born Elmgreen explains the duo have been questioning how they represent themselves as duo with a shared process and output. “There is this weird situation where you’re a duo working together, how do you actually write your biography, how do you make a self-portrait of yourself?” “In recent years it has become very common to be obsessed with doing selfies, which is a weird situation, because people use the whole world as just a background for themselves.” He sees the rash of Instagram images – faces transplanted in front of famous landmarks – as part of a bigger trend: for people to create their “social media image’” through references to cultural touchstones, fashion trends, and role models. “We have brought it to the extreme in this situation and just been making self-portraits through other artists’ works… especially the titles,” explains Elmgreen. The exhibition takes you from the artists’ teenage days (Keith Haring and painter Ross Bleckner were heroes before the two met) to their later passions. Each artist selected has held a place in their heart at some point. The pair say the works, which include “Clean Boy” (by David Hockney) and “Lonesome?” (by Martin Kippenberger), were picked because the original works aren’t easy for audiences to call to mind. Instead they hope viewers will reflect on the work at hand: these blown-up labels. Here, the names – often considered peripheral to the gallery experience – are pushed into center-focus. It’s a stroll down memory lane, but also an exercise in old fashioned, “high art” technical skill, with labels reproduced in paint on canvas and engraved on two pieces of perfectly white, unblemished, extremely expensive marble, the pair say they had to smuggle out of Italy. You can see why, despite the pair’s jeering, the art world hold Elmgreen and Dragset as far more than just jokers – with international awards in their cabinet and major exhibitions at Oslo’s Astrup Fearnley Museum and Denmark’s National Gallery. In person, the tombstone-like marble recreations, especially, are beguiling, and the lowly label is elevated to something greater. The plush Mayfair environs of the Victoria Miro gallery is the ideal setting for their unusual exhibition, explains Elmgreen: “We try to create situations in settings where people normally feel slightly uncomfortable… where they’re a little bit tense, like posh galleries in Mayfair – and then provide a situation where they can have a little laugh.” Both agree that a particular shared sense of humor has been a cornerstone on their fruitful working relationship. But at the heart of the joke, Norwegian-born Dragset explains, is making the audience feel a little uncomfortable: creating something “a bit too private for the context.” Often this is coupled with a dark edge: their interests involve giving  voyeuristic insights into sad, tragic lives, such the art collector they drowned, post-party, in his own pool for “The Collectors” at the Danish and Nordic Pavilions at the 2009 Venice Biennale. The aim is to unnerve. “The extreme” Dragset says is the seemingly oblivious, and at ease “guy sitting naked in the chair, reading a book and listening to music on his headphones.” At Victoria Miro, Elmgreen points to a “scruffy old butcher’s table” in front of an uncomfortable wooden chair and bottle of “very cheap” whiskey. He says it’s a treat for London’s sheltered, wealthy art-lovers “because a lot of the people that are coming to this gallery, they have never tasted cheap whiskey before, so that’s a complete new experience for them.” They’ve said before they want to give viewers a little “thrill” – seemingly whether pleasant or not. In the past, this has meant erecting a bed in a Louis Vuitton store and encouraging employees to jump in and catch a catnap in front of bemused customers. Or a potential future work, hatched midway through the interview, when they see a friend struggling to get out through the gallery’s futuristic sliding door: “Next year there will be just a hand stuck out the door – just a child’s hands stuck in the door,” Elmgreen giggles. Elmgreen and Dragset spent their first decade as a couple, before separating romantically, while remaining creatively united. A decade later, Elmgreen & Dragset, the double-act, is still developing says Dragset – and quite possibly, at 21, just entering the prime of creative life. Elmgreen is confident of staying sharp: “It’s always also a kind of cat-and-mouse situation, where you try not to be trapped in the corner… as soon as you’re pinned down or boxed in, it’s over. “So it’s like trying to entertain yourself, and hopefully your audience, in new ways every time. Even after 20 years.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Elmgreen & Dragset", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151211133000", "country1": "DNK", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/arts/elmgreen-and-dragset-selfie/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "603360378", "sentence": "Shiite-led Popular Mobilization Units are now a legal fighting force The group has been at the forefront of the fight against ISIS in Iraq Sunni politicians raised an alarm Monday after the Iraqi Parliament passed a law recognizing Iraq’s Shiite-led Hashad al-Shabbi, known as the Popular Mobilization Units, or PMU, as an independent military force. The more than 110,000 strong fighting group has been at the forefront of the fight against ISIS in Iraq. Its role is critical but controversial with human rights groups, which allege the units have committed atrocities in the battlefield against the minority Sunni population. The bill, officially passed Saturday, makes the units an independent entity of the Iraqi Armed Forces that answers directly to the Prime Minister. Under the new rules, the units will be overseen by the Popular Mobilization Unit Committees, or PMUC. Critics argue this effectively legitimizes a militia, which does not maintain the same standards of training or battlefield conduct as the national military. Of the 328-seat Parliament, 208 voted in favor of the law. A majority of the Sunni members boycotted and left the chamber. “I believe this committee has been politically motivated and it will have similar impact as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and aims to weaken the Iraqi army,” Raad al Dahlaki, a Sunni member of  Parliament, said Monday. “We should definitely support and show appreciation to Popular Mobilization Units, but there is absolutely no need for an alternative force separate from the Iraqi army and police,” he said. Many fear the ongoing battle to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, will reignite sectarian tensions and inflame calls of autonomy from various religious and ethnic groups. Sunni politicians say the legislation is part of a continuing trend by the Shiite-led Baghdad government to sideline their interests in the country’s political future. “We have expressed our rejections to this law but they did not listen to us,” Osama al-Nujaifi, Iraq’s Sunni vice president, said in a press conference Saturday. “The majority does not have the right to determine the fate of everyone else.” Those who defend the law say it brings the units under the purview of the government, which means more oversight and greater accountability. “If this law had not passed, we would be worried that we could end up with various militant groups who are not under the umbrella of the military committee,” said Adnan al-Assadi, a Shiite member of Parliament. Assadi argued the law will unify Iraq’s various fighting factions and pointed to the percentage of Sunni fighters in the units as an example of diversity. Some 9,000 Sunni fighters are part of the PMU, said Ahmed al-Assadi, a PMU spokesman. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also welcomed the new law and said the fighting force “will represent and defend all Iraqis wherever they are.” The PMU’s forces have been fighting ISIS militants in Iraq since 2014. They are made up of dozens of militia groups affiliated with various political parties. Some have varying degrees of support from the Shiite-run government in Tehran. The new law requires the PMU to end loyalties and affiliations with all political parties. The head of each division and any higher-ranking commanders within the PMU now must be approved by the Iraqi Parliament. In October, the Iraqi government announced the military offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS. Human Rights Watch called on Iraqi commanders to prevent the PMU from taking part in the planned operation, citing a record of abuses against the Sunni population, including summary killings, enforced disappearances, torture and the destruction of homes. The Prime Minister has said repeatedly the PMU will not be allowed to enter the city of Mosul but will participate in other battles in Nineveh province. Thousands of fighters are engaged in an offensive to wrest control of Tal Afar from ISIS. The 50,000 predominantly Sunni resident say they fear the forces will enter the city and carry out retribution killings.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Popular Mobilization Units", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161128224500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/middleeast/iraq-shiite-militias-legal-sunni-outrage/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "624106087", "sentence": "New: Family \"relieved and thrilled\" about coming to US for baby's surgery, lawyer says Girl needs urgent surgery to fix heart defect; family had been denied visas to US An Iranian baby with a serious heart defect will soon get the medical attention she needs in the United States. The girl and her family – caught up in President Donald Trump’s immigration ban – have received an all-clear to enter the United States for critical surgery, officials at the Oregon Health & Science University’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital said. Fatemeh Reshad and her parents are expected to arrive in the United States in a few days, the Portland hospital said Saturday. They initially had been scheduled to meet Sunday with doctors in Portland but had been barred from traveling from Tehran, Fatemeh’s uncle, Samad Teghizadeh, told CNN. Several congressional Democrats released a letter Friday evening asking Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to grant a waiver for the child and her parents. The delay came after Trump’s executive order put an abrupt stop on travel to the United States for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. A federal judge on Friday temporarily stopped the order. Family attorney Jennifer Morrissey told CNN, “The family decided that it would be best to have their daughter treated at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital because of the hospital’s pediatric cardiology expertise and family support in Portland.” The uncle, Teghizadeh, who has been an American citizen for seven years, lives in Portland with his parents – Fatemeh’s grandparents – who also are US citizens. “Everything is going great, and we are bringing her here to Portland,” Teghizadeh told CNN. Fatemeh’s family is “overwhelmingly relieved and thrilled that the baby is coming for surgery,” Morrissey said at a press conference at the Portland hospital Saturday. The International Refugee Assistance Project is arranging the family’s travel. Last month, Iranian doctors in Tehran told Fatemeh’s family that the 4-month-old has structural abnormalities and two holes in her heart, but they lacked the resources to treat the infant. Fatemeh and her parents boarded a flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but they were rerouted back to Iran and told to reapply for a US visa in 90 days. Teghizadeh worried his niece wouldn’t make it until then. State and federal officials intervened on behalf of the family, Amber Murray, a Washington-based immigration attorney working on the case, told CNN. Attorneys contacted State Department officials to help the family obtain an emergency waiver to navigate around the ban. “I find it deplorable that an infant, who was supposed to come to Oregon to receive much needed lifesaving care, was not able to access that care at Oregon Health Sciences University,” Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said at a press conference Thursday. The governor’s office connected with the family to determine if medical help could be provided, Brown spokesman Bryan Hockaday told CNN. Fatemeh’s family contacted the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, for help. Merkley took “interest in the case and assigned a case worker from his office to work as a facilitator between the family and immigration lawyers,” the senator’s communications director Sara Hottman told CNN on Thursday. “He’s involved and very personally interested in this issue, being very opposed to this ban as it’s having potentially devastating effect on lives,” Hottman said. That leverage apparently included the letter to Tillerson, which Merkley’s office sent with other congressional Democrats from the state. “Whether Fatemeh and her family are allowed access to this urgent and necessary medical care in the United States will determine whether she lives or dies,” they wrote. The Democrats said granting the waiver would be “moral and humanitarian” as well as send a signal that “even in the face of highly strained diplomatic relations, the United States offers help to those suffering tragic circumstances.” Doctors from around the country and from Canada and Germany responded to calls for help, Murray told CNN. “She has a fairly complicated anatomy with a muscular VSD,” Murray said, referring to a ventricular septal defect. It’s a common heart defect present at birth due to an abnormal connection between the ventricles or lower chambers of the heart, according to the Mayo Clinic. Doctors are awaiting more of Fatemeh’s medical records, but the initial diagnosis indicates she also has other heart complications, including an atrial septal defect – a “hole” in the wall that separates the top two chambers of the heart. Physicians in Tehran sent the results of Fatemeh’s echocardiogram to doctors in Portland, who reviewed her case and said she needs to be operated on urgently. Doctors at OHSU Doernbecher have agreed to waive their fees, and the hospital will ensure the majority of the surgery is covered, the hospital said. “This is my home. We live here. My work and everything is in the US,” said Teghizadeh, the child’s uncle. “Believe me, if I didn’t have a brother and sister in Iran, I wouldn’t go there. This is our home.” He said he just wants his sister’s baby to get the care she needs. CNN’s Eli Watkins and Rob Frehse contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump’s immigration ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170204074500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/04/politics/travel-ban-iranian-baby-heart-surgery-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "553619330", "sentence": "President Joe Biden will caution the U.S.'s British allies during remarks in Ireland on Friday Biden said earlier he and President Barack Obama had wished for a different outcome Instability in Europe and beyond is providing “fertile terrain for reactionary politicians and demagogues,” Vice President Joe Biden cautioned during remarks in Ireland on Friday. Listing global irritants like mass migration, terrorism, climate change, Biden said those factors are leading to leaders “peddling xenophobia, nationalism, and isolationism,” including in the United States. “To play to our fears rather than, as Abraham Lincoln said, to appeal to our better angels, build walls instead of bridges – it has been un-American what we have been seeing,” Biden said in Dublin. “It’s not who we have become. It is not who we are.” Biden’s remarks came as the world reacts to the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union. He warned against global trends toward nationalism “in Europe and other parts of the world.” Earlier Friday, Biden said the U.S. “respects” the UK’s decision, but admitted he and President Barack Obama had wished for a different outcome. “I want to ensure all of you in this room that America’s special bond with the United Kingdom runs deep and will endure. And our relationship with Ireland and the European Union will remain the cornerstone of our global engagement,” Biden said at Trinity College in Dublin. Biden is on a mutli-day trip to Ireland, meeting with leaders there and visiting sites in the West that relate to his ancestry. Before the Brexit vote, he discussed the potential ramifications of the referendum with the Irish Prime Minister and President. The White House was vocal in its opposition to Britain’s exiting the EU, a rare foray into another country’s political affairs. Obama took the unusual step of traveling to London in April to make his case against leaving, drawing on the personal ties between the two countries. Biden on Friday issued similar warnings against those fears in the United States, making plain allusions to Donald Trump. “Some politicians find it convenient to scapegoat immigrants rather than welcoming them,” he said. Drawing on the powerful history of Irish immigration to the U.S. — including by his own relatives — Biden expounded upon the importance of allowing those fleeing hardships entry into the country. “We’re defined by a common creed that says to our children that if they work hard, if they struggle, if they are loyal, if they are courageous — they will have an opportunity to live a better life than the generation before them,” Biden said. “It’s defined by a simple belief that anything is possible.  And it’s a belief shared by the vast majority of immigrant families that have come to the United States from many other nations over the years.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Kingdom's decision to exit the European Union (Brexit)", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160624173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/politics/joe-biden-brexit-ireland-speech/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "463146806", "sentence": "Just-released emails seem to support U.S. claims that an Iranian nuclear scientist was not abducted, but defected The emails could provide more evidence that Clinton's aides were using veiled references to keep her apprised of sensitive matters on her private email account New Hillary Clinton emails released by the State Department appear to lift the curtain on the bizarre circumstances surrounding Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who claims to have been abducted by the CIA. The just-released emails, which were sent to Clinton back in 2010, seem to support what State Department sources have long maintained: that Amiri was not abducted, but a defector and paid informant who changed his mind about helping the U.S. The emails also appear to offer insight into the department’s plans to get Amiri back to Iran safely. Amiri’s complicated story began in 2009, when he mysteriously disappeared while on a religious pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Almost immediately, Tehran accused the U.S. of abducting him. The U.S. denied the accusation, saying it had no knowledge of Amiri’s whereabouts. Fast forward to nearly a year later, when a series of videos surfaced online of a man claiming to be Amiri. Related video Clinton wrote classified emails using private server In them, he denied being a defector and claimed to have been hiding out from CIA operatives in Virginia. In a subsequent video, however, he said he was living freely in Arizona. Two weeks later, on July 14, 2010, CNN reported that Amiri had returned to Tehran after going to Iran’s interest section at the embassy of Pakistan in Washington. CNN’s report appears to directly correspond with an email Clinton’s top foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan sent her, now being released by the State Department. RELATED: Iranian scientist says he was abducted, state media reports In the email – written two days before the CNN report – Sullivan expressed fear of the media catching wind of the story, writing: “The gentleman you have talked to Bill Burns about has apparently gone to his country’s interests [sic] section because he is unhappy with how much time it has taken to facilitate his departure. This could lead to problematic news stories in the next 24 hours. Will keep you posted.” An earlier email seemingly shows how the State Department worked to carefully craft Amiri’s return to Iran. The email, written by Richard Morningstar, acting special envoy of the U.S. secretary for eurasian energy at the time, was sent to Clinton on July 5, 2010, just days after the videos purportedly of Amiri were posted online and less than two weeks before he left the U.S. The email appears to reference Amiri’s hesitation at continuing on as a defector and his wish to leave the U.S. “Per the subject we discussed, we have a diplomatic, ‘psychological’ issue, not a legal issue,” Morningstar wrote. “Our friend has to be given a way out. We should recognize his concerns and frame it in terms of a misunderstanding with no malevolent intent and that we will make sure there is no recurrence. Our person won’t be able to do anything anyway. If he has to leave, so be it.” After arriving in Tehran, Amiri repeated his allegation that he was kidnapped by American intelligence agents. In an interview with state-run Press TV, he said he faced “psychological warfare and pressure that are much worse than being in prison.” Following his return to Iran, a U.S. official stressed Amiri was not kidnapped or coerced and claimed Amiri received about $5 million from the United States in return for his information. A second official referred to the payment as a “long-term benefits package” that enabled Amiri to defect and comfortably resettle in the United States for many years. The first official went on to say Amiri left because he “wanted to see his family and – unfortunately – he chose a dumb way to do it, lying about what happened to him here to try to build up his credibility back home.” Neither Clinton nor State Department spokespeople would confirm the emails referred to Amiri, but dates of emails correspond exactly with news reports about him. Related video New Clinton emails released While not marked classified, the emails could provide more evidence that Clinton’s aides were using veiled references to keep her apprised of sensitive matters on her private email account. Use of the non-government email and re-classification of emails as classified has become a main point of criticism against Clinton by Republicans. Two of Clinton’s top aides at the State Department, Sullivan and Cheryl Mills are set to be privately interviewed this week about their emails by a special congressional committee set up to probe reaction to the 2012 Benghazi terror attack.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150902153000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/politics/clinton-email-shahram-amiri/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "746328984", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – The FBI raid on President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, on Monday sought information about payments allegedly made to keep women silent about affairs with Trump more than a decade ago. Trump raged over the raid on Twitter. – President Trump canceled an upcoming trip to South America to instead oversee the US response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria over the weekend, the White House announced. – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before Congress for the first time to answer lawmakers’ questions about Cambridge Analytica, a Trump-linked data firm that could have had information on more than 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge. Follow live updates from the hearing here. Ahead of the hearing, an army of 100 life-sized Mark Zuckerberg cutouts took over the US Capitol lawn. – Another Trump administration official has been pushed out of the White House. This time, it’s homeland security adviser Tom Bossert. He was pushed out of his position by the newly installed national security adviser John Bolton. – It’s Equal Pay Day, but the gender pay gap isn’t just about what you make. Also, Roxanne Jones writes about why she’s disconnected from the fight this year. – The investigation into the SUV crash in Northern California that killed at least five members of the Hart family continues. An autopsy is scheduled today for a body found near the site where the vehicle plunged off a cliff. – The Obamas will not be attending Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding (though it’s not been confirmed if they were invited or not). The couple decided against inviting world leaders and political figures “in their official capacity.” – The impact of diseases, life expectancy and the probability of dying young vary drastically across the United States, and a new study shows just how wide those differences are from state to state. See how your state stacks up. – Break out the popcorn tonight: Two biographies take a look at these larger-than-life figures.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180410211500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-april-10-trnd/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "616164762", "sentence": "Japanese tapeworm larvae were found in wild Alaskan salmon Illness and symptoms are probably the same as other tapeworms, experts say If you eat raw or undercooked fish, you risk developing an infection from parasites. One of the most gruesome is tapeworm, a species of digestive tract-invading parasites that includes Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, or the Japanese broad tapeworm. Though this worm was commonly believed to infect only fish in Asia, a study published Wednesday in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s monthly journal Emerging Infectious Diseases says wild salmon caught in Alaska had also been infected by this parasite. Based on those results, researchers warn that salmon caught anywhere along the Pacific coast of North America may be infected. The most common fish tapeworm is Diphyllobothrium latum. In 1986, scientists identified another member of this family, the Japanese broad tapeworm, and believed it had been responsible for about 2,000 infections reported to that point, making it the second most common cause of tapeworm infection. Related article Tapeworms and four other disgusting parasites you should know However, continuing to study the tapeworms using new molecular methods, researchers funded by the Czech Science Foundation discovered they’d been wrong. Almost all of the previous cases of tapeworm infections occurring in Japan, South Korea and the Pacific coast of Russia had actually been caused by Japanese tapeworms rather than D. latum. In fact, Japanese tapeworm larvae, known as plerocercoids, could be found in salmon caught off the coasts of eastern Russia and Japan. Could Japanese tapeworms also be infecting salmon caught in the United States? In July 2013, a team of scientists examined 64 wild Alaskan salmon. After filleting the musculature into narrow slices, the scientists observed these and the internal organs of each fish under a magnifying glass. They discovered larvae, between 8 and 15 millimeters long, that continually elongated and contracted (as worms are known to do). With gene sequencing, they were identified as Japanese tapeworms. Based on the study results, four species of Pacific salmon are known to carry Japanese tapeworm infections: chum salmon, masu salmon, pink salmon and sockeye salmon. Because these salmon are exported on ice – unfrozen – and then appear in restaurants around the world, infections caused by the Japanese tapeworm may occur anywhere, from China to Europe, from New Zealand to Ohio. Compared with an infection resulting from D. latum, “we think this Japanese version would not be any different, although very little is actually known about this variant of tapeworms,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine who was not involved in the new study. Related article The worms that invade your brain Because the Japanese version is from the same family of tapeworms, illness and symptoms should be largely the same, he said. But D. latum and related species (including the Japanese tapeworm) can grow up to 30 feet long, according to the CDC. “Actually, most of the people who are infected don’t have symptoms,” Schaffner said. Some feel a little bit of abdominal discomfort, some have nausea or loose stools, and some even lose a little weight. Most often, tapeworm leads to only minor symptoms, but in exceptional cases the infection can turn into a serious medical problem, according to Roman Kuchta, lead author of the study and a research scientist at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. “Massive infections may result in intestinal obstruction” and painful inflammation of the bile ducts, said Kuchta. “The infections can have a substantial emotional impact on patients and their families, because segments are evacuated over a long period of time. More severe cases may require specialized consultations and complementary analyses, which are costly.” Related article Parasites worm their way into back-to-school season Along with emotional impact and expenses, there’s also the initial shock – terror, really – of discovery. “The reason you know you have tapeworms is you look in your stool and you find bits of tapeworm floating in the water – and that usually panics you enormously,” Schaffner said. After all, tapeworm infection is very unusual in the United States. After discovering that you’re infected, you can collect a sample from your toilet bowl and send it to a lab for testing, and then, with your doctor’s help, the tapeworm can be identified and “treated very effectively,” Schaffner said. According to Dr. Patrick Okolo, chief of gastroenterology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, the medications used are not typical antibiotics but specialized drugs targeting specific types of parasites. Though the study suggests that infections by Japanese tapeworm may be much more common in the US than anticipated, there’s still “no evidence at all about how common it is,” Schaffner said. “Is this a teeny-tiny proportion of the population, or is this something the average family doctor better learn about?” he asked. Those who prefer the safe side can stick with adequately frozen or cooked fish, according to the CDC. “Cooking for 145 Fahrenheit for four or five minutes will destroy the tapeworm,” said Okolo, who was also not involved in the study. “Freezing fish under certain conditions will also destroy the worm and its larvae.” Schaffner admits the new study has given him “a little bit of pause – because I like salmon sushi.” He said talk of “emerging infections” or new infections comes about, in part, because new scientific methods are able to identify them. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. This view is supported by Jayde Ferguson, a co-author of the new study and a scientist at Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “The tapeworm itself is probably not new – it’s just that more skilled parasitologist started looking for it.  Identifying these parasites is challenging,” said Ferguson. “This was simply a more detailed evaluation of the Diphyllobothrium that has occurred here for over a millennium.” Still, there’s another important reason “old” infections from one part of the globe emerge as “new” infections on another part of the globe, said Schaffner. “Because we do things that we haven’t done before,” Schaffner said. “Now, we have these fresh caught fish that can be transported anywhere and eaten raw. … I am sure we will be on the lookout for this kind of tapeworm going forward.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Japanese broad tapeworm", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170111173000", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/health/salmon-tapeworm-food-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "477804018", "sentence": "Civilians fear a new danger: the approaching winter Syrian ambassador to Russia says a major battle for Aleppo looms From under a mattress, a small child emerges on all fours, oblivious to the danger in the skies. Out from another mattress crawls a baby. Rare amateur video obtained by CNN shows entire families in farm fields cowering under mattresses as they attempt to shield themselves from airstrikes – as if bedding could protect them from aerial bombardment. The video, reported to be from the countryside south of Aleppo, provides a harrowing view of the toll Syria’s war is taking on mothers, fathers, children and babies. Aid agencies say tens of thousands of people may be on the move from this swath of poor farmland as fighters from the Syrian regime, Iran and Hezbollah move through on their way to Aleppo. The situation is confused in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, with a population of over 2 million people. It’s about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the Mediterranean coast and the same distance from the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep. Aleppo has been the focus of a great deal of fighting in Syria’s brutal 4 ½-year civil war, and much of the city has been reduced to rubble. It is clear that a major battle is looming for control of the city, a sometime stronghold of the Free Syrian Army, which opposes the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s ambassador to Russia, Riad Haddad, was quoted by Russian state media as saying there was “heavy fighting” ahead as Syrian troops braced for a “decisive battle” to retake the city. He acknowledged that there were Russian airstrikes in the area. “Our troops, backed by Russian aviation, are encircling the city and preparing for a ground invasion,” Haddad said in an interview with the news site Gazeta.ru. And the anti-Assad Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported clashes in, among other places, the countryside south of Aleppo. The group said it has no information on casualties. The group also said that regime aircraft have launched strikes in the Aleppo area – making it uncertain whether the strikes shown in the amateur video came from the Syrian regime or its Russian allies. On the ground, the people driven from their homes have yet another enemy to face: the approaching winter. A mother shown in the video grabs her young daughter’s pajamas. They were all right for summer, the mother says, but will not be enough when the temperature drops. In the heat, the mother says, their faces burn. “In the cold days,” she says, “the cold kills us.” CNN’s Brian Walker and Schams Elwazer contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151020143000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/middleeast/syria-airstrikes-aleppo-civilians/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "627804829", "sentence": "This morning in Denver, Jeanette Vizguerra was due to report for an immigration check-in President Trump's immigration orders have expanded agents' authority, experts say Like parents around the country, Jeanette Vizguerra kissed her kids good night and sent them to bed. She didn’t know if she would be there the next night to do the same. Vizguerra is an undocumented immigrant. She was due to check in Wednesday with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Such check-ins are routine. But this one was different. The stay on her deportation order expired last week. It means she’d likely have exhausted all avenues to ward off separation from her American-born children, the youngest of whom is just 6. The detention and deportation last week of another mother, Guadalupe García de Rayos in Arizona, scared Vizguerra’s children. They were anxious – and so was she. “My intuition,” she told CNN the night before her hearing, “is it’s a bad day.” Vizguerra lives in Denver with her husband and three youngest kids – Luna, 12, Roberto, 10, and Zury, 6. They were all born in the United States. Her eldest, Tania, also lives in Denver and has children of her own. She described Vizguerra as the “backbone” of the family. Vizguerra came to the United States from Mexico in 1997 with her husband and Tania, who was 6 at the time. Tania said she lives in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which lets undocumented people brought to the country as kids attend school and work. Like thousands of immigrants, the family came in search of a better life. Vizguerra’s husband had been kidnapped three times during his work as a bus driver in Mexico City, they said. For the first decade, Vizguerra and her family experienced the regular worries and paranoia of many of America’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. But she and her husband stayed under the radar, working odd jobs and avoiding trouble. That changed in 2009. “I was leaving work. It was about 10:20 at night. About a block away from my work, I saw a patrol car parked,” she recalled. “As soon as I drove by, the patrol turned on its lights and went after me, and I didn’t understand why because I wasn’t speeding.” Vizguerra was charged with not having a license or insurance and for having an expired license plate, but those charges were dismissed, court records show. She also was charged in connection with what her lawyer, Hans Meyer, said was a job application on which she used a made-up – not stolen – Social Security Number. She pleaded guilty to “attempted possession of a forged instrument.” Identity theft and other similar charges were dropped, records show. The case brought Vizguerra to the attention of immigration authorities, Meyer said. Vizguerra, who counts housekeeper, janitor and house painter among the jobs she’s held, spent the next 3 1/2 years fighting and appealing various orders to deport her from the United States. As she pressed her own case, she also took on the mantle of immigrants’ rights activist, fighting for other families hoping to cement their own tenuous roots in the United States. In September 2012, Vizguerra was in the middle of appealing a “voluntary departure” order – under which an undocumented person is allowed to arrange his or her own departure from the United States within a certain time frame. Then she learned her mother was terminally ill. Vizguerra hadn’t seen her mom since she left Mexico 15 years earlier. If she wanted to be by her mother’s bedside, Vizguerra would need to abandon her appeal. She wouldn’t be able to return legally to the United States. She decided to chance it. “It was a very difficult decision,” she said. Her mother died while Vizguerra was flying home. Soon, her heartbreak was compounded. “I was there (in Mexico) for seven months, and that was extremely difficult. It was very difficult for me to be without my children,” she said. “My children had to stay in here in the US with their father, and it was very difficult for them, especially for our youngest, Zury, who was only a year and one month at the time.” Vizguerra spent much of her time in Mexico City trying to figure out a way to reunite with her family. She eventually paid a smuggler to sneak her across the border, but she was picked up by Border Patrol agents near Presidio, Texas. She was detained for several weeks. That’s when the Colorado immigrant community Vizguerra had worked so hard to serve mobilized for her. Supporters showed up in Texas to demonstrate outside the facility where she was being held. Back in Colorado, they lobbied politicians. Ultimately, they won a stay on her deportation. The support hasn’t wavered. Leading up to her check-in Wednesday morning at the ICE office in Denver, Vizguerra had the backing of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, members of the First Unitarian Church in Denver and Democratic Rep. Jared Polis, who introduced a bill in Congress on Jan. 30 asking for Vizguerra to be given an immigration visa or to be granted the opportunity to apply for permanent residence. “Jeanette Vizguerra’s case is a perfect illustration of the broken system of immigration enforcement in this country,” Polis told The Colorado Independent. “Countless stories like Jeanette’s run contrary to our values as a nation and are one of the many reasons that we must reform our immigration system now.” But still, Vizguerra worried because of what happened to Garcia de Rayos, the Arizona mom. Garcia de Rayos and Vizguerra have a lot in common. They both came to the United States illegally more than 20 years ago. They’d both been checking in regularly with ICE for several years. And they both knew the expanded power given to immigration officers by President Donald Trump’s executive order could affect them. Related article Deported mom becomes face of debate on Trump immigration policy The Obama administration had prioritized expulsion of undocumented immigrants who threatened public safety or national security, had ties to criminal gang activity, committed serious felony offenses or were habitual misdemeanor criminal offenders. Trump’s order goes beyond that, laying out categories of undocumented immigrants who should be prioritized for removal. Experts say the definitions include virtually every person in the country illegally and the orders give broad latitude to individual immigration officers to decide who should be detained for deportation. “It made me really angry to see what happened to Guadalupe,” Vizguerra said. “She’s someone who’s been reporting for regular check-ins with ICE for several years and hasn’t had any problems. But I think more than fear, what it gave me was concern, worry for my children.” Unlike Garcia de Rayos, however, Vizguerra had appealed on multiple fronts to stay in the country, including on a U visa – a type of visa “set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity,” according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Meyer, Vizguerra’s lawyer, said that his client should qualify for such a visa, and that she included testimonials from law enforcement as part of her application for one. CNN was not given details of the criminal investigation Vizguerra is said to have helped with. Meyer said the U visa helps law enforcement tackle crime by encouraging undocumented immigrants to come forward and cooperate. “It takes courage to have policy that reflects the nuanced reality,” he said. On Tuesday night, Vizguerra gathered with her family, friends and other supporters at the First Unitarian church in Denver. The church’s pastor, Mike Morran, said it was “immoral” and “unconscionable that she still has to live in fear of being ripped from her children and deported to a country she hasn’t been in for almost two decades.” Vizguerra vacillated between hope and despair. As the hours ticked down, she fretted. At her pastor’s invitation, Vizguerra opted to spend Tuesday night in a makeshift bedroom at her church, her three youngest children cuddled up at her side. She wished for a life “without fear of being detained or deported, and the fear of being separated from my children.” The next morning, just before 11:30 a.m. ET, Meyer, the lawyer, walked past about 50 of Vizguerra’s supporters gathered outside the ICE office in Centennial, Colorado. He made his way through the door. Vizguerra was not at his side. Armed officials greeted Meyer at the door, he said. They handed him the paperwork. “This letter is in response to your recent correspondence requesting a stay of removal for your client, Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez,” the letter read. “After a careful review of the evidence you submitted and the immigration file, your request for a stay of removal is denied.” ICE statement on Jeanette Vizguerra case pic.twitter.com/7k7rhdjTyF Vizguerra didn’t go to the check-in because Meyer suspected ICE agents would arrest her. As soon as he learned her fate, the phone rang inside the First Unitarian Society church. Vizguerra and her children were just finishing up their showers, getting ready for the day. A friend who’d come to keep vigil with the family answered the call. Vizguerra broke down. Jeanette Vizguerra comforted by her daughter as she finds out the stay on her deportation order was denied https://t.co/P217Grona0 pic.twitter.com/O06fgrB32b On the phone with Meyer, she spoke in Spanish to the crowd outside the ICE office. She said she felt she made the right decision. Zury passed her mom a tissue. Meyer said he will talk with Vizguerra about next steps, legally. He said he’s optimistic her U visa application will be granted, though he said he thinks ICE’s denial of the stay request owes to the fact that “we are living in Trump’s administration.” For now, Vizguerra plans to continue seeking refuge at her church. Ana Cabrera and Sara Weisfeldt in Denver contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump's immigration orders", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170215160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/us/colorado-mom-vizguerra-ice-trnd/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "471355145", "sentence": "Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is one of the world's great humanitarian architects His signature works employ simple recyclable materials to help victims of natural disaster Winning top architecture award has given Ban more freedom to choose projects It has been over a year and a half since Japanese architect Shigeru Ban won architecture’s highest award. Now, the 58-year-old’s body of work poses a peculiar question: how long can paper houses last? Ban’s signature humanitarian buildings – constructed using cardboard tubing, designed and built fast in response to natural catastrophes, and often not intended for indefinite use – have continually outlasted their period of need. “Temporary” paper log houses, constructed in response to earthquakes in Turkey and Haiti, were inhabited for months and years, even after rebuilding efforts began providing for more permanent residences. In Chengdu, China, an elementary school built as a stop-gap after a 2008 earthquake is still in daily use. And his cardboard church in Kobe, Japan, built for the city’s Catholic community in the aftermath of a 1995 earthquake, was shipped to Taiwan in 2008, where it still stands. But since he received the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize – inducting him into a prestigious elite that includes the names Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry and Norman Foster – Ban says he’s noticed new interest in his work. (A new edition of Ban’s Complete Works has recently been published.) Offers have recently flooded in from commercial property developers to design luxury complexes. His interiors at New York’s Cast Iron House have shown his capabilities on a grander budget, with apartments on sale last year for between $5 million and $12 million. In London, Ban’s commissioned design for millionaire property entrepreneur John Curran, in the shadow of Tower Bridge, will likely become the capital’s most impressive timber home, if planning approval is granted later this year. But many less wealthy individuals across the world – from Nepal to the Philippines – are already living in structures designed by the Japanese architect. For these low cost houses, which now find themselves part of the blooming cultural legacy of a Pritzker laureate, the future is often unclear. Acclaim is no guarantee of a protection, even in less volatile environments, and architectural conservationists decry the loss of scores of Frank Lloyd Wright houses  and many of skyscraper pioneer Louis Sullivan’s greatest monuments. For Ban, construction is the easy part. In disaster zones, he is freed of the responsibility of seeking government approval for structures, provided he can vouch for their safety by his own calculations, and by working with a structural engineer. Talking during a trip to Paris, Ban says there’s no danger of his paper structures crumbling. “There is no difference between paper and wood,” he claims, explaining that timber, if used improperly, will not last long either. “Waterproofing and fireproofing is a technical issue which can be solved, because it is an industrial material.” From his perspective: “There is no difference between temporary and permanent.” Instead, the expiration date on his buildings – such as his recent rubble-walled housing designed this summer after the catastrophic earthquake in Nepal – is set by the client, which is usually the local government authority charged with disaster response efforts. These bodies dictate how long any relief structure will stand after an event. But, as with the school in Chengdu, governments are loathe to evict occupants from perfectly sound buildings. As the architect made clear this June, in a speech to students at his alma mater, Cooper Union’s School of Architecture in New York, concrete construction is no more a guarantee of long life, and poorly designed and unloved concrete buildings are being demolished across the world. Here, Ban’s elegant, minimal design could be his creations’ saving grace: “Even if a building is made out of paper, if people love them, then they will become permanent,” he said. Ban says the prize has brought changes. There’s a new burden of responsibility that comes with taking a place among architecture’s leading figures, he admits, but a freedom too, to pursue the projects he wants, and to say no to others. Ban is no stranger to large corporate and cultural buildings: a new headquarters for Swiss watchmakers Swatch and Omega is in the works; he’s designed a tea plantation-inspired terminal for an airport at the foot of Mount Fuji; and his wooden-sided art museum in Aspen opened last summer, to a mixed reception from local billionaires. Ban says in the past he has tried to “balance” his pro bono work on humanitarian causes with necessary and interesting work elsewhere. But he now feels that the two are one and the same. “Just that this is a different type of requirement: either for the rich client or the victim of an earthquake. The only difference is whether I’m paid or not, otherwise the project is a project.” He says it’s hard to say whether big money projects directly inform his work for the dispossessed. But in both he maintains a priority on sustainability and taste for geometric forms in timber carpentry and paper tubes. The booming interest from monied developers has not changed his perspective, he says, and he’s not about to start churning out “big commercial buildings.” “I don’t want to make my office bigger,” says Ban, whose Pritzker win was viewed by many as a pledge of the industry’s commitment to a future where social consciousness is valued alongside glitzy spectacle. “I don’t want to be too busy. I need enough time to design everything by myself, to control the quality, as well as work in disaster areas.” Ban says his personal priorities are the same. “Even before the award, the importance of my projects has nothing to do with the scale of the project, nothing to do with the budget of the project. 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{"article_id": "680298622", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Mark Preston is CNN’s executive director of political programming and senior political analyst. He hosts “Full Stop with Mark Preston” on SiriusXM POTUS 124. The full interview can be heard on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET, Sunday at 1 a.m. ET, and Sunday at 5 p.m. ET. Follow him at @prestonCNN. Mark Preston: Climate change and nuclear weapons keep accomplished statesman George Shultz up at night The former secretary of state for Ronald Reagan thinks Trump and Congress should tackle these issues with a greater sense of urgency Without hesitation, George Shultz leaned forward in his chair and named two issues in a solemn tone: nuclear weapons, climate change. The subjects may seem oddly paired, unless you knew I had just asked him, “What keeps you up at night?” “Well, there are two things that can wipe us out,” said Shultz. “One is nuclear weapons and the other is climate change. I worry about both of those things.” It was surreal to hear Shultz, credited with helping President Ronald Reagan bring an end to the Cold War, offer such a blunt assessment about two issues dominating news coverage. Except Shultz didn’t raise the alarm about nuclear war and climate change this week. Rather, Shultz, who has held the positions of secretary of state, secretary of treasury, secretary of labor and director of the office of management and budget, delivered this warning in late May during a rare interview in his office at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. While President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea may be a bit extreme, he appears to recognize the existence of threat – even if he hasn’t developed a clear strategy to address it. However, when it comes to the issue of climate change, there is much he has to learn. My unsolicited advice to our President: Shultz has a wealth of information and knowledge. He may just be able to offer insight into how to deal with some of these difficult subjects. At 96 years old and 2,500-plus miles away from Washington, Shultz is still dialed into the major problems facing the US government, and he continues to work to try and find solutions. As President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, Shultz played point on negotiations with the then-Soviet Union, China, the Middle East and many other hot spots and crises the United States encountered in the 1980s. Related video Shultz: Everywhere you look today is instability The challenges and problems may have changed over the years, but the actors have not. That is why I was surprised when Shultz said his telephone was not ringing off the hook with calls from congressmen and the Trump administration seeking his advice and expertise. “Actually, I don’t get very many requests from Washington,” Shultz said in an interview that will air for the first time this weekend on SiriusXM’s “Full Stop with Mark Preston.” I don’t think about it much. I got plenty to do here.” “Well, North Korea is a huge problem, and there isn’t any obvious solution,” he said. “I think we have to work at it, and you have to be able to work at it with China. And I know from contacts I have that China is ready to work on it. But it has to be done on a quiet basis, where you have two or three people on each side who quietly work at it and are authoritative and can make deals.” Listen here This week, it was reported North Korea has produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that fits inside its missiles. This prompted Trump to warn that “North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, questioned Trump’s warlike statement. “Don’t threaten unless they’re ready to act, and I’m not sure President Trump is ready to act,” he said. Related article 12 things Trump should know about North Korea In the May interview, Shultz seemed to channel McCain’s thoughts on making bold declarations – the former secretary of state said he learned as a young Marine not to make them unless you were willing to follow through. “I remember the day the sergeant handed me my rifle and said, ‘Take good care of this rifle. This rifle is your best friend,’” said Shultz, recalling his time in boot camp. “‘And remember one thing, never point this at anybody unless you’re willing to pull the trigger. No empty threats.’ I told that story to President Reagan. He liked it, and he said, ‘We’ll be very careful. We’ll mean what we say, and people (will) know that we’re serious, we’re willing to pull the trigger.’ And if people know that, you probably don’t have to pull it.” Shultz added, “Words matter if … they’re serious words. If you draw a red line and then you don’t do anything when it’s crossed, your words lose their meaning and nobody pays attention anymore.” Listen here As secretary of state, Shultz was in the middle of the diplomatic effort to try and strengthen relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as put in place arms control agreements. Now, as he views the current relations between the United States and Russia, Shultz said there needs to be a better working arrangement between the two countries. But he added that Washington should send a strong signal to Moscow about Ukraine. “Somehow we need to find our way to having a decent problem-solving type of relationship with Russia, and I think the way is, first of all, to put a big red light up in the Ukraine,” Shultz said. “We still haven’t provided the Ukrainian armed forces with lethal weaponry. We should do that, in my opinion, and let Russia see that there is a big stop sign. When they see that, maybe they’ll change their tune a little and then we can start to engage.” Listen here Perhaps some people were listening. The New York Times and The Washington Post reported earlier this month that arming Ukraine is under consideration, but it is unclear if Trump will follow through. Related article What Donald Trump doesn't get about diplomacy Unlike just about everybody – Republicans and Democrats alike – the President is reluctant to criticize Russia, and he recently said that US-Russia relations are at “an all-time & very dangerous low.” Trump cast blame on Congress for forcing him to sign a very tough sanctions bill punishing Russia, saying it will only contribute to the deteriorating situation. Trump’s unwillingness to publicly take on Russia comes as multiple congressional committees and an independent counsel investigate to see if his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential election. Shultz, for his part, has never kept his eye off of his goal of reducing the number of nuclear weapons the United States and Russia stockpile. He recalled the now-historic 1986 Reykjavík, Iceland, meeting that Shultz attended with Reagan, President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze that led to the reduction of nuclear weapons. “(S)ince that time, the numbers of nuclear weapons in the world are roughly a third of what they were then,” Shultz said. “So we got big reductions, and we ought to keep that going. Now it seems that it’s going the other way, there’s a proliferation process taking place. Shultz added, “Well there’s a lot of loose talk about nuclear weapons, and so people don’t appreciate the implications of using them. When we had the first Reagan and Gorbachev meeting in Geneva, out of it came a statement, ‘A nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought.’ It was a big agreement between them … if we could get Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump to have a statement, of similar sort, that would be a big step.” For Shultz, the danger that nuclear weapons pose is not viewed with the same sense of urgency as it once was and needs to be. Shultz’s clarion call on reducing nuclear weapons is only matched by his appeal for world leaders to take action on climate change and continue to fund research and development with both public and private sector investments. “Well, the CO2 that’s in the atmosphere, it’s going to stay there, but we can do a better job of keeping it down,” said Shultz, who noted the advances that have been made in perfecting solar power and electric cars. Shultz acknowledged part of the problem with addressing climate change is that the issue has become so politicized, it is difficult to reach a consensus. Oftentimes, Shultz said he thinks about how Reagan addressed the issue. Related article Americans know the climate is changing. Do they care? “In the mid-80s, we found a lot of scientists saying the ozone layer is depleting, and there were some who doubted it,” he said. “But they all agreed that if it happened, it would be a catastrophe. So President Reagan was convinced that the people who were worried were right.” “Instead of doing what we now do, which is try to destroy the people who don’t agree with you, (Reagan) put his arm around them and said ‘We respect you, but you do agree if it happened, it would be a catastrophe? So, why don’t we take out an insurance policy?’” he continued. “That didn’t get them on our side, but it got them off our back. Out of it we got the Montreal Protocol, which people now pretty much agree came along just in time, and it worked. So that’s the way to go about things.” The Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987, was the first international treaty aimed at protecting the atmosphere from the effects of global warming. Shultz’s office at the Hoover Institution is like a small museum featuring pictures of world leaders and awards he received over the years for his service to three separate presidents. But he considers his family life to be among his greatest achievements. “Well, I have five children, I have 11 grandchildren, and now I have five great-grandchildren,” he said. “And that’s my legacy.” Below are some of the highlights of my interview with Secretary Shultz. This Q&A has been edited for brevity, clarity and flow. Mark Preston: Secretary Schultz, what keeps you up at night? When you’re looking around the globe, what are some of the things that concern you when you’re thinking about your kids, your grandkids, your great grandkids? George Shultz: Well, there are two things that can wipe us out. One is nuclear weapons and the other is climate change. I worry about both of those things. And I now have five wonderful great-grandchildren, and I watch them, they’re so much fun. They’re curious about everything, and I say to myself, “What kind of world are they going to inherit? And what can I do to make it a little better?” Preston: What kind of a world do you think they’re going to inherit? Related article Trump's reaction to North Korea cannot be nuclear Shultz: Well, we’re not paying attention to nuclear weapons anymore. People have forgotten how deadly they are. But I hope we don’t have to get awakened by their use. I keep working on that subject, and maybe it will come back and people will be aware of how totally unacceptable they are. A nuclear weapon dropped somewhere in the Bay Area (San Francisco/Oakland) incinerates the area; there’s nothing left. … They have immense destructive power. If you have an outbreak, say between India and Pakistan, and a few weapons are used back and forth, it isn’t only India and Pakistan that get wiped out, it puts a cloud around the globe. And you can have global cooling on a big stage and that can make vegetation hard to grow. Preston: Should we be very concerned about the relationship between those two countries? Shultz: They are at odds with each other, particularly up at the Kashmir. We had a group of Indian and Pakistani former generals and foreign minister types here for a couple of days just to talk about it. And one of the interesting things I said, “Have you ever tried to calculate the cost in your income per capita of the enmity that you have? You live right next to each other, yet you have practically no trade. But the possibilities are great.” So, there was an economist from each country there … they agreed to make a study together and it was astonishing how big the cost to their income … and you think they would be interested in anything that would increase their income per capita. If they could cool it between them and encourage trade and mutual economic activity, they could have a big boost. Preston: The warming of relations between China and our current government – good move? Shultz: Absolutely, it is a good move, and you need to develop counterparts, a feeling of trust between you as human beings. When you do that, you can have candid conversations, because the other side knows you’re not going to blurt it to the press … and embarrass the person you’re talking to. So, you need to develop that capability. Related article Trump and Putin are locked in a hellish standoff Preston: How do you see the state of play between Russia and the United States? Shultz: Somehow we need to find our way to having a decent problem-solving type of relationship with Russia, and I think the way is, first of all, to put a big red light up in the Ukraine. We still haven’t provided the Ukrainian armed forces with lethal weaponry; we should do that … and let Russia see that there is a big stop sign. When they see that, maybe they’ll change their tune a little and then we can start to engage. But between the United States and Russia, we have most of the nuclear weapons and we need to talk about it. When we had the meeting with Reagan and I and Gorbachev and Shevardnadze at Reykjavík,the numbers of nuclear weapons in the world are roughly a third of what they were then. So we got big reductions and we ought to keep that going. Now it seems that it’s going the other way; there’s a proliferation process taking place. Preston: As we (talk) about Washington right now, and the dysfunction between Democrats and Republicans, do you think – and I don’t think this is exclusive to either party – that perhaps people aren’t taking the moral high ground on issues? That they’re just politicizing things? Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Shultz: It’s been a long time since I was there. But I know quite a few of the people and … a friend of mine who is a senator said to me, “(Defense Secretary) Jim Mattis came to my office and asked me my opinion about things.” And this person couldn’t say enough about Jim Mattis. That’s the old-fashioned way. Go to the other guy, ask their opinion, be interested, be a friend. That works. Preston: Is it frustrating when you don’t see that happen? Shultz: It’s frustrating, but I understand in Washington, hardly anyone lives there anymore. Their families aren’t there. In the old days we would get together on weekends, and nothing heavy, just get to know each other and trust each other. Preston: When you look at all of presidents that you’ve served under, you must have taken away some kind of positive advice or element that helped guide you through your own life. 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{"article_id": "462781827", "sentence": "U.S. Coast Guard has only two active icebreakers in its fleet Russia has 40 icebreakers with almost a dozen more planned President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose speeding up the timeline for purchasing and constructing new Coast Guard icebreakers in the Arctic, an area where the United States has fallen behind Russia in resources as the melting sea ice creates more opportunities for global commerce, tourism and scientific research. The United States, which once had seven icebreakers in its fleet, now has only two that are fully functional. This is compared to Russia, which has 40 icebreakers with 11 planned or under construction, according to a statement released by the White House. The President will call on Congress to approve funding for replacing a new heavy icebreaker by 2020, instead of 2022. Polar icebreakers are ships specifically designed to cut through open water ice and are in high demand as industries push closer to exploration of either of the earth’s poles, according to the Coast Guard. Obama will hike to Exit Glacier and tour Kenai Fjords National Park by boat Tuesday, the second day of his three-day trip to Alaska largely focused on climate change. The President will also announce a joint effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Coast Guard to increase safety in marine transportation in the region by mapping the recently opened Bering, Chukcki and Beaufort Seas. RELATED: Obama condemns climate change deniers Monday in Anchorage, the President opened the State Department sponsored GLACIER conference, challenging other world leaders as well as climate change deniers. Obama called on other nations to act quickly on climate change or “condemn our children to a world they no longer have the capacity to repair.” The President went on to say “the time to heed the critics and cynics is past. The time to plead ignorance is surely past. Those who want to ignore the science are increasingly alone, on their own shrinking island.” Before Obama embarked to Alaska, the administration announced the renaming of the highest peak in North America, Mount McKinley, to Denali, the name used by generations of Alaska Natives meaning “the great one.” The President, who has faced backlash on this decision, posted a photo of Denali on his Instagram before arriving in Anchorage on Monday. RELATED: Trump vows to reverse Obama’s Mt. McKinley name change", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker program", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150901133000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/politics/obama-icebreakers-alaska-arctic-visit-climate-change/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "634305877", "sentence": "The family had been extensively vetted and approved for the special immigration visas Lawyer: \"It was a victory in a battle that should not have been fought in the first place\" The father, mother and three young children came to the United States with special immigration visas, granted because the father put himself in danger by working with American forces in Afghanistan, lawyers for the family said. They landed in Los Angeles on Thursday and planned to take a connecting flight to Seattle, where they would settle. New travel ban includes 8 countriesSupreme Court to hear argumentsMarch travel ban exempted IraqHow the March ban was different   March travel ban: The full executive orderJanuary travel ban: The full executive order New travel ban includes 8 countriesSupreme Court to hear argumentsMarch travel ban exempted IraqHow the March ban was different   March travel ban: The full executive orderJanuary travel ban: The full executive order But instead of rolling out the welcome mat, the federal government took them into custody, said Talia Inlender, a senior staff attorney for Public Counsel Law Firm. Federal agents separated the father from the others, held them four days and threatened to send them to detention centers, she said. Civil rights lawyers intervened. On Monday, four days after they were detained at the airport, a federal judge ordered the family freed from custody. “It was a victory in a battle that should not have been fought in the first place,” Robert Blume, one of the family’s lawyers,  said at a news conference Monday. “The government swung and missed on this one. They just got it wrong.” The family had been extensively vetted and approved for the special immigration visas (SIV), Blume said. They should never have been held, he said. Officials with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have not explained why the family was placed in custody. Spokespersons for both agencies declined comment. Court documents on ICE detainees are usually not available for people facing deportation because of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump. Documents filed by family lawyers say ICE and CBP never provided a reason. Related article Travel ban: What happens now in court? Inlender said the family landed at Los Angeles International Airport at midday Thursday and lawyers heard about their plight Friday. On Saturday, lawsuits were filed and custody of the family was transferred from CBP to ICE, she said. The mother and children – ages 7, 6 and 8 months – were held in a downtown hotel and the father was sent to a detention center in Orange County, she said. They’re not  identified because of security reasons and are called “Does” in the court papers. During the first two days, CBP wouldn’t allow lawyers to talk to the family, Inlender said. Also, the mother doesn’t speak English. The lawyers said the special immigration visas should have cleared the way for the family. The father worked at a US government base where the Taliban took notice of locals who worked there, Blume said. “His service put not only his own life, but also the lives of his wife and three small children, at risk,” the International Refugee Assistance Project said in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. “The US government created the SIV program specifically to allow families like petitioners to immigrate to the US and live safely.” Background checks take several years, the petition said, because the government wants to make sure the immigrants don’t pose a threat to the United States. Plus, having a valid SIV means the State Department and Homeland Security have already determined the family’s lives were at risk. IRAP court papers filed Saturday said, “Yet now, instead of gratefully welcoming Does 1-5 to the country they helped defend, the US government arrested all five family members –including an infant child – detained them for more than two days, and held them incommunicado while denying them any access to counsel who seek to advise them and inform them of their rights.” Blume said the family was freed after the court hearing in Santa Ana before federal Judge Josephine L. Staton. Video showed them getting into a van outside the courthouse. “They are now without restriction free to travel, free to find work, free to buy a cup of coffee,” Blume said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170307061500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/afghan-family-released-los-angeles/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "445005399", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind was CNN Style’s guest editor for July 2015. Exploring the theme of architecture and emotion, he commissioned a series of features on the relationship between the buildings we create and the way they make us feel. Many people don’t see architecture as important, even very smart people. They leave it to somebody else. But to me, there’s nothing more important than architecture. It creates your world and influences how you feel both mentally and spiritually. So, if you live in a horrible place, you’ll be impaired mentally. Let’s say you live in a dark environment with no windows and with nothing but a blank wall behind you. You’d be in a prison, and that would have a detrimental impact on your mental health. The most neutral architecture is often the most aggressive. But in buildings that move us, there’s an element of care. It’s not a question of whether a building makes us feel good or bad. It’s about being moved. That’s what the word emotion means. What we feel is the sense of intensity, passion and involvement. It’s something that goes very deep. Look at a Frank Gehry building, for instance, and you can see the love and care and infinite labor it took to bend that piece of steel. You can see it in high-tech architecture like that of Norman Foster, the love for an incredible suspended piece of glass and how difficult it is to make a piece of glass look like it’s floating. It’s also why people love going to old medieval towns or beautiful villages – because they inspire us to feel moved. In great cities, the great buildings tell you things you don’t know and remember things which you’ve forgotten. It’s a collective wisdom, an engine superior to your own intelligence. Architecture is the biggest unwritten document of history. We are certainly writing a new chapter today. Places that were just caravans in the desert are suddenly high-density cities with incredible buildings. Cities that were neglected are now competing with other major cities: Shanghai vs. Beijing, Beijing vs Frankfurt, Frankfurt vs. New York. Nobody could have predicted 50 years ago that it would be cities competing with each other rather than nations. And it’s important for a city to have incredible variety. I don’t like oppressive cities that offer no relief. We see this in authoritarian attempts at controlling architecture, whether it was enlightenment thinkers or Stalin or Hitler or Mussolini. They tried to rebuild the world in their image, and their idea of playing God failed because of our irrepressible individuality. I often wish the city was more creative, that the sidewalk was a more fantastic experience, because life is short and you don’t want to walk through a dull-witted place. The great cities we really admire have this perplexing variety of thoughts, forms, colors, dialects, spiritual ideas. As an architect, it’s my responsibility to make a personal connection – not just with the physical environment but how it triggers our memories and emotional responses. When I explored the site for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, I put myself into the souls of those who are not there, into the emptiness I felt. I tried to see how it would feel to be there when you’re not there. What does it mean to create a space for those who were murdered, who disappeared in the smoke? You could feel that emotion here in New York after 9/11, the souls of those who are lost at ground zero. You don’t have to be a mystic or religious in any way. Everybody would feel it. You come to the bedrock, the slurry wall, the emptiness, and you are suddenly enveloped in a space that isn’t just what you see on the ground. You’re in connection with this place and its history, and that connection speaks to you. It tells you what the limits are, the taboos. You cannot treat it as if you were just walking on another kind of ground. This place is unique. There is a delicacy about it that has to be protected. That’s all part of exploring the site. I would call it a spiritual journey. Even with a regular site, you have to be interested in it and sensitive to it. If not, you can do whatever you want. Architecture is already violent – you always have to dig a foundation – and we can tell when somebody does something just for a quick buck. We can feel that carelessness and the silence it produces. When I first came here in 2001 it was a ghost town. Once in a while I would see two or three people standing in the rain looking at the site. Every day I have seen this site transform itself, but transform itself with a memory – not by hiding what happened. The talk about ground zero also changed very slowly. It was like something coming up out of an abyss, not different from my experience in Berlin. When I started working on ground zero, the developers were speaking of large floor plates for trading floors, and my idea was very different — that this is not going to be Wall Street again, it’s going to be a new neighborhood. To me the proof of its success is how many people have moved into that neighborhood. A hundred thousand people have moved to Lower Manhattan since I started working here. It’s a rebirth of a zone of a city that was very functionally Wall Street. Now it’s a place for creativity. There are both the profane and the sacred in architecture. But sacred does not preclude celebration. So eating an ice cream or even throwing a Frisbee at ground zero is not in contradiction with the space, because it’s the space that allows you to do certain things. It takes a long time for a public space to shape itself. For ground zero, it’s taking more than two hundred years. At first, New York was just a few streets laid out on a map. But incarnated in that initial gesture was the spirit of this island, this tip, jutting out into the world. A spirit of the unexpected. That’s the optimism that is lodged in every gesture of architecture. The metaphor of life is rooted in architecture. To be born, to grow, to be, is an architectural experience. It starts from excavation, from nothing, and has only a plan that in time comes to fruition. No matter how sad, how tragic a site might be, how abused by history, architecture has the notion of a future. That sense prevents it from being something in a minor chord. Even erecting a monument to the dead, in any form – writing a book or planting a flower or a tree – has a sense of hope and redemption. To me, that is the emotion of architecture. As told to CNN’s Steven Goldberg. 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{"article_id": "757180192", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Errol Louis is the host of “Inside City Hall,” a nightly political show on NY1, a New York all-news channel. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. It’s safe to assume that the bull-in-a-china-shop style of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is precisely what his new legal client, President Donald Trump, wants in a defender. But what works for Trump in the short term could prove to be a long-term political headache. In sharp contrast to former attorneys for the President – several of whom have resigned – Giuliani has dropped any pretense of cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives. “Mueller should now bring this to a close,” Giuliani said this week in a Fox News interview. “It’s been a year. He’s gotten 1.4 million documents, he’s interviewed 28 witnesses. And he has nothing, which is why he wants to bring the President into an interview.” That’s what a good lawyer would say. It happens to be not quite true. Related video Avenatti on Giuliani: None of this makes sense Over the last year, Mueller’s office has charged 19 people and three Russian companies with federal crimes. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has pleaded guilty. So has his deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, and a former campaign aide, George Papadopoulos.  All three men are now cooperating with the probe. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been charged and is under house arrest, facing charges including bank fraud, tax fraud and money-laundering. He’s scheduled to go on trial in July. That’s not nothing – far from it. And we still don’t know what will come of the raid in which FBI agents seized computers, phones and records from the President’s longtime personal lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen. Giuliani has also strayed from the facts in his recent assertion that Mueller cannot compel Trump to respond to a subpoena and testify under oath. “They could probably require documents to be produced. That’s what was required of Nixon,” Giuliani said. “We’ve provided 1.4 million documents. They probably could require you to testify in a civil case, possibly even as a witness in a criminal case, but they can’t require you to testify in what would be your own case because, after all, it’s all about a possible impeachment.” Related video Who is Rudy Giuliani? Not so. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that President Richard Nixon had to comply with a subpoena for tapes of conversations recorded in the Oval Office private locations. In 1998, President Bill Clinton defused a showdown with special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, who wanted to subpoena him, by agreeing to testify. There isn’t a lot of precedent to rely on, but as one law professor from Duke University put it: “It’s not accurate to say that sitting presidents never have to comply with subpoenas. They have and they do.” While it might seem like a bad idea for Giuliani to defend Trump by making outlandish assertions, the strategy has generally worked for Trump over the years. As a young man, facing charges of racial discrimination in his real estate business, Trump turned to a pit bull of a lawyer, Roy Cohn, who counseled Trump to battle the charges no matter what. In the end, the Trump Organization settled the matter without admitting guilt – the first of many times that Trump would employ a strategy of never apologizing for anything. Related article Rudy Giuliani, America's mayor, has jumped the shark Cohn died years ago, but Trump has found a successor in the form of Giuliani. In the lowest moment of the 2016 campaign, when the “Access Hollywood” video surfaced with Trump boasting of molesting women, Giuliani was one of the few campaign aides who took to the airwaves to defend him. That same attitude now leads Giuliani to concoct fanciful – and utterly erroneous – legal theories to “explain” why the Mueller probe is a failure and why presidents can’t be subpoenaed. That might buy Trump a momentary reprieve among his followers. But more than two-thirds of Americans support the Mueller probe, and no amount of bluster from the President or his pit bull attorney is likely to change that. All of which means Giuliani may be giving Trump the defense he wants – but not the end of the Mueller probe that he needs.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rudy Giuliani", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180518160000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/opinions/rudy-giuliani-louis/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "559053958", "sentence": "Secretary of Defense Ash Carter arrived on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan Tuesday to meet with the country’s leaders and visit with U.S. forces who are battling a resilient Taliban. Carter’s trip comes a week after President Barack Obama announced 8,400 troops will remain in Afghanistan through the end of 2017. The number was higher than the 5,500 troops originally planned. “The security situation in Afghanistan remains precarious,” Obama said. “The Taliban remains a threat. I strongly believe it is in our national security interest … that we give our Afghan partners the best opportunities to succeed.” Carter, who was in Baghdad on Monday, flew into Bagram Air Base near Kabul and later met with Resolute Support Mission Commander Gen. John Nicholson. The secretary also met with Afghan Minister of Defense Abdullah Khan Habibi and Interior Minister Major Gen. Taj Mohammed Jahid. RELATED: Carter announces more US troops for Iraq Carter then headed to the Presidential Palace for a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Carter also will meet with Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul before heading back to Bagram to meet U.S. troops. After a day-long visit, Carter flew to the United Arab Emirates. In Baghdad on Monday, Carter announced the U.S. is sending 560 additional troops to Iraq as part of the stepped-up fight against the “cancer” of ISIS. Most of the troops will be stationed at the recently recaptured Qarayyah airfield, which is about 25 miles south of Mosul and will be a key staging area for the upcoming U.S. and Iraqi effort to retake that city from the terror group.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. military presence in Afghanistan", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160712124500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/carter-afghanistan/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "730297995", "sentence": "The White House denied a claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that he had discussed an initiative with the Trump administration to annex Israeli settlements in the West Bank. White House spokesperson Josh Raffel said, “Reports that the United States discussed with Israel an annexation plan for the West Bank are false. The United States and Israel have never discussed such a proposal, and the President’s focus remains squarely on his Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative.” On Monday afternoon, Netanyahu said he had been in talks with the American administration “for some time” on applying Israeli sovereignty to West Bank settlements. Speaking at a Likud party faction meeting, Netanyahu said, “On the subject of applying the Sovereignty Law, I can tell you that for some time now, I have been holding talks on the subject with the Americans,” according to a spokesman for Coalition Chairman David Amsalem. But a statement only hours later appeared to say the American government pushed back on the idea. Related article What you need to know about the Israeli settlements “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu updated the Americans on the initiatives brought up in the Knesset, and the Americans expressed their unequivocal position by which they are committed to advancing President Trump’s peace plan,” the statement read. Moments later, the White House denied any such talks had ever taken place. The Sovereignty Law, backed by the right-wing Land of Israel Lobby, would annex Israeli settlements in the West Bank. David Keyes, spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, told CNN he was unaware if any “concrete proposal had been discussed.” Many right-wing Israeli politicians saw under President Donald Trump a chance to advance plans to annex part or all of the West Bank into Israel. Though such a move would outrage virtually every other government, Israel’s right believed Trump could provide Israel political and diplomatic cover, blocking any attempts to sanction Israel at the United Nations were annexation to proceed. Related article Trump: Neither Israelis nor Palestinians looking to make peace In an interview published in Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom on Sunday, Trump said Israel had to “be very careful” with settlements. “The settlements are something that very much complicates, and always have complicated, making peace, so I think Israel has to be very careful with the settlements,” Trump was quoted as saying, hewing to the position of previous US administrations that settlements are an obstacle to peace. Trump, who said in the interview that neither Israelis nor Palestinians “are looking to make peace,” hedged on expectations for the White House peace plan, which has been dubbed the “Ultimate Deal.” “We are going to see what goes on,” Trump told Israel Hayom. Monday’s announcement by Netanyahu was met with derision by Palestinian Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat. Related article Mideast tensions get even worse “Netanyahu’s latest statement is a continuation of Israel’s policy of dictations, as well as it confirms US complicity with Israeli colonial plans,” Erekat said in a statement. “This is a confirmation that final status issues are being unilaterally decided upon by Israel in coordination with the US administration,” he added. “The Israeli-US coordination is not about achieving a just and lasting peace but about legitimizing Israeli violations of International law and UN resolutions.” Settlements are considered a violation under international law, as reaffirmed in United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, passed in the waning days of the Obama administration. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said that if the resolution had been introduced under the Trump administration, the US would have cast its veto, blocking the resolution from passing.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israeli settlements annexation plan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180212203000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/12/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-trump-settlements-intl/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "669024833", "sentence": "\"One of the most instantly recognizable pieces of pop culture\" sold at auction Auction house: Droid is believed to be only complete R2-D2 unit in the public domain For decades, fans of the beloved “Star Wars” franchise have gone far and wide to pay tribute to the world that George Lucas has created. They sell out movie premieres and dress up as their favorite characters. And now some even pay millions to get their hands on a movie prop. A complete R2-D2 unit sold for $2.75 million Wednesday at a California auction, according to the Los Angeles-area auction house Profiles in History. Luke Skywalker’s 43-inch tall sidekick was assembled from components from the original “Star Wars” trilogy as well as “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” and “Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones,” according to the auction catalog. The films were made between 1977 and 2002. Unfortunately, this R2-D2 won’t interact with you. “No internal mechanics or workings are present,” the auction house said. The droid is constructed of aluminum, steel and fiberglass, and is believed to be the only complete R2-D2 unit in the public domain, according to Profiles in History’s auction catalog. The auction house called it “one of the most instantly recognizable pieces of pop culture in existence.” The dome in the droid dates to the original 1977 film when it was used by actor Kenny Baker. Related article The first time I saw 'Star Wars': 40 years of memories The auction catalog said R2-D2 units were upgraded as more films were made, with older components being retired. Before the auction, Profiles in History expected to fetch between $1 million and $2 million for the galaxy’s most famous interactive astromech droid, according the catalog listing. The R2-D2 sale was part of the three-day Hollywood Auction, which also included Mark Hamill’s lightsaber from “Star Wars: Episode IV: – A New Hope” and “The Empire Strikes Back,” which sold for $325,000, according to the auction house. The droid was the most expensive item sold at the auction. Los Angeles approves long-awaited George Lucas art museum The identity of the winning R2-D2 bidder was not immediately available early Thursday. The auction house cautioned bidders that special shipping arrangements would be required after the sale since the droid is in the United Kingdom.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Star Wars franchise", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170629124500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/29/movies/star-wars-r2-d2-sells-auction-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "751311745", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s backslapping diplomacy with French President Emmanuel Macron gave way to an altogether more businesslike encounter with another European ally, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the White House on Friday. Both sides insisted relations between Germany and the United States remain strong, and Trump offered effusive praise for his counterpart, calling the longest-serving European leader an “extraordinary woman” during a news availability. But the differences between the two visits were stark, and there was little to indicate Merkel had successfully swayed Trump on an array of issues, such as Iran and trade. Related article After the hugs and kisses, Macron rips Trumpism “We need a reciprocal relationship, which we don’t have,” Trump insisted when questioned about US-German ties. “I don’t blame the Chancellor, I don’t blame Germany, or the European Union. I blame the people that preceded me for allowing this to happen.” As Trump railed against Germany’s trade surplus with the United States and what he said was lackluster spending on defense, the Chancellor appeared unmoved and insisted relations with the United States were strong. After concluding a joint news conference, there was no greater clarity on Trump’s intentions for the Iran deal, which he has derided and appears poised to exit. And he would not commit to extending an exemption on steel and aluminum tariffs, which he applied last month. “The President will decide, that is very clear,” Merkel said through a translator when asked whether Trump would continue to exempt the European Union from the tariffs. If Macron represented a friendly, if assertive, voice on matters of deep European concern, Merkel arrived at the White House prepared to act as the stern enforcer on issues such as trade and the Iran nuclear deal, even if expectations of swaying Trump remain low. When the two leaders appeared before reporters, there was none of the arm-grabbing or dandruff-flicking that colored Trump’s interactions with Macron. They did, however, manage to avoid the awkwardness of their first meeting a year ago. Speaking to reporters at the start of their talks, Trump insisted the pair’s relationship is chummier than it may appear. Related article Macron opens door to new Iran deal in talks with Trump “We actually have had a great relationship right from the beginning, but some people didn’t understand that,” he said in the Oval Office. “But we understand it, and that’s what’s important.” Indeed, the leaders appeared happy to see each other when Merkel’s limousine arrived at the West Wing. Trump kissed her twice on the cheek, and later opened his remarks by congratulating her on her narrow election victory earlier this year. Later, they shook hands twice in the Oval Office, avoiding a repeat of Merkel’s last visit a year ago, when Trump avoided a handshake. The warmth aside, the differences between Merkel’s visit and the elaborate display of friendship offered to Macron this week were apparent. Macron was treated to a grand military welcome, hours of talks, two dinners with Trump and his wife and an opera performance. Merkel, meanwhile, just came for lunch. Some officials in Berlin had hoped Merkel might be treated to a grander welcome but pressed forward with what was on offer. Merkel and Macron coordinated their approaches toward Trump before departing for Washington, according to aides. They are both pushing Trump to back off threats to scrap the Iran nuclear deal and soften his approach on trade. But unlike Macron, who participated with the US in coordinated airstrikes on Syria earlier this month, Merkel doesn’t have a major piece of teamwork to tout. On Iran, Trump refused to rule out military action should Tehran resume its nuclear program, and did not offer any indication of his intentions for withdrawing from the nuclear deal. “I don’t talk about whether or not I’d use military force. It’s not appropriate to be talking about. But I can tell you this, they will not be doing nuclear weapons, that I can tell you,” Trump said. “They’re not going to be doing nuclear weapons. You can bank on it.” Like all leaders in countries where Trump remains deeply unpopular, Merkel faces a balance in how much to embrace Trump and how much to scold him. Over the course of their rocky 15-month relationship, Merkel has largely gravitated toward scolding. Shortly after he entered office, she explained the Geneva Convention to him over the phone after he ordered a ban on US entry from certain Muslim-majority countries. And during summit talks in the spring, she forcefully pressed him to remain in the Paris climate accord. Trump has chafed at the treatment, and relations between Washington and Berlin have suffered. The two leaders went more than five months without a phone call earlier this year, an extraordinary silence that would have been unthinkable during the years when Merkel was the closest US ally in Europe. Related article Trump praises Jackson, says he was smeared People familiar with Trump’s thinking say Merkel’s well-established relationship with former President Barack Obama colored Trump’s view of her; he was more eager to develop ties to Macron since he represented a “blank slate,” without a preexisting relationship with Trump’s predecessor. The last time Merkel visited the White House, in March 2017, there were moments of distinct awkwardness. Trump appeared to refuse to shake her hand in the Oval Office, though later officials said they’d shaken hands earlier. And she stood grimly silent when Trump joked they’d both been spied on by Obama, an episode Trump griped about later to aides. Since then, Merkel’s position as the de-facto leader of Europe has been weakened. She faced an unexpectedly tough re-election battle, with challenges from the right spurred by her decision to allow large flows of refugees into Germany. Macron has largely stepped into the vacuum, but not without coordinating his steps first with Merkel. The two have developed a joint approach to Trump in the areas where their interests align, including the Iran nuclear deal and trade. Macron left Washington speculating Trump would withdraw from the Iran accord despite his entreaties, but acknowledged that no firm decision was relayed over the course of his state visit. Merkel was expected to focus more on trade, which remains the thorniest issue between her and Trump. The President has railed against Germany’s massive trade surplus and has honed in particularly on the number of German autos on American roads. 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{"article_id": "598045147", "sentence": "US troops have an obligation not to follow illegal orders Trump's campaign statements indicate he might seek the use of waterboarding When Donald Trump takes office, his plate will be full with national security challenges ranging ISIS to Russia. But first up may be the issue of how top military officers deal with the new commander in chief himself. There is civilian control of the military, and there is unquestioned loyalty to any president. But Trump comes into office with a series of campaign promises that include the possibility of ordering illegal action by the US military. The issue getting perhaps the most attention is Trump’s campaign statements he might institute waterboarding of terrorism suspects. Waterboarding is considered torture, which is illegal under US and international law. Other Trump campaign promises that worry some commanders and troops include the notion of bombing with little regard for civilian casualties or taking Iraq’s oil supplies, also potential violations of international law. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook noted on Thursday that all US troops have an obligation not to follow illegal orders. And he made clear the decades of expectations by troops and commanders that they wouldn’t be asked to do so. “I don’t think this is something we should even be discussing,” Cook said in response to a question from CNN. “They’re not going to get an order in violation of the law.” But CNN has spoken to several current senior officers who have given thought to whether they could confront this issue in a Trump administration. Each has said the plan will be to explain in detail why it’s a violation of the law, and to get military lawyers directly involved in any discussion so that’s made clear. If a commander were still to get an illegal order, the challenge would then be whether to resign. One senior military official said, though, that the most senior commanders on a four-star level would never resign. It would be seen as leaving their troops behind to deal with the problem. Instead, the official said, a four-star commander would make a President Trump publicly fire them. Related video US general counters Trump claims Violations of the Geneva Convention, or any war crime by US troops, would be disastrous, a senior retired US military officer told CNN. While the US is not a member of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, if there were illegal orders given and followed, then US military personnel would be discredited around the world and US standing would be hurt with other nations the US military must work with. In addition, those military members engaged in Geneva Convention violations would find they could not travel to countries that are members of the court because they would risk arrest and tried before it. The official added there is a longstanding view in the US military that American troops and commanders do not engage in activities that are torture or illegal because if US troops are ever taken captive, it gives the the country little leverage to challenge enemy forces engaging in similar activities against US personnel. Waterboarding, for example, is illegal under both US law and the Geneva Conventions because it is defined as torture. But that’s not how Trump or all the Republicans who endorsed him see it, though. “Waterboarding isn’t torture. We do waterboarding on our own soldiers in the military,” Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, himself a veteran, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Some US troops undergo training for survival by practicing what would happen to them if they are waterboarded. Cotton also insisted that the law could be changed. The Pentagon, however, reiterated Thursday that waterboarding is not lawful. “You know the policy position of this administration, the law in fact, with regard to this. That is not something the US military is going to be conducting,” Cook said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161111113000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/11/politics/pentagon-donald-trump-illegal-orders/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "647376281", "sentence": "F-35 jets deploy from Utah for training mission in Europe Deployment part of European Reassurance Initiative The US Air Force’s newest stealth fighters arrived in the UK over the weekend as part of the Pentagon’s effort to reassure European allies in the face of Russian aggression on the continent. The F-35A jets from Hill Air Force Base in Utah landed at RAF Lakenheath on Saturday for what the Air Force said was several weeks of training with other US aircraft and crews and those from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. “As we and our joint F-35 partners bring this aircraft into our inventories, it’s important that we train together to integrate into a seamless team capable of defending the sovereignty of allied nations,” Gen. Tod D. Wolters, commander of US Air Forces in Europe, said in a statement. The Air Force said the F-35s were deploying to support the European Reassurance Initiative, a multibillion dollar program started under President Obama in 2014 to show support for US allies after Russia annexed the Crimea from Ukraine. The F-35s are just the latest of example of US Air Force jets sent to Europe in connection with the European Reassurance Initiative. Others have included F-22s, F-16s, F-15s and A-10s. The presence of the F-35s in Europe also helps the US show off the jets to European allies who already have them or plan to acquire their own versions, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Denmark and Turkey. The single-engine F-35 comes in three variants. The A version is flown by the US Air Force, the B version by the Marines, and the C version will become part of the US Navy’s fleet. Marine Corps F-35Bs began their first overseas deployment earlier this year when they were dispatched to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan. That deployment was seen as the US bolstering allies in Japan and South Korea with the latest US high-tech combat hardware. The Air Force emphasized a similar line with the weekend deployment to Britain. “The introduction of the premier fifth-generation fighter to the European area of responsibility brings with it state-of-the-art sensors, interoperability, and a broad array of advanced air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions that with help maintain the fundamental sovereignty rights of all nations,” an Air Force statement said. While the F-35s may be ready for overseas action, the aircraft has been facing a battle at home too. Related video F-35 jets unveiled at Hill Air Force Base The cost of the aircraft has generated strong headwinds of criticism, including from US President Donald Trump. The $400 billion price tag for the 2,443 planes delivered or planned is double the original budget. But earlier this year, Secretary of Defense James Mattis called the F-35 “critical” for US air superiority and praised it for its ability to integrate with allies who are buying the jet. Many US allies have “bet their air superiority on the F-35 program. It bonds us tightly together with them,” Mattis said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Air Force F-35 deployment to Europe", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170417063000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/17/politics/us-f-35-stealth-fighters-europe-england/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "427579324", "sentence": "Abu Khdeir's name is on the memorial wall at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl His father and a terror victim advocacy group objected to his being included in the list The Palestinian teenager was beaten and burned by three Israelis, authorities say A Palestinian teenager’s name will be removed from an Israeli memorial commemorating fallen soldiers and the victims of terrorism after his family and others complained. Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s name appeared this week on the wall at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, the site of the national cemetery, as the nation prepared to mark its Memorial Day on Wednesday. Abu Khdeir, 16, was beaten and burned alive by three Israelis in July, according to prosecutors. A picture on the memorial website for Abu Khdeir shows an Israeli flag with two flowers called “Blood of the Maccabees” in Israel, a symbol often used on Memorial Day, when the country honors its soldiers killed in the line of duty and victims of terrorism. But Abu Khdeir’s family objected to his inclusion on the memorial wall. His father, Hussein Abu Khdeir, said no one asked for his permission to put his son’s name on the wall. “I refuse that my son’s name will be listed between soldiers of the occupation,” he said. Almagor, an organization that works on behalf of victims of terror in Israel, also opposes Abu Khdeir’s inclusion on the memorial. Almagor described the teen’s death as a rogue attack and said he’s not a terror victim. “Somebody did here a trick, and we are going to fight to correct it,” said Almagor CEO Meir Indor.  “We will not recognize someone who was murdered in a brutal way in an individual action.” Indor’s organization wrote a letter to the National Insurance Institute of Israel – the country’s social security administration, which maintains the memorial site – demanding that Abu Khdeir’s name be removed from the memorial wall. Indor said if the teenager’s name is not taken off, members of Almagor want their own family members’ names removed. On Wednesday, Israel Radio reported that the National Insurance Institute of Israel will remove Abu Khdeir’s name from the memorial following his father’s complaints.  The teen’s name has already been removed from the organization’s website, which lists the names on the memorial wall. A panel of judges began hearing evidence in January against the three suspects in Abu Khdeir’s killing.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mohammed Abu Khdeir's inclusion on the Israeli memorial wall", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150422174500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/middleeast/israel-memorial-palestinian-name/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "421883980", "sentence": "Muhammadu Buhari tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour that he will fight corruption in Nigeria Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and is grappling with violent Boko Haram extremists Nigeria is also Africa's biggest economy, but up to 70% of Nigerians live on less than a dollar a day A day after winning Nigeria’s presidency, Muhammadu Buhari told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he plans to aggressively fight corruption that has long plagued Nigeria and go after the root of the nation’s unrest. Buhari said he’ll “rapidly give attention” to curbing violence in the northeast part of Nigeria, where the terrorist group Boko Haram operates. By cooperating with neighboring nations Chad, Cameroon and Niger, he said his administration is confident it will be able to thwart criminals and others contributing to Nigeria’s instability. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, the opposition defeated the ruling party in democratic elections. Buhari defeated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan by about 2 million votes, according to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission. The win comes after a long history of military rule, coups and botched attempts at democracy in Africa’s most populous nation. Related video APC Party: Nigerian Pres. Jonathan has conceded In an exclusive live interview from Abuja, Buhari told Amanpour he was not concerned about reconciling the nation after a divisive campaign. He said now that he has been elected he will turn his focus to Boko Haram and “plug holes” in the “corruption infrastructure” in the country. “A new day and a new Nigeria are upon us,” Buhari said after his win Tuesday. “The victory is yours, and the glory is that of our nation.” Earlier, Jonathan phoned Buhari to concede defeat. The outgoing president also offered a written statement to his nation. “I thank all Nigerians once again for the great opportunity I was given to lead this country, and assure you that I will continue to do my best at the helm of national affairs until the end of my tenure,” Jonathan said. “I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word.” Buhari, 72, will be sworn in on May 29. He will take the helm at a critical time, as Nigeria grapples with Boko Haram, serious economic woes and corruption. This isn’t Buhari’s first time leading Nigeria, but it’s his first time in nearly 30 years. Related video Who is Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari? A military coup brought Buhari to power in late 1983, closing a brief period of popular rule by Shehu Shagari. But Buhari himself was ousted by another military coup in August 1985. Read more: Who is Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari? His presidential win is the result of his fourth attempt to lead the country since he was ousted 30 years ago. Buhari is a Sunni Muslim from Nigeria’s poorer North, while Jonathan comes from a Christian and animist South that is rich with oil. Buhari praised voters for exercising their right peacefully. “Your vote affirms that you believe Nigeria’s future can be better than what it is today,” he said in his statement. “You voted for change, and now change has come.” Buhari campaigned as a born-again democrat to allay fears about his strict military regime. He stressed that Nigeria’s security needs to be the next government’s focus. His campaign was also fiercely anti-corruption. He ran under the slogan of “new broom,” and his supporters were often pictured holding brooms in the lead-up to the vote. Despite years of democracy, analysts say, corruption has hindered Nigeria from building a stable economy. One of Buhari’s biggest challenges will be Boko Haram, which has been terrorizing Nigeria as it tries to institute a strict version of Sharia law in the country. In the past few years, the terror group has bombed churches and mosques, killed hundreds of people and kidnapped more than 200 teenage girls from a boarding school. Even the presidential vote had to be postponed because of the radical militants. The election was originally scheduled for February 14, but was delayed six weeks because the military needed more time to secure areas controlled by Boko Haram. Related video Expert: There is a 'thirst for change' in Nigeria Yet the violence persisted. On Saturday, residents in the northeastern state of Gombe said at least 11 people were killed in attacks at polling stations, apparently by Boko Haram extremists. Jonathan had been criticized for not doing enough to combat Boko Haram. Before the election, African affairs analyst Ayo Johnson said the vote would come down to who could make Nigeria feel safe. “Many Nigerians will not forget (Buhari) was a military leader during a dictatorship,” Johnson said. “Or maybe they will feel that they need a military leader to address fundamental problems such as terrorism.” Boko Haram isn’t the only obstacle facing the new president. The economy is another major issue. Nigeria overtook South Africa last year as the region’s largest economy. Nigeria is one of Africa’s largest oil producers and is a major supplier of crude oil to the United States. It also hosts many international oil companies and workers. But many complain that the country’s vast wealth from oil exports doesn’t trickle down to the average citizen. As many as 70% of Nigerians live below the poverty line, surviving on less than a dollar a day. Christian Purefoy reported from Lagos; Holly Yan reported and wrote from Atlanta. CNN’s Stephanie Busari, Faith Karimi and Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Muhammadu Buhari", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150401063000", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "CMR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/africa/nigeria-presidential-election/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "692993976", "sentence": "The London Design Festival is an annual explosion of design creativity that descends upon London for just over a week, presenting an array of products and projects for all to see. In its 15 years, the festival has grown to include trade fairs, exhibitions, installations, talks and tours right across the capital, and has become a firm favorite on the global design calendar. Camille Walala’s “Villa Walala” structure next to Liverpool Street station was a riot of color and pattern. A firm believer in the power of play and creating experiences that make people smile, the designer encouraged visitors (especially workers in the surrounding office blocks) to try out with her inflatable playground. At Somerset House, new products, like Benjamin Hubert’s tech accessories, were displayed to striking effect. In contrast with the grand courtyard, plastic waste was being recycled into entirely new products in an effort to make our trash into a valuable commodity. In King’s Cross, visitors to the public Granary Square were met by “Gateways,” four cheerful, tiled arches designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman. This structure provided an entrance to Designjunction and its show of new furniture, lighting and accessories. But not everything at LDF was huge and showy. Italian designer Matteo Cibic’s show, held in a garage in a small South Kensington mews, featured new and slightly creepy ceramic and glass creatures, proving that impact comes in many shapes and sizes. Watch the video above to see all my highlights from the festival.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "London Design Festival", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170926174500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/london-design-festival-2017-max-fraser/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "647966156", "sentence": "Trump traveled to Wisconsin Tuesday He signed an executive order there “America First, you better believe it. It’s time. It’s time, right?” Nearing the 100-day mark of his presidency, President Donald Trump posed this question to a roomful of manufacturing employees and technical students here Tuesday as he promoted a “Buy American, Hire American” executive order and flashed the populist persona that helped make him the first Republican to win this state in three decades. He pilloried the World Trade Organization as “another one of our disasters,” tied the closure of thousands of factories in recent decades to China and slammed NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, as a “complete and total disaster.” “Big things will be happening on trade with other countries in the coming months. And I mean very big,” Trump promised. Related article Trump just gave a speech underscoring how rough his first 3 months have been Trump’s words struck at the core of the hand-wringing that has taken hold of some in his political base in recent weeks who have watched warily as Trump has softened some of his positions on China and as headlines shared insider accounts of the waning influence of Trump’s chief strategist and guardian of his populist campaign promises, Steve Bannon, while the sway of moderate New Yorkers swelled. Trump’s return Tuesday to his promises of re-imagining US trade policies and reviving American manufacturing signaled how the President hopes to cap off the first 100 days of his presidency, mindful that voters are watching. The executive order he signed Tuesday is just the first of four trade-focused orders Trump is expected to sign this week, a senior administration official said. “Finishing like we started,” the official said, referring to the flurry of activity via executive actions that defined the President’s first weeks in office. But the sudden and conspicuous return to the populist roots of his campaign in his speech also signaled a recognition that his actions in office thus far have come up short of his goal of radically revamping the US trade policies and heralding a manufacturing revolution. And the executive order – which calls for stricter enforcement and launches a review of “Buy American” statutes and the doling out of skilled worker visas – will barely dent his attempts to match his bold campaign rhetoric with policy action. So far, his administration has signaled it intends to push for only modest reforms to NAFTA, rather than the bold overhaul Trump championed on the campaign trail. While he held China responsible for the loss of tens of thousands of US factory jobs since it joined the World Trade Organization, Trump has thus far shown no signs he plans to follow through with the massive tariffs he threatened to impose on the Asian powerhouse during the campaign and this month declined to label China a currency manipulator. “Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?” Trump tweeted on Sunday. Trump has taken action on other fronts, clinching a series of accomplishments that tick off campaign promises on trade and other areas. On trade, he withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership as promised in his first week in office, put NAFTA partners on notice by initiating a review of the accord and signed a series of executive orders aimed at strengthening US trade laws. And he launched a 100-day action plan with the Chinese President to make changes to the US-China trading relationship. But beyond the international juggling Trump pointed to, the President has also faced a challenging domestic political landscape. His domestic agenda has effectively been stalled since his attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare stumbled on the starting block, dealing a blow to Trump’s political capital amid already fierce opposition from congressional Democrats. Amid an off-script tangent on his legislative challenges, Trump shed light on the frustrations he has faced, revealing a keen awareness of the 100-day marker and the extent to which he and his brash campaign rhetoric have been boxed in by the realities of the presidency. He is becoming saddled with a growing share of responsibility for the state of affairs in the country – numbers of manufacturing jobs, trade deficit totals and all. He pressed the roomful of Wisconsinites to help him move forward on his agenda the best way he knew how – inspiring supporters by sticking to his populist roots and enlisting them into the effort. “Press every one of your congressmen, press everybody,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170419023000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/donald-trump-populist-roots/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "641628023", "sentence": "\"I happen to be a black woman, but I'm part of the press,\" Ryan said Spicer told Ryan to \"stop shaking your head\" at a White House briefing A veteran White House correspondent who engaged in a tense exchange with White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday the media is “under attack” from the Trump administration. “We are – the press is – under attack. We are under attack by this administration,” American Urban Radio Networks correspondent April Ryan said on CNN’s “New Day.” “It’s about discrediting credible media.” Spicer told Ryan at Tuesday’s briefing to “stop shaking your head” and accused her of being “hell-bent on trying to make sure that whatever image you want to tell about this White House stays,” after she asked him about the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russian officials. Ryan, one of the few black female journalists in the press briefing room, declined to say if she thought Spicer treated women journalists differently but did highlight another recent incident involving Spicer and another female journalist. “I happen to be a black woman, but I’m part of the press,” she said. “But this is part of a series of two women this week who have been in the news over something with the press secretary.” “I just see from the weekend that reporter from Politico who he called an idiot and then this situation, it’s showing a pattern,” Ryan added. Ryan was referring to a Saturday tweet from Politico’s Tara Palmeri that said President Donald Trump is considering removing White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. Spicer denied her report. “She is an idiot with no real sources,” Spicer told Breitbart News in an email. Spicer and Ryan had a much more positive exchange at Wednesday’s briefing when Ryan was the first journalist the press secretary called on. The two exchanged pleasantries while smiling and laughing as others in the room laughed. Ryan previously had a tense exchange in February with Trump over his desire to meet with black lawmakers. When questioned on whether he planned to meet with the Congressional Black Caucus, a group of African-American lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Trump asked Ryan if she could organize it herself. “No,” Ryan replied, adding that she was “just a reporter.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170329164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/april-ryan-sean-spicer-cnntv/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "504488864", "sentence": "Developers discovered the vessel in September of 2012 Taken four years to ID because of murky conditions Developers were surveying more than 3,700 square miles, when they discovered wreck A century-old wartime vessel has been identified off the coast of England. Wind farm developers were scanning the seabed off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk when their sonar detected an unusually large object 55 miles from shore. From the outlines on the sonar scans, the object appeared to be a submarine, Paul Ferguson, a spokesperson for the energy company ScottishPowers Renewables, told CNN. Developers were surveying a part of the Southern North Sea that spanned more than 3,700 square miles, four-times the size of Greater London, their scans revealed 60 wrecks and indicated a wide variety of vessels. But this wreck was different, Teri Nicklin of ScottishPowers Renewables said. “It was a really special day. We were looking for wrecks, but what we found was a huge wreck that didn’t appear in any of the charts,” Nicklin said. The submarine was an uncharted mystery. Developers discovered the vessel in September of 2012. The energy company notified the authorities and reached out to the Royal Netherlands Navy, which was searching for a Dutch military submarine that went missing in action in June 1940, after the crew was patrolling the waters between Denmark and Norway. It’s taken about four years to identify the submarine’s origin because murky water conditions in the East Anglia region made it impossible to see the vessel. In recent months, Dutch Navy divers were able to uncover the submarine’s identity. It is named U-31, a German U-boat from World World I. The U-boat was 189 feet long, 13 feet wide and 15 feet high. The vessel appeared to have damage on the bow and stern, and it may be possible the vessel was originally longer, according to a press release by ScottishPower Renewables. Otherwise, the submarine looked relatively intact, Nicklin said. It is believed that U-31 was destroyed by a mine off England’s coast and sank with its entire crew of four officers, 31 men, Mark Dunkley, marine archaeologist at Historic England said. The English waters will be the U-boat’s final resting place, but authorities will try to contact German families who may have had relatives on the vessel, Nicklin said. One hundred years ago, there were people in Germany whose family and friends were lost on the submarine, Nicklin said.  “It’s just lovely to think that something we’re doing now for future generations has been able to end the story for a lot of people in Germany.” Developers plan to start construction of the wind farm in 2017, but will stay clear of wartime relics that are resting on the ocean’s floor.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ScottishPower Renewables", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160121231500", "country1": "NLD", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/world/wwi-german-submarine-windfarm-irpt/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "734349203", "sentence": "A majority (55%) say Trump has attempted to interfere with the Russia investigation, up from 51% in January About half  (47%) approve of special counsel Robert Mueller's handling of the investigation About 6 in 10 Americans say Donald Trump is not taking seriously enough the investigation into Russian efforts to influence the US presidential election, and about the same share lack confidence the president is doing enough to prevent foreign interference in future elections, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Almost three-quarters (72%) say they are concerned about foreign government interference in US elections generally, including 90% of Democrats, 68% of independents and 53% of Republicans, and 60% say they are not confident the president is doing enough to prevent foreign countries from influencing future American elections. Related: Read full poll results The poll followed a stretch in which special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for allegedly meddling in the 2016 presidential election, including spreading false information on social media, organizing political events, and communicating with “unwitting” people tied to the Trump campaign and others in order to coordinate political activities. Trump responded to the indictments with a string of tweets emphasizing that his campaign did not collude with Russian operatives, and suggesting that Russia had created discord by prompting an investigation after the election was over, writing, “they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.” Later, while the poll was fielding, US officials said the administration had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top officials in the Russian government against meddling in the 2018 election. Overall, 60% said they were not too or not at all confident in the President’s efforts to keep foreign countries from influencing future US elections; 37% were very or somewhat confident. Beyond the president’s efforts, few in the poll expressed confidence that Congress (37% confident) or tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter (32% confident) are doing enough to prevent future meddling. Trump’s handling of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election continues to garner negative reviews: Just 30% approve of his handling of it in the new poll, the lowest level in CNN polling by one point. And most, 55%, now say they think the President has attempted to interfere in the investigation, up from 51% saying so in January. Approval ratings for Robert Mueller’s handling of the investigation have held steady, with 47% saying they approve of his work and 33% disapproving. About one in five have no opinion on Mueller’s performance. Overall, 61% say the Russia investigation is a serious matter that should be fully investigated, while 34% say it’s mainly an effort to discredit Trump’s presidency. As has been the case for some time, there’s a broad partisan gap on this question, with 89% of Democrats calling it a serious matter and 71% of Republicans saying it’s mainly an effort to discredit Trump. Partisan gaps are quite wide on concern about several aspects of Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 elections. Overall, 66% are concerned about Russian operatives’ contacts with people involved in Trump’s campaign, that includes 91% of Democrats and 63% of independents but just 36% of Republicans. Likewise, Democrats and independents express greater concern than Republicans on Russian-backed campaigns to spread disinformation to US voters (88% of Democrats, 69% of independents and 47% of Republicans) and to steal and release politically meaningful information (88% of Democrats, 67% of independents and 55% of Republicans). The gap in concern is narrower, however, on the political motivations behind investigations into that Russian interference, as majorities across party lines express concern about those motivations: 78% of Democrats, 69% of independents and 56% of Republicans concerned about that. Trump’s approval rating for handling national security more generally is also low: 40% approve, 50% disapprove. The CNN Poll was conducted by SSRS February 20-23 among a random national sample of 1,016 adults reached on landlines or cellphones by a live interviewer. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points, it is larger for subgroups.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180227114500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/cnn-poll-trump-russia-protect-elections/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "735672064", "sentence": "President Donald Trump bemoaned a decision not to investigate Hillary Clinton after the 2016 presidential election, decrying a “rigged system” that still doesn’t have the “right people” in place to fix it, during a freewheeling speech to Republican donors in Florida on Saturday. In the closed-door remarks, a recording of which was obtained by CNN, Trump also praised China’s President Xi Jinping for recently consolidating power and extending his potential tenure, musing he wouldn’t mind making such a maneuver himself. “He’s now president for life. President for life. No, he’s great,” Trump said. “And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot some day.” The remarks, delivered inside the ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago estate during a lunch and fundraiser, were upbeat, lengthy, and peppered with jokes and laughter. But Trump’s words reflected his deeply felt resentment that his actions during the 2016 campaign remain under scrutiny while those of his former rival, Hillary Clinton, do not. “I’m telling you, it’s a rigged system folks,” Trump said. “I’ve been saying that for a long time. It’s a rigged system. And we don’t have the right people in there yet. We have a lot of great people, but certain things, we don’t have the right people.” Trump has repeatedly said that his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, should launch investigations into Clinton, and has continued to lambast Sessions on Twitter for not taking what he views as appropriate steps to probe Clinton’s actions involving her private email server. The stewing anger with Sessions has soured Trump’s mood over the past week, including on Wednesday evening, when he fumed inside the White House over his attorney general’s decision to release a statement defending himself after Trump chastised his approach to an investigation into alleged surveillance abuses as “DISGRACEFUL” on Twitter. The episode was just one irritant in a long series of upsetting moments for Trump this week. Morale at the White House has dropped to new lows, and Trump himself has seethed at the negative headlines. On Saturday, among donors gathered in the grand ballroom named for himself at Mar-a-Lago, Trump pondered the happiness of his former rival, wondering aloud whether she was enjoying life after the campaign. “Is Hillary a happy person? Do you think she’s happy?” he said. “When she goes home at night, does she say, ‘What a great life?’ I don’t think so. You never know. I hope she’s happy.” Elsewhere in his remarks, Trump went after former President George W. Bush for his decision to invade Iraq after faulty intelligence indicated the country had weapons of mass destruction. “Here we are, like the dummies of the world, because we had bad politicians running our country for a long time,” he said. Trump called the Iraq invasion “the single worst decision ever made” and said it amounted to “throwing a big fat brick into a hornet’s nest.” “That was Bush. Another real genius. That was Bush,” Trump said sarcastically. “That turned out to be wonderful intelligence. You know? Great intelligence agency there.” Trump has previously cited the WMD failure to go after US intelligence agencies, bringing up the error as a reason to doubt the same agencies conclusions’ that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180304010000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "625384732", "sentence": "Yemen official: \"A raid was the wrong option and failure was written all over it\" Civilians, including children, killed in raid aimed at al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Yemen’s government has requested that the United States stop ground operations in the country unless it has the government’s full approval after an anti-terror raid authorized by US President Donald Trump killed civilians, two senior Yemeni defense officials told CNN on Wednesday. The Yemeni officials said the government had sent a firm message to the US administration condemning the January 29 operation that left one US Navy Seal dead along with Yemeni women and children, complaining of a lack of coordination with its officials. Related article Source: A target of Yemen raid was al Qaeda chief A US defense official, however, told CNN that “nothing has changed” in terms of restrictions on American counterterrorism efforts. The defense official said Yemen officials were notified of last month’s raid before it happened. And acting US State Department spokesman Mark Toner told CNN on Wednesday that  counterterror operations are “consistent with international law and in coordination with the government of Yemen.” “We will not relent in our mission to degrade, disrupt and destroy al Qaeda and ISIS,” Toner said. The operation, according to US defense officials, was geared toward collecting as much intelligence as possible on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, to facilitate future raids and strikes against the extremist group and prevent terror attacks. Intelligence collection wasn’t the only objective of the raid – the group’s leader Qassim al-Rimi was also a target, a senior US military official told CNN on Monday. Toner added, “Yemen suffers most directly from the threat of AQAP and (President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi) has been a stalwart partner in the fight against AQAP and ISIS. We will continue to work with him and his representatives to ensure that this important partnership remains solid in order to ultimately eradicate AQAP/ISIS from Yemen.” One of the Yemeni officials told CNN on Wednesday that “the green light the US had for conducting ground missions is now red.” “That’s what happens when a mission goes wrong,” said the official on condition of anonymity, adding that military leaders were unaware of the operation. “From the intelligence we have, conducting a raid was the wrong option and failure was written all over it. The only side that gained is al Qaeda.” The two Yemeni officials are loyal to the internationally recognized government of Hadi, whose administration operates from the southern city of Aden. Houthi rebels have taken over the capital, Sanaa, and other key parts of the country. Reportedly among the dead was the 8-year-old the daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, the late US-born cleric who directed attacks against the United States. Awlaki was killed in 2011. Reprieve, a London-based nongovernmental organization, and a Sanaa-based human rights worker told CNN that at least 23 civilians were killed in the January attack. Related article Military botches release of video seized in Yemen raid One of the Yemeni officials said that Yemen did not want to lose the United States as a key ally, “but their actions and killing of innocent civilians are putting us in the hot seat in front of our people.” The raid was the first authorized by Trump shortly after he took the oath of office, but multiple officials told CNN the mission had been planned months in advance and briefed to President Barack Obama. Both defense and Obama administration officials said the operation was never vetoed by Obama and that “operational reasons” were why it was pushed back after January 20 and why Obama left the task of authorizing the raid to his successor. Journalist Hakim Almasmari reported from Sanaa, and CNN’s Angela Dewan wrote and reported from London.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States ground operations in Yemen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170208111500", "country1": "YEM", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/middleeast/yemen-raid-us-ground-missions/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "552761944", "sentence": "The anger among voters in the referendum bears similarities to the anger in the United States Themes in both the UK and US include populist anger and fear-mongering by politicians England is having a Donald Trump moment. A toxic political brew is percolating around the UK’s decision Thursday to leave the European Union, a fateful vote with consequences not just for America’s closest historical ally but for Western stability that could trigger economic and political reverberations in the United States. Full coverage of the EU referendum from CNN While the vote is designed to settle Britain’s long-ambivalent attitude toward Europe, the underlying themes of the referendum look familiar to anyone who has been transfixed by the turbulent U.S. presidential election. The similarities in the two campaigns suggest powerful shared tensions are tearing at the world’s most enduring English-speaking democracies. The forces unleashed seem likely to rattle the respective political systems for years to come. They both feature a torrent of populist anger, fear-mongering by politicians, hostility toward distant elites and bitterness toward the ruling political, media and business establishment. UK referendum: Full coverageWeek that brought UK to its kneesWhat does Brexit mean for you?Boris Johnson won’t stand as PMFarage deserted by Brexit bandmates?Can UK get out of Brexit? Brexit = higher taxes, less spendingUK loses perfect AAA credit ratingHow Britons really feel about BrexitVoters: ‘We had nothing to lose’Racist attacks rise after EU voteDid Brexit hurt Trump?Results map tells a big story Week that brought UK to its kneesWhat does Brexit mean for you?Boris Johnson won’t stand as PMFarage deserted by Brexit bandmates?Can UK get out of Brexit? Brexit = higher taxes, less spendingUK loses perfect AAA credit ratingHow Britons really feel about BrexitVoters: ‘We had nothing to lose’Racist attacks rise after EU voteDid Brexit hurt Trump?Results map tells a big story In the U.S. and the UK, emotion and hyperbole have become a constant undercurrent of politics and are being used as a weapon by politicians in both camps, right and left, “Leave” and “Remain.” Brexit: What does the EU referendum mean for the US? Former London mayor Boris Johnson warned in May that the E.U. was the latest manifestation of a 2,000-year project to unify Europe under a single government. “Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically,” Johnson told the Sunday Telegraph in arguing for leaving the European Union. “The EU is an attempt to do this by different methods.” Such emotive rhetoric is reminiscent of Trump’s own claims that the independence of the United States itself is under threat. “We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism,” Trump said in a major foreign policy speech in Washington in April. And among voters, the anger is palpable in both countries. In the United States, clashes have broken out between supporters and opponents of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, while the debate is as coarse as it has been in living memory. Related video Town, husband mourns loss of British MP Jo Cox In the United Kingdom, politicians of all sides were shocked by the killing of pro-Europe lawmaker Jo Cox of the Labour Party on Thursday. The man charged with her murder said when asked his name at a court appearance on Saturday: “Death to traitors, freedom for Britain.” In Britain, as in the U.S., the atmosphere has been particularly soured by an emotive debate about a wave of migration from the south and a perception that newcomers threaten the ethnic and political characteristics of each nation. And at the center of both the referendum and the U.S. presidential election is the idea that the political status quo is not working for voters and that elected leaders are either incompetent or not listening. “On the one hand, we have disenchantment with elites,” said Nicholas Dungan, a leading expert in European politics with the Atlantic Council. “On the other hand, it seems extraordinarily difficult for the elites to actually get anything done. The reason people are upset with the leadership class is not because of their leadership, it’s because of their lack of leadership.” Professor Robert Tombs of St. John’s College, Cambridge University, said many U.K. voters are frustrated that politicians don’t seem to be listening. The non-Brits guide to Brexit “There is a sense that people feel that standard centrist politics is no longer representing them, and that has meant membership (in) political parties, and the proportion of people voting all over the Western world, has fallen,” said Tombs, author of the book “The English and Their History.” He continued, “There is a sense that politics no longer matters, or that the people who run mainline politics are no longer in contact with the people who vote for them.” In the United States, that has enabled Trump to muster grassroots fury to stage a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. It also fed the “political revolution” ignited by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, motivated not just by anger against Washington politicians but another form of elites: Wall Street titans. The frustration runs particularly deep in Britain, where anti-Europe voters are not just motivated by fury toward members of Parliament but the regulations drafted by faceless bureaucrats in Brussels who execute EU policies – and whom they cannot kick out of office in an election. Related video Brexit: The immigration number that matters There is also a current of nationalism at work. It’s not unusual, for instance, to see both Eurosceptics and Trump supporters utter the phrase: “I want to take our country back.” In each country, such feelings have translated to hostility toward outsiders. In Britain, immigrants from struggling Eastern European states willing to work for low wages have become targets in a nation, like the U.S., in which globalization has badly hit heavy industry. The immigration question has been exacerbated by the flows of refugees from Middle East wars into southern Europe and opposition to the core E.U. principle of free movement of peoples between member states.Brexit: What will immigration look like if Britain leaves the EU?In the United States, Trump has accused undocumented migrants, most of them from Latin America, of undercutting U.S. workers. Trump has also slammed foreign actors like China and Japan for fleecing the U.S. in trade deals. Similarly, Eurosceptics have argued that, freed from the constraints of the European Union, British companies will be more competitive. There is also the unconventional populist appeal that figures leading the establishment critiques have cultivated by expressing both their personalities and previously taboo sentiments. In the United States, unorthodox outsiders like Trump and Sanders have left opponents – like the entire Republican presidential field and Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton – flat-footed. Britain has its own colorful political characters – most prominently Johnson, who like Trump, operates from beneath an improbable edifice of blond hair. The former London mayor grabbed a leadership role in the Brexit campaign that many observers see as positioning to become the next prime minister. And UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage last week sparked outrage among opponents by posing in front of a poster that suggested waves of brown-skinned immigrants were poised to swamp Britain, recalling Trump’s labeling Mexican illegal immigrants criminals and racists. Those leading the pro-Europe “Remain” campaign in Britain struggled to match the personality of the exit camp. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, despite winning the election last year, is mistrusted by many voters. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t even enjoy majority support among lawmakers of his own party and is viewed as too left-wing by many others. Related article Why Brexit vote should worry Donald Trump And the American president also has not seemed successful in moving British sentiment: In London in April, President Barack Obama made a personal appeal for the UK to stay in the EU that did not seem to register in polls. For Trump, Brexit is one more policy on which to oppose Obama. The billionaire businessman expressed support for the “Leave” side last month. “I think maybe it’s time, especially in light of what’s happened, with the craziness that’s going on with the migration, with people pouring in all over the place,” Trump told “Good Morning Britain” on ITV in March. While no one knows how the referendum will turn out, there is one thing that everyone in Britain agrees on – the referendum is the most important election in years. And it is a vote that splits the U.K. Scotland and Northern Ireland are generally seen as more pro-Europe, while England – with the exception of London – and much of rural Wales are seen as harboring majorities in favor of Brexit. There is at least one more common ideological similarity between the U.S. and UK. Leading British Conservative Michael Gove, who broke with his boss Cameron to support leaving the EU, suggested that the United States is a model for the independence and self-determination the Brexit forces desire. “The ability to choose who governs us, and the freedom to change laws we do not like, were secured for us in the past by radicals and liberals who took power from unaccountable elites and placed it in the hands of the people,” Gove wrote in a personal statement explaining his position in February. “Like the Americans who declared their independence and never looked back,” he continued, “we can become an exemplar of what an inclusive, open and innovative democracy can achieve.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Brexit", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160622103000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/politics/eu-referendum-brexit-donald-trump/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "748053892", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Nic Robertson is CNN’s international diplomatic editor. The opinions in this article belong to the author. During the Bosnian conflict, a particularly pernicious tactic emerged: ethnic cleansing. Whole villages and towns were emptied of their population, based purely on ethnicity. In 2018, seven years into the Syrian conflict, it seems President Bashar al-Assad has added his own sick twist to the scourge of that Bosnian war crime: chemical cleansing. His chlorine and likely nerve agent attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma in Eastern Ghouta was his latest drive to flush unwanted families and neighborhoods away. By November last year, the UN’s Syria humanitarian chief, Jan Egeland, estimated Eastern Ghouta was home to an estimated 400,000 people. A few months earlier, it had been agreed that the areas would be designated deconfliction zone – in theory making it safe from the conflict. Related article Nikki Haley says more sanctions against Russia coming  as soon as Monday As the bodies were cleared and surviving victims – doused in water and the noxious chemicals – were cleared away, Assad was busy declaring victory over the suburb which had become the last rebel stronghold around Damascus. It had managed to hang on to an increasingly dire and dismal existence for almost seven years. After years of Assad’s siege tactics, the suburb’s population dwindled: eventually, before the attack, falling well below the 400,000 the UN had estimated late last year. Finally, by cutting supplies altogether, Assad forced its starving citizens into submission. His gas attack – killing women and children hiding in basements – was the final expediter, triggering the expulsion of tens of thousands. According to a tweet from the Russian Embassy in London, more than 25,000 were forced to leave. Syria and its ally Russia have denied banned substances were used in the attack. But this sort of chemical cleaning is nothing new to Assad. In the hallowed inner sanctum of international diplomacy, the United Nation’s Security Council chamber, US Ambassador Nikki Haley told assembled dignitaries: “The United States estimates that Assad has used chemical weapons in the Syrian war at least 50 times. Public estimates are as high as 200.” It has become a disgustingly common sight now in Syria’s conflict to see huge convoys of buses transferring uprooted families and neighborhoods to remote corners of the country. Many of these areas are euphemistically called “zones of deescalation,” but are, in reality, reservations for refugees and rebels, left to await Assad and Russia’s next onslaught. In Bosnia, victims of ethnic cleansing didn’t have buses. Often, they fled their burning homes on foot, chased down country lanes and through dense forests by men with machine guns. By the time the peace deal ending that war was signed in Dayton, Ohio, in 1995, three years of ethnic sifting had separated out the once integrated country in to three ethnically identified regions that 23 years later remain hotbeds of nationalist discontent. Syria’s war has been going on more than twice as long as Bosnia’s. More than twice as many people have been killed. Still, Assad isn’t done shifting the population to the contours that he wants. The last vestiges of organized international resistance to his balkanizing tactics was late 2015, – just before Russia turned the war around for him. Russian commanders proposed that residents of Eastern Aleppo, then under rebel control, could be bused out to live in other rebel areas. The UN objected, citing concerns it would look like ethnic cleansing. Several months later, however, as Russia’s relentless airstrikes decimated rebel hospitals in the city and turned the tide of the war, buses were called in to do just that. In doing so, they ferried out anyone who couldn’t live under Assad’s rule. Not everyone left rebel areas of Aleppo – and not everyone who lived in Eastern Ghouta – has fled. But the result of Assad’s tactics writ large across the country has been the separation of ethnic and religious groups. It’s hard to tell yet how absolute the divisions have become to compare definitively with Bosnia, but it is enough to flag the dangers of what it could mean for Syria. Whatever the peace formed by Assad and Russia, it will lock in divisions – storing yet more trouble for the future. Related article Survivors of a chemical attack in Syria tell their stories for the first time What is clear so far is that Kurds have clung to the north east, their traditional homes; and Assad’s Alawi sect and its Shia Muslim and Christian allies hold the capital and their traditional bases – Latakia and other towns on the coast. The losers in the population upheaval – not counting the more than 5 million who have fled the country – has been the Syria’s majority group: its Sunni Muslims. The longer individuals and their families stood against Assad, the further they’ve had to shift from his power bases. Most of those cleared from their homes have been bused north to Idlib province, an area that has become Assad’s dumping ground for rebel fighters and others he doesn’t want. Like Eastern Ghouta, Idlib is another designated deconfliction zone. But given its high concentration of rebel groups, it seems only a mater of time before Assad and Russia turn up the heat there. An early indication of that came in the past few months, as rebel groups accused Assad’s forces of chlorine gas attacks on civilians. While this weekend’s limited precision strikes targeting Assad’s “core” chemical weapons facilities may deter his chemical cleansing tactics for a while, the international community has done nothing to stop him carving up Syria. Though getting involved in Syria’s civil war was not the intention of this weekend’s strikes by the US, France and the UK, having placed the conflict under the glaring scrutiny of international attention, the absence of a way of dealing with the core problem of Assad is now even more glaring. There are two lessons the international community should remember from Bosnia and the Balkans. The first: Once divided, Syria won’t easily – and may never be – put back together. The second: The tyrants causing the mayhem were brought to heel, despite Russia’s protestations.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bashar al-Assad", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180416160000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/assad-putin-syria-robertson-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "573786904", "sentence": "An expert panel confirms that excess body fat increases the risk of many cancers The risks are highest for cancers of the uterus and esophagus There may be plenty of room for debate about whether some aspects of everyday life cause cancer – whether it’s drinking too much coffee, eating too much sugar or talking too much on a cell phone. But the opposite seems to be true regarding the causal link with obesity, according to a scientific review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Fourteen years ago when the IARC, based in Lyon, France, first reviewed relevant studies, its expert panel issued a report finding sufficient evidence that excess body fat increases the risk of certain cancers. Now, the group’s latest reassessment, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, reaffirms those findings – and adds eight more cancers to the list. Related article How much a decade of obesity raises your cancer risk “Since 2002 there have been a lot of new studies conducted. We felt like it was the right time to review the literature and maybe confirm the science that has been established,” said Beatrice Lauby-Secretan, lead author of the article and an IARC scientist responsible for the agency’s Handbooks of Cancer Prevention Series. The IARC is part of the World Health Organization. A working group of 21 independent international cancer experts reviewed more than 1,000 studies on cancer risk and excess body fat published since the IARC’s 2002 report. That evaluation identified that preventing weight gain can reduce the risk of colon and rectum cancer; a stomach cancer called esophagus adenocarcinoma; kidney or renal cell carcinoma; postmenopausal breast cancer and cancer in the endometrium of the uterus. This year’s  reassessment added to this list gastric cancer, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, ovary and thyroid cancers as well as the blood cancer multiple myeloma and meningioma – cancer that affects the tissue surrounding the brain and spine. Related article The link between fat and cancer The risks are highest for corpus uteri, a cancer in the uterus, and esophagus adenocarcinoma. “The number of cancers that are linked to obesity has increased a lot, which means a much higher proportion of cancer that occurs today is due to obesity,” Lauby-Secretan said. Public health messages should be tailored to raising awareness about this fact, she added. Results also were consistent for children, adolescents and adults younger than 25. Overweight adults are defined in the study as those with body mass indexes (BMI) of 25.0 to 29.9, while obese adults have BMIs above 30. According to the study, an estimated 640 million adults worldwide were obese in 2014, which is six times more than in 1975. Around 110 million children and adolescents were obese in 2013, two times more than in 1980. Meanwhile, the report also found that an estimated 4.5 million deaths in 2013 were related to overweight and obesity, a number that may increase as more cancers are found to be related to the condition. Related article No. 1 killer: Cancer is catching up to heart disease “The epidemic of obesity has become a global concern,” Lauby-Secretan said. Not all cancers have positive correlations with obesity, though. For example, there is only limited evidence of this link for fatal cancer of the prostate, breast cancer in men and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most common blood cancer. Evidence is inadequate for cancers of the lung, testis, urinary bladder, brain or spinal cord. While excess fat does lead to higher risks of postmenopausal breast cancer, it does not have the same effect for premenopausal breast cancer. The reason obesity may increase cancer risks, Lauby-Secretan said, is because excess body fat has been known to trigger chronic inflammation. It also disturbs the regulation of sex hormones. Both are common pathways for the development of cancer cells in the body. But the awareness about the link can be low especially when Americans are inundated with news about how many substances – coffee or sugar, for instance – may or may not cause cancer. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research’s biennial survey released in February 2015, a little more than half of Americans realize that being overweight can increase cancer risk, a slight increase over prior surveys. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Alice Bender, head of nutrition programs for AICR, said there will always be studies that disprove or prove links – but when you look at the whole body of research, there is a scientific consensus on this particular point. And people can actively reduce cancer risks from excess body fat, Bender said, by eating healthier meals and exercising more. “Oftentimes people are concerned about exposures in the environment or genetics or things you can’t control,” she said. “Rather than increase fear about this, we can see this as an empowering message: Here is something I can do to help myself lower the risk for many of these cancers … here are some lifestyle changes that I can make.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "excess body fat", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160829134500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/29/health/obesity-cancer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "683387313", "sentence": "The top US diplomat applauds North Korea's recent \"restraint\" Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled that the US is open to dialogue with North Korea, a day after the regime in Pyongyang once again issued bristling threats against Washington. Tillerson broke off during remarks to reporters about the administration’s strategy in Afghanistan to make an observation about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “I think it is worth noting, we have had no missile launches or provocative acts on the part of, or provocative actions, on the part of North Korea since the UN Security Council resolution” sanctioning Pyongyang on August 5, Tillerson said Tuesday at the State Department. Related video US: Diplomacy remains key to N. Korea crisis “I am pleased to see that the regime in Pyongyang has demonstrated restraint,” Tillerson said. “We hope this is the signal we have been looking for, that they are ready to restrain provocative acts. And perhaps we are seeing a pathway in the near future to having some dialogue.” Tillerson made the comments a day after the US began annual military exercises with South Korea which often rile North Korea. He also spoke just hours after the Treasury Department announced new sanctions against Russian and Chinese firms that do business with North Korea, enabling it to fund its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. Nerves in Asia were on edge in July after North Korea tested two ICBM missiles that could in theory reach the US mainland. The launches prompted the unanimous August vote in the Security Council to slap Pyongyang with sanctions that could slash its $3 billion export revenue by as much as one-third. Related video Pyongyang warns against US-South Korea drills Then tensions soared in early August after President Donald Trump declared that North Korea would face “fire and fury like the world has never seen” if it continued to threaten the US. Pyongyang responded the next day with more threats, including a warning that it would target Guam. The threats have only continued. A day before the US and South Korea began long-planned annual military exercises on Monday, North Korea warned that the US was risking an “uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war.” North Korean state-run media said that the country’s military could strike the US at anytime and that neither Guam, Hawaii nor the US mainland could avoid the “merciless strike.” But as Tillerson pointed out Tuesday, the DPRK hasn’t taken any action. “I want to take note of that and acknowledge it,” Tillerson said. “We need to see more on their part but I want to it acknowledge the steps they have taken thus far. That it’s important to take note of it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170822224500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/politics/tillerson-north-korea-signal/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "693040122", "sentence": "Iraqi Kurds have voted in favor of declaring independence from Iraq in a controversial referendum, Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani announced Tuesday. The official results have not yet been released by the Independent High Elections and Referendum Commission, the body supervising the vote. But the Kurdish Minister of Foreign Relations, Falah Mustafa, told CNN that preliminary results show a majority of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence. “Honored people of Kurdistan, by your resistance, you didn’t allow your will to be broken. And now, after your ‘yes’ vote, which was a yes to independence and no to Anfal and chemical attacks, a new phase is ahead of us,” Barzani said in a televised speech, referring to the massacre of thousands of Kurds by Saddam Hussein’s forces in 1988. “Respect the will of the people of Kurdistan. Let’s engage in a serious dialogue and become good neighbors,” Barzani added. The advisory referendum took place on Monday despite vehement opposition from Iraq’s government in Baghdad, which has described it as unconstitutional. On Monday the Iraqi parliament authorized use of force against Kurdistan. Barzani’s KRG, however, says the referendum will give it a mandate for talks to secede from Iraq, but Baghdad has already ruled out such talks. Nearly all neighboring regional powers objected to the referendum, warning that independence could further destabilize the region. Iran and Turkey both opposed the vote over fears it could galvanize Kurdish independence movements in their countries. Iran closed its air space to northern Iraq on Sunday, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to cut off oil exports from the region on Monday. The United States, United Kingdom and the United Nations also warned the KRG against holding the referendum, citing fears that it could detract from the campaign against ISIS. Journalist Butan Amedi contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kurdistan Regional Government", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170926213000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/middleeast/kurdish-referendum-barzani/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "656759902", "sentence": "Deputy Attorney General to brief Senate Thursday afternoon Democrats had planned to press about a special prosecutor Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday he believes the Justice Department’s Russia probe is “now considered a criminal investigation,” comments he made following the all-senators’ briefing with deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The South Carolina Republican said he wasn’t able to ask specifically if it was now a criminal probe “but the takeaway have is everything he said was that you need to treat this investigation as if it may a criminal investigation”. Rosenstein briefed the US Senate just one day after he turned the political world on its head by appointing a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between the campaign of President Donald Trump and Russian officials meddling in last year’s election. Graham said he thinks “Congress’ ability to conduct investigations of all things Russia has been severely limited, probably in an appropriate fashion.” That would make it harder to subpoena records of people who could be subjects of the investigation, he added. RELATED: Now it’s up to the special counsel Rosenstein was originally invited by the two Senate leaders, Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York, to explain Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. But that changed on Wednesday evening when Rosenstein announced that he had appointed another former FBI director, Robert Mueller, to conduct an independent investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, said senators asked about 35 questions and described the meeting as “enlightening but not overly informative.” A House Republican aide said Wednesday that House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin invited Rosenstein to brief all House members on the investigation Friday morning. Related article Surprise, relief dominate Capitol Hill after special counsel named for Russia investigation Rosenstein’s announcement followed more than a week of chaos emanating from the White House, starting with Comey’s firing last Tuesday and continuing through the news Monday that Trump divulged classified information to Russian officials and Tuesday’s stunning report that Trump asked Comey in a private meeting to stop his investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. By Wednesday, leaders from the Senate intelligence and judiciary committees had sent requests to both the FBI and the White House for all records pertaining to Comey’s conversations with Trump. And House and Senate investigators had invited Comey back to Congress to explain what happened – although Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz declared on Twitter that he had trouble finding Comey to invite him to testify to the oversight committee he chairs. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats met in private Wednesday to brainstorm how they were going to grill Rosenstein – including pressing him to name a special prosecutor. A few hours after their meeting, the question became a moot point. Related article Special counsel appointed in Russia probe By Wednesday evening, a Republican source said that the move effectively shut down Congress’ intense digging into Comey and his conversations with Trump. “This shuts the whole thing down,” said one Republican source, speaking on Congressional efforts to investigate Comey’s discussions with Trump. The focus now turns to how Mueller will pick up the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia, and what it means for the White House. “If your implication is that the White House wants this, I think that’s wrong,” said Senate judiciary chair Chuck Grassley Wednesday night. Rosenstein’s “got the power to do it and you have to accept it and it doesn’t matter what we think. It’s a fait accompli.” Asked if Mueller’s appointment would preempt his own request for Comey information, the Iowa Republican replied, “I don’t know.” Related article 10 relevant quotes from Robert Mueller's FBI farewell CNN’s Deirdre Walsh and Dana Bash contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Justice Department’s Russia probe", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170518103000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/politics/rod-rosenstein-senate-briefing/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "731750783", "sentence": "Haiti could expel Oxfam if allegations of sexual misconduct against the British charity prove to be true, a senior government official said. “If there has indeed been an infraction … I will not hesitate to revoke Oxfam’s right to operate in Haiti,” Aviol Fleurant, Haiti’s minister of planning and external cooperation, told CNN in an interview Friday in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Fleurant is in charge of the oversight of aid agencies. Oxfam’s leaders are accused of attempting to cover up the behavior of some senior staff members while in the Caribbean nation in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake. The aid workers – including the Oxfam country director at the time, Roland van Hauwermeiren – are accused of turning a villa rented by the organization into a makeshift brothel. The charity also faces allegations that its staff used sex workers in the African nation of Chad in 2006 “If Oxfam is found (guilty) of any wrongdoing and also guilty of diverting funds (to pay for sex) and if the leaders at the time were also to be found guilty of sexual crimes, both will pay,” Fleurant said. Oxfam hasn’t denied the accusations against its staff members but denied a cover-up, saying it launched a swift internal investigation after becoming aware of the allegations. Four people were fired and another three resigned, including van Hauwermeiren, the charity said. In an open letter this week to a broadcaster in his native Belgium, van Hauwermeiren acknowledged his behavior was unacceptable. “I myself, indeed I am not perfect, I am not a saint, a man of flesh and blood, and have made mistakes (not easy to admit), and I am deeply ashamed,” he wrote in the letter. Van Hauwermeirn admitted he had intimate relations with a woman in Haiti, but denied allegations that he paid for sex in the villa the charity had rented for him in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. Oxfam has agreed to withdraw from bidding for UK government funding until the country’s Department for International Development is satisfied that proper safeguards are in place to prevent abuse,  International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said in a statement Friday. Oxfam received about £32 million (about $44 million) from the government last year. It is one of the UK’s largest and most prominent aid organizations, operating development programs in more than 90 countries. The agency also offers assistance to people after emergencies and disasters. Mordaunt said she discussed the issue with Oxfam CEO Mark Goldring and the chair of trustees, Caroline Thompson, and received a formal response from the charity Friday. “I made three demands: that they make clear how they will handle any forthcoming allegations around safeguarding – historic or live; that they report staff members involved in this incident to their respective national governments; and that they fully cooperate with the Haitian authorities, including handing over all evidence they hold. Oxfam has now confirmed that they have complied with all of these points.” The UK Charity Commission, an independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has opened a statutory inquiry into the allegations. “Clearly Oxfam (has) a long way to go before they can regain the trust of the British public, their staff and the people they aim to help,” Mordaunt said “… I am determined that we do our utmost to prevent exploitation and abuse happening – and ensure that where it does happen it is identified and dealt with appropriately.” Oxfam announced Friday that an independent commission would carry out an “urgent” review into the allegations alongside a “comprehensive action plan to stamp out abuse.” In a statement, the charity’s international executive director, Winnie Byanyima, said Oxfam is “absolutely committed to ensuring justice for survivors of abuse.” “What happened in Haiti and afterward is a stain on Oxfam that will shame us for years, and rightly so,” she said. “From the bottom of my heart I am asking for forgiveness.” Byanyima also urged abuse victims to come forward on Twitter. I am inviting anyone who has been a victim of abuse to come forward. My message to women who have suffered: I’m fighting this abuse. I'm with you. We are going to do justice. @Oxfam will be a standard bearer of safety and dignity 4 all who interact with us. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned this week that a culture change is required to enable women across the world to work without fear of sexual harassment. In an interview with CNN, Guterres said the allegations that have engulfed Oxfam were a reminder of the “serious problem that is everywhere.” The United Nations has faced its own abuse scandals. In 2016, there were 80 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by uniformed United Nations personnel and 65 allegations against civilian workers who support the peacekeeping missions, according to a report by Guterres published last year. UN peacekeepers accused of raping civilians As a result of the report, Guterres unveiled recommendations from a task force attempting to eradicate sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the field. Since the Oxfam revelations were first reported last week in The Times of London, the charity has lost two high-profile ambassadors – actress Minnie Driver and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. On Monday, its deputy chief executive, Penny Lawrence, resigned. “The cameras from the entire world were turned on Haiti on its plight, and its plight of its future, but behind the curtains sexual crimes were being committed against the people, to the detriment of their dignity,” said Fleurant, the Haitian minister. “… As a human being, as a Haitian, I am profoundly shocked and saddened.” CNN’s Cyril Vanier, Natalie Gallón, Nic Robertson and James Masters contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Oxfam", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180217194500", "country1": "HTI", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/americas/haiti-minister-oxfam-revoke/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "546130980", "sentence": "Vote Leave campaign unveils what it says is a \"fairer, more humane\" immigration policy Pro-\"Brexit\" team says UK should have \"Australian-style points based system\" to decide who is allowed in Under their rules, would-be immigrants would be required to \"speak good English\" Would-be migrants to a post-“Brexit” UK would have to “speak good English” under the Vote Leave campaign’s new immigration policy. Former London Mayor Boris Johnson and other leading voices calling for Britain to leave the European Union say the numbers of people moving to the UK are putting too much of a strain on public services. They argue that the country needs a way of deciding who is allowed to move to the UK which is “fairer, more humane and better for the economy.” The free movement of people – and goods, services and capital – is a guiding principle of the EU. Related video The Island Nation: UK safer in or out of the EU? But Johnson and fellow Conservatives Michael Gove and Priti Patel, along with Labour’s Gisela Stuart, say EU membership means Britain cannot control who comes to the country. “Class sizes will rise and [hospital] waiting lists will lengthen if we don’t tackle free movement,” the four say in a joint statement released Wednesday. “If we vote to remain in the EU then continued free movement for jobseekers will place considerable pressure on the wages of low paid British workers,” they add. CNNMoney: The truth about UK immigration One in eight people in Britain were born abroad, 48% of them in the EU, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Related video CNN visits one of Britain's most Euroceptic areas In mid-2014, the ONS says, there were an estimated 3.03 million people born in other EU countries living in the UK. Many Britons have also moved to live and work elsewhere in the EU: according to ONS estimates, 1.79 million British migrants live across the continent. The Vote Leave team say they would introduce an “Australian-style points based system” – already used to control the numbers of non-EU migrants coming to the UK – to select who gets to move to Britain. If the UK votes to leave the EU in the referendum on June 23, they say that by the next election (currently planned for 2020): Vote Leave says that in the event of a Brexit, EU citizens already lawfully resident in the UK would automatically be given indefinite leave to remain. Irish citizens’ rights to enter, live and work in the UK would be unchanged, the group says. If Britain votes for ‘Brexit,’ what happens next? The “Stronger In” campaign insists that a vote to leave the EU would not stop immigration or prevent people from Europe moving to the UK. It says “countries such as Norway and Switzerland, who are not part of the EU, have to accept free movement and have higher rates of EU migration than the UK.” Related video Immigration is a key issue in Brexit debate Reaction to the plan was mixed on the streets of London Wednesday. “I think it will match the requirements of the economy with the people coming in, so I think it’s a good idea,” pastoral worker Kath Adkins, 54, told CNN. “There are loads of people coming in and it is impacting every service, from education to medical and we are struggling,” said IT specialist Priyanka Agrawal, 35. “I think it’s important that we control immigration but I don’t think that we should leave the EU,” said James Griffin, 34, who works in hospitality. “Freedom of movement is great – I work with Eastern Europeans who are … a lot more determined and better workers than many of the British people I work with.” Find out more about the UK’s EU referendum here", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vote Leave campaign's immigration policy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160601134500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IRL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/01/europe/uk-referendum-leave-campaign-immigration/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "644666631", "sentence": "Economic advisers fill room at national security briefing Bannon sits outside the national security table Kushner gets front seat to airstrike viewing President Donald Trump tracked the first major military operation of his presidency from a makeshift Situation Room on the grounds of his lavish Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, surrounded by grim-faced aides fresh from dinner in the club’s dining room. That’s according to a photo of the proceedings released by the White House Friday. Related article Who's who in the Trump White House The image, which Press Secretary Sean Spicer said was edited for security reasons, shows Trump hunched over a table kitted out with secure video equipment and briefing papers. His brow furrowed, Trump is flanked by his Secretary of State and Secretary of Commerce. Spicer tweeted that Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary James Mattis, and Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, were not in the room, but instead participating by secure video conference. WH photo (ed for security): @potus receives briefing on #syria military strike fr Nat Security team, inc @vp , SECDEF, CJCS via secure VTC pic.twitter.com/aaCnR7xomR The president’s press secretary said the photo was taken around 9:15 p.m. ET on Thursday evening, after Trump’s dinner with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping. The image stood in stark contrast to a previous weekend at Mar-a-Lago, which saw Trump plot out a response to a North Korean missile test from his club’s patio. That session played out in full view of other diners, drawing criticism. This time – and with far more sensitive information at play – Trump retreated behind closed doors. Photo taken, after strike, approximately 9:15pm ET on Thursday April 6, 2017 in SCIF at Mar-a-Lago https://t.co/PlEsbjIcxy At the table, from left to right: Not sitting at table: Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, who participated via secure teleconference from Washington, Spicer said. At a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida resort Trump frequents, according to Spicer. The photo has already been likened to the iconic picture of former President Barack Obama huddled with his national security team in the White House Situation Room as they monitor via live video the killing of Osama bin Laden. The picture is shot from the same angle, with the president receiving a briefing on the operation he just ordered. Related article Trump considers rearranging the seats at his table Kushner has yet to detail to the federal government all of his foreign contacts, a condition of receiving his top secret security clearance. Most people in the photo appear to be looking at a screen on the table, but Kushner is looking resolutely over the table. It’s not clear if he’s looking at Secretary of State Rex Tillerson or beyond, to White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. CNN’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170407203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/07/politics/white-house-photo-syria-briefing/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "532540253", "sentence": "Program note: Explore the vicious rematch between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams on “Race For The White House,” Sunday, April 3, at 9 p.m. There's been a recent movement to get President Andrew Jackson off the $20 bill His legacy is mired in controversy, particularly his anti-Native American and pro-slavery positions You’ve probably heard about the movement to replace Andrew Jackson’s image on the ubiquitous $20 bill, but why exactly did the United States put him on there in the first place? It’s no secret that Andrew Jackson’s legacy is complicated. He’s described by the organization that wants him off the $20 bill as “the slave-trading, Indian-killing seventh President.” Yet, his humble origins as a poor orphan with little education exemplified the American dream that anyone could become president. Biographer James Parton put it this way: “He was a democratic autocrat, an urbane savage, an atrocious saint.” We may never know exactly why the U.S. Department of Treasury selected Jackson as one of about a dozen American presidents and statesmen to adorn U.S. currency. But here’s a look at why Jackson’s legacy is mired in controversy: Jackson believed Westward expansion would keep America a great and strong republic, yet this came at a terrible price for Native Americans. President Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowing the U.S. government to forcibly evict native Americans east of the Mississippi to land west of the Mississippi. The Cherokees, who had helped Gen. Jackson win a decisive battle in the War of 1812, fought the new law in the U.S. Supreme Court and won. Related article Historic images show Native American way of life But it didn’t matter. OPINION: Why the U.S. apologized to the Cherokees Infuriated by the ruling, Jackson declared, “[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” A few years later, nearly 17,000 Cherokees were rounded up and forced out of Georgia to present-day Oklahoma on the “Trail of Tears.” “Families were rousted out of their cabins and directed at gunpoint by soldiers,” wrote author and historian Tiya Miles. “Forced to leave most of their possessions behind, they witnessed white Georgians taking ownership of their cabins, looting and burning once cherished objects.” Thousands died on that journey, many from smallpox and cholera. To those who supported Jackson, he was almost a folk hero, an embodiment of the American spirit.  He grew up the poor son of Scotch-Irish immigrants in the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War.  He joined a militia at 13 after his older brother died fighting in the war and served as a courier. While ferrying messages across battle lines, the teenage Jackson was captured along with his brother by the British. A British officer reportedly ordered him to clean his boots and when Jackson refused, the officer slashed him across the face and hand with a sword. He was later released in a prisoner exchange. The incident not only fueled his lifelong hatred for the British colonists, but it added his legendary status. Later, as the swashbuckling commander during the War of 1812, his cunning and fearlessness led him to win the Battle of New Orleans, despite being outnumbered nearly two-to-one. Jackson’s legendary status appears quite tarnished when you consider his involvement and position on slavery. “Slavery was the source of Andrew Jackson’s wealth,” according to The Hermitage organization, which maintains Jackson’s plantation home near Nashville, Tennessee. Related video Presidential Places: Andrew Jackson's Hermitage He owned hundreds of slaves whose labor produced the cash crops from the 1,000-acre Hermitage and his plantation in Alabama. Enslaved African-Americans also ran nearly every aspect of everyday life at these large plantations. Jackson actively supported pro-slavery policies during his presidency in an attempt to keep the nation together. At one point, he even ordered the postmaster general to destroy abolitionist pamphlets mailed to the Southern states, fearing the newsletters could fuel discontent around slavery and spark a civil war. When Jackson decided to run for president against John Quincy Adams in 1824 and 1828, his marriage to a not-quite-divorced-yet woman in the 1790s became fodder for his political opponents. “Jackson’s elopement with the married Rachel Robards was a perfect example of his rampageous personality,” wrote historian Ann Toplovich, summing up the Adams campaign’s assessment of Jackson’s nuptials. Jackson tried unsuccessfully to shield his wife from the negative press about their marriage, while his campaign team tried unsuccessfully to put the matter to rest. After Jackson’s 1828 victory, Rachel Jackson died before her husband could be sworn in. READ MORE: How Jackson tried to save his wife’s honor Stung from his wife’s death, the newly elected President refused to bow to pressure not to appoint his longtime supporter and friend John Eaton as his war secretary. Washington society had deemed Eaton scandalous because he – like Jackson – had married his wife under not-so-politically correct circumstances, Jackson refused to give in. “Do you suppose that I have been sent here by the people to consult the ladies of Washington as to the proper persons to compose my Cabinet?” he told his critics. The ensuing “Petticoat Affair” led to the resignation of several of Jackson’s Cabinet members but also cemented Jackson’s legacy as a Washington outsider who refused to bend. Jackson was the first president under the newly created Democratic Party, which “stood for simple, frugal and unintrusive government,” according to the nonpartisan Miller Center. While ordinary, working people were at the heart of the Jacksonian Democrats’ mission, the party’s pro-slavery stance would create a schism many years later. Yet the key Democratic principles set forth by Andrew Jackson would be utilized many generations later by American women, blacks and other minorities to advance their rights with the same passion and fervor that Jackson did for white men.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Andrew Jackson", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160420213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/31/politics/andrew-jackson-from-revered-to-reviled/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "595475563", "sentence": "The service members were taking part in a mission targeting the Taliban, US military says 30 Afghan civilians and 26 insurgents also were killed in the operation, Afghan official says Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, the US military said Thursday. Their deaths came during an operation that Kunduz officials say also left 30 Afghan civilians dead. “On behalf of all of US Forces - Afghanistan (USFOR-A), today’s loss is heartbreaking and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our service members who lost their lives today,” said Gen. John Nicholson, the USFOR-A commander. The Defense Department is withholding the service members’ names until their next of kin can be notified. The service members came under fire during a mission to train, advise and assist the American military’s Afghan partners in clearing a Taliban position and disrupting the organization’s operations in Kunduz district, according to a statement. Two US service members were also injured in the operation and “are receiving the best medical care possible and we are keeping them and their families in our thoughts today, as well,” Nicholson said. At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others injured in an air-and-ground operation launched in an area known as Bohd Qhandahari, said Sayed Mahmood Danish, a Kunduz provincial spokesman. He told CNN the operation is the same one in which the American service members were killed. Four members of Afghan special forces were also killed and six others injured, Danish said. Twenty-six insurgents were killed and 10 others were wounded, he added. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he was saddened by the casualties. “Our service members were doing their part to help the Afghans secure their own country while protecting our homeland from those who would do us harm,” he said in a statement. “We will honor their sacrifice by finishing our important mission in Afghanistan.” Also Thursday a Taliban mortar attack killed at least seven people attending a wedding party in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, provincial police spokesman Kareem Youresh said. At least 13 people were injured. CNN’s Ehsan Popalzai and Mike Callahan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161103150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/politics/afghanistan-kunduz-operation-american-service-members-civilians-killed/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "672593409", "sentence": "Coalition forces have encountered \"stiffening resistance\" in recent days The US military estimates there are about 2,000 ISIS fighters remaining in Raqqa US military advisers helping Kurdish and Arab fighters combat ISIS in Raqqa, Syria are “more exposed to enemy contact” than they were during the battle for Mosul, the spokesman for the US-led coalition said Wednesday. “They are much more exposed to enemy contact than those in Iraq,” US Army Col. Ryan Dillon told reporters at the Pentagon, referring to US and coalition troops that are accompanying local allies in the fight for Raqqa, ISIS’ de-facto capital. Coalition artillery and aircraft have been supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces as they have fought to capture the Syrian city, a battle coalition officials have said will be hard-fought. Dillon said the US and coalition troops that have entered Raqqa alongside their local allies “are assisting by calling in strikes against enemy forces within the city.” Related article In the heart of Raqqa, the impact of ISIS is all around He explained the primary reason for the increased exposure was that US troops are “putting themselves where they need to be” and advising their local allies in smaller formations, closer to front line combat. They are “much further down into the formations than in Iraq,” he said, while noting that this had been the case since at least when the Raqqa offensive began. Dillon said that the military estimates that there are about 2,000 ISIS fighters remaining in Raqqa, down from about 2,500 when the assault on the city began nearly 40 days ago. But while he said the Arab and Kurdish fighters comprising the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces were “moving very, very fast” at the beginning stages of the campaign, Dillon said they had encountered “stiffening resistance” in recent days. “The SDF have incurred casualties as they have met some stiffening resistance from ISIS as they move closer into the city center,” Dillon said. Related article US General: Raqqa is 'job number one' following the fall of Mosul While SDF troops have encircled Raqqa and breached the wall that surrounds the old city, Dillon said ISIS was using IED belts and increasingly armed drones to maintain their grip on the city. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of the international military coalition fighting ISIS, told reporters Tuesday: “ISIS has had more than three years to prepare the defense of Raqqa. While SDF operations are off to a good start, resistance has been stiffening, and we know this is not going to be an easy fight.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-led coalition", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170712221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/12/politics/us-troops-more-exposed-raqqa-mosul-isis/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "661394420", "sentence": "Patriotic hackers are not unknown in Russia Statistics (and prosecutions) suggest the vast majority of Russian hackers are in it for the money Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks about “patriotic hackers” have led to more than a few raised eyebrows. After condemning this week what he described as rampant “Russophobia,” Putin painted a lyrical portrait of hackers waging war in defense of the fatherland. “Hackers are free people, like artists,” Putin told a panel in St. Petersburg. “They wake up in a good mood and paint things. Same with hackers … They read something about the state-to-state relations. If they are patriotic, they make their own contribution to fight those who say bad things about Russia. “ He returned to the theme Friday when challenged about evidence of Russian “fingerprints” in the recent hacking of US organizations, particularly the Democratic Party. “Whose fingerprints?” he asked. “All these IP addresses can be faked. Do you know how many specialists there are like that?” “It’s not evidence. It’s an attempt to put this on us,” Putin added. To some observers, this smells like a first attempt at “plausible deniability” by the Kremlin as investigations in the US continue. Even if those probes ultimately point the finger at Russian hacking, the Kremlin can shrug and plead ignorance or fabrication. Proving otherwise would be very difficult. In the world of Russian hacking, the lines dividing criminal enterprise, freelance patriotism and service to the state are often blurred beyond recognition. Patriotic hackers are not unknown in Russia. Vladislav Horohorin, an experienced hacker, recalls that when Russia and Georgia briefly went to war in 2008, Russians without any government connection hacked into the Georgian telecom infrastructure. “I can attest that action developed spontaneously and out of sheer patriotism,” Horohorin said in an email exchange with CNN several months ago. But Dmitry Volkov, head of threat intelligence for Russian cyber-security company IB, told CNN recently that he encountered little evidence of “hacker patriots.” “We see newspapers that are writing about such type of threat actors, sometimes we track “hacktivists,” but usually they are very low-skilled guys,” he said. Statistics (and prosecutions) suggest the vast majority of Russian hackers are in it for the money. Take the example of Peter Levashov, indicted by the US for computer fraud and theft. He was arrested in Spain in April and is awaiting extradition. Related video Rubio: Hackers with Russian IPs targeted staff Levashov is accused of being the mastermind of the Kelihos Botnet, which allegedly sent hundreds of millions of spam emails, intercepting users’ online and financial credentials. The Spamhaus Project has described Levashov as “one of the longest operating criminal spam lords on the Internet.” On a much smaller scale, hackers can trade their expertise for favors, according to Horohorin, who recently served a jail sentence in the US for online credit card fraud. “I know there are certain individuals who for their hacking services obtained ‘predpisanie,’” Horohorin told CNN. That essentially means they had some sort of protection from arrest. Sometimes, profit and patriotism may overlap – as in the multiple attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure allegedly carried out by Russian groups. There have been at least two attacks on the Ukrainian power grid. Suspected Russian hackers associated with the group “Fancy Bear” last year managed to install malware in a Ukrainian military application that helped reveal communications and location data from Ukrainian forces. Crowdstrike, which analyzes hacking, said the attack supported its assessment that Fancy Bear was “likely affiliated with Russian military intelligence,” the GRU. The US Director of National Intelligence came to similar conclusions over the hacking of the Democratic Party last year. “We assess with high confidence that Russian military intelligence used the Guccifer 2.0 persona and DCLeaks.com to release US victim data,” the DNI reported in January. Related video Russia's army of hackers could be 4,000 strong Most of the time, the evidence to support such assessments remains classified, and the ultimate identity of hackers unknown. Guccifer 2.0 was supposed to be a Romanian hacker. But Thomas Rid, an authority on cyberespionage, told a US Senate hearing in March that the GRU had become more “careless, risk-taking, and error-prone” in its hacking, leaving digital fingerprints on various operations. He cited data obtained by cyber-security firm SecureWorks that traced 19,300 malicious links targeting around 6,730 individuals back to the GRU. Poor tradecraft can make deniability less plausible. There are also Russian hackers who try to subvert rather than support the state and may not be motivated by profit. Some have hacked into the personal records of senior officials and business figures, either to embarrass them or in a self-declared war on corruption. Horohorin said that “some may use hacked resources for cyber-warfare, in pursuit of information, or to declare themselves or proclaim their own beliefs.” His peers had little interest “in anything that could not be exploited for profit and stayed away from politics.” But “the younger generation became more politicized.” Among them are groups like Humpty Dumpty, or in Russian, “Shaltai Boltai.” The puzzling cross-currents and shifting loyalties among Russian hackers came to rare light in December when two officers of the FSB (Russian security service) were among four men arrested and accused of “treason on behalf of the United States,” according to a lawyer defending one of them. One of them was Dmitry Dokuchaev. Three months later, the US Justice Department revealed its interest in Dokuchaev: he was indicted in connection with a massive conspiracy to hack into Yahoo’s network. But years before he had joined the FSB, Dokuchaev had himself been a hacker. He was a contributor to Hacker magazine, in which he once wrote: “There is a way to wealth – to start your own business in the web. One-two years and maybe you will be able to save enough to buy a villa by the Mediterranean Sea.” Beyond doubt is the Russian authorities’ embrace of hacking and disinformation as part of a broader campaign of ‘active measures’ designed to weaken and confuse adversaries. Back in 2013, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke of the need for a “head hunt” for experts in coding. Recruitment efforts at technical institutes and on social media sites followed, with slick videos inviting applications to the “Research Squadron of the Russian Federation.” From the military’s determined recruitment of IT specialists to the patriotic fervor of hackers in their bedrooms, the age of what Shoigu likes to call ‘information warfare forces’ is here to stay.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian hacking activities", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170602200000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/politics/vladimir-putin-russian-hacking/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "712834231", "sentence": "A man who allegedly plotted to assassinate British Prime Minister Theresa May appeared in court Wednesday charged with terrorism offenses. London based Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, who described himself in court as Pakistani British, was arrested last week and charged on Tuesday. A second man, Mohammed Aqib Imran, 21, from Birmingham, appeared in court at the same time, also charged with “the intention of committing acts of terrorism.” When asked about his nationality in court, Imran said he was Bangladeshi British. According to court documents, Rahman planned to detonate an explosive device at the gates of Downing Street and then seek to gain access to No. 10 – May’s official residence – “in the ensuing chaos with a view to trying to kill the Prime Minister.” “The secondary attack on No. 10 was to be carried out with a suicide vest, pepper spray and a knife,” the document said. Rahman had carried out a “hostile reconnaissance” of the area as part of his preparations and revealed his plan to “attack, kill and cause explosions” in several recorded conversations, according to the allegations. Related article The New York attack was labeled 'terrorism.' The Texas shooting wasn't. Here's why In a related allegation, Imran is accused of trying to obtain a fake passport in order to leave the UK and travel to Libya. On his arrest, Imran was found in possession of a short video recorded by Rahman “who was sponsoring Imran in order to assist him to enter Islamic State and fight,” according to the allegations. Rahman allegedly made the video in November “with the expectation of becoming a martyr.” The recording would have given Imran greater credibility with the terrorist organization, the document said. Lawyers for both Rahman and Imran entered “no indication” as the suspects’ plea, meaning that the case continues as if they had pleaded “not guilty.” Both suspects have been remanded in custody without bail and will next appear in court on December 20. The news of the arrests emerged just a few hours after the publication of an official security review, which said that 20 Islamist-inspired terrorist plots had been “disrupted” since October 2013, seven of them since the end of March this year. The UK terror threat from Islamist terrorists is operating “at a scale and pace we’ve not seen before,” said Andrew Parker, director general of MI5, in a speech in October. He warned that “the challenge that we face is undoubtedly a stark one. More threat, coming at us more quickly, and sometimes harder to detect. But it is a challenge that we and our partners are rising to and are facing down.” Thirty-six people have been killed in five separate terror attacks in the UK this year. Opportunities to stop the most fatal of those – a suicide bomb attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in May – were missed, according to the report by senior barrister David Anderson published Tuesday. Suicide bomber Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people, had been a “subject of interest” to British police in the months before the attack, but was not put under investigation. Related video UK angry over Manchester attack leaks “On two separate occasions in the months prior to the attack, intelligence was received by MI5 whose significance was not fully appreciated at the time,” the report said. The report noted that while counterterrorism police and MI5 had gotten most things right, “it is conceivable that the Manchester attack in particular might have been averted had the cards fallen differently.” “Policing and our colleagues in the fight against terrorism will continue to learn and improve,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said in a statement Tuesday. “There are currently well over 500 counterterrorism investigations, involving more than 3,000 subjects of interest – along with a growing pool of more than 20,000 individuals who have previously been the subject of terrorism investigations,” the statement said. “These investigations cover the full range of terrorist activity, from attack planning to activity that supports or facilitates terrorism – but a significant proportion involve potential attack-planning threats. The tempo is more intense than ever.” CNN’s Hilary Clarke contributed to this article.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "UK counterterrorism efforts", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171206121500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/europe/theresa-may-assassination-plot-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "603670145", "sentence": "Former President Jimmy Carter is calling on the Obama administration to recognize Palestinian statehood before leaving office January 20. Carter, who is strong proponent for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, praised the Obama administration in a New York Times op-ed out Monday for its support for a “negotiated end to the conflict based on two states,” but warned this work could be undone with an incoming Republican administration. “I am convinced that the United States can still shape the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before a change in presidents, but time is very short, ” Carter wrote. “The simple but vital step this administration must take before its term expires on Jan. 20 is to grant American diplomatic recognition to the state of Palestine.” The former President also called for the UN Security Council to pass a resolution “laying out the parameters for resolving the conflict.” Can Donald Trump solve the Middle East’s many crises? “It should reaffirm the illegality of all Israeli settlements beyond the 1967 borders, while leaving open the possibility that the parties could negotiate modifications,” he said. “Security guarantees for both Israel and Palestine are imperative, and the resolution must acknowledge the right of both the states of Israel and Palestine to live in peace and security.” Carter went on to criticize the controversial building of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. “Israel is building more and more settlements, displacing Palestinians and entrenching its occupation of Palestinian lands,” Carter wrote. “Over 4.5 million Palestinians live in these occupied territories, but are not citizens of Israel. Most live largely under Israeli military rule, and do not vote in Israel’s national elections.” Carter is one of Israel’s most vocal American critics. In his 2006 book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” he compared Israel’s military occupation in the West Bank to the apartheid system in South Africa. Obama has also been critical of Israel, calling in 2009 for a complete freeze on the building of Israeli settlements. However, President-elect Donald Trump’s position has thrilled many supporters of Israel, as well as Israel’s political right wing. As a candidate, Trump promised to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel and renogotiate the Iran nuclear deal, which has been criticized by Israel’s leaders. The leader of the right-wing Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett, claimed a Trump presidency allows Israel to fully dismiss the notion of a Palestinian state. “This is the position of the President-elect, as written in his platform, and it should be our policy, plain and simple. The era of a Palestinian state is over.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama administration", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161129190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/politics/jimmy-carter-palestine-op-ed/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "542412709", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a New America fellow. He is the author of “Jimmy Carter” and “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Julian Zelizer says the film shows how a determined leader in LBJ can wrest political change out of Congress even in a perilous environment for progressives Zelizer says it doesn't take ideological purity, as Bernie Sanders preaches, to make change happen The release of HBO’s “All The Way,” a remake of Robert Schenkkan’s brilliant Tony-award winning play about President Lyndon Johnson, is a welcome break in this anti-political campaign season. (HBO is owned by CNN’s corporate parent Time Warner.) The film offers a compelling account of the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the presidential election of 1964, blending a dramatic recreation of the events that took place in these years with actual dialogue drawn from White House telephone recordings. While the film’s creators take liberties in how they tell this story, the essence of the film effectively captures the kind of deal-making that was essential to pass the legislation known as the Great Society. While we think of this decade as the heyday of liberalism, the truth is that the forces of conservatism were strong in Congress and the divisions among Democrats were intense. Related video Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston takes on LBJ role Democrats, who are still in the middle of a contentious debate between idealism (Bernie Sanders) and pragmatic realism (Hillary Clinton), might especially want to see the film. “All the Way,” starring Bryan Cranston as LBJ and Anthony Mackie as MLK, is an ode to the art and necessity of political compromise. Airing toward the end of two contentious sets of party primaries where government officials and the political process have been under attack, the film revolves around two main characters, each of whom sees that in 1963 and 1964 the only way to make serious progress on race relations is to agree to difficult compromises, undercutting congressional opponents and building a strong coalition in favor. While most recent accounts of LBJ have emphasized his apparently magical ability to make things happen as the wizard of Washington, this film reveals a President struggling through bitter battles. This is a Johnson operating in a challenging political environment populated by southern Democrats such as Richard Russell, Republicans such as Everett Dirksen, liberals such as  James Coleman of California, grassroots activists such as Stokely Carmichael, and malicious forces inside the government like FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Although there are many moments where we see LBJ leaning in on his opponents and allies to get what he wants, there are many others where we watch the limits of presidential power. Related article What law has changed your life? The film highlights a debate over voting rights, which LBJ insists on taking out of the Civil Rights bill, and focusing instead on desegregation. In truth, voting rights were no longer a central part of the legislation once Johnson became president, though the film uses the issue to effectively convey the kinds of compromises Johnson was forced to make. We do see Illinois Sen. Everett Dirksen insisting on weakening regulations on employment discrimination, which is a key area where the administration agreed to soften the bill beyond the comfort level of many liberals. This comes right out of the history books. In exchange, Dirksen delivered enough Republican votes to end a filibuster. The following year, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The film accurately captures the way LBJ, like a chess player, was constantly trying to figure out how to align all the various policies he hoped to push with the difficult realities of Capitol Hill. At one point in the film, we see the President lying in bed broken out in sweat and trapped in frustration as he explains to his wife Lady Bird in a despondent fashion that basically nobody likes him. The scene effectively captures the kind of torment which is evident on many of the phone recordings, where we can hear Johnson complaining to colleagues about how he never received credit for his achievements. Related article Do Clinton, Trump need Henry Kissinger? Each legislative victory seemed to bring him more critics. Throughout the film, he repeatedly tells people that passage of a civil rights bill will require major concessions from all sides. “This is not about principle, it’s about votes,” Johnson barks out in one of the great lines of the film. Schenkkan’s dialogue captures the essential outlook of LBJ, even though he takes liberties with the chronology at points. We lionize Johnson for his ability to use power to get what he wanted but in fact his biggest skill was understanding the limits of the presidency and knowing when to cut deals, as difficult as they could be. He forces civil rights leaders to accept that certain goals will have to be postponed until the following year (like voting rights) and warns southern leaders that they can’t keep saying “no,” because some form of a Civil Rights bill was going to pass. “Now I love you more than my own daddy. But if you get in my way, I’ll crush you,” Johnson threatens Sen. Richard Russell, his close friend and mentor at a private dinner in the White House. The other main protagonist in the film, Martin Luther King, also is depicted as having a keen understanding that one of his most important roles would be to broker agreement among the civil rights leaders portrayed in the film and to sell the movement leaders compromise ideas that the administration was willing to push for. Related article Bernie Sanders is the future of the Democratic Party While Johnson had been hoping that the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City would be a celebration of his achievements and his potential, the plans were upset when African-American activists arrived as the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and insisted they be seated instead of the lily white official delegation that was there. The film recounts the bitter negotiations that took place, with spokesmen for the President seeking to defuse the challenge by the activists who had risked their lives by protesting in Mississippi despite violent police and racist organizations and traveling on roads that were not safe for African-Americans. At one key moment, Johnson sends the labor leader Walter Reuther to speak with the frustrated delegation. Reuther warns that if they don’t accept the deal the administration was offering (to seat two at-large delegates from the delegation and promise that future conventions would be desegregated), the unions would cut off all the funding for the movement. The movement leaders accepted the deal to the consternation of many young activists. King, realizing that he was out of options, sits quietly as his fellow leaders vent their enormous frustration with this outcome. This is one of the most disappointing moments in the history of the civil rights movement, a decision that left many younger activists disillusioned with the leadership. But in this film, the negotiations are depicted through the prism of a world in which this was the best option on the table at the moment. The Martin Luther King portrayed in this film is not the famous orator or committed and fearless activist, but the quiet and calculating political leader who understood that these kinds of deals were necessary to achieve outcomes. Related article Why Sanders must take the high road The appreciation for realism is clear in how the film treats the difficult issue of wiretapping. In Ava DuVernay’s 2014 film “Selma,” she depicted an adversarial relationship between King, as he fought for voting rights in 1965, and LBJ, who, in the film, has little enthusiasm for the bill and seems willing to let FBI director Hoover conduct his ruthless covert wiretapping campaign against the civil rights leader. In “All The Way,” we watch a dance between two leaders who realize they will inevitably disappoint their allies but who are working as hard as possible within the immense constraints they face to make sure they don’t lose this unique moment to obtain a bill. In this movie, Johnson clearly wants much more and sympathizes with the movement, but realizes as a seasoned politician that achieving wholesale change in race relations would require incremental steps. “All The Way” should be required viewing in this polarized electoral atmosphere. The rhetoric in the 2016 election has been very different than the world depicted in the film. Democrats have been animated by candidate Bernie Sanders, who appeals to idealism and insists on political purity as the only antidote to the political problems we face today. Many voters have been unimpressed by the inevitable nominee, Hillary Clinton, who has spent her life in public service and believes that compromise is the only way to move liberalism forward. Clinton might want to watch the film to look for some inspiration about how hard-nosed political pragmatism has been essential to progressive breakthroughs. Related article What's fueling Democrats' war The critical changes that took place in those years offer some powerful evidence about why some of the critiques coming from Sanders supporters about who Clinton is and what she can accomplish are off the mark. Johnson was as hard-nosed and devious as they come, yet until 1966 he was able to use those attributes to vastly expand the social safety net in ways that continue to shape American society. The film is also a warning to Clinton, who has tended to veer toward the more hawkish spectrum, about the costs that can come from bad wars to a liberal agenda. Though the film only covers the beginning of the escalation into the Vietnam conflict with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, we see how LBJ’s political and hawkish instincts planted the seeds for his self-destruction. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine. Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a New America fellow. He is the author of “Jimmy Carter” and “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lyndon B. Johnson", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160520203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/opinions/all-the-way-review-opinion-zelizer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "522042383", "sentence": "The Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity says James \"Wally\" Brewster openly promoted a homosexual agenda to youths The U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic says he's helping the country and strongly opposes discrimination The White House and President support Brewster, U.S. national security adviser says To the ambassador, it was an educational visit, an opportunity to talk about the United Nations and the chance to interact with young students, he said, to have a conversation about the world’s different countries and cultures. But for the Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity, or CODUE by its Spanish acronym, James “Wally” Brewster, U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, was openly promoting a homosexual agenda to young, vulnerable minds. CODUE has launched a petition on the White House’s website. Its purpose is “to remove the U.S. ambassador in the Dominican Republic” for promoting “an LGBT agenda inconsistent with the Christian cultural values and tradition” of the country. As of this writing, the petition had collected just over 30,000 signatures. To be considered, it has to gather at least 69,927. Brewster suggests those asking for his removal seem to ignore the multiple actions taken during his tenure that have greatly benefited the Dominican Republic. “Not everybody is always going to agree with the measures we’ve taken in cooperation with the Dominican Republic or how we manage our relationship. There’s great work that we’re doing in partnership with the Dominican government, especially in law enforcement areas,” he said. President Obama appointed Brewster, a major fundraiser for his 2012 campaign, as U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic in June of 2013. But the 55-year-old openly gay Chicago businessman faced opposition from religious leaders in the Caribbean country from the beginning, especially because he was also known for serving on the national board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign, a prominent gay rights group. When he arrived in the Dominican Republic in late November of 2013 to begin his tenure, he brought along a first for a male U.S. ambassador in the Caribbean nation: a husband. “My spouse, Bob, and I have traveled the world, from the far reaches of Asia to the stunning coastlines of southern Europe,” Brewster said in a video introducing himself on the U.S. Embassy’s website. Then husband Bob Satawake chimed in: “But we always return to the beauty of the Dominican Republic.” Earlier this month, CODUE, a coalition of evangelical Christian churches, reacted angrily when Brewster helped launch the LGBT Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by Satawake. But the strongest reaction came when he visited a school where, according to Fidel Lorenzo, CODUE’s president, Brewster was not helping students learn about the world, but promoting a gay agenda, at an event where he showed up with his husband. “It’s not only about pointing out and prohibiting homosexual practices. There’s also a systematic violation of Dominican laws, our sovereignty and identity, principles that we shouldn’t negotiate with. In his reelection speech, President Obama said that ‘no one is above the law.’ However, this ambassador violates our laws every day without remorse,” Lorenzo said. Article 55 of the Dominican Constitution establishes that marriage must be between a man and a woman. U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said in a statement Friday that Brewster continues to have the support of the White House. “President Obama chose Ambassador Brewster to represent the United States government in the Dominican Republic because of his outstanding credentials, integrity and dedication to the advancing the interests of this country. He has the full support of this President, this White House and the entire U.S. government and I know he will continue to advocate tirelessly for the interests of the United States in the Dominican Republic,” Rice said. Meanwhile, another evangelical Christian group has demanded Brewster’s removal. The Federation of Cibao Pastors is asking the Dominican government to declare the ambassador persona non grata and expel him from the country. Brewster insists he’s only representing the interests of the United States to the best of his ability and helping Dominicans in any way he can. While observing the International Day of Zero Discrimination on March 1, the ambassador announced the U.S. government is contributing $15.5 million a year to fight AIDS. Brewster said he also strongly opposes discrimination against vulnerable groups, “including women, persons of color, persons with disabilities, socio-economic discrimination and members of the LGBTI community, among others.” CNN’s Athena Jones contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "James \"Wally\" Brewster", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160317184500", "country1": "DOM", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/17/americas/dominican-republic-gay-us-ambassador/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "640178355", "sentence": "South Korea says a test can happen as soon as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un orders it US maintains presence of WC-135 Combat Shadow aircraft in region to conduct air sampling after possible test Specific intelligence indicators now show that North Korea is ready for its sixth underground nuclear test at any time, two US officials told CNN on Friday. Recent satellite imagery indicates a potentially significant change at the Punggye-ri test site, the officials said. For weeks, satellites had observed extensive activity on the surface, including vehicles, personnel and equipment, as well as two tunnel entrances being dug out. But the most recent imagery shows that activity has now stopped. That is a similar change in the pattern of activity just before previous tests, indicating all final preparations are now complete, officials said. The South Korean government issued a statement Friday saying a test can happen as soon as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un orders it. “It is assessed that North Korea is ready to carry out a nuclear test anytime if its leadership decides to do so,” Lee Duk-haeng, spokesman for South Korea’s the Ministry of Unification, said in a press briefing. He said that “South Korean and US  intelligence authorities evaluate that North Korea is ready to carry out a nuclear test anytime on the leadership’s decision.” North Korea also continues to move equipment and personnel that could be used to launch ballistic missiles, the US officials said. They caution, however, it’s impossible for the United States to know when a mobile launch or an underground nuclear test will happen. North Korea has a history of moving military personnel and gear around to deceive satellites the regime knows are watching. The United States is maintaining the presence of a WC-135 aircraft in the region that can conduct air sampling after a suspected underground test. In past instances of Pyongyang’s nuclear testing, one of the first signs that an underground explosion has happened is seismic activity picked up by the US Geological Survey in the location of the North Korean test site. All of this comes as the Trump administration is reviewing whether there are fresh options for dealing with North Korea, a situation that the Trump and Obama administrations have agreed is extremely difficult to manage. Privately, US military commanders have said any preemptive strikes by the US would likely result in a North Korean attack on Seoul, leading to disastrous consequences. On an overseas trip to Asia earlier this month, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged in Tokyo, “I think it’s important to recognize that the diplomatic and other efforts of the past 20 years to bring North Korea to a point of denuclearization have failed.” That sentiment was already expressed late last year by then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who called the effort to get North Korea to give up its nuclear program “probably a lost cause.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea nuclear test", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.2, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170324184500", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/us/north-korea-nuclear-test/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "664576568", "sentence": "Sen. Tom Cotton and Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked spy fiction at a Senate hearing \"I just finished (David) Ignatius's book,\" Sessions said As multiple investigations into Russian involvement in the 2016 elections hang like a cloud over Washington, the current US political drama often reads like a spy novel. Today, one of its main characters admitted that he is a fan of the genre. In a snappy exchange with Sen. Tom Cotton during his Senate intelligence committee hearing Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions demonstrated a surprising knowledge of espionage thrillers. “Mr. Sessions, are you familiar with what spies call ‘tradecraft’?” Cotton asked, adding “Do you like spy fiction? John le Carre? Daniel Silva? Jason Matthews?” Sessions quickly added to Cotton’s list. “Alan Furst. David Ignatius,” he said. “I just finished Ignatius’s book.” A bestselling novelist and journalist, Ignatius has penned nine novels and one work of nonfiction. His most recent book, “The Director,” tells the fictional story of Graham Weber, a CIA director tasked with saving a compromised agency. It’s a movie-ready tale of cybercrime, strategy and deceit. While Ignatius may be recognized on The New York Times’ Top 10 list of the year’s best books, Alan Furst is hardly a household name. Best known for his 14-book “Night Soldiers” series, Furst was one of the first successful American spy novelists. His work focuses on pre-WWII Eastern Europe – from stories about a Bulgarian fishing town to a Moscow spy academy. Cotton didn’t stop there. “Do you like James Bond or Jason Bourne movies?” he asked. “No,” Sessions joked, before admitting, “Yes, I do.” When asked by Cotton whether the collusion of a sitting US senator and a foreign ambassador would ever appear in one of these “fantastical situations,” like a clandestine meeting at the Mayflower Hotel, Sessions used another literary reference to demonstrate what he sees as the ridiculousness of such a theory. “Thank you for saying that, Sen. Cotton,” Sessions said. “It’s just like ‘Through the Looking Glass.’ I mean, what is this? I explained how, in good faith, I said I had not met with Russians.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeff Sessions", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170613223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/jeff-sessions-tom-cotton-spy-fiction-senate-hearing/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "648847097", "sentence": "The incident occurred while the fighter jet was approaching the carrier for a landing The pilot is being assessed by a medical team aboard the Carl Vinson. An F/A-18 pilot assigned to the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier safely ejected during a training flight while in transit in the Celebes Sea, the US Navy said Friday. The incident occurred as the fighter jet was approaching the carrier for a landing, and the cause is currently under investigation. The pilot, who was quickly recovered by a helicopter, is being assessed by a medical team aboard the Carl Vinson but suffered no apparent injuries, a Navy news release said. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump said he was sending “an armada” to Korean waters potentially to deal with threats from North Korea. In the face of recent saber-rattling from North Korea, Trump had said the USS Carl Vinson carrier group was being deployed to waters off the Korean Peninsula. “We are sending an armada. Very powerful,” Trump told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo. “We have submarines. Very powerful. Far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. That I can tell you.” It turns out the carrier group was never actually steaming toward the peninsula, but rather heading to joint exercises with the Australian navy. US officials insist it’s now on its way to the Sea of Japan, known in South Korea as the East Sea. It still hasn’t arrived. On Thursday, the US Navy announced it was extending the Vinson’s deployment by 30 days “to provide a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean Peninsula.” Often described as the backbone of naval aviation, the various F-18 aircraft make up most of the service’s strike fighter fleet. The F/A-18 Super Hornet was designed to have a lifespan of roughly 6,000 flight hours, but today, jets are being stretched to fly between 8,000 and 9,000 hours to fulfill mission expectations as a result of fewer operational aircraft, budget restrictions and delays to the fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Trump asked Congress for an additional $13.5 billion this year in part to build and modernize additional F-35s and F/A-18s. The Navy estimates a portion of their current F/A-18 fleet will remain in use through 2030. CNN’s Barbara Starr contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170421164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/uss-carl-vinson-pilot-ejection/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "670927372", "sentence": "President Donald Trump, coming off a short visit to Poland, was greeted here in Germany on Thursday by the complex reality of foreign relations in the form of a pre-G20 meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two met at the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg, where they shared a handshake and brief conversation before the two world leaders left reporters. It was an instant contrast to the optics of their first meeting in March, which signaled a strained relationship. Related video Did Trump snub Merkel handshake? (March 2017) Trump did not shake Merkel’s hand before cameras in the Oval Office, although they did at other times of her White House visit. And at a news conference later in the day, much to Merkel’s chagrin, Trump make a joke about American spying practices that were found to have swept up the German chancellor’s conversations during President Barack Obama’s administration. “As far as wiretapping I guess by this past administration, at least we have something in common, perhaps,” Trump said, turning to Merkel, who didn’t smile. Merkel, playing host to the international G20 conference on Friday and Saturday in her hometown of Hamburg, has seemingly ensured the conference will be full of prickly issues for Trump, whose relationship with the powerful German leader has so far been frosty. The priorities of this meeting of the G20 include climate change, immigration and trade, all topics where Trump is at odds with the bulk of European leaders. And Merkel further set up a conflict with Trump in a speech to Parliament in June. “Whoever believes the problems of this work can be solved by isolationism and protectionism is making a tremendous error,” Merkel said, a not-so-thinly veiled swipe at Trump, who ran for president by promising nationalism, tightened borders, stricter trade deals and has since pulled out of the Paris climate accord. The two world leaders are meeting Thursday evening before both taking part in broader conversations during the G20. Trump’s relationship with Merkel has been icy ever since the campaign, when Trump questioned the German leader’s immigration policy. “What’s happening in Germany, I always thought Merkel was like this great leader. What she’s done in Germany is insane. It is insane. They’re having all sorts of attacks,” Trump said in an October 2015 interview. Merkel, who is in the midst of running for her fourth term as chancellor of Germany, has taken a forceful posture on the United States and Trump ever since that visit, a departure from the close relationship she had with former President Barack Obama. She even told voters at a beer hall in Bavaria in May that the United States could no longer be seen as a “reliable” ally for Europe. Thursday afternoon’s meeting will likely foretell a difficult two days for Trump, who is coming off a near euphoric visit to Poland, where the President was showered with praise from the conservative Polish government. Trump has so far had an array of results on foreign trips. Though Trump was heralded when he visited Saudi Arabia and Israel on his first foreign trip, European diplomats bristled at Trump’s rhetoric about Article 5, the principle of common defense, during a speech on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. And Trump, according to people who traveled with the President, later felt ridiculed during a meeting of the G7 in Italy when leaders implored him to stay in the Paris climate agreement. Merkel’s meeting may not even be close to the most difficult for Trump during his three day Trip to Germany, though, when he comes face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Allie Malloy contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170706190000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/06/politics/trump-merkel-g20/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "485411610", "sentence": "Bush rejects \"out of hand\" prospect of U.S. anti-ISIS alliance with Iran Warns that Iran's mullahs who are sponsoring terrorism will not \"go quietly into the night.\" Jeb Bush on Monday called for “massive force” to destroy ISIS and rejected partnering with Iran to eliminate the terror group. “The idea that we’re going to support the forces that support Hamas and Hezbollah and destabilizing forces in the region, I just reject out of hand,” he said of Iran on MSNBC. “That’s part of the problem with the Obama administration,” he continued, “they think that mullahs go quietly into the night. They don’t.” The focus now, Bush said, should be on the United States allying with “European and traditional Arab countries” for a concentrated assault on ISIS, arguing that the issue had become one of “moral conscience.” “We should lead to destroy ISIS,” Bush said. “You do it with massive force, you do it with the stated objective of total victory. And then you need to forge political consensus to create a stable Syria and stable Iraq.” “Then we leave,” he added. Asked in an interview on CBS about whether he was willing to commit 50,000 U.S. soldiers to the Syrian fight, Bush said he didn’t want to speculate on troop numbers. RELATED: Trump says Syrian refugees are a ‘Trojan horse’ Bush also balked at the prospect of forging a quick alliance with Russia, but left some wiggle room for a potential deal with President Vladimir Putin. “Russia, possibly – but they would have to abandon their support of [Syrian President Bashar] Assad,” the Republican presidential hopeful said. Bush’s comments ran counter to Sen. Bernie Sanders, who on Sunday in Iowa called for more cooperation among global powers. “We have different points of view,” Sanders said, “but Russia has got to join us. We are concerned about Iran, but Iran has to join us. We have concerns about Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia has to join us.” RELATED: Sanders says it’s time to work with Russia, Iran in ISIS fight", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151116160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/16/politics/jeb-bush-isis-iran-russia-paris-attacks/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "622953353", "sentence": "Fatal illness in children caused by missing a meal and lychee intake, says study There have been reports of the mystery disease in Bihar since 1995, says the report Every year since 1995, a mystery illness has plagued the town of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, India. Around May and June each year, large numbers of young children would start showing signs of fever. They’d have seizures and convulsions, before slipping in and out of consciousness. In 2014, hundreds of children were admitted to hospital exhibiting symptoms of this illness, branded locally as “chamki ki bimari,” or “tinsel disease.” Of 390 admitted for treatment, 122 died. Teams of researchers and medical experts searched exhaustively to find the cause, but to no avail. Until now. A new report, published in The Lancet Global Health medical journal on Tuesday, claims to have discovered what’s behind the devastating disease: the unassuming lychee, otherwise known as litchi. Heat, humidity, malnourishment, the monsoon and pesticides have all been considered at one stage to be contributing factors to the illness – said to resemble encephalitis symptomatically, a disease that causes inflammation of the brain. Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and India’s National Centre for Disease Control compared test results of children who had developed the mysterious illness, and children who had not. Analysis of blood and spinal fluid samples showed no signs of infection or exposure to chemicals and insecticides. However, most of the children who had fallen ill had eaten lychee fruit recently. They were also six times more likely to have visited a fruit orchard in the last 24 hours, the study said. Muzaffarpur, Bihar, is the largest lychee farming region in India. According to the study, parents reported that children in the affected villages spent most of the day eating lychees from the surrounding orchards, often returning home in the evening “uninterested in eating a meal.” See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. The results said that children who fell ill were twice as likely to have skipped dinner, which, according to the researchers probably resulted in “night-time hypoglycaemia.” When their blood sugar level dropped, the body would start to metabolize fatty acids to produce a necessary boost of glucose. However, urine samples showed that two-thirds of the ill children showed evidence of exposure to toxins found in lychee seeds – found in higher levels in unripe fruits. In the presence of these toxins “glucose synthesis is severely impaired,” the study said, leading to dangerously low blood sugar and brain inflammation in the children. The Indian government issued a statement Wednesday advising children to henceforth “minimize litchi fruit consumption” in affected areas, and eat an evening meal during the “outbreak period.” However, the researchers said there are still some questions surrounding the mystery. For example, while orchards surround many villages in the area, typically only one child in each village develops the illness. The report suggests it may be something to do with genetics. “The synergistic combination of litchi consumption, a missed evening meal, and other potential factors such as poor nutritional status, eating a greater number of litchis, and as yet unidentified genetic differences might be needed to produce this illness,” the study said. However, it added that similar outbreaks had been reported in another lychee cultivation areas in West Bengal, and also beyond India in parts of Vietnam and Bangladesh. Previous research had focused on pesticides rather than the fruit itself, but “the findings of our investigations might help to shed light on the cause of illness in the Bangladesh and Vietnam outbreaks,” the study said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "lychee fruit consumption in affected areas", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170201080000", "country1": "IND", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/health/lychee-fatal-illness-india/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "451098793", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: “The Seventies” focuses on the sexual revolution Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. Sally Kohn is an activist, columnist and television commentator. Follow her on Twitter: @sallykohn. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Kohn: In the 1970s, the sexual revolution, women's movement and gay liberation movement changed culture It turned out to be more about personal empowerment than changes in law and politics, she says To borrow a cliché, the 1970s was all about sex, drugs and rock and roll. But arguably, it was the sex part that had the most enduring and profound effect on American society. The 1970s saw the convergence of several phenomena related to sex, sexuality and gender.  There was the women’s liberation movement, in which women and girls who had been long told they were the inferior sex finally took to the streets, the courts and the voting booths to assert their equality. In 1970, the first Women’s Liberation Conference took place in England — the same year that Germaine Greer published “The Female Eunuch” and Robin Morgan published “Sisterhood Is Powerful, An Anthology of Writings from the Women’s Liberation Movement.”  The next year, the first women’s liberation march took place. There also was sexual liberation, which had something to do with women liberating themselves in the bedroom, too, but had as much to do with loosening norms around sex.  In 1960, half of 19-year-old women who were unmarried had not yet had sex.  By the late 1980s, as Nancy Cohen pointed out, two-thirds of all women had done the deed by age 18. Cohen also noted that the invention of the birth control pill in the 1960s helped pave the way.  Within five years after the first pill went on the market in 1960, 6 million American women were taking it. These women and others, and their male partners, entered the next decade literally with a radically different experience of sex and freedom.  The year 1972 alone saw the publication of such groundbreaking books as “The Joy of Sex” and “Open Marriage.” The ’70s also brought nonheterosexual sex into the spotlight.  In 1969, when a gay bar in New York was raided by police, protests erupted and what became known as the Stonewall Riots was the formative moment of the gay rights movement that would continue to grow into the next decades. For gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans, the 1970s was an era of increasing awakening and visibility, as well as backlash and persecution. In 1970, the first gay pride parade was held to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, and in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association finally saw fit to remove homosexuality from its official list of mental disorders. Arguably, one of the quintessential songs of the 1970s captures all perspectives on the sexual revolution.  “Aaaaaah, FREAK OUT!” sang the band, Chic, in their 1978 chart topper.  While the old guard was certainly freaking out about the quickly and wildly shifting terrain of traditional American values, those doing the shifting were enjoying the ride.  The song almost mocks those who are actually freaking out, turning their angst into a dance craze.  “Come on along and have a real good time,” Chic invites.  That moral ground you feel shifting below you?  Think of it more as a sensual undulating and get with the groove. Related video The fight for women's rights It’s easy to look back and see the boundaries of the era’s aspirations. The Vietnam War, in the 1970s, and AIDS, in the 1980s, killed people and rightfully became preoccupying life-and-death issues. Complete sexual liberation and the brave new peaceful world a generation longed for ran headlong into hard and brutal reality. In hindsight, the movements of the 1970s were much more about cultural triumphs than they were about legal and political changes.  That the idea of women’s equality is more widely accepted today than it was 40 years ago is a victory.  Yet the fact that women still earn a fraction of what men earn on average, and women of color even less, that rape and sexual assault remain so prevalent, that access to birth control and abortion and sex education are so actively still contested — these are reminders of how far we have yet to go. “In the 1970s the sexual revolution was really mostly about sex,” wrote Hanna Rosin.  “But now the sexual revolution has deepened into a more permanent kind of power for women.”  Or, more accurately I think, at least a sense of personal power.  But empowerment hasn’t necessarily translated into real economic and political leverage. Are there more women running major companies, transgender men and women starring in Hollywood productions, parents nurturing their children’s healthy sexuality and now the nationwide right to marriage equality?  Yes!  But all around us — from the Bill Cosby story to campus rape to the killing of Kristina Gomez Reinwald, one of many transgender murder victims — there are almost daily reminders of the reality of subjugation based on gender, race and sexuality. Without a doubt, women and gay people, but straight men, too, experienced more individual freedom in the 1970s. But that doesn’t mean we are all liberated.  Just like one black president or one female president doesn’t mean there’s no more racism or sexism. Thus perhaps the greatest legacy of the 1970s wasn’t that it set us on a path to a destination — one we clearly haven’t reached yet— but that it defined desire, desire not only for individual, bodily autonomy, self-expression and pleasure but a desire that society fully reflect and respect our freedom.  Wherever we are now, with respect to women’s rights and LGBT rights and sexual freedom, is a direct result of the 1970s.  And the fact that we’re not satisfied yet is also the legacy of that era. 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{"article_id": "600745023", "sentence": "The men conspired to smuggle nearly a ton of cocaine into the United States Sentencing is set for March Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady, Cilia Flores, have been convicted in US federal court for conspiring to smuggle more than 800 kilograms (1,763 pounds) of cocaine into the United States. Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 31, and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, 30, were convicted Friday at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in Lower Manhattan. Judge Paul Crotty presided over the trial, which began November 7. The two men were apprehended in Haiti and transported to New York a year ago in a collaborative operation between the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Haitian equivalent, BLTS. In January, Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, said her nephews had been “kidnapped” by the DEA for political reasons. Venezuelan officials have not yet commented on the verdict. The jury heard testimony from 14 witnesses including DEA agents, informants for the agency, a member of Haitian drug law enforcement, data analysts and translators. The prosecution utilized the witness testimony, plus an array of evidence, to convince the jury that the defendants were guilty. The evidence included photos, videos and messages from the defendants’ smartphones, as well as audio and video recordings obtained by DEA informants using hidden recording devices. The defense attempted to cast doubt on both the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses throughout the trial. No cocaine or cash was seized when the pair was arrested November 10, 2015. Instead, the prosecution relied heavily on communications over a multitude of media. DEA Special Agent Sandalio Gomez, who conducted the defendants’ post-arrest interview on an agency Learjet from Haiti to New York, used only hand-written notes to write down their statements, translating from Spanish to English as he wrote. Additionally, two of the witnesses came to court wearing prison uniforms, as they have been convicted for their own drug crimes. One was an ex-DEA informant who conducted drug deals behind the agency’s back, and the other was a Honduran air traffic controller who facilitated drug shipments at the Roatán airport in Honduras. Some of the more compelling evidence included a video recording of a meeting in Honduras that included two DEA informants and Flores de Freitas, in which they could be heard planning the logistics of a flight from the presidential hangar of the Caracas airport to Roatán in a private jet full of cocaine, which prosecutors alleged would have amounted to more than 800 kilograms of the illegal drug. The flight never occurred, but the men were charged with conspiring to import five or more kilograms of cocaine into the United States. After more than five hours of deliberation a court clerk told members of the media that the jury had not reached a verdict and they would resume deliberation on Monday morning. The jury was expected to appear briefly to say publicly to the court that this was the case, however, when the judge asked them if they had reached a verdict, a delegate from the jury said yes. The tentative sentencing date is March 7, 2017.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady, Cilia Flores", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161120020000", "country1": "VEN", "country2": "HTI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/19/us/venezuela-president-family-convicted-drugs/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "626021601", "sentence": "A US Navy and Chinese plane flew within 1,000 feet of each other, official says The incident took place near the contested Scarbororugh Shoal in the South China Sea Two US defense officials told CNN that there was an “unsafe” close encounter between a US Navy P-3 Orion aircraft and a Chinese surveillance aircraft Wednesday. One official said the Chinese plane was a People’s Liberation Army Air Force KJ-200. The two planes flew within 1,000 feet of each other in the general vicinity of the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. A spokesperson for US Pacific Command, which oversees US troops in the region confirmed, the incident, calling it “unsafe” in a statement provided to CNN. “The U.S. Navy P-3C was on a routine mission operating in accordance with international law,” Maj. Rob Shuford said. “The Department of Defense and US Pacific Command are always concerned about unsafe interactions with Chinese military forces,” he added. “We will address the issue in appropriate diplomatic and military channels.” A second official said that the American P-3 had to alter course to ensure that there wasn’t an aerial collision. While the Navy considers the encounter to be “unsafe,” it does not assess that any malign intent was behind the incident, though the event was considered serious enough to be raised up the chain of command. The official called encounters between US and Chinese aircraft like the one that took place Wednesday “extremely rare,” noting that there were zero such incidents in 2015 and two in 2016. It was the first such instance of 2017. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including islands more than 800 miles from the Chinese mainland, despite objections from neighbors including the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam. Beijing has also created artificial islands in the area, outfitting some of them with military features. The area around the Scarborough Shoal, which lies 130 miles west from the Philippine island of Luzon, has been at the epicenter of the China-Philippines dispute over territorial claims in the South China Sea, with Chinese Coast Guard ships frequently operating in the area. Related article Chinese ships sail near disputed Japanese islands The US does not take a position as to the sovereignty of the waters but has insisted on the right to conduct freedom of navigation operations. The need for the two militaries to keep an eye on each other could help explain the presence of surveillance aircraft like the P-3 and KJ-200. During his confirmation hearings, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggested that the US should take a harder line in addressing China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. On Monday, three Chinese Coast Guard ships entered waters near a chain of islands, called the Senkakus by Tokyo, which are claimed by both China and Japan in the East China Sea, according to Chinese and Japanese authorities.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170210011500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/politics/us-china-aircraft-unsafe-encounter/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "416339006", "sentence": "Australia is seeking to confirm reports a Melbourne teen killed himself in an ISIS suicide attack Jake Bilardi, 18, joined ISIS last year, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said ISIS claimed that \"Abu Abdullah al-Australi\" was killed in an assault on Ramadi, Iraq Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the government is seeking to confirm reports that an Australian teenager has carried out a suicide attack on behalf of ISIS in Iraq. “I can confirm that the Australian government is currently seeking to independently verify reports that 18-year-old Melbourne teenager Jake Bilardi has been killed in a suicide bombing attack in the Middle East,” she told reporters. “If these reports are confirmed, this is another tragic example of a young Australian being lured to a senseless and violent death by a brutal terrorist organization that is intent on imposing suffering and misery not only in Iraq and Syria but beyond.” On Wednesday, ISIS claimed that “Abu Abdullah al-Australi,” along with four other foreign fighters, had been killed while carrying out suicide attacks during an offensive launched on the city of Ramadi in Iraq. The claim, issued on a Twitter account associated with the Anbar provincial division of ISIS, was accompanied by a series of 20 images, including a photo of a young man who looked like Bilardi. The image appeared to show Bilardi at the wheel of a car with the caption, “Abu Abdullah al-Australi (may Allah accept him), the attacker on the 8th Brigade.” The other attackers hailed from Belgium, Syria, Uzbekistan and the Caucasus, the Twitter account claimed. Victoria police said Bilardi first came to their attention when his family reported him missing last year. A search of his family’s home in the Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn following his disappearance uncovered chemicals that could be used to make an explosive device, police said, although no actual bombs were found. Bishop said Bilardi’s passport had been canceled in October on the advice of Australian security agencies. Australian media have reported that Bilardi kept a since-deleted blog, written under his alias Abu Abdullah al-Australi. Entitled “From Melbourne to Ramadi: My Journey,” it reportedly detailed his transition from an “atheist school student in affluent Melbourne to a soldier of the Khilafah preparing to sacrifice my life for Islam.” The blog reportedly described a plan to attack targets in Melbourne, after an initial attempt to move to Iraq or Syria failed. “This plan involved launching a string of bombings across Melbourne, targeting foreign consulates and political/military targets as well as grenade and knife attacks on shopping centres and cafes and culminating with myself detonating a belt of explosives amongst the kuffar,” he wrote, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Member of Bilardi’s family have linked the teen’s radicalization to the loss of his mother from cancer. “He’s just a young boy that went looking for something after he lost someone very very dear to him, his mother,” his aunt, Connie Bilardi, told CNN affiliate Seven on Monday. A former classmate of Bilardi’s from Melbourne’s Craigieburn Secondary College described the teen on Facebook as a “shy kid who didn’t like to be disturbed”. “One day, he randomly got angry at me and tried to punch me,” he posted. “Always keep an eye out on the quiet ones.” A former penpal of Bilardi told CNN he cut off communication with the teenager about two years ago, when Bilardi started posting Islamic extremist messages on his Facebook page. The friend, who requested not to be named, said he first met Bilardi on the website interpals.net about seven years ago. They shared a love for soccer – Bilardi was a supporter of Chelsea Football Club – and became penpals. Bilardi told him about his mother’s death, and confided that he was fighting with his family, because they would not allow him to go overseas to study. The penpal said he started noticing a change in Bilardi’s behavior when the teen started posting “things that supported Osama bin Laden” on Facebook. “I got scared,” the friend said. “My friends here told me that maybe I should stop talking to him.” He blocked Bilardi on the social networking site about two years ago. After a while, he said, he got curious about how his old penpal was doing. “I thought he was my friend. I wanted to make sure he was okay… I sent him an email saying ‘Are you well?’ but he never wrote back.” Bishop said that 90 Australian citizens are in Iraq and Syria fighting on the side of ISIS, and that at least 20 Australians have been killed in the conflict. The passports of some 100 Australians had been canceled on national security grounds, she said. Bishop appealed to young Australians “not to fall victim to this brutal terrorist organization, to not be lured into believing that they’re embarking on some adventure or some romantic endeavor.” “This is a brutal organization dedicated to creating misery and hardship,” she said. “Its activities of beheadings and executions and crucifixions all take us back to the dark ages.” Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott addressed Bilardi’s alleged suicide attack in comments to the press Thursday. This is a horrific situation – an absolutely horrific situation – and it shows the lure of this death cult to impressionable youngsters,” he said. “It’s very, very important that we do everything we can to try to safeguard our young people against the lure of this shocking alien and extreme ideology.” Last week, two Australian teen brothers were arrested at Sydney Airport on suspicion of trying to leave the country to join ISIS. CNN’s Jennifer Z. Deaton, Naomi Ng and Marilia Brocchetto contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150312034500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/asia/australia-isis-teen-bilardi/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "704386852", "sentence": "Saudi Arabia to take \"appropriate measures\" against Iran Anti-corruption arrests linked to investment drive, Foreign Minister says Saudi Arabia regards the failed ballistic missile attack on Riyadh’s international airport Saturday as an act of war by Iran and will take “appropriate” measures when the time is right, the country’s Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir told CNN Monday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for firing the projectile on Saturday, which was intercepted by Saudi defense forces before it hit the ground. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies accuse Iran of providing material support to the rebels. “It was an Iranian missile, launched by Hezbollah, from territory occupied by the Houthis in Yemen,” al-Jubeir told CNN, referring to Shia militias in Lebanon and Yemen closely allied to Tehran. “We see this as an act of war,” he said. “Iran can not lob missiles at Saudi cities and towns and expect us not to take steps,” he added, citing article 51 of the UN Charter whereby a nation can act if an armed attack occurs against it. Al-Jubeir said the missile was made in Iran and smuggled in parts into Yemen, where he claimed “operatives from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah” helped put it back together again and then launch it. “We reserve the right to respond in the appropriate manner at the appropriate time,” said the softly-spoken career diplomat. He declined to say what those measures against Iran might be. “This is a very, very hostile act,” he said. “We have been extending our hand to Iran since 1979 in friendship, and what we get back is death and destruction.” Earlier Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi described Saudi claims about Tehran’s involvement as “false, irresponsible, destructive and provocative,” the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported. CNN spoke to al-Jubeir – who was the Saudi ambassador to the United States before becoming Foreign Minister – after an extraordinary series of events at the weekend that began with the resignation of the Lebanese Prime Minister from the Saudi capital and ended with the detainment of a large group of high-profile Saudi princes and ministers on corruption charges, along with other officials and prominent businessmen. Al-Jubeir said Iran could not just “sit there” and expect to get “a free pass” to meddle in countries in the region, citing Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Bahrain. He added that Saturday’s missile was similar to one fired from Yemen in July that was shot down close to the Saudi city of Mecca, a month before the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest site. Al-Jubeir confirmed to CNN on Monday that his country was closing its ports and borders with Yemen to stop Iranian penetration of the Kingdom. He insisted however that humanitarian aid would still make it through to the millions of people suffering from malnutrition and cholera brought on by the years-long proxy war between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia. “Our objective is to increase the flow of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, but do it in such a way that Iran and its militias and its proxies cannot use that access in order to smuggle weapons and technology that can be re-assembled into missiles in Yemen, that will then be used against us and against the Yemeni people,” he said. Related article Lebanon's Prime Minister resigns, plunging nation into new political crisis With regard to Hariri’s bombshell resignation Saturday, al-Jubeir said:  “It is very clear that Hezbollah is undercutting him at every turn, that it is doing Iran’s bidding, that the Lebanese political system became paralyzed, that the issue of a government that could act independently was a sham, it was Hezbollah who were calling the shots, and he basically said enough is enough.” The Saudi Foreign Minister said that as a dual passport holder with both Saudi and Lebanese citizenship, Hariri would be able to leave the Kingdom if he so chooses. Lebanon’s Interior Minister said Monday he expected Hariri to return in a few days. Related article A resignation, detentions and missiles: 24 hours that shook the Middle East Al-Jubeir also described as “nonsense” speculation that Saturday’s shock arrests of princes and ministers on corruption charges amounted to a grab for power and a purge of opponents by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Kingdom has a “zero tolerance policy on terrorism” and now, also “a zero tolerance policy on corruption,” al-Jubeir said. “I assure you that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia takes very, very seriously the issue of corruption, waste, and mismanagement.” “There is a reason why everybody was brought in or detained and will be questioned and will be investigated and these have to do with the commission. I’m sure when the investigations are complete that people will know what the reasons are.” Al-Jubeir said the arrests were in line with the Kingdom’s plans to diversify the economy and modernize society by 2030 and achieve economic growth, rejecting suggestions that the detentions could put off potential investors. “We want investors to have confidence in our system,” he said. “We want companies to know that when they come to compete in Saudi Arabia they will compete fair and square with any other company and not be subject to people using their influence or their position in order to extract better deals.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171106174500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/middleeast/saudi-foreign-minister-interview/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "532617515", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him on Twitter @aarondmiller2. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. President Obama visited Saudi Arabia this week, after tensions between the two nations Aaron David Miller says the two allies have drifted apart but still need each other for many reasons What do you do when it’s increasingly clear that one of your longtime Middle East partners doesn’t share either your values or many of your interests? This is only one of the troubling questions that President Obama confronted this week as he sat with Saudi King Salman to discuss the state of the region and the U.S.-Saudi relationship. The Saudis sent a lower-level official to greet Obama  and Saudi state television didn’t even bother covering the President’s arrival. So to paraphrase Hamlet, clearly something is rotten in the state of the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Related article White House: Obama 'cleared the air' with Saudi Arabia And regardless of how this week’s meetings conclude the Saudi-American enterprise will remain a delicate and fraught affair. The answers to the following five questions tell you why. That depends of course on how you define the word ally. But by any measure countries that don’t share common values and whose interests on many critical issues seem to fundamentally collide can’t simply be described the way we might look at U.S. relations with fellow democracies like Britain or Canada. Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian regime that discriminates  against women, doesn’t permit religious freedom, and prevents freedom of the  press. It has been exporting a fundamentalist Wahhabist ideology for years that demonizes Shia, Jews, Christians and  the West. Yet Saudi Arabia isn’t the Islamic state, nor as some analysts have suggested, a junior version of it. It’s not seeking to undermine the regional order or sponsor terror against the West and create a caliphate. In fact, the Saudis are themselves a victim of jihadi terror and have worked closely with the United States against al Qaeda in Yemen and on counterterrorism against ISIS. Related article Administration wrong about terrorism sponsor act Still al Qaeda developed out of Wahhabist doctrine and Saudi Arabia has done more than its fair share to nurture Islamic extremists and to fund jihadi groups in Syria such al Nusra. And the latest Saudi threat to sell off U.S. securities if Congress passes legislation holding them responsible for any official involvement in the 9/11 terror attacks highlights a disturbing possibility of some link. Related article Gulf allies losing faith in U.S. On a number of issues, you bet they do.  It’s tempting to turn the U.S.-Saudi relationship into a morality play that pits the forces of goodness on one side against the forces of darkness on the other. But the inconvenient reality is that over the past two decades, the two sides’ interests have simply diverged in fundamental ways. The broad  trade-off between access to Saudi oil in exchange for a U.S. commitment to its security from external threats  has broken down, and even though the Obama administration has sold almost $95 billion in arms to the Saudis, on core issues such as Syria, Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Egypt and democratization in the region, there are major differences. The perception that the United States is withdrawing from the region, the Iranian nuclear deal  and what must appear to the Saudis as U.S. acquiescence in a rising Iran have combined to create a foundation of suspicion and mistrust. Not really. Despite some analysts who believe Saudi Arabia is somehow on the verge of collapse, the Saudis are likely to be around for some time to come. The Saudis have many serious problems. The transition to a new King and his young, inexperienced and risk-ready son have created some turmoil within the royal family and could pose problems during the succession after Salman. Falling oil prices have created budgetary deficits and spending restrictions; the Saudis are trapped in a costly war in Yemen and pressed by a rising Iran. But the kingdom weathered the Arab spring and regional turbulence with little difficulty and remains a stable and highly functional state, with the world’s  largest oil reserves, low debt and high cash reserves. If you compared Saudi Arabia to Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, it would seem a model of stability. Still, internal problems over succession can only complicate the U.S.-Saudi relationship and create tension and turmoil in the years ahead. Saudi Arabia will change; the question is whether that process will be an evolutionary or revolutionary one. Probably for now.  However imperfect Saudi policies, the United States still requires local friends in the region to help stabilize matters and pursue American interests. The United States may increasingly be weaning itself off  Arab hydrocarbons, but the rest of the world isn’t. And since oil still trades in a single market, a disruption in supply will impact the economies and markets around the world, including the United States. So, stability in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf is still a vital American interest. And Saudi Arabia with all its imperfections is still the key element in that. Moreover, Wahhabis or not, Washington still needs the Saudis for intelligence sharing and operations against ISIS and al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and requires Riyadh’s cooperation in trying to manage the Syrian problem if there is to be an outcome to the current civil war more favorable than the black hole of chaos that exists there now. Related article Can Amy Schumer defeat ISIS? Clearly, the Saudis are looking past President Obama to the next administration and doubtless hoping for a different kind of President. Obama’s comments to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that Saudi Arabia was  a “free rider” essentially benefiting from a U.S. security guarantee without doing its fair share to support U.S. goals hasn’t  endeared him to the King. Nor has his risk-aversion on Syria or risk-readiness to reach an accommodation with Iran. But these policies may not change significantly in 2017. The painful fact is that the United States is stuck in a bad marriage with Saudi Arabia, where neither divorce nor reconciliation is likely.  The same Middle East mess that estranged the two sides will likely also force them to cooperate. Indeed, despite what divides them it’s more than likely that for the foreseeable future the United States and Saudi Arabia will find a way to muddle through – cooperating where they can and agreeing to disagree where they must. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine. Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him on Twitter @aarondmiller2. 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{"article_id": "665516063", "sentence": "Changes are only a partial shift from Obama's policies Trump said that he, as President, will \"expose the crimes of the Castro regime\" President Donald Trump slammed former President Barack Obama’s dealings with the communist regime in Cuba on Friday in Miami, charting his own course of more confrontational relations with the Castro-led government. The speech, which came as the President signed a directive outlining his posture toward Cuba, is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to chip away at Obama’s legacy. Obama spent the last two years of his presidency looking to warm relations with Cuba, including a trip to the island in 2016. “I am canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” Trump said. Casting the Obama administration as people who looked the other way on the Castro regime’s human rights violations, Trump said that he, as President, will “expose the crimes of the Castro regime.” “They made a deal with a government that spread violence and instability in the region and nothing they got, think about it, nothing they got, they fought for everything and we just didn’t fight hard enough, but now, those days are over,” Trump said. “We now hold the cards. The previous administration’s easing of restrictions of travel and trade does not help the Cuban people. They only enrich the Cuban regime.” Trump listed some of the Castro regime’s anti-United States actions, ranging back to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and added, “We will never, ever be blind to it. We know what is going on and we remember what happened.” Although Trump said he was “completely” canceling Obama’s Cuba policy, the change is posture is only a partial shift from Obama’s policy. Related article Trump says he is being investigated over Comey firing Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba will remain open, as will the newly opened embassies in Washington and Havana. And there will be no further restrictions on the types of goods that Americans can take out of Cuba, including the country’s popular rum and cigars. Trump said he is keeping the embassy open “in the hope that our countries can forge a much stronger and better path.” The changes do, however, tighten restrictions on Cuba and ratchet up rhetoric on the Castro regime in hopes that it will lead to a transition of power on the island. Many presidents, though, have predicted the end of the Castros and, to date, none have been correct. The Trump administration will begin strictly enforcing the authorized exemptions that allow travel between the US and Cuba and prohibit commerce with Cuban businesses owned by the military and intelligence services. The President also directed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to convene a task force on expanding Internet access on the island and reiterate the United States’ opposition to efforts in the United Nations to lift the Cuban embargo until more is done to honor human rights. “To the Cuban government, I say, put an end to the abuse of dissidents, release the political prisoners, stop jailing innocent people, open yourselves to political and economic freedoms, return the fugitives from American justice, including the return of the cop killer Joanne Chesimard,” Trump said, referencing the former Black Panther who was convicted of murder in 1977. Trump responded well to the adoring crowd, even at one point kissing a Cuban dissident on the cheek and pronouncing “Little Havana” with a mimic Cuban accent. He challenged the Castro regime “to come to the table with a new agreement that is in the best interest of both their people and our people.” And in possibly his toughest rhetoric directed at Castro, Trump flatly said, “the harboring of criminals and fugitives will end. You have no choice. It will end.” The Castro government criticized Trump’s move, calling it “ill-advised” in a statement Friday. “The United States are not in the condition to lecture us” on human rights, Havana added, citing police brutality, firearm deaths and estimates that as many as 23 million Americans would lose health insurance under the House GOP health care plan. Ahead of Friday’s remarks, the Cuban government – including Cuban President Raul Castro – signaled a willingness to negotiate with Trump. “We know they have a different view of the world,” a Cuban official told CNN. “We understand that.” None of these new regulations take effect immediately, a White House official said, adding that government agencies are expected to officially issue the regulatory amendments in the coming months. Trump was knocked Friday, though, from both sides. Some Republicans said the policy did not go far enough, while Democrats charged the roll back as reactionary. “The policy isn’t going to do anything new,” a source from the office of one Cuban American lawmaker complained. “It’s pretty weak.” Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said Friday the “decision by the Trump Administration to reverse progress in US-Cuba relations sends the wrong message to the world about American leadership.” “We must never stop pressing the Cuban government on democracy and human rights, but further restricting economic and cultural engagement between our two nations betrays the spirit of cooperation that will ultimately help empower the Cuban people to choose their own destiny,” he said. Obama, after years of clandestine work with the Castro regime, announced in 2014 that the United States would re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen the American embassy in Havana, which was closed in 1961 following the Cuban revolution. The announcement led Obama to visit Cuba in 2016, making him the first sitting president to visit the island in more than 50 years. Related article Cuba-US relations: 6 key things you need to know The moved allowed for more Americans to travel to Cuba, with US air carriers marketing commercial flights direct to the island and cruise ships to port in the nation. The thaw also allowed Americans to bring more goods back from the island nation. Trump was personally invested in drafting the plans on Cuba, multiple aides told CNN, with one adding that the President deeply believes that the changes Obama announced in 2014 were a “bad deal for the United States and a bad deal for the Cuban people.” “It has not led to greater freedom in Cuba,” the official said. “I don’t think you would see him go back to the embargo wholesale, look for ways to leverage America’s influence over Cuba in a way that will encourage greater freedom for the Cuban people and economic interaction.” Trump’s new policy will directly limit commerce with GAESA, the Cuban military’s business and commerce wing. The company is run by Gen. Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Callejas, Raul Castro’s son-in-law. That action could adversely impact hotel brands that directly compete with Trump’s business empire, making it more difficult for them expand their foothold in Cuba. Gaviota, GAESA’s tourism arm, currently operates the Four Points by Sheraton Havana, a hotel that, when it opened, was the first US hotel to open in Cuba in nearly 60 years. Related article Changes in Cuba policy could adversely impact Trump's hotel competitors Although officials said Trump’s plans were not meant to “disrupt existing transactions that have (already) occurred,” the new policy would make it difficult for any American company to expand their footprint in Cuba. White House officials said the effort was meant to direct American business to private companies and AirBnB, the vacation rental company that began allowing Cubans rent out their homes in 2016. And on non-Cuban American travel, a change would make Americans who travel under the Obama administration categories of permitted travel subject to a Treasury Department audit, a move that could have a cooling effect on travel as it adds a potential layer of inconvenience to travelers. Marco Rubio, who joined Trump on Air Force One on Friday, spent months working to push Trump toward more strict rules and though Trump and Rubio sparred – at times personally – during the 2016 campaign, the President heralded the Rubio’s views on Cuban relations after a February dinner. “We had dinner with Sen. Rubio and his wife, who was, by the way, lovely, and we had a very good discussion about Cuba because we have very similar views on Cuba,” Trump said, adding that “Cuban people” were “very good” to him in the 2016 election. Rubio, in particular, made Friday’s policy announcement about Obama, charging the former president with looking the other way on Cuba’s human rights abuses. “A year and a half ago, an American president landed in Havana and outstretched his hand to a regime,” Rubio said. “Today, a new president lands in Miami to reach out his hand to the people of Cuba.” Trump said throughout the 2016 campaign that he was willing to rollback diplomatic relations with the communist regime in Cuba. Especially in Southern Florida, where Cubans make up a key voting bloc for Republicans, Trump railed on Obama for building relations with the Castros. Trump has long hanged his understanding of the deal between the United States and Cuba on his “Cuban friends” in Florida, whom he said throughout the campaign supported him over Democrat Hillary Clinton. To a degree, he was right: Trump did beat the former secretary of state in Florida, providing the effective knock out blow to Clinton on Election Night. But Republicans were not unified behind Trump’s action. Sen. Jeff Flake, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, panned Trump on Friday. “Any policy change that diminishes the ability of Americans to travel freely to Cuba is not in the best interests of the United States or the Cuban people,” Flake said. “It is time Senate leadership finally allowed a vote on my bipartisan bill to fully lift these archaic restrictions which do not exist for travel by Americans to any other country in the world.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's Cuba policy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170616183000", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/trump-cuba-policy/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "727681168", "sentence": "With the approval of President Donald Trump, House Republicans have released a disputed GOP intelligence memo that alleges FBI abuses of its surveillance authority – and Democratic members of Congress are fuming. Related article Disputed GOP-Nunes memo released The memo, from the GOP and led by House Intelligence Committee’s chairman, Devin Nunes, alleges that then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the committee that no surveillance warrant would have been sought for a Trump campaign aide without the opposition research dossier on Trump written by ex-British intelligence office Christopher Steele. Democrats – and a few Republicans – shared their disapproval of the release of the document, which most of them initially called a “dangerous” move. Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, slammed the release of the memo, saying it was “reckless and demonstrates an astonishing disregard for the truth.” “This will make it far more difficult for the Intelligence Committees to conduct meaningful, bipartisan oversight of intelligence activities in the future,” he said in a statement. “This action was also taken without regard to the damage it could do to our ability to protect Americans from threats around the globe.” “Law enforcement opposes this,” tweeted Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat. “The intelligence community opposes this. Even many Republicans oppose this. This is dangerous territory, it disrespects law enforcement, and it’s an alarming partisan attack on efforts to investigate hostile foreign interference in our democracy.” Law enforcement opposes this.The intelligence community opposes this.Even many Republicans oppose this.This is dangerous territory, it disrespects law enforcement, and it's an alarming partisan attack on efforts to investigate hostile foreign interference in our democracy. https://t.co/kMVVhUQ35I Their colleague, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, also criticized the release of the memo, echoing that it’s “dangerous.” She tweeted, “.@realDonaldTrump’s decision to declassify the partisan memo, made in cooperation w/ Congressional Republicans, is a dangerous attack on our justice system and the rule of law.” .@realDonaldTrump’s decision to declassify the partisan memo, made in cooperation w/ Congressional Republicans, is a dangerous attack on our justice system and the rule of law. Patriotic Rs & Ds must unite & defend the independence of @TheJusticeDept & @FBI. My statement: pic.twitter.com/8UCbL7ZHgL Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon called the memo “cherry-picked classified information” in a statement. “This puts us in extremely dangerous territory,” he said. “It upends the relationship between the intelligence community and Congress, threatening the ability for different branches of government to work together to protect the American people’s safety.” And it wasn’t just Democratic senators who slammed the decision to release the memo. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said the memo should have been further reviewed because of its “implications for our national security.” “Oversight of the intelligence community, the FISA process, and this investigation are far too important to be tarnished by partisanship,” she said in a statement. “When the Senate Intelligence Committee released a controversial report some years ago, we spent months meeting with the intelligence community to redact sensitive information …   This model of bipartisanship and careful vetting would have been a far better way to proceed.” House Republicans praised Trump for deciding to release the memo, arguing it revealed problems with US surveillance. House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement he was “glad” the memo helps “provide greater transparency.” “Unlike most judicial proceedings, the FISA system depends not on an adversarial process, but instead on the government providing a complete presentation of the facts and circumstances underlying its warrant applications,” he said in a statement. “It is clear from this memo that didn’t happen in this case, and as a consequence an American’s civil liberties may have been violated.” He also said again he supports Democrats releasing their own memo, which charges that the Nunes memo is an attempt to help the White House with the Russia investigation. It argues that proper procedures were followed in obtaining FISA warrants. “I reiterate my support for the similar release of the minority’s memo once it is properly scrubbed of all intelligence sources and methods,” he said. Rep. Trey Gowdy, who announced his retirement from Congress earlier this week and serves on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said the public should know the the facts behind the creation of the dossier. It is important for the American public to know if the dossier was paid for by another candidate, used in court pleadings, vetted before it was used, vetted after it was used, and whether all relevant facts were shared with the tribunal approving of the FISA application. “While this memo raises serious concerns with the FISA process, I have been and remain confident in the overwhelming majority of the men and women serving at the FBI and DOJ,” he said on Twitter. “As I have said repeatedly, I also remain 100 percent confident in Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The contents of this memo do not – in any way – discredit his investigation.” As I have said repeatedly, I also remain 100 percent confident in Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The contents of this memo do not - in any way - discredit his investigation. Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz commended the release of the memo, saying in a statement it should “cause all American citizens to be outraged, regardless of political affiliation.” “I read the memo as soon as it was released to Members of Congress, and my heart sank,” he continued. “Not only did it lay bare a systemic pattern of abuse within the FBI and the DOJ, it confirmed my worst fear: America’s free and fair elections were being threatened from within.” Iowa Rep. Steve King said in a statement that the memo proves that under the Obama administration, the FBI and the Department of Justice were “weaponized” against political opponents. “The memo now commands FISA Warrant requests be released to Congress,” he said in his statement. “The statement that the FBI & the DOJ were ‘weaponized’ holds up pretty well.” Meanwhile, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr declined to comment on the release of the memo. “Sen. Burr won’t have comment on the memo. The Committee’s own investigation remains ongoing,” a spokesman for Burr told CNN. This story has been updated. CNN’s Ashley Killough contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "House Republicans' release of the GOP intelligence memo", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180202184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/nunes-memo-republicans-democrats-congress/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "651152243", "sentence": "DHS Secretary believes North Korea president \"knows what he's doing\" Kelly adds his name to list of US officials who think Kim Jong Un is rational Shortly after news broke of another North Korean missile test, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, “seems like someone who knows what he’s doing.” Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” whether the North Korean president is “mentally unbalanced,” Kelly responded that “clearly the No. 1 thing in his mind is to remain in power.” Kim appears to be solidifying his power by instilling fear in his subjects and showcasing military might, Kelly said. The DHS secretary admitted he may not be the best person to assess Kim’s mental state, telling Tapper: “The only way to decide whether he’s insane or not is to lay him down on a couch and have a battalion’s worth of therapists figure him out.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that he also believes Kim is a rational actor. “He may be ruthless,” he said. “He may be a murderer. He may be someone who, in many respects, we would say by our standards is irrational. But he is not insane.” Trump was less certain, telling Reuters that he has “no opinion” on whether the North Korean dictator was rational or not. “I hope he’s rational,” Trump said. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correctly identify North Korea’s test Friday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kim Jong Un", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170429014500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/politics/john-kelly-kim-jong-un-unbalanced-cnntv/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "413725134", "sentence": "A video posted by Boko Haram shows the apparent beheading of two men The video is similar in style and content to beheading videos posted by ISIS \"It's clear Boko Haram is leaning toward ISIS,\" says an expert who monitors Boko Haram Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group already blamed for numerous horrific attacks in West Africa, posted a graphic video online Monday showing the apparent beheadings of two men who the group said were suspected spies. The six-minute video shows two men with their arms tied to their backs. They are made to face the camera on their knees, with another man towering over one of them brandishing a knife. The knife-wielding man reaches toward the throat of one of the kneeling men, then the video switches scenes to show what appear to be the bloody severed heads of the two men placed on their headless bodies. The SITE Intelligence group, which monitors extremist activities, released a translated transcript from the video, including what SITE called an “interrogation” of one of the two men. The man identifies himself as a farmer from the Nigerian town of Baga. He says he was told by a policeman that if he provided information about “the residents who live in here … I will become rich and never go back to be a farmer again.” The apparent beheadings then follow on the video. SITE said the video, which included Arabic, English and French subtitles, was posted online via Twitter and “borrows certain elements from productions” of beheadings by ISIS. The video was posted by the media division of Boko Haram, SITE said. Although this is the first purported beheading video Boko Haram posted online.‎ the group has previously issued more detailed and extremely violent beheading videos directly to journalists through intermediaries. Unlike the video posted Monday, previous ones have shown the actual decapitations. ‎In October 2014, Boko Haram handed out a 10-minute video showing the decapitation of a Nigerian military pilot the group said it had seized a month earlier after shooting down his fighter jet during a mission against Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria. ‎In April 2014, the Islamist group released 16-minute video showing what it said was the beheading of a soldier its fighters captured in a battle in Sambisa forest‎, the group’s main enclave. In February 2014, another video showing the beheading of an alleged informant who led the military to a Boko Haram camp in Sambisa forest during an offensive was issued by the group. And in February 2010, Boko Haram released a 12-minute video in which two policemen were beheaded in an undisclosed location. Those videos all ended with a speech from an “executioner” warning that the group would carry out similar punishment for anyone it captures supporting the Nigerian government against it. ‎Observers of Boko Haram, which has inflicted years of terror on northern Nigeria, note that its actions in the past six months have frequently mimicked those of ISIS – from punishments such as stoning and beheading of its victims to taking territory and an increasingly sophisticated use of social media that’s very much in the ISIS “style.” Related video Boko Haram: What you need to know Jacob Zenn, who follows Boko Haram’s operations and propaganda closely, recently told CNN, “It’s clear Boko Haram is leaning toward ISIS in terms of doctrine, ideology and an emphasis on holding territory after operations.” In terms of ideology, Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said that kidnappings and hostage-taking are approved in the Quran, a claim ISIS also makes. “Our hostages are Christians or corrupted Muslims who follow the Christian way,” he said last year, referring to schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Nigeria, most of whom remain missing. ISIS later referred to the Chibok abductions in its kidnapping of hundreds of Yazidi women and girls. Zenn and other analysts point out that recent Boko Haram videos have resembled the polished media productions of ISIS. Zenn notes they “have the same choreography and lens angles as ISIS.” Boko Haram has begun using ISIS symbolism in its media productions and operations. The Nigerian press noted with alarm last July that Boko Haram militants had been seen raising ISIS’ rayat al-uqab flag along the Nigerian-Cameroon border. Recent videos have featured the same flag. CNN’s Tim Lister contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Boko Haram", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150303013000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/02/africa/boko-haram-beheadings-video/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "597279217", "sentence": "Street artist Sean Yoro creates hauntingly beautiful portraits on pieces of floating ice Yoro creates the fleeting murals while balanced atop his paddle board Surfer turned street artist Sean Yoro has created hauntingly beautiful portraits on icebergs in Iceland and remote waterside walls, navigating his aquatic locations on a paddle board. But his latest balancing act proved to be his most ambitious yet, as he braved the rapidly disappearing ice floes of the Canadian Arctic in his ongoing quest to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change. “It was tricky because you can’t see and there’s some clear ice that I was bumping into while I was on my paddle board,” says Yoro of his latest project, titled “What if you Fly”. “And there were definite close calls where I almost fell in, but I’m lucky to have grown up on a surf board, so I’m very comfortable in all types of situations which made it easier for me. Yoro, who grew up in Hawaii and also goes by the name Hula, describes his fleeting works as a “balance between nature and art” and says his Hawaiian upbringing instilled in him the belief that it’s his responsibility to take care of the environment. For “What if you Fly”, Yoro teamed up with well known extreme wilderness photographer and filmmaker, Renan Ozturk to document his work and try to take his message to the “younger generation.” This is how you capture the spectacular beauty of arctic wilderness The photographer and artist spent two weeks in Nunavut, on Baffin Island in Canada, working with the locals to get to know their culture and local environmental issues. One girl that Ozturk photographed ended up being Yoro’s muse. “The portrait I painted was of a local Inuit girl that we had met up there, and she’s spoken on climate change, which is what I love to get inspired by,” says Yoro. But while choosing a subject was easy, finding the floating canvas for his art proved much harder, as the ice floes in the area were melting fast. “Even the locals were saying how quickly the pack ice, which is the main ice that they usually hunt on for most of the year, was melting,” says Yoro. “Basically the week that we were there, probably 80% of the ice was gone. So when we were scouting for the smaller ice floes, it was very tricky. When testing how thick the ice was, some of the ice was cracking just while I was standing on it.” Yoro finally settled on a piece of suitable ice and set to work creating the girl’s image with paint. Although he said it was a quick process once they started, the ice eventually proved too fragile for the artist. “With one head I painted she’s kind of embracing the ice, lying on her back. That’s the big one that we tried to complete but the ice ended up cracking and we basically had to bail out of it at the last minute.” Incredible paintings that actually breathe While not complete, Yoro’s work is a striking piece of art, with the lone eye of the girl glaring accusingly from among the remnants of floating ice. From that perspective, it certainly seems to have met its goal. “I think just visually its important that people can see how quickly that ice is melting,” says Yoro. “You know there’s hundreds of articles on climate change, but I want to be that little visual voice that people can actually, hopefully, have more of a connection with.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "climate change", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161109100000", "country1": "ISL", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/arts/sean-yoro-glacier-art/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "687329912", "sentence": "The United States has proposed a resolution at the United Nations that would include broad new sanctions on North Korea and freeze the assets of leader Kim Jong Un, according to a UN diplomat. The draft resolution includes a full ban on exports of oil to North Korea, a full ban on textile imports from North Korea, a ban on North Korean laborers generating earnings overseas, and the asset freeze, which will also target members of the ruling worker’s party, the diplomat said, calling it a “hard-hitting, ambitious resolution.” Another diplomat confirmed to CNN that the US delegation has circulated the resolution to security council members who will engage in intense negotiations. Details of the draft resolution were first reported by AFP. Related article Trump says military action is not his 'first choice' on North Korea On Sunday, North Korea tested what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb, marking the sixth time the isolated state has tested a nuclear weapon. The move was met with outrage at the United Nations, where diplomats convened Monday for an emergency session of the security council. US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley argued forcefully for harsher sanctions, saying, “enough is enough,” and that Kim was “begging for war.” “We have taken an incremental approach, and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked,” Haley said. “War is never something the Unites States wants – we don’t want it now. But our country’s patience is not unlimited. We will defend our allies and our territory.” Related article Congress eyes China as it struggles to find a North Korea solution At the conclusion of the meeting, Haley said that the US would circulate a resolution in response to the nuclear test, with plans for a vote on it next week. But international consensus on how to address the North Korean nuclear threat remains elusive. North Korea’s largest trading partner, China, has urged all sides to ratchet down their rhetoric. China, along with Russia, has advocated for a so-called “freeze for freeze” approach, under which North Korea would cease conducting nuclear and missile tests in exchange for the United States and South Korea ending longstanding joint military exercises – a proposal that Haley has called “insulting.” On Wednesday, President Donald Trump spoke with his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, to discuss the recent hydrogen bomb test. Related article Putin: North Korea crisis may be 'impossible' to solve According to a readout released by the White House, the leaders “condemned North Korea’s latest provocative and destabilizing action and noted North Korea’s current path is dangerous to the world and not in its own interest.” “President Trump and President Xi committed to strengthen coordination and take further action with the goal of achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” the statement went on to say. CNN’s Jeremy Herb, Joshua Berlinger and Taehoon Lee contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170906234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/politics/us-un-resolution-north-korea/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "648404252", "sentence": "Chemical weapons authority's results from samples of 10 victims Findings show stockpiles of Sarin still exist in Syria International chemical weapons inspectors have found “incontrovertible” evidence that Sarin gas, or a similar substance, was used in a chemical attack in Syria earlier this month that killed 89 people. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) took biomedical samples from 10 victims of the April 4 attack on Khan Sheikhoun and found indications that they had been exposed to Sarin or a Sarin-like substance. The findings show that stockpiles of Sarin still exist in Syria. The OPCW was in 2013 responsible for overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapon stockpile, following an attack in the Ghouta area of Damascus that activists say killed 1,400 people. The OPCW’s director-general, Ahmet Uzumcu, said the biomedical samples were collected from three victims during their autopsies, as well as seven others undergoing treatment in hospital. “While further details of the laboratory analyses will follow, the analytical results already obtained are incontrovertible,” Uzumcu said in a statement. UK scientists had already found that Sarin or a similar chemical had been used in the attack, having tested samples smuggled from the site. Asked by CNN whether its evidence amounted to proof that the Syrian regime carried out the attack, the OPCW said that it was still investigating the incident. It pointed out that its mandate was to investigate the facts surrounding the attack. In a statement issued Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said Uzumcu’s comments raise questions about the OPCW’s impartiality. Related article UK says Sarin-like gas used in Syria chemical attack Russia reported a case of sulfur mustard use by insurgents in Aleppo in 2016 but the OPCW “has not managed to make a definite conclusion,” the statement said. However, Uzumcu quickly came to a conclusion about what happened in the Khan Sheikhoun attack, the statement said. “Mr. Uzumcu let the OPCW down,” the statement said. “How can they explain that there are lots of charlatans of the White Helmets ‘working’ in sarin vapors in Khan Sheikhoun if the sarin had been used there really?” The attack in Khan Sheikhoun has been widely blamed on the Syrian government, though Damascus denies it had anything to do with the attack and also denies it has any chemical weapons. Syria has blamed terrorist groups for the attack, and Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the attack was carried out by “forces” trying to frame the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Russia is Syria’s most powerful ally and has bankrolled much of the six-year conflict, carrying out regular airstrikes in Syria to prop up Assad’s regime. The attack in Syria prompted the United States to launch its first military strike on the Syrian regime in the six-year war, causing a major rift between Washington and Moscow. On President Donald Trump’s orders, US warships launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the airbase that was home to the warplanes that carried out the chemical attacks, US officials said. The chemical attack has boosted international calls to oust Assad from power as international ceasefire and peace talks continue to end the conflict, which has killed 400,000 people, according to UN data. CNN’s Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170420103000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/middleeast/syria-chemical-attack-sarin-opcw/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "443757481", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Porter Erisman was one of Alibaba’s first western employees and helped spearhead its international expansion. He has documented his experiences in the book  “Alibaba’s World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business”. The views expressed are those of the author alone. When I was born in 1970, my parents could have never imagined their son would grow up to work for a Chinese company.  At the time, China was closed to the world, mired in the depths of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Capitalists were punished and sent to the countryside.  Would-be entrepreneurs could be thrown in jail just for opening a small shop. But at the age of 30, I found myself working inside a Chinese company, Alibaba, which to my astonishment rose to become the world’s largest e-commerce company. From 2000 to 2008 I worked as a vice-president at Alibaba Group in a variety of roles. I saw the company grow from a schoolteacher’s apartment into China’s first global Internet giant, battling and beating eBay in China along the way. The experience taught me a lot about both business and life, which I recount in my book, Alibaba’s World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business. My last chapter, “Alibaba and the Forty Lessons,” sums up the many ways in which the experience challenged my assumptions about both business and life. I’ve distilled these lessons into the list below from my Alibaba experience. It is worth mentioning that I am not an employee or consultant to Alibaba and do not have any stock options in the company, however,  I continue to invest in Alibaba, eBay and Amazon independently. There seems to be a running narrative about tech entrepreneurs in China: the Chinese are great imitators but not great innovators. I’ve even heard it said that Alibaba is simply a copy of eBay or Amazon. But that’s like saying Steve Jobs copied the idea for the iPhone from Alexander Graham Bell. Alibaba’s ecosystem in many ways bears no resemblance to its U.S. counterparts and is creating entirely new ways of doing business for China’s entrepreneurs. Alibaba is not alone in its innovative spirit. China’s rapidly changing and dynamic market leads to a more nimble breed of entrepreneur which I found moves even more quickly than their Silicon Valley counterparts. While it is true that some sectors in China’s economy are led by imitators, China’s Internet boom has given rise to an entirely new generation of entrepreneurs that in my view are just as creative and innovative as their western counterparts. In the past, people observed that China’s consumers were leapfrogging from devices such as a landline telephone straight to a mobile phone without having to build out the costly infrastructure of telephone poles and landlines. Alibaba’s experience has shown that entire economic systems can leapfrog ahead, especially in developing countries. Whereas the U.S. and Western Europe spent the last several hundred years developing a retail infrastructure, China’s commercial infrastructure was able to leapfrog directly online without the retailers first building out an extensive offline retail infrastructure. This was a favorite quote of Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, and over time it made sense to me. Entrepreneurs need to move quickly, especially in a fast-paced environment like China.  But they also need to maintain a long-term view, such as Jack Ma’s goal of creating a company that lasts 102 years. When SARS hit China in 2003, it threatened Alibaba’s very survival. When an Alibaba colleague was diagnosed with SARS, 500 employees at company headquarters were sent into quarantine and forced to work remotely from home to operate the company. But from this danger emerged an opportunity.  Alibaba wasn’t the only company that had difficulty doing business face to face during that period. Our customers did too. We created a number of educational programs to teach small businesses how to do business online in the SARS era and our website traffic hit new levels. When I joined Alibaba in 2000, the company was assembling a team of managers with amazing resumes that looked great on paper -  but didn’t work well together. Soon the company was adrift and heading dangerously close to bankruptcy.  When this “dream team” was laid off, management reverted to the original founders, most of whom had little or no business experience. Although there were no all-stars among this team, they worked well together as a tightly-knit group, achieving more together than someone might have predicted from their resumes. Yes, it’s a cliché that sounds almost corny or naïve. But watching as Alibaba grow from a David into a Goliath, I came to realize that the greatest limitations we have are the ones we impose on ourselves. Porter Erisman worked as a Vice-President at Alibaba.com and Alibaba Group from 2000-2008.  The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author alone. Read more: See: 9 Instagrams that’ll make you pack for the Silk Road Read: 6 Wonders of science made from silk Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Alibaba", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150625123000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/25/asia/alibaba-and-me/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "748453576", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – One person is dead in an incident involving a Southwest plane that experienced engine damage and was forced to make an emergency landing, the National Transportation Safety Board said. – Stormy Daniels released a sketch of the man who she says threatened her over an alleged Trump affair. – Supreme Court justices nixed part of a law that requires mandatory deportation of immigrants convicted of certain crimes. – The two black men whose arrests at a Philly Starbucks ignited protests met with the company’s CEO. Starbucks said it will close 8,000 stores on the afternoon of May 29 for racial-bias training. – Chemical weapons experts visited the Syrian town where an alleged gas attack took place in order to assess the site. – Another GOP congressman announced he is resigning. – President Trump is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today. Follow here for the latest. – It’s the last day to file your tax returns. If you’re having trouble accessing the IRS’ online service, you’re not alone. – A judge again ruled that a jury can consider Bill Cosby’s 2005 admission that he intended to use Quaaludes on women he wanted to sleep with. – More than 95% of the world’s population is breathing in unhealthy air, according to a new report. – A study of New York City house mice found that the rodents carry previously unseen viruses as well as bacteria capable of causing life-threatening human illness. – Four baboons escaped from a biomedical research lab by jumping out of a 55-gallon barrel and jumping out of their enclosure.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180417200000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-april-17-trnd/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "469992758", "sentence": "Pope Francis spoke to a GOP-dominated Congress about the ills of income inequality. He claimed that human activity was destroying the environment. And he said the U.S. should welcome immigrants coming from Mexico. But conservative Republicans were hardly offended. In fact, many were effusive over Pope Francis’ overall message and argued that the Pope deftly – and effectively – avoided antagonizing the GOP with his famously progressive views. The Pope also spoke quietly and calmly, not in a confrontational tone. Moreover, lawmakers – who did not have a copy of his prepared remarks – also had a hard time understanding the pope in a chamber with poor acoustics. Instead, the Pope’s remarks were seen as cautious and compassionate. And his nuanced – and sometimes ambiguous – comments left many lawmakers thinking they heard what they wanted to hear. “You know politics doesn’t involve as much nuance as he was giving to all those subjects so I think people are going to look for things they can glom onto to say, ‘This supports what we’ve been trying to say,’” said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas. Indeed, climate change is one of them. Despite being an outspoken advocate of controlling global warming, a message he delivered at the White House on Wednesday, Francis did not say the words “climate change.” Instead, he said that “environmental deterioration” is caused by “human activity.” “I am convinced that we can make a difference, and I have no doubt that the United States – and this Congress have an important role to play,” Francis said. Global warming skeptics took heart in his statements. “He didn’t mention the words ‘climate change’ at all!” said Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland. “This was an equal opportunity speech.” Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, the Senate’s leading climate skeptic, said the Pope was saying things that “everyone would agree” upon. “Everyone agrees that it’s responsibility to do what we can to provide a good environment,” Inhofe said. But the Oklahoma Republican said that the Pope seemed to be striking a “cautious” tone to avoid offending the audience, something Inhofe noted Francis also did in his remarks in Cuba and at the White House. “I would think he would use his influence where the audience could actually do something about it,” Inhofe said. “In a way, I think it was less forceful on those subjects than I thought it would be.” For Republicans, perhaps that was a good thing. Ahead of the speech, many Republicans were wringing their hands over the first-ever papal address to a joint meeting of Congress. They feared he would use the worldwide platform to speak aggressively to rail on climate change, capitalism, gun violence and other hot-button topics as he has since assuming the papacy in 2013. One lawmaker, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, even boycotted the address. But many Republicans came away thinking that the Pope delivered an overall unifying message. Texas Republican Rep. Pete Sessions said he didn’t feel like Pope trod on political turf, telling CNN, “He respectfully approached us.” “His Holiness spoke about America in fair and glowing terms, and challenged us to accept our roles and responsibility not only in the United States but around the world with American exceptionalism,” Sessions said. California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes downplayed any partisan split on the issues that the Pope covered like immigration and addressing the refugee crisis. “There’s very little disagreement with the goals that the Pope laid out,” he said. “The question is what happens, how do you implement that?” Indeed, many Democrats had a similar view. Minnesota Democratic Rep Keith Ellison, who was raised Catholic but converted to Islam at the age of 19, said: “I thought that was a very appropriate message for the world we live in today and it was a good reminder to some of the people in the presidential race that we need to understand there is good and bad in all, and we shouldn’t demonize people based on religion.” Presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum echoed Ellison’s feelings on an interview with CNN’s “New Day” on Friday, shortly after one with Ellison. “To see the kind of unanimity of interest and support in the Pope and his message, I think it’s a wonderful thing,” Santorum said. “I agree with Congressman Ellison, it’s a tone changer. It allows everyone to take sort of a step back from politics and the decisiveness and and listen to someone who’s a shepherd.” Another presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, called Pope Francis’ remarks “powerful” and said he “encouraged all of us to appeal to our better angels.” Indeed, on immigration, Pope Francis talked about the plight of ‘thousands of persons (who) are led to travel north in search of a better life for themselves and their loved ones.” “Is this not what we want for our own children?” the Pope said. Outside the chamber, Cruz and other immigration hardliners took away a different message from the Pope. “When we speak of welcoming immigrants, I believe that we should refer to legal immigrants,” Cruz said. “With regard to compassion, we should have compassion to everyone.” Similarly, Francis spent little time discussing his opposition to abortion, an issue that would put him on the opposite sides of most Democrats. But most Republicans weren’t critical that Francis largely skirted that topic. “It inspired me to be a better person in my personal life but I didn’t take a legislative mandate from it,” Cruz said. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, said, “I think that’s a very important religious teaching but my view is that women should make those choices with their family, with their doctor, with their God.” Gillibrand added that the Pope offered a unifying position on the issue of life by calling for the abolition of the death penalty. “That’s an important message that I think all of us can take away,” she said. And though he made calls for more traditional families, Democrats declined to criticize the Pope, instead expressing their own support for gay marriage. Yet, despite the bipartisan praise for Pope Francis, few expect it to change much. Asked whether the Pope’s message would change the partisan dynamic on Capitol Hill, Nunes started to chuckle and said, “I don’t even think the Pope can alter that.” CNN’s Tal Kopan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150924191500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/24/politics/pope-francis-hill-republicans/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "635149434", "sentence": "Angela Merkel describes Turkey's political path as \"deeply problematic\" for future relations She slams comments by Turkey's President that drew a comparison with Nazi Germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Thursday that Turkey’s approach to democracy and the rule of law are “deeply problematic” to the country’s future cooperation with the European Union. “These deep differences of opinion relate to basic questions of democracy and the rule of law. They relate to freedom of expression in Turkey. They also relate to the many journalists that have been jailed for expressing their opinion,” Merkel said in an address to the German parliament, ahead of a European Council leaders’ meeting later in the day. In the speech, Merkel also reiterated her strong objections to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s weekend comment that Germany’s Nazi past might not be entirely behind it. “This is completely out of hand and why it’s almost impossible to comment on this. It cannot be justified,” she said. “SS comparisons only lead to misery because it means the crimes committed by the National Socialists in Germany are rendered much more harmless than they actually were.” Such comparisons must stop, she said, adding that they “are not good for the close ties between Germany and Turkey.” And while Germany must speak up for freedom and democracy, Merkel said, it must not let Turkey – an important ally in European efforts to handle the current migration crisis and combat Islamist extremism – distance itself. “As difficult as all of this might be, our geopolitical interest cannot be that Turkey – which is after all a NATO partner – continues to distance itself from us,” Merkel said. “That is why it is well worth it to stand for the German-Turkish relationships – but on the basis of our values, our perceptions and in all transparency.” Erdogan lashed out over the weekend after rallies in the German city of Cologne and the town of Gaggenau in support of his government were canceled due to concerns about overcrowding. Related article What happens if Turkey passes Erdogan's 'power bill'? In a video on Anadolu, the Turkish state news agency, Erdogan said: “I thought that Nazism was over in Germany, but it turns out that it is still going on. It is still going on, it is clear.” The rallies, at which Turkish government ministers were due to speak, were being held to drum up support for the upcoming referendum vote on the Turkish constitution on April 16. The sweeping constitutional changes, introduced by Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), would grant new powers to the President and transform the way the country is governed. The world’s largest Turkish diaspora is found in Germany, where about 3 million people with Turkish ethnicity reside. In her speech, Merkel praised the contribution of that Turkish community to Germany and appealed for everyone to work together. She added that future appearances by Turkish representatives could be possible if they were properly arranged. Relations between the two countries have been increasingly strained since Erdogan cracked down on government critics in the aftermath of an attempted coup last July. Last Monday, a Turkish court arrested Deniz Yucel, a correspondent with the German newspaper Die Welt, on charges of terror propaganda and inciting hatred and enmity. Merkel also spoke Thursday of the need for solidarity in Europe as it faces its current challenges, including migration, the threat of international terrorism, Britain’s impending exit from the union and the change of US administration. Related video Trump's rhetoric worries European leaders “Many things are changing in the world, including the character of the transatlantic relationship,” she said. Nonetheless, she said, that partnership, based on shared values and interests, “is extremely important for all of us, not only for us Europeans, and it is in this spirit that I’m going to have my conversations with Donald Trump in Washington in the weeks to come.” EU nations will have to take on more responsibility for defense and handling issues in their own backyard, Merkel said, including in the Balkans. And she said Brexit should be seen as a “wake up call” for the other 27 EU states, which should work together to improve and strengthen what she described as a very successful union. 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{"article_id": "512833052", "sentence": "The aircraft, known as the TU-214R, arrived at the Syrian airbase in Latakia in the last several days, according to a U.S. official The move comes as Moscow has stepped up airstrikes in northwest Syria For the first time, Russia has deployed to Syria what the U.S. believes is one of its most advanced reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft. The aircraft, known as the TU-214R, arrived at the Syrian airbase in Latakia in the last several days, according to a U.S. official. The move comes as Moscow has stepped up airstrikes in northwest Syria, dropping as many as 100 bombs a day, according to U.S. estimates. The Russian plan to send the aircraft to Syria was first reported by The Aviationist website, which tracks military aircraft worldwide. It noted the aircraft is capable of using its radars and sensors to track hidden or camouflaged targets. The U.S. official declined to discuss the aircraft’s specific capabilities, but underscored that the U.S. believes its sensor suite is highly-advanced. The Aviationist described the plane as an “advanced spyplane” with “all-weather radar systems and electro optical sensors that produce photo-like imagery of large parts of the ground.” It also can monitor electronic signals and communications of enemy forces. With that type of capability, it could also potentially give the Russians greater ability to monitor U.S. aircraft in Syria, the U.S. official said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160217220000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/politics/russian-spy-plane-syria/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "608521868", "sentence": "Two months to the day since their separation surgery, twins Jadon and Anias McDonald leave hospital The boys, born joined at the head, moved to a nearby specialty facility for months of rehabilitation Jadon and Anias McDonald, the twins born joined at the head whose separation surgery captivated millions around the world, were gently placed in a red wagon. They lay side by side, Anias in a blue jumpsuit and Jadon in a gray one. They wore specially fitted white helmets, but there was no evidence of the tubes, IVs or monitors that have been their lifelines since surgery. Outside the room, more than 30 doctors, nurses and staff at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center lined the hallway. A red carpet was rolled out for the boys. It was time to say goodbye. Among those on hand Wednesday were lead neurosurgeon Dr. James Goodrich and lead plastic surgeon Dr. Oren Tepper. Both were armed with celebratory baby rattles. Others waved pom-poms and shook tambourines as the boys made their way down the hall of the 10th-floor pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The staff had posted a sign on the wall: “Way to go! You did it! We are so proud of you.” Sitting at the front of the wagon was the boys’ 3-year-old brother, Aza. The boys’ father, Christian McDonald, pulled the wagon as their mother, Nicole, walked with them. Both parents paused to hug almost everyone. The moment stood in stark contrast to the boys’ arrival on February 18. On that day, the twins were on a private flight to New York from Illinois. While in the air, Anias stopped breathing and turned blue. Nicole, a pediatric physical therapist, did everything she knew to try to rouse him and worried Jadon would soon be next. “It was a 10-minute period when all of this was happening where (Anias) was in and out of consciousness,” Nicole said. They were rushed to the emergency room immediately upon landing. It turned out Anias was suffering from a severe strain of the flu. And now, here the family was, leaving the same hospital amid such jubilation. They were headed to Blythedale Children’s Hospital, a specialty facility in suburban New York where they will undergo months of rehabilitation, including physical, occupational and speech therapy. “It’s the most exciting step for me, because I want to see what they can do,” Nicole told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta moments before she left the twins’ hospital room for the last time. “We’ve all come to agreement that it’s not goodbye. It’s just a see-you-later.” Added Christian, “I’m excited. No ifs, ands or buts about it. I’m just so glad. From this point on, we can actually be all together as a family.” It marked two months to the day since the 27-hour surgery to separate the boys ended on October 14 – what their dad described as a moment of “hope and a chance for a normal life.” It also marked one of the fastest such recoveries on record. Goodrich, who earlier in the day performed craniofacial reconstruction surgery on a 9-month-old boy, acknowledged that he’d miss the twins. “Am I happy to see them go? No,” he said. “But it’s time to move on. It’s time for the next stage.” The day before, Jadon and Anias took a similar wagon ride. It was the first time they’d ever left their room for something non-medical. This time, the staff wanted to throw them a farewell party. The wagon carries meaning for the parents. After they were born, the only way the conjoined twins could be moved was for their parents to pull them in a red wagon. As the months passed, the two could no longer fit in it. They had grown too long. As they rode Tuesday, they looked up at their mother and held hands. Jadon’s head was fully revealed, with none of the bandages that once covered his scalp. Anias, whose skull cap was removed following persistent post-surgical infections, wore a turquoise knit cap. After a quick elevator ride to the second floor, the boys made their way through a maze of hallways and into the hospital’s Grand Hall banquet room. Awaiting them were more than two dozen staff members, from the nurses and doctors on the surgical team to those in the PICU who’ve gotten to know the boys best. There were tears and hugs, smiles and moments of glee. And photos. Lots of photos. Goodrich, the world’s leading expert on craniopagus surgery and the boys’ main surgeon, whipped out his iPhone and snapped commemorative shots. Related video Separated twins 'ahead of schedule' “It’s a pretty emotional day, I’ve got to say,” said Goodrich, who delivered homemade cookies and other treats to the twins’ room before the party. Another guest was Martin O’Malley, a longtime Bronx resident who lives across the street from the McDonalds. He’s helped raise donations for the family, delivered them food and felt compelled to join the party. “It’s amazing. It’s amazing. It’s amazing,” said O’Malley, 83, whose twin sister died at birth. “It’s hard to imagine just two months ago they were attached. I’m so happy for this family.” Dr. Carrie Stern, a plastic surgeon resident who took part in the surgery, glanced at the boys in the wagon and whispered, “They’re so cute. It’s just so amazing seeing them from beginning to end.” A week before the party, Nicole and Christian tended to the boys in their room. They couldn’t help but wonder about the future for Jadon and Anias. They know about Carl and Clarence Aguirre, craniopagus twins from the Philippines whom Goodrich separated 12 years ago. With twins joined at the head, one is more dominant, his body working overtime to keep the other twin alive. Carl was the non-dominant child. He suffered a neurological decline a little over a year after surgery, resulting in permanent disabilities. He speaks only a few words and is confined to a wheelchair. When the McDonald twins were joined, Jadon was dominant. Since the surgery, Anias has suffered multiple seizures, in addition to having his skull cap removed. He will undergo another surgery when he is 7 to insert bone. For now, his skin is the only thing covering the top of his head, and he will have to wear a protective helmet. “There are just so many unknowns,” Christian said. “We just don’t know how it’s all going to turn out.” Added Nicole, “Because we know other cases have had that regression, you just hope and pray that that doesn’t happen in this circumstance.” The couple gave up their jobs in Illinois and moved to the Bronx to be close to the hospital. When the new year arrives, they’ll face a $15,000 insurance deductible, plus whatever unexpected costs might arise. Their apartment lease is up in February, and they don’t know whether to renew for another year, because it’s unclear how long the boys will be in rehab. The couple started a GoFundMe page after the twins were born, but after donations swelled to nearly $300,000, the McDonalds told well-wishers to instead help a friend’s child in need of a kidney transplant. With the long-term financial reality of their situation sinking in, they are once again receptive to people giving. “I feel like we’ve got a long ways to go,” Christian said. He noted that Anias will be cognizant by age 7, aware of the surgery he will have to face to repair his skull cap: “My heart already goes out to him.” Christian and Nicole faced a decision no parent should have to make. Craniopagus twins occur in one out of every 2.5 million births. About 40% are stillborn, and another third die within 24 hours. Of those who survive, 80% die of medical complications by age 2 if not separated. Mom and Dad said they have no regrets about choosing surgery. “When you walk into the room and Jadon throws his arms up and wants you to pick him up and you can! He looks at me,” Nicole said. “He wiggles from side to side. He giggles. And I can just swoop him up and just hold him and feel his warmth.” Of Anias, she said, “He has really come full circle and begun doing all the things he used to do. And that’s been so encouraging, because I always had that worry about Anias.” As she spoke, the boys held hands on a bed where Mom spread them out. At one point, Jadon pulled Anias’ hand to his face and then nibbled on his brother’s finger. Mom quickly intervened to save Anias from being bitten. A sense of parental normalcy, when nothing is normal. At the goodbye party, doctors, nurses and staff sat around tables, a buffet of chicken, salmon, green beans, mashed potatoes and salad behind them ready for the feast. Aza bounced around the room, excited for the twins. All eyes were on Dr. Steven M. Safyer, president and CEO of Montefiore Medicine, as he told Nicole and Christian how the 35,000 Montefiore employees have been rooting for their boys and consider them family. Related article New life, apart: Conjoined twins separated in marathon surgery “I believe that for life, you’re members of our world, and this is a wonderful world,” Safyer said. He noted that it’s been nine months since he first met the family and that “in a way, this is a nine-month deal. This is the rebirth of these two guys.” Tepper, the lead plastic surgeon, told the crowd he was humbled by the fact that the “McDonalds chose us. They put their trust in us to take care of their boys.” “Hands down, unquestionably, the two leaders of this team are Jadon and Anias,” Tepper added. “It’s their resilience, it’s their determination that steered this voyage. There’s a reason the world calls them ‘The Little Warriors.’ “ Goodrich told the crowd he remembered speaking by phone with Nicole the first time, back when the boys were in utero and she was wondering what could be done to separate them. She told Goodrich she had just one question. Forty-five minutes later, they were still talking: “Totally in tune and all the right questions.” The neurosurgeon thanked everyone in the room, from hospital brass to his team in the operating room to Christian and Nicole. Then he held up a hand-written note he received from Ireland, “to show you how far this story went.” It was addressed simply: Dr. James Goodrich, surgeonChildren’s Hospital Montefiore Medical CenterAmerica No ZIP code. No city or street address. “Somebody in the postal system got this to me,” Goodrich said. When it came time for the parents to speak, the room grew quiet. Many clutched tissues and dabbed their eyes. Christian told the group that as grateful as he and Nicole are, they will “never be half as grateful” as their sons. Related article Separated twins: After hardest surgery, the quickest recovery “Sixteen years down the road,” he said, “they’re going to be driving their car. They’re going to be maybe out on a date. … Just the fact that they’ll be able to go to the bathroom and take a shower by themselves. They’re not going to take those things for granted.” It’s ordinary for people working their jobs, he said, to not fully grasp the significance of their work. “Maybe on one of those hard days,” he told them, “when it may feel like another day at the office, please know … you’re going to change people’s lives, not only individuals’ lives for the better, but you’re going to impact whole families’ lives for the rest of their life. It’s a huge thing.” Before the crowd broke into loud applause, Christian ended with a message from his boys: “If I may, I just want to be their voice and say, ‘Thank you for giving us, Jadon and Anias, a hope and a chance for a normal life.’ “ Then it was Nicole’s turn. She wept as she began. She said she had written three pages of material and then tossed it in the trash. “I decided to throw it away and to get up here and to look at you all in the face and tell you just how I feel.” When she was pregnant, she told the crowd, she knew that her boys would be separated and that “this would be the outcome.” “I knew that I would have a miracle. I didn’t know how.” She repeated, “I didn’t know how.” “I prayed every day for God to make the how happen, and you are all the how,” she said through tears. She said that she considered everyone in the room part of her family and that saying goodbye was extraordinarily difficult. “That is a huge testament to you that we don’t want to leave here. That’s an odd thing that somebody doesn’t want to leave the hospital. Everyone is usually itching to get out. We want to stay. I want the boys to talk here first. I want you to see all that, because it was you that contributed to our miracle.” She compared her boys’ transition to a caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a butterfly. “Every one of you have been the fiber of that cocoon. You have been what has brought us to this moment: And now they will fly.” There wasn’t a dry eye in the room. Nicole handed out gifts, from framed hand-drawn butterfly paintings to photo collages of the boys’ progress over the months. Dad tended to Aza while Nicole’s mom picked Jadon up and glided around the room with him in her arms. Many of the workers were on the clock. They scarfed down food quickly because, after all, there are more kids who need their care. The featured dessert was a cake with white frosting decorated in black with the symbol for infinity, which is also used to represent conjoined twins and, now, the family’s infinite love for the hospital team. “Anias and Jadon,” read the black lettering. “God has answered + God has heard.” Plastic surgeon Stern stepped up. Two months ago in the operating room, she was the surgeon who made the final cut that separated the twins. Now, she made the first cut of the cake that marked the next step of their journey. The boys’ wagon ride on Wednesday took them to the lobby of Montefiore, where paramedics and EMTs transferred them to stretchers. Aza jumped onto the stretcher carrying Jadon. More staffers crowded the lobby to send them off. Two ambulances awaited outside, one for each twin. Aza cried uncontrollably when he had to get off the stretcher as Jadon was being placed in his ambulance. It was 2:58 p.m. when the twins left. The sun was shining bright over the Bronx on a beautiful 43-degree day. The ambulances drove together at a steady 20- to 30-mph pace along New York parkways to Valhalla, arriving at Blythedale Children’s Hospital at 3:45 p.m. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. “It’s almost surreal. I can’t believe this is finally happening,” Christian said as the boys were wheeled into the new facility. “It’s such a big step in the right direction.” Unlike their sendoff at Montefiore, their arrival at Blythedale was tranquil and peaceful. By 3:49 p.m., the boys were in their new room, spacious and brightly colored, with two beds – one for each boy – and two sofas that can fold out into beds for Mom and Dad. It is this facility where the boys will learn how to eat, play and walk. Nicole held Anias in her arms and marveled at Jadon as he settled into his new bed. “This is beautiful. I know that the boys will flourish here. It’s an exciting step, and we’re ready to take off.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161215010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PHL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/14/health/conjoined-twins-rehab/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "455302078", "sentence": "Doctors Without Borders says there are \"many deaths\" at the scene but cannot confirm how many As many as 700 migrants are thought to have been on board the fishing boat It capsized and sank as rescuers arrived at the scene Rescuers are trying to save hundreds of migrants Wednesday after their fishing boat capsized off the coast of Libya, Cmdr. Filippo Marini of the Italian Coast Guard, which is coordinating the rescue operation, told CNN. Ireland’s Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said an Irish naval vessel is also involved in the rescue of approximately 600 people who were aboard the capsized boat. At least 165 people have been pulled from the water alive, but 17 bodies have also been recovered, he said, warning that the death toll is expected to rise. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have lost their lives, the survivors and the rescuers for whom this is an extremely difficult operation,” Coveney said. Two vessels operated by the medical aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) are also assisting near the shipwreck, just 15 miles off the Libyan coast. The medical group confirmed that there are “many” deaths at the scene but could not say how many. The ships were sent to the scene after a distress call from the fishing boat, Marini said. The boat crammed with migrants capsized as soon as the Irish vessel arrived, he said, likely because all those on board moved to one side at the same time. Rubber boats were immediately put into the water to save people as the boat went down. MSF spokeswoman Sibylle Berger gave a different figure for how many people may have been aboard the vessel, saying it could have been as many as 700. More ships, including Italian navy and coast guard vessels, are heading to the area to help in the rescue effort, Marini said. The fishing boat is just the latest vessel overflowing with migrants seeking to reach European soil to go down in the Mediterranean. More than 2,000 migrants have now died this year as they tried to make the perilous crossing, the International Organization for Migration said in a statement Tuesday. “As in 2014, the overwhelming majority died in the Channel of Sicily on the Central Mediterranean route connecting Libya and Italy, where unseaworthy vessels used by smugglers and traffickers significantly increase the likelihood of tragedies occurring,” the organization said. At the same time, thanks to international maritime efforts, some 188,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean so far this year, it said. Why migrants head to Mediterranean Journalist Livia Borghese reported from Rome and Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN’s Jack Maddox contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "migrant rescue efforts in the Mediterranean", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150805151500", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/05/europe/mediterranean-migrants-shipwreck/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "467843808", "sentence": "Graham said he'd support Ben Carson over Donald Trump He also defended remarks he's made in the past when he's praised Hillary Clinton Lindsey Graham on Thursday questioned the ability of Republican candidates with little political experience to adequately respond to terrorism in the Middle East. “I don’t know Dr. (Ben) Carson’s foreign policy. He’s got to explain it to me,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “Carly (Fiorina) said she’s not reached the point where she would say we need boots on the ground in Iraq and Syria. I don’t know what point we’ve got to reach. It’s obvious to me that we’re well past the point where we need to deal with ISIL on the ground and Iraq and Syria.” Related video Lindsey Graham: 'In my world Hispanics are Americans' Graham said he’d support Carson over Donald Trump and committed to support the eventual Republican nominee, regardless of their plan to protect the U.S. from terrorism. “Here’s what I would say to my colleagues: Come up with a plan of your own. I’ve given you very detailed plans. We need a ground component. Part of it has to be an American ground component or we’re going to get hit here at home,” he said. Carly Fiorina distinguishes herself on debate stage Speaking later on CNN’s “The Lead” with Jake Tapper, Graham expanded on his position on needing ground troops to fight terrorism – saying he’s “disappointed” that the Republican Party largely seems to be favoring a less aggressive policy. “I am a little bit confused, I guess, disappointed,” Graham said. “I believe we need to destroy ISIL and I’m committed to doing it, and if you don’t have a ground component, of which America will have to be part of, you’re never going to destroy ISIL and they’re going to hit us here.” Fact-checking the candidates Graham said the idea of arming troops in the region won’t work. Related gallery Republican debates: The main event “If I hear one more time that we’re going to send the Kurds to go clean up the whole world, that’s just ridiculous. The Kurdish military is not an expeditionary force,” Graham said, adding that sending Kurds into Syria could start a war with Turkey. Speaking with Blitzer, Graham also defended his positive remarks about Hillary Clinton’s international work serving women and children in Africa. “If the test of conservatism is that you’ve got to say bad things about everybody to be conservative or liberal, God help us all,” he said. Top social media moments from the #CNNDebate But the Air Force Reserve veteran said Clinton needs to answer for her role in the 2012 Benghazi terror attack and other international issues. “She’s got a lot of things to be held accountable for, but she did some good things too,” he said. “I don’t want to live in a America where the only way you can advance yourself is to always have to run somebody else down.” Most awkward moments in the GOP debate Graham was praised for both his substance and humor in the undercard debate. But limited campaign funds could make it difficult for him to reach the next prime-time debate, he acknowledged. “I’m trying to concentrate on Iowa and New Hampshire. That’s where I hope to breakthrough. I don’t have the money to spend on national advertising, so I’ll just keep being Lindsey Graham,” he said. “Do anything I can to get my message out.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lindsey Graham", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150917194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/17/politics/lindsey-graham-ben-carson-carly-fiorina/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "677805885", "sentence": "Shaesta Waiz began her journey from Florida in a six-seater plane She was born in a refugee camp in Afghanistan and was terrified of flying as a girl The first time Shaesta Waiz remembers seeing a plane, she was a child watching the news about an aircraft accident. “I said to my mom, ‘I hope I never ever have to fly in an airplane,’” she said. “I was so scared and terrified.” Now Waiz is a certified pilot in the middle of a solo flight around the world. By the time the 30-year-old completes her journey in September in Daytona Beach, Florida, she plans to have made more than two dozen stops in some 18 countries. She also hopes her trip will “inspire girls and young women worldwide to dream big and achieve more,” especially in the fields of science, math, engineering and aviation. Her flight, in a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36, will take Waiz more than 25,000 miles. But it pales compared to her personal journey, which began three decades ago in a refugee camp in Afghanistan. Soon after Waiz was born in the refugee camp, her family came to the United States in 1987 to escape the Afghan-Soviet War. One of six girls, she grew up in Richmond, California. As a child, becoming a pilot was not anything she thought about. “I struggled (as a girl) with dreams, and I thought … a woman like me, the best thing to do is have kids … so they might do something grand,” Waiz said via Skype from a stop in Sri Lanka. Her only female role models were the women in her extended family. “They were all housewives, and that’s all I aspired to be.” As a child she didn’t live near an airport, and nobody in her family flew. “We weren’t wealthy enough to fly in an airplane,” she said. “It was something out of reach, something very scary.” The first time Waiz remembers being on a plane, she was a teenager going from California to Florida. She remembers buckling her seat belt and praying. “I thought this airplane was going to launch into the sky like a rocket … like a roller-coaster,” she said. But when the plane took off, “it was so romantic.” In the years that followed, Waiz started plotting her dreams. She went from a community college to an aeronautical university. She also began to navigate cultural resistance from members of her family. Her uncle told her women did not belong in the cockpit. Her grandmother asked her, “what Afghan man would want to marry a woman who flies?” Growing up, Waiz always straddled two cultures. She attended American schools, but spoke Farsi and Pashto at home. She was training to become a pilot, but her family still enforced a curfew. “Growing up in the United States, I never felt like I was American … my parents reminded me that I was Afghan, I was not American,” she said. “But sometimes, when I would speak to my cousins in Afghanistan, they thought I was American. There was confusion of where I belonged.” Flying changed that. “When I was in an airplane, all of that (confusion) disappeared,” said Waiz, who now lives in Daytona Beach. “The plane does not care. The plane responds based on the skill of the pilot. In the air, I can be whoever I am.” Waiz’s route so far has taken her to Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. She also made a three-day stopover in Kabul last month. It was the first time she’d returned to Afghanistan since she left as a baby. While there Waiz met with the president and the prime minister of the country, connected with her extended family and began to dream up what she wants to do next. “I had the chance to meet a lot of my cousins, a lot of young girls,” she said. “What I noticed is that these girls are so ambitious, and they’re so hungry to do something.” She also noticed that the ambition of these young Afghan women came with limitations: They had to be accompanied by their fathers to be able to move around the city. Waiz is funding her trip though sponsors and a nonprofit, Dreams Soar, that she founded to inspire future generations of female pilots and women in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math). As she notes on her website, only a small percentage of the world’s pilots are women. Her family is now supportive of her passion. And after her trip to Kabul, she’s dreaming of starting a STEM school for girls in Afghanistan “so that young girls can go somewhere and use their talents.” For Waiz, the world has opened up since she was a scared teenager buckling up for her first flight. “I used to read in geography books about countries like Sri Lanka and India and Greece and Italy. To me they were just names in a book,” she said. “And when I sat in that plane and that plane took off, (I thought) maybe one day those names could be memories.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Shaesta Waiz", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170801191500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/world/shaesta-waiz-pilot-flying-around-world-solo-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "657761596", "sentence": "The fund aims to provide to female entrepreneurs with financial support in the form of capital and access to networking But the fund could open the President up to charges of hypocrisy Just two days into President Donald Trump debut foreign trip, a member of his inner-circle has already reaped benefits to the tune of $100 million. In a sunlit ballroom Sunday morning at the Tuwaiq Palace in Saudi Arabia, Ivanka Trump’s proposed Women Entrepreneurs Fund – a concept she first shared during her own inaugural international trip as first daughter last month to Berlin, Germany – was promised a combined $100 million by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates specifically to help women in the Middle East. The fund, which will be run by World Bank, not Ivanka Trump, aims to provide to female entrepreneurs with financial support in the form of capital and access to networking and financial markets, something Trump says she anticipates will be important to the future growth of women. But Saudi Arabia places severe restrictions on women’s rights and participation in society, including prohibitions on driving and finances. The creation of a fund that solicits donations from such countries and is championed by Trump’s daughter, one of Trump’s closest advisers, could open the President up to charges of hypocrisy, saying that the concept is not dissimilar to the Clinton Foundation, which he roundly criticized as a candidate. The first daughter spoke of the need for transformation at Sunday’s women’s economic empowerment roundtable, which was attended by 15 women, most of them Saudi business and government leaders and entrepreneurs. “We are living in a pivotal moment in history for women,” she said. “Around the world, women continue to achieve unprecedented levels of rights and freedoms. Today, you all stand on the front lines of the fight for gender equality. You recognize the indisputable truth that empowering women is key to driving economic transformation.” “Yet in every country, including United States, women and girls face unique challenges that hold them back from full and meaningful participation in all parts of society,” added Trump, who wore a powder blue designer suit; the rest of the women in attendance at the roundtable wore traditional Muslim garb, their hair covered in abayas or scarves, according to reporters traveling with the first family. Last year, however, Donald Trump bashed the Clinton Foundation for accepting money from countries with human rights issues, implying the move was in direct contrast to the help the foundation was established to provide. “Saudi Arabia and many of the countries that gave vast amounts of money to the Clinton Foundation want women as slaves and to kill gays,” Trump wrote on Facebook. “Hillary must return all money from such countries!” During his campaign for president, Trump also tweeted about what he claimed was a “pay-for-play” agreement with countries that donated to the Clinton Foundation. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, who said he first heard about the Women Entrepreneurs Fund when it was pitched to him by Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said the program will only expand. “We had no idea how quickly this [fund] would build,” said Kim, who added that World Bank would be able to announce at the G-20 summit in July that it has created, with additional donations from the United States and other countries, a fund with a total of $1 billion for women’s economic empowerment. “I really have to say that Ivanka’s leadership has been tremendous.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Women Entrepreneurs Fund", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170522013000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "ARE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/21/politics/saudi-pledge-trump-women/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "676583455", "sentence": "National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is increasingly isolated in President Donald Trump’s administration, congressional and administration officials tell CNN, finding himself in conflict with senior White House officials, Cabinet members and the President himself. A congressional source tells CNN that McMaster is at odds with President Trump on many key national security issues. McMaster has also found himself undercut by others in the President’s orbit like chief strategist Steve Bannon and he has clashed with Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to congressional and administration officials. McMaster’s dust-ups with the President and his team have bubbled up over a long-delayed plan for Afghanistan, where the President has yet to sign off on a McMaster-backed strategy that would increase the number of US troops deployed to bolster America’s longest war. Related article Despite frustration, Tillerson says Trump relationship is 'good' As the dispute has dragged on, administration officials have speculated that McMaster could be on his way out of the White House, potentially taking a new job within the administration or military outside of the National Security Council. McMaster met with Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday as the NSC looks to finalize an Afghanistan strategy that the President will sign off on. CNN has spoken to a number of government officials who say several scenarios are possible in the coming weeks, including the unlikely possibility McMaster could be transferred to command troops in Afghanistan or tapped as a new “special envoy” for South Asia, where he would oversee policy and strategy for Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. A senior administration official dismissed the notion as premature and not under serious consideration. McMaster staying put as the national security adviser, the sources say, will depend largely on how comfortable Trump feels keeping him on in his current position amid all the disarray in the White House. However, two intelligence officials caution that the warnings about McMaster’s fate that have arisen in recent weeks may originate from other factions in the administration trying to undermine the national security adviser’s authority. “Bannon’s been undercutting him and NSC, but that’s nothing new,” said a Republican congressional aide. “It’s Game of Thrones over there.” The drama surrounding McMaster comes amid reports several others in Trump’s Cabinet are feeling frustrated and could be on the way out. Trump has taken the extraordinary step of attacking his own Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, on Twitter in recent days. The President said Tuesday he was “disappointed” in Sessions but would not say if he would fire him, adding only that “time will tell” Sessions’ fate. Related article Cabinet members beware: What Trump is doing to Sessions can happen to you Two sources told CNN on Sunday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could be on the way out, too, amid his own issues with the White House. The State Department has pushed back, and Tillerson said Wednesday he’ll stay “as long as the President lets me.” He added that his relationship with Trump is “good.” McMaster has clashed with Bannon over a troop increase in Afghanistan for several months, as they have competed to win over Trump on the issue. The dispute has sparked leaks about McMaster losing his standing within in the White House, including a Politico report Monday that Trump’s hesitation to add troops in Afghanistan was a no-confidence vote in his national security adviser. An NSC Principals Committee meeting on Afghanistan last week was heated and “words were exchanged,” according to Politico. McMaster has expressed concerns about Russian aggression, as has Mattis. But as a longtime proponent of military counter insurgency, McMaster may have run afoul of the White House interest in limiting large scale military involvements and instead focusing on the use of special operations forces. The National Security Council declined to comment on the record for this article. Steve Bannon did not respond to a request for comment. The National Security Council’s Principals Committee met again Wednesday to debate US policy in South Asia, including the future of the US effort in Afghanistan, administration officials said. Pence chaired the meeting instead of McMaster, and he was there to ask questions and help guide the discussion, according to the officials. One official pushed back on the notion McMaster is isolated, insisting that McMaster and other members of the principals committee have worked together to secure the President’s support on major decisions like granting the Pentagon additional troop management authority and recertifying Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement. Related article Mattis on Afghanistan troops decision: 'We are working to get it right' Another senior administration official told CNN the meeting primarily focused on addressing the concerns Trump has expressed in recent weeks about the US’s long-term commitment to the war in Afghanistan and his questions about what success would look like there. The officials established barometers to measure success as the US presses forward in the 16-year war, and claimed the top national security and foreign policy officials emerged from the meeting united on ways to address the President’s questions and concerns on the US’s ongoing commitment to Afghanistan. The official said that while chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has feuded with McMaster over the strategy in the past, attended the meeting, he did not speak up. McMaster joined Trump’s White House in February as an active-duty three star general replacing Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general. The move put McMaster in an awkward place with Flynn’s allies in the White House, which was exacerbated when McMaster removed Flynn loyalists from the NSC – and got Bannon removed from the principals committee. Retired Col. Derek Harvey, a Flynn appointee to the NSC, was removed from his post on Thursday. But internal White House politics aren’t McMaster’s only issues in the administration, as Mattis has also grown frustrated over the delay on an Afghanistan decision and the two have clashed over it, according to Republican lawmakers and administration officials. “The biggest problem is he and McMaster have had these tensions,” said a Republican senator. “That’s the problem – over roles, missions, budgets. Why do you think we haven’t got a strategy yet?” Defense officials also pointed out that as a three-star general, McMaster is essentially outranked by both Mattis, a retired four-star Marine general, and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Related article US Joint Chiefs blindsided by Trump's transgender ban While McMaster has immediate access to the Oval Office, he is more of a coordinator than policymaker in the eyes of the Pentagon, defense officials say. Mattis, they say, has no hesitation about going directly to Trump when he feels it’s necessary. Of course, the Afghanistan strategy delay also underscores Mattis’ own difficulties with Trump. Mattis had promised Congress a plan by mid-July that has still yet to materialize. And Wednesday’s decision to ban transgender troops caught nearly everyone in the Pentagon off guard – including the Joint Chiefs – and came while Mattis was on vacation. One military official who has worked with McMaster says he has made some at the Pentagon uncomfortable for publicly taking what they see as political positions in defending the President, including when he publicly defended Trump after his Oval Office meeting with the Russian ambassador and foreign minister and disputed reports that the President had shared classified information. Mattis dismissed reports that he and McMaster are at odds, or that McMaster could be on his way out at NSC. “We love reading those kinds of stories going – I’m amazed sometimes when I’m having a fight with and everything, somebody I haven’t talked to in two weeks. I’m having a fight with them. It’s good. You know, it keeps us smiling,” Mattis told reporters last week.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "H.R. McMaster", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170728000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/politics/mcmaster-undercut-pentagon-white-house/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "746115354", "sentence": "Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australia would view “with great concern” any foreign military bases being built in the South Pacific, following reports Beijing was in talks with Vanuatu to host Chinese forces. Turnbull said in a press conference Tuesday the High Commissioner of Vanuatu had assured the Australian government no Chinese requests for a military presence had been made. “The maintenance of peace and stability in the Pacific is of utmost importance to us,” he told reporters. The small island nation of about 282,000 people sits in the South Pacific, close to Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Any Chinese military presence could see warships based less than 2,500 kilometers (1,553 miles) from Australia’s coast. It has long been a large recipient of Australian government aid, but in recent years has received hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and grants from the Chinese government. The suggestion that China was looking to establish a base in the South Pacific nation, as first reported by Fairfax Media Tuesday, was met with denials from both Vanuatu and Australian government officials. Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop also tried to quell fears of an increased Chinese military presence in a region which has traditionally been under Canberra’s sphere of influence. “I remain confident that Australia is Vanuatu’s strategic partner of choice,” Bishop told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Tuesday. But Australian broadcaster, Nine News, separately quoted a senior defense official on Tuesday claiming the Chinese government had “certainly expressed its interest” in a greater military presence in Vanuatu. The Vanuatu government denied the reports on Tuesday, slamming suggestions there were any talks between the two countries along those lines. “We are a non-aligned country. We are not interested in militarization, we are just not interested in any sort of military base in our country,” Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu told ABC. When asked at his daily press briefing, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the reports were “fake news.” CNN tried to contact both the Australian Defense Ministry and the Vanuatu Foreign Ministry, but did not get an immediate response. Reacting to the report Tuesday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it was ultimately a matter for Vanuatu and China to decide on, according to Radio New Zealand. “But I’m very openly expressing now, and would do either privately or publicly, that we take a strong position in the Pacific against militarization,” she said. Any moves towards a military presence on Vanuatu would have strategic implications of not only Australia and New Zealand, but also the United States, Euan Graham, director of the International Security Program at Sydney’s Lowy Institute, said. “People who look across the Pacific will look from a geostrategic point of view and obviously take notice of this very bold statement of ambition, if it is true, that the Chinese navy is now seeking to acquire some sort of presence,” he said. Graham said while he found suggestions of Vanuatu agreeing to a permanent military base unlikely, a dual-use civilian military facility which could give occasional access to People’s Liberation Army vessels could be possible. China has diplomatic relations with several Pacific nations and is a major sponsor of development and aid projects in Vanuatu, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Between 2000 and 2012, China offered about 30 major projects to Pacific island countries, including the construction of government official buildings and infrastructure such as highways, bridges and hydropower stations, according to a paper by Professor Yu Chang Sen, of the National Center of Oceania Studies, at Guangzhou’s Sun Yat-sen University. In Vanuatu specifically, China has provided $243 million dollars in loans and grants from 2006 to June 2016, according to figures from Sydney’s Lowy Institute, a figure that while large, lags behind Australia which provided $400 million during the same ten year period. Chinese financial aid in Vanuatu has so far focused on key infrastructure development, including Luganville International Wharf, on the island of Espiritu Santo, a large 300-meter docking facility that can accommodate two mid-sized freighters, or a single large cruise ship at any one time. The wharf, constructed by the Shanghai Construction Group, was described by China’s Ambassador to Vanuatu as “a new milestone of China-Vanuatu cooperation in the field of infrastructure development.” In recent years Beijing has been stretching its maritime muscles outside of East Asia. China formally established its first international military base in Djibouti in July last year, in the strategically important Horn of Africa, this was followed several months later by the country’s controversial acquisition of the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka. Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Sydney, described the Hambantota deal – which saw Sri Lanka grant China a 99-year lease on the port to service some of the billions in debt it owes to Beijing – as part of a “bigger picture.” “The more you invest in the Belt and Road initiative, the more the Chinese are in a position to force your country to align politically in terms of policy,” Davis told CNN last year, referring to China’s ambitious One Belt One Road (OBOR) international development strategy. “So you become dependent on their investment and their largesse, and you’re less likely to be critical of them and you’re more likely to accommodate their interests strategically.” Under President Xi Jinping those strategic interests have shifted, with the Chinese navy in particular undergoing a significant transformation, in line with China’s own rise as a global superpower. Whereas previously China’s navy was largely defensive and confined to the country’s immediate coastal waters, today it boasts significant “blue-water” capabilities, meaning it could operate anywhere in defense of China’s interests.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180410074500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "NZL", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/asia/vanuatu-china-australia-intl/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "637912129", "sentence": "\"We could literally have a nuclear war with Vladimir Putin,\" Moulton said earlier in the week Moulton went on to assail the Trump administration's relationship with Russia Rep. Seth Moulton doubled down Friday on recent remarks he made claiming a potential nuclear war with Russia was a possibility. “That’s right,” the congressman told CNN’s Poppy Harlow on “New Day” when asked to clarify the comment he made at the South by Southwest festival Tuesday. “(R)ussia now says … they will ‘escalate to de-escalate,’” continued the Massachusetts Democrat. “They are willing to use nuclear weapons to de-escalate a conventional attack, and I think that the problem here is that we don’t have a plan to deal with that.” At the festival in Austin, Texas, the former Marine Corps officer and member of the House Armed Services Committee first warned of potential nuclear conflict. “We could literally have a nuclear war with Vladimir Putin,” Moulton said, speaking on the podcast “Pod Save America.” Later in the “New Day” interview, Moulton went on to assail the Trump administration’s relationship with Russia, suggesting members of President Donald Trump’s team are on the dole of Vladmir Putin’s regime. “Donald Trump’s minions are paid by the Russian regime,” he said. Moulton did not provide any evidence for his claim, and CNN has reached out to the White House for comment on his accusation. On Thursday, CNN reported that a top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has learned that Flynn was paid more than $33,750 by Russia’s state-run broadcaster RT TV-Russia for a speech in Moscow in December 2015. “(T)he bottom line is this – everybody should be paying more attention to the threat from Russia,” Moulton told Harlow. “It’s serious and significant and Democrats and Republicans need to come together to fight back. This is about our national security and fundamental tenets of our democracy.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170317160000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/seth-moulton-nuclear-war-russia-cnntv/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "714052127", "sentence": "US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday cited “the will of the American people” in defending President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US Embassy there. “For 22 years you have had presidents and the American people ask for the embassy to be moved, and no president – not Clinton, not Bush, not Obama – actually had the courage to make that move and listen to the will of the American people,” Haley said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On Wednesday, Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announced plans to move the US Embassy to the city. “Today, we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” Trump said Wednesday. “This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the President’s announcement. But the decision brought swift condemnation from Palestinian leaders and several nations and sparked clashes around the world. Because of the Trump administration’s move, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet with Vice President Mike Pence during his upcoming regional visit, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said Saturday. Pence spokeswoman Alyssa Farah said in a statement Sunday on the Palestinian president’s decision, “It’s unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority is walking away again from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region, but the administration remains undeterred in its efforts to help achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and our peace team remains hard at work putting together a plan.” Haley defended the administration’s decision at an emergency UN Security Council meeting Friday, which was called in response to the announcement about the plan to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Haley acknowledged the pushback while speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday. “When it comes to those that are upset, we knew that was going to happen, but courage does cause that,” she said. Following Wednesday’s announcement, Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat, said in a statement that it “destroyed any possibility of a two-state (solution)” and told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that “President Trump tonight made the biggest mistake of his life.” But when asked about the backlash, Haley insisted that the decision would help peace process. “I strongly believe this is going to move the ball forward in the peace process,” Haley said. CNN’s Allie Malloy contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US Embassy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171210173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/10/politics/nikki-haley-donald-trump-jerusalem-cnn-tv/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "504231948", "sentence": "Satellite images appear to show the monastery razed to the ground It's unlikely the monastery collapsed naturally, analysts said ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the fate of the religious site A 1,400 year-old Christian monastery – the oldest in Iraq - was “razed to the ground” just months after ISIS took over the Iraqi city of Mosul, satellite pictures show. The Saint Elijah monastery – also known as Dair Mar Elia – was located on the outskirts of Mosul. Despite its age, it’s unlikely the monastery collapsed naturally, according to experts at AllSource Analysis, an imagery intelligence company which studied the photos. Several factors suggest the demolition was deliberate, the experts said. First, when comparing before and after images of the site in 2014, there’s evidence that indicates the structure was “pulverized” and reduced to “pretty well dust,” AllSource said. Related gallery The greatest buildings you'll never see: 20 priceless monuments lost in conflict Second, satellite imagery shows parallel white lines thought to be vehicle tracks indicative of a bulldozer having come into the area. Third, the timing could point to ISIS as the culprit, AllSource said. Mosul fell to ISIS in June, 2014.  Analysis of the imagery pinpoints the destruction of the monastery as happening in either late August or September of 2014 – just a few short months later. Iraqi veteran who fled Mosul: ISIS will never, ever leave my city While ISIS has not publicly announced destroying the monastery, it wouldn’t be the first time the terror group has targeted historic sites. In August, the Islamic extremist group blew up a nearly 2,000-year-old temple in the historic ruins of Palmyra in neighboring Syria. Related gallery Historic sites damaged by ISIS ISIS considers all religious shrines – Islamic, Christian, Jewish, etc. – idolatrous. “[ISIS] doesn’t care if you’re Christian, Muslim or Turkoman or anything, because this is a brutal group that is going after anybody who does not line up specifically with them,” said Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. military operation against ISIS. Duraid Hikmat Tobia, who used to be the minority affairs advisor to Mosul governor, told CNN that he has not heard from relatives or friends in the area about the fate of the monastery. Tracking ISIS’s trail of historical obliteration The Rev. Paul Thabit Habib, who once led the Chaldean Catholic Church in Mosul, said he was heartbroken at the religious and historical loss after looking at the satellite pictures. Habib now oversees a congregation of thousands of internally displaced Chaldean Christians who fled Mosul and relocated to Erbil and the surrounding areas.  “We see these historical sites destroyed on daily basis,” he said. “This is a big loss. This will never be replaced… it goes back to the 6th century. We are talking about history of civilization being wiped out.” Opinion: Why ISIS destroys antiquities CNN’s Kareem Khadder and Hamdi Alkhshali also contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160121061500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/world/iraq-monastery-reportedly-destroyed/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "624270939", "sentence": "Several states are also bringing claims In order to bring suit, states must prove that they have been harmed As challenges to President Donald Trump’s travel ban ping pong through federal courts across the country, both sides are still fighting on a preliminary issue: whether the order should be temporarily blocked, and if so, where. Legal filings hint at the broad constitutional and statutory arguments to come, but judges have not yet ruled squarely on the merits one way or the other. The challenges began a week ago when individuals with valid visas, among others, found themselves in legal limbo. They were in transit when Trump’s order went into effect on the evening of January 27 and they were not immediately allowed into the country. Now several states are also bringing claims, including Washington, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Hawaii among others. The claim brought by attorneys general in Washington and Minnesota – the one that led federal Judge James Robart in Seattle to put a temporary nationwide halt to the travel ban Friday night – is the furthest along so far, but the legal landscape changes quickly. Trump’s order bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen – from entering the US for 90 days, all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely halts refugees from Syria. In order to bring suit, states must prove that they have been harmed. In court papers, attorneys general for Washington and Minnesota argue they have the legal right to be in court. “Washington has declared that practices that discriminate against any of its inhabitants because of race, creed, color or national origin are matters of public concern that threaten the rights and proper privileges of the State and harm the public welfare,” they wrote. They also claim the executive order would hurt the state’s economy, pointing to Microsoft, which is headquartered in the state. “Microsoft’s US workforce is heavily dependent on immigrants and guest workers,” they write. “At least 76 employees at Microsoft are citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya or Yemen and hold temporary work visas.” Minnesota stresses that the order would impact the Mayo Clinic that is based there. “The Mayo Clinic, an internationally known health care institution that treats patients who travel to it for health care services from around the world, has publicly stated that approximately 80 staff, physicians and scholars have ties to the affected countries.” The government says the states don’t have the right to be in court, and on the threshold issue, government lawyers say the states are attempting to manufacture standing. In court papers, lawyers for the government argue that “lost tax revenues, or reputational injury to its universities – are not concrete, particularized harms.” And the lawyers say that the states can’t rely on any injuries to lawful permanent residents because the White House has clarified that the 90-day suspension of entry does not apply to those individuals. “In effect, the states are arguing that, unlike individuals temporarily detained at the airport, they will suffer a longer-term economic injury from the executive order – one that therefore allows them to challenge it,” said Steve Vladeck, CNN legal analyst and professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law. “This is a controversial argument, but, more than a little ironically, it’s based on similar reasoning to what a number of more conservative states, led by Texas, successfully used in the lower courts to challenge President Obama’s deferred action immigration program,” he said. Moving to the merits, the states make a variety of statutory and constitutional arguments. Washington and Minnesota argue that the executive orders “target individuals for discriminatory treatment based on their country of origin and/or religion, without lawful justification” and they say the order was “motivated by animus and a desire to harm a particular group.” They also say that the order violates the Establishment Clause that prohibits the federal government from preferring one religion over another. They say parts of the order, coupled with some statements made by the President in the press, “are intended to disfavor Islam and favor Christianity.” And they make a due process claim arguing that the federal government cannot deprive individuals based on their liberty interests without due process of the law. Also in play is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which they argue “prohibits discrimination in the issuance of immigrant visas on the basis of race, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence.” Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin echoed these arguments in a different case. He argues the executive order “is subjecting a portion of Hawaii’s population to discrimination and second-class treatment, and denying them their fundamental right to travel overseas. Moreover, the executive order is eroding Hawaii’s sovereign interests in maintaining the separation between church and state and in welcoming persons from all nations around the world into the fabric of its society.” “There are so many different legal objections to the executive order – and so many different changes in policy in the order – that it’s hard to know which ones will stick,” said Vladeck. “The whole order is potentially vulnerable to the religious discrimination claims, whereas the due process objections are more to how individual sections of the order restrict the liberty of different classes of immigrants. But there’s almost no way the entire order survives these lawsuits unscathed,” he said. In the hours after Robart issued the nationwide order blocking the ban, Trump was quick to respond. “The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!” Trump tweeted Saturday morning. The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned! In court papers, his lawyers have so far been more measured. On the merits, they note that Congress “expressly has delegated to the President the broad power to suspend entry ‘of any class of aliens into the United States.’ “ “The order was well within the President’s authority under Congress’ delegation, particularly in an area, like immigration, in which the admission to the United States of foreign aliens is subject to plenary control by the political branches,” they said. In issuing his temporary restraining order, Robart, the US district judge for the western district of Washington, acknowledged that issuing it is “an extraordinary remedy” but he held that the executive order “adversely affects the states’ residents in areas of employment, education, business, family relations, and freedom of travel.” He said the harms are “significant and ongoing,” and concluded that the order against the government was necessary until the court could hear arguments for further relief. His order came after a different judge in Massachusetts declined to renew a temporary restraining order previously issued. Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said one of the factors he had to consider was whether the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits. “Because plaintiffs have not demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims, an extension of the restraining order at the present time is not warranted,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump’s travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170205003000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/04/politics/donald-trump-travel-ban-legal-challenges/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "499708144", "sentence": "Publisher Lee Bo is the fifth person linked to Hong Kong bookseller Mighty Currents reported to have gone missing Hong Kong police announced Lee's missing person report was canceled upon the request of his wife The mysterious disappearances haven't stopped Hong Kong's forbidden books industry A government investigation into the mysterious disappearance of five Hong Kong publishers and book sellers this week thrust an unusual publishing industry into the media spotlight. In this free-wheeling, specially-administered corner of China, several publishing houses and bookshops have spent years churning out books banned on the Chinese mainland. Speciality bookseller Paul Tang says the books focus on taboo topics: politics, religion and sex. “All forbidden in China,” he adds. Tang spoke to CNN within the tight confines of the People’s Bookstore, his book-lined shop and coffee-house perched overlooking Hong Kong’s high octane Causeway Bay commercial district. Cheekily-decorated with vintage posters of Chairman Mao, the shop caters to customers who come almost exclusively from the other side of the northern, “internal” border which divides this coastal city from the rest of China. As for the titles he sells, “50% of our books are not allowed in China.” The covers of many of these books feature portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as well as Bo Xilai, the disgraced Chinese official imprisoned as part of Xi’s anti-corruption campaign. With titles like “Rumor and Truth About Chinese Authorities” and “The Secret Trade Between Rich People and Top Officials,” some books peddle poorly-sourced secrets and rumors about the top echelons of China’s ruling Communist Party. Most customers have to hide these banned books when traveling back to mainland China. “They try to hide them in their luggage or handbags … smuggling,” Tang explains. But despite these precautions, it’s not unusual to see customs agents confiscating books from Chinese travelers upon arrival at mainland airports. Hong Kong’s Mighty Current publishing house specializes in sensationalist political books. “The content of the banned books that Mighty Current publish are mainly gossip and scandals,” Tang says. “Very juicy!” he adds with a laugh. Four of Mighty Current’s executives and employees were reported to have gone missing last November. And on January 1, the wife of Lee Bo, the part-owner of a store owned by Mighty Current, filed a missing person report with Hong Kong police after her husband also disappeared. In a bizarre turn of events Monday night, Hong Kong police announced Lee’s missing person report was canceled upon the request of his wife. She has not responded to multiple requests for comment from CNN. Lee’s store, the Causeway Bay Bookshop, is a second-floor walk-up on another busy street not far from the People’s Bookstore. The store has been shuttered since Lee’s mysterious disappearance last week. Well-wishers have hung handwritten notes next to the “closed” sign on the shop door, with messages like “come home soon and be safe,” and “May God bless the staff and family of this bookstore.” “The books here are pretty special,” says 26-year old Stephanie Lee, a Hong Kong native and previous customer of Causeway Bay Bookshop. She came with a friend to see the closed store first-hand. “There’s a lack of transparency, no explanation” about the missing publishers, says her friend Michael Lee, a 21-year old resident of Hong Kong. “That’s part of what’s worrisome.” An editorial in China’s state-run Global Times newspaper denounced the Causeway Bay Bookshop on Monday, accusing the store of “causing trouble on the mainland.” In Hong Kong, widespread speculation that the publishers may have been targeted for their criticism of China’s Communist Party prompted the city’s chief executive to re-assert that “freedom of press and freedom of publication and freedom of expression are protected by law in Hong Kong.” Under the unusual “One country, two systems” arrangement brokered between China and the UK, the former British colony enjoys democratic freedoms denied throughout the rest of mainland China. And despite the disappearance of the publishers, Hong Kong’s forbidden books continue attracting customers from the mainland. Among those shopping at the People’s Bookstore on Monday was a retiree from the southern Chinese city of Guiyang. The man, who asked not to be named to protect himself from possible retribution in China, said he was looking for books about Chinese history which were censored on the mainland. “I can learn about history here,” he says. Bookshop owner Paul Tang says his family is now worried after the disappearance of other publishers. “I say, I’m just in retail, I’m selling books.” If the authorities tell him to stop, Tang insists, he can easily switch to selling another commodity highly-prized by customers from the Chinese mainland: baby formula. CNN’s Chieu Luu and Vivian Kam contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China's Communist Party", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160106014500", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/05/asia/hong-kong-missing-bookseller-investigation/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "426218433", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Maria Lombard is an assistant professor at Northwestern University in Qatar where she teaches writing and travel literature. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Maria Lombard: Everyone seems to love taking travel selfies She says it's not about narcissism; it's a very human need to capture our place in history With spring breaks concluding or starting – depending on where you live in the world – everyone seems to be taking travel photos. No longer are these photos shared days or weeks after a trip, but instead, they are often shared from the very tourist site they’re taken from. Instead of living in the moment and observing, appreciating and gaining cultural insight while visiting new places, travelers are often more focused on taking the perfect selfie to share on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter and counting the number of likes and shares. We could blame social media for encouraging this, or blame the selfie stick, which is perhaps the most ubiquitous of all travel gear these days and is now being banned in museums throughout America and abroad because of its intrusiveness. Even Apple announced a ban on selfie stick at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference. We might also choose to label these tourists as narcissistic for taking self-portraits with famous landmarks and catastrophes alike. One study showed that people who post more selfies scored higher on measures of narcissism and anti-social characteristics. Perhaps selfies are about narcissism, especially those who seem to take them everywhere and all the time, such as Kim Kardashian. But I believe something deeper is behind all the travel selfies – the need to capture our own place in history. This need is why some tourists have been caught making their mark, literally, on ancient sites and artifacts around the globe, like the two young American tourists who recently carved their initials on the wall of the nearly 2,000-year-old Roman Colosseum. They were caught just after taking selfies with their new mark on the historic site. This desire to show that “I was here” is not new; just the mode for expressing it is. Throughout history, travelers have written about the places they visited and their marks have not always been seen as destructive. When I visited Egypt a few years ago, the tour guide pointed out inscriptions in temples and tombs, noting that early visitors left them long before the age of mass tourism. That was just before a Chinese teenager decided to add his name to one of the statues in the Karnak Temple. During a rainy visit to Pompeii, I found the same reminders of ancient visitors, faint graffiti on the crumbling walls.  Words and images were preserved, put there by people who lived before Vesuvius exploded and covered the town with ash in AD 79. Travel graffiti has roots in primitive social media. Harkening back to cave paintings and hieroglyphics, travelers want to write on and connect with the spaces they occupy, even temporarily, to enhance social relations, demonstrate status and establish presence. Travelers want to write their names, dates of visit, and maybe where they come from. They want to do this for the same reason students at Oxford carved their names in dormitories, couples shackled their love locks on the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris, and tourists post their selfies online. They want to document that they came face-to-face with history and then, when possible, to share that experience with their network of friends, family and followers who could not physically be there. The Rio statue guy’s guide to taking epic selfies Clearly, the preservation of historical sites is a good reason for prohibiting tourists from inscribing their names and dates of visit. Governments, archeologists and other preservationists spend a great deal of time and money to safeguard sites for future generations. But it is short-sighted to deny the innately human need to do something while being there. Some tourist destinations are embracing social media by setting up booths to help tourists get the best selfie. When I was in Dubai recently at a popular beach boardwalk, I used one of the open-air selfie booths to capture a few family photos. Perhaps historical sites should embrace social media more. What if the Colosseum turned the tables and instead of prohibiting people from writing on the stone walls, it launches a social media campaign inviting people to “Come Write on Our Wall” – as in, their Facebook wall. A new Instagram campaign using the hashtag #smilelikeagladiator might be just the ticket to get tourists to snap photos and connect with the Colosseum and fellow travelers worldwide. I don’t blame tourists for wanting to make a connection with the places they visit and share it in a tangible way. Connection and understanding are, after all, among the reasons to travel, write and take selfies. But tourists need to learn to do it with conservation and cultural sensitivities in mind, something tourist sites can assist with by providing them with a harmless way to engage with history and share those memorable experiences. Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "tourists taking travel selfies", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150417130000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/opinions/lombard-travel-selfies/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "733105905", "sentence": "Dementia is not a single disease but a complex problem with more than 50 underlying causes Most drug treatments in development target pathology of Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia Finding a cure for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s is challenging. They’re difficult to diagnose, and drugs struggle to get into the brain as the brain’s blood supply is largely separate to the rest of the body. Not surprisingly, several companies have left this territory in recent years. Last week, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced it will stop research into developing drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, after costly failed attempts over the past decade. In recent years some clinical trials involving potential dementia drugs have had disappointing setbacks. In 2012, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson halted development of the antibody drug bapineuzumab, after it failed in late-stage trials to treat patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s. Related article Despite failed trials, experts believe we'll have an Alzheimer's drug by 2025 Despite last week’s announcement, Pfizer’s support of the UK’s Dementia Discovery Fund, an initiative involving the government, major pharmaceutical companies, and Alzheimer’s Research UK, may be where their money can make the most impact in this space. The fund aims to boost dementia research investment by financing early-stage drug development projects. And other pharma companies, such as Eli Lilly, Biogen and Novartis have continued to pursue dementia drug development with modest but promising success to date. We’re not ready for the ‘silver tsunami’ of older adults living with cancer So what makes dementia such a difficult condition to treat with drugs, and is progress being made towards a treatment? Despite the vast number of people affected globally, with an estimated 46.8 million people currently living with dementia, there is currently no cure. While current treatments manage symptoms (the latest drug to gain FDA approval was memantine, in 2003) they offer no prospect of recovery. Related article Bill Gates' newest mission: Curing Alzheimer's Part of the difficulty in finding treatments for dementia stems from the fact it’s not a single disease, but a complex health problem with more than 50 underlying causes. Dementia can be better thought of as an umbrella term describing a range of conditions that cause parts of the brain to deteriorate progressively. Most drug treatments currently in development have targeted the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, which accounts for about 60 to 70% of all cases. Finding a successful treatment for Alzheimer’s faces two major hurdles: the first being we still don’t know enough about the disease’s underlying biology. For example, we don’t know what exactly regulates the toxic build-up of amyloid-β plaques and tau tangles in the brain that are found in Alzheimer’s patients, which specific types of these are toxic, or why the disease progresses at different rates in different people. Related article The 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's It doesn’t help that symptoms of Alzheimer’s develop gradually and slowly and a diagnosis might only be made years after the brain has started to undergo neurodegenerative changes. To boot, it’s not uncommon for Alzheimer’s to be present as well as other forms of dementia. Knowing the signs of Lewy body dementia may help speed diagnosis The second major hurdle to finding a treatment is that drugs need to first cross the blood-brain barrier. The blood-brain barrier provides a defence against disease-causing pathogens and toxins that may be present in our blood, and by design exists to keep out foreign substances from the brain. The downside is that it also keeps the vast majority of potential drug treatments from reaching the brain. Currently available medications such as those which block the actions of an enzyme that destroys an important chemical messenger in the brain for memory (acetylcholinesterase inhibitors) or blocks the toxic effects of another messenger, glutamate (memantine) temporarily manage symptoms. But new treatments are focused on slowing or reversing the disease process itself, by targeting the underlying biology. Related article Death rate from Alzheimer's disease in the US has risen by 55%, says CDC One approach, called immunotherapy, involves creating antibodies that bind to abnormal developments in the brain (such as amyloid-β or tau), and mark them for destruction by a range of mechanisms. Immunotherapy is experiencing a surge of interest and a number of clinical trials – targeting both amyloid-β and tau – are currently underway. Aducanumab, an antibody targeting amyloid-β, has shown promise in clinical trials and phase 3 trials are currently ongoing, as are several tau-based strategies. If any are successful, we would have a vaccine for Alzheimer’s. Early-onset Alzheimer’s: should you worry? It’s estimated only 0.1% of antibodies circulating in the bloodstream enter the brain – this also includes the therapeutic antibodies currently used in clinical trials. An approach my team is taking is to use ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier, which increases the uptake of Alzheimer’s drugs or antibody fragments. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. We’ve had success in mice, finding ultrasound can clear toxic tau protein clumps, and that combining ultrasound with an antibody fragment treatment is more effective than either treatment alone in removing tau and reducing Alzheimer’s symptoms. The next challenge will be translating this success into human clinical trials. The task of dementia drug development is no easy feat, and requires collaboration across government, industry and academia. In Australia, the National Dementia Network serves this purpose well. It’s only through perseverance and continued investment in research that we’ll one day have a treatment for dementia. Jürgen Götz is director of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at the University of Queensland.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "dementia drug development", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180222170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/health/dementia-alzheimers-drug-treatment-partner/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "470759553", "sentence": "The Walker family left their home in Buenos Aires in March Their VW bus broke down in Guatemala, where they were delayed almost three weeks They finally arrived in Philadelphia, where they met the Pope The Walker family from Argentina traveled 13,000 miles in a remodeled Volkswagen bus to be in Philadelphia for the papal visit. Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine they would actually meet the Pope. But on Sunday, their phone rang at 6 a.m. It was the Vatican calling. Pope Francis had taken notice of his fellow citizens from Buenos Aires and their 194-day journey through 13 countries. He decided to take the time to meet with Catire Walker, 41, his wife, Noel Zemborain, 39, and their four children, ages 3 to 12. Walker said chaos ensued after the Vatican called and told them to head to the Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary. The six of them scrambled to get ready as fast as they could. When they arrived, still incredulous, they were told to wait in a hall. Within five minutes, they were standing before Francis. “Are you the family who traveled from Buenos Aires? You’re crazy,” the Pope said, laughing. It was exactly the reaction the family had predicted back in July when I’d asked them what the Pope might think of their long journey. But back then, they had no idea the Pope was following their travels – the family keeps a blog and has been posting on Facebook and Twitter. Walker said the conversation felt as though they were meeting an old friend for coffee. It was casual, laid-back and comfortable. He said the Pope recognized their courage for the journey they made as a family. They told the Pope there were thousands of families in America that loved him and were praying for him. The Pope responded that he had enormous responsibilities and that he needed their prayers, Walker said. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi acknowledged the Walker family at a press conference Sunday. “The Pope has met an interesting Argentinean family who came in a Kombi (the VW bus) with four children, from Argentina to Philadelphia,” Lobardi said. “The Pope said to me explicitly to say this because for him it was a very interesting moment, and the experience of this family has touched him very much.” The Walkers’ eldest daughter, Cala, 12, threw her arms around the Pope’s waist and would not let go. She had a rosary with her and asked Francis to bless it. Then, before departing, the entire family engaged in a group hug with the Pope. “Thanks for coming,” he told them. “Thank you for inspiring us to go out and make a bit of trouble,” they said. As the Pope was leaving, he turned around and said with a chortle: “You are some troublemakers!” In March the Walker family packed all they would need into their 1980 Volkswagen and began driving north from Buenos Aires. They were not hippies, they insisted, but admitted they were a taking a risk with such an adventure. But for Walker and Zemborain, it was important to make this road trip. It afforded them the time they wanted to spend with one another and their children. “We celebrate the family. Ours and all,” they said upon their arrival in Philadelphia, where they have been attending the 2015 World Meeting of Families. Their VW bus, named Francisca after the Pope, bears a sticker with the event’s logo. Their journey, said Zemborain, had been enriched by the many people they encountered along the route who opened up their homes and their hearts. She thanked them in a Facebook post. “We are so happy. Today you were all in the van with us!” Everywhere the family visited, the curious stopped to ask – and were left in awe of the family’s love for one another and their faith in God. Faith, for the Walkers, has never been about church and its rituals but about the everyday occurrences of life. In Francis, they finally saw a pope who understood ordinary people like them, a pope who talked about things no pope had discussed openly before. Besides, they felt immensely proud that Francis was a fellow Argentine. They had followed Jorge Bergoglio closely when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires and had even seen him up close right after he was named pope. They made the journey of their lives to see him again in Philadelphia. Sunday, the Pope returned their efforts by making time to meet with them personally. It was, they said, the best gift of all at the end of a long journey.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150927194500", "country1": "ARG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/us/argentina-road-trip-family-meets-pope/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "727073947", "sentence": "One family included two Florida doctors and their two children A rabbi says five victims were members of a temple in Scarsdale, New York Relatives and friends are mourning the deaths of 10 Americans, including two families, killed in a New Year’s Eve plane crash in Costa Rica. The dead included two doctors from Clearwater, Florida, and their two children, and a couple from the New York suburb of Scarsdale who were traveling with their three sons. Another victim was 33-year-old Amanda Geissler, a travel guide who led families on tours of Costa Rica, her family said. Drs. Mitchell and Leslie Weiss were on the plane with their children Hannah and Ari, according to a rabbi at the synagogue they attended. Mitchell Weiss was a vascular and interventional radiologist and his wife, Leslie, was a pediatrician and neonatal hospitalist, their employers said. “Mitch was a tremendously skilled interventional radiologist who will be sorely missed by his partners, his medical team and the patients whose lives he touched.  It was an honor to practice medicine with him,” said Dr. John Fisher, president of Radiology Associates of Clearwater. “We all grieve for the tragic loss of not only Mitch but his wife, Leslie, and his children, Hannah and Ari.” “This is a tragic event for their family, for our congregation and synagogue community as well as the Pinellas County community. They will be sorely missed,” said Rabbi Jacob Luski of Congregation b’Nai Israel of St. Petersburg. Bruce and Irene Steinberg and their three children, Zachary, William, and Matthew were also killed. They were congregants at Scarsdale’s Westchester Reform Temple, Rabbi Jonathan Blake wrote in a statement posted on Facebook. “This tragedy hits our community very hard. Bruce, Irene and their children have been devoted members of WRT since 2001.” the statement said. The Facebook post does not include the family members’ ages. It says the Steinbergs were active in Jewish organizations in the community and were “cherished members” of the Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale. “They’re just loving people,” their neighbor, Susan Adler, told CNN affiliate WCBS. “When I moved in, she was very welcoming, brought me a cake, offered her friendship, and it’s just devastating news.” Another neighbor, Lisa Flicker, told WCBS it doesn’t feel real. “It’s so devastating because they’re great people, and the kids are great, and I feel like they’re the family you look to to emulate,” Flicker said. Geissler’s family said she had an adventurous spirit and lived life with no regrets. “Amanda’s love for the outdoors, setting goals and crushing them, and adoration for her family and friends are like no other,” the family’s statement said. “She is loved by many, and with a heavy heart it will be hard to say goodbye. If Amanda could leave us all with one thing it would be – write down whatever it is you want to do … and make it happen.” Also killed in the crash of the single-engine turboprop were the two Costa Rican pilots, President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera said in a statement posted on social media. One of the pilots was the cousin of former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, she said on her Twitter account. A spokesperson for the US State Department confirmed the deaths of “multiple US citizens.” “We express our condolences to all those affected by this tragedy. We are in contact with Costa Rican aviation authorities and will continue to monitor the situation,” the spokesperson said. #ÚltimaHora #NoticiaLamentable Aeronave de Seguridad Pública MSP 006 confirma la localización de una aeronave en llamas,... #ÚltimaHora #NoticiaLamentable Aeronave de Seguridad Pública MSP 006 confirma la localización de una aeronave en llamas,... Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Security posted several images of the aftermath of the crash on its official Facebook page, showing smoke billowing from burning wreckage in a wooded area. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash, which happened Sunday afternoon in Nandayure, a town in Guanacaste province on the Nicoya Peninsula, on Costa Rica’s western coast. Authorities said Sunday they were focusing on recovering the victims’ bodies and would begin an investigation into the cause of the crash Monday. The plane took off from the Punta Islita Airport at 12:10 p.m. Sunday bound for Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose. Officials received reports of the crash around 12:20 p.m., 10 minutes after takeoff, CNN affiliate Teletica reported, citing civil aviation authorities. Heavy winds earlier in the day had forced the plane’s pilots to land at another airport and delay their arrival in Punta Islita, Teletica said. Costa Rica’s President expressed his condolences on Twitter. “The government vows to do everything necessary to help the victims’ family members in whatever they need in this difficult moment and sends them the solidarity of all the Costa Rican people,” Solis said. The private aircraft, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan registered as TI-BEI, was part of Nature Air’s fleet, officials said. Officials from the airline could not be immediately reached for comment. The Caravan is a popular utility aircraft that’s routinely used for carrying passengers or cargo. More than 2,500 have been built since the aircraft entered service in 1984, according to the Aviation Safety Network. CNN’s Dave Alsup, Melissa Gray, Jamiel Lynch, Lauren del Valle, Kiarinna Parisi, Florencia Trucco, Radina Gigova, Karen Smith and Jon Ostrower contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Costa Rica", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180131200000", "country1": "CRI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/01/americas/costa-rica-plane-crash-family-identified/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "472498771", "sentence": "Technology used to track a hurricane has improved immensely, but predicting intensity tricky Hurricane lab in Miami is able to recreate and study a Category 5 hurricane in a 38,000-gallon tank Inside a nondescript building on South Florida’s Biscayne Bay, a 38,000-gallon water tank could soon help solve the mysteries surrounding hurricanes. Where’s the storm going? How strong will it be? What’s causing it to intensify? These are all questions that mystify weather experts because of the inexact science of hurricane forecasting. But, that’s slowly changing. “Over the past 10 years, we’ve improved our track predictions on average by about 40%. Our cone that we have is about 40% smaller now than it was at the time of Katrina,” according to James Franklin with the National Hurricane Center. Typically, forecasters are more accurate at predicting the track of a storm than its intensity, but the opposite has been true this week with Hurricane Joaquin, CNN senior meteorologist Dave Hennen said. Early in the week, he said, no model had the storm hitting the Bahamas, but Joaquin’s eye passed over the archipelago’s Samana Cays on Thursday. On Wednesday, U.S. models were predicting landfall in the Carolinas, while the European models had the storm hitting Bermuda – a difference of roughly 700 miles, Hennen noted. On Thursday, however, the U.S. models had Joaquin hitting the Canadian Maritimes, composed of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, some 1,300 miles northeast of the Carolinas. By Friday, most models suggested the storm would not make landfall in the United States and would instead churn out to sea - though it could cause severe flooding in South Carolina and North Carolina. So why is it so challenging to forecast a hurricane’s intensity and track? “It’s so complex. There are so many factors, it’s impossible to model,” Hennen said, explaining that “millions of factors” go into these predictions. And when it comes to predicting the strength of  a storm, Frankin said, “Intensity prediction has been pretty much flat.” That’s where the hurricane lab at University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science comes in. Dubbed SUSTAIN (Surge Structure Atmosphere Interaction Facility), the lab allows scientists to use an enormous water tank to recreate massive storms – some as strong as a Category 5 hurricane, with wind speeds of 157 miles per hour. The tank sits in a room the size of a small warehouse. Researchers use huge paddles to make waves that are then intensified by powerful wind turbines. A shoreline and scaled-down home sit on the other end of those waves to help scientists figure out the real-life impact on structures and the environment. Related video Hurricane Joaquin may bring 15 inches of rainfall “This is the first time that we’ve been able to get to these really intense winds of Category 5 equivalent in the laboratory and study how they interact with the ocean surface,” Brian Haus, professor of ocean sciences at the University of Miami, said. “We want to know how they get from less intense to more intense and all different steps along the way.” The steps are part of the challenge because of the many factors that go into predicting a hurricane’s strength. “Track is easy because hurricanes are steered by large features in the atmosphere that are easy to measure and easy to model. The hurricane intensity depends on things going on much smaller scales. Waves, the organizations of individual clouds and thunderstorms, complexes to rain bands – everything is happening on a smaller scale, and that’s part of what makes it difficult,” says Franklin. The technology used to measure such things has improved immensely in recent decades, but there’s still plenty of room for advancement, Hennen said. Forecasters have been flying planes into storms since the 1940s, but today, not only do you have “core punchers” that can fly into the eye of a storm, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also employs modified G-4 Gulfstreams that fly over and around storms for up to 12 hours at a time, dropping instruments in hopes of narrowing down a storm’s path and predicting its intensity. With Joaquin, as with any storm that threatens the eastern seaboard, forecasters are also launching balloons along the East Coast to measure the upper atmosphere. All this takes a beast of a computer, and Hennen said some of the fastest computers in the world are used to crunch the available data. The government has recently earmarked significant funding – most notably via the Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2013 – to make sure NOAA has the computing and modeling capabilities necessary to make the most effective predictions. Related video How are hurricanes named? As an example of how the technology has evolved, about 30 years ago, forecasters used computers that measured two levels of atmosphere, Hennen said. The advanced computers measured four levels, he said. Now, you could run those programs with the computing power of today’s mobile phones, and modern programs measure dozens of layers of atmosphere, Hennen said. If forecasters are able to more accurately figure out a storm’s intensity – and more importantly, when it will intensify – Franklin says it could save countless lives. He points out examples such as Hurricane Charley in 2004, which rapidly strengthened just before making landfall along Florida’s southwest coast. The storm ended up killing 31 people in the United States and cost $15 billion in damages across the country, according to the U.S. government. “If we could get a better forecast that helps in evacuation planning – particularly in large cities. The sooner you can get good information on how strong a storm is going to be, the more safely you can plan to evacuate people that are at risk,” Haus said. It’s important to keep in mind, Hennen said, that in some of the most at-risk locales – such as the Florida Keys – it could take two or three days to fully evacuate the endangered area. Adding to the challenge for scientists is climate change. Because hurricanes are powered by the heat in the ocean, researchers concede it’s growing more difficult to predict where or when storms will pop up and strengthen. Haus points to another issue. “I think what is clear for coastal areas is that sea levels are rising. There’s no way we’re going to get around that,” he said. “So the risk that coastal communities are facing is just going to be getting higher and higher, particularly in low-lying areas – Miami, Tampa, Houston, Washington D.C., the Northeast. These areas, like you saw with Sandy, are very vulnerable.” CNN’s Eliott C. McLaughlin contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "National Hurricane Center", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151002194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "BHS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/us/hurricane-joaquin-forecasting-storms/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "758477194", "sentence": "Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, are continuing to recover from a nerve agent attack, and their rehabilitation has been “slow and extremely painful,” the daughter said Wednesday. Sergei, 66, and Yulia Skripal were found March 4 slumped on a bench in Salisbury, England, after being exposed to novichok, a military-grade nerve agent. While Yulia Skripal, 33, spent 20 days in a coma before she was released from the hospital in April and taken to a safe location, her father remained hospitalized until last week. “We are so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination,” she said Wednesday from an undisclosed location, her first public appearance since the attack. “I don’t want to describe the details, but the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. Our recovery has been slow and extremely painful.” They both are progressing, she said, but her life has been turned upside down, and she’s experienced physical and emotional changes, on which she did not elaborate. “I take one day at a time and want to help care for my father until his full recovery. In the longer term, I hope to return home to my country,” she said. In requesting privacy and emphasizing that no one speaks for either her or her father, Yulia Skripal thanked the Salisbury District Hospital staff and others involved in their care. She added, “I’m grateful for the offers of assistance from the Russian Embassy, but at the moment I do not wish to avail myself of their services.” Lorna Wilkinson, director of nursing at the hospital, said last week that Sergei Skripal would continue his recovery outside the hospital, the UK Press Association reported. The poisoning of the Skripals sparked a diplomatic row between the UK and Russia, which has consistently denied allegations it was behind the poisoning The UK expelled 23 Russian diplomats who had been declared as unidentified intelligence officers. The United States, Canada, Australia and 18 European Union states kicked out Russian diplomats in a show of support for the UK. Detectives with London’s Metropolitan Police believe the Skripals first came into contact with a nerve agent at Sergei Skripal’s home. In late March, police identified the highest concentration of the nerve agent on the home’s front door. Upon Sergei Skripal’s release, Russian President Vladimir Putin wished him good health, but questioned the British claim that a military-grade nerve agent was responsible for his illness. “A military-grade poisonous substance is so powerful that the person dies within seconds or minutes,” Putin said at a news conference alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Sochi, Russia. “We repeatedly offered UK authorities our help, and we asked to be given access to the investigation, but there is no response,” he said. “Our offer stands.” CNN’s James Masters contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180523180000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/europe/yulia-skripal-nerve-agent-recovery-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "503466257", "sentence": "While the families of several Americans released by Iran are celebrating the return of their loved ones, the family of an American who went missing in Iran in 2007 says the prisoner swap brought them no news from Iran or the United States about his whereabouts or his fate. “Unfortunately, we are not able to enjoy the same joy that they have,” Christine Levinson, the wife of Robert Levinson, said Monday. “It’s very difficult for our family. And especially difficult for that we were not told before this happened. We actually had to learn it on our own, watching TV,” she told CNN’s Jim Sciutto. The family is desperate to know what happened to him, and what the U.S. administration can still do to win his release, Levinson’s son Daniel Levinson said. Related video Robert Levinson not part of Iran, U.S. prisoner swap Levinson, a retired FBI agent, vanished after traveling to the Iranian island of Kish in March 2007. His family has said he was looking into cigarette smuggling, and the FBI has said he was working on behalf of several large corporations. An e-mail obtained by the family indicated he was trying to investigate corruption involving Iranian officials. But he was also doing independent contract work for the CIA at the time, the Levinson family eventually confirmed. The CIA has not confirmed that allegation. But three CIA employees – including Levinson’s handler – were eventually fired, and seven others disciplined in connection with the case, and the CIA paid the family $2.5 million to avoid a lawsuit, family attorney David McGee told CNN. Fast Facts: Robert Levinson Secretary of State John Kerry said that while Levinson’s fate remains unknown, the administration will not stop trying to get answers. Opinion: Why did Iran prisoner swap not include my father? “I feel horrible for the family,” Kerry told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “The Iranians have agreed to continue to try to help us find the whereabouts. Whatever may or may not have happened to Bob Levinson, we are going to continue that effort.” Related video John Kerry talks dealing with Iran, Bob Levinson Iranian officials in the United States did not reply to an inquiry from CNN on Monday, but Iranian officials have repeatedly said they do not know Levinson’s fate or his whereabouts. But Levinson’s son treats the Iranian denials with skepticism. “I think it’s very obvious that the Iranian government knows exactly where he is,” he said. “Any kind of comments about locating him and cooperation is nonsense to us.” In late 2010 his family received a “proof of life” video of a gaunt-looking Levinson. In 2011, they received photographs of him with unkempt hair and beard. In the photos, he was wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, holding signs with messages including “Help me” and “I am in Guantanamo.” In the video, he looks into the camera and says, “I am not in very good health,” and says, “I need the help of the United States government to answer the requests of the group that has held me.” It was unclear if he was under duress, and where he was being held. In 2011, the State Department said there was reason to believe Levinson may be held outside Iran, perhaps in southwest Asia. Related video Iran says it doesn't have Bob Levinson Adding to the mystery, Levinson is believed to have had a meeting shortly before he disappeared with Dawud Salahuddin, an American fugitive who lives in Iran. Salahuddin has told CNN  he was detained by Iranian officials in plainclothes and taken to be interrogated about his Iranian passport in 2007. When he was freed the next day, he said, he was told by officials that Levinson had returned to Dubai. His story matches accounts from friends of Levinson, who say Levinson feared he would be arrested after meeting with Salahuddin. But American officials caution they do not consider Salahuddin to be a credible source of information, because he has admitted to killing an Iranian diplomat who was loyal to the Shah in Maryland in 1980. Iranian officials have offered to help in the effort to find Levinson. But some analysts are skeptical of Iran’s claims to know nothing. “When he disappeared, he was on Iranian soil. The Iranians cannot deny that,” said former Ambassador John Limbert, who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Iran, and in 1979 was one of the Americans taken hostage in the American embassy in Tehran. And according to former CIA officer Reuel Marc Gerecht, now with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, “If he disappeared on that island, he disappeared because they ‘disappeared’ him.” But Gerecht also believes it was unwise for Levinson to travel to Iran, given his FBI and CIA ties. “The idea that an American could go into Iran, on some type of intelligence mission, collect valuable information, and meet up with Iranians who know he’s coming, is just an invitation to be bushwhacked.” The FBI is offering a $5 million reward for information on Levinson, and the Levinson family is trying to keep attention focused on his disappearance with media appearances and the hashtag #whataboutbob. “We miss him every day,” his wife told CNN, “and if he can see this, I certainly hope that he knows that we will never stop searching for him. And we will bring him home safe and sound. And that he needs to stay strong.” CNN’s Ashley Fantz, Brice Laine, Joe Sterling, Susan Candiotti, Michael Pearson and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160119004500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/18/politics/iran-what-about-bob-levinson/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "678001189", "sentence": "Charity: Malnourished children are at least three times more likely to die if they get cholera World Health Organization reports More than a million children already suffering from acute malnutrition are at risk from a cholera outbreak sweeping war-torn Yemen, charity Save the Children warned Wednesday. The charity said it was sending more health experts to the worst-affected areas as it tries to ease the crisis. A ravaged health care system, devastated infrastructure and near famine – the results of a bloody civil war that began in March 2015 – have all contributed to the spread of the disease. Related video Beasley: Humanitarian aid is in U.S. interest Data analysis shows more than a million acutely malnourished children under the age of 5 – almost 200,000 of them with severe acute malnutrition – are living in areas with high levels of infection, Save the Children said. Malnourished children are at least three times more likely to die if they contract cholera because of their reduced immune systems, the charity said. The illness, which  is spread through contaminated water and causes diarrhea, is easily treated if basic healthcare is in place. But where that is lacking, its symptoms worsen malnutrition even in those who survive the infection, pushing them closer to starvation. More than 425,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported across Yemen from late April to late July, with 1,900 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. Children under the age of 15 now account for 44% of new cases and 32% of deaths, an increasing proportion. Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children’s country director for Yemen, appealed for international action to tackle the crisis. “After two years of armed conflict, children are trapped in a brutal cycle of starvation and sickness. And it’s simply unacceptable. Our teams are dealing with a horrific scenario of babies and young children who are not only malnourished but also infected with cholera,” Kirolos said. Related video First-hand witness decries Yemen suffering “The tragedy is both malnutrition and cholera are easily treatable if you have access to basic healthcare. But hospitals and clinics have been destroyed, government health workers haven’t been paid for almost a year, and the delivery of vital aid is being obstructed.” Al Hali district in Hodeidah has the country’s highest number of suspected cholera cases, Save the Children said, with an estimated 31,000 children – or more than a quarter of children aged under 5 – in need of treatment for acute malnutrition. Last week, the head of the UN’s relief organization, Stephen O’Brien, warned the UN Security Council that the country’s citizens faced a “triple threat” of “armed conflict, famine, and deadly disease that has already killed, injured, displaced or otherwise affected millions and it will spare no one if it continues unchecked.” Meanwhile, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned that with the rainy season approaching, it expects more than 600,000 cholera cases by the end of the year. Peter Maurer called on Yemen’s warring parties to allow the free flow of aid and let humanitarian workers reach vulnerable populations, in order to ease what he called a “manmade” crisis. Regional powers are fighting a proxy war in the country of 27 million, located in the southern Arabian peninsula. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are supporting the central government in its fight against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have toppled the internationally recognized leadership there. More than two years after it began, the conflict shows little signs of abating. The Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebel groups continue to bombard one another, while terrorist groups operate unhindered – leaving millions of civilians in the crossfire. Saudi Arabia last week announced a donation of $66.7 million to UNICEF, the World Health Organization and their partners to fight the disease. The Yemen conflict has been dubbed the “forgotten war” because it has been overshadowed by events in Syria and journalists have struggled to get access.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi-led coalition", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170802110000", "country1": "ARE", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/middleeast/yemen-cholera/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "646431640", "sentence": "The UN Security Council (UNSC) failed yet again on Wednesday to pass a resolution condemning last week’s chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in Syria. Permanent member Russia vetoed the resolution which sought to condemn the killings and call on the Assad regime to cooperate with an international investigation into the attack. Over 20 UNSC resolutions on Syria have been passed, most with unanimous backing, but if one of the five permanent members of the UNSC vetoes a draft resolution, it automatically fails. Wednesday’s veto was the eighth time Russia has used its veto – often along with China – to torpedo a UN draft resolution on Syria since its civil war began in 2011. The first time a UNSC resolution on the Syrian civil war failed to pass came six months after the beginning of the bloody conflict. The council drafted a statement “expressing grave concern at the situation in Syria,” and stressing the only solution to the current crisis in Syria was “through an inclusive and Syrian-led political process with the aim of effectively addressing the legitimate aspirations and concerns of the population.” Vetoes: China, Russia The Russian and Chinese delegations both used their “no” votes again four months later, blocking a resolution which expressed “grave concern at the deterioration of the situation in Syria,” and “profound concern at the death of thousands of people… calling for an immediate end to all violence.” Vetoes: China, Russia Later in 2012, the Russians and Chinese again voted against a draft resolution, “condemning the Syrian authorities’ increasing use of heavy weapons… and armed violence in all its forms, including by armed opposition groups; Condemning the continued widespread violations of human rights by the Syrian authorities, and armed opposition groups.” Vetoes: China, Russia This resolution had sought to ensure “that perpetrators of violations, including those that may constitute crimes against humanity, are held accountable; Condemning the continued widespread violations of human rights by the Syrian authorities, and armed opposition groups.” Vetoes: China, Russia Over two years later, as Assad’s forces descended on the rebel-held city of Aleppo, the UNSC again attempted to register “outrage at the alarming number of civilian casualties caused by escalating level of violence and indiscriminate aerial bombings in Aleppo.” The resolution referred the “grave.. distress” at the “deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria, and the fact that now more than 13.5 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.” Russia was alone in vetoing the draft, China abstained. Veto: Russia As the humanitarian crisis in the besieged town of Aleppo worsened, a resolution called on all “parties to the Syrian conflict” to “cease… any and all attacks in the city of Aleppo to allow urgent humanitarian needs to be addressed for a period of seven days.” It also called for all parties to give the United Nations and its partners “unimpeded humanitarian access.” Both China and Russia voted against the resolution. Vetoes: China, Russia Despite passing a resolution in September 2013 which called for the verification and destruction of Syria’s chemical weapon stockpile, China and Russia blocked a draft resolution this February that called for sanctions on parties involved. Members had been asked to vote on the “imposition of sanctions on entities and individuals deemed to have been involved in the production or use of chemical weapons in Syria.” Vetoes: China, Russia The latest resolution to fail at the hands of Russia’s veto power came in the wake of the gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province.  The draft resolution condemned the attacks and called for an international investigation into the perpetrators. This time China abstained. Veto: Russia CNN’s Richard Roth contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170413100000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/middleeast/russia-unsc-syria-resolutions/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "564855385", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Gwen K. Young is the director of the Women in Public Service Project, housed at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The views expressed in this piece are solely those of the author. Gwen K. Young: Today's global problems require leaders with diverse skill sets Women have proven they are able to benefit policy in important ways, she says From America to Britain to the United Nations, women are taking to the center of the political stage. At this week’s Democratic convention, Hillary Clinton was officially selected as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, accepting the nomination with a striking video message that opened with a symbolic shattering of glass. “When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit. So let’s keep going, until every one of the 161 million women and girls across America has the opportunity she deserves,” Clinton said Thursday night. But in Britain, Theresa May has already become the second woman to break through the glass ceiling, taking the helm after David Cameron stepped down and becoming Britain’s second female prime minister. Meanwhile, at the United Nations, several of the leading candidates to succeed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are women. All of this important – and not just for the sake of basic fairness. Writing five years ago on the question of whether female leaders matter, The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff explained that “the most effective way to fight global poverty, to reduce civil conflict, even to reduce long-term carbon emissions, is typically to invest in girls’ education and bring women into the formal labor force.” Having spent my career in humanitarian relief and international development I can attest that placing women in leadership positions on development programming assures that resources are allocated fairly and effectively. Why? The evidence shows that female leaders typically have more compassion and empathy, and a more open and inclusive negotiation style. This is not, of course, necessarily true of all women – there are many different leadership styles. That said, modern ideas of transformative leadership are more in line with qualities women generally share: empathy, inclusiveness and an open negotiation style. In developing nations, having women at the table impacts how policy resources are spent – either through gender budgeting efforts or simply, such as in the case of climate change, showing how women in the developing world experience issues differently than men. The involvement of women in the climate movement, for example, has led to better policy making and spurred solutions like clean solar cookstoves. Women’s leadership also helps drive direct change in structural policies including parental leave, child care and pay. Related article What this week showed me about women As the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has noted, “Women typically invest a higher proportion of their earnings in their families and communities than men.” USAID, meanwhile, says that when “10% more girls go to school, a country’s GDP increases on average by 3%,” adding that when women have the same amount of land as men, “there is over 10% increase in crop yields.” It’s not just developing countries that can benefit from increasing female participation in the workforce, including in leadership positions. A 2014 Goldman Sachs report argued that Japan could boost its absolute GDP by 12.5% if female workforce participation rose to match that as men. And in Canada, one study on the impact of women in public service showed that women have had a clear impact on “policy, programs and operations such as in fisheries, the automotive industry, national security, natural resources, the environment, science, human resources and international relations.” This impact arises not only from the inclusion of women’s perspectives, but also from leadership styles that are open, collaborative and less hierarchical. Thankfully, there have been noticeable advances for women in leadership roles, and in the workforce more generally. While based on current trends, it could take another 118 years to close the income gap, according to the World Economic Forum, as women are moving into leadership positions in both the private and public sphere. WEF notes that about half of the world’s countries have had a female head of government or state at one point. Currently there are around a dozen women holding the office of head of state or government, while the top three of the Forbes 100 most powerful women list are in politics: Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton and Janet Yellen. In Australia’s recent parliamentary elections, there was such a large increase in new women being elected to their parliament that the country went from 56th best in the world for gender parity in politics to 37th. These elections followed the groundbreaking poll earlier this year in Taiwan, which elected its first female leader, while Samoa – located in one of the worst places for female political representation, the South Pacific – has finally seen women elected into government. Women are starting to break through in politics and rise, and although we’re still well short of the Women in Public Service Project’s goal of governments being composed of 50% women by 2050, the world is making encouraging progress nevertheless. Today’s global problems require leaders that have diverse skill sets and innovation that can only come from diverse ideas and players. Women bring the skills, different perspectives and structural and cultural difference to drive effective solutions. In short, female leaders change the way global solutions are forged. That’s why it is important to keep pushing forward. Fairness and equality are admirable goals in themselves. And women have consistently proven that they are able to benefit policy in important ways. But having more female leaders – from politics to the boardroom – is important for another reason, too. Simply having female leaders changes the norms about who can lead and what qualities are necessary in leadership. Having women in leadership roles is breaking down cultural and structural barriers – improving leadership around the world and showing everyone what women can achieve.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "women in leadership roles", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160730034500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "TWN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/29/opinions/women-rising-benefits-society-young/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "706101619", "sentence": "Speaking to Vietnamese leader, Trump offers to help resolve competing claims in contested Asian waters South China Sea dispute involves several Asian nations US President Donald Trump has offered his services as a “mediator and arbitrator” over disputed territorial claims South China Sea issue, one of the most pressing issues for many of Asia’s leaders. Speaking to his Vietnamese counterpart, Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi, Trump said he could employ his diplomatic skills to help Asian nations come to an agreement over competing maritime claims. “I can help mediate and arbitrate. Please let me know,” Trump said. “I know you’ve had a dispute for quite a while with China, if I can help in any way, I’m a very good mediator and a very good arbitrator.” “I’ve done plenty of it from both sides, so if I can help you, let me know,” he added. In a joint news conference, Quang said he had “shared my thoughts with (Trump) on the recent developments in this area and it is our policy to settle disputes in the South China Sea through peaceful negotiations, and with respect for diplomatic and legal process in accordance with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.” China is claimant to swathes of ocean, extending far outside its internationally agreed 200-mile economic exclusion zone (EEZ). Several other Asian nations hold overlapping claims to areas of ocean and shoals, islands and sandbars, making the issue a regional flashpoint. Trump is in Vietnam for a state visit and to attend meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group. Following the conclusion of the APEC meetings, many attendees will next head to Manila, where a meeting of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will commence. US finds unlikely ally in Vietnam as a former partner tilts to China Whilst in Vietnam, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping also discussed the South China Sea issue with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, which has claims in the region. Ahead of the next regional meetings, the ASEAN summit in Manila, Chinese state media reported that Xi pledged to work with China’s ASEAN partners “to maintain peace and stability, as well as development and prosperity.” The report added that Duterte had pledged that his nation will handle “maritime issues through bilateral channels in accordance with the consensus reached by the two sides.” Ahead of his trip to Vietnam, Duterte said he would ask his Chinese counterpart what Beijing’s intentions in the region are. “You want to control the passage, or do we have free passage? Unbridled, undisturbed, unmolested while we use that small way from the Indian Ocean … facing Palawan,” Duterte said, referencing the southern Philippines province which juts out into the South China Sea. Duterte also said he “might” raise the issue of the South China Sea dispute with Trump, alongside trade, Islamic extremism and terrorism, according to a statement. Ahead of his visit to Vietnam, Xi also said that China and Vietnam – another claimant – need to “stay committed to seeking a fundamental and durable solution to their maritime issues acceptable to both sides through friendly consultation,” he is quoted as saying in Chinese state media.  He added that the two need to “jointly uphold peace and stability” in the region. Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is a crucial shipping route and home a messy territorial dispute that pits multiple countries against one another. Tensions in the contested waters have ratcheted up since 2014 as China has turned sandbars into islands, equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems and warned US warships and aircraft to stay away from them. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei all have competing claims to various island chains in the South China Sea. Briefing reporters in Beijing during the China leg of Trump’s Asia tour, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US view on the maritime dispute hadn’t changed – that “claimants should stop construction and militarization” of disputed islands. He said that Trump and Xi had discussed ways to “prevent mishaps, misunderstandings and miscalculations” in the vital seaway. At a joint statement with the two leaders in Beijing, Xi told Trump the Pacific Ocean was “big enough to accommodate both China and the United States.” Since Trump took office, priorities in the region lie elsewhere, with US focus largely on containing the North Korean threat. While China is frustrated with the intractable nuclear standoff, the US focus on it does afford China “a lot of strategic opportunities,” Harry Kazianis, director of Defense Studies at the Center for the National Interest told CNN ahead of Trump’s Asia trip. “(US) Foreign policy in Asia has had its oxygen sucked out the room,” he said. “The South China Sea, Taiwan, the East China Sea. For China, this is their time.” China is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which sets territorial limits at 10 miles, with a 200-mile economic exclusion zone from a country’s coast. The country claims a huge swathe of the South China Sea. It’s claims are based on its traditional “nine-dash line” – waters that extend hundreds of miles to the south and east of its island province of Hainan, abut its neighbors’ claims and, in some cases, encroach upon them. Beijing has also ignored a landmark ruling last year by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which said there was no legal basis for China’s maritime claims. A dangerous dance: China, Vietnam posture in the South China Sea CNN’s Katie Hunt contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171112043000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "PHL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/asia/trump-south-china-sea-apec/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "714467669", "sentence": "Four police officers praised for subduing suspect quickly They helped commuters evacuate after suspect Akayed Ullah was in custody One is an US Army veteran with three combat tours. Two are former US Marines, including a bomb technician. The fourth is an attorney with about 20 years as a police officer. The four officers with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are being hailed as heroes for quickly subduing the suspect in Monday’s explosion at a New York transit hub before he was able to do anything else. The Port Authority Police Benevolent Association identified the officers as Sean Gallagher, an ex-Marine; Drew M. Preston, a solidier who served in Iraq and Afghanistan; John “Jack” F. Collins, who’s also a lawyer; and Anthony Manfredini, a former Marine and bomb technician. “Today, four courageous Port Authority police officers risked their lives confronting an armed terrorist to protect others from harm,” Paul Nunziato, the union president, said in a statement Monday. “I am so thankful there was no loss of life and I could not be prouder of our Port Authority police officers, their actions and dedication to their sworn duty.” pic.twitter.com/DldP4Stz5F The four officers happened to be assigned to the Port Authority Bus Terminal police command at the right time. Manfredini was first at the scene – a walkway linking the bus terminal to the subway system, according to Bobby Egbert, an association spokesman. The officer saw panicked commuters running out of the passageway, Egbert said. He made a radio call and soon the others joined him as smoke and debris filled the tunnel. Officials say Akayed Ullah , 27, set off a pipe bomb strapped to his chest Monday morning in the underground walkway. Ullah and five others were injured in the blast, which triggered panic in the busy commuter hub during rush hour. Manfredini encountered the suspect on the floor with what he said appeared to be shrapnel wounds, Egbert said. The officers saw wires running from the suspect’s jacket to his pants, according to Egbert. Ullah was reaching for a cell phone, which the officers knew from training could be used as a detonator. After a brief struggle, they managed to separate Ullah from his phone, Egbert said. Once Ullah was in custody, the officers began to evacuate commuters safely. Members of the bomb squad cleared the suspect of any additional explosive devices before he was transported to a hospital, according to Egbert. Collins arrested Ullah at gunpoint with the help of the other officers, CNN affiliate WABC reported. He was working his regular assignment on the lookout for child trafficking at the bus terminal. Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole praised the four officers for swiftly putting an end to the situation. “Thanks to the quick response of these brave Port Authority Police officers, the suspect was apprehended, there were no serious injuries and the PABT was secured without further incident,” O’Toole said, according to WABC. “Our officers responded immediately and put themselves in harm’s way to protect the public.” CNN’s Ray Sanchez and Lauren Del Valle contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Port Authority Police officers", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171212063000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/12/us/port-authority-officers-pipe-bomb/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "661807946", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University and a CNN political analyst, is the author of “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.” He’s co-host of the “Politics & Polls” podcast. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Julian Zelizer: US history has seen restrictive policies used in the name of national security Following the London terror attacks, President Trump tweeted against \"political correctness\" The United States must not let fear dictate politics or policy. And yet as soon as news broke about the horrific attacks in London, President Donald Trump tweeted out: “We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!” The President, who is preparing to bring his blocked travel ban to the Supreme Court, has chosen to use this moment of fear as a justification to build public support for his controversial executive order. He continued with even more tweets connecting his campaign rhetoric with the attacks. “We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people.” In another, he went after gun control advocates: “Did you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That’s because they used knives and a truck!” These tweets should give members of Congress pause. We have a long history of making bad policy decisions in times of fear. When there are threats to our national security at home or abroad, the government has moved in directions that are counterproductive – and often made conditions worse. Capitalizing on the fears of the electorate, politicians have many times implemented policies that undercut our civil liberties, enter us into costly and deadly battles that have little to do with the threat we face, and undermine our standing overseas. We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety! This could easily turn into one of those moments. The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 started us off on the wrong foot. As the US prepared for the possibility of war against France, President John Adams and the Federalist-controlled Congress enacted a series of laws that tightened citizenship restriction laws for immigrants and empowered the government to imprison and detain citizens who were seen as dangerous. The target of the laws was the opposition party, then called the Democratic-Republican Party, as much as any real or external threat. During the Civil War, one of President Lincoln’s most controversial decisions was to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, which allowed for the indefinite detention of “disloyal persons” without any trial, in response to unrest in the border states. Related article 7 questions about the London terror attacks During World War I, the federal government and citizen vigilante groups rounded up German immigrants who had come from a country which was then fighting against the United States. On April 4, 1918, a crowd of drunken people lynched a German American named Robert Prager in Collinsville, Illinois. Congress imposed harsh punishment against mail used to send “treasonous” material, a law that was used against anti-war magazines such as The Nation. Finally, under raids conducted by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer, agents rounded up suspected immigrants and sent them overseas. In World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the internment of Japanese-Americans based on fears that they would not be loyal to the nation. And, during the early Cold War, Sen. Joseph McCarthy went after alleged communists living in the US, destroying the careers and lives of many figures from the left who were caught up in this sweep. With ongoing attacks on civilians by individuals directly connected or associated with ISIS, we risk making the same mistake once again. The courts have blocked President Trump’s proposed travel ban that targets some Muslim-majority countries on the grounds that it violates First Amendment protections for religious freedom. Related article London attacks: Murderers came to my city tonight Most experts agree that the travel ban would do nothing to stop the kinds of attacks that have been taking place in cities across Europe because most of the attackers are homegrown. Indeed, the ban does not include countries from which the 9/11 terrorists came. In fact, Saudi Arabia – one of the countries where most of the 9/11 attackers were from – just received a huge assistance package from President Trump. The ban would also make it much harder for intelligence officials to work with communities where potential threats might reside, by creating an unnecessary barrier between federal agents and the law-abiding and patriotic citizens who are prepared to offer much needed assistance. Worse yet, the travel ban would fuel extremism by providing the best propaganda possible that the United States is in a war against Muslims. Rather than tweeting about the travel ban, it would be better for President Trump to focus on measures that would actually work. Cities and suburbs need to ramp up their protective infrastructure with better barriers and check points at vulnerable areas. The federal government needs to provide more funding for improved intelligence-gathering to discover threats before they emerge. And the President needs to strengthen – not weaken – relations with our allies in Europe, who are critical in working to counter the terror threat. We need a State Department that is fully staffed so that it can conduct the needed diplomatic discussions with allies to build alliances against the terrorists. The US also needs to continue to gain ground in Syria and Iraq – frontlines in the war against ISIS. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook We can look to London as an example of how to move forward. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,  told his city’s residents following these “barbaric” and “cowardly” attacks, that there was “no reason to be alarmed” about the heightened police presence in the city. He has reminded them that London is one of the safest cities in the world and they need to protect their democratic institutions and values rather than letting the terrorists destroy those. The Mayor said: “We are all shocked and angry today – but this is our city. We will never let these cowards win and we will never be cowed by terrorism.” Taking the Mayor’s statements out of context, Trump this morning tweeted: “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ Shortly after the tweet from POTUS went out, Brendan Cox, the husband of the slain MP Jo Cox, who was murdered by a man with extreme far-right views, tweeted to him in response: “You represent the worst of your country, @SadiqKhan represents some of the best of ours.” The President, who undoubtedly disagrees with the assessment, would benefit from heeding this larger warning.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170604201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/04/opinions/dont-let-fear-rule-opinion-zelizer/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "693317894", "sentence": "The bill could take on added urgency amid the DACA debate The legislation would invest $15 billion over four years on border infrastructure A key House committee is set to consider a major border security bill, the committee’s chairman and bill author announced Wednesday, a development that comes as Congress debates what to do about the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The House homeland security committee will mark up the bill next week, Chairman Mike McCaul announced Wednesday. The Texas Republican’s bill, first introduced in July, would invest $15 billion over four years in border infrastructure – including physical barriers – technology and personnel. A similar bill has been introduced in the Senate by fellow Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn. “Now that we have a partner in the White House who has made this a top priority, it’s time to send a bill to President (Donald) Trump’s desk so we can deliver the American people the security they have long demanded and deserve,” McCaul said. But while McCaul and Cornyn have worked on border security for years, and this proposal for months, the timing of the markup of the House homeland security committee could take on additional urgency with the debate raging in Congress over how to protect young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children who were given the ability to work and study in the US under DACA. Related article DACA working groups form in Congress, but path forward remains at Trump's mercy When Trump announced the Obama-era program’s end at the beginning of the month, he allowed renewals of the two-year permits to continue until March, when individuals protected will begin losing their DACA status. That has sparked a flurry of activity in Congress to try to codify the executive branch program into law. Democrats and most Republicans are in agreement on wanting to find a solution for the young people who have in many cases known no other home than the US, but deep divisions remain over what that should look like. Republicans, including Trump, are demanding that any DACA deal include border security and possibly interior enforcement. House Speaker Paul Ryan has put together an immigration working group of Republicans that includes McCaul to come up with options the House GOP could get behind. A source familiar with the process downplayed the timing, saying the bill might have been marked up months ago but was slowed down by working through input from the administration. McCaul’s Border Security for America Act would require “physical barriers” and technology to be deployed on the Southern border, would increase air and marine patrols, would add 5,000 border agents and 5,000 customs officers, would waive polygraph requirements for a narrow set of Customs and Border Protection applicants and would mandate an entry-exit system for entering and leaving the United States that collects biometric information. Of the total investment, $10 billion would be for new border security and $5 billion would be for modernizing ports of entry. Related article DACA deal: Here are just some of the things that could go wrong Other provisions in the bill include authorizations for the National Guard and Defense Department to loan troops and supplies to the border security effort with reimbursement from the federal government – though they would not be authorized to do immigration enforcement tasks. The measure may be controversial, though there is precedent. In 2010, President Barack Obama deployed 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southern border to fight drug crime and provide intelligence, and in 2014, then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent troops to his state’s border with Mexico amid a surge of undocumented immigrants. The bill would allow for the National Guard and military to engage in activities like building, intelligence gathering and surveillance. Another potentially controversial measure would waive a number of federal laws to give Customs and Border Protection nearly absolute access to the border to conduct its patrols and for security needs, prohibiting federal agencies including environmental agencies from restricting that. The legislation would also require the department to conduct a security assessment of the southern border and submit strategic plans for securing it going forward.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Border Security for America Act", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170927194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/politics/border-security-bill-moving/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "645183585", "sentence": "Anti-ISIS coalition troops and allied Syrian opposition forces have repelled an attack by the terrorist group on a joint base in southern Syria, according to the coalition. The US-led coalition said ISIS initiated a complex attack on Saturday at the At Tanf Garrison on the Syrian-Jordanian border using a vehicle-borne IED, and 20-30 fighters followed with a ground assault and suicide vests. Related article Which nations are attacking ISIS? “Coalition and partnered forces engaged and defended the ISIS attack with direct fire before destroying enemy assault vehicles and the remaining fighters with multiple coalition airstrikes,” the coalition said in a news release. It is not known how long the battle lasted. Initial reports indicate the assault did not result in any coalition casualties, a coalition official told CNN. Some American forces were at the base at the time of the assault, the official said. Russia bombed the At Tanf Garrison in June 2016, but there were no US forces there at the time. During that incident the coalition sent aircraft in an attempt to prevent airstrikes. The Syrian opposition forces, known as VSO, who participated in Saturday’s fight are separate from the Syrian Democratic Forces the coalition is working with in the northern part of the country. “In Southern Syria, vetted Syrian opposition forces focus on conducting operations to clear ISIS from the Hamad Desert and have been instrumental in countering the ISIS threat in southern Syria and maintaining security along the Syria-Jordan border,” said the coalition. ISIS has seized large swaths of land in its quest to create a caliphate – an Islamic state – that stretches from western Syria to eastern Iraq. Countries participating in the US-led coalition battling ISIS include the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Jordan, among others.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-led coalition", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170409233000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "JOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/09/politics/isis-attack-coalition-forces-in-syria/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "464276173", "sentence": "Thousands of refugees and migrants are arriving in Europe from countries like Syria, Iraq Last week, Hungary refused to let many migrants travel on without the right paperwork Other countries, like Germany, have opened their borders to thousands Europe is in the midst of an unprecedented human migration. Fleeing war, fearing for their lives and dreaming of a better life far from the poverty and upheaval of their unstable nations, hundreds of thousands are flocking to Europe’s shores. The migrants and refugees risk their lives in rickety boats and cramped trucks – only to be greeted by governments that can’t agree on how, or if, to welcome them. The United Nations’ refugee agency, UNHCR, estimates that 366,402 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year, with 2,800 dead or missing. Migrant crisis in Europe: How you can help Here’s a look at the latest country-by-country developments in the refugee and migrant crisis unfolding across much of Europe: Around 11,000 migrants and refugees have crossed into Austria from Hungary since Saturday, Austrian Interior Ministry Spokesman Alexander Marakovits told CNN on Sunday. The Austrian border remains open and more migrants are arriving in buses from Hungary, Marakovits said. Austrians waiting at the border cheered as refugees arrived, left the buses and crossed the border on foot – welcoming them with water and food. A post shared by Fred Pleitgen (@fpleitgencnn) The Interior Ministry said Saturday that only a dozen or so of the thousands of refugees had applied for asylum in Austria. The rest had continued on to Germany. Austria earlier had stern words for other European countries over the challenge Germany has stepped up to meet. “All of Europe must wake up now. The dreaming has to end now,” said Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner Saturday. “Now, it’s up to the continent of Europe.” Related video Migrants getting food, water, and train tickets On Friday, Interior Ministry spokesman Karl Heinz Grundboeck in Vienna said his country was not planning to change policies along its border with Hungary in light of the massive influx of migrants across Central Europe. Austrian officials don’t currently enforce border controls on their side of the border under terms of a 1985 agreement that eliminates such internal controls in 25 European nations. Grundboeck could not comment on what Hungarian police might or might not do on their side of the border. Many of the migrants crossing into Austria had been transported by bus after earlier walking for hours out of Hungary’s capital, Budapest. The mass march began Friday when more than 1,000 men, women and children trudged along the side of a highway outside Budapest, carrying their belongings with them, CNN’s Arwa Damon said at the scene. Related video Migrants: Who are they? People in the throng told CNN they had decided to set out on foot because they simply could not wait in the Keleti train station any longer for Europe’s politicians to make decisions – and that they’d walk all the way to Germany if they had to. The Austrian capital, Vienna, is about 250 kilometers (150 miles) from Budapest. The government sent 100 buses to transport to Austria the people walking along the roadway, as well as people at Budapest’s main train station, spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said. But migrants have been wary of Hungarian authorities’ transport offers, fearing they want to place them in holding camps – an option they reject because they say they were badly treated at camps when they first crossed into Hungary from Serbia, which Hungary denies. Hungary’s right-wing government  is building a barbed wire fence along the Serbian border.  And on Friday, lawmakers passed a package of bills – due to take effect next week – aimed at tightening border restrictions to prevent migrants from entering illegally, Hungarian news agency MTI reported. Related gallery German football unites in response to Europe's migration crisis As more migrants poured into Hungary on Sunday, the will of the German government to relieve more pressure there appeared  to have its limits. Germany’s acceptance of thousands of people who entered Hungary while fleeing entrenched bloody conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan should be seen as the exception and not the rule, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Saturday. “The help in (Friday’s) emergency situation was tied to an urgent reminder not to make that the practice for the coming days,” he said at a meeting of Europe’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg, according to the website of the German newspaper Die Zeit. Germany is attractive to refugees because of its robust economy, strong democracy and long history of taking in refugees. After World War II, in the face of the Cold War, Germany instituted liberal policies toward applicants for political asylum. EU foreign ministers began an informal gathering in Luxembourg on Friday to discuss the crisis. Addressing reporters Saturday, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Europe is finally starting to see the problem for what it is – not just affecting certain EU states, such as Italy and Greece, but a Europe-wide issue. Related video European leaders respond to refugee crisis “We also have to start using the right words. It is partially a migrant flow, but it is mainly a refugee flow, which puts us in a different situation when it comes to our legal and moral duties,” she said. It’s also a situation that is “here to stay,” she warned. Mandatory quotas have been rejected by some EU members. However, a voluntary system makes decisions more difficult, she said, so common systems are needed to speed up the process. More must also be done to tackle the networks of human traffickers exploiting migrants who seek to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa to Italy, or to travel from Greece via the Balkans to northern Europe, she said. Restoring stability to Libya and finding a political solution to the war in Syria are key to resolving the issue longer term, she said. France and Germany have proposed a welcoming mechanism that would be permanent and mandatory in Europe, French President Francois Hollande said Thursday. Related gallery 24 hours of Europe's migration crisis “What exists today is no longer enough, and there are countries – and I will not name them here because we have to work with all of them – but who are not responding to their moral obligations,” Hollande told reporters. “Europe is a group of principles, of values which oblige us to welcome those who are pushed out and look for refuge because they are persecuted.” Finland’s Prime Minister has offered to open his house to asylum seekers in need of accommodation, the country’s state broadcaster said Saturday. Prime Minister Juha Sipila promised to accommodate asylum-seekers coming to Finland in his home in Kempele, near the coastal city of Oulu, saying he wants to encourage all Finns to help with the refugee crisis, Finnish broadcaster YLE said. The Prime Minister has also appealed to churches and volunteer organizations to help with the growing need for accommodations. “I hope this becomes some kind of people’s movement that will inspire many to shoulder part of the burden in this refugee housing crisis,” Sipila said. “What we need now is a show of compassion.” Related video Mixed reception for migrants arriving on Kos More than 5,000 migrants and refugees per day have crossed the Aegean Sea into Greece over the past week, the International Organization for Migration said Friday. The largest group is Syrians, followed by Afghans, it said. Many of the families, especially the Afghans, include pregnant women and newborns, the IOM said. The small islands of Kos and Lesbos have found themselves on the front lines of the crisis. Many new arrivals are having to wait several days to be registered by police, camping out by overstretched reception centers. Rights group Amnesty International said its team in Kos had witnessed a violent attack Thursday night on refugees by a group of 15 to 25 people brandishing bats and shouting “Go back to your countries” and other abuse. Riot police intervened with tear gas only after the physical attacks had started, the rights group said. Related gallery Europe's refugee crisis in 20 photos The United Kingdom “will accept thousands more” Syrian refugees, Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday. “Britain will act with our head and our heart, providing refuge for those in need while working on a long-term solution to the Syria crisis,” he said. Cameron insisted Britain was doing its part, saying it had already accepted about 5,000 Syrian refugees, but would now take in more vulnerable Syrians from camps in neighboring countries. “As the second-largest bilateral donor to the crisis, we have provided over 900 million (British) pounds in aid to help those affected in Syria and the region. We have funded shelter, food, water and vital medical supplies for millions of desperate refugees fleeing the conflict and helping them to survive in the countries around Syria, like Jordan and Lebanon,” he said. On Friday, the head of the United Nations refugee agency called for a common approach to tackle what he said was “a primarily refugee crisis, not only a migration phenomenon.” “Europe cannot go on responding to this crisis with a piecemeal or incremental approach. No country can do it alone, and no country can refuse to do its part,” U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement. A new system must be set up, he said, based on a common policy. “Concretely, this means taking urgent and courageous measures to stabilize the situation and then finding a way to truly share responsibility in the mid to longer term.” CNN’s Radina Gigova contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European countries' response to the refugee crisis", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150906131500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "AUT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/06/europe/migrant-crisis-country-by-country/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "675966993", "sentence": "US President Donald Trump approved fresh sanctions on Russia Wednesday after Congress showed overwhelming bipartisan support for the new measures. Congress passed the bill last week in response to Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election, as well as its human rights violations, annexation of Crimea and military operations in eastern Ukraine. The bill’s passage drew ire from Moscow – which responded by stripping 755 staff members and two properties from US missions in the country – all but crushing any hope for the reset in US-Russian relations that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had called for. Here’s what you need to know. The bill refers to sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, and it substantially reduces the President’s power to waive or ease certain sanctions without Congressional approval. The Russian sanctions will target people and entities that: – undermine US cybersecurity on behalf of the Russia government – invest certain amounts in Russia’s energy export pipelines – conduct “significant” transactions with Russian defense and intelligence agencies (though this will come into effect six months from now) – commit, or assist in, serious human rights abuses – commit acts of “significant” corruption – provide support to the Syrian government to acquire arms – invest, or facilitate the investment of, $10 million or more in the Russian government’s privatization of any state-owned asset in a one-year period that could unfairly benefit government officials or their associates. The bill lists 12 types of sanctions that can be imposed and obliges the President to use at least five in many cases against those affected. They can include freezing assets, such as property, revoking US visas and banning exports from the United States to those sanctioned. Ukraine: The United States and the European Union rolled out a rash of coordinated sanctions in 2014 over Russia’s occupation, and then annexation, of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine. Certain Russian individuals were hit with travel bans and asset freezes, and companies were hit with restrictions on their activities in the US and EU. Russia’s powerful elite, including members of President Putin’s inner circle, were targeted. The sanctions were largely aimed at hurting the Russian economy. They targeted Russian state banks and major corporations, including state oil companies, such as Rosneft, and arms makers. US election meddling: On December 29, US President Barack Obama announced fresh sanctions on Russia for allegedly interfering in the 2016 US election. Those sanctions included the closure of two Russian compounds used for intelligence purposes and expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the country. A report by intelligence agencies in January this year alleged that Putin had ordered a cyber influence campaign to help boost Trump’s chances of winning the election. The US and EU have spearheaded sanctions against Russia, but other countries have followed suit. Canada joined the US and EU in the initial round of specifically targeted sanctions on March 17, 2014, after a referendum in Crimea on whether people wanted to join Russia or remain part of Ukraine – the US considered the poll to be illegitimate. Hours after those sanctions were placed, Putin signed a draft bill for the annexation of Crimea, and five days later, he officially signed that bill into law. Other countries imposed their own sanctions in the days and months following, including Japan and Australia, as well as several non-EU countries in Europe, including Norway and Switzerland. Measuring the impact of sanctions on Russia’s economy is not an exact science, and different experts have different opinions. But what seems clear is that the price of oil – which Russia’s economy depends on – has had a far greater impact than sanctions. Opinion: Sanctions alone won’t get the job done An International Monetary Fund report in May showed that the Russian economy was climbing out of a two-year recession and was expected to grow 1.4% this year, in part on resurgent oil prices. But the report also said that medium-term growth would be subdued, at about 1.5%, partly because of “the lingering effects of sanctions that restrain the potential to increase investment.” In 2015, when the Ukraine-related sanctions had begun to take hold, the IMF reported that the measures could shrink the economy by 9% over time. A reduction in trade with Russia has also hit some parts of the EU, if not the economy overall, and in August 2014, Russia retaliated by placing a ban on food imports from the countries that had imposed sanctions. That hit the EU’s agri-food sector profoundly. Putin has repeatedly ridiculed the sanctions and called on countries, particularly the US, to drop them. But Russia’s economy is beginning to show new signs of life, so such calls may now be aimed at improving conditions for certain individuals, companies or sectors. It appears that Russia has lobbied for the US to drop other sanctions imposed under the 2012 Magnitsky Act, which targets Russians whom the US considers human rights abusers. Related article Why is everyone talking about Russian adoptions? In Putin and Trump’s second meeting, at the G20 in Germany this month, Trump claims the two leaders spoke about “adoptions,” an issue strongly associated with the Magnitsky sanctions. Russia banned Americans from adopting Russian children in response to the Magnitsky Act. The law was drafted after the alleged beating to death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in prison in 2009. The Russian government has never admitted any crime was committed, saying he died of heart failure. Reinstating Russian adoptions would likely go hand in hand with weakening the sanctions applied under the Magnitsky Act. Bill Browder, a key proponent behind the act, has said that Putin is desperate to have the US drop the Magnitsky sanctions, arguing that they will likely hit Putin himself in the future. “For Putin, this is his single largest foreign policy priority, to get rid of these sanctions, which sanctions him and the other people around him,” Browder told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in a recent interview. The EU has been at the forefront of sanctions on Russia, but it’s nervous about the sanctions being mulled in US Congress. That’s because there is concern they could hinder several key energy projects in Europe and further inflame internal EU divisions, CNN Money reported. The bill proposes sanctions on people and entities making investments of a certain level in Russian energy export pipelines. The US argues that Russia is using pipelines to exert its influence in Europe. But the European Union says the sanctions would unfairly penalize its countries interested in their own energy security, while Germany has said the bill breaches international law. One project in particular is stoking animosity – the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project that would extend from Russia across the Baltic to Germany. It is being pursued by Russian energy giant Gazprom. Despite efforts to reduce a reliance on energy imported from Russia, the country supplies roughly a third of the EU’s natural gas. Energy security is therefore highly politicized and an issue that Europe views as being off limits – even for close allies like the US.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US sanctions on Russia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170725223000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/europe/russia-sanctions-explainer/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "644302336", "sentence": "As Donald Trump, the President, weighs how to respond to a chemical attack in Syria his administration blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, he may want to consult Donald Trump, the reality TV star and prolific tweeter, who had countless strong opinions about not going into Syria in 2013. Trump is by no means beholden to his past comments about military operations in Syria, and the President has often shown that what he said years ago on social media doesn’t necessarily reflect any deep held beliefs he has on an issue. Trump also said on Wednesday that the video of children suffering from the chemical attack has “changed very much” his view of Syria and Assad. But as Trump meets with his top military and foreign policy advisers in Florida to discuss taking action in Syria after this week’s chemical attack, Trump’s past opinions and comments cast doubt on how much he is behind action in Syria and whether he plans to go to Congress to get approval. When Obama considered asking for approval, Trump said it would be a “big mistake” if he didn’t. “The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!” The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not! As president, Trump has not said whether he will go to Congress to ask for approval, should he want to authorize military action. Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill said Thursday they support Trump asking them for approval before moving on Assad. As Trump has made clear, though, he would rather surprise Syria with action and not telegraph what he plans to do. When Obama considered and eventually backed away from action, Trump knocked him for signaling his plans. “Why do we keep broadcasting when we are going to attack Syria. Why can’t we just be quiet and, if we attack at all, catch them by surprise?” Why do we keep broadcasting when we are going to attack Syria. Why can't we just be quiet and, if we attack at all, catch them by surprise? Throughout the debate, Trump urged Obama not to take action, even at one point saying he was “foolish” to even consider it. AGAIN, TO OUR VERY FOOLISH LEADER, DO NOT ATTACK SYRIA - IF YOU DO MANY VERY BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN & FROM THAT FIGHT THE U.S. GETS NOTHING! And regularly told him not to do it: President Obama, do not attack Syria. There is no upside and tremendous downside. Save your \"powder\" for another (and more important) day! @walaa_3ssaf   No, dopey, I would not go into Syria, but if I did it would be by surprise and not blurted all over the media like fools. If we are going to continue to be stupid and go into Syria (watch Russia), as they say in the movies, SHOOT FIRST AND TALK LATER! Let the Arab League take care of Syria. Why are these rich Arab countries not paying us for the tremendous cost of such an attack? There is a difference, though, in what Trump knows now and what he knew then. The President is now briefed on all the information the United States has about the Syrian civil war, something he did not have as a private citizen with a Twitter account. This could have a sobering effect on the president, as it has for past commanders-in-chief, who regularly expressed surprise when aspects of their campaigns met the realities of the White House. Trump ran on a platform of less foreign intervention, even arguing that Hillary Clinton, his 2016 opponent, would cause World War III with a war in Syria. Hillary Clinton “wants to start a shooting war in Syria… that could very well lead to World War III,” Trump said in Florida days before Election Day.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170406234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/trump-tweet-syria-obama/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "629450700", "sentence": "Patton Oswalt delivered a monologue that took on Trump at the WGA Awards Aaron Sorkin and director Oliver Stone also gave politically themed speeches A few of the honorees at the Writers Guild of America Awards had strong words for President Donald Trump on Sunday night. The award show – one of the last stops on the Hollywood praise train known as award season – gave out honors to “Moonlight,” “Arrival,” “The Americans” and “Atlanta.” But it was also notable for the defiant speeches from honorees, including Oliver Stone and Aaron Sorkin. Host Patton Oswalt also delivered some criticism of the president with a monologue that, among other things, called the night a celebration of “the end of the written word.” “Donald Trump taking Obama’s job would be like if the head of linguistics at Rutgers made fun of David Lee Roth, and David Lee Roth was like, ‘I’m gonna take his job,’” Oswalt joked, as he mimicked a hit song from the 80’s icon. Oswalt was accompanied on stage by two men dressed as “soldiers from armed forces of the Russian Federation.” The gag continued all night, with the two uniformed men standing on stage as the evening’s honorees accepted their awards. Sorkin, who was awarded the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, quipped that it should come as “no surprise” that he had comments of a political nature to make while accepting his statue. “We’ve been told that as coastal elites that we’re something less than real Americans and out of touch. If you find it mind-boggling that living and working in the two largest cities in America make you less than a real American, you are not the one who’s out of touch,” he said. Sorkin went on to lambast Trump’s travel ban, his claims about illegal voting (of which the president has not provided evidence) and his criticism of mainstream media. “If you don’t think that turning away people who are seeking a safe haven, from unspeakable brutality, is a morally defensible idea, then you’re not the one who is less than a real American,” said Sorkin. Stone was honored with the WGA West’s Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. In his acceptance speech, he encouraged the room of young writers to “be critical of your government and your society.” “It’s fashionable now to take shots at Republicans and Trump and all that and avoid the Obamas and Clintons,” he said. “But remember this: In the 13 wars we’ve started over the last 30 years and the 14 trillion dollars we’ve spent and the hundreds of thousands of lives that have perished from this Earth, remember that it wasn’t one leader but a system – both Republican and Democrat.” Stone is a veteran of the Vietnam War. “Try to find not what the crowd wants so you can be successful, but try instead to find the true inner meaning of your life here on Earth and never give up on your heart and your struggle for peace, decency and telling the truth,” he said. Neither President Trump nor White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had addressed the criticisms on Twitter as of Monday morning. The White House did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170220170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/entertainment/patton-oswalt-writers-guild-awards-sorkin-stone/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "734162895", "sentence": "“McMafia” is a somewhat unfortunate title for an AMC series that feels like Mafia Lite, creating an image of assembly-line added on to an existing franchise. While there are strong moments in this globetrotting international series, it plays like a retread of earlier mob tales – albeit with a timely tie-in to the Russians and money laundering – in a way that represents an offer you can safely refuse. Based on Misha Glenny’s best-selling book and produced in concert with the BBC, the series stars James Norton as Alex Godman, the son of an exiled Russian mob boss (Aleksey Serebryakov, who almost exclusively speaks in subtitled Russian). Having been raised in England, Alex has gone legit, holding a high-powered job in finance when a threat to the family draws him into a web of corruption. In response, he forges an alliance with a shadowy exile turned Israeli citizen, played by the ever-reliable David Strathairn, who wants to launder $100 million through his fund. If it all sounds a little like “The Godfather” – the privileged son destined for better things reluctantly drawn into the family business, but oddly suited to it with his steely, cool-headed nerve – rest assured, it is. Throw in a pinch of “Billions” in the high-stakes financial machinations, where Alex’s actions provoke suspicion on the part of an astute coworker. Even working from that familiar playbook, the particulars have their merits, such as when Alex balks at a transaction because of its illegality. “How illegal?” his mother (Mariya Shukshina) asks. The problem is that while the characters prove reasonably strong, they all feel like mere variations on what we’ve seen before. Through four previewed chapters of the eight-episode series, Alex slides farther and farther down the rabbit hole, while providing a travelogue of Europe as he visits various opulent locales – basically, Lifestyles of the Rich & Corrupt. In the process, his early protestation that “I’m a banker, not a gangster” becomes increasingly hollow, especially with the threat of violence never far away. Those who pay attention to the headlines, naturally, will find extra oomph in the subject matter, inasmuch as the flow of money from unsavory Russians – including oligarchs operating with their government’s blessing – has been very much in the news of late. Still, the show joins such a rich, storied history of organized crime on screen, from “The Godfather” to “The Sopranos,” that it has to be categorized in that basket, and can’t help but look a bit pale by comparison. In that regard, “McMafia” isn’t exactly fast food, but it’s easily overlooked as another storefront in a genre that, in TV and movie terms, has long since become its own sort of franchise. “McMafia” premieres Feb. 26 at 10 p.m. on AMC.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "McMafia series", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180226210000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/entertainment/mcmafia-review/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "736048231", "sentence": "Hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, a third Netanyahu confidant turned state’s witness in the corruption investigations into the Israeli leader and his inner circle. Nir Hefetz, who formerly served as the long-time Netanyahu family spokesman, signed a state’s witness agreement, agreeing to work with investigators in Case 4000. It’s a growing probe in which Netanyahu and his wife have just become suspects. He was questioned by police in the probe last week. Netanyahu wanted to keep his meeting with Trump focused squarely on friend and foe – thanking the American President for the upcoming move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem, while lobbying against the Iran nuclear deal. But the latest development in the investigations means the continuing probes will cast a shadow over his entire US trip. Related article Netanyahu's White House visit shrouded in scandal Two weeks ago, Shlomo Filber, another member of Netanyahu’s inner circle, signed a state’s witness agreement, agreeing to work with prosecutors. Netanyahu’s former chief of staff, Ari Harow, signed a similar agreement in August. Hefetz was a suspect in Case 4000, which dealt with the relationship between Israel’s Ministry of Communications – then under Netanyahu – and Israeli telecommunications firm Bezeq, controlled by Netanyahu’s friend, Shaul Elovitch, also a suspect in the case. Prosecutors say Netanyahu advanced regulatory benefits worth up to 1 billion shekels (approximately $280 million) for Elovitch in exchange for favorable media coverage. Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing in all the graft probes, often saying, “There will be nothing because there is nothing.” In a response to the latest development, a person close to the Israeli leader said, “When there is really something, you don’t need even a single state witness. And when there isn’t, even a thousand state witnesses won’t help.” “The endless race for state witnesses is the best proof that there is nothing – and there will be nothing,” he added.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Benjamin Netanyahu", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180305183000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/middleeast/netanyahu-third-confidant-state-fitness-intl/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "758207111", "sentence": "President Donald Trump is all in on pushing the idea, accurate or not, that the FBI may have inserted a spy into his campaign. He teased it again Tuesday, on the odd occasion of a meeting with the South Korean President. “A lot of people are saying they had spies in my campaign,” he said of the FBI he now leads, as his foreign counterpart looked on. “If they had spies in my campaign that would be a disgrace to this country. It would be very illegal.” Wednesday morning, he was tweeting, cramming his earlier comments into the conspiracy theory and dubbing the whole thing “SPYGATE” in one post. “Look how things have turned around on the Criminal Deep State. They go after Phony Collusion with Russia, a made up Scam, and end up getting caught in a major SPY scandal the likes of which this country may never have seen before! What goes around, comes around!” he tweeted in another post. The truth, which appears to be that the FBI spoke with a confidential source about his dealings with Trump campaign officials, requires some nuance. But as with his unfounded claims that then-President Barack Obama “wiretapped” his phones at Trump Tower, the President has taken a kernel of truth and contorted it into an all-out conspiracy theory of entrenched bureaucrats out to get him. Some of his Cabinet secretaries are joining him. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday that she was “unfamiliar” with the US intelligence community’s repeated and unanimous assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election in an effort to help Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton. Trump’s tortured relationship with his Department of Justice is the heart of the “deep state” fears he brought into the White House but it seems to have festered as morsels of information emerged about the methodical and apparently wide-reaching special counsel investigation into possible collusion with Russians by Trump campaign officials. Trump has not been cowed into silence by the probe, but rather has lashed out on social media and during talks with reporters, calling the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller a “witch hunt.” If you put together the wiretapping allegation, the apparently failed demands of personal loyalty from people like former FBI Director James Comey and now the teased idea of a government spy infiltrating his campaign, you come away with the picture of an executive ready to uproot portions of government. Related video GOP lawmakers call for second special counsel “You have a President who truly believes there is such a thing as a ‘deep state,’ the FBI is at the center of the deep state and is out to get him. There simply has been no evidence brought forth to support that,” Bob Baer, a former CIA agent and a CNN analyst, said Monday. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called Trump’s spy theory “a major threat to the rule of law.” In attempting to protect himself from Mueller and erode trust in the special counsel and FBI with these outbursts, Trump has also declared war on the institutions of American government, inviting the public to question them in the same way he does. It’s working, too. CNN’s most recent polling, conducted in May, suggested Republicans were shifting more negative on the Mueller probe as the President turned his rhetorical fire against it. And it’s not just the Mueller probe that Americans, particularly Republicans, are beginning to doubt. A Pew survey released in February showed the favorable view of the FBI among Republicans and Americans who lean Republican was down 10 percentage points – from 65% to 55% – in one year. Negative views of the FBI among that subset rose from 21% in 2017 to 36% in 2018. Democrats, meanwhile, view the FBI more favorably. That’s still a majority favorable view for the FBI in February. Trust in government more broadly is much lower, 18%, according to a Pew survey out in December. Trump seizes on that distrust and fuels it with his “deep state” conspiracy rhetoric. Trump has been fueling theories about conspiracies for years. When he didn’t like Obama, he became a major backer of the silly but subversive idea that Obama was not born in the US and therefore not a legitimate president. Later, when Trump was the underdog to win the White House, he said over and over that the system was rigged, presumably so he could dispute the results if he lost. But he won. When he didn’t win the popular vote, he became adamant that millions of votes had been cast illegally, oddly working to cast doubt on the Rust Belt wave that swept him in. Frustrated by court decisions, he’s called out the 9th Circuit and said the system is “broken and unfair.” And now, faced with Mueller, he cries “witch hunt” and suggests a “deep state” within government was spying on him. Trump does not trust the government he leads – and if that wears off on people, it could end up being a legacy of his presidency.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180522220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/trump-government-trust/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "691728559", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript The Weekly Newsquiz tests your knowledge of events in the news September 22, 2017 This Friday, our down-the-middle explanation of a Republican plan to repeal and replace a U.S. health care law is followed by an examination of health care in America. We’re also bringing you up to speed on the path and effects of Hurricane Maria. And after a random segment about “nightingale floors,” we’re discussing a random occurrence of a not-quite-driverless van in Virginia. WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ Click for a printable version of the Weekly Newsquiz. 1. How many members of the United Nations are part of the organization’s General Assembly, which is holding its annual meeting in New York City? 2. What historic, U.S. event took place on September 17, 1787? 3. Name the Atlantic hurricane that roared across the Caribbean this week. 4. Prior to this week’s storm, how many years has it been since a Category 4 hurricane directly struck the island of Puerto Rico? 5. In what sport do more concussions occur than in any other sport in the U.S.? 6. What was the magnitude of the relatively shallow earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday, causing damage hundreds of miles away? 7. Including this week’s address, how many times has U.S. President Donald Trump spoken at the United Nations General Assembly? 8. By what famous river is the Egyptian city of Luxor, where a tomb that’s believed to be 3,500 years old was recently discovered? 9. What percentage of Puerto Rico’s population lost electricity when a hurricane struck this week? 10. U.S. Republican senators recently unveiled the Graham-Cassidy plan to repeal and replace what 2010 health care law? TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the printable version of today’s CNN 10 transcript. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of international significance and then clearly describe why they’re making news, who is affected, and how the events fit into a complex, international society. Thank you for using CNN 10", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170921213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/cnn10/ten-content-fri/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "499716807", "sentence": "The Greek island of Kos has always been a hot spot for German tourists Those tourists are now sharing the island with migrants seeking a new life in Europe A relative calm prevailed over the Greek island of Kos by the time photographer Jörg Brüggemann landed there in August. The site of overloaded dinghies carrying migrants from the Aegean Sea became less common. Riots began dwindling. Only a few relics from the crisis remained: rows of deflated boats and scattered life vests strewn over the island’s white sand. It was the right moment for Brüggemann, who was on assignment for a German magazine. “The idea,” he said, “was to look at German tourists doing their holidays there, the ones who had booked in advance but instead of asking for their money back as they were entitled to, they decided to go ahead with the holiday.” When Brüggemann arrived to Kos, “it was obvious there was something very unique going on, like a clash of civilizations,” he said. His images were very different from the images of the migration crisis we have already seen. “There are so many sad images,” he said, “and sadly, people just don’t feel anything anymore. “You see a strong Syrian father bringing (his) family to safety on the shore and you can say, yes, that’s a strong image. But you also know that a German family will set up their picnic right by that image. And that is what I found interesting.” Cash-strapped Greece depends strongly on their northern visitors for tourism dollars. Germans and other northern European travelers are some of the top contributors to Greece’s gross domestic product. That essential contribution has been threatened by the migration crisis, which triggered a wave of hotel and flight cancellations. With this context in mind, Brüggemann adds a level of critical irony to the Kos refugee story, shadowing the ubiquitous German tourist as he tiptoes through refugee tents. Brüggemann’s photos also show scantily clothed vacationers sunbathing by modestly dressed refugees. “It was really strange,” Brüggemann said. “Here are the Germans, working all year to have these two weeks of holidays in Greece.  They work hard and they come here and they obviously feel they are in a very strange situation psychologically.¨ Social mediaFollow @CNNPhotos on Twitter to join the conversation about photography. Brüggemann’s images work like a silent film, carrying a narrative of their own. His strong characters lead us through critical moments and circumstances, hinting at personal transformations as they encounter another reality. We meet hotel owner Reinhilde Michalakopoulos, who has given herself the colossal assignment of feeding fresh peaches to refugees and later on, entertaining German guests with dancing and Ouzo. A fair-skinned couple dozing off under the shade of the hotel’s olive trees is followed by an image of a refugee sleeping in a tent made of recycled trash and palm trees. A tourist reading about the refugee crisis on a German newspaper illustrates the truth: These cultures are physically together and – at the same time – conceptually apart. Wherever they turned, German tourists could not get away from the angst of one of Europe’s most challenging human dilemmas. Many, Brüggemann said, lived up to the challenge. “Some said, ‘I don’t want to see this,’ and others said quite the opposite: ‘We want to go there and see what’s been on TV and witness history in the making,’ ” Brüggemann said. He met a 20-year old from the Black Forest region who convinced his girlfriend to go out of the hotel area to see what was going on. On one of the couple´s first encounters with the reality outside the hotel facilities, they witnessed a British tourist giving a young Syrian girl a toy. “The little girl looked so happy, and that’s when his girlfriend started to cry,” Brüggemann said. Complete coverage on the migration crisis Jörg Brüggemann is a German photographer based in Berlin. You can follow him on Instagram. He is represented by Ostkreuz Agency.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "German tourists", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160106021500", "country1": "GRC", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/05/travel/cnnphotos-greece-tourists-migrants/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "636871480", "sentence": "Kal Penn spends his days at the fictional White House on ABC’s “Designated Survivor.” But the actor took to Twitter on Tuesday to remember the days when his acting career’s survival meant auditioning for a number of offensive roles. “Found a bunch of old scripts from some of my first years trying to be an actor,” Penn wrote before sharing pieces of scripts in a series of tweets. “They were awful. ‘Can you make his accent a little more AUTHENTIC?’ That usually meant they wanted Apu.” The character Penn referenced was named “Careem,” who was described as having a “slight Hindi accent.” Jeez I remember this one! They were awful. \"Can you make his accent a little more AUTHENTIC?\" That usually meant they wanted Apu pic.twitter.com/3F5XRORO3n Apu is an Indian animated character on “The Simpsons.” Another script described a character named “Parmesh,” who is a “quirky, Indian lab buddy” whose “language is peppered with Indian cultural references.” It was for a pilot called “The Stones,” according to Penn. “Tried to convince them to let me speak without an accent & make it funny on the merits (was told no),” he wrote. This was a pilot called The Stones. Tried to convince them to let me speak without an accent & make it funny on the merits (was told no) 😂 pic.twitter.com/SuUVYT7rip Oh wait yes they did pic.twitter.com/xwB3qIoXoF Penn also shared a peek at a script from a commercial where he played a “Pakistani computer geek” and another project where the character, named Rajid, talked about “elephant dung.” He also highlighted problematic characters he auditioned for on shows like “Smart Guy” and “King of Queens.” Penn was offered and accepted the role of Prajeeb on “Sabrina.” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch! Man. We got INTO it about why he had to have an accent,” he wrote. “I’m laughing about it now but they were such d—s.” Friggin King of Queens man! I used to love that show until I got to audition for it lol pic.twitter.com/2BYu0nnd57 This was for some project called The Marriage Clause I guess. pic.twitter.com/0yKjepAHqy All of those series noted by Penn ran in the late ’90s and early ‘00s. More recent years have seen Hollywood – in particular television – showcase actors of Indian descent in roles that broke aged and harmful stereotypes. Last year, Aziz Ansari became the first South Asian actor to be nominated in the lead actor category at the Emmys for his work in Netflix’s “Master of None.” Penn doled out praise for series like “The Steve Harvey Show,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “24,” and other “really smart, creative people who didn’t have to use external things to mask subpar writing.” He also praised “House” creator David Shore, saying his “largely color & gender blind” storytelling led to a “more interesting” show and good ratings. Penn played Dr. Lawrence Kutner on “House” from 2007-09. Willing to call out racist behavior – be it in Hollywood or online – Penn recently raised more than $500,000 for Syrian refugees after he received a hateful message on Instagram saying he didn’t “belong” in America.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hollywood", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170314224500", "country1": "IND", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/entertainment/kal-penn-hollywood-casting/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "476526376", "sentence": "Railway station hotels might be convenient, but they’re often drab, unmemorable stops on a traveler’s itinerary. But Japan’s Tokyo Station Hotel stands out from this lackluster crowd and has been doing so for more than a century. Founded in November 1915, the small, high-end hotel is among the oldest still operating in Tokyo. Not bad for a city where earthquakes and wartime bombing have meant that there are few buildings more than 70 years old. It’s also Japan’s only hotel located inside a designated Important Cultural Property: Tokyo Station’s 101-year-old Marunouchi Building. With rooms and facilities facing into the historic train station, Tokyo Station Hotel offers guests access to otherwise private corners of one of the capital’s most iconic symbols. The hotel reopened in 2012 following a five-year refurbishment but its history – surviving World War II and the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 – remains an important part of its identity. Throughout the hotel’s hallways and common areas, guests can spot patches of the building’s original red brickwork – an intentional reminder of the hotel’s past. To prepare for the re-opening, “we sent some staff to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York,” says the hotel’s general manager, Hitoshi Fujisaki. “We learned a lot from that kind of historic and grand hotel.” The hotel is offering a history-themed accommodation package to celebrate the anniversary. There’s a more private way to experience the hotel’s unique location – staying in one of the Dome Side Rooms (starting at ¥46,000/$380). The rooms have windows looking into the station’s interior – with magnificent views of the station’s signature heavily ornamented European-style domes. Fully preserved during the last renovation, the yellow and white domes are decorated with intricate animal-shaped sculptures and reliefs – not an everyday sight in modern Tokyo. 10 things you didn't know about Tokyo Station Fujisaki says the Dome Side Rooms are the most popular. Once the last train departs at night, guests get to be the only ones to enjoy the space. In the morning, guests are greeted by the unique contrast between the (surprisingly) quiet bedroom and the view of thousands of Japanese commuters beginning their day at the country’s busiest station. Rooms that don’t have views of the station interior overlook either the train tracks or the Imperial Palace. Guests unable to get a Dome Side Room can still enjoy a similar view from the hotel’s second-floor balcony. A cafe here serves coffee, Japanese green tea and small meals. Overnight hotel guests get another exclusive perk – breakfast at The Atrium under the roof of Tokyo Station. The elegant space is housed on the fourth floor of the hotel with nine-meter-high ceilings. The buffet menu includes both international and Japanese fare – French pastries, Japanese porridge, made-to-order omelets. Japan’s legendary bartender Hisashi Sugimoto, who joined the hotel’s Bar Oak in 1958, has returned with his hugely popular signature drink, Tokyo Station, a a blend of Tanqueray gin and Suze liqueur. The hotel’s main attraction remains its unmatched proximity to Japan’s extensive high-speed rail network. The hotel offers special rates to Japan Rail Pass holders. It provides a meet-and-greet service where hotel porters pick up or drop off guests’ luggage directly on the train platform, saving them from trying to navigate Tokyo’s notoriously complex rail station. To celebrate: You’re too late to join the hotel’s 100th birthday banquet if you don’t already have a ticket – the 120 seats sold out in 20 minutes. But you can see the anniversary light show beamed from the roofs of the Marunouchi Building’s north and south domes on November 2 from 6 to 9 p.m.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Tokyo Station Hotel", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151016011500", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/hotels/tokyo-station-hotel-100-years/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "667156060", "sentence": "Need another reason to be worried about climate change? It’s screwing up coffee. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) We’ll finally get to see what’s in the Senate health care bill, when Republicans release a “discussion draft” later today. Here are a few things we know so far: The Senate bill would dramatically change Medicaid, just like the House version. Spending on the program would be reduced by $800 billion over 10 years, partially by eliminating Medicaid expansion funding. The Senate bill also would offer more generous tax credits for lower-income and older Americans. The House bill replaces Obamacare’s subsidies with tax credits, but they’re considered inadequate to help those groups. The Senate’s fix, however, could tick off conservatives, who think the tax credits are too much like the subsidies they’re supposed to replace. The Senate’s bill may not include the House bill’s prohibition on federal funding for Planned Parenthood, something else sure to make conservatives unhappy. A vote is possible before Congress leaves town for the July 4 recess. The FBI is investigating the stabbing of a police officer at Flint, Michigan’s airport as an act of terror. Police said Amor Ftouhi, a Canadian, yelled “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest,” in Arabic) before he stabbed the officer in the neck with a knife with an 8-inch blade. The officer is in stable condition; Ftouhi, 50, is charged with carrying out violence at an international airport. Tropical Storm Cindy will make landfall this morning over southeastern Texas or southwestern Louisiana. Tornadoes and as much as 15 inches of rain are possible along parts of the Gulf Coast. The storm has already killed one person, a 10-year-old boy who was struck at an Alabama beach by a log on a wave. Cindy is the second tropical storm to form during this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. You can track Cindy here. A former Milwaukee cop was acquitted in the shooting death of a man during a foot chase. Dominique Heaggan-Brown was found not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide in the August 2016 shooting of Sylville Smith. The shooting sparked days of protests. Heaggan-Brown was the third police officer in the past week to be tried for shooting a black man. Convictions are rare. Teen sex habits and use of contraception haven’t changed much in the past decade. A new survey from the CDC says 42% of female teens and 44% of male teens reported having had sex at least once, a slight drop from the mid-2000s. Almost 90% of females and about 95% of males reported using contraception, again not much of a difference from a decade ago. “1,000% false” US officials’ response to the ISIS claim that the US blew up a historic mosque in Iraq People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. False alarm It was the big one that wasn’t. The USGS sent out an alert about a 6.8-magnitude quake striking Cali. But the alert was about 90 years too late. Alternative facts A couple claimed they can survive without food and instead use the universe’s “energy.” Some media outlets reported this, but we’ll call it what is: B.S. Hat tip The Queen wore a hat that looks a lot like the EU flag while giving a speech to Parliament, and the internet just couldn’t handle it. Lie detector Want to know if someone’s lying? Just watch the way they move a computer mouse, because scientists say that’s a dead giveaway. Internet spud So a (seemingly) smart guy invents a self-driving potato that acts like a cat because, well, it’s the internet and that’s what it does. (Click to view) CORRECTION: An earlier version of the first item incorrectly identified the program that the Senate bill could dramatically change. It is Medicaid.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Senate health care bill", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170622111500", "country1": "CAN", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/us/five-things-june-22-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "653710736", "sentence": "Two experts from Pyongyang university detained in three weeks News of detention follows accusations of plot to kill Kim Jong Un In the last three weeks, two US citizens have been detained by the North Korean regime. Both men work at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, one of the few schools to employ foreign experts in North Korea. Kim Hak-song, an ethnic Korean, born in Jilin, China, and educated at a university in California, was detained Saturday on suspicion of “hostile acts” against the regime, state media reported. In April, Kim Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim, was also detained for “hostile acts” while trying to fly out of Pyongyang International Airport. Related video N. Korea accuses US of assassination attempt Michael Madden, a visiting scholar at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, says the timing of the US detention was “no accident.” The detentions come amid heightening tensions on the Korean Peninsula; just last week, North Korea state media published an 1,800-word report accusing the US and South Korea of plotting to kill leader Kim Jong Un. Friday’s report said that a “hideous terrorist group” conspired with the CIA and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service to mount the “bio-chemical” attack. CNN was not able to independently corroborate the report and South Korea’s intelligence service told CNN they knew nothing about an alleged plot. Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, or PUST, is run by evangelical Christians. Due to exposure to foreign faculty members, pupils are heavily vetted for something Madden calls “political reliability” before they are admitted. The university is still highly outward-looking by North Korean standards, in a nation where foreign academics are relatively rare. Even so, it’s expected that students report on their interactions with foreign staff. “Foreign nationals in the DPRK really have to allow for there to be no ambiguity or interpretation about any of their interactions or what they’re doing,” says Madden, a contributor to North Korean monitoring organization 38 North. He says that plausibly innocuous exchanges can be interpreted differently by the North Korean security authorities who read the reports. In 2011, writer Suki Kim went undercover at PUST, posing as an English teacher and missionary. Currently held:• Kim Dong Chul, the president of a company involved in international trade and hotel services, was arrested in 2015 and is serving 10 years on espionage charges.• Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in 2016 for removing a political sign.• Kim Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim, a university professor, was detained in Pyongyang in 2017 and accused of attempting to overthrow the government.• Kim Hak-song, a native Korean born in China (Jin Xue Song is the Chinese version of his name) and professor working at the same university as Tony Kim was detained May 6 on suspicion of “hostile acts” against the regime.Americans released in 2014:• Kenneth Bae served nearly two years of hard labor after accusations he was part of a Christian plot to overthrow the regime.• Matthew Todd Miller was also accused of “hostile acts” after tearing up his tourist visa and seeking asylum after entering North Korea.• Jeffrey Fowle spent five months in a North Korean prison after being caught with a Bible inside the country. The subsequent book – Without You, There Is No Us – detailed, in Kim’s words, “the psychology of North Korea’s future leaders and their very complex and human and inhumane world.” “There, in that relentless vacuum, nothing moved. No news came in or out. No phone calls to or from anyone. No emails, no letters, no ideas not prescribed by the regime,” Kim wrote in her bestselling book, which was published in 2014. According to Madden, the behavior of faculty members and exchanges at the university will inevitably have been under additional scrutiny by security forces as a result of the book. “PUST is certainly going to be in the crosshairs for – let’s say special attention – by the North Korean authorities because of that book,” says Madden. Suki Kim strenuously denies her book has anything to do with the latest detentions. She told CNN she was “threatened repeatedly” when North Korean security services found out about the book soon after it was published. She says since then PUST has been able to continue functioning – and even expand – under the regime. The school offers free education to children of the North Korean elite, many of whom would otherwise be sent abroad for school. “PUST exposes them to all sorts of subject matter and to interesting people,” Madden says. “They benefit enormously from that, and North Korea is not going to upset that applecart.” “The book has been out for a while,” says John Delury, associate professor at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul. In his view, it’s impossible to separate the link with PUST in these detentions from wider tensions on the peninsular. “So much is at play now and they’re both US citizens – there’s a lot in the air now as far as perceived threats.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korean regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170508133000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/asia/north-korea-us-citizen-held/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "422688309", "sentence": "Lawsuit says scientists infected hundreds of Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases A similar lawsuit filed against the U.S. government was dismissed Remember the Tuskegee syphilis experiment from the 1930s? Scientists studied poor African-Americans in Alabama who’d contracted the venereal disease but didn’t tell them they had the disease or do anything to cure them. A lawsuit filed this week alleges Johns Hopkins University and the Rockefeller Foundation helped conduct a similar study in Guatemala from 1945 to 1956. Orphans, inmates, psychiatric patients and prostitutes were deliberately infected with sexually transmitted diseases to determine what drugs, including penicillin, worked best in stopping the diseases, the lawsuit says. The subjects of the experiments weren’t told they’d been infected, the lawsuit says, causing some to die and others to pass the disease to their spouses, sexual partners and children. The suit seeks more than $1 billion in damages and has 774 plaintiffs, including people who were subjects in the experiments and their descendants. This is the second attempt to collect damages. In 2012, a class-action federal lawsuit was filed against the U.S. government over the Guatemala experiments conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service. A judge dismissed it, saying the Guatemalans could not sue the United States for grievances that happened overseas. The new lawsuit was filed in the Baltimore City Circuit Court. Johns Hopkins and the Rockefeller Foundation filed statements on their websites condemning the experiments, but denying responsibility. “The plaintiffs’ essential claim in this case is that prominent Johns Hopkins faculty members’ participation on a government committee that reviewed funding applications was tantamount to conducting the research itself and that therefore Johns Hopkins should be held liable,” the Johns Hopkins statement said. “Neither assertion is true.” The lawsuit alleges the Rockefeller Foundation funded Johns Hopkins’ research into public health issues, including venereal disease, and employed scientists who monitored the Guatemala experiments. The lawsuit, the Rockefeller Foundation statement said, “seeks improperly to assign ‘guilt by association’ in the absence of compensation from the United States federal government.” The suit says Johns Hopkins and the Rockefeller Foundation designed, supported and benefited from the Guatemala experiments. Bristol-Myers Squibb pharmaceutical group and that company’s owner, Mead Johnson, also are defendants. The pharmaceutical company supplied drugs for the experiments, the suit says. On Saturday, a spokeswoman for Bristol-Myers Squibb sent this statement to CNN: “We’ve only just received the complaint in this matter. Bristol-Myers Squibb played an important role in the development of penicillin in the past and today we continue to focus our work on developing breakthrough medicines for serious disease. As a company dedicated to patients, we take this matter very seriously and are reviewing the allegations.” Nobody doubts the experiments happened. In 2010, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized to Guatemala for the experiments, saying they were “clearly unethical.” In the 1930s and 1940s, the government followed a policy of funding scientific medical research but not controlling individual doctors, the suit says. The lawsuit says John Hopkins controlled and influenced the appointed panels that authorized funding for research into venereal disease. The lawsuit says prostitutes were infected to intentionally spread the disease and that syphilis spirochetes were injected into the spinal fluid of subjects. A woman in a psychiatric hospital had gonorrhea pus from a male subject injected into both her eyes, the suit says. The lawsuit doesn’t say why the experiments ended. The results were never published and were not revealed until 2011, when the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues wrote a letter to President Barack Obama telling of its investigation, the suit says. CNN’s Deanna Hackney contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Johns Hopkins University and the Rockefeller Foundation", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150404021500", "country1": "GTM", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/03/americas/guatemala-std-lawsuit/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "555582347", "sentence": "The presumptive Republican nominee was talking trade in New Hampshire Trump has made building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border a centerpiece of his economic platform Donald Trump’s latest jab at Mexico is taking off. As a plane flew overhead at Trump’s Thursday afternoon town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, Trump said, “That could be a Mexican plane up there – they’re getting ready to attack.” Trump was talking trade in New Hampshire, touting his plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he said has allowed Mexico to siphon away U.S. manufacturing jobs. The presumptive Republican nominee has made building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border a centerpiece of his economic platform, and has angered Hispanic voters as well as immigrants’ rights groups when he said last year that some of those people crossing the U.S.’s southern border illegally were “rapists” and “killers.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160630210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/politics/donald-trump-mexico-plane-trade-speech/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "727788959", "sentence": "Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he believes Republicans are engaged in an “unprecedented” attempt to impugn special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and the integrity of the FBI. The Nunes memo, which was released to the public on Friday, is the latest episode in what Warner believes is a campaign “to undermine the very validity of the Mueller investigation, and when it does appear that they may not get enough traction to fire Mueller … undermining the integrity of the FBI and the Department of Justice,” Warner told David Axelrod on “The Axe Files,” a podcast produced by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. “We are in an area again where I can’t think of any administration in my lifetime that has gone out and actively undermined law enforcement,” the Virginia senator said. Warner, who is leading the Senate investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election alongside Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, said neither he nor his Republican colleague was permitted to view the memo before its release after being flatly told “we will not grant you access.” Read the disputed memo hereWho is Devin Nunes?What is the FISA court, and why is it so secretive?Trump hopes release of memo will undermine Russia probeThe Point: Why the Nunes memo really isn’t a partisan fight Read the disputed memo hereWho is Devin Nunes?What is the FISA court, and why is it so secretive?Trump hopes release of memo will undermine Russia probeThe Point: Why the Nunes memo really isn’t a partisan fight Warner said he believes both he and Burr were blocked from viewing the memo prior to its release because “any legitimate entity would question both the methodology behind the memo, the willingness to use classified information this recklessly and … feel like we need to contradict or at least need to point out its flaws.” When the House Intelligence Committee “voted again on party lines not to allow the Democrats to release their document, which again just doesn’t pass the smell test,” Warner said it reconfirmed what is, to him, the partisan nature of the memo. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday the memo helps “provide greater transparency” and that he supports Democrats releasing their own memo. The Russia investigation in the Senate is ongoing, and Warner said it’s key to defending against future threats of cyberwarfare. “The fact that the President has not acknowledged this is a national threat means we have no whole-of-government approach to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Warner said. “And that makes our country less safe.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican efforts to undermine the Mueller investigation and the FBI", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180203031500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/mark-warner-axe-files/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "412415359", "sentence": "More than 20,000 foreigners have flocked to fight for ISIS, the radical Sunni group that controls portions of Iraq and Syria. They hail from 90 countries, and an estimated 3,400 fighters come from Western states, according to Nicholas Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Those are the numbers – estimates, of course. But who is actually going? What are their names? What do they look like, where are they from and – perhaps most importantly – why are they going? These are some of the individuals we know have traveled or tried to join ISIS. National Intelligence Director James Clapper says 180 Americans have tried to go to fight in Syria. It’s unclear how many of those were attempting to join ISIS. We don’t know the identity of any Americans who have successfully made it to ISIS-controlled lands, but we do know the identities of a handful of people who have been accused of trying. Related video FBI: Three men attempted to join ISIS On Wednesday, three men from New York – Abdurasul Juraboev, 24; Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19; and Abror Habibov, 30 – were arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. An unsealed criminal complaint accused one of the men of discussing a potential attempt to assassinate President Barack Obama. One had discussed hijacking a flight and handing it over to ISIS, the complaint said. Four women from Colorado have been accused of attempting to join ISIS. Three Denver teenagers, who investigators say were recruited via social media, were stopped in Germany last October and sent back to the United States. After being arrested in spring 2014, Shannon Maureen Conley was one of the first Americans sentenced for conspiracy to support ISIS. Two men who have appeared in horrific ISIS propaganda videos could be from the United States or Canada, according to analysts. The individuals – both of whom are shown wearing masks covering everything but their eyes – spoke in what sounded like North American accents. One was in a video entitled “Flames of War,” which shows the execution of a handful of men. The other militant is the speaker in ISIS’ first propaganda video out of Libya, which ends with the graphic beheading of more than a dozen Egyptian Christians. Canada’s intelligence agency estimated in 2014 that more than 130 of its citizens had traveled to the region to join ISIS. Damian Clairmont was killed fighting in Aleppo last year. His mother, Christianne Boudreau, told CNN that Clairmont converted to Islam after high school and was gradually recruited by the group. Related video Mother: My son went to Syria to help women and children “He was compelled to go there to help save women and children to stop the torture,” Boudreau said. She says that over time, he was brainwashed by ISIS. John Maguire and and Khadar Khalib – both in their early 20s –  were charged in absentia by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with knowingly participating in the activities of a terror group and counseling a person to knowingly participate in a terrorist activity. They’re believed to be fighting with ISIS, according to authorities. A woman who goes by the alias of “Toronto Jane” was tweeting support for the terror group in Toronto until November. After a brief hiatus, her tweets (which were geotagged) started coming in from Syria. Perhaps the most well-known French national who is presumed to be in Syria is Hayat Boumeddiene, the widow of Amedy Coulibaly, the man who killed four people in a Paris kosher market in January. An ISIS propaganda magazine says Boumeddiene safely reached the Islamic State, the name the group calls itself, but offered no proof. Boumeddiene is believed to have disappeared into Syria before the attack. Of the other roughly 1,200 French fighters who have joined ISIS, French authorities have so far only named one man. They say Maxime Hauchard appeared in a video that depicts the graphic beheading of men who ISIS says were Syrian government pilots. French authorities have backed off a claim that another national, Mickael Dos Santos, was believed to be member of ISIS. Related video 'Jihadi John' still at large About 600 UK nationals are believed to have gone to Iraq and Syria, according to research groups. Among them: – A man who has been dubbed Jihadi John, the black-clad, masked militant who has appeared in the majority of ISIS’ beheading videos. He was identified Thursday as Mohammed Emwazi, believed to be from west London, the Reuters news agency reported, citing The Washington Post and the BBC. One of Emwazi’s close friends disclosed his name to the Post, that newspaper reported. London’s Metropolitan Police declined to confirm the reported identity. – Three classmates from London – Shamima Begum, 15; Kadiza Sultana, 16; and Amira Abase, 15 – left the UK on February 17 bound for Istanbul. Police said on Tuesday they believe the girls have reached their intended destination, Syria. – Aqsa Mahmood, 19, left her home in September, bound for the ISIS battlefield. She hugged her parents goodbye, and four days later crossed the Turkish border into Syria, hoping to become a martyr. Australia, where a number of individuals have been charged with terror offenses in recent months, has seen more than 50 of its nationals travel to the region to become ISIS fighters. But the case that perhaps stands out most prominently is that of Khaled Sharrouf. “That’s my boy,” he wrote on Twitter this past summer – posted alongside a photo of his 7-year-old son holding up a man’s severed head. Related video German ISIS member speaks with Jürgen Todenhöfer Author, journalist and former German politician Jürgen Todenhöfer traveled to ISIS-controlled Syria and Iraq in December. He spoke with CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen and shared video of a conversation he had with a German ISIS militant, one of an estimated 600 from the country. Todenhöfer spoke with the man over Skype for months. “He says what they want him to say,” Todenhöfer said. “He is sure that he is on the right way.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150226020000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/25/world/isis-western-recruits/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "751018317", "sentence": "A US-owned local radio station has been shut down for insulting women in Rwanda, authorities say. The Amazing Grace Christian Radio, a radio station that airs religious sermons, had its broadcasting license revoked after one of its presenters, Nicolas Niyibikora, repeatedly referred to women as evil, Rwanda officials said. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) announced it had taken away the station’s license on Tuesday. #RURA has revoked the broadcasting license of Amazing Grace Christian Radio after this station failed to comply with #RURA’s sanctions taken after a sermon aired by the radio on January 29, 2018 in which a radio presenter repeatedly insulted women referring to them as evil#RwOT pic.twitter.com/NjggGmMnsc “The revocation follows failure by Amazing Grace Christian Radio to comply with RURA’s sanctions taken after a sermon aired by the Radio on 29 January 2018 in which a radio presenter Nicolas Niyibikora repeatedly insulted women referring to them as evil,” the statement read. The radio station’s founder,  an American evangelist Gregg Schoof, has filed a lawsuit to get the radio back on air. The court case will be heard Thursday in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. Schoof responded to news of the license removal with a statement saying he had done nothing wrong. He added that he was ordered to plead guilty against his conscience and that Pastor Niyibikora has not been found guilty yet. “I am not Pastor Nicholas. Pastor Nicholas must apologize for himself,” Schoof said. “Pastor Nicholas was not found guilty yet. There has been no testimony, no hearing, and no court case for his message. So RURA wants me to apologize for someone who is still presumed to be innocent?” Schoof has distanced himself from the “evil” comments and stated that he does not support the use of such language on women. Related article French officials accused of 'complicity' in Rwanda genocide “I am against any kind of language that is against women,” he said to the Rwandan Media Commission (RMC) ethics committee, The East African reported. “The bible protects and promotes women’s rights. But I have not got the entire translation of the sermon since it was in Kinyarwanda.” Immediately after the show’s original airing in January, complaints followed on social media. Women’s rights groups, the National Women’s Association and Rwanda Women Journalists’ Association, filed complaints to Rwanda Media Commission the media regulatory body in Rwanda, The East African reported. Related article Fake nude photos were used to 'silence me', disqualified Rwandan candidate says In February, RURA imposed sanctions on the station, including a one month suspension, a $2,300 fine and an apology to the public. When the station failed to comply with the sanctions, RURA said it had no choice but to withdraw the station’s license. Rwanda is seen as making positive strides towards gender equality. It has the highest percentage of women in its parliament in the world. The move also comes amid the closure of over 700 churches in Rwanda by local authorities, Rwandan newspaper The New Times reported. The country is seen as making significant progress since the genocide in 1994, but there are media restrictions and self-censorship, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Political opponents and journalists remain largely vulnerable, with reports of disappearances, according to Amnesty International. Rwanda currently ranks 156 out of 180 in the World Press Freedom Index.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180426153000", "country1": "RWA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/africa/radio-station-shutdown-rwanda-africa/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "580335573", "sentence": "As World War II looms, a six-year-old Jewish boy escapes Nazi-occupied Europe on a rescue train to Britain. Five decades later, a woman in war-ravaged Sarajevo takes a United Nations flight to London, where she’s given a scholarship to study. In 2015, a young Syrian man pays smugglers thousands to get to Europe, waiting months for a visa to work. As the UN draws up a blueprint to address the global refugee crisis at a summit in New York, we speak to three generations about why the quest for refuge is harder than ever. Thaer Batal spent three months in “The Jungle” camp in France before hiding on a train bound for Britain. “I woke up to the sound of two rockets and suddenly the building started to shake,” said Thaer Batal, who had returned to his family home in Idlib to protect it from looters when it was destroyed by airstrikes in June 2015. A week later, the IT engineer and English literature graduate left Syria in the hope of making a new life in the UK. After crossing the border into Turkey on foot, Batal paid smugglers $1,000 to take a 7-meter rubber dinghy to Greece, which the group of 54 refugees inflated under the watchful gaze of men with guns. Batal later spent three months living in “The Jungle” migrant and refugee camp in Calais, northern France, along with thousands of other refugees from the Middle East, all hoping to enter the UK illegally. Night after night he attempted to find a way to get to Britain, eventually hiding out on a freight train headed for London. Despite his easy smile, life in the UK hasn’t been a walk in the park for Batal who for seven months wasn’t able to work or study until the government approved his refugee visa. “At the start I’d say ‘I’m a refugee looking for a room’ and people would say ‘no,’” said Batal, who almost a year after arriving is studying computer science at Westminster University. “Now I can tell them I’m a student. It changes everything.” Zrinka Bralo was a journalist in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war before fleeing to London in 1993. “It was very difficult to get pictures out of Sarajevo because these were the days of analogue and all the transmitters were destroyed,” said Zrinka Bralo, who in her early 20s worked as a radio presenter in Bosnia. “There were occasions where big massacres were happening and camera people were there by chance – but the international networks wouldn’t transmit the images because they was considered too gruesome,” she said of the war. The violent breakup of Yugoslavia, fought between Serbs, Muslims and Croats, claimed the lives of over 100,000 people – many of them Muslim. As a journalist, Bralo was able to escape on a UN flight to Britain where she was given a scholarship to continue her media and communications studies. “Hard as it was, compared to refugees now it was easy,” said Bralo, who today is chief executive of charity Migrants Organise. “They get stuck in this administrative mess where they have to wait for years before they’re allowed to study or work.” “From my experience in Sarajevo, and watching Aleppo now, it’s hard to fight the cynicism that as a species we don’t really learn from history,” said Bralo. “So we’re destined to repeat it.” Alf Dubs was a six-year-old aboard a Kinderstransport train from Prague to London. “I remember my mother seeing me off on the train and there were German soldiers with swastikas standing in the background,” said Alf Dubs, who fled Czechoslovakia on a Kindertransport train shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Around 10,000 mostly Jewish children were saved by the trains, which ran from central Europe to Holland and Belgium – from there catching a ferry to the UK. “The train left Prague around midnight,” said Dubs, a former member of British parliament. “When we got to Holland the older ones all cheered because we were out of the reach of the Nazis – I didn’t understand what that meant at the time.” Dubs’ Jewish father greeted him in London, having already fled Czechoslovakia when the Nazis arrived. His mother, who was not Jewish, joined the family shortly after. “I was lucky because some never saw their parents again,” he said. Dubs never returned to Czechoslovakia – “my future was in Britain” – and after a lifetime in politics he was appointed a Labour peer in 1994, earning him the title of Baron Dubs. The father-of-two has twice visited “The Jungle” in France, where many inhabitants are not much older than Dubs was on the Kinderstransport train. “It’s shocking that people are living in such conditions,” he said. “And exhilarating because there’s something about the triumph of the human spirit to survive.” Is there a modern-day equivalent to Nicholas Winton, the British stockbroker who founded the Kindertransport scheme? “Sadly, I don’t think there is,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Kingdom refugee policy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160919044500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/europe/un-summit-refugees-migrants/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "441634570", "sentence": "There’s still no sign of the New York escapees. Donald Trump is running for president. And the Golden State Warriors are the golden boys of the NBA. It’s Wednesday, and here are five things to know for your New Day. Who knew what?: Did Joyce Mitchell’s husband know about the escape plan from an upstate New York prison? And did he know about the additional plot to kill him? Lyle Mitchell says no, he didn’t know anything; Joyce Mitchell says yes he did because she told him. Either way, authorities are taking a closer look at him and other inmates at the Clinton Correctional Facility, as the manhunt for Richard Matt and David Sweat stretches into its 12th day. The Donald’s in: The race for the White House just got a lot more interesting (at least on the GOP side) yesterday when Donald Trump announced he was running. The bombastic, boastful billionaire pretty much promised to fix everything in the country his way. In-your-face battles with China and ISIS, a wall for Mexico and a job for everybody were just a few of the pledges Trump made during his circus-like announcement. His top qualification for being president? “I’m really rich.” Well, that may be enough to get him into the first couple of GOP debates. Black or white: A week ago, no one had ever heard of Rachel Dolezal. Now, no one can seem to stop talking about her. Yesterday, Dolezal – fresh off of stepping down as head of the Spokane NAACP chapter over criticism that she’s portrayed herself as black, even though she was born white – stood by that self-assessment. She insisted, “I identify as black.” ‘Didn’t see it coming’: Hunter Treschl, who lost an arm in a shark attack over the weekend, said yesterday he was going to “fight and live a normal life” despite what had happened to him. The 16-year-old said he was playing Sunday in waist-deep water with his cousin when he was attacked and didn’t even see the shark until it bit his left arm. A 13-year-old girl also lost part of her arm during a shark attack that same day. Hoop heroes: The Golden State Warriors are the new kings of the NBA. The “Dubs,” as they’re affectionately called by their fans, beat Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 last night to claim the NBA title. James, despite his courageous performance, wasn’t the Finals MVP. That honor went to Andre Iguodala, who scored 25 points. As for the Cavs, and the city of Cleveland, they will have to wait yet another year for James to make good on his promise to bring home a championship. Surprise duet: Ed Sheeran sings a song with a young fan. Happy dancer: A young boy steals the show while dancing next to Pharrell Williams. Ouch!: A saluting solider causes a 6-year-old girl’s meet-and-greet with Queen Elizabeth to go horribly awry. Good dog: Millie the dog helps carry shopping bags from the car to the house. Good dog, part 2: Indy the dog gets super excited before dinner, yet shows great discipline.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150617093000", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/17/us/new-day-five-things/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "436423303", "sentence": "A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 with more than 180 passengers on board temporarily lost power to both of its engines as it passed through a storm, the airline has said. Flight SQ836 was en route to Shanghai from Singapore on Saturday when it “encountered bad weather at 39,000 feet about three and a half hours after departure,” a spokesperson for the airline told CNN Wednesday. “Both engines experienced a temporary loss of power and the pilots followed operational procedures to restore normal operation of the engines. The flight continued to Shanghai and touched down uneventfully at 10:56pm local time,” the spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that both engines were thoroughly inspected and tested upon arrival in Shanghai with no anomalies detected. According to Flightradar 24, the problem caused the Airbus to descend 13,000 feet before the crew was able to power up the engines – though Singapore Airlines did not comment on this. The carrier said it was in the process of reviewing the incident with engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce, as well as Airbus. Airbus could not be reached for comment at this stage. The airliner was carrying 182 passengers and 12 crew. READ: Air France jet has near miss with volcano CNN’s Matthew Hoye contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Singapore Airlines", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150527083000", "country1": "SGP", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/asia/singapore-airlines-jet-power-loss/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "541294408", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: David L. Phillips is director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. He served as a senior adviser and foreign affairs expert for the State Department during the administrations of Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. David Phillips: Lebanon is faced with a political crisis The United States has an interest in stabilizing the country, he says Lebanon faces a political crisis. Its presidency, elected by parliament, has been vacant for 23 months. Parliament has convened 39 times over the past two years, but it has failed to elect a president due to lack of a quorum. Absent a president and a functioning parliament, Lebanon is in a downward spiral. It is struggling to assist the more than 1 million refugees from Syria. The central and municipal governments cannot provide basic services. Garbage is piling up on the streets. Socioeconomic conditions are worsening. Having just returned from Beirut, I’ve seen the consequences of Lebanon as a fragile state, under the influence of Iran with Hezbollah acting as its proxy. Parliament is hopelessly deadlocked between the “March 8 Alliance,” including Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement, led by Michel Aoun, and the “March 14 Alliance,” a coalition of political parties including Saad Hariri, the son of assassinated Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. These political groups are militias, masquerading as political parties. Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah is a warlord, not a politician. And while parliamentary elections are scheduled for summer 2017, Lebanon’s 1960 electoral law is outdated and needs upgrading. Plus, elections could be postponed, which would deepen the political crisis. Lebanon’s problems can be fixed. After all, Lebanon is pluralistic, but it is not an inherently divided society. Lebanese are unified by a common language (Arabic), a common ethnicity (mostly Arabs and some Armenians) and common values in support of freedom, equality and civil rights. Lebanon is also rich in human resources. Its people are highly educated and skilled in industries such as banking, construction and textiles. Lebanon also has a beautiful coastline, bountiful agro-industries, and great potential for tourism. The United States could enhance the country’s independence by working with Russia to mitigate external influences. It could also promote good governance by encouraging Lebanon’s political factions to implement the Taif Agreement, which established a power-sharing formula ending Lebanon’s civil war in 1989. After all, the United States has an interest in stabilizing Lebanon. Although Lebanon borders Syria, it has managed to withstand pressures from ISIS. But Lebanon is at a fork in the road. It can continue as a bulwark against extremism, or become a failed and fragmented state, exploited by extremists. Of course, Lebanon’s challenges do not occur in a vacuum; they are part of a broader sectarian conflict in the region. Iran and Saudi Arabia, for example, project their rivalry for regional influence in countries such as Lebanon. But ultimate responsibility rests with the Lebanese themselves. To move forward, progress could occur in steps, starting with the election of an interim president who would serve for 12 months. The interim president would oversee the drafting of a new electoral law, and parliamentary elections would occur in  summer 2017 (as scheduled), followed by the election of a president for a regular six-year term. In the past, the Lebanese people wanted the United States to stay out of their internal affairs. But during my meetings in Beirut, senior officials were imploring for more proactive U.S. engagement. The Obama administration has single-mindedly pursued a nuclear deal with Iran. But while Washington has looked the other way, Iran has projected its power and influence, establishing a Shiite crescent from Tehran to Baghdad, to Damascus and Beirut. This acquiescing to Iran explains the Obama administration’s tepid response to atrocities by the Iranian-backed Alawite government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus; Syria is a platform for Iran to project power in the region. Related article How art can help diffuse Middle East tensions The Obama administration also appears to be tolerating Iran’s influence in Iraq, fueling Sunni concerns. And although the United States lists Hezbollah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, it has apparently turned a blind eye to Hezbollah’s undermining of democracy in Lebanon and crimes in Syria. Still, despite America’s accommodation of Hezbollah, the organization may be in decline. It did not perform as well as some expected in last week’s local elections, while the killing of its top commander in Syria, Mustafa Badriddine, is also a significant setback. Badriddine’s killing is allegedly the work of Sunni insurgents, backed by Saudi Arabia, and comes as the Saudis, in an effort to reaffirm their relevance, have looked to intensify support for Sunnis in Iraq and Syria as well as exert pressure on Lebanon. Why? Because the Obama administration’s tilt toward Iran makes Saudi Arabia feel abandoned by the United States. And it is that reality that underscores the need for the United States to have a more balanced approach between Iran and Saudi Arabia, while working more closely with Russia to address crises in the region. The multitude of problems confronting the Middle East are interconnected. While the United States is pursuing a peace deal for Syria, it should not forget Lebanon. Stability there could be a linchpin to progress in the region. It is therefore important for the United States to take a more comprehensive approach to conflict resolution in the region. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine. David L. Phillips is director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. He served as a senior adviser and foreign affairs expert for the State Department during the administrations of Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. 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{"article_id": "422057775", "sentence": "Not so long ago, France was nothing but a lily-livered punch line in Washington. So it has surprised some to see it emerge as the tough-talking bad cop in nuclear negotiations with Iran. A decade ago, conservatives loved to mock France as a symbol of weakness, ‘effete’ liberal internationalism and what they regarded as “Old Europe” appeasement of hostile forces in the Middle East. READ: Progress made, but can an Iran nuclear framework deal be reached? But French-U.S. relations have traveled a long way since the days when America’s oldest ally was lambasted Simpsons-style as a home for “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” and Capitol Hill menus listed “Freedom Fries.” Twelve years after that estrangement, sparked by Paris’s opposition to the Iraq war, France has shifted from being to the dovish left of America on key foreign policy questions to its hawkish right. Related video Kerry: Still 'tricky issues' to work out with Iran This new trend is playing out in Switzerland, where France is adopting a firmer public line on the deadline-busting nuclear talks with Iran than the Obama administration – which by comparison looks much more eager for a deal. While Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met yet again Wednesday to thrash out an agreement long past its Tuesday midnight deadline, the top French negotiator left and spent most of the day in Paris. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, said on Wednesday that “things have progressed, but not enough” to produce an immediate deal. “We want there to be an agreement, there’s no doubt about that, (but) this agreement can only happen if it is robust and verifiable,” he said, speaking in French. A French source said that late Wednesday Fabius headed back to Lausanne, where the talks are taking place. Though what France has said behind closed doors at the negotiations remains unknown, Paris is now seen as more skeptical of the chances of a firmly binding Iran deal than the Obama administration, which has invested enormous political capital in the agreement and faces intense opposition from Republicans back in Washington. In fact, the end-of-the-March milestone seems more rooted in President Barack Obama’s need to show progress as skeptics in Congress fight to kill the deal than representing a true inflexion point in a negotiating process that has as its final deadline June 30. There are signs that the French believe that Washington could in fact get a better political deal than the one that is currently on the table. READ: 21 questions on Iran nuclear talks: What’s going on? What’s at stake? “The French understand the value of time, and essentially they know that the longer this goes on, within reason, the more reasons the Iranians have to give things up,” said Atlantic Council senior fellow Nicholas Dungan. “The French feel that we can ask for an agreement on specifics which the Iranians might be reluctant to give but which the French believe they probably will give in order to get the deal done.” And France isn’t just playing the bad cop role for the sake of stiffening negotiations – it has its own unique view of power politics in the Middle East. For one thing, it has been burned by Iran before. Paris has actually been engaging Tehran on its nuclear program for years longer than the U.S., and therefore has had more time to see its expectations dashed. It was part of negotiations with Iran along with Germany and Britain in 2004 and 2005. And it learned hard lessons when it was revealed in September 2009, during a visit to the United States by then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, that Iran had built an underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordow – despite previous denials. Related gallery Iran: Key players in the nuclear talks “The French do not necessarily trust the commitment that the Iranians might actually engage in,” said Guillaume Xavier-Bender, a Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. “They don’t trust that every element will be respected because of their history of negotiation with the Iranians – they have been deceived multiple times.” That French preoccupation was revealed in an earlier stage of the current round of nuclear talks with Iran that now also include the U.S., Russia and China. Washington was angered at France’s last-minute reluctance to sign on to an interim nuclear deal that was finally agreed to in late 2013. READ: White House readies Iran nuclear deal sales pitch to skeptical Congress Back then, Fabius insisted on the toughening of language on Iran’s right to enrich uranium and on its plutonium reactor at Arak, changes to a draft deal that Washington later embraced. There are also broader political and diplomatic forces at work between France and the United States behind the scenes, which, according to both sides, have brought relations to their strongest point in years, the differences over the Iran negotiations not withstanding. France has emerged as Washington’s most reliable European partner in power projection outside its backyard, better even than Washington’s ‘special relationship’ ally Britain. A fundamental shift in French foreign policy took place after the Iraq meltdown when Sarkozy took power. “Some of it was down to diplomatic tactics and some of it was a genuine policy decision,” said Dungan, author of a forthcoming book titled “Why France Matters.” “One of the reasons why the U.S. could be suspicious or dismissive of France was that it could say ‘the French aren’t going to fight,’” he said. Related video France: You've got a friend “Right away on taking office, Sarkozy took a much harder line.” So in 2011, it was the conservative Sarkozy who led the charge on Western intervention in Libya to avert what was seen as a possible massacre by Moamer Gadhaffi’s forces in Benghazi and convinced Obama to join in. The trend continued when the socialist Francois Hollande became president in 2012, only to be embarrassed when Obama climbed down from threats to punish Syria for chemical weapons violations while French pilots were strapped into their cockpits to begin bombing runs. Nevertheless, France was the first European nation to send its planes into the skies over Iraq to bomb ISIS alongside American jets this fall. Paris also has a narrow self-interest at play in Switzerland that also shapes its hawkish stance. It’s a longtime member of the nuclear club and any widening of the membership – and a possible Middle Eastern arms race – would tarnish its own relative prestige and power. READ: Boehner: New Iran sanctions ‘very’ quickly if no nuclear deal And there may also be some wounded feelings at play. Though they are under an international umbrella, the Iran nuclear talks have effectively boiled down to a bilateral negotiation between longtime enemies Washington and Tehran – with Europe partially sidelined. So France’s pride dictates that it is unlikely to accept any outcome that appears imposed by the United States. But that desire to preserve its own primacy in transatlantic affairs is also the reason, experts said, that France would never totally derail nuclear talks so vitally important to Washington. Such a move would cause a new rupture in ties with Washington that France has spent much of the last decade trying to mend.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "France", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150401193000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/politics/france-iran-nuclear-deal-hawks/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "442061003", "sentence": "Here’s a look at the life of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti. Birth date: July 15, 1953 Birth place: Port Salut, Haiti Birth name: Jean-Bertrand Aristide Father: Joseph Aristide, farmer Mother: Marie (Pierre-Louis) Aristide Marriage: Mildred (Trouillot) Aristide (January 20, 1996-present) Children: Michaelle and Christine Education: Grand Seminaire Notre Dame, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, B.A.; University of Montreal, Canada, M.A.; University of South Africa, Pretoria, Ph.D. Religion: Roman Catholic Elected president of Haiti twice. Both administrations were overthrown. Former Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales. His wife, Mildred Aristide, is a Haitian-American lawyer from New York. Studied in Israel. 1974 - Enters the priesthood with the Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians) in the Dominican Republic. 1983 - Is ordained and assigned to St. Jean-Bosco, a poor parish in a Port-au-Prince, Haiti, neighborhood. 1986 - Is held hostage by Salesian followers for two weeks for condoning and supporting the opposition to the new post-Jean-Claude Duvalier regime. September 11, 1988 - The St. Jean-Bosco parish church is attacked during morning mass, with 13 dead and more than 70 injured. December 15, 1988 - Aristide is expelled from the Society of St. Francis de Sales for his “incitement to hate and violence.” December 16, 1990 - Is elected president of Haiti with more than 67% of the vote. February 7, 1991 - Takes the oath of office as the 40th president of Haiti. October 1, 1991 - Flees Haiti for Venezuela, after a coup led by Brigadier General Raoul Cedras overthrows the government. October 15, 1994 - Is reinstated as president of Haiti, after a US-brokered agreement. Cedras and his staff resign and are exiled. October 17, 1994 - Under pressure from the Vatican, submits a letter formally requesting to leave the priesthood. February 7, 1996 - First smooth transition from one president to another in Haiti’s history as Rene Preval is sworn in as the 41st president of Haiti. 1996 - Founds the Aristide Foundation for Democracy. November 1996 - Forms and leads the Fanmi Lavalas political party. November 26, 2000 - Aristide is reelected as president with 91.69% of the vote. February 7, 2001 - Is sworn in as the 42nd president of Haiti. December 17, 2001 - The presidential palace is stormed during an attempted coup believed to be led by Guy Philippe. Seven people are killed. January 13, 2004 - Announces new legislative elections after his administration comes under fire for rigging previous elections. February 25, 2004 - Philippe and rebel forces surround Port-au-Prince and announce plans to arrest Aristide. February 29, 2004 - Resigns as president and leaves Haiti with his wife on board a US military plane to the Central African Republic. 2007 - Receives Ph.D. in African languages from the University of South Africa. November 26, 2009 - Haiti’s electoral council bans Aristide’s party from participating in the next legislative elections. January 12, 2010 - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 14 miles west of Haiti, destroying most of the capital of Port-au-Prince. January 15, 2010 - From Pretoria, South Africa, the exiled Aristide announces his wish to return home to help Haitian earthquake survivors. March 18, 2011 - Aristide returns to Haiti after seven years in exile. May 8, 2013 - Appears in court in Port-au-Prince in connection with the investigation of journalist Jean Leopold Dominique’s murder. June 21, 2021 - Le Nouvelliste reports that Aristide has tested positive for Covid-19 and will seek treatment in Cuba.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jean-Bertrand Aristide", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150618191500", "country1": "VEN", "country2": "CAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/18/world/jean-bertrand-aristide-fast-facts/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "690578563", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Max Fraser is a design expert, curator and special correspondent for CNN Style. Paris Design Week is one of the more significant design weeks to take place in Europe each year. It’s a citywide celebration of furniture and interior products that has grown out of the city’s biannual industry trade fair, Maison & Objet, located in the Parc des Expositions on the outskirts of the capital. Here, enormous halls are filled with aisle after aisle of new product launches to adorn every imaginable interior. Celebrating 100 years of innovative Finnish design While an important commercial platform, these vast hangars of stuff have the ability to sap the energy from or overwhelm visitors. The events and exhibitions dotted across this romantic city act as a sort of antidote and are encouraged (and promoted) by the trade fair organizers. Occupying shops and showrooms, empty warehouses and small ateliers, the ‘fringe’ events often have less emphasis on trade and more on culture. As someone who travels the world visiting design weeks throughout the year, strangely I haven’t been to Paris Design Week for over a decade. With the CNN Style film crew in tow, I spent a day moving across a handful of events in the city. Starting with a whistle-stop tour of the cavernous Maison & Objet,  we headed to the center and took in a few more exhibitions and venues before zipping back to my hometown London.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170918134500", "country1": "FIN", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/paris-design-week-2017-highlights/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "690136333", "sentence": "\"There is a military option,\" White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters A key question for military planners and intelligence analysts is what military option would actually work as a deterrent North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test has renewed discussion at the highest levels of the Trump administration about how military force could be used to stop Kim Jong Un’s development of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles. “For those who have said, and been commenting about a lack of an military option, there is a military option,” national security adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters Friday, adding: “Now, it is not what we would prefer to do.” At the same press briefing, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley acknowledged that if sanctions and diplomatic pressure don’t work, the UN may not be able to do much more. “So, having said that, I have no problem with kicking it to (Defense Secretary) Gen. James Mattis because I think he has plenty of options,” she said. Speaking Friday at Joint Base Andrews, the Air Force installation outside Washington, President Donald Trump emphasized the robustness of US military options. “After seeing your capabilities and commitment here today, I am more confident than ever that our options in addressing this threat are both effective and overwhelming,” he said. According to North Korea’s news agency, after the launch, Kim told top officials that the final goal of Pyongyang’s efforts “is to establish the equilibrium of real force with the US and make the US rulers dare not talk about military option for the DPRK,” the acronym for the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “And he stressed the need to run at full speed and straight, continuing to qualitatively consolidate the military attack capacity for nuclear counterattack the US cannot cope with.” For years, much of the work on US military options for deterring the North Korean nuclear threat has centered around key initiatives, such as missile defense systems like the ground based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and long-range interceptors, as well as Aegis radar-equipped ships to shoot down incoming North Korean missiles. Once the Trump administration came into office, there was a renewed look at so-called rapid-response options, such as “shows of force” that involve flying bombers over the Korean Peninsula to convince Kim the US means business. But with no sign Kim is responding to diplomatic or sanctions pressure – or the threat of force – one of the key questions for military planners and intelligence analysts is what military option would actually work as a deterrent to Kim. One senior US official says the problem right now in relying on a deterrence theory is “no one knows” what would actually deter the North Korean leader. The accepted theory in the military and intelligence community is Kim’s top priority is his own preservation and that of his family. That goal, the US believes, would keep him from attacking the US outright. Mattis acknowledged earlier this month that Trump has been updated on all military options, saying: “Any threat to the United States or its territories, including Guam, or our allies will be met with a massive military response – a response both effective and overwhelming.” But what has emerged are two problems: first, knowing exactly where Kim has hidden his weapons so the US can use determine exact target locations for precision weapons to hit; and second, getting past hefty North Korean defenses to get to those weapons. The target set is massive. The former chairman of the House intelligence committee, Mike Rogers, told CNN’s Jake Tapper there is in fact a so-called “decapitation option.” Rogers says it means the US would “strike the leadership, including Kim and some of the senior leaders around him – take them out of the equation.” There are also options for a ‘limited strike” on nuclear and other weapons sites. And despite media reports several top US officials tell CNN there is no immediate consideration to putting tactical nuclear weapons into the region for use against North Korea. If the crisis reached the point of needing nuclear weapons, the US routinely keep submarines with nuclear tipped missile on covert patrols offshore, US officials privately acknowledge. Numerous interviews with current and former administration officials reveal a list of options that could all result in massive civilians casualties even if US targeters knew where Kim has hidden all his weapons. To get into North Korean airspace to attack any known missile or nuclear sites that can be located, the US would rely on cruise missiles and fighter jets to begin by attacking air defense missile and radar sites, officials say. US officials are now looking again at any possible means for destroying thousands of artillery tubes and weapons Kim has arrayed just north of the demilitarized zone. “There are literally thousands of tubes of artillery along the demilitarized zone that are aimed south, some of them directly at Seoul,” says Col. Steve Warren, a former Pentagon spokesman. “And, frankly, some of these artillery pieces are very simple, it’s simply an old-fashioned cannon that cannot be jammed, it cannot be interdicted any way other than with a direct strike.” Internal Pentagon estimates calculate it could take a complex air bombing and cruise missile campaign a week or more to destroy whatever weapons can be found from satellite surveillance, although US officials believe they know where much of his weapons inventory is located. The US would likely rely on the F-35 fighter jet, the most advanced in the inventory, and bombers to try to strike along the demilitarized zone, officials say. Trump touted the aircraft while speaking at Andrews. “Now, when our enemies hear the F-35 engines, when they’re roaring overhead, their souls will tremble, and they will know the day of reckoning has arrived,” he said. But an internal Pentagon estimate calculates an air campaign could take several days, meaning the North could still launch attacks causing massive civilian casualties even as some fighters, bombers and submarine- and ship-launched cruise missiles tried to attack key weapons sites. Current military planning also relies heavily on South Korean cooperation officials tell CNN. If there are ground combat operations, every effort would be made not to have US troops to go into North Korea due to Chinese sensitivities about any US presence in the event of conflict. South Korean leaders have long said they are strongly opposed to war on the peninsula. Beyond diplomacy and all-out war, there is another possible option. “There could be a cyberattack that the North Koreans don’t even understand … was a cyberattack from us,” said Warren. “They simply find themselves confounded by a problem that they didn’t anticipate. And this is just another tool. Sometimes when you attack, you want your enemy to know that you punched them in the nose, other times you want them simply to fall down and wonder why they fell.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States military options against North Korea", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170916130000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/16/politics/north-korea-missile-test/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "748770748", "sentence": "Former FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that he does not believe President Donald Trump will fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. “I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Comey said when he was asked on ABC’s “The View” about the possibility. “The President would have to fire everyone in the Department of Justice and the FBI to stop an investigation,” Comey said. “So it doesn’t make any sense to fire Director Mueller and bring the kind of storm that would bring. So I actually don’t expect that to happen … I don’t expect it.” It’s been speculated, particularly since the FBI raided his personal attorney last week, that Trump might attempt to fire the special counsel as a way of ending what he frequently calls a “witch hunt.” The media appearance is Comey’s latest as part of a promotional tour for the release of his new book, “A Higher Loyalty.” The former FBI director, who was abruptly fired by Trump last year, offers up a scathingly critical portrayal of the President in the book — and has not let up on that criticism in recent interviews. On Sunday evening, Comey was asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos what would happen if Trump tried to fire Mueller. Comey responded that the potential move “would, I hope, set off alarm bells that this is his most serious attack yet on the rule of law.” But Comey also told Stephanopoulos that he didn’t think that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller, would carry out that order. The President has unleashed a forceful counterattack against Comey via Twitter. On Wednesday morning, Trump said that Comey was “not fired because of the phony Russia investigation,” contradicting his statements last year when he told NBC News that he had “this Russia thing” on his mind when he decided to fire Comey. Slippery James Comey, the worst FBI Director in history, was not fired because of the phony Russia investigation where, by the way, there was NO COLLUSION (except by the Dems)! Trump’s allies, meanwhile, have launched a campaign to undermine Comey’s credibility. As Comey was explaining his take on Mueller’s job security Wednesday, one of “The View” hosts interjected to say, “well, we didn’t think he’d fire you.” “I just thought the same thing,” Comey replied, adding, “I’m not the best judge.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180418173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/james-comey-robert-mueller-donald-trump/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "461657450", "sentence": "Scott Walker will offer his foreign policy vision in a speech Friday mostly by contrasting it with what he terms a “retreat” from the world stage by the Obama White House. “With all of the challenges we face around the globe today, now is not the time for untested leadership. I have been tested like no other candidate in this race,” the Wisconsin governor will say, according to excerpts released early Friday morning. “As President, I will send the following message: the retreat is over.” The speech at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, gives Walker, who has fairly limited foreign policy experience and has raised some eyebrows with prior comments, a chance to shore up any nagging doubts. Walker will chastise President Barack Obama for misunderstanding Iran’s relationship with ISIS and, more broadly, displaying a passivity and false hope that the world will order itself without American leadership. READ: Walker hits back at Rubio over whether a governor can be ready for presidency “We’ve had enough of a President who proclaims that the greatest threat to future generations is climate change,” Walker will say. “We are at war with radical Islamic terrorism. It will not go away overnight. This is a generational struggle. And these radical groups will continue to grow if we do not destroy them.” Walker will speak on foreign policy about a 15-minute drive away from Marco Rubio, who will be sharing his own vision at nearly the exact same time, also in Charleston. READ: Rubio takes on China in op-ed ahead of foreign policy speech", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Scott Walker's foreign policy vision", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150828054500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/politics/scott-walker-foreign-policy-charleston/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "715173937", "sentence": "The delay comes as Congress prepares to vote on a sweeping tax reform bill Palestinian and religious leaders said they would refuse to meet Pence during his visit US Vice President Mike Pence has delayed his upcoming visit to Israel for several days, spokespeople for the Speaker of the Israeli Parliament and Foreign Ministry and Pence’s office told CNN on Thursday. The delay comes as Congress prepares to vote on a sweeping tax reform bill, and amid an ongoing outcry over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy to the holy city. Pence’s vote could be crucial to Republican hopes of passing a major tax reform bill before the end of the year. With Republicans holding a slim 52-48 majority in the Senate – and some key Republican senators still uncommitted – Pence holds the tiebreaking vote in the event of an even split. Delaying the Jerusalem visit and keeping the vice president in Washington allows Pence to cast that vote if tax reform moves forward next week. Pence’s office confirmed he will now leave Washington on Tuesday, stopping in Egypt for a brief visit before arriving in Israel for a multi-day visit. His schedule includes an address to the Israeli Knesset on Thursday. He will cap off the trip with a stop at a US base in Germany and return Saturday. Related article Tax win will be huge for Trump, but don't bank on political windfall Trump’s announcement last week delighted Israeli leaders but was heavily criticized by many key US allies and Palestinian leaders who see East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Pence had originally been scheduled to arrive in Israel on Sunday and address the Parliament, or Knesset, the following day. But Palestinian and religious leaders said they would refuse to meet Pence during his visit. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki told reporters last week that the leadership had decided there would be “no formal communications” with US officials in the wake of Trump’s Jerusalem decision. Speaking at an emergency summit of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul on Wednesday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said: “We shall not accept any role for the United States in the peace process. They’ve proven their full bias in favor of Israel.” Related article Muslim leaders call for recognition of East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital The OIC called on the international community to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state. On Wednesday, the custodian of the key to one of the holiest sites in Christianity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also said he would not welcome Pence to Jerusalem’s Old City, though he added he knows of no specific plans for Pence to visit the Church. Adeeb Joudeh al-Huseini wrote in a public letter that he would “totally refuse to officially welcome [Pence]” into the church. “We say to Trump that it is insane that someone who doesn’t own [Jerusalem] is giving [it] to one who doesn’t deserve [it],” al-Huseini wrote. He also called on other church leaders in Jerusalem to turn Pence away. Related article Netanyahu: European countries will follow Trump on Jerusalem Tensions have simmered ever since Trump’s controversial declaration last week, with many world leaders fearing it will mean the end of a two-state solution to the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Deadly protests broke out in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem following Trump’s announcement. There has also been an increase in the number of rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel. In the latest incident, on Wednesday evening, the Israel Defense Forces said it had intercepted two rockets, and that a third landed in open territory. The Israeli army responded by targeting what it described as three military facilities in Gaza used as training and weapons storage sites by Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls Gaza.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Vice President Mike Pence", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171214133000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/politics/pence-israel-visit-delayed/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "641017907", "sentence": "Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's White House roles are growing The couple is among Trump's most trusted advisers When President Donald Trump left the confines of the White House Saturday night – in the wake of his humiliating health care setback just the day before – he headed to a place of comfort: A table for three at BLT Prime in his own hotel, joined by his daughter Ivanka, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The pair have long been top advisers to Trump, but both now seem ascendent. Ivanka Trump, who is getting her own West Wing office, is heading to Berlin in April at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend the W20 Summit. Kushner, it was announced Monday, will lead an “innovation” office tasked with making government more efficient. Kushner, Senate investigators to meet Even as Trump courts chaos and competing factions among his top staff, the couple is often referred to as “moderating forces,” and “Donald Trump whisperers.” The phrases “inner circle” and “power couple” often accompanying reports about the two, who live just two miles from the White House in DC’s Kalorama neighborhood. With Kushner’s higher profile now comes a higher level of scrutiny – he volunteered to testify before senators investigating ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, because of his role in arranging meetings between top campaign advisers and Russian ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak, the White House said Monday. Ivanka Trump and Kushner have rarely spoken at any public events or participated in on-the-record media interviews since Trump took office, but behind the scenes, they continue to have the President’s ear now that he’s in the White House. To get a sense of how rare it is to hear from Jared Kushner, consider that he spoke exclusively to Forbes Magazine following the election for its December 2016 issue. That was the first time he publicly talked about the campaign and his role in Trump’s victory, and only after it was over. In Trump’s first two months in office, Kushner, 36, has taken a broad portfolio within the West Wing, where he has an influential purview over a range of both foreign and domestic policy issues. In his second media interview, Kushner told The Washington Post that the new office will be “an offensive team” in streamlining government. “The government should be run like a great American company. Our hope is that we can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens,” he told the Post. Ivanka Trump’s husband was raised in New Jersey, the son of Charles Kushner, who found success in the residential real estate industry. The elder Kushner went to prison for nearly a year in the early 2000s for criminal tax evasion and witness tampering. Jared Kushner’s father may have stoked his political interest at a young age – Charles Kushner was a prominent Democratic donor. When then-Vice President Al Gore attended a fundraiser at the family home, 19-year-old Jared introduced the candidate, one attendee told New York magazine in a January profile. The President’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, has long been a key adviser to her father, through her young adulthood to her time as executive vice president of real estate development and acquisition at the Trump Organization, and, ultimately, during his 2016 presidential campaign. While she doesn’t have an official White House title, Trump, 35, is moving into a West Wing office and obtaining security clearance, an administration official told CNN last week. She will also receive government-provided communications devices, although she will not draw a salary or technically be a government employee, per the official. Trump will continue to serve in that capacity, acting as the President’s “eyes and ears,” per her attorney, Jamie Gorelick. In the first several weeks of the administration, she’s already been on hand for key happenings, including roundtable discussions with Merkel and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a Florida school visit with her father and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, an Oval Office bill signing encouraging women in STEM, a visit to the National African American Museum of History and Culture and West Wing meetings on human trafficking and manufacturing, among others. She announced Sunday evening that she will be making her first international trip representing the Trump administration, attending the W20 Summit in Berlin in late April. Looking forward to promoting the role of women in the economy and the future of our workforce globally #W20 https://t.co/1OB9TK6poH She was in attendance and made brief remarks in front of cameras Monday at a women’s economic empowerment roundtable with the President and Vice President Mike Pence at the White House. “I feel very blessed to have met so many of you,” she said to the female entrepreneurs at the table, kicking off the discussion. “You truly exemplify women’s economic empowerment.” Together, Trump and Kushner have been active presences in and outside the White House, roles that continue to expand. They are frequently on hand for official events, speeches, bill signings, and news conferences with foreign leaders. They accompanied the President to a Boeing manufacturing plant in South Carolina, and they’ve joined the President at his Mar-a-Lago resort with their three small children, blurring the lines between work and family time. Trump and Kushner have also been notably absent during some of Trump’s most tumultuous moments. The Orthodox Jewish couple is not able to work or use technology from sundown Friday to Saturdays, the timing of some of Trump’s most controversial tweets and actions. For instance, Trump’s tweet alleging President Barack Obama “had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory,” came early one Saturday morning. Rare media leaks about the couple have also crafted the pair’s image as a moderating force when it comes to social issues. In early February, The New York Times reported that Trump and Kushner “helped kill a proposed executive order that would have scrapped Obama-era LGBT protections, according to people familiar with the issue.” Earlier that week, the White House released a statement, saying that Trump was “determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the LGBTQ community. President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of LGBTQ rights, just as he was throughout the election.” The Wall Street Journal reported in late February that “language critical of a global climate deal was struck from an executive order that Mr. Trump is planning to sign soon,” at Ivanka Trump and Kushner’s urging, “according to multiple people familiar with the move.” And Ivanka Trump has carefully crafted images of Washington family life, evoking comparisons to the Kennedy era with photos of their children at museums across town and glamorous shots from date nights. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Tom LoBianco, Sara Murray and Evan Perez contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170328010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/politics/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-white-house-influence/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "756612410", "sentence": "Myanmar is a major source of human hair, feeding the global demand for wigs, weaves and hair extensions But as the nation grows richer, there are fears that fewer women are willing to part with their locks Aye Aye Thein, 55, cuts hair for a living at Insein market in the north of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. But unlike most hairdressers, she doesn’t charge her customers. Instead, she pays them. The country is a major source of human hair, feeding the global demand for wigs, weaves and hair extensions. “Myanmar hair is the softest, most sought-after hair in Asia,” said Aye Aye Thein, whose hair stall is nestled between those of a greengrocer and a betel nut seller. Figures suggest the global trade in human hair was worth $87.4 million in 2016, with Myanmar the third largest exporter after India and Tunisia. In Myanmar, hair can be considered sacred: The gilded Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the Buddhist country’s holiest sites, is believed to be built on strands of Buddha’s hair. But it’s also common for women here to cut their hair to make ends meet and during Buddhist New Year celebrations, when some women and girls become nuns for a short time and cutting off their hair shows an absolute sacrifice, a detachment from any distractions. Much of this hair makes its way to China, where it’s processed and sold to hairstylists in the West. But as Myanmar grows richer, opening up after decades of military rule, there are fears that fewer women are willing to part with their locks. On an average day,  Aye Aye Thein says, she has seven to 10 customers. “Look at this hair! It’s really nice,” she said, gesturing at one thick clasp of hair in her palm. “It’s not oily, not too dry, small bits aren’t breaking off, light and fluffy.” She then gestured to the tops: “It should be solid, no frizz or split ends.” The pricing of hair depends on the quality and weight, which is weighed in “viss,” a traditional Burmese unit of measurement, roughly equal to 1½ kilograms. Huddled over a battered pair of scales,  Aye Aye Thein estimates the price of hair by its feel and a simple scrape of the bundle with an open scissor arm to test for firmness and smoothness. Placing the hair on the scales, she then measures it in viss with small weights before handing over a wad of money to a customer. Most transactions range from 15,000 kyat ($11) to over 200,000 kyat ($150) for hair over 10 inches. This income goes a long way in Myanmar, where the minimum wage is 3,600 kyat ($2.70) a day. The hair that fetches the highest price is usually from women with ankle-length hair whose locks can be divided into many bundles to be sold individually. Men occasionally grow their hair to sell it but it’s not common – although buyers don’t discriminate between male and female hair. China is the biggest importer of Myanmar hair, traders said. One Chinese buyer from Gungzhou on a buying trip to Myanmar who declined to give his name explained, “I will then sell this hair to wig or hair extension makers back home.” Buyers at Insein market say the reasons women want to sell their hair vary. For many, it’s a much-needed infusion of cash  – whether to save for a house, repay loans or simply have some pocket change. Phyu Phyu, a 21-year-old student, said she wanted to sell her hair “because it is too hot to have long hair.” She says that with the $45 she made for her long black locks, she will save some, buy clothes with some and donate the rest to the Buddhist monks who weave their way through the city each morning to collect alms. In the western region of Rakhine,  Myanmar’s second-poorest state, which has been riven by communal violence, the hair trade is seen as a reliable form of income in uncertain times. Khaing Yu Swe, of the state capital Sittwe, entered the hair trading market 17 years ago: “Before, I did weaving, but buying raw materials was very expensive, and the profit could not cover my family’s basic needs.” Anthropologist Emma Tarlo, author of “Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair,” says the trade has always relied on a mixture of poor women selling their hair and religious donations. “The fact that Myanmar contains large numbers of long-haired women poor enough to be willing to sell their hair is an important factor,” she said. During the Buddhist new year celebration, Thingyan, which usually falls in April, many women and girls choose to cut off their hair and become nuns for about 10 days. Yuzana Nyani, a nun, says that this act of selflessness and dedication to Buddhist meditation is a form of making merit to reach Nirvana. “To cut off your hair reminds us that [hair] really has no sense or spiritual value. … When it is removed from the body, it doesn’t have any worth,” Yuzana Nyani said. May Thet Chayay, 12, chose to become a nun show her parents that she is a good Buddhist. “We don’t need [hair], really,” she said. “It feels good. I feel free. You should try it.” A young woman gets her cut during Thingyan, the Buddhist New Year. May Thet Chayay, 12, has her hair shaved after choosing to spend a short period of time as a Buddhist nun. Traders in Yangon and Mandalay, a city in the north of Myanmar where hair sorting is big business, worry that demand is outstripping supply. “Before, I could just collect the hair myself from women in the city, but now I need to buy more hair from Bangladesh and other countries to mix with Myanmar hair,” said Htay Win, a hair merchant in Mandalay who has been in the industry for seven years. Htay Win is confident that the market will keep booming, although he is concerned about the shortage of good-quality hair. “It is getting harder and harder to buy long enough hair of 50 inches, because women are now choosing to cut their hair shorter and shorter.” He adds that the quest to find virgin or untreated hair is also becoming more challenging. “Women now are dyeing their hair, which affects the price.” Htay Win also collects small amounts of hairballs and strands from combs. This mishmash is not as valuable as cut hair, as it has to be untangled, brushed, washed, dried, conditioned and brushed once more until it shines. Tarlo says that traders in India and China, the main two processing centers of the hair trade are located, are also expressing anxiety about supplies drying up. But she adds that the trade is not likely to collapse anytime soon, given Myanmar’s close proximity to the two and its relative poverty. “People are getting wealthier, trendier, more concerned with their appearances and so forth,” she said. However, “when you look at historical sources, you find that even in the 19th century, hair collectors were always complaining that hair supplies were running out.” Edited and produced by Katie Hunt in Hong Kong.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar hair trade", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180516230000", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/health/myanmar-human-hair-trade-intl/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "621546977", "sentence": "Many of the provisions in the order are consistent with Trump's campaign pledges Here's a breakdown of what the executive order does With just a few quick strokes of the pen, President Donald Trump on Friday banned – temporarily, for now – roughly 218 million people from entering the United States. Trump barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for at least the next 90 days by executive order, which a senior White House official said later Friday is likely just a first step toward establishing a broader ban. Full text of Trump’s executive order All of Trump’s executive orders, memos and proclamationsWill the orders and actions stick?How Trump’s actions stack up against previous presidentsWhat Trump can and cannot doWhat’s the difference between and order and action? All of Trump’s executive orders, memos and proclamationsWill the orders and actions stick?How Trump’s actions stack up against previous presidentsWhat Trump can and cannot doWhat’s the difference between and order and action? It’s unclear how many more countries will be added to the list, but the official said the administration will be “very aggressive” as it weighs how many more countries to add to the list. Asked what criteria the administration will consider as it looks to expand the ban beyond the initial seven countries, the official said simply the “mandate is to keep America safe.” “Not going to take any risks,” the official added. That’s just one part of the controversial executive order Trump signed Friday dubbed: “Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.” Many of the provisions in the order are consistent with Trump’s campaign pledges. Here’s a breakdown of what the executive order does. Trump banned citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for at least the next 90 days. The executive order bars all people hailing from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen – or at least 218 million people, based on 2015 data published by the World Bank – from entering the United States. Those countries were named in a 2016 law concerning immigration visas as “countries of concern.” But the executive order also makes clear those seven countries are just a starting point for a likely broader ban. The order exempts diplomats and members of international organizations from the ban. The order also directs the secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a 30-day review to determine which countries do not provide “adequate information” for its citizens to be issued visas to enter the US. During the campaign, Trump talked about these countries as “terror-prone” countries. During the GOP primary campaign, he called for banning all Muslims from the US – a statement he never retracted – before shifting toward calling for banning individuals from countries with terrorist links, though he never specified the countries. Trump also stopped the admission of all refugees to the United States for four months. During that time, Trump’s secretary of state will review the application and screening process for refugees to be admitted to the US. The process is already highly rigorous and often takes successful refugee applicants at least two years to be admitted into the United States, but Trump has argued the program could still be exploited by terrorists. Trump also more than halved the number of refugees who could eventually be admitted in 2017 to 50,000 from the 110,000 cap established under former President Barack Obama. Trump also states in the order that refugees should be prioritized for entry on the basis of religious persecution, “provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion.” That would open the door for Christian refugees from Muslim-majority countries to be accepted in the US while Muslims fleeing those countries would be excluded. “I hereby proclaim that the entry of nationals of Syria as refugees is detrimental to the interests of the United States and thus suspend any such entry,” Trump declared in Friday’s executive order. While Trump during his campaign called for banning Syrian refugees from the US – decrying their entry as a potential “Trojan horse” – he also called for establishing a safe zone in Syria where Syrians fleeing the war-ravaged country could live peacefully. Trump made no mention of that plan in Friday’s executive order, even though a draft of the executive order circulating in recent days called for beginning to plan for creating such zones. The executive order also calls for the secretaries of state and homeland security, the director of national intelligence and the FBI director to develop and implement new immigration screening procedures. 134 million banned from USWhat the ban says: The full textWhat to know about the restrictionsLegal battle beginsThe ban’s Christian focusA family’s plight just got more complicatedBergen: Trump’s big mistake All of Trump’s executive orders, memos and proclamationsComparing Trump to previous presidents 134 million banned from USWhat the ban says: The full textWhat to know about the restrictionsLegal battle beginsThe ban’s Christian focusA family’s plight just got more complicatedBergen: Trump’s big mistake All of Trump’s executive orders, memos and proclamationsComparing Trump to previous presidents Trump during his campaign called for developing new “extreme vetting” screening procedures that would weed out potential terrorists from visa applicants by asking questions about their views on the US and ensuring that individuals support the US’s pluralistic values. “In order to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that those admitted to this country do not bear hostile attitudes toward it and its founding principles,” Trump states in the opening section of the executive order. “The United States cannot, and should not, admit those who do not support the Constitution, or those who would place violent ideologies over American law.  In addition, the United States should not admit those who engage in acts of bigotry or hatred…or those who would oppress Americans of any race, gender, or sexual orientation.” Correction: The combined population of the seven countries named in the executive order -- Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen -- is roughly 218 million, according to 2015 data published by the World Bank. 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{"article_id": "420410383", "sentence": "Here’s a look at the life of Walter Mondale, 42nd vice president of the United States. Birth date: January 5, 1928 Death date: April 19, 2021 Birth place: Ceylon, Minnesota Birth name: Walter Frederick Mondale Father: Theodore Mondale, a Methodist minister Mother: Claribel (Cowan) Mondale Marriage: Joan (Adams) Mondale (December 27, 1955-February 3, 2014, her death) Children: William, February 27, 1962; Eleanor, (January 19, 1960-September 17, 2011); Theodore “Teddy,” October 12, 1957 Education: University of Minnesota, B.A., 1951; University of Minnesota, L.L.B, 1956 Military Service: US Army, 1951-1953, Corporal Religion: Presbyterian Nicknamed “Fritz.” Mondale announced during his acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic nominating convention that he would raise taxes in order to reduce the budget deficit. “Let’s tell the truth…Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won’t tell you, I just did.” Colorado Sen. Gary Hart defeated Mondale in the New Hampshire primary in 1984 and had initial success positioning himself as the candidate of new ideas, until Mondale remarked, “When I hear your new ideas, I’m reminded of the [Wendy’s] ad, ‘Where’s the beef?’” 1956-1960 - Lawyer in private practice. 1960-1964 - Attorney General of Minnesota. 1964 - Appointed US Senator from Minnesota after Hubert H. Humphrey is elected vice president. 1966 - Wins reelection to the US Senate. 1972 - Wins reelection to the US Senate. 1975 - His book, “The Accountability of Power: Toward a More Responsible Presidency,” is published. July 15, 1976 - Jimmy Carter asks Mondale to be his vice presidential running mate on the Democratic ticket. January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981 - Mondale serves as vice president under President Carter. November 4, 1980 - Carter and Mondale are defeated in the presidential election by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. 1981-1987 - Member of the firm Winston & Strawn. July 1984 - Democratic presidential candidate Mondale chooses US Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro (NY) as his running mate, the first woman vice presidential candidate for a major party. November 1984 - Mondale and Ferraro are defeated in the presidential election by Reagan and Bush. 1987-1993 - Partner at Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis. 1993-1996 - US Ambassador to Japan under President Bill Clinton. 1997 - Rejoins Dorsey & Whitney as partner and senior counsel. 1998 - Envoy to Indonesia under President Clinton. October 30, 2002 - In Minnesota, becomes the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s candidate, filling the ballot position of the late Senator Paul Wellstone, who died October 25, 2002, in a plane crash. November 11, 2002 - Is defeated by Norm Coleman (R) in the race for the US Senate. June 24, 2008 - Accepts position as chairman of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes US-Asia relations. August 1, 2008 - Becomes Norway’s honorary consul general for Minnesota. October 16, 2008 - “Fritz: The Walter Mondale Story,” a documentary about Mondale’s life, premieres at the Minnesota History Center. January 20, 2010 - Resigns from Norwegian honorary consul general post. October 2010 - His memoir “The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics” with David Hage, is published. February 12, 2014 - Undergoes successful heart surgery in Rochester, Minnesota. March 7, 2015 - Is released from the hospital after being admitted with influenza. April 19, 2021 - Passes away at the age of 93.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Walter Mondale", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150326161500", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "IDN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/30/us/walter-mondale-fast-facts/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "484243958", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: CNN Travel’s series often carries sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Read the policy. Malaysian Borneo has long evoked visions of adventure in the West. Many a kid has thumbed through their parents’ National Geographic mags, dreaming that one day mom and dad might pass on yet another trip to Yosemite in the station wagon and instead take them to a land where headhunters lurk in ancient rainforests and wild orangutans play. Today Malaysian Borneo (East Malaysia, aka Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan) isn’t the unaccessible impossibility it once was – it’s now serviced by a range of airlines and filled with resorts to suit all budgets. The challenge is pinning down an itinerary. The place is huge. Malaysia shares the island of Borneo with Indonesia and Brunei. The Malaysian portion is home to two Malaysian states – Sabah and Sarawak – and the federal territory of Labuan. And it’s far from perfect. Logging continues to eat away at Malaysian Borneo’s natural resources. Some researchers estimate 80 percent of the rainforests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging. Meanwhile, officials there continue to battle the illegal wildlife trade. But it’s still an adventure. These options give you a taste of what’s out there. Whether or not you climb to the summit, Kinabalu is worth a visit. Part of the UNESCO-listed Kinabalu Park, it sits 4,095 meters above sea level. Despite the altitude it’s a relatively easy trek, though guides and permits are required. A variety of overnight trek options range from one- to three-night climbs. More information on climbing the beautiful beast is available from the Mount Kinabalu Official Climb & Booking Information Centre. The waters ​off Malaysian Borneo are legendary, with dozens of dive sites offering pristine views of some of the world’s finest coral and sealife. If you want the best of the best, it’s Sipadan. A contender on any dive publication’s list of the “world’s best dives,” Sipadan lies 35 kilometers off the coast of Sabah. In order to protect Sipadan’s fragile ecosystem, in 2004 the Malaysian government ordered all dive resorts off the island, banned night dives and set a limit of 120 divers per day. The quintessential Malaysian Borneo experience – playing with primates at the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary. This rehabilitation center re-trains displaced animals for life in the jungle. The sanctuary is reached by bus or taxi, a 23-kilometer ride from Sandakan town. Famed naturalist and Darwin rival Alfred Wallace conceived his own theory of natural selection on Malaysian Borneo, following years of observation of the island’s rainforests. One of the best ways to experience the rainforests is to stay in an ecolodge. North Borneo’s Sukau Rainforest Lodge has its own generators and uses solar-heated water. Down south, Rimba Orangutan Eco Lodges offer rainforest walks and wooden boat rides. In terms of exploration, there are several protected national parks to choose from. Gunung Mulu National Park is Sarawak’s largest national park. It’s filled with caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. It’s also Malaysia’s first World Heritage Area, given the honor in 2000. Gunung Gading National Park is a mountainous rainforest two hours from Kuching, Sarawak. It’s a popular spot to view rafflesia flowers in bloom. Another way to take in the rainforest is with a cruise down Kinabatangan River. This is the place to see pygmy elephants, often spotted moving along the shores. With an average height of 2.5 meters, Borneo’s 1,500 endangered pygmy elephants are smaller than most of their Asian brethren. Their habitat is under threat by encroaching plantations, logging activity and hunting. The Sukau Rainforest Lodge offers full wildlife tour and lodging packages. Let’s start with Pulau Tiga, part of the Pulau Tiga National Park. There’s a reason that name sounds familiar – it was the location for the very first season of “Survivor.” Richard Hatch might be a memory, but Pulau Tiga remains an incredibly beautiful destination. Another gorgeous and popular destination is Gaya Island, where you’ll find the Gayana Eco Resort. Erected above water on stilts, the luxury resort has a 130-million-year-old prehistoric rainforest for a neighbor and provides guides for jungle-trekking – if you’re lucky you might even spot the megapode, a native bird that looks like a chicken but meows like a cat. Selingan Island is home to green and hawksbill turtles that creep onto the beaches after dark to lay their eggs. Since access to Selingan Island is restricted, joining a day tour is the best option For those who like a little meow in their travel mix, there’s the Kuching Cat Museum. It has several thousand feline-related displays and memorabilia – including an Egyptian mummified cat. Kuching Cat Museum, Bukit Siol, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia; +60 (0)8 244 6688 At the Mari Mari Cultural village, a 25-minute drive from Kota Kinabulu, you can learn about Borneo’s infamous headhunters. Visitors to the Sabah attraction receive a traditional welcome by the headhunters at the Marut Longhouse before checking out a demo on blowpipe making. The real fun happens Inside, where you can jump and dance on the built-in “lansaran”  – traditional trampoline-like floor. More well-known is the Sarawak Cultural Museum, 35 kilometers from Kuching and set in the the foothills of Mount Santubong. Dubbed a “living museum,” the popular attraction is a celebration of all things Borneo – longhouses and headhunters included – and home to the annual Rainforest World Music Festival.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Malaysian Borneo", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151112140000", "country1": "MYS", "country2": "IDN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/12/asia/malaysian-borneo-adventure/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "472751723", "sentence": "\"I oppose, at this point, a unilateral American no-fly zone in Syria,\" Sanders said Clinton and Sanders have clashed on other policy positions as the race has tightened Bernie Sanders said Saturday that he opposes an U.S.-implemented no-fly zone in Syria, contrasting himself with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on the issue. “I oppose, at this point, a unilateral American no-fly zone in Syria which could get us more deeply involved in that horrible civil war and lead to a never-ending U.S. entanglement in that region,” he said in a statement. “We do not want to make a very complex situation in Syria even worse. I support President Obama’s effort to combat the Islamic State in Syria while at the same time supporting those in Syria trying to overthrow the brutal dictatorship of Bashar Assad,” Sanders added. On Friday, Clinton recommended that the U.S. implement a no-fly zone in Syria. “I personally would be advocating for a no-fly zone and humanitarian corridors to stop the carnage from the ground and on the air,” Clinton said on CNN affiliate WHDH. President Barack Obama distanced himself Friday from his former secretary of state’s position, warning against “easy, low-cost answers” to ending the war. Asked to respond directly to her suggestion, he said that one’s perspective changes when they become president. “I think Hillary Clinton would be the first to say that when you’re sitting in the seat that I’m sitting in in the situation room, things look a little bit different. Because she’s been right there next to me,” he said. He also said, “I also think there’s a difference between running for president and being president.” The two leading Democratic presidential candidates have clashed on other policy positions as the race has tightened. Sanders has emphasized his opposition to the Iraq War, which Clinton helped authorize as a senator in 2002, and last month, the two traded shots over their education plans. CNN’s Kevin Liptak, Theodore Schleifer contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. unilateral no-fly zone in Syria", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151003203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/03/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-no-fly-zone/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "726739413", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Richard Connolly is an associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia program at Chatham House, a foreign affairs think tank based in London. The opinions in this article belong to the author. Late Monday night, the US Treasury Department released the so-called oligarch list, containing the names of officials and members of the business elite considered to be part of – or enjoy close links with – Russia’s political leadership. The list had caused considerable anxiety in Russian business circles before its release. Statements by leading Russian business figures in recent weeks indicated that inclusion on the list – which does not automatically result in an individual being sanctioned by US authorities but has been viewed as a “sanctions list in waiting” – might significantly raise the cost of being associated with President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Of most concern was the prospect that business activities – especially accessing capital and other financial services in the West – might become more complicated and expensive for those included on the list. Related article The full 'Putin list' of Russian oligarchs and political figures released by the US Treasury It appears these fears may have been exaggerated. Included within the recently published list are 114 state officials and 96 “oligarchs.” Most of the named officials appear to be there simply by virtue of the fact that they occupy senior positions within the state. It seems no use of classified intelligence was made to identify key players in Russian elite politics beyond those already widely known. It is plausible that such a list could have been constructed using only English-language Wikipedia pages. The list of “oligarchs” also seems to have been shoddily prepared. As some have pointed out, the list of business figures appears to have been taken directly from last year’s Forbes list, with little effort made to discriminate between those who are close to the Kremlin and those who tend to focus primarily on business. Included on the list are many officials and business figures who are either widely regarded as of peripheral importance at most, or in other cases, as those such as Vladimir Yevtushenkov, who have experienced strained relations with the political leadership in Russia, and would therefore not usually be included in any list of Putin’s “inner circle.” There are also important omissions. For instance, any sensible analysis of elite dynamics in Russia would surely highlight the importance of the children of senior members of the elite who have been elevated to senior management positions in Russian business in recent years. But the list includes no such individuals. Taken together, the effort that has gone into the compilation of the list might lead to one of two obvious conclusions: Either that the Trump administration and US authorities more widely are inept and have only an extremely limited understanding of how Russia is ruled, or that they have no serious interest in identifying the real movers and shakers of Russian politics beyond the obvious figures, many of whom are already subject to US and European Union sanctions. The latter explanation is supported by the fact that the list’s publication was accompanied by a statement from a US State Department official indicating the Trump administration would not immediately impose additional sanctions on Russia. This was a curious development, given that Congress had demanded that President Donald Trump apply at least five from a list of 12 possible sanctions on Russia by the end of Monday. Trump instead chose to miss this deadline, with the State Department official claiming that existing sanctions were already achieving their desired effects. The worst fears of Russian officials and business figures have not been realized. No new sanctions have been implemented, and the oligarch list does not appear designed to probe at any real nodes of weakness within the Russian ruling elite. Related article Conway says Trump is 'not soft on Russia' While some Russian officials reacted angrily, labeling US actions as an attempt to influence the forthcoming presidential elections in Russia and as evidence of its “political paranoia,” Putin seemed relaxed. He joked that he felt slighted by his omission from the list, and stated that despite the “hostile step” Moscow remained eager to develop closer relations with the United States if his American counterparts are willing. All of which suggests that relations between the two administrations might not have been as severely damaged as many initially feared. How long this remains the case is unclear. By subverting the will of Congress through his refusal to implement new sanctions, and by refusing to apply real pressure on the Russian elite, Trump may only have further fueled suspicions of his close relations with the Kremlin. If so, further twists in the downward spiral of US-Russian relations can be expected.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Treasury Department oligarch list", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180130174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/opinions/russia-sanctions-list-russia-reaction-opinion-richard-c/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "541426686", "sentence": "Human Rights Watch says people in Sirte, Libya, live in constant fear More than two-thirds of the city's residents have fled, the group says Of those executed, two were publicly beheaded for \"sorcery\" Public beheadings. Corpses hanging from scaffolding. Floggings for violating the law. This is life in the ISIS-held city of Sirte, Libya – a Mediterranean coastal city that’s about 350 miles away from Malta – according to a new report from Human Rights Watch. Many of the 45 former and current residents of Sirte Human Rights Watch spoke to say they live in a continued state of fear. “As if beheading and shooting perceived enemies isn’t enough, ISIS is causing terrible suffering in Sirte even for Muslims who follow its rules,” said Letta Tayler, a senior terrorism and counterterrorism researcher at Human Rights Watch. “While the world’s attention is focused on atrocities in Syria and Iraq, ISIS is also getting away with murder in Libya.” Seven reasons you should care about Libya Since February 2015, the Sunni terror group has “executed” 49 people, the report says. That number includes the 21 Coptic Christians that ISIS beheaded last year. Two elderly men who were accused of “sorcery” were publicly beheaded in October, the report said. Related video Fmr. CIA official: ISIS could be hiding across Libya “They encouraged people to watch,” one resident told Human Rights Watch. “When the big man [the executioner] finished the job he raised the head for the crowd to see.” ISIS released a video of the purported incident online. Many of those executed publicly were shot in the head, and those that were accused of being “spies” were killed and then dangled from scaffolding for a couple of days. The group even has a “kill list” of 130 names of its supposed enemies that sits in the Sirte courthouse, according to the report. Many on the list have been killed in drive-by shootings. Much of the chaos that’s engulfed Libya can be traced back to recent events in Sirte. The city was the home of the country’s former leader, Moammar Gadhafi. That’s also where he was killed in 2011, the year his regime collapsed. ISIS has gained a foothold in the country due to a power vacuum that hasn’t been filled since collapse of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime collapsed in 2011. Libya Fast Facts At first there were hopes that the country would follow a more democratic path like its western neighbor, Tunisia. Related video The National Salvation Government in Libya steps down But warring factions soon split over how to run the country, and civil war ensued. Two rival governments claimed to be the rightful leaders of the country before signing a U.N.-backed peace deal in December. As those sides and local militias jostled for power, ISIS saw an opportunity to claim territory for itself. U.S. officials estimate there are about 4,000 to 6,000 ISIS militants in the country. The Pentagon is providing additional resources to counter ISIS in Libya, according to a U.S. defense official familiar with the operation. The effort, which has been underway since late last year, involves sending in small teams of troops to try to establish relationships with groups that may be able to form a new nationwide government. The Human Rights Watch report describes life in Sirte as similarly brutal as accounts coming out of other ISIS strongholds like Raqqa in Syria or Mosul in Iraq. The terror group has diverted food, medicine, fuel and cash to its members and seized homes from residents who fled, Human Rights Watch says. “There are no vegetables or meat. Most shops are closed,” one resident told Human Rights Watch in an interview. “Meanwhile the Daesh [ISIS] is living in our houses and having barbeques.” Related video Libya's refugees on the run as ISIS moves in All banks have been shut but one, and only ISIS members can use it. Communication with outside world can only be achieved through ISIS-run call centers. And the group has been accused of looting and destroying homes of those it thinks are enemies. “There are spies on every street,” another resident told the humanitarian group. More than two thirds of Sirte’s 80,000 residents have fled, according to Human Rights Watch. “We need help – we have no more food or housing to host the people fleeing the fighting,” the mayor of nearby Misrata,  Mohamed Eshtewi, said. CNN’s Barbara Starr contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS in Sirte, Libya", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160518080000", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/middleeast/libya-isis-sirte/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "499911674", "sentence": "A London industrial designer molded the plastic stormtrooper helmets for \"Star Wars\" Andrew Ainsworth got the job because a neighbor of his worked with George Lucas Lucas sued him over copyright infringement decades later As the latest chapter in the “Star Wars” story continues to rake in the money at the box office, a man in the London suburb of Twickenham is rubbing his hands together at last. His name is Andrew Ainsworth, and he’s the industrial designer who crafted the plastic stormtrooper helmets used in the original “Star Wars” film in 1977. Way back then, no one foresaw that George Lucas’ low-budget flick would grow to become one of the most successful film franchises in history. “No one believed in him. Most of the film industry said it’s another no-hoper,” recalls Ainsworth, who took on the job to help prop up his fledgling plastic-molding business. He charged Lucas 20 pounds (about $30 at today’s exchange rates) for each of the stormtrooper helmets, packed the molds away and forgot about them. It was only when he needed money for his children’s school fees almost 30 years later that Ainsworth dusted the relics off and began making stormtrooper helmets for fans, who now pay 500 pounds (about $730) apiece. Every time a new “Star Wars” film is released, business booms, and “The Force Awakens” is no exception. “I think it’s probably increased the business by a factor of 10 or 20,” he says. But up until now, Ainsworth says, he hasn’t actually made any money from the growing stormtrooper army he builds. All of the profits have been spent on a legal bill he racked up over nine years in an epic fight against Lucas, who took him to three different British courts in a copyright battle. Rewind to January 6, 1976. Lucas began discussions with his design team about stormtroopers and other “Star Wars” characters. He had a clear idea of what he wanted Darth Vader’s soldiers to look like. Concept artist Ralph McQuarrie drew up some illustrations, while sculptor Liz Moore and puppeteer Nick Pemberton set about crafting sculptures of the helmet. Lucas ultimately chose Pemberton’s model, which would become a pivotal point in the legal battle three decades later. As the date to start filming in Tunisia fast approached, it was Pemberton who suggested that his neighbor, who made plastic kayaks, cars and fish ponds, could help the studio solve a major problem: how to actually make the helmets and armor. “The studios were making things out of plaster” and fabric, Ainsworth says. “They were guessing. They really didn’t know what they were doing very well, and so I suppose I was just a very good, easy solution, a one-stop shop.” Pemberton gave Ainsworth his clay sculpture and the McQuarrie illustrations, and within two days, Lucas was looking at his first white plastic stormtrooper helmet. “Nick took it to Lucas as a prototype, and Lucas just said, ‘Oh great, give me 50 of them now, in a hurry.’ But it was only ever meant to be a prototype,” Ainsworth says. He went on to make the stormtrooper armor and more than 200 other characters for the original “Star Wars” film in the space of just six weeks, he says. “We were very much talking on the same wavelength as far as enthusiasm went,” Ainsworth says of his one and only meeting with Lucas, at Elstree Film Studios back in February 1976. But that is where the synergy ended. Ainsworth began making replicas from his original stormtrooper molds in 2004 and had sold only 19 helmets when he received a legal document from Lucas for copyright infringement. At first, he didn’t think Lucas was serious, but then a bailiff turned up to collect $20 million that had been awarded to the filmmaker in a U.S. court. Ainsworth says he had no choice but to defend himself. “Ninety-nine percent of all legal advice said forget it. Big money always wins,” says Ainsworth. “But we honestly believed that nobody can stop you being the artist that you are. They can’t take it away from you. They can’t take your hands off so you can’t use them anymore. It was that ridiculous to us.” The case was fought on the grounds that the stormtrooper was an industrial design, not a piece of sculpture, which would have carried a copyright of 70 years. Lucas claimed the stormtrooper was his creation, designed by his team at the studio. After nine years defending himself in three British courts, Ainsworth ultimately won, but at the final hurdle in the UK Supreme Court, he wasn’t awarded costs. He also remains unable to sell his helmets in the lucrative U.S. market, where Lucas maintains copyright. He won’t say how much his legal bill was, only that it ran into the millions and that the hype around the latest “Star Wars” film has enabled him to finally pay it off. “We are now working for ourselves finally,” he says. “It is worth it now because we are on top of it and we have a product line that we created in the first place, albeit with the help of Ralph McQuarrie and Lucas and everybody else in the industry,” he says. And he’s proud of his role “in something that has become so iconic that I think there is probably more of the public that know what a stormtrooper looks like than the public who know what (Michelangelo’s) statue of David looks like.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Andrew Ainsworth", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160106173000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/06/entertainment/stormtrooper-helmets/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "478187809", "sentence": "Police spokeswoman says attacker picked victims according to ethnicity Attacker, shot by police, dies at hospital A teacher and student were killed; another student and another teacher were wounded The attack on a school in Sweden in which a student and a teacher were killed was motivated by racism, police have told CNN. A police spokeswoman said the conclusion was reached because of “the way (the suspect) dressed and behaved but also how he picked his victims, who had a specific ethnic background.” Items found in the man’s home contributed to the determination of motive, she said. Two of the victims were immigrants, Swedish police said Friday. One of the people killed was a male from Somalia born in 1998. A male immigrant born in 2000 was among those wounded, but police did not disclose his nationality. Police had previously said they were looking into the “attacker’s possible links to right-wing organizations.” The man, masked and wielding a sword or knife, killed two people Thursday morning at a school in Trollhattan before police shot him, authorities said. He died at a hospital. Two others – a teacher and student – were wounded in the attack on the Kronan primary and middle school. The injured were reported to be in serious condition at the hospital in Trollhattan, hospital officials said. “This is a dark day for Sweden,” Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said. “My thoughts go out to the victims and their families, pupils and staff, and the entire community that has been affected. There are no words to describe what they are going through right now.” An unidentified student gave Agence France-Presse a photo purportedly showing a masked man – allegedly the person who would commit the attack – posing with students at the school Thursday morning, AFP reported. The photo shows the man wearing a helmet and holding what appears to be a blade. The student told AFP the photo was taken before the attack; the precise timing of the photo was not immediately known. A student identified as Edona told Sweden’s TV4 that students first thought the man was playing a Halloween joke. He was “walking like a soldier, kind of, with a sword in his hand,” the student said. But when the man began attacking, the students reacted with horror. “We were pretty shocked, all of us,” Edona said. Police received an alarm call shortly after 10 a.m. “that a masked man in his 20s had entered the school … (and was) carrying knife-like weapons in his hands, attacking students and adults at the school,” police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg said. “We fired two shots, one of which hit and incapacitated the man so that we could arrest him.” Fuxborg said officers found an injured man outside the school and a dead man just inside. On the second floor, officers found the two students who had been wounded in the attack, Fuxborg said. Police evacuated the school. Police spokeswoman Jenny Widen said the two people killed were both male – a teaching assistant born in 1995 and a student born in 1998. The suspect was born in 1994, she said. Thord Haraldsson, police superintendent in Vastra Gotaland County, told reporters the assailant first attacked a teacher outside the school. “Then he enters the building and meets another one that he attacks,” Haraldsson said. “… Then he systematically searches the school building. We can follow tracks of blood in the premises. “He walks to the classrooms, knocks on the door, and when (a) pupil opens the door, he is attacked … stabbed at the spot. “This happens in two different classrooms, and one of (the attacked students) is now deceased.” Trollhattan is about 420 kilometers (260 miles) west-southwest of Stockholm, the capital. The attack prompted many to question how such a violent attack could happen in a country known for its liberal tolerance. Sweden has a population of more than 9 million and accepted at least 80,000 asylum seekers last year. In line with its traditional liberal immigration policies, Sweden takes in the most refugees per capita, by far, of any EU nation. Today, about one in five Swedes has a foreign background. The government provides generous benefits to asylum seekers. They are given housing and a living allowance. They’re also allowed to work immediately – a policy that sets Sweden apart from many other countries. But there is a dark side to this: Some connect the country’s immigration policies to a growing intolerance to foreigners and outright racism in some segments of Swedish society. There are also worrying signs that Sweden’s model of integration is not working as well as was hoped. The number of hate crimes in Sweden rose 14% from 2013 to 2014, according to the Swedish National Council on Crime Prevention. There were more than 4,000 racist attacks last year. Nearly a quarter of those specifically targeted individuals of African ethnicity, even though less than 2% of Swedes identify as Afro-Swedish. Neighborhoods in cities such as Malmo have controversially been labeled as “ghettos” by Swedish media, which has drawn a connection between the large immigrant populations and rising crime rates and unemployment. Malmo, in particular, has suffered from a series of grenade attacks that, police say, are driven by gang warfare linked to immigrant communities. According to the OECD, Sweden has one of the largest employment gaps between foreign-born and native Swedes. The latest data show that while only 6.5% of the native labor force is unemployed, that number is more than double for foreign-born Swedes at 16.1%. The public has reacted to these trends by shifting further to the right politically. In 2014, the Sweden Democrats campaigned on a staunchly anti-immigration platform. They claimed 13% of the vote, becoming Sweden’s third largest political party. Now, Sweden is once again taking in a growing number of refugees, this time from Syria and Iraq. But amid the influx, the attack in Trollhatten is likely to heighten fears of more racist attacks, even in a country as welcoming as Sweden. CNN’s Margot Haddad, Richard Morris, Lindsay Isaac, Vasco Cotovio, Jim Stenman, Jason Hanna, Joshua Berlinger and Hande Atay contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sweden", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151023080000", "country1": "SWE", "country2": "SOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/europe/sweden-sword-attack/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "428062552", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Sara Davies is the ARC Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, and Phil Orchard is a senior lecturer and research director at the Asia-Pacific Center for the Responsibility to Protect. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news analysis and commentary. The content is produced solely by The Conversation. The European Union is trying to stop thousands of migrants from drowning at sea Migrants risk their lives by paying people smugglers to get them to Europe Australia has successfully stopped the flow of migrant boats to its waters Much of the world has been stunned by the huge increase of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean this year, increasing the number of deaths at sea by a factor of 30 compared to the same time last year. Almost all the deaths have occurred in the perilous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy. The flows of migrants across the Mediterranean are unlikely to stop – Italian authorities estimate that up to 200,000 migrants in Libya are waiting to cross, following 170,000 refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy last year. These flows reflect a significant increase in the number of refugees and internally displaced people across the world, with a total estimate of 51.2 million people. The latest sinking has triggered some action in the European Union, which has unveiled a new ten-point action plan. The plan includes both deterrent mechanisms, such as efforts to capture and destroy vessels being used by smugglers and a rapid return system, but also an expansion of search-and-rescue programs and a proposed new voluntary resettlement scheme, though it is reported that this may only provide 5,000 spaces. But some EU critics called for much tougher action to deter asylum seekers from making the risky journey. In a column published in the UK’s Sun newspaper just hours before the sinking, Katie Hopkins declared: “It’s time to get Australian. Bring on the gunships, force migrants back to their shores and burn the boats.” Since then, Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has also suggested that Europe adopt a tougher approach, saying, “The only way you can stop the deaths is to stop the people smuggling trade. The only way you can stop the deaths is in fact to stop the boats… That’s why it is so urgent that the countries of Europe adopt very strong policies that will end the people smuggling trade across the Mediterranean.” So what would it mean if the EU did “get Australian” in its approach to asylum seekers? And could Australia’s current policy be used as a global solution, or at least one for asylum seekers trying to cross the Mediterranean? There were dramatic changes in Australia’s immigration policy in 2013, in the final months of the Labor government, led by Kevin Rudd, which have been followed up and taken further by the current Liberal National coalition government, led by Abbott. In 2013, with bipartisan support of those two major parties, mainland Australia was legally “excised” from the migration zone. It was done so that anyone arriving without a visa by boat would not be processed in Australia. All people who seek to enter Australia by sea, under the Asylum Legacy Act, are no longer entitled to enter or stay in Australia while their refugee claims are processed. Instead, they can be transported to detention facilities in Papua New Guinea or Nauru. Alternatively, under a recent agreement, they can also agree to move to Cambodia. Beyond this, the Abbott government has also returned some boats to Indonesia without processing asylum seeker claims and, in two instances, to Sri Lanka following a very brief teleconference interview with the asylum seekers on board. That process was widely condemned by human rights advocates, given ongoing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. That shift in policy under successive Labor and now the Liberal National governments in Australia has been chiefly designed as a deterrent: or, to use Tony Abbott’s slogan, to “stop the boats”. So has it worked? First, the numbers. If your sole criteria for success is the number of boats arriving in Australia each year, then “no advantage” (meaning no asylum in Australia) and “stop the boats” (including the turning back of boats in international waters) has worked. In 2013, the Australian government reported that 300 boats with approximately 20,000 people on board arrived; in 2014, there were 0. The current government has argued that its objective was to end the people smuggling trade – and this required secrecy concerning the extent of its operations and turn-backs. So we do not know how many boats tried to enter Australian waters with asylum seekers. It also appears that no asylum seekers drowned in Australian waters during the 2013-2014 period. Abbott explained the tactic of secrecy and turn-back in the following statement: “We are in a fierce contest with these people smugglers. And if we were at war, we wouldn’t be giving out information that is of use to the enemy just because we might have an idle curiosity about it ourselves.” If we accept that these responses have worked, the question for Australia’s government is whether it is sustainable, and whether it alleviating the flow of asylum seekers in the larger Asia Pacific region. In sum, if this policy had to end due to its financial cost, has this policy been a “solution”? The later years of the Howard administration saw both policy and budget departures from 2001’s “Pacific Solution,” which first introduced the excision zones and temporary protection visas as deterrents to asylum seekers. The Rudd government abandoned temporary protection visas altogether but retained the excision zones; this occurred in a period of heightened regional instability, leading to an increase of asylum seekers under the Rudd era. The earlier Howard years of deterrence did not provide long-term solutions regarding the regional flow of asylum seekers. At present, in the greater South-East Asian region, we may see potential regional pressures finding a way to Australian shores. The drowning of asylum seekers who sought passage via people smugglers appear to have increased, in particular, in the Bay of Bengal. At the same time, the number of asylum seekers attempting to flee within the Asia Pacific region has increased; they are just not making it to Australia yet. On cost alone, it is hard to see Australia’s approach to asylum seekers working or being affordable in Europe. For Australia, these short-term solutions have been extraordinarily expensive. A 2014 report by the Guardian estimated that the Australian government may have spent as much as A$10 billion ($7.72 billion) on its detention policies since mid-2007– and that each person in offshore detention costs the government as much as A$440,000 ($343,000). For comparison, we estimate that a similar model to respond to the 170,000 refugees and migrants who arrived last year in Italy would cost A$75 billion ($58.5 billion). The Australian government’s ability to “stop the boats” – or at least keep asylum seekers offshore – depends on a number of factors, including tolerance from Indonesia, significant spending devoted to asylum deterrence and weathering international condemnation for violating the human rights of asylum seekers. The consequences of a policy of no asylum and no refuge in Australia for those who arrived by boat from July 2013 has been asylum seekers placed in situations where they are vulnerable to abuse, as we saw with the death of an Iranian refugee in the Regional Processing Center on Manus Island and sexual and physical assault of asylum seekers held at the Regional Processing Center in Nauru. The Australian government’s interception of asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat, and then their relocation to Nauru or Papua New Guinea (or perhaps Cambodia), does not remove or absolve the human rights obligations that Australia has to these populations. The operation to stop and return the boats, called “Operation Sovereign Borders” has been politically tumultuous for Australia’s relationship with Indonesia. Returning boats to international waters potentially violates Australia’s obligation to international maritime law; push-backs to Indonesian waters violates Indonesia’s sovereignty and has placed people at great risk. In 2013 and 2014, the Australian government sought the Sri Lankan government’s assistance to intercept those attempting to flee, and receive those who had already fled the country, at a time when that government was under investigation by the UN Human Rights Council for war crimes and crimes against humanity. As the situation in Europe illustrates, just because people are not making it to your shoreline to seek asylum does not mean people stop attempting asylum. In the short term, the “stop the boats” approach appears to be working for the Australian government. It is questionable whether this policy is financially or politically sustainable in the long term. It certainly has not ended people smuggling or people’s attempts to seek asylum in the wider Asia-Pacific region. Nando Sigona argues that the recent tragedy in Italy is not just about how to manage search and rescue operations, but requires consistent and long-term engagement with the root causes of refugee flows. This is a message that both the European Union and Australia should heed. Italy is a good example of the failure of trying to stop asylum seekers with deterrence. The Italian government ended its Mare Nostrum search and rescue program last autumn, which was effective but was also costing the Italian government €9.5 million per month. It was replaced by a much smaller European Union-run program, Operation Triton, which has a smaller patrol area and a budget of less than a third that of Mare Nostrum. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has noted that this new program is totally inadequate and “more geared to border control and policing the seas than to saving lives”. In Italy, both Mare Nostrum and Operation Triton were stemming an inevitable tide given the political instability in North Africa. The migrants currently in Libya are in a perilous limbo, with a growing civil war having displaced more than 400,000 Libyans and with Human Rights Watch noting that the conflict and collapse of government authority has “eliminated any semblance of law and order from large parts of Libya.” Second, such policies have significant legal implications. The Australian High Court has ruled that these policies are legal as long as they take place outside of Australia’s migration zone, an area that today includes all of Australian territory for the purposes of boat arrivals. By contrast, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2012 that efforts by the Italian government to return migrants intercepted at sea to Libya violated its legal obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights because the migrants “were under the continuous and exclusive de jure and de facto control of the Italian authorities.” This suggests that similar practices to Australia’s would be illegal under the European Convention.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Australia's asylum seeker policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150424073000", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/opinions/europe-australia-migrant-policy/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "712060065", "sentence": "McFarland was deputy to former national security adviser Flynn CNN reported she spoke with the special counsel team, and Democrats are calling for her to testify before Congress As the investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election continue, another former Trump official is making her way into headlines. Two top Democrats on Sunday called for testimony from former Trump transition official KT McFarland after reports showed that she and incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn discussed his communications with Russia during the presidential transition process. The call for testimony came as the latest development for McFarland, who last year went from Fox News to President Donald Trump’s national security team and now awaits a diplomatic post in Singapore. Weeks after the election last year, the Trump team announced McFarland would serve as Flynn’s deputy on the National Security Council. “So proud & honored to have KT McFarland as part of our National Security team. She will help us #MAGA,” former Gen. Flynn tweeted last year, adding the hashtag acronym for Make America Great Again. So proud & honored to have KT McFarland as part of our National Security team. She will help us #MAGA The appointment meant McFarland would work closely with Flynn, who at the time was one of the key officials headed for the White House. Days later, McFarland took down her website and social media accounts. But a CNN review of her past statements showed she called years ago for former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to be tried for treason for providing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks, which she called a “terrorist organization,” and to be executed if guilty. Manning was found not guilty of the charge of “aiding the enemy,” but was convicted on other charges and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. After years of incarceration at Fort Leavenworth, an all-male Army prison, then-President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s sentence as one of his final acts in office. The CNN review of McFarland’s statements showed she warmed to WikiLeaks to some extent, quoting from its release of stolen Democratic Party emails to criticize Hillary Clinton – who McFarland once challenged for a seat in the US Senate. Court documents from Friday outlining Flynn’s charge and plea agreement described a transition official who spoke with Flynn about what he should convey to Sergey Kislyak, who at the time was the Russian ambassador to the United States, about US sanctions. CNN reported McFarland was this transition official. The New York Times reported that McFarland wrote in an email last December that Russia had “thrown” the US presidential election for Trump, although the Times said the meaning of that statement was unclear; a White House lawyer told the Times that McFarland’s comment meant only that Democrats were painting Russia’s role in the election that way. After the inauguration, Flynn and McFarland helmed the White House national security team in its opening weeks, until reports showed Flynn was untruthful about his communications with Kislyak. Shortly after, Flynn was ousted from the job, and McFarland’s continued role as deputy was uncertain, particularly after Trump settled on a permanent replacement for Flynn, Lt. Gen. HR McMaster. CNN reported in April that McFarland would step down from the National Security Council, and at the time, an official said Trump would appoint her to be the US ambassador to Singapore. Trump formally nominated her for the diplomatic position in June, and she awaits confirmation by the Senate. Two Democratic senators – Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee – said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that McFarland should testify before Congress about Russia. CNN reported McFarland had already spoken with investigators for the special counsel probe led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "KT McFarland", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171203213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/03/politics/kt-mcfarland-donald-trump/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "590778638", "sentence": "Pregnant women should get tested if they have traveled to a 4.5-square mile area of Miami Beach since July 14, 2016 They should specifically avoid travel to two Miami neighborhoods. Pregnant women who have “lived in, traveled to, or had unprotected sex with someone who lived in or traveled to Miami-Dade County” since August 1 should be tested for the Zika virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. “Our guidance today strengthens our travel advice and testing recommendations for pregnant women, to further prevent the spread of the infection among those most vulnerable,” Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, said in a statement. The updated recommendations for Miami-Dade County come in response to last week’s announcement by Florida Gov. Rick Scott that local transmission of the virus was confirmed in Miami’s Little River neighborhood – the third Miami neighborhood where local transmission or non-travel related cases have been confirmed. Zika can be especially devastating for pregnant women because the infection can cause the devastating birth defect microcephaly and other neurological deficits. It can also cause miscarriage and stillborn births. Florida officials have said Zika was only being actively transmitted in two Miami neighborhoods: the 1-square-mile area in Little River and a 4.5-square mile stretch of Miami Beach. Pregnant women should avoid travel to those areas, the CDC reiterated, echoing previous advice. The CDC is now designating active transmission areas by the color red and cautionary areas, where local transmission is considered to be at risk, with the color yellow. Pregnant women should consider postponing travel to the rest of Miami-Dade, which are considered yellow areas, the agency said. In July, the CDC had confirmed the first local transmission in the continental US in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. The agency later lifted a warning for pregnant women to steer clear of Wynwood after massive mosquito control efforts successfully stopped local transmission of the virus there. The CDC said pregnant women who live in, have traveled to or had unprotected sex with anyone who lived in or traveled to the 4.5-square mile area of Miami Beach since July 14 should be tested for the virus. The CDC has designated all of Miami-Dade County as an area where there has been local transmission but not at the same “intensity” as in the areas where local transmission has been confirmed. In August, the CDC first advised pregnant women to consider postponing travel to all areas of Miami-Dade because of the virus. Related video Mosquito samples test positive for Zika in Miami Beach “Zika continues to pose a threat to pregnant women living in or traveling to Miami-Dade County,” Petersen said. To date, there have been 184 locally transmitted cases of the virus in Florida, including 19 nonresidents who became infected while visiting Florida, according to state health department figures. In addition, there are nearly 800 travel-related cases in Florida, figures show. On Thursday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell is expected to travel to Cuba for the so-called Cuba Zika Summit, a regional meeting on surveillance and control strategies for Zika and other arborviruses.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161020033000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/health/zika-miami-dade-cdc-guidelines-updated/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "469580202", "sentence": "NEW: Deal is mutually beneficial to France and Egypt, a \"slap on the wrist\" to Russia, naval historian says French President Francois Hollande announced last month that the deal with Russia had been canceled Hollande: France \"clearly could not deliver a force-projection instrument to Russia in the current context\" France has agreed to sell Egypt two Mistral-class helicopter carriers that were previously contracted to go to Russia, the Elysee Palace announced Wednesday. The previous $1.3 billion contract with Moscow was signed in 2011 by the French government under Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency, but was suspended last year in the midst of violent unrest in eastern Ukraine. The warships are powerful amphibious assault vessels equipped with six helicopter landing zones. Each of them can carry up to 16 heavy helicopters, along with tanks and about 500 troops. A source close to French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the two warships were to be sold to Egypt for around 950 million euros ($1.06 billion) and delivered around March 2016. The sale amount included the costs of training of 400 Egyptian naval crewmen in the Saint-Nazaire shipyards in France, the source said. Negotiations began on August 6. French President Francois Hollande and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday reached an agreement that will be signed in the coming days, the source said. Other countries, including Canada, were interested into buying the two vessels, according to the source. The deal is mutually beneficial to France and Egypt, according to British naval historian Andrew Lambert. By dealing Russia a “slap on the wrist,” France had been left with two helicopter carriers it didn’t need, said Lambert, who is professor of naval history at King’s College London’s War Studies Department. “The French are very keen to offload these assets which they’ve had to re-compensate the Russians for.” Meantime, Egypt benefited diplomatically. “Egypt is very keen to have some friends in the West – not just Americans but in Europe too – and their international standing has been declining markedly,” Lambert said. “I see this not as Egypt having a pressing need for helicopter carriers but as Egypt having a pressing need for friends who are prepared to sell them weapons they need.” Militarily, Lambert said the warships might be useful in dealing with the unrest in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. “Having a secure offshore base for operations against the Islamists would be very attractive,” he said. The first of the two carriers originally due to be delivered to Russia completed sea trials in the summer of 2014, when 400 Russian troops were sent to France to train on it in the northwestern port of Saint-Nazaire. However, developments in Ukraine saw questions raised over the deal. .@fhollande et le président Sissi se sont accordés sur les modalités de l’acquisition par l’#Egypte des deux Mistral pic.twitter.com/8Mhb4unt4r The United States and others accused Moscow of supporting separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine and believe that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed by rebels using a Russia-supplied Buk missile system. Russia has denied the allegations. In July 2014, the West imposed stringent sanctions on Russia, which included a ban on future arms imports and exports. While existing contracts, including the Mistral deal, were allowed to go ahead under the sanctions, French President Francois Hollande eventually announced it had been suspended. At a NATO summit in Wales in early September 2014, Hollande said that it would not be possible to deliver the warships while there was evidence that Russia’s military could be involved in Ukraine, or could have given support to the separatist rebels there. He stressed that France had not been forced to suspend the contract and said he had set two conditions for the delivery of the ships – the first being that there was an effective ceasefire and the second that the crisis was resolved through political agreement. Related video Ukraine military chief: 'Ceasefire is holding' Later that September, Hollande told reporters he was still hopeful that the deal could go through – if conditions of peace were achieved. Last month, however, Paris announced that the deal had been canceled. The Elysee Palace issued a statement saying that Presidents Hollande and Putin had held talks confirming that the deal would be terminated. The French administration said that any advance payment by Russia would be fully reimbursed and Russian equipment on the warships would be returned to Russia. Opening Ambassador’s Week in Paris on August 25, Hollande referred to the Ukraine crisis, which he said had left relations “frozen” between Russia and Europe. “In September 2014, I suspended the delivery of the first Mistral battleship to Russia, due to the conflictual situation,” Holland said. “A year later, France clearly could not deliver a force-projection instrument to Russia in the current context. The issue was addressed with a strong sense of responsibility from both sides and with mutual respect. I discussed this with President Putin on several occasions,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "France-Egypt Mistral deal", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150923143000", "country1": "EGY", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/europe/france-egypt-warship-sale/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "748500672", "sentence": "Administration officials pushed back against lawmakers who are seeking to end US support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition in Yemen unless its takes “urgent steps” to reduce the enormous toll of human suffering there. Saudi Arabia, along with other Sunni Arab states, have had US backing since intervening in Yemen’s civil war in 2015 to support the country’s president and counter-rebels backed by Shiite Iran. The conflict has left an estimated 10,000 civilians dead, 75% of the population in need of aid, and 8 million on the brink of starvation as cholera ravages Yemen’s cities. In the vacuum created by conflict, groups such as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS have found space to thrive. While lawmakers argued that the Saudi campaign is fueling suffering that will drive terrorism, administration officials said that countering Iran is essential and that the situation would be worse if the US pulls out – though they had little evidence to show their efforts with the Saudis have lessened effects on civilians. “The longer the civil war continues, the worse the humanitarian crisis will grow, and the more Yemen will serve as a staging ground for terrorist activities that threaten the US and our partners,” said Sen. Todd Young, an Indiana Republican, during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on administration policy on Yemen. “Our values and our national security interests demand that we take additional action to improve the horrible humanitarian conditions in Yemen and end the civil war,” Young said. The Indiana senator is part of a bipartisan group proposing legislation that would require the State Department to repeatedly certify that Saudi Arabia is taking urgent steps to end the Yemeni conflict, ease the humanitarian crisis and lower the risk to civilians. If State isn’t able to do this using unclassified information, the bill would bar US air refueling for Saudi coalition aircraft focused on missions over Yemen. Saudi Arabia has conducted an average of 15 airstrikes a day for three years now, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut estimated. At the UN, where the Security Council gathered to meet on Yemen, US Ambassador Nikki Haley stressed that while the US wants peace, it has no intention of rewarding Iran and the Houthi rebels that Tehran backs. “Iran and the Houthis, in particular, need a much better understanding of our seriousness when it comes to their destabilizing activity,” Haley said. She also stressed Saudi Arabia was entitled to defend itself from missile attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, particularly since they caused a civilian death. “If a missile killed civilians in Washington DC, I know how we would respond,” Haley said. In Washington, the emphasis was on Yemeni civilians. “The Senate has yet to take decisive action to influence the Saudi-led military operations and protect innocent civilians in Yemen,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat who helped write the bill. “It’s long past time to send a strong message to Saudi leadership that we have high expectations for our allies, particularly those who are benefiting from US military support.” US officials from the Defense and State Departments argued that the presence of US personnel helps to mitigate the toll on civilians. “Curtailing US military support would not persuade the Saudi-led coalition to abandon its air campaign,” said acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, David Satterfield. If Washington backs away, Satterfield argued, Saudis could pursue defense relationships with countries that “do not have an interest in ending the humanitarian crisis, minimizing civilian casualties, or making progress towards a political solution. The US has “fewer than 50 US military personnel” working in Saudi Arabia with the coalition, said Robert Karem, the Pentagon’s assistant secretary for policy, “advising and assisting with the defense of Saudi territory, sharing intelligence, and providing logistical support,” including aerial refueling. Karem said that the US is “focused on helping the coalition avoid civilian casualties in Yemen.” But when pressed by Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, Karem said the US doesn’t actually track the results of Saudi military activities. “We see a difference in how the Saudis operate,” Karem said before admitting that, “we do not have perfect understanding because we are not using all of our assets to monitor their aircraft.” “If we don’t track the results of the Kingdom’s military actions, how can we know civilian deaths are being reduced,” Cardin asked. “You don’t have direct information about it. This is the US reputation on (the) line… don’t make statements you can’t back up.” As that debate played out in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the UN Security Council gathered in New York to discuss the conflict, which the Special Envoy to Yemen called “this great tragedy.” Critics say the Saudi-led air campaign and particularly its closures of Yemen’s ports have fueled famine, disease and the breakdown of the country’s basic services. One of the world’s poorest nations before the conflict began, Yemen now has nearly 18 million people struggling to find enough to eat, and 1 million cases of cholera – a disease partly driven by the fact that 16 million people do not have clean water to drink. Martin Griffiths, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, told the council he plans to present them a framework for negotiations within the next two months. Satterfield and Karem told lawmakers that Saudi Arabia is committed to political negotiations, but Murphy dismissed that claim as “spin.” “This impression that you’re giving the committee that the Iranians don’t want to come to the table and the Saudis and the Emirates do, is spin,” he said. “The Saudis have made it pretty clear to everyone that’s asked them that they are not going to come to the table until the military battle lines on the ground inside Yemen change.” He noted that for three years, Saudis have been trying to score military victories without success. “So why are the Saudis going to come to the table today?” he asked. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting (a) different set of results,” Murphy said. “And I feel like that’s where we are, [three] years into a conflict in which nothing has changed except for the worse.” CNN’s Laura Ly and Elizabeth Joseph contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabian-led coalition in Yemen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180417233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/politics/us-yemen-saudi-conflict/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "746186254", "sentence": "Search warrant documents used by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators reveal how agents zeroed in on potential criminal activity related to Paul Manafort’s time as Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. The documents, used to obtain a search warrant in building the case against Manafort, were revealed in a court filing late Monday night. Manafort has pleaded not guilty in two federal cases, and the charges he faces do not include allegations about his time on the campaign. The search warrant makes clear that Mueller is also focused on Manafort’s actions connected to the campaign. The White House and others have repeatedly said that the investigation into Manafort concerns his activities before he joined Trump’s team in 2016. Investigators in a search warrant application last July told a judge in Virginia that they sought evidence related to Manafort’s interactions with a Russian real estate magnate and were suspicious of possible campaign finance violations. Specifically, the investigators sought from Manafort’s apartment records “involving any of the attendees of the June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower” and anything involving Aras and Emin Agalarov, an Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire and his son tied to the meeting, the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow and to a possible earlier unsuccessful attempt to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Manafort attended the meeting, which was facilitated by the Agalarovs and attended by their publicist and an employee of their company, and a Russian lawyer who was believed to be bringing revealing information about Hillary Clinton. Manafort was in the meeting, along with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner. CNN has reached out to the Agalarovs’ attorney. It follows the disclosure last week that in August 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein outlined for the special counsel that he could investigate Manafort for payments from Ukrainian politicians but also allegations that Manafort was “colluding with Russian government officials” to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. An FBI agent’s affidavit included in the paperwork also describes how investigators had probable cause to search for evidence related to several crimes with which Manafort was eventually charged, like foreign lobbying, tax and banking violations. Yet there’s one possible crime listed on the affidavit he hasn’t been charged with, and that could point to the core of the current probe: violations of the foreign contribution ban. That law bars foreign nationals from donating “directly or indirectly” to US elections, campaigns and political parties and also prohibits people in the US from receiving those contributions. CNN reported last week that Mueller’s investigators have looked into the possibility that wealthy Russians funneled money into the presidential election. Twenty-seven pages of the affidavit that follow the description of crimes under investigation are blacked out, indicative of redactions needed to protect the ongoing investigation. The search warrant paperwork was made public as Manafort argues that the seizure of all the computers and electronics in his Alexandria, Virginia, apartment was too broad. He says the search gave the investigators access to devices that might not have been used in his suspected crimes, according to the filing. For instance, they grabbed an Apple iPod Touch and old electronics in a junk drawer, he said. Manafort is asking a judge to throw out evidence collected during the raid, and also says the special counsel’s office has violated his Fourth Amendment rights by not returning to him items they seized that were unrelated to the investigation. The investigation team sought a laundry list of data, including interactions between Manafort and his family and close associates, financial records and purchases of luxury suits, rugs and watches. Manafort previously took issue in court with a search of his storage locker in Virginia, which contained boxes of business records. The illumination of the July raid of Manafort’s home, which became public days after it happened, happens hours after prosecutors in New York, separate from Mueller, swept the belongings of Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Robert Mueller’s investigation into Paul Manafort", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.2, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180410123000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/politics/paul-manafort-robert-mueller/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "752326939", "sentence": "When we think of people coming to the United States to escape danger and persecution, we tend to think of refugees. But the caravan of Central American men, women and children currently languishing at the US-Mexico border has turned national attention to another type of endangered group: asylum seekers. In the United States, applying for asylum is a completely different process than arriving to the country as a refugee. Asylum seekers also tend to be of different nationalities than refugees. According to statistics from the Department of Homeland Security, China was the country with the highest number of citizens seeking asylum in the United States in 2015, followed by El Salvador, Guatemala and Egypt. The country that had the most asylum request denied? Mexico. So what does the asylum process look like? And to whom does it apply? When people request asylum, they are essentially seeking protection from violence or persecution that keep them from feeling safe in their home country or keep them from returning safely to their home country. In order for someone to qualify for asylum, they must meet the definition of a “refugee” as laid out by the Immigration and Nationality Act. And yes, there is a difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker. Refugee status is granted to people who are outside the United States. Asylum is granted to people who are either already in the country or are seeking entry and asylum at a border. There are two ways to request asylum. Since there are a lot more variables with that kind of asylum, we’ll focus on the affirmative asylum process. The most important document for asylum seekers is the I-589, the Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal. It’s not the longest government document ever, but the 12 pages of questions and 14 pages of instructions are understandably extensive. There are several fields that require “detailed and specific” accounts of persecution or fear of persecution, as well as requests for dates and events that could have taken place years ago. If spouses or children are to be included on the application, there’s even more to provide, including photographs. Also, if someone is newly in the United States, they may immediately run into a problem that could follow them throughout the asylum process: Providing a reliable address where they can be contacted. Once the process has begun, applicants will be scheduled for a “biometric services appointment,” usually conducted at one of dozens of Application Support Centers located around the country. Though “biometrics” sounds fairly ominous, it’s actually just referring to various forms of identification related to the body. At the appointment, applicants are fingerprinted and photographed, and sign documents to verify everything they stated in their I-589. During this period, other security measures, like background and security checks, will also be conducted. Applicants may face challenges in getting to and from appointments. Some states have only one or two Application Support Centers, meaning applicants may have to make costly and time-consuming travel arrangements. After the biometrics appointment comes an interview with an asylum officer. The scheduling process for this interview is actually kind of backwards: The USCIS prioritizes more recent filings to discourage people from filing for asylum for fraudulent reasons and biding their time while the proceedings drag on. The USCIS says the window for this interview typically starts at 21 days after an application is filed. However, in early 2018 the USCIS released new guidelines that said the scheduling process may take longer because of “workload priorities related to border enforcement.” At the interview, an asylum officer will determine whether an applicant fits the definition of a refugee. Applicants are required to bring all of the documents they’ve racked up throughout the process, as well as things like birth certificates and marriage certificates. Some people may choose to bring a lawyer along, which is allowed. And if an applicant doesn’t speak English, they need to bring their own certified translator. According to the USCIS, the interview lasts about an hour. Again, accessibility and transportation play a critical role here. Asylum interviews are conducted at Asylum Offices, sub-offices, or at a USCIS field office. There are only eight Asylum Offices and two sub-offices in the entire country. The Chicago office, for example, services states as far away as Idaho. There are a few dozen field offices, but the availability of interview times may be limited. After the intervew, the fate of an asylum seeker lies in the asylum officer’s hands. A few other people also must sign off on the decision, including a supervisory asylum officer. According to the USCIS, the decision may come within two weeks after the asylum interview. An approval, or “Grant of Asylum,” officially gives someone asylum status and allows them to apply for things like a green card and immigration benefits. A “no” comes in the form of a “Notice of Intent to Deny,” which includes a short window for appeal. When the decision comes back, it may not be a simple “yes” or “no.” Sometimes unfinished background checks or other clearances haven’t been completed yet, and applicants will be given a recommended approval until everything is sorted out. Applicants who were in the United States illegally may have their case referred to an immigration court, which turns the decision over to an immigration judge. Update: The headline of this story has been updated to more accurately reflect how long the asylum application process takes.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US asylum process", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180501194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/world/asylum-process-refugee-migrant-immigration-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "749213251", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ryan Lizza is a CNN Political Analyst. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. At the end of an interview with CNN Thursday afternoon, former FBI Director James Comey was asked by Jake Tapper about his unusual place in American politics as a man equally “reviled” by partisans of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Clinton’s most ardent supporters insist Comey had it in for their candidate in 2016 when, in the final weeks of the campaign, he told Congress that the feds had reopened their investigation into Clinton’s emails to conduct a search of Anthony Weiner’s laptop. The rage is understandable: There’s solid statistical evidence that the Comey announcement tipped the campaign to Trump (see Nate Silver’s analysis, “The Comey Letter Probably Cost Clinton the Election,” for the full argument.) John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, recently said on CNN that he doubted Clinton could even bring herself to read Comey’s book. Trump partisans revile Comey for the Russia investigation, for forcing the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel, which has served as a tightening noose around Trump’s presidency, and for Comey’s scorching portrait of the President, who has dubbed Comey a liar who should be jailed. Comey reacted to Tapper’s question by noting that America’s heightened polarization has made the job of the FBI director historically difficult. “The challenge of being the FBI in today’s political environment,” he said, “is you’re not on anybody’s side. That confuses people, which I get. And it angers people, which I also get. And there’s only so much you can do about it, except constantly try to show transparency. Show people your work. So that fair-minded people can make a judgment.” Related video Comey on what John Kelly told him after his firing This idea of transparency is a major thread through Comey’s book, “A Higher Loyalty.” “Buried pain never gets better with age,” he writes. “And by remembering and being open and truthful about our mistakes, we reduce the chance we will repeat them.” In many ways Comey, in his book and on his media tour, has indeed been transparent and self-reflective. But in the Tapper interview he once again demonstrated an enormous blind spot about his role in the election. He remains supremely confident that he did the right thing by disclosing the Clinton email investigation while hiding the Russia investigation. As a journalist I’ve never bought the argument from Clinton partisans that Comey should not have revealed the reopening of the email investigation. Comey found himself in a difficult position. President Barack Obama had made statements about the investigation that were arguably inappropriate for a president. Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch, the attorney general, had had a mysterious meeting on Lynch’s plane. If Comey hadn’t disclosed, the information surely would have leaked. Comey has said he thought at the time, “If I hide this from the American people, she’ll be illegitimate the moment she’s elected.” He was right. Voters going to the polls deserved to know whether Clinton was under investigation. (If the Democrats didn’t want an FBI investigation to be part of the campaign, they could have nominated someone who wasn’t under FBI investigation.) But wait: Trump associates were also under investigation at the same time, as part of the Russia probe, which began in July of 2016. It is unforgivable for Comey to argue that the principle of transparency required him to disclose an investigation affecting one candidate but not the other. Asked about this discrepancy, Comey gave an inadequate answer. “I think of the two investigations – and everybody working on it in the Department of Justice and the FBI did, as well – as quite different,” he said. “Very early-stage counterintelligence investigation of Americans, not Donald Trump, a small group trying to figure out, is there any connection of those people and the Russian effort? Separate from the Russian effort, which we had important discussions about whether to publicize that.” Related article James Comey's Ego has a lot to answer for He added that “it wouldn’t be remotely appropriate” to reveal any facts about the Russia investigation. And yet, as Tapper pointed out, Comey did just that, only it occurred five months later in a public hearing before Congress. Sure, the investigation was further along by then, but not by very much. Comey insisted to Tapper that he was pressured by members of Congress, such as Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, to reveal the Russia probe, but the same was true during the campaign, when Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the Senate, pushed Comey to disclose the existence of the Russia investigation. In late October, Reid wrote to Comey that “you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisers, and the Russian government.” Reid was mocked as a bit of a conspiracy theorist at the time. But we now know he was mostly right. Comey should have set the record straight in 2016 – and while he’s lecturing everyone about transparency on his current media tour, he should admit he was wrong not to.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "James Comey", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180420001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/19/opinions/comeys-unforgivable-error-lizza/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "705518090", "sentence": "Officials say 472 more people died this September than in the same month in 2016 The island government's official death toll from Hurricane Maria remains 55 Nearly 500 more people died in Puerto Rico in September – when Hurricane Maria struck the island – than in the same month the previous year, according to government officials. The acknowledgment, made during a Wednesday news conference, comes as the island’s government continues to face questions about an official death toll of 55 from the massive storm that made landfall on September 20. An official with Puerto Rico’s forensics institute told reporters that 472 more people died this September than in the same month in 2016 – up from 2,366 to 2,838. “We are not going to say there could be more or less,” Héctor Pesquera, secretary of Puerto Rico’s Department of Public Safety, which oversees the count, said of hurricane-related fatalities. “We’ve quantified the number of deaths.” Puerto Rico’s uncounted hurricane deaths Pesquera has staunchly defended government efforts to generate an accurate count under extremely trying conditions: most lines of communication were cut and many roads on the island were initially impassable. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a frequent critic of the disaster response, said last week that she believed the death toll could be in the hundreds and possibly as high as 500. Many hurricane victims were not included in the official count because the cause of death was improperly recorded or they were “cataloged as dying of natural deaths,” Yulín Cruz said. “When they were, for example, hooked to a respirator, there’s no power, the small generator that they had that gives up, and of course, they die of natural causes, but they are related to a lack of electricity,” she said. Pesquera called the mayor’s comments irresponsible and asked her to back the claims with evidence. Some disaster experts have also questioned the official tally. John Mutter, a Columbia University disaster specialist who studied the death toll after Hurricane Katrina, has said he would have expected fatalities in Puerto Rico to be in the hundreds – in part because of the level of poverty on the island, and also because so few people would have been able to evacuate, as they did for Hurricane Irma in Florida. Mutter told CNN last month that the fact that all potential hurricane fatalities must be reviewed by a single office in San Juan was part of the problem. Some – but not all – of the 50 US states have coroners stationed locally by county or subregion, he said. About 60% of the US territory, which is home to approximately 3.4 million US citizens, is still without power. Khushu Shah, John D. Sutter and Amanda Golden contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Puerto Rico government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171110004500", "country1": "PRI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/us/puerto-rico-september-deaths/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "541200481", "sentence": "Scientists have cloned the Zika virus for the first time This will enable scientists to study the virus and the damage it can cause Engineering the virus could also speed development of a vaccine Scientists have for the first time cloned the Zika virus, a development that could bring a desperately needed vaccine within closer reach. The mosquito-borne virus – which can also be sexually transmitted – has torn through Latin America in recent months, bringing an increase in microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains. A team from the The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston was able to genetically engineer Zika, so researchers can now make the virus in test tubes and on Petri dishes, according to a study (PDF) published Monday. Lead author Pei-Yong Shi said his team’s manmade Zika means scientists can study and adapt the virus to develop a vaccine. It could also be used to test the efficacy of their own vaccines. The team was able to infect mosquitoes with the cloned virus as well as mice, which went on to develop neurological diseases. “What we’ve created is something that is reproducible, meaning that batches of this virus can be made in large quantities,” Shi said. He said that if scientists are able to adapt the virus to make a safe vaccine, trials on animals could start soon and clinical trials could start as early as next year. “But of course this will depend on whether we see serious side effects. We don’t even know yet what the full impact of Zika is, besides microcephaly and some other neurological diseases,” Shi said. Some scientists have been researching the virus in mouse models to learn more about how it behaves and how it leads to devastating neurological deficits. The hope there too is that this is a starting point toward the development of a treatment and vaccine. Several scientists welcomed the development, including Arturo Reyes-Sandoval, an associate professor at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, who is working on a Zika vaccine. He said the new cloned virus would enable his team to better test its efficacy. “The Zika virus took all of us by surprise, and one of the difficulties in developing preventative measures has been the lack of tools available to test the vaccine. So a development like this will help for sure,” Reyes-Sandoval said. What you need to know about Zika While several teams of scientists are working on Zika vaccines, this is the first time the Zika strain has been replicated. The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has created a trial vaccine for similar viruses that can be used as a starting point for a Zika vaccine, and the Jenner Institute has conducted trials with mice and aims to hold clinic trials by 2017. The virus has caused panic across the Americas, with some countries advising women to hold off on getting pregnant. The World Health Organization says Zika is also linked to Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare disease in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerve cells, causing muscular weakness and, in some cases, paralysis. Some scientists fear that the impact is greater than initially thought, linking the virus to premature births, eye problems and several neurological conditions in babies born to infected women. A pharmaceutical company and condom manufacturer announced that they would arm the Australian Olympic team with “Zika-proof” condoms and antiviral lubricants as thousands of athletes compete in the Summer Games in Brazil, the epicenter of the latest Zika outbreak. Some health experts have called for the Olympics to be moved to a Zika-free location.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "cloning of the Zika virus", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160517170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "BRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/17/health/zika-virus-clone-scientist/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "555760229", "sentence": "The reverberations from Britain’s fateful choice extend far beyond Europe. The U.K. retains deep ties with many African states, and the turbulence is causing anxiety from the Johannesburg stock exchange to the battlefields of Somalia. More than a third of the flowers sold in the European Union come from Kenya. The U.K. is one of the most valuable export markets for some of the largest African economies. One-third of Kenya’s cut flowers arrive in Europe, where the U.K. is the second-largest buyer behind the Netherlands. Rather than negotiating with the European bloc, Kenya will now need to negotiate new deals with the U.K., as well as absorbing losses as the British economy retracts. It is a similar story for Nigeria, where a projected figure of £20 billion in bilateral trade by 2020 will now be revised downwards, and South Africa, which will need to make up shortfalls in wine exports. The pro-independence message has found an echo in the Eastern Nigerian state of Biafra, where activists have launched a campaign for the majority-Igbo region to secede. The movement has existed on the fringes for decades, following a violent bid for separation in the late 1960s, but in this new era of uncertainty, calls for ‘Biafrexit’ are gaining fresh momentum. If a referendum on Biafra is held today, which of the two will carry the day? Britain is one of the largest contributors to the European Development Fund in both funding and strategic planning, and its exit from the EU has raised fears that Europe will scale back its commitment to development programs. One of the main beneficiaries currently is Tanzania, which is seeing new roads and agricultural upgrades arrive through the fund. Should these grind to a halt, the wider economy will suffer, as will the popularity of new President John Magufuli. The former British colony has the closest financial ties with the U.K. – and the greatest exposure. Many leading South African companies are dual listed on Johannesburg and London stock exchanges, and South African banks lean heavily on British cash reserves. The impact of Brexit was felt immediately with a steep drop in the Rand, and although the currency has climbed since, confidence will remain shaky. Europe-wide sanctions on regimes could be reassessed without British involvement and in some cases this is cause for celebration. Zimbabwean ruler Robert Mugabe is reportedly convinced the U.K. is responsible for restrictions that have cost the slumping economy tens of billions of dollars, and that other member states will be more co-operative. Other sanctioned regimes such as Libya could also seek re-appraisal. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has been key to checking the progress of East African jihadist militant group al-Shabaab in Somalia and beyond. The body is funded through the EU but British efforts have been key, contributing servicemen and logistical support to the struggle. European leaders recently voted through a cut to the Mission’s budget, which could signal a policy of retrenchment as they look closer to home. This would come as a boost to the terror group. Some political African groups in Britain campaigned to leave the EU partly on the basis of the hated Common Agricultural Policy, which allows subsidized European farmers to dump cheap goods on African states and imposes tariffs to prevent trade going the other way. The Policy has been described as neo-colonialism, and a severe hindrance to agricultural development across the continent. A weaker EU may struggle to retain the same grip on the market, and British officials have hinted at a fairer deal for African farmers outside the Union.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Brexit", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160701100000", "country1": "KEN", "country2": "NGA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/africa/brexit-africa/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "652728144", "sentence": "In his typical colorful language, Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy described FBI Director James Comey’s social standing in Washington as “about as popular as cholera.” “It’s no secret Comey doesn’t get invited to many parties on Capitol Hill,” the Republican senator said on CNN’s “New Day” Thursday morning, a day after Comey testified on Capitol Hill about his agency’s probe into alleged links between the Trump campaign and the Russians. “He’s about as popular as cholera. I respect that about him. The impression I get of Comey is he’s going to do his job and he doesn’t care who gets mad at him.” Comey is set to appear before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday for a second round of testimony, this time behind closed doors – after weeks of wrangling that almost knocked the House Russia investigation off-track. “I appreciated Comey’s candor,” said Kennedy. “He was forthcoming. He wasn’t apologetic.” Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogers will brief the panel Thursday in a closed hearing that both Republicans and Democrats  hope will result in more answers. Republicans on the House Russia investigation noted that during Comey’s last visit, there were almost 100 instances when he said he could not answer their questions – something they hope will change in the private setting. Comey has been tight-lipped about the FBI’s ongoing Trump-Russia investigation, but he did divulge some additional information at the hearing before the Senate judiciary committee Wednesday – including telling senators that former acting Attorney General Sally Yates alerted him to former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s lying about calls with the Russian ambassador and the potential for him to be blackmailed. CNN’s Tom LoBianco contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "James Comey", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170504150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/senator-says-comey-popular-like-cholera-cnntv/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "759955685", "sentence": "More than 400 people have been vaccinated so far in the current outbreak Five experimental drugs to treat Ebola virus disease will be trialed More than 400 people have been vaccinated and more than 800 contacts traced in the city of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Use of the experimental vaccine, known as rVSV-ZEBOV, will now spread to the more rural regions of Iboko and Bikoro where the majority of cases have occurred. Vaccination began in the urban setting of Mbandaka to “prevent an urban outbreak” as well as further spread along the nearby Congo river, to reduce “risk through the interior of DRC and surrounding countries,” Dr. Peter Salama, the deputy director-general of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program said Tuesday. He confirmed the outbreak spread to Mbandaka after two brothers visited Bikoro to attend a funeral and traveled back to the city. Related article Ebola outbreak 2018: What's different this time? “Mbandaka is relatively safeguarded at the moment,” he said, adding that officials “haven’t seen an explosive increase in cases” and the teams have reason to “cautiously optimistic.” There have been 54 cases of Ebola reported in Congo, including 25 deaths. Thirty-five of those case have been confirmed with laboratory tests. Salama said 47 of the cases were in the more rural regions of Bikoro and Iboko where control efforts will now be focused. “That’s where the next phase of vaccination must go.” The vaccine is proving to be a very acceptable intervention to the community in Mbandaka, Salama said. “There are no reports of refusal of the vaccination.” “Over 90% of eligible people are getting vaccinated,” said Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO assistant director-general for Emergency Preparedness and Response, highlighting that this is a strong coverage rate for any vaccine. More than 900 contacts are being followed in Congo, and the number is likely to increase. The Ebola vaccine being provided has been shown to be safe in humans and highly effective against the Ebola virus, according to the WHO. A 2016 study found it to be 100% effective in trials in Guinea in coordination with the country’s Ministry of Health after the 2014-15 outbreak. Five experimental drugs to treat Ebola virus disease, including ZMapp and Remdesivir, have now arrived in the country and will be trialed under strict experimental research protocols, Salama said. This means they will have to be used as part of a clinical trial, with ethical review and informed patient consent. Officials expect to get formal approval for delivery in the coming days. Related article Ebola 101: Answers to your questions about causes, symptoms, transmission and treatments WHO officials hope to introduce the life-saving therapies to patients, but their use will require sophisticated monitoring. Some of the treatments require IV infusion, while others require daily assessment of liver and kidney function, according to Ryan. In 2014, ZMapp became known when it was used to treat two American missionary workers, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, who contracted Ebola in Liberia. Prior to that, the experimental drug had been tested only in monkeys. This is “not a simple effort to do this kind of trial in this kind of environment,” said Salama. But “if we don’t learn now we’ll never know which drugs to use in this situation.” Vaccination, therapeutic and control efforts have and will be carried out through partnerships between WHO, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and many other NGOs on the ground in Congo. Control efforts will expand to four more provinces considered to be at risk, the IFRC confirmed. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Ebola virus disease, which most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees, is caused by one of five Ebola viruses. On average, about 50% of people who become ill with Ebola die. The first human outbreaks of Ebola occurred in 1976, one in the north of what is now Congo and in the region that is now South Sudan. Humans can be infected by other humans if they come in contact with bodily fluids from an infected person or contaminated objects from infected persons. Humans can also be exposed to the virus, for example, by butchering infected animals. West Africa experienced the largest recorded outbreak of Ebola over a two-year period beginning in March 2014; a total of 28,616 confirmed, probable and suspected cases were reported in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with 11,310 deaths, according to the WHO. CNN’s Jacqueline Howard contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "World Health Organization", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180529151500", "country1": "COD", "country2": "GIN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/health/ebola-experimental-vaccine-treatment-congo-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "574071029", "sentence": "Anti-whaling activist group announce the launch of a new ship The activists group's new campaign in the Southern Ocean comes in the wake of a court loss Though Japan is often in the media spotlight for its whaling operations, Norway is actually the global leader in whale hunting Anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd announced its 11th whale defense campaign Tuesday with the launch of a custom-built vessel, which it claims will have the requisite muscle to take on Japanese whaling fleets. “For the first time we will have the speed to catch and outrun the Japanese harpoon ships, knowing speed can be the deciding factor when saving the lives of whales in the Southern Ocean,” Alex Cornelissen, Sea Shepherd Global CEO, said in a statement. Sea Shepherd told CNN that its new ship – dubbed “Ocean Warrior” – is 54 meters (177 feet) long, displaces 439 tons and can reach speeds of 25 knots and higher. Japanese whaling ships are estimated to reach speeds of up to 22 knots, and Sea Shepherd’s previous ships could only reach 15 knots. A deck area also enables ship operators to dispatch small boat operations and support a helicopter. The ship was built in Turkey by Dutch shipbuilder Damen from an 8.3 million euro ($9 million) fund awarded to Sea Shepherd by the Dutch, UK and Swedish lotteries. Ocean Warrior is expected to arrive in Australia at the end of 2016 so it can be prepared for the activist group’s 11th whale defense campaign in the Southern Ocean. Sea Shepherd’s efforts to strengthen their campaign in the Southern Ocean comes a week after a court-mediated settlement between their US arm and a Japanese whaling institution. On August 23, a preliminary injunction – which prevents Sea Shepherd’s US branch from disrupting Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean – became permanent, ending a legal dispute that has been raging between the two groups since 2011. In a statement released on the same day, the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR), a Japanese nonprofit, said that under the injunction, Sea Shepherd USA would be barred from “physically attacking” their research vessels and crew and from sailing within 500 yards of their whaling ships. Though Sea Shepherd USA confirmed that the organization would comply with the legal restrictions of the injunction, the Australian branch of Sea Shepherd asserted that the injunction over their US arm would not affect conservation operations. “The US court settlement doesn’t have an affect on Australian law,” Adam Burling, a spokesperson from the Australian-based Sea Shepherd, told CNN. “This decision does not impact our mission to protect the whales of the Southern Ocean in any way,” he added. The ICR is a government-backed research institution established in 1987 to study the “biological and social sciences related to whales.” Their research methods include killing a quota of whales each year to study them. Anti-whaling activists oppose the ICR, claiming the institute is a cover for Japan to kill whales for commercial profit. In 1982, the International Whaling Commission – an intergovernmental body dedicated to conserving whales – proposed an international moratorium on commercial whaling. The moratorium has been in effect since 1986, however, Japanese fleets still sail to the Antarctic every year in autumn or winter to catch whales. The government asserts the hunts are for scientific purposes and therefore legal. Related video Japan whaling rulling called definitive In 2016, Japan’s whaling fleets killed 333 minke whales. According to the Japanese Ministry of Fisheries, the research was conducted to manage and understand minke whale populations in the Antarctic Ocean. Anti-whaling organizations, however, insist the hunts are illegal, inhumane and detrimental to whale populations. In 2014, the United Nations’ International Court of Justice ordered Japan to stop its whaling program over concerns of the legitimacy of its scientific activities in the Antarctic region. Japan is not the only country that engages in whaling. Since the establishment of the international moratorium, Iceland and Norway have continued to hunt whales commercially. In 2014, Norway caught 746 minke whales and Iceland caught 137 fin whales and 24 minke whales. According to the International Whaling Commission, these countries establish their own catch limits, but provide all information and scientific data on their catches to the commission. A report from 2015, co-written by three animal rights NGOs, found that Norway killed more whales each year than some of the most prominent whaling countries combined. But Japan still continues to receive the most criticism for its whaling missions. Related video 1800s whaling ships found in the Arctic Claire Perry, a ocean campaign leader at the Environmental Investigation Agency said that Japan’s decision to continue whaling under scientific precepts wasn’t the only reason why they garnered more international scrutiny than Iceland or Norway. “Iceland and Norway whale in northern European waters so it’s seen as a European problem,” Perry told CNN. She explained that Japan, however, was the only country to whale in international waters of the Southern Ocean, which was  declared a sanctuary for whales in 1994. This, she said, made the country a more visible target for NGOs.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Japan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160830100000", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "NLD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/asia/sea-shepherd-japan-whales-new-ship/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "568506649", "sentence": "Trump and conservative show host Hugh Hewitt went back and forth over Trump's statement In 2007, Trump supported a rapid exit from Iraq Donald Trump said Thursday that he meant exactly what he said when he called President Barack Obama the “founder of ISIS” and objected when a conservative radio show host tried to clarify the GOP nominee’s position. Trump was asked by host Hugh Hewitt about the comments Trump made Wednesday night in Florida, and Hewitt said he understood Trump to mean “that he (Obama) created the vacuum, he lost the peace.” Trump objected. “No, I meant he’s the founder of ISIS,” Trump said. “I do. He was the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award. I give her, too, by the way, Hillary Clinton.” Hewitt pushed back again, saying that Obama is “not sympathetic” to ISIS and “hates” and is “trying to kill them.” “I don’t care,” Trump said, according to a show transcript. “He was the founder. His, the way he got out of Iraq was that that was the founding of ISIS, okay?” Collins: Trump will make the world ‘more dangerous’ Hewitt and Trump went back and forth after that, with Hewitt warning Trump that his critics would seize on his use of “founder” as more example of Trump being loose with words. Clinton later hit back on Thursday on Twitter, saying it was Trump who was unfit to be president. “It can be difficult to muster outrage as frequently as Donald Trump should cause it, but his smear against President Obama requires it,” Clinton tweeted. “No, Barack Obama is not the founder of ISIS. … Anyone willing to sink so low, so often should never be allowed to serve as our Commander-in-Chief.” Anyone willing to sink so low, so often should never be allowed to serve as our Commander-in-Chief. Trump has been under near-constant scrutiny for his discussion of sensitive world events, with his opponents using favorable comments he’s made toward Vladimir Putin and other dictators as evidence of misplaced priorities. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of the most senior Republicans to oppose Trump, said her decision came down to Trump making the world a “more dangerous” place, in her estimation. While Trump remains around 40% in national polling, Obama’s approval rating was at 54% after the Democratic convention, according to CNN polling. But the GOP nominee remained steadfast, saying it was “no mistake” what he said, standing by his labeling of the Democratic opponent as a “co-founder.” “Do you not like that?” Trump asked Hewitt. “I think I would say they created, they lost the peace. They created the Libyan vacuum, they created the vacuum into which ISIS came, but they didn’t create ISIS. That’s what I would say,” Hewitt said. “Well, I disagree,” Trump replied, and Hewitt moved on. In 2007, however, Trump actually supported a rapid withdrawal from Iraq, despite hitting Obama for his drawdown years later. “You know how they get out? They get out,” Trump told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in 2007. “That’s how they get out. Declare victory and leave, because I’ll tell you, this country is just going to get further bogged down. They’re in a civil war over there, Wolf. There’s nothing that we’re going to be able to do with a civil war. They are in a major civil war.” The comments from 2007 were resurfaced Thursday by Buzzfeed. On Wednesday night, former ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul hit Trump on the comments, saying they mimicked Russian talking points designed to sow anger toward the US and the West. “BTW, Trumps line that Obama founded ISIS echoes exactly a myth propagated by Russian state-controlled media and bloggers,” McFaul tweeted. BTW, Trumps line that Obama founded ISIS echoes exactly a myth propagated by Russian state-controlled media and bloggers. Clinton’s campaign also ripped Trump’s comments as damaging to the country, in a statement from policy adviser Jake Sullivan. “This is another example of Donald Trump trash-talking the United States,” Sullivan said. “It goes without saying that this is a false claim from a presidential candidate with an aversion to the truth and an unprecedented lack of knowledge. What’s remarkable about Trump’s comments is that once again, he’s echoing the talking points of Putin and our adversaries to attack American leaders and American interests, while failing to offer any serious plans to confront terrorism or make this country more secure.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160811154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/politics/donald-trump-hugh-hewitt-obama-founder-isis/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "587872485", "sentence": "Journalist Cyril Almeida was placed on Pakistan's Exit Control List for a column he wrote His placement on the list caused a social media storm, with people tweeting under the hashtag #StandWithCyril A leading Pakistani journalist has been banned from leaving the country after writing a column that exposed significant rifts between the civilian government and the military. The report, written by journalist Cyril Almeida for the ‘The Daily Dawn’ – one of Pakistan’s leading English language papers – on October 6, said the civilian government had clashed with military chiefs over the issue of homegrown militancy in Pakistan. Almeida, who was attempting to fly out on a holiday on Monday evening was informed that he had been placed on the Pakistan’s Exit Control List, which prevented him from leaving the country. The Exit Control List is a border control system that is maintained under ordinance by the government of Pakistan. It allows the government to ban people whose names appear on the system from exiting Pakistan. Almeida tweeted that he had been placed on the list Monday night, causing a social media storm with journalist, analysts and supporters tweeting under the hashtag #StandWithCyril. Almeida’s column was published amid a backdrop of increasing tensions between Pakistan and India over Kashmir. It highlights tensions between senior members of Pakistan’s civilian government and the director of ISI, the country’s military intelligence organization. The Pakistani government responded swiftly to Almeida’s column, dismissing it as “an amalgamation of fiction and fabrication” in a statement. The Daily Dawn’s editor Zafar Abbas issued a statement Tuesday, asserting that Almeida’s column was “verified, cross checked and fact checked.” He also said the government should refrain from “targeting the messenger and scapegoating the country’s most respected newspaper in a malicious campaign.” In a statement released Monday, the Pakistani prime minister’s office stated that a high level meeting on the report had taken place between the prime minister, the chief army staff, interior minister and the director general of the ISI, with calls for “stern action” against “those responsible for speculative reporting.” Yet the public response to the story has caused some to question if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s democratically-elected government is losing support in Pakistan. Analyst and author of Military Inc, Ayesha Siddiqa, told CNN that Almeida’s placement on the Exit Control List is “against the norms of democracy.” Amnesty International called the travel ban on Almeida “a crude intimidation tactic designed to silence journalists and stop them from doing their jobs,” in a statement released Tuesday. Columnist Mosharraf Zaidi told CNN that Almeida’s report had confirmed what was already widely known in Pakistan. He asserted, however, that the significance of Almeida’s report lay in how forcefully he had “disrupted the national conversation” by placing the issue of tensions between civilian government and military into the public arena.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pakistan government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161011154500", "country1": "PAK", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/middleeast/pakistan-journalist-exit-control-list/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "695477999", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Frida Ghitis: US vote declining to oppose LGBT executions is dark day for human rights Washington's decision on the UN resolution shocked human rights groups, she says The past week saw two remarkable developments at the United Nations, and the world took notice of both. One was the passage of a resolution condemning the use of the death penalty as punishment for consensual gay relations. LGBT groups viewed the moment as a major milestone, what the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association called a “historic first.” Celebrations, however, were muted. That’s because of the other occurrence: The United States, until recently a leader in the global effort to advance human rights, voted against the resolution. Even though the UN Human Rights Council’s measure does not outlaw the use of the death penalty,  Washington’s decision to vote no on the resolution still sent shockwaves among human rights groups and their supporters. And the shock was not limited to the United States. Headlines in other countries noted that America sided with the nations that refused to condemn the medieval – but still practiced – policy of killing people simply because they are gay. They noted, correctly, that the US vote was dictated by fear of undercutting the death penalty itself. In 2014, the Obama administration abstained from a resolution from the Human Rights Council on the death penalty, though that resolution notably lacked any provision related to its specific use against gay or transgender individuals. The fact is that we live in a world where even today gay people are being arrested, tortured and killed because of their sexual orientation. And the United States didn’t just let an opportunity to condemn those atrocities pass by – it did much worse. It took a stand against that condemnation. Related article On transgender ban, Trump, listen to your generals This latest vote came as a stark reminder that under the current administration, the United States hasn’t just given up its commitment to advancing human rights. It has, instead, changed sides in that struggle. We initially heard from the US State Department that the human rights agenda would be sidelined, and we’ve watched President Donald Trump repeatedly praise some of the world’s most repressive rulers, at times seeming to praise them precisely for their ruthlessness. The resolution, to be clear, was not solely focused on LGBT executions. It urged countries that have still not abolished the practice to make sure it is not imposed as punishment for “apostasy, blasphemy, adultery and consensual same-sex relations.” The final vote at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, was 27 in favor of condemning abuse of the death penalty, 13 against and seven abstentions. We should all celebrate passage of the resolution in a UN body with a dismal track record. But the fact that the United States, the birthplace of the modern human rights movement, opposed a measure supported by every single Western and Eastern European country in the body, and every Latin American country (only Cuba abstained), and instead sided with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China and other countries with troubling human rights records, made it a dark day for human rights. The Trump administration, via State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, called the media coverage “misleading,” explaining that the United States voted against the resolution “because of broader concerns with the resolution’s approach in condemning the death penalty. …” She added that the United States “unequivocally condemns” the use of the death penalty “for conduct such as homosexuality, blasphemy, adultery and apostasy.” The statement came in a State Department briefing, not in a recognized global platform such as the United Nations, where it might have had an impact. Related article America, don't abandon gay Chechens Ambassador Nikki Haley, who has been until now the more reasonable face to the world of a volatile US administration, also tweeted: “There was NO vote by USUN that supported the death penalty for gay people. We have always fought for justice for the LGBT community.” This is not the first administration to face the dilemma of how to oppose human rights abuses without undercutting America’s continuing use of the death penalty. But the Trump administration could have abstained again. No one expects, at this juncture, that this administration will become a world leader, a champion of human rights, much less LGBT rights. Trump promised to defend LGBT rights during the campaign, vowing he would do a better job than Hillary Clinton. By now, that’s a laughable claim, following Trump’s pronouncements on transgender Americans in the military, and his outspoken support for virulently homophobic politicians. In the meantime, the death penalty is still the official punishment for gay relations in several countries. Iran, in particular, inflicts it with regularity. Photos of gay teenagers about to be publicly hanged surfaced in 2005, and Amnesty International has reported on and condemned other executions. In Saudi Arabia, the penalty is stoning to death for married men or for non-Muslims who engage in same-sex conduct with Muslims. At least 10 countries allow execution for LGBT behavior, according to The Washington Post. In countries where homosexuality does not qualify for the death penalty, being gay or transgender can put people at risk for harassment, arrest or even murder. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Ever since a gay rainbow flag was waved by someone during a concert last month in Cairo, Human Rights Watch reports that dozens of LGBT Egyptians and their supporters have been arrested on charges such as “inciting sexual deviancy” and “disrupting societal cohesion.”  According to Mada Masr, an independent Egyptian media organization, one of those under arrest, Sarah Hegazy, told the prosecutor that she is not gay but believes “that every person is free, as long as they don’t harm others.” The argument is being made by brave people facing prison terms, and by activists risking horrifying punishment. One can only hope that one day the US government, instead of siding with human rights abusers, will again become a leading voice in defense of human rights, including LGBT rights.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171005193000", "country1": "EGY", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/opinions/un-death-penalty-resolution-usa-lgbt-ghitis-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "646160676", "sentence": "Trump informed Chinese President Xi Jinping about the Syria airstrikes over dinner Thursday night The President said the discussion occurred over the \"most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen.\" When you’re president, apparently you can have your cake and strike Syria, too. President Donald Trump, in an interview with Fox Business, said he informed Chinese President Xi Jinping about the air strikes he authorized in Syria over the “most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen” at his ocean-side club and that the communist leader was “enjoying it.” “I was sitting at the table. We had finished dinner. We’re now having dessert. And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen and President Xi was enjoying it,” Trump said, before telling interviewer Maria Bartiromo he was told the strike was ready to go. Trump added that he told Xi that the United States had “just fired 59 missiles … heading to Iraq,” incorrectly identifying the country he was striking when relaying the story to Bartiromo. Of Xi, Trump said, “And he was eating his cake. And he was silent.” Related article Russia's Lavrov warns US over Syria in heated start to talks “We were almost finished. It was a full day in Palm Beach. We’re almost finished and I, what does he do, finish his dessert and go home,” Trump asked rhetorically. Xi, the President said, paused for 10 seconds before telling Trump – via a interpreter – that “anybody that was so brutal and uses gases to do that young children and babies, it’s OK” to respond with force. Trump, in one of his biggest foreign policy tests to date, struck Syria with a series of tomahawk missiles last week while he also met with the Chinese president at Mar-A-Lago, his private club in Florida. The strike, which was in response a chemical attack on a rebel-held town that the United States has blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been widely praised by the international community, but denied by Russia, a close Assad ally. Trump, later in the interview, said he “immediately” called Defense Secretary James Mattis after he saw the images of children dying from the chemical attack and asked, “What can we do?” “We hit them very hard,” Trump said. “Now, are we going to get involved with Syria? No. But if I see them using gas and using things that, I mean even some of the worst tyrants in the world didn’t use the kind of gases that they used.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States airstrikes in Syria", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170412154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/donald-trump-xi-jingping-syria-chocolate-cake/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "760939569", "sentence": "“Adrift” is a two-tiered throwback – a stirring, at times grueling portrait of survival, and an old-fashioned showcase for star-producer Shailene Woodley. It mostly works on both levels, although more casual film-goers might understandably opt to catch this TV-movie-style true story after it’s sailed out of theaters. Director Baltasar Kormakur previously helmed “Everest,” so he has some experience with the man-(or woman)-against-nature genre. Moreover, the producers chose to do most of the shooting on location in Fiji, which brings a sense of authenticity to the ordeal. “Adrift” is based on events that took place in 1983, later chronicled in a book by Tami Oldham. What gives the movie momentum, though, is a dual narrative structure, beginning with the aftermath of the hurricane that left Woodley’s Tami stranded, then flashing back to her meeting Richard (“The Hunger Games’” Sam Claflin), her partner on the journey. That approach both creates an element of suspense about the moment when the crisis happened, as well as the prospect of being rescued. It also turns “Adrift” into a reasonably effective love story, with the free-spirited Tami landing in Tahiti and being wooed by Richard, who fatefully agrees to sail a wealthy couple’s boat to California for them. “We’re gonna die out here,” Tami mutters more than once, which only makes her courage and resilience all the more stirring. The key scenes are harrowing, and the shifts in time help break up a story that could easily become claustrophobic as the wait to be discovered drags on. It’s worth noting, too, that while the particulars are easily found via a Google search, given the slim nature of the story, the less one knows going into the movie – other than the fact that Tami lived to write a book about it – the better. Because this is largely a two-character piece, there’s considerable pressure on Woodley and Claflin, and they deliver admirably. The actress, in particular, continues to demonstrate her versatility after the “Divergent” series and HBO’s “Big Little Lies.” “Adrift” might be about a boat floating into the unknown, but seen that way, the movie and its star, at least, seem to know exactly where they’re going. “Adrift” opens June 1 in the U.S. It’s rated PG-13.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Adrift (film)", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180601201500", "country1": "FJI", "country2": "PYF", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/01/entertainment/adrift-review/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "733692994", "sentence": "Burkina Faso President: More than 50 people are wounded \"They ... kept shooting at people that seemed alive,\" survivor says One American died, the U.S. State Department says Attackers raided a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso overnight, shooting some and taking others hostage in a siege that lasted hours and ended with 29 people dead. An al Qaeda-linked terrorist group claimed responsibility for the assault at Splendid Hotel – a popular meeting place for Western diplomats in the capital, Ouagadougou. The attack began Friday night and dragged on under the cover of darkness. Security forces circled the perimeter to assess the situation before they stormed in hours later. Related gallery Burkina Faso hotel attack “Everyone was panicked and was lying down on the floor. There was blood everywhere, they were shooting at people at point blank,” said Yannick Sawadogo, who survived the siege. Security forces entered the hotel early Saturday and freed 126 hostages, half of whom were hospitalized, according to Burkina Faso’s foreign minister, Alpha Barry. Attack demonstrates al Qaeda revival in Africa Of the 29 people who died, 22 have been identified, Ouagadougou prosecutor Maïza Sereme said, according to state broadcaster RTB. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore told the nation more than 50 people were wounded. The injured included two Burkinabe police officers, one soldier and one service member from France. It was unclear whether the death toll included the three attackers that Kabore said were killed. Survivors described horrific scenes as the attackers paced and fired in the hotel Friday night. “We could hear them talking and they were walking around and kept shooting at people who seemed alive,”  Sawadogo told CNN affiliate BFMTV. Sawadogo said he escaped through a broken window, and could barely see because of smoke. The West African nation’s forces received logistical support from American and French troops. Shortly after the forces stormed the hotel, the sounds of gunshots faded. The assault appeared well-planned, with some of the attackers coming to the hotel during the day and mingling with guests, authorities said. When darkness fell, more attackers joined them. Before the hotel assault, they attacked the Cappuccino café across the street, which had about 100 people, according to the state broadcaster. They then took off to the Splendid Hotel, where they seized hostages. Witnesses said the attackers wore turbans and spoke a language not native to Burkina Faso, a former French colony. Two French nationals were among the dead, BFMTV reported. Canada said six of its citizens were killed. Four of the dead came from the same Ukrainian family and included a 9-year-old girl. Two of the deceased were from Switzerland, that nation’s Foreign Ministry said. The United States said one American died. “We extend our condolences to the family of Michael James Riddering. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time, as they are with all those affected by this brutality,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said. Other victims included seven Burkinabe, four Canadians, two Swiss, one Dutch, one Libyan and one Portuguese, Sereme said, according to RTB. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the assault, local media reported. CNN could not independently confirm that claim. Al Qaeda-linked Al-Mourabitoun said it conducted the attack, which had similarities to the one in neighboring Mali in November. Al-Mourabitoun had claimed responsibility for the November attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali, which left 22 people dead. The group’s leader is veteran al Qaeda figure Mokhtar Belmokhtar, according to the Mauritania-based Al Akhbar news agency. In June, Libya’s interim government reported that he died in an American airstrike. The attack comes a few months after Burkina Faso marked a turning point following a historic presidential election. Burkina Faso elected a new president in November after nearly three decades of autocratic rule followed by a civil uprising. Kabore, the nation’s former prime minister, won more than 53% of votes in that election. Elections were postponed the month before because of a failed coup against the transitional government. The West, particularly France, considers Burkina Faso a key ally in the fight against al Qaeda. French President Francois Hollande said he stands with the nation against the “odious and cowardly attack.” The U.S. Embassy condemned the attack, describing it as a ” senseless assault on innocent people.” Abductors have seized two Australian doctors, who are married,  Kabore said. The couple was taken in the town of Djibo near the border with Mali early Saturday. They worked in a clinic there. Australian authorities did not immediately comment on the kidnapping. CNN’s Elena Sandyrev, Radina Gigova, Pierre Meilhan, Brian Walker and Barbara Starr contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180224194500", "country1": "BFA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/16/africa/burkina-faso-hotel-terrorist-attack/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "501451455", "sentence": "Read more about this story at CNN Turk. NEW: A Peruvian was wounded and 2 victims are still unidentified, Peru's foreign ministry says The blast took place in Sultanahmet Square, in the heart of Istanbul's heavily guarded tourist area Official: The suicide bomber wasn't being tracked by Turkish authorities, came from Syria The suicide bomber who killed at least 10 foreigners Tuesday in a popular central Istanbul tourist area belonged to ISIS, officials said – an attack that shows the group’s nerve, reach and capacity for terror. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, yet Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pinned blame on the group that calls itself the Islamic State, which has entrenched itself in neighboring Syria and Iraq while proving willing time and again to lash out elsewhere. At least eight Germans died in the blast between the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque tourist attractions in Istanbul’s cultural and historic heart, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, warning that figure may rise. A Turkish official earlier told CNN that at least nine Germans were killed. Davutoglu indicated that the 15 wounded were from inside and outside his country, with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier saying nine of those were German. “They haven’t just targeted those who died,” Davutoglu said. “They have targeted the whole of Turkey and the whole world.” Born in 1988, the man responsible for the blast was not among the thousands being tracked by Turkish authorities, having “newly (come) into Turkey from Syria,” Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said. Just to Turkey’s south, Syria has been embroiled in a civil war for nearly five years – a conflict that, according to the United Nations, has cost more than 250,000 lives, spurred more than half the country’s 17 million residents to flee and caused humanitarian crises for those left behind, as illustrated by the hundreds starving in the siege of Madaya. Related gallery The ISIS terror threat This violence can be pinned on many groups, including forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Yet ISIS has been behind many of the worst atrocities there and elsewhere in the region, a fact that’s made the terror group a top target for civilized countries. A member of NATO, Turkey has increasingly been engaged in this fight – including allowing the United States to launch strikes from Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey and clamping down to curb more fighters from going through its territory to join the group. ISIS has responded by singling out Turkey as a primary target, and a recent issue of its Dabiq magazine had a cover showing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alongside U.S. President Barack Obama. And Davutoglu stressed Turkey wouldn’t back down after Tuesday’s attack, urging his countrymen and people worldwide to unite against this threat. “We will continue our fight against terror with the same firm attitude,” said the Prime Minister, insisting his country will continue working with the U.S.-led coalition to combat ISIS. “We will never compromise, not one single inch.” Tuesday’s blast rattled Sultanahmet Square around 10:20 a.m. (3:20 a.m. ET) and brought a rush of ambulances and security forces to an area that would have been heavily guarded on any day. “I’ve never heard such a loud explosion in my life,” Sener Ozdemir, a 45-year-old shop owner, told Turkey’s semi-official Anadolu news agency. “…Just after the incident, I saw shocked tourists falling to the ground.” Targeting outsiders would be in line with attacks executed or inspired by ISIS, which has enemies everywhere and has proven willing to strike those who don’t subscribe to its twisted, hard-line version of Sharia law. We mourn the victims of the #Istanbul terror attack. #Sultanahmet pic.twitter.com/4dgbLLyg0o Turkey is a popular destination for Germans, and Germany’s foreign ministry urged travelers in Istanbul “to avoid public gatherings (and) tourist attractions for now” after the attack. The Peruvian foreign ministry said in a statement that one of its citizens is in stable condition at a hospital after being wounded. A Norwegian citizen was taken to a nearby hospital after the incident, foreign ministry spokesman Frode Andersen told CNN. Sajjan Gohel, international security director at the Asia-Pacific Foundation, doesn’t think it’s a coincidence this suicide blast happened in a square that’s both a draw for tourists and significant to Turkey’s history and its diverse cultural identity – the type of place, he said, “that ISIS is so deeply opposed to.” “The type of monuments that are in Sultanahmet Square are the type that ISIS has been blowing up in Syria,” Gohel told CNN. “It’s seen as a place where you have a mesh of different entities. It’s a real melting pot.” The blast comes as Turkey deals with multiple security threats – from longstanding nemesis the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as well as ISIS, which has taken over swaths of Syria and Iraq on its quest to form a far-reaching caliphate. Ankara has persistently battled the PKK, which the United States and other governments have branded a terror group. Turkey’s actions against ISIS, which first emerged out of Iraq but now has its de facto capital in Syria, are more recent but have nonetheless made it a target of that terrorist group. Its military cooperation with the United States and other NATO nations in particular has angered ISIS, said Fadi Hakura, associate fellow at Chatham House. ISIS goes global: 60 attacks, 19 countries Investigators honed in on ISIS after two suicide blasts in October hit a lunchtime peace rally in Ankara, in which demonstrators were calling for an end to the renewed conflict between the PKK and Turkish government. Those explosions killed as many as 100 people and injured more than 240 more. Tuesday’s blast – if it’s confirmed to be the terror group’s work – ups the ante for Ankara, forcing it to step up its anti-ISIS fight even more, according to the Asia-Pacific Foundation’s Gohel. “An attack like this is designed to create economic, political and social consequences,” Gohel told CNN. “Turkey has to realize that the pipeline that feeds ISIS from Turkey to Syria has to now be cut off, because incidents like this are not one-offs. This could be part of a series of plots.” And given that the dead aren’t Turkish, this attack directly impacts other countries as well. While it’s not known if the bomber targeted any one nationality, the idea of terrorists targeting tourists is not new – as illustrated in last March’s attack on Tunis’ Bardo Museum and June’s mass shooting at a Tunisian beachfront hotel. “We have a free society … but there are people who want us harmed,” said Merkel, referring to the Tunisia attacks and the more recent ones targeting civilians in Paris. “… We will persevere.” CNN’s Arwa Damon, Gul Tuysuz and journalist Zeynep Bilginsoy reported from Istanbul. CNN’s Greg Botelho and Ed Payne reported and wrote from Atlanta.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160112093000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/europe/turkey-istanbul-explosion/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "521153082", "sentence": "Bernie Sanders defended his policy proposals against Hillary Clinton's attacks Sanders argued that other countries prove his ideas aren't \"fantasy\" Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders defended his policy proposals Sunday, saying that “this is not fantasy – this is reality” in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” The Vermont senator cited other nations as models: Canada, the United Kingdom and France for his Medicare-for-all health insurance proposal and Germany and Scandanavia – a region that typically includes Norway, Sweden and Denmark – for free public college tuition. He was pushing back against rival Hillary Clinton who has cast his policy proposals as unrealistic. “All of that may be fantasy to the ruling class and the big money interests in this country. I don’t think that’s fantasy to the working people in this country who have worked longer hours for lower wages, who are tired of establishment politics and establishment economics,” Sanders said. “Every proposal that we have brought forward, we’ve paid for … Maybe the drug companies don’t like it and the insurance companies don’t like it. I think the American people do like it,” he said. In the interview, Sanders also stuck by his claim that he’ll stay in the Democratic presidential race through the convention in July. He predicted wins in West Coast states, including California, which doesn’t vote until June. He wouldn’t answer directly, though, whether he’d drop out if Clinton accumulated enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination before the convention starts. “You are speculating – I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Sanders said. “We think we have momentum and we think we’re going to do just fine.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bernie Sanders", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160315090000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "SWE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/06/politics/bernie-sanders-policies-not-fantasy", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "701392242", "sentence": "The Pentagon's investigation into the Niger ambush continues Lawmakers said there are still many unanswered questions The Pentagon on Thursday provided lawmakers with a classified briefing detailing what the agency has uncovered so far in its investigation of the Niger ambush that left four US service members dead, amid swirling questions on Capitol Hill about the larger US strategy in Africa in the wake of the attack. Leaving the back-to-back briefings for the House and Senate Armed Services Committee, lawmakers said there are still many unanswered questions, including why it took 48 hours to recover the body of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was separated from the rest of the team, and how the attackers were tipped off to the presence of US troops. Related article US team in Niger was collecting intel on terror leader But the briefing has for now satisfied Arizona Sen. John McCain, the powerful Armed Services chairman who blasted the Pentagon last week for not being forthcoming about the attack and threatened to issue subpoenas if he did not get the information he was seeking. “I am pleased at the cooperation we’re getting now,” McCain told reporters. “It was an excellent briefing, we got a lot of good information. It’s progress and we expect more, but this is what we’ve been asking for.” However, McCain did express particular concern about why it took that much time to recover Johnson’s body. The Arizona senator said he was told the investigation is expected to last about 30 days, and once the Pentagon has finished with its assessment he’ll decide whether to hold a public hearing on Niger. The October 4 attack has sparked questions not just about the specifics of the ambush but also about the role US forces are playing in Africa. The US Army team that was attacked had been gathering intelligence on a terrorist leader operating in the area before it was ambushed. Related article US sought to arm drones in Niger prior to attack US officials told CNN that the unit was not under orders to conduct a kill or capture mission on the leader, and the team was not directed to “take direct action” against enemy forces, according to a US defense official. “I was encouraged by the testimony that on the initial assessment, there were not significant steps that could have been taken to prevent this assault,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican. “The detailed investigation may produce different conclusions, so I’ll certainly await the results of that investigation to ascertain what exactly occurred, but I was encouraged by the initial testimony.” But the lack of drone support for the Niger mission and others like it was a significant concern to both Democrats and Republicans. Several noted that the head of US Africa Command, Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, told Congress in testimony earlier this year that he only had 20% to 30% of his command’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs fulfilled. Related article Haley warns African conflicts becoming 'breeding ground' for terrorists “That shortfall has not changed, and the tragic outcome of this incident in my view, can be attributed to lack of support in intelligence and resources that are necessary,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat. The attack has also sparked new questions about whether the war against ISIS is moving to Africa as operations wind down in Iraq and Syria, and whether the US needs to adjust its strategy accordingly. “The more we succeed in the Middle East, the more we’re going to see snakes run to Africa,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican. “And we’ve got to be prepared to advise and assist the nations there that are willing to work with us.” House Armed Services chairman Mac Thornberry told reporters that he’s hoping to get all the answers to what happened in Niger as quickly as possible, but he understands it’s going to take time – particularly because US investigators will need the cooperation of the French and Nigerien governments. “You’re never satisfied because there’s an urgency to find out what happened,” Thornberry said. “So I expressed concern about how long the investigation is taking, until one of my colleagues reminded me we don’t really know all the situation from Las Vegas yet. So it’s a fair point, but we need to be right about it. We need to find the answers.” CNN’s Ted Barrett, Jamie Crawford, Jim Sciutto  and Ryan Browne contributed reporting", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pentagon investigation into the Niger ambush", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171026193000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "NER", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/pentagon-congress-niger-briefing/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "617726189", "sentence": "Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae cause an estimated 9,300 infections each year in the US A Nevada woman died of a strain of CRE she is thought to have picked up in an Indian hospital One family of superbugs, known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae or CRE, may be spreading more widely than previously thought, according to a study published Monday (PDF) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In fact, transmission of these bacteria person-to-person may be occurring without symptoms, say the researchers, from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute. “We often talk about the rising tide of antibiotic resistance in apocalyptic terms,” said William Hanage, senior author of the study and an associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School.  “But we should always remember that the people who are most at risk of these things would be at risk for any infection, because they are often among the frailer people in the health care system.” Related article 5 things you need to know about antimicrobial resistance When an illness-causing bug won’t disappear with the usual drugs, patients are given last-resort antibiotics such as carbapenem. Still, some “nightmare bacteria” continue to thrive even when given the strongest medicines reserved for the toughest cases. CRE, which tend to spread in hospitals and long-term care facilities, cause an estimated 9,300 infections and 600 deaths each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And they are on the rise. Over a 16-month period, the Harvard-MIT research team examined genetic sequences from about 250 samples of patients who had CRE in four hospitals in Boston and Irvine, California. “A lot of people have done a lot of really good work by focusing on things like outbreaks,” Hanage said. He and his colleagues were aiming instead to get a “population snapshot” of CRE, to define how frequently these infections occurred and to understand which bacterial strains were causing infections within hospitals. “We tried to get an idea of what the population was, and that enabled us to capture the diversity of these things, which were causing disease in the hospitals we studied,” Hanage said. First, the researchers found very little evidence of direct transmission between patients who became sick. “There’s one, maybe two, in all the samples we looked at,” Hanage said. Based on this, he and his colleagues believe transmission may be occurring without causing symptoms. Related article 'Patient zero': The misunderstood stories of how disease spreads In other words, people colonized with these germs may spread them, a la Typhoid Mary, without ever becoming sick themselves. According to Dr. Alex Kallen, a medical officer in the CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, who was not involved in the study, “the most common source of transmission with CRE is asymptomatic.” Most patients will not have any symptoms of CRE, which lives in the gastrointestinal tract, according to Kallen. The study also documented “the identical gene in different species. … The extent to which this has happened is really quite surprising,” Hanage said. Also, “we found two cases of high-level resistance we could not explain.” This he compared to “dark matter: We know it’s there because we can see its effects, but what’s actually making it happen at the moment is unknown.” “If I were to criticize my own work, I would say it is a shame that we weren’t able to get more hospitals and more samples from elsewhere within the health care systems,” Hanage said. Limited by funding, the researchers could not track whether transmission had occurred in a long-term care facility or in the community, outside the hospitals they studied. This was the case in one recent CRE infection in a hospital in Reno, Nevada. The patient, a Washoe County woman in her 70s, had been living for an extended period in India. She returned to the US in early August. Related article Gonorrhea outbreak in Hawaii shows increased antibiotic resistance On returning, the woman suffered systemic inflammatory response syndrome – a whole-body immune system reaction to an infection – and was admitted to a Reno hospital. Notably, she had been hospitalized in India just two months before, one of several hospitalizations due to complications from a thighbone fracture. She was in the Reno hospital almost six days before the CDC confirmed her infection as a strain of CRE called NDM. “There are two primary types of CRE. One of them is called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, or NDM, and another one is called Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase, or KPC,” said Lei Chen, senior epidemiologist for the Washoe County Health District. Both strains both have specific enzymes that can break down carbapenem antibiotics, rendering these powerful drugs ineffective, explained Chen. Generally, KPC is more prevalent in the US than NDM: The CDC recorded 175 NDM cases as of January 6. In the case of the woman in Washoe County, her infection was resistant to all 26 antibiotics available in the US, which is very rare. “The treating physicians were trying their best,” Chen said. Once they received the advanced lab results, the doctors switched antibiotics accordingly, but their patient still developed septic shock and died in early September. “Unfortunately, the patient progressed very fast,” Chen said, explaining that things are sometimes just beyond the doctor’s control: “They just run out of options.” However, there was still work to be done in order to protect the community. To find out whether others had been infected, Chen and her colleagues performed a survey among patients admitted to that same unit. “We did a rectal swab for those patients, and the laboratory didn’t identify any additional CRE,” she said. The ongoing surveillance program for monitoring CRE, which had been in effect since 2010, also has not identified any additional cases up to and including today. Related article Human nasal bacteria might be superbug killer “I think the hospital did an excellent job in identification of the case and putting contact precautions immediately after,” Chen said. “This hospital is doing an excellent job in terms of hand-washing compliance, according to the infection-control people, so I think that contributed to that, as well.” Another lucky break: The woman was in a single-patient room from the start of her hospitalization and so did not spread her infection to a roommate. Hanage sees this case as “an illustration of the sort of thing that we are up against. These bacteria are deadly. … So we would be well-advised to do everything we can to keep them rare.” “If we want to keep them rare, we have to understand first how much of them are out there, how many there are out there, where they are and how they’re transmitting from person to person,” he said. “The best way to stop a person from dying from this is to stop them from getting sick with this, and the best way to stop them from getting sick with it is to make sure they never pick it up in the first place,” he said, adding that “it’s incumbent upon us to understand transmission.” The Dutch have one of the lowest rates of antibiotic resistance globally, he noted, because they identify people who are at risk before they come into the hospital. Though it is easy to feel helpless, each of us can play a role in preventing the spread of these terrifying bacteria. Hand hygiene and environmental sanitation are essential to preventing the spread of all bacteria, according to Kallen. Related article See for yourself: A giant petri dish models antibiotic resistance “Make sure people are washing their hands when caring for you. Make sure they are cleaning equipment,” he said. Though we may feel at our weakest while staying in a hospital, it is important to speak up if health care providers do not stop and clean their hands. Chen and her colleagues suggest an approach quite like that of the Dutch, where health care facilities get a history of health care exposures outside their region upon admission, and consider screening for CRE when patients report having visited a place with a higher incidence of CRE. “Of course, obtaining the history is not difficult, right? It can just be implemented into the intake questions,” Chen said. After Ebola, measles and Zika, many hospitals are already noting travel history during admission. “For CRE testing/screening, every hospital can do that. It’s just a routine bacteria culture first, and then after identifying the organism, they perform the antibiotic susceptibility testing,” she said. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Not every hospital has the capacity to detect the exact CRE mechanism. Still, she said, the patient can be immediately isolated while the hospital waits for more advanced results. According to Hanage, the trend is toward using genomics to identify patterns of transmission, the amounts of gene diversity and the presence of resistant organisms. In 10 years, he imagines a system that is “rapidly taking environmental samples.” “New threats would be identified and flagged quickly so we can direct our resources most effectively,” Hanage said. “In order to be able to do that, you have to know what you are looking for, and so work like this is helpful to tell us what we should be looking for and where we should be worried.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170116233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/health/cre-superbug-disease-study/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "683872944", "sentence": "President Trump criticized Pakistan in a speech on Monday \"To scapegoat Pakistan will not help in stabilizing Afghanistan,\" Pakistan's council said Pakistan’s National Security Council issued a strongly worded rebuttal on Thursday to President Donald Trump’s remarks that Pakistan provided “safe havens for terrorist organizations.” “The (National Security) Committee outrightly rejected the specific allegations and insinuations made against Pakistan,” the council said in a statement. “To scapegoat Pakistan will not help in stabilizing Afghanistan. In fact, being its immediate neighbor, Pakistan has an abiding interest in peace and stability in Afghanistan.” The rebuttal comes days after Trump’s speech Monday in which he announced that the US military would expand its presence in the war in Afghanistan, now in its 16th year. In particular, Trump had harsh words for Pakistan, the US ally that borders Afghanistan to the south. He said Washington could “no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organizations.” Related article Trump calls out Pakistan, India as he pledges to 'fight to win' in Afghanistan “We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars. At the same time, they are housing the very terrorists we are fighting … that must change immediately,” Trump added. In its statement, Pakistan defended its role in the lengthy war and said it has worked to promote peace in Afghanistan. “The Committee observed that Pakistan has consistently supported all international efforts for a stable and peaceful Afghanistan,” the council’s statement said. “On its own part, Pakistan has taken indiscriminate actions against all terrorist networks and sacrificed tens of thousands of troops and civilians in this fight.” US officials have long accused Pakistan’s leadership of not doing enough to stabilize Afghanistan and have suspected that Pakistan knowingly hid terrorists. For example, when US soldiers killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Ladin in a raid in Pakistan in May 2011, White House officials did not inform Islamabad ahead of time. In addition, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan, a spokesperson for Afghanistan’s president said in 2015. “Pakistan has much to gain from partnering with our effort in Afghanistan (and) much to lose from harboring criminals and terrorists,” Trump said in his speech Monday. CNN’s James Griffiths contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pakistan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170824154500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/world/pakistan-trump-afghanistan/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "583288605", "sentence": "NEW: President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will attend funeral for Shimon Peres Peres died at 93 after suffering a massive stroke two weeks ago Tributes and condolences poured in Wednesday following the death of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres. President Barack Obama will lead the US delegation to Israel for Friday’s funeral, according to the White House. Current and former world leaders, including former President Bill Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, were invited to services for the former Prime Minister, President and Nobel laureate. Peres, 93, died two weeks after a stroke. Also invited are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, US Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Prince Charles, the leaders of Canada, Germany, France and Australia, and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. Former President Clinton, who worked and regularly met with Peres as president, will attend the funeral on behalf of the Clinton family, according to a spokesman. Hillary Clinton has no plans to go, an aide said after some earlier reports indicated that she would attend. Those invited have described the ninth Prime Minister of Israel as both a friend and an inspiration. Shimon Peres: He was a warrior for peace Related article Why Israel will miss Shimon Peres Addressing reporters Wednesday from Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv, his son, Chemi Peres, said his father “did not have any other purpose in life other than serving those he loved,” referring to the people of Israel. He recalled his father once told him: “You are only as a great as the cause you serve.” Chemi Peres said his father had “bequeathed a future to us. We will continue building the state of Israel and will also seek peace. “The loss we feel today belongs to all of Israel, we all share this pain.” Rafi Walden, Shimon Peres’ son-in-law and a physician, said the Israeli leader’s final contribution was to donate his corneas for transplant. Related article Shimon Peres: Israel's warrior for peace dies He said Peres had remained healthy and vibrant up until a stroke two weeks ago, adding that his family was always in awe of his lasting influence, recalling how world leaders would stand before him “like students standing before the rabbi.” Obama was among those who called Peres a friend. “There are few people who we share this world with who change the course of human history, not just through their role in human events, but because they expand our moral imagination and force us to expect more of ourselves,” he said in a statement from the White House. “My friend Shimon was one of those people.” Former President Bill Clinton, who together with Peres had championed the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian Oslo Peace Accords, said in a joint statement with his wife that “Israel has lost a leader who championed its security, prosperity, and limitless possibilities from its birth to his last day on earth.” I will miss Shimon Peres, my brilliant and eloquent friend. His life was a blessing to all who strive for peace. https://t.co/7aIk3mt3Og pic.twitter.com/Iosr09jQq9 “He was a genius with a big heart who used his gifts to imagine a future of reconciliation not conflict, economic and social empowerment not anger and frustration,” added Clinton, whose spokesman said the former President would attend Peres’ funeral. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his sadness for the country’s ninth leader, calling him “a man cherished by the nation.” Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair tweeted that Peres was “a political giant, a statesman who will rank as one of the foremost of this era or any era.” Shimon Peres was a political giant, a statesman who will rank as one of the foremost of this era or any era, and someone I loved deeply. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sent a message of condolence to Peres’ family and called him a partner for peace, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. Abbas’ message refers to Peres’ efforts as foreign minister in the early 1990s to conclude the Oslo Peace Accords. Peres was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for that contribution in 1994 with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Ban, the UN chief, said in a statement: “I met Mr. Peres on many occasions, and always benefited from his views. Even in the most difficult hours, he remained an optimist about the prospects for reconciliation and peace.” Other voices added to the tributes. UK and Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis called him “a born leader, a uniquely talented diplomat (and) a relentless campaigner for peace,” and David Quarrey, British ambassador to Israel, said he was “a towering figure of our time.” Facebook post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. Peres held virtually every position in Israel’s Cabinet, including minister of defense and Prime Minister. Beyond his efforts with the Oslo Peace Accords, he called for peace talks in 2011 with the Palestinians and warned the United Nations against recognizing the Palestinian territories as an independent state outside a peace plan. Peres remained in the public eye after retirement. In a 2015 interview with CNN, he expressed support for a nuclear deal with Iran and said it would be feasible for inspectors to enforce the terms of the agreement. Peres’ body will lie in state at the Knesset – the Israeli parliament that Peres was a member of for more than 45 years – on Thursday, with doors open starting in the morning, the country’s Ministry of Culture and Sport said. A farewell ceremony will be held Friday at the national cemetery at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, where he will be buried, the ministry said. Peres was rushed to the hospital in mid-January after suffering a minor heart attack. He underwent emergency surgery and received a stent. He returned to the hospital 10 days later after suffering from an irregular heartbeat. He suffered a massive stroke September 13 but was reported to be making progress. Doctors said he took a turn for the worse Tuesday. Peres’ family was believed to be at his bedside when he died. CNN’s Oren Lieberman and Abeer Salman reported from Tel Aviv. CNN’s Euan McKirdy wrote in Hong Kong and Jason Hanna wrote in Atlanta. 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{"article_id": "761359518", "sentence": "First lady Melania Trump is expected to attend a White House event on Monday evening to honor Gold Star families, her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, confirms to CNN. Although the President and Mrs. Trump hosted a similar event last year, the attendance of the first lady at this year’s reception will mark the first time she has participated in an official event, either alone or by her husband’s side, since May 10 when the first couple greeted freed American prisoners upon their return to Andrews Air Force Base following captivity in North Korea. Four days later, the first lady entered Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for what her spokeswoman described as a benign kidney procedure. Trump remained hospitalized for five nights following the procedure, returning to the White House on May 19. Since then, Trump has not been seen in public, nor did she join the President, his children Donald Trump Jr., and Tiffany Trump, daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, at Camp David this weekend. Despite her planned attendance at Monday’s event, the first lady will not be traveling to the G7 summit this year or join the President when he goes to Singapore for the planned June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, her spokeswoman told CNN. Much speculation has surrounded the lengthy, 24-day lack of first lady sightings, spawning conspiracy theories ranging from plastic surgery to a stealth move back to New York City, all of which Grisham has denied. The first lady herself weighed in on the rumors, tweeting Wednesday, “I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I’m doing. Rest assured, I’m here at the @WhiteHouse w my family, feeling great, & working hard on behalf of children & the American people!” Monday’s reception is closed to the press, but following last year’s Gold Star families event, the White House released the following statement about the event with these remarks from Mrs. Trump: “Gold Star families have lost an immediate family member who was serving during wartime, and they are a unique and distinct category of individuals who should be cherished. These families have endured the ultimate in pain and sacrifice on behalf of our country, and I am honored to have spent the evening with them. My husband and I commit to always pay tribute to our active service military, veterans, and the families who love them.” Grisham tells CNN the first lady has been holding meetings with her East Wing staff about her platform initiatives, as well as planning for upcoming White House events.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "First Lady Melania Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180604020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/03/politics/melania-trump-return-public-gold-star-ceremony/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "634281393", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Leon V. Sigal is director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York. The opinions expressed here are solely his. As a candidate, President Trump seemed open to talks on North Korea All other options are fundamentally flawed, says Leon V. Sigal The United States is going through the five stages of grief over negotiations with North Korea. First came denial: that North Korea cheats so there is no point to negotiating, which denies that past deals did stop its fissile material production and missile tests for nearly a decade and that Pyongyang was not the only one to renege. So did Washington and Seoul. Next came anger: since North Korea was violating UN resolutions by continuing to test nuclear weapons and missiles, it should be punished with sanctions and isolation. Third has come bargaining: hopes that missile defense, cyberattacks or some other technological fix could somehow shield the United States and its allies from the threat. Those hopes have so far been in vain. Fourth came depression: the problem had no solution, which was summed up by characterizing North Korea as the “land of lousy options.” Is now the time for acceptance: that negotiating is worth another try before it is too late? Candidate Donald Trump seemed to reach that conclusion during his election campaign. He first broached talking to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on January 6, 2016, the very day North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test. “You have this madman over there who probably would use it, and nobody talks to him other than, of course, Dennis Rodman,” he told “Fox and Friends.” “But nobody is talking to him whatsoever, and nobody is discussing it with China.” Trump was more explicit on May 17. “Who the hell cares? I’ll speak to anybody,” he said. “There’s a 10% or 20% chance I could talk him out of having his damn nukes, because who the hell wants him to have nukes?” In a campaign appearance on June 6, he disparaged experts’ “qualms about bargaining with North Korea.” To a master of “The Art of the Deal,” that posed “no problems at all.” Trump rebuffed critics, “They say ‘we would never, ever, talk.’ How foolish they are!” President Trump backed up his words with deeds. After President Obama on January 19, his last full day in office, had authorized a token amount of US aid for North Korea for flood relief – the first in five years – the Trump administration made the gesture public on January 25. Trump kept creeping to the negotiating table. Despite North Korea’s test-launch of a solid-fueled missile on February 12 and the killing of Kim’s estranged half-brother with VX nerve agent on February 13, his State Department issued visas – the first in five years – for a North Korean delegation to come to New York to meet with former officials. That outreach was abruptly reversed shortly thereafter. Will Trump try for talks again? Or will he revert to denial and try to outsource the problem to China, impose sanctions tough enough to compel the North to the negotiating table and commit to complete denuclearization upfront, wait for the regime to collapse, attempt cyberattacks, or risk a preventive war. Trump’s policy review may examine those options. All are fundamentally flawed. China did suspend its coal imports from North Korea for a year – but only after it had already purchased its allowed quota under UN sanctions. Beijing may have anticipated that talks were in the offing and positioned itself to claim credit for coaxing Pyongyang to the negotiating table. Pyongyang has indicated it is open to talks – but not to commit to complete denuclearization first. It may be willing to suspend its nuclear and missile programs only if Washington addresses its security concerns in return. Will tougher sanctions compel it to the table on US terms, even force it to collapse? Proponents say they will take time to work. How long? Two years? Five years? Ten years? In the meantime, how many nuclear and missile tests will the North carry out? How much fissile material will it make? How many ICBMs will it field? It could take three years or more for the North to develop its ICBM. Cyberwarfare could at best delay the inevitable – if that. Contemplating preventive war could rupture US alliances in Asia. The only way out of Trump’s predicament is acceptance - resume talks with North Korea, the sooner the better, to probe whether it is willing to suspend arming. Editor’s Note: Leon V. Sigal is director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York. The opinions expressed here are solely his.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170307040000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/opinions/north-korea-talks/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "723757348", "sentence": "Turkey intensified its shelling of Kurdish fighters in neighboring Syria on Friday as it ramped up threats to launch a full military offensive across the border, a move that would stoke tensions with the United States. Senior Turkish officials have been warning for days of an imminent strike into the Kurdish-held region of Afrin in northern Syria, after the US announced it was training a 30,000-strong border force in Syria made up predominantly of Kurdish fighters. The Turkish Defense Minister said that the operation was “de facto” underway. Related article Turkey sees betrayal as US backs Syrian Kurds Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the US – its most powerful NATO ally – of creating an “army of terror” along its southern border. Ankara, which has long fought Kurdish unrest in southeastern Turkey, is determined to prevent the establishment of a Kurdish state across the border in Syria. It has used military force in the past against Kurds in northern Syria, who have seized control of swathes of territory in the fight against ISIS. But launching a new operation solely targeting Kurdish fighters could open up a new frontier in the Syrian civil war, which has lasted for nearly seven years. It would also sharpen tensions between Turkey and the US, which supports and now openly arms Kurdish militias fighting ISIS. A US official told CNN that Washington was seriously concerned about a new operation and that the possibility of a full Turkish military incursion into Syria is the “major topic we are watching this weekend.” More than 50 Turkish vehicles, including artillery, tanks, rocket launchers and heavy equipment transporters have been observed on the Turkish-Syrian border, according to another US defense official. In a sign of mounting tensions in the region, two other US defense officials told CNN that Turkish backed rebels near Manbij, Syria are regularly firing on US military patrols and that US forces occasionally return fire. Another US military official said US troops advising local allies in the Manbij area came under fire from these Turkish backed rebels “within the last week.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US called on Turkey to refrain from launching the operation. “The focus needs to be on ISIS. So we don’t want them to engage in violence, but we want them to keep focused on ISIS,” she told reporters Thursday. Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli told A Haber TV that the shelling showed that the “operation has de facto begun.” “What we can say is this: This operation will be carried out. The area will be cleansed of terrorist organizations. This could be today, it could be tomorrow, it could be tonight. The Afrin center operation may take a while but the terrorist organization will disassemble quickly,” he said. Turkish media has reported the movement of a large number of troops and tanks to the Syrian border in recent days. The Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that Russian forces were leaving the area and that the Turkish army’s chief of staff, Hulusi Akar, met with senior Russian defense officials in Moscow on Thursday to seek Russia’s support. Related article Tillerson sees long-term US presence in Syria Russia is Syria’s most powerful ally. Turkey is working with both Russia and Iran to broker a peace deal to end the war. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that officials were consulting Russia and Iran about the use of airspace for the operation, CNN Turk reported. He called on Russia to support the operation and said Turkey would work with the country “to prevent any mishaps” that could affect Russian forces in the area. The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet responded to a request for comment from CNN. Turkish state-run media has suggested that the new operation would involve airstrikes from warplanes and drones, and that Turkish-trained militia from the Free Syrian Army alliance would be first on the ground in any land offensives. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad warned the operation would be considered a “hostile act” against the country and that Syrian army was “ready to destroy” Turkish planes in Syrian skies. “Our worry is deep and the beating of war drums by the Turkish leadership is displeasing,” Mekdad said. CNN’s Gul Tuysuz reported from Istanbul, Eyad Kourdi reported from Gaziantep and Angela Dewan reported from London. Nick Paton Walsh, Paula Newton, Mary Ilyushina, Barbara Starr, Ryan Browne and Tamara Qiblawi contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkey", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180119170000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/middleeast/turkey-shells-kurds-in-syria-int/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "591840387", "sentence": "Migrants were rescued from small, barely seaworthy boats Italian coast guard also says 14 bodies were recovered during rescue efforts Rescuers pulled 5,700 migrants and refugees to safety during dozens of operations Friday and Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coast guard said. But 14 bodies were recovered in a span of two days, the coast guard said. On Saturday alone, 2,400 migrants were rescued in the central Mediterranean in more than 20 operations involving ships from nongovernmental organizations and the Irish Navy, according to the Italian coast guard. Video from the scene shows the migrants being pulled to safety from rubber boats and other small vessels. On Friday, 3,300 migrants and refugees were rescued off the coast of Libya in 24 operations, the Italian coast guard said. That operation was a coordinated effort by the coast guard, the European Union Naval Force and nongovernmental organizations, the coast guard said via Twitter. Libya is a popular jumping-off point for migrants seeking to reach Europe from North Africa via what is known as the Central Mediterranean route. Smuggling networks are well-established there, and the lack of an effective central government makes the job of traffickers easier. ‘These crossings are nothing but fatal’ But the crossing can be treacherous, with too many migrants – some fleeing war or persecution, others seeking a better life – crammed into what are often barely seaworthy boats. According to the EU border agency Frontex, the number of migrants crossing the Central Mediterranean fell to nearly 12,700 in September, down 40% from the previous month due to poor weather conditions, but the overall trend for the first nine months of 2016 is in line with 2015. Most of them were rescued off Libya, the agency said in a statement Friday. Between January and September, 127,600 migrants headed to Italy via the Central Mediterranean route, the agency said. Nationals from Nigeria and Guinea accounted for the largest share of those in September, Frontex said. Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, is among those involved in rescue operations off Libya. Its ship, the Argos, picked up 802 people Thursday from six rubber boats and one small wooden boat. The #Argos 802 guests are claiming any space they can find. It's uncomfortable but no one cares. They're far from #Libya and that's enough. pic.twitter.com/CxwFCK78Nl Doctors Without Borders also responded to a pre-dawn rescue Saturday morning, describing it as “awful.” On its official Twitter account, it said an “unknown number of people drowned.” The organization has called for European nations to provide safe and legal channels for people seeking asylum, so they do not have to risk their lives trying to reach European shores. CNN’s Simon Cullen and Julia Jones contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European nations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161023131500", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "GIN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/23/world/mediterranean-migrants/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "662730800", "sentence": "From a 2002 robbery to rants in court, Christian's own words reveal him Police are searching for evidence of the \"suspect's extremist ideology\" He once got shot in the head – and lived. The bullet flew from the gun of the officer who stopped Jeremy Joseph Christian as he fled on bike from an armed robbery and kidnapping. Christian, armed with a .38-caliber revolver, had demanded a convenience store clerk handcuff himself to a pole, then stole cash, cigarettes and other items, the clerk told police. Christian did it, court records show, because the clerk didn’t “sell any winning lottery tickets.” Now, 15 years later, Christian’s own words again have come back to implicate him – this time in a deadly incident that has rocked Portland, Oregon, in what investigators say may be a hate crime. Christian, 35, was in court Wednesday in connection with his indictment on charges stemming from the fatal stabbing last month of two men who defended a 16-year-old and her Muslim friend on a commuter train. Another Good Samaritan was wounded. That day – and on other occasions before and since then – Christian’s rants, often political in nature, have drawn the attention of strangers, even as his life otherwise has unfolded in the shadows and behind bars. Police now are investigating “the information publicly available about the suspect’s extremist ideology,” they said. Christian faces two counts of aggravated murder, attempted murder, two counts of second-degree intimidation, being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon and other charges, police say. Standing at least 6 feet tall and weighing 250 pounds, Christian identified himself in court last week as a transient who “does not know the last time he had a permanent address,” court documents show. He had no income before the May 26 stabbings, he told police. A self-described “nihilist,” Christian dropped out of high school as a freshman and later earned a high school equivalency certificate and attended Portland Community College for a year, he told police. Related article Portland stabbing suspect yells in court: Free speech or die He’s known to have lived with friends and briefly stayed at his parents’ home in Portland around 2002, during a four-year stint working at a local pizza restaurant, a police report shows. Christian’s mother told police at that time that her son had a marijuana problem, and police staff noted that he might need help for depression. That same year, Christian was charged in the convenience store holdup. He served 7 1/2 years in prison, then was convicted in 2011 on a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, court documents show; it’s not clear whether he served time for that crime. Under federal supervision, Christian in 2012 attended a Lifeworks treatment program for marijuana use, documents show. After that, his paper trail vanishes. Then in April, just weeks before the stabbings, Christian caused a stir at a rally for free speech in Portland. At the event, he shouted at people and at least once uttered the N-word, videos from reporter Doug Brown of The Portland Mercury weekly newspaper show. “I’m a nihilist,” he says while draped in a Revolutionary War-era flag, the footage shows. “This is my safe place.” On the MAX light-rail train on May 26, Christian yelled racial and religious epithets, police documents show. Destinee Mangum, 16, said he confronted her and her friend, who was wearing a hijab, with hateful remarks. Related article Teen on Portland train: 'They lost their lives because of me and my friend' “He told us to go back to Saudi Arabia, and he told us we shouldn’t be here, to get out of his country,” Mangum told CNN affiliate KPTV. “He was just telling us that we basically weren’t anything and that we should just kill ourselves.” Just after his arrest, as he sat in the backseat of a squad car, Christian continued to bluster, documents show. “I just stabbed a bunch of (expletive) in their neck. … I can die in prison a happy man,” he was recorded by police video saying, according to an affidavit. “Think I stab (expletives) in the neck for fun? Oh, yeah, you’re right I do. I’m a patriot.” Related video Suspect rants on train one day before attack Some passengers on the train had resisted him, he said, adding, “That’s what liberalism gets you.” The previous day, he was caught on video – again on a train – making racist comments. During his first court appearance on May 30, Christian, flanked by two guards, again ranted, this time about the First Amendment. “Death to the enemies of America. Leave this country if you hate our freedom,” he said. “Get out if you don’t like free speech. You call it terrorism; I call it patriotism. You hear me? Die.” CNN’s Dave Alsup, Carma Hassan, Samira Said, Paul Vercammen, Dakin Andone, Michelle Krupa and Madison Park contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeremy Joseph Christian", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170607163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/us/jeremy-joseph-christian-portland-stabbing/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "740618921", "sentence": "Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw, one of the most loyal allies of the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has resigned due to ill health, the government said Wednesday. Htin Kyaw, 71, was sworn in as Myanmar’s official president in 2016 after Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party won landmark elections. During his two years in office he’s essentially acted as a proxy for Suu Kyi, who is constitutionally barred from holding the presidency because her children are foreign nationals. A new position, State Counselor, was created to enable the long-time opposition politician to take a leading role in government. Htin Kyaw’s resignation comes as international pressure increases on Nobel Laureate Suu Kyi to do something to ease the suffering of the country’s minority Rohingya population. Almost 700,000 of the Muslim ethnic minority have crossed the Bangladesh border in the last six months, fleeing what the UN has described as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by Myanmar troops. The Myanmar military, which shares power with Suu Kyi, has denied the allegations, blaming the violence on members of the Rohingya militant group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ASRA). A close friend and confidante of Suu Kyi, Htin Kyaw served as an executive officer for the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, a charitable organization named after Suu Kyi’s late mother. His father-in-law was also active in the establishment of the NLD. He was one of a handful of people allowed to visit her while she was under house arrest, studied alongside her in England, and was close to her husband. The economics graduate was elected in 1990 as a parliament executive of the NLD, and assumed the role of president after the party swept national elections, taking around 80% of the available seats, in November 2015. Htin Kyaw was elected to the position of President by 360 votes, more than a third of the parliament’s available 652 votes.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar government", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180321071500", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/asia/myanmar-president-htin-kyaw-resigns-intl/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "622767173", "sentence": "A brain-computer system may decipher the thoughts of completely locked-in patients Such patients have brain function but can't move, speak or blink \"This can be considered to be an important advance,\" one expert says You can hear those around you, but you can’t speak. You can feel a touch, but you can’t touch back. You can see, but you can’t move, even to blink your eyes. That’s the life of a completely locked-in patient, someone who has brain function but complete paralysis, which can be caused by stroke, traumatic brain injury, medication overdose or diseases of the circulatory or nervous system, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease). It was generally thought that completely locked-in patients were unable to communicate with the outside world – but a new study has showed otherwise. Related video What is ALS? An international team of scientists has communicated with completely locked-in patients using a noninvasive brain-computer interface system. The researchers used the system to decode the patients’ thoughts while the patients were asked yes or no questions, according to the study, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday. Niels Birbaumer, a researcher at the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering in Switzerland and lead author of the new study, said he wasn’t surprised by the findings. “No surprise, but pleasure,” Birbaumer said. “One patient’s family is using it regularly,” he said of the new system. “With some training, every caretaker of average intelligence can learn it.” To decode what patients were thinking, the system involved functional near-infrared spectroscopy, a tool that can measure blood flow and oxygenation in the brain, and an electroencephalography (EEG) cap, which can measure electrical activity in the brain. “Since no other technique allows any communication with these subjects, this can be considered to be an important advance,” said Andrew Schwartz, distinguished professor of neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh who was not involved in the new study. Four patients – a 68-year-old woman, a 76-year-old woman, a 61-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman – who were in completely locked-in states participated in the study. Over several weeks, the researchers repeatedly asked the patients “yes or no” or “true or false” questions while the patients were connected to the communication system. As the patients thought about their answers, the researchers analyzed changes in the system’s measurements to determine whether the patient was thinking about a yes or no response. The mental states for yes or no were different due to oxygenation changes, but the system could not decipher specific letters or words. Related video Could this help treat ALS? The researchers first asked the patients to respond to questions or statements with known answers, such as “You were born in Berlin,” “Your husband’s name is Joachim,” “Paris is the capital of Germany” or “Paris is the capital of France.” The patients responded correctly at a rate of about 70%, the researchers found. Once the researchers determined that the patients were trained on how to respond to the questions, they repeatedly asked open questions with no known answers, such as “Are you happy?” The researchers found that the patients repeatedly answered quality of life questions with a “yes” response, indicating that they had a positive attitude toward life. A total of at least 200 known questions and 40 open questions were constructed for the patients with input from family members. Birbaumer and his colleagues had used only near-infrared spectroscopy to communicate with just one completely locked-in patient in 2014 and published their findings in the journal Neurology. He said the new findings mark about 25 years of research. Related article Brain implant helps woman with ALS communicate The new study was successful in showing a creative approach to establishing some communication with completely locked-in ALS patients, said Dr. Brian Litt, a professor and director of the Penn Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania. “Their conclusion is, this could be a promising, minimally invasive technology that you could use,” said Litt, who was not involved in the new study. “I think it’s pretty convincing that they could get ‘yes or no’ answers out of these patients. Now, whether they could get to more sophisticated results, like being able to get language or being able to type, for example, from just your thoughts, that takes more research,” he said. “Keep in mind what the goal would be. The goal would be for somebody to think their thoughts and really give you more meaningful communication.” Some researchers have used implantable brain chips or blinking as a way to communicate with locked-in patients, depending on the severity of the patient’s locked-in state. Though some locked-in patients have some control of their eye movements, those who are completely locked-in have lost such control. One of the earliest-known records of locked-in syndrome appeared in Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel “The Count of Monte Cristo,” in which Noirtier de Villefort suffers a stroke and is unable to move and speak but can control his eyes, exhibiting symptoms of being locked-in (PDF). Related video He can open doors with his eyes Another well-known locked-in case occurred more recently. After French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a massive stroke in 1995, he lost the ability to move and speak but could control his eyes, exhibiting a locked-in state. Locked-in syndrome is thought to affect about 1% of stroke victims, although the number could be underestimated. Before he died in 1997, Bauby authored a memoir about his condition, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” He produced the book by blinking to indicate which letters his transcriber should use to write. The memoir, which was turned into a 2007 film, was written with about 200,000 blinks. At Northeastern University in Boston, students developed a brain-computer communication device in 2014 that allowed a locked-in patient to control an on-screen keyboard with only his eyes in order to type messages. The patient would blink to select certain letters on the screen and put them into sentences. Related article Man designs home he can control with his eyes “We still regularly get contacts from people all around the world who ask, ‘Where can I buy this device?’ ” said Waleed Meleis, associate professor and associate chairman of the department of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University, who advised students. The device is not on the market for sale or use. In the past few years, more communication systems intended for locked-in patients have emerged, including the brain-computer interface system demonstrated in the new study. Meleis was impressed by the study’s thoroughness, he said. “Usually in computer science, you train a computer to do something using machine learning. But here, they are training a person who cannot communicate to manipulate their brain states to produce an answer,” Meleis said of the authors of the new study, with which he was not involved. “They’re tackling a problem that is real and very challenging,” he said. Meleis thinks it will still take time before any such communication device may be commonly used with locked-in patients. First, research needs to be replicated and conducted in real-world settings, he said. “There is a long way to go,” he said. “Many of these users are not in hospitals; they are in nursing homes or care facilities. So I think there’s another leap to be made to adapt these processes to the lifestyles of a user, but I think we’re going to get there.” Additionally, more research is needed to ensure that questions can be asked to patients with a higher accuracy, as in the new study, patients answered known questions with only a 70% correct response rate. The extent to which brain-computer technology might be used with completely locked-in patients may depend on how easily and economically the technology can be transformed for real-world settings with everyday caregivers, said Gerwin Schalk, associate professor at the University at Albany School of Public Health and research scientist at the National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies. “The biggest barriers to widespread use are probably the economics of the substantial cost of developing and maintaining the system, combined with the fact it only really helps very few people, so it’s sort of like an orphan drug. … It’s very helpful but only to very few people,” said Schalk, who was not involved in the new study. “There are also important ethical implications,” he added. For instance, doctors might recommend that a patient’s life support be terminated, but then a brain-computer interface might allow that patient to communicate that he or she still wants to live. What should happen next? See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Such brain-computer interfaces can put the power to make decisions about their own care back into patients’ control, said Dr. Karunesh Ganguly, associate professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco and a staff neurologist at the San Francisco Veterans Affair Medical Center. “It certainly allows the possibility for this noninvasive communication to have important implications for these types of patients’ care,” Ganguly said of the new study, with which he was not involved. “Often, for example, for medical care, you need to be able to gain consent,” he said. “This would give patients that power to make choices about their own care.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "brain-computer interface system for completely locked-in patients", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170131201500", "country1": "CHE", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/health/locked-in-als-brain-computer-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "618110774", "sentence": "Obama announced his decision to commute Chelsea Manning's 35-year sentence \"Thank you to everyone who campaigned for Chelsea Manning's clemency,\" WikiLeaks said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears to be standing by his offer to submit himself for extradition to the US in exchange for the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence. “Everything that he has said he’s standing by,” WikiLeaks quoted an Assange lawyer as saying in a tweet. Assange has lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he was granted asylum in 2012 to avoid potential extradition to the United States and extradition to Sweden, where he risked prison time over accusations of sexual assault. He has denied the validity of the sexual assault claims. The exchange offer struck a puzzling note because the US has not made an extradition request for Assange. If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case https://t.co/MZU30SlfGK WikiLeaks also tweeted Tuesday that “Assange is confident of winning any fair trial in the US.” The group celebrated Tuesday’s news that President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s sentence, hailing it as a “VICTORY” on Twitter. VICTORY: Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence from 35 years to 7. Release date now May 17. Background: https://t.co/HndsbVbRer WikiLeaks followed up later with a short statement from Assange: “Thank you to everyone who campaigned for Chelsea Manning’s clemency. Your courage & determination made the impossible possible.” Assange: \"Thank you to everyone who campaigned for Chelsea Manning's clemency. Your courage & determination made the impossible possible.\" The Justice Department has not charged Assange with a crime, but US law enforcement officials have publicly acknowledged he is the subject of a criminal investigation. “(Manning) should never have been prosecuted and sentenced to decades in prison. She should be released immediately,” said Barry Pollack, an attorney representing Assange, following the commutation announcement. “For many months, I have asked the DOJ to clarify Mr. Assange’s status. I hope it will soon.” By Tuesday evening, WikiLeaks posited that the commutation was pacifying advocates and distracting from their other criticisms of the Obama administration. “Manning’s clemency stifles howls over Obama’s failure to pardon Snowden, keeping civil-liberties crowd & NSA+CIA+IC onside for war v Trump,” WikiLeaks tweeted. Manning's clemency stifles howls over Obama's failure to pardon Snowden, keeping civil-liberties crowd & NSA+CIA+IC onside for war v Trump. Manning was convicted in 2013 of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks. The material, which WikiLeaks published in 2010, included a classified video of a US helicopter attacking civilians and journalists in Iraq in 2007. Labeled “Collateral Murder,” the film drew criticism from human rights activists for the deaths of innocent people. Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who provided troves of government documents to journalists and currently resides in Moscow to avoid facing arrest and prosecution in the US, wrote to Manning, “In five more months, you will be free. Thank you for what you did for everyone, Chelsea. Stay strong a while longer!” and linked to the Guardian’s story about her commutation. Snowden – whom the White House said earlier in the day had not submitted a request for clemency – added, “Let it be said here in earnest, with good heart: Thanks, Obama.” He also went on to thank “all who campaigned for clemency on Manning’s behalf.” In five more months, you will be free. Thank you for what you did for everyone, Chelsea. Stay strong a while longer! https://t.co/PaLvJDvDbl Let it be said here in earnest, with good heart: Thanks, Obama. https://t.co/IeumTasRNN To all who campaigned for clemency on Manning's behalf these last hard years, thank you. You made this happen: https://t.co/PaLvJDvDbl “Since she was first taken into custody, Chelsea has been subjected to long stretches of solitary confinement – including for attempting suicide – and has been denied access to medically necessary health care. This move could quite literally save Chelsea’s life,” said Chase Strangio, an attorney for Manning in an ACLU statement. Glenn Greenwald, one of the journalists to whom Snowden leaked the NSA documents to and a supporter of Manning’s release, posted the letter he wrote advocating for her clemency and said, “Chelsea Manning is probably the most empathetic person I’ve ever met. So thrilled!! Can’t wait to see what she does.” Chelsea Manning is probably the most empathetic person I've ever met. So thrilled!! Can't wait to see what she does. My clemency letter: pic.twitter.com/j9CQhRmxhm “Beyond the whistleblowing, ponder Manning’s courage: she publicly announced her transition in a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,” Greenwald added. Beyond the whistleblowing, ponder Manning's courage: she publicly announced her transition in a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. An outpouring of support from other advocacy groups also came out in response to Manning’s commutation. Amnesty International, Fight for the Future, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and many others rushed to celebrate Obama’s decision. National security hawks, however, expressed confusion and agitation. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, told reporters on Capitol Hill that he considered Manning a “traitor” and said he was “disappointed” about the commutation. “If somebody leaks our state secrets, endangers Americans directly, we need to set an example that is severe and consistent,” he said. Speaking with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, said, “There are very serious questions when you release the type of documents that she did, and at the end of the day, what message do we send for the next person?” Sen. Menendez: \"What message do we send\" with Chelsea Manning's commutation? https://t.co/Uq8y1RoiBM https://t.co/7zXdqDRtid In a statement calling the commutation “outrageous,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said, “Chelsea Manning’s treachery put American lives at risk and exposed some of our nation’s most sensitive secrets.” Chelsea Manning's treachery put American lives at risk and exposed some of our nation's most sensitive secrets. My full statement ↓ pic.twitter.com/PcQrgK2SI3 CNN’s Evan Perez and Ashley Killough contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Chelsea Manning's commutation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170118003000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ECU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/julian-assange-wikileaks-chelsea-manning/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "511392964", "sentence": "Proclamation is \"a preventative measure,\" governor's office says Hawaii is also trying to eradicate dengue fever The governor of Hawaii has signed an emergency proclamation regarding Zika and other mosquito-borne illnesses. Gov. David Ige signed the declaration Friday as “a preventative measure” to guard against Zika, dengue fever and other diseases,  his office said in a statement. The action follows the recent decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take emergency steps to prepare for and mitigate the Zika risk, the statement said. “There have been no locally acquired Zika cases in the U.S. or Hawaii, and we’d like to keep it that way,” the new release quoted the governor as saying. “This is about getting in front of the situation across the state.” 5 things to know about Zika However, there have been some cases of dengue fever on the island of Hawaii. The statement from the governor’s offce said such cases “continue to be fewer” and further between, but the battle to break the cycle of transmission continues. The Zika virus is prompting worldwide concern because of an alarming connection to a neurological birth disorder and its rapid spread across the globe. The World Health Organization described it as an “extraordinary event” while declaring a public health emergency this month. What real threat does Zika pose to the Rio Olympics?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Governor David Ige's emergency proclamation on Zika and mosquito-borne illnesses", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160213094500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "BRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/13/us/hawaii-governor-zika-emergency/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "756154719", "sentence": "People seem surprised, for some reason, that the White House has not issued a public apology to Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain. But they shouldn’t be. If there’s an implied mantra of President Donald Trump’s political life, it is this: Don’t apologize. For anything. Ever. In this case, it would be for an aide’s leaked comment during a private meeting that McCain’s opposition to CIA nominee Gina Haspel doesn’t matter because McCain, who is suffering from brain cancer, is dying anyway. It was an obnoxious comment about an American hero. But it was not apology-worthy in Trump’s White House. In the pantheon of Trumpian insults, it barely registers. The New York Times examines his apology record and suggests one reason Trump doesn’t apologize is that there is a feeling at the White House that President Barack Obama apologized too much. There might be something to that, but Trump’s no-apology record extends far earlier than his time in the White House He didn’t apologize during the 2016 campaign when he made fun of McCain for being a prisoner of war. Why apologize now? He didn’t apologize to Mexicans, writ large, for calling them rapists, writ large. He didn’t apologize to Megyn Kelly for a disgusting comment about women or retweeting that she was a “bimbo.” The closest he came to an apology was a “did I say that?” a chuckle and an “Ooh, OK, excuse me” when she confronted him about it. “Not the most horrible,” he said. “Over your life, you’ve been called a lot worse,” he said to her during an interview. He might back off. He might pivot. But don’t apologize. He didn’t apologize to Carly Fiorina for disparaging her looks in front of staffers. In fact, he defended himself, telling Sean Hannity he was being held to a double standard. He backed down during a debate when he said she had a “beautiful face” – a dubious compliment in that context. But he didn’t apologize. Never apologize. He didn’t apologize to Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for saying his wife was ugly or for suggesting his father was involved in the Kennedy assassination. He didn’t apologize for calling Haiti and African countries s***holes. Trump is aware of the concept of the apology. He has tweeted about apologies during his time as president and a candidate – he’s demanded them from other people repeatedly. From Cruz to Hillary Clinton. His frequently injured ego and demands for apologies were noticed by The Atlantic last year and they guessed apologies are like a contest for him. Getting an apology is like winning. Issuing an apology is like losing. Trump does not view himself as a loser. Taking one of his demands for an apology at random, here’s a tweet from June 2017 directed at the entire news media. “Fake News is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???” We could find two Trump apologies in recent history and they prove the rule. The first is the most telling and it occurred during an interview in Davos, Switzerland, this year with Piers Morgan, who pushed Trump hard to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videos by the deputy leader of ultra-nationalist political group Britain First. First, Trump pleaded ignorance about the group. “I don’t know who they are. I know nothing about them,” Trump said. “It was done because I am a big believer in fighting radical Islam terror, this was a depiction of radical Islamic terror.” But he ceded to an apology only if Morgan wanted one. “If you’re telling me they’re horrible people, horrible racist people I would certainly apologize if you would like me to do that,” Trump said. “I am the least racist person that anybody is going to meet. Certainly, I wasn’t endorsing anybody.” That’s not exactly a willing apology. The only clear apology of his political career also came with caveats. It was incredibly scripted. It came at the end of the 2016 campaign when the “Access Hollywood” tapes leaked of him basically copping to assault, saying he likes to grab women “by the p—-” (his defense is that it was locker room talk and not a real statement). “I said it, I was wrong and I apologize,” he said in a video statement released on his Twitter feed. He said his campaign had changed him and promised to be better in the future, but also argued that the tapes were “a distraction from the important issues.” Then he turned the apology into a broadside against Bill and Hillary Clinton, against whom he was competing. And won.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180515161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/15/politics/donald-trump-apologies/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "595647521", "sentence": "China is Africa's largest investor It has been criticized for working with undemocratic African regimes Despite this, an overwhelming majority like the Chinese Increasing Chinese investment in everything from small food enterprises to massive railway projects across Africa has drawn criticism and warnings of a future dependency on Asia’s superpower. But what do Africans themselves think about Chinese investors? Turns out, they love them. According to a recent report by Afrobarometer, almost two-thirds (63%) of Africans say China’s influence is somewhat positive or very positive, while only 15% see it as somewhat or very negative. “There is a negative narrative of China in Africa,” says Anyway Chingwete, co-author of the study and project manager at Afrobarometer and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, South Africa. “But I believe ordinary citizens have a positive sentiment because of the contribution China has made to Africa.” The attitudes vary from country to country, with people in Mali (92%), Niger (84%), and Liberia (81%) being particularly glad to have them around. “This shows that African citizens are welcoming China’s involvement,” Chingwete adds. It appears it’s not the Chinese culture or language Africans like best. It’s the potential financial investment China brings. When asked which factors contributed most to China’s positive image, it was investment in infrastructure that came out on top. China invests more in Africa than any other country, with Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Angola among the biggest recipients of Chinese funds. Infrastructure development, for example highways and railways, is the main area of business for the Chinese in Africa, Chingwete says. They also invest in smaller enterprises and food outlets, according to the report. Africans also like the Chinese for bringing affordable cars and mobile phones to the continent, says lead author Mogopodi Lekorwe, a professor of Politics at the University of Botswana. “They used to be very expensive, but because these are now flooding the market, the prices have dropped. “People can now pick and choose among things that they didn’t have access to in the past,” he adds. But the Chinese are not the only ones looking to do business with African countries. Colonial powers still have an influence, particularly in Francophone countries, Lekorwe says. However, this influence appears to be waning in some countries, says Chingwete. “Of the largest players in Africa, China and the U.S. are the main countries.” Some African countries now prefer the Chinese development model to that of the US and former European colonial powers, the study revealed. When asked which country would be the best model for the future development of their country, 24% of Africans picked China. However, across all countries surveyed, the US still came out on top, with nearly a third (30%) of all respondents preferring it. About one in 10 respondents prefer their former colonial power (13%) or South Africa (11%). At a closer look, this varies greatly from country to country. Out of the 36 countries surveyed, people from 10 countries were particularly keen on the Chinese development model, with Cameroon, Sudan and Mozambique being the top three. On the flipside, Liberia, Cape Verde, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Morocco all put the American model above the Chinese. Some former French colonies said they preferred the French model. “In Tunisia, Benin, Mauritius and Burkina Faso, for example, there is still some level of influence from France which they find positive, and so they choose France’s development model,” Chingwete says. South Africa scored particularly high in neighboring countries such as Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. It’s not all rosy, however. Negative opinions of China are present among Africans too, with some saying that Chinese products weren’t always of the highest quality. They are also afraid of losing jobs to the Chinese, and some say they can’t compete with the Chinese work ethic, Lekorwe says. “The Chinese are available 24 hours to do work, whereas a local will say: ‘Look, I have a family here.’” “That’s some of the things that people have been complaining about, but they certainly do have a positive image overall.” Globally, the attitude towards China is somewhat positive, according to a 2014 study by Pew Global. Across the 43 nations surveyed by Pew, a median of 49% expressed a favorable view of China, compared to 32% thinking of them unfavorably. However, China’s overall image in Europe and the U.S. was mostly negative. Only 35% of Americans had a positive view of China, whereas 55% were negative. The U.S. and China are competing fiercely over African business, says Lekorwe. “I think the Chinese do everything they possibly can to become number one,” he says. “They want to become the number one superpower.” However, an increased Chinese influence over Africa may cause trouble in the future, and perhaps stifle the development of democracy, Lekorwe says.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161104014500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "ZAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/africa/what-africans-really-think-of-china/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "554876294", "sentence": "Donald Trump responded to Tuesday’s terror attack at a Turkish airport by calling for the U.S. to “fight fire with fire” when it comes to battling ISIS, including the use of waterboarding. “You know, you have to fight fire with fire,” Trump told an Ohio rally as he described ISIS’s brutal tactics, including decapitating and burning prisoners to death. Trump reiterated that U.S. leadership is “weak” and “stupid” and that he is in favor of using waterboarding and “worse” torture methods on terror suspects. Trump described waterboarding as “not the nicest thing, but it’s peanuts compared to many alternatives,” standing by previous comments he’s made on the practice, which have drawn sharp criticism throughout his presidential campaign not just from the left, but also from some fellow Republicans. At least 36 people died and 147 others wounded in a terror attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, according to Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility. In March, Trump called for broadening laws to allow for the use of torture, including but not limited to waterboarding. His stance has put him at odds with some members of his own party including Sen. John McCain. Trump, whose foreign policy pitch to voters has included calls for a stronger response to ISIS, also spotlighted that toughness on Tuesday. “Folks, there’s something going on that’s really, really bad. All right? It’s bad. And we better get smart and we better get tough,” he said. “Or we’re not going to have much of a country left, OK?” He deemed American enemies in a statement to be “brutal and ruthless and will do anything to murder those who do not bend to their will.” Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton instead responded by calling for international cooperation. Clinton said the attack meant the U.S. “cannot retreat.” “We must deepen our cooperation with our allies and partners in the Middle East and Europe to take on this threat,” she said in a statement. “Such cooperation is essential to protecting the homeland and keeping our country safe.” CNN’s Dan Merica and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160629004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/politics/turkey-donald-trump-hilllary-clinton-response/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "593197840", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. Good Thursday morning. Still, 11 days to go until the election. (But hey, just 1 more until the weekend!) Here’s what you need to know today to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. Central Italy was rocked by earthquakes again. This time, the ground shook about 50 miles north of where the devastating quakes hit in August. There are no reports of injuries yet, but in one town a 15th century church is gone. The first quake severely damaged the structure. The second one finished it off. Fewer people have attempted the perilous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe this year. And yet, it’s been the deadliest year ever for migrants - 3,800 deaths. That’s 13 a day. Blame it on more crowded boats, unscrupulous smugglers and bad weather. Here’s a startling big picture look at the crisis. Four days and still no sign of Michael Vance. He’s accused of killing two relatives and shooting two police officers. And he bragged about it all on Facebook. Vance is also facing child sex charges and has threatened to spread a communicable disease if cornered. So, yeah, a bad dude, cops say. California National Guard members won’t have to pay back enlistment bonuses – for now. That’s some relief for outraged vets and their families who were ordered to give back the bonuses – some as large as $15,000 – they got for re-enlisting during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The drive to stomp out ISIS is going beyond Mosul. The US and its allies are “weeks” away from attacking the big prize: ISIS’ defacto capital of Raqqa, Syria. The Defense Dept. says ISIS is planning a big terror attack somewhere in the world from inside the city. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. WTH? Ok, this is just scary: Two-thirds of the world’s wildlife could be gone by the end of this decade, WWF reports. That’s just FOUR YEARS from now! Bright as the sun Mosques and churches in Kenya are suddenly turning a loud yellow. Party hardy If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, she’ll break the ultimate glass ceiling, so of course she’s holding her election night party under a real one. NSFW obviously Pussy Riot’s been a thorn in Vladimir Putin’s side for years. Their new song is a not-so-veiled-barb at The Donald. Unselfie-ish act Kenny Lofton almost missed his chance to throw out the first pitch at the World Series, until a fan gave up his seat on the plane – for a selfie. Wanna play a game? Don’t like your co-workers? Dealing with them is probably still better than working with Jigsaw from the “Saw” movies.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161027111500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/us/five-things-thursday/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "654087894", "sentence": "Fierce fighting rages in northwest of Iraq's second-largest city 5,000 have fled each day since push to retake Mosul began ISIS used 22 car bombs in first 72 hours of operation The little boy in the yellow jacket runs and jumps, alternatively waving and wiping the dust off his face. In his right hand is a strip of white cloth, intended to show he and his family are civilians. His parents are exhausted and wary, having left their home in west Mosul’s Mushairfa neighborhood, but the little boy can barely contain his excitement. Behind him, struggling against the dusty headwind, stretches a line of dozens of people, their heads bent down, trudging up a dirt track. A teenage boy in a red track suit carries a bundle on his head, his mother to his left, in the mandatory black abaya, or robe, a bundle on her head as well. Somewhere along the way she has discarded her face cover, khmar, without which ISIS would not let women in Mosul leave their houses. Since last Friday, the day after Iraqi forces began what they hope is the final push to crush ISIS in Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, around 5,000 residents have fled the city every day, according to Iraqi officers processing civilians. “People are dying,” says Khalda, a bearded man carrying his son in his arms. “For the past four or five months, there has been nothing. No food, no medicine, nothing.” It’s hard to speak for long with the people fleeing Mosul. They’re in a hurry, and they’ve been walking for hours. Khalda’s young son, holding a box of juice in one hand and a pack of biscuits in the other, is impatient and squirming. Khalda’s wife has gone on ahead and calls for him to get moving. Related: ‘We don’t belong here anymore’ “God save us from that rotten gang,” Abu Hussain tells me. Orange-yellow dust covers his windblown face and gray beard. His voice is hoarse. “They’ve stomped on everything that means life. They’ve destroyed education and culture, there were no schools, no way to make a living.” Despite gusts of dusty wind, three-month-old Mariam is sleeping peacefully in her uncle’s arms. “She’s fine,” he told me with a smile, clearly happy to have made it out of the city. “She’s from a well-off family so she hasn’t suffered,” he said. He declined to give me his name. Like many, he is worried about the safety of relatives still inside Mosul. “Red death” – “mawt ahmar” in Arabic – is how he describes life under ISIS. All the while the roar of battle echoes nearby. Attack helicopters fire into the city, rockets roar over head, small-arms fire crackles and pops. A handful of unarmed Iraqi soldiers help carry tired children. Some of the adults embrace and kiss them, the women ululate. “Damarouna!” shouts one man to a soldier. “They destroyed us,” referring to ISIS. Not everyone is so happy. “Damartouna bil-qasaf,” grumbles one man to a soldier. “You destroyed us with your bombardment.” And that bombardment is indeed intense. From a rooftop overlooking the edge of the Mushairfa neighborhood in northwest Mosul, we watch thick columns of smoke rise from between the houses. Tanks and armored personnel vehicles pour round after round at point-blank range down the street, while helicopters circle overhead, their heavy machine guns barking. “There are no civilians in there,” Major Mustafa Al-Azawi tells me as he radios orders to his men at the front. I borrow one soldier’s binoculars to get a better look. Just as I focus in, a huge plume of flames and black smoke rises from the neighborhood, just about 400 meters from our position. It’s a VBED – a vehicle-borne explosive device – in plain English, a suicide car bomb. VBEDs are ISIS’ weapon of choice, but the Iraqis are having none of them. “If you see a vehicle, assume it’s a VBED and hit it!” shouts Major Al-Azawi over the radio. Read more: Finding the family who sheltered us in Mosul The night before, the commander of the Iraqi Army’s Ninth Armored Division, Lt. Gen. Qassim Nazzal, told me in the first 72 hours of the operation, ISIS had used 22 car bombs. Most, however, aren’t able to reach Iraqi troops. On a hilltop across a valley from the Mushairfa neighbourhood, a group of Iraqi officers and American advisers sit on sofas and chairs around a big TV screen. They’re directing drones over the battle, looking for anything that seems suspicious. Lt. Col. Jim Browning of the 82nd Airborne Division has his eyes glued to the screen, a telephone pressed to his ear. He’s been in Iraq since New Year’s Day and took part in the battle for east Mosul, and is now busy with the west. Since the beginning of the year, there has been an important change in how US and coalition forces operation, he says. In the past, before an airstrike could be called in, a request had to go far up the chain of command for approval. It was time-consuming, and for the forces on the ground, profoundly frustrating. In February 2015 I was on a hilltop position with Kurdish forces. Their commander was unhappy. “When we see a target, like an ISIS car, we call the coalition for an airstrike. With the Americans, the request has to go to a lawyer and all the senior commanders. By the time they make a decision, the target is gone.” That’s all changed, says Lt. Col. Browning. “All it requires is for me to be able to see it [a target] with my Iraqi partner, and we are able to communicate that, yes, emphatically, that is an enemy. Let’s deliver a strike, and let’s deliver it quick.” Earlier this month the Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Othman Al-Ghanmi said he expected this final push to crush ISIS in Mosul to take just three weeks. It’s possible, but in this war, the business of predictions is risky. Last summer then-defense minister Khalid Al-Obaidi told me with a confident smile that Mosul would be free by the end of 2016. Read more: As the caliphate crumbles, ISIS evolves The closer you get to the front, the more cautious people become. When I ask Lt. Gen. Qassim Nazzal how soon Iraq would be able to declare victory in Mosul, he takes a deep sigh. “Timetables in conventional warfare are possible,” he says. “But this is guerrilla warfare, with a well-trained enemy using snipers, booby traps and car bombs.” Back at the front, what that means is vividly clear. As we film the fighting, mortar rounds come roaring in, crashing nearby. We run back to the main Iraqi observation post, and find six soldiers lying on the ground. Iraqi and foreign volunteer medics frantically dress their shrapnel wounds. One of the soldiers, a young man, blood-stained battle tunic hastily cut open, is groaning. More rounds explode nearby. “Take cover in the house!” someone shouts. Here, victory is in sight. But it’s not going to be easy. This story has been updated to correct the ranks of Lt. Gen. Qassim Nazzal and Lt. Col. 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{"article_id": "494357151", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. Debates, deliberations and Darth Vader. And enough legal drama to fill an entire season of Law & Order. It’s Tuesday, and here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door: Trading spaces:  Which is worse - five years in Taliban captivity or the rest of your life in jail? Bowe Bergdahl might find out -  if he’s convicted of desertion. Yesterday, the U.S. Army decided he’ll face a court-martial. Bergdahl was held by the Taliban after he disappeared from his base in Afghanistan in June 2009. Six U.S. troops died looking for him. He was later exchanged for five Taliban detainees. Some in the military consider him a deserter, and the Pentagon’s caught some heat for the prisoner swap. Let us not go quietly into the night: Let’s see if we can sum this up concisely. Seven women accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault. His reps call them liars. So they sue for defamation. Now, the disgraced comedian has countersued them, saying they were the ones who defamed him. He says their accusations damaged his reputation so much that plans for a new sitcom got canned. Yeah, but Bill, there’s still the matter of 40+ other women who’ve accused you of the same thing. (He’s denied those, and hasn’t been charged.) Uncharmed city: Will the jury find Baltimore cop William Porter guilty or innocent in Freddie Gray’s death? The city’s not waiting to find out. It erupted in riots after Gray died of a spinal cord injury in police custody in April.  No one wants a repeat. The mayor and police commissioner have urged calm. An emergency operations center has been activated. All police leave have been canceled. Deliberations resume this morning. Let’s get ready to rumble … or (in some cases) stumble: We know, we know. There seems to be a debate seemingly every other week. But the one tonight is your last chance to see all the Republican presidential hopefuls in one place this year. The Donald is riding even higher in national polls, but the Ted is surging in Iowa. And, for the umpteenth time, this may be Jeb!’s last chance to  … live up to that exclamation point. For your viewing pleasure, here’s a handy primer on tonight’s #GOPDebate. Every rose has its thorn: And for Pete Rose, it’s MLB Commish Rob Manfred. He says Rose still hasn’t taken full responsibility for betting on baseball back when he managed the Cincinnati Reds. And so, Charlie Hustle – MLB’s all-time hits leader – still can’t play ball. Rose will let his feelings known later today. The Donald already has. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Quote of the day: “It’s not going to be very interesting this year, honey. Sorry.” The first lady, on what she’s getting the President for Christmas. Namely, “workout stuff.”  Hmm, what are you implying, Mrs. Obama? Mo’ money, no problems Quit yer whining, America. A new analysis finds the U.S. has surprisingly low taxes compared with other developed nations. Take a look at me now Is this the face of Jesus Christ? One British researcher thinks so. I’m freeeee, free falling GoPro’s stock has plummeted 75% this year. Analysts are channeling Tina Turner: We don’t need another HERO. Darth braider When you change your name to Darth Mykolaiovych Vader but lose the race for mayor of a Ukrainian town, you gotta occupy your time somehow. Luke, I’m (not gonna be) your father There are now Star Wars condoms. [Insert your own joke here because the editor nixed ours]. Here’s what’s coming up later. The ‘disappeared’ Have Chicago police been running a secret detention site out of a former Sears warehouse, where mostly black residents were taken, beaten and denied access to lawyers? A hearing today will try to get to the bottom of this. Give peace a chance A ceasefire goes into effect in Yemen today. Let’s hope this one holds. Because who’s benefiting from the security vacuum there? ISIS. Always ISIS. Number of the day: 34 The number of Islamic nations that are part of a new Saudi-led coalition to kick some ISIS butt. When your dog has better moves than you This mutt’s really feeling Mark Mark and The Funky Bunch’s “Good Vibrations.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. Army", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151215103000", "country1": "YEM", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/15/us/new-day-five-things/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "683308348", "sentence": "On Monday night, President Donald Trump unveiled his new strategy for American involvement in Afghanistan – a country that has been the stage for a seemingly unwinnable war for 16 years. There was not much in terms of specifics, though Trump did reveal that more US troops would be deployed and the military would have more freedom to fight America’s opponents as it sees fit. He also singled out Pakistan as part of the problem – implying that unless the Pakistanis stopped providing safety for terrorists, they might lose financial aid from the United States. Perhaps the most significant revelation was Trump’s desire to find a political solution to end the war – one that includes bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table. Can Trump’s plan actually work?Tillerson: ‘Peace talks’ part of strategyNew troops to land in ‘days’Five key pillars of Trump’s planTrump calls out Pakistan, IndiaAmerica’s longest war READ Trump’s full speech Can Trump’s plan actually work?Tillerson: ‘Peace talks’ part of strategyNew troops to land in ‘days’Five key pillars of Trump’s planTrump calls out Pakistan, IndiaAmerica’s longest war READ Trump’s full speech The new plan for American engagement in Afghanistan that Trump announced is – until he puts more meat on the bones – the same old plan, only with less accountability to Washington. Yes, Trump more publicly called out Pakistan as being part of the problem. But he failed to lay out any serious detail, making it hard to see exactly now this plan differs from existing US policy and how it will succeed where the old one failed. On the other hand, the lack of clarity may keep the enemy guessing: no drawdown dates, no troop numbers, only the threat that the enemy cannot win on the battlefield. Trump said: “Someday after an effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have a political settlement that includes elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan.” A political solution to the fight with the Taliban is the only realistic way for US forces to leave Afghanistan and not give a free hand to al Qaeda and ISIS. In acknowledging this, it is clear that Trump is now listening to the advice of his generals. Related article Afghanistan: 16 years, thousands dead and no clear end in sight If you listened carefully, you’ll have noticed that Trump differentiated between his enemies. This is key to leaving the door open for a political deal with the Taliban. He said that his objectives are to “obliterate ISIS,” “crush al Qaeda” and “prevent the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan.” The Taliban have responded by seemingly leaving the door open for talks. They couched their threat to keep fighting the United States by saying, “If the US keeps following a war strategy, we will keep fighting them.” That careful use of the word “if” may come to be incredibly important. Pakistan fears that India would like Afghanistan to become a client state on the Pakistani border. Pakistan has long supported the Afghan Taliban to prevent this from happening and as a result has a controlling influence in the Afghan government. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, the Taliban have complained that Pakistan has prevented their efforts at negotiating peace on their own terms. Trump’s demand that Pakistan stop offering a haven to criminals, terrorists and other groups is not new. Related video Trump: US in Afghanistan to kill terrorists But when the United States has previously blamed Pakistan for supporting the Taliban – and in particular the Haqqani network – it has not worked out so well: Vital US troop resupply routes that run through Pakistan have been shut down, local tribes have protested and the government has closed the border. In such situations, the United States has turned to Russia for help. Russia has allowed resupply trains to run across its territory to Afghanistan. But the Russia route is not ideal because it takes much longer – supplies can take more than a month to arrive, as opposed to days from Pakistani ports. And the political situation today means that Russia is far less likely to allow United States the luxury of a backup path for supplies, should Pakistan close its borders again. Success for the United States in Afghanistan would be a negotiated political solution that sees the Taliban as a political entity in the Afghan government. It is something the Taliban have demanded in the past. The group is seeking ministerial places as well as senior positions in the army. The Taliban are a national force that has a nationalist agenda, unlike al Qaeda and ISIS, which both have international ambitions. Recognizing that – as Trump appears to have – is key. Certainly, it wouldn’t  guarantee success, but it would help create conditions where success may be possible. Related video Haley: Trump listened to his generals It would certainly require more diplomatic heavy lifting than the United States has managed in the past. The Taliban have a vested interest in seeing ISIS defeated and al Qaeda diminished – both are threats. Both groups share a broadly common conservative Islamic philosophy and, to a significant degree, their fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan are drawn from the same Pashtun ethnic group, with similarly strong cultural beliefs. This makes it even more important for the Taliban to gain recognition as a political force to represent their community and shut down sympathy for ISIS and al Qaeda. And that’s the Taliban’s value to the Afghan government and to Trump: to co-opt them into denying territory to terrorists. Trust between all parties is central to this plan working. Pakistan will have to feel that it can trust the United States to act in Pakistan’s interest as well as its own – something that will be complicated because of Trump’s huge appeal in India. First, the United States cannot afford to make any mistakes – by this we mean civilian casualties that further damage its reputation. Second, it needs to practice quiet diplomacy and try to build a working relationship with the Taliban – which has suffered the most from American intervention. Related article In Afghanistan course correction, Trump learns winning is not so easy India has to hold its venom on Pakistan, which it came close to doing in its statement Tuesday responding to Trump’s address. And the Afghan government needs to win the confidence of its own people through curbing corruption and cronyism. This is the only way it can build an army that thinks it has a country worth fighting for. The fate of Afghanistan has always been in the hands of the generals who are invading it. Trump’s announcement Monday night has done nothing to change this.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's new strategy for American involvement in Afghanistan", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170822164500", "country1": "PAK", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/asia/nic-robertson-can-trump-afghan-plan-work/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "703433696", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: House Republicans released their new tax plan, but some rank-and-file members have their reservations about it. The bill would leave your 401(k) alone but could limit how much mortgage interest homeowners can deduct. Here’s what else it means for you. You can read the full bill here. Trump’s senior adviser has turned over documents to special counsel Robert Mueller, as investigators have begun asking in witness interviews about Jared Kushner’s role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, CNN reported. The President nominated Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve, rather than letting Janet Yellen keep the job for four more years. Powell would be the first former investment banker to head the US central bank and the first person to fill that role in more than 40 years who’s not an economist. – The suspect in the New York terror attack told investigators he “felt good about what he had done” and had been planning the attack for a year, inspired by ISIS videos, according to a criminal complaint. He was charged with federal terrorism. – President Trump called on Congress to “immediately” end the visa lottery program that helped bring the New York attack suspect to the US, and also tweeted that the suspect should receive the death penalty. NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY! – South Korean intelligence reported that North Korea is preparing to carry out additional nuclear tests. – Ahead of President Donald Trump’s 12-day trip to Asia, his top national security adviser is making one thing clear: The President won’t be moderating his language in the region. – A North Korean defector tells CNN he felt like he was “a modern slave.” He also said that outside information, not US military threats, could be Kim Jong Un’s “Achilles heel.” – Former FBI director James Comey has a book coming out next year, called “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership.” – The prosecution and defense asked for different punishments in Bowe Bergdahl’s sentencing hearing – fourteen years in prison or a dishonorable discharge, respectively – for the US soldier who deserted his army outpost in 2009. – Time Warner stock fell more than 3% Thursday on the news that the US government may sue to block AT&T’s acquisition of the media company. – A week after they voted to unionize, journalists at DNAinfo and Gothamist learned that billionaire owner Joe Ricketts was shutting the websites down. – Anthony Bourdain – whose girlfriend, Asia Argento, is among Weinstein’s accusers – expressed regret for participating in a restaurant industry culture that is “pervasively hostile to women.” – Spooky! A Robert Mueller jack-o-lantern showed up outside Paul Manafort’s NYC townhouse on Wednesday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "House Republicans' new tax plan", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171102233000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-november-2-trnd/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "544447130", "sentence": "Mickey Mouse reigns again. The world’s most famous mouse house has topped the list of the world’s 25 most popular theme and amusement parks. The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida welcomed more than 20.4 million visitors in 2015, a 6% increase of over 2014, according to a report released Wednesday. Amusement park attendance is increasing around the world. There were 235.6 million visits to the top 25 theme and amusement parks worldwide in 2015, up 5.4% from 2014, according to the Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM 10th annual global attractions attendance report. The index ranks the 25 most-visited amusement and theme parks around the world, based on attendance figures compiled by AECOM, a global consulting firm. “The growth we’ve seen this year is tremendous for a relatively mature industry,” said John Robinett, senior vice president, economics, AECOM, in a statement. “Over our 10 years of tracking the industry, we have seen steady improvements in business volume (despite a global recession) the introduction of exciting new technologies and continued internationalization of the attractions world.” Top 10 U.S. beaches for 2016 Disney dominated the list. Disney parks in the United States, Europe and Asia held seven of the top 10 parks and 10 of the top 25 spots. Universal Studios two parks in the top 10 list and three in the top 25 list, while SeaWorld had just one. Visits to parks are increasing all around the world. The top 20 North American theme/amusement parks reported 146 million visits last year, up 5.9% from 2014. The top 20 Asian theme/amusement parks reported 131 million visits last year, up 6.9% from 2014. There were 61 million visits to parks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa last year, up 2.8% from 2014. Here are the top 25 most popular amusement and theme parks around the world in 2015: 1. Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S. 2. Disneyland, Anaheim, California, U.S. 3. Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan 4. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, Japan 5. Tokyo Disney Sea, Tokyo, Japan 6. Epcot at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S. 7. Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 8. Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL, U.S. 9. Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris, Marne-la-Vallee, France 10. Universal Studios at Universal Orlando, FL, U.S. 11. Disney’s California Adventure, Anaheim, CA, U.S. 12. Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, FL, U.S. 13. Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Hengqin, China 14. Everland, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea 15. Ocean Park, Hong Kong 16. Lotte World, Seoul, South Korea 17. Hangzhou Songcheng Park, Hangzhou, China 18. Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, CA, U.S. 19. Hong Kong Disneyland, Hong Kong 20. Nagashima Spa Land, Kuwana, Japan 21. Europa-Park, Rust, Germany 22. SeaWorld Florida, Orlando, FL, U.S. 23. Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark 24. De Efteling, Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands 25. Songcheng LiJiang Romance Park, Lijiang, China", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Disney theme parks", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160527001500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/travel/worlds-most-popular-amusement-parks-2015/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "611095267", "sentence": "Trump has displayed a continued willingness to pressure and contradict President Barack Obama Trump's statements on Thursday were astonishing, even by his standards President-elect Donald Trump long ago earned a reputation for being unpredictable in his statements, but he outdid himself on Thursday. In the span of just a few hours, Trump shook international relations by undercutting the Obama administration over a UN resolution on Israeli settlements, indicated he would ramp up nuclear competition with Russia and then jolted a major defense contractor – and its shareholders – by suggesting he would ask Boeing to replace a fighter jet being made by Lockheed Martin. Here’s a look at his day: THE TIME: 11:37 a.m. ET WHAT HAPPENED: Trump pressures the Obama administration to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement activity, an unprecedented move by a President-elect who has not yet moved into the White House. “The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel should be vetoed,” Trump tweets, linking to a statement. The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel should be vetoed....cont: https://t.co/s8rXKKZNF1 Egypt delayed the potential vote at the Security Council, putting off a potential standoff between the US and Israel. An Israeli official later tells CNN his country reached out to Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration. WHAT FOLLOWED: On sensitive issues of diplomacy and national security, Trump has displayed a continued willingness to pressure and contradict President Barack Obama, eschewing a “one president at a time” policy that Obama insists must govern the peaceful transition of power. THE TIME: 11:50 a.m. ET WHAT HAPPENED: Trump threatens a nuclear arms race. “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” Trump tweets. The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes Hours earlier in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a defense speech in Moscow that Russia needs to “enhance the combat capability of strategic nuclear forces, primarily by strengthening missile complexes that will be guaranteed to penetrate existing and future missile defense systems.” WHAT FOLLOWED: The exchange appeared to raise the prospect of a new arms race between the US and Russia, which between them boast more than 14,000 nuclear warheads, the still deadly legacy of their four-decades long Cold War standoff. THE TIME: 5:26 p.m. ET WHAT HAPPENED: Trump cost millions in market value to Lockheed Martin and caused thousands of people to now worry they may lose their jobs after tweeting that the Pentagon’s costly new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could be replaced with a modified version of a less expensive plane, the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The F-35 is made by Lockheed Martin, while the Super Hornet is made by aerospace rival Boeing. “Based on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet!,” Trump tweets. Based on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet! WHAT FOLLOWED: Lockheed Martin’s stock dipped about 2% in aftermarket trading. For Lockheed, the F-35 is its industrial future. Trump’s tweet has threatened to upend Lockheed’s plans just as his tweets aimed at China has rattled Boeing, which is counting on selling jets to Chinese airlines. Biden: Clinton never figured out why she was running For more: Go to CNN Politics", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161223030000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/politics/donald-trump-24-hours/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "736686630", "sentence": "There is nothing routine about the murder trial opening Thursday at the City Court of Copenhagen. Nearly seven months after the mutilated torso of Kim Wall washed ashore, Danish inventor Peter Madsen is expected to take the stand, charged with killing the 30-year old Swedish journalist. As the prosecutor presents his case in one of the most gruesome murder trials in Danish history, special accommodations are in place for nearly 80 local and foreign reporters in a race for details. It will not be easy listening. According to the prosecution, the promising young reporter died under the cruelest of circumstances. The indictment states that Madsen, 47, planned and prepared Wall’s murder, bringing a saw, a knife, sharpened screwdrivers and other items to his submarine where he had supposedly invited her to do a story. Instead, according to the indictment, Madsen cut and stabbed Wall multiple times before killing her, cutting off her head, arms and legs, then weighing her body parts down with plastic cable-ties and pipes before throwing them into the sea. The charges include premeditated murder, indecent handling of a corpse and “sexual relations other than intercourse of a particularly dangerous nature,” citing stab wounds inside and outside her genital area. The alleged murder has rocked the peaceful Danish archipelago and its Swedish neighbor to the core – albeit in different ways. While Sweden seemed immediately besieged by grief at the loss of one of its own, Denmark seemed caught in shock and disbelief. To them, Peter Madsen, or “Rocket-Madsen,” was a well-documented character, portrayed in books, articles, documentary films, even on Danish children’s programs, as an eccentric but visionary inventor with a strong passion for ocean and space travel. “I don’t know what to say. I was shocked, I still am,” said Tomas Trolle, who helped Madsen with some of his rocket projects. “I didn’t believe it because I knew him a little bit. He was a nice guy who really liked to show off his projects.” Madsen’s dream was to become the first Dane to fly into space in a privately built rocket. And, at the time of its maiden voyage in 2008, UC3 Nautilus, the submarine that Kim Wall stepped aboard on August 10, was said to be the world’s largest privately built submarine. “Everybody had heard about him, knew about his projects, knew about the submarine, and all the rockets,” said Trolle. As the investigation continued, Trolle and others who knew him waited for information that would help Madsen’s case, but police kept presenting more damaging evidence. For his part, Madsen changed his explanation several times as more body parts and evidence emerged. Amongst other things, police found films showing torture and real-life executions of women on his computer. Madsen has consistently denied the allegations of murder and sexual assault and any knowledge of the films. He maintains that Wall died by accident, saying he dismembered her body and tossed it in the sea in a state of panic. His attorney, Betina Hald Engmark, has said it cannot be excluded that it was an accident and that Madsen did act in a state of panic. If Madsen has a dark side, it is likely to be one of the points explored by prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen during the trial, at which some 37 witnesses are expected to take the stand. “It seems unusual to call that many witnesses in this case since they obviously were not present at the scene of the crime,” says Lasse Lund Madsen, professor of criminal law at Aarhus University, and former special prosecutor and acting judge. “That means some of them are likely there to shed light on surrounding factors, I would assume to try to prove the murder was planned.” In another twist, at Madsen’s request, the trial will take place before a judge and just two jurors instead of the typical six- or nine-person jury. “The defense must believe this will be an advantage,” says Lund Madsen. “I can’t speak to the exact strategy, but this is normally something you might do when the case is one of great emotion, in the hope that less jurors could provide a more objective decision.” If found guilty, Madsen will spend the rest of his life in prison if the prosecution has its way. But in a country where a murder sentence typically carries 12 years, it will still take a significant burden of proof to show enough aggravating circumstances to warrant a life sentence. The verdict is scheduled for April 25.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Peter Madsen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180307160000", "country1": "DNK", "country2": "SWE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/07/europe/denmark-submarine-death-trial-intl/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "663510863", "sentence": "Don’t just look at the results from Britain’s polls that had Theresa May’s Conservatives coming in at number one ahead of Jeremy Corbyn and Labour – the real winners and losers are far more interesting. Theresa May: No mandate for her. The Prime Minister took a gamble by calling an election three years ahead of schedule. She had been hoping to get more popular support for her government as it navigates the country through Brexit. Even though her party won the most seats – 318 out of 650, with one constituency yet to declare – it lost ground and will not be able to govern alone. Related article UK Prime Minister Theresa May: Will she stay or go? So May has reached out to Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party for support and will continue to lead the government. “Disaster” and “catastrophe” are two of the words wafting through the London air. And there are questions about how long May can last. Even if she stays, it’ll be tougher for her to get things done. The Conservatives: Bad judgment, again. Thursday’s vote was the second of two moves by the Conservatives that spurred unexpected periods of uncertainty and instability. The first occurred last year, when May’s predecessor, David Cameron, held the Brexit referendum. Britons were asked whether they wanted to stay or leave in the European Union. To the surprise of almost everyone, nearly 52% of the voters favored leaving the EU. The pound crashed, the Prime Minister quit and the world gasped. Related article Brexit talks face delay after Conservatives' UK election shock Brexit talks: Now that the Tories failed to secure a mandate and a majority in Parliament, the negotiations, scheduled to start on June 19, could be put on hold. The EU and UK have to forge a deal by March 2019. “We don’t know when Brexit talks start,” tweeted European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday as the election results became clear. “We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a ‘no deal’ as a result of ‘no negotiations,’” he said. We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a \"no deal\" as result of \"no negotiations\". #GE2017 UKIP: A big goose egg for the UK Independence Party – the nationalist movement that favored an exit from the European Union. It won nary a seat and its party leader, Paul Nuttall, stepped down, saying UKIP needs a new focus. But he also warned that the Brexit movement remains strong and that it will flex its muscles again if the Prime Minister backtracks from her promises on Brexit. The Scottish National Party: Nicola Sturgeon’s party won 56 of 59 Scottish seats in the 2015 election but lost ground on Thursday. It ended up with 35 seats and the chances for its wished-for second referendum on Scottish independence took a big hit. Nick Clegg: A surprising defeat for the former leader of the centrist Liberal Democrats. Clegg, who once served as a deputy prime minister, was defeated in Sheffield Hallam by fewer than 1,500 votes. Jeremy Corbyn and Labour: The lesson is simple. Don’t write off Labour. The opposition party had been down in the dumps, with dismal polling and a general disdain for whether leader Jeremy Corbyn was “prime ministerial.” Related article Jeremy Corbyn's left-wing populism shook Britain's political mainstream But a good chunk of the populace – including the young and the working class – showed an appetite for the left-wing policies and world view embodied by Corbyn and his progressive political agenda. His talk of ending Tory austerity plans and getting better and fairer funding for health and education resonated. Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party: This is the Democratic Unionist Party’s time in the spotlight. It gained two seats to hit double figures but it has outsize influence now. May called the DUP her “friends and allies,” and aims to have an informal partnership with them to govern. The impact the DUP will have is not yet clear. The party is dedicated to an open border with the Republic of Ireland and may demand that be included in Brexit negotiations. It is also opposed to same-sex marriage and any extension of abortion tights. Female lawmakers: From left to right, Prime Minister to new lawmaker, 207 women were elected to the House of Commons, the most ever. In Birmingham Edgbaston, Preet Kaur Gill became the first Sikh woman to be elected to Parliament. Rosie Duffield won the seat in Canterbury, Kent for Labour for the first time in nearly 100 years. A number of prominent female power players kept their seats – Amber Rudd, Diane Abbott and Emily Thornberry, for example. The youth vote. Looks like passion overcame apathy for young voters. Those in the 18-24 age group came out to back Corbyn: including in university areas like Sheffield Hallam, where Clegg lost his seat to Labour. The interest – no matter what the party – could have an impact on civic involvement in a nation trying to find its way at home, in Europe and the world for years to come.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Theresa May", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170609210000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IRL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/europe/uk-election-winners-losers/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "724611621", "sentence": "A steam locomotive winding through a mountainous landscape is an unforgettable sight. For British photographer David Kitching, it’s a spectacle that doesn’t grow old – even if mainline steam trains are long gone in the UK. Passionate about steam locomotives, Kitching has spent the past 20 years traveling to China, where – until very recently –  steam trains remained common. Kitching’s work charts how China became the last bastion of the steam railway. These stunning photographs are now the subject of a book: “Chinese Steam: The Last Years,” published by Amberley Books. Back in the early 1990s, train enthusiast Kitching first heard stories of China’s stunning terrains and incredible steam trains. “I resolved to join a tour as soon as possible,” he tells CNN Travel. Now  62, Kitching has been enamored by steam rail since he was a boy and has fond childhood memories of the railway. “I would join my friends watching the steam trains from a convenient footbridge over the local line,” he recalls. Nothing like it in the world: China's time-tripping steam railway “By the age of 9 years, I would head off after school to the local locomotive shed where we would spend many happy hours climbing on the locomotives and dodging the shed foreman.” So when Kitching heard about opportunities to photograph Chinese steam locomotives – he was thrilled. “I really missed the experience of mainline steam trains after they finished in Britain in 1968.” He seized the chance to witness the might of a steam engine once more – and to experience a different culture. On his first trip, Kitching headed to northeast China and captured coal mines, narrow-gauge lines and unforgettable landscapes. He returned to the country several times over the subsequent years, always with his camera in hand – taking fantastic photographs and forging lasting connections. 11 of the world's most luxurious train journeys Kitching’s early visits to China were as part of organized tours. Later, he coordinated freelance visits, often traveling with friends or his son. “There are so many fantastic memories,” Kitching recalls. “The train crews made us welcome.” Kitching remembers being invited onto the footplate of a QJ class 2-10-2 locomotive for an overnight journey through the mountains between Jiamusi and Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang. He says the journey was a “magical, never to be repeated experience.” 7 scenic train journeys -- riding the Dragon's Back Interacting with the train workers was always a highlight for Kitching – he also shared lunch with a train crew on a coal train at Yuanbaoshan, in the Mongolian Autonomous Region. “Chinese food never tasted so good as when it was prepared in the dedicated steam-box on the running plate of the JS class 2-8-2,” says Kitching. Kitching photographed railways across China, often from elevated vantage points to capture panoramic shots of the locomotives and the landscape. “The Jitong Railway in the Mongolian Autonomous Region has to be a favorite,” says Kitching. “It was the last steam-operated mainline in the world and the sight of double-headed QJs thrashing through the spectacular mountain scenery was as good is it gets.” Stunning photos of trains in the American West Kitching normally traveled in winter – because the exhaust from the steam trains is at its most impressive in cold conditions. Battling these extreme temperatures was part of the experience. “Once the temperature gets down around -40 C [-40 F] you have to take it very seriously or you will get frostbite,” says Kitching. “The cameras start to fail below -35 Celsius [-31 F] and battery life is very poor as well. You kept your camera under your coats and only brought it out at the last minute to take the shot.” Kitching recalls the tip of his nose becoming frozen to his camera on several occasions. But such hardships were worthwhile to get to his incredible snowy shots. Spectacular, rarely seen images of China's railways Chinese steam trains are becoming a thing of the past – only a handful of the photographs in Kitching’s book were taken in recent years. There are fewer and fewer steam locomotives operating in China – those that still exist are usually on tourist lines. But Kitching remains passionate about photographing China’s changing railway scene. “Although steam has all but finished, there are plenty of opportunities for interesting railway photographs, showing the modern scene against the magnificent Chinese scenery and the changing face of the country,” says Kitching. Record breaker: China's incredible north-south high-speed train line plan China’s railway scene has modernized – but Kitching remains intrigued. “The new high-speed lines are an amazing development in China – with much of the routes being elevated on concrete viaducts,” he says. “I watched several under construction during my visit in 2017. I am already planning another trip to photograph trains in both China and also on the vast plains of the Mongolian Republic.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China's steam railway", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180123014500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/china-steam-trains/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "693187122", "sentence": "Judge ruled that \"a feeble 'no'\" could still signal willingness Experts contend ruling erodes the definition of consent An acquittal in a high-profile rape case in India has reignited debate over the meaning of consent after a judge set aside the conviction of a Bollywood filmmaker, saying “a feeble ‘no’” could still signal willingness on the part of an alleged victim. Mahmood Farooqui, the co-director of the hit Bollywood film “Peepli Live,” was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2016 after he was found guilty of raping a Columbia University graduate student at his home. Farooqui’s lawyers challenged the 2016 ruling in Delhi’s High Court. In their appeal, they called attention to the lack of evidence that Farooqui was alone with the victim in his house on the night of the alleged incident. They also made an alternative argument, claiming that “if at all, such an occurrence had taken place” it was with the alleged victim’s consent. In throwing out the conviction on Monday, High Court Judge Ashutosh Kumar said Farooqui deserved the “benefit of the doubt” on all points. Kumar said it was not clear whether the incident, as outlined by the alleged victim, took place. Moreover, he added, Farooqui had “no idea at all” that the alleged victim had not given her consent. Related article Indian guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh sentenced to 20 years for rape “It is not unknown that during sexual acts, one of the partners may be a little less willing or, it can be said unwilling but where there is an assumed consent, it matters not if one of the partners to the act is a bit hesitant,” Kumar observed in his ruling. “Such feeble hesitation can never be understood as a positive negation of any advances by the other partner.” Elsewhere in his ruling, Kumar ruled that “instances of woman behavior are not unknown (sic) that a feeble ‘no’ may mean a ‘yes’,” particularly in cases where the parties involved “are known to each other, are persons of letters and are intellectually/academically proficient, and if, in the past, there have been physical contacts.” The ruling has revived a debate in India over the meaning of consent in rape cases. “In this judgment, the court has unfortunately elided over the legal definition of consent that, that many of us worked to bring into law in 2013,” said Karuna Nundy, a Supreme Court lawyer who played a role in reforming India’s sexual assault laws in the wake of the brutal gang rape of a physiotherapy student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012. Jyoti Singh Pandey later died, and anger about her case led to nationwide protests and triggered reforms to India’s sexual assault and harassment laws. Related article Indian Supreme Court upholds death sentences in Delhi gang rape Indian law stipulates that consent must be “unequivocal,” or in other words, absolutely clear. In the case involving Farooqui, the victim’s lawyer maintains that she did not give consent. “She protested, she pushed him off, he was trying to take off her undergarments, she kept yanking them back up, but he was stronger than her, he pinned her down. Under those circumstances, it is therefore startling to hear this series of events recorded as a ‘feeble no,’” Nundy told CNN. The ruling was met with frustration in legal circles. “(It) completely erodes the definition of consent,” said Jhuma Sen, a professor at Jindal Global Law School. “The court seems to be creating this additional defense that the accused must have been made aware (by the victim).” According to court documents, the woman had met Farooqui in 2014, after she arrived in India to research her PhD. She alleged that the assault at the center of the case occurred during a visit to Farooqui’s home in March 2015. The researcher’s lawyers now plan to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court. “The high court acquittal order is wrong on facts and in law,” said Vrinda Grover, the lawyer appearing for the victim told CNN.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Delhi High Court ruling on Mahmood Farooqui rape case", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170927103000", "country1": "IND", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/asia/indian-court-overturns-rape-conviction/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "436687917", "sentence": "A grenade and knife were discovered by airport security Police say it was a live grenade An American accused of trying to take a live grenade and knife through airport security in the Philippines has been arrested, an airport official said. Cipriano de Guzman was being held at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport after the weapons were discovered in his backpack during X-ray screening, airport manager Dante Basanta said Thursday. “It is a case of illegal possession of an explosive device and illegal possession of a sharp object,” said Col. Ricardo Layug with the Aviation Security Group of the Philippine National Police.  “He definitely cannot leave the country.  He has to face the charges.” Kurt Hoyer, an official at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, said he was aware of the report, but had no information about the person who was detained.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "American accused of trying to take a live grenade and knife through airport security in the Philippines", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150528064500", "country1": "PHL", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/asia/philippines-us-grenade-knife/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "621151330", "sentence": "Salk Institute researchers grow a rat pancreas, rat heart and rat eyes within a developing mouse Using stem cells, they generate human cells and human tissues in the embryos of pigs and cattle To grow human organs within animal bodies has long been the dream of scientists wanting to provide transplantable hearts, lungs, kidneys and other organs for patients in need. A glimpse of possible success in this elusive goal was seen Thursday. Using stem cell technologies, researchers generated human cells and human tissues in the embryos of pigs and cattle. Their research appeared in the journal Cell. Despite this milestone, integrating cells from human and animal species is proving difficult, and developing human organs remains at a considerable distance, said Dr. Jun Wu, a staff scientist in the gene expression laboratory at the Salk Institute and first author of the research. “Species evolve independently, and many factors dictating the developmental programs might have diverged, which makes it difficult to blend cells from one species to a developing embryo from another,” Wu said. “The larger the evolutionary distance, the more difficult for them to mix.” Or as senior author Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a professor in Salk’s gene expression laboratory, sees it, “To try to imitate nature is not that easy.” The project began with the research team attempting to prove that it could grow one animal’s organ cells within a different species of animal. This is known as a chimera – specifically an interspecies chimera, an organism containing cells from two or more species. They began with two closely related species: rats and mice. To create a rat-mouse chimera, the scientists began by creating a mouse embryo without a pancreas. Similar work had been done before by other scientists, notably Hiromitsu Nakauchi, now at Stanford, who bred mutant mice that lacked a pancreas and then grew a rat pancreas inside a mouse. Related article Human organs grown in pigs may help transplant patients, scientists say In the current study, Belmonte, Wu and their colleagues used gene-editing techniques known as CRISPR/Cas9 to generate mice embryos lacking a pancreas. Then they inserted rat stem cells that contained a gene for the pancreas into these mutant embryos. Once implanted, the stem cells developed into a rat pancreas within a mouse embryo that ultimately (and importantly) grew into a healthy mouse with a normal lifespan. Taking their idea a few steps further, the researchers used the same method to develop rat eyes and rat hearts within mice embryos. “We demonstrated the robustness of this system,” Wu said. By “genetically disabling” the mouse host, they proved it was possible to generate rat organs within a host species. Unexpectedly to the researchers, the mice delivered bonus organs after the injection of rat stem cells: gallbladders, which are present in mice but not in rats. “This suggests that rats lack a gallbladder not because of an inherent genetic deficiency of rat cells,” Wu said.  Instead, “embryonic niches” may be orchestrating the tissues and organs that develop and grow within each animal species. After the rat-mice experiments, the team turned its focus to human stem cells. They began by generating different types of human induced pluripotent stem cells – when adult cells are turned back into stem cells – and inserting them into pig embryos. Pigs were used because both the size and the development time for their organs are more similar to our own than, say, rats. Next, the team members implanted these embryos into sows. To test the safety and effectiveness of their work, they stopped the experiment at four weeks. Related article Chinese scientists use gene-editing techniques in humans for first time Human cells within some of the embryos had begun to specialize and turn into tissue precursors, they discovered. However, the success rate and level of human stem cell contributions in pigs was much lower than with the rat-mouse chimeras. Wu cautioned that the research is in its very early stages, and with many challenges ahead, the development of human organs within animals may not be possible for some time. Though the experiment with human stem cells was interrupted at 28 days, it remains the first reported case in which human stem cells have begun to grow within another species. So it is a small but significant step toward the ultimate goal of growing human organs in animals, said Insoo Hyun, an associate professor of bioethics and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University. “They just wanted to see if the cells would survive during gestation, and they did, and they kind of migrated here and there to various sites, except the brain, which is interesting,” said Hyun, who was not involved in the research. Hyun, who worked on developing international guidelines for the International Society for Stem Cell Research, said the Salk Institute researchers appear to be staying within international ethical boundaries. “The next step would be then to see if they can get better at localizing where the human cells develop and, ideally, getting to organ genesis,” he noted. “The interesting thing is, it was not funded by American taxpayer money,” Hyun said, at least not directly. The primary funding came from private Spanish sources. One reason for this is the US National Institutes of Health examined chimera science in a 2015 workshop and “accompanied that with a pause” on funding of a “very narrow subset of animal human chimera research,” said Carrie D. Wolinetz, the institutes’ associate director for science policy. Related article Feds open talks on growing human organs in animals This subset consists of scientists introducing human cells into animal embryos at a very early stage. “There has been the use of human-animal chimeras in biomedical research for a very long time. We’ve introduced human cells into animal models to create models of human diseases and used them as research tools for decades now,” Wolinetz said. “But over time, what we’ve seen – as stem cell technology has advanced and as gene editing technology has advanced – we’ve seen the ability to create more sophisticated animal-human chimeras at a much earlier stage of embryonic development,” she said. The reason, then, the National Institutes of Health suspended funding was over ethical concerns. The chimeras used in biomedical research have been created, typically, by putting the human cells in at a later stage of development: at the fetal stage or even after birth. At these stages, scientists have a lot more control in that the cells stay where they are put, and they don’t “drift all over” the animal’s body, explained Wolinetz. In these new experiments, human cells are being introduced at a much earlier stage of development, when the cells are still sorting themselves out within the embryo. “In particular, people were concerned about human cells populating the brain of the animal or the germline of the animal,” Wolinetz said. In the first case, the animal might be humanized; in the second case, the animal might pass human genes on to its offspring. As Hyun frames it, the ethical question is this: “If you up the biological contribution of the human stem cells, are you also somehow turning them morally into a human-like thing with human rights?”  He noted, though, “It’s so difficult to know how you would actually address that.” It’s not measurable. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. “I would argue, as long as you are avoiding the brain, or there’s not a significant change to the brain, of structure and possible functioning, then I don’t think you even need to go down that philosophical path,” he said. Though as a philosopher, it might be “fun” for him, it’s not a wise or practical thing to do for policy. Instead, Hyun said, you want to stick with measurable criteria such as seeing a drop in animal function from the beginning of an experiment to the end. “The emphasis should still remain on animal welfare,” he said, as it is currently for any kind of animal research. Meanwhile, Wolinetz said the National Institutes of Health is hoping to finalize its policy on chimera research very soon in order to get back into the business of funding appropriate projects. “We would like to make sure exciting research can go forward,” she said, “but also make sure that we’ve got an appropriate oversight system so we can make sure it’s proceeding responsibly.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Salk Institute chimera research", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170127004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ESP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/health/human-pig-embryo/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "760535982", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Forest Whitaker is an artist and social activist. He is the CEO/Founder of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation. Whitaker won an Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland.” He will be keynote speaker at UNLEASH, a nonprofit innovation lab, in Singapore on June 6. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. We often hear the future belongs to the youth. This may be true, but the adults who are presently in charge can only ensure a safe and prosperous future if they make room for youth participation now. Though the United Nations estimates that around 600 million young people live in fragile or conflict-affected contexts, it is rare that young people emerge from behind the headlines to showcase their change-making abilities. I think of those places where armed violence and conflict have become pervasive and chronic. Take South Sudan, where children and teenage openly carry weapons as fighters in the country’s civil war. Or Mexico, where young people from cartel-subjugated neighborhoods are foot soldiers in drug wars. And yes, even the US, where students now feel as if their schools are under constant threat of gun violence. It is also telling that in countries affected by fragility and conflict, close to half of the young people are jobless. This picture of disenfranchisement and missed opportunities is certainly not good news for these young women and men – nor is it good news for the future of their communities. Indeed, on any continent, fragile communities are trapped in disruptive cycles of violence. Youth are disproportionately affected by such cycles because they are more likely to fall prey to conflict – by death, injury, displacement and, in most cases, trauma – and even if they survive or overcome that trauma, they face immense difficulties reconnecting with a normal life. I have witnessed such trauma in young people – be it among survivors of gang wars in Los Angeles where I grew up, in my cousin after he returned from Vietnam, or among child soldiers I met in Uganda on the set of “The Last King of Scotland.” These are places where young women and men bear the highest costs of armed violence, and do so because of decisions made by so-called grown-ups. And it’s manifest in scores of other places globally, from the civil war in Myanmar to the refugee crisis on all sides of the Mediterranean to urban zoning that ends up generating racially-based segregation and exclusion in the US Although they are particularly vulnerable in these situations, young people rarely if ever have a voice in building peace. I believe that this is a mistake. Young people have ideas on peace, and they should be heard. We have witnessed this in the US with movements like Black Lives Matter and March for Our Lives. And, on the global scale, there is UNLEASH, the nonprofit innovation lab that convenes millennial thought leaders from more than 100 countries to try and help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This includes SDG16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, which aims to, among other things, “end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.” Many things about these movements are different – but they share a deeper message: Young people want peace and will take action to engineer it. To me, the only issue with Black Lives Matter and March for Our Lives is that we don’t have more of these initiatives. Nearly 60 years ago, John F. Kennedy came up with the idea of the Peace Corps – after an improvised speech at a university prompted thousands of young people to write him about their desire to commit to peace and development in vulnerable countries. We need that kind of responsiveness from the adults – but we need more than a volunteer program that will mobilize young people around projects designed and managed by adults. We need policies and programs that truly embrace change and social innovation. We need institutions that assume young people are going to come with ideas that don’t necessarily fit what adults believe to be an established truth. Of course, young people need guidance and mentorship. But I think that they want to establish a genuine dialogue with the older generations. They want to be taken seriously. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Young people should be invited to do their part, starting with local initiatives which promote tolerance and non-violence. These would be seen as services that governments and businesses would support as investments in the bottom line of the future. We could also think of “youth banks,” or earmarked funds that governments and businesses would establish to finance projects designed and implemented by young people to serve their respective communities. We must realize that whatever challenge we are faced with, young people can and should be part of the solution – both for today and tomorrow.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "youth participation in peacebuilding and social innovation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180531123000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/opinions/support-youth-activism-opinion-whitaker/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "704430409", "sentence": "Trump is expected to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in and members of the US military North Korea will likely dominate the agenda For the first time as US President, Donald Trump will be in Kim Jong Un’s immediate neighborhood. The US President landed in South Korea on Tuesday, his second stop in Asia on a nearly two week-long trip, where the standoff with North Korea is likely to loom large. The threat posed by North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles has been a top foreign policy priority for the Trump administration. The worry is that should Pyongyang successfully pair the two technologies, the reclusive country would have the potential to launch a devastating strike against a US city. In the South Korean capital Seoul, Trump will find people who have lived with that reality for decades. “It’s crucial for Trump to show that he’s willing to defend and protect South Korea because there’s a lot of questions and concerns on the part of South Koreans about his commitment to that alliance, and that has fed fears here in South Korea that they may be abandoned,” said Jean Lee, a global fellow at the Wilson Center and former Pyongyang bureau chief for The Associated Press. Seoul has sat in range of North Korean artillery since the Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953. Experts believe that if war were to resume on the Korean Peninsula, the city would see tens of thousands of people killed in the first hours. Many in South Korea, especially those who carry more liberal views, worry Trump’s heated rhetoric, mocking and name-calling of North Korea’s leader is exacerbating that danger. A spokesman for the South Korean President’s office urged citizens to warmly welcome Trump, though a handful of protests have been organized ahead of the visit. “If he comes in here rattling his saber and using that sort of militant rhetoric, it’s going to go down very poorly because this is the place that suffers the consequences,” said John Delury, a professor of international relations at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul. Trump won’t visit the heavily-fortified demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea – foregoing what has been a symbolic opportunity for US commanders in chief to stare into the Hermit Kingdom – declaring it a “little bit of a cliche.” By contrast, the South Korean government, led by President Moon Jae-in, will be looking to Trump for reassurance that the two countries are in this together, according to Van Jackson, a strategy fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. “Trump’s visit is a huge variable. It’s a great opportunity to show a unity of purpose against North Korea and reinforce the larger US commitment to Asia, but there’s also a risk of provoking North Korea,” Jackson told CNN in an email. “We should brace for more heated rhetoric and some attempt to reassure South Korea. For most presidents, those tasks would not be mutually exclusive. The problem is Trump’s the wild card, not the reassurance guy.” Related article Trump says 'era of strategic patience is over' for North Korea When he arrived at Camp Humphreys outside Seoul, Trump met with his South Korean counterpart and spoke to service members from both countries. He is later expected to address the National Assembly in Seoul, according to the White House. Trump’s first Asia stop was in Tokyo, where he met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Those two have developed a good rapport and both share a hawkish stance toward Pyongyang. Despite the fact that both the United States and South Korea continually stress the importance of their enduring alliance, Trump and Moon don’t appear to share as close a relationship as Trump and his Japanese counterpart do. Moon favors more engagement with Pyongyang and Trump’s hard-line public stance on North Korea has added to the perception that a rift has opened up between the two men. Trump’s recent tweets saying that his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is “wasting his time” on negotiations and another intimating Seoul was appeasing their northern neighbors likely didn’t help. “Hopefully Trump visiting Korea will give him greater appreciation of what’s at stake in Korea in a human and war fighting sense if things go awry,” said Jackson of Victoria University. Trump will also come face-to-face with a South Korean public concerned they’re being bypassed in the decision-making process when it comes to North Korea policy, according to Lee. Those security fears have helped fuel a once-niche belief that is now gaining popularity: that South Korea needs its own nuclear weapons if it can’t rely on the United States, though Moon has publicly ruled out that possibility. A Gallup survey in September found 60% of South Koreans supported some form of nuclear capability for the country. At present, South Korea is defended by the US nuclear umbrella, a guarantee by Washington to defend the country in the wake of an attack. “This is reflective of the sense of insecurity on the part of the South Koreans that they don’t have that protection from the United States and the United States may be more willing under President Trump to really throw them under the bus,” Lee said. Trump is also seeking to renegotiate the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement, which experts believe could further strain the alliance at a time when they should be showing unity and resolve. Although Pyongyang has revived a threat to test a hydrogen bomb above the Pacific, the country has been relatively quiet when it comes to actions the United States considers particularly provocative: testing missiles and nuclear weapons. Though Trump’s visit would be an opportune time for Pyongyang to remind the world of its weapons program, experts were loath to make predictions about Kim Jong Un’s intentions. “They’ve been bathing in Trump’s attention all year and I think they know that they are kind of the center of his trip. I think they will be tempted to act somehow to kind of remind everyone that they are an independent actor here and you can’t just go to everyone around the neighborhood,” Delury said. “Whether that means a missile test I don’t know.” The US has been flexing its naval muscles in the region ahead of Trump’s visit with three aircraft carriers conducting exercises in the Pacific for the first time since 2007. Delury said, with Pyongyang quiet, US military maneuvers risk putting Washington in the role of provocateur. “This is why Trump needs to show that they’re serious about diplomacy and they’re not just practicing gunboat diplomacy or aircraft carrier diplomacy,” Delury said. 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{"article_id": "605574632", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a New America fellow. He is the author of “Jimmy Carter” and “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.” He is the co-host of the podcast Politics & Polls. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Julian Zelizer: Trump could be using social media platform to engage citizens with politics; instead he's inflaming them Zelizer: To keep America safe, Trump should follow some ground rules for tweeting It doesn’t seem like President-elect Donald Trump is going to stop tweeting any time soon. Unless his advisers take away his Internet access, the basic means of communication that he used as a candidate will become his bully pulpit as president for the next four years. He will continue to provide, in 140-character bursts, nonstop commentary from the Oval Office and – on the weekends – from Trump Tower in New York City. This past weekend, “Saturday Night Live” featured a blistering skit, with Alec Baldwin as Trump, obsessing over retweeting the rants of his followers, from high schoolers on up, instead of paying attention to security briefings from officials who are having trouble swallowing that the inauguration is weeks away. Of course, in real life, Trump couldn’t resist tweeting a response: “Just tried watching Saturday Night Live – unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can’t get any worse. Sad.” Just tried watching Saturday Night Live - unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse. Sad There are some virtues to what he has done. Every so often, a new president displays a feel for media and demonstrates how it can be used to make his case politically. In the right hands, Twitter could indeed become a powerful way for elected officials to break through some of the rigid barriers imposed by the news media, interest groups and partisan leaders. As with radio in the 1930s, back when many Americans felt that Franklin D. Roosevelt was speaking directly to them in their living rooms amid a horrendous economic crisis, Twitter creates a sense of intimacy, letting citizens know what is going on and connecting them to their politicians. Related video Trump Twitter coverage overdone? But that’s not what we’ve seen from most of Donald Trump’s tweets. Perhaps before he starts his time in the White House, it would be useful to lay down a few of the ground rules about what politicians should avoid when they start to tap characters into the “What’s Happening” box and instantly share them with the world. Some rules: One of the most difficult parts of serving as the commander in chief is handling the delicacies of foreign policy. Each statement uttered by the president of the United States can have huge ramifications, even creating dangerous situations for our military and our citizens. Some Soviet leaders were reportedly shaken when word leaked that President Reagan, who was joking, said during a microphone check before a 1984 news conference: “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” International relations are extremely tricky, given that the president is dealing with so many nations, each with its own history, its own perception of events, its own internal tensions. When foreign leaders hear or read something from the president, they will naturally read into the statement some kind of signal about what the US might do. It’s not always easy to know when someone is joking. The wrong statement can easily insult a leader or even instigate a movement in another country, resulting in violence or the breakdown of diplomatic relations. So when Fidel Castro passes away, tweeting “Fidel Castro is dead!” is exactly the kind of tweet that can’t be acceptable. Fidel Castro is dead! Trump’s tweets after Castro’s death, including “If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the US as a whole, I will terminate deal,” amounted to diplomatic threats. If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal. After coming under criticism for taking a call from the president of Taiwan, breaking four decades of diplomatic practice, Trump responded by firing off more tweets:  “The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you!” The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you! And then: “Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call,” as he sank deeper into potentially threatening a showdown with China. Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call. Soon after this happened, China lodged a complaint with the United States about what the President-elect had done. “We urge the relevant side in the US to adhere to the ‘one China’ policy, abide by the pledges in the three joint China-US communiqués, and handle issues related to Taiwan carefully and properly to avoid causing unnecessary interference to the overall China-U.S. relationship.” What did Trump do? Push out tweets critical of China’s handling of its currency and of its actions in the South China Sea. Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete), heavily tax our products going into.. their country (the U.S. doesn't tax them) or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea?  I don't think so! Our national security challenges require great caution from leaders. With terrorism as the major threat that we face on a daily basis, elected officials have the difficult job of keeping calm amidst tragedy and remaining extremely cautious when making statements about what has happened in a given event: the wrong words can dangerously inflame passions or provide skewed interpretations. Many older Americans will remember how the media initially blamed Muslims for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, although it turned out that white nationalists were behind the carnage. The role of the leader is to maintain a national security infrastructure that protects citizens, to guide Americans through troubled times and to maintain calm as the government responds to acts of violence. His job is not to target particular social groups or make poorly informed statements about public policy. After the recent Ohio State University shooting, Trump responded: “ISIS is taking credit for the terrible stabbing attack at Ohio State University by a Somali refugee who should not have been in our country.” ISIS is taking credit for the terrible stabbing attack at Ohio State University by a Somali refugee who should not have been in our country. It seems inevitable, unfortunately, that during Trump’s presidency there will be more acts of violence, and he would do better if he refrained from using this medium to make statements about what happens, other than to offer calming words. It is absolutely vital to the health of our democracy that journalists feel that they have the freedom and the space to produce honest accounts of what’s going on in Washington and to offer readers and viewers hard-hitting stories about our nation’s leaders. To be sure, they shouldn’t expect that this will be easy. Presidents have often lashed out against the press when they come under attack; recall President Nixon’s hostility to the press and his vice president, Spiro Agnew, commenting on the “nattering nabobs of negativism.” In his recent tweets, Trump has gone after specific people. When CNN’s Jeff Zeleny reported that there was no evidence to support Trump’s assertion of massive voter fraud, Trump retweeted aggressive statements from his followers – “what PROOF do u have DonaldTrump did not suffer from millions of FRAUD votes? Journalist do your job!” and “just another generic CNN part time wannabe journalist!” \"@HighonHillcrest: @jeffzeleny what PROOF do u have DonaldTrump did not suffer from millions of FRAUD votes? Journalist? Do your job! @CNN\" After a few more of those, Trump issued his own blast against @CNN. These kinds of tweets should not be part of the presidential arsenal. In an atmosphere that quickly turns hostile and aggressive (many Jewish journalists, for instance, found themselves under attack from anti-Semites during this campaign) the president can’t legitimize such practices. Journalists may become scared of reporting on the facts, and news organizations may fear punitive action against them for being too tough on the White House. The thing about Twitter is that there are no editorial filters. When the president makes a claim, it instantly goes out to all his followers, becomes the subject of reporting and national conversation and can quickly be seen as the truth. While it is true that all presidents tell lies, it has only been a few weeks since the election, and we have seen the President-elect make a series of stunning claims that have no foundation in serious evidence. Many were taken aback when Trump tweeted that “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” Trump went on to claim that there was “serious voter fraud” in states like Virginia, New Hampshire and California. In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally Not only is his claim patently false, but it undermines public confidence in the election process without any justification, continuing a strategy he employed in the final month of his election when he couldn’t stop speaking about a “rigged election.” More troubling is the fact that this assertion will lend support to the ongoing campaign among some conservatives to make voting more difficult and cumbersome through voter fraud laws. In an era when it is becoming harder to tell fact from fiction, the president must be an apostle of truth, demonstrating extreme discipline and not putting out false claims that produce dangerous decisions. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Twitter is not an appropriate mechanism for the president, or president-elect, to start issuing threats. In one of his recent tweets, Trump started to threaten any business that moved its factories overseas with a 35% tariff. without retribution or consequence, is WRONG! There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies ...... Most economic experts are dubious that the president would have this legal authority. But even if he did, Twitter is not a platform for the president to use his authority to try to scare people into action. This can have dangerous consequences for the market and for civil liberties. Given Trump’s extensive business interests – and it is unclear if he is planning to let go of any of them while he is president – this will also cause concerns about how he might be using his office to advance his own economic interests. The Twitterverse is already toxic enough. There is no room for the president to fuel that atmosphere. The power to tweet is serious when one is the leader of an entire country. Donald Trump already demonstrated some of the destructive ways this tool could be used during the campaign. The costs were already high then, as some of his statements encouraged a new level of vitriol and anger than we ordinarily see in America. In the hands of the most powerful politician in the country, and one of the most powerful individuals in the entire world, one wrong tweet can have disastrous consequences.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161205230000", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "TWN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/opinions/how-trump-should-use-twitter-zelizer/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "744290977", "sentence": "President Donald Trump declared “nobody has been tougher on Russia” during a meeting with the heads of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the White House on Tuesday, while also repeating his desire to have a good relationship with President Vladimir Putin. The declaration comes as tension between Russia and the United States has ratcheted up in recent weeks and as Trump met with the Baltic leaders who have grown deeply skeptical of Putin in recent years. Trump, throughout the Baltic leaders’ time at the White House, maintained that he had come down hard on Russia for a series of transgressions. But even his tough talk contained conciliatory remarks about Putin, a familiar posture for the President. “Getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Trump said during a luncheon with the three leaders. “Now maybe we will and maybe we won’t. Probably nobody’s been tougher on Russia than Donald Trump.” Related article Russia and the US can replace expelled diplomats Trump added that “just about everyone agrees” getting along with Russia is a good thing “except very stupid people.” A reporter asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin is “a friend or a foe, to which the President said “we’ll find out.” “I’ll let you know,” Trump said. “There will be a time when I’ll let you know. You’re going to find out very quickly.” During a joint news conference with the Baltic leaders – Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė – Trump made his first public comments about the 60 Russian diplomats that the United States expelled from the country last month. “We did 60. There is nobody been tougher on Russia,” Trump said. Still, he added: “I think I could have a very good relationship with Russia and with President Putin. And if I did that would be a great thing. And there is a lot a great possibility that that won’t happen. Who knows.” Trump has been critical of NATO members – such as Latvia and Lithuania – which had not met their 2% defense spending annual benchmark for the group. But the three Baltic states have begun to worry about the threat posed by Russia and, like other NATO members, have pledged to increase their defense spending in the face of Russian aggression, especially the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine by Russia. Trump on Tuesday commended the leaders for their contributions to NATO and asked Lithuania’s Grybauskaitė, “Has Donald Trump made a difference on NATO?” “This is a very risky question,” Trump joked. Grybauskaitė responded: “We expect together with the United States to go ahead with deep reforms of NATO, especially on decision-making, on decisiveness, on the denial that we expect to see from Russia in case of aggression.” Russia has loomed large over the Trump administration for much of the President’s time in office as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates the country’s meddling in the 2016 election and any collusion between Trump’s orbit of supporters and Russian operatives. Tension between the United States and Russia reached a high point under Trump last week when Russia expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the US Consulate in St. Petersburg in response to the United States expelling the same number of Russian diplomats and closing their Seattle consulate. The US decision was made after the US and United Kingdom government blamed Moscow for the poisoning of a former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, on British soil on March 4. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to remove Estonia from a list of countries that had not been meeting their NATO defense spending annual benchmarks.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180403171500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "LVA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/politics/donald-trump-white-house-questions/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "729499987", "sentence": "A famous Nigerian painting that has been missing for decades has finally been found in a London home and will be up for auction at the end of the month. “Tutu” is part of a set of three paintings created by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu around 1973, just a few years after Nigeria’s bloody civil war ended. The story goes that Enwonwu was walking in the Nigerian countryside when he met a beautiful young woman whom he just had to paint, according to Bonhams auction house in London. Her name is Adetutu Ademiluyi, abbreviated as Tutu, and she was a princess in her city of Ife in south-western Nigeria. Enwonwu painted two other versions of the woman but all three were lost. The paintings gained fame not only for their beauty but also for their disappearance. The discovery is partly thanks to the efforts of Giles Peppiatt, Director of African art at Bonhams, who for years made it his mission to find the paintings. People brought him prints many times but they all turned out to be fake, until one day in December 2017, he finally found the real thing. After receiving a tip, Giles made a visit to a modest apartment in north London and discovered the painting had been hanging there for the last 30 years. Giles said, “I was absolutely staggered when I first saw the piece. The owners, who had inherited it, had no idea of its current value,” according to Bonhams. “On discovering the long-missing work,” continued Peppiatt, “I felt a little like Howard Carter peering into Tutankhamen’s tomb. When Carter was asked by Lord Carnarvon ‘What can you see?’, Carter replied ‘Wonderful things… Wonderful things.’ And so it was for me on that dark December night.” Bonhams plans to put the “Tutu” up for auction on February 28. It’s still unknown where the other two paintings are.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ben Enwonwu's painting 'Tutu'", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180209120000", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/tutu-missing-painting-art-ben-enwonwu/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "749374954", "sentence": "Work is beginning in the English city of Salisbury to decontaminate potentially toxic “hot spots” linked to the nerve agent poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Residents were briefed Thursday evening by government and local officials on the cleanup operation in nine locations across the city, according to Britain’s Press Association news agency. Police believe the pair first came into contact with the substance, identified by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as a Novichok agent, at Sergei Skripal’s home. The highest concentration of the substance was found on the front door. A number of sites around the city – including a pub and restaurant visited by the Skripals – have been cordoned off since the March 4 attack. “We have to make an assumption that in certain circumstances there will be relatively high concentrations, probably in very, very specific locations, which could be at levels that could be toxic to individuals,” Ian Boyd, chief scientific adviser of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, told residents, according to the Press Association. Related article UK intel: Russia tested nerve agent on door handles before Skripal attack “That’s an assumption, it’s also one we’ve tested in some circumstances and we do know that there are hot spots like that around, so we have to make those assumptions that some of the hot spots we’ve still got to find. “But those hot spots will still be in the locations we are talking about. In these locations, there may well be higher concentrations that we still have to find, but we already know there are some high concentrations within those locations.” Salisbury’s Bourne Hill offices, which house the police station and local government, are closing for up to eight weeks as part of the cleanup operation. Decontamination efforts will focus on the evidence storage area and two lockers, Wiltshire Council said, with other areas being cleaned as a precaution. #Salisbury's Bourne Hill offices (the new extension) home to some of our services and the police station, will close to staff and public from Friday 20 April for up to eight weeks, as part of the decontamination plans announced yesterday https://t.co/CdoUz8djuj pic.twitter.com/FsPs3iUGUa “Our No. 1 priority is to bring the potentially contaminated sites back into use as soon as possible,” said Paul Mills, deputy chief constable of Wiltshire police, adding that it was an “unprecedented situation” for the city. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said earlier this week that nine sites, three in the city center, had been “identified as requiring some level of specialist cleaning.” “Work to clean each site will involve a process of testing, removal of items which may have been contaminated, chemical cleaning and retesting,” it said. Health and defense experts will be involved, with about 190 specialists from the British army and the Royal Air Force supporting the operation. Yulia Skripal was discharged from the hospital April 10 and is being kept in an unknown location. Her father remains hospitalized but is no longer in critical condition. Relations between London and Moscow have steadily worsened since the UK government pointed the finger at Russia over the poisoning. Russia denies all involvement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "UK government", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180420131500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/europe/salisbury-skripal-poisoning-toxic-hot-spots-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "647226836", "sentence": "Given the chance to walk away from his Assad-Hitler comparison, Spicer made it worse He later apologized for the remark It was supposed to be a slow week in Washington. Congress was gone for the Passover and Easter holidays. President Donald Trump was headed to Mar-a-Lago – natch – for a long weekend with promises that it would be newsless. For White House press secretary Sean Spicer, it seemed perfect: Knock out a few press briefings early in the week and then coast into a much-deserved break. Didn’t turn out that way. On Monday, Spicer was asked what the Trump administration’s policy was as regards Syria – following on Trump’s decision to launch 60 Tomahawk missiles at an air base believed to be the launch site of a chemical attack on civilians. Here’s what he said: “If you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb into innocent people, I think you will see a response from this President.” Hours later, Spicer was out with a clarification. “Nothing has changed in our posture,” he said. Ok. Not great. But, a mistake relatively quickly fixed isn’t a big deal. Then came Tuesday – a day Spicer would like to erase from history. It all started when he sought to explain the outrageous actions taken by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in gassing his own people. “You had someone who was despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” Spicer said, breaking the first rule of politics – never, ever compare anything to Hitler or Nazi Germany. Spicer was then given the chance to walk away from his Assad-Hitler comparison. Somehow, he made it worse. “[Hitler] brought them into the Holocaust centers, I understand that,” Spicer said. “But in the way that Assad used them, where he went into towns and dropped them down to innocent in the middle of towns.” Er, no. Trying to fix your mistake by using a technicality that Assad dropped the chemical weapons on his people while Hitler didn’t is, um, a stone cold political loser. Also, “Holocaust centers”? Seriously? The White House press office subsequently released two other statements trying to clean up Spicer’s mess. Spicer finally got it right in an interview with Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday afternoon. “Frankly, I mistakenly made an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the Holocaust, for which there is no comparison,” Spicer said. “And for that I apologize. It was a mistake to do that.” The damage was very much done. The director of the Anne Frank Center called for Spicer’s resignation. So did Colorado Republican Rep. Mike Coffman. As of this writing, Spicer was still hanging on. But, for a President who doesn’t like when his underlings a) screw up or b) when those screw-ups make news, the past week hasn’t been a good one for Spicer’s long-term future with the White House. Sean Spicer, for forgetting Godwin’s Law, you had the Worst Week in Washington. Congrats, or something,", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sean Spicer", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170416123000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/16/politics/cillizza-worst-week-spicer/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "510075949", "sentence": "\"He intentionally passed Obamacare. He intentionally passed Dodd-Frank. He intentionally went into this crazy deal with Iran -- the nuclear deal,\" Conant said \"Marco is running for president, because he believes America is a special place and he wants to keep it a special place,\" he added Marco Rubio believes President Barack Obama is “intentionally” trying to destroy America, the Florida senator’s communications director said Tuesday. Asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo if the senator believes Obama is “intentionally trying to destroy the country,” Rubio spokesman Alex Conant said, “Absolutely.” “All evidence confirms that,” Conant said on CNN’s “New Day.” “He intentionally passed Obamacare. He intentionally passed Dodd-Frank. He intentionally went into this crazy deal with Iran – the nuclear deal. He’s absolutely trying to make America more like the rest of the world.” “Marco is running for president because he believes America is a special place and he wants to keep it a special place,” he said. Conant asserted that all Republicans would agree with Rubio that Obama is purposefully trying to destroy America. “He is. I think that most Republicans, I think that all Republicans would agree with that. Barack Obama has been an incredibly divisive president precisely because of this,” he said. “Because he goes around the world apologizing for America. Because he passes policies that are trying to change our country. That’s why he’s so unpopular. That’s why he’s a failed president. It’s why we have to elect a Republican in 2016.” RELATED: Marco Rubio on debate criticism: There’s a reason everyone is attacking me Rubio trails GOP front-runner Donald Trump in New Hampshire polling, where voters are casting ballots on Tuesday. Another rival, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, took aim at the Florida senator on CNN’s “New Day,” saying Rubio’s resume is not that different from Obama’s. “I like Marco Rubio. He’s a nice guy. He may have a great future. His future is just not now,” he told CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “Our country is too messed up to put somebody in there who is a first-term United States senator after coming off seven years of a first-term United States senator, who’s never managed anything. Neither has Sen. Rubio.” Christie said he did not attack Rubio personally in the most recent debate, but aimed to highlight that the senator is not yet prepared to defeat Democrats and the lead the U.S. “On Saturday night, Sen. Rubio didn’t perform and I did and that means I’ll perform against Hillary Clinton,” Christie said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Barack Obama", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160209160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/politics/marco-rubio-obama-alex-conant-destroy-america/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "596278699", "sentence": "NEW: The woman was seized as she traveled by car with her driver, Afghan police said Two Australian citizens were abducted in Afghanistan earlier this year An Australian woman has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Afghan police said Sunday. The woman was seized in Kabul’s Qala e Fatullah area area on Saturday evening as she was traveling by car with her driver, said Basir Mujahid, a spokesman for Kabul’s police chief. Police are investigating the abduction, said Mujahid. He said the woman, who is an Australian citizen of Pakistani origin, works for the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR,) which describes itself as an Afghan independent body bringing together more than 150 national and international NGOs operating in the country. The Australian Embassy in Kabul is making urgent inquiries into the reported kidnapping, a spokeswoman for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement. “Due to the nature of the incident we will not be commenting further,” the statement said. “We continue to advise Australians not to travel to Afghanistan because of the extremely dangerous security situation, including the serious threat of kidnapping.” Related video US forces involved in failed hostage rescue Both Afghans and foreigners face the risk of abduction in Afghanistan, with two previous cases this year also involving Australians. An Australian aid worker was abducted from her home in Jalalabad in Afghanistan in April, but was freed in August. Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said Kerry Jane Wilson was released after it conducted a special operation. An American and an Australian were also kidnapped from American University in Kabul in August. A rescue attempt by US Special Operations Forces from SEAL Team 6 failed when they were not found at the location targeted. In June, nearly 200 people were kidnapped by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunduz, police said. The majority were released but the fighters killed several people and kept around 20 hostage. CNN’s Ehsan Popalzai reported from Kabul and Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN’s Tomas Etzler contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Afghanistan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161106083000", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/06/asia/afghanistan-australian-kidnapping/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "565679824", "sentence": "China's Supreme People's Court reiterates its \"judicial power\" over South China Sea Statement comes after landmark Hague ruling against China's territorial claims China has sent a clear warning to foreigners who enter contested areas of the South China Sea – stay away or you’ll be prosecuted. The warning came in a detailed explanation of last month’s Hague ruling, which found that China’s territorial claims in region have “no legal basis” under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including islands more than 800 miles (1,200 kilometers) from the Chinese mainland, despite objections from neighbors including the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam. On Tuesday, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court issued a regulation on judicial interpretation saying there was a “clear legal basis for China to safeguard maritime order, marine safety and interests, and to exercise integrated management over the country’s jurisdictional seas.” Michael C. Davis, a law professor at Hong Kong University, told CNN the supreme court’s statement was “worrisome.” “This is kind of an ominous suggestion that they will be prosecuting people who enter the waters that China claims,” he said. The Hague ruling found that China had no historic title to the waters and had breached the sovereign rights of the Philippines, which brought the case. The court also ruled that many purported islands controlled by China are not in fact, islands, but instead reefs or rocks, which do not generate territorial rights. China’s top court did not directly reference the Hague ruling, but said that “judicial power is an important component of national sovereignty.” China fiercely guards what it regards as its territorial waters, attacking and arresting foreign fishermen who work near islands controlled by Beijing. The supreme court said Chinese citizens or foreigners who engage in illegal hunting or fishing in the waters will be criminally prosecuted. It classified several situations as “illegally entering Chinese waters,” including remaining or reentering waters “after being warned and driven away,” that could result up to a year in prison. In May, Vietnamese fishermen told CNN how Chinese-flagged vessels raided their boats and stole equipment in the waters near the Paracel Islands. Davis warned that the direction could mean Filipino fishermen operating in waters the UN tribunal ruled belong to the Philippines could be apprehended by Chinese vessels and be “prosecuted in direct contradiction of the (Hague) ruling.” The supreme court also said that Chinese fishermen who violate environmental protection laws in the South China Sea could be prosecuted. Davis said that this could be “a signal they will require their fishermen to adhere to environmental standards, which they haven’t in the past.” The Hague tribunal found that Chinese fishermen and reclamation projects had caused “irreparable harm” to the region’s marine environment. In recent months, Beijing has reacted angrily to U.S. and Australian freedom of navigation operations in the region, scrambling fighter jets and boats and denouncing the nations’ navies as “threatening Chinese sovereignty.” Last week, state-run Chinese newspaper Global Times accused Australia of making itself “a pioneer of hurting China’s interest with a fiercer attitude than countries directly involved in the South China Sea dispute.” Canberra was one of the first governments to voice support for the Hague ruling and encourage others to abide by it. However, while the ruling is considered legally binding, there is no mechanism to enforce it.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160802093000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "PHL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/asia/south-china-sea-supreme-court/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "597757830", "sentence": "Sharbat Gula was greeted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, by President Ashraf Ghani She was deported from Pakistan after pleading guilty to illegally staying in the country Sharbat Gula, the woman known as the “Afghan Girl” for her appearance on a 1984 National Geographic cover, is now living in Afghanistan once more after being deported on charges of illegally staying in Pakistan. She was welcomed back by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on Wednesday, a presidential spokesman told CNN. Photographs released by the Afghan presidential office show Gula, in blue, and other family members standing and talking with the President. Related article The story behind the world's most famous photograph Gula, whose striking green eyes in a National Geographic cover photo made her face known around the world, was 12 when photographer Steve McCurry captured his iconic image of her living in a refugee camp for Afghan nationals in Peshawar. Now in her 40s, she was arrested in the same city last month for falsifying documents and illegally staying in Pakistan. Speaking to CNN last week from a hospital in Peshawar, where she was receiving treatment for a medical condition, Gula said: “I want to go back to Afghanistan, to my hometown.” She pleaded guilty to the charges of illegally staying in Pakistan and was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined, her lawyer Mohsin Darwar, told CNN. The sentence took into account the fact she has Hepatitis C, the condition for which she is receiving treatment, according to Mubashir Nazar, another lawyer representing her. Gula’s nephew, Neimat Gul, told CNN that his aunt had never understood the attention she had received in response to the famous magazine cover. Related video 'Afghan girl' in iconic photo arrested “She is very innocent. She never understood her fame, or the reason for it, which is why hasn’t capitalized on it,” he said. “Otherwise she would not be in situations like this.” Amnesty International last week condemned the decision to deport Gula, calling it a “grave injustice.” Human Rights Watch said since July 1, Pakistan has repatriated 370,000 Afghans, nearly 220,000 of them registered refugees. “They are joining more than 1 million internally displaced Afghans who are struggling to survive in a country still wracked by conflict and crushing poverty,” the group said in a statement. CNN’s Euan McKirdy, Sophia Saifi and Rebecca Wright contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pakistan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161110154500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/asia/afghan-girl-iconic-photo-return/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "759146896", "sentence": "The leader of the union that represents Border Patrol agents slammed the deployment of National Guard troops to the border by the Trump administration, calling it “a colossal waste of resources.” In comments to the Los Angeles Times published Thursday, Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said that despite his initial praise of the decision to deploy troops, the way the Guard has been used thus far has not helped the Border Patrol workload the way deployments under previous administrations have, to his recollection. The Trump administration has deployed roughly 1,600 troops thus far out of up to 4,000 that President Donald Trump and the Pentagon authorized. Troops are mostly assisting by monitoring surveillance feeds – which by law may not be pointed at Mexican territory when Guard troops are watching – conducting aerial surveillance flights, and maintaining and building infrastructure. Related article National Guard troops involved in 1,600 apprehensions at Mexican border In response to Judd’s comments, a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said troops’ presence thus far has led to 4,116 arrests, 1,182 turned-back illegal crossing attempts and 3,554 pounds of seized illicit drugs. Those figures compare with roughly 38,000 total apprehensions by the Border Patrol in each of the past few months, and it’s unclear specifically what the Guard contribution was in each case. “National Guard personnel supporting Operation Guardian Support have already had an impact on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Southwest Border operations,” the spokesperson said. “Their work allows agents to fulfill regular law enforcement duties by supplementing necessary support roles.” Judd and his union of roughly 18,000 Border Patrol agents endorsed Trump during the campaign and have remained vocally supportive of him, though they have criticized administration policies, including blaming “Obama holdovers” for policies they’re critical of. “We have seen no benefit,” Judd said of the deployment, saying he recalls previous administrations’ deployments as allowing the Guard troops to do more. “They’re not allowed to be in the public eye. They’re not allowed to be in our lookout and observation posts, even in Texas,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “We generally support the administration, but we’re not going to be cheerleading when things are not going well.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration deployment of National Guard troops to the border", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180525213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/border-patrol-union-chief-national-guard-waste/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "674626722", "sentence": "There are no indications of foul play, police said Police could not confirm the teens are still in Canada and did not provide updates on the other four teens Two of the six teenagers who were reported missing while visiting Washington for an international robotics competition have crossed into Canada, police said Thursday. The six teens represented Burundi, a small country in East Africa, in the inaugural FIRST Global robotics competition, competing alongside teams from more than 150 other countries. Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown said two were seen leaving the US for Canada. Police could not confirm they are still in Canada and did not provide updates on the other four youths. There are no indications of foul play, police said. The State Department directed questions to DC law enforcement. The six teens were last reported seen at the location of the event – DAR Constitution Hall on 18th St between C Street and D Street in northwest DC – the Metropolitan Police Department said. “On the night of July 18, FIRST Global learned the adult mentor of Team Burundi was unable to find the group of six students of the team who participated in the 2017 FIRST Global Challenge,” the competition’s organizers said in a statement. The mentor is identified in police reports as Canesius Bindaba. Bindaba stated that “he does not know where (they) could have went,” the police reports said. DC police tweeted names, ages, descriptions and photos of the six missing individuals. There are four boys and two girls, ranging in age from 16 to 18, according to the tweets. The teens were reportedly last seen at 5 p.m. ET, police said. An itinerary of the event says that the robotics competition was scheduled to end at 5:30 p.m., and closing ceremonies were to run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. FIRST Global President Joe Sestak called the police to report the students as missing, according to the organization’s statement, and “proper follow on reports have been submitted to the police who are investigating the case. “Security of the students is of paramount importance to FIRST Global. FIRST Global ensures that all students get to their dormitories after the daily competition by providing safe transportation to the students staying at Trinity Washington University who are always to be under close supervision of their adult mentor and are advised not to leave the premises unaccompanied by the mentor.” Anyone with information is urged to contact authorities at 202-727-9099. The competition attracted significant national attention after six girls on the Afghan team were denied visas for the competition, but later allowed to travel when President Donald Trump intervened. Ivanka Trump attended the event Tuesday, meeting with the Afghan girls. A country of about 10 million people, Burundi has endured years of unrest, with an estimated 300,000 people dying in a civil war that was fought from 1993 to 2003. In recent years, Burundi, and its capital, Bujumbura, have been marked by social instability, political tensions and economic hardship. “The political situation in Burundi is tenuous, and there is sporadic violence throughout the country, including frequent gunfire and grenade attacks by armed groups,” a June 23 US State Department travel warning said. Last month, a UN official briefed the Security Council about the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and large swaths of the population on the move, about 209,000 inside the country and more than 400,000 to neighboring nations. “Mass displacement continues, due to natural hazards, food insecurity and socio-political factors,” Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun said. “Three million people in Burundi are in need of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 2.6 million others experience acute food insecurity, with over 700,000 in need of emergency food assistance.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Burundi", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170720163000", "country1": "CAN", "country2": "BDI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/robotics-missing-teens-dc/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "658746601", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ivo Daalder is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former US permanent representative to NATO. The opinions expressed are his own. Ivo Daalder: Trump's suggestion that America's commitment to NATO is conditional sets him apart from previous presidents Members of the alliance are hoping for a change in tune during the summit, Daalder says Richard Nixon has loomed large over Donald Trump’s administration in recent weeks. But one commonality between the two US Presidents has gone overlooked. With his visit to Brussels, Trump will follow Nixon in using his first trip abroad to address the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Nixon, like Trump, had spoken about NATO on the campaign trail prior to becoming President. In fact, while addressing the North Atlantic Council in Brussels in February 1969, President Nixon repeated a point he had made while running for the White House. “If our ideals of Atlantic interdependence are to mean anything in practice,” he said, “it’s time we began lecturing our European partners less and listening to them more.” So far, President Trump has taken the opposite approach. “Obsolete” is the term Trump repeatedly used for NATO on the campaign trail. When pressed on how he arrived at this judgment of the 28-member alliance, then-candidate Trump quickly landed on cost as the main source of his concern. “Our allies are not paying their fair share,” Trump said in April 2016. “The countries we are defending must pay for the cost of this defense and if not, the US must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves. We have no choice.” President Trump is hardly the first US President to call on the European allies to do more – in one form or another, every President since Harry Truman has done so. What is different this time, however, is Trump’s suggestion that America’s commitment to the alliance is conditional. When asked in an interview with the New York Times last July if NATO members could count on the United States to uphold its Article 5 commitment, Trump shot back, “Have they fulfilled their obligations to us? If they fulfill their obligations to us, the answer is yes.” “And if not?” he was asked. “Well, I’m not saying if not,” Trump replied. Here and since, Trump cast doubt on whether allies should fully count on the United States to uphold the core article underpinning the Atlantic Alliance. And the President is not alone in casting doubts. In his first visit to NATO headquarters last February, Defense Secretary James Mattis argued that the United States may “moderate its commitment to this alliance” should allies not boost their spending. Days later, Vice President Mike Pence said that the spending imbalance “erodes the very foundation of our alliance.” On Thursday, President Trump has an opportunity to set the record straight. His NATO counterparts will no doubt expect him to repeat his insistence that they spend more on defense – and they likely will reassure him of their commitment to do so. But they will also be listening for something else: the President’s unconditional commitment to the core precept of collective defense, as enshrined in Article 5. While Trump has said that NATO “is no longer obsolete,” he has not yet committed to unconditionally upholding America’s treaty obligations. Additionally, the allies will want to know whether the US President shares their concern about Russia’s threat, which to most of them is the single biggest threat to their security. So far, Trump has demurred and deflected when pressed on Russia and President Vladimir Putin. This week is an opportunity for the American President to take a firmer stand. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Allies need reassurance. They want to hear, as President Obama said in Estonia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that Article 5 “is a commitment that is unbreakable. It is unwavering. It is eternal.” Or if he does not want to repeat the words of the 44th President, he might look to those uttered by the 37th President. “Surely one thing we have learned from these difficult years is that no nation has a monopoly on wisdom,” Nixon said in his address to NATO. “We also have learned that no great nation, and no great group of nations, can view the problems of its own community in isolation.” These words, echoed in some form by all subsequent Presidents up until Trump, remain unimpeachably true. As Nixon might say were he alive today, reaffirming the US commitment to NATO is an essential step in making America great again.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "NATO", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170524233000", "country1": "EST", "country2": "BEL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/opinions/trump-nato-summit-visit-daalder/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "474097024", "sentence": "NEW: Six people die and 30 injured in clashes in Gaza, medical sources say NEW: Four Arabs in Dimona, Israel, suffer stab wounds, police say Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu blames \"incitement and libels\" of Palestinian Authority, Hamas Six people were killed in clashes Friday across Gaza and 30 others were injured, according to Gaza medical sources, as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians continued to grow. Five of those injured are in critical condition, the sources said. The clashes in Gaza follow what has appeared to be a wave of attacks on civilians in Israel. And the acrimony seems only to be growing. In the Israeli city of Dimona, in the Negev desert, south of the West Bank, four people were injured with stab wounds Friday morning, a police spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said those injured had been attacked “for nationalist reasons, because they were Arabs.” The Israel Defense Forces said the clashes in Gaza took place when “200 Palestinians approached the security fence in the Northern Gaza Strip.” The Palestinians, according to the IDF, began hurling rocks at soldiers and rolling burning tires at them. “The forces on site responded with fire on the main instigators in order to prevent them progressing and to disperse the riot.” Amid the wave of violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday urged Arab and Israeli leaders to stay away from one of the country’s holiest sites in an effort to keep tensions from getting out of hand. In a televised speech, Netanyahu asked Jewish and Arab political leaders to steer clear of the site Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims the Noble Sanctuary for fear that any visits could spark an “explosive” event. Anger has been brewing among Palestinians over Israeli restrictions on access to the site. The site is sacred to both Judaism and Islam and, as such, has become a focal point of discord. In other remarks, Netanyahu was more stern and contentious. He blamed recent bloodshed on the Palestinian Authority, which has authority in parts of the West Bank, and Hamas, which has authority in Gaza, for what he called their “incitement and libels and lies.” He castigated those who used Molotov cocktails, knives and rocks as well as live ammunition against Israeli citizens and security forces. “All of us, we’re in the midst of a wave of terrorism … terrorists that are incited, filled with hatred and trying to hurt people.” The terrorists will not succeed, Netanyahu said. “The radicals, the terrorists will not achieve anything,” he said. “We will prosecute them, and we will be victorious.” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said earlier this week that he doesn’t want the situation to escalate. The violence has shown no signs of abating, with three stabbing attacks reported Thursday. In Tel Aviv, a female Israeli soldier was stabbed with a screwdriver, allegedly by a Palestinian. Another soldier shot the attacker dead, Israel police spokeswoman Luba Samri told CNN. The attack left four people lightly wounded, including the soldier. In the Kiryat Arba settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron, an Israeli man was in serious condition after being stabbed in the stomach, Samri said. Israeli security forces are still looking for that attacker. Also Thursday, a Palestinian stabbed an ultra-Orthodox Jewish student, 25, in Jerusalem, wounding him seriously, police said. A 19-year-old Palestinian from the Shuafat refugee camp has been arrested in that attack at a light rail station near Jerusalem’s main police headquarters. Many of these knife and gun attacks on Israelis have been concentrated in Jerusalem, the city that both sides claim as their capital. But the attacks have spread beyond Jerusalem and the West Bank, the historical hot spots. Because of the violence, Israel announced Sunday it was reinstating restrictions on access to Jerusalem’s Old City. Muslim men under the age of 50 will be prevented from attending prayers at what they call the Noble Sanctuary. Another security assessment will be made before Friday prayers, Israeli police said. Palestinian protesters have repeatedly clashed with Israeli security forces in and around the complex in recent weeks. The move by Israeli authorities to prevent Muslim men under 50 from attending prayers at the site angered Palestinian leaders. It followed an attack Saturday in which two Israelis were killed. CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz and Michael Schwartz contributed to this report.Correction: A previous version of this report incorrectly characterized the Palestinian Authority’s role in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority has authority in parts of the West Bank.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151008063000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/middleeast/israeli-palestinian-violence/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "661403660", "sentence": "White House press secretary Sean Spicer started the week dogged by rumors that he was about to be demoted or fired. He ended it almost speechless, incapable or unwilling to answer even the most basic questions about President Donald Trump and the administration’s policies. Take Spicer’s response in Friday’s briefing as to whether or not Trump believes, as he tweeted in 2012, that climate change is a hoax created to aid China and hobble US manufacturing. “I have not had an opportunity to have that discussion,” Spicer said, despite the fact that he was asked the same question earlier in the week and, in the intervening time, Trump had formalized his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accords – making the US one of only three countries worldwide to do so. Asked later in the briefing whether he would commit to asking Trump whether he still believed climate change is a hoax, Spicer offered only: “If I can, I will.” Which in political-speak is the equivalent of saying: “Absolutely not.” When Spicer was asked to comment on the ongoing Russia probe, he said this: “I cannot, and as I’ve mentioned the other day that we’re focused on the President’s agenda and going forward all questions on these matters will be referred to outside counsel Marc Kasowitz.” Asked several other questions tied to the Russia investigations, Spicer repeated, verbatim – with glances down at the sheet of paper on the podium where it was written – the line about all matters being referred to Trump’s personal lawyer. What’s clear from this week – which included two on-camera briefings (Tuesday and Friday) as well as one off-camera briefing (Wednesday) – is that Spicer believes the best way to keep his job is to do as little of it as possible. Throughout the week, he was terse, serious and brief – in both his answers and the numbers of questions he was willing to take. When he did “answer” questions it was with rote talking points that sought to paint an entirely alternate political reality from the one that most Americans are living in. On Monday, for example, Spicer spent 11 minutes delivering a paean to Trump’s foreign trip – the word “historic” was used repeatedly – and then dismissed legitimate questions about Russia’s attempts to influence the election as “fake news.” All White House press secretaries walk a very fine line between keeping their credibility with the press corps and keeping their boss happy. Those two tasks rarely line up – which is what makes the job so incredibly challenging. But, Spicer – as evidenced by his performances this week – seems to have given up any attempt to straddle that fine line. He has bowed to the reality of this White House: There is really only one audience member who counts. And his name is Donald John Trump. Just as Trump’s election and first 133 days in office are unlike anything we have ever seen before, so, too, is the job Spicer is doing as press secretary. Never before have we seen a press secretary so unwilling to, well, deal with the press. What’s remarkable in this up-is-down White House is that Spicer almost certainly helped himself in the eyes of Trump this week. He pushed back hard against the media’s narrative on Russia, dropped the term “fake news” liberally and ended the press briefings on his own time and terms.  To Trump, that is a command performance that will almost certainly keep him in his job. Which, it appears, is what Spicer cares most about these days.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sean Spicer", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170602204500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/politics/sean-spicer-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "654375013", "sentence": "A passenger is dragged from his seat on a United Airlines flight. A mother and an American Airlines flight attendant argue over a stroller. Delta Air Lines apologizes after kicking a family off an aircraft over a seat mix-up. You’d think many air travelers would be annoyed about flying – and even worried about getting kicked off their flights – given the current climate. You’d be wrong. Many travelers enjoy flying by air, and their satisfaction is on the rise, according to the J.D Power 2017 North America Airline Satisfaction Study, released Wednesday. Satisfaction with North American airlines rose for the fifth year in a row, measuring at a record high 756 points on a scale of 1,000. That’s a 30-point increase over the 2016 results. “A few of the bigger factors contributing to that increased satisfaction are cheaper airfares, better on-time performance, an all-time low bump rate (and) less mishandled bags,” said Michael Taylor, travel practice lead at J.D Power. “Also, airlines are becoming more adept at entertaining passengers in-flight, providing Wi-Fi, streaming, and on-demand movies available to help the passengers pass the time in the aircraft.  A lot of aircraft upgrades are being put into service.” “We surveyed 11,000 people about their airline experiences in the past year,” Taylor said. “On average, they had a better experience than the previous year.” Taylor included one proviso: “Our fielding period did end before the Dr. Dao incident,” referring to Dr. David Dao’s forced removal from a United Airlines flight in April. The study measured passenger satisfaction with air carriers based on seven criteria, splitting the rankings into traditional and low-cost North American airlines. Ranked in order of importance, they are costs and fees; in-flight services; boarding, deplaning and baggage; flight crew; aircraft; check-in; and reservations. Southwest Airlines dominated the 2017 rankings, coming in first place in the low-cost carrier category with 807 points. It also earned more points than any other airline, whether low-cost or legacy carrier. JetBlue Airways came in second place (803 points), followed by WestJet in third (736) and Frontier Airlines in fourth (663). The average rating for low-cost carriers increased 9 points to 784. Alaska Airlines topped the rankings of North American legacy carriers for the tenth consecutive year, earning 765 points, followed by Delta Air Lines in second place (758 points) and American Airlines in third place (736 points). A day in the life of the world’s busiest airport The legacy carriers’ average rating increased 37 points to 740 points out of a possible 1,000. United Airlines came in fourth with 716, followed by Air Canada (709). “Despite recent incidents, these numbers don’t surprise me,”  said Benét J. Wilson, senior editor of Airport Business magazine, who more often than not can be found flying in the air. “While flying isn’t what it was in the golden age of travel before deregulation, it has become a safe and reasonably priced way to get from point A to point B. And even those who do complain still fly, because they know it’s the quickest way to their destinations.” Even complaints about airlines dropped –  from 1.90 per 100,000 passengers in 2015 to 1.52 per 100,000 passengers in 2016, according to the 27th annual national Airline Quality Rating report, released in April. (They don’t take into account that the recent spate of bad news in 2017.) “Granted, air travel isn’t perfect,” Taylor said. “Planes remain pretty packed with over 80% load factors. That means that the middle seat is more likely to be occupied – that empty middle seat used to be free real estate for passengers – and overhead bin space issues are trending upward again.” “On the whole, passengers are more satisfied than previous years.” The 13th annual satisfaction study was based on responses from 11,015 passengers who flew on a major North American airline between April 2016 and March 2017.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North American airlines", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170510130000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/aviation/jd-power-north-american-airline-survey-2017/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "629301685", "sentence": "Kim Jong Nam lived in exile from North Korea since the early 2000s He was a critic of the regime, and his half-brother Kim Jong Un Mystery still surrounds the sudden death of Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of late North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, in Kuala Lumpur airport last week. Police said Kim was assaulted from behind, and something may have been sprayed or held over his face, causing him to feel dizzy. He died in an ambulance on the way to hospital. South Korea has called the murder an “act of terrorism” and said it was carried out by the North Korean government. At least five North Koreans are currently under investigation by Malaysian police. But why would Pyongyang want to kill a member of its ruling dynasty? Analysts say it’s hard to know with any certainty but differences with ally and neighbor China and the dynamics of sibling rivalry may have played a role. In 2001, Kim Jong Nam was caught trying to enter Japan on a forged passport, reportedly in an attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland. This caused huge embarrassment for North Korea and ended any lingering chances Kim had of succeeding his father as leader. From around 2003, he lived in near exile in Macau, a Chinese-controlled territory near Hong Kong. Kim regularly visited China, and maintained close ties with Beijing, primarily through his uncle Jang Song Thaek, the second-most powerful man in North Korea following Kim Jong Il’s death in 2011. “Jang Song Taek was China’s guy in Pyongyang,” said Jeffrey Lewis, director of the US-based East Asia Nonproliferation Program. “(He) was the source of Kim Jong Nam’s income and probably why the Chinese protected him.” Jang was dramatically purged and executed in 2013 on the order of Kim Jong Un, robbing Kim Jong Nam of his strongest ally in Pyongyang and a major link to Beijing. If North Korea is confirmed as being behind Kim Jong Nam’s death as well, it will “greatly undermine China’s confidence” in Kim Jong Un’s regime, said Zhao Tong, an associate at the Carnegie Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing. “Kim Jong Nam long advocated for a pro-reform approach in North Korea and openly encouraged (Pyongyang) to follow China’s example,” said Zhao. China is North Korea’s only real ally, but relations have become increasingly strained as Pyongyang has continued to aggressively pursue its nuclear program in the face of international sanctions supported by Beijing. “When the North Koreans executed Jang, it was nominally for his business dealings in China,” said Lewis. “North Korea is wiping out all the pro-Chinese regime elements – although this murder seems especially cruel.” Such a move would be a dramatic miscalculation by Pyongyang, according to Zhao. “If this murder is confirmed (as being ordered by Kim Jong Un), that will deal a major blow to China’s hopes about the North Korean leadership’s ability to open up,” he said. This could fundamentally change how Beijing – a long advocate of diplomatic talks between Pyongyang and its rivals – deals with North Korea and its nuclear program. A recent decision by China – citing UN sanctions – to halt all coal imports from North Korea, may be a sign of Beijing’s displeasure with Kim Jong Nam’s death, Zhao said. Sidelined after his father left his mother for dancer Ko Yong Hui in the 1970s, Kim Jong Nam was at one point a potential rival to his youngest brother for the succession (a middle brother, Kim Jong Chul was passed over for unclear reasons). Nevertheless, Kim Jong Un’s ascension progressed far more smoothly than many predicted, and he soon shored up his grip on power through a brutal campaign of crackdowns and executions. A South Korean think tank said in December that Kim had ordered the killing of 340 people since 2011. Kim Jong Nam lacked anything close to a power base in Pyongyang, according to Michael Madden, an expert on the country’s leadership. “Given his heritage, (Kim) Jong Nam was viewed by some elderly North Korean elites as a kind of grandson figure,” he wrote last week. “This affection and relationship could not necessarily form a basis of political support domestically, but it would have been helpful had (Kim) Jong Nam ever put himself forward as a political rival to his half-brother.” However, it is unclear whether Kim Jong Nam ever desired to succeed his father, let alone his brother. In interviews with Yoji Gomi, author of the 2012 book about him “My Father, Kim Jong Il, and Me,” Kim criticized hereditary succession and called for economic and political reform in the country. Who was Kim Jong Nam?The world’s most mysterious family treeWhy would North Korea want him dead?Security footage appears to show moment of attackSuspect in death of Kim Jong Nam seen wearing ‘LOL’ shirt North Korea’s history of secret killings and kidnappings Who was Kim Jong Nam?The world’s most mysterious family treeWhy would North Korea want him dead?Security footage appears to show moment of attackSuspect in death of Kim Jong Nam seen wearing ‘LOL’ shirt North Korea’s history of secret killings and kidnappings Speaking to former UN Under-Secretary General Elisabeth Rehn in an interview for Finnish television, Kim Jong Nam’s son Kim Han Sol said his father was “not really interested in politics.” Any potential plot to challenge Kim Jong Un would have likely required support from China, something Zhao doubts would be have been forthcoming since 2011. “It makes no sense for China to engage in political conspiracy against Kim Jong Un and risk the overall China-North Korea relationship,” when the chance of Kim Jong Nam succeeding “is so low,” he said. Born while Kim Jong Nam was studying overseas, and brought up separately by a mother who saw her husband’s first family as rivals to her own sons, Kim Jong Un was never going to be close to his eldest brother. Indeed, according to the author Gomi, the two brothers never even met. This did not stop Kim Jong Nam openly criticizing his sibling, saying that Kim Jong Un was too weak to maintain control over the country and was a puppet for regime elders. Such criticism is unlikely to have gone down well in Pyongyang, which often reacts angrily to any perceived slight, particularly from overseas. Speaking to reporters last week, Gomi said Kim Jong Nam’s comments were known within the country. “A defector told me there was a rumor the oldest son of Kim Jong Il had said critical words about North Korea and could be a cause of (reform),” he said. “That person mentioned the rumor gave him hope.” South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol-woo, citing a National Intelligence Service briefing, said that Pyongyang had been attempting to assassinate Kim Jong Nam for five years. A North Korean man jailed for spying in South Korean in 2012 reportedly said he had been ordered to kill Kim. Another lawmaker, Kim Byung-kee, said that Kim Jong Nam had written to his brother in 2012, asking him to spare his life and those of his family. According to the South China Morning Post, friends of Kim Jong Nam in Macau said he told them he felt he was living on “borrowed time.” Zhao said it was possible the timing of Kim’s death – awkward for North Korea as it faces massive international condemnation for its nuclear activity – may have been a coincidence. “Kim Jong Un himself may have agreed for the North Korean spy agency to track down his half-brother, but he may not have directly issued the order to kill him, especially at this moment,” he said. 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{"article_id": "586840587", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion who focuses on climate change and social justice. Follow him on Snapchat, Facebook and email. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. The UN Paris Agreement on climate change will soon come into force Clinton says she would support its terms; Trump says he would cancel it Among the many (many, many, many) differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, one of the most consequential is this: Clinton says she would support the terms of the landmark UN Paris Agreement on climate change; Trump says he would “cancel” it. That agreement, which this week was ratified by enough countries to become international law, calls for the world to become carbon neutral this century. Basically that means no fossil fuel pollution, or none we don’t figure out how to slurp out of the atmosphere. That’s a lofty and critical goal if we want cities like New York and New Orleans to survive the onslaught of rising seas, and if we want future generations to inherit a habitable planet. A President Trump could try to throw all of that out of whack. But he couldn’t “cancel” the Paris Agreement, as he’s promised to – at least not right away, and not after this week’s news. Here’s why: As of Friday, the Paris Agreement – which calls for this zeroing-out of net carbon pollution by the end of the century – had been ratified by 75 parties, including China, the United States and India, the top three polluters. Those 75 parties represent 58.85% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Resources Institute. Both of those numbers are critical because the Paris Agreement “comes into force” – basically, becomes international law – 30 days after at least 55 countries representing at least 55% of emissions have ratified it. This week, the accord crossed those thresholds. “This gives us the best possible shot to save the one planet we’ve got,” President Barack Obama said Wednesday. (See what he did with that rhyme, there?) I know most attention in the United States is squarely focused on the presidential election – and that most election conversations are about the horse race and Trumpisms, not climate. But this milestone is huge news. After the agreement enters into force, a party must wait three years before it can ask to withdraw. Then, after that, there’s a one-year delay before the withdrawal actually takes effect. That may make the Paris Agreement sound “Trump-proof.” But John Upton, a senior science writer at Climate Central, has found two reasons for concern. Upton talked with legal experts who said Trump could keep the United States in the treaty but simply fail to meet any of its terms. It’s unclear whether the United Nations could force him to do anything, and Trump has proposed disbanding the Environmental Protection Agency, for example, which oversees many environmental regulations. Or he might be able to get out of the Paris Agreement by pulling out of another treaty that provides the basis for the process. Trump likely could withdraw from that 1992 accord, called the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), without the Senate’s approval, Upton writes. “The US could withdraw from the UNFCCC with one year’s notice, which would also effectuate a withdrawal from the (Paris agreement),” Arizona State University law professor Dan Bodansky told him. The true strength of the Paris Agreement, in my view, is that it sets a tangible goal for climate policy: Limit warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, which is measured as a temperature increase since the industrial revolution. And underlying that goal: Eliminate all net carbon pollution by 2100. (The legalese in the the text of the agreement says the goal is “to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century.” But that essentially means zero net carbon emissions.) Every policy should be measured against that yardstick. Should Country X build a new coal-fired power plant? No, because we currently don’t have technology to pull carbon pollution out of the atmosphere at an industrial scale. Should roads and highways in Country Y get a massive upgrade? Maybe not without proper bike lanes and public transit. The harsh realities of climate change – and an understanding that the world needs to move rapidly to zero net emissions – explain in part the widespread public opposition to fossil fuel pipeline projects in the central United States, as well as to airport upgrades in London and to coal export facilities in Australia. People at these protests realize a scattering of fossil fuel projects all over the world could add up to big changes in the global temperature, especially in the very long term. A weakness: The agreement relies on voluntary pollution-reduction pledges from its members. And if you add all of those up, as they stand, we can expect to warm the atmosphere by 2.7 degrees Celsius – an unacceptable amount. Also, while the parties are required to come back to the table to ratchet up their climate ambitions, they are not legally bound to cut pollution by a certain amount in a certain timeframe. It’s an agreement described as bottom-up, meaning countries devise their own plans and, to some extent, are responsible for carrying them out. The terms of the Paris Agreement require reporting and transparency, but it’s unclear if the treaty could be used to punish countries for polluting too much. Still, the Paris Agreement creates the framework for shoving the world out of the fossil fuel era. 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{"article_id": "578108489", "sentence": "South Korea fears Pyongyang preparing another nuclear test US call for new sanctions \"laughable,\" North Korea says South Korea is “getting ready for the worst case scenario,”  the country’s Defense Ministry said Monday, after North Korea claimed last week to have tested a nuclear warhead. World leaders have lined up to condemn the blast, which was North Korea’s second this year and likely it’s most powerful to date. South Korea believes Kim Jong Un is preparing to hit the button on another test. “We assess that (North Korea) is prepared for a nuclear test in another shaft,” Defense Minister Han Min-koo told lawmakers Friday. His spokesman Moon Sang-gyun, said Monday if another nuclear test happened, it could come from a second or third site at Punggye-ri, where Friday’s test took place. South Korea is also discussing plans to resume propaganda broadcasts on the border from sometime in November, he added. South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said over the weekend that North Korea’s nuclear capability had grown to a “considerable level” and tougher sanctions and greater pressure are needed. The country’s military also said it was implementing a new system which will allow them to “punish and retaliate” against North Korea’s leadership if it endangers the country with nuclear weapons. But, in the diplomatic realm, there’s little consensus on what the international community can do . Will next test have nuclear warhead?What can China do? North Korea’s most powerful test yetU.S. to send “radiation sniffer” jet What is THAAD?10 years, 5 nuclear tests Could North Korea evade THAAD? Will next test have nuclear warhead?What can China do? North Korea’s most powerful test yetU.S. to send “radiation sniffer” jet What is THAAD?10 years, 5 nuclear tests Could North Korea evade THAAD? Sung Kim, the US special envoy to North Korea said the UN Security Council along with Japan, South Korea and the United States are examining additional unilateral measures. The Security Council is due to meet Friday. North Korea shrugged off the threat of additional sanctions in typical fashion. “The Obama administration running around and talking about meaningless sanctions until today is highly laughable,” state media said Sunday. “We will continue to strengthen our nuclear power in quality and quantity to protect our dignity and the right to live as well as to ensure genuine peace from the increasing threat of a nuclear war by the United States.” Concern has been growing that the country is testing weapons at an unprecedented pace this year, continuing to improve its nuclear and missile capabilities. However, it has yet to pair the two successfully. Will North Korea’s next missile test have a nuclear warhead? North Korea was hit with the strongest set of sanctions yet in March which included the prohibition of supplying aviation fuel, including rocket fuel, and the sale of small arms, to Pyongyang. And in July, the Obama administration hit Kim Jong Un and 10 other regime officials with personal sanctions for their alleged complicity in human rights abuses against the North Korean people. China, regarded as North Korea’s only ally, could be pressed to take the strongest possible action by blocking the transportation of fuel and oil but that could have grave consequences for the general population. But it’s not clear whether China would be willing to make such a controversial move. The country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Monday dismissed comments by U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter that China bears “great responsibility” for North Korea’s latest nuclear test. “The essence of the issue is the conflict between the DPRK and the US,” said Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, using country’s official name. “The US side should review developments of the issue, and carefully think about pragmatic and effective solutions.” Is China impotent on North Korea? CNN’ Steven Jiang in Beijing contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160912031500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/11/asia/south-korea-north-korea/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "515541232", "sentence": "Former CIA and NSA Director Gen. Michael Hayden says the rhetoric from the GOP candidates in the presidential race is scary And he suspects the rest of the world is concerned, too Former CIA and National Security Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden says the rhetoric from the GOP candidates in the presidential race is scary – and he suspects the rest of the world is concerned, too. Hayden was responding Thursday to a question from CNN’s Michael Holmes about the rhetoric on the campaign trail, with Holmes mentioning Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s promise of carpet bombing ISIS and GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s praise for waterboarding and harsher interrogation techniques as well as a proposed temporary ban on foreign Muslims. “We have taken … very complicated, serious issues and we’ve pushed them down to the level of bumper stickers,” Hayden said. “That scares me and I’m sure it scares a lot of the rest of the world.” Related video Donald Trump: 'Waterboarding is fine with me' In terms of the U.S. position in the world, Hayden said America is doing a good job at what he called the “close battle,” or immediate fights. But he said we lagged in the “deep battle,” which is stopping people planning to do harm to the U.S. three to 10 years down the road. And he added the world has significantly changed and the West needs to realize it. “Iraq no longer exists. Syria no longer exists. They aren’t coming back. Lebanon is teetering and Libya is long gone,” Hayden said. “This is a tectonic moment,” he added. “Within that we then have the war against terrorism. It’s an incredibly complex time.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "GOP presidential candidates' rhetoric", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160226004500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/25/politics/michael-hayden-2016-campaign-rhetoric/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "689883773", "sentence": "It goes without saying that Ken Burns’ PBS documentaries will be big, classy and impeccably produced. Yet in terms of relevance, “The Vietnam War” might be his most significant undertaking since “The Civil War” – a 10-part, 18-hour look at the conflict and its repercussions – political, cultural, psychological – still being felt and litigated today. PBS has again provided Burns with a huge canvas, and he has responded by painting a masterpiece, one that distinguishes public television at a moment when it yet again finds itself under siege and facing an existential challenge. Almost overwhelming in its scope, this detailed history oscillates between the macro and micro, between individual stories of Americans and Vietnamese whose lives were caught in the war and policy makers who, as stated by narrator Peter Coyote, found it “easier to muddle through” than admit a failed policy. Again working with co-director Lynn Novick and writer Geoffrey Ward, Burns explores key events at home and abroad – the Tet offensive, the My Lai Massacre, Kent State, the fall of Saigon – but also has the time to devote to individual battles and encounters that are less well known. All of this is punctuated by the politics of the war, augmented by recorded conversations of Presidents Johnson and Nixon painting a far rosier picture in public than they confessed to in private. “I don’t think it’s worth fighting for, and I don’t think we can get out,” Johnson says, perhaps the signature line in the entire project, except perhaps for former Defense Dept. official Leslie Gelb’s observation that Vietnam became “a piece on a strategic chessboard” whose particulars weren’t understood by those in the U.S. government. “The Vietnam War” opens by delving into the history of the region, including Vietnam’s time under French rule and the rise of Ho Chi Minh. Part two then segues to John F. Kennedy, who initiated the conflict, followed by Johnson, who escalated it despite his misgivings, haunted by the specter of Korea and the “domino theory” in the struggle to restrain Communism. “The Vietnam War” also humanizes what was often a faceless enemy, interviewing former Viet Cong as well as civilians whose lives were turned upside down by the conflict. What might be most sobering, however, are the ripples from the war still being felt today, from the rise of the anti-war movement to the shadows that have lingered over U.S. foreign policy. Indeed, as the documentary notes, Vietnam upended fundamental notions of patriotism, especially among those to whom the phrase “my country right or wrong” didn’t make sense under the circumstances. The war “began in secrecy,” Coyote says near the outset. “It ended, 30 years later, in failure” – leaving 58,000 Americans and millions of Vietnamese dead. Not surprisingly, enormous attention has clearly been paid to the smallest details, including more than 100 songs that play in the background – a veritable soundtrack of the 1960s and ’70s, from The Animals’ “We’ve Got to Get Out of This Place” as soldiers reminisce to Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” as people assemble at the Vietnam War memorial wall. Those who lived through the period should find “The Vietnam War” a highly emotional experience. But even their kids and grandkids should hear and see echoes throughout this epic undertaking, which forges a bridge from America’s past directly to its present. “The Vietnam War” premieres Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. on PBS and will air Sunday through Thursday over successive weeks.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Vietnam War documentary by Ken Burns", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170915141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/15/entertainment/vietnam-war-review/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "676609622", "sentence": "The Senate judiciary committee held a hearing on Russian interference in the US election Bill Browder said Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya has connections to Vladimir Putin Bill Browder, a businessman behind a Russian sanctions law, testified Thursday that he believes a Russian lawyer went into a June 2016 meeting with top aides to the campaign of President Donald Trump with something to offer, and that Russian intelligence likely monitored the meeting. “I can tell you with 100% certainty that the Russian intelligence services would have been aware of that meeting in advance as they were plotting it out, there would have been weeks spent studying how to best achieve the results in that meeting,” Browder told the Senate judiciary committee Thursday. Browder added that he has no first-hand knowledge of the details of the meeting but was commenting on his experience with the Russian government. Related article Russia sanctions: What you need to know “I have no direct evidence, but I know how Russian security services behave, and this was a big ask, to repeal a major legislation,” Browder told the committee. “They wouldn’t have gone in without being prepared to offer something in return. What the offer was I don’t know. But the KGB and FSB would have studied their targets carefully.” Browder, who worked with the Senate to pass the sanctions almost a decade ago, told members of the judiciary committee Thursday that Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya is the family lawyer for a Russian family closely aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is leading one of a handful of Congressional probes into Russia’s interference in the election, said he believed the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr., then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner, Veselnitskaya and others was not the only one. “The idea that Manafort, who is well known by the Russian world as sympathetic to their cause, that they didn’t see that as an opportunity to get a relationship with the Trump campaign is hard to believe,” Graham said. Related video Browder: Putin used oligarchs to get rich Graham then quoted from Trump Jr.’s email exchange where he said he would “love” dirt on the Clinton campaign for use later in 2016. “It’s also hard for me to believe that once the Trump campaign expressed a desire to get help – ‘Yeah, I love it – maybe later in the summer’ – that that meeting was one and done,” he said. Attendees of the June 2016 meeting have repeatedly said that their was no additional contact between Veselnitskaya and the Trump campaign. “As it ended, my acquaintance apologized for taking up our time,” Trump Jr. said in a statement, obtained by CNN on July 9. “That was the end of it and there was no further contact or follow-up of any kind. My father knew nothing of the meeting or these events.” Trump Jr.’s revelation of the June 2016 meeting with Veselnitskaya has reignited interest in Russia’s efforts in the 2016 election for weeks now, spurring congressional investigators to pry into new avenues. The House and Senate intelligence committees interviewed Kushner earlier in the week  – Kushner, in testimony he released publicly, said that he remembered very little of the meeting and later asked an aide to bail him out of the meeting. Senate intelligence committee staff interviewed Manafort as well this week. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley subpoenaed Manafort earlier in the week, but dropped the subpoena after Manafort agreed to testify privately and provide his notes about the June 2016 meeting. The meeting has also sucked in the players in the fight over the Magnitsky Act – Russian sanctions approved in 2012 – into the Russian probe. Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer in the Trump Jr. meeting, has been the lead proponent in the US of overturning the ban. The hearing with Browder had originally been planned as a blockbuster event with requests of public testimony from Trump Jr., Manafort and Glenn Simpson, whose firm helped craft the “Steele Dossier” with stunning allegations against Trump. But all three witnesses negotiated with the committee to appear in private instead. CNN’s Marshall Cohen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian interference in the US election", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170728010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/politics/bill-browder-testimony-senate-hearing/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "699118491", "sentence": "The Justice Department is taking its war on drugs worldwide. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the first-of-its-kind indictment against two Chinese nationals who were allegedly manufacturing and trafficking to the US fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, substances that can be 50 times as potent as heroin. According to the Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 20,000 Americans were killed by fentanyl and fentanyl analogues in 2016. The Chinese nationals were using the Internet and dark web to sell fentanyl to US customers, many of whom were too inexperienced or unaware to realize they were buying the highly pure substance, Rosenstein told reporters Tuesday. Related article Opioid Crisis Fast Facts “They use multiple identities to disguise their activities and their shipments and to obscure the trail of profits going back to China,” Rosenstein said. “They take advantage of the fact that the fentanyl molecule can be altered in numerous ways to create a fentanyl analogue that is not listed as illegal under US or Chinese law. When regulators are able to identify the new fentanyl and make it illegal, the distributors quickly switch to a new, unlisted fentanyl analogue.” Investigators tracked down the two Chinese defendants, Xiaobing Yan, 40, and Jian Zhang, 38, and the chemical plants they operated in China after a series of local law enforcement crackdowns in Mississippi and North Dakota, according to the indictment. A routine traffic stop in Mississippi in 2013 first unearthed a domestic drug ring tied to Yan. The ring sold synthetic cathinones and cannabinoids, commonly known as “spice” or “bath salts,” and delivered the products through parcel delivery services, according to the Justice Department. Yan allegedly operated websites advertising the deadly fentanyl and sold it directly to customers in several cities around the country, Rosenstein said. Related article Opioid overdoses shorten US life expectancy by 2½ months Zhang was pinpointed in the wake of the death of an 18-year-old who died after a fentanyl overdose in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Federal agents identified another Grand Forks resident as the source of the fentanyl, and discovered that the buyer had used crypto-currency Bitcoin to buy the drugs over the Internet for more than a year, “using an encrypted website on the Dark Web,” Rosenstein said. Prosecutors were eventually able to trace the drugs to Zhang’s distribution network in China. Related article Doctors increasingly face charges for patient overdoses Five Canadian citizens, two residents of Florida, and one resident of New Jersey were also indicted in connection with Zhang’s drug ring on charges of conspiracy to distribute the drugs in at least 11 states, according to the Justice Department. The indictments were announced after President Donald Trump’s nominee for drug czar, Rep. Tom Marino of Pennsylvania, withdrew his name from consideration for the position. The withdrawal came amid fallout from a joint investigation by The Washington Post and CBS’ “60 Minutes” that revealed Marino took nearly $100,000 from the pharmaceutical lobby while sponsoring legislation that made it easier for drug companies to distribute opioids, but also thwarted the Drug Enforcement Agency’s efforts. Rosenstein said DOJ will review the law, but didn’t say whether it should be repealed. “I’m very concerned about it,” he said. “I’ve talked to the attorney general about it. We’re going to review it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Justice Department", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171019023000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/doj-chinese-nationals-fentanyl-trafficking/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "504103855", "sentence": "The former Alaska governor endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday Kasich also didn't make much of the deal struck over the weekend to release four Americans held prisoner in Iran John Kasich didn’t appear to sweat Sarah Palin’s new endorsement of Donald Trump. “Good for Sarah, she’s back in the news again. God bless her,” the Ohio governor told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. The former governor of Alaska endorsed the GOP front-runner on Tuesday, lending Trump a star-powered boost in Iowa. But Kasich said he doesn’t think Palin’s support will have much of an effect on the race in New Hampshire, where Kasich is working hard to compete. He was speaking with Blitzer from the trail in the Granite State. “I always liked Sarah Palin. She speaks her mind and that’s good for Donald,” Kasich said. “But here in New Hampshire, they’re a lot more interested in the mayor of a small town here than they are somebody who comes from the outside.” RELATED: Palin endorses Trump Kasich also didn’t make much of the deal struck over the weekend to release four Americans held prisoner in Iran, saying the administration doesn’t deserve much credit for negotiating their freedom. Although Kasich said it was “really fantastic” for the families of those released, he said they were being held on “trumped-up charges.” “To do somersaults over this is inappropriate. These people should never have been there,” Kasich said. “There’s no reason to have some big celebration of ‘We’ve had some big diplomatic breakthrough,’ because they only released people they shouldn’t have been holding in the first place.” The Americans had been held in Iranian prison for years, facing sentences of decades in prison and potentially death.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160120210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/politics/john-kasich-sarah-palin-iran-deal/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "635936171", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York City homicide prosecutor and currently is of counsel at the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC, focusing on wrongful conviction and civil rights cases. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Paul Callan: The President has undoubtedly decided that he wants his own pick in the job Callan: Trump has now created a formidable, charismatic enemy with similar social media skills There is nothing unusual about a newly elected president replacing all of the United States attorneys with his own personal appointments. These individuals are the nation’s most powerful federal prosecutors with the power to even investigate the president himself. Bill Clinton, for instance, terminated all 93 sitting US attorneys when he assumed office. What is unusual is telling or strongly implying that you are going to extend the term of a US attorney into the new administration and then arbitrarily demanding his resignation. That is what Preet Bharara, the camera-ready and highly charismatic US attorney for the Southern District of New York, claims that President Trump did to him, and Bharara is plenty angry about it. Related video Bharara: Trump had said he wanted me to stay The US attorney for the Southern District of New York occupies one of the most powerful seats of prosecutorial power in the United States, second only to that occupied by his nominal boss, the attorney general of the United States, Jeff Sessions. Even presidents and attorney generals tread lightly when dealing with the powerful Southern District prosecutor given its storied history as an institution of impeccable integrity. It is staffed by some of the nation’s most talented lawyers who have resigned from lucrative jobs at prestigious law firms to  perform the public service of prosecuting the rich, powerful and politically connected in the media center of the United States and the world. Bharara constantly generates headlines using a combination of charm and an ability to abandon legalese, speaking instead in quote-worthy soundbites to New York’s always headline-hungry press. The last US attorney who maintained such a high profile in New York was Rudy Giuliani. He managed to trade in his prosecutorial fame for the title of mayor of the City of New York and later, after the 9/11 tragedy, to “America’s mayor.” Related video Administration asks 46 US attorneys to resign Prior occupants of the office have included Thomas Dewey, the former New York governor and presidential candidate; former New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and FBI Director James Comey, to name just a few. Why the President would tell Bharara that he would like him to stay on and then pull the rug out from under him at first seems odd. But then we have to remember what happened to Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani. Standing on anything but wall to wall carpeting in the Trump administration is a obviously a dangerous tactic. Trump may have become increasingly wary of Bharara’s close relationship with his mentor, US Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. Bharara served as counsel to the then-Senate minority leader and was rewarded with Schumer’s recommendation to President Obama that Bharara should be appointed to the coveted Southern District prosecutorial spot. Bharara has a reputation as an aggressive prosecutor in political corruption cases regardless of the political party of the target. Close political aides to both New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio – both Democrats – have recently come under Bharara’s prosecutorial microscope. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The investigation of possible ties between members of the Trump campaign team and Russian officials, and the President’s claim that he was wiretapped in Trump Tower on orders of President Obama, will all lead back to the Southern District of New York. In the end, President Trump has undoubtedly decided that he wants his own pick rather than the choice of Senate adversary Chuck Schumer in place as the top federal prosecutor in New York. In terminating Bharara, though, the President has created a formidable and charismatic enemy who shares the President’s social media skills. Mr. Bharara has now become the first US attorney for the Southern District of New York to announce that he had been fired via Twitter. 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{"article_id": "702449106", "sentence": "Late Sunday, as a weekend of frenzied speculation and spin drew to an anxious close, #MuellerMonday began to trend on Twitter. A few hours later, a little more than two days after CNN broke the news that a grand jury had approved charges in special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation, the names were revealed. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate, Rick Gates, who stayed on with the Trump team through the election and into 2017, will face charges including conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, making false statements, and more. The indictments, though, included no suggestion of election meddling. Manafort and Gates’ alleged crimes took place before they signed up with the candidate. President Donald Trump quickly logged on and began to gloat. But there was more. It was also revealed that George Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to Trump, had pleaded guilty earlier this month to making a false statement to the FBI. His lie – or the truth beyond it – was potentially more damaging than anything to do with Manafort and Gates. Papadopoulos copped to misleading investigators about a conversation with a Russian “contact,” believed to have ties to Moscow, about “dirt” related to Hillary Clinton’s emails. By noon on #MuellerMonday, the initial flurry of reactions and responses settled into four distinct camps –  some hewing closer to reality than others. Senate Democrats and most of their colleagues in the House, in particular those tied to ongoing congressional investigations into the Trump campaign and Russia, mostly kept mum – careful not to further politicize the process and potentially give Trump a pretext for dismissing Mueller. Most Republicans were cautious too, clearly conscious of the President’s ire. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a series of tweets, steered clear of the particulars. “The special counsel’s probe is ongoing in a serious way. The rule of law is paramount in America & the investigation must proceed unimpeded,” Schumer began. “(Trump) must not, under any circumstances, interfere with the special counsel’s work in any way. If he does so, Congress must respond swiftly, unequivocally, and in a bipartisan way to ensure that the investigation continues.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was also vague on Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos. In a statement, she pushed for “an outside, fully independent investigation to expose Russia’s meddling in our election and the involvement of Trump officials.” Translation: a probe that can’t be called off, in the way Trump can fire Mueller, at the whim of the White House. “The President should let the special counsel do his job,” said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, adding later in a statement that he didn’t have any more information on Mueller’s doings than what had been made public. (He too scurried away when pressed for more by reporters.) Liberal grassroots groups were also careful not to overplay the moment. MoveOn.org blasted an email to reporters trumpeting the “300+ events” being planned to launch in case Trump “interferes with the criminal investigation into his campaign and administration.” Meanwhile, Indivisible co-executive director Ezra Levin urged his followers to keep their eyes on Capitol Hill: “Even on #ManafortMonday, we need to focus on where we have leverage. Right now, that’s the #TrumpTaxScam,” a reference to ongoing fight over the Republican tax plan. Liberal social media channels were less restrained. They have, in many cases, openly agitated for Trump’s impeachment or more aggressive action as it relates to Russia and the campaign. For them, the indictments – and the guilty plea on top of that – felt like a major step forward. Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, was typically dramatic. He addressed a bunch of the big names in a series of Monday morning tweets. “Dear Paul Manafort & Richard Gates: Here’s a fun fact for you. Federal prosecutors have a conviction rate of 93%,” he started off, linking to an early story about the indictments. “Thank you Special Counsel Mueller for draining the Swamp. #MAGA,” he posted a couple hours later. Lieu then tagged Trump in three more messages. Dear @realDonaldTrump: You must have missed the Papadopoulos guilty plea. He colluded & was one of your foreign policy advisors. https://t.co/Ge85d43oWi Dear @realDonaldTrump: Remember this meeting? #IndictmentMonday https://t.co/zo9R4pzJdw Dear @POTUS: Answer is because of your colluding associates like GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS, and his campaign supervisor, and potentially YOU. https://t.co/PEkqWOjX7l “We the people must never tolerate our leaders’ collaboration with foreign adversaries against us,” Evan McMullin, the former presidential candidate and conservative favorite of the the liberal #resistance, tweeted at 8:41 a.m. ET. The grim declaration hinted at more serious allegations than could be found in any of the new court documents. A little after noon, he added: “Trump and his surrogates seem to confuse widely known and overt collusion with ‘no evidence’ of it. We’ve seen enough already.” Former Obama Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller, another heavy presence on Twitter, suggested the potential for a direct, and much more recent, connection between the Papadopolous plea and Trump. “The FBI interview where Papadopolous lied about his Russia contacts came on the same day, Jan. 27, Trump asked Comey for a loyalty pledge,” he noted ominously. (There is nothing material, at this point, to suggest any connection between the two events.) How, you ask, can one person make those two claims at once? Trump managed it in a pair of tweets. “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign,” he wrote in response to initial reports, adding: “But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????” Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus????? Fox News and other conservative outlets loyal to the White House mostly kept in step with Trump throughout the early afternoon, focusing on what was not in the indictments and asking why Clinton had not come under more scrutiny. This is a familiar tactic for stoking the kind of partisan and tribal resentments that might blind segments of the public to the facts on the ground. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders pursued that line repeatedly during her afternoon briefing. “The real collusion scandal, as we’ve said several times before, has everything to do with the Clinton campaign, Fusion GPS and Russia,” she said, after dismissing the indictments as unrelated to Trump. “There’s clear evidence of the Clinton campaign colluding with Russian intelligence to spread disinformation and smear the president to influence the election.” (Note: This is false, as we wrote last week.) Conservative commentator Erick Erickson steered clear of the Clinton conspiracy theories and summed up the prevailing wisdom in more sober right-wing quarters. “Much of the political left is cheering about the indictment of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort,” he wrote in a piece for FoxNews.com. “They think it will undermine President Trump. The problem, though, is that it appears increasingly likely that Manfort’s indictment has nothing to do with the Trump campaign.” For Republicans who have either staked their careers or legislative agenda to Trump, there is simply no political upside – at least that they can see – in engaging with these issues. “Every morning, I wake up in my office and I scroll through Twitter to see which tweets I’ll have to pretend I didn’t see later on,” House Speaker Paul Ryan joked at the Al Smith Dinner in New York a couple weeks ago. On Monday morning, he seemed to reprise that act, telling reporters in Wisconsin he hadn’t been paying close attention to the latest developments. “It is big news, but this is what you get from a special counsel – they made an indictment,” he said. “I really have nothing to add because I haven’t even read it, so I’m not going to speculate on something I haven’t read.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also steered clear of the Mueller drama. He spoke at a press conference on the Hill but ducked out rather than take questions from reporters. McConnell leaves before questions start https://t.co/7bC0rIHXR6", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171031000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/mueller-charges-different-reaction/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "622412016", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him @aarondmiller2. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Aaron David Miller: Donald Trump's strategy for fighting ISIS should start by avoiding making matters worse The administration should also be wary of aligning itself too closely with Russia on the issue, Miller says During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated one of his key campaign themes, pledging to eradicate Islamic terrorism “from the face of the Earth.” But President Trump’s objective of destroying ISIS and other jihadi groups that sow terror in the region and beyond – however desirable – is also fantastically otherworldly. Back here on Earth, the reality is that the laws of gravity in the fight against terror will make eradicating ISIS and its ilk an elusive goal. Meanwhile, some of the steps the new administration has already taken, specifically on immigration restrictions, may make an already impossible job harder still. So, rather than raising unrealistic expectations, Trump should start by avoiding making matters worse, look for smart ways to continue the fight against ISIS, and above all, level with the American public that the fight is bound to be a long one. In a national security memorandum dated January 28, Trump asked his administration to “develop a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS,” and specifically asked the Pentagon for tougher options against ISIS within 30 days. These reportedly potentially include using artillery and attack helicopters – and even US forces – to support an assault on Raqqa, ISIS’ capital city. Other steps reportedly being contemplated include increasing use of US special forces in Syria and Iraq, directly arming Kurdish forces (a move that is likely to anger the Turks), and potentially including Turkish forces in the Raqqa operation. At the same time, Trump will need to make a decision whether to continue the CIA operation to train and arm vetted elements of the Syrian opposition, a program he criticized on the campaign trail and as President-elect. Yet most of these steps seem to fall within the anti-ISIS template laid down by the Obama administration. That template is summarized as “by, with, and through,” and with the exception of involving more US forces in the fight (and nobody seems to be talking about large numbers) none of what’s being contemplated seems like a radical departure from the previous administration. It is therefore unlikely to lead to dramatic results. President Trump has talked about safe zones for Syrian refugees. But it is unclear what exactly they would be designed to do, who would patrol and protect them, and how they would fit into an anti-ISIS strategy. Indeed, on balance, what Trump seems to be contemplating is doing what Obama did, just more of it. This might accelerate the timetables for major anti-ISIS offensives, but it’s unlikely to lead to the eradication of the jihadis. The centerpiece of Trump’s views on how to destroy ISIS clearly focus on some kind of undefined partnership with Russia. Trump seems willing to let Russian President Vladimir Putin take the lead on Syria, both in working with the Turks and the Syrian regime on a ceasefire, and perhaps also in cementing Bashar al-Assad’s regime as a permanent part of the Syrian political equation. On paper, one would assume that such coordination would make sense. After all, Putin wants ISIS destroyed; so does Trump. So, why not pool US-Russian resources and bring to bear maximum pressure against the jihadis? But like so many putative simple fixes, there are serious costs in cooperating with the Russians. Russia’s indiscriminate attacks against civilians during the siege of Aleppo has led to plausible allegations of war crimes, and has demonstrated that Putin, unlike the United States, cares little about collateral damage. Identifying Washington with Putin’s support for the murderous policies of the Assad regime will only further blacken America’s name, create new Sunni jihadi recruits, alienate Sunni Arab regimes, and identify America with the pro-Shia alliance of Iran, Assad and Hezbollah. In addition, in view of recent Russian hacking, there is good reason to worry about sharing intelligence with the Russians. With all this in mind, it is not at all clear that the military benefits of US-Russian cooperation are worth these downsides. Clearly, Putin will seek to dangle Russian cooperation against ISIS in front of Trump in hopes of getting Washington to ease sanctions. But such a quid pro quo would severely damage US interests. Donald Trump’s new executive order on immigration, far from strengthening the fight against the jihadis, is likely to make it harder. Administration protestations to the contrary, the cumulative impact of the new restrictions will send an unmistakable signal that America wants to keep Muslims out. Overseas, this will have a deleterious impact on the fight against ISIS, particularly for Iraq (one of the seven countries on the banned list) whose forces are integral to beating ISIS in Mosul. These new rules will also feed ISIS and jihadi propaganda and help with recruitment. And not just in the Middle East. American Muslims, a key line of defense against homegrown jihadis, will be demoralized by what they feel is a discriminatory policy, particularly the language in the executive order that talks about keeping immigrants out who don’t support America’s founding principles. This might easily be interpreted as a loyalty oath that in a worst-case situation, they fear, might be applied to their community, too. Fifteen years on from the 9/11 attacks, and three years into ISIS’ declared caliphate, tremendous progress has been made in weakening ISIS, killing the group’s leaders and depriving it of territory and resources. The formal ISIS caliphate is set to be destroyed. But it’s also fair to say that the jihadi enterprise – not just emanating from ISIS, but al Qaeda and its affiliates, too – has not been eradicated, and is unlikely to be. The Middle East today is a giant petri dish affording an ideal habitat for jihadis to survive. Ungoverned spaces, crumbling Arab state authority in places like Libya and Syria, Shia dominance and exclusion and repression of Sunnis is creating a ready made grievance narrative that allows ISIS to recruit fellow Sunnis. Eradicating ISIS and other jihadi groups would require a Middle East that is stable, inclusive and reasonably well governed, something that’s just not in the cards. Juliette Kayyem: Trump’s order is no way to protect our national security Leon Fresco: With Obama gone, it’s time for comprehensive immigration reformPeter Bergen & David Sterman: Ohio State attack ‘has its roots in the United States’Fareed Zakaria: Pandering, bigotry won’t solve extremist threatMarielena Hincapié: What Trump gets wrong about immigration and crimePeter Bergen: The real terror threat in America is homegrownAli Noorani: Congress, it’s your move on immigrationPeter Bergen: Is Trump right about 9/11?Rep. Chris Smith: ‘Simple solutions’ won’t fix Syria crisis, but compassion and security are paramount Peter Bergen & David Sterman: U.S. right wing extremists more deadly than jihadists In short, there’s no more winning the war against jihadi terror than there is winning the war against mental illness, drugs, crime or bigotry. Instead, rather than telling the American people that ISIS will be ended for all time, and hyping the threat to the homeland, the Trump administration should first consider avoiding actions that will make the fight against the jihadis even harder. In practice this means it ought to avoid getting too close to the Russians and the Assad regime, that it should continue to support Syrian opposition groups and the Kurds to maintain a degree of influence on the ground, it should try to work with Turkey, and it should mount a major humanitarian effort to aid refugees and those displaced within Syria and Iraq. Doing things like canceling the Syrian refugee program, in contrast, not only alienates the Muslim constituencies at home and abroad that the United States will need in the long fight against the jihadis, but helps undermine American values and interests.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump's strategy for fighting ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170131000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/opinions/trump-isis-pledge-miller/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "481834837", "sentence": "French health minister says the ban will be relaxed, starting in spring 2016 Minister: \"We are marking a new step in the fight against all forms of discrimination\" France is lifting its ban on men who have sex with men from donating blood, the French health minister announced Wednesday. “Giving blood is an act of generosity, of citizenship, which cannot be conditioned to sexual orientation. While respecting complete patient safety, today we are ending a taboo and discrimination,” the minister, Marisol Touraine, said in a speech. The change would be introduced gradually, she said, following extensive work by health authorities, patient associations and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender donors. By spring 2016, men who have sex with men in France will be able to donate blood if they have not had sex with another man for 12 months. Touraine said the 12-month deferral matched restrictions in place in other developed countries such as Australia, the Netherlands and Japan. Spain and Italy were among those countries with deferral periods of less than a year, she said, while Germany, Austria, Belgium and Denmark permanently excluded men who had sex with men from donating blood. The United Kingdom lifted its ban in 2011, introducing a 12-month deferral period. Men in France who haven’t had sex with another man in the four months before donating – or who have had only one partner – will be able to donate their plasma via a secure quarantine process starting in the spring, the minister said. The plasma donation will act as a “real life” study for health authorities who will assess the process for about a year, Touraine said. “The plasma supply chain will allow the freezing of blood donations, so that donors can be tested again, once the window has passed for HIV antibodies to appear,” she said. If the study demonstrates no additional risk, then donation rules for men who have sex with men will be brought into line with those for the general population, she said. The French ban started in 1983. “Today it’s not a question of passing judgment on this choice, which was made in an era marked by the dramatic development of AIDS and contaminated blood, and in which only safety of the blood was taken into account. Yet today no one can deny that this exclusion is seen as the presumption of homosexuals being HIV-positive,” Touraine said. She said all citizens would now be able to donate blood regardless of their sexual orientation: “We are marking a new step in the fight against all forms of discrimination, especially sexual, of which some of our citizens are victims.” Since the 1980s, the United States has excluded men who have sex with other men from donating blood. However, in December 2014, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg said that the agency recommended replacing the permanent ban with a 12-month deferral period. Related video Ban on gay blood donors gets closer look The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the FDA would monitor a national blood surveillance system to see any effects of the proposed policy change and to ensure the continued safety of the blood supply, Hamburg said. Read: FDA plan: Gay men who abstain from sex may be allowed to give blood The FDA released draft guidance in May asking for feedback from the public and other stakeholders by July 14, 2015. The current lifetime ban dates to 1983 and forbids men who have had sex with men from becoming blood donors because the group is “at increased risk for HIV, hepatitis B and certain other infections that can be transmitted by transfusion,” the FDA has ruled.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "France's ban on men who have sex with men donating blood", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151104163000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/europe/france-gay-blood-donors/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "691408564", "sentence": "At least 15 dead in Dominica, officials say A flyover shows devastation to communities, natural resources Dominica was Hurricane Maria’s first victim, and it was clear from a flight over the island nation that the storm showed absolutely no mercy. At least 15 people are dead after the hurricane barreled through the island, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said. “The damage is extensive,” Skerrit told CNN Thursday. “It is really devastating in many communities. Our agriculture sector is 100% destroyed. Our tourism is, I would say, about 95% destroyed.” A CNN team in the capital, Roseau, saw widespread destruction: many buildings damaged, cars and boats overturned, bridges clogged with huge tree trucks and many roads impassable. People were bathing in muddy river water or under burst water pipes. There is no running water and no electricity other than a few generators. Sherrit said aid has yet to arrive in any meaningful way. A CNN crew that flew over the scarred landscape Wednesday witnessed heartbreaking devastation. This Caribbean island of 73,000 residents is – or was – a place of lush greenery, punctuated by waterfalls and rain forests. But nearly two days after Maria made landfall, an aerial survey showed that nearly every tree was touched – thousands snapped and strewn across the landscape – and the island was stripped of vegetation. Related article Hurricane Maria knocks out power to all of Puerto Rico, cripples other islands The rain forests appear to have vanished. Communities also paid heavily, with roofs torn away, entire homes ripped open and debris littering the land like confetti. The breadth of the destruction is staggering – intact or untouched homes hard to find amid the chaos. Maria tore the roof off the Prime Minister’s residence. Skerrit is now “homeless” and is “bunking up in an area called St. Aroment,” Jong said. CNN saw little sign of activity during the flight – a handful of cars driving along a seaside road, but no one else from the air. The plane, which took off from neighboring Antigua and Barbuda, was unable to land on Dominica because the runways at the two airports had yet to be inspected. Communications towers on hilltops have been snapped in two, explaining why gathering information from the island has been so difficult. Dominica is mountainous and before Maria’s arrival there had been concerns about landslides. CNN saw evidence of dozens of them, although not in population centers. The usually blue green seas in many places are now a muddy brown from the earth swept down hillsides and into the water. The island has an agriculture-based economy; sugar cane, banana plantations and citrus fruits are all grown here, and most of it is exported. All of that appears at first glance to have vanished; the potential loss of those resources and income will be devastating for the island and its people. The island was developing a tourism sector based on those rain forests. But, now, waterfalls stand out from a brown and stark backdrop, rather than green and towering trees. Of course, the immediate concern among the government and relief agencies is Dominica’s residents. Little is known of their fate, although early reports indicate people are missing. Those with relatives and friends on Dominica are desperate for information about their fate. The truth is, right now, no one knows much at all. Speaking to CNN in a series of WhatsApp messages, Jong said “being in Dominica for Maria was the most horrifying experience.” He said he doesn’t have power, water or food and there is widespread looting on the island. Philmore Mullin, head of Antigua and Barbuda’s National Office of Disaster Services, said relief efforts for the people of Dominica will be coordinated from the island of St. Lucia. Related article 'Rapid intensification' fuels major Atlantic hurricanes in 2017 The plan, he told CNN, was to get search and rescue teams, as well as medical personnel and basic supplies such as water and plastic sheeting, to the island by nightfall Wednesday, with more relief flights to begin Thursday morning. Mullin said reports from Dominica indicate  the main hospital and police station had been damaged, along with the main communications networks. The only power is from generators and car batteries, he said “The need is great,” Mullin says. “Damage is severe and widespread. We know of casualties, but not in detail.   We’ve heard of many missing, but we just don’t know much at the moment.” CNN’s Deborah Bloom contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Dominica", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170920234500", "country1": "ATG", "country2": "BRB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/world/hurricane-maria-dominica/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "678542951", "sentence": "North Korea has dramatically ramped up missile testing in recent months Flight data shows a July 29 missile came within miles of a passenger jet's flight path Air France will expand its no-flyover zone around North Korea after concerns a recent missile test crossed a plane’s flight path. The airline said the move was being taken as a “precautionary measure” after a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) splashed down near the route being taken by Air France flight 293 from Tokyo to Paris on July 28. “The information available to Air France at this stage indicates that the missile could have fallen into the sea at more than one hundred kilometers (62 miles)  from the airplane’s trajectory. Even if this distance was proven, it would not question the safety of the flight,” spokesman Cédric Landais said. CNN reported this week that the Air France flight, which had 332 people on board, passed just east of where the ICBM splashed down in the sea around Japan roughly five to 10 minutes prior to the missile impacting the water. At the time of the splashdown, the Air France flight was approximately 60 to 70 miles north of where the missile landed, according to a review of flight data. In a statement Thursday, Air France reiterated that the flight was “operated in accordance with the flight plan and without any reported incident.” “At this stage, as a precautionary measure, the company has decided to expand the non-flyover area around North Korea, a country that it does not overfly.” The airline also said that it “constantly analyzes potentially dangerous flyover zones and adapts its flight plans accordingly.” While the Air France jet was not in any immediate danger from the missile, analysts have raised concerns about North Korea expanding its testing range near flight paths over Japanese waters – as Pyongyang does not provide advanced warnings about its plans. Speaking to CNN Wednesday, US Defense Department spokesman Jeff Davis said “responsible nations” should give notice before conducting missile tests, adding not doing so put planes, ships and spacecraft at risk. “Irresponsible nations fire these things off without putting out notice,” he said. Related video Tillerson to North Korea: We are not your enemy Under guidelines issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN agency tasked with governing air safety and other matters, states have the “responsibility to issue risk advisories regarding any threats to the safety of civilian aircraft operating in their airspace.” “Said threats may include, but are not limited to, armed conflicts, ash clouds due to volcanic eruptions, (and) missile tests and rocket launches,” the guidelines state. Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it issued a warning to all vessels and aircraft operating within its exclusive economic zone eight minutes after the launch of the North Korean missile. Air France confirmed it received the warning, but the message “did not specify any indication or instruction requiring an operational action on the part” of the airline. Two notices to airmen were published but not transmitted to the crew because “the event had already passed when they were sent by the Japanese authorities,” the airline said. North Korea has ramped up its missile testing program this year and the missile launched on July 28 appeared to have the range to hit major US cities, experts said. CNN’s Peter Dailey and Karen Smith contributed reporting.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170804034500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/asia/north-korea-air-france/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "487295891", "sentence": "Bomb-sniffing dogs have been used to check the plane and luggage Two Air France flights from the U.S. were diverted by bomb threats last week A Turkish Airlines flight bound for Istanbul from New York was diverted to Canada because of a bomb threat, authorities said. The passenger aircraft with 256 people on board landed safely early Sunday morning at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, in Nova Scotia, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Authorities said they were investigating the “origin of the threat,” which was received at 10:50 p.m. local time (9:50 p.m. ET), and were looking to identify who was behind it. They didn’t say exactly how the threat was made. The Turkish Airlines aircraft is scheduled to continue on to #Istanbul later this morning.  The investigation into the threat is ongoing. Bomb-sniffing dogs were used to comb through the plane and passengers’ luggage in Halifax. No explosive device was found, police said. Passengers were taken in buses to the terminal building during the security check, the airport tweeted. They were expected to then get back on the plane and continue their journey, according to the airline. The bomb threat is the third to affect a flight from the United States to Europe in the past week. Two Air France flights headed from U.S. cities to Paris were diverted on Tuesday and later given the all clear. Air France Flight 55  landed safely at the same airport in Halifax after departing Washington’s Dulles International Airport. And Air France Flight 65, en route from Los Angeles to Paris, was diverted to Salt Lake City. Airlines have been on edge following the recent bombing of a Russian passenger jet that killed all 224 people on board over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month. The Islamic militant group ISIS has claimed responsibility for downing the plane. CNN’s Jethro Mullen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "bomb threats against flights from the U.S. to Europe", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151122101500", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/22/americas/turkish-airlines-flight-diverted-bomb-threat/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "660041887", "sentence": "Drama, superficiality and perception are three of the fundamental pillars of this president's worldview To ignore them is to miss the point, to see the world in a fundamentally different way than Trump does There’s a tendency among “serious” people to dismiss the importance of the pomp, circumstance and symbolism in politics. “Focus on the policy, not the perceptions!” they shout. Who cares about the fluff!?!?! Emmanuel Macron, for one. The newly elected French president told a French journal Sunday that his handshake with US President Donald Trump during a meeting during the NATO gathering in Brussels last week was about much more than just an exchange of pleasantries. “My handshake with him, it’s not innocent,” Macron said. “It’s not the alpha and the omega of politics, but a moment of truth.” He added: “One must show that we won’t make little concessions, even symbolic ones.” In case you forgot the handshake, here it is: And here’s how The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker, who was in the room for the shake, described it: “They shook hands for an extended period of time. Each president gripped the other’s hand with considerable intensity, their knuckles turning white and their jaws clenching and faces tightening.” For those who pooh-pooh the coverage of Trump’s White House as overly dramatic, too superficial, too focused on perceptions, I say this: Drama, superficiality and perception are three of the fundamental pillars of this President’s worldview. To ignore them is to miss the point, to see the world in a fundamentally different way than Trump does. Remember that Trump’s two major experiences in the working world are as the face of his own eponymous brand/business and as a reality TV star. In other words, Donald Trump has been playing “Donald Trump” for virtually his entire life. And Donald Trump has been shaping what it means to be “Donald Trump” for just as long. This, excerpted from Marc Fischer and Michael Kranisch’s “Trump, Revealed,” is, um, revealing: “What the audience saw on TV altered their perception of the mogul they had known as an immodest dealmaker who built glitzy towers, married beautiful women and slapped his name on jets and yachts.” “‘The Apprentice’ turned Trump from an easily caricatured Richie Rich who had just weathered some difficult years into a pop-culture truth-teller, an evangelist for the American gospel of success, a decider who insisted on standards in a country that had somehow slipped into handing out trophies just for showing up.” For Trump, perception IS reality. (In that way, he is a sort of Platonic ideal of our modern politics.) Every interaction in public is a chance to assert dominance, to show that he’s in charge, that’s he’s the boss. Trump believes that perception creates reality. If he looks like the alpha male and the powerful leader, he becomes the alpha male and the powerful leader. Time and again – during both his campaign and the early days of his presidency – Trump has seized any opportunity to show, in usually small ways, that dominance. His trademark hold-and-tug handshake is, without question, his favorite power move. There’s this one with Vice President Mike Pence: And this now-legendary grip and tug with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch: Trump expanded his repertoire during his trip abroad – most notably with this shove-and-preen at the expense of the Prime Minister of Montenegro. Instead of being a “distraction” – as many media critics dismiss these episodes – these handshakes, shoves and other attempts to assert control of situations are the point of the Trump presidency. The shaping of perceptions about him is what Trump spends most of his time on. From his tweets to his cable TV habit, it all speaks to a man absolutely obsessed with how people view him. To cover Trump accurately then, you need to understand that how things look matters much more to him than how things are. Handshakes, seen through that lens, are a critical piece of grasping how this President not only views himself but how he chooses to interact with the rest of the world. Agreed? Let’s shake on it. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correctly identify the Prime Minister of Montenegro.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170529144500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/politics/macron-trump-handshake/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "688934238", "sentence": "Most computer models indicate Jose will stay out to sea But its odd, looping path could bring it near the Bahamas and US this weekend First Harvey, then Irma and now … Jose? Hurricane Jose was 840 miles east of  Florida early Wednesday, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, making it a Category 1 storm. “Jose looping over the southwest Atlantic between the Bahamas and Bermuda,” the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is expected to remain at hurricane intensity in the Western Atlantic, and it could strengthen as it takes an odd, looping path that may bring it near the Bahamas and the United States this weekend. However, most computer models indicate Jose will stay out to sea and complete a tight enough loop to avoid moving onshore. Jose’s impact is sure to be felt along the Southeast coast, bringing rough seas. Such a path is concerning in the wake of Hurricane Irma, which has altered the beach landscape and made it more vulnerable to coastal erosion and flooding. The track for Hurricane Jose is a strange one. In a pocket of weak steering winds in the open Atlantic, Jose is expected to make a clockwise loop. It will initially move farther away from the United States before coming closer to the Bahamas and East Coast. Click here to track the storm A westward motion is the result of a ridge of high pressure to the north and then east of the storm. The strength and location of this ridge will determine how far Jose moves westward before eventually turning north and then east again. Two of the most robust computer models meteorologists use to determine the odds of landfall – GFS, the American forecast model, and the ECMWF, the European one – keep Jose over the ocean. Related article Irma destroyed about 25% of houses in Florida Keys, FEMA says But models can have trouble forecasting unusual tracks such as Jose’s expected path. There is generally not a dominant weather feature that is steering the storm, so model forecasts can vary widely between each other and from run to run. The National Hurricane Center recognizes this uncertainty in its Tuesday morning forecasts for Jose, saying “after (three days), the confidence in the forecast decreases as the guidance diverges significantly.” The center’s official forecast finds Jose just over 400 miles from Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday morning. Still, the cone of uncertainty comes uncomfortably close, within 200 miles of Florida and 50 miles from the Bahamas. The storm may bring a high risk of rip currents, too. Jose already has threatened other hurricane-weary countries. As a much stronger Category 4 storm, the hurricane passed only 85 miles from the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda last weekend. Tropical storm-force winds from Jose spread over the islands on Saturday. Only three days earlier, Antigua and Barbuda had been devastated by a peak-strength Category 5 Irma, packing 185-mph winds. Before this hurricane season, the United States had gone a record 12 years without a major hurricane landfall. But with Harvey and Irma, it has now experienced two Category 4 landfalls in 16 days. In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that unseasonably warm ocean temperatures and a no-show from El Niño would contribute to a potentially “extremely active” hurricane season. There have already been six named hurricanes this season: Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irma, Jose and Katia. If history is a guide, more will be on the way. The full hurricane season lasts until November 30, although the peak season generally stretches from about mid-August to mid-October. But hurricanes into November and even December are not unheard of. Last year, Hurricane Otto formed on November 20 and made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 2 storm. CNN’s Judson Jones contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hurricane Jose", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Hedged", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170912181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ATG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/us/hurricane-jose-forecast/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "710401733", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript November 28, 2017 Today, we’re taking you to the nation of Myanmar (also known as Burma) to explain a situation involving the nation’s leaders, the Rohingya, Pope Francis, and neighboring Bangladesh. A look at “net neutrality” follows, and then we’re taking you deep into the Pacific to examine the findings of deep sea researchers. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the printable version of today’s CNN 10 transcript. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of international significance and then clearly describe why they’re making news, who is affected, and how the events fit into a complex, international society. Thank you for using CNN 10", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171127234500", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/cnn10/ten-content-tues/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "703606398", "sentence": "When chef René Redzepi announced his revolutionary Danish restaurant Noma would be staging a pop-up under a Copenhagen bridge, the excitement was inevitable. Not only was it a chance to sample the team’s cooking on home turf, but it might also offer some hints about Noma 2.0, the much-anticipated new version of the restaurant, which opens in February 2018. Little has been revealed about the upcoming eatery since the original incarnation closed it doors in February 2017. But when I arrive and take my place among the 60 people already sitting elbow to elbow at the long wooden table, it automatically feels different to the more formal, cerebral tasting menu experience associated with the Noma brand. For a start, we’re outdoors on a cobbled passageway directly under central Copenhagen’s Knippelsbro Bridge. Tented in from the chill with plastic sheeting and gas heaters installed at intervals, warm light from woven wicker pendant lamps casting a rosy glow over the table and faces of people eating, it’s the definition of “hygge” – that now famous Danish concept of conviviality and contentment. The crowd is also a little younger than the usual fine-dining set. Most are in their 20s and 30s, much like the staff – possibly because the 1,250 DKK ($200) price, inclusive of pour-your-own wine pairings, is more affordable than Noma’s typical $480-plus charge. Two seatings are offered for the prix fixe, five-course, family-style dinner and dishes are kept secret until they’re served. Richard Hart, head baker of San Francisco eatery Tartine, is working with Noma until he opens his bakery in Copenhagen in 2018 and our first platters are heaped with huge hunks of crusty bread baked by the man himself, with mandatory slabs of Danish butter. Welcome nibbles in the form of light, crispy tostadas quickly give way to bowls of warm mushroom broth with black trumpets, young spinach, grilled baby cucumber and wild Swedish blueberries. The best new restaurants for 2017 The next course is a menu mainstay and a nod to the team’s spring 2017 Noma Mexico pop-up in idyllic beach destination Tulum – DIY cabbage leaf “tacos” topped with microgreens, edible flowers and smoked cod roe, accompanied by a cast-iron pot filled with whole, crunchy fried fjord shrimps and oil and salsa made with Mexican habanero and salted green gooseberry. “It’s that perfect bite of, ‘OK, I’m tasting these flavors and feeling the influence of Mexico,’ but whum, you’re also in Denmark,” says Katherine Bont, restaurant manager at Noma and team leader for its pop-ups. It’s also a clear departure from what I’ve come to expect from a restaurant named for the contraction of “nordisk mad,” the Danish words for Nordic food. But while it’s run by the Noma team, Under The Bridge is not Noma. One of the main differences is that it’s not an outlet for Redzepi’s cooking. “René’ll come down and taste and give his feedback, but really it’s a chance for the young cooks in the kitchen to show their creative side and use ginger, chillis… things we wouldn’t use at Noma,” Bont explains. The staff conceived Under The Bridge while in Mexico, knowing they had at least another six months in Copenhagen before Noma 2.0 launched. During the summer, Noma’s wine supplier Rosforth & Rosforth served wine and food at picnic tables adjacent to its cellar here, under the Knipplesbro bridge. The team opted to expand on that concept, combining their Mexico experience with their Danish heritage and setting to offer relaxed, 60-head dinner-party style dinners featuring food they’d cook for friends. Under The Bridge was supposed to end in early September. However, construction delays caused by the unearthing of an ancient wall at the Noma 2.0 site – and the pop-up’s runaway success – led to it being extended until November 12 and from five evenings a week to seven. (At the time of writing, reservations are still available.) Noma chef Torsten Vildgaard – who opened Claus Meyer’s eatery Studio at The Standard in October 2013 and earned a Michelin star just a few months later – came on board last month to help the team. But menu development has remained a collaborative process in keeping with Noma’s usual open, all-hands structure. Recent additions include sides of whole-baked celeriac with chunks of apple and chestnut and roasted Brussels sprouts with ginger and sweet miso. Tonight, dessert is light and tangy in the Nordic tradition, comprising a semi circle of milk parfait and another of strawberry grapes, with aronia berry juice, tagetes leaves and liquorice salt. Then, another visceral throwback to the team’s time in Mexico – rich, moist almond financier petit fours, capped with a dusting of dehydrated wood ants. So how will Under The Bridge – coupled with former pop-ups and the additions of Copenhagen sister restaurants 108 and North-Sea-restaurant Barr, housed within Noma’s old space– feed into Noma 2.0? The short answer is – nobody knows yet. Redzepi has spent months exploring Nordic destinations and the culinary potential they offer, with Noma’s social media feed ripe with shots of langoustine and sea urchins from ice-cold Faroese waters and mushrooms from Håøya in Norway. Top chefs on tour: 10 culinary pop-ups But in a video clip for Noma’s monthly Weather Report news bulletins, the chef suggests he’s open to bringing his team’s global perspective into the new restaurant. “We’re going to open up again. That’s all good, but what if we fall into the same routine? What if we can’t see the fresh opportunities?” he says. “All of this new stuff we have with us, all of the new mindsets and inspirations, we’re going to put that into practical use at the new Noma.” Now that the Noma team has worked collectively in Japan, Australia and Mexico and New Nordic, will Redzepi incorporate more international influences at Noma 2.0? Past experience suggests he might. Chocolate has always featured among Noma’s desserts and oenophiles were given the option of choosing Old World and New World wines from its lists. After the team’s first international trip to Tokyo in 2015, more exotic ingredients appeared. “We had a seaweed we were using from Hokkaido and black garlic from Aomori,” recalls Bont. “All of a sudden we had a few things that extended beyond the Nordic region but we felt that with all of the research and care and meeting the farmers who made these products, we could expand on what we’d previously known.” But, as Bont says, nobody knows for sure because they’re building the restaurant from the ground up. World's best chefs: My favorite food experience was ... Even details of the new Noma 2.0 site, being developed by Danish “starchitect” Bjarke Ingels’ firm BIG in a former sea mine depot atop ancient fortifications bordering vibrant “free town” Christiania, are scarce. Tourism authority VisitCopenhagen has revealed the site is being reimagined as a gourmet village with an urban farm and 10 huts – one each for grilling, baking, fermenting, wine and so on – with the kitchens housed within the old mine building. The only definite news is that the restaurant will open on February 1, 2018 – reservations are being taken from November 16 – with a seafood-focused menu. Informed by the Nordic climate, Redzepi is dividing the year into three seasons. In the colder months from December through May, when few things grow, the team will look to the ocean. As the weather warms, menus will shift towards a more plant-based menu, which will be succeeded by a menu emphasizing land and pasture, particularly game, from September to December. Bont says that while Under The Bridge and Noma 2.0 are two completely different things, she believes the style of service will carry over. “I think what we’ll take away from this experience is the way in which we’re cooking the dishes – coming together, this looking after people, a more casual approachable vibe, this real home feeling,” she says. Under The Bridge will run until November 12.  Knippelsbrogade 10, 1409 København K, Denmark. Noma 2.0 is due to open on February 1, 2018, Wednesday to Saturday, offering the same menu for both lunch and dinner. Refshalevej 96, 1432 København K, Denmark. Gemma Z Price is a freelance travel and lifestyle writer based between San Francisco and HCMC. 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{"article_id": "684064536", "sentence": "When Britain went into the first round of talks with the EU two months ago, its chief negotiator was pictured facing his Brussels counterpart with no notes on the table in front of him – as if to confirm what critics of Brexit believe, that the UK government is woefully unprepared to leave by March 2019. On Monday, at the start of the third round of negotiations, David Davis, the UK Brexit Secretary, will have a stack of documents to hand. After the EU’s growing impatience at the lack of preparedness from the UK side in the first two rounds, the British government has published several Brexit “position papers” setting out how it sees the UK’s relationship with Europe once it leaves in just 19 months’ time. It was not just accusations of disorganization that has spurred the government of Prime Minister Theresa May into action. Over the summer, legal experts, businesses and the Prime Minister’s own Treasury department warned of the consequences of crashing out of the EU under a “hard Brexit” without any transitional arrangements agreed in advance. Related article Brexit splits give Theresa May a holiday headache In January, the Prime Minister had boldly declared that “no deal is better than a bad deal” with the EU, making clear that the UK would be ready to walk out of negotiations – and Europe – if it didn’t get its own way. But in June, she lost her overall majority in a hastily called election and no longer has the power to play hardball. The straightforward argument – to take back control from Brussels – that persuaded the British people to vote for Brexit last year has given way to pragmatism. The “no deal” ultimatum has been replaced by more realistic proposals. Yet whether they will bring Britain and the EU any closer to a deal on Brexit remains to be seen. From the point of view of Brussels, the papers still represent far too much of the UK’s desire to “have its cake and eat it”. So what have we learned from the position papers published this week? According to the position paper on customs, Britain would leave the customs union, which allows EU countries to trade freely with each other without tariffs. Yet the UK says it wants a special deal with Brussels involving a transition period of two to three years, during which it would keep the benefits of membership of the customs union whilst ministers seek trade deals with other countries. This proposal of a transitional deal would avoid what many have warned would be the “cliff edge” scenario after the exit date of March 2019, which would result in long queues at British ports to move goods into and out of the bloc. Every year, 2.6M trucks pass through the Channel port of Dover without the need for customs checks, posing a huge infrastructure challenge post-Brexit. This desire for special treatment, in which Britain would step outside formal EU membership yet remain closely aligned to the EU’s trading and customs systems, is viewed skeptically by the remaining 27 nations. Legal experts and Brussels officials warned that taking part in trading arrangements with the EU should also mean abiding by the bloc’s rules. Last weekend, Sir Paul Jenkins, who was the British government’s top legal official for nearly a decade, said May was “foolish” to think the UK could carry on reaping the economic benefits of access to the single market without adhering to EU law. At present, there is no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and the UK government wants this situation to remain – an invisible border, with minimal checks on goods passing between north and south. Smaller traders would be exempt from any checks, while larger firms would be required to sign up to “trusted trader arrangements” using electronic checks. Related video Irish farmers straddling border fear Brexit The future of the Irish border raises serious questions because any suggestion of a “hard border”, with checkpoints, risks undermining more than two decades of the peace process between Northern Ireland, the republic and the British government. Yet a porous border would also mean there would be no guarantee that goods entering post-Brexit Northern Ireland from the rest of the world – controversial chlorinated chicken from the US, for example – would not subsequently travel south and enter the EU in breach of single market rules. Papers on civil judicial cooperation and on international arbitration over disputes between the UK and EU make clear that Britain intends to break free of “direct” jurisdiction of the ECJ, the court which interprets and enforces EU law on issues including trade and security. But the word “direct” is key here: British officials have acknowledged that with a close continuing relationship between the UK and EU, there would need to be mutual respect for each other’s legal systems. So future cooperation on judicial matters would involve a “close and comprehensive framework” to “mirror closely” the existing system so that cross-border disputes were resolved swiftly. On arbitration of disputes between the UK and EU, the British government accepts that the ECJ could still have jurisdiction during the transition period. This approach of May’s government to “have its cake and eat it” – to break free yet somehow remain as close as possible – risks angering the Brexit purists, including many in the Conservative Party, who campaigned for Britain to cut all ties with Europe and set its own course on trade and law. Wrestling free of the ECJ, in particular, is a totemic demand of the anti-European Tory right wing, and any suggestion of a continuing relationship with it could cause a revolt. Taken together, these papers show how May’s government has finally realized it cannot take a sudden and dramatic leap in the dark – which would be hugely economically damaging and technically difficult. 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{"article_id": "457355435", "sentence": "NEW: Former instructor: The accusation \"doesn't seem to fit\" Police say Jaelyn Young's father is a 17-year veteran of the force A lawyer and family friend says Muhammad Dakhlalla's family is \"absolutely stunned\" She’s the daughter of a police officer. He’s the son of a man who’s worked as a local imam. Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla came from families who, according to friends and acquaintances, push for peace, law and order. But now they’re both in federal custody, facing conspiracy charges alleging a plan to travel to Syria and join ISIS. Court documents detail the pair’s alleged conversations with two undercover FBI agents who they apparently believed were recruiters for the terror group. In messages over social media, they allegedly said they’d gotten married and planned to use their honeymoon as a cover to travel abroad. Details are still emerging in the case, and the pair’s families have been tight-lipped. Here’s what we know about the Mississippi couple: Jaelyn Young’s father, Leonce Young, has been an officer in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for 17 years, the police department said in a statement Tuesday. Related video Mississippi couple arrested for supporting ISIS He’s also served in the military for 21 years, completing 14 deployments, police said. “The family is devastated and it is our understanding had no knowledge of or involvement in Jaelyn’s plans,” police said. “We understand that the Young’s love their daughter and have supported her educational career and will stand by her through the legal process. At this time the Young family is going through an extremely difficult time and we would like to keep them in our thoughts and prayers.” The Young family hasn’t responded to requests for comment. Ken Coghlan, an attorney representing Jaelyn Young, declined to comment. In the spring, Jaelyn Young – now 20 — was registered as a sophomore studying chemistry at Mississippi State University, school spokesman Sid Salter said. She described herself as unemployed in a financial affidavit filed in court this week, noting that her mother pays her tuition bills. In high school, she was an honors student, a cheerleader and in her school’s Homecoming court, the Clarion-Ledger reported. The Vicksburg Post described her as an “all-American girl” who participated in robotics competitions. A law enforcement official described her as a recent convert to Islam. In a decision denying bond Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander said there is “clear and convincing evidence” that Young had “carefully constructed a plan” to travel to Syria and serve ISIS. “She left detailed letters to her family and ‘the authorities’ which all make clear her intent to join (ISIS) and never to return to the U.S.,” the judge wrote. Family members thought Muhammad Dakhlalla, a 22-year-old who goes by the name “Mo,” was going to start graduate school in psychology at Mississippi State on Monday, said attorney Dennis Harmon, a longtime family friend. But instead, Dakhlalla is behind bars and his parents, Harmon said, are “absolutely stunned.” “It’s like having a two-by-four right between the eyes,” Harmon said. Doug Bedsaul, an instructor who trained Dakhlalla in judo and taekwondo for years, said he was surprised to hear the allegations – and will reserve judgment until all the facts come out. “It doesn’t seem to fit with what I know of him, his personality, or his family,” he said. Bedsaul described Dakhlalla as calm, attentive and focused. “I can’t remember him ever getting upset or angry at all,” Bedsaul told CNN. “I have seen him compete, and for some people, that would be a moment when they could get upset, when they were losing or being in the heat of the moment. But he always had very good control of himself.” His father, Oda Dakhlalla, originally hails from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Harmon said. He’s been an imam and taught at the local mosque, the Islamic Center of Mississippi in Starkville. He’s also a private math and science tutor, Harmon said. His mother, Lisa Dakhlalla, is originally from New Jersey and has a catering business. “When Oda teaches, he teaches Islam as peace. … He has nothing to do with the Islam of (ISIS),” Harmon said. Harmon represents the family but isn’t involved in the federal case. A federal public defender representing Dakhlalla declined to comment. In her decision denying bond, Alexander said Dakhlalla “participated in plans” with Young to travel to Syria, “stating his desire to serve (ISIS)” in media relations and as a fighter. “He left a detailed letter to his parents which makes clear his choice was deliberate and voluntary,” the judge wrote. Dakhalla graduated from Mississippi State in the spring with a degree in psychology, Salter said. He described himself as unemployed in a financial affidavit, adding that his parents support him. He and Young met when they were both studying at the school, according to Harmon, but they haven’t know each other long – maybe months or a year. They had an informal Nikah, an Islamic wedding ceremony, Harmon said, but no civil marriage. The family learned about Dakhlalla’s arrest, Harmon said, when FBI agents knocked on their door. They let agents in to search their son’s room, he said. The family has spoken on the phone with Dakhlalla, Harmon said, and urged him to cooperate with the FBI. “They absolutely trust the government to get the facts straight,” Harmon said. CNN’s Shawn Nottingham, Evan Perez, Sam Stringer and Justin Lear contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150813023000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/us/mississippi-couple-isis/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "562714309", "sentence": "Neighbors identify 18-year-old attacker as Ali Sonboly Man had no connection to ISIS and no apparent political motive, police say The teenager who shot dead nine people in Munich on Friday was a mentally troubled man who had extensively researched rampage killings and had no apparent links to ISIS, German police said. Authorities said  the 18-year-old lone attacker – who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound – had no political motivations. No references to religion were found in documents in his home in the southern German city. But investigators searching his belongings found numerous documents on rampage killings, including a book entitled “Rampage in My Mind – Why Students Kill,” said Robert Heimberger, president of the Bavarian state criminal police office. Neighbors told CNN that the teen who lived in the apartment  searched by police was Ali Sonboly. German police said the gunman’s parents had been taken in for questioning. Police have not named the attacker, but said he had dual German and Iranian nationality, and was born and raised in Munich. Munich shooting: What we know It appeared that before the attack, the gunman had hacked a woman’s Facebook account to post a fake offer of free food at the McDonald’s branch where the attack began,German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said. Investigators were still working to confirm that he posted that to lure people to the scene. Police said there was also likely to be significance in the timing of the attack, five years to the day since Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, many of them attendees at a youth camp. Both attacks targeted young people, with most of the victims in Munich in their teens, Police Chief Hubertus Andrae said. Three of the victims were 14, two were 15, one was 17 and another 19, while a 20-year-old and a 45-year-old were also killed. Three were female. The victims all were German nationals from the Munich area, officials said. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said three of the victims were also Turkish nationals. Another of the victims was also a Greek citizen, Greece’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The attack left 27 people wounded, 10 of them with serious injuries, Andrae said. The gunman stormed the McDonald’s outside the Olympia mall in Munich on Friday evening, before continuing in to the shopping center, bringing Germany’s third-largest city to a standstill. Residents were warned to avoid public places and public transport was halted. Authorities, initially fearing three gunmen were on the loose, mounted a massive operation involving 3,200 security personnel. Terrified shoppers sought safety in strangers’ homes. Police engaged in a shootout with the gunman, whose body was found near the scene of the attacks. An autopsy indicated he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. No suicide note had been found in the attacker’s home, and his parents were too shocked to help police in their investigations, officials said. The attacker used a 9 mm Glock 17 pistol that was likely obtained illegally. The serial number had been scratched off, and he had  about 300 rounds of ammunition in his backpack, police said. De Maiziere said there had been no previous police or intelligence agency investigations into the attacker, the son of Shiite Muslims from Iran who came to Germany as asylum seekers in the 1990s. “We know that in the apartment of the perpetrator, material was found which leads to him being interested in those who go on a  rampage,” he said. “We do not have any indications that would lead to international terrorism.” The attacker had received medical treatment for mental health issues, a police official said. In 2012, he had been the victim of “bodily injury” in an incident involving other young people. The attack shook Europe after a spate of recent terror attacks on the continent, including the stabbing of passengers on a German train by a man who claimed to be inspired by ISIS, and the killing of 84 people in a deadly truck attack in Nice, France. German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the ongoing public anxieties over the security climate as she expressed her condolences at a news conference in Berlin. “We are mourning those who will never go back to their families,” she said, before addressing the bereaved families of the victims of Munich’s “night of horrors.” “We share your pain. We think of you. We suffer with you.” She expressed her gratitude for German security forces. “We live together in a liberal society. This freedom is our greatest strength,” she said. A witness who was in the McDonald’s restaurant said her son was in the bathroom with the gunman. “That’s where he loaded his weapon,” said Lauretta, who only wanted to be identified by her first name. She said she saw many young casualties. “I hear like an alarm and boom, boom, boom … and he’s still killing the children. The children were sitting to eat. They can’t run.” Lauretta said she heard the gunman say, “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is great” in Arabic. “I know this because I’m Muslim. I hear this and I only cry,” she said. Witness Huseyin Bayri said he was riding his bike outside the restaurant when he saw the attacker yelling. “I heard a scream at first: ‘You shitty … foreigners. I am German. You will get it,’” Bayri said. “And then the first shots were fired. And a boy of about 14 or 17 years of age … collapsed, fell to the floor.” Related video Teen kills 9 people in Munich shopping district rampage Bayri jumped off his bike, crawled toward the wounded teenager and hid next to him. He tried to reassure him as he pressed on his gunshot wounds to stop the bleeding. “The boy asked for my help. I tried to talk with him, asked him his name, his age, if he has a girlfriend,” Bayri said. “I tried to make sure that he looked at me, that his eyes are open.” The teen pleaded with Bayri to call an ambulance, but died just before it got there. After the shooting, the gunman moved across the street to the mall, which is near the site of the 1972 Summer Olympics where Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian attackers. Lynn Stein, who works in the mall, described a chaotic scene when gunfire erupted. “People were very confused, and they were running and they were screaming,” she said. She saw someone lying on the floor of a store who appeared to be either dead or injured. “There’s a woman over them, crying,” she said. JUST IN: Twitter video shows people running from scene of shooting at German shopping center https://t.co/rI3HVFMiav pic.twitter.com/59Pf70D5cF Photos and video posted on social media showed a profanity-filled verbal exchange between a man on the top level of a parking garage and another one on a balcony. The man who appeared to be a shooter said insulting things about Turks, did not espouse jihadist ideology and spoke with a German accent. The conversation ended in gunfire. CNN’s Atika Shubert,  Catherine Shoichet, Jason Hanna, Erin Mclaughlin,  Dugald McConnell, Lonzo Cook, Ray Sanchez, Claudia Otto, Bharati Naik, Vasco Cotovio, Nadine Schmidt, Laura Perez Maestro and Donie O’Sullivan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "the 18-year-old lone attacker", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160723074500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/23/europe/germany-munich-shooting/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "413400961", "sentence": "North Korea has fired two missiles into the sea, believed to be Scud-C The launch comes as the United States and South Korea begin joint military drills The annual exercises have long sparked tensions North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said. The missiles were fired from North Korea’s west coast into the sea, which is also known as the East Sea, around 6:30 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. Monday (4:30 p.m. and 4:40 p.m. ET Sunday), the official said. They were fired from an area near Nampo City, located about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Pyongyang. The two projectiles were estimated to have flown about 490 kilometers (304 miles) before falling into the sea east of the peninsula, according to the South Korean official, who asked to remain anonymous citing government policy. Considering the speed, altitude and distance the missiles traveled, they are assumed to be Scud-Cs, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry. Related video North Korea tests 'cutting-edge' missile The missiles were fired as the United States and South Korea began annual military drills, which United States Forces Korea describes as “nonprovocative training” that are “an important component of readiness” for defending South Korea. Related video North Korea orders army to prep for war with U.S. The annual joint military exercises, called Foal Eagle and Key Reserve, have long sparked tension between North Korea, South Korea and the United States. Related gallery Photos North Korea didn't want you to see North Korea’s state-run KCNA slammed the joint military exercises Monday, saying that the drills are “nothing but a smokescreen” by the United States and South Korea “to cover up their surprise invasion of the north.” “The situation on the Korean peninsula is again inching close to the brink of a war,” KCNA said, noting that North Korea’s military “will never remain a passive onlooker in this grave situation.” North Korea was informed on February 24 when the joint drills would be held, said Kim Min-seok, the South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman. “North Korea in the past did fire (projectiles) in a very similar manner,” he said during a briefing Monday.  “On several occasions, they fired (projectiles) from the west coast to sea off east of the Korean Peninsula.” He added that North Korea fired about 90 ballistic missiles and rockets during last year’s Foal Eagle and Key Resolve drill. “Our military is strictly warning North Korean military of the reckless and the provocative act. We will firmly and strongly respond to any North Korea’s provocation through solid united defense posture,” South Korea’s Kim said. CNN’s Paula Hancocks and Sara Mazloumsaki contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150302000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/asia/north-korea-missiles-fired/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "626204445", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John McCain is a US senator for Arizona. Marco Rubio is a US senator for Florida. Ben Cardin is a US senator for Maryland. Jack Reed is a US senator for Rhode Island. The views expressed are their own. Sens. McCain, Rubio, Cardin and Reed: It is imperative the United States engages economically in Asia Our success in the region is not just based on military might, but on our values as well, they write On the heels of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis’ successful trip to South Korea and Japan last week, and with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington this week, we have an important opportunity to reaffirm America’s commitment to security and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. Seventy years ago, out of the ashes of a world war, America and our allies and partners built a rules-based international order – one based on the principles of the rule of law, free peoples and free markets, open seas and open skies, and peaceful settlement of disputes. Put simply: These ideas have changed the fortunes of the United States and Asia forever, and for the better. Our nation enjoyed access to resources that fueled broadly shared economic growth at home and a stability that kept another world war at bay, benefiting Americans from all walks of life, while an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity lifted hundreds of millions of Asians out of poverty and toward self-sufficiency. None of this was preordained. And the rules-based order is not self-sustaining. America and our allies have made the choice to uphold and defend this order. We do so because it is profoundly in our national interest. And with challenges mounting from China’s assertive behavior in the East and South China Seas to North Korea’s increasingly dangerous nuclear threat, this is the stand we must take again. This is not just a choice for President Donald Trump. As a coequal branch, Congress must do its part to strengthen our alliances, deepen our diplomacy, and protect our interests. A simple yet valuable first step would be to affirm America’s broad, bipartisan commitment to defend our allies when they are threatened. Prime Minister Abe’s visit is the right moment for President Trump and Congress to reiterate what Mattis asserted last week: that the Senkaku Islands are administered by Japan and therefore fall within the scope of Article 5 of the US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, and that the United States will oppose any unilateral attempts to undermine Japan’s administration of these islands. Our forward-deployed forces in the Asia-Pacific region secure our enduring national interests, uphold our treaty commitments, and safeguard open seas and open commerce. Fortunately, we also have allies that cover much of the cost of America’s forward presence in the region. For example, Japan contributes approximately half of annual US basing costs, while South Korea contributes about 40%. But greater American investment is needed to update our posture and keep pace with evolving threats. A strong first step would be Congress’ support for partner capacity building efforts to assure critical munitions, military facilities and strengthened cooperation with our allies. Our military should continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, including where China’s excessive and militarized maritime claims erode the freedom of the seas. On the Korean peninsula, the administration must work with the South Korean government to assure a capable multilayer extended deterrence architecture, including accelerating the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system to protect against North Korea’s missile threat. Doing so is important for civilians threatened everywhere, from Seoul and Tokyo to Seattle, as North Korea prepares to test an intercontinental ballistic missile that can deliver a nuclear payload. Our success in the region is not just based on military might, but on our values as well, and must also be matched by smart and agile diplomatic engagement and the full range of American influence. There are also significant opportunities to work with our allies and partners to deepen and broaden Asia’s own emerging architecture, include the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Finally, it is still imperative the United States engages economically in Asia. Five of our top 10 trading partners are in Asia and it is the destination for one-fourth of our exports. These relationships are more than statistics: They help American workers and businesses win access to new markets and new opportunities. To take advantage of them, the administration and Congress should work to open new markets in the Asia-Pacific region for American products, protect American invention and innovation, and support American jobs and manufacturing. We should welcome dialogue over investments in the United States that create jobs for our workers, build needed infrastructure and enhance productivity. As a Pacific nation, the United States recognizes that much of the history of the 21st century will be written in the Asia-Pacific region. Now is the time to engage, not retrench. We stand ready to work with the administration to do just that.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States engagement in Asia-Pacific region", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170210140000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/opinions/abe-visit-mccain-rubio-cardin-reed/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "641762732", "sentence": "Kushner met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and banker Sergey Gorkov According to a source, neither of Kushner's meetings were about sanctions When President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide Jared Kushner voluntarily appears before the Senate intelligence committee, he will describe his interactions with Russians during the transition as a point man “looking for the right person to engage with on Russia,” and nothing more, according to a source familiar with what transpired. According to this source, neither of Kushner’s meetings – with the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and with Russian banker Sergey Gorkov – were about sanctions, which Russian banks have been lobbying against since they were imposed in 2014. These were “relationship meetings,” the source said. In Kushner’s meeting with Kislyak, the source added, Kushner asked Kislyak to “identify someone who would be a good intermediary as they were trying to figure out who the right person would be to engage with on Russia.” The source said the transition team – and Kushner in particular – were looking for ways to establish a back channel to Putin, as they had done with other leaders during the transition. “In the transition they were looking to establish relationships with foreign leaders, and he took dozens of meetings,” according to the source. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius first reported that Kushner was seeking a back channel to Putin. In their meeting, Kislyak suggested Kushner also meet with Gorkov, whom Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed in February 2016 as chairman of VneshEconomBank, a Russian state development bank that has been under US sanctions since July 2014. The bank, known as VEB, and its ties to the Russian government could have easily been identified in an internet search. But the Trump transition “had no mechanism for vetting anyone” and it was not done, the source said. And while Kushner himself could have done a cursory search to find out more about Gorkov, that didn’t happen. “In a more organized transition there would have been someone to vet people before there were meetings,” the source said as explanation, acknowledging “incompetence” in that area of the transition. The bank’s recent statement that the meeting with Kushner was part of a “roadshow of business meetings” is in clear contrast to Kushner’s view of it. “That wasn’t the purpose of the meeting,” the source said. “That’s ridiculous.” In addition, the source also said that the meeting with Gorkov was not about business or sanctions or the bank’s “new strategy,” as the bank’s recent press release said. “That doesn’t make any sense to me from what I know,” the source added. The White House this week insisted that Kushner met as a representative of the incoming Trump administration and the meeting was not consequential. “Jared attended the meeting in his capacity as a transition official. Nothing of substance was discussed. There was no follow up,” a White House spokesperson said. And Kushner never followed up with Kislyak. When the ambassador wanted to meet with Kushner again, Kushner didn’t see the purpose in doing it, the source said. His feeling, according to this source, was “why should [Kushner] meet with a person for the second time who told [him] he’s not the right person” to be an intermediary to the Kremlin. As a result, Kushner sent a young aide to meet with the ambassador instead. The source added that when Rex Tillerson became Secretary of State, the need for a back channel became a moot point, since Tillerson had a wide range of Russian contacts, including with Putin himself. “After Tillerson was in place, the liaison role that Jared had been playing ended,” the source said, although Kushner obviously remains connected to the foreign policy world in his role at the White House.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jared Kushner", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170330010000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/kushner-meeting-russian-bank/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "759860229", "sentence": "The world turns to an experimental vaccine and drugs in development A \"clear difference that I see between this outbreak and the 2014-2016 outbreak is the more robust response,\" one expert says An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo rages on. All eyes have turned to the northwestern part of the country, where cases of Ebola virus disease emerged this month, leading to an outbreak declaration and quickly posing a “very high” public health risk. Though it’s too early to determine what the outcome of this outbreak could be and how wide it could spread, there is one aspect that many experts agree on: The world seems better prepared than ever to fight this outbreak. “We are hearing about this and supporting a response to it much more quickly than the three-country outbreak in 2014-16,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 was the largest and most complex on record since the virus was discovered in 1976. Related video Remembering the deadliest Ebola outbreak That outbreak, which started in Guinea and spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia, saw more cases and deaths than all other Ebola outbreaks combined, according to the World Health Organization. During that outbreak, a total of 28,616 cases of Ebola virus disease and 11,310 deaths were reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone – as well as an additional 36 cases and 15 deaths that occurred when the outbreak spread outside of those three countries, according to the CDC. Then, “there were lots of criticisms of the WHO response,” Schuchat said. Now, however, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus already has visited the affected areas. “The political level at the national, regional and global level is committed to support this,” Schuchat said of WHO’s response this year. Related article Fear and failure: How Ebola sparked a global health revolution Additionally, “the Democratic Republic of Congo has had Ebola outbreaks before. This is the ninth one. This is a serious one in that it’s not just in a rural area but has reached an urban area, but there is more familiarity with the disease and syndrome than there was in West Africa,” Schuchat said. Also, in the 2014-16 outbreak, research was just beginning to test Ebola vaccines and drug candidates in humans. “We now have very good experience with one of the vaccines that was tested in the ring vaccination trial in Guinea and was also tested in large studies in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and appears to be very effective and very safe,” she said. “We don’t have licensed vaccines or drugs yet, but we have very promising vaccine and drug candidates.” Authorities are distributing the experimental Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV in Mbandaka, a city of nearly 1.2 million people in northwestern Congo’s Equateur province. In the 2014-16 outbreak, researchers were in the very early stages of developing possible vaccines, and testing began only in the final days of that outbreak. Between 2015 and 2016, the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine was given to people in Guinea who were in contact with patients who had recently confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease, according to a study on that trial published in the journal The Lancet. “The rVSV vaccine was used in the ring vaccination program in Guinea,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who oversees an extensive research portfolio that includes studies on the Ebola virus. “Ring vaccination means you identify someone who has Ebola, and you identify the contacts of that person and the contacts of the contacts, and you vaccinate them with the rVSV vaccine. That is the major difference between the beginning of the outbreak in West Africa and what we’re seeing now,” Fauci said. Related video The death of Ebola? “We had no tools then, and by the time we had the vaccine ready to test, most of the cases had burned out,” he said. “We now have tools.” There are five known Ebola virus species, named after the regions where they originated, and three have been responsible for the larger outbreaks in Africa: Zaire ebolavirus, Bundibugyo ebolavirus and Sudan ebolavirus. The rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, from the pharmaceutical company Merck, covers the strains in the Zaire group. The doses that Merck sent to WHO to help in the current outbreak were donated. Spokeswoman Pam Eisele said Tuesday that the company plans to file for licensure of the vaccine next year. Related article Experimental Ebola vaccine could be 'game-changer' in Congo outbreak “We can now give this vaccine to people at most risk of getting Ebola, such as health care workers treating Ebola patients and contacts of Ebola cases. The hope is that this would contain the spread of the virus. The key difference in this latest outbreak here is that the vaccine is being used in the early stages of the epidemic,” said Connor Bamford, a postdoctoral research assistant with the Medical Research Council at the University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research in Scotland. On the other hand, “vaccines aren’t so effective at curing you of a disease if you are already infected,” he said. “There are no such licensed antiviral medicines against Ebola. There are, however, experimental drugs available.” Experimental Ebola drugs – including ZMapp, favipiravir and GS-5734 – are available for Congo’s Ministry of Health to access if needed to treat patients in the current outbreak. In 2014, ZMapp was used to treat two American missionary workers, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, who contracted Ebola in Liberia. Previously, the experimental drug had been tested only in monkeys. That year, Teresa Romero Ramos, a nurse’s aide who contracted the virus while caring for Ebola patients in Spain, was treated with an IV drip of antibodies from an Ebola survivor as well as favipiravir. Related video Survivor describes living through Ebola A study published last year in the Journal of Infectious Diseases reported a case in which a newborn contracted an Ebola virus infection from its mother; the baby was treated with both ZMapp and GS-5734 and survived. The patient was the first newborn known to survive a congenital infection with Ebola virus. GS-5734 “is a drug that we have experience with because we have a protocol that we implemented in West Africa where we tried to suppress or eliminate the residual Ebola virus in the semen of survivors,” Fauci said. That protocol is still being used in West Africa. He added that at the National Institutes of Health’s Vaccine Research Center, another drug was developed: mAb114, which is in a phase one trial. “The minister of health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has requested accessibility to that antibody,” Fauci said. “We are willing to provide mAb114 to them, and we are working with the health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in coordination with the WHO to determine if this is feasible.” Related video How the experimental Ebola serum Zmapp works Bamford pointed out that these experimental drugs are offering hope for controlling not only the current outbreak but outbreaks to come. “We should strive to get antivirals for Ebola licensed not only to save lives but to offer more to communities who might fear that Ebola is incurable and would otherwise not report their infection to authorities,” he said. “Antivirals provide hope to those infected, and perhaps ZMapp, favipiravir and GS-5734 are those medicines, but we don’t know yet.” Though many of those drugs were used in the 2014-16 outbreak and showed promise, questions remain about their clear effectiveness in decreasing either symptoms or likelihood of death, said Dr. Bruce Ribner, a professor at the Emory School of Medicine who led the university’s team in treating Ebola patients in 2014. He was among the five Ebola doctors listed that year as Time magazine’s Person of the Year. “The only clear difference that I see between this outbreak and the 2014-2016 outbreak is the more robust response to this outbreak that was lacking in the spring of 2014, with the earlier introduction of vaccines, therapeutics and outside health care workers to assist,” Ribner said. “We are also somewhat more fortunate in that the Congo has lived with Ebola.” Ebola is endemic to Congo, and this is its ninth outbreak of Ebola virus disease since the discovery of the virus near the country’s Ebola River. “So they are extensively experienced in how to handle an Ebola outbreak,” Fauci said. Related video The origin of the Ebola virus Compared with the 2014-16 outbreak, “that’s a big difference, because in West Africa – in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea – that was the first time that they had ever experienced Ebola,” he said. Many experts – including Dr. Susan Kline, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School – hope that the lessons of the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak will not be forgotten. “During the last outbreak, it was felt in retrospect that probably the local, national, international response to the outbreak was not as rapid and as widespread as it needed to have been to prevent the outbreak from becoming so large,” said Kline, a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Public Health Committee. “I think people have learned from that experience, that to get an outbreak under control, you really have to work quickly, not only to identify and isolate in Ebola treatment centers and treat patients, but then also do the community outreach work to identify contacts,” she said. In response to the Congo outbreak, the US has deployed some Ebola experts from the CDC to help with control efforts, such as screening and tracing Ebola cases, Schuchat said. She added that the CDC has an office in Congo, where workers have shifted their duties to assist in the outbreak. Other organizations also are leading efforts in clinical care and outbreak control, she said, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), UNICEF and USAID. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. All in all, “we know that we have the tools available to control outbreaks now and in the future. We know that we cannot be complacent,” Bamford said. “We still do not know all there is to know about the Ebola virus, and each new outbreak teaches us a new lesson, such as the virus’ ability to lie dormant in some rare patients where it may flare up years later,” he said. “With Ebola, we must expect the unexpected.” CNN’s Natalie Gallon, Euan McKirdy, Al Goodman and Susan Scutti contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "World Health Organization", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180529083000", "country1": "COD", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/health/ebola-outbreak-2018-response-explainer/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "669339859", "sentence": "Iraq’s military has seized the remains of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri – where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the ISIS “caliphate” in 2014 – and is now engaged in fierce street-to-street fighting for the last several hundred meters of Mosul’s Old City. Troops are just 600 meters from the Tigris River, which marks the final few blocks of western Mosul still under ISIS control. The mosque was destroyed by ISIS fighters last week as Iraqi forces edged closer. “The fighting is heavy but our advance is strong,” Brigadier General Haider Fadl of Iraq’s counterterror service told CNN Friday. “The difficulties are mainly due to the presence of civilians and the terrain. The houses are tight-knit and the streets are too narrow for our vehicles.” Related video The moment historic Mosul mosque was destroyed ISIS militants are using small arms fire, snipers, mortars and grenades. At least four ISIS militants also blew themselves up near the frontline Thursday, including one woman who blew herself up near Iraqi forces on Thursday morning. A CNN team, who were embedded with Iraqi units during the fierce battle with ISIS on Thursday afternoon before the mosque had been secured, said it appeared some progress has been made overnight. The capture comes a day after US coalition forces predicted the operation could be complete within days. But commanders have warned it will take time to clear the regained areas of booby traps and explosives left behind by militants. The central government in Baghdad is under political pressure to announce the end the operation even as bitter fighting continues on the ground. On Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claimed victory and vowed to hunt ISIS until every last member is killed or brought to justice. Related video Drone footage shows Mosul's devastation “We are seeing the end of the fake ‘Daesh’ state, the liberation of Mosul proves that,” Abadi said on Twitter, referring to ISIS by another name. “We will not relent, our brave forces will bring victory.” Only a “couple of hundred” ISIS fighters remained in Mosul earlier this week, the coalition said. Once ISIS has been driven out, Iraqi military will still face the challenge of dealing with the terror group elsewhere in Iraq. It still controls cities in Kirkuk, Nineveh and Anbar provinces, including Hawija, Tal Afar, Qaim, Ana and Rawa. Amid the ferocious battle, around 300 to 400 civilians fled the Old City on Friday. Fighting has caused significant displacement from the city, where approximately 100,000 civilians remain. More than 742,000 people have left Mosul and surrounding areas since the offensive began, according to an Iraqi government statement a month ago. Related article This is life inside Mosul's Old City Civilians left behind ISIS lines lack access to clean water and medicine, and many have limited access to food, the United Nations has said. Read: How to help Iraqis fleeing Mosul Thousands of children remain trapped in western Mosul, Peter Hawkins, UNICEF’s representative in Iraq, said Thursday. “Children are facing multiple threats to their lives. Those stranded in the fighting are hiding in their basements, fearful of the next onslaught.” Hawkins added, “Those who try to flee risk being shot or wounded. Hundreds of civilians have already been reported killed and used as human shields.” And as Iraqi Security forces close in, the UN says it is seeing an “alarming rise in threats, specifically of forced evictions of those suspected of being ISIS members or whose relatives are alleged to be involved with ISIS.” In a statement on Friday the UN Commissioner for Human Rights said it was extremely concerned at the situation of civilians in Mosul. It called on the Iraqi government to take action to halt “such imminent evictions or any type of collective punishment.” Read: As Iraqi troops near, ISIS leaves death and destruction in Mosul The UN says it has received reports of “so-called night letters left at families’ houses or distributed in neighborhoods, including in Sharqat in Salahadin Governorate, Al Heet City in Al Anbar and Al-Qayyarah in Ninewa Governorate, as well as in Mosul City.” It added: “Illegal forced evictions are acts of vengeance that are detrimental to national reconciliation and social cohesion.” CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh and Salma Abdelaziz reported from near the front line. CNN’s Lauren Said-Moorhouse wrote from London.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi military", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170630130000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/middleeast/iraq-mosul-fighting/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "452670734", "sentence": "Mike Huckabee accused Obama of marching Israelis to \"the door of the oven\" As Obama fired back, Huckabee pounced -- seizing a chance to rise in the polls It's a strategy other 2016 hopefuls are following as they look to surge before the GOP debate A Republican presidential candidate upended the 2016 conversation with contentious comments over the weekend — and this time it wasn’t Donald Trump. With the clock ticking down to the first GOP presidential debate and more than a dozen candidates vying to make the cut and appear on the Fox News debate stage, those headlines could be lifeblood. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee defended himself Monday after President Barack Obama slammed his comments linking the Iran deal to the Holocaust as “ridiculous” and “sad.” 2016 election candidates “What’s ‘ridiculous and sad’ is that President Obama does not take Iran’s repeated threats seriously. For decades, Iranian leaders have pledged to ‘destroy,’ ‘annihilate,’ and ‘wipe Israel off the map’ with a ‘big Holocaust,’” Huckabee said in a statement Monday just hours after Obama spoke. “Never again’ will be the policy of my administration and I will stand with our ally Israel to prevent the terrorists in Tehran from achieving their own stated goal of another Holocaust.” Huckabee has continued to capitalize on the moment, with his campaign posting a video to Facebook within hours of Obama’s rebuke that earned more than 30,000 views within its 40 minutes online. Republican candidates have tripped over themselves to criticize Trump for his heated rhetoric about immigration, Mexicans and even GOP Sen. John McCain. Huckabee’s Holocaust comparison drew no such rebuke, although several Republicans cautiously dismissed his language without rejecting his point. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker – when asked by NPR about Huckabee’s comments – said the comments could “speak for themselves.” “I’m going to tell you what I’m for, and you’re not hearing me use that sort of language,” Walker said. In Orlando on Monday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush offered a brief response, calling Huckabee’s language “wrong” and urging Republicans to “tone down the rhetoric.” “Having said that, this is a bad deal, and I can see why people are angry about it,” Bush said. Bush and Walker can afford to be cautious; they and Donald Trump are almost assured a spot on the Aug. 6 debate stage in Cleveland. But for Huckabee and most of the rest of the 16-person GOP Field, that debate spot could represent a key moment of truth. The first debate will include the 10 GOP contenders leading in an aggregate of the five most recent nationwide polls released before Aug. 4 at 5 p.m, two days before the first debate on Fox News. Until then, the bottom-tier candidates are making a mad dash for the headlines – with many using controversy to command attention in the press, and boost their poll numbers – as Trump’s loud rise to the top of the polls has left little room for lesser known candidates to be heard. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is on the cusp of breaking into the top 10, has tried to seal his spot in the debate by positioning himself as the top Trump attack dog – relentlessly pursuing Trump in recent weeks in comments that quickly got picked up in news outlets. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has also hammered Trump, particularly in the wake of his comments questioning whether former prisoner of war and Vietnam veteran Sen. John McCain is a war hero. And after Trump disclosed Graham’s personal cell phone number, the South Carolina senator took to the internet with a viral video of him destroying his cell phone. The strategy doesn’t appear to have borne any results for either candidate though, as both stared down 1% of support in the CNN/ORC poll released Sunday. Related gallery Mike Huckabee's political career Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who faces the same gloomy percentage, is also looking for a way out of the dredges. A Super PAC supporting the former Iowa caucus winner released an ad online Monday that goes after Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Huckabee, who came in 7th and 9th place, respectively, in the CNN/ORC poll. At the same time, Santorum is echoing Huckabee’s harsh rhetoric, calling the Holocaust analogy “absolutely right” in an interview on Fox Radio’s “The John Gibson Show.” “Look, this is the same type of dehumanization of Jews, the same type of recreating history that we saw  in Nazi Germany. So no, I see this regime as equally virulent in its hatred of Jews,” Santorum said. “in my opinion there really can’t be strong enough arguments again– strong enough language against this proposal.” And while looking to boost their own fortunes, those candidates headline-grabbing antics also serve the purpose of looking to shift the conversation away from Trump. Huckabee’s remarks – in which he accused Obama of marching Israelis to “the door of the oven” – drew swift condemnation from top Jewish leaders, including the heads of anti-Semitism and anti-racism watchdogs like the the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Anti-Defamation League. Anti-Defamation League: Huckabee ‘completely out of line’ “To hear Mr. Huckabee invoke the Holocaust when America is Israel’s greatest ally and when Israel is a strong nation capable of defending itself is disheartening,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, national director of the latter group. In Huckabee’s case, using a sharp tone to discuss Iran politics is nothing new. He has repeatedly slammed the Iran deal as dangerous for the U.S. and Israel since even before the deal was forged. Huckabee drew on a widely-repudiated ad from five decades ago to slam the Iran deal, posting an ad online slamming the Iran deal that raised the prospects of a nuclear bomb explosion. The ad included footage from the infamous “Daisy” ad from 1964, depicting a little girl picking petals off a daisy before a nuclear bomb explodes on screen. Huckabee’s campaign did not respond CNN’s request to comment. For their part, Democrats aren’t missing an opportunity to slam Huckabee’s comments, as Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley called the remarks “out of line,” eager to paint their GOP counterparts as extremists. RELATED: Clinton repudiates Huckabee’s comments on Israel as ‘over the line’ The nation’s top Democrat – Obama – suggested as well that Huckabee was playing politics and that “this is just an effort to push Mr. Trump out of the headlines.” “The American people deserve better,” Obama said at his press conference. “Certainly presidential debates deserve better.” CNN’s Ashley Killough and Tom Lobianco contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mike Huckabee", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150727150000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/27/politics/mike-huckabee-oven-comments-debate-2016/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "471810925", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Paul Fidalgo is communications director of the Center for Inquiry, a nonprofit educational, advocacy and research organization. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author Pope Francis met secretly with Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis Paul Fidalgo: The Pope should use his platform to speak up for people suffering true persecution, including atheists In recent days, Pope Francis has talked a lot about tolerance and freedom of conscience. But he has failed to distinguish between those who truly suffer from persecution and discrimination and those who claim to be persecuted when told they may not discriminate. True prisoners of conscience are even now suffering punishments grotesque and medieval for exercising their right to criticize religion. But during his visit to the United States last week, the Pope chose instead to focus his attention and sympathies on a government employee who decided that her faith trumped her legal obligations and the constitutional rights of others. Pope Francis met secretly with Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to sign off on marriage documents for same-sex couples, citing religious objections. Speaking to journalists on the plane back to Europe, Francis explicitly endorsed this kind of discrimination, calling it “conscientious objection” and a “duty.” But what does the Pope have to say about atheists and secularists who have been jailed, attacked or killed for expressing their own conscientious objections to religion? Nothing. Instead of defending those who have lost their basic human rights, he wastes his political capital on those who seek to deny rights to others. If he truly wants to defend the right of human beings to follow their consciences, he could speak out on behalf of the persecuted atheists and secularists who languish in captivity or mortal fear for expressing their sincerely held beliefs. He could use his global megaphone to speak on behalf of the right of people not to believe, and to criticize faith – any faith, including his own. Right now there is a brutal crackdown on free expression and religious dissent going on in countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, among many others. Secularists in countries such as these face a kind of persecution that is not limited to marginalization or censorship but includes incarceration, floggings and even death. Civil servant Alexander Aan expressed his atheism on Facebook, and in 2012 was attacked by a mob and then himself arrested and jailed for his blasphemy. In 2013, Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia was convicted of “insulting Islam” for running a liberal website that questioned tenets of the faith. He is serving a 10-year prison sentence and waits for his next installment of public lashings, having now endured 50 of the 1,000 to which he was condemned. And penalties of death come either via the state, such as in Pakistan, where blasphemy is punishable by death, or by radical extremists, who murder in the streets with impunity. Such has been the fate of no fewer than four atheist bloggers in Bangladesh this year alone, including Avijit Roy, the Bangladeshi-American writer who was waylaid at a Dhaka book fair by Islamists with machetes in February. Yet another Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death Francis missed several opportunities while in the United States to speak up for these persecuted nonbelievers – for their right to not believe in any gods, to question religious tenets and to express themselves without fear of prosecution or violent retribution. But it’s not too late. He could still urge the government of Bangladesh to take seriously its obligations under U.N. charters to protect the right of free expression and belief for its people, and to safeguard the lives of its people, even those who criticize religion. After all, today is International Blasphemy Rights Day, an initiative begun by my organization, the Center for Inquiry, to defend free expression and protect dissent. I would never expect this Pope to be a champion of secularism or nonbelief. But I do hope he discovers his duty to his own conscience and becomes an ally on this critical issue. Gallup: Record number of Americans would vote for an atheist president", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150930214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/30/living/pope-francis-religious-freedom/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "697084574", "sentence": "\"Even the taxi drivers on base know us for being the 'USS Bread and Water,'\" one survey respondent said The Shiloh is part of the US Navy's 7th fleet, which has been beset by a series of problems Morale aboard a US warship operating in the Pacific reached such a low ebb that one sailor described serving aboard the ship as being akin to being on “a floating prison,” according to surveys obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. The Navy Times obtained three command climate surveys featuring hundreds of pages of anonymous comments from sailors revealing widespread morale issues aboard the USS Shiloh, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser based in Yokosuka, Japan. Two Navy officials told CNN that the information reported from the surveys was accurate. According to the obtained surveys only 31% of the sailors who responded to the survey said yes to the prompt: “I trust that my organization’s leadership will treat me fairly,” compared to 63% under the previous commanding officer. The commanding officer at the time of the survey, Capt. Adam Aycock, no longer works on the Shiloh. Related article US Navy officers lose jobs after fatal collision Additionally, only 37% agreed with the statement “I feel motivated to give my best efforts to the mission of the organization,” compared to 69% agreeing to the statement under the previous leadership. The Shiloh is one of 84 US ships equipped with the Aegis Missile Defense system, which is capable of shooting down hostile missiles from adversarial states like North Korea. One sailor hinted that morale could affect the Shiloh’s role in the US’ entire missile defense architecture. “I just pray we never have to shoot down a missile from North Korea,” one said, “because then our ineffectiveness will really show.” US President Donald Trump touted the effectiveness of missile defense systems in a recent interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “We have missiles that can knock out a missile in the air 97% of the time,” he said. It’s important to note not all military and weapons analysts share that level of confidence in US ballistic missile defense systems, as they have never been used in wartime. The Navy officials added that the poor results of one climate survey caused Navy leadership to increase the frequency of which such surveys were conducted to help prompt the commander, Capt. Aycock, to improve his performance. One of the officials said they could not explain how Aycock managed to retain command in the face of the poor survey results. Aycock served as the Shiloh’s commanding officer from June 2015 to August 2017 and is now at the US Naval War College. Related article US Navy destroyer sails near disputed islands in South China Sea One official said that Aycock remains on active duty and was not prematurely reassigned from his command of the Shiloh. The survey responses also showed that junior sailors were concerned about receiving harsh punishments from Aycock, including being placed in the brig and fed only “bread and water,” an arcane form of punishment that is still available to commanding officers. “Even the taxi drivers on base know us for being the ‘USS Bread and Water,’” one survey respondent said. Language prohibiting that form of punishment was placed into the current version of the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act. The Shiloh is part of the US Navy’s 7th Fleet which has been beset by a series of problems including two deadly collisions involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John McCain, both of which are also equipped with the Aegis system. Related article US bombers conduct drills off both coasts of Korean Peninsula Officers in the 7th Fleet have faced a range of disciplinary actions and the Navy took the rare step of relieving the fleet’s commander, Vice. Adm. Joseph Aucoin. The ship made headlines in June when a US sailor who was thought to have gone overboard for seven days and was presumed dead was found alive aboard the ship after prompting a major search operation. The sailor was later subjected to a non-judicial punishment. The string of incidents has fueled concerns about perceptions of the 7th Fleet’s readiness and abilities. “The Navy definitely has a perception problem, and the 7th Fleet in particular,” Carl Schuster, a former director of operations at the US Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, told CNN. “Those issues could worry US allies who rely on Aegis-equipped ships for missile defense – What if states like Japan and South Korea start doubting the 7th Fleet’s ability to shield them from a North Korean attack? “There’s an old saying that effectiveness not only has to be done, it has to be shown done. Perception is reality in these things,” Schuster said. “They’re going to have to address that perception.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Navy's 7th Fleet", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171011230000", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/politics/morale-problems-us-navy-shiloh/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "750321025", "sentence": "Art museums, a Gold Star father, lawmakers, states and one of Donald Trump’s personal lawyers are pleading with the Supreme Court ahead of Wednesday’s oral arguments on the fate of the President’s travel ban. The dozens and dozens of filings, known as “friend of the court” or “amicus” briefs, are meant to offer context and remind the justices that their eventual ruling could have historic implications on areas unrelated to current policy. The Trump administration’s third version of the travel ban issued in September places varying levels of restrictions on foreign nationals from seven countries: Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Somalia and Yemen. (Chad was removed from the list earlier this month.) “Nobody knows for sure whether any particular amicus brief changes a justice’s mind in any particular case, but we do know that the justices are using the briefs more than ever before – citing to them in their opinions regularly asking about them frequently at oral arguments,” said Allison Orr Larsen, a Professor of Law at the William and Mary Law School. Here are some of the highlights: Critics of the government say the ban does not protect national security. “We’re a group that believes courts should defer to the president on national security, but only when there’s a real national security threat presented, not a pretense of one,” Joshua A. Geltzer, the executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law said. He signed a brief submitted by former national security officials. “In three tries, the government still hasn’t shown what national security threat could require banning 150 million people from entering this country, especially when no national from a banned country has caused a terrorism-related death in the United States since 1975,” he said. Another is signed by Karen Korematsu, the daughter of the late Fred T. Korematsu ,the lead plaintiff in a Supreme Court case that challenged the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. In 1944, the Court ruled against Korematsu in a decision that has since been widely condemned. Lawyers for Karen Korematsu emphasize the “human toll and constitutional harms wrought by governmental actions , carried out in the name of national security , that impact men, women, and children belonging to disfavored minority groups.” Linking the case to the current travel ban, they argue that “invoking national security, the government seeks near complete deference to the President’s decision to deny indefinitely all immigrant and most non-immigrant visas to nationals of six Muslim majority countries.” Lisa Blatt, an Arnold & Porter lawyer,  represents Iranian-American nonprofit organizations who argue that the latest version of the travel ban continues to “demean and stigmatize minority communities.” She points out that while the government emphasizes that waivers are available on a “case-by-case” basis, in reality, those seeking the waivers are subject to “opaque, ad hoc and entirely discretionary decisionmaking.” The brief highlights the story of Nageeb Alomari, a citizen of the United States and a father of three, whose wife and children live in Yemen. He was unsuccessful in his attempts to get a visa for one of his daughters who has cerebral palsy. If the justices are curious about how many visas were issued before and after the travel ban proclamation took effect, Blatt provides the information. “In 2016,” she says that the United States issued more than 73,500 immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to nationals of the countries affected by the travel ban. In contrast, she argues that according to the State Department, in the first month after the latest Proclamation took effect of the 8,406 visa applications consular officers received and processed from those impacted by the ban, 6,533 were denied. “Only two waivers had been approved by February 15 – a rate of less than .025%,” Blatt wrote. Another brief comes from lawyers for the Association of Art Directors, who tell the justices that the proclamation has forced some museums to cancel or postpone planned exhibits that would have “showcased important works by artists from the covered countries” because artists, lenders, collectors and curators have not been able to travel under the ban. One artist, the prominent sculptor Parviz Tanavoli, who is a dual national of Iran and Canada, decided he would not travel to the United States because he didn’t want to be interrogated “just because I was born in Iran.” The Portland Art Museum is concerned with its ability to get a visa for a renowned Syrian calligrapher, Khaled Al-Saa’i. The artist was slated to create a mural for an indoor sculpture. “The loss of these projects causes substantial harm,” the brief said, “it does so by depriving Americans of important works of art, great performances, and scholarly presentations, thereby denying the public opportunities to gain insights into the history, culture, and aspirations of the people of the Designated Countries.” One hundred and twelve museums have signed on to the brief including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Frisk Collection in New York, and they argue  that they are “now doubtful of future exhibits that rely on the support of persons who are covered nationals of the Designated Countries.” When exhibits are canceled, they say, “the American public is denied the opportunity to view and study unique works of art that provide an invaluable window into world culture.” Larsen says that in recent years there has been a big uptick in the number of amicus briefs that have been filed – an 800% increase in filings since the 1950’s and a 95% increase since 1995. “To put it in perspective,” she said “Roe v. Wade (the landmark abortion case) had about 20 amicus briefs and Brown v. Board (striking down school desegregation by race) had only six.” Supporters of the government’s position in the case are also well-represented in court filings. Andrew C. McCarthy, who served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York and led the prosecution of Omar Abdel Rahman, the so called “Blind Sheikh” who was involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, signed on to a brief by national security experts. McCarthy believes that the President has the authority to issue the proclamation and that it is not the “province of the judiciary” to say otherwise. “At the end of the day,” McCarthy argued, “it is not the role of the judiciary to intercede in such matters, and this Court should clearly say so.” He says the ban offers the majority of Americans what they want: “Muslims who embrace our way of life invited in and Muslims who threaten our way of life kept out.” Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas also supports the government, signing on to a brief filed by 14 states. They emphasize that the proclamation was issued after a worldwide review of vetting procedures that was conducted by the Trump administration. They say the ban does not amount to a “Muslim ban” because it classifies aliens by nationality. “That is not an invidious pretext-especially given the Proclamation’s detailed national-security findings, the resonance of those findings in determinations of numerous federal officials, and the judicial deference owed to executive decisions in this context,” the brief states. One of the President’s own lawyers in the Russia investigation, Jay Sekulow, who also serves as Chief Counsel of the conservative American Center for Law and Justice, has filed a brief in support of the travel ban. He says that the courts should not look to comments Trump made during the campaign that some believed showed religious animus. “Suggestions of possible religious or anti-religious motives, mined from past comments of a political candidate or his supporters uttered on the campaign trail as private citizens, is not enough to defeat the proclamation,” Sekulow wrote. Instead, he said, the court should “limit its inquiry to official acts or statements” in deciding the legality of the ban. In its brief in support of the administration, lawyers for an organization called the Foundation for Moral Law argue in part that the travel ban is “compatible with the teaching of the Bible on immigration.” “The New Testament” affirms, the brief said “that civil government exists to protect the innocent and punish those who do evil.” Scholars of Mormon History have filed a brief in support of neither party. Their lawyers focus on the “federal government’s efforts to restrict Mormon immigration as a part of the government’s sustained 19th century legal campaign against the Mormon faith.” Taking no position on the legality of the travel ban, the lawyers say their whole purpose is to provide the court with an example of religious discrimination in immigration from the past. “If the Proclamation does target Muslims for disfavored treatment, then the history of the government’s mistreatement of Mormons suggests it could take decades-if not longer-to undo the damage that official action would cause to both America’s body politic and the place of Muslims in our society,” they argued. While amicus briefs aren’t always relied upon, sometimes they are powerful enough to influence a justice’s thinking. Back in 2003, for instance, the court was considering a big affirmative action case concerning the admissions plan at the University of Michigan Law School. Lawyers for retired military officers filed an amicus brief in support of the school. When Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the majority opinion she referred to “high-ranking retired officers” who assert that a “highly qualified, racially diverse officer corps” is essential to the military’s ability to fulfill its mission to provide national security. The court upheld the law school’s plan.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180424110000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/politics/supreme-court-travel-ban-briefs/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "613815643", "sentence": "Facebook blocked photo of bronze Neptune statue Social network said it has reviewed and approved the image Facebook has come under fire for blocking a photograph of a bronze statue of Neptune in Italy. Designed by Jean Boulogne, better known as Giambologna, the mid-sixteenth century fountain of Neptune stands in the Piazza del Nettuno in Bologna. Facebook appeared to have taken offense at the disrobed Roman god, asking Italian writer Elisa Barbari to remove it from her Facebook page, “Stories, curiosities and views of Bologna,” where she shares historical facts and oddities about the city. Barbari had tried to use a photo from her personal collection but upon upload faced what appeared to be an automatic prohibition, deeming the image “explicitly sexual.” Undeterred, Barbari challenged the decision and received another emailed statement seen by CNN in which Facebook defended its initial ban, citing a violation of advertising guidelines. “The use of images or video of nude bodies or plunging necklines is not allowed, even if the use is for artistic or educational reasons.” Barbari was floored by the social network’s decision to “censor” the Italian city’s beloved Renaissance treasure. Volevo sponsorizzare la mia pagina ma a quanto pare per Facebook la foto del nostro Gigante è un contenuto... “The statue is shown from behind, not even as a close up, it’s in the distance. It’s ridiculous,” Barbari tells CNN. “At first I was angry. Then I was surprised, I couldn’t understand why they don’t want to clarify. It’s absurd. “In the past, I have flagged inappropriate content to Facebook myself – fake news, violence on animals… Things that really need to be censured, not art. I don’t know what to think, it’s ridiculous.” “I am guessing this hasn’t landed on Zuckerberg’s desk yet. There is nothing vulgar in a work of art,” she added. Related: What is banned on Facebook? And while the conflict may not have gone that far internally, it appears the social network has had a change of heart. In a statement sent to CNN, a spokesperson for Facebook wrote: “Our team processes millions of advertising images each week, and in some instances we incorrectly prohibit ads. This image does not violate our ad policies. We apologise for the error and have let the advertiser know we are approving their ad.” Barbari said she has since received another email from Facebook but in relation to an account suspension rather than her challenged photograph. She had said that should Facebook u-turn on its decision then “it would be the happy ending.” Almost a week later, Barbari received her happy ending – at least for now. “I’ve been waiting for an apology for 6 long days, but at the end they came from Facebook last night. They specify that I can use the photo of the Neptune for future posts … I’ll just have to try,” she said. Here's how to spot fake news in your Facebook feed Facebook has previously faced criticism for appearing to arbitrarily “censor” inoffensive images on the platform. Last September, the social media giant caused headlines after banning the iconic “Napalm girl” from the Vietnam War for a violation on images of naked children. But reversed its decision after public outcry over the image’s historical importance. The network also faced a firestorm last May after the “trending topics” box was found to be manually curated rather than supported by algorithms.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Facebook", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170103161500", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/03/europe/facebook-neptune-statue-photo-ban/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "625647282", "sentence": "President Donald Trump now has an attorney general following the Senate’s confirmation Wednesday night of Jeff Sessions. The vote – coming after a confirmation process in which Sessions fended off accusations of racism – passed 52-47, largely along party lines. Speaking before prominent law enforcement officials Wednesday morning, Trump once again lashed out at the judiciary, saying “even a bad high school student” would rule in his favor. IMMIGRATION OBAMACARE ECONOMY TAXES/INFRASTRUCTURE – House Transportation Chair Bill Shuster told Bloomberg he supported using repatriated money from corporations to help pay for Trump’s infrastructure plan. INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENT LATER THIS WEEK – OBAMACARE – Sen. John Cornyn said Monday that the Senate would vote on Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Price by the end of the week. However, Democrats have pledged to hold the floor on more cabinet votes, which may push Price to the weekend. THURSDAY – INFRASTRUCTURE – Trump meets with airline CEOs and they are expected to discuss his infrastructure plans. FRIDAY – TRADE – Trade, jobs and infrastructure will all be on the table as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the White House.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170209021500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/trumpolicy-day-20-roundup/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "604378098", "sentence": "Rep. Keith Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam are resurfacing as he campaigns for DNC chair. A spokesperson for Ellison told CNN that Ellison \"rejects all forms of anti-Semitism.\" Rep. Keith Ellison’s past ties to the Nation of Islam and his defense of its anti-Semitic leader, Louis Farrakhan, are resurfacing as he campaigns to lead the Democratic National Committee. Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, publicly renounced his association with the Nation of Islam in 2006 after it became an issue during his run for Congress, when local Republican bloggers began publishing his old law school columns and photos connecting him to the organization. “I have long since distanced myself from and rejected the Nation of Islam due to its propagation of bigoted and anti-Semitic ideas and statements, as well as other issues,” Ellison wrote at the time. But several outlets have resurfaced Ellison’s past writings as he runs for DNC chair, raising new concerns about his own views and what they would mean for the Democratic Party if he were to be its leader. A CNN KFile review of Ellison’s past writings and public statements during the late 1980s through the 1990s reveal his decade-long involvement in the Nation of Islam and his repeated defense of Farrakhan and other radical black leaders against accusations of anti-Semitism in columns and statements to the press. None of the records reviewed found examples of Ellison making any anti-Semitic comments himself. Pelosi fight exposes Democratic fault lines, puts power to check Trump in question In one scathing column from 1990 unearthed by CNN’s KFile, Ellison accused the university’s president of chilling the free expression of black students by openly criticizing a controversial speaker invited to speak on campus by the Africana Student Cultural Center. That speaker, Kwame Ture (also known as Stokely Carmichael), had publicly claimed that Zionists had collaborated with the Nazis in World War II and has been quoted as saying “Zionism must be destroyed.” University of Minnesota President Nils Hasselmo said he “personally found the statements in Ture’s speech concerning alleged Zionist collaboration with the Nazis deeply offensive.” Ellison, writing under the name “Keith E. Hakim” for the Minnesota Daily, the student newspaper at the University of Minnesota where Ellison attended law school, argued that Hasselmo “denounced Ture’s comment without offering any factual refutation of it,” and defended Ture’s right to speak on campus and to question Zionism. Ellison wrote, “Concerning Zionism and Ture’s speech, the ASCC’s position is simply this: Whether one supports or opposes the establishment of Israel in Palestine and Israel’s present policies, Zionism, the ideological undergirding of Israel, is a debatable political philosophy. Anyone, including black people, has the right to hear and voice alternative views on the subject — notwithstanding our nominal citizenship.” He added, “Alternatively, the University’s position appears to be this: Political Zionism is off-limits no matter what dubious circumstances Israel was founded under; no matter what the Zionists do to the Palestinians; and no matter what wicked regimes Israel allies itself with — like South Africa. This position is untenable.” According to an account by the Anti-Defamation League, Ture said in his speech on UM’s campus that “the Zionists joined with the Nazis in murdering Jews, so they would flee to Palestine.” Ellison wrote other columns in law school defending Farrakhan against charges of racism and arguing for reparations for slavery. A spokesperson for Ellison told CNN that Ellison “rejects all forms of anti-Semitism” and said “the right wing has been pushing these stories for years to drive a wedge between Congressman Ellison and the Jewish community.” Since announcing his candidacy for the DNC chair, Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and J-Street have come to Ellison’s defense on his past associations and writings. Ellison’s involvement with the Nation of Islam would continue after he graduated from law school in 1990. Ellison helped organized the Minnesota delegation to the 1995 Million Man March, which was led by Farrakhan. The Star Tribune reported at the time that Ellison spoke ahead of the controversial Khalid Abdul Muhammad, who was kicked out of the Nation of Islam by Farrakhan two years earlier for making blatantly anti-Semitic comments, at the University of Minnesota in efforts to raise funds for the Million Man March. According to The Star Tribune report, Muhammed’s speech at the university was racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic. Ellison’s spokesperson noted to CNN that “President Obama, Stevie Wonder, Maya Angelou, and many others also attended the March” and said he “had no additional involvement with March organizer Louis Farrakhan or his organizations, has long since denounced him, and rejects all forms of anti-Semitism.” Ellison continued to defend Farrakhan against accusations of anti-Semitism throughout the 1990s. “Minister Farrakhan is a role model for black youth,” wrote Ellison in an Insight News op-ed in 1995. “He is not an anti-Semite.” When the then-executive director of The Minneapolis Initiative Against Racism, Joanne Jackson, came under fire in 1997 for allegedly saying during a forum that Jews are the most racist white people she knows and that she did not think Farrakhan was a racist, Ellison, who identified by his religious name of Keith Ellison-Muhammad, defended her, saying,  “She is correct about Minister Farrakhan. He is not a racist. He is also not an anti-Semite.”   (Ellison would later address this incident in 2006, writing in a letter to a local Jewish group,  “While some at that meeting justified her comments, I spoke out in favor of increased dialogue between the Jewish and African-American communities. I believe that Ms. Jackson’s alleged remarks were clearly bigoted, discriminatory story, inappropriate, and even ridiculous.”) In 1998, Ellison launched a bid for Minnesota state representative, a race he lost after failing to gain the endorsement of the Democratic Party in the state, known as the DFL. Both the Star-Tribune and Insight News identified Ellison, who at time was still going by Keith Ellison-Muhammed, as deeply involved in the Nation of Islam at the time. During that race, Ellison rebuffed any insinuation he was, himself, anti-Semitic. “I am opposed to the subjugation of any class or person on account of their religion, national origin, sex, race, or gender,” Ellison said. “I reject anti-Jewish attitude from whatever source.” At the time, Ellison hosted a local radio show “Black Power Perspectives.” The show, which aired on KMOJ radio, was hosted by Ellison for years under the name “Keith Muhammad.” That same year, Ellison was pictured with copies of The Final Call, the official newspaper of the Nation of Islam. The picture, which was uncovered by the Minnesota Democrat Exposed blog in 2006, was taken at a rally against police brutality. “The source of this photo is an old right-wing attack blog whose author now regrets his writings,” an Ellison spokesman told CNN’s KFile. “He readily admits he made ‘mountains out of molehills’ and speaks favorably about Congressman Ellison’s work.” Michael Brodkorb, the blogger who uncovered the photo told CNN: “Ellison will face new scrutiny about his past associations, but he will have the advantage of balancing this discussion with his extensive work in Congress since being elected a decade ago.” As recent as 2000, Ellison publicly defended violent, fringe elements of the far-left. He appeared at a fundraiser that year for domestic terrorist Sara Jane Olson, a member of the self-styled  revolutionary group the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), which is best known for kidnapping heiress Patricia Hearst. Olson was apprehended in 1999 in relation to the 1975 attempted bombings of two police cars and the slaying of Myrna Opsah during a bank robbery. At the event, Ellison told the Pioneer Press he believed the prosecution of Olson was political. In his speech, Ellison noted he didn’t know much about the SLA and he thought Olson was being prosecuted in the court of public opinion because of some of her political beliefs. “I’m a supporter of anybody who’s subject to political prosecution based on their being in a vilified group,” he told the Pioneer Press. “Your chances of getting a fair trial are low. I’ve been waiting for the evidence against her. I don’t think they would not cheat to prosecute this woman.” Ellison also spoke favorably of convicted cop killer Assata Shakur and expressed his opposition to any attempt to extradite her to the United States from Cuba, where she had fled after escaping prison. “I am praying that Castro does not get to the point where he has to really barter with these guys over here because they’re going to get Assata Shakur, they’re going to get a whole lot of other people,” Ellison said at the event, which also included a silent auction and speech by former Weather Underground leader Bernardine Dohrn. “I hope the Cuban people can stick to it, because the freedom of some good decent people depends on it.” Other prominent black leaders also opposed Shakur’s extradition at the time, including  Rep. Maxine Waters of California when she chaired the Congressional Black Caucus. During his successful 2006 run for Congress, Ellison distanced himself from his past support for the Nation of Islam and Farrakhan when the local Republican blogs, Minnesota Democrats Exposed and Powerline Blog, uncovered many of Ellison’s past writings. Ellison publicly renounced the Nation of Islam in a 2006 letter to Jewish groups. In the letter, Ellison wrote he had seen the Nation of Islam and the Million Man March as positive effort to promote responsibility and economic development in the black community and that he had failed to scrutinize the views of Farrakhan and Khalid Abdul Muhammad and wrongly dismissed concerns they were anti-Semitic. During the race, Ellison told the Washington Post that his political beliefs had moderated over time. While he said he never said anything homophobic or anti-Semitic, he acknowledged he had been slow to judge those who did. Ellison’s work in the Minnesota legislature, like helping with an ethics complaint against a Minnesota representative who denied that Nazis persecuted gays during the Holocaust, was able to garner him the support of some Jewish groups during his 2006 run for Congress. Those groups stood by him when his past comments on Farrakhan surfaced. “When several local right wing blogs began attacking him, those in the Jewish community who know and work with Keith rallied behind him,” said Rep. Frank Hornstein, a longtime member of Minnesota’s House of Representatives. The American Jewish World endorsed Ellison saying they were” convinced that Ellison has had a real change of heart and mind.” Speaking to a synagogue in 2006, Ellison said he was confronting a past he wasn’t proud of. “I wasn’t proud of my work with the Nation of Islam,” Ellison said, “but I was hoping it wouldn’t come up. I have come face to face with my past.” After initial publication of this story, a spokesperson for Ellison pointed CNN’s KFile to a post by the congressman on Medium published  Wednesday night, where he wrote,  “In my effort to pursue justice for the African-American community, I neglected to scrutinize the words of those like Khalid Muhammed and Farrakhan who mixed a message of African American empowerment with scapegoating of other communities. These men organize by sowing hatred and division, including, anti-Semitism, homophobia and a chauvinistic model of manhood. I disavowed them long ago, condemned their views, and apologized.” Minnesota Daily staff contributed research to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rep. 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{"article_id": "730680222", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Samantha Vinograd, a CNN national security analyst, served on the National Security Council during President Barack Obama’s administration from 2009 to 2013. Follow her @sam_vinograd. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats on Tuesday was like the Super Bowl for national security wonks. The best players were on the field and it seemed like the whole world was watching. National security experts from around the world – not to mention world leaders and foreign intelligence services – were tuned into the public hearing to get a taste of what key members of the US intelligence community say are the biggest worldwide threats facing our country. The director of National Intelligence, and the directors of the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency put great time and effort into preparing written testimony and answering senators’ questions. The briefing followed the pattern of past hearings, highlighting strategic threats and some tactical ones, with an expected focus on the White House’s abuse of the security clearance system and the Trump administration’s attacks on the FBI. Undoubtedly, many observers walked away from the briefing thirsting for more answers, but the most pressing question was this: Was President Trump listening? To really listen, he’d have to get the message that nothing on Russia has changed – and that’s the problem. From cyberthreats to WMD and terrorism, there’s a lot of ground to cover in these briefings, and members of the committee rightfully used the majority of their time to question witnesses primarily about Russian interference in our 2016 election, ongoing information warfare campaigns and their intent and capability to interfere in elections going forward. The level of danger posed by Russia – and Russia’s ability to strategically destroy the foundations of our democracy – monopolized the hearing because it should be monopolizing our policy focus and response. But there’s no news in that: The intelligence community has agreed, at least since it published its public intelligence assessment in January 2017, that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and intends to do so again. The committee has assessed, since at least June, that Russia is engaged in an ongoing psychological and cyberoperations campaign to influence, confuse and demoralize its intended audience. It’s important that the American people heard these unanimous assessments again on Tuesday, but, again, was President Trump paying attention? Related video FBI: Porter background check done in July 2017 Director of National intelligence Dan Coats indicated that no single agency is currently in charge of coordinating a response to Russian election meddling. I served on the White House National Security Council for four years and this is typically what NSCs do – they coordinate interagency policy development and responses. In December, the Washington Post reported that the President hadn’t held a single cabinet-level meeting on Russia and that he doesn’t like Russia analysis to come his way. So as valuable as the intelligence community’s assessments are (and hopefully they keep sounding the alarm bells publicly and privately), they don’t fulfill their full purpose unless used to craft policy responses. In the case of Russia, that would mean doing what the NSC is supposed to do, developing a plan to protect our election infrastructure, to work with tech companies to have better defenses against cyberoperations and bots and trolls and more. There’s not much reason, based on the President’s previous disregard for intelligence analysis of the Russia threat, to think this time will be different, but let’s all hope the President has finally started to listen. There are also a lot of other strategic priorities to focus on, from domestic issues (Coats referenced our fractious political process) to global concerns like North Korea and China. Coats responded to some important questions on Kim Jong Un’s motivations, sharing the intelligence community’s assessment that Kim Jong Un will not give up his nuclear weapons. In light of Vice President Mike Pence’s recent statements that the US is open to diplomatic talks with North Korea if they denuclearize, there seems to be a miscommunication here – at best. If Pence knew or believed that his intelligence agencies don’t think Kim will denuclearize, why would he indicate an opening to talks if and when they do? Coats made US policy on North Korea look disorganized (again) and exposed the fact that we just don’t have good intelligence on Kim and his cohorts. This is one of the risks of these public briefings – the world, including malign actors, get insights into our vulnerabilities. Related video Sources: 30-40 WH officials lack full security clearance Another significant element of Tuesday’s briefing was its shift in tone on the government’s relationship with the tech sector. Google, Twitter and Facebook have been the focus of a lot of congressional scrutiny over the last year, as details of Russia’s manipulation of digital platforms came to light. Twitter has announced 1.4 million users may have been exposed to content in the run up to the 2016 election (a number that keeps getting revised upward), with Facebook reporting 126 million. This is probably the tip of the spear. To date, the discussion between big tech companies and Capitol Hill has been strained at best with lawmakers putting the onus on tech companies to do better, to identify and flag Russian content, and more. Today’s hearing had a different tone. FBI director Christopher Wray talked about the need to build partnerships with the tech community (DHS Secretary Nielson is actually in Silicon Valley this week) – and that may be an opening for a more productive conversation between the two sectors. Tech companies have advanced machine learning tools they can apply to tracking Russian activity and the public sector has more intelligence and information about the full threat picture. A final takeaway from the briefing is that the system operating between the White House and the intelligence community is broken when it comes to the security clearance and classification process. Historically, the intelligence community provides appropriately cleared individuals with access to sensitive information. On Tuesday, Wray outlined how he had voiced concerns over ousted White House staffer Rob Porter’s clearance because of documented accusations of domestic abuse, completed an investigation as a result and briefed the White House. Wray’s comments – and the allegations that have come to light about Porter – suggest that the White House, again, disregarded intelligence community guidance. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook There’s been a lot of misinformation coming out of the White House since the Porter news broke. Deputy press secretary Raj Shah and press secretary Sarah Sanders have thrown a lot of red herrings out there to distract away from the fact that we had a systemic breakdown in the clearance system: interim clearances, like the one Porter used to work in the White House for over a year, are not supposed to be open-ended. And Wray’s comments to the committee indicate that the interim clearance probably should have been revoked.  The FBI’s investigation into Porter raised red flags, and yet the White House decided to keep Porter on. That’s unprecedented and dangerous. It’s like inviting foreign intelligence into the White House – Porter was a major blackmail risk because he allegedly held secrets of domestic abuse. A he said-she said between the White House and the FBI will likely ensue and continue, in the briefing room and on the President’s Twitter feed. Let’s just be clear-eyed about one thing: These contradictions help Russia and hurt the US. The internal finger-pointing confuses the American public and undermines confidence in our clearance systems and our institutions. That’s exactly what Vladimir Putin wants. Are you listening, Mr. President?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180214020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/opinions/senate-intelligence-briefing-worldwide-threats-vinograd-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "498134423", "sentence": "NEW: Source: Ethan Couch has been transferred to an immigration holding facility in Mexico City Mexican authorities say Tonya Couch is en route to Los Angeles Officials say legal proceedings for Ethan Couch in Mexico could take weeks or months While her son’s attorneys filed paperwork to block Mexican authorities from deporting him, the mother of “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch left Mexico Wednesday and was on the way to Los Angeles, Mexican government sources said. Texas prosecutors have said Tonya Couch will be charged with hindering the apprehension of a juvenile, and if convicted, faces between two and 10 years in jail. A Mexican immigration official with knowledge of the case said Ethan Couch’s attorneys had filed a writ to seek protection and block his deportation. If the teen confirms his wish to go forward with that approach, the case would go to trial, and proceedings could take months, the official said. “At this time we do not have a time frame. We do not know if the Mexicans have the highest priority on this case like we do here in America,” Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Richard Hunter told reporters Wednesday. “It’s on their time schedule. We’ve seen these things happen as quickly as two weeks to two months.” The law caught up with Ethan Couch, 18, and his mother in Mexico on Monday after the pair went missing earlier this month. He was on probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident in 2013, when he was 16. At the time, many were outraged that a judge sentenced him to probation instead of jail time, slamming his now-notorious “affluenza” defense. Even if a Mexican immigration court does decide to send Couch back to the United States, he might not face much time behind bars. Violating his probation by fleeing to Mexico may earn Couch a maximum of 120 days in jail, said Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson. Anderson told CNN Wednesday that the punishment, which he considers lenient, is infuriating. “He doesn’t believe the rules apply to him, he doesn’t believe the laws apply to him,” the sheriff said. Related video Fugitive 'affluenza' teen captured in Mexico Opinion: Ethan Couch recklessly abused court’s trust What kind of justice Couch could face this time will depend on whether he is treated as an adult or a juvenile for his alleged probation violation. Prosecutors want to see Couch in an adult court, but because the alleged violation happened in the juvenile system, Couch effectively would start with a clean slate in the adult probation system. As a result, the adult court judge could not punish Couch for violations he committed as a juvenile. The maximum he could get would be 120 days. But if he is treated as a juvenile, the sentence would be lighter, Wilson said. Anderson said he supports the district attorney’s request to transfer Couch’s sentence from the juvenile system to the adult court system.  Even if the time behind bars is short, the requirements for probation as an adult are much more strict than for juveniles, he added. Related video Sheriff: 'Affluenza' teen, mom had 'going away party' Though he’s an adult now, Couch was 16 when he was sentenced for the original crime. If he is punished for a violation in the juvenile probation system, that would have him in jail until his 19th birthday on April 11, 2016, about 102 days. But moving Couch to the adult system holds a potential advantage for prosecutors. If he ends up on adult probation and violates that, he could land in jail for up to 40 years, Wilson said. He also could get more time on top of that, if he is convicted of new crimes as an adult. The cure for ‘affluenza’ is prison Outrage, but not surprise over ‘affluenza’ teen on the lam It wasn’t so much Ethan Couch’s original crime that drew the nation’s ire as it was the punishment doled out for it. In June 2013, Ethan Couch plowed into a stranded motorist and three people who were helping her. All four were killed. Two people riding in the bed of the teen’s pickup were tossed in the crash and severely injured. One is no longer able to move or talk because of a brain injury, while the other suffered internal injuries and broken bones. Three hours after the crash, tests showed Couch had a blood alcohol content of 0.24, three times the legal limit, prosecutors said. Prosecutors wanted to see Couch behind bars for 20 years, but instead he was sentenced to probation and rehab. During the trial, a psychologist testified that Couch suffered from “affluenza” – he was the product of wealthy, privileged parents who never set limits for the boy. Opinion: All the injustice money can buy The sentence and that term triggered widespread outrage, and the Couches’ alleged fleeing has drawn attention back to his case. In mid-December a warrant was issued for Couch to be taken into custody after his probation officer couldn’t reach him. He appeared to have dropped off the radar after a video emerged that allegedly showed him at a party where alcohol was consumed. Couch had been ordered to stay away from drugs and alcohol for the duration of his probation. The U.S. Marshals Service tracked Couch to Mexico using electronic surveillance, including tracking a cell phone believed to be linked to him, an official briefed on the investigation told CNN. The Marshals Service alerted Mexican authorities, who detained Couch and his mother, the official said. They were found in an apartment in the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallarta, and Couch had changed his look. His normally reddish blond hair and goatee were dyed a dark color. It’s unlikely the pair had gone to Mexico for a vacation, said the sheriff, Anderson. “I don’t think you go on a vacation and disappear, and don’t tell anybody, and cut your hair and dye your hair, and hide out in a shabby apartment in a resort town. … They fought so hard to keep him out of trouble when he killed four innocent people drinking three times the legal limit of alcohol, there’s no doubt in my mind that when the video came out that showed him at that party and he was facing a possible revocation of probation, they made a conscious decision to run, and they did,” Anderson said. The pair entered Mexico as tourists and exceeded their allowed length of stay. When captured, they were turned over to the custody of immigration authorities in Puerto Vallarta. Tuesday, a representative in Jalisco state for Mexico’s National Institute of Immigration said the Couches would be “deported voluntarily.” “Their wish is to return to the state of Texas. This is what they have requested,” Ricardo Vera said. Since then, Ethan Couch apparently changed his mind. He was moved Wednesday to an immigration holding facility in Mexico City where he will be held during his legal proceedings there, a Mexican government source said. Families of the people killed by Couch were relieved the teen and his mother were captured, attorney Todd Clement said. “I think it’s particularly satisfying to families that, indeed, it appears that his mother, Tonya, may have committed a crime and may finally be held accountable as well,” he said. Related video Victims' attorney: Ethan Couch case 'bad for society' Kevin McConnell, whose son Lucas – 12 years old at the time – was injured in the crash caused by Couch, was happy at the news of the detentions, but confounded, too. “Oddly enough, my first reaction was, ‘Really? Puerto Vallarta?’” McConnell told CNN’s New Day Wednesday. Of all the places to hide, McConnell said, the popular resort town seemed like the latest in a string of bad decisions made by mother and son. Brain-injured teen receives $2 million in ‘affluenza’ case CNN’s Catherine E. Shoichet, Ed Lavandera, Mayra Cuevas, Fidel Gutierrez, Ana Melgar, Evan Perez and Roxanne Garcia contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ethan Couch", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151230071500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/30/us/affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-detained-in-mexico/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "625315705", "sentence": "The three-judge panel is weighing arguments on whether to extend the temporary restraining order on Trump's travel ban \"If the U.S. does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled. Politics!\" Trump tweeted. The challenge to President Donald Trump’s refugee order has escalated toward an epic showdown over presidential power, judicial authority and American identity. By their questions in a hearing Tuesday, three US appeals court judges made plain that even at this early procedural stage they are concerned about the administration’s potential targeting of Muslims along with possible risks to national security. The judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals also expressed unease with how quickly they were being pressed to consider looming dilemmas of refugee policy with no lower court hearings yet on both sides’ evidence. Related article Travel ban hearing: Fiery judges put lawyers on their heels “Courts must act fast!” Trump tweeted late Monday, as he warned about “a threat from radical Islamic terrorism.” Trump’s natural impatience conflicts with the usual tendencies of the federal judiciary, which even in dangerous times attempts, as Chief Justice John Roberts has observed, “calmly to poise the scales of justice.” Trump’s January 27 order suspending refugee admissions for at least 120 days and barring people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US for at least 90 days, has engendered more public protest and litigation than any of Trump’s policy moves or Cabinet appointments to date. More than anything else, it cuts to the core of the nation’s character. Related article Law is on DOJ's side in court showdown Among the “friend of the court” briefs filed ahead of the Ninth Circuit hearing was one from technology companies that addressed lost talent and revenue related to the ban but first highlighted America’s reputation as a nation that welcomed immigrants. “A quarter of us have at least one parent who was born outside the country,” it said, referring to population statistics. “Close to half of us have a grandparent born somewhere else. Nearly all of us trace our lineage to another country.” The order also raises concerns that the nation would favor Christians over Muslims. The directive gives priority to refugee claims based on religious persecution but only “if the religion of the individual is a minority religion” in his home country. Given the list of countries targeted, the challengers say, that provision discriminates against Muslims. In the administration’s written filings and during arguments Tuesday, the federal government argued that the order was neutral with respect to religion and rightly focused on countries that have been breeding grounds for terrorism. While trial judges across the country have been reviewing claims that the order exceeds the president’s statutory and constitutional power, Tuesday’s hearing marked the first time a federal appeals court took up a piece of the controversy. Related article Homeland chief: 'Thousands' of Syrian fighters could reach US It heard the Trump administration’s appeal of US District Court Judge James Robart’s order in a case brought by officials in Washington state and Minnesota preventing enforcement of the travel ban while litigation is underway. Trump condemned Robart, referring to him as a “so-called judge” and deeming his ruling “ridiculous.” Wednesday morning, he insisted the government must win the case. “If the U.S. does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled. Politics!” Trump tweeted. If the U.S. does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled. Politics! Appeals court judges expressed doubts about the government’s terrorism claims but also pressed Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell about the broad reach of the order. They questioned whether to consider comments by Trump during the presidential campaign, such as the promise of “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The Washington and Minnesota lawyers say judges should look to such statements and “distinguish a sham” purpose from a sincere one. Trump administration lawyers counter that the order can only be read on its face. They stress overall that judges “are particularly ill equipped to second guess” the President on security risks. Related article Trumpolicy: Day 19 If the administration loses at this stage, it is likely to appeal to the Supreme Court for reinstatement of the ban. But at this early point, with the Supreme Court still down a justice from last year’s death of Antonin Scalia, it might be disinclined to take up the matter. The current bench is divided 4-to-4 along ideological and political lines. Trump’s nominated successor to Scalia, US Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch, is unlikely to be on the bench before late spring. How Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ comments can hurt his travel ban case Still many more chapters could unfold in the dispute already raising comparisons to past legal clashes over presidential power at times of war and national crisis. For the challengers, the dispute particularly recalls the 1944 case of Korematsu v. United States, in which the Supreme Court upheld a World War II executive order moving Japanese-American citizens into detention camps. Related article Showdown on Trump ban in 140 characters Since regarded as an egregious infringement on civil rights and one of the high court’s worst decisions ever, Korematsu often emerges at judicial confirmation hearings. During Chief Justice John Roberts’ 2005 confirmation hearings, Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, asked whether Roberts would be a “Korematsu justice” and allow individuals to be targeted based on nationality or religion. Roberts responded that the government was unlikely to resort ever again to such internment camps, yet also emphasized the need for constitutional vigilance when national security is under threat. Roberts told senators he was reminded of a judicial motto tracing to the 1807 treason trial of Aaron Burr, that a judge’s obligation even in dangerous times is “calmly to poise the scales of justice.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170208064500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/trump-travel-ban-presidential-power-american-identity/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "657684619", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM’s radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @deanofcomedy. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. For more on humor, watch CNN’s “The History of Comedy” Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Dean Obeidallah: On Saturday, \"Saturday Night Live\" wrapped its best season in its 42-year history The comedy show went beyond being a form of satirical news -- it became the news, writes Obeidallah “Saturday Night Live’s” season finale opened with Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump, singing the classic Leonard Cohen song, “Hallelujah.” I bet the real Trump was also saying “hallelujah” as this show’s season came to a close. While millions of Americans will miss “SNL” when it goes on summer hiatus, Donald “President for now” Trump (as “SNL” dubbed him last night) and his supporters must be ecstatic the show is going on break. This was very possibly “SNL’s” best season in its 42-year history, and for two reasons. First, its political comedy went beyond simply being a form of satirical news – it became the news. “SNL” made headlines with its season opener on October 1, 2016, when America met Baldwin as Trump in a parody of the first presidential debate. (Can you believe that was only seven months ago?!) The “SNL” debate sketches that followed seemed to be as anticipated and discussed as the actual debates themselves. Kate McKinnon’s superb Hillary Clinton impression, together with Baldwin’s Trump, was a “yuge” hit. As a result, “SNL” saw its ratings skyrocket and will end this season with its highest TV ratings in nearly 25 years. But beyond TV ratings, “SNL” was everywhere – thanks to social media. Countless clips from this season’s sketches went viral, from Melissa McCarthy’s hilarious Sean Spicer impressions to the envelope-pushing commercial parody about Ivanka’s new perfume, “Complicit,” to Steve Bannon as the Grim Reaper dictating what Trump should do as president. But “SNL’s” season was also newsworthy for another reason. The show got under Trump’s thin skin and caused him to lash out. One of the most alarming moments came in October when Trump jaw-droppingly called for “SNL” to be canceled because, as he tweeted, the show was “unfunny” and part of the “media rigging election!” Related article In Trump's America, comedians lead the resistance Think about that for a moment – the GOP presidential nominee was calling for a comedy show to be canceled because he didn’t like the way it was mocking him. No wonder Trump admires autocratic leaders like Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who effectively banned Egypt’s version of “The Daily Show” because he didn’t like the way it portrayed him. Bassem Youseff, the show’s star comedian, was subsequently forced to flee Cairo and go into exile. Even as President-elect, Trump continued to attack “SNL” – and not just on Twitter. In December, only a month before being sworn in as the 45th President, there was Trump on the “Today” show telling Matt Lauer that the show was “terrible” and Baldwin’s impression was “mean spirited.”  He even somewhat menacingly added, “who knows how long that show is going to be on.” ‘SNL’ just had its biggest season in 23 years. Now what? I worked at “SNL” for eight seasons, from the end of Bill Clinton’s presidency through most of George W. Bush’s time in office. “SNL” comically fileted these two presidents weekly.  The sketches about Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal were especially cutting. But neither Clinton nor Bush publicly whined that “SNL’s” comedy was biased or unfair. Thankfully “SNL,” under the leadership of longtime producer Lorne Michaels, didn’t back down.  Even in last night’s episode, which was light on political sketches, “Weekend Update” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che served up some great jokes about Trump. One of the best was Jost noting that Trump denied telling then-FBI Director James Comey to stop the investigation into Michael Flynn. Jost quipped, “This sets up a real dilemma.  Who are you going to believe? The head of the FBI, or the guy who’s definitely lying?” Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook So for now Trump can breathe a sigh of relief. But before he gets too relaxed, “SNL” recently announced it will air four live prime-time “Weekend Update” specials in August that will feature some cast members. It looks like Trump’s break from “SNL” may be ending right as the special counsel’s investigation into the Trump’s campaign possible collusion with Russia is heating up. That’s horrible for Trump, but it’s great for “Saturday Night Live.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saturday Night Live", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170521164500", "country1": "EGY", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/21/opinions/saturday-night-live-finale-obeidallah/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "539921869", "sentence": "Thousands of miners are suing mining firms over exposure to silicosis Silicosis is an incurable lung condition that affects gold miners in southern Africa It's the biggest class action lawsuit in South African history and involves most of the gold mining industry The most striking thing about Joseph Mothibedi is his voice – it is raspy, a metallic whisper. It’s the sound of a man slowly dying. His thin fingers trembling, Mothibedi leans over his simple hot plate and puts a tea kettle on the boil. The 58-year-old former gold miner looks reduced in his old blue work shirt. It hangs off his bony shoulders as he spreads margarine on a slice of white bread for afternoon tea. He slowly sips it in his barren brick house near an old mine-dump. “Just listen to my voice,” he says, “I have problems with my lungs. I can’t even walk fast or far. It is very hard for me.” Mothibedi is stricken with silicosis, an incurable lung condition that affects gold miners in southern Africa. Silicosis develops over long periods of time. Fine silica dust lodges deep inside miners’ lungs as they extract gold, day after day, year after year. As the silica particles accumulate, lung function becomes severely limited. The miners have shortness of breath, lose weight, become prone to heart disease and, in the most severe cases, an early death. Several studies estimate that there are at least two hundred thousand current and former miners in the region suffering from the disease. Researchers have called it a pandemic. On Friday, thousands of gold miners were given the go ahead to proceed with their landmark class action suit – the biggest in South Africa’s history – against mining firms. South Gauteng High Court Judge Phineas Mojapelo ruled that there is “sufficient common action to satisfy a class action.” “Almost the entire gold mining industry is involved in this case. The scope and magnitude of the proposed silicosis case is unprecedented,” said Mojapelo. The suit, in part backed by prominent U.S. litigation firm Motley Rice, alleges that the companies should have known the harmful effects of silica dust in their mines and didn’t do enough to stop it. The South African Chamber of Mines, which counts several of the defendants in the suit as its members, told CNN that the companies have been working to improve dust management and eliminate silicosis risks and are offering to set up a medical fund for the plaintiffs in the case. “The companies are all defending themselves in the class action. However, they do recognize that silicosis is a significant legacy issue,” says Alan Fine, a spokesman for the industry group. Why the wealth of Africa does not make Africans wealthy But Doctor Rhett Kahn doubts the sincerity of those companies. He has treated silicosis patients for decades. “The companies don’t care about the miners, their dust levels are high. I believe they are illegally high,” Kahn says. “In a country that is supposed to be the democratic flagship of the world, this is totally unacceptable.” Kahn and his wife Janet run a small general practice clinic in Welkom, a somewhat faded mining town that was once a thriving center of the gold industry that is long past its boom years. Miners, many too sick to work, come to Kahn’s busy practice from around Welkom, but also from neighboring Mozambique and Lesotho to get help.  Janet guides them through the maze of medical paperwork. Rhett says they sometimes wait here for days. The history of gold mining in South Africa is one of riches and neglect. The veins of gold found in the Witwatersrand in the late 1800s sparked a gold rush that transformed the country’s largely agricultural economy into an industrial powerhouse. In 1970, more than 20 percent of South Africa’s GDP depended on the mining sector, including gold. Lately, its importance is much diminished. The foundation of South Africa’s wealth was built on the backs of black miners. Mining industry segregation was a crucial element in the racist policies that culminated in decades of apartheid rule. Despite the risks, millions of black migrant workers from rural South Africa and neighboring states flooded the mines as cheap labor. Until 1993, white miners were paid substantially higher compensation for silicosis-related illnesses. According to researchers like Jock McCulloch, silicosis rates were vastly underestimated among black miners for decades. McCulloch and other researchers say that the rates haven’t got any better since apartheid ended more than twenty years ago. “It’s as bad as it was during apartheid,” says Kahn. South Africa’s mining magnate Miners with proven silicosis can apply for compensation from a government fund – but many die before the complicated paperwork is complete. Mothibedi says he got a one-time payment of around 5,000 dollars in 2008. It was meant to last him a lifetime. Now, he depends on disability grants. When Mothibedi grew up in nearby Lesotho, he saw the mines as the only opportunity to further himself. “When I started to work in the mines I wanted to just make money and go back to school and study,” he says. “But when I started seeing people making money I thought I could save money and start my own business.” He slowly moved up to one of the few more senior jobs at the mines that black miners could hope to get during apartheid, all the while sucking in the dust that that would ruin his lungs. Silicosis put an end to Mothibedi’s dreams. “I feel helpless. This sickness has destroyed everything in my life,” he says. MORE: Is this the world’s worst job?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "South African gold mining industry", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160513090000", "country1": "MOZ", "country2": "LSO", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/13/africa/south-africa-gold-miners-silicosis/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "588208320", "sentence": "Russian hackers are being blamed for interfering in the US election The Kremlin denies any Russian state involvement in hacking Some analysts say they fear the Internet is being used to undermine democracy Russian hackers have already scored key goals in their apparent bid to disrupt the US presidential election, according to researchers monitoring the closely fought political campaign. Allegations of dumping sensitive data, infiltrating official servers, manipulating online blogs and even hacking voter records, say analysts, have fueled concerns Moscow is trying to influence the election outcome. Related article Russian intelligence agencies behind US election hacks, lawmakers say “Anything that undermines the legitimacy of the electoral process is bad news for democracy,” said professor John Naughton, co-director of the Technology and Democracy Project at Cambridge University in the UK. “Even the idea of Russian involvement could be seen by some as confirmation that the election is flawed,” he told CNN. The Kremlin categorically denies any Russian state involvement in hacking. Hacking groups linked with different wings of the powerful Russian intelligence services – code-named Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear – were detected inside a Democratic Party server earlier this year, according to CrowdStrike, the US Internet security firm hired to investigate the theft of thousands of emails. Some of the emails, later released online, contained embarrassing details of the Democratic Party’s inner workings, including correspondence revealing how opposed some party officials were to Hillary Clinton’s rival, Bernie Sanders. Related article How Russian hacking has tied US government in knots The damaging revelations eventually forced Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to step down as Democratic National Committee chair in what could be an unprecedented example of the Kremlin not covertly, but directly, intervening in US politics. A joint statement from the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence and Department of Homeland Security pinned blame for the hacking on the Russian leadership. “We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities,” the statement read. Just how deep does the alleged Russian penetration go remains the subject of an FBI investigation. But allegations have surfaced of Russian hackers attempting to access US voter records, of trying to sabotage the physical ballot and of unleashing its troll army – Internet bloggers paid by the Kremlin to spread false information online – in support of Republican nominee Donald Trump. Related video Trump: 'I know nothing about Russia' Both Trump and the Kremlin deny any links to hacking or to each other, but the issue again surfaced in the second US presidential debate on Sunday. “We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is working so hard to influence the outcome of the election,” said Clinton, the Democratic Party nominee, during a heated exchange in the debate. “And believe me, they are not doing it to get me elected. They are doing it to influence the election for Donald Trump.” Suspicions have been fueled by the tightly controlled Russian media, which have made no secret of their preference for a Trump presidency. Whatever the truth, the Putin factor has emerged as a key issue in the US presidential campaign and that in itself may be interpreted as a victory by the Kremlin. Related video Russia gives Trump good press President Vladimir Putin has long sought to cast Russia as a powerful force on the international stage, able to influence events and make its views heard. Researchers say the idea that Russia is thought of as being powerful enough to influence a US election may be satisfying to a leader like Putin. The issue of US electoral intervention also raises broader, much darker concerns – that go way beyond Russia – about the way the Internet can now be used not just to promote democracy but also to undermine it. “Only now are we beginning to see the long-term impact of the technology,” Naughton warned. “We are beginning to find out what the Internet really means.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161012134500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/12/politics/russia-hack-us-election/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "431503212", "sentence": "NEW: Omar Khadr is released Thursday on bail while he appeals conviction, group tweets Canadian public safety minister says Khadr hasn't changed his ideology In plea deal, Khadr admitted to throwing grenade in firefight that killed Army medic Former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, who’s serving a prison sentence in Canada for murdering an American soldier, won a court ruling that will release him on bail while he appeals his conviction, the Alberta Court of Appeal said Thursday. Justice Myra Bielby ruled that Khadr – who pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder, providing material support for terrorism, spying and conspiracy – can be released because, she said, “there was no clear evidence there would be irreparable harm if he was released.” Under a plea deal with U.S. military prosecutors in October 2010, Khadr admitted to throwing a grenade during a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan that killed Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer, a member of a U.S. Army Special Forces unit. Khadr agreed to the plea deal under the condition that he would serve most of the sentence in Canada, his attorneys said. As part of the deal, Khadr received an eight-year sentence with no credit for time served. Dennis said: \"After you Omar, please open the door\". For first time in 13 years. He is FREE to do so. #Khadr #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/fQSk186BU2 Parliament member Steven Blaney, who also is minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, criticized the judge’s decision. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government opposed Khadr’s release, saying the convict remains a danger. “We are disappointed with today’s decision, and regret that a convicted terrorist has been allowed back into Canadian society without having served his full sentence,” Blaney said in a statement. “Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to heinous crimes, including the murder of American Army medic Sgt. Christopher Speer,” Blaney said. “By his own admission, as reported in the media, his ideology has not changed.” 1/2 We regret that a convicted terrorist has been allowed back into Canadian society without having served his full sentence 2/2 We are disappointed with the decision. Our Thoughts and prayers are with the family of Sgt Christopher Speer during this difficult time Supporters of Khadr praised the ruling, calling it a victory for human rights, according to the website Free Omar Khadr Now. The group said Khadr had written a letter to it, saying he will stay in Edmonton, Alberta. “Since I’ve come to Edmonton I’ve been feeling more connected to this beautiful city and it’s wonderful people. Everytime I see somebody new or somebody writes to me I feel that I belong to Edmonton and that makes my heart warm,” Khadr’s letter said, according to the group. The group contended that Khadr pleaded guilty under torture at Guantanamo. “Having been obtained by torture and other impermissible coercion, Mr. Khadr’s acceptance of the plea bargain is not and cannot be considered an admission of guilt,” the group said. The group tweeted a photograph of Khadr’s release Thursday. Bail conditions require Khadr to live with his attorney under a curfew and with electronic monitoring, among other restrictions, his attorneys said. In 2012, Khadr was transferred from Guantanamo naval base in Cuba to his homeland of Canada to serve the remainder of his sentence. His case has sparked controversy among Canadians. Many say they think his sentence was too lenient. Others, noting his capture at age 15, say he should have been treated as a child soldier and point to alleged mistreatment while in custody. CNN’s Paula Newton contributed from Canada. CNN’s Michael Martinez wrote and reported from the Los Angeles bureau. CNN’s Chuck Johnston also contributed.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Omar Khadr", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150507191500", "country1": "CAN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/07/world/canada-guantanamo-detainee-omar-khadr-bail/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "757840748", "sentence": "Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state and director of the CIA. Birth date: December 30, 1963 Birth place: Orange, California Birth name: Michael Richard Pompeo Father: Wayne Pompeo, machinist Mother: Dorothy (Mercer) Pompeo Marriages: Susan (Mostrous) Pompeo (date unavailable publicly-present); Leslie (Libert) Pompeo (1986-1997, divorced) Children: with Susan Pompeo: Nicholas Education: United States Military Academy, West Point, B.S., 1986; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1994 Military service: US Army, 1986-1991, Captain Religion: Christian/ Presbyterian First person to have served as both CIA director and secretary of state. Graduated first in his class at West Point Military Academy. Pompeo says he loves Revolutionary War history, country music, show tunes and college basketball. Served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher at his church in Kansas. 1986-1989 - US Army officer in charge of patrolling the border between West Germany and East Germany and Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. 1994-1996 - Tax litigator at the the Washington, DC law firm of Williams & Connolly. 1998 - Co-founds Thayer Aerospace, an aerospace manufacturing company. 2006-2010 - Serves as president of Sentry International, a manufacturing company that produces oil drilling equipment. January 3, 2011-January 23, 2017 - Serves as the Congressman for Kansas’ 4th District. He is reelected three times. 2014 - Is appointed to the House Select Committee to investigate the attack on the US embassy in Benghazi. January 16, 2016 - Arguing for a “fundamental upgrade to America’s surveillance capabilities,” he co-authors an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal with David B. Rifkin Jr., stating, “Congress should pass a law reestablishing collection of all metadata, and combining it with publicly available financial and lifestyle information in a comprehensive, searchable database.” November 18, 2016 - US President-elect Donald Trump announces Pompeo’s nomination to lead the CIA. January 23, 2017 - Confirmed by the Senate, 66-32, and sworn in as head of the CIA. March 13, 2018 - Trump announces Pompeo’s nomination to replace Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state. April 18, 2018 - Trump announces via Twitter that Pompeo visited North Korea over Easter weekend and met with leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. April 26, 2018-January 20, 2021 - Serves as the 70th US secretary of state. May 7-10, 2018 - Pompeo heads back to Pyongyang to finalize the agenda for the upcoming summit between the United States and the Korean Peninsula. Three detained Americans – Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim – are freed and arrive back at Joint Base Andrews with Pompeo. May 30, 2018 - Pompeo meets with senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol in New York ahead of the proposed summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kim Yong Chol is the most senior North Korean official to visit the United States in 18 years. June 12, 2018 - Trump and Kim meet in Singapore, marking the first meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. July 9, 2018 - Makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan and meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. October 7, 2018 - Meets with Kim in Pyongyang, in preparation for a second summit between Trump and Kim. October 16, 2018 - Two weeks after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Pompeo visits Saudi Arabia to meet with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pompeo says the leaders “strongly denied” any knowledge of what happened to Khashoggi as reports begin to filter out that the journalist was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul during a botched interrogation. November 27, 2018 - In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Pompeo defends the Trump administration’s support for Saudi Arabia in light of the outrage over the killing of Khashoggi. Pompeo stresses the need for strong US-Saudi ties to counter the regional threats posed by Iran. January 9, 2019 - Makes an unannounced visit to Iraq and meets with Iraqi officials. January 22, 2019 - Less than a week after a deadly ISIS-claimed attack in Syria, Pompeo delivers remarks to the World Economic Forum. He says, “It should not go unnoticed that we’ve also defeated the ISIS caliphate in Syria and Iraq alongside more than six dozen nations in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.” June 13, 2019 - Pompeo blames Iran for an attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, saying that the assessment is based on intelligence. July 7, 2019 - In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Pompeo announces the creation of a new committee, the Commission on Unalienable Rights. The committee will examine the definition of human rights. Pompeo says the phrase has grown vague since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. September 27, 2019 - Pompeo is subpoenaed by three House committees for failure to produce documents relating to Trump and associates reported efforts to pressure Ukraine into assisting with Trump’s reelection. On October 4, he fails to meet the subpoena deadline. October 2, 2019 - During a news conference in Italy, Pompeo admits that he was on the July 25 phone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. January 24, 2020 - A reporter for National Public Radio says that Pompeo screamed obscenities and demanded she prove she could find Ukraine on an unmarked map after she asked – and Pompeo refused to answer – whether he owed former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch an apology. The alleged incident takes place after the taping of an interview that aired on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” May 6, 2020 - Pompeo says the US does not have certainty about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, despite originally claiming that there was “enormous evidence” the virus originated in a Chinese lab. May 15, 2020 - Trump fires State Department inspector general Steve Linick after Pompeo recommends Linick be removed. Days later, Pompeo tells The Washington Post that he asked Trump to remove Linick because the independent watchdog was “undermining” the department and wasn’t performing in a way that the top US diplomat wanted him to. July 31, 2020 - Pompeo is subpoenaed by the chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Eliot Engel, to turn over documents related to the Bidens and Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. August 25, 2020 - Representative Joaquin Castro, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, announces an investigation has been opened into Pompeo’s decision to address the Republican National Convention. The decision to speak to the political convention in prerecorded remarks from Jerusalem breaks with longstanding precedent of sitting secretaries of state avoiding partisan politics, particularly while abroad. September 18, 2020 - Engel agrees to withdraw the subpoena he issued in July against Pompeo after the State Department turned over more than 16,000 pages of documents related to the Bidens and Burisma Holdings. January 19, 2021 - With one day left in his tenure as secretary of state, Pompeo takes to his Twitter account, denouncing “all the -isms,” including multiculturalism, saying “they’re not who America is. They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker,” he writes. January 26, 2021 - Hudson Institute announces that Pompeo has joined as a fellow. April 16, 2021 - The State Department’s independent watchdog finds that Pompeo and his wife, Susan, violated federal ethics rules by making over 100 personal, non-work related requests to department employees – from ordering gifts to booking salon appointments and taking care of the family dog. June 15, 2021 - Pompeo launches a new political group aimed at supporting conservative candidates. Champion American Values PAC (CAVPAC) will “help Republicans take back majorities” in the House of Representatives and the Senate and build conservative state legislatures and governorships, Pompeo says in a statement. August 9, 2022 - Pompeo meets with the US House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, according to US Representative Zoe Lofgren. 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{"article_id": "618162158", "sentence": "Journalist Glenn Greenwald said he does not believe President Barack Obama’s decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence would affect the fate of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been in Russia since 2013. The difference, according to Greenwald, is that Manning, a former Army soldier, has shown remorse for her actions, while Snowden remains defiant over his leaks of information on American intelligence and surveillance operations. “I think its very unlikely that President Obama intends to commute Snowden’s sentence let alone pardon him because he doesn’t in any way say that what he did was wrong,” said Greenwald, speaking Tuesday on CNN’s “AC360.” He’s quite proud of what he did except for the fact that he should have done it earlier.” Greenwald said the US at this time is not officially seeking the extradition of WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange, but that Trump’s election could offer a glimmer of hope for the 45-year-old Australian, who is holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. “What might actually affect Julian Assange’s situation is that Donald Trump has become an admirer of WikiLeaks … and he is about to become president,” Greenwald told Anderson Cooper. In the final weeks of the Obama administration, more than a million of Snowden’s supporters have petitioned the White House to pardon him. The White House said on Tuesday, however, that Snowden had not submitted official documents requesting clemency. “Mr. Snowden has not filed paperwork to seek clemency from this administration,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said. Snowden is accused of espionage and theft of government property.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Edward Snowden", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170118033000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/greenwald-says-obama-will-not-pardon-snowden-cnntv/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "485244327", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Karen Jacobsen is associate professor of research at The Fletcher School at Tufts University and the acting director of the Feinstein International Center (Friedman School of Nutrition), where she also directs the Refugees and Forced Migration Program. The views expressed are her own. Karen Jacobsen: News that attacker in Paris may have come in on wave of refugees may make countries less willing to accept them Wrong reaction, she says: Refugees will come; what's needed is a global response, and support by U.S., EU for countries that step up It now seems possible that at least one of the terrorists in the Paris attack on Friday entered the European Union hidden among the wave of refugees arriving on European shores. Even if this turns out not to be so, the fear that terrorists are hiding amongst refugees will increase and will be used by anti-immigrant politicians. That refugee or migrant movements might include terrorists has always been a threat and a worry to countries of immigration. It is part of the risk of welcoming strangers, just as we all take calculated risks when we allow people we don’t know well into our homes. Related article \"We are angry and defiant\" How will the presence of terrorists among the refugees – real or now increasingly feared – affect the willingness of Europeans to welcome refugees? Many who before Friday were willing to allow refugees into their countries and to help them will be given pause. Anti-immigrant movements and politicians such as Marine Le Pen in France and Donald Trump in the United States will seize the opportunity to create momentum against immigration and block border entry. Is this the solution? Even before Friday, European countries that were previously welcoming, such as Sweden and Germany, were pulling back.  But sealing borders with razor wire and having police on trains requesting papers are the kinds of images Europeans will surely shrink from, given their history – and such actions will not prevent desperate refugees from finding ways to enter Europe. Nor can the United States and the rest of the world stand by and watch while ratcheting up their anti-immigrant rhetoric. The United States and Europe must work together to find reasonable ways  to manage the current refugee flow into Europe and to utilize more creative and effective intelligence to monitor terrorist plans. Related article How ISIS threatens the West The fact is Europe will not be able to quickly and easily absorb hundreds of thousands of refugees, and open-door policies that create impetus for migrants to leave their countries will lead to more desperate journeys and deaths at sea, especially now the winter storm season is coming upon us. This is why now is the moment for a truly global effort to address the refugee crisis, a movement not necessarily led by Europe and the United States but one that still should be well supported by them. First, it is essential to direct that support to Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, as spillover from the conflict in Syria and Iraq overwhelms them, both in terms of their hosting more than 4 million refugees and in dealing with bomb attacks. This past week, Lebanon also experienced a horrific bomb attack by ISIS, when 43 people were killed in Beirut, with much less of a global outpouring of sympathy. The EU has pledged a 3 billion euro fund to support these countries. This is a good start, but it is only in the planning and pledging stage. Second, global efforts to address the refugee crisis can involve other, more distant, countries, which are able and should be induced to take refugees. Countries such as Brazil, which accepts refugees from Syria, should be lauded and supported in their efforts to welcome asylum seekers and resettle refugees. Indeed some Syrians have already recognized the Brazilian opportunity and headed that way. Countries willing to take refugees – and the communities within these countries, willing to host them – must be recognized and rewarded. The attacks in Paris on Friday are yet another wake-up call. Until the conflicts in the Middle East are resolved, the spillover– both in the form of terrorist attacks and refugee flows – will be felt much farther afield. Paris is the latest target, but it will not be the last.  Refugees and the conflict that displaces them are a global problem and need a global response. 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{"article_id": "726754313", "sentence": "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that the United States “remains as concerned today as at the outset” of the ongoing eight-month dispute between Qatar and other Gulf state nations. “It is critical that all parties minimize rhetoric, exercise restraint to avoid further escalation and work toward a resolution,” Tillerson said in Washington during a session of the inaugural US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue. He spoke alongside Defense Secretary James Mattis, as well as the Qatari Foreign and Defense Ministers. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have broken diplomatic relations with Qatar over what they say is the country’s support of terrorism. Tillerson called for all sides to work toward a solution to the impasse in order to deal with the threats posed by ISIS as well as Iran. Gulf allies have repeatedly criticized Qatar for alleged support of the Muslim Brotherhood, a nearly 100-year-old Islamist group considered a terrorist organization by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Qatar has denied that it funds or supports extremist groups. The proxy wars in the region being waged by Saudi Arabia and Iran are also playing a role in the ongoing dispute, with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and others accusing Qatar of voicing support for Iran. During Tuesday’s event, the United States and Qatar signed multiple memorandums of understanding between the two countries on issues including human trafficking and agreed to a creation of a bilateral group on labor practices. On Monday, the two sides signed an agreement on civil aviation. Qatar hosts the largest concentrated military presence in the Middle East at the Al Udeid Air Base, which has been critical to supporting US military operations in the Middle East. Mattis said the base was “critical” in the battle to defeat ISIS as well as playing a role with the US strategy in Afghanistan.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Qatar", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180130190000", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "BHR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/tillerson-us-concerned-qatar-gulf-dispute/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "580457306", "sentence": "A Trump campaign source confirmed his scheduled meeting with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Monday Hillary Clinton Clinton also met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both met with world leaders in town for the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, but the two presidential contenders did so with vastly different goals. Both Clinton and Trump met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Monday, as the grueling presidential contest enters its final weeks. The “Jon Stewart of Egypt” takes on Donald Trump Clinton, who served for four years as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, also met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. While the stakes are high for both candidates, there is likely more on the line for Trump who, as a foreign policy novice, is still looking to prove his chops before the first presidential debate next Monday. Trump used the meetings to try to convince voters that despite his often explosive personality he is qualified to serve as commander in chief. The key for the blunt businessman is the visuals of the meeting, hoping that voters see a president as they observe him with a world leader. “I will say that with all the folks being in New York, I’ve had a lot of calls from a lot of different people on the basis that I’m doing well and, you know, they seem to think it’s important to maybe meet,” Trump said Monday on Fox News. “I don’t want to comment specifically on who but a couple of people are coming over.” He later said, “I’ve already met with a couple,” but refused to say which ones. Clinton used the meetings with the three world leaders, in contrast, to stress her facility with high-level diplomacy gained by years of experience on the world stage. Her meetings are also certain to be watched in various parts of the world for signs of how she would direct US foreign policy as president. Clinton addressed prickly topics with each world leader, according to aides in the room. Clinton touched on North Korea and the rise of China with Japan’s Abe, while Clinton addressing the need for a more vibrant – and free – civil society with Egypt while she met with Sisi. While reporters were in the room, Clinton told Sisi that she looked forward to talking about the “path we are taking in order to build up a new civil society, a new modern country that upholds the rule of law, that respects human rights and liberties.” Trump also met with Sisi on Monday evening in New York where the two discussed “the strategic bilateral relationship between the US and Egypt,” according to a Trump campaign statement after the meeting. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (ret.), two of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers, joined Trump for the meeting. “Mr. Trump expressed to President el-Sisi his strong support for Egypt’s war on terrorism, and how under a Trump administration, the United States of America will be a loyal friend, not simply an ally, that Egypt can count on in the days and years ahead,” the Trump campaign said. The Republican nominee, who has faced widespread condemnation in the Muslim world for his proposal to ban Muslims from the U.S. and his blanket statements about Islam, also shared his “high regard for peace-loving Muslims,” the campaign added. The campaign also said Trump called the US-Egypt relationship “vital to help promote peace and stability in the Middle East.” Sisi is the second foreign leader Trump has met with since becoming the Republican nominee. He first met with the Mexican president in Mexico last month. Sitting with Poroshenko, Clinton said she was looking forward to talking about the challenges Ukraine faces, primarily “the very real problems and threats from Russian aggression.” Clinton added that she was “anxious to know how we can be supportive of those efforts.” Clinton’s meetings were announced before Trump’s, and a senior advisor to the former top diplomat said Friday that they were less about furthering a political argument than preparing her to hit the ground running immediately if she wins the White House. “If she is elected, she wants to be sure she is prepared (not only) to handle the challenges but to seize the opportunities on Day One,” said a senior Clinton advisor granted anonymity to talk about her foreign policy views. “While she has remained a candidate, she is also focused on what it would take to govern if she wins.” The meetings also set up possible contrasts that could pose a challenge for Trump given Clinton’s lengthy record on the international stage as both secretary of state and first lady. Trump has tried to shore up his foreign policy credentials before, taking a trip last month to meet Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto earlier this year. The meeting ended awkwardly after Trump said they never talked about his proposed border wall, but Peña Nieto said he told Trump during the meeting that Mexico would not pay for it. Clinton’s campaign seized on the public back-and-forth between the Mexican leader and Trump, with the Democratic nominee calling it Trump’s “embarrassing international incident.” “When you see that he can’t even go to a foreign country without getting into a public feud with the president, I think the answer is clear: Donald Trump does not have the temperament to be our commander in chief,” Clinton told voters in Ohio after the meeting. For her part, Clinton has decided to forgo the standard foreign tour as a candidate because her aides feel she doesn’t need to burnish her foreign policy credentials. Instead, she’ll take the opportunity afforded in her home state to hobnob with foreign heavyweights – and try to score political points. Clinton’s meeting with Poroshenko, in the eyes of her aides, attempted to highlight the differences between the Democratic and Republican nominee on policy toward Moscow. Clinton’s campaign and other Democrats have accused Trump of cozying up to Putin, who has built his foreign policy on thwarting US goals and failing to confront Moscow over its annexation of Crimea in Ukraine. Clinton’s adviser said that she believed that Washington needed to do more to stand up to Russian “aggression” in Ukraine and to allow the Kiev government to defend itself. Currently, the Obama administration has offered logistical help to Ukraine’s armed forces but has fallen short of lethal assistance as some Republicans have championed. The official did not say, however, whether Clinton would move toward lethal aid but said that she would take a look at any requests from the Ukrainians. Clinton’s meeting with Sisi will make waves in the Middle East because of the recent estrangement between the Egyptian President’s government and the Obama administration. Clinton, according to an aide in the room, “emphasized the importance of respect for rule of law and human rights to Egypt’s future progress” and “discussed ways to deepen counterterrorism cooperation, particularly in the fight against ISIS.” Clinton also used the meeting to call for the release of US citizen Aya Hijazi, who has been imprisoned in Egypt since 2014 after operating a non-profit in the country. Clinton’s adviser cautioned that the meeting on Monday did not augur any kind of policy change towards Egypt. But nevertheless, the official said, Clinton does understand the complexity and complications of US relations with Egypt, a nation that is pivotal to the balance of power in the Middle East, is facing its own terror threats and would be critical to any renewed effort at Israeli-Palestinian peace. Sisi assumed power following a coup against the elected Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt in 2013. Clinton had been secretary of state when the US helped push Egypt’s longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak from power after a popular uprising, but was seen as less pro-active than other members of Obama’s cabinet in cutting loose a crucial, long-standing US ally. “There are a lot of things that the Sisi government is doing that are concerning,” the official said. Trump’s positions on foreign policy, among them on Egypt, are more opaque than those of Clinton. But in his terrorism speech in August, he vowed to work with leaders in the Middle East – including Sisi – who “recognize that this ideology of death” must be extinguished. Clinton’s meeting with Abe comes at a time of increased tensions in Asia following North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test. The meeting will likely highlight Clinton’s commitment to US alliances in Japan and South Korea and the US belief that it is up to China to do more to convince its ally in Pyongyang to turn away from its nuclear path. Clinton, according to an aide, discussed “the threat from North Korea” and “relations with China” during the meeting. And Abe brought up the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive 12-country trade deal that the Japanese prime minister has backed and Clinton has rejected. There is significant concern among US allies the region about the prospect of a Trump presidency – not least because the GOP nominee has warned that both nations must pay more to keep US forces in their countries and raised the possibility that Pyongyang’s growing threat could force both states to develop their own nuclear weapons, a step neither nation wants to take. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond and Tom LoBianco contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160919130000", "country1": "UKR", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/politics/trump-clinton-egypt-fattah-el-sisi/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "666965959", "sentence": "Democrat on the House oversight committee have questions about Michael Flynn The questions are related to why the former national security adviser had clearance Democrats on a key House panel are pressing the White House on why former national security adviser Michael Flynn was allowed to maintain top-level security clearances despite allegations of security concerns while Flynn was at the White House. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, specifically cites Acting Attorney General Sally Yates’ explicit warning to White House counsel Don McGahn that Flynn was likely vulnerable to blackmail by Russians, based on intelligence reports she reviewed. Cummings cites Yates’ public comments that, rather than asking about Flynn’s possible security breach, McGahn reportedly asked why the White House should be handling it. Cummings, in his letter released Wednesday, notes that Flynn continued holding his security clearance, despite the warning from Yates. Cummings cites an executive order requiring employees to have their security clearance preemptively suspended if they are suspected of being a national security risk. “In general, when there are credible allegations that employees may be unfit to continue accessing classified information, security clearances are supposed to be suspended while the allegations are investigated,” Cummings wrote in his letter, sent June 21. In the letter, Cummings describes “parallel concerns” with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior adviser. The lawmaker notes Kushner’s undisclosed phone calls with Russian ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak, and undisclosed meetings he had with Kislyak and the CEO of Vnesheconombank, a state-run Russian bank under US sanctions. A spokeswoman for House oversight committee Chairman Trey Gowdy declined comment Wednesday. Gowdy did not sign on to the request from Cummings, but was alerted beforehand that the request was being sent. A White House spokesman deferred comment on Flynn to the Marc Kasowitz, Trump’s outside counsel. A spokesman for Kasowitz declined comment. Flynn has long been in the crosshairs of congressional and federal investigators and has had previous problems with his national security clearance application. The House panel revealed in April that Flynn failed to reveal payments from RT-TV, a Russian state-run media outlet, in likely violation of federal reporting laws. Lawyers for Flynn did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday. A senior White House official said Cummings sent his request to the wrong place. If he has any questions about Flynn, they should be sent to the Pentagon, because that’s who issued Flynn’s clearance, the official said. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended Flynn’s security clearance in April. “Let’s walk through that for a second. General Flynn was a career military officer who maintained a high-level security clearance throughout his career in the military. His clearance was last reissued by the Obama administration in 2016 with full knowledge of his activities that occurred in 2015, as you point out. So the issue is – he was issued a security clearance under the Obama administration in the spring of 2016,” Spicer said. A spokesperson for Kushner did not respond to a CNN request for comment. Kushner’s attorney has previously acknowledged that Kushner did not include the foreign contacts on his security clearance form because it was submitted prematurely. CNN is told that Jared Kushner has since provided the FBI a list of his foreign contacts, as required for his security clearance. But Kushner has become a new focus for federal and congressional investigators curious about his efforts to establish a backchannel with Russian President Vladimir Putin – although he is not the target of any probe. Senate investigators have been negotiating with Kushner to bring him in for an interview, but that is not expected to happen until after July 4. Other House Democrats, led by Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, asked the FBI to revoke Kushner’s clearance in an April 13 letter, citing similar concerns that he had not disclosed his meetings with Russian officials.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Michael Flynn", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170621210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/democrats-michael-flynn-jared-kushner/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "579531036", "sentence": "“I smacked my head on the bathroom floor,” a bloodied and bandaged President Barack Obama says, “as I was so shocked by North Korea’s hydrogen bomb detonation!” This is satirical political comedy, Pyongyang style. A recent episode of the snappily named “The stage of optimism that Songun presented – Volume 11,” which airs on state-controlled Korea Central Television (KCTV), lampooned the US leader and “oppressed” South Koreans ahead of the North’s nuclear warhead test this month. “So, Mr. President, you were testing the hardness of your skull while the North was testing its hydrogen bomb?” an actor playing Obama’s secretary asks him. Later in the show, Seoul’s envoy to the US is described as a “bitch on the run,” while her Japanese counterpart is called a “monkey.” According to NK News, a specialist website focused on North Korea, “this is the first time the North has explicitly used US and South Korea-related satire in its comedy.” Though the show aired on September 1, according to NK News, before the latest weapons test, its tone is consistent with Pyongyang’s bullish rhetoric around its nuclear program. On Wednesday, the North dismissed a US B-1 bomber flyover of South Korea as “bluffing” and “blustering” by Washington, and warned the US to “stop their rash actions.” In March, Pyongyang released a video portraying the nation engaging in nuclear war with the US. “This is America’s last chance,” the video warned, over footage of a missile striking Washington DC and the Stars and Stripes engulfed in flames. North Korea’s fiery propaganda – which is intended for audiences at home – doesn’t always go as planned. A documentary intended as a portrayal of a happy family in North Korea became something of a PR nightmare for Pyongyang when the filmmaker used his rare access to the country to produce a film about the inner workings of its propaganda machine. Jung-eun Kim contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160916044500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/asia/north-korea-obama-saturday-night-live/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "750012962", "sentence": "The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to vote Monday on Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of state, but the vote could prove to be a historic snub on the man vying to be the country’s top diplomat. Democrats on the committee as well as Republican Sen. Rand Paul are expected to vote against Pompeo, which would lead the committee to report out his nomination without a favorable recommendation. But Republicans are still expected to bring his nomination to the floor anyway for a vote where Pompeo is on track to be confirmed. Related article It was a jam-packed news week -- even with President Trump away from DC The committee’s chairman, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the nominee should be “confirmed overwhelmingly,” and one of the chamber’s more moderate Republicans, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, told NBC she planned to vote for Pompeo’s confirmation. On Thursday, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp became the first Democrat to formally announce her support for Pompeo, which, assuming no other Republicans come out in opposition, would give him the votes he needed to win the nomination. Trump’s pick to replace Pompeo leading the CIA, Gina Haspel, isn’t scheduled to have her confirmation hearing until May 9, but late last week the agency declassified an internal memo that absolves Haspel of responsibility for destroying videotapes showing the waterboarding of terrorism suspects in 2005, an issue that’s been a key sticking point for senators weighing her confirmation. The agency argues this memorandum should satisfy some of those demands, but some Democrats were not pleased with the release so expect the issue to come up continue popping up this week. Related article Trump's CIA pick faces growing Hill scrutiny over destruction of interrogation tapes Haspel has been meeting with senators from both parties ahead of her hearing, and those one-on-one discussions are expected to continue this week. Democrats will also press Republican leaders to seek a floor vote on a bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Bob Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump. That bill is scheduled to be voted on in the Judiciary Committee Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said last week he would not bring such a proposal to the floor, saying the legislation isn’t necessary, but members from both parties on the Judiciary Committee have said they’ll continue moving forward with the legislation. “Obviously the views of the majority leader are important to consider, but they do not govern what happens here in the Judiciary Committee,” the committee’s chairman, Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters last week. “If consideration on the floor was the standard for approving a bill in committee or not, we wouldn’t probably be moving any bills out of this committee.” RELATED: What happens if Mueller is fired? Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, Trump’s pick to head the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, will appear before a Senate committee Wednesday. Jackson, who currently serves as White House physician, spent last week meeting with members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, trying to assuage some concerns of Democratic senators, who raised issue with Jackson’s lack of management experience and whether the administration will push for privatization of veterans’ health care, a move that was staunchly opposed by the former VA Secretary, David Shulkin. Related article Trump's VA pick says he's 'got what it takes' to be secretary While House Intelligence Committee Republicans have concluded their Russia investigation, Democrats on the committee have vowed to continue their probe into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Their first witness to appear before Democrats since Republicans ended their interviews will be Christopher Wylie, the former employee who blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica, a company tied to the Trump campaign that handled data on millions of American Facebook users. Wylie will appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. It’s not yet clear whether Republicans will participate in the interviews before the two House panels, though Republican members have been invited to take part. Two embattled members of the President’s Cabinet – Attorney General Jeff Sessions and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt – will appear before the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday to testify on behalf of their respective department’s 2019 fiscal year budgets. Both are expected to face tough questioning on issues that have made headlines in recent weeks. Pruitt has continued to hold on to his job at the Environmental Protection Agency – and the President’s favor – despite mounting investigations about financial expenditures made under his tenure. Sessions, who regularly draws the President’s ire, is expected to face questions regarding the ever-expanding Russia probe. Related article EPA inspector general to begin second review of Pruitt's security detail The Senate convenes at 3 p.m. ET Monday and has a cloture vote on circuit court nominee Kyle Duncan, who Democrats voted against in the Judiciary Committee after raising concerns about his views on gay rights. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee could vote on a new Authorization for the Use of Force to provide formal congressional approval for the military action taking place around the world against ISIS and other terror groups. The new measure, a compromise written by the committee’s chairman, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, Democratic committee member Tim Kaine, and other members, would require Congress to review the AUMF every four years and vote to change it or end if it lawmakers have the votes to do so. It’s possible this committee vote gets kicked over until after the next recess. RELATED: Ryan downplays need for Congress to authorize strikes on Syria And, the House will vote on the FAA reauthorization this week. It’s expected to pass with bipartisan support. And in a bit of international news, following the White House’s first State Dinner, French President Emmanuel Macron continues his state visit Wednesday, heading to Capitol Hill to address a joint session of Congress. His speech coincides with the 58th anniversary of former French President Charles de Gaulle’s address to a joint session of Congress, per a senior administration official. CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mike Pompeo", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180423110000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/politics/congress-week-ahead-pompeo-nomination/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "717478722", "sentence": "Princess Michael of Kent apologized after coming under fire for wearing a controversial brooch to a Buckingham Palace lunch attended by Prince Harry’s fiancée, Meghan Markle. She was pictured wearing a blackamoor-style brooch that depicted an African figure on her coat on her way to the royal family event Wednesday. Related article Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement photos are like no other royal couple's It’s unclear whether Princess Michael wore the item of jewelry in Markle’s presence at the palace. The American actress has previously written about the challenges of being the child of a white father and African-American mother. Blackamoor, a decorative style that depicts African people as exoticized figures, is widely considered offensive. Media reports showing Princess Michael wearing the brooch prompted Twitter users to label her at worst overtly racist and at best out of touch. “The brooch was a gift and had been worn many times before. Princess Michael is very sorry and distressed that it has caused offense,” her representative said in a statement Friday. Former royal chef Darren McGrady tweeted that Princess Michael’s decision to wear the brooch was an “appalling show of disrespect and jealousy.” Appalling show of disrespect and jealousy from Princess Michael of Kent. She has never gotten over being the \"foreigner not really welcome into the family\" Meghan however will be welcomed with open arms and adored by everyone. The princess, who was born Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in the former Czechoslovakia, is married to the Queen’s first cousin. Related article Meghan Markle is royal family's unconventional bride-to-be In a 2015 article for New York University on blackamoor art, writer Anneke Rautenbach described the Italian decorative style as being tied in with ideas of racial conquest. “The motif emerged as an artistic response to the European encounter with the Moors – dark-skinned Muslims from North Africa and the Middle East who came to occupy various parts of Europe during the Middle Ages,” she wrote. “Commonly fixed in positions of servitude – as footmen or waiters, for example – the figures personify fantasies of racial conquest.” Art historian Adrienne L. Childs, an associate of Harvard University’s Hutchins Center, described in a 2012 presentation how the blackamoor “became the ultimate symbol of the objectified black male body.” Related article British royals' complicated relationship with Africa According to the royal family’s official website, Princess Michael is an international lecturer on topics of history and art, and has written several historical books. Prince Harry and Markle, who announced their engagement last month, will wed on May 19 in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, west of London. They published a set of official engagement photos Thursday, a day after the royal lunch. The couple will spend their first Christmas as an engaged couple with Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family at Sandringham, the Queen’s country estate in rural Norfolk, around 100 miles north of London. CNN’s Milena Veselinovic and Daniel Nikbakht contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Princess Michael of Kent", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171223131500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/23/europe/uk-princess-michael-brooch-markle-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "715466991", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: This article includes images of a man being shot. Four Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded Friday in the West Bank and Gaza during violent clashes between Israeli troops and protesters opposed to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Roughly 2,500 Palestinians rolled burning tires and hurled firebombs and rocks at police in several West Bank cities, and another 3,500 clashed with soldiers along the security fence in Gaza, the Israeli army said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said two people were killed in Gaza, both of them shot in the head. The ministry identified them as Yaser Sukar, 23, killed in Shujaiyya, east of Gaza City; and Ibrahim Abu Tharaya, 29, shot during clashes along Gaza’s border with Israel. Tharaya was a wheelchair-bound double amputee, the ministry said. He was regularly photographed at protests in Gaza waving a Palestinian flag from his wheelchair. “Throughout yesterday extremely violent riots erupted along the border of the Gaza strip,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. “IDF troops fired selectively towards main instigators. Claims were received about two dead Palestinians. The claims regarding the circumstances of the death of a Palestinian with no legs who participated in the riots will be reviewed.” Two more Palestinians died in the West Bank, the Health Ministry said. They were identified as Basel Mustafa Muhammad Ibrahim, 29, from Anata; and Mohammad Ameen Aqel, who was fatally wounded in the Ramallah neighborhood of al-Bireh. Israeli police say Aqel was shot after carrying out a stabbing attack on a border police officer during a demonstration. Photos taken of Aqel show him wearing what appeared to be an explosive belt. Police have not said whether they believe the belt was real or a fake. At least 367 others were injured – seven critically – and taken to hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza, according to the health ministry. Most of them were suffering from injuries caused by tear gas and rubber bullets. The situation around Gaza remained tense heading into the weekend, as Israel warned Gaza’s Hamas leadership on Thursday that it would not tolerate continued rocket fire from the coastal enclave. Since Trump’s announcement over a week ago, 16 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel, Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis told Israel’s Army Radio on Thursday. Manelis acknowledged that most of the rockets had not been fired by Hamas, but were in fact launched by smaller Islamist organizations. Israel has repeatedly said it holds Hamas responsible for any projectiles fired from Gaza. Tens of thousands of worshipers came to the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City for Friday prayers. After prayers were over, hundreds stayed behind to protest. Some waved the flags of countries most critical of Trump’s announcement, including those of Turkey and Malaysia. Thousands of Jordanians also gathered to protest in downtown Amman, and local television aired live footage of smaller protests elsewhere in the country. Trump’s move last week to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and commit to moving the US Embassy to the holy city prompted international criticism and sparked protests across the world. The announcement, which upended seven decades of US foreign policy, delighted Israeli officials but was condemned by Palestinian leaders, who see East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Related video Why Jerusalem's holy sites are so significant Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki told reporters last week that the leadership had decided there would be “no formal communications” with US officials in the wake of Trump’s Jerusalem decision. Jordan’s King Abdullah has also been critical of Trump’s announcement, saying last week that there was “no alternative to a two-state solution, and Jerusalem is key to any peace agreement.” Abdullah is the custodian of the Muslim holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. CNN’s Oren Liebermann reported from Jerusalem. Ray Sanchez and James Masters wrote from New York and London. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report from Amman, Jordan.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171215121500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/15/middleeast/jerusalem-protests-friday-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "666545346", "sentence": "Spicer is scheduled to give a briefing Tuesday Recent briefings have been off-camera White House press secretary Sean Spicer will return to the briefing room on Tuesday to address reporters on-camera for the first time in eight days. His on-camera return to the lectern comes as frustrations about press access at the White House have come to a head. Spicer took questions for less than a half-hour on Monday, refusing to allow reporters to record audio or video of the briefing while rebuffing a series of questions about the most pressing topics of the day. Why you should care about increasing secrecy in White House and Senate Tuesday’s briefing also comes as White House officials are mulling a new role for Spicer in the West Wing that might take him out of the briefing room for good. Here are seven questions Spicer may face: Spicer is reportedly being considered for a role overseeing the White House communications and press operations. It would also take him away from the White House lectern, where his performance has been the subject of intense scrutiny. Spicer is sure to face questions about the eight-day gap in any on-camera briefings from the White House – and whether this is a trend that will continue. Foreign leaders arriving at the White House to visit the President almost always roll in through the front gate, their limousine driving down a White House driveway lined with military guard before stopping in front of the West Wing doors – President Donald Trump waiting with an outstretched hand. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko won’t get any of that, instead meeting with Vice President Mike Pence before dropping into the Oval Office for a brief visit. That’s raising a slew of questions, particularly in light of Trump’s adversity toward criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin, who annexed Ukrainian territory and continues to support Ukrainian separatists. A select group of Senate Republicans are continuing to craft a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare behind closed doors and Democratic pressure is growing. Related article Sean Spicer might be leaving White House podium Spicer on Monday couldn’t say whether Trump or members of his legislative team had seen the text of the bill. Trump is scheduled to meet with his legislative team for lunch, before Spicer heads to the briefing room. Voters are heading to the polls today in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, a historically Republican seat that Democrats are hoping to flip amid dissatisfaction with Trump and his policies. Related article 5 things to watch in Georgia's high-stakes House special election The race is already tighter than it should be, and a Democrats are hoping to win will send shudders down the spines of Republicans up for reelection in 2018. The US shot down a pro-Syrian regime drone in the Syrian skies on Monday, just days after the US shot down a Syrian government warplane. The downings have been consistent with US policy, but have led to increased tensions in the region as Russia cut off a key military-diplomatic channel with the US and threatened to shoot down American planes over Syria. Trump and his White House have refused for more than a month to confirm or deny whether the President in fact records conversations at the White House, as he suggested in a tweet in early May about former FBI Director James Comey. Trump has teased an announcement soon – but the White House continues to stonewall reporters on the question. Spicer on Monday would only say “it’s possible that we have an answer to that by the end of the week.” Spicer on Monday would only say that Trump “has confidence in everyone who serves him in this administration.” That was off-camera, though, and reports continue to swirl that the President remains unhappy with the special counsel’s investigation.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "White House press secretary Sean Spicer", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170620163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/politics/sean-spicer-white-house-briefing/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "684517997", "sentence": "Sixteen people were killed, more than 100 injured in two attacks Protesters made a call for unity after the violence Half a million people took part in a colorful peace protest in Barcelona on Saturday after Spain’s Catalonia region was hit with two terror attacks that killed 16 people. The march was organized on social media with the hashtag #NoTincPor – Catalan for “I am not afraid” – a slogan shouted repeatedly by the protesters as they made their way down the Passeig de Gràcia shopping avenue. Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended the protest, which was also a show of Barcelona’s unity and cultural diversity. Protesters held signs saying “No to Islamophobia” as they marched alongside members of the city’s Muslim community. Some Muslim marchers held signs reading “I am Muslim. I am not a terrorist,” and “Islam is peace.” “The solution is peace. Peace is equal for all,” one protester told CNN Espanol. Another woman in the crowd looked dejected and said simply, “it’s enough already.” Marchers handed roses to the police and paramedics to thank them for their response to the attacks, and some adorned their vehicles with the flowers. The Catalan Police confirmed that around 500,000 people attended the protests. On its Twitter account, police posted pictures of the march and wrote: “Today there is only one message and it is the rejection of terrorism. Respect all cultures and let’s say #Imnotafraid #NoTincPor.” Protesters also added their tributes to a mountain of roses laid at Las Ramblas, where a driver plowed a van into crowds on August 17, killing 14 people and leaving more than 100 others injured. The death toll from the Barcelona attack rose from 13 to 14 on Sunday, when the Catalan government announced that a 51-year-old German woman had also died from her injuries. The government did not name the woman. Police believe 22-year-old Morrocan national Younes Abouyaaqoub was the driver in the attack. He is also accused of killing a man as he hijacked a vehicle to escape the attack scene. Abouyaaqoub was killed during a police operation on Monday. Another victim died in a second attack in the early hours of August 18, when a vehicle mowed down pedestrians in the coastal town of Cambrils. Five assailants in the car were shot dead by police at the scene. They and Abouyaaqoub were wearing fake suicide belts when they were killed, police said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Spain’s Catalonia region", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170827114500", "country1": "ESP", "country2": "MAR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/europe/barcelona-demonstration-spain-attacks/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "734713115", "sentence": "Hope Hicks has occasionally told fibs on behalf of her boss, but they only amounted to white lies, according to what little we’ve heard spill out after her closed-door testimony Tuesday with congressional investigators. She did not answer questions about her time at the White House, joining former President Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon in claiming those communications are privileged. And she was reticent at first to discuss the transition period. It’s not exactly clear when the white lies may have occurred. Hicks argued she hasn’t had to lie about substantive issues for Trump, according to the source with knowledge of her Tuesday comments that spoke to CNN’s Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb. That the White House communications director should have to lie on behalf of her boss, who is a serial boaster, stretcher of the truth and documented outright fibber, should not be surprising. That she would admit to even the smallest fib in the context of testimony about Russian election meddling is something else entirely. Even a white lie implies intentional misleading. While Hicks’ testimony was not before special counsel Robert Mueller, he is unlikely to take very kindly to lies, even those of the white variety. Lying to the FBI – if that’s what happened here – is no joke. Witness: Three people tied to the Trump campaign (former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former campaign official Rick Gates and former campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos) have pleaded guilty as part of Mueller’s probe. All of them admitted lying to the FBI. A Dutch lawyer, the son-in-law of a Russian billionaire, has also pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as part of the special counsel inquiry. CNN’s Marshall Cohen, Tal Yellin and Liz Stark have tracked all of the developments. It’s also against the law to lie to Congress. Even for a President or his staffers. The impeachment charges pass in the House against Bill Clinton back in 1998? One was for lying under oath to a federal grand jury about his affair with Monica Lewinsky. The other was for obstruction – inducing others to lie on his behalf about the affair. We should add here the normal caution that we’ve documented before: we’re still a long, long, long way from any possibility of the kind of serious impeachment effort against Trump. But it’s because they worry he might lie to Mueller that Trump’s aides have tried to sway him against an interview with Mueller’s team, according The New York Times. His lawyers have argued to Mueller’s team they have not met the threshold to have such a meeting. Lies are often the thing in Washington. Related article Kushner, Russia bombshells rock the White House Former Gen. James Cartwright leaked information to journalists. But it was lying about the leaks that drew his guilty plea in 2016. It was lies that brought down Scooter Libby during the George W. Bush administration. There are a lot of things we don’t know about the white lies Hicks described behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, including the context around which Hicks admitted them. That’s extremely important information that will hopefully come out very soon. Maybe there’s a reasonable explanation for all of this. It’s also not clear what Hicks may have said to Mueller’s team. She was scheduled to be interviewed late in 2017, after charges had been brought against Gates and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and the guilty plea of Papadopoulos. Gates changed to a guilty plea earlier this month. The White House doesn’t want staffers to talk in case they one day want to exert executive privilege, which is sort of a backhand way of trying to exert executive privilege without actually doing it.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hope Hicks", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180228160000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/hope-hicks-white-lies/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "652377515", "sentence": "Thae Yong Ho is one of the highest-ranking defectors from North Korea His family in Pyongyang says he's being used as a propaganda tool by the South Thae Yong Ho says he defected from North Korea for the future of his family. His sister says it makes him a “rotten scumbag… not even an animal.” Thae, the former deputy ambassador at the North Korean embassy in the United Kingdom, became the highest-ranking defector in nearly 20 years when he left his post last year. He told CNN he defected because he could not miss the opportunity to “cut off this slavery chain” for his sons. But Thae, who fled with his wife and children, worried about his family back home. Relatives of defectors are often sent to prison camps or used by the regime as propaganda tools. “Kim Jong Un abuses even the love between parents and children,” Thae said. But back in North Korea, Tae Ok Ran, Thae’s sister, calls that answer “100% evil propaganda.” Not one person in the family has been punished, the 57-year-old housewife said. Thae’s brother and sister spoke to CNN for their first-ever interview, which was organized by the government. The pair say it’s being done voluntarily. CNN made Thae aware of the interview but did not get a response. “It’s good to be able to show how we are living,” Tae Ok Ran said. “I want to warn him the whole family won’t forgive him.” Tae and her brother, Tae Yong Do, say they believe their brother is now a propaganda tool for South Korea and has brought shame upon their family. Thae’s name has been erased as a caretaker on the family tombstone and he has been disowned. “If I don’t wash this sin away by myself, my sons and generations will have to work harder to pay for this,” said Tae Yong Do, 53. Even if families do not view defectors as traitors, contact between North Korean defectors and relatives back home is difficult, if not impossible. It’s like losing a member of the family. Thae’s siblings spoke with a fervor that would have been expected of them, by a government that demands loyalty. North Koreans are often encouraged to report their neighbors for lacking patriotism, defectors say. “Our society is one big family with leader Kim Jong Un as the father. So because we are all in one big family, we will work harder to repay to the society and the group,” Thae’s brother said. The Tae siblings expressed a resolve and reverence to their leader that’s common among those on Pyongyang’s streets. “As long as we have that strong slogan, and as long as we are guided by the Supreme Commander comrade Kim Jong Un, we think we can be very victorious in our struggle and the difficulties in the bilateral relationship,” Yu Bong Suk, a teacher, told CNN in February. “We are not afraid,” a retired North Korean army officer told CNN last month. “It’s a grave situation, but we’re ready to counter the American threat with an all-out war and nuclear attack.” The grave situation he’s referring to is the ongoing antagonism and standoff between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. With Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs making rapid progress, Trump has taken a hard line on North Korea, sending warships to the region in a show of force, dispatching top aides to reassure allies of US commitment to the region, as well as engaging China’s help. North Korea says it’s not deterred. Sok Chol Won, a North Korean government official, told CNN that the country’s nuclear tests would not stop until the United States abandoned what he called “acts of aggression.” The rogue communist state has also continued to test missiles in the hopes of developing one that can reach the United States. As President-elect, Trump vowed that wouldn’t happen, but Thae says Kim is moving forward. “He will never give up his nuclear development,” he said. CNN’s Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170503144500", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/asia/north-korea-thae-yong-ho-family/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "727845697", "sentence": "Boko Haram from Nigeria kidnaps 80 people after attacks on villages in Cameroon The attacks come as troops from neighboring Chad arrive in Cameroon to help fight the terrorist group Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 80 people in northern Cameroon, officials said, an attack that comes as troops from neighboring Chad entered Cameroon to join the fight against the terrorist group. The attacks happened in the villages of Mabass and Makxy in the Mayo-Tsanaga Division of the Far North Region of Cameroon on Sunday morning, Saiid Abdulkarim, a journalist for the state broadcaster, told CNN. Three of those kidnapped were found dead, Abdulkarim said. The Cameroonian government did not immediately comment. Meanwhile, thousands of Chadian troops arrived in Cameroon to join that country’s soldiers in the fight against Boko Haram. The governor of Cameroon’s Far North Region, Mijiyawa Bakary, told CNN that the first contingent of Chadian troops arrived in a convoy of more than 400 vehicles, and a second wave of soldiers were expected to arrive soon. The Chadian soldiers “are coming in with dozens of tanks, armored vehicles and other military equipment,” Cameroon defense ministry spokesman Col. Didier Badjeck said. The Chadian parliament unanimously voted Friday to send troops to Cameroon and Nigeria to join in the fight against Boko Haram. The move comes after Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya, made a strong call for international cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram. Biya told diplomats recently that Boko Haram was “a global threat” that calls “for a global response.” “Such should be the response of the international community, including the African Union and our regional organizations,” he said. Chadian officials concluded that Boko Haram also poses a danger to Chad. Chadian President Idriss Deby said attacks on Cameroon by the terrorist group could destroy Chad’s economy. “We can’t remain indifferent to what is happening to our neighbors,” Deby said. “Cameroon is the entry and exit point for Chad economically.” Much of what is imported to Chad comes through the Cameroonian seaport of Douala, and Chad’s crude oil is transported through a pipeline that runs from southern Chad to a floating facility 11 kilometers (almost 7 miles) off the Cameroon coast. The presence of Chadian troops on the front could be key to reversing the gains so far made by the terrorist group. Trained in desert combat, Chadian forces played a critical role in fighting jihadists in northern Mali, where they became major allies to French troops in the fight against terrorists there. In fact, they were instrumental in the killing of some high-profile jihadists. The involvement of Chadian troops marks a major shift in Cameroon-Chad anti-terrorism cooperation. In the past year, it focused mostly on securing individual borders. While Chad is the first country to put boots on the ground in Cameroon, the international community and regional bodies are also expressing concern. On Friday, the Russian ambassador to Cameroon, Nicolay Ratsiborinski, said his country will supply Cameroon with modern and sophisticated military weapons. He said the equipment will include heavy artillery, armored cars and missiles. Michael Stephen Hoza, U.S. ambassador to Cameroon, also said his country would help train Cameroon soldiers and offer equipment for the fight. Boko Haram has been staging cross-border raids on Cameroon, the latest being the attempt by the insurgents to take over a Cameroon military base in Kolofata. Cameroonian troops killed 143 of them, and lost one soldier. On January 3, Boko Haram fighters briefly took over control of a military base in Achigashia, forcing Cameroonian soldiers to retreat and then for the first time use airstrikes against the insurgents. Attacks on military installations mark a big shift in Boko Haram operations in Cameroon. Initially,they would cross the border and either attack to steal food or kidnap nationals and expatriates in exchange for ransoms. Cameroon has already deployed about 7,000 troops across the Far North, where Boko Haram has scaled up attacks over the past six months.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Boko Haram", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180203103000", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "CMR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/18/africa/cameroon-chad-troops-boko-haram/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "642802035", "sentence": "Moscow blasts US over \"veil of confidentiality\" around civilian deaths in Mosul US has frequently criticized Russia's air campaign in Syria's civil war Russia is stepping up its criticism of US military action in Iraq – calling Pentagon comments about civilian casualties in Mosul “absurd.” Russia’s Ministry of Defense issued a statement Sunday that derides US officials’ comments about the US-led coalition’s possible role in more than 100 civilian deaths in Mosul last month. “Absurd statements of the Pentagon representatives justifying civil casualties caused by American bombing in Iraq give more information on the operation planning level and the alleged supremacy of the American “smart” bombs,” the statement reads. The Russian ministry’s statement references coalition spokesperson Col. Joseph Scrocca’s comments from last week, when he told reporters that “”ISIS is smuggling civilians into buildings so we won’t see them and trying to bait the coalition to attack.” Scrocca said the coalition had observed the new ISIS tactic on video surveillance, but US officials have not released the footage. The Russian ministry statement questions why the US military is only now revealing ISIS’ alleged new tactic – and asks why the coalition proceeded with the strike despite knowing about it. “First, what are the motives of the American Command putting the veil of confidentiality and keeping secret the crimes of terrorists from the international community? Second, why (did) the US-led coalition, having this information, make strikes with their ‘smart’ bombs on buildings with civilians dooming them to a terrible death?” Russia’s ramped-up criticism follows reports of heavy civilian casualties in Mosul following a US airstrike in the city’s al-Jadidah neighborhood on March 17. Col. Mohammad Shumari, head of Iraqi civil forces working in the area, told CNN last week that 141 bodies had been removed from the location of that strike. Last week Scrocca acknowledged “a coalition strike contributed in at least some way to the civilian casualties” in Mosul. The US has expanded its investigation into a formal review of all airstrikes in the area over a period of several days, the US military said Thursday. The investigation was broadened after a US team visited the site of the March 17 airstrike and determined that there was evidence that the strike hit a house where civilians were located, a defense official told CNN. US-led coalition: 229 civilian deaths in strikes since 2014 The official said they are looking at any other factors that might have played into the civilian deaths, including the fact that ISIS tries to deceive US targeting. The US believes it can develop some “indicators” of when civilians are present, but the official declined to specify details due to security concerns. Related video Mosul survivor: Death is better than this life Russia’s withering condemnation of US actions in Iraq reverses a trend in the two countries’ military campaigns in the Middle East. The US frequently criticized Russia for its “indiscriminate” airstrikes in Syria after Moscow began its air assault against rebel groups in late 2015. Sunday’s condemnation of US military action in Iraq comes on the heels of more scathing criticism from Moscow. Last week Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson challenged the integrity of US foreign policy after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that NATO needed to discuss “Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere.” The rising tensions are seen as an indication that the prospect of a new era of US-Russian relations under President Trump is under threat. Two administration officials told CNN on Thursday that Trump’s hopes of striking a grand bargain with Russia have faded. According to one senior administration official, this isn’t necessarily because Trump’s view of Russian President Vladimir Putin has evolved. But Trump believes in the current atmosphere – with so much media scrutiny and ongoing probes into Trump-Russian ties and election meddling – that it won’t be possible to “make a deal,” as the President himself has framed it, the official said. CNN’s Tim Lister, Radina Gigova, Barbara Starr and Ryan Brown contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military action in Iraq", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170402150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/02/politics/russia-us-mosul-civilian-deaths/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "534717048", "sentence": "The Republican front-runner will drop his off-the-cuff style in favor of reading prepared remarks Trump's speech may also help skeptical foreign policy experts drill down on the details of his vision Donald Trump had a foreign policy sales pitch for U.S. voters and a blunt message for the world Wednesday: America comes first. The Republican presidential front-runner proposed a sweeping redirection of America’s global role in a major speech, part of a string of planned addresses designed to flesh out what a Trump administration would look like and to establish leadership credentials ahead of an increasingly probable general election clash with Democrat and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. RELATED: Trump’s foreign policy speech: What the world says about him The billionaire businessman simultaneously addressed restive American voters and global elites worried by his fiery rhetoric on national security: He stressed that the United States would always put its economic and foreign policy interests first but said that allies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East would benefit from a much stronger, less ambiguous U.S. role in the world – as long as they were prepared to pay up. “America first will be the overriding theme of my administration,” Trump said in his remarks at Washington’s Mayflower hotel, delivered from a prepared text and in a subdued fashion starkly at odds with the free-wheeling rhetorical style that has powered his political rise on the campaign trail. “Under a Trump administration, no American citizen will ever again feel that their needs come second to the citizens of foreign countries,” Trump said. He added, “My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people and American security first.” Related gallery The Donald Trump guide to the rest of world The speech appeared to be a multi-pronged attempt to reach out to a host of important constituencies. First, he appealed to a Republican foreign policy establishment that has been highly critical at points of his credentials on global national security policy. Second, he tried to reach wavering Republicans who may be excited by his harsh critique of the “Obama-Clinton” foreign policy. And third, he sought an affirmation to loyal supporters who have flocked to his “Make America Great” slogan amid claims that the United States is weak and not respected by its enemies or foes. His remarks immediately elicited criticism from Democrats, but some GOP insiders offered positive words that have until now been in short supply for Trump. He spoke the morning after a sweep of five primary states that drew him markedly closer to the delegate total needed to claim the Republican nomination and at a time when his campaign has begun a broad effort to cast him in a more presidential light. But Trump often lacked specifics, delivering little in the way of a recognizable foreign strategy and repeating many of his campaign trail declarations, and did not explain in detail how his ideas would be implemented or touch on the likely response from American allies and enemies to his sharp reorientation of U.S. global principles. RELATED: Japan and South Korea hit back at Trump’s nuclear comments In comments likely to cause shockwaves among U.S friends in Europe and Asia, Trump previewed early attempts to cut deals with Russia and China – seen by many adversaries as bent on overthrowing the current security order guaranteed by America. If there was not a good deal to be had, Trump warned, he would be prepared to walk away. But he also said he would not rush to war, striking an isolationist note that contrasts with the last Republican administration of George W. Bush. However, Trump was introduced by Zalmay Khalilzad, President George W. Bush’s former ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the permanent representative to the United Nations. “I will never send our finest into battle unless necessary, and I mean absolutely necessary, and will only do so if we have a plan for victory with a capital V,” Trump emphasized. Trump opened his speech vowing to “shake the rust off America’s foreign policy” and said he would outline a vision for a U.S. foreign policy “that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy and chaos with peace.” OPINION: Does Donald Trump mean what he says about Muslims? The billionaire then tore into Obama’s foreign policy, panning the Iran nuclear deal and claiming the President has “weakened our military by weakening our economy.” He sought to wrap Clinton in his criticism of the Obama administration as well, referring to the “legacy of the Obama-Clinton interventions” as one of “weakness, confusion and disarray.” At the same time, he offered an olive branch of sorts to Muslim allies of the United States in rare remarks pointing to the ways in which the U.S. can have constructive relations with the Muslim world. “We’re going to be working very closely with our friends in the Muslim world, which are all at risk for violent attacks,” he said. His comments on Muslims and Middle East partners have been lightning rods throughout the campaign. Trump had previously called for a temporary ban on Muslim foreigners entering the United States and suggested that U.S. Middle East allies need to shoulder more of the cost of American military involvement in the region. But he added that these countries also need to acknowledge America’s contributions. “This has to be a two-way street,” he said. “They must also be good to us. It’s no longer one way, it’s two way.” Trump also put America’s allies elsewhere on notice that they, too, must start making a more tangible financial contribution. He said he would call summits in Europe and Asia to discuss “a rebalancing of commitments.” He previewed a substantial shift toward two of America’s most important global rivals, China and Russia. He vowed to reverse China’s “assault on America’s jobs and wealth” and to use America’s “economic power” over China to bring Beijing into line. But he also pledged to fix relations with the rising Asian giant, saying that a stronger America would win more respect from its Communist leaders. But if that didn’t work, Trump said he would be prepared to walk away, without offering specifics on the economic and national security consequences that would entail. “We can both benefit or we can both go our separate ways. If need be, that’s what’s going to happen,” he warned. OPINION: Trump’s China approach ‘stuck in 1990s’ Retired Adm. Charles Kubic, a member of Trump’s national security advisory committee, conceded Wednesday that many world leaders have been “shaken” by Trump’s brash rhetoric and at-times radical policy positions. “Sometimes it’s hard when you believe a narrative for such a long time, and you have another narrative forced upon you. When somebody’s saying, ‘No, we’re not going that direction,’ it’s very difficult to understand it,” Kubic told CNN. But Kubic said that while it might sound “harsh” at first when Trump “speaks the truth,” it begins to make sense once you think about it more. RELATED: Donald Trump unveils foreign policy advisers Reaction to Trump’s speech from his political foes was swift and scathing. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who supports Clinton, described his comments as a “simplistic” mixture of slogans and contradictions. “He just underscored the fact that he is running the most reckless and dangerous presidential campaign in modern history,” Albright said on a Clinton campaign conference call. On the same call, Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine said that the last thing the world needed was an “unpredictable” United States, saying allies needed to know they could count on Washington and adversaries needed to understand there will consequences for acting against America. Trump’s main Republican rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, said the speech showed that Trump “fails the presidential test” and pressured the billionaire to force any foreign policy advisers who have worked as lobbyists to declare their links to foreign governments. But GOP Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, praised the speech. “Today, Donald Trump delivered a very good foreign policy speech in which he laid out his vision for American engagement in the world,” Corker said. “I look forward to hearing more details, but in a year where angry rhetoric has defined the presidential race on both sides of the aisle, it is my hope that candidates in both parties will begin focusing not only on the problems we face but on solutions.” And former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich tweeted that though elites would ridicule the speech, Trump had delivered a “serious” foreign policy address worth thinking and arguing about. Trump later thanked Gingrich on Twitter for his tweets. Related gallery Trump campaign: 11 outrageous quotes Though Trump noted ahead of time that he wouldn’t be outlining a “doctrine,” he did criticize Obama for too often telegraphing its military moves in advance, thereby tipping off enemies, a practice he pledged to end. “We have to be unpredictable. And we have to be unpredictable starting now,” he said. And he offered a glimpse into his political purpose, saying it was time to flush out ineffective establishment foreign policy operatives, striking a similar note to his themes on domestic issues. “We have to look to new people because many of the old people frankly don’t know what they’re doing, even though they may look awfully good writing in the New York Times or being watched on television.” He closed by expanding on his trademark slogan: “We must make America respected again. We must make America truly wealthy again and we must, we have to and we will make America great again,” he declared. “And if we do that, perhaps this century can be the most peaceful and prosperous the world has ever ever known.” CNN’s Jim Acosta and Julia Manchester contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160427103000", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/27/politics/donald-trump-foreign-policy-speech/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "723417192", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jack Forster is editor-in-chief of online specialist watch magazine Hodinkee. For the last few years, the watch industry has witnessed the resurgence of vintage-inspired watches and more affordable timepieces. However, at this year’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève (SIHH), the impressive selection of technologically advanced offerings suggest that the appetite for innovation – and the high prices it commands – has not disappeared completely. One of the most talked-about watches at SIHH 2018 comes from Piaget. The company publicly unveiled the flattest mechanical wristwatch ever made: the Altiplano Ultimate Concept Watch, which is just 2 millimeters thick. (While the company is best known for its fine jewelry, it has a long history of specializing in extra flat watches.) Audemars Piguet also introduced a slim new model: Royal Oak RD#2 Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. The self-winding watch comes equipped with a perpetual calendar (a mechanism that can correctly detect the length of each month, and doesn’t need to be manually reset at the end of the month) and a 2.89-millimeter movement. Both watches are concept pieces and not available commercially – at least for now. But German watchmaker A. Lange & Söhne has displayed two notable complicated watches that are available for purchase. One, the 47,000-euro ($57,550) 1815 Homage to Walter Lange, was produced in honor of the company’s founder, who passed away last year. Its second hand jumps once per second, and, because it can be stopped and reset to the zero position, can also be used as a timer. SIHH 2018: How luxury watch brands are seducing millennials At a higher price point is the A. Lange & Söhne $147,000 Triple Split, a watch with a simple name but a lot of parts – 567 in the movement, to be precise. This is a type of watch known as a split-seconds chronograph, which lets you time two events simultaneously. Most split-seconds chronographs can only “split” times less than a minute apart, but the Triple Split can do so over seconds, minutes and hours. Among the most visually stunning watches on display at SIHH is Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lady Arpels Planetarium. The $245,000 watch puts the planets of the inner solar system on your wrist, showing the actual positions of Earth, Mercury and Venus around the sun, and the position of the moon around the Earth. The time is displayed by way of a comet that moves around the dial once per day. Astronomical watches: The whole of the night sky, strapped to your wrist Continuing the out-of-this-world theme, Officine Panerai debuted the highly complex L’Astronomo Luminor 1950 Tourbillon Moon Phases Equation of Time GMT. It’s the company’s first watch with a moon phase complication. But this year’s SIHH has also shown that small independent brands are often willing to take bigger risks than their larger rivals. (Van Cleef & Arpels, Officine Panerai, A. Lange & Söhne and Piaget are subsidiaries of Richemont.) Greubel Forsey, who specializes in exotic complicated timepieces with elaborate hand-finishing, displayed the new GMT Earth world-time watch, which features a miniature globe rotating inside the mechanism. It’s more a wearable art object than a watch and, at around 610,000 Swiss francs ($635,760), is priced as such. Luxury lost and found: The international service aiding the war on watch theft Catering to more understated tastes, independent Belgian brand Ressence has unveiled its Type 2 e-Crown Concept. The watch, which was created with iPod co-designer Tony Fadell, contains a solar-cell chargeable electric motor, and connects to an app that can automatically set the time or change time zone. These models are all notable departure from the classic watches that have been in style recently. But watch enthusiasts of any taste and budget can appreciate the inventiveness the industry’s watchmakers and designers still have to offer. Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie is on until Jan. 19, 2018.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève (SIHH)", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180118150000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "BEL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/sihh-2018-watches-innovation-technology/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "616462802", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Congressman Steve Chabot, a Republican, represents Ohio’s First Congressional District and is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. He is also the Chairman of the House Small Business Committee. Follow him on Twitter @RepSteveChabot. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Rep. Steve Chabot: Trump is right, it would be nice if we got along with Russia We must not forget that Russia is driven by a desire to restore its former status, he says During and after the recent presidential election, Donald Trump said, “Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually got along with Russia?”   (At the time, the Republican standard-bearer stood in stark contrast to Mitt Romney, who called Russia “our number one geopolitical foe.”) Previous Presidents have attempted to charm the ex-KGB agent into a better relationship.  They wound up with little to show for it.  President Obama’s feckless handling of Russia has been so embarrassing that it may have emboldened Putin to annex Crimea, and terrified NATO allies along Russia’s border. When Trump takes office on January 20, he will have to contend with a slew of issues that demonstrate the extent to which Russia and America are strategically interdependent: from arms control to China, from radical Islamic terrorism to cyber threats and from nuclear proliferation to the price of energy. For all of the liberal media’s mockery of Trump, he’s right that dialogue with Moscow is essential, although dialogue with Moscow will be productive only if we talk about the tough issues we disagree on. Getting along with Russia is a worthy goal, so long as the purpose is to attain a specific set of ends, not friendship for friendship’s sake. In international politics, going along to get along can be deadly. Just ask the inhabitants of Czechoslovakia in 1938, Georgia in 2008, or Crimea in 2014. That does not mean eschewing engagement, abandoning confrontation, or reflexively utilizing one to the exclusion of the other.  Instead, engagement and confrontation should each be seen as tools to be used to advance our interests. Related article Gergen: Trump swings wildly at wrong target In order to have a more productive relationship with Russia, we need to realize four things.  First, Russia is still reeling from its loss of great power status.  While Winston Churchill famously said, “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” our problems with Moscow are driven by its search for prestige, and its loss of relative military and economic power. Second, do not expect any reset to resemble a resurrected German Ostpolitik or South Korean Sunshine policy.  Even a successful reset will not see a Russo-American relationship resemble our relationship with Britain.  We may, however, be able to cooperate with Russia on some issues, like terrorism, arms control, and perhaps stabilizing Central Asia. We may differ on others, such as protecting our allies in NATO, or on Russia’s misbehavior in Ukraine. Related article Donald Trump versus the spies: Is there friction ahead? Third, despite Russia’s relative decline, the Kremlin has a series of instruments at its disposal that give it leverage.  For example, because of Obama’s position on Syria, Russia may be calling the shots there, and may try to leverage this in other sensitive regions, such as the Baltics. And fourth, America does not have a Putin problem. Putin is a fairly typical Russian authoritarian leader, although more effective than most.  If he were to pass away or be overthrown tomorrow, his successor would likely pursue a substantively similar foreign policy.  America has a Russia problem, in that we have a difference in interests. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook In conclusion, President-elect Trump is right: it would be nice if we got along with Russia.  Every President since the end of the Cold War has had a similar sentiment.  It is important to see dialogue and engagement as tools for achieving our objectives, not ends in and of themselves. If flattery can grease the wheels of cooperation, Trump should continue as planned. But we must never lose sight of our primary objective – the pursuit of a policy that puts US interests first.  We must not forget that Russia is driven by a desire to restore its former status. America and Russia share some interests but not others, and even a successful reset will see bouts of disagreement. While leaders matter, Putin is not an anomaly for Russia. One thing is for sure – anything would be an improvement over the disastrous Obama policy vis-à-vis Russia.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170112141500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/opinions/trumps-reset-with-russia-can-work-chabot/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "621501187", "sentence": "Many passengers aboard the ship St. Louis were Jewish refugees escaping the Nazis Twitter account posts names, photos of Holocaust victims aboard vessel in 1939 It only took Russel Neiss about an hour and a half to create the automated Twitter account that brought to life Friday a decades-old tragedy – more than 250 tragedies, really – on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It began at 2:15 a.m. ET with this from the @Stl_Manifest account.  “My name is Herbet Ascher. The US turned me away at the border in 1939.  I was murdered at Auschwitz.” My name is Herbert Ascher. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered at Auschwitz Every five minutes, the name of a passenger aboard the St. Louis who died in the Holocaust is posted. By Neiss’ math, it takes 21 hours to post every name. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, Germany, on May 13, 1939, to Havana, Cuba. Many aboard were German Jews seeking asylum from Hitler’s Third Reich. Upon arrival, most Jewish refugees were refused permission to disembark by Cuban authorities.  Shortly after, the Cuban president at the time, Federico Laredo Bru, ordered the ship out of the port of Havana and Cuban waters. The ocean liner then floated off Miami, so close that passengers could see the city’s lights. Some of those passengers pleaded in telegrams to the White House and State Department for asylum. The United States did not allow them to disembark, and the ship was forced to return to Europe. Efforts by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum found 254 passengers from the St. Louis died in the Holocaust.  The Twitter bot, automatically moving from name to name, from life to life, uses the museum’s information, and photos, as a sobering reminder of those passengers’ fate. My name is Erich Dublon. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered at Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/wlVcCiUt2P “Today’s the National Holocaust Remembrance Day,” Neiss said Friday. “My primary motivation, quite frankly, was to honor the memory of these folk.” Although Neiss says the aim of the Twitter account is not political, comparisons are being drawn by others to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Friday limiting refugees from certain countries. The repeated language from tweet to tweet does lend itself to use by those who oppose the executive order: “The US turned me away at the border.” “I think it’s impossible to ignore the current political reality,” said Neiss. “But I’m not the one that planned on signing the executive order today.” The museum, despite repeated efforts, could not be reached Friday for comment. Neiss, a Jewish educator living in St. Louis, hopes the Twitter bot provides education. “There’s been a very effective campaign, #WeRemember,” said Neiss. “I think when you say those things it’s important to mean those things.  It’s very important to make sure those words are not empty platitudes.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States refugee policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170128003000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/us/twitter-bot-jewish-refugees/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "734810879", "sentence": "Don't stress about having tons of sex -- research suggests once a week may be enough to reap the benefits Some people may need sex more or less than weekly; finding the right amount requires experimenting Experts say scheduling sex could be a good way for couples to make sure to get busy Are you having enough sex? You might have wondered if you should up your bedroom activity after reading about other couples’ resolutions to have sex every day or about all the health benefits of getting horizontal. In what might be welcome news for everyone exhausted from work and frazzled from kids, research suggests you don’t have to get down every day to reap the rewards of sex, at least in terms of happiness and relationship closeness. A recent study found that, although married people or people in committed relationships who had more sex tended to report feeling happier, the benefit leveled off at a sexual frequency of once a week. Those who said they did the deed four or more times a week did not report feeling any happier than those who had trysts only weekly. Related article The science of a happy marriage “I do think couples can end up feeling pressure to try to engage in sex as frequently as possible,” said Amy Muise, a postdoctoral researcher studying sexual relationships at Dalhousie University in Canada. Once a week “is maybe a more realistic goal to set than thinking you have to have sex everyday and that feels overwhelming and you avoid it,” said Muise, who is lead author of the study, which was published in November in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. The study found that sex could boost happiness because it makes people feel more satisfied in their relationship, based on survey data from two separate cohorts, including 2,400 married couples in the U.S. National Survey of Families and Households. Related article Couples who share the burdens of childcare are happier together “For people in relationships, their romantic relationship quality is one of the biggest predictors of their overall happiness,” Muise said. “Having sex more than once a week might not be enhancing that (relationship connection), although it is not bad.” However, there are a couple of rubs with this research, Muise said. One is that it is not clear which came first, sex or happiness. It may be that people who have sex once a week or more were happier in their relationship and life to begin with, and not that the sex helped make them happy. Or both may be true: Sex enhances happiness and happiness enhances sex. The other catch is that, although a weekly romp might be just what some people need, it might be too much or too little for others. “Certainly there are couples for whom having sex less frequently will be fine for their happiness, and there are couples who will get increases in happiness if they have sex more than once a week,” Muise said. “One of the best effects of an article like this (by Muise and her colleagues) is that it opens up conversations with couples” about their sex life, said Vanessa Marin, a sex therapist based in Berlin. For some couples, the question of how often they should have sex might not have come up, which could be a sign they feel sufficiently close and satisfied – or that they are just too busy or disconnected to think about it. “Most couples want to be having more sex and I think this is really a result of how busy and full most of our lives are,” Marin said. Marin avoids prescribing an amount of sex that couples should have, because every couple is different, and instead recommends couples test it out for themselves. “I’m a big fan of having clients experiment, like, one month try to have sex twice a week and see how that goes, or once a week, try to play around with it,” Marin said. Related article Will same-sex marriage make America healthier? As for those lucky couples that are content with how often they get busy under the sheets, one study suggests they may not want to change a thing. Researchers asked couples that were having sex about six times a month to double down on getting down. Couples that doubled their sexual frequency were in worse moods and enjoyed sex less at the end of three months than couples who had stuck to their usual level of bedroom activity. “Being told you should do something always makes it less fun,” said George Loewenstein, a professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and lead author of the study. That is another reason Marin does not make recommendations to couples about sexual frequency – for fear they could worry they are not living up to expectations and lose their mojo. However, there’s a far bigger relationship problem than couples worrying they aren’t having quite enough sex – “couples that have pretty much stopped having sex,” Loewenstein said. For these couples, “I think once a week is a good final goal. … It is almost like a natural constant to do it once a week,” he said. Even if these abstinent couples want to be having more sex, they may lack the desire for their partner. These couples can try conventional strategies, such as scheduling more quality time together or trying a change in scenery. “What couple has not had the experience that you go to a hotel in a new location in a new environment and the person you’re with seems different, and different is good when it comes to sex,” Loewenstein said. But if these tricks aren’t enough, couples may have to appeal to their rational rather than lustful side and tell themselves to just do it. “These couples might be surprised how enjoyable it would be if they restarted,” Loewenstein said. It might sound like the least romantic thing in the world to pencil in sexy time with your partner. But if you and your partner are game to try, there is no reason not to make a sex schedule. “For some couples, scheduling sex works really well, it gives them something to look forward to, they like the anticipation, they like feeling prioritized,” Marin said. “Then other couples (say) scheduling sex feels horrible to them, like sex is transactional and just another item on their to-do list.” Related article Polyamory: When three isn't a crowd Again, Marin recommends couples experiment with scheduling sex to see if it helps them, as long as neither is opposed to it. A good idea for all couples, whether they like the idea of scheduling sex, is to plan for quality time together – just the two of them. Ideally, this would be about 20 minutes a day with the TV off and cell phones away, but for extra busy couples, it can help to reserve just five minutes a day for a tete-a-tete, Marin said. This time is also the “container for sex,” the time and privacy when sex can be initiated, but you don’t have to feel pressure about it, she added. Although scheduling sex can help couples that want to be having sex but just can’t find the time, it can make things worse for some. “If there are relationship issues or psychological issues such as stress or anxiety, then scheduling sex might just add to the pressure,” said Acacia Parks, associate professor of psychology at Hiram College. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. As for when to schedule the sex, the best time is probably the time when you are least likely to be pulled away by life’s obligations. One of the perks of rise-and-shine sex is that testosterone levels are highest in the morning, and this hormone drives sexual desire. On the other hand, tuck-you-in sex could help lull you to sleep, as hormones released during orgasm could help you relax and feel tired. According to Muise, the participants in her research typically reported having sex at night before going to sleep, which is not that surprising. But it has to work for both parties. “This is another point of negotiation between partners,” Muise said. “One of them is just too exhausted. That might be something to play around with, is there a time on the weekend that we could try instead.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "weekly sexual frequency in couples", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180228224500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/11/health/sex-frequency-happiness-research/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "634135392", "sentence": "President Donald Trump banned travel from Yemen, Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria and Sudan Those six countries are majority Muslim but the administration denies its a 'Muslim ban' The two Muslim members of Congress swiftly blasted President Donald Trump’s new version of the travel ban as still targeting Muslim-majority countries – raising the critical issue which stalled the first ban in court. “Here we go again…Muslim Ban 2.0 #NoBanNoWall,” tweeted Democratic Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana, the second Muslim elected to Congress and a member of the House Intelligence Committee. Here we go again...Muslim Ban 2.0 #NoBanNoWall https://t.co/HTALRTKZYO And Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress a decade ago, tweeted: “On Campaign, @realDonaldTrump called for ‘total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.’ Now, says ‘what Muslim Ban?’” On Campaign, @realDonaldTrump called for \"total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Now, says \"what Muslim Ban?\" Ellison later reiterated his tweet to CNN, calling it a “lawyered up” version of his first executive order. “It’s a Muslim ban,” he said in a phone interview. “It’s a revised one. It’s a lawyered up one. The man said he wanted a complete and total ban of Muslims. And then it gets struck down … and then he comes back a few days later with something else. He is trying to restrict access to the United States because of their religion. The people that it does ban are banned because it’s Muslim.” Trump signed a new ban late Monday morning that excludes Iraq from the list of targeted countries and also dropped troublesome language from the first ban that promised to promote Christian refugees, but fed into the successful legal argument that Trump had targeted Muslims. The new order bans immigration from six Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Libya and Sudan. Administration officials said Monday that they do not see the ban as targeting a specific religion. “(The order is) not any way targeted as a Muslim ban. … [W]e want to make sure everyone understands that,” an official told reporters. New travel ban includes 8 countriesSupreme Court to hear argumentsMarch travel ban exempted IraqHow the March ban was different   March travel ban: The full executive orderJanuary travel ban: The full executive order New travel ban includes 8 countriesSupreme Court to hear argumentsMarch travel ban exempted IraqHow the March ban was different   March travel ban: The full executive orderJanuary travel ban: The full executive order Unlike the rollout of the first travel ban, which caught many of Trump’s Republican supporters off-guard and stunned, the new version won the immediate backing of top Republicans. “This revised executive order advances our shared goal of protecting the homeland. I commend the administration and (Homeland Security Secretary John) Kelly in particular for their hard work on this measure to improve our vetting standards. We will continue to work with President Trump to keep our country safe,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who along with Sen. John McCain, had been an outspoken critic of the original travel ban, congratulated Trump on the new ban, which he said doesn’t discriminate based on religion and instead focuses on immigrants from “compromised governments and failed states.” “I have always shared President Trump’s desire to protect our homeland,” Graham said in a statement. “This Executive Order will achieve the goal of protecting our homeland and will, in my view, pass legal muster.” But Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer predicted Monday that the improved coordination and narrower scope would have little effect on the new ban’s chances in the courts. “Despite their best efforts, I fully expect this executive order to have the same uphill climb in the courts that the previous version had,” the New York Democrat said in a statement. “A watered-down ban is still a ban. Despite the Administration’s changes, this  dangerous executive order makes us less safe, not more, it is mean-spirited, and un-American. It must be repealed.” CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak and Daniella Diaz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170306191500", "country1": "YEM", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/politics/congress-reaction-travel-ban-muslim/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "603362394", "sentence": "An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps patrol boat trained its weapon on a Navy helicopter It's hardly the first such scrape near the Strait of Hormuz A US Navy Seahawk helicopter had what the Navy is calling an “unsafe and unprofessional encounter” with an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps patrol boat Saturday near the Strait of Hormuz. The helicopter was flying overhead when the Iranians trained a weapon on it, according to a defense official. The Iranians did not fire. The event took place as the helicopter was escorting the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on its way out of the Persian Gulf. Iranian ships regularly approach US Navy vessels in that area of the strait. In August the USS Squall fired three warning shots into the water after boats belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps came within close proximity to American warships. The US military has expressed its concern regarding what it sees as Iran’s provocative naval actions in the gulf. “If they continue to test us, we are going to respond, and we are going to protect ourselves and our partners,” Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of US Central Command, said at a Pentagon news conference in August following the incident with the Squall. A US defense official told CNN in August that the number of these unsafe incidents had already surpassed the entire amount for 2015. Votel, the senior US military commander in the Middle East, calculated that “about 90% of these unsafe, unprofessional activities” are by the IRGC navy and not Iran’s general navy. Related video 7 Iranian boats swarm US Navy ship again “So this is, in my view, is not about the Iranian people,” Votel said. “It’s about the Iranian regime and their desire to continue to do these types of things that stoke instability or attempt to stoke instability in the region.” The gulf and narrow Strait of Hormuz are considered key strategic bodies of water given the high volume of commercial oil that is shipped through them. Iran’s chief of staff of the armed forces said Saturday that Tehran might establish naval bases in both Syria and Yemen, according to the semi-official Tasnim news organization. In October, missiles were fired at the USS Mason off the coast of Yemen. The missiles originated from Houthi-controlled territory and the Houthi rebels are backed by Iran. That attack merited a retaliatory US airstrike against radar installations in the area.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161128224500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/politics/us-navy-helicopter-iranian-patrol-boat/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "678953782", "sentence": "A Polish man is arrested in the case He demanded $300,000 to stop the auction, police say A 20-year-old British model was kidnapped in Milan, Italy, to be auctioned off on a pornographic website on the dark web, the Italian State Police said Saturday. The model, who has not been named, was assaulted, drugged, handcuffed and stuck in a travel bag, police said in a statement. A 30-year-old Polish national who resides in the United Kingdom was arrested on kidnapping charges. Lukasz Herba was arrested July 17 outside the British consulate in Milan while accompanying the woman, said Lorenzo Bucossi, the head of the Milan Police Mobile Command unit. It was not immediately clear why the suspect took the model to the consulate. Authorities said they are searching for at least one more person in connection with the kidnapping. The model arrived in Milan on July 10 and already had a photo shoot booked through her agent for the following day, according to the police account. When she walked into the apartment where the photo shoot was supposed to take place, two men attacked her, police said. She was loaded into the trunk of a car and taken to a cabin on the outskirts of Lemie, a remote town in the Italian Alps, she told authorities. The woman was kept handcuffed to a wooden chest of drawers in a bedroom for a week, police said. According to the Italian police, the suspect used encrypted accounts to ask the model’s agent for $300,000 to stop the online auction from going ahead. He also allegedly told the agent that he was operating on behalf of “the Black Death group,” an organization involved in illegal trafficking on the dark web, a layer of the Internet accessible only through anonymizing networks like Tor. Italian investigators have since established that the suspected kidnapper had already organized several online auctions for the sale of abducted girls, referring to them as “prey.” The websites for the auctions included a description of the victim and a starting price but police said it was still unclear whether the suspect had made them up. Investigations in the case are ongoing in Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. The British Foreign Office said only that it is providing consular support to a British woman in Milan and that it is in touch with local authorities. The Foreign Office declined to provide additional information on the woman, her condition and whether she is back in the United Kingdom. CNN’s Steve Almasy contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lukasz Herba", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170805203000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "POL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/05/europe/italy-british-model-alleged-kidnapping-auction/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "553246322", "sentence": "Australia has had no mass shootings since enacting gun law reforms in 1996 One researcher says gun deaths can be tackled \"like any other public health problem\" After any mass shooting, whether it’s the recent Orlando massacre or the terror at a Charleston church or the killings in Newtown, Connecticut, one statistic is often cited: Australia has had zero mass shootings in two decades, while America faces frequent bloodshed. Indeed, Australia has long been referenced in the ongoing debate over how to stop mass shootings in the United States. Related article This is what happened when Australia introduced tight gun controls After a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon in October, President Barack Obama said, “We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings. Friends of ours, allies of ours – Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it.” A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday not only offers a detailed timeline of Australia’s reduction in mass violence, it confirms that the country experienced a rapid decline in firearm homicides and suicides after enacting gun law reforms in 1996. “The results are clear,” said Simon Chapman, a professor at the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health and lead author of the study. “Gun deaths are a problem amenable to reduction like any other public health problem,” he said. “International differences in rates between countries show this. The United States has the worst record of gun deaths of any [Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development] nation, exceeded only by that in chaotic nations with massive law and order problems.” Related video Gun control and public health For the study, researchers in Sydney examined gun-related incidents and death reports from the Australian Bureau of Statics and news articles, dated from 1979 to 2013. They determined how many fatal mass shootings, gun-related suicides and homicides occurred during that time period and analyzed the data. The researchers noticed that after the enactment of nationwide gun law reform in May 1996, there were no mass shootings in Australia. The researchers defined mass fatal shootings as those with five or more victims killed, not including the perpetrator. (U.S. statutes define a “mass killing” as an incident resulting in three or more deaths. The commonly accepted definition – the one the FBI used up to 2013 – is a shooting that killed four or more people.) Also in the years that followed, gun suicides declined by an average of 4.8% per year, and gun-related homicides declined by an average of 5.5% per year. The data show a correlation between the gun law reforms and gun violence. But the researchers noted in their study that non-gun-related suicides and homicides also went down. So overall, the data alone weren’t enough to provide a direct causation. But if gun laws were reformed in the United States, where nearly a third of the world’s mass shootings took place from 1966 to 2012, could we see a decline in violence? Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health professor Daniel Webster wrote an editorial accompanying the study, also published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “Political, cultural, and legal challenges make it highly unlikely that the United States would implement comparable policies,” he wrote. “Yet the experience in Australia over the past two decades … provides a useful example of how a nation can come together to forge life-saving policies despite political and cultural divides.” Related article Are mass shootings preventable? These countries have tried So, it’s difficult to predict what would happen, especially since gun ownership and gun violence are at a much larger scale in the United States than Down Under. However, there’s no question that we would see a drop in the frequency of mass homicides, according to David Hemenway, professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, who was not involved in the study. “If we had stronger laws, we’d have fewer gun problems,” Hemenway said. Related article Why the U.S. has the most mass shootings “But the key thing in Australia is that this was done by a conservative leader,” he added. “One would have hoped that after the Newtown or Orlando killings that a conservative legislator would have stepped up and said ‘we have to do something,’ but they really haven’t.” Australia implemented gun law reforms after a lone gunman killed 35 people at Port Arthur, a historic tourist site in Tasmania, on April 28, 1996. Under the leadership of conservative Prime Minister John Howard, rapid-fire rifles and shotguns were banned across the country, gun owner licensing was tightened, and a national buyback program was implemented to encourage firearms owners and dealers to surrender their weapons. “It’s rare to see such a strong effect from an intervention in any field of public health, let alone firearm violence,” said Garen Wintemute, an emergency medicine physician at the University of California, Davis, who was not involved in the study. “This intervention targeted mass shootings. In the pre-intervention period, there were 13 mass shootings, and in the post-intervention period, there were none.” See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Previous studies also have analyzed how these gun law reforms affected violence in Australia, but the new research seems to be the most comprehensive yet, said Wintemute, a gun violence expert. “This is arguably the strongest study in the literature on the effect that policies addressing specific types of firearms might have on firearm violence,” he said. “Mass shootings account for less than 1% of fatal firearm violence in the United States. Policies here should address firearm violence generally, with mass shootings as a subset of that violence.” The National Rifle Association, however, disagrees. In a statement to CNN, NRA spokesperson Jennifer Baker said, in part, “The study did not find a statistically valid relationship between the gun ‘reforms’ and the homicide rate and concludes that the impact of the gun ‘reforms’ cannot be estimated because suicides and homicides from all causes began decreasing before the gun ban and confiscation program was in place.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Australia's gun law reforms", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160623164500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/health/australia-gun-law-reform-study/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "672039419", "sentence": "It’s the only flight I’ve ever been on where the attendant walked down the narrow aisle holding a notepad asking, “Does anyone need a taxi booking for when we land?” As introductions go to this quiet corner of South Australia, it speaks volumes. This is a part of the world where friendliness comes as standard, where people will do anything for a neighbor – or a stranger. At the tiny regional airport of Mount Gambier, where only a handful of flights come and go each day, it also stretches to ensuring no one waits too long for a cab on arrival. Mount Gambier lies almost halfway between the cities of Melbourne and Adelaide. It’s the biggest town around for more than 200 miles but has a population of fewer than 30,000. That means that there’s an awful lot of countryside and coastline, providing the perfect backdrop for award-winning local produce including Coonawarra wines, rock lobster and the much sought-after sea snail known as abalone, the world’s most valuable shellfish. The region’s most famed culinary export, however, is high-end Wagyu beef from cattle that are partly fed, toward the ends of their lives, on an unusual mixture of sweet treats: chocolate, candy and cookies. You read that right. It’s a distinctive but successful approach, imparting a unique taste to the super-premium meat from Mayura Station that draws fans thanks to its remarkable flavor and lineage. Mayura Station – ranches are known as stations in Australia – sits in picturesque and gently rolling green hills that are frequently carpeted in yellow flowers. It’s located just a few miles from the coast, meaning cooling sea breezes offer welcome respite from the often intense heat. An aquifer provides water purified through natural filtration through limestone caves and caverns that act as large natural filters. Combine that with the cleanest air you can imagine and consistent weather patterns, and you can see why there’s a real sense of terroir. That’s the French term for a location’s particular ecosystem which helps make wines – or other things such as beef – so distinctive. Mayura Station has been farmed in some form since 1845, but today only 20 people work across the entire property of more than 3,000 hectares. It’s tiny compared with some Australian cattle ranches, such as Anna Creek Station, which covers a mind-blowing 6,000,000 acres – roughly the same size as Israel. “Wagyu” translates simply as “Japanese cow.” The animals trace their lineage back to beasts of burden used for heavy labor, often in rice paddies. There are two main types, black and red, with black known as being the highest quality. Mayura Station’s cattle originally came from Shogo Takeda, seen as Japan’s foremost breeder and someone who has more than 50 years experience behind him. At Mayura the cattle are full-blood Wagyu, single source, meaning that both parents are 100% Wagyu blood. If they don’t breed it on the farm, they don’t sell it. The key difference, however, compared with beef anywhere else in the world, is that for the last two months of their lives Mayura feed their animals around 2 kilograms of chocolate, cookies and candy every day. They grow more than 70% of their regular feed on site, a mix of wheat, hay, rye grass, maize and broad beans. But the sweet mixture comes from recently expired or imperfect batches from factories, including the popular Cadbury’s brand. MORE: Australia’s stunning landscapes Up close, it smells great – good enough to eat. Mayura Station owner Scott de Bruin tells me to take a few bits between my fingers and try it. I assume he’s kidding. But no – and it’s surprisingly moist, subtly sweet. A bit dusty, but otherwise not bad. “When I first started feeding it to the cattle, people would say, ‘your beef has this really unique flavor, we love it,’ ” de Bruin says. “I always thought it was due to the region here, or because people hadn’t tried full-blood Wagyu. “They both contribute to the taste – but the sweet mix is undoubtedly the biggest part. The cattle just love it. They definitely know when it’s feeding time!” By the time the cattle get to eat the sweet mixture, they’ve stopped growing and are no longer putting on weight, so the feed is 100% about the flavor. This is borne out in The Tasting Room, the simply named restaurant at Mayura Station open three days a week. The restrooms are labeled “heifers” on one door and “bulls” on the other, while cabinets on the wall feature beautiful selections of knives belonging to repeat diners. A huge range and grill is the main draw and home to Chef Mark Wright, clearly in his element preparing some of the world’s best meat. As he explains: “From one carcass there are 32 different cuts of meat that all have very different flavor profiles and textures, so they need different styles of cooking or butchery.” He plates up a succession of breathtaking dishes including a a sublime carpaccio, faultless tartare, but most of all the greatest cut of beef I’d never heard of. It’s known as a “blade” or, in the industry, “the butcher’s cut” – because they know more than anyone else about the very best eating. The whole animal is used at Mayura, in one way or another. From a 700 kilogram beast they produce approximately 300 kilograms of meat, only 30 kilograms of which are the top end cuts. That goes some way to explaining the exclusivity – and price – which can reach upward of $300 per pound for their top-of-the-range Signature label. Genetics determine the all-important intense marbling that makes the beef almost more white than red, rich in omega 3, omega 6 and unsaturated fats. Not to mention the most tender you’ll ever eat. MORE: What does the world’s most expensive meat taste like? Diners and chefs agree. Some 70% of Mayura’s annual production is exported, notably to China, as well as to Dubai. Hong Kong is another key market and restaurants including Otto e Mezzo, Arcane, Serge et le Phoque and Caprice all serve it. It’s one thing to have cows eating candy, and some may dismiss it as cute marketing, but what does it really taste like? The last word goes to Chef Andrea Accordi at Hong Kong’s Four Seasons Hotel: “I’ve tried a lot of marbled meat, but sometimes the flavor isn’t present.  Mayura, however, gives a perfect balance of fat and meat. It’s a very interesting and unique flavor, very nutty, and I feel the hint of chocolate. “We cook it in The Lounge at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong between two layers of cedar wood. “We grill it slowly until the wood starts to burn which gives a light, sweet smokiness to the meat. When you eat meat it should always have some bite, meaning not totally melting in your mouth. Mayura has a great bite balanced with great tenderness.” MORE: Ultimate Japan Wagyu beef guide", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mayura Station Wagyu beef production", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170711033000", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/australia-cattle-chocolate-wagyu-beef/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "758646400", "sentence": "In comments likely to frustrate the White House, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany and China will stand by the existing nuclear accord with Iran, even as the US has withdrawn and expects its European allies to follow suit. Merkel made the statement during a joint news conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, Reuters has reported. Her remarks come hours after Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, issued a set of demands to European powers in which he voiced skepticism that they would remain committed to the 2015 deal. He also warned that Iran would restart its nuclear activities if they failed to act swiftly. “The heads of European countries say different things. For our economy, we cannot rely on JCPOA and the Europeans,” Khamenei said in statements that were published on his official website. He was referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, otherwise known as the Iran nuclear accord. Khamenei said the JCPOA could only continue if the Europeans fulfill six conditions including: Promising not to ask Iran about its ballistic missile program or its regional activities; guaranteeing that Iran’s oil will continue to be sold and compensating for any losses and buying any remainining stock; and having European banks guarantee financial transactions with Iran. “If the Europeans linger over our demands, Iran has the right to resume its nuclear activities,” Khamenei continued. “When we see that the JCPOA is useless, one way forward is to restart those halted activities.” Khamenei said Iran had learned its lessons and could no longer “interact with the US.” Speaking with Iranian government officials on Wednesday, Khamenei said the US had “plotted various political, economic, military and propaganda schemes against the Islamic Republic,” all aimed at overthrowing the regime. “All their plots have failed …. just like Tom from the well-known Tom and Jerry cartoon; and they will fail again in the future.” Khamenei and other Iranian officials have been on the attack since US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iranian nuclear accord on May 9 this year. Trump had long excoriated the deal, claiming it didn’t go far enough in deterring Iran’s ambitions in the Middle East, or doing anything to curb its ballistic missile program. Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, told reporters in Tehran on Wednesday that Iranian support in Middle Eastern countries was only there because those countries had requested it. “As long as these governments want us to maintain our presence we will help, and the aids we provide is to the benefit of the entire world,” Zarif said. Iran has funded and equipped proxy forces in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, as well as Houthi rebels in Yemen who are fighting pro-government forces. It has also provided for Shia militias and their commanders and politicians in neighboring Iraq. Rockets fired into Saudi Arabia from Yemen are reported to have been supplied to the rebels by Iran. And Israel has sustained attacks along its borders with Lebanon and Syria from Iranian-supported forces. Khamenei and Zarif were also reacting to comments from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who on Monday gave his first policy speech after assuming the role of the country’s top diplomat. He set out at least 12 conditions for Iran to meet if it wanted to avoid the painful “sting of sanctions” that would include “unprecedented financial pressure.” Related article Pompeo threatens US will 'crush' Iran through sanctions and pressure campaign Among Pompeo’s demands: Iran allowing a full account and verification of its nuclear program and the permanent and verifiable abandonment of it; an end to enrichment; access for the International Atomic Energy Agency into all weapons sites across Iran; the end of ballistic missile proliferation, the release of all detained US citizens; and the end of its support to militant groups including Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. “The length of the list is simply a scope of the malign behavior of Iran,” Pompeo said in his speech at conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC. “We didn’t create the list, they did.” When it comes to Iran’s demands, it insists that its oil sales continue unperturbed regardless of the impact of whatever sanctions the US might impose. Right now, the biggest consumer of Iran’s oil is China. And with Li standing beside Merkel as she declared the two nations would remain committed to the deal, those sales seem less in doubt. In his comments on Monday Pompeo said he expected not only “European friends” to support the US strategy, “but much more than that.” “I want the Australians, the Bahrainis, the Egyptians, the Indians, the Japanese, the Jordanians, the Kuwaitis, the Omanis, the Qataris, the Saudi Arabians, South Korea, the UAE and many, many others worldwide to join in this effort,” he said. But so far, the responses have been muted. The Europeans and other world leaders had urged the White House not to walk away from the deal. Along with Merkel, the leaders of Europe and the European Union have said they intend to stick to the deal, while leaders in Russia and Turkey criticized the US decision. Votes of support are few, and have so far come from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear accord", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180524074500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/asia/iran-china-germany-nuclear-intl/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "545655686", "sentence": "Iraqi troops are battling to liberate the ISIS stronghold of Falluja Some 50,000 trapped residents are feeling the brunt of the attacks, after months of siege Those fleeing Falluja take almost nothing but risk everything. They describe a city without basic needs, where babies are born to a world without food and those in pain go to a hospital and get amputations instead of anesthetics. Their city has been an ISIS stronghold for months and is now in the crossfire of a major military operation – Iraqi forces, backed by the United States-led coalition, are trying to liberate Falluja from the terror group’s grasp. Some 50,000 people are that remained are trapped and in danger, according to a United Nations estimate. Hundreds have already fled the city and the surrounding area since the Falluja offensive began last week. More than 500 families have arrived in displacement camps outside the city, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said, including almost 300 since Sunday afternoon alone. All the recent arrivals are from Jumeila on the city’s outskirts. Here are some of their stories, as relayed by the Norwegian Refugee Council, which only released first names of those it interviewed. Iraqis ‘liberated’ from ISIS: Why suffering may not be over Mohammed, his wife and three children chose to leave a few days before the operation began. They left at 2 a.m. All they took were their IDs. “We walked all night through water networks,” he said. “When we got out of the water we kept walking with our wet clothes. We still have them on as we did not bring clothes.” Conditions are dire in Falluja, he says. “Hunger was our main motive to flee, as well as the constant fear of ISIS,” he said. Families flee as battle for Falluja rages on Last time we ate rice was four months ago, but we were not the worst off. Others have had no food for much longer. Mohammed There’s a shortage of food and medicine, and the water they drink comes from the river, which he says is “considered better than the water from the agricultural water network. Those channels are salty, dirty and they found animal carcasses floating in them.” “Last time we ate rice was four months ago, but we were not the worst off. Others have had no food for much longer. For the past months we fed on dried dates. ISIS controls all the dates business in the market. It was rotting, stale dates that we could find, so we had to dry it in the sun to remove the bad smell before eating it. Sometimes it was still impossible to eat and we used it as animal feed.” He feels safe now that he’s reached the refugee camp. “It’s the best thing that happened to me and my family and for the rest of the people who made it out with us,” he said. Road to Raqqa: Long struggle looms in battle for ISIS heartland Ishwaq, her four young children and husband were able to bring a bit more on their journey – two towels, one bag, and like Mohammed’s families, their IDs. They ran for three hours straight in order to reach a safe place. “My feet were very painful and tired after having to run all night,” Mohammed, 9, said. “In Fallujah we lived in constant fear of our lives and we heard and saw rockets and bombs go off everywhere,” Ishwaq said. “We can finally breathe again, finally sleep again.” Polaroids put personal touch on refugee crisis Suad and her family survived the crossfire. As the coalition began its push to take Falluja from ISIS, ISIS gunmen began going to go door to door in the city and yanking men, their wives and children from their homes. ISIS “kept moving us from one damaged, deserted house to another,” Suad said. She, her husband and her children ran as fast as they could to avoid being shot. “We tried going back to our house, but when we saw lots of other families fleeing we joined them,” she said. “I was carrying my 2-year-old daughter, Hana, as I ran barefoot to reach the other families. My husband was behind us all the time trying to catch up with us as he can’t run. That’s how we left, taking nothing with us, not even our money. I even forgot to take my mobile phone.” We left, taking nothing with us, not even our money. I even forgot to take my mobile phone. Suad Eventually, they made it to the refugee camp. “We feel safe here now,” Suad said. “My children are getting food, and my husband is getting treatment in (the) hospital. I can’t think of anything beyond that. Arriving here safely was what mattered, and it’s a big relief.” ISIS on Europe’s doorstep Baby Yousra, her parents and six siblings arrived at 4 a.m. local time Monday at the camp. “My baby was born when we did not have any food and still she was a happy child,” Yousra’s mother said. “Now I can finally feed her.” Yasmin, Yousra’s sister, “is so tired that she can only cry,” their mother said. Fareed Zakaria: Why they hate us Um Ahmed says Falluja is a ghost town. Related gallery The battle for Falluja “Social contact with family and friends has almost come to a halt,” she told the NRC over the phone. “People are not leaving their houses out of fear. I haven’t seen my other relatives in months.” Food prices are skyrocketing, electricity is lacking and hospitals have run out of supplies, she says. The doctor that is affiliated with the hospital is an ISIS sympathizer, and refuses to help “ordinary people,” she says. And treatment options have gotten barbaric. “Doctors often simply amputate a patient’s arms or legs if they are in pain. There are no anesthetics left in the hospitals,” she said. “We just want to leave the city,” she said. “We just want to leave.” CNN’s Ashley Fantz, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Abeer Salman contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi forces and United States-led coalition", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160531074500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/middleeast/voices-from-falluja/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "668283337", "sentence": "Sesame Street & the International Rescue Committee are teaming up to educate displaced children in refugee camps Elmo says \"it's important to help people when they need help\" Sesame Street’s Elmo says refugee kids are just like kids everywhere. “They like to play and learn just like Elmo and all his friends at Sesame street” he said during a Facebook Live interview with CNN on Monday. The 3 1/2-year-old Sesame street character visited a refugee camp in Jordan back in February, and described the trip as “really wonderful because Elmo got to meet a lot of new friends.” “Elmo thinks it’s important to know that everybody is the same deep down and that’s very important.” Elmo also noted some of the differences between kids here and there. “It was really sad because Elmo’s new friends told Elmo that they had to leave their homes because it wasn’t safe for them to stay,” he said. “And that made Elmo really sad and sometimes a bit scared.” We’re speaking to Elmo, Sesame Street and the International Rescue Committee about the work they’re doing to educate Syrian children in refugee camps. Leave your questions below! Elmo likened the experience to when Big Bird’s nest was destroyed. “That was really sad at first. But then the whole community came and rebuilt Big Bird’s nest and it was all better.” “It’s really important to help people when they need help,” he added. Elmo went to Jordan as part of a pilot program with Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee. The two organizations are partnering to provide preschool education along with educational materials to refugee children across the Middle East. Sherrie Westin, Sesame Workshop’s Executive Vice President of Global Impact, explained how the partnership came about. “Sesame has had a long history at looking at issues from a child’s perspective and given the staggering number of children who are displaced today, we knew this was an area where we really had to try to do something to help and we knew we couldn’t do it alone” she told CNN’s Clarissa Ward. We’re speaking to @elmo @sesamestreet & @theIRC about work they’re doing to educate Syrian children in refugee camps https://t.co/APvqDs95rQ pic.twitter.com/p4iC06DWwK Westin appeared alongside Elmo and David Miliband, CEO of the IRC. “Look at us all, we’re all smiling,” Miliband said. “Whenever Elmo is with his friends we smile and that’s the same for the children we serve around the world.” He went on to explain the global refugee and displacement crisis facing the world. “25 million refugees, 40 million more people inside their own countries displaced by war and persecution and half of that total is children. These are children who don’t just lose their homes, they lose their childhood really. They lose their chance at education of the kind of nurture and support that many people would take for granted.” He said projects like the one with Sesame Street give refugee children “a dose of normality.” “Even in the midst of terrible chaos, I’ve seen in tents that are run by IRC staff around the world in Lebanon, and Jordan, and all across Africa, even in clearings, the dose of normality that says there’s a teacher, there’s a class, there’s some paper, there’s some crayons.” Supreme Court allows parts of travel ban to take effect Miliband also addressed the US Supreme Court’s decision to uphold parts of Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban and the President’s stance on refugees. “It’s worth saying, perhaps especially today, that this country, the US, receives very few refugees and there’s a lot of fear and loathing being put out. Countries like Jordan, a million refugees. Uganda, where I’ve just been, a million refugees. People there see the refugees as their brothers and sisters, not as terrorists who are coming to get them, and there’s a real lesson in humanity and compassion from countries that are much poorer than us that are doing so much more.” “It’s a myth that most refugees are in rich countries,” he said. “They’re not. Most refugees, 90% are in poor countries. The Jordanians, the Ugandans, the Lebanese, they really are teaching a lesson of what it’s like to actually reach out and help people.” Ward asked Elmo about the importance of the project. “Elmo just thinks it’s really important to be kind to people and to treat people the way you would like to be treated,” he said. “Because it’s important to bring joy to everybody.” Watch the full Facebook Live interview here", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "International Rescue Committee", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170626214500", "country1": "JOR", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/world/elmo-refugee-kids-are-just-like-us-cnntv/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "417256280", "sentence": "The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to remove him from power and bring the Syrian civil war to a close, Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview that aired Sunday. Kerry said the U.S. is working hard to ratchet up pressure on the Syrian regime to bring Assad to the table to negotiate a political transition and stem what Kerry called “one of the worst tragedies any of us have seen on the face of the planet.” READ: Mitch McConnell rebukes Iran letter criticism “We have to negotiate in the end,” Kerry said in an interview with CBS News. “And what we’re pushing for is to get him to come and do that and it may require that there be increase pressure on him.” Kerry’s comments come as the Syrian conflict is entering its fifth year and reaffirm the Obama administration’s belief that diplomatic efforts are the best way to remove Assad from power. The U.S. has previously tried to bring Assad and Syrian opposition forces to the table to negotiate and political transition, but those efforts never got very far. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki reaffirmed the same view in a press briefing Thursday. “As we have long said, Assad must go and be replaced through a negotiated political transition that is representative of the Syrian people,” she said. Her deputy, Marie Harf, released a statement Sunday after Kerry’s comments attracted significant attention, noting that U.S. policy “has not changed” and that administration officials have repeatedly said that a political solution is the only way to “bring an end to the suffering of the Syrian people.” But she also cleaned up Kerry’s remarks, pointing out that Assad would never be directly involved in negotiations. “By necessity, there has always been a need for representatives of the Assad regime to be a part of this process. It has never been and would not be Assad who would negotiate – and the secretary was not saying that today,” Harf said. Kerry responded that “we have to negotiate in the end” when asked whether he would be willing “to negotiate with [Assad].” Kerry said in the CBS interview that the U.S. would negotiate with Assad, “if he’s ready to have a serious negotiation about the implementation of Geneva I,” referring to initial international efforts in 2012 to negotiate a political transition. The conflict in Syria has been a massive source of instability in the Middle East, leading to the rise of extremist militant groups in the country and straining neighboring countries’ resources struggling to deal with the influx of refugees. The rise of ISIS brought a renewed focus on the Syrian conflict and pushed the United States to lead an international coalition that began bombing the militant group in Iraq and soon after in Syria last year. But the U.S. has resolved to keep its warring coalition out of the business of attacking the Assad regime, striking only ISIS and other extremist groups in Syria. The U.S. has trained some moderate rebel factions in Syria and is looking to arm some of those groups, but only so that they can combat ISIS – not the Syrian regime. The regime has been accused of war crimes and is believed to be responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150315163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/15/politics/john-kerry-negotiate-assad-syria/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "651527992", "sentence": "McCain said that in a shooting war, \"the carnage would be horrendous\" The US must pressure China to help persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions, he said Sen. John McCain says President Donald Trump should consider a preemptive strike on North Korea if the country is able to deliver a nuclear weapon by ballistic missile, but only as a final option. “I think that we have to consider that option as the very last option,” the Arizona Republican said Sunday in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” McCain, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, pointed to North Korea’s proximity to Seoul, the heavily populated capital of South Korea, saying that in a shooting war, “the carnage would be horrendous.” The Arizona Republican, who was held prisoner by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War, said the United States must pressure China to help persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions and stop testing ballistic missiles. “Their capabilities of firing artillery on Seoul is absolutely real,” McCain said. “And this is, again, why we have to bring every pressure to bear, and the major lever on North Korea today – and maybe the only lever – is China.” “But to say you absolutely rule out that option, of course, would be foolish,” he said of the prospect of a preemptive strike. “But it has to be the ultimate last option.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170430200000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/30/politics/john-mccain-north-korea-pre-emptive-strike/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "697948564", "sentence": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said some of President Donald Trump’s more inflammatory remarks have not only “raised eyebrows,” but have also raised concerns among US allies as to whether he’s serious about the military action he has threatened. “I’m not sure the President has understood that a president’s words weigh a ton and you can’t say things casually,” Pelosi told David Axelrod on “The Axe Files,” a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. Last month, Trump warned that the United States was prepared to take “devastating” military action against North Korea, and in August, he said he was “not going to rule out a military option” in Venezuela. While Republican Sen. Bob Corker from Tennessee expressed concern this week that Trump was setting the country “on the path to World War III,” Pelosi was hesitant to agree. “That’s a big charge,” she said. “There could be a serious military initiation of serious military action, which would be most unfortunate.” But she added: “I thought it was quite interesting that a senior Republican leader in the Senate would say that about his President.” Pelosi, a Democrat from California, has worked with Trump in an effort to strike bipartisan deals, such as one last month that allowed for a three-month extension to the federal borrowing limit, and even encouraged him to tweet reassurance to DACA recipients after his decision to end the program. Though Rep. Linda Sanchez, a fellow Democrat from California, called for Pelosi to step aside earlier this month, Pelosi said her 30 years of experience as a congresswoman are an asset to the Democratic Party. “I think that the present occupant of the White House shows that experience counts for something, because he has none and he has not accomplished anything,” she said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171014234500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "VEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-axe-files/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "577198906", "sentence": "Trump praised Putin at a national security forum on Wednesday Ryan called Putin an \"aggressor that does not share our interests\" House Speaker Paul Ryan, pressed about Donald Trump’s praise of the strongman Russian leader, trashed Vladimir Putin, but wouldn’t criticize the GOP presidential nominee. “Vladimir Putin is an aggressor that does not share our interests,” Ryan told reporters at his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, before listing what he viewed as the Russian leaders’ transgressions. “Vladimir Putin is violating the sovereignty of neighboring countries. It certainly appears that he is conducting state-sponsored cyber-attacks on what appears to be our political system. That is not acting in our interest. And that is an adversarial stance and he is acting like an adversary,” he said. What last night’s forum taught us about Trump and Clinton But when CNN pressed the speaker if he had concerns about Trump’s high regard for Putin, Ryan dodged. “I made my points about Putin clear right there. I’ll just leave it at that,” he said. Trump’s remarks about Putin were among a series of controversial statements the real estate businessman made at a national security forum hosted Wednesday by NBC News. He noted Putin’s high approval rating was at 82% and told moderator Matt Lauer he was a better leader than President Barack Obama. “I mean, the man has very strong control over a country. And that’s a very different system and I don’t happen to like the system. But certainly in that system he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader,” he said. Trump defends tweet on military sexual assault Ryan has had a sometimes-rocky relationship with Trump. He initially held back an endorsement when he became the nominee in May and has criticized the businessman periodically when he’s voiced views that the speaker believes are detrimental to the party. But when asked again about the latest things Trump has said about military leaders and the other issues if he is reconsidering his support now, the speaker bristled. “You think I’m going to stand up here and be election pundit? I’ve got other things to do in this job,” Ryan said. RNC chief critique: Clinton didn’t smile during national security forum Trump is the GOP nominee “because he won our nomination fair and square,” Ryan said, repeating his past remarks on Trump. “I’m not going to sit up here and do the tit-for-tat on what Donald said last night or the night before and Hillary vs. Donald.” Ryan also seemed to give some cover to Trump when he was asked if the presidential candidate should present a detailed proposal to battle the terror group ISIS. “We have a plan to defeat ISIS,” referring to a proposal that is part of Ryan’s “Better Way” policy agenda. He added about his own 67 point plan, “look at what we are offering in conjunction with our nominee.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160908183000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/paul-ryan-trashes-vladimir-putin-not-donald-trump/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "756442144", "sentence": "Google is celebrating the birthday of Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, who would have been 120 today. The search engine’s latest “Doodle” shows the painter against a backdrop of life in the 1920s and 1930s, complete with geometric Art Deco flourishes. Renowned for her hyper-stylized paintings, Lempicka is perhaps best known for the iconic self-portrait, “Tamara in the Green Bugatti.” Her style combined the abstraction of cubism with the more conventional traditions of neoclassicism and portraiture. Helping to define the era’s art, her bold figures and unusual compositions were often tempered by soft lines and muted color palettes. Her portraits and erotic nudes featured members of the aristocracy – and she became widely known as “The Baroness with a Brush,” after marrying the Austro-Hungarian Baron Raoul Kuffner in 1934. Celebrated during the earlier stages of her career, Lempicka’s art featured on magazine covers and in high-profile exhibitions in Paris, where she lived between the two World Wars. Although the painter’s Art Deco style fell out of fashion in the immediate post-war era, interest in her work was rekindled in the 1960s and has continued long after she died in 1980. Lempicka’s paintings regularly attract seven-figure sums at auction, with notable recent sales including “Le Rêve (Rafaëla Sur Fond Vert),” which went for $8.5 million in 2011, and “Portrait de Madame M,” which sold for $6.1 million two years earlier. The illustrator behind today’s Doodle, Matthew Cruickshank, said that he was “struck by the scale and skill” of Lempicka’s paintings, according to a Google page dedicated to the painter. “Few artists embodied the exuberant roaring twenties more than than Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka,” he explained. “Her fast paced, opulent lifestyle manifests itself perfectly into the stylized Art-Deco subjects she celebrated in her paintings.” First introduced in 1998, Google Doodle celebrates important events, holidays, anniversaries and historical figures. Other artists to have been honored in the last year include expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker and the Indonesian artist Bagong Kussudiardja.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Google", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180516120000", "country1": "HUN", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/style/article/tamara-de-lempicka-google-doodle/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "679405482", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Arwa Damon is a senior international correspondent based in CNN’s Istanbul bureau.  In April, she received the World of Children’s 2017 Crisis Award for her work starting INARA, a charity which aids children affected by war.  While at the ceremony, Damon had the chance to spend time with a young man who holds a special place in her heart.  The opinions in this article are solely those of the author. Masked men doused Youssif with gas and set him on fire in 2007 After his story aired, CNN viewers donated to his cause Youssif had extensive facial reconstruction and counseling in the United States “Superman is one of my favorite superheroes because he also struggled to fit in and was different, but in the end he was accepted and made his mark and I can somehow relate to that,” said Youssif to those gathered at the World of Children gala in Los Angeles in April. Now in his early teens, he looked so handsome, confident and unwavering. This was the same young man we had met a decade ago who was sullen, angry and mad at a world he was too young to even understand. “All children should have a chance to make their dreams come true,” Youssif said at the conclusion of his speech. Related video Youssif's story captured the hearts of millions The beautifully dressed crowd burst into a standing ovation, and I was there on the stage next to him. I couldn’t help the tears that stung my eyes.  Tears of pride and awe. Tears at the injustice he had suffered and the thought that no one, no child should ever go through anything like he did.  Tears of hope stemming from the knowledge that we can still make a difference if we unite. And to echo what I said then, my voice cracking, “I think what is so amazing about this moment is that Youssif doesn’t realize how much he has given all of us.” We first met and reported Youssif’s story in August 2007. I remember him sitting in our kitchen at the CNN Baghdad bureau, his face a hardened mask of scar tissue.  He was pushing one grain of rice at a time through lips he could barely open. Related video 2007: 5-year-old set on fire Masked men had doused 4-year-old Youssif with gas and set him on fire as he played outside his Baghdad home.  His parents were at a loss.  All they wanted was their little boy back — and to hear him laugh again. I remember how anxious we all were before the story aired, not knowing what reaction it would generate.  And most of all, I remember calling his parents, the best phone call I have had the honor and pleasure of making, to say, “Your little boy is going to get help.” For the outpouring of support came from all over the world; it transcended boundaries, cultures and religions. The Children’s Burn Foundation in Los Angeles took on Youssif’s case and CNN viewers donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. For our Iraqi staff at the time, living in Baghdad under constant bombardment and threat, the tremendous response to Youssif’s story gave them hope.  It gave them hope that the world had not entirely turned away.  That there were people out there whose voices we may not always have the opportunity to hear, but who cared. For CNN, reporting Youssif’s story led to the launch of the Impact Your World initiative.  For the last 10 years, Impact has identified vetted organizations helping those in need across the globe so viewers can donate and make a difference. And for me, the public’s reaction after Youssif’s report aired served to remind me of the kindness of strangers and planted the first thoughts of how I could potentially engage that generosity.  Those thoughts led to starting my nonprofit, the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance (INARA). INARA is turning two years old and has helped dozens of children impacted by war who have fallen though the gaps, who need life-altering or lifesaving medical care not provided by others.  Children like Youssif. Today, he no longer remembers the attack, but he remembers the people who helped him and his family.  Over the years, Youssif has undergone multiple surgeries and there is still the potential for many more to come.  He wants to be a doctor so he, too, can one day help others. That is the ripple effect of one little boy’s story, a story whose impact is not yet over – a true testament to the power we have when we remember our humanity and compassion.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "INARA", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170807210000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/07/world/iyw-impact-of-youssif/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "532141221", "sentence": "About 12% of the massive ice sheet saw some melting, according to Danish researchers Previous melts began in May, scientists say Greenland’s massive ice sheet has started its annual summer melt earlier than ever before, according to stunned scientists who said they had to recheck their calculations before releasing the results. Nearly 12% of Greenland’s nearly 656,000 square miles of ice saw some melting this week, the earliest date on record for the start of the summer melt season, according to scientists with the Danish Meteorological Institute. The previous earliest dates were all weeks later, in May, according to Denmark’s polar research site, Polar Portal. “We had to check that our models were still working properly,” DMI climate scientist Peter Langen said. To be clear – the agency isn’t saying 12% of the world’s second-largest ice sheet melted away this week. Rather, researchers are saying that percentage of the ice melted just a bit, a millimeter or so, in most of the area. But while the total amount of ice lost isn’t huge in terms of total volume, such early melting sets up a feedback mechanism that contributes to further melting, said CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller “The melting and refreezing processes release additional heat and that can penetrate into the ice,” Miller said. It’s possible that the ice sheet could be in for another big meltoff like in 2012, when some 95% of the sheet saw some melting. Greenland’s ice sheet – roughly the size of Alaska – is important because it’s the second-biggest potential ice-melt contributor to sea-level rise, only behind Antarctica’s ice sheet. Climate change news: Arctic sea ice growth stunted again It’s been losing ice at an average pace of 287 billion metric tons a year, according to NASA. Should the entire thing melt – which isn’t imminent – sea levels around the world could rise by 20 feet. Related video NASA addresses importance of Greenland ice sheet Melting from Greenland’s ice sheet is also likely contributing to colder sea temperatures south of the island, and could have dramatic impacts on ocean circulation and even inhibit hurricane production. Such melting is an expected byproduct of climate change, according to scientists. Temperatures are going up around the world, but nowhere as much as in the Arctic, which has seen record warmth this winter. February shatters heat records, becomes hottest month for planet Recent reports have increased concern about the impact of rising sea levels from ice melt, including a study released this month in the journal Nature suggesting that melting ice in Antarctica has the potential to contribute to a rise in sea levels of more than 3 feet by the end of the century. In September, NASA said the world is likely facing sea level increases of at least 3 feet, regardless of efforts to slow climate change – surpassing projections from a few years earlier. Uncovering the secrets of Greenland’s ice", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Greenland's ice sheet melting", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160419213000", "country1": "DNK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/world/greenland-ice-melt/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "666638471", "sentence": "The Senate passed the Russia sanctions bill 98-2 last week The House hasn't decided whether it will take up the Senate-passed version or make changes to it The House has not decided yet what it plans to do with the Senate’s Russia sanctions bill, and Democrats are warning that House Republicans may be trying to stall the bill on behalf of the White House. The Senate passed the Russia sanctions bill 98-2 last week, but the House hasn’t decided whether it will take up the Senate-passed version or make changes to it, a GOP aide told CNN. No action is expected on the bill until after the July 4 recess, according to the aide. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-TX, told reporters Tuesday that when the Senate sent the bill to the House, the parliamentarian determined that language added in the final version violated the “origination clause” of the Constitution. Under that clause, any legislation that deals with new revenue has to begin in the House. Any bill that comes over from Senate with this rules violation is labeled with what Congress calls a “blue slip” – meaning that it cannot be picked up by the House. The Texas Republican stressed that he supports sanctions against Russia, but procedurally his hands are tied. “I think the policies look very strong and very positive, but we are going to follow the Constitution,” he said. Related article Ukrainian leader, a Russian adversary, gets low-key welcome But Democrats accused House Republican leaders of trying to stall – or kill – the bill using procedural tactics. In addition to the revenue issue, Democratic aides said the bill could be referred to four different committees, which would lead to a lengthy legislative process and potentially significant changes to the measure. The Democratic aides said bills that pass with an overwhelming vote are rarely held up in committee and are typically fast-tracked to the floor. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement Tuesday accusing House Republicans of “covering for a President who has been far too soft on Russia.” “Responding to Russia’s assault on our democracy should be a bipartisan issue that unites both Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate,” Schumer said in a statement. “The House Republicans need to pass this bill as quickly as possible.” New York Rep. Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, argued that the revenue issue could be easily resolved by passing an identical House version. Related article Putin offers Comey 'political asylum' during annual call-in show “This is nothing but a delay tactic and the public shouldn’t be fooled by complex-sounding parliamentary procedure,” Engel said in a statement. “I predict this isn’t the last excuse we’ll hear for trying to slow this bill’s momentum, but make no mistake, anything short of an up-or-down vote on this tough sanctions package is an attempt to let Russia off the hook.” Brady made it clear that the language that caused the problem was not coordinated on with his panel or others, and he preferred that the Senate take the measure back, remove the language that ran afoul of the Rules and send a new version back to the House. If they don’t act, Brady said that he is working with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce to move the legislation. Brady pushed back at Democrats accusing them of stalling action on a policy matter that the Trump Administration did not favor, saying, “the Constitution is pretty clear. Revenue measures have to start in the House.” Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, who played a key role in crafting the Russia sanctions agreement in the Senate, said he has spoken about the measure with Royce and Engel. Both were interested in taking up the measure, he said. Related article Conflicting stories about Kushner's meeting with Russian banker “I think from their individual standpoints, there’s a desire to cause what we passed or something like it to become law,” Corker said. “Obviously, referring it to four different committees could create some challenges, as we all know, but we’ll see.” The Russia sanctions measure was added as an amendment to an Iran sanctions bill last week, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed concerns that it could impede efforts to improve relations with Russia. Corker said he’s spoken to Tillerson about the bill and he said he hasn’t had resistance from the Trump administration, beyond wanting to ensure they “preserve their executive authorities.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia sanctions bill", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170620231500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/politics/democrats-house-republicans-stall-russia-sanctions/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "671163983", "sentence": "The History channel recently aired “America’s War on Drugs,” an eight-hour documentary examining the decades-long futility of the drug war. Yet at virtually every turn, that case has already been presented in scripted dramas. Drug dealers remain go-to bad guys in TV and movies. Dating back to David Simon’s landmark HBO drama “The Wire” and miniseries “The Corner,” though, television has drilled into the hopelessness of law enforcement’s efforts – depicting what amounts to a giant game of Whac-a-Mole, where cutting off from one spigot simply opens another. The condemnation of the policy, moreover, is often conveyed more poignantly through dramas like “The Wire,” which can personalize character arcs and put faces – even if they’re fictional – on the statistics. A bleak new FX drama premiering this week, “Snowfall,” seeks to join this tradition. The show hearkens back to the “Just Say No” era, chronicling the rise of crack cocaine in the 1980s. Another series set in that period, Netflix’s “Narcos,” spent two seasons tracking down Pablo Escobar, only to see new players fill the void once Colombian authorities gunned down the drug kingpin in 1993. “Breaking Bad” and its prequel “Better Call Saul” have also shown the ruthlessness associated with the drug war. Unlike most shows, they deal less with the glamor and fast money of drugs than its banality – treating it, as an Esquire piece observed, like “just another business,” with evading the law as just one of the particular operating costs of the enterprise. Skepticism about the drug war’s efficacy reflects as much of a shift in the playing field for TV drama as politics. Most of the programs cited air on networks that pride themselves on offering more ambitious and nuanced storytelling than, say, standard network crime shows that slap handcuffs on a perpetrator by the hour’s end. Still, this lacerating critique is noteworthy when stemming the flow of drugs is among the promised benefits of the Trump administration’s proposed border wall, while Attorney General Jeff Sessions has advocated harsher drug sentencing policies. “The Wire” creator Simon, who witnessed the drug war as a reporter in Baltimore, has stated that increasing enforcement and incarceration is “draconian, and it doesn’t work,” as he said during a 2015 conversation with President Obama, a fan of the show. “What drugs don’t destroy, the war against them is ripping apart.” A recurring message from such dramas is that as long as demand persists – and with it, big money peddling contraband – someone will always be tempted to feed it. “Narcos” executive producer Eric Newman said during an interview last year that the show takes a critical view of drug policies that seek to “kill the supplies and do nothing about the demand.” As for continuing without Escobar in the third season, he added, “We plan on stopping when cocaine stops.” The drug war, of course, goes back further than the Reagan era’s “Just say No” campaign. “America’s War on Drugs” features President Nixon declaring drug abuse “public enemy No. 1” in the early 1970s. As DEA agent Celerino Castillo explains in the documentary, purging drugs remains an uphill battle because “America is more addicted to drug money than they are addicted to drugs.” Television remains pretty addicted to drug dealing’s dramatic possibilities, creating an enticing backdrop for stories filled with money, violence and power. This month brings another in Netflix’s “Ozark,” starring Jason Bateman as a money manager drawn into laundering cash for a cartel. Viewed collectively, though, these bold, nuanced dramas have reinforced questions about whether a “drug war” can ever really be won, especially when each new skirmish and declaration feels, in TV terms, like a rerun.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "America's War on Drugs", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170707141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "COL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/entertainment/tv-drug-war/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "656813948", "sentence": "Senators are split on whether they'll be able to make public information from a meeting The classified briefing is being hosted by the deputy Attorney General and is classified Senate Republicans and Democrats are split over whether they can tell the press and public what they learn from deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at a highly-anticipated briefing Thursday afternoon on how and why former FBI Director James Comey and was fired. Republicans insist the briefing, which will be held in a secure room known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIFF, will be classified and therefore anything senators learn in it must be kept secret. That is upsetting Democrats, who demanded the briefing after Comey’s surprise firing by President Donald Trump last week, and who say they want – and intend – to inform the public about the non-classified parts of what they hear. “Frankly, in terms of it being a briefing that can restore public confidence in the process that led to the firing of the FBI director, if we are literally unable to make any comment about anything, it won’t be a very useful briefing,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware told CNN Wednesday. RELATED: Inside an embattled Trump’s most consequential evening of turmoil yet Senators are generally highly aware of what they are allowed to say when leaving a sensitive briefing like this. Disclosure of classified information is against the law and many senators are wary to talk to reporters when for fear they will accidentally reveal secrets. Other senators, especially those who deal regularly with classified national security information, are more comfortable and will discuss non-classified information with the press, something that helps them shape the narrative of a given issue. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut wants to press Rosenstein about memos Comey wrote detailing his private conversations with Trump, including Comey’s damaging assertion that Trump asked him not to pursue a criminal investigation of his just-fired national security adviser, retired Gen. Michael Flynn. RELATED: How Michael Flynn lost his job in 23 days Blumenthal huddled in a strategy session with other Democrats Wednesday to get ready for Rosenstein’s briefing. As he was leaving, he dismissed the insistence by Republicans he wouldn’t be able to talk to reporters or his constituents about what he learned in the session. “The briefing is classified only to the extent that specific information is classified,” Blumenthal said. “You can’t classify all the answers just by having it in the SCIFF.” The senators spoke before Rosenstein announced he had appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to investigate Russia’s alleged interference in the US election. The decision resolves a key issue for Democrats who have pushed for an independent investigation and will likely ease tensions in the briefing, although senators still say they have a lot they want to learn from Rosenstein. Dozens of reporters, network camera crews and photographers, will gather outside the entrance to the SCIFF in the basement of the Capitol ahead of the 2:30 p.m. briefing and will press senators for any bits of information when they depart. “I think anytime we have a discussion in the SCIFF it’s normally classified,” said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the third-ranking Senate Republican, explaining the GOP’s position. “That’s the reason it’s down there. So we can get a presentation form the appropriate personnel in the administration about information that’s highly sensitive and classified.” The Democratic senators said they expect Rosenstein to slip back and forth between material that is classified and will tell the senators what is off-limits for the public and what is okay to reveal. But Thune said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, who will run the briefing, would have to reach an agreement about what can be talked about publicly. “That determination needs to be made by our two leaders and, obviously, by the Justice Department,” Thune said. “I assume Mr. Rosenstein would have a lot of input as to what exactly is subject to classification rules and what is not. I would be surprised if there were a lot coming out of that discussion tomorrow that Democrats would feel comfortable coming out and talking about. But we’ll see.” The SCIFF is expected to be set up like an auditorium with a table up front for Rosenstein and then rows and rows of chairs for the senators. There will be a microphone for senators to ask questions. The order of questions will be based on the order of senators’ arrival, which will be noted by a staff member. “I think we have to make it clear up front how much of the deputy Attorney General’s testimony to the all-senators briefing tomorrow is genuinely classified and sensitive and how much of it is routine business of the Department of Justice that can be talked about afterwards,” Coons said. “I’m fairly certain that a broad range of the things we will be asking tomorrow can be answered and those answers can be shared publicly. But we have to be sensitive that there is an ongoing FBI counter-intelligence investigation and there are classified aspects that could be asked about.” “If there is a discussion of sources and methods of collecting intelligence, that sort of things, those are things we don’t want to disclose and that’s one of the issues we’re talking about,” Thune said. “What the President said when the Russians were here.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Senate Republicans", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170518140000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/politics/classified-briefing-senators-rosenstein/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "564422417", "sentence": "Former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit says he's disappointed in the dismissal Ingmar Guandique had been charged in the murder of Levy, a Washington intern A judge on Thursday dismissed murder charges against a man accused in the death of Chandra Levy, a Washington intern whose 2001 disappearance created national headlines. Federal prosecutors said they can no longer prove a case against Ingmar Guandique, Bill Miller, public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, said in a news release. “Today, in the interests of justice and based on recent unforeseen developments that were investigated over the past week, the office moved to dismiss the case charging Ingmar Guandique with the May 2001 murder of Chandra Levy,”  he said. Miller did not specify what the developments were. The public defender’s office said the dismissal vindicates Guandique, who had always maintained his innocence, passed a lie detector test and was the victim of “the most unreliable evidence: a jailhouse informant.” Levy, a 24-year-old California native, was in Washington working as an intern for the Bureau of Prisons when she was last seen on May 1, 2001. Her skull was found more than a year later, on May 22, 2002, in Rock Creek Park. Levy’s disappearance gained national attention after her parents discovered a connection between her and Gary Condit, who was then a congressman for Levy’s California district. Condit was never a suspect in the case, but he and Levy were romantically linked and Condit was questioned intensively about Levy’s whereabouts. Levy’s mother, Susan Levy, said she was “totally in a state of shock.” “I am sick to my stomach and am having trauma and grief all over again,” she said. Levy had no comment when asked what the government told her about dropping the charges, but said she hopes prosecutors will “put the information out there.” “We all want our truth,” she said. “I want to make sure we find out the truth. My husband and I hope that justice is found for our family.” Condit issued a statement Thursday through his lawyer, saying he was disappointed in the dismissal. “The failure of authorities to bring formal closure to this tragedy after 15 years is very disappointing but in no way alters the fact that Mr. Condit was long ago completely exonerated by authorities in connection with Ms. Levy’s death,” according to the statement. Related video Man convicted of killing Chandra Levy granted new trial Guandique, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being convicted in 2010 of killing and robbing Levy. His lawyers appealed the conviction and questioned the credibility of prosecution witness Armando Morales, a convicted felon and former gang member who testified that Guandique confessed to him that he killed Levy. A judge granted a new trial in May 2015 and the hearing was scheduled for October. Miller said prosecutors will not pursue the retrial. Beyond Miller’s brief statement, prosecutors didn’t comment on the case. Laura E. Hankins of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia said, “This dismissal vindicates Mr. Guandique.  Finally, the government has had to concede the flaws in its ill-gotten conviction.” Morales, she said, was “a perjurer who too easily manipulated the prosecutors.” “Because the government hid the identity of the jailhouse informant from the defense until just before trial and failed to provide critical documents to the defense, it took years of post-conviction investigation and litigation by the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia to uncover the extent of the flaws in Mr. Guandique’s trial and to force the government to search and re-examine its own records,” she said. In a motion to dismiss filed last December, defense lawyers said Morales told District of Columbia prosecutors he’d never cooperated with authorities before the Guandique case because he adhered to a “don’t snitch” philosophy. But Morales had cooperated with different prosecutors over the years in exchange for favorable accommodations in prison, the documents said. The motion also said prosecutors hid information from the defense, including the first page of Morales’ original three-page statement about Guandique’s supposed confession and other documents. Police arrested Guandique in February 2009. He was then serving a 10-year sentence for attacking two other women in the park. Judge Robert Morin of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia signed an order dismissing the charges. Guandique was released to the custody of immigration officials on Saturday and now faces deportation proceedings. ICE issued this statement: “Based on today’s court action, Ingmar Guandique will enter the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and be issued a notice to appear in immigration court. 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{"article_id": "488050143", "sentence": "New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has refocused his campaign on issues of terrorism and national security The pugnacious former prosecutor has been swinging away at President Barack Obama ad Democrats New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talked up his national security credentials while keeping up his hits on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy in a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday. Christie has refocused his campaign in the wake of the Paris attacks as the 2016 race has lately centered on terrorism and national security, all of which have played to Christie’s background as a prosecutor in the New York area. To make his point, he retold his intensely personal tale of trying to find his wife, who was at work in lower Manhattan when the planes hit on September 11, 2001. He wrapped up by arguing Obama and others have forgotten the lessons of 9/11. “I fear that this administration and many parts of this country have forgotten. I can’t forget because terrorism is not theoretical to me,” Christie said. The New Jersey governor has long highlighted his background – and personal connection to 9/11 – on the campaign trail. In September, Christie recounted how he received the call from then-President George W. Bush that he would be tapped to be New Jersey’s federal prosecutor just a day before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Talking on “Fox and Friends,” Christie recounted looking for his wife, who was working in lower Manhattan when the planes hit. “When she got off that ferry, she was walking down the street and she was wrapped in a blanket and soaking wet – anybody who had been in lower Manhattan, they were hosed off by firehoses. They were covered with dust,” Christie said. “That’s the first sight of my wife after having left her that morning. I just grabbed her, hugged her, got her in the car and got her home.” And Christie’s speech Tuesday is the latest in a series of statements he’s made about the Paris terror attacks. The former federal prosecutor’s comment that he wouldn’t even accept 5-year-old Syrian orphans drew an attack from Obama last week, saying Republicans are afraid of women and children. But Christie quickly struck back. “The President’s the person who created this entire situation,” Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper last week on “The Lead.” “He didn’t keep his word when he drew a red line in Syria. He allowed the situation in Syria to happen. He hasn’t set up a no-fly zone that could create a safe haven for these refugees to live safely in their own country, rather than having to scatter all across the world. And he’s the one who’s casting aspersions? It’s a joke. And he’s a joke on this issue.” The same day Christie, in blunt New Jersey style, jammed Kerry for saying there was a “rationale” for terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo. “He needs to get some sleep and shut up,” Christie said. Christie also weighed in Monday on Donald Trump’s claims that there were “thousands” of Muslims cheering in New Jersey on 9/11. Christie was noncommittal on whether it happened, but said he didn’t recall anything of the sort. “I do not remember that, and so it’s not something that was part of my recollection. I think if it had happened, I would remember it, but, you know, there could be things I forget, too,” Christie told NJ.com. Democratic Party spokeswoman Kaylie Hanson said Christie has “plenty of bluster” but no “serious idea” for how to handle foreign policy. She then tied Christie to Trump for not shooting down Trump’s 9/11 comments. “Even more damning is the refusal of Christie and his cohorts to stand up to outrageous comments from the likes of Donald Trump. Christie and his fellow Republicans have sat idly by as Trump’s offensive rhetoric have defined their candidacies and the Republican brand itself,” Hanson said in a statement circulated shortly before Christie’s talk Tuesday. Despite the attention Christie has garnered from national media and Democrats, it has yet to translate into support in the polls. The most recent Fox News poll, conducted last week, found Christie at 3% support nationwide, and a Boston Globe/Suffolk University survey of New Hampshire Republicans conducted Nov. 17-19 found him still trailing the field with 4%.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Chris Christie", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151124190000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/24/politics/chris-christie-terrorism-speech/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "484934992", "sentence": "A large portion of the debate will now certainly focus on combatting terrorism, on each candidate's foreign policy and on their national security credentials President Barack Obama has already authorized the use of up to 50 Special Operations forces in Syria to combat ISIS, in addition to mor than 3,500 in Iraq The attacks in Paris that have rocked the world brought U.S. presidential politics into stark focus ahead of Saturday night’s Democratic debate here in Iowa and undoubtedly changed the tenor of the contest. Going into the debate, it appeared that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley would focus largely on domestic issues, a reflection of the topics that dominate their campaigning across the country. The tone of the debate also appeared likely to be combative, with both O’Malley and Sanders preparing to go after Clinton if needed. That all changed on Friday night when the attack, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, left at least 129 people dead and hundreds of others wounded in the streets of France’s capital city. A large portion of the debate will now certainly focus on combatting terrorism, on each candidate’s foreign policy and on their national security credentials, comfortable ground for Clinton, who once served as America’s top diplomat. Sanders and O’Malley will now have to show they can be commander in chief and handle challenges on the international stage, too. Here are six lines of questioning that could come up on Saturday night and how the candidates would likely deal with them: For Clinton: You were secretary of state for four years during a time that saw a rise of instability in the Arab world that paved the way to extremism like ISIS. How can voters trust that you, as president, can effectively combat terrorism? Because of her four years as secretary, Clinton is by far the most prepared candidate on the stage to discuss foreign policy issues. That is likely to be a key point she stresses to make the case that she is best positioned to become commander in chief on day one. But her experience cuts both ways. She has a record of dealing with terrorism, one that can be questioned and critiqued. And her positions on national security put her to the right of her former boss, both men on the stage Saturday night and many of the most animated Democratic primary voters. Clinton was asked this week in New Hampshire about the lessons she learned from her vote to authorize force in Iraq in 2002 as a senator. As she does regularly, Clinton said that vote was a “mistake.” But this time she went further, arguing that her vote makes her more skeptical of using force again. “I believe that we are now having to take a very hard look at making sure that force is always used only as a last resort, not a first choice,” Clinton said. READ: Why did Obama declare ISIS ‘contained’ the day before Paris attack? For Sanders and O’Malley: Neither of you have ever operated on the international stage and much of your presidential platforms focus on domestic issues. How can voters trust that you are prepared, as president, to effectively combat terrorism? A debate on foreign policy and terrorism is not comfortable ground for Sanders – whose stump speech is chock-full of domestic policy. Sanders voted against the Iraq War in 2002 and has said on the campaign trail that he would defend the nation “responsibly.” But Saturday’s debate will force the candidate to expand on those ideas. O’Malley, on the other hand, will likely fall back on his executive experience as the reason he could handle terrorism. At a speech in June on foreign policy – his first and possibly last of the campaign specifically on the topic – O’Malley highlighted the need for “human intelligence” to combat ISIS and cautioned against a “mindless rush to war,” like he said happened with Iraq in 2002. Doug Wilson, a top O’Malley policy adviser, defended O’Malley’s chops on foreign policy after the speech, noting that “the governor has traveled” and “met with foreign leaders.” Now that ISIS has claimed it struck Western soil, are you willing to commit a serious amount of U.S. military boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq as part of an international effort to destroy the group? President Barack Obama has already authorized the use of up to 50 Special Operations forces in Syria to combat ISIS, in addition to mor than 3,500 in Iraq. But as French President Francois Hollande promises a “very determined” response, there are certain to be renewed calls to use U.S. military force more broadly and directly against ISIS – particularly if France ups its presence in the Middle East. In a statement after the Paris attacks, Clinton suggested she wouldn’t break from France. “We must stand side-by-side every step of the way with France and our allies around the world to wage and win the struggle against terrorism and violent extremism,” she said. Related gallery Multiple attacks in Paris Clinton has been more hawkish than her Democratic primary rivals. As secretary of state, she pushed for a larger U.S. role in Syria, whose civil war has allowed ISIS to seize swaths of territory. But during the campaign so far, she has opposed a larger U.S. role in a ground war in the region. Sanders, meanwhile, strongly opposed putting U.S. boots on the ground in the first Democratic debate. “I will do everything that I can to make sure that the United States does not get involved in another quagmire like we did in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country,” he said then, in a veiled shot at Clinton, who voted to go to war there. “We should be putting together a coalition of Arab countries who should be leading the effort,” Sanders said. “We should be supportive, but I do not support American ground troops in Syria.” Opinion: The real enemy we are facing With years of hindsight, our strategy in Syria is not producing the results anyone would have wanted. The moderate opposition that the U.S. backs has not broken President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power, and the refugee crisis has continued to spiral out of control. Would you get more involved as president? Despite the candidates’ shared opposition to putting American troops on the ground, that doesn’t mean involvement in the conflict can’t be escalated: Ground troops are just one aspect of a Syria strategy. Clinton, for example, backed providing more assistance to the Syrian rebels as secretary of state and advocated a no-fly zone to help protect Syrian refugees and end the carnage. Both Sanders and O’Malley have opposed a no-fly zone, using it, at times, to knock Clinton as hawkish. Sanders said he would oppose the U.S. getting “more deeply involved in that horrible civil war,” worrying that a no-fly zone would “lead to a never-ending U.S. entanglement in that region.” O’Malley has cast the possible tactic as more difficult because of Russian activity in the country. “You have to enforce no-fly zones, and I believe, especially with the Russian air force in the air, it could lead to an escalation because of an accident that we would deeply regret,” he said at the previous debate. As president, would you be willing to work with Russia and President Vladimir Putin to combat ISIS in Syria and Iraq? Russia is conducting military strikes in Syria and any sizable U.S. operation in the country would force the United States to, at some point, coordinate with the country. But many see Putin’s presence there as largely aimed at supporting the Assad regime – which the U.S. opposes – and to challenge American power in the region. Not to mention that he has a habit of belittling U.S. leadership. At the first debate in Las Vegas, Clinton said the United States needed to “stand up to (Putin’s) bullying, and specifically in Syria, it is important.” But she has also expressed openness to working with Russia when touting a no-fly zone, saying in Iowa in October that “the Russians would have to be part of (a no-fly zone) or it wouldn’t work.” READ: Paris terror attacks: 2016 hopefuls express shock, condolences How far does that extend, though? Would Clinton, as president, agree to work with the Russians in operations to defeat ISIS? Or would she be inclined, as Obama has said, to hold back and let Russia sink in the “quagmire” that he predicted awaited Putin in his involvement in the war-torn region. Sanders and O’Malley haven’t been clear about whether they would work with Russia more directly as president. At the debate, Sanders said that, “Mr. Putin is going to regret what he is doing” in Syria, but did not address why and how he would deal with him. Sanders backed sanctioning Russia during its incursion into Ukraine, but his reticence to get more deeply involved in Syria makes it unlikely that he would ever work with Putin on combating ISIS. O’Malley, on the other hand, does not regularly address Putin or Russia. During his July speech on foreign policy, for example, the presidential candidate didn’t mention the Russian leader. In light of the terrorist attacks in Paris, which some are already labeling a major intelligence failure, does the United States need to bolster its domestic surveillance programs? Clinton and Sanders clashed during the first debate on National Security Agency spying – a topic that’s likely to return with new weight, given French intelligence agencies’ inability to prevent Friday’s attacks. Like Iraq, their differences on the issue date back more than a decade – to Clinton’s vote soon after September 11 for the Patriot Act, which broadened the U.S. government’s abilities to gather intelligence on suspicious individuals on American soil. In the first debate, Sanders said he would halt the NSA’s surveillance efforts. “I’d shut down what exists right now, (which) is that virtually every telephone call in this country ends up in a file at the NSA,” he said. “That is unacceptable to me.” Clinton, for her part, accused George W. Bush’s administration of stretching its surveillance powers too far but said it was “necessary to make sure that we were able after 9/11 to put in place the security that was needed.” The two also disagreed at the debate over Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker. Both said he broke the law, but Sanders said the benefit of his leaks in making Americans aware of what the government was doing should be taken into consideration. Were you wrong to call for the United States to admit more Syrian refugees? Republican presidential candidates hammered this point in the hours before the debate. They’ve criticized the Obama administration’s plan to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country in 2016 – and have tied that criticism to the Democratic presidential field, which has called for even larger numbers. And their arguments were strengthened by France’s decision to close its borders following the attacks. “President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s idea that we should bring tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees to America, it is nothing less than lunacy,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said on Fox News, in one example of the criticism. Sanders has resisted pinning a specific number on the Syrian refugees accepted by the United States. But O’Malley led the charge for the U.S. to admit more Syrian refugees, calling months ago for the United States to accept 65,000 next year. Clinton agreed, matching O’Malley’s figure of 65,000 in an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “I would like to see us move from what is a good start with 10,000, to 65,000, and begin immediately to put into place the mechanisms for vetting the people that we would take in, looking to really emphasize some of those who are most vulnerable,” Clinton said in that appearance. 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{"article_id": "610217400", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the New York Times best-seller, “Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Lemmon: Syria is the war that has run out of adjectives. It has finally became too grotesque to ignore The UN Security Council's unanimity breakthrough is months, if not years, too late for the more than a quarter-million dead How do you monitor a skeleton of a city bereft of its citizens, who have been bused out after seeing their homes bombed to pieces by barrel bombs from the Syrian regime and bunker busters from their Russian supporters? And what will be left to watch when – and if – the monitors ever arrive? In the best-case scenario, the United Nations observers in Aleppo may find out. In a rather realistic one, the world will never know. At long last, the United Nations Security Council has been able to agree on something. That something is the monitoring of the evacuation of the children and parents, men and women left alive in Aleppo, after the siege of their city – starved on the ground, bombed from the sky and sealed in without any refuge or non-lethal path to escape – grew inhuman enough to prick the world’s conscience and puncture its longstanding indifference to Syria’s carnage. The YouTube war finally became too grotesque to ignore. An overnight crisis, years in the making, finally grew impossible to overlook. The UN resolution called for “adequate, neutral monitoring and direct observation on evacuations” and demanded that all sides provide the monitors “with safe, immediate and unimpeded access.” Related article Help Syrians survive the conflict But in reality, the French-backed resolution that finally won Russian and Chinese support says that those observers can only enter after they consult with “interested parties,” a verbal umbrella which is likely to include a bevy of forces backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, from Iran to Russia. By the time these neutral observers do make it in, eastern Aleppo likely will be cleared of the parents who called the city home and found themselves forced to flee when they could no longer send their children to play on their own streets or attend the city’s schools. Starved into submission, stripped of medical supplies in hospitals left without power, anesthesia and, increasingly, doctors, who could survive the bombardment of the Syrian regime and its Russian air supporters? They could bear no more. Who could? An over night crisis, years in the making, finally grew impossible to overlook. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Even the remains of the fractured international community couldn’t take its impotence being called so painfully and embarrassingly to account by the images coming out of Aleppo. How many pictures of grieving parents reaching toward the sky and dust-covered babies bombed to the ground could the world stomach? Words long ago failed to describe its depravity – or to rouse the international community to do anything other than look away and wait for it to end. Related article What is Aleppo? Now we know UN officials themselves have called out their institution’s ineffectiveness in the face of Aleppo’s brutality. “Since September, the Security Council has failed to adopt three resolutions that could have enabled a humanitarian truce, evacuation of civilians and the entry of lifesaving aid,” said Ban Ki-moon, who just stepped down from the UN helm. A UN release noted that on “8 October, Russia vetoed a resolution that would have called for an end to military flights over Aleppo; and on 5 December, a measure calling for a seven-day ceasefire in the beleaguered city failed to pass after negative votes by both China and Russia. In all, Russia has vetoed six texts on the Syrian conflict, while China has vetoed five of those six.” As he took leave of UN leadership last week, Ban said that “Aleppo is now a synonym for hell.” We have collectively failed the people of Syria Mr Ban Ki-Moon He also noted: “We have collectively failed the people of Syria.” He is right on both counts. The question is whether his successor, Antonio Guterres, can do any better, given that the Syrian regime, along with Russia and Iran, have now shifted facts on the ground dramatically in their favor. Related article UN approves Portugal's Antonio Guterres as next secretary-general And now, with Aleppo’s fall, they have successfully implemented their starve-versus-surrender strategy in Syria’s major cities. Years ago, as the head of the UN’s Refugee Agency, Guterres said he had run out of descriptors for Syria’s civil war. Today he is the head of the United Nations, facing the task of implementing this latest resolution. The UN Security Council’s unanimity breakthrough is months, if not years, too late for this resolution to make a difference for the 4 million made refugees, the more than a quarter-million dead and the millions displaced inside the country, who have absolutely no place safe to turn and no place outside the nation’s borders eager to offer them safety. Syrian activists and those inside the Obama administration who favored greater intervention in the conflict both tell me they fear the fate of those fleeing Aleppo to the town of Idlib, which is likely to be next in Assad’s crosshairs. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook And they wonder how it took this much death to finally see Syria seize the global stage? “I never thought we would be forced to leave our homes,” Khokoud Helmi, a founder of the Syrian underground newspaper Enab Baladi, told me. “Shall we have lost all these lives to finally have people standing with us? It is too late, dear, but late is better than never.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Nations Security Council", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161220144500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/20/opinions/united-nations-breakthrough-came-late/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "638790664", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – FBI Director James Comey testified before a House committee, where he confirmed the agency is probing a possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, and said there is no evidence of the President’s wiretap claims. – But when Press Secretary Sean Spicer took the podium today, he said the White House won’t back off on the wiretap claims. In regards to Russia ties, watch Spicer say that Paul Manafort had a “very limited” role in Trump’s campaign. (FYI: Manafort was at one point the campaign chairman.) – The official POTUS account tweeted another theory. – Judge Neil Gorsuch faced the Senate for his Supreme Court nomination confirmation hearing. If confirmed, Gorsuch will break precedent. – You can read CNN’s analysis from Comey’s testimony and Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing here. – While Trump’s position may not have changed on the wiretap claim, it has changed in one place: The Forbes Billionaires List. – In non-politics news, we can finally call off the search for Tom Brady’s Super Bowl jerseys. The jerseys were recovered in Mexico. – And here’s how the 1% are preparing for the apocalypse.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170320211500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-march-20-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "678619364", "sentence": "For President Donald Trump’s ever-evolving communications staff, the fickle force that drives their days often appears in a tweet. The subject matter might be difficult to predict, but the means by which it arrives can feel as certain as the very early rising sun. On Thursday, the President rose to criticize Congress, tout the stock market, deny he called the White House “a dump,” complain about Russia relations and promise a surprise in West Virginia. It was, in context, a calm morning. Confronted with more roiling declarations during past briefings, former press secretary Sean Spicer offered, over and again, his now famous dodge: “The president’s tweet speaks for itself.” The phrasing might have varied, but the structure never wavered. Confronted with Trump’s March 4 claim that President Barack Obama “tapped” Trump Tower before the 2016 election, Spicer effectively forfeited the point, saying, “I’m just going to let the tweet speak for itself.” When Trump doubled down, Spicer, in his own way, followed suit. “I think the president’s tweets stand for themselves,” he said. The most consequential and instructive phrases in political life are rarely the product of focus groups or high-level strategic skull sessions. Many are forged in the moment, products of necessity – to drive home a crucial message or beat back an existential threat. The Trump administration is still young. We don’t yet know which words will define it because we don’t know how these stories end. What’s clear so far, though, is that this White House, for all the bluster, can be as interesting for what it does say as what it holds back. “People use bureaucratic language to hide what is going on and sort of downplay things,” said Dr. Jennifer Mercieca, an expert on political discourse at Texas A&M University. “It’s representative of what happened and so something like ‘the tweet speaks for itself’ is synecdochal. It’s the part that stands for the whole, meaning in this case that the White House communications staff doesn’t speak for the White House – Twitter speaks for the White House. Trump’s Twitter speaks for Trump.” The Nixon administration knew a thing or two about a president whose words needed parsing. Soon after five men, including one with ties to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, were arrested inside Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office complex in June 1972, White House press secretary Ron Ziegler dismissed their actions, and the story, as a “third-rate burglary.” A little more than two years later, the full breadth of the plot revealed, Nixon resigned. Ziegler’s comments to the press, as he sought to parry damaging revelations along the way, are now part of the canon of political dissembling. As the walls closed in on Nixon, language did the same to the President’s chief spokesman. A year before Nixon left office, and just after he first suggested that White House officials might have played a role, Ziegler offered his most tortured pivot. ”The President refers to the fact that there is new material,” he said of Nixon’s reversal, “therefore, this is the operative statement. The others are inoperative.” Asked in 1973, following the resignations of top White House officials, if he owed the Washington Post an apology for denying, and often smearing, their reports and reporters, Ziegler strained and waffled. “I think we would all have to say, and I would be, I think, remiss if I did not say, that mistakes were made during this period in terms of comments that were made,” he replied. “Perhaps.” Ziegler was duly honored for this contortion, in 1974, by The Committee on Public Doublespeak at its first “Doublespeak Awards.” Now, more than four decades on, Ziegler’s prolific catalog of lies, half-truths and deflections remain a seemingly unconquerable standard. (At least among political communications professionals.) He was, in a sense, the perfect press secretary for Richard Nixon. Sloganeering is a fundamental political practice. Many candidates and parties drill down on their priorities, hoping to mine a deliverable message to the voting public. This can be a trying and expensive process, often costing millions in consultants’ fees. But not always. Some, like Trump, give their message a whirl on Twitter, slap it on a hat and ride the wave. And then there are cases like former President Jimmy Carter’s. “Sometimes phrases are created inadvertently,” said Tim Naftali, a CNN presidential historian who teaches at NYU. “For example, I don’t believe that Jimmy Carter really thought to have a speech known as the “malaise speech.” Indeed, Carter never used the word, even as he lamented “a crisis of confidence … that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will.” “Now, to people of a certain generation, if you use the word malaise, they’ll start talking about Jimmy Carter and his ugly sweater,” Naftali said. “So you have these successful efforts to create a catch phrase and these unintended and therefore unsuccessful efforts.” Carter might have misplayed his politics, but he was acting under immense pressure. In his case, it was an energy crisis. The most enduring flubs are typically spoken under the klieg lights, when a politician (or spokesperson) gets caught between the facts and their past statements. Few have blundered more jarringly than President Bill Clinton, as he gave testimony to a grand jury during the Lewinsky scandal. Asked whether his lawyer had lied on his behalf in denying outright any sexual relationship between the president and the intern, Clinton jumped down a legalistic rabbit hole. “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is,” he replied, attempting to confuse a blunt truth with eye-rolling pedantry. The sentence stuck because, as Mercieca explained, it became “the part that stands for the whole.” On this issue, Clinton simply could not be trusted. “The phrases that persist or survive … are emblematic of the administration, that gives you a sense of the spirit of the place, of the White House and the President,” Naftali said. “That’s why ‘The Buck Stops Here’ is remembered. Yes, it was the phrase on Truman’s desk, but if Truman wasn’t known for being decisive then no one would have remembered it.” Of all the catchphrases, “mistakes were made” remains the most pervasive. Ziegler, former President Ronald Reagan, and assorted members the George W. Bush administration all either fell back on it, or put its passive powers to active use. Ironically, the theory behind it transcends culture and nationalism. “The Soviet Russian used the passive voice all the time,” Naftali said. “It was a way of protecting yourself. If you use the passive voice, it’s never who’s the actor in the phrase. And more than occasionally, politicians are not profiles in courage. The passive voice is a wonderful refuge for them.” When Bush’s attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, came under pressure to explain why eight US attorneys had been fired for political reasons, as new documentation then suggested, he reached back for the old chestnut. “I acknowledge that mistakes were made here,” he said. “I accept that responsibility.” (He resigned six months later.) A decade earlier, Reagan too reached for the phrase when he was grappling with the Iran-Contra affair. After first conceding, if hazily, his role in the arms-for-hostages scandal, Reagan in his 1987 “State of the Union” speech offered that “serious mistakes were made.” He then quickly pushed on to a riff about the danger of becoming “so obsessed with failure that we refused to take risks that could further the cause of peace and freedom.” Reagan’s rhetorical efforts in service of winding down the Cold War were more successful. He frequently used a translation of the Russian proverb, “Doveryai no proveryai,” commonly known (and used now by politicians of all stripes) as, “Trust, but verify,” as a means of selling his decisions. The phrase, though old, was resonant because it neatly registered the unique challenges of the moment. “In the context of détente and the end of the Cold War,” Mercieca said, “the question then was how do you learn to trust your enemy, when they’ve been your enemy for 50 years and we know, specifically, we are not supposed to trust them.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170804104500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/presidential-language-trump-tweet-speaks-for-itself/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "725731879", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him @aarondmiller2. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Two events this week reflect stunning and unprecedented trend lines in US Middle East policy. First, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted the remarks that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas made against the United States last week. And President Donald Trump in Davos praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and threatened the Palestinians with aid cutoffs – shortly before his formal meeting with Netanyahu. Never has any US administration so purposely or willfully aligned itself with the interests and politics of the Israeli government nor orchestrated a campaign of pressure against an already dysfunctional and directionless Palestine. These policies are largely seen as good politics in “Trumpland” and reflect the President’s preternatural tendency to think about his base and how to preserve it. But they are likely to have significant foreign policy implications. Without some significant course correction, Trump’s pursuit of his ultimate deal is almost certain to turn into the ultimate failure. Still, how much he cares about this issue is arguable, and as long as the politics turn out right – Palestinians taking the hit instead of Israel, particularly in an election year – the Trump administration may not care all that much. Related article Trump has to live with the consequences of his Israel decision Hand in glove: My own prediction at the start of this administration was that it was only a matter of time before Netanyahu and Trump – both with large and brittle egos – would eventually annoy the hell out of one another, most likely on some issue related to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Not only has that not happened, but on most every issue, from Iran to the peace process to recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to defending Israel at the United Nations, the Trump administration has sided with Israel. All US administrations argue with Israel about something. At the very least, the Trump administration has managed to keep whatever disagreements exist – and they don’t appear to be major – out of the public space. When Trump remarked on Thursday at Davos that relations have never been stronger, it wasn’t just a throwaway. Trump is the first US President to visit Israel so early in his term; the first sitting President to pray at the Western Wall; the first to declare Jerusalem the  capital of Israel and likely next year the first to open a US embassy in Jerusalem. Blasting Palestinians: I remember former Secretary of State James Baker hammering Palestinians on the way to Madrid in an effort to get them to accept an invitation to come as a non-Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) delegation; and George W. Bush’s refusal to deal with Yasser Arafat unless the Palestinian Authority was reformed and ceased its support for terror and violence. But those paled in comparison with the triple-down pressure campaign the Trump administration has waged against Palestinians. Related video UN refugee agency facing finanical crisis Haley’s speech in New York on Thursday reflects a fundamental deal-breaking bias. Although she appropriately called Abbas out on his intemperate anti-Israeli and even anti-Semitic remarks last week, Haley failed to even mention the fact that Israeli actions and policies had anything to do with the current impasse. The administration is demonstrating an acute sensibility to Israeli interests – and rarely to Palestinian requirements – with threats to close the PLO office in Washington, restricting US assistance to UNRWA, a UN relief fund for Palestinian refugees, unless the PA returns to the negotiating table, and failing to acknowledge Palestinian claims to Jerusalem. These all reflect a campaign of pressure to bring them to heel and impose consequences unless they accept the US view on any number of issues. Trump’s threat at Davos that US money to the Palestinians is “now on the table” and “that money’s not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace,” is virtually unprecedented even in the toughest of previous administrations. Domestic politics as the driver: Pro-Israeli and Anti-Palestinian positions clearly play well with the President’s base. Foreign policy considerations have taken a back seat. The recent visit of Vice President Mike Pence to the Middle East reflected these priorities. The visit achieved almost no concrete foreign policy agenda in Israel, but clearly reflected Pence’s deep Christian faith and pro-Israeli sensibilities, which were bound to play well with millions of Evangelicals. When Palestinians refused to see Pence, Trump had more material to blast them. Indeed, Thursday in Davos, the President criticized Palestinians for disrespecting “our great Vice-President.” All of this plays into one of the key domestic motivators of the President’s foreign policy: the desire to demonstrate, certainly on the Israel issue, that he is the “un-Obama” and that his administration is light-years away from the quarrels and tensions of the Obama-Netanyahu years. Thursday, Trump praised his personal friendship with Netanyahu, something that, had Obama said it, nobody would have believed. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Where is all this going? Given tensions with the Palestinians, one would have to conclude that any hope of a breakthrough in future talks between Israel and the Palestinians would be virtually impossible. The only conceivable logic, apart from domestic politics – and there’s no evidence to support it – is that the Trump administration is showering the Israelis with honey to make it virtually impossible for Netanyahu to say no to the tough decisions the Trump administration will ask him to make when its peace plan is presented. Together, with pressure on the Palestinians from the Saudis – on which the administration is counting but Palestinian officials are denying – Trump may believe that Netanyahu may be persuaded to give something significant. He said as much in Davos, opining that “Israel is going to do something that’s going to be a very good thing.” Maybe. But what is more likely to happen, given what’s been set into motion, is that the Palestinians will reject what Trump puts on the table; Israel will say yes, but no amount of pressure will bring the Palestinians around. Related article For many evangelicals, Jerusalem is about prophecy, not politics To quote my former boss, James Baker, the “dead cat” will be left on the Palestinians’ doorstep, which should play well politically at home, particularly among Republicans. As for the peace process, it will likely remain in limbo – trapped between a two-state solution that’s still too important to abandon on the one hand, but still too difficult to implement on the other.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180126151500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/26/opinions/trump-relationship-with-israel-unprecedented-miller-opinion/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "608081179", "sentence": "Corker said Tuesday his committee would hold both open hearings and classified sessions \"We are going to systematically walk through the entire Russia issue,\" he said The influential chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to launch a new review about Russia’s hacking of the elections, the latest push by a top Republican to explore allegations of improper meddling by the Kremlin – despite President-elect Donald Trump’s own skepticism of the issue. Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican who heads the panel, told CNN Tuesday his committee would hold open hearings and classified sessions to get to the bottom of Russian involvement. “We are going to systematically walk through the entire Russia issue and fully understand what has transpired,” Corker said Tuesday. Related article Dick Cheney, James Baker back Tillerson's selection It will be the third Senate committee planning to dig into the issue next year, joining the Armed Services Committee led by Arizona Sen. John McCain and the Select Committee on Intelligence, chaired by North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr. But these three reviews stop short of a separate standing committee whose sole task is to investigate the matter – similar to the way House Republicans established a panel to review the 2012 Benghazi attacks. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan back the inquiries in the existing committees in Congress, they have resisted calls to establish a new stand-alone panel, something that could grow unwieldy and amount to a political threat to Trump. Corker said there’s no question that Russia meddled into domestic affairs, but said he didn’t know if the hackers intended to sway the election to Trump. “Putin remarkably and disappointingly has ended up being front and center on the world stage,” Corker said. “It’s hard to believe for a country that has so little going for it.” He later reiterated to CNN that he feels it’s an important issue to look into. “Any time we have a country that is trying to discredit our democracy, it’s an important issue for us to pursue,” Corker told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” later Tuesday. “How deep it goes and whether they actually tried to tip it toward a candidate or not it’s hard for me to discern at present.” Corker’s committee will have a busy January, starting with confirmation hearings for Trump’s choice of secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, the head of oil giant ExxonMobil. Corker, who was a finalist for the secretary of state job and spoke to Trump Monday night, heaped praise on Tillerson, calling him the “very best choice” for Trump because of his “background and experience” in running a major international corporation. “He has an incredible working knowledge of the world,” Corker said. “If you look at these CEOs of these global enterprises, in many ways they are secretaries of state for these companies. He brings a tremendous amount to the table.” Yet Corker also conceded that he had little knowledge of Tillerson’s personal views on Russia, something that has caused concern among several key Republicans who are uneasy about the nominee’s friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I have no idea what his feelings are on Russia,” Corker said, referring specifically to the country’s presence in Ukraine and the Baltics. He also said he had “zero idea” about Tillerson’s views of NATO, an organization that Trump has criticized on the campaign trail. “I’ve never had a single conversation with him on any of those things,” Corker said. Tillerson has come under criticism from Democrats and some Republicans for opposing sanctions on Russia. Corker said that in 2014 as Congress was moving on the issue, he had a conversation with Tillerson about the matter. But he said it “wasn’t a controversial” call and the two mainly discussed how the sanctions would be implemented. “I got to believe that his approach to Russia is not going to be a great variance of what US foreign policy has been for some time,” Corker said. “He is going to be carrying out Trump’s foreign policy. What people will want to know is what direction he will influence” Trump. Corker added: “I gotta believe again when you are putting the secretary of state hat on, it’s different than the CEO of Exxon hat.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sen. Bob Corker", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161213201500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/13/politics/bob-corker-russia-hacking-investigation/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "654343757", "sentence": "Turkish Foreign Minister says every weapon sent is 'a threat to Turkey' The Obama administration had long supported Kurdish fighters in Syria Turkey has lashed out at Washington’s plan to send arms to Kurdish rebels fighting ISIS in Syria, calling for an end to the US strategy that has long rattled Ankara. The Pentagon announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump had authorized arming the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), green-lighting a US policy that had sat on the backburner for years to avoid confrontation with Turkey, a key NATO ally. It said that the provision of supplies and weapons was aimed at aiding the only group it sees fit enough to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the ISIS group’s de facto capital, in the near future. Related article The free-for-all in Syria will make your head spin The YPG is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of rebel fighters that Washington considers its main ally in the country. But Ankara sees the YPG as a terrorist organization threatening Turkish sovereignty. A US official said that small arms, machine guns, construction equipment and armored vehicles were among the provisions. “Every weapon that they deliver is a threat to Turkey,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters, according to state-run media Anadolu. He repeated government claims that the YPG was simply a Syrian extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which both Turkey and the US consider a terrorist organization. The PKK has waged an insurgency in southern Turkey since the 1980s. The timing of this announcement, a week before Turkish President Erdogan travels to the US, has raised eyebrows. Government officials had hoped the Trump administration would pull the support that Obama gave the Kurds, so of course, they are expressing outrage. Turkish officials want reassurances from the US that the Kurds will not remain and occupy Raqqa, and that the Arabs within the SDF will lead the actual fight within the city. Some have even called for the Kurds and Arabs in the SDF to be separated.From Erdogan down, there have been numerous statements that the US needs to effectively choose between Turkey and the YPG. It has created tensions between the NATO allies, but underlying everything are political and power deals.One must also bear in mind that both Trump and Erdogan have volatile and unpredictable personalities, and when pushed into a corner or feeling offended, their rhetoric can quickly turn into devastating action.  That will mean more civilians invariably caught in the crossfire and the region even more destabilized. “Weapons given to the YPG end up in the hands of the PKK. The American administration knows well what we think about this,” he said. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the decision was unacceptable and asked the US to reverse its decision. “If the opposite decision is made, the consequences will bring negative outcomes, not only for Turkey but also for America,” Anadolu quoted him as saying. Ankara has repeatedly warned it will do whatever is necessary to prevent an official Kurdish region developing near its border with Syria, pointing to Iraqi Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana White tried to allay Turkey’s concerns, saying that the the United States fully supported returning Raqqa to Syrian Arabs, not the Kurds. “We do not envision (that) a long-term YPG presence and governance in the city is acceptable or consistent with the wishes of the local population,” she said. “We want to reassure the people and government of Turkey that the US is committed to preventing additional security risks and protecting our NATO ally.” She added that equipment provided to the SDF would be “limited, mission-specific, and metered out incrementally as objectives are reached.” Defense Secretary James Mattis also tried to calm the storm, saying that the US and Turkey have had open discussions about the issue. “I’m not concerned at all about the NATO alliance and the relations between our nations. It’s not always tidy, but we work out the issues.” A YPG spokesman welcomed what he called a “historical decision” and said it was a symbol of confidence in the rebel group’s abilities. “YPG proved to the whole world, especially to the international coalition forces, that it is the main force fighting against terrorism. Before this decision of the United States, our forces have had deficiencies for a long time.” The Pentagon’s announcement comes just a week before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s May 16 meeting with Trump at the White House. Erdogan will no doubt push for the US to drop its support for the YPG. Related video US troops patrol Syria's border with Turkey. It also comes as the Trump administration mulls sending up to 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan, continuing a 15-year war that has frustrated some Americans tiring of US involvement in Middle Eastern and South Asian conflicts. Washington’s support for the YPG began under the Obama administration and has driven a wedge between the US and Turkey, which often coordinate their military actions in Syria. The US sees the 50,000-strong SDF as the most effective force fighting ISIS in Syria and has armed the non-Kurdish Arab elements of that group for some time. Syrian Kurds make up slightly more than half of the SDF, according to the US military. But arming the Kurds’ Arab allies was widely seen as a way for the Obama administration to indirectly, or quietly, arm Kurdish elements as well without upsetting Turkey. Related article Putin: Russia, Turkey support Syria 'de-escalation zones' Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli earlier criticized the US announcement to arm the YPG as a mere continuation of Obama’s strategy. “We believe, we hope, that the American administration will say no to this wrongdoing and give up this policy. This policy will not bring any benefit to anybody,” Canikli told Turkey’s A Haber news channel. “You can not be in the same sack with terror organizations.” Tensions between the two countries over Kurdish forces have flared several times over the years, most recently in April, when Turkish airstrikes killed at least 25 members of the YPG and the Kurdish Peshmerga. The US responded to this strikes by carrying out joint patrols with the YPG, at the strike area on the Syria-Turkey border. Turkish officials said they were “upset” seeing US flags flying with the YPG’s at its doorstep.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US policy of arming the Kurdish YPG", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170510110000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/middleeast/syria-us-turkey-trump-arms-kurds/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "572342537", "sentence": "Clinton was pictured with Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning The Army said the training slide was not approved by the unit's leaders The US Army said Wednesday it was a mistake for a local unit to identify Hillary Clinton as a potential threat during a training presentation and has halted the practice. A slide from the presentation, which was widely circulated online this week after it was posted on a Facebook group page, showed the former secretary of state beneath photos of Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Gen. David Petraeus and Nidal Hassan under the headline: “Who is the threat? Insiders.” “We have confirmed that the slide was developed 18 months ago and used locally as a part of a training presentation on best practices for handling classified material and maintaining operational security,” the US Army Training and Doctrine Command said in a statement. “As is common with Army training requirements, the local unit was given latitude to develop their own training products to accomplish the overall training objective.” “This particular presentation had not been reviewed or approved by the unit’s leadership, and does not reflect the position of the Army,” the statement continued. “The training presentation has since been removed.” The slide was used at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, according to reports. Clinton’s inclusion would appear to be inspired by her use of a private email server during her four years at the State Department. While FBI Director James Comey said in July that Clinton’s actions were “extremely careless,” he recommended that no criminal charges be brought against her and none were. The slide identified a handful of “careless or disgruntled employees” as examples of an insider “threat.” Manning, a former Army private, is serving a 35-year prison sentence for providing classified documents to Wikileaks, while Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, fled to Russia after leaking top secret documents in 2013. Hassan, a US Army major, was responsible for the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead. Petraeus, the former Army general and CIA director, pleaded guilty last year to mishandling classified information. He was sentenced to two years probation and fined $100,000. The slide also included a photo of Aaron Alexis, the gunman behind the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting that killed 12 people. The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Army", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160824170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/24/politics/army-slide-hillary-clinton-threat/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "539628737", "sentence": "Americans face surprise attack Five Al-Shabaab militants killed U.S. Special Operations called in an airstrike on Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia Thursday when a mission to help Ugandan forces the American troops were accompanying turned into an unexpected battle. The incident occurred west of Mogadishu, according to U.S. military officials familiar with reports from the scene. No U.S. troops were wounded in what quickly turned into a firefight between Ugandan forces and Al-Shabaab militants. Initial reports from the field, details of which were shared with CNN, suggested the U.S. special forces were involved in the firefight. But military officials said later Thursday that further information made clear the U.S. troops weren’t involved in the firefight. Ugandan troops, who are in the country as part of African forces backing the Somali government, had been called in to clear an illegal checkpoint being run by Al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia. The Ugandans came under fire from an estimated 20 militants, the officials said. When the Ugandans were unable to completely suppress the Al-Shabaab fire, the U.S. “advise and assist” team, which was in a concealed position nearby, called in an airstrike on the checkpoint. The U.S. forces stayed in concealed positions and didn’t fire their weapons. The Ugandans engaged the militants in a firefight. Five militants were believed killed by the U.S. airstrike, the officials said. The U.S. maintains a force of about 50 troops in Somalia to advise and assist both Somali and other African forces operating in Somalia. They are not expected to be in combat but are prepared if they come under fire, one of the officials said. Helicopters, drones and manned aircraft are available for quick reaction airstrikes, the official noted. Correction: This story and headline have been updated to reflect that U.S. forces did not come under fire or fire on the militants, based on more recent information provided by military sources.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. military operations in Somalia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160512134500", "country1": "UGA", "country2": "SOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/politics/special-forces-under-fire-somalia/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "747438922", "sentence": "Democratic lawmakers fervently renewed their calls for congressional approval of military force following President Donald Trump’s Friday night announcement of US precision strikes against Syria. “The President must come to Congress and secure an Authorization for Use of Military Force by proposing a comprehensive strategy with clear objectives that keep our military safe and avoid collateral damage to innocent civilians,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said in a statement Friday night. The US’ joint military action with France and the UK came as a response to a chemical weapons attack against civilians by Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. As questions swirled this week around how Trump would respond to the attack, so did continued uncertainty about updates to Congress’ Authorizations for Use of Military Force. The 1973 War Powers Act requires the President to receive congressional approval for any hostilities lasting longer than 60 days. Every administration since, however, has argued that portions of the law are unconstitutional. Vice President Mike Pence spoke with Pelosi, as well as House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, to notify them of the President’s announcement of Syria strikes in the half-hour before Trump’s speech, according to the vice president’s spokesman Jarrod Agen. Several other members of Congress echoed Pelosi’s statement calling out Trump for not going to Congress to seek approval. Rep. Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican, said: “These offensive strikes against Syria are unconstitutional, illegal, and reckless. The next speaker of the House must reclaim congressional war powers as prescribed in Article I of the Constitution. @SpeakerRyan has completely abdicated one of his most important responsibilities.” These offensive strikes against Syria are unconstitutional, illegal, and reckless. The next speaker of the House must reclaim congressional war powers as prescribed in Article I of the Constitution. @SpeakerRyan has completely abdicated one of his most important responsibilities. Earlier this week, Ryan had downplayed the need for Trump to seek additional congressional approval, arguing that the President had the authority to approve an attack under the current Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed in 2002 and used as a basis for military action in the broader US fight against terrorism in the years since. “Well, he has the authority under the existing AUMF,” Ryan said Thursday, adding later, “With respect to the authorities, the existing AUMF … gives him the authority to do what he needs to do, what he may or may not do.” Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, referred to Trump as “unhinged” in a tweet, while also directing him to go to Congress. “We cannot allow #Syria’s use of chemical weapons. We also cannot allow an unhinged (or hinged) President to unilaterally take America to war. We can stop both. Go to Congress, @realDonaldTrump. Tell us length of time, # of troops, and terrain covered. Americans deserve a voice,” Swalwell said. Other members of Congress have argued that military action against the Assad regime should not be covered by the 2002 authorization. “The Administration should seek an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) by Congress if it wants to continue to military actions against Syrian forces - the same way President Obama sought authorization in 2013 in a similar circumstance involving Syria,” Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania, tweeted. The Administration should seek an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) by Congress if it wants to continue to military actions against Syrian forces - the same way President Obama sought authorization in 2013 in a similar circumstance involving Syria. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, went as far as to say Trump’s actions were “illegal.” Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Syria without Congress’s approval is illegal. We need to stop giving presidents a blank check to wage war. Today it’s Syria, but what’s going to stop him from bombing Iran or North Korea next? “Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Syria without Congress’s approval is illegal. We need to stop giving presidents a blank check to wage war. Today it’s Syria, but what’s going to stop him from bombing Iran or North Korea next?” Kaine said in a tweet. CNN’s Daniella Diaz, Jeremy Diamond, Jeremy Herb, David Wright and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's military strikes against Syria", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180414034500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/politics/aumf-syria-congress/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "693555915", "sentence": "Mattis met with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah Trump said earlier this month he was willing to act as a mediator to resolve the months-long dispute between Qatar and its gulf neighbors Secretary of Defense James Mattis made an unannounced visit to Qatar on Thursday and met with the nation’s Emir and Defense minister. Mattis sat down with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah at the Al Udeid Air Base. Mattis and Al Attiyah were seated next to each other and exchanged pleasantries before reporters were ushered out of the room. Mattis’ visit comes after President Donald Trump said earlier this month he was willing to act as a mediator to resolve the months-long dispute between Qatar and its gulf neighbors. The dispute is still ongoing three months after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar and initiated an economic boycott, citing Qatari funding of terrorist groups and, later, its increasingly close relationship with Iran. Related article Trump willing to play mediator in ongoing Gulf dispute The spat has simmered even amid the efforts of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has tried to bridge the divide between the Gulf nations and expressed frustrations about the lack of movement. In the speech earlier this month, Trump opted instead for a thinly veiled warning that did not mention Qatar by name, but made clear the US will not tolerate ongoing financing of terrorist groups by Doha. In June, Trump called on Qatar to stop funding terrorism, claiming credit for and endorsing the decision of Gulf nations to ostracize their neighbor, even as US Cabinet officials said their blockade is hurting the campaign against ISIS. “We had a decision to make,” Trump said, describing conversations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. “Do we take the easy road or do we finally take a hard but necessary action? We have to stop the funding of terrorism.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Qatar", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170928134500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "EGY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/politics/secretary-of-defense-mattis-unannounced-visit-qatar/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "655728802", "sentence": "Hug your computer tight, because it survived a huge cyerbattack over the weekend. Here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. A massive cyberattack has hit more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries, spreading a virus that has crippled the systems of banks, hospitals and other institutions around the world. Yes, it’s that serious, and experts expect more damage when people fire up their computers for the work week. In plain terms, a group of unknown hackers launched a ransomware virus known as “WannaCry.” The virus locks a computer’s information until the victim pays a certain amount of money (hence the “ransom” in ransomware). The virus exploits a weakness in computers with Microsoft Windows and is primarily targeted at businesses, where a network of connected computers can all be taken down in one fell swoop. Still, if you’re a Windows user, it’s probably best to make sure your version of Windows is updated and, as always, avoid clicking on any suspicious links. The aftershocks of FBI director James Comey’s firing continues to rattle the Beltway crowd. Yesterday, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told CNN the country’s institutions ”are under assault both externally… and internally.” That’s a fairly serious rebuke from on high. Meanwhile, there are still some big, FBI director-sized shoes to fill. At least eight candidates filed into the Justice Department hoping to replace James Comey. President Trump has said he wants a new director in place as soon as possible. But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate should refuse to confirm anyone until a special counsel is appointed to look into the Russia-Trump campaign allegations. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: North Korea has tested another missile. This one, state media said, is capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead and could reach the “US mainland and Pacific operations.” While the test yesterday was an obvious provocation for the US, it also embarrassed China, a North Korean ally, at a delicate diplomatic time. At the time of the test, China was opening the Belt and Road Forum, a major international trade conference. Also in attendance? Russian President Vladimir Putin, who surely was not pleased with a North Korean missile being tested so close to his country. The party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a boost during a local election over the weekend. Her Christian Democratic Union won the vote in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The victory was an upset, because the region is the home of the Social Democratic Party’s leader. Why do we care? The election is one of several precursors to the national federal election in September. That’s when Germans will elect members of the Bundestag, which is kind of like the US House of Representatives. Last year, Merkel announced she would be running for a fourth term as Chancellor. Three people have died from an Ebola outbreak in a remote northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. If you’ll recall, an outbreak of the virus ravaged West Africa in 2014, claiming more than 11,000 lives. So far, officials don’t know the scope of this new outbreak, so it’s too early to issue travel restrictions or other warnings. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Emmy Award-winning actor Powers Boothe has died The “Deadwood” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” star was 68. A study says cotton swabs send dozens of kids to the ER every day Oh, hello health anxiety! ‘Emma’ and ‘Noah’ top the list of 2016’s most popular baby names Say a prayer for their preschool teachers in a few years. Vladimir Putin performs an unexpected piano recital in China What a Renaissance man. Big candy companies are pledging to cut portions and calories Frankly, it’s easier to stress eat the small ones. Challenge accepted. Do you ever feel like an extremely tiny horse chasing an extremely big ball? It’s equal parts frustrating and cute. (Click to view)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170515104500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/us/five-things-may-15-trnd/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "625483850", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Leslie Vinjamuri is an associate fellow at Chatham House, where she serves on the US and the Americas Programme and on the council of Chatham House. She is also Associate Professor in International Relations at SOAS, University of London The opinions in this article are those of the author. Vinjamuri: The consequences of such an obvious failure so early in Trump's presidency are likely to be considerable The recent botched raid on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen is emblematic of Trump’s governance style: bold, impulsive, and with a very certain disregard for consequences. Nobody is yet sure whether this is by design or not. For some, Trump’s policies are best explained by a version of chaos theory, largely attributed to the work of chief political strategist, Stephen Bannon. The first weeks’ policies seek to create as much chaos as possible, provoke a liberal backlash that discredits its participants and (so the theory goes) fully consolidate the support of Trump’s base. For others, the first two weeks have been trial by fire, reflecting an untamed narcissistic desire to generate attention and affirmation, and made possible by creating an inner circle that has seemingly removed apolitical expert oversight. Related article Yemen requests no US ground missions without approval after raid Regardless which of these explanations hold, the raid surely will reignite an alarm bell about America’s commitment to protecting civilian lives, incite allegations of hypocrisy (since America regularly criticizes the nearby regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for its attacks on civilians) and contribute to a new wave of anti-American sentiment. Some of this could create a direct threat to America’s security by fueling terrorist recruitment. It is also likely to hinder the ability of the US to achieve its strategic objectives in the region. Within days of taking office, Trump had agreed to the Yemen raid. Even after a very thorough vetting, Obama had deferred a similar raid. Trump’s decision on the raid came the day before he announced an executive order banning immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries and just days before his dramatic reorganization of the National Security Council, which saw Stephen Bannon appointed to the Principals Committee and both the Director of National Intelligence and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman removed as regular participants. Taken together, the travel ban – which indiscriminately blocked Yemen’s Muslims access to America – and the death of numerous civilians caught in the crossfire of the January 29 raid, have created the perception that America cares little about the impact of its policies on Muslims in the region. Related article SEAL Team 6 raid in Yemen raises questions But at a time when the US has made eradicating radical Islamic terrorism its No. 1 priority, the consequences of such an obvious failure so early in Trump’s presidency are likely to be considerable, raising fundamental questions about America’s role in the Middle East. This will be compounded by a growing sense that President Trump’s perceived plans for the region – he seeks to close America’s borders to Muslims, turn a blind eye to Israel’s settlements in the West Bank, partner with Russia (and Assad) to end the war in Syria, and walk away from the Iran deal – mean that those with the strongest incentive to work with him are driven by a desire to evade scrutiny. Neither of America’s battles in Yemen appear to have increased its popularity with Yemenis. US support of the Saudi-led effort to support and secure the government against Iran-backed Houthi rebels has meant that, for many, the US is associated with large numbers of civilian deaths. America’s involvement in Yemen taken together with Trump’s travel ban and his tough stance on the Iran deal threaten to make a difficult geopolitical situation even worse. Iran’s ambitions could be stoked rather than tamed by Trump’s rhetoric. At the same time, Yemen is necessarily recalibrating its position and may further restrict America’s access. And the light that has been shed on the civilian casualties associated with the raid could spill over to America’s broader engagement in Yemen. In this case, Trump’s impulsive decision to raid Yemen may leave him more alienated from both Iran and Saudi Arabia by default rather than as the result of a carefully crafted political strategy. Absent a rapid recalculation, the utility of engaging with America may quickly come to be seen as overvalued by many in the region. Worse, the United States may see a series of steps taken that will impede progress on a range of policy goals. Already, reports suggest that Yemen has withdrawn its permission for US anti-terror ground missions. Both Iran and Iraq announced they would respond in kind by banning American citizens so long as Trump’s ban was in place. And Iran has said it will stop using the American dollar. Related article Al Qaeda leader mocks Trump after Yemen raid These may seem like minor steps now, but if not skillfully managed, Trump’s follies could lead to a serious backlash against American power. More worrying, is the prospect that a haphazard approach to the region revitalizes anti-American sentiment and America, once again, becomes mired in the region’s politics. Already, a report by Crisis Group suggests that the botched raid has aided al Qaeda in its recruitment of new members. This will mean that the bandwidth for thinking carefully about the most important strategic relationship of the century – China, and more broadly with Asia – is once again relegated to the back of the queue, leaving plenty of space for impulsive and reactive policies to dominate.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's Yemen raid policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170208164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/opinions/trump-yemen-raid-geopolitics-vinjamuri-opinion/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "411528658", "sentence": "The United States has a list of 59 designated terror groups The five making headlines this month are based in Africa and the Middle East The terror groups are getting more ruthless, their attacks more brazen. Every few weeks, right when one extremist group is dominating the news with threats of attacks, along resurfaces another with a different, more harrowing claim. Over the weekend, Al- Shabaab released a video urging its sympathizers to attack malls in the United States, UK and Canada. The same day,  ISIS had  one showing its members parading caged captives down the streets of Iraq, the latest in its string of atrocious videos. Then there’s the ever-present threat of al Qaeda, the brutality of the Boko Haram and the looming Taliban. The United States has a list of 59 designated terror groups, but here are the five that have been making news this month. What is it?: A Somali-based terror group with links to al Qaeda. Related video Terror group threatens malls What does it want?: It started off with a goal of turning Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state governed under Sharia law. It has since expanded  into attacks not just at home, but  in neighboring Kenya and Uganda. What’s being done?: African Union forces comprising Kenyan, Somali and Ugandan troops are battling the militants in their home country.  While the forces have pushed them out of the capital of Mogadishu, the terror group still controls some parts of Somalia and continues its bloody campaign of terror in Kenya and Uganda. Is it a global threat?:  While its attacks have mostly been limited to East Africa, it is getting more ambitious. On Saturday, it posted a video calling on its sympathizers in the West to mimic its attack of a mall in Kenya, a siege that lasted four days and left more than 60 people dead. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said there’s “no credible or specific evidence” suggesting a U.S. mall attack, but he warned Americans to watch out. What is it?:  An extremist group with branches in the Middle East and Africa. What does it want?:  While it has not vocalized its endgame as much, its focus has been targets it considers enemies of Islam or “infidels.” It has attacked Western nations, military facilities, even other Muslim sects it considers too liberal. It was behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. that killed nearly 3,000 people and struck fear in the hearts of leaders worldwide. What’s being done about it?: Shortly after the attacks, the U.S. teamed up with other nations to launch a war on terror,  which led to the death of al Qaeda leader  Osama bin Laden. Other nations have been on a campaign to root out any groups with ties to al Qaeda. Is it a global threat?:  Very much so. It has lone-wolf operators worldwide who subscribe to its ideology, but may not have access to a group or command. Most Johnny-come-lately terror groups are also based off of it, and it has carried out suicide attacks in farflung nations such as  Indonesia, the U.S., Kenya  and Iraq.  Its attacks have evolved with security changes, and there’s no telling how or where it will strike next.  Its growing list of admirers include the Al-Shabaab. What is it?: A terror group based in Nigeria. Related video Special forces train Africans to fight Boko Haram What does it want?:  Its aim is to impose a stricter enforcement of Sharia law across Africa’s most populous nation, which is split between a majority Muslim north and a mostly Christian south. In recent years, its attacks have intensified in defiance of the nation’s military onslaught. Its ambitions appear to have expanded to the destruction of the Nigerian government. It has been on a campaign of kidnappings and mass killings in the nation’s north. What’s being done about it?:  Nigerian forces are battling the group with the help of neighboring nations such as Cameroon and Chad.  While the U.S. has provided technical and financial support, there has been a reluctance to put boots on the ground unless there’s a direct national security threat to the West. Is it a global threat?:   Boko Haram’s attacks have been limited to West Africa. But the terror group has targeted western facilities such as the U.N. offices in Nigeria. What is it?: A terror group that operates in Syria and Iraq. Related video ISIS: Picking up where al Qaeda left off What does it want?: Its ambitions are lofty, its means of achieving them ruthless.  It started in 2004 as al Qaeda in Iraq, before rebranding as ISIS two years later. It had similarities with al Qaeda: both were radical anti-Western militant groups devoted to establishing an independent Islamic state in the region. But ISIS has proven to be more brutal and more effective at controlling territory it has seized. It declared a “caliphate” spanning Iraq and Syria and asserted that the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is Caliph, the successor to the Prophet Mohammed. It has demanded that all Muslims must offer allegiance to al-Baghdadi. What’s being done about it?: Airstrikes, airstrikes and more airstrikes. Jordan, Egypt and the U.S. are among nations battling the terror group after it released videos showing their citizens’ gruesome killings. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is also fighting back, though his government’s ability to topple ISIS  is questionable. Syria’s economy has been drained by years of civil war and international isolation.  Iraq, on the other hand, is more stable, has more powerful international allies and an effective regional fighting force in the semi-autonomous Kurds. Is it a global threat?:  Yes. Not only does it abduct and behead westerners in the two nations, its popularity is growing and attackers who subscribe to its ideologies have killed people in France and Australia. It’s also luring westerners, creating a potential risk for homegrown terrorists. What is it?: A terror group with branches in the Middle East, and that works closely with al Qaeda. Related video Afghanistan 'ready to cooperate' in Taliban fight What does it want?:  The group ruled Afghanistan until 2001, where it imposed a strict form of Islam law, or sharia. After the 2001 terror attacks, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban.  But they remain a violent, conservative force in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. The latter nation’s branch goes by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Analysts say  while it’s closely linked with its namesake in Afghanistan as well as with al Qaeda, its primary target is to overthrow the Pakistani state and the military. Its most notable attack was the shooting of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai in 2012 as she rode to school in a van. What’s being done about it?:  The Pakistani government has tried to hold peace talks with the Taliban, but they have collapsed. Western officials have accused  the Pakistani intelligence agency of colluding with militant groups, making distrust a major hurdle to effective collaboration. In Afghanistan, the U.S. and NATO have thousands of troops training Afghan security forces on counterterrorism operations. Is it a global threat? Yes. It has attacked a series of western facilities, including a U.S.  military base in Afghanistan and a consulate in Peshawar. CNN’s Greg Botelho and Richard Allen Greene contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "terror groups", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150223083000", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/23/world/terror-groups-in-the-news/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "425302127", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: This article has been modified since its original publication in April. A library group says books featuring diverse characters are increasingly targeted for bans Three of the 10 most-challenged books are graphic novels Upwards of 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982 for content that some consider to be offensive, according to the American Library Association. During Banned Books Week, celebrated this year from September 27 to October 3, book lovers unite to fight what they call censorship of literature by promoting books that have landed on the challenged list. Publishers, bookstores and libraries are hosting events countrywide such as panel discussions, symposiums and “read outs,” or live readings, to draw attention to these books and “celebrate the freedom to read.” “Of course, not every book is right for each reader, but everyone should have an opportunity to choose for themselves,” said ALA President Sari Feldman. “Librarians, booklovers and First Amendment supporters understand the importance of our freedom to read, and continue to work diligently to protect it and inform the public of  its value.” The list of last year’s most challenged books was released in April. Books featuring Native Americans, on-the-run alien lovers, gay penguins and middle school theater geeks topped the ALA’s 2014 list. The list, released as part of the association’s “State of America’s Libraries” report, finds that a disproportionate share of the books feature non-white, gay or otherwise diverse characters. The organization cited analysis by author Malinda Lo showing that 52% of books challenged in the past decade could be classified as “diverse.” “It’s clear to me that books that fall outside the white, straight, abled mainstream are challenged more often than books that do not destabilize the status quo,” Lo wrote on her website. “This isn’t surprising, but the extent to which diverse books are represented on these lists – as a majority – is quite disheartening.” In all, the association said, it received notice of 311 formal written complaints in 2014 questioning the availability of books for myriad reasons: sex, drug use, homosexual themes, politics and offensive language, mostly. The list is topped by “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, which tells the story of a Native American youth born with disabilities attending a predominantly white high school. The American Library Association said the book, which has appeared on the list for four years running, is frequently challenged as being anti-family, culturally insensitive and sexually explicit, among other things. Alexie tweeted that he is the “proud author of the most banned/challenged book of 2014!” A sex-education book that includes cartoon depictions of naked bodies and sexual acts, “It’s Perfectly Normal,” also makes a repeat appearance on the list, as does “And Tango Makes Three,” an illustrated book about two gay penguins raising a baby. The serial “Saga” was one of three graphic novels included in the 2014 list, the others being “Persepolis” and “Drama.” “Persepolis” is an autobiographical tale of life in Iran during the Islamic revolution. “Drama” depicts middle school from the vantage point of the student leader of the school theater’s tech crew. “Saga” was frequently described as being “anti-family,” the American Library Association reported, a stance that amused some fans. The book “depicts two lovers from long-warring extraterrestrial races … fleeing authorities from both sides of a galactic war as they struggle to care for their newborn daughter,” according to its publisher, Image Comics. Charles Brownstein, executive director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, told the Washington Post that the presence of three graphic novels on the list shows that “comics are clearly a vital aspect of the current culture,” shining a spotlight all the things dividing us. “The books on this list address issues of race, sexuality, sexual preference, religion, substance abuse and many other concerns related to contemporary life,” he told the Post. “That’s the job we charge our authors with: using art to provide a safe place for audiences to engage with topics of substance in a way that allows them to make their own conclusions.” “Unfortunately, many (people) would prefer to remove those discussions altogether rather than trust that each individual is capable of making the best decisions possible for themselves or their children,” the newspaper quoted him as saying. 11 of America’s most spectacular libraries", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "American Library Association", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150414134500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/living/most-challenged-books-2014-feat/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "449434884", "sentence": "\"There's no precedent for revoking a medal. We don't have that mechanism,\" Obama said Obama offered a definition of rape President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there is no precedent for revoking the U.S. Medal of Freedom – as some have called for him to do – given to comedian and actor Bill Cosby. But the President did outline his definition of rape. “There’s no precedent for revoking a medal. We don’t have that mechanism,” he said. The President then paused, and while he would not comment on the specifics of a case in which criminal or civil charges could be brought, he instead offered a definition of rape. “If you give a woman – or a man, for that matter – without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that’s rape,” Obama said Wednesday at a White House press conference. Earlier this month, details of a 2005 lawsuit were revealed that showed that Cosby admitted to getting prescription Quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with. Cosby admitted to getting Quaaludes to give to women Shortly thereafter, online petitions began to have Obama revoke the medal. Former President George W. Bush awarded Cosby the medal on June 21, 2002. At the time, the White House praised Cosby for appealing to the “common humanity of his audience” through his famous sitcom and other performances. Related gallery Who are Cosby's accusers? The Cosby question came from April Ryan, Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks. Most of Wednesday’s press conference centered on the recently-negotiated deal over Iran’s nuclear program, which will soon be under review from Congress. Obama, who appeared to ponder whether he should answer the Cosby question, rarely steps off script at his news conferences. One case when he did was early in his first term, when he made controversy by saying police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, “acted stupidly” when they arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., who is a friend of Obama’s. The comment and resulting fallout over the larger question of Gates’ arrest resulted in Obama calling for a “beer summit” between Gates and the officer at the White House. Looser Obama on display", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Barack Obama", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150715191500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/15/politics/obama-cosby-rape-medal-freedom/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "759834658", "sentence": "Any diplomatic agreement in which North Korea agreed to give up its nuclear weapons could take as long as 10 years to implement, according to a new analysis from former US officials. The assessment, released Monday by experts at Stanford University, comes as the White House is trying to verify how committed North Korea is to denuclearization and how it could be achieved, ahead of a potential summit between the two leaders. Siegfried Hecker, a respected nuclear scientist who has previously traveled to North Korea to inspect its nuclear site, co-authored the roadmap with Robert Carlin, a Korea analyst who spent years at the CIA and State Department, and Elliot Serbin, Hecker’s research assistant. The trio identified 22 specific programs or activities – such as the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile, its missile arsenal or its nuclear reprocessing facilities – that US negotiators need to address with North Korea. Halting or suspending many of these will likely take less than a year, the authors estimate, but eliminating or setting limits on them will take six to 10 years. Last week, US President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his planned Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in part due to concerns on whether Pyongyang was willing to agree to what’s known as CVID –  complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of the country’s nuclear program. After a flurry of diplomatic activity, Trump has hinted that the talks may be back on. US officials are in Singapore and South Korea to prepare for the summit’s potential revival. Sung Kim, the US envoy to the Philippines and a former ambassador to South Korea; Randall G. Schriver, the assistant secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs; and Allison Hooker, director for Korea on the White House’s National Security Council, traveled to North Korea Sunday and held talks with their counterparts. Talks could potentially resume Wednesday at the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, a person familiar with North Korea-US relations told CNN. “The goal here is to create an environment where North Korea would not desire nuclear weapons development by removing the threat perception (posed by the United States),” said Chun Yung-woo, a former South Korean national security adviser. Some of Washington’s top officials working on North Korea – including national security adviser John Bolton and Susan Thornton, the State Department’s acting ambassador for East Asia and Pacific affairs – have said publicly that Trump will seek a deal that involves North Korea rapidly denuclearizing. Thornton likened it to a large down payment at an event sponsored by The Wall Street Journal in Japan. Analysts and weapons experts have been quick to point out that an agreement on denuclearization would take a significant amount of time, due to the complexity of the negotiations and the lack of trust between the two sides. But the authors of the study say time is also needed to assuage North Korea’s security concerns. Hecker, who previously served as the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, told The New York Times he believes it could take as long as 15 years, given the uncertainties in the process. “Such assurance cannot be achieved simply by an American promise or an agreement on paper, it will require a substantial period of coexistence and interdependence,” the study concluded. CNN’s Yoonjung Seo and contributed reporting", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea denuclearization agreement", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180529061500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/asia/north-korea-nuclear-timeline-intl/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "694896009", "sentence": "Several US officials have told CNN that the White House has seemed open to the plan Trump has said he \"decided\" how he is going to proceed on the Iran nuclear deal but declined to disclose his decision As President Donald Trump considers whether to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is working behind the scenes with Congress to head off the possibility of an international crisis ahead of the agreement’s looming October 15 certification deadline, several US officials and Western diplomats told CNN. Tillerson and congressional lawmakers are spearheading efforts to amend US legislation regarding Iran to shift focus away from the nuclear issue – a move that could allow the US to stay in the multilateral nuclear deal forged in 2015 and also push back against Iran’s other destabilizing behavior, officials and diplomats said. “Tillerson has said the problem with the JCPOA is not the JCPOA,” one senior administration official said, using the acronym for the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “It’s the legislation,” the official said. “Every 90 days the president must certify and its creates a political crisis. If the administration could put the nuclear deal in a corner, everyone could happily get back to work on dealing with everything else that is a problem with Iran.” On the surface, a plan to keep the US in the deal by taking a harder line on Iran through legislation seems to run counter to Trump’s indications that he prefers scrapping the agreement. But several US officials have told CNN that the White House has seemed open to the plan – suggesting that Trump could be changing his approach to the myriad of issues related to Iran. Trump has long railed against the deal President Barack Obama struck with Iran to curb the nation’s nuclear ambitions. He used it as a foil against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. During his first address to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Trump labeled the deal “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.” Trump has said publicly he “decided” how he is going to proceed on the Iran nuclear deal but declined to disclose his decision, teasing to a future date. Related article Mattis: In US national security interest to stay in Iran deal The Trump administration is wrapping up a months-long review of US policy toward Iran and Trump has hinted at a series of events that he favors leaving the deal despite a more cautious message from several congressional Republicans, Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis. During a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Mattis said that he believes it is in the US national security interest to remain in the Iran nuclear agreement. Sen. Angus King asked Mattis: “Do you believe it is in our national security interest at the present time to remain in the (agreement)? That is a yes or no question.” Mattis replied, “Yes, senator, I do.” “The point I would make is if we can confirm that Iran is living by the agreement, if we can determine that this is in our best interests then clearly we should stay with it,” Mattis added. “I believe at this point in time absent indications to the contrary, it is something the President should consider staying with.” But Mattis went on to explain that he also supports a rigorous review of national security issues related to Iran that may fall outside the exact terms of the agreement. “The President has to consider more broadly things that rightly fall under his portfolio of looking out for the American people in areas that go beyond the specific letters of the JCPOA – in that regard I support the rigorous review that he has got going on right now,” he said. Related article EU ambassadors defend Iran deal, pushing back at Trump Tillerson floated the broad brushstrokes of his plan to foreign ministers whose countries are party to the deal – Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran – last month in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. All the ministers had argued that the nuclear deal was designed to address issues solely related to Iran’s nuclear program, according to several diplomats who attended the meeting. By all accounts – even that of the United States – Iran had lived up to its commitments under the agreement, and European leaders signaled they were not interested in expanding the scope of its implementation, they said. “Tillerson believes the deal is politically unsustainable in the United States because the Obama administration – which negotiated the deal – was voted out of office,” one official said. “So he is working on a play to see if we can change the political dynamic in the US by changing the legislation.” Iran’s foreign minister also said he faced political difficulties at home in trying to defend the deal. Tillerson’s strategy centers around trying to compartmentalize the Iran deal by amending the legislation. Instead of certifying that Iran is meeting its technical commitments under the nuclear deal, the administration would report to Congress regularly about broader aggressive Iranian behavior – such as support for terrorism and its ballistic missile program – and what the administration is doing to counter it. This approach could allow the US to stay in the deal but help Trump avoid the political headache of having to re-certify it every 90 days. It might also keep the Europeans, who want to keep the deal, on board with administration efforts to fight Iran’s other destabilizing activities. Central to the effort is Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Corker, an early opponent of the deal who teamed up with committee co-chair Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) in 2015 on bipartisan legislation that gave Congress the power to review the final agreement. On Tuesday Corker confirmed to CNN he was working with the administration on a plan for Iran, but declined to discuss details of the proposal. “I’m working very closely with the administration on something I just can’t talk about publicly,” Corker told CNN, saying he was “too close to the situation” to discuss specifics. Last week, Corker said he has been “working hand-in-glove” with the Trump administration on the issue “and (has) been for some time.” But the efforts of Tillerson and Corker could face opposition from lawmakers like Republican Sen. Tom Cotton who advocated on Tuesday for denying the deal’s certification, calling the agreement “a direct national security threat.” Cotton urged Trump to continue to insist the deal be revised under the threat of withdrawal in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations saying: “The world needs to know we are serious, we are willing to walking away, and willing to reimpose sanctions.” Western diplomats said they are talking with the Trump administration about deepening cooperation pushing back against Iran’s other activity, such as its ballistic missile program, its support for terrorism and its actions in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. French President Emmanuel Macron said in New York after meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that Iran’s increased influence in the region called for greater attention to Tehran outside the nuclear deal. Related article Macron could become one of Trump's greatest assets Macron, whose country was among the toughest negotiators during the talks over the Iran deal, said he would be prepared to discuss further sanctions over Iran’s ballistic missile tests, as well as discuss Iran’s growing influence in the region and amendments to the nuclear agreements over what happens when the deal expires in 2025. “Let’s be honest, the tensions are on the rise, look at the activities of Hezbollah and Iran’s pressure on Syria. We need a clear framework to be able to reassure regional countries and the United States,” Macron said. “More can be done and we are ready to it,” another European diplomat said. “Just because we want to keep the JCPOA doesn’t mean we want to ignore the other concerns,” one European diplomat said. “We can do this in parallel. We agree we should look at the global picture but we don’t want to throw the baby out with the bath water.” Diplomats noted that the Iran deal has a “snap back” provision in which the international community can re-impose sanctions if Iran doesn’t implement the deal. Still another European diplomat also disputed the notion that Iran can automatically go back to developing its nuclear program without restrictions after the deal expires. This diplomat noted that Iran also still belongs to the Non-proliferation Treaty, with increased inspections under the so-called “Additional Protocol.” “It doesn’t mean it’s an open bar afterward.” the diplomat said. “It is the wrong perception that Iran can do whatever it wants.” The US decision whether to stay in the Iran deal also sends a message to North Korea that it is in their interests to reach a nuclear deal of its own, the diplomat said, asking, “why would North Korea or China agree to reach a deal if the US can’t keep its commitments?” Despite Tillerson’s strategy and behind the scenes work, Trump remains a major wild card that could ultimately determine how the situation plays out. “We are about to witness a master stroke of diplomatic and political genius or it could all fall apart,” one senior administration official told CNN about Tillerson’s plan. “Who knows which way it will go?” CNN’s Jeremy Herb, Ryan Browne and Nicole Gaouette contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171003233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/trump-tillerson-iran-deal-plan/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "672794899", "sentence": "Rex Tillerson makes an unexpected return to Qatar following meetings in Jeddah US Secretary of State made an overnight stop in Kuwait US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson left Doha for home on Thursday after an unexpected return to Qatar, extending his tour of the crisis-embroiled Gulf as the standoff between the gas-rich nation and the Saudi-led quartet showed no signs of abating. Tillerson met with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, a day after a high-level meeting in Jeddah with foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The quartet has accused Qatar of supporting terrorism, a charge Doha denies. Tillerson, speaking to reporters on the plane traveling back to the United States, said his diplomatic work to resolve a standoff may have opened a window for direct talks, but warned that resolving the dispute “may take quite a while.” “In my view, there’s a changed sense of willingness to at least be open to talking to one another and that was not the case before I came,” he said, adding that the “final and ultimate resolution may take quite a while” because of the complexity of the issues. Before leaving Doha, he shook the hand of the brother of the Qatari Emir, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamed Al-Thani, who told Tillerson: “Hope to see you again under better circumstances.” Speaking at a joint press conference on Wednesday, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said Qatar must “double its efforts” to join its gulf neighbors in combating terrorism. Related: Qatar and its opposing quartet: What’s next in the standoff? “If Qatar wants to be a member of this alliance then they are more than welcome but if Qatar wants to be on the other side, then as we say in Arabic, it’s time to say ‘good bye,’” the Emirati minister said, according to the UAE’s state news agency. With no sign of a breakthrough on Wednesday, Tillerson – who left Jeddah and made an overnight stop in Kuwait – was expected to share the views he heard in Saudi Arabia with the Emir of Qatar during his Thursday meeting. On an earlier trip to Qatar this week, the US’ top diplomat signed a memorandum of understanding between the US and Qatar on fighting terrorism. In response, the quartet said the sanctions would remain until its full demands were met. Amid Tillerson’s shuttle diplomacy, an influential US Republican senator weighed in on the standoff at Wednesday’s Senate Relations Committee. Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Corker said he was “really disappointed” by Saudi Arabia’s actions after the recent summit of Arab states in the Saudi capital, which marked US President Donald Trump’s visit to the country. “I think possibly this is a rookie mistake by crown prince who I think could be the future of Saudi Arabia,” said Corker. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, 31, was appointed to his post last month, less than three weeks after crisis began. Corker said that Saudi Arabia’s “support for terrorism by Saudi Arabia dwarfs what Qatar is doing.” “…I think this is an opportunity for us to call all of them out – Bahrain, UAE, all of these countries that support terrorism. Separately on Wednesday, the UAE said it had sent a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights accusing Qatar-backed Al Jazeera of promoting “extremist narratives.” The shutdown of the network is on the list of demands from the quartet. “The letter makes clear that Al Jazeera’s reporting has repeatedly crossed the threshold of incitement to hostility, violence and discrimination, and lists several examples of such content,” the official press release from the UAE said. The letter cites the Joint declaration on Freedom of Expression and Countering Violent Extremism which stipulates that states may restrict reporting that  appears to incite violence. David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom and expression, has called the demand to shut down Al Jazeera “a major blow to media pluralism.” The Al Jazeera Media network has launched a social media campaign to defend the network from “the unreasonable demands presented by the blockading countries to Qatar.” CNN’s Ray Sanchez, Sarah Sirgany, Laura Smith-Spark, Nicole Gaouette and Zachary Cohen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi-led quartet", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170713140000", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "KWT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/middleeast/tillerson-gulf-crisis/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "728099276", "sentence": "Former CIA Director John Brennan scorned House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes for the release of the controversial GOP memo alleging FBI surveillance abuses, calling aspects of the move “exceptionally partisan” and saying Nunes has “abused the office” in refusing to allow Democrats on his panel to make their rebuttal document public. “That Devin Nunes and Republicans denied the ability of the minority, the Democratic members of that committee, to put out its report is just appalling. I think it, it really underscores just how partisan Mr. Nunes has been. He has abused the office of the chairmanship of HPSCI. And I don’t say that lightly,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He also said the failure to provide the classified information that the memo is based on shows Nunes is being “exceptionally partisan.” “We don’t have access to the underlying information of the Nunes memo which really, you know, clearly indicates that he was being exceptionally partisan in this.” This is not the first time Brennan has spoken out about the memo. He tweeted Thursday morning that he had never seen such “reckless partisan behavior.” The memo alleges the FBI, in seeking a warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, relied on an opposition research dossier of allegations about Trump and Russia compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, but failed to disclose that the dossier was funded in part by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. House Intelligence ranking member Adam Schiff has called that assertion “not accurate” and said the FISA court was aware that there was a “likely political motivation” behind the dossier. The California Democrat also said it is normal in FISA applications not to name individuals who may be sources of information. Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina said Sunday that the recently released memo does not have “any impact on the Russia probe,” and even without the Steele dossier, there would be a Russia investigation. “There is a Russia investigation without a dossier,” Gowdy, who is a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” days after he announced his decision not to seek re-election. Eli Watkins and Maegan Vazquez contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Devin Nunes", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180204210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/04/politics/john-brennan-nunes-memo/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "727056698", "sentence": "House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Wednesday he is not running for re-election and plans to leave politics. Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, issued a statement saying he planned to retire from Congress at the end of this term and would return to working in the justice system. “Whatever skills I may have are better utilized in a courtroom than in Congress, and I enjoy our justice system more than our political system,” the South Carolina Republican said. “As I look back on my career, it is the jobs that both seek and reward fairness that are most rewarding.” Gowdy’s announcement makes him the latest Republican committee chairman to announce retirement ahead of midterm elections that are seeing a spike in Republicans headed for the exit. Unlike many other members, however, Gowdy was not facing a difficult re-election campaign in 2018. Gowdy, who was first elected in 2010 after ousting former Rep. Bob Inglis, became chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last year after Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz left Congress. The South Carolina Republican earned conservative plaudits and national recognition as a chief investigator in the House, most famously helming the House probe into the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. Democrats lambasted the investigation, accusing Republicans of using it to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Gowdy’s retirement is unlikely to have an effect on the balance of power in the GOP-controlled House. President Donald Trump and 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney won the 4th Congressional District by more than 20 points in their respective elections, and it is almost certain to remain in GOP hands. In a statement released shortly after Gowdy’s announcement, the National Republican Congressional Committee praised the congressman and expressed confidence the GOP would retain control of the district. Several challengers have already announced their plans to run for the 4th Congressional District seat. State Sen. William Timmons of Greenville announced his run just hours after Gowdy’s statement. Spartanburg County Republican Party Chairman Josh Kimbrell took to Facebook to say he is exploring a run for the seat. State Rep. Dan Hamilton of Greenville also confirmed to CNN that he will run. Facebook post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. Facebook post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley – a former Republican governor of South Carolina – likewise praised Gowdy in a tweet. “I always said the reason @TGowdySC was amazing at his job was bc he disliked politics so much. Trey, thank you for your impatience, sacrifice, and fight to make our country a more just place. SC and our country thank you for your service. I thank you for your friendship,” Haley said. I always said the reason @TGowdySC was amazing at his job was bc he disliked politics so much. Trey, thank you for your impatience, sacrifice, and fight to make our country a more just place. SC and our country thank you for your service. I thank you for your friendship. 🇺🇸 In a series of tweets praising Gowdy, South Carolina’s GOP Sen. Tim Scott anticipated another chapter in his colleague’s career and nodded to Gowdy’s widely noted and varying hairstyles. Also, barbershops in @SpartanburgCity rejoice! pic.twitter.com/57WcoWxBQS Gowdy’s congressional tenure has been marked by central roles in high-profile investigations. The Gowdy-led House Benghazi investigation drew near constant headlines and included a focus on Clinton’s email practices as secretary of state. In the fall of 2015, Clinton appeared before the committee for a daylong hearing, and as he released a report on the probe’s findings, Gowdy defended the investigation and faulted the Obama administration for lapses that led to the deaths in Benghazi. Gowdy’s name surfaced as a potential choice last May in the wake of Trump’s decision to fire James Comey as FBI director. Gowdy took himself out of the running, and said in a statement at the time that he had told Attorney General Jeff Sessions he would not be the right choice to take over the bureau. More recently, Gowdy has both criticized the FBI’s conduct during the 2016 election and defended former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s stewardship of the special counsel investigation into potential coordination between Trump’s associates and Russia to influence the 2016 US election. As some Trump allies have ratcheted up criticism of the special counsel, Gowdy has voiced his support for Mueller, saying last fall that he did not think Mueller should step down. Last Sunday on Fox News, Gowdy maintained his position, saying he had “100%” trust in Mueller. At the same time, Gowdy has been among the chief proponents of releasing a controversial memo from House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, alleging the FBI abused its surveillance powers. CNN’s Eric Bradner and Caroline Kenny contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trey Gowdy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180131183000", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/trey-gowdy-retiring/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "584054240", "sentence": "The Maud was raised to the surface after 85 years under water The vessel was captained by arctic explorer Roald Amundsen The ship will be making her journey back home to Norway next year A ship that once belonged to famed Norwegian arctic explorer Roald Amundsen has been recovered after almost a century immersed in the icy depths of Cambridge Bay in Canada. The Maud was one of three iconic ships built for Amundsen’s expeditions, alongside Gjøa and Fram, which are today on display at the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway. After six years of work, the team of Norwegians behind the project were able to do what was attempted in the 1990s but ended in failure – they raised the Maud after 85 years on the Canadian seabed. Despite decades under water, the Maud is expected to have maintained much of its integrity. The Maud was launched on June 7, 1917, in Vollen, near Oslo. The vessel was christened by Amundsen. The renowned explorer later captained the ship during an expedition to the Northeast Passage above Russia. The Maud was then sold in 1925 and by 1931 she had sunk after getting trapped in ice. The Maud had been lying in Cambridge Bay ever since. Project manager Jan Wanggaard described the moment he saw The Maud rising to the surface. “In one moment all our questions diluted into silence and I let myself sink slowly down to greet the old lady Maud, who finally had let go. She was free again after all these years,” said Wanggaard. .”She came, slowly, with grace, just like a Queen would,” he added. The process of bringing the Maud back to the surface involved a lot of rope and large airbags. After an unsuccessful attempt to lift the ship in 2015, the team returned this summer with more flotation devices. A huge part of the work involved cleaning out the inside of the ship. “Tons of mud has been dug out from every room inside the old ship. It’s been an exciting process despite being very dirty and tiring,” Wanggaard said. The team are now one step closer to bringing their national treasure home. The Maud is expected to begin the journey back to Norway by summer 2017. That slow, final journey will cover 3,700 nautical miles (7,000 kilometers). Wanggaard sees the project as an important success. “The Maud expedition story, and the story of Amundsen himself, is powerful and full of endless tales about human beings with strong will and courage to push limits and explore the mysteries of life and nature,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Maud", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160929171500", "country1": "NOR", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/europe/ship-recovered-from-sea-after-85-years-trnd/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "415292049", "sentence": "The Bush money machine faces the expectations game Al Gore's trip back to Iowa has some Democrats buzzing Jeb Bush’s money machine expectations, Al Gore’s Iowa trip, Rand Paul’s Iran strategy and John Boehner’s next move were all topics around the “Inside Politics” table this Sunday. Jeb Bush is going to be doubling down on his contrast with Hillary Clinton on transparency, using the emails he released from his time as governor of Florida – and maybe the U.S.’s largest e-retailer. Related video Jeb e-book deal? While Bush has already released the first chapter of his e-book on his website, Ron Fournier of the National Journal reports that Bush is in serious negotiations with Amazon for a big deal that would have the full memoir published across all its platforms, including Kindle. “He’ll use the emails to draw a narrative of his time in Florida – the highs, the lows, but also some mistakes, some errors,” said Fournier. Many recent presidential candidates have written books before or during their runs for the White House, but all have to prove themselves in the race for campaign cash. One of the big early tests for presidential candidates is to prove they can raise the money for the long haul. And the first lap in the money primary winds up at the end of this month, when candidates have to report their first-quarter fund-raising totals. CNN’s John King reveals that there is a bit of an expectations game clash underway as we head into the final weeks of the quarter. Team Bush got a bit dismayed when several allies started talking about a record-smashing $100 million quarter for his “Right To Rise” political action committee. Now, some Bush allies are bragging that a $50 million figure would still be a big deal. Are they trying to truly lower expectations – or just create space for a bigger number to be a bigger deal? We’ll know in three weeks. After Hillary Clinton’s email controversy, there’s been a lot of talk about who would step in if she bowed out as a potential Democratic presidential candidate. One high-profile politician who’s planning his first trip to Iowa in over a decade has a lot of Hawkeye State Democrats buzzing, according to CNN’s Jeff Zeleny. Related video Al Gore's 2016 plans? “(Former Vice President Al Gore) says he’s not running. I’m sure he’s not, but he’s doing a climate leadership workshop that’s getting everyone there sort of excited,” said Zeleny. “By then, Hillary Clinton will probably already be in the race, but Democrats in Iowa who are hungry for a different type of politics might be signing up for these workshops May 5 through the 7th in Cedar Rapids.” As the deadline nears for a nuclear policy agreement between Iran and six world powers including the U.S., all eyes will be on Sen. Rand Paul. Paul has been trying to shore up his foreign policy credentials to satisfy the more hawkish elements in the Republican Party, but Bloomberg’s Lisa Lerer questions whether his attempts are working. “This past week he signed on as a co-sponsor to legislation giving Congress final say over any deal that’s struck by the administration,” said Lerer. “It’s unlikely to be enough to satisfy parts of the Republican base and also satisfy key donors for the party who are very concerned about Israel.” “He also came under fire this past week for not applauding vociferously enough during Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s speech. I think a lot of eyes will be on him this month as we delve into these issues.” As Congress’ slugfest over Homeland Security funding ends, NPR’s Juana Summers looks ahead to more tough fights for House Speaker John Boehner, including appropriations battles and the fall’s debt ceiling fight. One of the keys to the outcome of these future clashes is Boehner’s plan to handle the House GOP’s contentious tea party members. “Is Boehner willing to continually antagonize the far right wing of his party and pass legislation with Democrats? Or will he be passing bills with only Republicans?” asks Summers. “And that, I think, will tell us a lot about what the Congress will look like in the next few years to come.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeb Bush", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150308173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/08/politics/ip-jeb-bush-e-book-blockbuster-with-amazon/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "725205475", "sentence": "A federal judge has acquitted New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and his friend Salomon Melgen of several charges, according to a new order filed Wednesday. The order from Judge William Walls comes days after the Justice Department announced that it would retry its case against Menendez. The original trial, which took place in the fall of 2017, ended after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the 18 counts in the case. Defense attorneys had refiled a motion for acquittal after the mistrial. Related article Meet the judicial renegade overseeing Sen. Menendez's trial The charges on which they were acquitted focused on political donations made by Melgen, a wealthy ophthalmologist from Florida,  to political funds, including a Super PAC, that supported Menendez. Prosecutors argued that the donations were in exchange for political favors from Menendez and attempted to tie the timing of the donations to “official acts” performed by the senator. For example, prosecutors tried to demonstrate a connection between a $60,000 donation to Menendez’s legal defense fund and the New Jersey Democratic State Committee and a request by Menendez the same day to meet with Ambassador William Brownfield about a cargo contract dispute involving Melgen. Melgen is also alleged to have bribed Menendez with flights on his private jet and a luxurious vacation to Paris. Menendez is also charged with making false statements in relation to his Senate financial disclosure forms. Those charges still stand in the case. Both men deny all charges. Walls wrote in a 50-page opinion that while political contributions can be the subject of a bribery case, the prosecution in this case did not demonstrate an explicit “quid pro quo” agreement between Menendez and Melgen in relation to Melgen’s contributions. CNN has also confirmed that Judge Walls told attorneys separately that he had recused himself from any further proceedings in the case. Walls had been a colorful presence in the courtroom during the original trial, often making quips and film references, only to then strongly reprimand attorneys for their conduct or decisions in the courtroom. Menendez attorney Abbe Lowell called on the Justice Department to reconsider its decision to retry the case. “A jury rejected the government’s facts and theory of bribery, and now the trial judge has rejected a critical legal theory on which the case was brought,” Lowell said. “With the court’s decision, this case is now solely about the purest of personal hospitality allegations – stays at his friend, Dr. Melgen’s family home and reimbursed trips on a plane that Dr. Melgen was flying anyway.” “The court’s acquittal on all counts which involve monetary contributions is long overdue,” said Melgen’s attorney Kirk Ogrosky. “There was simply never any quid pro quo agreement between my client and Senator Menendez, and the court has now acquitted these two longtime Hispanic-American friends on all counts that involved political contributions.” “The Justice Department is reviewing the court’s order and considering next steps,” said Justice Department spokeswoman Nicole Navas.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180124230000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/politics/menendez-acquitted/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "721420917", "sentence": "Kellyanne Conway claimed Wednesday evening that while many cannot get over the 2016 presidential election, the White House does not talk about Hillary Clinton. “We don’t care about her. Nobody here talks about her,” the White House counselor told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “Cuomo Prime Time.” “Nobody here talks about Hillary Clinton, I promise you.” Related article Jake Tapper: Donald Trump just 'can't quit' Hillary Clinton But in a news conference earlier in the day with Norwegian Minister Erna Solberg, President Donald Trump repeatedly brought up his 2016 victory and his opponent, while insisting there was “no collusion” with the Russians. “Hillary was not for a strong military and Hillary – my opponent – was for windmills,” Trump said, following a question on the two countries’ relationships with Russia. In another answer at the bilateral conference, the President repeated a variant of “no collusion” in reference to his campaign’s relationship with the Russians during the 2016 election eight times in less than two minutes. Responding to Cuomo’s questions about Russian meddling in the election, Conway dismissed the notion that any one from the Trump campaign would have reached out to a foreign agent for help in defeating Clinton. “The idea that we would have to look any further than Hillary Clinton to beat Hillary Clinton is a fantasy,” Conway said, adding that “unattractive policies” and “lack of connective tissue” to “forgotten” Americans contributed to her loss. Cuomo asked if “we” included the President’s son Donald Trump Jr., his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is now charged with conspiracy against the United States. The three were the high-level Trump campaign operatives who attended a 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Clinton. Conway said nothing came of the meeting and when pressed further by Cuomo on why they went, she said, “The point is, you can’t get over the election.” Kellyanne Conway claimed \"nobody here talks about Hillary Clinton\" despite the fact that President Trump mentioned her at least 3 times earlier today #CuomoPrimeTime https://t.co/sGNQfZyNRt “I’ll make you a deal,” Conway said. “I’ll never talk about her again, but then you can’t talk about the 2016 election.” Conway appeared on The Sean Hannity Show on Fox News Tuesday, where she spoke on Trump’s bipartisan meeting with legislators on immigration earlier that day and mentioned Hillary Clinton’s views on immigration policy.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180111060000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/kellyanne-conway-hillary-clinton-cuomo-cnntv/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "712065435", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Having worked at the State Department on Arab-Israeli negotiations for the better part of a quarter century, I came up with more than my fair share of half-baked ideas. But the one issue I was smart enough to avoid – and I advised every Secretary of State to do the same – was Jerusalem. My advice was simple: don’t play with the most sensitive and volatile issue in the negotiations. And yet, if you believe some media reports, President Donald Trump is preparing to do precisely that. White House national security adviser HR McMaster, however, cautioned on Sunday that he isn’t entirely sure what the President will decide. But, he added, Trump has been given all possible options to consider. Related article Trump's negotiating skills are urban legends On Wednesday, the President may exercise the waiver authority provided in the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act (as he did last June) which would allow him to defer opening a US Embassy in Jerusalem. However, he may also make a statement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Perhaps the administration believes that a statement is less damaging than actually starting the process of opening an embassy. But unless it’s part of a prenegotiated deal, which involves significant Israeli concessions to Palestinians, it is likely to complicate the very peace process Trump wants to promote. If there is a third rail in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, it’s Jerusalem. Loaded with political and religious significance, it’s long been a tinderbox just waiting for a match. And we’ve witnessed numerous fires usually breaking out on the overlapping sacred spaces Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Muslims, share and contest on or near the holy sites – the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. As we’ve seen in 1990, 1996, 2000 and, most recently, in 2017 over the placement of metal detectors at entrances to the area, any change or even perceived change in a shaky status quo can trigger violence. As a negotiator who struggled unsuccessfully with the Jerusalem issue during the Camp David summit in July 2000, I’ve watched this pattern continue in other peace efforts since then. The issue is simply too volatile to resolve now. Let’s be clear, the US Embassy should be in West Jerusalem. Indeed, Israel may be one of the few countries in the world in which the United States does not maintain its embassy in the host country’s capital. But those who argue that the United States needs to correct this problem now, whatever the cost, are thinking too narrowly – and only about Israeli interests. The problem is that Israel has declared the entire city to be its eternal and undivided capital, including the eastern part of the city where many Palestinians reside and where the Palestinian Authority hopes to establish a capital once a Palestinian state is created. If Trump asserts that US policy is that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, it would be tantamount to saying that Washington now recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over the entire city. If he simply says that just West Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, he risks alienating the Israeli government by suggesting that the eastern part of the city isn’t included. The peace process appears dead. Why bury it? Related article Jared Kushner won't find his job in Israel easy It’s even more curious that Trump, seemingly committed to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, would want to inject the Jerusalem issue into the mix right now. The new peace process, which his team is supposed to unveil sometime early next year, could be compromised if the United States changes policy on Jerusalem now. The Trump Administration is already perceived to be heavily biased in favor of meeting Israeli needs over Palestinian ones; and the move on Jerusalem will call into question Washington’s credibility as an effective mediator. The PA has threatened to pull out of the peace process if the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Jordan’s King Abdullah has warned of the dangers of such a move, as has the head of the Arab League. It’s intriguing that the Saudis, who are intimately involved in the Trump peace process, have so far been quiet on the issue – a fact that may well suggest the Jerusalem move may be tied to others in coming months. Whether the President’s statement will provoke violence is impossible to predict. Suffice it to say, any group – from Hamas to Islamic Jihad – that wants to exploit the issue, can certainly do so with a shift in policy on Jerusalem. The odds that Trump will stumble in his Jerusalem gambit are pretty good. That’s because the point of the exercise does not seem designed to achieve any real foreign policy goals. If the Administration was positioned to close an Israeli-Palestinian deal and needed to focus on the capital issue; if Trump was trading recognition for some significant concession from Netanyahu; or if the statement the President issues on Wednesday might also include reference to the possibility of a capital in East Jerusalem for Palestinians, it might make sense. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The problem is we just don’t know what the Administration’s peace process strategy is. And in the absence of a coherent one, the Jerusalem gambit appears to be a one-off – a combination of Trump’s frustration over having to use the waiver again, not yet fulfilling his campaign commitment to open an embassy in Jerusalem, and his willful desire to go where none of his predecessors have gone before him. As such, the President’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is likely to be far more trouble than it’s worth – adding another layer of complication to a peace process that already faces long odds.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's potential recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Hedged", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171203221500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/03/opinions/jerusalem-capital-trump-opinion-miller/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "656231249", "sentence": "From officials to state media, there often are jokes and dismissive comments But Kremlin spokesman this time is not in the mood to fire away There was a time, not so long ago, when Russian officials seemed to be openly reveling in the political chaos engulfing their geopolitical rival. Just last week, Foreign Sergey Lavrov quipped when asked about the dismissal of the FBI director, James Comey, threatening to overshadow his talks in Washington. “Was he fired?” Lavrov asked reporters, sarcastically. “You’re kidding, you’re kidding,” he exclaimed. Critics frequently accuse Russian officials of wanting to discredit US politics. But even the Kremlin can’t be blamed for orchestrating the latest Trump controversy. Related article Timeline: What we know about the Trump campaign, his administration and Russia In fact, it appears as annoyed as the Trump administration itself. Take our recent phone exchange with a clearly irritated Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman: CNN: The Washington Post reports that Trump shared secret information with Lavrov…. PESKOV: (interrupting) I’m ready to answer your question. This is not a topic for us, just more nonsense. CNN: But can you deny that it isn’t true? We aren’t getting a direct answer from….. PESKOV: (interrupting again) We don’t want to have anything to do with this nonsense. There is nothing to confirm or deny. The point is that there was no irony, no tongue-in-cheek jibe at the state of US politics. The Kremlin, at least, is taking this seriously. Related article Who was in Trump's meeting with the Russians? And that’s because, despite the public statements about having low expectations of the Trump administration, there remains some hope in Moscow that this can still be a transformational relationship. As a candidate, Trump spoke of “getting along” with Moscow, cooperating in Syria and on international terrorism. He even hinted at recognizing annexed Crimea as part of Russia. The Kremlin, burdened by US sanctions, still sorely wants those things. And although some officials may snicker at how Russia has found itself at the center of US politics, with each new controversy the Kremlin’s hopes of a new relationship with Washington are set back.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kremlin", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170516214500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/16/europe/russia-lavrov-trump-shared-intelligence/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "736250559", "sentence": "More than 1,000 children have been killed or injured this year across Syria, a United Nations Children’s Fund official told CNN on Tuesday. The grim statistic, from UNICEF regional communications chief Juliette Touma, comes as violence rips through the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, where about a third of the nearly 400,000 besieged civilians are children, according to the agency. In all, 342 children were killed and 803 were injured in Syria in the first two months of 2018, Touma said, citing multiple sources. About 100 people were killed Monday in Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, making it the deadliest day there since the United Nations Security Council passed a nationwide ceasefire resolution on February 24, the Syrian American Medical Society said Tuesday in a statement. Almost 600 people are believed to have been killed and more than 2,000 injured since Syrian government forces launched an air and ground offensive on Eastern Ghouta on February 18, according to the United Nations. Sitting in underground shelters has become the “new norm,” UNICEF officials said, and activists’ footage of basements show the shelters to be ill-equipped and filthy. Russia has offered rebels and their families safe passage out of Eastern Ghouta, promising to protect insurgents from prosecution, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday in a Facebook post. The Russian military would also provide transport and security, the statement said. One of two main rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta swiftly refused Russia’s offer. “There is no contact with the Russians at all, and no official offer was made. This issue is being circulated by the media. The rebels in Eastern Ghouta, including Faylaq al-Rahman, categorically refuse to leave Ghouta,” the armed group’s spokesman, Waiel Olwan, told CNN. “This is against Security Council Resolution 2401, that was unanimously adopted on 24 February 2018, that dictates the safe passage of aid into Eastern Ghouta and a 30-day truce,” he added. Related article Russian plane crashes in Syria, killing all 39 passengers Russia – the Syrian government’s most powerful ally – has accused rebels of preventing civilians from leaving Eastern Ghouta. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a daily humanitarian pause in the fighting in the Damascus suburb and the opening of a humanitarian corridor. Only a handful of civilians have reportedly been evacuated. The Syrian government and the rebels have traded blame over the corridor’s closure, each arguing that shelling from the other side has prevented the safe passage of civilians. On Tuesday, 39 people were killed when a Russian transport plane crashed while trying to land at Hmeimin airbase near Latakia, Syria, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) north of Damascus, according to Russian state media, Tass, which cited the Russian Defense Ministry. Immediate reports in the aftermath of the crash had put the death toll at 32. On Monday, a convoy carrying much-needed food and medical supplies entered the rebel enclave for the first time since the Syrian government launched a deadly offensive on the area two weeks ago. Related article Aid convoy leaves Eastern Ghouta without a full delivery The 46-truck aid convoy delivered the aid amid shelling but had to pull out before unloading everything, said Sajjad Malik, the United Nations refugee agency representative in Syria. “We delivered as much as we could amidst shelling. Civilians are caught in a tragic situation,” Malik said in a tweet. The Syrian government initially barred most medical supplies in the aid convoy from getting through, according to Linda Tom, spokeswoman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Syria. On Sunday, government forces took control of several villages inside Eastern Ghouta, marking a major turning point in the offensive. Eastern Ghouta is one of the last major rebel-held enclaves in Syria, which has been ravaged by war for almost seven years. CNN’s Tamara Qiblawi and Ghazi Balkiz reported from Beirut and Sebastian Shukla reported from Moscow. CNN’s Sarah El Sirgany contributed to this report from Abu Dhabi.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian government offensive on Eastern Ghouta", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180306100000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/06/middleeast/russia-syria-ghouta-safe-passage-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "487343598", "sentence": "Obama: 'We will not accept' the 'new normal' of assaults on theaters, restaurants The President says new legislation that might slow refugee vetting process will \"gum up\" system U.S. President Barack Obama toughened his rhetoric against ISIS at a weekend press conference in Malaysia that concluded his nine-day trip abroad. The group responsible for the Paris terror attacks is “a bunch of killers with good social media,” he said. “They are dangerous and they’ve caused great hardship to … an overwhelming majority of people.” Related gallery The ISIS terror threat FBI director: We can’t yet restrain ISIS on social media The global coalition formed to destroy ISIS “will not relent,” he vowed. “We will not accept the idea that terrorist assaults on restaurants and theaters and hotels are the new normal, or that we are powerless to stop them.” Obama’s stronger language on ISIS came after days of criticism for his response to the tragedy in Paris but did not signal a policy shift by the administration. “They can’t beat us on the battlefield, so they try to terrorize us into being afraid, and changing our patterns of behavior, and panicking, and abandoning our allies and partners, and retreating from the world,” Obama said. “As president, I will not let that happen.” Obama seeks tricky balance in fight against ISIS It’s “absolutely false” that “we are somehow at war with an entire religion,” he said. “The United States could never be at any war with any religion because America is made up by multiple religions. We’re strengthened by people from every religion, including Muslim Americans. So I want to be as clear as I can on this – prejudice and discrimination helps (ISIS) and undermines our national security.” Obama says ground troops to fight ISIS would be a mistake Obama was hit with  a wave of criticism in the wake of the terrorists’ attacks in France and Lebanon, which left hundreds dead. At a press conference a few days after 130 people were slaughtered in France’s capital, Obama described that burst of violence as a “setback” in the battle against ISIS. Related gallery Night of terror: Paris attacks Why did Obama declare ISIS ‘contained’ the day before the Paris attack? He also addressed the backlash in the United States against accepting Syrian refugees after it was widely reported that one of the Paris attackers may have entered France among a group of refugees. The Obama administration had said it wanted the U.S. to accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year. On Thursday, the House swiftly passed a bill that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the country until key national security agencies certify they don’t pose a security risk More than half the nation’s governors say Syrian refugees not welcome “People have understandably been so concerned, given how similar Paris is to many American cities, that I get why legislation in the House moved forward quickly,” Obama said Sunday. “My hope though is, now that we have some time to catch our breath and take a look at this carefully, that people understand that refugees who end up in the United States are the most vetted, scrutinized, thoroughly investigated individuals that ever arrived on American shores.” Obama calls caring for refugees ‘American leadership The process that has been “constructed over the course of several administrations, on a bipartisan basis, is extraordinarily thorough,” he said. It already takes between 18 and 24 months for someone to be approved, he noted. The legislation that passed only “gums up the works so much” that “effectively, you don’t see any refugees being admitted.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151122151500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/22/politics/obama-isis-killers-social-media/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "721714069", "sentence": "CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday addressed President Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about American immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African nations, first reported by the Washington Post, calling the remarks unequivocally racist. “Not racial. Not racially charged. Racist,” said Cooper, who is the anchor of “AC360.” “Let’s not kid ourselves or dance around it. The sentiment the President expressed today is a racist sentiment.” “For the President of the United States to believe that Haitians have not contributed extraordinarily things to American society, that is ignorant,” said Cooper, earlier in the program. “For him to claim that all the countries of Africa are shitholes is woefully ignorant.” Trump expressed frustration behind closed doors with people coming to the United States from “shithole countries,” sources told CNN on Thursday. One of the sources briefed on the Thursday Oval Office meeting with lawmakers confirmed Trump asked, “Why do we want all these people from shithole countries coming here?” One person briefed on the meeting said when Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin talked about Haiti, Trump began to ask why we want people from Haiti and more Africans in the United States. Trump added that the United States should get more people from countries like Norway. A person familiar with what was said at the meeting told CNN that Trump also said: “Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out.” CNN’s Eli Watkins and Abby Phillip contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180112031500", "country1": "HTI", "country2": "SLV", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/cooper-trump-sentiment-racist-cnntv/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "745489600", "sentence": "The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee called the deaths of two soldiers in an Apache helicopter crash in Kentucky on Friday “heartbreaking” in a statement Saturday, adding that military readiness is in crisis. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said he grieves “over the loss of our men and women in uniform,” and added that “the tragic deaths of troops killed in aviation accidents over the past month is especially heartbreaking.” “What has been evident to me for some time is now becoming clear to the American people. The readiness of our military is at a crisis point,” he said. Thornberry’s remarks come after a string of military air crashes in the last several days that have killed seven service members. He emphasized that ensuring the safety of US troops has to be the Pentagon’s highest priority. “Congress voted to provide our troops the funds they need to begin turning this crisis around” and that “there can be no higher priority for the Department of Defense than ensuring that our aircraft are safe and that pilots get the training they need.” The 101st Airborne Division said in a statement that the crash took place at the local training area of the soldiers’ base at Fort Campbell, which straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. The accident happened at about 9:50 p.m., local time Friday evening and involved two soldiers from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, the statement said. The crew was conducting routine training when the accident occurred and there were no other casualties, it said. The cause of the accident is under investigation, the Army said. The Army is not releasing the names of the deceased pending notification of the next of kin. “This is a day of sadness for Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne,” said Brig. Gen. Todd Royar, acting senior commander of the 101st Airborne Division and Ft. Campbell. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Families during this difficult time.” – Four Marines were killed in a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crash during a routine training mission near El Centro, California, at about 2:35 p.m. PT on Tuesday, according to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. – An Air Force Thunderbird pilot was killed when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada during a routine aerial demonstration training flight on Wednesday. – At the request of the Djiboutian government, the US military has halted its air operations in the East African country, a critical location in the fight against terrorism, following two accidents involving military aircraft, three defense officials told CNN. On Tuesday, a Marine Corps Harrier jet crashed at the country’s international airport. The pilot was able to eject and was treated at a medical facility but has since been released according to several officials. Later the same day, a Marine Corps CH-53 helicopter sustained “minor damage” while landing in Arta Beach. While the helicopter’s crew was uninjured, the officials told CNN that the Navy is investigating reports that two civilians were injured by debris from the helicopter’s rotor wash. As of Thursday, the officials said Navy investigators had not been granted access to the alleged victims by local police. CNN’s Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military readiness", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180407164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DJI", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/07/politics/army-apache-helicopter-crash/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "632934390", "sentence": "Brain abnormalities or microcephaly occurred about 33 times as often in pregnancies with Zika infections New report is based on data from surveillance programs in three US states The proportion of Zika-related birth defects during 2016 was nearly 20 times higher than the number seen during the pre-Zika years, according to a new report from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, brain abnormalities or microcephaly, where a baby’s head size is smaller than expected, occurred about 33 times as often in pregnancies with Zika infections than in the pre-Zika years. Related video Everything you need to know about Zika Zika, a virus transmitted primarily by mosquitoes and unprotected sex, has been spreading around the globe with locally transmitted cases in the US were first reported in Florida and Texas during 2016. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent infection. Last year the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern because of the rapid pace with which the virus was spreading and the alarming number of cases of microcephaly seen in Brazil where large numbers of women had been infected. At the time the link between Zika and microcephaly was still uncertain but has since been proven. Related article WHO ends Zika public health emergency “I think women should take that this further demonstrates how important it is to prevent Zika virus infection during pregnancy,” said Peggy Honein, epidemiologist and chief of the birth defects branch at the CDC. “These devastating effects have a major increase over the baseline when Zika virus infection occurs during pregnancy.” Zika-related birth defects, including microcephaly, neural tube defects and eye defects, were seen in about three out of every 1,000 births during 2013-2014 compared to 60 out of every 1,000 completed pregnancies where the mother tested positive for a Zika infection. Honein emphasized the number of women who have shown lab evidence of Zika virus infection as tracked by the CDC through a national registry. “You’ll see there’s over 1,500 pregnant women in the 50 US states and D.C. with lab evidence of possible Zika virus infection and more than 50 fetuses and infants that have had one of these Zika-related birth defects,” she said. “We are continuing to see pregnant women with Zika virus infection.” In 2016, the CDC defined all the birth defects that are potentially related to a Zika virus infection. These include brain abnormalities such as microcephaly; neural tube defects and spina bifida; eye abnormalities, such as cataracts and optic nerve abnormalities; and consequences of central nervous system dysfunction, such as joint contractures that prevent normal movement. Related article Facing Zika fears: Raising kids with microcephaly Neural tube defects are “serious birth defects of the brain and spine and includes anencephaly (incomplete brain and/or skull) and spina bifida (spinal cord not completely closed),” said Michele Kling, a spokeswoman for the March of Dimes, in an email. To assess the incidence of birth defects before and after Zika virus was introduced in the United States, the CDC researchers used data from surveillance programs in Massachusetts, North Carolina and Atlanta. For the new report, CDC researchers analyzed data from 2013-2014 and compared this with the US Zika Pregnancy Registry records from 2016. For the early period, the researchers identified 747 infants and fetuses with one or more of these defects in the surveillance databases. By comparison, data from the later period indicated 26 infants with these same birth defects among the 442 completed pregnancies of women with possible Zika infection. Related article Fighting Zika's microcephaly in Brazil, one brain at a time Brain abnormalities or microcephaly were the most frequent conditions reported, followed by neural tube defects. More than half of those with brain abnormalities or microcephaly or with neural tube defects and other early brain malformations had evidence of these defects noted prenatally – 55% and 89%, respectively. Pregnancy losses (48%) and preterm delivery (66%) occurred most frequently with neural tube defects and other early brain malformations.  Maternal age was similar across birth defect categories. “Other data has shown us the highest risk is the first trimester and early in the second trimester but we don’t think there’s any safe time in pregnancy to be exposed to Zika virus infection,” said Honein. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. She said pregnant women should not travel to areas where Zika virus transmission and they should also avoid sexual contact with partners who have traveled to areas with Zika virus transmission. According to Dr. Paul E. Jarris, the chief medical officer of the March of Dimes, the report of increased birth defects caused by Zika should be a wake-up call for anyone who thinks Zika is no longer a serious threat. When families learn their child has a birth defect like those associated with Zika virus infection, they experience a grief reaction similar to when they lose a child, he said. “There’s also often guilt associated with it and they’re overwhelmed by the complexity. So it has a pervasive effect on the family, including higher rates of divorce among couples” and financial stress, said Jarris. “It’s devastating, that’s why we have to really prevent this.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Zika virus infection", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302193000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "BRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/health/zika-birth-defects-2016-cdc-study/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "720027246", "sentence": "A hot air balloon with 20 people crashes in Luxor, Egypt Company identifies deceased as an Australian man A hot air balloon with 20 people crashed Friday in Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor, killing at least one person and injuring more than a dozen others, according to Egypt’s Civil Aviation Authority and a hot air balloon company. At least one tourist was killed, according to a statement from the government agency, which referred to the incident as a hard landing. The Sindbad hot air balloon company, whose craft crashed, identified the deceased as an Australian man. “The balloon was getting ready to land at 6:30 a.m., when a sudden, strong wind erupted, causing a hard landing,” Hany Al-Sayyed, Sinbad’s traffic manager, told CNN. “The victim is an Australian man of South African descent. His head was hit during the landing. Most of the other injuries are minor, scratches to the torso, and they were taken to the hospital,” he said. The statement from the Civil Aviation Authority said it had started an investigation. The pilot, who was hospitalized, is being questioned, according to state media.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180105133000", "country1": "EGY", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/middleeast/balloon-crash-egypt/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "461565999", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News.  You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. The Weekly Newsquiz tests students' knowledge of events in the news August 28, 2015 A migrant crisis brings new challenges to Europe, and religion and science face off on a Pacific volcano. This Friday, travel from Hungary to Hawaii on CNN Student News. Also featured: a look back at the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Saturday marks exactly 10 years since Hurricane Katrina washed ashore, and we’re recapping its effects across the American South. On this page you will find today’s show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the transcript of today’s CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ Click here for a printable version of the Weekly Newsquiz (PDF). 1. What kind of animal is associated with a stock market that’s on the rise? 2. What is the name of the average of 30 significant U.S. stocks that give an indication of how the overall market is doing? 3. Name the capital of Lebanon, where recent protests over garbage turned into an uprising against the nation’s government. 4. Between what two countries would you find the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which is actually one of the most militarized borders on Earth? 5. In what country do two treasure hunters say they’ve discovered a legendary train that contains tons of Nazi gold? 6. In what country would you find Palmyra, where the ISIS terrorist group recently destroyed some ancient architectural ruins? 7. In what U.S. state would you find the only American highway whose signs use kilometers instead of miles to indicate distance? 8. Who was the first U.S. treasury secretary, whose face currently appears on the $10 bill? 9. The world’s tallest mountain (when measured from base to summit) is located in what U.S. state? 10. In response to a massive flow of migrants, what European country is building a temporary barrier along its southern border with Serbia? CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News!", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150827221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/studentnews/sn-content-fri/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "712769497", "sentence": "Keeler had affairs with a British cabinet minister and a Russian diplomat at the height of the Cold War Profumo's cover-up of their relationship is said to have contributed to the fall of the Conservative government Christine Keeler, a former model whose relations during the 1960s Cold War with a British cabinet minister and a Russian diplomat  contributed to the downfall of a Conservative government, has died, her son announced. Keeler’s son Seymour Platt posted on Facebook late Tuesday that his mother died the night before, saying she had suffered in recent years from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Keeler was 75. “As many of you know my mother, Christine Keeler, fought many fights in her eventful life, some fights she lost but some she won,” he wrote. “She earned her place in British history but at a huge personal price. We are all very proud of who she was.” Platt told the Guardian that Keeler died in a hospital in Farnborough, a town east of London. In 1961, Keeler was a 19-year-old cabaret dancer in London when she was introduced to John Profumo. He was the secretary of war, in his mid-40s, and a rising star in Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s government. Keeler and Profumo began an affair while she was seeing Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet military attache. Profumo’s relationship with Keeler came to light after police investigated an incident involving Keeler. A former lover of hers fired a gun into a home where she had sought refuge, according to The New York Times. A subsequent police investigation and court proceedings drew out details of her liaison with Profumo. Initially, Profumo tried to tamp down rumors of an affair. He told members of Parliament in 1963 that there had been no impropriety in his relationship with Keeler. As rumors spread, and more details were revealed, particularly the possibility that state secrets might have been exposed through Keeler’s relationship with the Russian, Profumo confessed to his wife and then to the Cabinet. He resigned that year. Unable to contain the fallout of the scandal, MacMillan resigned months later. In the national election that followed in 1964 the Tories were defeated by the opposition Labour Party, and its leader Harold Wilson became the next prime minister of the country. As the scandal filled newspapers and captivated the country, Keeler posed for photographer Lewis Morley. He created an iconic portrait of the doe-eyed brunette sitting, apparently naked, astride a chair. The photo became the defining image of the scandal. While Profumo continued to live in the public eye, and was eventually named a Commander of the British Empire for his philanthropy, Keeler was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice for making false statements about a different relationship caught up in the Profumo Affair scandal. She served six months in prison. Keeler later published several books, including a memoir called The Truth at Last, with journalist Douglas Thompson. The book was updated in 2012, after Profumo’s death. The Guardian reported that Keeler lived under the name of Sloane for many years and married twice, both ending in divorce. She had two children.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Christine Keeler", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171206070000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/europe/christine-keeler-obit-intl/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "676118557", "sentence": "Palestinian leaders have urged Muslim worshippers to keep praying outside the al-Aqsa compound in protest at Israel’s installation of metal detectors and security cameras near the site, even though Israel removed the metal detectors early Tuesday morning. Speaking at a leadership meeting on Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said: “All the Israeli measures on the ground from that date to the present day are supposed to cease to exist and then things will return to normal in Jerusalem.” Related video Israel removes metal detectors at Temple Mount In addition to the removal of metal detectors and security cameras, Palestinian leaders demanded the removal of the additional police officers Israel assigned to the site. The Jordanian authority in charge of the holy site, the Islamic Waqf, called on Muslims to pray in public places in protest. The Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs, Sheikh Yusuf Adais, urged preachers to speak about the city of Jerusalem and “the violations against Christian and Islamic holy sites.” Read: The two words that explain tensions over Jerusalem’s Old City Since Israel installed the security measures, Waqf leaders have not entered al-Aqsa to pray, and many Muslims follow the lead of the Waqf. The declaration of the political and religious leaders has increased the likelihood of widespread demonstrations in and around Jerusalem following Friday’s midday Muslim prayers. The demonstrations often turn into clashes between Palestinian protestors and Israeli soldiers, fueling a wave of unrest instead of diffusing the situation. Israel installed metal detectors and security cameras near the entrance to the sacred site – known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount – following an attack in which two Israeli police officers were killed. The removal of the metal detectors was applauded by the White House. Related article Jordan walks a tightrope in Jerusalem Read: Christian man prays with Jerusalem Muslims as religious tensions flare The security measures led to a diplomatic crisis between Israel and Jordan, which was largely resolved by Tuesday. But tensions remain high with the Palestinian Authority, which froze contacts with Israel following the installation of the metal detectors. The freeze includes security coordination, which is considered a critical part of the relationship between the Israeli’s and Palestinians. Leaving open the possibility of a change in the Palestinian Authority’s position, Abbas said: “There are new developments, which we must study so that we can say our word and decide where to go from here.” Meanwhile, Jason D. Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for international negotiations, visited the Halamish settlement in the West Bank on Wednesday where three members of an Israeli family were killed last week in the wake of deadly protests. Greenblatt tweeted on Wednesday, “With a heavy heart I visited the Solomons. Three brutally murdered at their Shabbat table in terror attack. May their memories be a blessing.” US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman joined Greenblatt in the visit, tweeting in part, “Comforting the Solomon family: Such strength in the face of adversity!” The two senior US officials were joined by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman. Greenblatt visited the region in an effort to defuse escalating tensions. He met with Israeli leaders earlier in the week before visiting Jordan on Monday and Tuesday and has since returned to Israel. But speaking to CNN, Fatah Central Committee Member Nasser Alkidwa says the Palestinians had expected a “more active contribution” from the Americans, though he remains “hopeful” for the future. “Frankly we would have been much happier with a more effective American role,” he said. “We were expecting some active contribution on the level of the overall political processes and attempt to reach the ultimate deal that President Trump has spoken about and also with regard to the current crisis.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170726110000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/middleeast/jerusalem-security/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "612877329", "sentence": "Human rights leader voice their 'frustration' with fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Dozens of people have been killed in western Myanmar since October Twenty-three of the world’s most prominent human rights voices, including Malala Yousafzai, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson, are calling on the United Nations Security Council to intervene to end “ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” in western Myanmar. “If we fail to take action, people may starve to death if they are not killed with bullets and we may end up being passive observers of crimes against humanity which will lead us once again to wring our hands belatedly,” read the signatories’ stark warning. Dozens of the stateless Rohingya minority have been killed and tens of thousands displaced since October, when a fresh bout of state-sponsored violence hit restive Rakhine State. The current militarization of the region – where access is heavily restricted to aid workers and journalists – has precipitated violence with the same “hallmarks” of past genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo and Darfur, reads the open letter published by the Yunus Centre. Bangladeshi social entrepreneur Mohammed Yunus and former East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta were among thirteen Nobel Prize winners to voice their “frustration” with fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and ask the U.N. Security Council to make the violence a matter of urgent consideration. Aung San Suu Kyi, a political prisoner turned election-winner, is widely seen to have failed with her muted response to the current crisis, which erupted after an army response to a series of attacks on Myanmar police stations on 9 October. Blamed on Rohingya extremists, the attacks killed 17, including 9 police officers. RELATED: Myanmar military burned Rohingya villages, Human Rights Watch says The letter, published on Thursday, accuses the Myanmar government of a “grossly disproportionate” military operation that has seen troops “unleash helicopter gunships on thousands of ordinary civilians…rape women and throw babies into a fire”. It calls on the U.N. to send its current Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, or his successor, to visit Myanmar “as a priority”. Related article Malaysia: Myanmar's Rohingya crisis a threat to regional stability Photos and videos posted online recently from Rakhine State have purported to show arbitrary executions of civilians by soldiers. Human Rights Watch has independently produced satellite imagery that it claims proves the Myanmar army has razed entire Rohingya villages by fire. The Myanmar government has denied burning the villages, blaming it on “attackers”. Aung San Suu Kyi had enlisted the help of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to chair a ‘Rakhine Commission into Interfaith Violence in Myanmar’ before the recent violence began. The results of his investigation are pending. She also recently met the foreign ministers of neighboring Southeast Asian nations and told them the Myanmar government is committed to resolving the issues in Rakhine State, but said “time and space are critical for the efforts to bear fruit,” according to state newspaper The Global New Light of Myanmar. Earlier this month the UN’s Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee said the situation is “getting very close to what we would all agree are crimes against humanity”. Myanmar’s Muslim minority has faced intermittent pogroms since 1982, when majority-Buddhist Myanmar blocked any recourse to citizenship for its members. Tens of thousands have been forced over the border into Bangladesh over the past thirty years. Over 100,000 Rohingya have remained ghettoized in displacement camps in western Myanmar since 2012, when the state’s worst instance of violence ushered in Thursday’s letter referred to as “a new apartheid”.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161230081500", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "MYS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/30/asia/myanmar-rohingya-nobel-winners/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "627887234", "sentence": "Over the past 72 hours, reporters from a number of outlets – including CNN – have turned up new information on the Trump team’s alleged conversations with Russians known to US intelligence. President Donald Trump asked for the resignation of his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, on Monday night, amid new reports that Flynn had repeatedly discussed sanctions with Russian officials before Trump took office. But for every new detail, two new questions spring up. And a broader pattern of potential ethics issues becomes more difficult to ignore. During a press conference Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump answered questions from reporters for the Christian Broadcasting Network (he said Flynn was a good man mistreated by the media) and the conservative website Townhall.com (he threw out years of US foreign policy doctrine regarding a two-state solution in the Middle East) — but he refused to acknowledge inquiries about reported contacts between his senior advisers and suspected Russian operatives. Here are 21 questions on Russia, Flynn, and investigations now facing the White House. Some have been hinted or nudged at during press briefings, and others have been asked and answered – but in confusing or unsatisfying ways. 1. Did any top aides make repeated contact, as reported by CNN, with senior Russian officials before the November election?2. If yes, what was discussed? 3. After the election, but before becoming president, did you or any of your top aides instruct Michael Flynn to contact the Russian ambassador? 4. If yes – or if you were made aware of his plans – what topics was he instructed or permitted to discuss? 5. On Dec. 29, then-President Barack Obama announced new sanctions against Russia for their alleged meddling in the presidential election. Russian leaders quickly promised reciprocal action. But on Dec. 30, they switched gears and announced they would not to retaliate. #Putin: We regard recent unfriendly USA steps as provocative and aimed at further weakening relations with Russia https://t.co/p8iCM9TfAN pic.twitter.com/NgvFGC0BWo Did Flynn have a role in or encourage that unusual decision? 6. The White House has said Flynn’s dismissal was prompted by a violation of trust. That he misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of the calls. Why then, after learning the truth eighteen days ago, did you wait until Monday to ask for his resignation? 7. Why did you wait two weeks, from January 26 to February 9, to inform Pence that Flynn had misled him? 8. Were you concerned that Flynn – as the Justice Department warned last month – was potentially vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians? 9. On Wednesday morning, you tweeted: “The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by “intelligence” like candy. Very un-American!” The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by \"intelligence\" like candy. Very un-American! Can we take this as confirmation that the leaked information is accurate? 10. On Monday afternoon, Kellyanne Conway told reporters Flynn had your “full confidence.” Sean Spicer said in a statement a little more than an hour later that you were “evaluating the situation.” By that evening, you had asked for and received Flynn’s resignation. Conway at 4:07: \"Gen. Flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president.\"Spicer at 5:11: \"The president is evaluating the situation.\" What changed over the course of the day? 11. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans on Capitol Hill said the Senate Intelligence Committee would likely investigate Flynn’s discussions with the Russians. Would you support them if they did? 12. Are you aware that FBI agents reportedly questioned Flynn about his phone call with Russian agents? 13. Spicer on Tuesday said Flynn had been involved in “a series of other questionable instances.” He did not elaborate. What were those “questionable instances”? 14. After North Korea test launched a missile this past weekend, you appeared to be briefed with potentially sensitive information in the presence of guests at your Mar-a-Lago club. Your spokesman has said you were simply discussing an upcoming impromptu press briefing. The House Oversight Committee will be looking into the incident. Was any sensitive information discussed on the patio? 15. Is your phone properly encrypted? 16. Are your aides’ phones, the ones used as flashlights to help you read in the dark that night, properly encrypted? 17. Are you and your aides maintaining records of certain communications, as required by the Presidential Records Act? 18. Your chief of staff, Reince Priebus, was asked on Tuesday by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz to explain why the Mar-a-Lago meeting was conducted in public. Chaffetz Probes White House’s Handling of Sensitive Information via @gopoversight https://t.co/DArhblPbAQ Will you cooperate with his investigation? 19. The Office of Government Ethics suggested that the White House take disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway in response to her endorsement, in a televised interview, of Ivanka Trump’s products. She has since apologized to you. Do you believe Conway did anything wrong and do you plan to take additional action? 20. Russia has now deployed a cruise missile in an apparent violation of international treaty and a Russian spy ship has been spotted off the East Coast of the US. How does the administration plan to respond to this apparently provocative act? 21. The head of US Special Operations Command described the US government as being in “unbelievable turmoil” and said he hopes “they sort it out because we are a nation at war.” Does that characterization disturb you and what will you do to ease the turmoil?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170215203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/questions-for-donald-trump-white-house/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "721293563", "sentence": "Trump's tweet was the latest time he's used the phrase to rail against the probe The special counsel's investigation has led to several people being charged President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning again labeled the probe into potential coordination between his associates and Russia the “single greatest witch hunt” in US history. “The single greatest Witch Hunt in American history continues. There was no collusion, everybody including the Dems knows there was no collusion, & yet on and on it goes. Russia & the world is laughing at the stupidity they are witnessing. Republicans should finally take control!” Trump tweeted. The single greatest Witch Hunt in American history continues. There was no collusion, everybody including the Dems knows there was no collusion, & yet on and on it goes. Russia & the world is laughing at the stupidity they are witnessing. Republicans should finally take control! It’s a familiar charge from Trump. Whether in public remarks or on Twitter, the President has repeatedly called the special counsel investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller a “witch hunt,” dismissing it as a frivolous investigation launched by his political enemies seeking to delegitimize his 2016 election victory. It’s true that Mueller’s probe hasn’t yet turned up any evidence of collusion between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government, or at least hasn’t released any such evidence publicly. But his investigation has already resulted in Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations with Russia’s ambassador. And it’s been revealed in the press that Donald Trump Jr. eagerly accepted a meeting in June 2016 on the premise that he would be offered damaging information about Hillary Clinton from a “Russian government attorney.” Shortly after CNN published a bombshell report revealing that top US intelligence figures presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him, Trump tweeted on January 10, 2017: “FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!” FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT! He said at the end of March that Flynn should ask for immunity due to the “witch hunt” by the media and the Democratic Party. Later that year, however, Flynn pleaded guilty and said he would cooperate with Mueller. Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion! Trump, speaking alongside Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in May after he fired James Comey as FBI director, reacted to the appointment of a special counsel by saying, “Well, I respect the move but the entire thing has been a witch hunt.” In June, Trump said he was “being investigated” for firing Comey, and again called it a “witch hunt.” Before and since the tweet, Trump and his lawyers have said the President is not under investigation. I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt Speaking aboard Air Force One in July, Trump used the phrase “witch hunt” several times, declaring ongoing questions about Russia to be a politically motivated “witch hunt” overplayed by the press. Trump last July praised his son Donald Trump Jr. and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for their actions in face of the “witch hunt.” On his tweet praising Kushner, Trump joked that the next one facing scrutiny over ties to Russia would be his youngest son, Barron Trump. My son Donald did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad! Jared Kushner did very well yesterday in proving he did not collude with the Russians. Witch Hunt. Next up, 11 year old Barron Trump! Then-FBI Director Comey revealed the existence of the investigation during a House hearing last March, and after Comey’s firing, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller to lead a special counsel investigation. Mueller’s appointment enjoyed bipartisan support, although as the probe has continued, more Trump allies have joined the President in trying to discredit it. The term “witch hunt” often evokes such dark chapters in US history as the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s or the literal witch hunts in 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "special counsel investigation into Trump-Russia collusion", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180110200000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/politics/donald-trump-witch-hunt-justice-department/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "671830738", "sentence": "Chinese doctors says Liu is \"not suited for invasive procedures or radiation therapy.\" Liu was granted medical parole and released from jail last month after he was diagnosed with liver cancer Chinese doctors on Monday declared terminally ill dissident Liu Xiaobo in “critical condition.” The announcement came just one day after Western specialists said the Nobel laureate could travel safely for treatment overseas if he was permitted to leave China soon. A statement released by the hospital where Liu is being treated for liver cancer described his worsening symptoms and condition, quoting his medical team – composed of prominent Chinese oncologists – as saying he is not suited for invasive procedures or radiation therapy. “The doctors suggested close monitoring of the patient’s blood pressure, correction of low blood pressure level, active anti-infection therapy and blood purification,” the statement said, adding that Liu’s family has been informed of the team’s opinion. Related article Liu Xiaobo: China's mild-mannered political firebrand The two Western doctors who visited Liu on Saturday afternoon said earlier that he and his family had requested that the remainder of his care be provided in Germany or the United States. “While a degree of risk always exists in the movement of any patient, both physicians believe Mr. Liu can be safely transported with appropriate medical evacuation care and support,” said Dr. Joseph M. Herman of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dr. Markus Büchler of the University of Heidelberg, in a joint statement Sunday. “However, the medical evacuation would have to take place as quickly as possible.” A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the case is “of great importance to the chancellor and that she would hope for a sign of humanity for Liu Xiaobo and his family.” “This has always been a case which we have been following with great human sympathy,” the spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said. Related article China refuses cancer treatment abroad for Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo Amid growing international concern over Liu’s health, a Chinese vice minister of justice met with representatives from the US, German and EU embassies in late June to brief them about his case and told diplomats Liu was too sick to travel abroad, according to a source familiar with the meeting. A few days after the meeting, however, the authorities said they had approved the family’s request to invite Western doctors to join Liu’s medical team at a hospital in Shenyang in northeastern China. Before the hospital issued its latest statement, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman on Monday repeatedly declined to say if Beijing would allow Liu to leave the country. “We hope relevant countries will respect China’s judicial sovereignty and not use a so-called individual case to interfere in China’s internal affairs,” said Geng Shuang at a regular press briefing. A statement released Saturday by the Shenyang hospital quoted the Western physicians as saying to Liu’s Chinese doctors: “We have no better options – you’ve already done a very good job,” under the headline “American, German experts claim Liu has no better options abroad.” Liu, 61, was granted medical parole and released from jail last month after he was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer. He had been serving an 11-year prison sentence for “inciting subversion of state power” in Jinzhou, near Shenyang. His most recent conviction, on Christmas Day 2009, stemmed from his co-authorship of Charter 08, a manifesto calling for political reform and human rights in China. Related video US-China tensions rising In 2010, while in prison, Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China” – prompting an infuriated Beijing to place his wife under house arrest and freeze diplomatic ties with Norway, where the prize winner is chosen. Liu’s plight has come under a global spotlight amid allegations from his supporters that he had become gravely ill because his cancer wasn’t detected and treated in time in prison – and that China has refused to let him seek treatment abroad for political reasons despite calls from other governments, including the US. Some supporters, who had said the Western doctors’ remarks helped clear a major hurdle for Liu and his family to leave China, called the latest hospital statement “politicized.” “It’s a strong rejection of the foreign specialists’ conclusion, indicating that the Chinese government is not going to cave in under outside pressure,” said Hu Jia, a leading Chinese human rights activist who has known Liu’s wife for years and has served prison terms for his own advocacy. Earlier this month, 154 Nobel laureates across six disciplines signed and sent an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, urging the Beijing authorities “on humanitarian grounds to grant Liu Xiaobo and (his wife) Liu Xia’s wish to travel to the United States for medical treatment.” The Chinese government, which continues to censor domestic news coverage of Liu, has been waging a public relations offensive in the face of strong global reactions to the story. Related video Poetry and Tiananmen Square The state-run Shenyang hospital has been steadily releasing more details on Liu’s condition and treatment, revealing that his wife has been staying with him at the hospital and that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners have joined the medical team at the family’s request. An earlier statement from Shenyang officials also quoted Liu’s family as saying they were “satisfied” with his treatment in prison and at the hospital. It added that Liu had a history of hepatitis B before imprisonment and prison authorities had provided him with an annual physical examination as well as monthly checkups, and no abnormal conditions had been found before the recent diagnosis. A prolific writer and longtime activist, Liu has been in and out of jail since the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Chinese government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170710110000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/asia/china-dissident-liu-xiaobo-critical-condition/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "745255414", "sentence": "The FBI successfully identified a 4,000-year-old mummy They extracted DNA from the mummy's tooth The FBI has solved the mystery of the identity a 4,000-year-old mummy, after extracting DNA from its tooth. Since 1915, when the severed head of a mummy was discovered in the corner of a looted tomb in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Deir el-Bersha, archaeologists have puzzled over its identity. Despite deciphering that the tomb belonged to a governor named Djehutynakht and his wife, they have long deliberated over whose head it was. “We never knew whether it was Mr Djehutynakht or Mrs Djehutynakht,” says Rita Freed, a curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), that has stored the tomb’s entire contents since 1920. Now, almost 100 years later, thanks to research by the FBI published last month in the journal Genes, they can definitively say the head was male and that it belonged to the governor himself. For Freed, this not only marks the culmination of a century-old archaeological enigma, but is also a testament to the technological advances in DNA testing. “We now know the FBI has developed a technique to reconstruct the very most degraded DNA. If they can reconstruct DNA from a 4,000-year-old tooth, they can reconstruct it from just about anything,” she says. Read: Oldest ‘tattoo art’ discovered on Ancient Egyptian mummies The sheer age of the head, and the desert environment it was found in, made it particularly difficult to extract DNA. As Odile Loreille, a forensic scientist at the FBI, explains, DNA degrades faster in hot conditions. This understanding led to the belief that nobody would ever be able to retrieve DNA from ancient Egyptian remains, she says. It’s only within the last few years that this has been proven wrong – in 2017 scientists in Germany decoded the genome of ancient Egyptians for the first time. The damage endured by the mummified head made it even more difficult to analyze. It was found at the bottom of a 30ft pit, in a tomb that had been ransacked and robbed in antiquity. The looters had stolen most of the jewelry and precious metals, dislodging the couple’s corpses in the process. The decapitated head was found on top of the governor’s coffin. Modern archaeologists damaged it further when handling the head during the various attempts at identification since its discovery. In the early 2000s, in preparation for an exhibition on the tomb and its contents, the MFA reopened the case, making it their mission to solve the mystery of the mummy’s identity. Being in Boston, a so-called “medical Mecca,” Freed did what she says seemed natural: “We contacted Massachusetts General Hospital, the neurology department, because after all, we had a head.” Read: How the ancient Maya reared dogs for food In 2005, the hospital performed a CT scan on the mummy, but was still unable to determine whether it was male or female. All the scan revealed was that certain cheek bones and parts of the lower jaw – features that could have held clues to the mummy’s sex – had been removed in a highly skilled surgical procedure. Researchers suggested this could have been linked to the ancient Egyptian “opening of the mouth” ceremony, which was intended to enable the dead to eat and drink in the afterlife. Four years later, the hospital tried to test the head’s DNA, by extracting its tooth – the part least likely to be contaminated, because of the protective enamel. But to no avail. This is when the FBI came in – “a very unusual partner,” Freed admits. The US investigation unit reached out to the museum, attracted by the unusual sample. It was not so much the historical significance of the mummy that appealed to the FBI, but the scientific challenge it could pose, Anthony Onorato, chief of the FBI’s DNA support unit, tells CNN. “What we work with is evidence, and evidence is just everyday items that happen to be associated with a crime scene” he says. Read: Scientists unravel the mystery of the Roman ‘gate to hell’ Such evidence has often been exposed to extreme conditions, so the FBI saw the mummified head as an opportunity to practice extracting DNA from contaminated materials. “It’s not like the FBI has a unit – like an X-files unit – that just does historical cases,” says Onorato. “It’s that we’re actually trying to develop criminal procedures using historical items.” Read: 11,500-year-old infant remains reveal ancient population So, in 2016, the ancient dental crown was handed to Loreille, who has a successful track record of extracting genetic material from very, very old bodies. She has previously analyzed the DNA of a 13-month-old child who drowned on the Titanic and a 130,000-year-old cave bear. But even Loreille wasn’t optimistic. “I didn’t think it was going to work, I thought it would be too degraded, or that there would not be enough material,” she says. The forensic scientists set to work: they drilled into the tooth, collected the powder, dissolved it in a chemical solution, ran it through a DNA copy machine and then a sequencing instrument. Once they had obtained the data, Loreille studied it, checking the ratios of sex chromosomes in the DNA sequence. From this, she could determine that the skull was male. “I was very happily surprised,” Loreille says, “we got lucky.” When Freed read the research, she was overjoyed, and not just because the sex had finally been revealed. “It’s a wonderful example of the museum and science working together,” she says. The discovery “brings it right up to today – from 4,000 years ago to the cutting edge of science.” The case could have vast implications for crime solving. When the technique used successfully on the mummy, known as hybridization capture or next-generation sequencing, is routinized and the method accepted, it will be “game changer,” Onorato said. “I think what we’ve done, and what it means, is we’re on the cusp of another transition in forensic science,” Onorato said. That could mean closure for the thousands of families who have submitted DNA samples to laboratories across the country as they try to identify the remains of a missing loved one. In one of the rooms at the FBI’s gleaming facility in Quantico, Virginia, a double-door freezer filled with rows and rows of the samples and unidentified remains takes up nearly half of a wall. Sealed inside small, white envelopes, each scrap of evidence comprising the law enforcement agency’s DNA archive represents a mystery – but now, also an opportunity for hope. “Most of the skeletal remains we get have been in not the best conditions – they’ve been out in the elements, exposed to heat or a lot of humidity,” said Connie Fisher, the missing persons program manager in the DNA Casework Unit at the FBI laboratory. “Some of these samples we didn’t get a whole lot of information from, so with the instances like what we learned with the mummy case, we can go back and retest some of these samples to get more information,” Fisher said. “You’re going to see our success rates go up,” Onorato said. “There are going to be fewer and fewer samples that we’re not going to be able to characterize.” For the FBI’s scientists who toil each day in the unsolved cases, the technological breakthrough evokes a “very good feeling.” “I’ve met some family members that have missing loved ones and it’s very difficult for them to not know what’s happened to their loved ones,” said Patricia Aagaard, the FBI laboratory’s missing persons and international program manager for the CODIS Unit. “To know that you’re providing some sort of help to them, some sort of answer, it’s a very rewarding job.” CNN’s Madeleine Stix and Lesley Donelan contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "FBI", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180406170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "EGY", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/health/fbi-mummy-head/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "693930731", "sentence": "Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, says aid isn't coming in fast enough Mayor estimates that damage to her city is $1 billion alone In Ponce, one of Puerto Rico’s largest cities along its southern coast, the lines of residents waiting to buy gas and withdraw cash from local banks are growing longer by the day. Twisted tree limbs and downed power lines continue to pile up. In the outlying mountains, the remote communities of La Yuca and Montes Llanos have been cut off from resources. “It is worse than Katrina. It’s worse,” Ponce Mayor María “Mayita” Meléndez told CNN on Thursday. “In Katrina, they lose everything. We are losing everything.” Meléndez estimates damage in her city alone has reached $1 billion. It’s been more than a week since Hurricane Maria pummeled the island, leaving millions of Puerto Ricans without power and little food and fuel. Nearly half of the country remains without water. With 90% of cell sites out of service, many residents still can’t communicate with loved ones. Aid from the US mainland has been trickling in, but Meléndez said it’s not fast enough. “It has to move faster. It has to move fast,” she said. She pleaded to FEMA: “Please hurry. We need water. We need food.” Liz Irizarry Guzman, whose home in La Yuca was crushed by a downed tree, said she and others need help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency so they can start rebuilding. “I hope that with the help that they give, I can start rebuilding little by little,” she said. “I need the home to be able to live.” Guzman, who has an 11-year-old son, said her community needs food, water, clothes and power. “There are a lot of homes that were left without anything,” Guzman said. “There are a lot of children that are suffering a lot.” Meanwhile, the American Red Cross has begun to respond to Ponce, a city with at least 145,000 people. Residents on Thursday received medical care from a Red Cross mobile medical center. Volunteers also set up a WiFi connection for those who want to send messages to their families. Although the city’s airport is not open for commercial flights, the mayor said, relief aid has been coming in there. Meléndez said that while the situation in Ponce is dire, she vowed to keep fighting for its residents. “I will prepare my city, and I will reconstruct my city, and you can be sure of that,” she said. CNN’s Alexa Miranda and Monica Serrano reported from Puerto Rico, while Veronica Rocha wrote from New York.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US mainland aid response to Puerto Rico", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170929194500", "country1": "PRI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/us/ponce-mayor-damage/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "641142756", "sentence": "A special counsel could oversee an existing or future criminal investigations A select committee has certain investigative powers, like the ability to serve subpoenas A previous version of this story appeared in March. President Donald Trump’s stunning firing of FBI Director James Comey Tuesday triggered renewed demands from lawmakers, former government officials and watchdog groups for an “independent” investigation into possible ties between Trump campaign associates and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. For months, some have argued for the appointment of a “special” counsel or prosecutor, while others want to form a congressional “select committee,” and a third group suggests launching a new bipartisan commission. While none of these options are mutually exclusive, there are, however, significant differences in the purpose, scope and viability of these approaches. Here’s a breakdown of the various paths available and how they differ: Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided in March to recuse himself from any existing or future investigations related to Trump’s presidential campaign (or transition) after reports surfaced that Sessions had met with a Russian diplomat last year. As a result of Sessions’ recusal, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is now overseeing the FBI’s investigation into whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian interference in election. But Rosenstein’s role in Comey’s firing raised new questions about how he will proceed and whether he, too, should step aside. The attorney general’s regulations provide for appointment of outside “special counsel” in certain circumstances, including if handling by the Justice Department would “present a conflict of interest for the department or other extraordinary circumstances,” and if “it would be in the public interest to appoint an outside special counsel to assume responsibility for the matter.” In light of Sessions’ recusal, however, the decision to appoint a special counsel in this case will rest solely with Rosenstein. And while lawmakers on Capitol Hill have no role in the appointment of any special counsel, that hasn’t stopped top Democratic leadership from putting pressure on Rosenstein to appoint someone else in his place. “Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein sat in the Judiciary Committee and promised to appoint a special prosecutor at the appropriate time,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday. “That time is right now. The American people’s trust in our criminal justice system is in Rosenstein’s hands. Mr. Rosenstein, America depends on you to restore faith in our criminal justice system, which is going to be badly shattered after the administration’s actions today.” Experts say the main purpose of a special counsel in the Russia situation would be the pursuit of an independently driven criminal investigation. “They can utilize a grand jury, they can ask to return indictments, they would be empowered to pick staff (of their choosing), and provided with a budget to carry out responsibilities,” said attorney Richard Ben-Veniste, who served as the former chief of the Watergate Special Prosecutor’s Watergate Task Force and on the bipartisan 9/11 Commission. In other words, the goal of an investigation conducted by a special counsel “is not to answer public questions about what happened or what may still be happening,” as Wittes wrote in a post on Lawfare, but rather to conduct “a set of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence investigations that may (or may not) have criminal investigative elements.” While a number of House and Senate committees are currently examining Russian interference in the election, Arizona Sen. John McCain and other outside experts have specifically called for a “select committee,” with new members hand-picked by current congressional leadership. In the immediate aftermath of Comey’s firing, such calls grew louder. “I have long called for a special congressional committee to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 election,” McCain said in a statement Tuesday. “The President’s decision to remove the FBI Director only confirms the need and the urgency of such a committee.” Advantages of using such a select committee include newly dedicated staff with sufficient expertise and time, subpoena power to compel testimony and documents, and ideally, implementation without the arguable taint of influence by the White House – an accusation that has besieged existing structures like the House intelligence committee’s investigation. While both a special counsel and a select committee could employ certain investigative functions, Wittes cautions that they serve different purposes: The special prosecutor function is “designed to prosecute crimes,” whereas a select committee is “designed to do an investigation so that Congress would know how to pursue it’s constitutional functions.” But Caroline Fredrickson, president of the American Constitution Society, said the choice between a special counsel and a select committee “shouldn’t be either/or,” despite the fact that “there are somewhat different interests being protected” – both approaches are useful “given that the stakes are so high here.” On the other end of the spectrum, some have called for a new bipartisan independent commission to investigate Russia’s influence on the election, much in the same vein as the 9/11 Commission. Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who sits on the House intelligence committee, accused the White House in March of “obstructing” the panel’s investigation, and called repeatedly for an independent commission to review the matter. The @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse is obstructing Congress's #RussianHacking investigation. Ind. Commission is only path to find the truth. https://t.co/TNa370VdT2 The purpose of such a commission is distinct from a criminal investigation, as its goal would be “inform the legislature or the public about something that happened,” Wittes said. “The purpose of the 9/11 Commission was to tell the story of how we got to this point.” “The advantage is that it’s flashy and very independent,” but it’s “not well-positioned to litigate” without certain investigative powers, Wittes added. The other downside of an independent commission is that it would require legislation to enact, which could prove challenging in the current political climate. If used, “it would no doubt be the result of substantial public pressure on Congress and the President, but it seems unlikely at this point,” Ben-Veniste said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "special counsel investigation into Trump-Russia ties", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170328103000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/special-counsel-select-committees-and-commissions-explained/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "633359100", "sentence": "Schumer responded the meeting 'took place in '03 in full view of press & public under oath' It's not the first time Trump's team has used the photo on Twitter President Donald Trump slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a tweet Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and presenting a photo of the two leaders as evidence. Trump posted a photo of Schumer and Putin in New York smiling while eating donuts and coffee and wrote: “We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin. A total hypocrite!” We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin. A total hypocrite! pic.twitter.com/Ik3yqjHzsA The photo was taken during Putin’s visit to a Lukoil gas station in Manhattan in 2003. Lukoil is one of the largest oil companies in Russia. Schumer responded on Twitter, “Happily talk re: my contact w Mr. Putin & his associates, took place in ’03 in full view of press & public under oath. Would you &your team?” Happily talk re: my contact w Mr. Putin & his associates, took place in '03 in full view of press & public under oath. Would you &your team? https://t.co/yXgw3U8tmQ It’s not the first time Trump’s team posted the photo. On Thursday, White House social media director Dan Scavino used it in response to a tweet by Schumer calling for an evaluation of Russia’s interference in the US election. Schumer has not been accused of misconduct with the Russian government. Petraeus: We can work with Russia on some things After news broke that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met the Russian ambassador twice last year but did not mention either meeting during his confirmation hearings when asked about contacts between Trump surrogates and Russians, Schumer wrote, “The bottom line is we have an obligation to get to the truth. We must evaluate the scope of Russia’s interference in our election.” The bottom line is we have an obligation to get to the truth. We must evaluate the scope of Russia’s interference in our election. “Do it over a donut and coffee,” Scavino responded. .@SenSchumer- do it over a donut and coffee. pic.twitter.com/BvnYukwtXs I hereby demand a second investigation, after Schumer, of Pelosi for her close ties to Russia, and lying about it. https://t.co/qCDljfF3wN Then later Friday, Trump called for an investigation of Rep. Nancy Pelosi because of a photo reported by Politico where she is pictured at a table with Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, current Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer. He wrote, “I hereby demand a second investigation, after Schumer, of Pelosi for her close ties to Russia, and lying about it.” Pelosi, the House Minority leader, has called for Sessions to resign. The exchanges are the latest in the back-and-forth between the Trump administration and its critics over the continuing controversy surrounding reports that Trump’s associates made repeated contact with Russians known to US intelligence during the campaign. CNN reported Thursday that Sessions was a senator and a top Trump surrogate when he met the ambassador twice, once the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in July and again in September when he was a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Facing pressure from Democrats and some Republicans in Congress to step aside from any investigation of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Sessions announced Thursday that he would recuse himself. But Democrats say Sessions’ action doesn’t go far enough, and they are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate any connections between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was asked to resign by the President after the retired lieutenant general talked to the Russian ambassador but misled Vice President Mike Pence about their conversations.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170303224500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/03/politics/donald-trump-chuck-schumer-russia-twitter/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "746663455", "sentence": "Yulia Skripal, one of the victims of the nerve agent attack in the English city of Salisbury in March, has said she doesn’t need help from Russian diplomats in the United Kingdom and wants her cousin to stop speaking for the family. In a statement released Wednesday through London’s Metropolitan Police two days after she was discharged from hospital, Skripal said she is feeling better but is not strong enough to give a interview to the press. She cautioned the media that no one else speaks for her or her father, who is still in a hospital. She singled out her cousin, Viktoria Skripal, who has appeared on Russian television several times since the attack, once providing a recording of a phone conversation allegedly between herself and Yulia. Viktoria Skripal has also applied for a UK visa, a request that has been denied. “I thank my cousin Viktoria for her concern for us, but ask that she does not visit me or try to contact me for the time being,” Yulia Skripal said. “Her opinions and assertions are not mine and they are not my father’s.” Skripal said that “specially trained officers” are helping to take care of her as she tries to come to terms with her situation. “I find myself in a totally different life than the ordinary one I left just over a month ago, and I am seeking to come to terms with my prospects,” she said. The Russian Embassy has “kindly offered me their assistance,” she said, but adding that she doesn’t want any help from them now and will contact them if she changes her mind. Russian officials have spoken publicly about their requests for access to Yulia Skripal in the days and weeks after the attack – and about their offers of help since she regained consciousness. In a tweet on Tuesday, the Russian embassy in the UK asked for “urgent proof that what is being done to her is done on her own free will.” Skripal, 33, regained consciousness in late March, several weeks after the poisoning that left her and her father, former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, in critical condition. The pair were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury – where Sergei Skripal lived – on March 4 after being exposed to military-grade nerve agent novichok, according to British authorities. Related article Russian envoy requests meeting with UK foreign secretary over poisoning row The UK government blames Russia for the attack, but Moscow has denied any involvement. The incident has led to a spiraling diplomatic dispute between Russia and the UK. Christine Blanshard, medical director of Salisbury District Hospital, said Tuesday that the condition of Sergei Skripal was also improving, albeit at a slower pace than Yulia. Her location is currently unknown and the Metropolitan Police have refused to comment on whether she is receiving police protection. In her statement Wednesday, Yulia Skripal said that she had been treated “with obvious clinical expertise and … kindness” but that she is “still suffering with the effects of the nerve agent” and that her father remains “seriously ill.” Related article Russian spy's cat and guinea pigs are dead, UK says “I am safe and feeling better as time goes by, but I am not yet strong enough to give a full interview to the media, as I one day hope to do,” she said. She also confirmed that she has access to family and friends. CNN’s Steve Almasy and Simon Cullen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180411210000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/europe/yulia-skripal-statement-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "615900701", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript January 11, 2017 A looming economic disaster in Venezuela starts things off today on CNN 10, as we explain its causes and effects. After that, we’re examining coral bleaching and how it has impacted a fisherman’s family near Madagascar. And we explore the rise and fall of the Yahoo Internet company. TRANSCRIPT CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR:  Kicking off 10 minutes of international news explained.  I’m Carl Azuz.  Welcome to CNN 10. This January 11th, we’re starting with the report on Venezuela.  The nation is in an economic tailspin.  It’s located in South America.  It’s home to around 31 million people. And even though its president, Nicolas Maduro, increased Venezuela’s minimum wage by 50 percent this week, and even though that was the fifth time the country’s minimum wage was increased in the past year, it’s nowhere near the price increases of basic necessities, like food for many Venezuelans. Inflation is when prices go up and money buys less.  For perspective, average inflation in the U.S. is around 3 percent per year.  In Venezuela, the International Monetary Fund expects inflation will increase by more than 1,600 percent this year and almost 3,000 percent next year.  People can’t get the medicines they need. Venezuela’s bank notes are virtually worthless. President Maduro reportedly says that Venezuela is the victim of an economic war waged by his opponents.  But when Venezuela’s government began taking over the country’s oil industry in 1976 and eventually became dependent on oil for almost half the government’s revenue, the stage was set for a potential crisis if oil prices were to drop. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) SUBTITLE:  Venezuela’s economic disaster. PAULA NEWTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT:  This economic crisis has been years in the making.  The socialist government here is being accused of really discouraging investment in this economy.  And what’s happened over the last years is we’ve seen severe shortages of food. What really made things dramatic, though, was when the oil price plunge about a year and a half ago now.  Venezuela depends on the selling of oil for almost all of its government income.  On top of that, it is now so reliant on imports of almost everything.  They are not taking in enough money to pay for all the imports that they need. (END VIDEOTAPE) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ (voice-over):  Ten-second trivia. Which of these invertebrates is an anthozoan known for its stony skeleton?  Coral, sea anemone, mollusk, or starfish? Answer here is coral.  The skeletons or the animal that secretes them, forming ocean reefs. (END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ:  And while coral and coral reefs are known for their incredibly vibrant colors, they can bleach white if they get stressed.  Scientists observed this last year in the worst ever bleaching of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.  Coral’s colors determined by the algae that live on it, and the algae are coral’s food source. But if the coral gets stressed, it can lose these algae and then turned white.  This can happen if water temperatures get too warmed or too cold, or if there’s pollution or an extremely low tide.  It’s a sign of bad health, but the coral can recover. There’s more affected than the reef itself though.  Consider the ripple effects of a recent coral bleaching event near Madagascar. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JOHN SUTTER, CNN COLUMNIST:  This morning, Hary wakes up with the moon.  He and his 13-year-old son are hoping it will guide fish into their nets. HARY, NOSY ANDRAGNAMBALA, MADAGASCAR (translated):  This is how I make a living, through this net. SUTTER:  Today, they’re in luck.  A few fish.  But they say their catches are just a fraction of what they once were, and that’s because the coral reef that surrounds this remote island off the coast of Madagascar is disappearing and no one here understands why. This is Nosy Andragnambala, a tiny fishing community off the coast of East Africa.  It’s home to only a few dozen people, and among them are Hary and Lydia, who are raising six children. This family knows this reef better than anyone.  And until recently, they never saw coral this damaged.  Extreme heat this year has caused coral all around the world to start to suffocate and turned ghostly white.  The aftermath looks like a disaster zone, or the ruins of an ancient city.  No one here can make sense of it. Scientists do know what’s going on.  Divers survey these waters during a heat wave in April, and they say that about 70 percent of their reef here was damaged by the high temperatures. The family’s response to the vanishing coral, work harder.  Hary and his sons cast lines deep into the ocean while Lydia walks the reef flats in search for octopus. These skills are passed between generations.  Hary and Lydia are Vezo, and that name means “at struggle with the sea”.  It’s hard to imagine people who are more connected to the water. There’s no fresh water, electricity or school out here.  There’s no plan B.  It’s too expensive for Hary and Lydia to give their kids an education off the island.  So, the kids simply must learn to fish and sail. It’s a life many here would never trade and its one that brings plenty of joy to Harry, Lydia and their family. (SINGING) SUTTER:  This song is about their love for the reef and their efforts to protect it. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ:  A company that was once the Internet’s “king of the hill” is now set to be sold for a fraction of its former value if the sale actually goes through.  We’re talking about Yahoo.  It’s in the process of being sold to communications company Verizon. If and when the sale is complete, Yahoo just announced that its CEO plans to resign from her job.  The company’s cofounder is stepping down.  Some other executives are leaving.  And they plan to change Yahoo’s name to Altaba. There’s still doubt about the Verizon deal, though, in large part because last month, Yahoo announced it had been hacked back in 2013 when was likely the biggest Internet hack ever.  Another major setback for a once dominant company. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) SAMUEL BURKE, CNN TECH CORRESPONDENT (voice-over):  At its peak, Yahoo is more than $100 billion.  Now, Verizon is buying it for just $4.8 billion. For Yahoo, it’s been 16 years of missteps and mistakes. Here’s a brief story of the website’s rise and fall. Founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo, the website Yahoo.com was launched in January 1995 and the company was incorporated in March.  Yahoo started as a pordo (ph) or an index to the new and growing World Wide Web. When the company went public in 1996, founders Yang and Filo became instant billionaires.  By 1997, Yahoo was the second most popular website on the Internet, behind only AOL. The dotcom bursts was the beginning of the end for Yahoo.  Stock dropped from $118.75 to just $4.06. REPORTER:  In hindsight, it appears so obvious.  The internet-mania was a giant bubble.  Yahoo is the most visited on the Internet, but it’s not number one when it comes to search.  That’s Google.  About two-thirds of all Internet searches take place on Google.  It’s the most money ever offered for an internet company, $44 billion. BURKE:  Yahoo’s board rejects a bid from Microsoft, saying the proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo. But the company was never worth that much again. Four CEOs in just six years didn’t help investor confidence in the brand either.  Finally, former Google executive Marissa Mayer was hired to transform Yahoo. MARISSA MAYER, YAHOO CEO:  For me, it’s God, family and Yahoo. BURKE:  Mayer’s early efforts focused on making Yahoo cool again.  Yahoo invested heavily in mobile, acquired popular social sites and updated Yahoo’s look. Perhaps the one bright light at Yahoo was its 32 percent stake in Chinese retail giant Alibaba.  Mayer tried to sell the stake in 2015 but it never happened. It’s been a long, painful fall for the once mighty Yahoo. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ:  To the kids in the neighborhood of South Jordan, Utah, at least one dad gets a perfect “10 Out of 10”. A snowstorm hit right after Christmas, inspiring them to build a snow slide.  But the man who owns this yard has 15 children, so they keep going until they built their very own luge, a 300-foot-long masterpiece that gave a ride lasting longer than 20 seconds. It started to melt away in the recent warm spell, and after enjoying a deluge of popularity, the slide lost its cool before luging its appeal.  Guess the cold’s only around for snow-long, you really got to make the choice to use it or luge it. I’m Carl Azuz, and you got nothing to lose by joining us again tomorrow on CNN 10. Click here to access the printable version of today’s CNN 10 transcript. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of international significance and then clearly describe why they’re making news, who is affected, and how the events fit into a complex, international society. Thank you for using CNN 10", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Venezuela", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170110230000", "country1": "VEN", "country2": "MDG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/studentnews/ten-content-weds/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "587877399", "sentence": "Yousef Erakat was told he'd never succeed Erakat has over 12 million YouTube followers He's starring in his first Tyler Perry movie Yousef Erakat is the kind of person who just makes you laugh. The YouTube digital artist has a spark about him; his online pranks spur laughter from his growing audience. But beneath that joyful exterior, Erakat struggled with bipolar disorder and depression. His condition can cause extreme mood swings, from manic emotional highs to the lowest of depressions. Bipolar disorder can be extremely serious. But it can be treated with therapy and medication. The 26-year-old was the youngest of four and was born to Palestinian immigrants. He grew up in a loving home and was surrounded by a supportive family. Erakat first realized he had a problem while attending San Jose State University. On Friday nights he noticed that everyone was going to parties, drinking and having fun. He was in his room crying to himself and writing poems. “I was so eager to try and fix myself. I ran to the doctors and hopped on medication thinking that was going to be a quick fix. It took me years to understand that the actual journey was going to happen deep within myself,” he said. At the same time, the YouTube artist was looking for new ways to get noticed by the industry in Hollywood. “I went to the dean at San Jose State University and told her that I was going to create a YouTube channel. She told me that it was the worst decision that I could make for my acting career because no director in Hollywood was going to take me serious,” he said. The advisor was wrong. In five years, Erakat gained more than 12 million viewers on his YouTube channel fouseyTUBE. “When I first started my YouTube channel in 2011, I would re-enact what it was like to live in a Middle Eastern household. I would dress up as my mom, my dad, my brother, my grandmother, my sister. How I got my idea was basically from my childhood. I would literally encompass every little thing that I saw, at family gatherings, at weddings, and I would bring them to life in a YouTube video,” he said. But as Erakat’s YouTube following grew, his depression got worse. The prankster decided it was time to get serious with his audience and with himself. In 2015, he opened up on his vlog channel DOSEofFOUSEY about his private struggle. “I just decided to be completely open with them and to tell them the struggles that I go through, and surprisingly it was the best decision I ever made in my career,” he said. He also described his physical transformation. “I woke up, and I was 236 pounds. I was unhappy with what I looked like. I was eating junk food. I was unhappy with what I felt like on the inside. I was living with depression and bipolar,” he said. Erakat went to rehab, began a 90-day workout program and lost 49 pounds. He ended up in the best shape of his life. “I was working out, and I was listening to motivational videos. I was pumping myself with positive aspiration and positive philosophy of life. I started to wake up early. I was forcing myself to do the stuff that I didn’t want to do.” His battle with depression will last the rest of his life, he said. But right now, there’s no doubt he’s winning. “Just because you have a mental disorder, it doesn’t mean that you are limited in your success in life. It doesn’t mean that you are restricted in receiving the blessings of life. So don’t sell yourself short. You can get through it,” he said. The California native recently starred in a horror zombie series called “YouTube Red’s Fight of the Living Dead.” He also has a role opposite Tyler Perry in the latest Madea installment, “Boo! A Madea Halloween” releasing later this month. “I am proof that nothing can stop you.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Yousef Erakat", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161011160000", "country1": "PSE", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/health/turning-points-yousef-erakat/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "727764949", "sentence": "The long-awaited declassified memo on the Russia investigation that had Washington in a tizzy for days is finally out for everybody to see. Now the question is, what will President Donald Trump, who views it as proof of corruption at the top of the FBI and “deep state” bias against him, do next? The document produced by Republican staffers on the House Intelligence Committee alleges serious abuses by the FBI of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. But Democrats says it’s a hack job drawn up to shield Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller, whose probe is moving inexorably closer to the President. Trump’s critics believe the purpose of the memo and coordination between committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes and the White House, is partly designed to discredit Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia investigation. Related article Disputed GOP-Nunes memo released with Trump's approval Trump left no doubt on Friday that Rosenstein’s fate is hanging in the balance, telling reporters “you figure that one out” when they asked him whether he had confidence in Rosenstein, whom he appointed to the job. Democrats fear that Trump could use Rosenstein’s approval of an extended surveillance warrant for campaign foreign policy aide Carter Page, that is outlined in the report, as an excuse to fire him. “The President hasn’t needed much by way of justification to go after people and I hope he won’t use this as a mode of pretext, but you never know with Donald Trump,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence panel. One source told CNN’s Jeff Zeleny that Trump blames Rosenstein for the current state of the Russia investigation and is “is unlikely to ever get beyond it.” But a Republican who speaks to the President said it was not clear that Rosenstein would be fired, despite clearly being in Trump’s sights. The purpose of dispensing Rosenstein would not just be to purge an official he views as disloyal, it would get Trump closer to Mueller himself and spur new speculation that the President could try to remove the special counsel. “He may use this memo, false and scurrilous as it is, as a weapon to try and decapitate the leadership of the FBI and the Justice Department as a way of getting to Bob Mueller,” said Tim Weiner, author of “Enemies, a History of the FBI,” on CNN International on Friday. “If so, A) he will have obstructed justice yet again and B) he will have created a constitutional crisis the likes of which we haven’t seen since the darkest days of Watergate,” he said. Trump, however, has learned that firing key officials does not make the Russia investigation go away – it simply makes it worse for him – following his removal of former FBI Director James Comey, which resulted in the appointment of Mueller and an expansion of the Russia probe to find out whether he obstructed justice. CNN’s Pamela Brown reported Friday that there were no current discussions about getting rid of Rosenstein in the White House, largely because Trump believes firing him would only prolong the investigation. But the fate of the deputy attorney general is not the only unknown that will play out in the coming days. So far, the FBI has not publicly reacted to the release of the memo. But the bureau vehemently protested against the publication of the document, which it said was blighted by the omission of facts that offered an insight into the true events that led up to the request at a special court for the surveillance of Page. But it is clear this episode has further fractured relations between the FBI and the White House, a breach that could lead to new and damaging public showdowns and an eroding of morale within the bureau’s ranks. “I can’t imagine what it must be like for these folks frankly in some of my old jobs,” the former head of the CIA and National Security Agency Michael Hayden said on CNN Friday. “We have gone to a place we have never gone before which is the injection of not just partisanship but hyper partisanship into the FISA process,” he added. There had been fears among senior officials in the White House that the memo’s release could prompt FBI Director Christopher Wray to quit. But he offered his agents a pep talk on Friday, telling them: “The work you do is important and I believe in our mission and support what we do every day.” That message may be a sign that Wray has no intention of walking out the door. Any sense among the rank-and-file that the bureau is being unfairly treated could convince its personnel to double down on their mission in a way that could be bad for Trump. If so, it would not be the only sign that releasing the memo might have backfired. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has also been ostracized by Trump, appeared to dig in further behind Rosenstein and his the Justice Department’s No. 3 official Rachel Brand. “Rod’s had 27 years in the department, Rachel has a number of years in the department previously, so they both represent the kind of quality and leadership that we want in the department,” Sessions said on Friday before the release of the Nunes memo. The memo furor may also have political reverberations. The document is certain to drive days of news coverage on Fox News and other pro-Trump outlets, inflaming the already intense campaign that is designed to discredit the Mueller investigation ahead of its final report and to bolster opposition among conservatives against any eventual action against the President. Trump has made no secret of his purpose in cooperating with Nunes to get the memo published. “The top leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago, Rank & File are great people!” Trump wrote on Twitter Friday. The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people! Trump’s supporters are likely to be convinced that the memo does indeed show evidence of bias against him in the FBI and Justice Department, and those who disdain him will think the opposite, such is the nation’s polarization. But Republicans, who were out selling the report on television soon after it was released will hope that Friday’s drama could reshape public opinion even in a small way or simply fog the narrative of the Russia investigation. “This is the first time in American political history that an opposition research document has been injected into the bloodstream of our intelligence community,” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, claimed to CNN’s Jake Tapper. “That’s not a Republican or Democrat concern. That’s an American concern,” he said referring to the dossier drawn up by a former British spy on Trump and Russia that was partly paid for by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and which the memo said was the premier evidence for the FISA warrant. Democrats dispute that claim. But attempts to market the memo by Republicans will be challenged by Democrats who view it as evidence of a scheme by the President and Capitol Hill allies to undermine the Russia evidence based on one search warrant application. Democratic leaders hope the committee will vote next week to release their rebuttal to the memo that will challenge the Nunes report. But reflecting the relative powerlessness of Democrats, the document will then have to go to Trump who will have five days to register objections to declassifying it. There are also calls for a full inquiry into the surveillance application concerning Page, a process that Republicans could chose to pursue in the committee or elsewhere. Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas, one of the few lawmakers who has seen the underlying intelligence from which it the memo was drawn, called for further steps to investigate. “Further oversight and accountability for the individuals in question is necessary to ensure that the American people can have confidence in these important institutions going forward,” he said. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz and Tal Kopan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican memo on the Russia investigation", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180203011500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/donald-trump-nunes-memo/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "639080835", "sentence": "Stone said it's \"naive\" to think the intelligence community isn't politicized Stone has long assumed that he's under surveillance A longtime Donald Trump associate who has became a recurring topic in conversations about the relationship between the Trump campaign and Russian officials said that the US intelligence community has become “politicized.” Political adviser Roger Stone was asked Tuesday if he thought Americans should stop trusting recommendations from the intelligence community. “To think that our intelligence community has not been politicized would be naive,” he said on CBS “This Morning.” Stone said he does not think Trump should apologize or admit that he was wrong for making unsubstantiated claims that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the presidential election. FBI Director James Comey said Monday he had “no information” to support the President’s accusations. “The people you are referring to are the same people that said there were weapons of mass destruction and (Saddam) Hussein had them, who lied about rendition, who lied about torture at Abu Ghraib,” Stone said. It was pointed out to Stone that Comey was not involved in those incidents. “The intelligence services, the ‘deep state,’ as a group,” Stone replied. Comey declined to answer repeated questions about Stone at Monday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing, but the former Richard Nixon aide said he’s long assumed that he’s been under investigation. Related article Why Trump just can't (and probably won't) quit the wiretap story “I assumed that I have been under surveillance now for some time,” he said. “What probable cause there is or what evidence that would dictate that, I don’t know.” Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, pressed Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers about Stone during the hearing. “On August 8th, Roger Stone, a longtime Trump political adviser and self-proclaimed political dirty trickster, boasts in a speech that he ‘has communicated with (WikiLeaks founder Julian) Assange,’ and that more documents would be coming, including an ‘October surprise,’” the California Democrat said. “In the middle of August, he also communicates with the Russian cutout Guccifer 2.0, and authors a Breitbart piece denying Guccifer’s links to Russian intelligence.” “Then, later in August, Stone does something truly remarkable, when he predicts that John Podesta’s personal emails will soon be published. ‘Trust me, it will soon be Podesta’s time in the barrel. #Crooked Hillary,’” Schiff added. But Stone pushed back on the insinuations Tuesday. “The inference that my now completely public exchange with a hacker Guccifer 2.0 who may or may not be a Russian agent somehow constitutes collusion is not true based on either the facts, on the actual texts which I released, or on the timing,” he said. Speaking to CBS Tuesday, Stone reiterated that he longs for the day when he can share his side of the story. “Let me have my day in court,” he said. Asked about Stone at a White House briefing Monday, press secretary Sean Spicer acknowledged that Trump has known him for a long time but didn’t believe the two had spoken “any time recently.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Roger Stone", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170321164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/21/politics/roger-stone-intelligence-community-politicized/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "711578799", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Craig Newmark is the founder of Craigslist and the Craig Newmark Philanthropies, which supports and connects nonprofit communities and drives civic engagement. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. This is the next installment in CNN Opinion’s series on the challenges facing the media as it is under attack from critics, governments and changing technology. Throughout history, the media has been used to manipulate and influence political outcomes. Julius Caesar used war journaling, or a written firsthand account of war and its rationale, to justify the invasion and destruction of the Gallic tribes two millennia ago. His heir, Octavian, used a disinformation campaign to convince the Senate to declare war against Mark Antony. In later years, new communications tools, such as the printing press and moveable type, made it easier for philosophers including John Locke and Thomas Paine to influence new forms of democracy, which, while imperfect, have been more successful than other forms of government. What these historic figures didn’t have access to is digital technology, which democratizes media but also eases the spread of disinformation. The internet allows all who have access to participate, but it also amplifies the effectiveness of media manipulation via automation. Botnets (which are made up of networks of individual, social media and bot accounts that appear to be owned by real people) act as a force multiplier, distributing disinformation in the form of “fake news” on a massive scale. We saw this in the 2016 US presidential election, as Russian propaganda flooded social media platforms to divide the nation. However, a broad community of good actors, including foundations and nonprofits committed to journalistic integrity, are emerging to promote media literacy and good-faith reporting. As a news consumer and a philanthropist (not an expert), I’m invested in supporting these knowledgeable institutions and initiatives to ensure that we have access to fair and accurate reporting. I care about this issue because I believe a strong, vigorous and trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy. Last year that immune system failed, which is why we need to focus on rebuilding and sustaining a trustworthy press now more than ever. While a complex task, given the evolving uses of technology in spreading disinformation, in order to remedy this issue we must create a more formalized journalistic code of ethics for the digital age. Related article Ban the term 'fake news' There are several governing principles for such a code – more than can be covered in this piece. In fact, the Society of Professional Journalists (SJP) has a comprehensive code of ethics for news organizations to follow, and the Online News Association has a “Build Your Own” ethics code project, designed to let news organizations build codes of ethics for a digital age. However, a few principles stand out as fundamental to trustworthy reporting on digital channels. First, all media organizations with a digital presence should commit to a standard of honest reporting – one that places fact checking and the use of multiple sources above speculation and single sources. SJP already provides guidelines to this effect, advising journalists of any medium to always verify information, use original sources, avoid conflicts of interest and explain moral processes to audiences. A second principle – already standard in traditional media – should be that if a digital journalist makes a mistake, the outlet should admit it and correct it immediately. After all, if a mistake is made, the journalist is accountable, not just to the news organization, but to the readers at large. A correction should be done in a way that is equal or greater than the mistake that was published. For example, if the mistake is shared on a media outlet’s website and across its social media platforms, the correction should be shared in the same manner. As a news consumer, I’d like to see this happen in an effective and timely manner, so that the false information has a short digital lifespan. Related article Does a free press mean more regulation for Facebook? A third principle, building on an idea from The Trust Project’s Director Sally Lehrman and Google News Vice President Richard Gingras, encourages hyperlinking statements of facts, statistics or quotes to their original sources. This allows audiences to click through and assess the veracity of an article based on the research that has gone into its preparation. “An effective system would also allow audiences to alert editors to perceived inaccuracies … and follow corrections,” Lehrman and Gingras note. A final principle would make editors commit to drafting headlines that accurately represent the content of the article, not present the reader with a false understanding of what the piece is about. For example, opinion editorials should be labeled as such, not purport to be news articles. I’ve also observed a number of headlines that express the unverified claim as a question. This can leave the reader misinformed. While headlines should catch a reader’s attention, they shouldn’t be deceitful. We need help from social media platforms to reinforce these emerging standards and to counter media manipulation. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Bing and others are working to address this. Their work includes a commitment to using “Trust Indicators,” launched on November 16 by the Trust Project, a nonpartisan initiative from Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. The Trust Indicators are a new set of transparency standards that help news consumers easily assess the quality and reliability of journalism.  According to the Trust Project, “each indicator is signaled in the article and site code, providing the first standardized technical language for platforms to learn more from news sites about the quality and expertise behind journalists’ work.” Related article The secret to a healthy relationship with the press Google’s Gingras has stated that “partnering with the Trust Project since its conception has been of significant importance to Google, in large part because … the indicators can help our algorithms better understand authoritative journalism – and help us to better surface it to consumers.” Facebook has already begun displaying the Trust Indicators to a small group of publishers, with plans to expand more broadly over the coming months. Another initiative that many of the tech companies are also involved with is the News Integrity Initiative at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The school describes it as “a $14 million fund supporting efforts to connect journalists, technologists, academic institutions, nonprofits and other organizations from around the world to foster informed and engaged communities, combat media manipulation and support inclusive, constructive and respectful civic discourse.” Initiatives like the Trust Project and The News Integrity Initiative are important because solutions are not going to happen in a silo – it will take many players working together. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook My own experience as a supporter and member of these initiatives suggests that getting to a place where news consumers can easily assess the credibility of the news will take considerable time and care. First, it’s a bad idea to publish information that helps bad actors game a system. For example, if you disclose keyword or statistical filtering methods, that tells bad actors a lot about how to work around such protections. Second, there are unknown liability and legal issues. Different countries have varying laws about defamation, free speech or privacy. What’s offensive in one country might be illegal in another. What’s worse is that bad actors engaging in media manipulation are already attacking people who are trying to get honest reporting out there, like Snopes and Politifact. As with any complex undertaking, there are a lot of devils in the details here. But there is also the potential to give both news organizations and consumers the means for achieving increasingly smart media literacy, pushing back against those who wish to do us harm.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "media", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171201141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/opinions/digital-media-friend-foe-opinion-newmark/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "650696729", "sentence": "Arturo Hernandez has been in the US without proper documents since 2003 The 44-year-old father of two took sanctuary in 2014 in a Denver church An undocumented Mexican man who once took sanctuary at the same Denver church that is now a focal point of the fiery immigration debate was detained Wednesday by federal immigration agents. Arturo Hernandez, 44, took refuge in 2014 at the First Unitarian church. The site is now home to Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother of four from Mexico who was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for her efforts to win rights for immigrants. Vizguerra moved into the church in February when a stay on her deportation order was denied. Hernandez’s detention, seven years after he came to the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, was cast as routine by the federal agency. “Hernandez Garcia has overstayed his original six-month visa by nearly 14 years,” an ICE statement reads. “He has exhausted his petitions through the immigration courts and through ICE. He is currently in ICE custody pending his removal.” But the American Friends Service Committee, which helps undocumented people find refuge in churches, slammed the move as overreach by the administration of President Donald Trump, who has tightened immigration rules since taking office in January. “Nothing has changed in Arturo’s life,” the organization said. “Everything is the same except this administration, which is focus(ed) on removing all undocumented people and tearing families apart.” Family and community members say #KeepArturoHome! Call 720-875-2050 and demand for his release. pic.twitter.com/6t6Dny6n0l In that vein, Hernandez’s detention has drawn activists’ attention. Protesters, including Hernandez’s wife, gathered Wednesday outside an ICE processing center in Colorado to demand his release. Similar demonstrations have cropped up in recent months after undocumented people with minor criminal entanglements or no police record at all have been detained by ICE after living in the United States for years without authorization. Hernandez has been in the US since he overstayed a visitor visa in 2003. He has two teenage daughters – one a US citizen, the other a participant in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows undocumented people brought to the US as children to stay in the country for two years to work or study. Hernandez came to ICE’s attention in 2010, when he was arrested on “local criminal charges,” according to the agency. His supporters say he has no convictions. Related article Can churches provide legal sanctuary to undocumented immigrants? Hernandez was told to leave the country by December 2012, according to ICE. He did not, and when several appeals were denied, he sought refuge at the First Unitarian church. Though a church doesn’t legally provide added protection from deportation, ICE policy generally discourages arrests at “sensitive locations,” including places of worship. Hernandez lived in the church for nine months – getting his daily exercise by walking up and down a flight of stairs – until he got a letter from ICE telling him he was no longer an “enforcement priority,” he said. The church’s pastor confirmed to CNN that Hernandez received a letter to that effect. ICE has not responded to CNN’s request for further information about the letter. Vizguerra, who now lives at First Unitarian, said Arturo’s detention hasn’t made her more nervous about her own situation – but it has made her angry. Related article Why this church opened its doors to an undocumented mom “I am bothered, because I ask myself, ‘What is Congress doing?’ Who is going to put the brakes on this machine of torture that is this President, without feelings or emotions?” she told CNN Wednesday via Facebook Messenger. Vizguerra said she is praying for Hernandez. “Hope and faith is never lost,” she said, “and God is always present.” CNN’s Eileen Reslen contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ICE", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170427180000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/27/us/undocumented-dad-detained-by-ice-trnd/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "758952589", "sentence": "South Korea, China and Japan woke up Friday to a new and uncertain diplomatic reality, after US President Donald Trump canceled what many considered to be the best chance of striking a deal for peace on the Korean Peninsula. In less than 24 hours the terrain shifted dramatically under their feet, from the prospect of talks between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, to doubt over the future of relations between the two countries. In Seoul, officials responded with confusion and disappointment to Trump’s announcement – the White House hadn’t informed South Korean officials of his decision beforehand – while the Japanese government called for talks to continue to find a way out of the political impasse. Beijing tried to highlight the positive on Friday afternoon, emphasizing both sides were still willing to talk, but experts said Trump’s decision has put China in a tough position. Across the region, people worried about whether the tensions between the US and North Korea could escalate, while officials scrambled to respond to the new political landscape. “Bungling this diplomacy could put the region at greater risk of conflict than ever before,” said Jean H. Lee, a North Korea expert at the US-based Wilson Center. A photo taken during an emergency meeting in South Korea on Thursday night showed a grim-faced President Moon Jae-in discussing the announcement with his advisers. Trump hadn’t notified the Blue House, South Korea’s Presidential office, of his plans to cancel the summit before the announcement was made, catching Moon by surprise. Related article North Korea says it's still willing to meet Trump after US President cancels summit In a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said her government was very disappointed the summit wasn’t going ahead. According to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry, Kang said the summit could have become a turning point in the bid for the complete denuclearization and establishment of permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula. South Korean papers plastered the news across their front pages on Friday. Multiple groups of protesters gathered outside the US embassy in Seoul to protest the decision, bearing signs saying “We want peace.” The unexpected decision will heighten the impression among South Koreans that the United States is an unreliable ally, Robert Kelly, professor of political science at South Korea’s Pusan National University, told CNN. “It will drive the South Koreans and the Americans apart … Moon teed up what could have been one of the greatest deals in history and Trump blew it,” he said. Kelly said that while Moon had perhaps pushed too hard for the meeting to take place, and had staked much of his reputation on its success, the South Koreans were more likely to blame the United States than their own president. “My concern is that South Korea will be so disgusted at Trump’s behavior we’ll have a really nasty patch of alliance politics,” he said. Early on Friday morning, Pyongyang said it was still willing to meet with Trump, in a unusually subdued statement on state media. It took hours after every other country in East Asia had responded for Beijing to comment the news of the summit’s cancellation. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in his daily briefing both the US and North Korea should show patience and goodwill going forward, and continue to aim for in-person talks. The story wasn’t even on the front page of the majority of the country’s Chinese language newspapers on Friday morning. The Communist Party’s paper of record – the People’s Daily – buried it on page 21. Related article Is Xi Jinping the puppetmaster behind North Korea's pushback on talks? On the country’s heavily-censored social media, most users discussed Trump’s unpredictability and joked about falling property prices on the Chinese border with North Korea. “People who invested in Dandong real estate are the real losers,” one Weibo user said. In the regularly provocative state tabloid Global Times, an editorial said the cancellation of the Singapore summit would hurt the United State’s standing in the region. “America’s national image has been damaged ever since Trump announced his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. The cancellation of the Singapore meeting will only enhance their negative image,” the article said. The abrupt decision to cancel the summit makes life much more complicated for Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Bonnie Glaser, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ China Power Project. “If tensions ratchet up between the United States and North Korea, then China will end up in the middle, being seen as working closely with the country which is the problem, not giving up its nuclear weapons,” Glaser said. Despite Trump’s repeated allegations that Xi had encouraged Kim to push back against the Americans, Glaser said it was highly unlikely the Chinese President wanted to sabotage the summit. At worst, she said it was possible Xi had wanted the North Koreans to demand an end to the US South Korean drills, in line with Beijing’s policy. “I don’t really see how this plays to China’s advantage,” she said. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on his way to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin when the news of the summit’s cancellation was announced. In recent months, Abe has been reaching out diplomatically to countries in the region, including China and Russia, to avoid being left out of the new diplomatic order on the Korean Peninsula. Speaking in St Petersberg on Friday, Abe said while he was disappointed in Trump’s decision, he continued to support the US President. “We are in complete sync on our policies,” he said, adding he would be hoping to speak to Trump once he returned to Japan. Related article Japan seeking own North Korea summit as Abe risks being left out Koichi Nakano, professor of Political Science at Sophia University, told CNN the cancellation could be an opportunity for Abe. “He may even try to use the current impasse as a vindication of his emphasis on pressure (on North Korea),” Nakano said, adding the Japanese PM could leverage the news to push his pro-military domestic policies. Japan’s newspapers were divided on where to cast the blame for the summit’s cancellation. The liberal Asahi Shimbun newspaper called in its editorial for Trump to “not close the door of dialogue” while the conservative Sankei paper said Kim had underestimated the United States. Yuka Arakawa, a 47-year-old accountant told CNN in Tokyo, she was shocked by the summit’s cancellation. “Progress was being made because it was President Trump. I still have hope that there is a chance to make the summit happen, despite this tough situation,” she said. In public statements, both Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga displayed little disappointment at the development. “What is important is not having the summit itself, but how the summit will serve as a chance to make progress on the missile and nuclear issue,” Suga said. Both Suga and Abe stressed the issue of abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korea as the “most important” issue to Tokyo. Both men called for the continuation of dialogue over the Korean Peninsula, with the cabinet secretary emphasizing the close relationship between the United States, South Korea and Japan. CNN’s Steven Jiang and Serenitie Wang contributed to this article.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180525063000", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/asia/north-korea-us-china-japan-south-korea-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "622931028", "sentence": "Senior officer says he was purged after July 2016 coup attempt Denies any link to plot and says military capacity has been gutted “Something strange is happening in Turkey.” That was the ominous text message received by a senior officer in the Turkish military as he ate dinner with friends on a Friday night in July. The middle-aged officer, posted abroad in Europe, wasn’t initially alarmed. He continued his dinner. But when he began to search online, he discovered an attempted coup was taking place. “There was chaos. There was disorder. No one knew what was happening in Turkey,” he said, recalling scenes of tanks on the Bosporus Bridge. Within hours, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan would appear on CNN Turk via Apple FaceTime from his vacation on the Mediterranean urging his supporters out onto the streets. By morning, the coup plotters had been subdued. Within weeks, the officer – along with hundreds more – would also be out of a job. He maintains he had nothing to do with the attempted coup, and has asked CNN to conceal his identity and location out of fear of reprisals on family and those he knows still in Turkey. “I condemn the coup,” he said in an interview with CNN. “I don’t think that any coup, regardless of the intention or the objective, could be acceptable.” But he’s concerned that the aftermath transformed Turkey, leaving the military dangerously understaffed, impacting the stability of the NATO alliance, and entrenching an authoritarian leader. Ordered to return to Turkey following the attempted coup, the officer refused out of concern for his safety. The first group of his colleagues to report home found themselves targeted. “As soon as they arrived in the country, ninety percent of the initial group who decided to go back were … imprisoned.” When he sought more information about the complaints against him, he says, he was told they were a “state secret.” A number of Turkish officers stationed in Europe have applied for asylum in the countries where they were based, according to some of them who’ve spoken to CNN. The officer says he eventually received a letter from the Turkish military saying he had been dismissed “due to an administrative decision.” CNN requests for comment from the Turkish government, on both specific allegations and a general response, have gone unanswered. Related video Erdogan: 'We shouldn't confuse criticism with insult' Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, defended the government’s actions in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in September. He said that the government had a responsibility to forestall another coup by arresting those involved in the attempt and suspending those who supported it. But, he added, mistakes could be made. “Our obligation is actually to take necessary measures that innocent people shouldn’t be affected or punished or purged.” Turkey’s transformation since the coup attempt last year is in little dispute. Erdogan said recently that 43,000 people have been arrested and 95,000 fired from state posts. The government has also repeatedly renewed the state of emergency imposed following the attempted coup. And in January, parliament approved a range of new amendments to the constitution that would hand more power to the president enabling him to stay in power until 2029. READ MORE: What happens if Turkey passes Erdogan’s ‘power bill’? Meanwhile, the military has stepped up attacks on Kurdish separatists in Turkey and Syrian Kurds across the border – the latter an American ally in the fight against ISIS. Turkey, a NATO member, has been beset by crises, including terrorist attacks at home and complex wars in Syria and Iraq. Its stability is a matter of concern for NATO, as it provides a crucial bulwark for Europe against flashpoints in the Middle East. That bulwark, the exiled officer said, is being severely tested as Erdogan’s purges weaken the country’s military capacity. Hundreds of pilots have been sacked, he said. “The capacity for the Turkish air force has collapsed,” he told Shubert. “That’s a nightmare for a country which relies on strong air force to defend a large airspace, on top of a geography where you never know how your neighbors could behave from day to day.” “To be very blunt over here, (the) Turkish military … have lost their war-fighting capability to a great extent.” NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti, said in December that he never had any reason to suspect that Turkish officers in his teams would be involved in a coup attempt. In their absence, and without their expertise, the capacity of his staff had been “degraded,” he told the Financial Times and Deutsche Welle. The Turkish officer said a “common denominator” for everyone targeted in the purges was that they were at least partially educated in the West. “It’s very normal. It’s not surprising for anybody in Europe or in Turkey or in NATO to see that the best Turkish officers had their education in the States or in Europe.” Rule of law, he said, can hardly be considered a “Western value.” “Do you believe in democracy? Do you believe in genuine democracy? Or do you accept so-called democracy where dictatorship or tyranny is being disguised behind a democracy picture?” The Turkish government blames the coup on Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive cleric and former Erdogan ally, who has been in exile in the US for nearly two decades. Gulen vigorously denies any direct involvement, although he concedes that people sympathetic to his cause may have been involved. The officer did not directly answer a question about whether he was a Gulenist himself, instead saying that by the Turkish government’s definition, anyone from Donald Trump to Pope Francis could be accused of supporting Gulen. “If you had any kind of affiliation with these supporters then you are a terrorist,” he said. Removed from the military and in exile, the officer is faced with building a new life. “I was a senior Turkish military official, with high credentials, with a good reputation,” he said. “Your reputation among your peers; your dreams for yourself, for your family, for your colleagues…they all collapsed at a single moment.” But he remains cautiously hopeful about the future of his country. “I think in the long term, our nation – the wisdom, the historical wisdom of our nation – would not allow this decline to turn out to be a collapse.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170201063000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/world/turkey-purge-officer-amanpour-shubert/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "469640338", "sentence": "Pope Francis addresses hundreds of bishops in Washington on first full day of U.S. visit Message comes as Catholic Church is under strain in the U.S. They may be embattled by the culture wars and bruised by the clergy sexual abuse scandal, but American bishops should not stoop to self-pity or harsh responses, Pope Francis said Wednesday. It was the Pope’s first full day in the United States, but he made it clear, in a speech to 300 bishops in Washington, that he knows the strains his American church is under. Millions of Catholics have fled the flock, leaving for other religions or for no religion at all. Meanwhile, the Catholic bishops have fought – and largely lost – public battles over same-sex marriage and abortion. Referring to the clergy sexual abuse scandal, which harmed thousands of children and cost the church billions in legal settlements, Francis praised the bishops’ “courage.” “I know how much the wounds of these last few years have weighed on your spirit,  and I have supported your generous commitment to bring healing to victims – in the knowledge that in healing we too are healed – and to work to ensure that such crimes will never be repeated.” But advocates for victims of clergy sexual abuse called the bishops anything but courageous. “Almost without exception, they have shown cowardice and callousness and continue to do so now,” said Barbara Dorris of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. “They offer excuses, exploit legal technicalities and hide behind expensive lawyers and public relations professionals, hardly the marks of courage.” Earlier, Bishop Christopher Coyne told CNN he expected the Pope to meet with sex abuse victims when he travels to Philadelphia. Francis, the first Pope from Latin America, also thanked the bishops for welcoming and caring for thousands of immigrants in their diocese, saying such charity struck a personal note for him. “Now you are facing this stream of Latin immigration which affects so many of your dioceses. Not only as the bishop of Rome, but also as a pastor coming from the south, I feel the need to thank and to encourage you,” he said. “Perhaps it will not be easy for you to read their soul; perhaps you will be tested by their diversity,” Francis added. “But rest assured and keep in mind they also possess resources meant to be shared. And so open your arms and welcome them without fear.” Related video Watch President Obama greet Pope Francis The Pope addressed immigration earlier Wednesday in a speech at the White House. Francis, who is in the United States through Sunday, said he did not have a specific plan in mind for the bishops to rejuvenate their ailing church. But he did have plenty of advice. Here are his top suggestions for the American bishops: 1. “It is not about preaching complicated doctrines, but joyfully proclaiming Christ who died and rose for our sake.” 2. “Certainly it helps for a bishop to have the farsightedness of a leader and the shrewdness of an administrator, but we fall into hopeless decline whenever we confuse the power of strength with the strength of that powerlessness with which God has redeemed us.” 3. “I know full well that you face many challenges, that the field in which you sow is unyielding and that there is always the temptation to give in to fear, to lick one’s wounds, to think back on bygone times and to devise harsh responses to fierce opposition. “And yet we are promoters of the culture of encounter.” 4. “Harsh and divisive language does not befit the tongue of a pastor, it has no place in his heart; although it may momentarily seem to win the day, only the enduring allure of goodness and love remains truly convincing.” 5. “The innocent victim of abortion, children who die of hunger or from bombings, immigrants who drown in the search for a better tomorrow, the elderly or the sick who are considered a burden, the victims of terrorism, wars, violence and drug trafficking, the environment devastated by man’s predatory relationship with nature – at stake in all of this is the gift of God, of which we are noble stewards but not masters. It is wrong, then, to look the other way or to remain silent.” 6. “To this end, it is important that the church in the United States also be a humble hearth, attracting men and women through the attractive light and warmth of love.” 7. “I urge you, then, not to let (priests) be content with half-measures. Find ways to encourage their spiritual growth, lest they yield to the temptation to become notaries and bureaucrats.” Will the bishops heed the advice? At least one said he took the Pope’s message straight to heart. “It made me know that I should live the life of faith a lot more faithfully myself in order to lead,” said Bishop William Patrick Callahan of La Crosse, Wisconsin. CNN’s Catherine Shoichet contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "American Catholic bishops", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150923181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VAT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/us/pope-francis-bishops/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "646215727", "sentence": "On Wednesday, the White House sent a readout of President Donald Trump’s phone call with China’s Xi Jinping. Typical readouts from the press office usually give details about what the president and world leader discussed, if only in broad terms. Here are the 28 words about Trump and Xi’s call: ·         THE WHITE HOUSE ·         Office of the Press Secretary ·         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ·         April 12, 2017 ·         Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Xi Jinping of China ·         President Donald J. Trump spoke last night with President Xi Jinping of China to follow up after President Xi’s visit to Mar-a-Lago. It was a very productive call. For comparison’s sake, here’s what China released about the same call: Obtained and translated by CNN’s Steven Jiang in Beijing On the morning of April 12, President Xi Jinping talked to US President Donald Trump on the phone. Xi emphasized: “I’m very happy to talk to Mr. President on the phone. Our recent meetings at Mar-a-Lago produced important results, which have been recognized by the Chinese people as well as the international community. I thank the president for your warm hospitality and detailed arrangements.” Xi said: “We held in-depth exchanges on China-US relations in a new era as well as major international and regional issues, and reached important consensus. Mr. President and I have deepened our mutual understanding and established a good working relationship. Next, both sides should utilize the four high-level dialogue mechanisms, namely diplomatic and security, comprehensive economic, law enforcement and cyber security, as well as social and people-to-people dialogues. We should use them to promote the implementation of the ’100-Day Plan’ as well as expanding exchanges and coordination between the militaries and on law enforcement, cyber issues and people-to-people exchanges. We should strengthen our communication and coordination on major international and regional issues. We should strive to produce results sooner to inject new energy in the development of bilateral ties, and work together to promote global peace and development. Teams from both sides should work closely to ensure a successful and fruitful visit by Mr. President to China later this year.” Trump said that he was very happy to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago in Florida and to have held a very successful US-China presidential summit there. He said it is very important for both presidents to keep close contact and agreed that both sides should work together to expand pragmatic cooperation in a wide range of areas. He said he looked forward to paying a state visit to China. The two leaders exchanged views on issues of mutual concern including the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Xi emphasized: “China adheres to the goal of denuclearization of the peninsula and insists on preserving peace and stability on the peninsula. China advocates to resolve the issue through peaceful means, and is willing to maintain communication and coordination with the US on the Korean Peninsula issue.” On the Syria issue, Xi said: “Any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable.” He said: “We should adhere to the direction of resolving the issue through political means. Maintaining unity within the UN Security Council is very important to resolve the Syria issue and I hope the UNSC will speak with one voice.” The two leaders agreed to keep close contact through various means.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-China relations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170412184500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/white-house-readout-trump-xi-jinping/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "711562511", "sentence": "The Pope used the word Rohingya while addressing a group of refugees He is wrapping up a trip to both Myanmar and Bangladesh Pope Francis referred to the Rohingya people by name on Friday, the first time he has directly addressed Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority in his Asia tour. “The presence of God today is also called Rohingya,” the Pope said after speaking to an interfaith audience in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. He did not use the term in public earlier in the week in Myanmar, to the dismay of campaigners for the Rohingya, whose stories of escaping violence in the country have provoked international condemnation. Friday is the final full day of his trip. After his speech, the Pope met a group of Rohingya refugees one by one, giving some of them blessings and listening to the stories of others. “Your tragedy is very hard, very big. We give you space in our hearts,” the Pope said. “In the name of everyone, of those who persecute you, those who hurt you, and especially of the world’s indifference, I ask for your forgiveness. Forgive us.” “Many of you talked to me about the great heart of Bangladesh, which offered you refuge. Now I appeal to your heart to give us the forgiveness we are asking from you,” he told the group of refugees after meeting them. More than 620,000 Rohingya have fled across the border from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh since a spate of violence began in August. Many say they were forced to flee atrocities committed by the Myanmar military. Myanmar’s government does not use the term Rohingya to refer to the group. It considers the Rohingya people to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, even though some families have lived in Myanmar for centuries. The Rohingya are not recognized as an official minority in Myanmar, effectively meaning they are denied citizenship. During a speech Tuesday alongside Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, Pope Francis did not use the term Rohingya despite hopes he would do so. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke dismissed the idea that Francis – who has used the Rohingya term before – diminished his moral authority by avoiding a direct reference to the group during his visit to Myanmar, the first by a Pope to the Buddhist-majority country. “People don’t expect him to solve impossible problems,” Burke said. Activists argued that because Francis did not use the term while he was in Myanmar, he was complicit in the country’s strategy to delegitimize the Rohingya plight by questioning their name and identity. “The term Rohingya is not a racial slur. It is a dignified term for more than two million people who are living across the world,” European-based Rohingya activist Nay San Lwin told CNN in an email. After the Pope’s remarks in Bangladesh, Lwin told CNN that he and other Rohingya advocates felt like “winners.” “Unexpectedly he used the correct term. He didn’t avoid when he met the Rohingyas in person,” Lwin said. The international community has been outraged by the stories of fleeing refugees. Jafar Alam, a 24-year-old Rohingya who was due to speak with the Pope in Bangladesh, told reporters before the meeting that the army lined up 30 people in his village and killed them all. The United Nations, the US and the UK have accused the Myanmar military of ethnic cleansing, systematically driving the minority Muslim population from their homes through murder, rape and terror. Myanmar’s military claims it is pursuing terrorists responsible for a deadly attack on security forces in August. It denies that it has systematically persecuted the Rohingya. During his visit to Myanmar, Francis met the country’s two most important leaders: Suu Kyi and Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s armed forces. During a brief meeting with Pope Francis Monday, Hlaing insisted that all faiths were able to worship freely in Myanmar. But many Myanmar watchers said Hlaing’s claim is false, pointing to the Rohingya crisis. “The mind boggles when you’re confronting such blatant falsehoods and incredibly bogus narratives that have been formulated by people covering up atrocities,” said Phil Robertson, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division. Suu Kyi, a former Nobel Peace Prize winner for her nonviolent resistance to the military junta that ruled Myanmar for decades, has also denied that ethnic cleansing is going on her country. She addressed the crisis in general terms during a speech alongside Francis Tuesday, saying her government aims “to bring out the beauty of our diversity and to make it our strength, by protecting rights, fostering tolerance, ensuring security for all.” CNN’s Rebecca Wright contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171201131500", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/asia/pope-bangladesh-myanmar-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "449228379", "sentence": "NEW: DEA says authorities will catch \"El Chapo\"; \"If I was him, I'd be looking over my shoulder\" Surveillance video shows Guzman entering the shower area for his escape Mexican authorities offer a reward and release a new photo of Guzman First he ducks into the shower of his prison cell, fully clothed. Then he leans down, but it’s not clear what the infamous drug lord is doing; the short shower wall blocks him from the surveillance camera. Seconds later, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman gets back up, sits down on his cell bed and changes his shoes. He goes back into the shower and bends down again behind the wall – but never resurfaces. Guzman, Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpin, slipped through a hole under the shower and escaped through a mile-long tunnel to freedom, authorities said. And the newly released closed-circuit video shows how calmly and easily he did it. Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong said Guzman’s cell was videotaped 24 hours a day. But the surveillance had two blind spots for privacy – the toilet and the shower. Guzman didn’t just evade the cameras; he also sidestepped another security measure with alarming ease. Guzman had a bracelet that monitored his every move, the interior minister said. But he left the bracelet behind before he crawled into the tunnel. Where Guzman could be hiding out now is anyone’s guess. Investigators on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are searching for signs of the fugitive drug lord. But it’s no easy task, a top Drug Enforcement Administration official said. “The cartel headed by Chapo is probably the most well-financed, vicious, criminal entity we have ever seen, with unlimited resources both to bribe, corrupt and to transport,” Deputy DEA Administrator Jack Riley said. “So our job in this particular case, as much as it was over year ago when we captured him, is to use every legal tool we can, cooperate with our counterparts, and hit the ground. The hunt is back on.” The United States and Mexico are exchanging intelligence – including details from informants – in the manhunt, and the United States is providing technical support, a Mexican official said. Reports claiming authorities from the two countries aren’t working together simply aren’t true, Riley said. “Chapo is hoping and planning on the fact that the good guys, the cops on both sides of the border, don’t talk to each other, don’t connect the dots,” Riley said. “And I’m here to tell you we’re doing that better now than we have ever done it. And if I was him, I’d be looking over my shoulder.” It’s likely prison workers helped Guzman break out, the interior minister told reporters. Osorio Chong said he has already fired the prison director and other prison officials. At least 49 people have been questioned in connection with the Saturday escape, a Mexican official said. Mexican authorities announced a $3.8 million reward for information leading to Guzman’s capture. They released what they said was a recent picture of Guzman, showing him with a shaved head and face – but without his trademark mustache. Guzman took a sophisticated route during his escape, officials believe: a tunnel complete with lighting, ventilation and even a modified motorcycle on tracks “that was likely used to remove dirt during the excavation and transport the tools for the dig,” Mexican National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said. The tunnel began with a 50-by-50-centimeter (20-by-20-inch) opening inside the shower of Guzman’s cell, Rubido said. The tunnel stretched for about a mile and ended inside a half-built house. It’s likely the Sinaloa cartel had spent years infiltrating the country’s prison system, a Mexican official told CNN. Whoever helped in the plot likely had the architectural plans for the prison that pointed them toward the shower area, the official said. And this wasn’t the first time. Nicknamed “Shorty” for his height, Guzman already had pulled off one elaborate escape from a maximum-security prison. In 2001, he managed to break free while reportedly hiding in a laundry cart. It took authorities 13 years to catch him – closing in as he was sleeping at a Mexican beach resort. El Chapo’s escape: No light at the end of his tunnel The Sinaloa cartel moves drugs by land, air and sea, including cargo aircraft, private aircraft, buses, fishing vessels and even submarines, the U.S. Justice Department has said. The cartel has become so powerful that Forbes magazine listed Guzman in its 2009 list of “self-made” billionaires. Guzman’s estimated fortune at the time was $1 billion. Guzman has been a nightmare for both sides of the border. He reigns over a multibillion-dollar global drug empire that supplied much of the marijuana, cocaine and heroin sold on the streets of the United States. Chicago has labeled him the city’s “Public Enemy No. 1.” Related video Chicago: 'El Chapo' is 'public enemy number one' And Riley, who spent years fighting Guzman’s cartel there, said he’s personally angered over the escape. “I spent nearly five years fighting what he was doing to the city, what he was doing to the communities by bringing heroin in and working a business relationship with street gangs,” he said. “For me, personally, it was a milestone to see him in jail. And when I got the call at 2:30 in the morning last Saturday, I about passed out.” But no matter what it takes, he said, investigators will find a way to capture him. “I am sure his security is probably second to none in the country. But that’s not going to deter us. It didn’t deter us the first time,” Riley said. “This guy is going to be back in jail.” The Mexico drug war: Bodies for billions CNN’s Josh Gaynor, Marilia Brocchetto, Ashley Fantz, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Evan Perez and CNN en Español’s Juan Carlos Lopez and Krupskaia Alis, contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150715051500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/15/world/mexico-el-chapo-escape/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "698326136", "sentence": "A federal judge in Newark denied Sen. Bob Menendez’s attempt to toss out the Justice Department’s bribery case against him Monday morning. The trial, now in its seventh week, will turn to the defense case as lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat and Dr. Salomon Melgen, a wealthy ophthalmologist from Florida, try to convince jurors that prosecutors have wrongly twisted a longtime friendship into an illegal bribery scheme. The heart of the Justice Department’s case rests on accusations that Menendez accepted political contributions, free rides on private jets and a swanky hotel suite in Paris from Melgen in exchange for agreeing to pressure other high-level federal officials in the executive branch to help resolve his wealthy friend’s business problems – “official acts” prosecutors claim put Menendez on the hook under federal bribery law. Related article What the jury isn't hearing in the Menendez bribery trial Judge William Walls continued to hear arguments from lawyers Monday morning about whether he should throw out the charges against the two men in light of a 2016 Supreme Court decision unanimously overturning former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s bribery conviction. The defense team urged Walls that the prosecution’s overarching “stream of benefits” theory – where many gifts are exchanged for a variety of political favors over a period of several years – cannot survive post-McDonnell. Lawyers for the defense argued that the prosecution had to show a more direct link between a specific gift followed by a specific political favor. Walls was unpersuaded, however, finding “a rational jury could conclude the defendants entered into a quid pro quo agreement.” Appearing to read from a lengthy written opinion he drafted ahead of time, the judge ultimately concluded: “McDonnell is not antagonistic to the stream of benefits theory.” “We are living in a real world of reality and common sense,” Walls said. “The jury will decide whose version of what happened or didn’t happen is more likely than not.” Prosecutors had argued in court filings over the weekend that the McDonnell decision had no effect on the stream of benefits concept and courts have more recently reaffirmed it as a valid legal theory of bribery. Later Monday, the defense called Menendez’s son to the stand as its first witness, who described the relationship between his father and Melgen as “like brothers” and “true friends.” The defense team hopes to show the jury the genuine friendship between the two men in order to avoid any accusation from the prosecution that they had a corrupt arrangement or conspiracy to commit bribery. “They are the best when they are together,” Robert Menendez Jr. told jurors, depicting his father as a “serious guy” who found himself able to “unwind” around Melgen, unlike anyone else. “When he’s with Melgen, he can be himself, he can laugh, he can – unfortunately – sing,” Menendez added about his father, prompting smiles from several jurors as he described “happy occasions” at Melgen’s vacation home in the Dominican Republic, including a 1999 trip to the island for a New Years Eve celebration when he was 14 years old. But prosecutors tried to cast doubt on the son’s credibility when they showed his 2014 grand jury testimony indicating that his time with Melgen in 1999 was, in fact, only a “small part” of a family vacation, after he testified Monday it was a “major element.” First on CNN: An inside look at Sen. Menendez’s vacation spot in the Dominican Republic Melgen defense attorney Kirk Ogrosky also showed jurors various pictures of Melgen’s home at the Dominican Republic as the doctor’s wife described how the senator was a “very special person” to her, and highlighted a photograph of Melgen’s daughter’s wedding with Menendez in the background. Yet when Ogrosky tried to offer that Menendez gave $1,000 to the daughter – one of the largest gifts for the wedding – the judge stepped in. “That’s chump change,” Walls shot back, refusing to permit the question before the jury departed for the day.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sen. Bob Menendez", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171016164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/politics/robert-menendez-defense-case-begins/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "748751998", "sentence": "The two top ranking Democrats on the Senate foreign relations committee announced their opposition Wednesday to CIA Director Mike Pompeo becoming the next secretary of state. Sen. Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the committee, and Sen. Ben Cardin, the No. 2 Democrat, released statements laying out their objections. Menendez, specifically faulted Pompeo for not disclosing his recently discovered trip to North Korea to meet with dictator Kim Jong Un. “Even in my private conversations with him, he didn’t tell me about his visit to North Korea,” Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, said in his statement. “Now I don’t expect diplomacy to be negotiated out in the open but I do expect for someone who is the nominee to be Secretary of State, when he speaks with committee leadership and is asked specific questions about North Korea, to share some insights about such a visit.” RELATED: Pompeo sets an irreversible course to meet Kim that Trump may not want For his part, Cardin said he doesn’t believe Pompeo will be an “independent voice in advising the President” and raised concerns about past statements by Pompeo on Muslims and the LGBT community. While not unexpected – both men voted against Pompeo’s nomination last year to head the CIA – their public statements Wednesday further underscore the tough road ahead for Pompeo’s quest to become the country’s chief diplomat. Related article King 'undecided' on Pompeo for secretary of state It’s widely believed that Pompeo will not receive a favorable committee vote, given the Republicans’ slim 11-10 majority on the committee and with one Republican, Sen. Rand Paul, already announcing he’s a “no.” Still, Pompeo’s nomination could be brought to the floor despite an unfavorable vote in the committee. The question then is whether he would get enough votes in the full Senate. With Paul a “no” vote and Sen. John McCain back in Arizona battling cancer, Republicans would need a single Democrat to vote in favor of Pompeo should each of the 49 Republicans vote for the nomination. Should they lose more Republicans, more Democrats would be needed to get the nomination across the finish line. Pompeo secured support from 15 Democrats and independents when he was nominated for CIA director last year, but it’s unclear whether those same senators will back him again. Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and Tim Kaine of Virginia all voted for Pompeo last time but have already expressed opposition to his nomination for secretary of state. Other Democrats who voted yes last year, like Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, have said they’re still considering how they’ll vote. Pompeo has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, meeting with previous “yes” votes, such as Manchin and Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he’s set to meet with Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. CNN’s Manu Raju contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mike Pompeo", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180418163000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/mike-pompeo-committee-democrats/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "719519260", "sentence": "Size matters. If you were looking for a two-word slogan to describe Donald Trump’s life, that would be a fitting one. In everything – from the size of his buildings to the size of his genitals to the size of his nuclear arsenal, Trump is totally and completely obsessed with being the biggest and the best. Witness his tweet Tuesday night directed at North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.’ Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!” “Much bigger & more powerful.” “My Button works.” If you don’t see what Trump is going for there, then we need to have a side conversation about the birds and the bees. This is a measuring contest provoked by the President of the United States against an unstable dictator pursuing a nuclear capacity. It’s absolutely stunning given the stakes: Nuclear war/annihilation. At the same time, it’s an entirely predictable tactic from Trump given what he we know about him. Let’s remember that in the 2016 Republican primary process, Trump got into a pissing contest – almost literally – with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio about genital size. Related video President alone has power to order nuclear action At a rally in early March, Rubio said this of Trump: “He’s like 6-foot-2, which is why I don’t understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5-foot-2. And you know what they say about men with small hands? You can’t trust them.” Days later – at a GOP primary debate – Trump made sure to address the Rubio allegation. “Look at those hands, are they small hands?” Trump said while displaying his mitts. “And he referred to my hands – ‘if they’re small, something else must be small.’ I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee.” I guarantee you there’s no problem. Trump’s obsession with size is evident in ways large and small – ahem – throughout his life. Remember how he had the biggest inauguration crowd ever? Or how his tax cut was the biggest in history? Or how the ratings for “Saturday Night Live” when Trump made a guest appearance were the biggest in years? Or how Mar-a-Lago is the best club in the world? Or how “The Apprentice” was the biggest TV hit in history? Or how he actually had the tallest building in downtown Manhattan – on September 11, 2001, following the terror attacks that brought down the World Trade Center? (Yes, that actually happened.) There’s dozens more examples just like these, but you get the point. In Trump’s mind, the first, second and third most important measures of success are size. Everything he is involved with must be the biggest, the tallest, the most well-attended, the most expensive, the best. A bit of armchair psychology would suggest that relentless focus on size is born of insecurity. Remember that Trump has always viewed himself as an outsider, scorned by the cool kids. His father was a successful developer, but not in Manhattan, where the big boys played. Trump went into Manhattan and built right in the heart of it, but the major players in the city’s power structure didn’t like him or let him into their clubs. When he came to Washington in 2011 considering a potential political career, the establishment laughed at him during the White House Correspondents Dinner. In Trump’s mind, he is always on the outside looking in. And he is motivated by a desire to stick it to the elites who have shunned him his entire life. Related video Trump launches Twitter tirade first day back The way to do that – in Trump’s mind – is to always one-up whoever is challenging him. If you build a 95-story skyscraper, he’ll find a way to build a 96- story one. If you got 50,000 retweets, he’ll want to get 100,000. And, if you have a nuclear button ready to push on your desk, well you can sure as hell bet Trump has a bigger and better nuclear button on his desk. Trump’s size obsession was mildly amusing when he was a private citizen. The man who always had to have the biggest toy. But, as President, his compulsive need to not only have the biggest and the best everything but to shove it in the face of world leaders that he has the biggest and the best everything takes on an entirely different feeling – one of uneasiness about whether the President of the United States grasps what his size contest obsession means in a world of nuclear weapons.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180103143000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/politics/trump-size-matters-analysis/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "576771027", "sentence": "Lawmakers were briefed Tuesday on a $1.3 billion payment to Iran Republicans have called the payments ransom for hostages The Obama administration made two additional cash payments totaling $1.3 billion, after delivering $400 million to Iran by plane in January, to resolve a failed arms deal, administration officials told lawmakers Tuesday. The briefing, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, was confirmed to CNN by congressional aides who attended. The additional payments were delivered to Iran in Swiss francs, Euros and other currencies. It’s sure to stoke more criticism from Republicans, who had already sharply denounced the $400 million transfer as “ransom.” That cash payment was made in January on the same day Iran released four American prisoners and formally implemented the nuclear deal. The money was flown in a plane to Iran on wooden pallets stacked with various currencies to resolve a dispute between the two countries stemming from a failed arms deal made before the Islamic Revolution in 1979 that toppled the Shah. When the nuclear deal was implemented in January, the Obama administration announced that it agreed to pay $1.7 billion to settle the decades old dispute, although officials didn’t say when or how the payments were made until now. The administration has dismissed the notion that the payments amounted to a “ransom.” “We do not pay ransom,” Obama said last month. “We didn’t here, and we won’t in the future.” “We announced these payments in January. Many months ago,” Obama added. “They were not a secret. It wasn’t a secret. We were completely open with everybody about it.” Dawn Selak, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department, sounded a similar note Wednesday. “As we announced at the beginning of this year and was widely reported at the time, the United States in January agreed to pay Iran $1.7 billion to settle a long-standing legal claim at the Hague,” Selak said. “The form of those principal and interest payments – made in non-U.S. currency, in cash – was necessitated by the effectiveness of U.S. and international sanctions regimes over the last several years in isolating Iran from the international financial system.” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce introduced a measure Tuesday to censure the Obama administration for the payments. Sen. Marco Rubio also introduced legislation that would prohibit those kinds of payments to Iran. The Florida Republican said the bill, “The No Ransom Payments Act,” “will prevent this president or any future president from paying ransoms and ensure that American victims of Iranian terrorism are paid first, before the regime in Tehran can claim settlements.” “The Obama administration’s ransom payment has become a source of bragging rights and extensive propaganda from the Iranian regime,” Rubio wrote in an editorial published Wednesday in the Tampa Bay Times. “The payments were made within hours of the hostages being released, and the plane carrying the hostages was not allowed to leave Tehran until the plane with the ransom payment arrived,” the senator added. “Payments conditioned on the release of hostages are ransom payments, no matter what other dispute they are intended to settle.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160907154500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/politics/iran-cash-payments-congress-hearing/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "615972688", "sentence": "Other bees from Hawaii are on endangered list Bees pollinate more than one-third of the world's food For the first time, a bee species in the continental United States has been declared endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The rusty patched bumblebee is in worrisome decline and it is a race to keep it from becoming extinct, the agency said. “Listing the bee as endangered will help us mobilize partners and focus resources on finding ways right now to stop the decline,” Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius said. The population of the rusty patched bumblebee has shrunk by 87% since the late 1990s, the wildlife service said. Bees help pollinate 35% of the world’s food, and bumblebees pollinate everything from tomatoes to cranberries, blueberries and melons. Related article The old man and the bee There are a number of reasons for the crash of pollinator bees worldwide. Mainly, those are habitat loss (nearly 40% of all land is used for agriculture, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization), climate change (the land that’s left is changing, and this is shrinking the ranges of some bees) and rampant chemical use. “The rusty patched bumblebee is among a group of pollinators,  including the monarch butterfly, experiencing serious declines across the country,” Melius said. “Why is this important? Pollinators are small but mighty parts of the natural mechanism that sustains us and our world. Without them … our crops require laborious, costly pollination by hand.” The species joins seven species of yellow-faced bees found in Hawaii on the endangered list. It is one of 47 bumblebee species in North America. Related gallery The amazing diversity of wild bees Sarina Jepsen, deputy chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s bumblebee specialist group, and a director at the Xerces Society, an environmental nonprofit, told CNN in December that about 25% of bumblebees in North America are at risk for extinction. On Tuesday, she commended the wildlife service’s decision. “Now that the Fish & Wildlife Service has listed the rusty patched bumblebee as endangered, it stands a chance of surviving the many threats it faces,” she said. The rusty patched bumblebee lives in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. There are roughly 20,000 species of bees in the world. That’s more species than birds, amphibians, reptiles or mammals. Bumblebees live in underground colonies, caring for a queen. Worker bees – females that don’t reproduce because they’re not the queen – fly around during the day collecting flower pollen and nectar for food and energy. They only live for a year, except the queen who is dormant during the winter and emerges in the spring to begin a new colony with eggs fertilized during the prior fall. CNN’s John Sutter contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Fish and Wildlife Service", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170111040000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/us/bumblebee-endangered/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "757065167", "sentence": "US President Donald Trump suggested Thursday Beijing could be behind North Korea’s recent harsh rhetoric against Washington in the past week, which has thrown the June summit in Singapore into doubt. Speaking in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump appeared to blame Xi for Pyongyang’s change of tone, which included threatening to call off the talks if the US insisted on unilateral denuclearization. “It could very well be that he’s influencing Kim Jong Un,” Trump said, adding Kim’s apparent change of heart had begun after his recent meeting with Xi in the northern Chinese town of Dalian. China has mixed feelings about a closer relationship between North Korea and the United States, experts say, and wants any agreement struck between Pyongyang and Washington to ensure Beijing is still the powerbroker in the region. “They want to make sure that whatever potential relationship could come from the meeting between Trump and Kim doesn’t overshadow China’s power,” Emily Weinstein, researcher at Georgetown’s Security Studies Program, told CNN. But there’s no doubt a rising China still wants to see a successful summit in Singapore in June, which could lead to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and peace in the region. Related article Kim Jong Un holds second meeting with Xi Jinping in China There has been a clear warming in relations between the two fractious allies in recent months, sparked by concerns in Beijing of being left out of the Korean Peninsula peace process and Pyongyang’s desire for a firm ally as it steps on the world stage. Kim made an unannounced visit to the northern Chinese city of Dalian from May 7, where he met with the Chinese President Xi Jinping. During the trip, the North Korean leader declared the two countries were in “a historical new golden era,” according to state media KCNA. It was Kim’s second meeting with Xi after a secret meeting in Beijing in late March, his first journey outside the country since he became leader after his father’s death in 2011. But their blossoming relationship doesn’t mean North Korea is beholden to its much bigger neighbor, said John Delury, associate professor at Seoul’s Yonsei University. “There’s always a temptation to see North Korea as a pawn in China’s game but the North Koreans have their own play here and Kim Jong Un’s not just going to do Xi Jinping’s (bidding),” he said. In its first public statements since North Korea said it was reconsidering the Singapore summit, Beijing called for the United States to meet North Korea “halfway.” “What I would like to emphasize is that the present eased tension on the peninsula is hard-won,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a visit to France, according to China’s Foreign Ministry. Related article Is North Korea trying to get John Bolton fired? China has been supportive of upcoming talks between Trump and Kim, currently planned to take place in Singapore on June 12. On Thursday, Xi met with a North Korean delegation of senior officials, saying he supported denuclearization of the peninsula as well as warmer relations between Pyongyang and Washington. Richard McGregor, senior fellow at Sydney’s Lowy Institute, told CNN the perfect outcome of the summit for China would be cordial talks, leading eventually to a peace treaty and calmer Korean Peninsula. But it wants to ensure the United States doesn’t replace China as North Korea’s ally of choice, nor does it want a reunified Korea, indebted to Washington, sitting just across its border. “It’s not (about) unification, this is about two separate Koreas which begin to coexist in a much more friendly and cooperative fashion,” he said. Preparations for the Trump Kim summit were still going ahead on Friday despite the confusion over the North Korean statements, Trump said on Thursday. “They’ve been negotiating like nothing happened,” the US President told reporters in the Oval Office. Related article Trump, still planning summit, reassures and warns Kim Jong Un Trump attempted to smooth over Kim’s concerns about potential regime change by reassuring the young leader that Kim would remain in power even if he abandoned his nuclear weapons, only to then threaten decimation if he didn’t. Trump’s suggestion that Beijing may have been to blame for North Korea’s recent wavering could have unintended consequences for US China relations, McGregor said. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Washington this week in an attempt to find common ground with the US leader amid ongoing sparring over trade between the two countries. “Whatever Trump has said about China he’s always gone out of his way to praise Xi Jinping, he’s always talked about what a terrific guy Xi is and how they have a great relationship and great chemistry,” McGregor said. “So if Trump starts to blame Xi for the potential unraveling of his summit with Kim, that’s not good news for US-China relations.” CNN’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this article.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180518080000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/asia/china-us-north-korea-xi-jinping-intl/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "465313844", "sentence": "Ted Cruz is meeting with House conservatives to talk about the  government shutdown Cruz said it was time for his party's leadership to stiffen its spines Ted Cruz is trying to get the band back together. The Texas firebrand senator and GOP presidential candidate plans to huddle with House conservatives amidst a growing number of conflicts between the party’s leadership and right flank. The most pressing: How to fully fund the federal government by month’s end and avert a shutdown while appeasing conservatives who are demanding that Planned Parenthood not receive a dime of taxpayer money. Cruz has sent out invites for a meeting as soon as Wednesday, according to two House Republican lawmakers. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas), who said he was invited to the meeting in Cruz’s office, said there’s a reason for the skull-session: to collaborate on strategy opposing the party leadership. “The establishment would like the House conservatives never to talk,” Huelskamp told CNN. “Because we always hear that our leadership said this and that are impossible to do. How do we get around the reluctance of our establishment in Washington to get done what we all said we were going to do in August?” “I am meeting with Ted Cruz later today. It’s a free-flowing conversation,” said Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala). “I like rapping with him.” It’s not the first time that Cruz has met with the House’s most conservative lawmakers. The meetings, typically over pizza, Dr. Pepper and beer, often are social in nature, but the participants do talk strategy and tactics, which are often at odds with the party leadership. It is similar to a 2013 effort to unite conservatives behind a push to defund Obamacare, an effort that prompted an internal GOP battle and a 16-day government shutdown. A Cruz aide confirmed Wednesday that conservatives had been invited to the meeting but said that it could be delayed until later this week. READ: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz join forces on Iran Speaking to reporters outside the Senate chamber, Cruz said it was time for his party’s leadership to stiffen its spines. “The right answer is not the Washington solution of a meaningless show vote,” Cruz said. “The solution that makes sense is we should not be spending taxpayer funds to fund an ongoing criminal enterprise.” Cruz was referring to the Planned Parenthood controversy centering on videos that depict group officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood has denied wrongdoing. Cruz would not say if he would support a conservative effort to oust House Speaker John Boehner, saying, “It’s a question for the House to decide.” It’s unclear how much sway Cruz holds among House Republicans after the 2013 shutdown.  Many admitted that showdown over Obamacare was a mistake and future fights over funding shouldn’t put the party in a similar position. But the meeting comes at a critical juncture on Capitol Hill. In addition to the funding fight, there’s a growing GOP division over the strategy to take on Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran, with Cruz and other conservatives demanding that the party leadership delay a vote until more documents are provided by the White House. Moreover, the business community is ratcheting up pressure on House Republicans to revive the Export-Import Bank, the country’s chief export credit agency, which is reviled by conservatives. In the aftermath of the controversial Planned Parenthood videos, conservative lawmakers are insisting that the none of the $500 million in annual funding that typically goes to the organization should be provided this year. But both Senate Democratic leaders and President Barack Obama have said they won’t accept any stop-gap funding bill that touches Planned Parenthood allocations, meaning the issue must be resolved or there’s a chance the government could shut down again. Top Republicans, including Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are eager to avoid that possibility. Senior Republicans are trying to initiate congressional investigations into Planned Parenthood and remove the issue from the funding process in order to respond to anger on the right but also ensure the government remains open. READ: GOP feud jeopardizes Iran vote Boehner is considering several options – attaching a Planned Parenthood defunding provision to a short-term spending bill, holding a separate vote on stripping all federal funds for Planned Parenthood, or moving a moratorium on taxpayer money going to the organization while Congress investigates the group’s practices. Republicans are also examining whether the fast-track process known as budget reconciliation could be a way to target Planned Parenthood funding without risking a government shutdown. On Wednesday, Boehner told House GOP members that his top lieutenants would lead “listening sessions” to sound out rank-and-file members on the best legislative strategy to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood. At a closed-door meeting, Republican leaders stressed they wanted the focus this week on efforts to block the Iran nuclear deal. A path forward on a spending bill, they said, would likely come together in the next week. Boehner told reporters, “I have not made any decisions on when we would move” the short-term spending bill. The Speaker brushed off a question about whether the threat from House conservatives to oust him complicated the path forward on a spending bill. “It does not make it more difficult,” he said. I’ve got widespread support in the conference and I appreciate it.” But Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who was invited to the Cruz meeting and supports an effort to remove Boehner from his speakership, said the current problem is of the leadership’s own making. “We are here because our leadership put us here, because they subverted the appropriations process,” Massie said. But New Jersey Republican Rep. Leonard Lance warned fellow GOP colleagues that attaching a defunding provision to a must-pass spending bill would threaten another government shutdown. “My view is that we need to pay our troops on time. We need to provide Social Security on time. There are many essential functions of the federal government. I also think it’s bad politically,” Lance told CNN. “The White House will then concentrate on that, as opposed to the goal, which should be to defund Planned Parenthood.” North Carolina GOP Rep. Bob Pittenger said he thought leaders should separate out the issue of Planned Parenthood, telling CNN, “I think we need to think strategically on how we can really attack this.” He acknowledged that some conservatives wouldn’t vote for any funding bill that continued money for Planned Parenthood but said “we have to look at the realities - where is the money coming from.  And the money is coming from Medicaid. That’s not going to be corrected through the type of vote.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ted Cruz", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150909191500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/politics/ted-cruz-government-shutdown-planned-parenthood/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "739394859", "sentence": "Elusive British street artist Banksy has returned to New York to protest the incarceration of a Turkish artist who was imprisoned last year over a painting. Zehra Dogan is an artist and journalist who had covered the wars in Iraq and Syria and was one of the first reporters to talk to Yazidi women freed from the clutches of ISIS, according to her official website. Can art be too political? Artist Zineb Sedira sounds off Last July, Dogan was handed a jail term of two years, nine months and 22 days for producing “terror organization propaganda” after she painted a scene of Nusaybin, a Turkish town that had been under curfew because of fighting between the military and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), according to CNN Turk. The PKK is considered a terror group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Banksy’s latest piece in downtown Manhattan is a massive mural of black tally marks which resemble jail bars through which Dogan’s face can be seen. In the bottom right corner is a call for action: “Free Zehra Dogan.” A post shared by Banksy (@banksy) Dogan’s painting is projected above the mural. Shortly after she was initially detained in July 2016, the International Federation of Journalists urged the Turkish government to release Dogan – as well as 90 other journalists presently behind bars. Since her incarceration, several international freedom of expression organizations – including The Voice Project and Pen International – have called for her release. “They gave me a prison penalty for taking the photo of destroyed houses and putting Turkish flags on them. But it wasn’t me who did it, it was them. I just painted it,” Dogan is quoted as saying on her personal website. Why Russia produces (and quashes) so much protest art Shortly after the mural was unveiled, the anonymous guerrilla artist uploaded several Instagram posts on his official account – which he traditionally uses to confirm his works. A post shared by Banksy (@banksy) “One year ago Zehra Dogan was jailed for painting this watercolour of a photograph she saw in the newspaper. Protest against this injustice by re-gramming her painting and tagging Turkey’s President Erdogan @rterdogan,” Banksy posted. Earlier this week, Banksy also stenciled a rat on the clock of a disused bank building on 14th Street in New York.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkey", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180316170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banksy-new-york-zehra-dogan-intl/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "755902373", "sentence": "The Pentagon, in conjunction with the State Department, has increased the presence of Marine Corps security forces at a number of US embassies in the Middle East and Africa in light of increased tensions and unrest following the US decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem, according to several military officials. CNN first reported the deployment of Marines on Friday. The Marine Corps publicly acknowledged the deployment in a statement saying it had “been requested to augment a number of embassies in light of current events.” Related article White House blames Hamas for dozens of deaths in Gaza protests The Defense Department is not disclosing the number of Marines being deployed or their locations although it’s been known for weeks that security has been increased at US diplomatic installations in Israel including the new embassy in Jerusalem. “DOD takes necessary steps to mitigate threats to U.S. personnel, embassies and consulates around the world. At the request of the Department of State, and in coordination with host nations, the Department of Defense has deployed additional Marine Security Guards to several U.S. embassies for the purpose of temporarily augmenting security,” Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich told CNN. Escalating violence in the Gaza strip area has also led to increased concern it could spark demonstrations in other locations. The Marines are being sent from a unit called the Marine Security Guard Security Augmentation unit which has advanced training beyond the routine Marine Corps embassy guard who protect installations inside their fence perimeter. The additional Marines “are uniquely postured to respond expeditiously,” the Marine Corps statement said. Several US officials have told CNN that US embassies throughout the Middle East and Muslim countries are on alert because of three key events: the US embassy opening in Jerusalem on Monday, the beginning of Ramadan and the Nakba anniversary for Palestinians. Related article Dozens of Palestinians killed in Gaza clashes as US Embassy opens Palestinians mark what they call the “Nakba” or Catastrophe, in memory of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who were either driven from, or fled, their homes during the Arab-Israeli war that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. The officials said there have been recent requests last week by the State Department for additional US Marines for additional protection at several embassies. Officials said that there does not appear to be a specific terror threat, but rather the US will be watching for signs of additional destabilizing and escalatory Iranian military actions or surrogate operations through Hezbollah. US defense officials also told CNN that Marines in the Middle East have been earmarked as a rapid response force if tensions rise given the upcoming dates on the calendar of concern. For weeks, the State Department has been working to bolster security at US diplomatic posts around the Muslim world in advance of the US embassy move in Jerusalem, anticipating possible violence. CNN’s Zachary Cohen, Nicole Gaouette and Elise Labott contributed reporting", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US embassy security measures in the Middle East and Africa", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180514214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/politics/us-marines-middle-east-embassy-security/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "496224803", "sentence": "Hezbollah leader: \"We will pick time, place and manner\" to retaliate against Israel for death of Samir Kuntar He was killed in an airstrike Sunday in Syria; Israel has declined to comment on accusations it is behind the strike Kuntar was sentenced to life in prison for killing three Israelis but released in a high-profile 2008 swap Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday threatened Israel with retaliation after an apparent airstrike killed a senior Lebanese militant a day earlier in Syria. “It is our right to revenge (Samir Kuntar’s) assassination, and we will pick the time, place and manner to do so as we deem appropriate,” Nasrallah said in a televised address. “This is our right.” Hezbollah accused Israel of carrying out the airstrike that hit a residential building in the suburbs of Damascus, killing Kuntar.  The Israeli military has declined to comment on the accusation. Nasrallah’s vow for revenge came hours after weapons fire was exchanged along the Israel-Lebanon border. The Israeli military responded with artillery fire into southern Lebanon after rockets were fired at Israel from its northern neighbor, according to a statement from the Israeli Defense Forces. The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon said it detected three rockets fired from the general area of Al Hinniyah in southern Lebanon toward Israel on Sunday evening, and that the “IDF retaliated with approximately eight rounds of 120mm mortar fire that impacted near Zibqin in southern Lebanon.” There were no immediate reports of casualties on either side. Kuntar served 30 years in an Israeli prison for murder before he was released in a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah seven years ago. Kuntar was convicted of a 1979 attack in which he shot and killed an Israeli man in front of his 4-year-old daughter, then smashed her head against a rock with his rifle butt, tossing her body into the sea. The victim’s 2-year-old daughter was accidentally smothered by her mother, who tried to keep her quiet as they hid from the attackers who arrived in Israel from Lebanon by boat. Kuntar, who was 16 at the time of the attack, was convicted for murdering both children and was sentenced to 542 years in prison. But in 2008, the Israeli government agreed to release him from prison in a high-profile swap. Kuntar was traded for the remains of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in a 2006 cross-border raid. “It’s not an easy decision,” Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told CNN at the time of the swap, adding of Kuntar: “One of the people being released is a brutal murderer, a man that with his own hands killed infants – a terrible crime, but this is a nasty business.” Kuntar received a hero’s welcome upon his return to Lebanon. In his address Monday, Nasrallah said Kuntar “was aware that he had always been a target for Israel since the first day of his release.” CNN’s Ed Payne, Hamdi Alkhshali and Kareem Khadder contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hezbollah", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151221233000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "LBN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/middleeast/lebanese-militant-samir-kuntar-dead/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "754128340", "sentence": "A 104-year-old Australian scientist who is set to end his life at a clinic in Switzerland later this week told CNN that his life was no longer worth living and said he hoped his story would lead to the legalization of assisted dying in other countries. David Goodall, a respected botanist and ecologist, is due to die at the Life Circle clinic in Basel on Thursday, after traveling to Europe from his home town of Perth, Australia earlier this month. The grandfather-of-12 and longtime member of pro-euthanasia group Exit International said his life stopped being enjoyable “five or 10 years ago,” in part because of his failing mobility and eyesight. “My life has been out in the field (working), but I can’t go out in the field now,” said Goodall, who must be pushed everywhere in a wheelchair, during an exclusive interview with CNN in his hotel in Basel on Tuesday. Related video Why 104-year-old scientist wants to die “I would love to be able to walk into the bush again, and see what is all around me,” said the father-of-four, who during his long life has had three wives and moved to Australia from London as a child. “I could still enjoy birdsong,” he added. “But my lack of vision would seriously impair it.” Goodall said he would have preferred to have died when he lost his driver’s license in 1998, adding that the loss of independence at 94 was a big moment in his life. “At my age, I get up in the morning. I eat breakfast. And then I just sit until lunchtime. Then I have a bit of lunch and just sit. What’s the use of that?” said the scientist, who flew business class to Europe earlier this month after supporters raised $20,000 for his campaign. Euthanasia is illegal in Australia, though the state of Victoria is planning to allow assisted dying from mid-2019. Goodall’s home state of Western Australia is currently debating whether to introduce the policy. Several US states have a form of physician-assisted suicide, as do a small number of countries including Japan, Belgium and Switzerland. Goodall attempted to take his own life a few weeks ago but ended up waking up in hospital instead, where doctors judged that he was a risk to himself. He was only discharged after an independent psychiatric review commissioned by his daughter. The scientist described his treatment as “cruel,” adding, “they oblige one to stay alive, when one hasn’t got anything to live for.” Goodall said he felt “resentful” that he had to travel to Switzerland to die, and hoped that his story would lead the Western Australian government to change its laws. “I’m looking forward to it,” he said of his death in two days time. “I’m happy that this period beforehand has been used to interview me, and I’ve brought the ideas of euthanasia to light.” “What I would like is for other countries to follow Switzerland’s lead and make these facilities available to all clients, if they meet the requirements, and the requirements not just of age, but of mental capacity.” Goodall said he did not fear death, but instead will “welcome it when it comes.” “The process of dying can be rather unpleasant, but it need not be – and I hope it won’t be for me,” he said. On Thursday, doctors will place a intravenous needle filled with sodium pentobarbital into Goodall’s arm and he will administer the lethal drug himself. Exit International founder Philip Nitschke told CNN earlier in May that the option of traveling to Switzerland for medically assisted suicide was open to anyone, provided they had sound reason and fulfilled certain criteria. “My belief is that any rational adult should have the ability to access the drugs which would give them a peaceful, reliable death,” said Nitschke, whose organization was instrumental in helping Goodall organize the trip. While a little hard of hearing, and reliant on Nitschke to push his wheelchair, Goodall appeared to have lost none of his sense of humor on Tuesday, wearing a top inscribed with the words “Aging Disgracefully.” Born in London in April 1914, just months before the outbreak of World War I, Goodall said he remembered “creeping under a table in northern London suburbs to escape the air bombs being dropped.” The respected botanist and ecologist went on to hold academic positions across the world, including in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. After his retirement in 1979, Goodall edited a 30-volume series entitled Ecosystems of the World, written by more than 500 authors. In 2016, the professor was awarded the prestigious Order of Australia Medal. Some of his happiest memories of his life included his many trips abroad, including to Fiji and Sweden. His advice for young people on how to live a good life was “to take whatever opportunities arise – as long as those opportunities don’t involve harm to other people.” When asked what his final thought would be before his life ends on Thursday, Goodall was sharp as ever. “I’ll be thinking about the needle and hoping they aim right!” he replied. Melisa Bell and Saskya Vandoorne reported from Basel. Sheena McKenzie wrote from London. Ben Westcott contributed to this report from Hong Kong.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "assisted dying legalization", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180508174500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "CHE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/health/david-goodall-australia-switzerland-interview-intl/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "730786983", "sentence": "Al Mourabitoun militant group claimed the bombing Group is linked to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb A group with links to Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that tore through a military camp in West Africa’s Mali, killing 47 people. The attack was launched Wednesday in the city of Gao at the camp shared by government forces and armed groups, who had signed a peace deal in 2012 and were to carry out joint patrols. The Al Mourabitoun militant group claimed it was behind the attack in a statement posted on Facebook and obtained by Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar. The group is the Mali branch of Al Qaeda’s North African affiliate, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). “We will not allow the establishment of military posts and headquarters or the convening of patrols and convoys belonging to the French occupiers to wage war against the mujahideen,” the statement read. Al Mourabitoun is led by terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who is believed to have been behind a number of high-profile attacks against military and civilian targets in Mali and elsewhere in Africa. The one-eyed Belmokhtar has been mistakenly declared dead many times. The United States named him a global terrorist 12 years ago and offered a $5 million reward for information about him. Francois Delattre, France’s ambassador to the United Nations, said Wednesday that the attack was an “attempt against the ongoing efforts in Mali to stabilize the country and a direct effort to undermine the peace agreement.” Mali is a former French colony that has struggled with instability and Islamist extremists for years. An uprising by rebels from the Tuareg ethnic minority began in the country’s sparsely populated north in January 2012, followed by a military coup two months later. During the chaos that followed, Islamist extremists who had helped the Tuareg against Malian forces took over a large portion of northern Mali for themselves. At Mali’s request, France sent thousands of troops after the coup to help push out the militants. The United Nations also established a peacekeeping mission to secure the government enough to continue a peace process. French troops helped push the militants out of urban areas, but the militants persisted in the nation’s desert regions. An Algerian-brokered peace deal, which allowed for greater autonomy in the country’s north, was signed in June 2015 by the so-called Coordination of Movements of Azawad, representing the Tuareg-led rebels. CNN’s Jason Hanna, Bijan Hosseini and Richard Roth contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Al Mourabitoun militant group", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180214123000", "country1": "MLI", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/africa/mali-military-bombing/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "683989250", "sentence": "A California man told authorities he bought an endangered Bengal tiger cub for $300 in Mexico A Customs and Border Patrol inspector discovered the tiger cub on the floor of the vehicle A California man has been charged with smuggling a Bengal tiger cub into the United States from Mexico. He told investigators he wanted to keep the tiger as a pet, the United States Attorney’s Office said. Under federal law, all species of tigers – including Bengal tigers – are endangered species. A Fish and Wildlife Service permit is required to import any species listed under the Endangered Species Act. Luis Eudoro Valencia, 18, of Perris, California, told federal authorities he bought the tiger cub on August 21 for $300 from a man he saw on a Tijuana street walking a full-size tiger on a leash. But Valencia didn’t have the required permit and failed to declare the tiger with Customs and Border Protection officers when he drove across the border into San Diego, California two days later, the US Attorney’s Office said. Valencia was also charged Wednesday with importing an endangered species without a permit. Valencia was released on a $10,000 surety bond and was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing on September 5. A number for Valencia could not be located on Thursday. His attorney, Adam Schneider, told CNN he hadn’t yet spoken to his client. Around 1:30 a.m. on August 23, Valencia and his passenger drove into the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in a silver 2017 Chevrolet Camaro with no license plates, the complaint said. The two initially said they didn’t have anything to declare, the complaint said. A Customs and Border Protection inspector searched the vehicle after they found a problem with its vehicle identification number. The inspector found the tiger cub on the floor of Valencia’s vehicle, the complaint said. Valencia told authorities he started communicating with the seller on August 18, the same day he went to Mexico to meet the seller. He returned on August 23 to purchase and pick up the tiger, the complaint said. The Bengal tiger is the most populous subspecies of tiger. It is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, the US Attorney’s Office said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Luis Eudoro Valencia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170825050000", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/us/tiger-cub-smuggle-attempt/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "569389933", "sentence": "Joshua Wong and Nathan Law sentenced to community service Alex Chow gets suspended jail term Two student leaders who brought tens of thousands onto Hong Kong’s streets during pro-democracy protests in 2014 have been spared jail, with a local court saying they genuinely believed in their political ideals. A magistrates’ court in Hong Kong on Monday sentenced Joshua Wong to 80 hours of community service after he was convicted last month for taking part in a rally on September 26, 2014 in front of Hong Kong’s Central Government Offices. The rally sparked the two-month long Occupy Central demonstrations, also known as the Umbrella Movement. Nathan Law was sentenced to 120 hours of community service for inciting others to take part in an unlawful assembly at that same rally. A third man, Alex Chow, was given a three-week jail term suspended for one year. However, unless Chow commits a criminal offense in the next year he won’t spend time in jail. Related video Hong Kong: Fears of losing freedom Chow’s sentence was going to be 80 hours community service but was changed because he is going abroad to study, the court said. “The court accepted that all three defendants expressed their opinions and demands because they genuinely believe in their political ideals and were concerned about the status of (Hong Kong) society,” according to the court document issued on the sentencing. “Their motivation was not for their own benefit or to harm others,” the document said. The relatively light sentences won’t restrict their participation in Hong Kong politics as some had feared. Earlier this year, Wong launched a new political party – Demosistō – with the aim of winning representation in Hong Kong’s decision-making body, the Legislative Council and push its pro-democracy agenda. At 19, Wong is too young to run for a seat himself, so 23-year-old Law is standing in next month’s election. ALSO READ: China blames ‘dark shadow’ of U.S. for Hong Kong independence While Chow has taken a step back and shifted his focus to academics – he is due to study in London –  Wong and Law continue to campaign for democracy in Hong Kong. “I do not regret any of my involvement in the Umbrella Movement,” Wong told CNN last Friday. Both he and Law said their biggest fear is that their sentences would scare off others from making their voices heard. “I believe that to have social change, we need more people to come out,” Law said. “I’m afraid these kinds of court cases will stop people from participating.” ALSO READ: Hong Kong bans pro-independence candidate from election Wong first gained prominence in 2012 as the founder of the student group Scholarism, which helped fight off a plan to introduce “moral and national education” classes in the city. Many saw it as an attempt by the Communist government in Beijing to exercise greater control over Hong Kong, which is supposed to enjoy a high degree of autonomy from the mainland China – maintaining its own political, judicial, education and economic systems. In 2014, Wong became the face of the Umbrella Movement, which paralyzed the city’s normally booming financial district for 79 days. At times, up to 100,000 people gathered in the area to protest a lack democracy for Hong Kong’s top post of chief executive. ALSO READ: Hong Kong’s Brexit moment? Calls grow for independence Under the current system, the position is chosen by a 1,200-member Election Commission, primarily made up of Beijing loyalists. “It is necessary for our party to get a legislator elected into council to gain the resources and the sustainable political power inside the institution and let us push forward (with) the self-determination movement,” Wong told CNN last Friday. The party wants to work towards a referendum that will allow Hong Kongers to decide their future after 2047, when Mainland China is no longer bound by an agreement with Britain to allow Hong Kong to enjoy a high degree of autonomy. “It is not an easy time for Hong Kong. We are facing our core values being eroded,” Wong said. “We just hope more and more people around the world will support the new generation and for Hong Kong to get back our own rights of universal suffrage, direct elections, freedom, human rights and democracy.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hong Kong pro-democracy movement", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160815043000", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/15/asia/hong-kong-protest-leaders-sentenced/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "699975334", "sentence": "Analysts say discrimination against women remains widespread in China Expressing support for feminism can be controversial in China The biggest event in China’s political calendar just concluded in Beijing, and the lack of women at the top echelons of power was palpable. This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping presented his new leadership team to the world on stage in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Just who would be on the Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee was a matter of fierce debate, but on one thing everyone was certain: there would be no women. The People’s Republic of China has never had a female president, nor have any women served on the Standing Committee, where all key decisions about running the country are made, since the party came to power in 1949. Rulers revealedXi Jinping’s new menXi anointed in constitution Few female leadersHow China stacks upEconomy: What’s nextWho is Xi Jinping?Opinion: ‘Momentous time’ Rulers revealedXi Jinping’s new menXi anointed in constitution Few female leadersHow China stacks upEconomy: What’s nextWho is Xi Jinping?Opinion: ‘Momentous time’ The next rung down – the 25-member Politburo – previously had only two female members. It now only has one. China’s lack of female leadership is made all the more stark by the contrast with Hong Kong and Taiwan, both of which are run by women. Carrie Lam took office as first female leader in Hong Kong, a former British territory now part of China, in July. In Taiwan, a self-governing island China views as a breakaway province, Tsai Ing-wen was elected as its first female president in early 2016. Other countries in the region – South Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore – have also all had women leaders. The founding father of the People’s Republic, Mao Zedong, famously proclaimed that “women hold up half the sky,” so why, four decades after his death, are there still so few high-level female politicians in China? Although China’s constitution enshrines gender equality, discrimination remains widespread, according to analysts. Current retirement policy requires female public servants stop working up to 10 years earlier than men. For government employees, including those at state-owned enterprises, the mandatory retirement age for men is 60, while women retire at 50 or 55. Some experts argue this age-gap perpetuates perceptions women are physically unable to work as long as men and discourages employers from hiring women for long-term positions. It also leads to less opportunities for women seeking advancement in Chinese politics, where cadres only reach the height of power as they near their 60s. “The government has no intention of doing anything substantive to improve female political representation,” said Leta Hong Fincher, author of the upcoming book “Betraying Big Brother: China’s Feminist Resistance.” “It’s just doing the talk to appear more responsible as it wants to be viewed as a more prominent global leader.” Many women – like real estate maven Zhang Xin and tech entrepreneur Hu Weiwei – are succeeding in business and academia, but female politicians remain a rare breed. Time magazine included Jiang Qing, Mao’s wife and leader of the “Gang of Four” during the Cultural Revolution, as one of the 25 most powerful women of the past century, but she only reached the Politburo. The country’s two most senior female politicians today are vice premier Liu Yandong, a scion of a political dynasty – her father was a close ally of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin – and Sun Chunlan, a somewhat obscure Politburo member. In this week’s leadership reshuffle, Liu retired from the Politburo, leaving Sun as the only female member. Another notable female politician is Fu Ying. While she is not a member of the Politburo, she’s only the second woman to ever hold the position of vice foreign minister. “Chairman Mao’s words are poetic; they’re not real policies,” said Cheng Li, a China expert at the Washington-based Brookings Institution. “Mao wanted to encourage women, but not let them go too far.” Although a 1982 revision to the party constitution calls for it to “pay great attention to cultivating and selecting women cadres,” Li said the rules have had limited impact as they don’t define a percentage. Obstacles to women at the policy level are compounded by another factor: culture. Surviving China’s male-dominated political system means playing by its rules, such as drinking large amounts of baijiu, the clear, highly alcoholic grain spirit that forms a key part of formal banquets and meetings. This puts women in a dilemma – if they take part in the drinking, they may be judged for failing to uphold a modest lifestyle; if they refuse, they’re excluded from the mingling and miss out on opportunities to make connections and gain influence. Li said discrimination in China is often more open than in the West, “especially at dinner tables and in meeting rooms.” The extravagant banquets where baijiu consumption is a big part have been major target of Xi’s anti-corruption campaign, hurting sales of the spirit and giving some hope networking events could take a more professional turn. In the West, moves to open up more fields to women and improve representation have been driven by proudly feminist activists and politicians, but in China, expressing support for the mere concept of feminism can be controversial. Last year, state-run news agency Xinhua published an opinion piece criticizing Taiwanese President Tsai’s “extremist style,” because she was unmarried. “As a single female politician, she does not have the emotional burden of love, of ‘family’ or children. So her political style and strategy tend to be emotional, personalized and extreme,” wrote Wang Weixing, an official from a Beijing-controlled body that handles relations with Taiwan. The story was eventually pulled after a wave of outrage online, but it’s not the only example of Chinese politicians going after outspoken women, which comes amid a wider crackdown on NGOs and civil society groups. Related video China releases women's rights activists from detention In 2015, five Chinese feminist activists were detained and accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” after they attempted to organize a campaign against sexual harassment on public transport. Though they were eventually released on bail, prosecutors threatened them with charges carrying hefty prison terms and one of the five, Wu Rongrong, was briefly banned from leaving the country. “Even though the women were released, they are still officially criminal suspects,” Hong Fincher said. “To this day, the government is continuing to carry out an unprecedented crackdown on feminist activism, trying to extinguish the nascent feminist movement.” For Li’s part, he said he was not “entirely pessimistic,” pointing to improvements in education. “However,” he added, “we might not see any significant change in the next five to 10 years.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171022053000", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "TWN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/22/asia/china-female-leaders/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "620562898", "sentence": "Lavrov: Russia shares President Trump's desire for \"re-establishing normal relations\" Russia's foreign minister also called for a normalization of ties with the European Union Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for the “re-establishment of normal relations” between Russia and the United States under the Trump administration. His desire for better US-Russian relations on Wednesday echoes previous statements by US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “Following the difficult relations we had under Barack Obama, President Putin is ready to meet in the interests of global security and stability,” Lavrov said, in remarks to Russia’s lower house of parliament. “We share the position expressed by President Trump for re-establishing normal relations. This means we need to work in a businesslike way.” Lavrov also urged a normalization of ties between Russia and the European Union and said “Russophobia” must be combated. “We cannot build our relations other than on mutual respect,” he said. Related video Trump on relations with Russia The US and EU both imposed sanctions on Russia after it annexed Crimea in 2014 and backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Amid continued concern over potential Russian aggression, some 4,000 US soldiers have been deployed as part of troop rotations to Europe that the Pentagon has said are intended to bolster ties with NATO allies and send a clear message to Russia. Russia has previously said it sees the buildup of NATO forces as a threat  – and Lavrov told lawmakers that their country was obliged to respond. “We understand that we had to carry out measures in response to the actions of NATO, about the military potential of (NATO), including their missile defense system,” he said Wednesday. “Russia is a peaceful country but we have to be ready and prepared to provide the security and safety of our citizens,” he said. Addressing the continued violence in eastern Ukraine, Lavrov accused Kiev of “continuing to set up armed provocations” in the conflict zone and of a “stubborn refusal” to abide by a ceasefire agreement signed in Minsk in 2015. Lavrov also highlighted Russia’s role in facilitating talks between the Syrian government and Syrian rebel groups in Astana, Kazakhstan, this week, saying they were “extremely important.” Related video Tensions high at Syria peace talks The talks – backed by Russia, Turkey and Iran – could help pave the way to further discussions in Geneva, Switzerland, next month. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared the Astana meeting a “success” in a call with reporters Wednesday and said he hoped it would help to restart the Geneva peace process. “Undoubtedly it is a success. Undoubtedly it is a significant support to the Geneva process, you know, the main avenue to settling the Syrian issue is in Geneva, we know that there have been some stumbling blocks there for quite a while,” he said. “The fact that a meeting of the interested parties took place is the most positive thing – so that’s why we are positive about the talks [in Astana],” Peskov said. “Time will show how viable these talks are and it’s the practicability of them which will dictate the situation.” The new Trump administration opted not to send a delegation to Astana, instead tapping US Ambassador to Kazakhstan George Krol to represent Washington’s interests. In his remarks Wednesday, Lavrov also highlighted Russia’s desire to strengthen ties with China and other Asian nations. And he said Russian diplomacy around the world was focused on promoting Russian citizens’ security and the country’s best interests. “We cannot fight the terrorism without stabilization of the Middle East, including Syria, Iraq, Libya – we have to work together with Iran, Syria, Turkey and other countries in order to solve the Syria crisis,” he said. CNN’s Emma Burrows and Stephanie Halasz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170125123000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/europe/russia-lavrov-foreign-policy-us/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "489489462", "sentence": "Police say newborn girl buried alive under walking path asphalt Witnesses say they heard faint cries which they at first thought was a cat Police say the baby was born within the last 36 to 48 hours Parents face attempted murder, child endangerment charges if found The crying coming from under a block of asphalt sounded like it was from a cat to Angelica Blount. But it turned out to be an abandoned baby that police say was deliberately buried under debris along a Los Angeles area walking path. Blount was walking in Compton on Friday, when her sister Evangelina McCrary pointed the sound out to her. Newborn baby pulled alive from toilet in Beijing “She told me, ‘Can you hear the baby crying?’” Blount told CNN affiliate KABC. “And I said, ‘I don’t know; it might be a cat.’ And my sister said, ‘No, it’s a baby crying.’” They called 911. Two deputies from the LA Sheriff’s Department found the newborn under pieces of asphalt and debris inside a crevice. She was “cold to the touch” and wrapped in what appeared to be a hospital blanket, the sheriff’s office said. “There’s indications that the child was born at a medical facility or at a hospital…because of the blanket,” LA Sheriff’s Dept. Sgt. Marvin Jaramilla told journalists on Saturday. Opinion: Why there are more walk-away moms Paramedics treated her at the scene before transporting her to the hospital where she’s listed in stable condition. Police say the baby girl was born within the last 36 to 48 hours. She’s lucky to be alive. Newborn found in Nativity scene at New York church “We do know that if the child had spent the night there in those conditions the baby wouldn’t have survived,” Sgt. Jaramilla said. If the parents are found, they will face attempted murder and child endangerment charges. Los Angeles County has a so-called “Baby Safe Surrender Program” that provides parents the option to hand their baby over at any LA county hospital or fire station, no questions asked. “I don’t know how someone would just dump the baby and throw them in that hole and forget about it,” resident Angel Flores told KABC. CNN’s Amanda Watts and Andy Rose contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Los Angeles County Baby Safe Surrender Program", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151129130000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/29/us/los-angeles-county-abandoned-baby-found-under-asphalt/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "593566032", "sentence": "Mars mission ended with hard landing on planet's surface Schiaparelli designed as a test flight for 2020 mission to Mars There are many craters on Mars – but this one is different. New images show a fresh, dark mark on the face of the Red Planet. This one was made by the Schiaparelli spacecraft when it hit the surface hard after a systems malfunction. The pictures – taken by a NASA Mars orbiter this week – reveal the final resting place of the Mars lander, reported lost by the European Space Agency earlier this month. They also hint at the violence of the impact made by the speeding Schiaparelli at the end of its fiery plunge through the martian atmosphere. Schiaparelli was designed to be a test flight for another mission – a planned 2020 launch that will send a rover to Mars. The agency suspects something went wrong when a parachute was jettisoned. “The ejection itself appears to have occurred earlier than expected, but analysis is not yet complete,” it said in a statement. At a news conference announcing the loss of the craft, ESA’s Director General, Jan Wörner, said Schiaparelli’s primary role was to test whether they could successfully land a probe on Mars. “Recording the data during the descent was part of that, and it is important we can learn what happened, in order to prepare for the future,” Wörner said. NASA’s MRO @HiRISE has imaged #ExoMars @ESA_EDM landing site & module hardware in high-res:  https://t.co/zwULj6knp5 pic.twitter.com/uy6nUUrUVJ The probe was equipped with nine thrusters that were due to be activated for the last 30 seconds to help cushion the landing. While they were confirmed to have been briefly activated, the agency believes they may have switched off sooner than expected. After monitoring its descent, scientists at mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, did not get a signal back from the 1,272 pound (577 kilogram) probe. Schiaparelli’s companion craft, an orbiter with a much longer mission, successfully made it to orbit. The Trace Gas Orbiter will investigate the source of methane on Mars, which could be a sign of life or geological processes. Related article Barack Obama: America will take the giant leap to Mars The orbiter adds to a number of craft that are looking for signs of life on our neighboring planet. The presence of methane is a signature of life on Earth, so the orbiting spacecraft will be trying to detect it on Mars – and determine where it is coming from. The Trace Gas Oribiter is expected to operate until 2020. CNN’s David Gilbert and Bianca Britton contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European Space Agency", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161028104500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/health/mars-schiaparelli-landing-site-photos/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "616456866", "sentence": "\"I'm going to vote against him, absolutely against him,\" Merkley said on CNN's \"New Day\" Merkley said he was 'disappointed' by Tillerson's answers about Russia Sen. Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that he will vote against Rex Tillerson’s confirmation as the next secretary of state. “I am ready to take a position,” Merkley, an Oregon Democrat who serves on the Foreign Relations Committee, which heard Tillerson’s testimony Wednesday, said in an interview on CNN’s “New Day.” “I’m going to vote against him, absolutely against him.” “It was a very disappointing performance yesterday,” he added of Tillerson’s day-long confirmation hearing. Merkley said he was disappointed with Tillerson’s answers to questions about Russia and his time as CEO of ExxonMobil. “Obviously, sanctions are a big concern – as leader of Exxon, Tillerson proceeded to utilize a subsidiary to bypass American sanctions on Iran. His company lobbied extensively to get rid of the sanctions and certainly not to extend them,” Merkley said, referring to charges that during Tillerson’s term as CEO, ExxonMobil skirted US sanctions in international business dealings. Tillerson said during his confirmation hearing that he did “not recall” such business dealings. Merkley also said he was surprised when Tillerson told the Senate committee that he hadn’t discussed Russia policy with President-elect Donald Trump yet. “That has not yet occurred,” Tillerson said. “It’s inconceivable, because he’s been very close to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, the President-elect has been very close to Putin, Exxon had huge interests in Russia. And one of the reasons that you would think that Trump selected him is because he is very close to Putin, and so it didn’t seem like he was speaking in a straightforward manner,” Merkley said. Still, Merkley said that one has “to give (Tillerson) credit” for his answers about Russian hacking. “I said, ‘If a candidate conspired with an outside country to take down your opponent in an internal election, wouldn’t this be against the very core of our democratic process?’ And he said, ‘Yes, yes it would be.’ So I have to give Tillerson credit on that one.” Republicans have a one-vote margin on the Foreign Relations Committee, meaning that if all Democrats on the panel and just one Republican vote against Tillerson’s nomination, it will stall in committee. At least one Republican on the committee, Sen. Marco Rubio, is undecided. However, if the nomination does not make it out of committee, it is still possible for Senate GOP leaders to bring it to a vote before the full Senate, although such a step would be unusual. Arizona Sen. John McCain told reporters Thursday he also has not yet made up his mind on Tillerson. CNN’s Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rex Tillerson's confirmation as Secretary of State", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170112140000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/politics/jeff-merkley-rex-tillerson/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "580039042", "sentence": "Grenier is the co-founder of the Lonely Whale Foundation \"We want to bridge the disconnect we have with the ocean and to have empathy,\" Grenier said After spending eight years on the HBO television hit “Entourage,” a show that promoted conspicuous consumption and immediate gratification, actor and ocean conservation advocate Adrian Grenier is now promoting the exact opposite: a “wholistic lifestyle and culture change,” where people are committed to protecting the planet and building the future world in which they want to live. “In the reality of television, there are no consequences, but in the real world, there are,” Grenier said Friday on a panel with Secretary of State John Kerry at a State Department conference on ocean conservation. For two days, Grenier lent some star power to State Department’s Instagram account as a guest posting about the conference. Grenier is the co-founder of the Lonely Whale Foundation, which promotes ocean health through education and awareness for marine wildlife. “We want to bridge the disconnect we have with the ocean and to have empathy,” Grenier said in an interview at the State Department. “Not just for whales but for all marine wildlife.” Grenier joined Kerry and 60 foreign ministers and leaders from the private and non-profit sectors for the conference. Fellow actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio addressed the group Thursday. It may seem more likely for Vincent Chase – the A-list movie star Grenier played in “Entourage” and who starred in James Cameron’s (fictional) blockbuster “Aquaman” – to be an advocate for ocean conservation, than Grenier, who grew up in New York City and spent little time by the water. “I lived in a concrete jungle, and I think most people have the same experience – they don’t live near the water or their access to the water is not readily available,” he said. “The reality is these are all of our oceans. We need to protect them because they’re ours and we can’t protect them unless we feel connected to them. “ The foundation’s mascot is Lonely Whale, a solitary whale which migrates along the West Coast calling out at a frequency no other whales can understand. “Imagine what that would be like for us if we couldn’t connect with others in our species,” Grenier said. He said he hopes that through the Lonely Whale’s story “people will connect with one another and bond with the oceans.” The foundation has teamed up with Dell to create Cry Out: The Lonely Whale Experience, a virtual immersive experience to let people feel what it is like to live under water and to appreciate what marine wildlife face every day. Grenier hopes that once people feel more connected to the ocean, they will care about what they throw out into it, such as plastic that soon will be populating the ocean at a rate greater than fish. He is currently on a crusade to end the reliance on plastic straws, asking waiters to skip the straw with his drink order and starting a #strawless campaign on Twitter. Next week, Grenier and billionaire philanthropist Richard Branson will swim 3.3 kilometers in the open ocean on the coast of Sicily, Italy, as part of Grenier’s foundation’s #MakeASplash campaign to raise money for ocean conservation. “We spend more money on space exploration than ocean research. We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the world’s oceans,” Grenier said. “We are always looking for life outside the planet, but we don’t know about the diverse life that is under the ocean.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lonely Whale Foundation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160917220000", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/politics/adrian-grenier-oceans-lonely-whale-foundation/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "709717315", "sentence": "Soldier crossed the heavily fortified DMZ last week North Korea seeks to fortify zone after 3 soldiers defect this year North Korea has replaced nearly all the soldiers along the border where one of their former comrades defected, a South Korean lawmaker said Friday. “North Korea replaced almost all of its troops, if not all, at the Joint Security Area for their failure to prevent the defection,” said Kim Young-woo, chairman of the National Assembly’s defense committee.  “It was obviously a part of punishment for failing their mission to deter the North Korean soldier’s escape. North Korea has always punished those responsible for similar failures.” Earlier, both the South Korean military and US forces in Korea told CNN they could not confirm Kim’s statement. The status of the soldiers is unclear. The change comes as the North Korean People’s Army sought to prevent other soldiers from defecting by planting trees and apparently digging a trench at a section of the demilitarized zone, according to the chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Seoul. Marc Knapper, the highest-ranking official at the US Embassy, tweeted a photo this week showing North Korean soldiers supervising what appears to be the planting of two trees and the digging of a trench where the North Korean soldier dashed across the border November 13. “(T)he North Koreans have planted two trees and are digging a trench at the spot where their soldier crossed the MDL,” Knapper tweeted Wednesday, referring to the Joint Security Area at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea. A photo tweeted by Knapper the next day showed several men, surrounded by North Korean soldiers, appearing to dig the trench behind a pair of trees. “I’m certain that’s the same spot where the soldier defected,” Kim said. “North Koreans appear to be digging a trench in an attempt to prevent others soldiers from defecting to South Korea.” Dramatic video of the North Korean soldier’s daring dash to freedom while being fired upon by his former comrades was released by the United Nations Command on Wednesday. After the defector’s vehicle got stuck in a gutter close to the border, he jumped out and ran toward the South Korean side, according to an official at a South Korean Ministry of Defense press briefing on Tuesday. The 24-year-old soldier, surnamed Oh, has regained consciousness after being shot and was undergoing treatment, according to the hospital where he was taken. Oh, whose rank has not been revealed, is the third member of the North Korean armed forces to defect this year. More than 40 bullets were fired at him from pistols and an AK-47, South Korea’s military said last week. South Korean troops did not return fire. Oh had lost more than 50% of his blood by the time he arrived by air at Ajou University Hospital, his surgeon Lee Cook-jong told reporters Wednesday. Lee said it was difficult to tell exactly how many times he was shot. Four major wounds were found, but he could have been shot twice in the same location. Oh underwent multiple surgeries and doctors found dozens of parasitic worms – some as long as 27 centimeters (about 11 inches) – in his ruptured intestines, which may be reflective of poor nutrition and hygiene in North Korea’s military. CNN’s Courtney Doll in Atlanta, Sandi Sidhu in Hong Kong and Taehoon Lee in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171124183000", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/24/asia/north-korea-border-soldiers-trench/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "581196362", "sentence": "The Latino vote has long been sought after by presidential campaigns Hispanic women vote more than Latino men, according to a new CUNY/CNN study Margarita Montañez came to the United States from Mexico in 1970 when she was 23 years old. She raised six children but says one of her greatest accomplishments was becoming a United States citizen in 1999. “I wanted to vote,” she said. “I wanted to have a say in my children’s future.” The Latino vote has long been the subject of interest for presidential elections, and in 2016 it may be wise to look more specifically at the Latina vote. A study by the City University of New York commissioned by CNN shows that the growing trend among the nation’s estimated 27 million eligible Hispanic voters is the increasing number of Latina women stepping up to the ballot box. For Montañez that makes perfect sense. Poll: White working-class Americans have complicated view of Muslim immigrants “The women, they work so hard, and I think they put more attention [on voting],” she said, contending that more Latinas are acting as heads of household for family finances and family discussions on politics. Montañez works from home. Her six children graduated from college with careers in engineering, philosophy and education. Now that they’re grown, Montanez says she’s using this political season to get more involved. “I like to get involved for the campaigns so when I go knocking on the doors, more of the women answer the doors,” she said, “and they’re excited.” The CUNY/CNN study shows Hispanic women have voted in greater proportions that Latino men in every presidential election between 1992 and 2012, and that Latinas accounted for between 53% and 55% of all Hispanics who cast a ballot in presidential elections during that period. 2016: Last call for working class whites? Los Angeles-based immigration attorney Jessica Dominguez says she doesn’t find that surprising. “I take the fact that I can vote very seriously,” she said. “I take it not only as a right, but to me it’s a privilege to go out and vote.” Dominguez was 14 when she immigrated to the US in 1981. She became a legal, permanent resident eight years later and shortly after that, a US citizen. She’s been voting for more than 20 years now. “As Latinas, we take a lot of time to talk about the complaints that we have,” Dominguez said. “We want better education for our kids. We want to be able to afford a mortgage. We want to afford an education. How are we going to do that if our voices are not heard?” Latinas are also registering to vote in greater numbers than Hispanic men, accounting for a margin of nearly 10% more from 1992 to 2012, according to the CUNY/CNN study. Political analyst Hernan Molina explained that a lot of this may lie in Latin culture. Trump: Black communities in worst shape ‘ever, ever, ever’ “Numbers-wise, it’s a very important voting bloc,” Molina said. “But they also take voting very seriously. They want to make sure that they elect the next president, the next candidate, because they want to make sure that that person represents their values.” Growing up as undocumented immigrant, Mexican-American author Julissa Arce said she votes now because she wants to speak up for those who can’t and give the undocumented community a voice. Arce came to the US when she was 11 years old in 1994 on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who were already living here. When she became an American citizen in 2014, she says she looked forward to this election year, when she will cast her ballot for president for the first time. “The thing I was looking most forward to was being able to vote,” she said. “And finally be a part of our country’s democracy because at the very core of what our country is about is the ability of people, of its citizens, to be able to participate in the political process.” But Arce said the idea that the voice in her vote is more than just her own, isn’t something she takes lightly. “I feel like with my vote, I can give a voice to the millions of undocumented immigrants who can’t vote who cannot be represented in this country the way that they should be,” she said. Trump brags about using ‘other people’s money’ amid questions over charity use Montañez, Dominguez and Arce represent three generations of Latinas from different backgrounds and socio-economic levels but with the same vision of the importance of their vote. “We really love our families. We want to take care of our families. We want to give them the best,” Dominguez said. “And in order to do that, we need better representatives. We need a lot of things to change. And if we want change, we need to go out and vote.” Arce agreed, saying: “It’s more than just our right to go out to vote, it’s our obligation to go out and vote.” “This election is really about taking back our narrative and taking back who we are as Latinos,” she said. “This election is about taking back that narrative and showing the country who we really are as Latinos and what we believe in and what we stand for.” The next couple of months, these women believe, will be crucial, believing the power of what happens next lies in their own hands. “We’ll define this next election by either going out and voting or staying at home and not voting. But regardless, it will be us who define this next election,” Arce said. “Those are the facts and those are the numbers. We will decide who the next president is.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Latina voters in the United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160921103000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/politics/cuny-cnne-study-latina-voter/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "751098710", "sentence": "Not many Americans have shaken the hand of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un but in new photos released on Thursday, newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is doing just that. They are the first publicly released photos from their clandestine meeting over the Easter weekend. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted out two remarkable photos of Pompeo and Kim, which show the two unsmiling representatives of their country, both in dark suits, firmly gripping the other’s hand in an ornate room in an undisclosed part of North Korea. Pompeo made the visit while he was CIA director, before he was confirmed as secretary of state. The Senate confirmed Pompeo Thursday for the top diplomatic position in the United States. Sanders tweeted on Thursday that Pompeo “will do an excellent job helping @POTUS lead our effort to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.” President Donald Trump teased the existence of the photos during a free-wheeling interview on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday morning, saying: “We have incredible pictures of the two talking and meeting which I would love to release if we can. I will do that. Not a bad idea.” The world continues to wait for details on a Trump-Kim meeting, which the President says will occur in late May or early June. Locales such as Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore and Mongolia have been suggested as potential places for the meeting, per US officials. During a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Trump reiterated that the campaign of “maximum pressure” on North Korea will continue, as to “not repeat the mistakes of past administrations.” He also told reporters that he has a “very simple” view of North Korean denuclearization: “It means they get rid of their nukes.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mike Pompeo", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180426220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/mike-pompeo-kim-jong-un-photo/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "614975726", "sentence": "Alexey Pushkov: US democracy undermined not by Russia but by Obama administration Pushkov's tweets follow a US intelligence report blaming Russia for hacking in election A top Russian lawmaker accused the Obama administration Saturday of undermining US democracy, saying Republicans had more trust in Russian President Vladimir Putin than in the Democrats. Alexey Pushkov’s assertions in a series of tweets come in the wake of a US intelligence report pinpointing Russia and its leader as the culprit behind the hacking in the US presidential election. Related video Obama: 'Vladimir Putin is not on our team' Russia has consistently denied any interference in the election. Pushkov, a Russian senator and former chairman of the parliamentary foreign relations committee, first tweeted early Saturday, “The Democratic process in the United States is undermined not by Russia, but by the Obama administration and the media which supported (Hillary) Clinton against (Donald) Trump. The threat to democracy is the United States.” He then tweeted, “The head of the US Ministry of Defense accused Putin of bad relations between USA and Russia. Obama undertook a course to isolate and to undermine the positions of Russia and blame Putin. Complete nonsense.” Related article Putin's 'act of war' against American democracy As he had done earlier in the week, Pushkov also compared US hacking allegations against Russia to claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction in 2003, later blamed on faulty intelligence, posting that “all accusations against Russia are based on ‘confidence’ and assumptions. The US (was) just as confident of the WMDs (then-Iraqi President Saddam) Hussein had.” In his latest tweet, issued Saturday afternoon, Pushkov said that Republicans trusted Putin more than they did the Democratic Party. Translated, like the others, from Russian, it read: “Obama dismayed: Republicans trust Putin more than the Democrats. This is the ‘merit’ of the Democrats and one of the results of Obama’s presidency.” Obama: ‘Vladimir Putin is not on our team’ The US intelligence report, which was commissioned by President Barack Obama, was the first official, full and public accounting by the US intelligence community of its assessment of Russian cyberhacking activities during the 2016 campaign and the motivations behind that hacking. Related video Intel chiefs' take on Trump It found that Putin “ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election” and that the Russian President and his government “developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump.” Trump has resisted the US intelligence community’s conclusions that Russia was responsible for the hacking and that it aimed to help his campaign. The President-elect, who was briefed on the report Friday by top US intelligence and law enforcement officials, said he had “a constructive meeting” but declined to agree publicly with their conclusions. Instead, Trump stressed that “there was absolutely no effect on the (election) outcome whatsoever,” which the US intelligence community asserted in its report it was not in a position to assess. Trump did acknowledge in his statement the possibility that Russia could have been behind the hack, though he named China as well as a persistent cyberhacker. The US intelligence community also warned in its report Friday that Moscow would likely continue to pursue cyberhacking campaigns to influence future elections. Related video Pence makes statement about hacking intel “Moscow will apply lessons learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the US presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide, including against US allies and their election processes,” it assessed. The 17 US intelligence agencies first concluded in October that Russian intelligence, directed by the most senior Russian officials, orchestrated the hacking of Democratic Party organizations. But since then, the US intelligence community said it had gathered additional information to make assessments of the motivations behind the cyberhacking operations: that the effort was aimed at undermining the US democratic process, hurting Clinton and helping Trump in the election. CNN’s Sebastian Shukla reported from Moscow, and Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170107141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/07/politics/russia-us-obama-putin-intel-pushkov/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "672607636", "sentence": "Yingying Zhang is missing and presumed dead, authorities say Suspect to be arraigned July 20 A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted Brendt Christensen on one count of kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of Yingying Zhang, a University of Illinois student from China. Zhang disappeared June 9 while on her way to sign an apartment lease. Law enforcement officials believe she is dead, according to a criminal complaint filed before Christensen, 28, was arrested June 30. He is scheduled to be arraigned July 20 in Urbana, Illinois. Christensen’s attorneys have argued that he had no criminal history, has ties to the community in Urbana and Champaign, Illinois, and should have a right to take part in his own defense. He has not yet entered a plea and is being held at a Macon County jail. The maximum penalty for someone convicted of kidnapping in federal court is life in prison. Zhang, 26, was last seen getting into Christensen’s car at a bus stop on June 9, the complaint says, citing video evidence. Authorities have said Christensen changed his story about what he was doing that day. He first said he couldn’t remember where he was between 2 p. m. and 3 p. m. on the day of the kidnapping, the complaint says. He later told authorities he was probably sleeping or playing video games “at his residence all day,” the FBI agent writes in the complaint. Facebook post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. Days later, Christensen admitted to investigators he was “driving around the UI campus when he observed an Asian female with a backpack standing at a corner appearing distressed,” the complaint says. Christensen said he drove up to the woman, who told him she was late to an appointment, and offered her a ride, the FBI agent says. The Zhang family shared with us these photos of Yingying. Please help us find her. More info: https://t.co/UmW3BlyRgr #findingyingying pic.twitter.com/5OAePPqwmC Christensen also told authorities he may have made a wrong turn, and the woman panicked. At this moment, he said he let his passenger out of the car a few blocks away, the criminal complaint says. Investigators searched Christensen’s phone and discovered an April 19 visit to the website FetLife – where the user visited a forum called “Abduction 101,” with threads called “Perfect abduction fantasy” and “planning a kidnapping,” authorities have said. Efforts by CNN to reach administrators at the website were not successful. Investigators sought search warrants and started their surveillance of Christensen on June 16. In their recordings, the suspect can allegedly be heard explaining how he kidnapped Zhang. Christensen says in the recording that Zhang fought him, and that he took her back to his apartment and held her there against her will, Bryan Freres, an assistant US attorney, told a federal judge at Christensen’s bail hearing. On June 29, Christensen went to a vigil for the missing student, a photo taken by a CNN reporter shows. FBI agents recorded his comments there, and Christensen “explained the characteristics of his ideal victim,” Freres said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, University of Illinois Police Department and Illinois State Police are searching for Zhang. CNN’s Connor Spielmaker, Darran Simon, Holly Yan and Laura Díaz-Zúñiga contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Brendt Christensen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170712233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/12/us/chinese-scholar-kidnapping-suspect-indicted/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "620819729", "sentence": "\"Mexico does not believe in walls. I've said time again,\" Peña Nieto said Trump said a meeting would have been \"fruitless\" and reiterated Mexico must pay for the wall Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday canceled a meeting with US President Donald Trump that had been set for next week after renewed tensions erupted over Trump’s plan to build a wall on the border. “This morning we have informed the White House that I will not attend the meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with the POTUS,” Peña Nieto tweeted. Earlier Thursday morning, Trump had tweeted that it would be better to skip the meeting if Peña Nieto continued to insist Mexico would not pay for the wall – something the Mexican leader had said as recently as Wednesday evening. “If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting,” Trump tweeted and in an earlier tweet he noted the US’s trade deficit with Mexico and what he said were the American job losses caused by NAFTA. The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers... of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. Trump spoke about the cancellation during remarks at a gathering of congressional Republicans in Philadelphia. Trump said that he and the Mexican president had mutually agreed to scrap their planned get together, and he repeated his position that the US won’t fund the wall. “Unless Mexico will treat the US fairly, with respect, such a meeting is fruitless, and I want to go a different route,” Trump told House and Senate GOP lawmakers. “I have no choice.” “Border security is a serious, serious issue and a national problem,” Trump said. “Most illegal immigration is coming from our Southern border.” On Wednesday night, Peña Nieto had said at that time he did not see a need to scrap the get together – but he strongly reiterated that his country wouldn’t fund any border wall, which Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday would cost $12-$15 billion. “President Trump’s insistence that Mexico will pay for the wall has once again just been proven as delusional fiction by the Mexican President,” said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. “The wall is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle in the making, and Republicans should be embarrassed about their brazen hypocrisy in enabling it.” “Mexico does not believe in walls. I’ve said time again; Mexico will not pay for any wall,” the Mexican president said in a video statement posted to Twitter and translated by CNN from Spanish. The back-and-forth between the two leaders began last year during the first days of the Trump campaign when he called some Mexicans entering the US criminals and rapists and tensions lingered throughout the 2016 contest. They escalated sharply over the last 24 hours when Trump took executive action on Wednesday to begin the process of erecting a wall. The President announced that move while a high-level Mexican delegation was visiting the White House – the first foreign representatives to come since Trump took office – for meetings with top officials, including Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and adviser Jared Kushner. One member of the delegation, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray, who had led talks between his government and the Trump transition team, was in his car on his way to meetings at the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday when he suddenly decided he would not attend. “We will work to schedule a future meeting and will continue to keep the lines of communication and partnership open,” said DHS Spokeswoman Gillian Christensen. In his video address, Peña Nieto also said he had ordered government agencies to step up protection for immigrants. “I’ve asked for the minister of Foreign Relations to re-enforce protection measures to our citizens,” he said. He added that the 50 Mexican consulates in the US will be used to defend the rights of immigrants in the country and issued a call to action to legislators and civic organizations to help immigrants. Mexican delegation brings ‘Mexico First’ message Peña Nieto closed his message by saying Mexico offers and expects respect. “Mexico offers its friendship to the people of the United States and expresses its wish to arrive at agreements with its government, deals that will be in favor of Mexico and the Mexicans,” he said. Related article What the US-Mexico border looks like before Trump's wall Earlier Wednesday, Trump signed two executive orders directing construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, boosting border patrol forces, and increasing the number of immigration enforcement officers who carry out deportations. Meanwhile, the Mexican officials who arrived Wednesday had been expected to lay the groundwork for Peña Nieto’s visit next week, which Mexican diplomats had seen as an important opportunity to try to move past the anti-Mexico rhetoric Trump used during the campaign and a chance to put the relationship back on track. “There is … frustration with our government and ourselves that we have not been able to tell the story of this important relationship,” a Mexican diplomat told CNN ahead of the delegation’s visit. “There are a lot of stereotypes of Mexicans in the US, but there are also stereotypes of Americans in Mexico. It is in the interest of both governments to explain what this relationship is and what we can do together.” Related: Reality Check: Illegal immigration has plummeted In a Monday speech, Peña Nieto said his government is prepared to negotiate with the US if Mexico’s national sovereignty is respected. He laid out economic integration and respect for the rights of migrants and the money they send home as his nation’s key negotiating points. “Neither confrontation nor submission. Dialogue is the solution,” Peña Nieto said. Trump has suggested some of the $25 billion in annual remittances that migrants return home would be retained to pay for the border wall. Trump flew to Mexico City during his campaign to meet Peña Nieto and said they discussed a wall Trump has vowed to build on the US southern border, but not his demand that Mexico pay for it – an assertion the Mexican president later disputed. “At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall,” Peña Nieto tweeted, after their meeting, which was widely viewed as a public relations disaster for Peña Nieto. CNN’s Mary Kay Mallonee contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mexico", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170126034500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/mexico-president-donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto-border-wall/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "543140968", "sentence": "Fashion Cities Africa is the first major exhibition of contemporary African fashion in the U.K. It explores street style in four major African cities Sub-saharan Africa's apparel and footwear market is worth $31 billion African fashion has always been known for its daring use of color, from acid oranges to luminous blues. When Michelle Obama wore a top by Nigerian designer Maki Oh during her Africa tour in 2013, it was assumed the world’s eyes were finally on the continent as a serious contender for fashion’s emerging markets. Now, a new exhibition and book explore fashion and street style in four major African cities - Johannesburg, Casablanca, Lagos and Nairobi. “I wanted to capture a sense of the breadth and scope of the African fashion Renaissance through the prism of these four cities,” says the book’s editor, Hannah Azieb Pool. “Lagos, with its love of glamor, is turning into a real fashion powerhouse, Joburg has that edge that makes London look sleepy, Nairobi is super creative and Casablanca’s scene is small but distinctive.” Fashion Cities Africa, which the book is named after, will be the first major exhibition of contemporary African fashion to be showcased in the U.K. Sub-saharan Africa’s apparel and footwear market is reportedly worth $31 billion according to data by Euromonitor. Labels such as Nigeria’s Maki Oh - recently worn by Beyonce, Jewel By Lisa and Ikiré Jones are establishing themselves as international brands beyond the continent. A post shared by Maki Oh Lagos (@maki.oh) Kenya-based designers like Adele Dejak, Anthony Muli and Ami Doshi “are re-framing what it means to be an ‘African’ designer”, explains Pool. “They constantly make beautiful jewelry and accessories that challenge the notion that Africa ‘doesn’t do luxury’”, she adds. How do Africa’s trendsetters compete with the runways of Milan, New York and Paris? Annual events such as Lagos Fashion Week, launched in 2011, provide opportunities for burgeoning talents to present their work to larger markets says Adebayo Oke-Lawal. He is the designer behind Orange Culture, an androgynous Lagos based street wear brand. Oke-Lawal’s self-funded debut at Lagos Fashion Week led to his nomination as one of 30 designers for the LVMH prize in 2014. “Africa is making huge strides in being able to provide a sustainable offering to the fashion industry”, says Oke-Lawal. “People are more willing to support upcoming brands and designers – the Bank of Industry and NEPC for example. Manufacturing has also rapidly improved”, he adds, “textile factories are popping up.” In South Africa, Tanzanian-born Anisa Mpungwe is behind womenswear label Loin Cloth & Ashes. She became the first black woman to win the Elle New Talent Award in 2008. “My views, conflicts and triumphs affect how I conceptualize my clothes. I am modern, liberal and outspoken in one hand but will still kneel when greeting my elders, a custom I never want to rub off. I see Loin Cloth & Ashes story in the same light,” says Mpugwe. Mpugwe believes the continent is “not afraid of patterns and colors, that’s the one thing that we do in our sleep, so we use it to be louder amongst our foreign friends”. Describing Johannesburg’s street style, she says being politically aware about race and sexuality is key: “There is an unapologetic attitude and sense of pride in identity, whether condoned or not”. For those thinking of getting clothes made in Africa, Pool has collated useful advice within the book on navigating its sprawling markets. “Avoid Senegalese tailors in Abidjan. Things are rushed, and not well finished”, according to Nairobi writer Binyavanga Wainaina, “Lagos tailors are the best when you need simple [things] done well and fast - even in front of you. Carry photos and clear drawings of what you need”. ‘Fashion Cities Africa’ by Hannah Azieb Pool (Intellect Press) is out now and the exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in the U.K. runs through January 2017.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "African fashion industry", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160523151500", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "KEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/fashion/fashion-cities-africa/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "569966162", "sentence": "Donald Trump suggests new screening processes for would-be US immigrants Foreign nationals already face an extensive application process for US visas Donald Trump has outlined a new screening process for would-be immigrants designed to exclude Islamic extremists that he promoted Monday as “extreme vetting.” The policy would attempt to establish whether applicants’ beliefs match US values on gay rights, gender equality and religious freedoms, among others. With little in the way of specifics from the Republican presidential candidate and his senior campaign officials – including whether they would apply to tourists – the proposed vetting reforms have raised questions about how officials would assess the validity of applicants’ responses and whether an overhaul of the immigration screening process would work. As it stands now, the US already has an extenstive system for screening potential immigrants. Here are some key things to know about what the US already does and how Trump’s plan would be different. Related video Trump spells out plan to crush ISIS “It’s easy enough to say whatever you want to say on a questionnaire. Then the question becomes how much time and how intensely is someone going to be scrutinized – what is that going to do to the overall immigration system in the United States?” He added: “It does raise some serious concerns in terms of how one would implement such a policy.” Foreign nationals wishing to relocate to the US already face intense scrutiny and an extensive visa application process. To be eligible for a US immigration visa, applicants usually must be sponsored by a US relative, an existing permanent resident or a potential employer. Related video The GOP frontrunners on immigration: 1980 and today There are exceptions to the rules – for refugee asylum or inter-country adoption, for example. There are also special categories that are largely employment-based and extend to former US government workers such as Iraqi or Afghan translators or contractors. And then there are diversity visas, often referred to as the “green card lottery,” which each year admit a limited number of people from countries “with historically low rates of immigration” to the US. Foreign nationals’ eligibility to apply for an immigrant visa must be confirmed by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services before their paperwork is passed to the National Visa Center. The National Visa Center then begins to process the application – which can take up to three weeks – before handing off documentation to the appropriate US embassy or consulate abroad. At the same time, applicants must pay processing fees and start to collate the visa application form and numerous required documents – including financial records such as bank statements and civil records covering birth, marriage, criminal and military history among others. Administrative processing’ can take months or, in extreme cases, years. Charlotte Slocombe,  a partner at immigration law firm Fragomen It can take as long as six weeks for the National Visa Center to complete its record check and issue an invitation for an interview. Generally these are scheduled within 60 days of complete document submission and one month in advance. Prior to their interviews, candidates must also undertake a full medical exam. Interviews are conducted by a US consular officer abroad, during which time digital fingerprint scans are also taken. Multiple government agencies also conduct security screenings that generally takes one to two weeks, according to Charlotte Slocombe, a partner at immigration law firm Fragomen. “(It) can take considerably longer for applicants of certain backgrounds, particularly applicants from countries known for terrorism or from professions dealing in sensitive technologies,” she told CNN. “This ‘administrative processing’ can take months or, in extreme cases, years.” The new values test would be part of a three-pronged approach to Islamic extremism that Trump unveiled during a major policy address on Monday. Trump’s proposal starts with a ban that would “temporarily suspend immigration from some of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism.” This appears to be the candidate’s latest version of his controversial blanket travel ban on all Muslims entering the US. Related video Watch Donald Trump evolve on banning Muslim immigration Secondly, upon taking office, he would ask that the State Department and Department of Homeland Security provide him with a list of countries where adequate screening “cannot take place.” Trump did not name any countries specifically, and it was not clear what he considers inadequate vetting. Finally, he called for a more stringent immigration test to limit admission to the United State to only “those who share our values and respect our people.” He elaborated, “In the Cold War, we had an ideological screening test. The time is long overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. I call it extreme vetting. I call it extreme, extreme vetting.” A Trump campaign official, in providing Afghanistan as an example of a country with many who hold inimical views, said that many individuals there “may have attitudes about women or attitudes about Christians or gays that would be considered oppressive, even violent.” The adviser continued, “We have no reason to bring someone into our country who is going to harbor that hostility. We want to bring in people who are reformers or who support moderation or who embrace or expand pluralistic ideas,” the campaign adviser said. Slocombe said Trump’s proposal would require a wide broadening of the security review process and consequently put a severe strain on the State Department and other government agencies. “It would require a near overhaul of the application form and very likely capture many more thousands of applicants in the ‘administrative processing’ net,” explained Slocombe, describing a need for new application and interview standards – likely causing significant delays “although arguably not adding any greater security checks than already exist.” She added, “US immigration is sometimes criticized for being too subjective, and Mr Trump’s plans may lend greater credence to this charge.” “It does raise some serious concerns in terms of how one would implement such a policy,” said Lanhee Chen, CNN political commentator and previously a public policy director for former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “It’s easy enough to say whatever you want to say on a questionnaire,” he said. “Then the question becomes how much time and how intensely is someone going to be scrutinized – what is that going to do to the overall immigration system in the United States?” Trump’s proposal to screen the ideology of would-be immigrants is not completely without historical precedent. The State Department’s DS-260 form that all prospective immigrants must currently fill out asks screening questions based on actions, like whether the applicant is a member of a terrorist organization, rather than beliefs. But during the 20th Century, the US barred immigrants who believed in communism or anarchism. After President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist in 1901, the US passed a law two years later banning anarchists from entry into the US, Philip E. Wolgin, managing director for immigration at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, told CNN. Related article Trump aide: Immigration increases risk of female genital mutilation Wolgin added that the US broadened the restrictions in 1952 to include those affiliated with the Communist Party and other political groups in favor of overthrowing the US government. In addition to some people being barred from coming to the US, others were deported once their affiliation with these political groups was discovered by US authorities. These entry bans were eventually lightened or eliminated during the last years of the Cold War, and the current Immigration and Nationality Act states that no one will be barred from the US for “past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations, if such beliefs, statements, or associations would be lawful within the United States.” But to this day, US immigration form DS-260 still asks would-be immigrants whether they are a “member of or affiliated with the Communist or other totalitarian party.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump's proposed immigration screening policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160816231500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/16/politics/how-us-vets-immigrants-donald-trump-extreme-vetting/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "675521898", "sentence": "Israel is removing recently installed metal detectors outside the entrance to the al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced early Tuesday morning. The metal detectors, installed nearly two weeks ago after an attack at the site, have been a source of increased tension in the wider region, including widespread Palestinian protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as diplomatic tension between Israel and Jordan. The decision to remove the metal detectors, made by the country’s security cabinet, was based on the recommendation of Israel’s security agencies, the statement said. Instead of metal detectors, Israel plans to install unspecified advanced technologies and “smart inspection.” The security cabinet decision comes amid high-level discussions between Israel and Jordan aimed at easing tensions between the two countries. The announcement of the removal came only hours after the Prime Minister’s Office said staff of the Israeli embassy in Jordan, including a security guard involved in a deadly weekend incident, returned to Israel on Monday night. The move came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah II of Jordan spoke on the phone Monday night in an effort to defuse a diplomatic row in the aftermath of Sunday’s attack on the Israeli embassy in Amman. In Sunday’s attack, an Israeli security guard was stabbed and two Jordanians inside the embassy compound were killed, according to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The incident strained already tense relations between the two countries. Earlier Monday, Jordan had said all the embassy staff could leave except the security guard. As tensions in the region have escalated, the international community has become involved to find a peaceful resolution. President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, arrived in Israel on Monday afternoon in an attempt to reduce tensions. “We are engaged in discussions with the relevant parties and are committed to finding a resolution to the ongoing security issues,” said a senior administration official. The United States, Russia, United Nations, and European Union – the Quartet – urged all sides to “demonstrate maximum restraint” and “refrain from provocative actions” in a statement released over the weekend. According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sunday’s attack unfolded when a Jordanian, who was in the embassy compound for routine furniture replacement, attacked an Israeli security official from behind and stabbed him with a screwdriver. “The security official, who was slightly wounded, defended himself. During the incident, the Jordanian worker was killed, but the landlord was injured as well. He later died of his wounds,” the statement said Monday. The Jordanian Public Security Directorate confirmed on Monday in a statement that the second Jordanian man died. The statement identified him as “a physician who was at the scene of the shooting.” Related video Palestinians killed in Jerusalem clashes “In accordance with the Vienna Convention, the security officer has immunity from investigation and imprisonment,” the Israeli foreign ministry said. King Abdullah and Netanyahu also spoke on Monday about the ongoing tensions at one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims. A statement from Jordan’s Royal Court said King Abdullah II “stressed the need to find an immediate solution and remove the causes to the ongoing crisis” at the site. A significant percentage of Jordan’s population is of Palestinian origin and a Jordanian religious authority, the Waqf, administers the Temple Mount and Noble Sanctuary. On Friday, thousands of Jordanians took to the streets to protest the situation in Jerusalem. Earlier in the weekend, on Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish. Police said a young Palestinian man breached the settlement’s security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. In a statement posted on Facebook before the attack, the assailant said he was motivated by the Israeli government’s recent restrictions on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, according to an Israeli military spokesman. Palestinian militant group Hamas praised the attack, saying: “We bless the heroic Halamish operation which came as a result to the Zionist occupation violations and crimes against our people in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque,” the group said on Twitter. Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks. The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night’s attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said. Read: Christian man prays with Jerusalem Muslims as religious tensions flare Meanwhile, four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. President Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. CNN’s Oren Liebermann reported from Jerusalem, Kareem Khadder reported from Istanbul. 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{"article_id": "724724502", "sentence": "Yuima Nakazato has long worked at the intersection of fashion and technology. Having made his name through 3D printing and digital fabrication, the Japanese designer is now pushing a new frontier: outer space. His latest collection, Harmonize – which debuted last night at the Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris – is clearly inspired by the aesthetics of space travel. But, according to Nakazato, it also draws on the technology that allows astronauts to live and work in such difficult conditions. “We had a chance to have a discussion with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency),” he said on a video call from his studio in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. “They are researching garments used in (space travel), like spacesuits. “They said that, in the universe, everything has to use a circular system. Whether it’s air or even the materials used in garments, everything has to be based on a circular philosophy. That’s the starting point of the collection.” Nakazato’s goal of “circularity” is articulated, in part, though the use of recycled materials. His new range sees him repurpose parachutes, airbags and discarded industrial materials into T-shirts, jackets, jumpsuits and more. Paris Couture Week: Why fashion's most exclusive event is opening up The 32-year-old designer’s conversation with JAXA also fed into the collection’s overall look, which takes additional cues from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Some items address the cosmic theme head-on, including an all-white spacesuit complete with a transparent domed helmet and a thick, seatbelt-inspired waist belt. Others, such as a paneled dress featuring satellite images of earth, rely on subtler allusions. But it is through high-tech production that Nakazato’s “circular” philosophy truly expresses itself. Directly inspired by spacesuits (which must be long-lasting and multi-functional) the items are made from unique pieces of fabric – or “units” – that can be moved, removed and substituted. Expanding on a method he calls “unit constructed textile,” this process extends garments’ lifespan into a state he calls “semi-permanence.” For the consumer, this means that – whether the result of changing trends or expanding waistlines – they can send the garments back to Nakazato’s firm to be altered in shape, color or even material. And the use of digital fabrication (instead of traditional methods like stitching) means that the clothes can be more easily re-engineered. “Through the ‘unit constructed textile’ (production process), we are able to easily customize or change the shape or sizes to fit the wearer,” Nakazato said. “If it’s stitched together, the fabric can never change shape. It’s very difficult. You have to open the spread, you have to cut and sew it again – a very long process. “But now, if we want to change the color and shape, or even switch logos – everything is possible.” The collection marks the latest step in Nakazato’s ongoing exploration of the relationship between technology and fashion. Among his most noteworthy series is Hologram, which saw him produce radiant shoes, bags and outerwear from thousands of tiny pieces of highly-reflective holographic film. The Chinese master couturier behind Rihanna's most daring look His work has also seen him regularly experiment with 3D printing and body scanners, which can help designers produce better-fitting clothes. His use of digital fabrication arguably runs counter to the traditions of haute couture (which means, literally, “high sewing”), but it is consistent with Nakazato’s vision for the future of fashion. What’s most important about haute couture, he said, is that the clothes are custom-made and one-of-a-kind, even if they’re not hand-made in the traditional sense. Indeed, for Nakazato – who, in 2016, became only the second Japanese designer to present at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week – technology simply makes this goal more achievable, sustainable and accessible. “In the near future, I imagine that (made-to-measure) clothes are just as easy to buy as going to the hairdresser. Everyone has different hair and head shape, but it’s very easy to cut and the hairdresser knows your shape and hair type, so it’s very low-price and very casual. “I imagine (a time when) people are able to buy their clothes like this – you go shopping on the weekend and can order one-of-a-kind clothes that you’re able to quickly buy and wear.” While Nakazato’s eyes are firmly set on the future, his philosophy is rooted in the history and traditions of his home country. In particular, he nods to Japan’s attitude towards kimonos, which are meticulously cared for and, often, passed down from generation to generation. “Similar to the philosophy of kimonos is something we called ‘boro,’” he added, “which is (the custom of) repairing materials if they break. We never throw clothes away – we repair them and keep them for the long-term. If a garment breaks, you only change that part, you don’t need to throw it away.” This approach puts him – by his own admission – at odds with much of the industry he works in. So, as well as capturing the attention of consumers, Nakazato hopes to show fashion industry insiders, the value of long-lasting garments that can survive volatile cycles of changing tastes. “I think my philosophy is quite different, because fashion is very fast,” he said. “Of course, each season has a different theme or concept, but we also have also a long-term vision. 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{"article_id": "676553478", "sentence": "Like many Venezuelan mothers she just wants her child to graduate from college, have a career, get married and have kids. But “he needs to fight,” said Theresa, who requested her last name not be published. “I need to support him.” Her only son, who asked to be identified only as Junior, is determined to continue taking part in protests against President Nicolás Maduro’s security forces. CNN in Venezuela: The latest developments He has paid a price for his role in ongoing street battles that have raged since March. He told CNN that national guardsmen recently shot him in the leg with rubber bullets. He doesn’t have enough gauze to cover each wound. “There have been a lot of people injured. Regardless, we’re still fighting on and we’re stronger than ever,” Junior said, his face covered with a mask, helmet and sunglasses. On Thursday, the government upped the ante by issuing a statement banning all demonstrations from Friday onwards. Junior and others are part of the movement known as “La Resistencia,” or The Resistance. It’s made up of mostly young men, many of whom have college degrees and career aspirations. Some – after requesting anonymity – told CNN that they’ve been losing weight due to food shortages. Many have family members who have joined a massive exodus as Venezuelans flee to other countries to escape unrest, uncertainty and the threat of possible violence. But the protesters feel an obligation to stay. “We’re sick of this but we don’t want to leave the streets,” Junior adds. “We’re not going anywhere.” They are some of the faces on the front lines of a bitter battle against a regime that many, including President Donald Trump, say is acting like a dictatorship. How paradise got lost Violent street clashes have persisted since late March when protests were sparked following the Supreme Court’s brief attempt to dissolve the opposition-controlled National Assembly. Over 100 people have died in the protests. The tension seems near boiling point ahead of a nationwide vote on Sunday. Maduro called for the ballot, which would ultimately enable him to rewrite the country’s constitution, stripping away power from his opponents. Related video Former diplomat: Venezuela at brink of civil war Critics say the vote is a sham and would erase any vestiges of democracy in Venezuela. On the streets of Caracas, tear gas, water cannons, tanks and rubber bullets are a daily backdrop for the unfolding crisis. Ant-Maduro protesters use their own makeshift weapons and improvised explosives to retaliate – including Molotov cocktails filled with feces. Resistencia protesters clash with Maduro forces but many say they aren’t aligned with Venezuela’s opposition political party. Political crisis explained They say they represent a youth uprising that is seeking a new political class. They are fatigued by years of government corruption, a humanitarian crisis and the steady flow of peers leaving for other countries in search of a better life. Their actions and reputation are divisive issues. On Wednesday, some Resistencia members attacked a university supportive of the government. They ripped down the gates and set fires in the street. Some onlookers saw them as heroes, sending a message to Maduro. Others called it simple vandalism. Their unity isn’t rock solid either. When one of the Resistencia men grabbed a television from the university, a brief scuffle broke out among them. It’s not just the Resistencia who are the faces of the protests. It’s also volunteer medics like Genesis Franceschi, who treats the wounded. Despite coming from upper-middle-class families, the medics suffer through food shortages while pulling 12-hour shifts with little medical equipment to patch up more and more injured protesters. Some medics are as young as 19. Some have proper training as doctors, some have training as firefighters, all want the same thing, to help the wounded. The medics tell us they help everyone: – protesters, police, national guard, and pro-government people. They don’t discriminate. Maria Cristina Rascos, 23, is worried of what is to come. “The things that could happen are limitless. And it’s worse than it was before. It’s getting worse because there are a lot of gunshots, not rubber.” Related video US sanctions 13 Venezuelan officials “It’s hard, but it’s our work,” says Franceschi, 25. “The weariness, the hours we endure in the street, sometimes we don’t have a consistent food supply, so we eat what we can so we can provide care.” Franceschi and others take pride in their work. Rascos says this work fullfills her. It really means something to the medics to be working in medicine in Venezuela. It 1961 it became the first country worldwide to eradicate malaria, according to the World Health Organization. It beat the US by nine years. Amid medical shortages, malaria cases are now back on the rise in Venezuela. As Sunday’s polarizing vote draws nearer, Resistencia protesters and the medics sense this weekend could be the most violent they’ve seen yet. “We have to prepare for the worst,” says Franceschi. Journalist Stefano Pozzebon contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Nicolás Maduro's regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170727204500", "country1": "VEN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/americas/venezuela-front-lines/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "738319880", "sentence": "British Prime Minister Theresa May told Parliament on Monday that it was “highly likely” that Russia was responsible for the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury on March 4. Below is her address to the House of Commons in full, released by Downing Street: With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to update the House on the incident in Salisbury – and the steps we are taking to investigate what happened and to respond to this reckless and despicable act. Last week my Right Honorable Friends, the Foreign and Home Secretaries, set out the details of events as they unfolded on Sunday the 4th of March. I am sure the whole House will want to once again pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of our emergency services and armed forces in responding to this incident, as well as the doctors and nurses who are now treating those affected. Our thoughts, in particular, are with Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey who remains in a serious but stable condition. In responding to this incident, he exemplified the duty and courage that define our emergency services; and in which our whole nation takes the greatest pride. Mr. Speaker, I want to pay tribute to the fortitude and calmness with which people in Salisbury have responded to these events and to thank all those who have come forward to assist the police with their investigation. This incident has, of course, caused considerable concern across the community. Following the discovery of traces of nerve agent in Zizzi’s restaurant and The Mill pub, the Chief Medical Officer issued further precautionary advice. But as Public Health England have made clear, the risk to public health is low. Mr. Speaker, I share the impatience of this House and the country at large to bring those responsible to justice – and to take the full range of appropriate responses against those who would act against our country in this way. But as a nation that believes in justice and the rule of law, it is essential that we proceed in the right way – led not by speculation but by the evidence. That is why we have given the police the space and time to carry out their investigation properly. Hundreds of officers have been working around the clock – together with experts from our armed forces – to sift and assess all the available evidence; to identify crime scenes and decontamination sites and to follow every possible lead to find those responsible. That investigation continues and we must allow the police to continue with their work. Mr. Speaker, this morning I chaired a meeting of the National Security Council in which we considered the information so far available. As is normal, the Council was updated on the assessment and intelligence picture, as well as the state of the investigation. It is now clear that Mr Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia. This is part of a group of nerve agents known as ‘Novichok’. Based on the positive identification of this chemical agent by world-leading experts at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down; our knowledge that Russia has previously produced this agent and would still be capable of doing so; Russia’s record of conducting state-sponsored assassinations; and our assessment that Russia views some defectors as legitimate targets for assassinations; the Government has concluded that it is highly likely that Russia was responsible for the act against Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Mr. Speaker, there are therefore only two plausible explanations for what happened in Salisbury on the 4th of March. Either this was a direct act by the Russian state against our country. Or the Russian government lost control of this potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others. This afternoon my Rt. Hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has summoned the Russian Ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and asked him to explain which of these two possibilities it is – and therefore to account for how this Russian-produced nerve agent could have been deployed in Salisbury against Mr Skripal and his daughter. My Rt. Hon. Friend has stated to the Ambassador that the Russian Federation must immediately provide full and complete disclosure of the Novichok program to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. And he has requested the Russian government’s response by the end of tomorrow. Mr. Speaker, this action has happened against a backdrop of a well-established pattern of Russian state aggression. Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea was the first time since the Second World War that one sovereign nation has forcibly taken territory from another in Europe. Russia has fomented conflict in the Donbas, repeatedly violated the national airspace of several European countries, and mounted a sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption. This has included meddling in elections, and hacking the Danish Ministry of Defense and the Bundestag, among many others. During his recent State of the Union address, President Putin showed video graphics of missile launches, flight trajectories and explosions, including the modeling of attacks on the United States with a series of warheads impacting in Florida. While the extra-judicial killing of terrorists and dissidents outside Russia were given legal sanction by the Russian Parliament in 2006. And of course Russia used radiological substances in its barbaric assault on Mr. Litvinenko. We saw promises to assist the investigation then, but they resulted in denial and obfuscation – and the stifling of due process and the rule of law. Mr. Speaker, following Mr. Litvinenko’s death we expelled Russian diplomats, suspended security co-operation, broke off bilateral plans on visas, froze the assets of the suspects and put them on international extradition lists. And these measures remain in place. Furthermore our commitment to collective defense and security through NATO remains as strong as ever in the face of Russian behavior. Indeed our armed forces have a leading role in NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence with British troops leading a multinational battlegroup in Estonia. We have led the way in securing tough sanctions against the Russian economy. And we have at all stages worked closely with our allies and we will continue to do so. We must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday we will consider in detail the response from the Russian State. Should there be no credible response, we will conclude that this action amounts to an unlawful use of force by the Russian State against the United Kingdom. And I will come back to this House and set out the full range of measures that we will take in response. Mr. Speaker, this attempted murder using a weapons-grade nerve agent in a British town was not just a crime against the Skripals. It was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the United Kingdom, putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk. And we will not tolerate such a brazen attempt to murder innocent civilians on our soil. I commend this Statement to the House.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180313141500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/europe/theresa-may-russia-spy-speech-intl/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "482439938", "sentence": "When Spanish chef Ferran Adria closed the doors of his world-renowned elBulli restaurant in 2011, it was almost a symbolic changing of the guard. Few restaurant industry professionals could have predicted a dozen years earlier, however, that a chef of Macedonian-Danish heritage, with a warehouse restaurant in Copenhagen exploring Nordic terroir, would take Adria’s place as one of the world’s most influential chefs. Nor that his restaurant would become one of the most talked-about in the world. But Rene Redzepi, 37, is a chef who consistently flouts expectations. In 2003, when Redzepi, at the age of 25, opened Noma (an abbreviation of the words ‘Nordic’ and ‘mad’, which means food in Danish), he’d already spent time in the kitchens of elBulli and The French Laundry, both of which were highly influential at the time. Redzepi left elBulli with a passion for experimentation and a love of local seasonal ingredients, while at The French Laundry he was instilled with a commitment to working closely with local suppliers by chef Thomas Keller. What he left behind were the former’s playful deconstruction of dishes and the classical fine dining approach of the latter. Rene Redzepi of Noma answers your questions from Twitter Redzepi wanted to create a cuisine that represented the environment he worked and lived in, giving rise to the term “new Nordic cuisine.” Along with celebrity chef, gastronomic entrepreneur and business partner Claus Meyer, he sought to develop a cuisine that reflected the soil, topography and climate – the terroir – of the place in which they lived. The terroir of his home, however bountiful in the short summer, was barren in the long winter, providing challenges that led Redzepi to forage in fields and the shoreline for ingredients. Though the use of fermentation techniques, he was able to ensure a year-round supply of ingredients. “There’s two ways of foraging,” explains Redzepi. “There’s the romantic way, which is ‘guys let’s go out and be inspired and taste some things and talk about the daily life in the kitchen and so on’.” He says that can be very important if you’re in need of some inspiration. “But most of the times we are out now foraging for work,” says Redzepi. “We go there and it’s like harvest time. It isn’t as romantic as you think where you are with your little wooden basket, picking things while listening to music and soaking in the sun. “Sometimes it’s rainy, pouring down and you’re in your rain suit, mud everywhere and its cold and your fingers are trembling and you have to pick [tiny leaves] and you need a kilo of them.” Meyer and Redzepi initiated a symposium on “new Nordic cuisine” in November 2004 and from this a 10-point New Nordic Cuisine Manifesto was drawn up with an emphasis on seasonality and simplicity. It didn’t stop there. In 2008 they set up the Nordic Foodlab to study Nordic ingredients and share the results of their findings publicly. It was around this time that Redzepi felt that the cuisine of Noma had progressed beyond simply making use of local ingredients and recipes that featured foraged and fermented ingredients and vastly contrasting seasons to become a cuisine that now had its own DNA. Having steadily gained a worldwide reputation among chefs and foodies for forging its own culinary path, Noma climbed to the number 10 spot on the highly regarded San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2008 list. It was only a couple of years later that Noma took the number one spot – making it harder than ever for visitors to score a table at the 45-seat restaurant. “My role at Noma has changed over the years – now 12 years in I focus on the creative side,” says Redzepi. “This is the most important side because it’s much of the reason people are traveling here – they want to see something they haven’t seen before.” By the time Redzepi released his influential book “Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine,” elements of his style were already making an appearance in restaurants around the world. White linen tablecloths and big white plates were being replaced with bare wood and earthy handcrafted ceramics. Service was becoming more relaxed and tattooed chefs doubled as waiters, arriving at tables to expand on the menu’s shorthand listing of ingredients, such as “pumpkin, beechnuts and barley.” This relaxed approach and casual atmosphere, which included eating some dishes with hands, is often cited as a reason that the restaurant has not received its third Michelin star, having held two since 2008. The fact that Redzepi pushes the boundaries with his use of ingredients such as ants and live shrimps has perhaps also left it outside the parameters of what the conservative restaurant guidebook finds acceptable. Yet Redzepi’s adoration and respect for ingredients, his explorations in fermentation, his ability to excite and motivate his team, and his inquisitive personality make him the most inspiring chef of his generation – a generation where chefs of his caliber are treated as rock stars. Today, Redzepi’s fame extends well beyond foodies. The chef not only appeared on Time Magazine’s 2012 list of 100 Most Influential People, with a touching foreword by Ferran Adria, he also graced the April cover. While Adria’s post-elBulli activities have baffled the food world (lots of thinking and little cooking), Redzepi sees no end to the restaurant that put Copenhagen on the culinary map – even if it changes location. In 2012 the Noma team decamped to London for a 10-day pop-up and in early 2015 to Tokyo for two months. Redzepi recently announced that the entire restaurant staff (and families) would be moving to Sydney, Australia, for a 10-week stint at the beginning of 2016. “Traveling for me is vital,” says Redzepi. “I would say it’s everything we are about right now. We try to adapt the best of the ideas from very established food cultures.” Redzepi plans to close the current iteration of Noma in Copenhagen on New Year’s Eve of 2016, reopening sometime in 2017 in a new location in the city with an “urban farm” supplying the kitchen. While it’s a natural move for a chef so invested in the ‘local,” that unforgiving Nordic climate could prove to be the biggest risk he’s taken yet. Lara Dunston is a travel and food writer who has contributed to Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast and Delicious magazines. 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{"article_id": "751329378", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Linda Darling-Hammond is president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. She is author or editor of a number of award-winning books and more than 500 publications on education policy and practice. The views expressed in this commentary are solely the author’s. Signs from recent teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky – some of them carried by parents and students – tell the stories best: “Speed limit 35. Not class size.” “Do the math: 28 seats, 44 students, 89°, 0 books. CPS classroom.” “Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions.” “Fighting for what our kids deserve.” “Students for teachers: We support our teachers, why don’t they?” “Fund our public schools, we are the dream.” This week’s teacher strikes in Arizona and across Colorado are the latest in a series that have taken place this year. These strikes have been much in the news, and nearly every news story says the same thing: Teachers want better pay and better benefits. While that’s true, there’s more to the story than teachers’ compensation. Teachers – and the parents and students marching alongside them – are demanding better teacher pay and better school funding. They’re striking and protesting to highlight school conditions that have deteriorated badly over the last decade. A nation that under-educates its children in the 21st century cannot long survive as a world power. Prisons – which now absorb more of our tax resources than public higher education did in the 1980s – are filled with high school dropouts and those with low levels of literacy. We pay three times more for each prisoner than we invest in each child’s education annually.  With an aging population and only three workers for every person on Social Security, the United States especially needs all young people to be well-educated enough to gain good work in the complex and rapidly changing economy they are entering. Without their ability to pay the taxes that support the rest of society, the social contract will dissolve Inadequate education funding has created the conditions that make teaching the daily struggle that has finally drawn teachers and families to the picket lines: unmanageable class sizes, inadequate resources and facilities, cuts to essential medical and mental-health school services and more. As child poverty, food insecurity and homelessness have climbed to among the highest levels in the industrialized world (more than one in five live in poverty and in 2014 one in 30 were homeless), schools have been left with fewer resources to address these needs and support student learning. Related video Frustrated Oklahoma teachers run for office During the Great Recession, beginning in 2007, states made deep cuts to their education budgets. Even after the recovery, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, most are still providing fewer school dollars per student than they had in 2008. To be sure, teacher salaries are also a significant concern: US teachers are paid 30% less on average than other college graduates, and in most states, the average teacher heading a family of four qualifies for several forms of government assistance. The children of teachers can themselves be on food stamps at home and qualify to receive free lunch at school. According to the Economic Policy Institute, US teachers’ wages have declined relative to those of other college-educated workers since the early 1990s, when they were at their most competitive – and when teacher attrition was much lower than it is today. When you combine these low salaries with the working conditions most public school teachers now experience – especially in districts serving poor children, who are now a majority of children in public schools – you have a recipe for burnout and attrition. A recent Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development survey found that US teachers teach more hours per week than teachers in other countries surveyed and have nearly the lowest number of hours for planning. They also have above-average class sizes and teach more low-income students than teachers in other OECD countries. Not surprisingly, as national statistics show, about 8% of US teachers leave each year – most for reasons of dissatisfaction rather than retirement – more than twice the rate of teachers in high-achieving countries like Finland, Singapore and Canada. Related article The West Virginia teachers have launched a movement Because teaching has grown so unattractive as a profession, teacher education enrollments have dropped by more than 30% in recent years while turnover also climbed. As a result, teacher shortages are widespread, and at the beginning of this school year, the United States had more than 100,000 teaching positions that were filled by unqualified candidates. About 90% of those open teaching positions were created by teachers who left the profession. This affects students, who experience canceled courses, larger class sizes and unqualified teachers – many of whom leave quickly, creating churn and instability that further depresses student learning. All of these problems are at their worst in the schools and districts serving the greatest concentrations of students of color and those from families living in poverty, but almost no schools are immune from the acute shortages of special education teachers, as well as teachers of math, science and computer science, bilingual education, and world languages – all essential areas of learning for a nation that would like to compete in the globalized knowledge economy. To solve these problems, the federal government ultimately needs to launch another War on Poverty, as conditions for America’s children are much worse than they were 30 years ago and far below the standards of our peer nations. In addition, low-spending states and those with unequal distributions of education dollars need to increase and equalize school funding so that all children can learn and teachers can teach under reasonable conditions. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The solutions are not a mystery. Systems in Australia, Canada, Finland, and Singapore have found ways to compensate teachers as professionals and adequately and equitably fund their schools – and their students achieve at higher rates as a result. We can also look closer to home, where high-achieving states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Vermont have not only invested wisely and equitably in their teachers and schools but also in health, early learning and social supports that reduce poverty and support children and families with greater needs. The dedicated individuals who choose the teaching profession don’t do it for the money, but they can’t do it at all without reasonable school funding. As another protest sign put it, “I work to make a living. I teach to make a difference.” Funding our education systems – and the people who make them work – is one way we can all make a difference for our children and our society.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States public education funding and teacher compensation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180427161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FIN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/opinions/teacher-strikes-more-than-pay-darling-hammond-opinion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "481538382", "sentence": "Woman from Gambia becomes U.S. citizen She was a victim of female genital mutilation while baby in her native country Jaha Dukureh is on a campaign to end the criticized practice From the outside, the immigrant family looks no different than any other about to take the oath of U.S. citizenship this recent Tuesday in Atlanta. Jaha Dukureh, 25, has called the United States home since she was 15 years old, and now, with her husband looking on and the youngest of her three children waving an American flag, the young woman from Gambia is beaming as she prepares to pledge allegiance to the flag she has come to hold so dear. But behind Dukureh’s brilliant smile and quiet elegance lies a tale of horror almost too disturbing to imagine. Dukureh is a victim of female genital mutilation – the idea of which many find so unbearable, that they turn away, cringe, shudder or refuse to allow themselves to comprehend. Yet it is a topic, Dukureh says, that has to be discussed in order for the practice to end, and she faces it head on, unafraid. Dukureh was subjected to female genital mutilation in Gambia when she was a little more than a week old. She came to the United States at the age of 15 for an arranged marriage to a much older man. Only then did she come to understand what had happened to her. Because of the damage done to her body, Dukureh had to endure terrible pain, and undergo surgery to be able to consummate that marriage. The marriage didn’t last. The World Health Organization says female genital mutilation is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. “It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women.” Dukureh has made it her mission to tell her story in hopes of sparing other young girls from a lifetime of pain. She has spoken before the U.S. Congress, the United Nations, in communities across the United States, and in villages and towns throughout Gambia. When asked why she feels compelled to speak out, her answer is easy. “Well, somebody has to do it,” Dukureh says, without a trace of anger or bitterness. “Slavery ended because someone stood up. Foot binding used to be a thing in China, but they were able to end it in 10 years because they stood up and said they wanted it to end. … It takes one person to stand up. Then other survivors come and speak about their experience, and that number will continue to grow.” Dukureh’s story also caught the eye of women’s cosmetic giant L’Oréal Paris, which has featured her in their “Women of Worth” campaign. “We are building a movement,” she declares. For Dukureh, it is family that drives her. Specifically, thoughts of her daughter and the future ahead of her. “Some of the most hurtful things that happened to me, happened because no one spoke out for me,” she says. “If I stay silent, my daughter may face the same fate I faced. But if I speak up and give face to these issues, chances are my daughter will never have to experience that.” “But saving my daughter isn’t enough, it’s all the little girls out there like her.” One of her greatest challenges was returning to the Gambia last year to convince her father, a powerful imam who advocated for the practice, that the time for change has come. “It was one of the hardest things I have ever done,” Dukureh says. “Because I respect my dad a lot and I want him to be proud of me.” Her father listened to her and agreed that her baby sister, who was born during her visit, would not be subjected to genital mutilation. The victory was monumental. “As a result of this conversation with my dad, I was able to save my younger sister, and my brothers are not going to subject their daughters to FGM.” The conversation “ended up giving my dad an opportunity to understand me, and to know where I was coming from wasn’t about disrespecting him or his religion,” Dukureh says. Dukureh is in the process of returning to the Gambia again, this time to implore President Yahya Jammeh to enforce laws that not only make FGM illegal, but are enforceable. Her efforts to raise awareness have gained so much attention, that she is now the subject of an upcoming documentary by award-winning filmmaker Patrick Farrelly, who, after meeting Dukureh, was so impressed that he wanted to tell her story. He and his team have been documenting her life for the past year to bring more attention and awareness to her cause. In the citizenship ceremony, Dukureh leads the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, takes the oath and watches while a video plays showing the natural wonders of the United States. A performance of “America the Beautiful” brings Dukureh to tears. As she listened to the song, “I thought about my journey and what I have been able to accomplish. The fact that I am now an American citizen and can say what I want, speak freely about these things, and know I am protected by law… it’s great. It’s emotional. It’s the American Dream. It’s that success that all immigrants dream of when they come to the U.S.” With one dream realized, she’s ready to achieve the next. “I want to see FGM ended in my generation. It’s not an easy dream, but I think we can do it. … It’s going to take a collective effort. This is not just a one person issue. It’s not a one-country issue. 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{"article_id": "734905814", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Fred Harris, a Democratic former US senator from Oklahoma and University of New Mexico professor emeritus of political science, is the only surviving member of the Kerner Commission. Alan Curtis is  president of the Eisenhower Foundation. Both are co-editors of “Healing Our Divided Society: Investing in America Fifty Years After the Kerner Report,” a new book upon which this article is based. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the authors. “A physician’s warning of approaching death, with a prescription for life.” That’s the way the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. described the 1968 report of President Lyndon Johnson’s National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (called the Kerner Commission after its chairman, Gov. Otto Kerner of Illinois). President Johnson had appointed this blue-ribbon citizens commission in the wake of the terrible riots that exploded in the black neighborhoods of many American cities during the long hot summer of 1967, with great loss of life, awful human injury and enormous property destruction — causing  shock, fear, alarm, bewilderment and anxiety throughout the country. The worst disorders, in Newark and Detroit, were not finally quelled until the President  sent in US Army troops. President Johnson charged the Kerner Commission to investigate the riots and recommend action, not only from a law and order standpoint, but also in regard to their deeper causes. “Let your search be free,” the President told the commission members. “Find the truth and express it in your report.”  And that is what the commission famously did, which, as it turned out, not only shocked the conscience of the nation, but greatly upset President Johnson, as well. Related article One of today's 'wokest' moments happened in 1968 The Kerner Report condemned violence and lawlessness in the strongest terms, saying they “nourish repression, not justice,” and then came its basic finding: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal.” “Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans,” the report stated further, adding, “What white Americans have never fully understood — but what the Negro can never forget — is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.” Great and sustained national efforts were required, the Kerner Report said, not only to combat racism, but also to significantly invest in human capital, through programs against unemployment and low wages, poverty, inferior or inadequate education and training, lack of health care, and bad or nonexistent housing. The report also made strong recommendations for improving the conduct of the media and the police, and for the further integration of housing and schools. These recommendations applied to all Americans, “rural and urban, white, black, Spanish-surnamed, and American Indians.” Related video Van Jones on the racial unemployment gap But, misinformed about its contents and distracted by the Vietnam War, President Johnson rejected the Kerner Report (and this is particularly sad because President Johnson did more against poverty and racism than any other president, before or since). However, the report was leaked to the media, with detrimental effect, before the commission could, as planned, background reporters so they would fully understand the reasons for the panel’s findings and recommendations. This leak resulted in hastily written news stories that appeared throughout the country the next morning and which carried shocking headlines, something like: “White Racism Cause of Black Riots, Commission Says.” Many people never learned “the rest of the story.” Not surprisingly, there was considerable backlash in the country. Still, many American leaders spoke out in favor of the Kerner Report, including, in addition to King, Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Robert Kennedy. And despite the opposition, America made progress on virtually every aspect of race and poverty for almost a decade after the Kerner Report. The number of African-American and Latino elected officials increased as did their numbers in the middle class and in all aspects of American life. Eventually, we elected an African-American president. Related article 10 quotes from 1968 report on race that resonate today But with jobs alarmingly disappearing through globalization and automation, with conservative political change and, eventually, with unfriendly US Supreme Court decisions and congressional cuts in both taxes for the rich and the big corporations and in programs that benefited poor and middle class Americans, progress was slowed or stopped, and, finally reversed. Some improvement occurred, of course, during the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama administrations, but regression has been the trend  since the mid-1970s, and that is true today. There is still far too much excessive force by police, too often deadly force, especially against African-Americans. White supremacists have become bolder and more violent. Housing and schools have been rapidly resegregating, locking too many African-Americans and Latinos into slums and their children into inferior schools. As the nation has grown, our overall poverty rate has stubbornly remained virtually the same, while the total number of poor people has increased from 25.4 million to 40.6 million.  The rate of child poverty is greater today than in 1968, and the percentage of Americans living in deep, or extreme poverty, has grown since 1975, and “welfare reform” has failed. The African-American unemployment rate has continued to be nearly double that for whites. Latino unemployment remains disproportionately high, as well. Related article Voters of color won't be fooled by Trump's claims on black jobless rate Labor union membership has shrunk from about 25% of private jobs to about 6%. Inequality of income in our country has greatly worsened. In the 1970s, the richest 1% of Americans took home something less than 9% of total national income; by 2016, they took home 24%. Fifty-two percent of all new income in America goes to the top 1%. Rich people are healthier and live longer. They get a better education, and a better education produces greater inequality of income. Then, greater economic power translates into greater political power. While it is true that the racial achievement gap in education has narrowed significantly since the 1970s, it still remains, and must be closed. So, where do we go from here? We know what needs to be done, and we know what works: A more progressive tax system, making rich people and big corporations pay their fair share. Stopping tax and spending subsidies that redistribute wealth and income in the wrong direction. Strengthening unions and eliminating the legal and other barriers that impede the right of workers to organize. Raising the minimum wage to a living wage, which would be a giant boost to the economy and bump up middle class wages, too. We need more affordable housing, and housing and schools integrated by income and race. We also need re-regulation of big banks and big finance. Better incomes for those who can’t work and who can’t find work. A sound, free public education for all — from early childhood through college. Education and training, with special attention to those put out of work by circumstances beyond their control. Health care for all. The basic American principles of equal rights and equal opportunity for all — whatever a person’s social standing, ZIP code, religion, gender, or color. Investment in infrastructure, in science, in alternative energy and in technology. Investment in ourselves. How can we get these things done when present times are so tough? Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook First, we can take heart from the fact that the great civil rights movement, led by King, John Lewis and others, began in the terrible and depressing time of Jim Crow, rigid segregation and the harshest racism — and still they courageously resisted, persisted and ultimately prevailed. We can take heart, too, from the fact that the polls show that the majority of Americans support the measures we must now adopt and the steps we must now take. We can take heart from the fact that we live in a time of unprecedented, growing and powerful people’s activism — with great new efforts and organizations, like the Women’s March, Indivisible, and Black Lives Matter. Finally, the Rev. William Barber of North Carolina, founder of the rapidly spreading Moral Mondays movement and a new Poor People’s Campaign, is right when he says, “We can’t keep fighting in our silos. No more separating issues — labor over here, voting rights over there. The same people fighting one should have to fight all of us together.”  Barber is pointing the way we must go, showing that white, black, Latino and other Americans can join hands in coalition with each other and with women, millennials, seniors, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and others to work for their common interests, because, “Everybody does better when everybody does better!”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kerner Commission", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180301053000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/opinions/last-surviving-member-of-kerner-panel-says-america-still-divided-opinion-harris/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "410667712", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a professor of practice at Arizona State University and a vice president at New America. He is the author of “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden – From 9/11 to Abbottabad.” This is an updated version of an article originally published February 19. Peter Bergen: Jihadi John ID'd as Mohammed Emwazi, a well-born Londoner with college degree White House has said terrorism rooted in poverty; Bergen: Typically anti-west jihadists come from money, are educated The ideology of ISIS and like-minded groups is rooted in Salafist ultra-fundamentalist interpretations of Islam This is how top national security reporters Souad Mekhennet and Adam Goldman of the Washington Post, who broke the story that Mohammed Emwazi has been identified as the notorious ISIS terrorist known as “Jihadi John,” describe him: “a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming.” They go on to say that Emwazi “was raised in a middle-class neighborhood in London” and attended the University of Westminster, which is a university in London that was founded in the early 19th century. Emwazi poses something of a problem for the Obama administration’s narrative about who becomes a terrorist and why. Last week, the administration hosted a three-day conference on “Countering Violent Extremism,” which is a government euphemism for how best to deal with Islamist terrorism. We heard from Obama administration officials and even the President himself that terrorism has something to do with lack of opportunities and poverty. Obama said that “we have to address grievances terrorists exploit, including economic grievances.” He said, “when millions of people – especially youth – are impoverished and have no hope for the future, when corruption inflicts daily humiliations on people, when there are no outlets by which people can express their concerns, resentments fester. The risk of instability and extremism grow. Where young people have no education, they are more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and radical ideas…” The President did acknowledge that terrorists can be rich like Osama bin Laden, who was the son of a Saudi construction magnate and attended the top high school and the best university in Saudi Arabia. It’s hard to imagine someone with more opportunities. Think the Trump family Saudi-style, minus the bling, and throw in a deep admiration for the Taliban. But, in fact, Osama bin Laden is more the rule than the exception. Take not only Emwazi/Jihadi John, but also the notorious British terrorist, Omar Sheikh, who attended the London School of Economics and who kidnapped American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002. Pearl was the first of al Qaeda’s victims to be beheaded. The terrorist who beheaded him was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who attended North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro and studied mechanical engineering. Take Mohamed Atta, the son of an Egyptian lawyer, who had worked on a doctorate in, of all things, urban preservation at a German university and who led the 9/11 attacks. Or the present leader of al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, a surgeon who comes from a leading Egyptian family that counts ambassadors, politicians and prominent clerics amongst its ranks. Related video Report: Injustice, not unemployment, leads to extremism Nearer to home we can also point to the Fort Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan, who was not only an officer in the U.S. Army and a psychiatrist, but is also from a comfortably middle-class family in Virginia. Let’s also add to the mix Faisal Shahzad, who tried to blow up a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square on May 1, 2010. He had obtained an MBA in the United States and had worked as a financial analyst for the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company. His father was one of the top officers in the Pakistani military. These are not the dispossessed. They are the empowered. “Who becomes a terrorist?” turns out, in many cases, to be much like asking, “Who owns a Volvo?” Indeed, New America has studied the backgrounds of some 250 U.S.-based militants since 9/11 who have been indicted in or convicted of some kind of jihadist terrorist crime. They are on average middle class, reasonably well-educated family men with kids. They are, in short, ordinary Americans. ‘Who becomes a terrorist?’ turns out, in many cases, to be much like asking, ‘Who owns a Volvo?’ Peter Bergen Similarly, in his important 2004 book “Understanding Terror Networks,” psychiatrist Marc Sageman, a former CIA case officer, examined the backgrounds of 172 militants who were part of al Qaeda or a similar group. Just under half were professionals; two-thirds were either middle or upper class and had gone to college; indeed, several had doctorates. In a 2006 study, Swati Pandey and this author examined the educational background of 79 terrorists responsible for five of the worst anti-Western terrorist attacks of the modern era – the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, the 9/11 attacks, the Bali nightclub bombings in 2002, and the London bombings on July 7, 2005. We found that more than half of the terrorists had attended college, making them as well-educated as the average American. Two of our sample had doctoral degrees, and two others had begun working toward their doctorates. None of them had attended a madrassa. Significantly, we found that, of those who did attend college and/or graduate school, 58% attained scientific or technical degrees. Emwazi/Jihadi John reportedly studied computer programming, which makes him typical of the anti-Western jihadist terrorists we examined. Of course, large-scale insurgent groups such as ISIS and the Taliban recruit foot soldiers who join the cause to get a paycheck. But the people running these organizations are in it for ideological reasons. The diagnosis that poverty, lack of education or lack of opportunities have much to do with terrorism requires a fundamentally optimistic view of human nature. This diagnosis leads to the prognosis that all we need to do to solve the terrorism problem is to create societies that are less poor, better educated and have more opportunities. Related gallery The ISIS terror threat The fact is, working stiffs with few opportunities and scant education are generally too busy getting by to engage in revolutionary projects to remake society. And history, in fact, shows us that terrorism is generally a bourgeois endeavor. This was just as true of the Russian anarchists of the late 19th century as it was of the German Marxists of the Baader-Meinhof gang of the 1970s and of the Japanese terrorist group Aum Shinrikyo in the 1990s. Post-9/11 research demonstrating that Islamist terrorism is mostly a pursuit of the middle class echoed an important study about Egyptian militants that was undertaken by the French academic Gilles Kepel during the mid-1980s. Kepel researched the 300 Islamist militants who were tried in the wake of the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Around one in five were professionals such as engineers, a quarter worked as government employees, just under half were artisans or merchants, one in 10 were in the military or police, and only one in 10 were farmers or were unemployed. Of those who were students, around a third were studying in the elite fields of medicine and engineering. Similarly, the Library of Congress issued a study two years before the 9/11 attacks that asked the question: “Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why?” The conclusion, based on a survey of all the published literature, was that there were only a few “major exceptions to the middle- and upper-class origins of terrorist groups.” Related video 'Far too easy' to blame UK intelligence for 'Jihadi John' There are, of course any number of exceptions to the prototypical middle-class terrorist. The terrorists who attacked Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris last month and the Copenhagen café that was hosting the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks earlier this month were from the margins of society. But for every example of poverty or lack of opportunities as a purported rationale for terrorism, it’s easy to supply important counterexamples. The “underwear bomber” Umar Abdulmuttalab, who tried to set off a bomb on a U.S. passenger jet flying over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, is the son of one of the richest men in Africa and attended University College London, which routinely rates among the best universities in the world. Anwar al-Awlaki, the late leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who tasked the underwear bomber to blow up an American plane over an American city, was studying for his Ph.D. at George Washington University before he took up arms with al Qaeda. Awlaki’s father was a Cabinet minister in Yemen. So if it’s clearly not deprivation that is driving much Islamist terrorism, what is? For that we must turn to ideology, specifically religious ideology. And this is where the Obama administration has to perform some pretzel logic. It is careful to explain that the war on ISIS is not a war on Islam and that ISIS’ ideology is a perversion of the religion. Fair enough. But the administration seems uncomfortable with making the connection between Islamist terrorism and ultra-fundamentalist forms of Islam that are intolerant of other religions and of other Muslims who don’t share their views to the letter. ISIS may be a perversion of Islam, but Islamic it is, just as Christian beliefs about the sanctity of the unborn child explain why some Christian fundamentalists attack abortion clinics and doctors. But, of course, murderous Christian fundamentalists are not killing many thousands of civilians a year. More than 80% of the world’s terrorist attacks take place in five Muslim-majority countries – Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria – and are largely carried out by groups with Islamist beliefs. This week the United Nations released a report showing that civilian casualties in Afghanistan were at the highest level since the organization started counting them six years ago. The Taliban were responsible for three-quarters of these deaths. The Taliban and other Islamist terrorist groups are not, of course, secular organizations. To treat them as if they were springs from some combination of wishful thinking, PC gone crazy and a failure to accept, in an increasingly secularized era, that some will kill in the name of their god, an all-too-common phenomenon across human history. Indeed, while ISIS and like-minded groups and their fellow travelers are not representative of the vast majority of the world’s Muslims, their ideology is rooted in Salafist ultra-fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, and indeed they can point to verses in the Quran that can be interpreted to support their worldview. A well-known verse in the Quran commands Muslims to “fight and slay the nonbelievers wherever you find them, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem [of war].”  When bin Laden made a formal declaration of war against “the Jews and the Crusaders” in 1998, he cited this Quranic verse at the beginning of his declaration. Related video 'Jihadi John': Behind the Mask ISIS’ distinctive black flags are a reference to a supposed saying of the Prophet Mohammed that “If you see the black banners coming from the direction of Khorasan then go to them, even if you have to crawl, because among them will be Allah’s Caliph the Mahdi.” In other words, coming out of Khorasan, an area that now encompasses Afghanistan, will come an army that includes the Mahdi, the Islamic savior of the world. The parent organization of ISIS was al Qaeda, which, of course, was headquartered in Afghanistan at the time of the 9/11 attacks. Last year, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named himself caliph, which means that in his own mind and in the eyes of his followers he is not only the leader of ISIS but the overall leader of Muslims everywhere. These beliefs may seem like a crazy delusion to most of us, but it’s important to understand that they are theological in nature, and this theology is rooted in ultra-fundamentalist Islam. ISIS sees itself as the vanguard army that is bringing back true Islam to the world. This project is of such cosmic importance that they will break any number of eggs to make this omelet, which accounts for their murderous campaign against every ethnic group, religious group and nationality that they perceive as standing in their way. ISIS recruits also believe that we are in the end times, and they are best understood as members of an Islamist apocalyptic death cult. What does that mean for policy makers? It means that the only truly effective challenges to this reasoning must come from Islamic leaders and scholars who can make the theological case that ISIS is an aberration. This, too, is an Islamic project; it is not a jobs project. Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama administration's narrative on terrorism causes", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150219183000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/opinion/bergen-terrorism-root-causes/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "533714307", "sentence": "NEW: 22 dead in clashes between Shiite Turkmen and Kurdish forces in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq The two groups are allies in the fight against ISIS but have clashed before Iraq's PM has called on both parties to cease hostilities and focus on common foe Twenty-two fighters have been killed in ongoing clashes between Kurdish Peshmerga and Shiite militia members in northern Iraq, local security officials say, a development that complicates the fight against ISIS in the region. Security officials said the latest clashes erupted Saturday night in Tuz Khurmatu amid increased tensions between Shiite militias and Peshmerga forces – uneasy allies in the fight against ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State – in recent days. Nine Kurdish fighters and 13 militia members were killed in the ongoing clashes, security officials said. Twenty people were wounded. Related video Iraqi F-16s take to the skies against ISIS According to officials, the clashes erupted when Shiite militias attacked a house belonging to a Peshmerga officer. Kurdish forces retaliated, and fighting broke out in several parts of the town within hours, officials said. Home to Shiite and Sunni Turkmen as well as Arabs and Kurds, Tuz Khurmatu is an ethnically mixed town 56 miles south of Kirkuk that is claimed by both Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he had ordered military commanders to take every measure possible to control the situation in the town. Related video Pentagon: 26,000 ISIS fighters killed in U.S. airstrikes He called on all parties to end hostilities and refocus their efforts on the fight against their common enemy, ISIS, which was repelled when it attempted to infiltrate Tuz Khurmatu two years ago. The latest fighting in the town, which has seen clashes between Kurdish and Shiite forces before, highlights the challenges faced by Iraq, a country riven along sectarian and ethnic fault lines, as it attempts to confront the threat of ISIS. Is ISIS going broke? The Kurds and Turkmen are both minorities in majority-Arab Iraq. The Kurds, who make up 15% to 20% of the population and have their own autonomous region in the north, receive U.S. backing in the fight against ISIS and have proved to be one of the most effective fighting forces against the terror group. Ramadi residents fleeing ISIS: “They wanted to use us as human shields”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kurdish Peshmerga and Shiite militias", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160424154500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/middleeast/iraq-shiite-peshmerga-clashes/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "652226891", "sentence": "Trump wrote in a series of messages Tuesday They responded to Clinton's comments throughout the day President Donald Trump, in a series of late night tweets on Tuesday, both revisited his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton and seemingly slammed the judgment of his own FBI director. “FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds! The phony Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign,” Trump wrote in a series of messages. FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds! The phony... ...Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign? The tweets come after Clinton blamed her flawed candidacy, Russia’s intervention in the election via WikiLeaks and a letter released by FBI Director James Comey for her 2016 election loss during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at a Women for Women International event in New York. Comey will appear before a Senate committee Wednesday, where he’ll face questions on Russian interference in the US election and why he decided to announce that the FBI was looking again at Clinton’s emails just days before the election. Hours before Trump tweeted, Clinton welcomed the President’s ire after Amanpour predicted that the Twitter-focused President would respond to his former opponent. Related article Clinton, Trump can't stop airing their 2016 grievances “Fine. Better than the interfering in foreign affairs,” Clinton said of the prospect Trump would tweet about her. “If he wants to tweet about me then I am happy to be the diversion because we have lot of things to worry about.” She added: “He should worry less about the election and my winning the popular vote than doing some other things that would be important for the country.” The event was the latest in which Clinton, in a stinging rebuke to Trump, blamed herself for the 2016 loss but also cast the current President as someone aided by outside factors, including the Russian government. Clinton’s comments about Trump were so direct that it almost seemed a response from Trump was all but certain. Related article Obama on Kimmel's emotional health care monologue: 'Well said' A Clinton spokesman did not respond Tuesday night to questions about Trump’s tweets. Trump has not shied away from knocking Comey and the FBI during his presidency, despite publicly applauding the FBI director during a January meeting in the White House. The President slammed the FBI in February for leaks on possible contact between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. “The FBI is totally unable to stop the national security “leakers” that have permeated our government for a long time,” Trump tweeted in two messages. “They can’t even find the leakers within the FBI itself. Classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on U.S. FIND NOW.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170503041500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/trump-clinton-comey-tweet/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "647454748", "sentence": "Arkansas’ efforts to execute eight death row inmates in 11 days this month has refocused attention on the death penalty. Since peaking in 1999, executions in the US have been gradually declining amid controversy over whether lethal-injection methods are humane. Capital punishment is still legal in 31 US states. But as the drugs needed for execution get harder to come by, states are getting creative. Here’s how we got to this point: In 1994, Gallup found that 80% of Americans supported the death penalty. Fast-forward to today: A poll from October shows support has fallen to 60%. Those are in addition to the 19 states and the District of Columbia, which have outlawed capital punishment. Since 2009 alone, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland and New Mexico have abolished the death penalty. Nebraska repealed it in 2015 but reinstated it last year. Not by a long shot. In just the last six years, 17 states have executed 260 inmates. Three states – Texas, Florida and Georgia – account for more than half of those. Lethal injection is the primary means of execution in all 31 death penalty states. In 1982, Texas became the first state to execute an offender via lethal injection. Since then, the United States has carried out 1,444 executions, and only 171 have relied on another method. Lethal injection initially required a three-drug cocktail: The first (sodium thiopental or pentobarbital) puts the prisoner to sleep, the second (pancuronium bromide) brings on paralysis, and the final agent (potassium chloride) stops the heart. In 2010, European drug manufacturers began banning exports of the cocktail ingredients to the United States. The following year, concerned about the use of sodium thiopental in executions, Illinois-based Hospira stopped making the drug, and Denmark-based Lundbeck banned US prisons from using its pentobarbital. The United Kingdom also introduced a ban on exporting sodium thiopental, and the European Union took an official stance in 2012 with its Regulation on Products used for Capital Punishment and Torture. Death penalty states began looking for alternatives. Among them: procuring the drugs from alternative sources, devising a one-drug method, employing other drugs such as midazolam or propofol, and using controversial compounding pharmacies to manufacture the drugs. Such lawsuits saw a significant uptick in 2014. That’s the same year numerous executions, all employing midazolam, were widely considered botched. In Ohio, Dennis McGuire gasped and convulsed for 10 minutes before dying. In Arizona, Joseph Wood snorted and gulped for air as he died over a period of two hours. In Oklahoma, Clayton Lockett writhed for 43 minutes before succumbing to a heart attack. After each of those cases, states issued holds on capital punishment while their processes were reviewed. Attorneys for death row inmates in several states have also used these botched efforts to challenge the constitutionality of their clients’ executions. But the examples keep coming. In December, witnesses said Ronald Bert Smith Jr. heaved and coughed for 13 minutes during his execution in Alabama. In 2014, Tennessee said that when lethal injection drugs can’t be found, the state can use the electric chair. The next year, Utah successfully passed legislation to reintroduce firing squads. And this month, Arkansas planned to kill 8 men in quick succession before its supply of lethal-injection drugs expires. But a federal judge halted the executions. The state plans to appeal. CNN’s Brandon Griggs contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "death penalty in the US", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170417131500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DNK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/17/health/death-penalty-visual-guide-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "632955814", "sentence": "An independent counsel’s investigation very nearly brought down a Democratic president nearly 20 years ago. Bear that in mind when reading the news that the top Senate Democrat is calling to potentially reinstate the lapsed office under which Republicans launched the Whitewater investigation. Special prosecutors have a track record of looking for one thing and finding something else. Ken Starr went looking at Bill and Hillary Clinton’s land deals and he ended up with Monica Lewinsky and a President who lied under oath and was found in contempt of court. You know Attorney General Jeff Sessions is facing some real political trouble because even Republicans were calling on him to recuse himself. Sessions did, by the way, in an afternoon press conference. Rep. Jason Chaffetz was the first Republican out of the gate Thursday morning, when he tweeted, “AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself.” AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself That was perhaps smart politics by Chaffetz, putting him on the record about Sessions and setting a tone of accountability. It should be noted, however, that Chaffetz is one of the few Republicans who has the power to launch an investigation into the attorney general’s activity. But Chaffetz won’t be launching any such investigation; House Republicans are relying on their intelligence committee to do that. Democrats have taken note – they repeatedly point out Chaffetz’s committee was more than happy to investigate Democrat Hillary Clinton on both her email server and the Benghazi terror attack. Calls for Sessions’ recusal also raise another interesting question – recuse himself from what? What is a special prosecutor? There is an active FBI investigation – and the FBI director reports to the attorney general – but little has been said publicly about it. At least one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, wasn’t completely sure Thursday morning the FBI was investigating anything. Graham met with FBI Director James Comey Thursday afternoon to get some answers. “I just want to know what’s going on,” Graham said before the meeting. “I don’t want to know the details of the investigation. If there is not one, I want to know it. If there is one, I want to know it and the rest of us need to stay out of it if there is.” The South Carolina Republican, who along with Sen. John McCain is known for taking a hard line against Moscow, said Wednesday night at a CNN town hall that Trump has a “blind spot” when it comes to Russia, has launched one of the handful of congressional inquiries regarding Russia. But Graham’s subcommittee is just looking at Russian efforts to meddle in the election. The House and Senate Intelligence Committees are conducting the main congressional investigations, looking concurrently at both potential contacts between political campaigns and the Russians, and at the leaks that brought contacts to light. Their investigation depends very much on the FBI – which is controlled by Comey, who works for Sessions. “We know less than a fraction of what the FBI does,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, after a briefing Thursday. He said the FBI had refused to answer some of lawmakers’ questions on the matter. Committee Chairman, GOP Rep. Devin Nunes, disputed Schiff’s assessment. Still, the intelligence committees are the appropriate place for Congress to act, according to House Speaker Paul Ryan, who also called on Sessions to recuse himself Thursday morning. The intelligence committees, Ryan said, are best equipped to investigate these sensitive issues without compromising US intelligence. “The intelligence committee, just so you know, they’ve been doing an investigation for some time now. They just recently added more scope to that investigation on a bipartisan basis,” he said. Those congressional inquiries aren’t good enough for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who had three demands regarding Sessions during his own news conference Thursday. First, he called on the Justice Department to appoint an independent special prosecutor to look into ties between the Trump campaign and White House. Barring that, or if Schumer doesn’t think the potential special prosecutor is independent, he wants to work with Republicans to revive the independent counsel law. And finally, he specifically wants Sessions investigated. Each of those will require cooperation from the GOP, who don’t seem likely to agree. “We don’t even have the law,” Ryan said, when asked about a special prosecutor. Others, like Graham, are more open to the idea. He said if the FBI uncovers any sort of wrongdoing with regard to the Trump campaign and Russia, a special prosecutor would be warranted. Graham – who became a national figure for his role in the Clinton impeachment drama – was not asked about reviving the office of independent counsel. “If there is something there,” he said, “and it goes up the chain of investigation, it is clear to me that Jeff Sessions, who is my dear friend, cannot make this decision about Trump.” McCain said the Senate Armed Services Committee, which he chairs, would look at “certain military aspects” of the Russia affair, but he said the intelligence committees should be given a chance to do their work before any other special investigation is enacted. “I’d like to give them a chance to examine the facts and come up with some conclusions before I leap to the need for a whole new special committee. When you set up a special committee, there has to be – it’s a long process,” he said during the CNN town hall.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "special prosecutor / independent counsel", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302204500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politics/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-russia-investigations/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "507096254", "sentence": "Turkey alleges a Russian warplane flew into its airspace Russia imposed sanctions against Turkey after a disputed shootdown in November Russia planes are striking targets in Syria in support of the government there Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Ankara to protest and condemn what it called a violation of  airspace by a Russian warplane. The Foreign Ministry said the Russian SU-34 fighter was warned by Turkish air radar units, in both English and Russian, before it crossed into Turkish airspace from Syria on Friday. The statement went on to warn that violations “could lead to serious consequences.” The Russian Defense Ministry denied that it violated Turkish airspace and called Ankara’s allegations “unfounded propaganda.’ “There were no violations of Turkish airspace by planes of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic,” the ministry said on Facebook. The ministry said that the nationality of an aircraft cannot be established on radar. “This is only possible through direct visual contact from another aircraft, which did not take place,” the ministry emphasized. Turkey’s military shot down a Russian plane in November after it ignored several warnings and entered  its airspace, according to Turkish officials. One Russian crew member was killed. Moscow disputed that its crew was given warnings before the F-16 fired and said the Russian plane was over Syria. After the shootdown, Russia imposed a series of economic sanctions on Turkey, banning the import of some goods, imposing restrictions on travel, barring some Turkish companies from doing business in Russia and suspending a $12 billion gas pipeline project between the nations. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Saturday for “calm and de-escalation.” But he also said Russia should “act responsibly and to fully respect NATO airspace.” An official with the Russian Embassy in Ankara confirmed there was a meeting, Ria Novosti reported, but spokesman Igor Mityakov declined to comment on what was discussed. Russia began airstrikes in Syria, one of Turkey’s neighbors to the south, in September. Moscow has said the missions are in support of the Syrian government’s fight against ISIS and other enemies. Friday’s allegations of an airspace violation came about a week after two U.S. officials told CNN it appeared that Russia could be making moves to establish an air base in northeastern Syria near the Turkish border. The officials said the United States had seen a “limited” number of Russian military personnel, more akin to an exploratory party, looking at an airfield in Qamishli, possibly to determine how they might use the site. U.S. officials: Russia looking at Syria airfield near Turkey CNN’s Gul Tuysuz, Elena Sandyrev and Jamie Crawford contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160130194500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/30/middleeast/russia-turkey-air-space/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "537782073", "sentence": "Leavell has been touring, recording with the Stones since 1982 He says Democrats \"have the edge\" on protecting the environment Chuck Leavell is a forester, an environmental activist and a rocker. As a musical director and keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, Leavell has been recording and touring with the legendary British band since 1982. He is also a former member of The Allman Brothers Band for which he received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award in 2012. READ: Get off my song! Rolling Stones to Trump Leavell, who is a member of the Global Restoration Council, told CNN that the cultural revolution of the 60s influenced him and awakened in him a passion for environmentalism that became parallel to his passion for rock and roll. “I was a child of the 60s, okay? So, the cultural revolution that went on at that time — the environment was certainly a big part of it and a lot of us were concerned with the pollution that was rampant throughout that time in our country,” Leavell said. Leavell’s interest in environmental activism escalated in 1981 when his wife, Rose-Lane, inherited about 1,000 acres from her grandmother near Macon, Georgia. “Her family, for generations, have been connected to the land,” Leavell said. “It became our responsibility to carry on that heritage of stewardship.” Leavell got to work and even while on tour, he began educating himself and studying various options of what to do with the land. “After spending a lot of time looking at the options and knowing that I wanted to follow my musical career, forestry really fit the bill,” Leavell said. “It wasn’t so much day-to-day work.” Leavell continued educating himself about forestry by reading books and received an Honorary Ranger award from the U.S. Forest Service. He and his wife have now grown the Charlane Plantation to about 2,900 acres. A post shared by CNN Politics (@cnnpolitics) And last week, as the co-founder of the Mother Nature Network, Leavell hosted the White House Correspondent’s Jam in Washington, along with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Widespread Panic’s John Bell and the Marshall Tucker Band’s Paul Riddle, to raise awareness about environmental issues. Asked about the presidential election, Leavell said that the environment has only been a focus on “one side” of the aisle. The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, tweeted in 2012 that “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” The Rolling Stones are the latest band to ask Trump to stop playing their music during his campaign events and rallies. “The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately,” the British band’s publicist, Fran Curtis, told CNN in a statement Thursday. Leavell declined to comment on the reason for this request but on 2016 and environmental policies he said, “The fact is the environment doesn’t care about party affiliation, whether Republican, Democrat or otherwise.” “My personal opinion is that in general, the Democratic party has the edge on better policies for the environment,” Leavell added. “But it will take all parties in cooperation to get it right.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democratic party", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160506154500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politics/rolling-stones-chuck-leavell-donald-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "594447696", "sentence": "\"I just thought that guy was a dimwit,\" Trump said of Bush in 2009 on Imus. \"I voted for Bush because I think he's got certain things that are excellent,\" Trump said in 2005. In a 2009 radio interview with Don Imus uncovered by CNN’s KFile, Donald Trump claimed he did not vote for President George W. Bush. Four years earlier, in an interview on Fox News following the 2004 presidential election, Trump said the exact opposite: that he did vote Bush despite his opposition to the Iraq War. As recently as January of this year, Trump said he voted for Bush in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. Speaking with Imus in February 2009, Trump said, “You know how I feel about Bush, and I think you got to feel that way, also.” “I never voted for him,” responded Imus. “I never voted for him, Donald.” “You’re good, then. I didn’t either, by the way,” Trump said, “You’re good. I just thought that guy was a dimwit. You looked at it, and he just didn’t look like he was all there.” “You could ring that doorbell, and nobody was going to answer that door,” says Imus. “You look at his eyes, I mean he’d make a speech and you’d look at him and you’d say, ‘Does he even know what he’s reading?’ This guy, he was a horrible president,” said Trump. Trump’s answer on Imus is a direct contradiction to what he told Bill O’Reilly in January 2005, the day before then-president Bush was to be inaugurated for his second term. “All right. You didn’t vote for Bush, did you?,” O’Reilly asked Trump. “Actually, I did,” said Trump. “Did you really? You were bad-mouthing him,” interjected O’Reilly. “No, I wasn’t,” Trump responded. “I was bad-mouthing the war in Iraq. I’m not a big fan of the war in Iraq. “So you voted for Bush,” O’Reilly said. “I voted for Bush because I think he’s got certain things that are excellent, including a tax policy that’s excellent and going to prove to be excellent,” Trump said. “But I am not a big fan of the war in Iraq, and I’ve let a lot of people know about it, and perhaps that’s being proven to be correct.” In a January 2016 interview, also with O’Reilly, Trump was asked if he voted for Bush twice. “I did vote for Bush twice, yes,” Trump said. “I don’t think he did a particularly good job. I think he got us into Iraq which was a disaster. But I voted for Bush, yes.” In Bush’s first term and into his early second term, Trump repeatedly praised the president while still being critical of the Iraq War. In a 2007 biography of Trump, now-deceased author Robert Slater also says Trump supported Bush in 2004. The biography was written with access to Trump and is sold at Trump Tower in New York. A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not return a request for comment on whether Trump voted for Bush or why he gave different answers to the question at different times.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161031173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/trump-voting-for-bush-on-imus/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "637871772", "sentence": "Border protection agents arrested a man after they found four people stuffed in the trunk of his car. The man, they said, was trying to smuggle the people in to the US. Agents at the San Ysidro border  stopped the car for inspection at the border from Mexico to the US on Tuesday. When they opened the trunk, they found four Chinese nationals: three women and one man. The photograph from the scene shows the man and women, contorted to fit all together in the tight space of the Chrysler 200’s trunk. The officer said the Chinese nationals had no authorization to legally enter the US. They were taken from the trunk into custody and will be removed from the country following criminal proceedings. The driver, a 24-year-old American citizen, was arrested and  awaits federal charges. “Concealing persons in vehicles is dangerous and could have severe consequences,” Pete Flores, director of Field Operations for US Customs and Border Protection  in San Diego, said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Customs and Border Protection", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170317134500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/us/chinese-nationals-found-in-trunk-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "724525268", "sentence": "As of Sunday night, there is still no deal between McConnell and Schumer amid shutdown Many at the Las Vegas #powertothepolls event carried signs that read 'immigrants' rights are women's rights' Attendees at the Power to the Polls rally in Las Vegas on Sunday came energized, ready to celebrate and build on the momentum of last year’s inaugural Women’s March. Related article Thousands of women have one message: Vote But some rallygoers were also fueled by another emotion: Frustration with the congressional stalemate over immigration. On Friday, the government shut down after congressional leaders from both parties failed to reach a funding deal and find a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which granted legal status to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States with their parents. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged Sunday to take up legislation to address the expiring DACA program if enough Democrats vote to re-open the government. He scheduled a key vote for noon Monday. A meeting earlier Sunday between McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did not lead to a spending deal involving when to hold votes on the DACA program and whether to support the three-week funding solution, two sources told CNN. Nevada has a large immigrant population. Several thousand Nevada residents from El Salvador will likely become deportable in September 2019, the Las Vegas Sun reported earlier this month, following the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary protected status for citizens of El Salvador. “They are toying with our lives and that’s not right,” Dulce Valencia, a 22-year-old whose family immigrated to Nevada from Mexico, told CNN. Valencia, who sported an “I am an immigrant” t-shirt and “resist” pin,” wasn’t the only one at the rally who felt that way. Numerous others carried signs saying “immigrants rights are women’s rights” posters. People are starting to pack in @womensmarch #powertothepolls pic.twitter.com/YMEm8c3mjh Women’s March organizers – who spent much of 2017 uniting as many people as they could for 2018 – aim to turn the movement’s momentum into political action. They hope to register 1 million voters in 2018. But in addition to talking about the importance of voting, many speakers – including Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards – who addressed rally attendees also touched on DACA. Related video Pro-choice activist: White women can do better “Our government is failing to protect our undocumented brothers and sisters,” Carmen Perez, Women’s March co-chair, said during her speech. “Let’s be clear, some of us didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us … no human being is illegal. When we think about our influence, and how many millions of people marched yesterday and last year, we know we are capable of grabbing Congress by the midterms and making sure our values are prioritized.” She ended her speech by starting a “Sí, se puede” – “yes, we can” – chant. Astrid Silva, a Las Vegas resident who co-founded a Dreamer advocacy nonprofit called Dream Big Vegas, also spoke. “In Nevada, our immigrant community matters, our lives matter, I will not allow my family to continue living in fear,” Silva told rallygoers. “My mother gave everything to be here in this country, for me to have a better future. My father gave his life working under the hot Las Vegas sun so I could be here. And now they live in fear every single day that ICE will come and take them. And that’s not a fake fear. That’s not a fear that we can just, overnight, wish away. But you can protect us. Every single one of you here. Those of you who are undocumented, estamos juntos, we’re all together.” There were also a handful of groups at the rally working to both register voters and encourage people to vote for candidates who will fight for immigrants’ rights. Valencia works for Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), which advocates for immigrant rights. Also at the rally was the Nevada chapter of Our Revolution, an American progressive political action organization formed after Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. “We’re not happy with what’s happening right now,” said Ambar Diaz, who works for Our Revolution. “That’s why we are here.” Diaz’s parents are from El Salvador. They immigrated from the country when her mom was 16. “As far as the Dreamers go, (I’d like to see) a clean DACA Bill,” she said. “This is their home, this is what they know. It’s unfair for them to be sent back to their parents’ land. Obviously their parents came here for a reason. If my mom had come here 20 years later, I could have easily been a Dreamer.” “Part of the American dream is immigrants from other places,” she said. “It’s a shame our administration now is denying that and wanting to fight against it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "DACA program", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180122201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SLV", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/21/politics/womens-march-las-vegas-latinos-daca/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "585295927", "sentence": "If history is any guide, provocative actions from North Korea can be expected around the time of US elections, a new study says. Over the past 60 years, North Korea’s leaders have attempted to incite tensions around the time of American elections – especially in recent years, the study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies says. For example, North Korea conducted a missile test and then a nuclear test shortly after President Barack Obama was elected. Related article Are North Korea's missile tests a practice run for evading THAAD? “Doing a major test would be a way of trying to intimidate the incoming president,” said Victor Cha, one of the study’s authors. “North Korea chooses particular windows that they know will gain maxmum attention from the world, and the US in particular.” “It could be a sixth nuclear test, it could be launching of their rocket which put a satellite in orbit,” Cha added. The study is scheduled to be published this week on the CSIS website Beyond Parallel. Related article North Korea at UN: US faces 'consequences beyond imagination' But some analysts see a shift in North Korea’s provocations, from symbolic actions to concrete military tests, since Kim Jong Un took power after his father’s death in 2011. These analysts see a decrease in deadly provocations that are primarily symbolic, such as the 2010 shelling of the disputed South Korean island Yeonpyeong, or the 2010 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan with a torpedo. Only one has occurred recently – the placing of land mines in the demilitarized zone, which injured two South Korean soldiers last year. “Nothing as aggressive as we saw under his father,” said Ken Gause, who analyzes North Korea’s leaders for CNA Corp. “Kim Jong Un, with the exception of the August crisis of last year, he has pretty much restricted his provocations to missile tests, nuclear tests, and cyber attacks.” The past few years have seen an exponential jump in the number of North Korean weapons development tests, according to statistics from 38North, including 15 missile tests in 2016 alone. Related article US, South Korean missile destroyers in fresh show of force to North Korea Any provocations carry an increased risk of escalation these days, analysts say, for two reasons. First, the South Korean government after 2010 made it easier for military commanders to respond to a provocation without waiting for politicians to consider a response. “They are more likely to retaliate earlier than in the past; they are also more likely to respond exponentially,” said former CIA analyst Bruce Klingner, now with The Heritage Foundation. And second, Klingner said, the North’s growing nuclear capability could give North Korean leaders a sense of impunity. Related article What if North Korea's missiles come from underwater? “They may feel more emboldened conducting not only provocations, but actual attacks,” he said, “feeling that they have immunity from any kind of US response, because North Korea has a nuclear deterrent to the US nuclear umbrella.” North Korea is one of the most difficult national security challenges the next president will face, according to CIA director John Brennan. Asked to identify America’s biggest risk across the globe, he told CNN’s Erin Burnett last week: “Kim Jong Un’s nuclear arsenal missile capability. Not just to threaten his neighbors, but also to have intercontinental capability. That’s something that the new team and the current team is looking at very, very closely and will need to be able to address.” Related article South Korea reveals it has a plan to assassinate Kim Jong Un But, national security analysts say, the US appears to have little leverage to stop the country’s nuclear program from racing ahead. “I don’t think we can solve it diplomatically, that much is clear. Every administration in the last 20 years has tried a diplomatic approach, and the North Koreans have blown through every one,” said CSIS’s Michael Green, who himself handled such efforts when he was director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council. “What the US can do, with allies and partners – and hopefully China – is constrict North Korea’s access to technology, to money, slow down their nuclear program, and start setting the stage for negotiations,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161003224500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/03/politics/north-korea-us-elections-2016/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "498495992", "sentence": "This political season is not like the others Political opponents have become sassier, savvier and funnier when it comes to attacking rivals This political season is not like the others. Political opponents have become sassier, savvier and funnier when it comes to attacking rivals – using social media and humor to add insult to political injury. Some – including Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and New York Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel – have made trolling into an art. Now that it’s the end of the year, here’s a look back at some great examples of trolling: Known as one of the most memorable moments from the already colorful presidential election cycle (so far), Trump made waves by releasing Lindsey Graham’s cell phone number live at a campaign event. He urged attendees at the event in South Carolina, where Graham serves as a senior senator, to call the number. “Give it a shot,” Trump said. The cell phone number turned out to be, indeed, Graham’s personal cell phone number. Later, the then-Republican presidential candidate, who dropped out of the race last week, partnered with Independent Journal to release a joke video about him destroying his flip phone now that everyone had the number. Ever since his response to the State of the Union in 2013 – where Marco Rubio awkwardly grabbed for and drank from a bottle of water just off screen mid speech – the incident has been a rolling political joke around the Internet. In October, Trump revived the meme sending Rubio “Trump Ice Natural Spring Water.” Rubio himself has poked fun at himself after the incident in the past, and has even brought it up during one of the 2015 Republican debates. On October 8, Rangel decided to skip the first House Speaker vote and make himself a smoothie – and then tweeted about it. The 85-year-old congressman from New York tweeted, “Made myself a smoothie in my office & watching news about GOP mtg to elect next Speaker not going smoothly” with photos of him in his office making the smoothie and then holding it at his desk. Made myself a smoothie in my office & watching news about GOP mtg to elect next Speaker not going smoothly pic.twitter.com/rlSd3AJIn6 The tweet came during the news that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race to succeed then-House Speaker John Boehner, causing chaos within Congress because the move was unexpected among his colleagues. The smoothie tweets didn’t end there. After New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was kicked out of an Amtrak car after talking to loud on his cell phone while holding a McDonald’s smoothie, Rangel saw an opportunity. He tweeted at the presidential candidate on October 26, “Unlike @GovChristie I keep quiet in quiet car & blend my own smoothie w/ real fruit (tho it 2 may not go smoothly)” Unlike @GovChristie I keep quiet in quiet car & blend my own smoothie w/ real fruit (tho it 2 may not go smoothly) pic.twitter.com/lrKy0bdplr Chris Christie didn’t respond to Rangel’s tweet. Also in October, Hillary Clinton’s campaign said that they sent her newest autobiography “Hard Choices” to her GOP presidential rivals as a way to show off her accomplishments while she was secretary of state. “I understand that you and your fellow Republican candidates for president were questioning my record of accomplishments at your last debate, so I thought you might enjoy reading my book, ‘Hard Choices,’” Clinton’s letter to her potential rivals said. “From working to restore America’s standing in the world to bringing crippling sanctions to Iran to negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza, please enjoy all 596 pages of my time as secretary of state. With 15 candidates in the race, you’ve got enough people for a book club.” Sen. Rand Paul placed his copy of Clinton’s book – signed by both him and Clinton – on eBay, promoting it by writing “GET YOUR OWN SIGNED COPY OF A GREAT FICTION BOOK!” Related gallery 2015: The year in politics “Hillary, your refusal to provide security for our mission in Benghazi should forever preclude you from higher office!” the Kentucky senator wrote in black ink before affixing his signature, according to a photograph in his online store. He listed the item’s condition as “brand new” and its subject as “fantasy.” A pro-Clinton super PAC called Correct The Record mailed versions of Donald Trump’s well-known “Make America Great Again” trucker hat to Republican candidates, each with a candidate-customized take on what the group considers anti-Muslim rhetoric. “The hateful proposals of the rest of the Republican presidential field are just as outrageous as Trump’s,” the group said in a statement. He may have retired after being the longest serving congressman in history, but John Dingell is also well known for his entertaining political Twitter accounts. He is always tweeting his take on current events, taking fun stabs at politics when the opportunities arise. During the summer, he weighed in on the guacamole pea-gate, after the New York Times published a controversial guacamole recipe that included peas. It stirred a reaction from people from both political aisles, including President Barack Obama and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Even Dingell weighed in with some trolling, writing, “Why would anyone add guacamole to perfectly good peas?” Why would anyone add guacamole to perfectly good peas? On November 10, he live-tweeted during the Fox Business Republican debate, writing one tweet that said, “Politics aside, can you imagine voting for any of the people on this stage?” Politics aside, can you imagine voting for any of the people on this stage? Later, he followed up with his own version of the winners and losers for the debate, writing, “Winners: Advertisers, pundits. Losers: Viewers, middle class families, science, common sense, reason, sanity, our future.” Winners: Advertisers, pundits.Losers: Viewers, middle class families, science, common sense, reason, sanity, our future. On December 15, the day of the most recent Democratic debate, the former congressman from Michigan tweeted, “Anything good on TV tonight?” Anything good on TV tonight? CNN’s Dianna Heitz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151231164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/31/politics/politicians-trolling-new-year-2016-election/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "694830302", "sentence": "Mixing the tense international situation with the qualities of a spy thriller, “Frontline’s” latest documentary, “North Korea’s Deadly Dictator,” provides what’s described as “a rare glimpse” inside Kim Jong Un’s regime, as well as the bizarre circumstances surrounding the assassination of his half-brother in a Malaysian airport. Framed by President Trump’s U.N. speech in which he belittled the North Korean leader as “Rocket Man,” the PBS program explores Kim’s ruthlessness through the murder of Kim Jong Nam, but also offers dimension regarding his nuclear ambitions while expressing skepticism that Kim is irrational or suicidal. The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos, meanwhile, who recently reported extensively from inside North Korea, notes that officials there are “mystified” by Trump’s threat to unleash “fire and fury,” underscoring the inherent risks of employing what President Nixon called the “madman theory” as a means of gaining leverage against rogue states. Much of the hour is devoted to the killing of Kim Jong Nam, who had lived in the west and was killed in February when he was poisoned with VX nerve agent. The strange mechanics included enlisting two women who claim they were duped into carrying out the brazen plot in plain view. The women pleaded not guilty in a Malaysian court on Monday. Beyond the strange details, the murder highlights both the family’s longstanding grip on the country and just how thorny it is seeking to understand North Korea through the prism of more conventional nuclear powers. As Ken Gause, the director of CNA’s International Affairs Group, puts it, this is a country “ruled by individuals; it’s not ruled by institutions.” Experts interviewed for “North Korea’s Deadly Dictator” reiterate the warning that dealing with the regime – as it presses ahead to fulfill its nuclear ambitions – presents only bad options. As is so often true, it also reinforces Frontline’s value as a venue that impassively lays out a framework for such discussions. Other hot-button topics on the docket for this month include “War on the EPA” (Oct. 11) and the two-part “Putin’s Revenge,” beginning Oct. 25. That is, admittedly, a lot of sobering material to absorb; still, Frontline earns its stripes by reflecting the benefit of soberly addressing a complicated world, one unsettling crisis at a time. “Frontline: North Korea’s Deadly Dictator” premieres Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. on PBS.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea's regime under Kim Jong Un", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171003183000", "country1": "MYS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/entertainment/frontline-north-korea/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "646115832", "sentence": "North Korea is in a constant state of readiness for war It comes from the country's experiences of devastating US bombing during the Korean War North Korea is a country prepared for conflict. Still technically at war with its southern neighbor, ordinary North Koreans are warned to be in a state of constant vigilance to threats from the outside, particularly from the US. Those fears seemed to be confirmed this month, after US President Donald Trump launched a surprise strike on a Syrian airfield and dispatched a naval battle group – which he described as “an armada” – to northern Asia. Trump’s saber-rattling – he has accused Pyongyang of “looking for trouble” – is familiar to consumers of North Korean state media, who have been warned for decades by their leaders of imminent US attack and attempted regime change. “The aggressive acts of war on the part of the United States are getting increasingly reckless,” a North Korean official told CNN in Pyongyang this week. “In response, we will continue to strengthen our self-defense capability.” Looking at the country’s history, paranoia over a potential US attack is understandable. It’s estimated that during the Korean War, American planes dropped some 625,000 tons of bombs on North Korea – more than during the entire Pacific theater of World War II – including 32,000 tons of napalm. Around 600,000 North Korean and 1 million South Korean civilians were killed, along with hundreds of thousands of troops. Curtis LeMay, an air force commander at the time, estimated in 1988 that US planes killed 20% of the population “over a period of three years or so.” According to Blaine Harden, author of “The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot,” Kim Jong Un, like his father and grandfather before him, “(has) kept memories of the war and the bombing terrifyingly fresh. State media warn that, sooner or later, the Americans will strike again.” To this end, North Korea maintains a massive standing army of more than 1.2 million soldiers, with millions more paramilitary troops and reservists, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). South Korea also maintains a high state of alert, with more than 500,000 people in its armed forces, IISS says, plus the thousands of US troops deployed in the country. The North Korean constitution states that “national defense is the supreme duty and honor of citizens,” and the country is governed by the “songun” – or military-first – policy, which places the armed forces above all else. In recent years that has meant huge investment in the development and deployment of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles. Intense focus on the military in a cripplingly poor country like North Korea can cause much hardship, but Pyongyang justifies its policies based on a narrative of imminent threat from foreign forces. That narrative was on clear display this week, with North Korean state media – which usually tightly controls information about the outside world – going big on the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson and Trump’s surprise strike in Syria. One Pyongyang resident told CNN, “we’re at the brink of war, but if that happens, we’ll all go to the front lines to fight the Americans.” The regime has held up Trump’s actions in Syria, as well as those of his predecessors in Iraq and Afghanistan, as justification for seeking to further the North Korean nuclear weapons program, which it claims is vital for defense. “Previous US administrations have been attacking those countries who haven’t gotten nuclear weapons, and the Trump administration is no different from previous US governments in pinpointing those non-nuclear states,” a North Korean official told CNN. Pyongyang fears that if it was not nuclear armed, it would suffer the same fate as Syria and plunge into chaos and civil war. South of the border, the situation is much different. On Tuesday, officials sought to reassure South Koreans that the US would not take unilateral action against North Korea without consulting Seoul. “The United States makes it clear that it will not take a new policy or measure without consultations with us,” South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck told reporters. Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun warned people against being “blinded by exaggerated assessments on the security situation of the Korean Peninsula.” Moon Jae-in, leader of the opposition Democratic Party and frontrunner to be the country’s next President, said on Facebook that there “should never be a pre-emptive strike without South Korean consent.” “Neighboring countries are taking advantage of the absence of a president in South Korea to try to exclude us and handle issues on the Korean Peninsula according to their own understanding,” Moon said. The country’s former President, Park Geun-hye, was impeached after a corruption scandal. On the streets of Seoul, South Koreans who spoke to CNN were far less worried about a potential of war than their northern neighbors. “I do feel uneasy about North Korea provoking war,” said Jeon Hyung-min, 26. “But I don’t think a US strike would happen and if North Korea can judge the situation, they will not continue any armed provocation for now.” Seo Deok-il, in his 70s, said he was “not anxious” about the news. “I don’t think war will break out,” he said. “If I was scared, I would have immigrated to another country.” CNN’s Paula Hancocks and Jeung-un Kim contributed reporting from Seoul, South Korea. Will Ripley reported from Pyongyang, North Korea. James Griffiths reported and wrote from Hong Kong.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170412131500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/asia/north-korea-trump-propaganda-syria/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "424751769", "sentence": "NEW: Former Turkish ambassador to the Vatican calls use of the word \"genocide\" a \"one-sided evaluation\" Pope discusses massacres of Armenians a century after they took place Turkey denies the mass killings constituted a genocide Pope Francis risked Turkish anger on Sunday by using the word “genocide” to refer to the mass killings of Armenians a century ago under the Ottoman Empire. “In the past century, our human family has lived through three massive and unprecedented tragedies,” the Pope said at a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian massacres. “The first, which is widely considered ‘the first genocide of the 20th century,’ struck your own Armenian people,” he said, referencing a 2001 declaration by Pope John Paul II and the head of the Armenian church. His use of the term genocide – even though he was quoting from the declaration – upset Turkey. The nation recalled its ambassador to the Vatican for “consultations” just hours after Francis’ comments, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. Earlier, Turkey summoned the ambassador from the Vatican for a meeting, Turkish state broadcaster TRT reported. Turkey’s former ambassador to the Vatican, Kenan Gursoy, told CNN in a telephone interview that while it is the first time Turkey has summoned its ambassador home from the Vatican, “This does not mean that our diplomatic ties with the Vatican are over.” “Since this is a situation that we do not approve of, as a first reaction, (the ambassador) is summoned to get consultation,” Gursoy said, adding that the Pope’s use of the word “genocide” was “a one-sided evaluation.” In a tweet Sunday on his official account, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called the Pope’s use of the word “unacceptable” and “out of touch with both historical facts and legal basis.” “Religious offices are not places through which hatred and animosity are fueled by unfounded allegations,” the tweet reads. This consternation over the use of the word ‘genocide’ occurs regularly. And Armenians are equally upset, when Turkey protests it. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian rebuked Turkey. “We are in a situation in which Turkey speaks a different language from the rest of the international community and it seems that it doesn’t understand that it is speaking a different language,” he said to Italian News Agency Adnkronos. “During these past days there have been several international organizations that adopt resolutions or issue statements that recognize the Armenian genocide and that appeal to Turkey to make this step,” he said. “The Pope’s statement are in this context of universal value. When Turkey is able to understand this, it will be able to understand what the International community and big personalities (or better translations ‘leaders’) are saying.” Armenian groups and many scholars say that Turks planned and carried out genocide, starting in 1915, when more than a million ethnic Armenians were massacred in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey officially denies that a genocide took place, saying hundreds of thousands of Armenian Christians and Turkish Muslims died in intercommunal violence around the bloody battlefields of World War I. The Armenian government and influential Armenian diaspora groups have urged countries around the world to formally label the 1915 events as genocide. Turkey has responded with pressure of its own against such moves. Pope Francis said Sunday that “Catholic and Orthodox Syrians, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Greeks” were also killed in the bloodshed a century ago. He said Nazism and Stalinism were responsible for the other two “massive and unprecedented tragedies” of the past century. CNN’s Gul Tuysuz in Turkey, Nimet Kirac and Karen Smith in Atlanta contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkey", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150412103000", "country1": "ARM", "country2": "VAT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/europe/pope-francis-turkey-armenia-genocide-reference/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "671348044", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jen Psaki, a CNN political commentator and spring fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service, was the White House communications director and State Department spokeswoman during the Obama administration. She also was a consultant for Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Follow her: @jrpsaki. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Jen Psaki says a lack of preparation by the US gave Russia an easy victory On paper, Putin should not have had the upper hand going into the meeting, she writes The Russians just played the President. It was predictable. And he let it happen. On paper, Vladimir Putin should not have had the upper hand going into the meeting. To start with, Russia has been living with sanctions put in place more than three years ago because of their annexation of Crimea. And most Americans, save a few people including the President of the United States, are confident that Putin led the Russian intervention into the American election and into many other elections around the world. President Obama booted out nearly three dozen spies in December and closed two compounds, and there are many, from both parties, calling for an additional round of sanctions on Russia. We should have had some leverage. So what happened? To start with, the Russians are skilled public manipulators. When I was at the State Department, the country that was easiest for our team to work with on logistics – whether it was access to the press, or when to do statements or take questions – were the Russians. They understand, better than most, the importance of the public side of diplomacy. It made planning easy, but it also required on-the-fly adjustments to make sure that the Russians didn’t read out meetings or characterize conversations without the perspective of the United States. And they still got the best of us from time to time. They know how to stage-manage and how to set the expectations for global events. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is a smooth operator who knows how to charm cameras and international audiences. He is visible at international events and followed by a gaggle of adoring state-run media. He also rarely shies away from answering questions, holding press conferences, or reading out meetings. He has been on the international scene as foreign minister for 13 years, and as the UN ambassador for 10 years before that, and it shows. Related article A great day for Putin, a good one for Trump Putin may have less of a warm diplomatic bedside manner, but he understands the art of presentation and how to set a trap. And set a trap is exactly what he just did. The Russians telegraphed in advance of the meeting that their agenda was to 1) publicly mend the relationship, 2) gain a better understanding of US policy, and 3) discuss joint concerns over terrorism. They scored on all three. Their previewing kept expectations low and made clear that there simply would not be enough time to talk about Ukraine. And how did the United States preview the meeting and set the table for the most important diplomatic engagement this summer? Related video Coons: Trump raising election meddling with Putin 'long overdue' Just yesterday, President Donald Trump questioned the validity of American intelligence on foreign soil and then questioned whether other countries or actors were involved in the hacking. But before that, H.R. McMaster, the President’s national security adviser, previewed the meeting with President Putin by saying there was “no specific agenda – it’s really going to be whatever the President wants to talk about.” The problem is that the expectation-setting and previewing of important diplomatic meetings does more than just fill wire reports and cable air time. It sends the message about what the United States expects to accomplish, how prepared we are for the engagement and also puts the difficult topics on the table that are the core purpose of these meetings. We did a background briefing with policy experts in advance of nearly every trip Secretary John Kerry did when I was at the State Department. These briefings were often on the plane late at night or early in the morning, sometimes at Andrews Air Force Base and even on the ground. They were demanded by the press corps, but also benefitted the United States because they allowed us to set the table for our engagements. Related video Things Trump has said about Putin Immediately following the meeting, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared on television making clear that President Trump had repeatedly raised Russian meddling in the meeting. That sounded like a positive development until he said President Trump has decided to focus on “how do we move forward from something that may be an intractable disagreement at this point.” This statement was quickly followed by Foreign Minister Lavrov appearing on television to say that President Putin had denied involvement, Trump said reports of meddling were exaggerated and he accepted Putin’s denials. Leading American intelligence agencies, Republicans and Democrats in Congress and many members of his own administration are confident that the Russians intervened in the American election last year. But a simple assurance from President Putin overrides that. You don’t get a lot of shots at pressure in diplomacy.  And after you’ve let your adversary off the hook, you certainly don’t get to apply that pressure again. As far as the Russians are concerned, the public case is closed. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The problem is that the free public pass doesn’t make it harder for Russians to proceed with their ongoing efforts to intervene in American democracy, to create confusion and disarray in our system. And there are ample opportunities. There are two governor’s elections this November, and an additional 36 in 2018. There are 34 Senate seats up in 2018 and every single seat in the House of Representatives. Not to mention that just last year, the Russians potentially hacked into 21 states’ electoral systems. And instead of presenting evidence during his meeting with President Putin and making clear that he would stand with Democrats and Republicans and the leading intelligence agencies, Trump accepted the assurances of Putin all while smiling in front of the cameras. And the Russians have photos – that they are already expertly spreading around the Internet – to prove it.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170708043000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/opinions/trump-fell-for-putins-trap-psaki/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "706602400", "sentence": "UK Prime Minister Theresa May has mounted a stern attack on Russia, claiming that it interferes in elections and plants fake news stories to sow discord and undermine Western institutions. In a significant escalation of rhetoric, May accused Moscow of attempting to “weaponize information” as part of a “sustained campaign of cyberespionage and disruption.” Russia’s actions were “threatening the international order,” she said. “We know what you are doing. And you will not succeed. Because you underestimate the resilience of our democracies, the enduring attraction of free and open societies, and the commitment of Western nations to the alliances that bind us,”  May said in a speech at the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London on Monday. Since its annexation of Crimea, May said Russia had fomented conflict in eastern Ukraine, violated airspace of European countries, and hacked the Danish ministry of defense and the German Parliament. May said Britain would act to defend itself. “The UK will do what is necessary to protect ourselves, and work with our allies to do likewise,” she said. “So we will take the necessary actions to counter Russian activity. But this is not where we want to be – and not the relationship with Russia we want.” Her criticism comes amid mounting allegations that groups linked to Russia or the Kremlin itself meddled in elections and referendums, including Brexit, Catalonia’s independence vote, and the 2016 US presidential election. Senior Russian officials reacted angrily to May’s comments. “The world order that suits May, with the capture of Iraq, war in Libya, creation of [ISIS], and terrorism in Europe, has outlived itself. It can’t be saved with an attack on Russia,” tweeted Alexey Pushkov, a Russian lawmaker who is also head of the Federation Council Committee on Information Policy. He also accused the British media of peddling “fake news” on issues such as the Iraq war and Syria. Konstantin Kosachev, Head of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs, said in a Facebook post Tuesday that May’s speech was “surprisingly full of ideological cliches.” “The mistake is that this conflict is not ideological and there will be no “triumph of Western values” this time, no one is fighting them here,” he wrote.  “However, to force the West to behave in a democratic and not in an authoritarian way on the international arena is not only Russia’s desire, it’s the desire of the whole world. And this cannot be ignored.” May’s comments contrast starkly with US President Donald Trump’s recent comment that he believed Vladimir Putin’s denials of interfering in the 2016 US presidential elections. The UK Prime Minister said that even as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, it remains committed to maintaining Europe’s security through strong economic ties with allies and NATO. Such relationships will protect against security threats from Russia, she said. “That is why we are driving reform of NATO, so this vital alliance is better able to deter and counter hostile Russian activity.  It is why we have stepped up our military and economic support to Ukraine. It is why we are strengthening our cybersecurity and looking at how we tighten our financial regimes to ensure the profits of corruption cannot flow from Russia into the UK,” she said. She cited Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent comment that “when a state fails to observe universal rules of conduct and pursues its interests at any cost, it will provoke resistance and disputes will become unpredictable and dangerous.” “I say to President Putin, I agree. But it is Russia’s actions which threaten the international order on which we all depend,” she said. “We do not want to return to the Cold War, or to be in a state of perpetual confrontation.” International order faces other threats from regions where “the absence of strong states” has created instability and conflict, such as the Middle East. “We see the spillover effects of this instability in the challenge of mass migration and humanitarian crises in countries like Yemen,” she said. She urged European and American allies to join the UK in stepping up efforts to contain and solve conflicts. She called attention to Yemen, Libya and Iraq and called for continued work toward a two-state solution in the Middle East peace process. “As part of this, while we will stand firm in our support for the Iran nuclear deal, we are also determined to counter destabilizing Iranian actions in the region and their ballistic missile proliferation, working with the US, France and Germany in particular,” she said. “It is in all of our interests to get this right: to bring long-sought stability to the Middle East, ensure these growing economies can play their full role in the global system, and reinforce a rules-based international order.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171114011500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/europe/theresa-may-russia/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "428516245", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: As the rescue and recovery efforts continue, many charities and NGOs are sending teams, aid and medical assistance. Click here to find out about the organizations you can assist. The death toll in Nepal rises to 3,218, a government official says The number of injured is reported to be more than 6,500, he says Another 56 people are dead in India, and 20 in China The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal two days ago surged past 3,000 on Monday, a government official said. The desperate search for survivors from the country’s worst natural disaster in more than 80 years continued. The number of people confirmed dead in Nepal stands at 3,218, said Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs spokesman Laxmi Dhakal. India has reported 56 deaths, and China another 20. The death toll is expected to climb further as officials get information from the rugged countryside that makes up most of Nepal. As day broke Monday, Nepal was still in survival mode after suffering a series of aftershocks following the huge initial quake on Saturday. The damage was everywhere. Stunned residents wandered the streets of Kathmandu, the capital city of roughly 3 million people that’s now the focus of international disaster relief efforts. People dug through piles of debris where their homes once stood, seeking pieces of their former lives and, possibly, family members. Many of the injured were treated outside overflowing hospitals, where crowds of people gathered looking for relatives. Related gallery Powerful earthquake hits Nepal Dhakal, the government spokesman, said Monday 6,525 people were reported to have been injured. One video aired on Nepal State Television captured a rare bright moment amid the death and devastation. It shows uniformed officers digging though rubble, desperately trying to free a man who is hurt but alive. Rescuers lift him up, and cheers of joy erupt from the crowd. The clip shows him being put on a stretcher and carried to safety. But often, searchers have found bodies rather than survivors. And the odds of saving the living decrease as the crucial first 72 hours tick by. The earthquake and its aftershocks have turned one of the world’s most scenic regions into a panorama of devastation. “The journey towards my family home in Sitapaila was a map of quake destruction, with many houses – old and new – torn apart,” wrote freelance journalist Sunir Pandey. “A high wall surrounding a monastery had collapsed and the nuns had run to a nearby field,” he wrote. “A mud-and-brick cottage had fallen on a blue motorbike but no trace could be found of its rider. Everywhere, survivors gathered wherever they could find open space – fields, private compounds, empty roadside lots.” At night, many Nepalis slept in the open, shivering in the frigid air of the Himalayan Mountains but at least safe from falling debris. “The entire city was under darkness,” Christina Berry of England wrote for CNN affiliate IBN from Kathmandu. “There was not a single light anywhere. The power supply had been cut off. Our caring hotel manager gave us some food and some candles, too. Me and Alexandra were so scared. We slept in the open verandah of the hotel fearing more quakes in the night.” Read earthquake stories from social media CNN producer Ingrid Formanek, who arrived Sunday night, said Kathmandu “looks like a city where buildings have been abandoned. People are hanging out in public squares and at intersections to avoid rubble from buildings.” Related video Nepal: A nation in ruins “We were able to drive the main road to the hotel we’re staying at, but they’re not allowing anyone inside because of the aftershocks. The guests are in a big tent used for functions on the lawn. People are squeezed in. There are probably about 100 people in there,” Formanek said. “The tents are covered, but water is seeping in from streets puddled with water, especially around the edges of the tent.” Residents of Kathmandu are banding together to get by, with stores shuttered and very few sources of food and drinkable water. “Communal kitchens have been set up for cooking,” Formanek said. “Not by the government – people set them up on their own.” Many of the city’s centuries-old buildings, which had stood stalwart for generations and provided a sense of national pride, have been toppled. Related video Strong aftershock hits Kathmandu during interview Dozens of bodies were pulled from Dharahara, the historic nine-story tower that came crashing down during the quake. A backhoe chipped away at the nub left protruding through its crumbled ruins. When it seemed as if things couldn’t get worse, a powerful aftershock jolted Nepal on Sunday, sending people screaming into the streets and causing new injuries for already traumatized residents. Climbers said it set off fresh avalanches on Mount Everest, where at least 17 people were reported to have been killed on Saturday. The magnitude of the new quake Sunday was initially estimated at 6.7 by the U.S. Geological Survey, considerably weaker than the magnitude-7.8 of the devastating one of a day earlier. Four Americans were confirmed to be among the dead. Google executive Dan Fredinburg was one of them. According to an Instagram post by his sister on his account, an avalanche killed Fredinburg on Mount Everest. Marisa Eve Girawong, who went by her middle name, of New Jersey also was killed by an avalanche on Everest. The physician’s assistant was working as an Everest base camp doctor for Seattle-based Madison Mountaineering, when she was swept away to her death. Tom Taplin, a filmmaker from Santa Monica, California, was making a documentary on Everest climbers, when wind stirred by the avalanche caused him to take a fall, CNN affiliate KABC reported. Looking for missing loved ones in Nepal? CNN iReport wants to help The mountains that define Nepal make it difficult to deliver relief, though international efforts are in full swing. Aftershocks are also complicating operations. A team of 260 emergency responders was about an hour away from departure at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport when an aftershock in Kathmandu delayed its departure. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Disaster Response Team, made up of 54 urban search and rescue specialists from Fairfax County, Virginia, and six K-9s, headed to Nepal on Sunday on a C-17 military transport plane. The dogs are trained to find signs of life in rubble after a disaster. But the trip was expected to take about 24 hours, reducing the precious hours left in which survivors are likely to be found. #Nepalquake: An estimated 4.6 million people were exposed to the #earthquake shaking pic.twitter.com/JfGkel2G0r Are you in Nepal or do you have loved ones affected? Please share with us if you are in a safe place. How to help the earthquake victims Fast Facts on earthquakes CNN’s Manesh Shrestha reported from Kathmandu; CNN’s Ralph Ellis wrote and reported from Atlanta; and CNN’s Jethro Mullen wrote and reported from Hong Kong. CNN’s Harmeet Shah Singh, Sumnima Udas, Oren Liebermann and Brian Walker also contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nepal earthquake relief efforts", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150426060000", "country1": "NPL", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/26/asia/nepal-earthquake/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "440447930", "sentence": "NEW: Court takes into account time served, orders hikers' release Residents said their behavior caused a quake that killed 16 people The mountain is considered sacred in Malaysia Four foreign hikers who posed  naked on Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia were freed Friday after they were fined and sentenced to time served. The backpackers – from Britain, Canada and the Netherlands – were arrested after stripping naked May 30 and posing for photos on the mountaintop, the nation’s Bernama news agency reported. The mountain is considered sacred in Malaysia. They had pleaded guilty to “committing an obscene act.” CNN has verified the identity of the two Canadians as Lindsey and Danielle Peterson. The Briton is named Eleanor Hawkins. The name of the Dutchman has not  yet been confirmed by CNN. The court in Kota Kinabalu on Friday evening fined the four 5,000 Malaysian ringgits, about $1,332, each and sentenced them to three days in prison. Taking into account the time served already, the court ordered  them freed. Local residents had said their behavior caused the Kota Kinabalu earthquake this month, which killed 16 people. The indigenous people of Sabah believe the tourists disrespected local culture and angered the spirit of the mountain, Bernama reported. Among those who appeared in court was a British citizen who was arrested at the airport this week as she was about to leave for the capital of Kuala Lumpur. The other three turned themselves in. They could have faced three months in prison. It is not the first time tourists have made headlines for stripping off their clothes at major attractions. Cambodia deported two U.S. tourists for allegedly taking nude pictures at Angkor Archaeological Park after a string of nudity-related incidents hit the religious sites this year. At least eight tourists were detained last year in separate incidents for getting naked and posing for photos in Machu Picchu, the 15th-century attraction in Peru. CNN’s Kevin Wang and Don Melvin contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "foreign hikers posing naked on Mount Kinabalu", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150612091500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "NLD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/12/europe/malaysia-mountain-naked-photos/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "421580770", "sentence": "Andreas Lubitz had informed his Lufthansa training school of an episode of severe depression, airline says A police spokesman say reports about video found in Germanwings wreckage are \"completely wrong\" Journalists at Bild and Paris Match are \"very confident\" the video clip is real, an editor says Years before he was at the controls of a Germanwings plane that plunged into the French Alps, Andreas Lubitz told the airline he worked for that he’d had a bout with depression. Lubitz, the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 who authorities accuse of deliberately crashing the plane, told his Lufthansa flight training school in 2009 that he had a “previous episode of severe depression,” the airline said Tuesday. Email correspondence between Lubitz and the school discovered in an internal investigation, Lufthansa said, included medical documents he submitted in connection with resuming his flight training. The announcement indicates that Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, knew of Lubitz’s battle with depression, allowed him to continue training and ultimately put him in the cockpit. Lufthansa, whose CEO previously said Lubitz was 100% fit to fly, described its statement Tuesday as a “swift and seamless clarification” and said it was sharing the information and documents – including training and medical records – with public prosecutors. What was mental state of Germanwings co-pilot? It’s a development that will likely be a part of the crash investigation, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle, CNN aviation correspondent Richard Quest said. “We need to know what happened after he returned in 2009 and finished his training, because that tells us whether there was the correct procedure and process,” he said. A Lufthansa spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday that Lubitz had a valid medical certificate, had passed all his examinations and “held all the licenses required.” Related video Prosecutors: Co-pilot suicidal at one time Check out the latest from our correspondents The details about Lubitz’s correspondence with the flight school during his training were among several developments as investigators continued to delve into what caused the crash and Lubitz’s possible motive for downing the jet. Earlier, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Dusseldorf said Lubitz suffered from suicidal tendencies at some point before his aviation career. Medical records reveal that Lubitz was suicidal at one time and underwent psychotherapy before he got his pilot’s license, prosecutor’s spokesman Christoph Kumpa said. Kumpa emphasized there’s no evidence suggesting Lubitz was suicidal or acting aggressively before the crash. Investigators are looking into whether Lubitz feared his medical condition would cause him to lose his pilot’s license, a European government official briefed on the investigation into last week’s crash told CNN on Tuesday. While flying was “a big part of his life,” the source said, it’s only one theory being considered. Another source, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation, also told CNN that authorities believe the primary motive for Lubitz to bring down the plane was that he feared he would not be allowed to fly because of his medical problems. Lubitz’s girlfriend told investigators he had seen an eye doctor and a neuropsychologist, both of whom deemed him unfit to work recently and concluded he had psychological issues, the European government official said. Lubitz told the neuropsychologist that he was too stressed with work, the official said. But no matter what details emerge about his previous mental health struggles, there’s more to the story, said Brian Russell, a forensic psychologist. “Psychology can explain why somebody would turn rage inward on themselves about the fact that maybe they weren’t going to keep doing their job and they’re upset about that and so they’re suicidal,” he said. “But there is no mental illness that explains why somebody then feels entitled to also take that rage and turn it outward on 149 other people who had nothing to do with the person’s problems.” Reports say a cell phone video shows the nightmarish final seconds of Germanwings Flight 9525, but a police spokesman said the accounts were “completely wrong.” French magazine Paris Match and German newspaper Bild reported that a video recovered from a phone at the wreckage site showed the inside of the plane moments before it crashed. “One can hear cries of ‘My God’ in several languages,” Paris Match reported. “Metallic banging can also be heard more than three times, perhaps of the pilot trying to open the cockpit door with a heavy object.  Towards the end, after a heavy shake, stronger than the others, the screaming intensifies. Then nothing.” The two publications described the video, but did not post it on their websites. The publications reported that they watched the video, which was found by a source close to the investigation. “It is a very disturbing scene,” said Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of Bild online. An official with France’s accident investigation agency, the BEA, said the agency is not aware of any such video. Lt. Col. Jean-Marc Menichini, a French Gendarmerie spokesman in charge of communications on rescue efforts around the Germanwings crash site, told CNN that the reports were “completely wrong” and “unwarranted.” Cell phones have been collected at the site, he said, but that they “hadn’t been exploited yet.” Menichini said he believed the cell phones would need to be sent to the Criminal Research Institute in Rosny sous-Bois, near Paris, in order to be analyzed by specialized technicians working hand-in-hand with investigators. But none of the cell phones found so far have been sent to the institute, Menichini said. Asked whether staff involved in the search could have leaked a memory card to the media, Menichini answered with a categorical “no.” Reichelt told “Erin Burnett: Outfront” that he had watched the video and stood by the report, saying Bild and Paris Match are “very confident” that the clip is real. He noted that investigators only revealed they’d recovered cell phones from the crash site after Bild and Paris Match published their reports. “That is something we did not know before. … Overall we can say many things of the investigation weren’t revealed by the investigation at the beginning,” he said. While investigators search for clues to Lubitz’s motivation, recovery workers continue the grim task of searching for the remains of those killed in the March 24 crash. The remains of at least 78 people on board the plane have been identified so far using DNA analysis. Naffrechoux warned Monday that “it may not be possible to find the human remains of all the 150 passengers, as some of them may have been pulverized by the crash.” But French President Francois Hollande, speaking alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, was more positive, saying that it should be possible to identify all the victims by the end of the week. Related gallery Germanwings plane crashes in France A simple stone memorial has been set up at Le Vernet, where grieving relatives of those killed have laid flowers and held prayers. Germanwings crash compensation: What we know Who was the captain of Germanwings Flight 9525? The BEA, France’s accident investigation agency, said its ongoing safety investigation was focusing on a more detailed analysis of the flight history leading up to the crash, based on the audio recovered from the cockpit voice recorder and any other available data. “A deliberate act by a man with a disturbed psychological profile is a possible scenario,” BEA spokeswoman Martine Del Bono told CNN. “The first step of the investigation is to describe more precisely what happened.” This will be based mainly on analysis of the cockpit voice recorder, to be supplemented by data from the flight data recorder if it is found, she said. “But we will also look at other events with possibly similar scenarios, try to understand if there are systemic weaknesses which may contribute or facilitate such scenarios. “We will in particular look at the cockpit door locking as well as the criteria and procedures applied to detect specific psychological profiles.” CNN’s Pamela Brown reported from Dusseldorf and Frederik Pleitgen from Cologne, while Catherine E. Shoichet wrote from Atlanta. CNN’s  Laura Smith-Spark, Josh Levs, Pamela Boykoff, Antonia Mortensen, Sandrine Amiel, Margot Haddad, Anna-Maja Rappard and Mariano Castillo contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lufthansa", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150331073000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/europe/france-germanwings-plane-crash-main/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "666272409", "sentence": "Death leads tour group to end visits to North Korea for Americans Family, politicians blame North Korea for American college student's death American college student Otto Warmbier only intended to spend five days sightseeing in North Korea in 2016. Instead, he spent 17 months there in detention where his family believes he was tortured into a vegetative state. On Monday, less than a week after returning to the United States with severe brain damage, his family announced Warmbier had “completed his journey home.” The 22-year-old died Monday afternoon in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his family at his side. “It would be easy at a moment like this to focus on all that we lost – future time that won’t be spent with a warm, engaging, brilliant young man whose curiosity and enthusiasm for life knew no bounds,” his family said. “But we choose to focus on the time we were given to be with this remarkable person.” Related article Who is Otto Warmbier? The student’s death elicited strong repudiations of the regime from the highest levels of the American government. The news could lead the US to take a tougher line on China, the hermit regime’s closest ally, as the two superpowers begin high level talks this week. It also prompted the tour group that facilitated Warmbier’s visit to end trips to North Korea for Americans. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who helped push for Warmbier’s release, said the United States holds North Korea “accountable” for an unjust imprisonment. The North Korean government said he fell into a coma after contracting botulism and taking a sleeping pill in March 2016. But US doctors said they found no evidence of the illness. “Let us state the facts plainly: Otto Warmbier, an American citizen, was murdered by the Kim Jong Un regime,” said US Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona. President Donald Trump condemned the “brutal regime” and lamented the loss of a young man “in the prime of life.” “Otto’s fate deepens my administration’s determination to prevent such tragedies from befalling innocent people at the hands of regimes that do not respect the rule of law or basic human decency. The United States once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim.” South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent his condolences to Warmbier’s family, as well as a letter, the presidential spokesman confirmed. Related article What is unresponsive wakefulness? Warmbier had not spoken or moved in any purposeful way since his return, a condition his doctors called “unresponsive wakefulness” also known as persistent vegetative state. He had suffered significant brain damage during his imprisonment. The family thanked the staff at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for doing everything they could for their son in his final days. “Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today.” Otto Warmbier was a University of Virginia student when he was detained in January 2016. He had signed up for a trip to North Korea with Young Pioneer Tours travel group. It was to be a brief stay followed by a visit to Beijing. Related article Is North Korea's tourism industry luring Americans into a trap? But as he tried to depart from Pyongyang’s airport, he was stopped in security. According to the North Korean government, Warmbier was detained because he had stolen a political poster from a restricted floor in his hotel. The next time the world saw Warmbier he was distraught, breaking down in front of Korean journalists in a video North Korea released in February 2016. He admitted to the crime and begged for forgiveness. He pleaded to be released. Instead, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. His death led Young Pioneer Tours to announce it would no longer offer US citizens trips to North Korea. The group said it was denied requests to meet Warmbier or anyone who’d been in contact with him in Pyongyang, only receiving assurances that he was fine. “The devastating loss of Otto Warmbier’s life has led us to reconsider our position on accepting American tourists. There had not been any previous detainment in North Korea that has ended with such tragic finality and we have been struggling to process the result. Now, the assessment of risk for Americans visiting North Korea has become too high.” Kenneth Bae, a US citizen who was detained by North Korea for 735 days before his release in 2014, described Warmbier’s death as an “outrage” and a “tragedy.” “We plead with the US government, the international community, and leadership in North Korea to value human lives. Every life is important – Otto’s life, lives of the American detainees, and the lives of each person in North Korea,” Bae said. “I pray that these innocent people suffering in North Korea are not forgotten in this high-stakes game of weapons, sanctions, and international diplomacy,” he added. Three US citizens and a Canadian pastor are still being detained in North Korea. Warmbier’s father last week praised the Trump administration for bringing his son home and criticized the Obama administration’s approach, saying the family heeded the US government’s initial advice to take a low profile “without result.” After being briefed on the situation, Trump directed Tillerson to take appropriate measures to secure the release of American hostages there, a senior State Department official told CNN. Tillerson began the effort and routinely updated the President. Then, on June 6, State Department special representative Joseph Yun learned of Warmbier’s deteriorating health in a meeting with North Korean UN Mission Ambassador Pak Kil-yon in New York City, the senior State Department official said. Related article What does it take to get an American released from North Korea? Yun went to North Korea on June 12 with a medical team to secure Warmbier’s release, the official said. Yun and two doctors visited Warmbier that morning, marking the first time the United States was able to confirm his status since he was sentenced in March 2016. Yun immediately demanded that Warmbier be released on humanitarian grounds and arrangements were made for him to leave. He was evacuated the next day and reunited with his family in Cincinnati. “When Otto returned to Cincinnati late on June 13 he was unable to speak, unable to see and unable to react to verbal commands. He looked very uncomfortable – almost anguished,” the family’s statement said. “Although we would never hear his voice again, within a day the countenance of his face changed – he was at peace. He was home and we believe he could sense that.” CNN’s Kevin Liptak, Elise Labott, Zahra Ullah and Miguel Marquez contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170619213000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politics/otto-warmbier-dies/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "565817395", "sentence": "Khizr Khan is a Pakistani-American lawyer whose son was killed in Iraq He and his wife have been exchanging words with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump A week seems like an eternity in an election cycle, especially in one as eventful and incendiary as this year’s presidential contest. And yet, almost a week after his fiery speech at the Democratic National Convention, we are still talking about Muslim-American Gold Star father Khizr Khan. Khan’s brief speech made him an unexpected star of the convention and kicked off days of debate between his family and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. It was, and is, a lot to process, and the complexity of the situation has driven people to revisit the basics: Who is Khizr Khan, and how did he and his family come to be such a public example of American values? Since Trump and the Khans have locked horns, some Google searches have risen that are related to the controversy. Below, we answer those, and more. \"What did Trump say about Khan?\" & more top questions on Khan family since @realDonaldTrump comments on the family pic.twitter.com/s3Q2E1z6hQ Related video Khan: Idea to show the Constitution was last minute Khizr Khan is the father of Humayun Khan, an Army captain who was killed in Iraq in 2004. The younger Khan is considered a war hero and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Prior to their DNC debut, Khizr Khan and his wife Ghazala had been mentioned by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who called their son “the best of America” in a December 2015 speech in Minneapolis. The Khan family are American citizens, and also Muslim. The son who put the Khans in the spotlight Captain Humayun Khan was an immigrant and an American hero. This is his story.https://t.co/6herqIGbcI Khan’s big moment came when he denounced Donald Trump’s proposed immigration policies during his DNC speech and held up a small copy of the U. S. Constitution. Since then he has sparred indirectly with Trump and he and his wife have appeared on numerous national news outlets, including CNN. Khan and his wife were both born in Pakistan, but moved to the United Arab Emirates. There, Humayun was born in 1976. They moved to Boston with their three sons in 1980 and then settled in Silver Spring, Maryland. When explaining why he moved from his birth country, Khan told The Washington Post it was because, in the 1970s, Pakistan was under military rule. Ghazala Khan has also spoken about the hardships she endured growing up in the country. In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Mrs. Khan said her son’s deployments scared her because she knew about the pain of war. “I had already been through one war, in Pakistan in 1965, when I was just a high school student,” she wrote. Related video Khan wants McConnell and Ryan to fully reject Trump Khan is a lawyer. According to the website for his law offices, based in New York City, Khan holds degrees from Punjab University and Harvard Law School. Also according to his website, he works with immigration and international business law and founded a pro bono project to provide legal services for the families of men and women serving in the military. The contact number for Khan’s office is a D.C.-based number, and as of Tuesday morning, it directs to an automatic voice-messaging system. Former colleagues of Khan have expressed praise and support following his DNC speech. Helen Trilling, a former colleague from a firm in Washington, D.C. told Law.com that Khan is “a lovely man, and was a great colleague.” “We were proud of the impressive speech he gave, but not surprised at its power,” she said, “given what we know of his character.” Related video Lt. Gen. Flynn: Bigger issue is radical Islam Following Khan’s speech, Donald Trump responded during an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopolous. “I saw him. He was very emotional, and probably looked like a nice guy to me. His wife, if you look at his wife she was standing there, she had nothing to say. Probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say, you tell me, but plenty of people have written that. She was extremely quiet and it looked like she had nothing to say, a lot of people have said that, and personally I watched him, I wish him the best of luck.” Trump’s comments were criticized by some military supporters and politicians, who considered it unacceptable that Trump would insult a family that had lost a son in war. Ghazala Khan responded in an op-ed for the Washington Post. She said her silence was not, as Trump implied, because of some restrictions placed on her by her religion. It was because she was still grieving her son. “Walking onto the convention stage, with a huge picture of my son behind me, I could hardly control myself,” she wrote. “What mother could?” In the Stephanopoulos interview, when asked to comment on Khan’s claim that Trump had “sacrificed nothing and no one,” Trump replied: “Who wrote that? Did Hilary’s scriptwriters write it?” Following that interview, Khizr Khan told CNN’s Jim Acosta that Trump had a “black soul” for making implications about his wife and the authenticity of his own words. “[This behavior] is totally unfit for the leadership of this country,” he said. Trump defended himself on Twitter, saying that while Humayun Khan is a hero, the GOP candidate’s policies are about “radical Islamic terror and the weakness of our leaders to eradicate it.” I was viciously attacked by Mr. Khan at the Democratic Convention. Am I not allowed to respond? Hillary voted for the Iraq war, not me! Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T.V. doing the same - Nice! There has been a lot of talk about the Khans being a “Gold Star” family or Ghazala Khan being a “Gold Star” mother. The term “Gold Star” refers to any family who has lost an immediate member who was serving in the military while in a time of conflict. The term comes from World War I, when a banner was flown by families who had a member serving in the war. A blue star represented each member, and if one of them was killed in the war, it would be replaced with a gold star. After Trump’s comments about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, representatives from 23 Gold Star families wrote an open letter defending the Khans. “Ours is a sacrifice you will never know,” they wrote. “Ours is a sacrifice we would never want you to know.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160802174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/who-is-khizr-khan-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "522839870", "sentence": "Russian military withdrawal \"a positive step,\" rebels' umbrella group's spokesperson said Diplomats in Geneva puzzled over Putin's plans Western diplomats doubt regime's negotiator has power to broker real deal I first met Salem Meslet on a rain-soaked street of the Swiss city back in January. It was a dark time for him. Now, not so much: he’s the happiest I’ve seen him. The English-speaking Syrian opposition spokesman has been reveling in the possibilities of a Russian military drawdown in Syria. “It is a positive step if we see action on the ground,” he told journalists gathered outside the U.N.’s sprawling Geneva Headquarters, which is hosting peace talks in the same year that this conflict has entered its sixth year. “What’s really keeping Assad in power, what keeps crimes until this moment, is the presence of the Russian forces there. “It has had an effect on the political atmosphere,” he told me, “one more reason to feel they are engaged in a process.” READ: Why this round of Syrian peace talks may be different? It’s a far cry from January when it was Russia’s bombing that caused the talks to be suspended and left Meslet dejected.  We have met many times since then: in Munich, Riyadh and again this week. He is always well dressed and generous to a fault with his time, greeting you with a friendly handshake. For the international audience, Meslet has become the face of the HNC, the High Negotiations Committee, which represents close to 100 rebel factions. They range from a former prime minister to conservative Islamists and are the group that the U.N. has taken to negotiate with the Assad government. Related video Peace talks comes amid fragile ceasefire Meslet is always optimistic and chooses his words carefully as he appears before the media. He is urbane and diplomatic, a family man and a far cry from the image of the hardened Islamist fighters that he speaks for. Even before Putin’s surprise announcement, Meslet and the HNC were already more positive. The cessation of hostilities was holding – proof, they said, that they could control the armed groups they claim to speak for while validating their claim to represent Syria’s opposition and be at the talks. READ: Assad’s status not up for debate at Geneva talks But that’s not how the Syrian government delegation sees it, with their lead negotiator Bashar Jaafari continuing to push broader opposition representation. Western diplomats doubt he has any power to negotiate at all, saying that the Syrian government delegation are “window dressing” or “not the real deal”  or “classic front of house, none of the deep state.” Related video Analyst: Iran joins talks to set terms in its favor It’s an analysis that might surprise some of Meslet’s colleagues, who privately told us they think that Jaafari picked a more moderate Syrian delegation than previously. Some among the government delegation think they might even be sympathetic to the opposition. By contrast, the HNC is keen to push forward with the talks, to put forward their proposals for constitutional change and political transition and the end of Assad’s rule. But if there is to be a serious dashing of hopes it may be Russian intentions – and not Assad’s double dealing – that does it. Related video Russia to pull its troops out of Syria Across Geneva and beyond, diplomats have been scrambling to understand what Putin is really planning. “We don’t have information verifiable of a pullout” one western diplomat told me of Monday’s announcement. “It could be a troop rotation, we don’t know.” Analysis is going to take some time, the diplomat continued. “We need to test we are seeing a sustained reduction of Russian presence on ground and in the air. So far we haven’t got that yet” What is clear for Meslet, the opposition and all Geneva’s diplomats, the ups and downs of negotiations have barely begun.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian military withdrawal from Syria", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160320203000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "CHE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/20/middleeast/syria-crisis-talks-diplomacy/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "468908029", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: William Bell is the Mayor of Birmingham, AL, and is an ambassador with Human Rights First’s Bankrupt Slavery campaign. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Pope Francis will soon visit the United States to speak before Congress and address the U.N. \"I hope the Pope will urge action against modern slavery,\" writes Mayor William Bell American economy has the capacity to enable -- or deter -- trafficking, he writes After recently having the privilege of travelling to Vatican City to attend a summit hosted by Pope Francis about the intersecting challenges of modern slavery and climate change, I came away with renewed resolve to do my part as the Mayor of Birmingham and ambassador for Human Rights First’s campaign to dismantle the business of human trafficking. Born in Alabama into a deeply rooted system of segregation, this issue is close to my heart. Like the historical Trans-Atlantic system of slavery, so-called “Jim Crow” was a structure of oppression and exploitation based on race. But it was also about preserving the economic profits of the exploiters. Modern day slavery is similarly a system of oppression driven by profit. Human trafficking generates an estimated $150 billion annually in illicit revenue. It’s the fastest-growing criminal enterprise in the world. Pope Francis will soon visit the United States to speak before a joint session of Congress in Washington and address the United Nations General Assembly in New York. I hope and expect that the Pope will continue to urge action against modern slavery and encourage the United States to be a global leader on this cause. Despite growing public awareness of human trafficking, many Americans continue to believe it’s a problem only “over there.” In fact, the United States is both a source and destination of trafficking victims, and the American economy, with its global power, has the capacity to enable – or deter – trafficking. Given our nation’s particular history with slavery, we have an added moral obligation to lead the fight against human trafficking. But what would that leadership look like? Informed by the fact that it’s money that drives this industry, we need to flip the risk-reward equation. Although slavery is illegal everywhere, perpetrators operate with near impunity while they rake in immense profits. The International Labor Organization estimates that over 20 million people are enslaved worldwide. Yet the State Department reported only 4,443 trafficking convictions around the world in 2014. In the United States, only 184. To secure more convictions, we need more investigations launched with coordination between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. All perpetrators must be targeted, from the masterminds to document forgers to recruiters. Without higher risk for every criminal in this complex network, there will be insufficient disincentive to continue operating. We also need the cooperation of businesses, which may be unwittingly abetting traffickers by using corrupt labor contractors and allowing illicit funds to be transferred through legitimate financial streams. The business and finance sectors must demand clean supply chains and enact fiscal safeguards, and work with law enforcement to ensure that human traffickers do not amass profits while operating in the blind spots of industry leaders. But to achieve any of this, the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the anti-trafficking cause need the resources to fight this fight. To put the problem in perspective, the United States spends more in a month combating the illicit drug trade than it has spent combating the human being trade for the last 15 years. With sufficient funds, we will be able to provide victims with essential aid, law enforcement with a comprehensive and collaborative framework, and prosecutors with the capacity to pursue cases at unprecedented levels. Without enough resources, laws against trafficking have no teeth and efforts to eradicate it languish. True leadership requires putting our money where our mouth is. Pope Francis has a knack for uniting diverse groups around a cause. The fight against modern slavery requires just such a coalition – including faith leaders, captains of industry, elected officials, and members of law enforcement. I’m grateful for his championing of this issue, and I hope he uses his visit to encourage American leadership on this pressing human rights issue.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150921170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VAT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/opinions/pope-modern-slavery/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "580440269", "sentence": "UN to meet to discuss large movement of migrants and refugees UNCHR found a total 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015 On the day the United Nations meets in New York to discuss the refugee crisis, organizers in London created a poignant reminder of the plight facing refugees. Volunteers arrived in London’s Parliament Square Monday to construct a “life jacket graveyard” where over 2,500 were laid out, including 625, which had been used by children. A post shared by Isa Soares (@isasoarescnn) On average, 11 men, women and children have died across Europe every day over the past 12 months, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). On the day of the UN summit we are #WithRefugees. Lifejacket graveyard appearing in Parliament Sq. #LifeJacketLondon pic.twitter.com/ZgzGoIdASP Between January 2015 and August 2016, an estimated 6,940 people drowned or went missing while attempting to reach Europe. A post shared by Isa Soares (@isasoarescnn) The life jackets on display were used by refugees attempting to cross from Turkey to the Greek island of Chios. According to the UNCHR, 281,740 people have made the sea crossing to Europe during the first eight months of 2016. The number of refugees arriving in Greece has dropped from over 67,000 in January to 3,347 in August. The decrease is largely due to the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement and the closure of the so-called Balkan route. UNCHR says the number of arrivals to Italy has remained at more or less the same level with an estimated 115,000 refugees and migrants landing as of the end of August compared to 116,000 at the same time of the previous year. In June, the UNCHR found that 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015, compared to 59.5 million just 12 months earlier.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Nations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160919120000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "GRC", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/europe/life-jacket-graveyard-parliament-square/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "547681915", "sentence": "While some women are doing everything they can to get rid of extra weight, a larger behind is so desirable in some countries that it’s fueling a whole industry of creams, surgery and padding. 2015 was called “the year of the rear” by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. “In some social circles it’s like, ‘You haven’t had your butt done? What’s wrong with you?’”, explained Dr. Stanley Okoro, a plastic surgeon who works in Atlanta, Georgia, and Lagos, Nigeria. When he’s in Nigeria every two months, Okoro said he’s able to do four to six butt lifts in a week. Each one usually takes six to eight hours, and Okoro is often booked up until late. “Sometimes I’m in surgery until 1am. It’s exhausting,” he said. Dr. Okoro says the biggest contributor to the rise in buttock surgery is without a doubt social media. “It is a combination of increased popularity of Kim Kardashian, known for her ample backside, as well as increased popularity of social media,” said Dr. Matthew Schulman, a plastic surgeon in New York City. A post shared by Kim Kardashian (@kimkardashian) “The pressure to look good is what’s driving people,” said Okoro. He said in Nigeria, the massive film industry, commonly referred to as Nollywood, has driven the demand for the perfect butt. A growing middle class has significantly contributed to the growth of cosmetic plastic surgery – once a forbidden industry – in Nigeria and Ghana, added Okoro. The availability of smartphones in Africa and access to social media has also fuelled the rise in cosmetic surgery, Okoro said. Over the past three to five years increased economic power and awareness of cosmetic surgery has fueled the popularity of such procedures, said Dr. Ojochide Ebune, a Nigerian surgeon and assistant secretary general of Nigerian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. The number of trained and certified plastic surgeons in Nigeria has grown in the last five years, says Ebune, from 70 plastic surgeons five years ago to around 100 now. “The prosperity of patients is starting to increase. In a few years, it [cosmetic surgery] will be a mainstay in Nigeria and parts of Africa,” said Ebune, adding that the demand mostly comes from more cosmopolitan cities such as Lagos and Abuja. In South Africa, in a suburb in Johannesburg, “Surgeon and Safari” helps clients facilitate their cosmetic procedures, and perhaps go on safari too. Many clients come from abroad, said owner Lorraine Melvill, who started back in 2000 and told CNN there is an emergence of local Africans that chose to come to South Africa for elective surgery. “There is quite a big market coming out of Angola, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana. Their economies are growing and therefore their middle classes are growing and… the need increases,” she said. For those who can’t afford surgery, there are cheaper alternatives in the form of pills and creams. Dr. Okoro advises caution, though, as their contents can be unclear and their effectiveness unproven. The trend in Africa is definitely on the rise, he said. “The same trend in Nigeria [for butt lifts], we are seeing in other West African countries.” ASPS’s report in February showed that 15.9 million surgical and less-invasive cosmetic procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2015, a two percent increase from 2014.  Dr. Schulman says he saw the demand for butt lifts start five years ago, and he has patients from all over the world. “I think this trend is here to stay, at least for the near future.” Schulman does warn about choosing an experienced and board certified plastic surgeon, however, as many of his clients come to him for corrective surgeries after bad results from other doctors. His advice: only select a surgeon who does six to eight of these procedures per week, and can show over 100 of their own before and after photos.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "cosmetic plastic surgery industry in Nigeria and Africa", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160606141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GHA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/africa/bottom-enhancement/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "666173766", "sentence": "Sekulow denied that Trump's tweet from last week was a confirmation that he is under investigation Cuomo challenged the argument, calling it \"illogical\" A lawyer for President Donald Trump clashed with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo Monday morning over whether his client is the target of an FBI investigation into possible collusion with the Russians. “As I said all weekend, there has been no notification to any of us that the President is under any investigation and as I said, James Comey has said on three separate occasions that the President is not under investigation,” said Jay Sekulow, repeating an argument he also made on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper on Sunday. On both occasions, Sekulow denied that Trump’s tweet from last week – “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!” – was a confirmation that he is under investigation. Cuomo challenged the argument, calling it “illogical.” Related video Trump lawyer: Comey firing doesn't violate law “To say, ‘Comey told him he’s not under investigation, so he can’t be’ – that’s illogical,” Cuomo said. “What’s being said right now is that the special counsel is looking at everything, including the circumstances around Comey’s firing. Doesn’t that make sense?” Sekulow continued, saying that because the President had not been notified of any investigation, reports that he is the target of a probe must be false. Related article Trump says he is being investigated over Comey firing “Just because you haven’t been notified doesn’t mean you’re not under investigation,” Cuomo replied. “There is no duty to inform you.” “There is a fundamental threshold question there that the President’s authority to terminate the FBI director is based on the Constitution,” Sekulow responded. Related video Sekulow: POTUS has power to fire FBI director The two lawyers then went back and forth, talking over one another. Cuomo maintained that the special counsel in the Russia probe, Robert Mueller, will be looking into the circumstances around Comey’s firing as Sekulow said he couldn’t be sure Mueller would be doing that at all, as the President is able to fire the FBI director per the Constitution. Ultimately, Sekulow conceded there is “no duty” for the investigators to notify the White House if Trump is being investigated “in the sense of an obligation to tell.” “But you know how it works in Washington,” Sekulow continued. “If you were a target, if you were being investigated, you would be told really quickly into the investigation.” Related video Lawyer says Trump isn't under investigation “Why don’t you just pick up the phone and call Bob Mueller and ask whether or not your client has any role in their investigation?” Cuomo countered. “It’s not like this White House is averse to making any kind of inquiries about the Russia probe. Why not just find out?” From there, Sekulow pivoted to the topic of leaks, saying, “The only reason we’re talking about this is because of what? Because of a leak from The Washington Post.” “That’s absolutely not true. That’s not why I’m asking you about it,” Cuomo said. The anchor continued, “The idea that Mueller wouldn’t be looking at the circumstances surrounding the firing of the director of the FBI defies common sense.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.2, "certainty_label": "Contrasted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170619144500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politics/cuomo-trump-lawyer-clash-over-russia-probe-cnntv/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "545623477", "sentence": "On January 15, a massive blast shattered the dawn calm at El Adde military base. A suicide bomber had detonated a truck loaded with explosives, the cue for hundreds of fighters clad in camouflage gear to attack. The raid lasted the entire day; thousands upon thousands of bullets fired by some 300 Al-Shabaab militants in a brutal assault on Kenyan soldiers stationed in Somalia to fight the terrorist group. By the time the sun set, as many as 141 Kenyan soldiers were dead – some shot at point-blank range. That figure would make what happened at El Adde Kenya’s largest military defeat since its independence in 1963. But in the months since, there has been no national day of mourning, no roll call of honor, and no explanation. The only clues to what happened are contained in a propaganda video made by Al-Shabaab itself. Al-Shabaab hits African Union base The exact details of what went on at El Adde – and just how many Kenyan troops died there – remains shrouded in mystery. The Somali government says 200 Kenyan soldiers, key to the African Union’s fight against al-Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab, were at the base that day. Al Shabaab, which is known to exaggerate its figures, claims to have killed 100 Kenyans. This time, though, the terror group may actually be underestimating: Two officials familiar with the recovery operations have told CNN that the Kenyan death toll from that day is at least 141. Kenya’s government is yet to release official figures. On the day of the attack the Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) first said its soldiers were helping to repel an attack on a Somali National Army base before stating that the KDF had incurred unspecified losses. But as the hours wore on and rumors intensified of just how fierce and bloody the fight for El Adde was, the press releases stopped and the KDF’s media wing went silent. Information surrounding the attack needed to be handled “carefully” and “meticulously,” Cabinet Secretary for Defense Rachael Omamo explained, “for the benefit of the families of our soldiers.” The KDF did not respond to CNN’s repeated requests for comment and information about the attack. Its only public admission of what happened at the base since then has been the return of four flag-draped caskets home to Kenya. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta paid tribute to the four acknowledged casualties from the raid as they were brought home: “Their bravery is undimmed. And for this, we as a nation are grateful to all of them.” In the months since, more coffins, more bodies have been quietly handed over, one by one, to the soldiers’ grieving families, often bringing with them more questions than they do answers. What is Al-Shabaab, what does it want? Corporal James Saitoti Kuronoi’s remains were subjected to seven DNA tests before they were finally identified and handed to his loved ones for burial, three months after he was killed. As his body was lowered into a grave near that of his mother, in a quiet farming village near Narok, his eight siblings – their faces wet with tears – clutched each other for support. Kuronoi’s was one of some 30 burials linked to El Adde that have been reported by local media in Kenya, but there are said to have been many more services that they could not cover. A tank driver and father of two, Kuronoi sent photos and talked regularly to his wife, brothers and sisters from his “new home” at El Adde. He was on his second deployment to Somalia. “[He was] our baby brother,” said Kuronoi’s sister Jackqueline. “He was always jolly. He had a permanent smile … And I don’t know, even in the family, who will ever fill that gap.” A week before the attack, Kuronoi sent a message to his family asking them to pray for him. It was their last contact; after Al-Shabaab attacked the base, there was no news from him, he was nowhere to be found. Jackqueline Kuronoi says the family went through weeks of uncertainty in the wake of the raid. “You are looking for somebody … you don’t know where,” she told CNN. “You hear that some people were taken by Al-Shabaab, others are still in hiding, others were hiding and killed, some were burned beyond recognition, and you don’t know where you belong. Where is our person?” She praises the Kenyan Defense Force for its support of their family in the aftermath of her brother’s death, but with no official information released by the government, she has many questions about what happened that day. “We would like to know who are these people? They died together. How many were they?” she said. “It is a question that will live in our minds forever, because even if you have the body, what about the rest? How many were they? How many were rescued? You don’t know.” Why Al-Shabaab is a growing threat Sergeant Juma Zahoro, 41 and a father of three, served in the Kenyan Defense Force’s intelligence unit. He was approaching his tenth year of service on that fateful Friday in January. Weeks later, his family offered prayers over his body at a mosque in Mombasa, before burying him in the city’s Mshale cemetery in a funeral attended by hundreds of family members, friends and fellow soldiers. His father-in-law, Mwalim Rama, told those gathered at the steamy burial ground that young people should not be put off joining the military because of attacks like the one in which Zahoro was killed. “Fighting and dying for your country is something one should be proud of,” he told the mourners. It is a message echoed by military commanders and Kenya’s Commander in Chief, President Uhuru Kenyatta. Related video Who are Africa's most dangerous terror groups? But with so few details of the raid out in the open, it has been left to the attackers themselves to tell the story of El Adde. Well known for sophisticated propaganda techniques, Al-Shabaab released a flashy, high-definition video three months after the attack. It shows tracer rounds lighting up the sky as a massive firefight for the base begins: Al-Shabaab militants fire AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns at the Kenyan troops. The bodies of 50 soldiers can be counted; many of the men are killed execution-style on camera, while others are seen surrendering in terror. A soundtrack of gunfire is laid over the entire 48-minute long film. In one heart-wrenching scene, a Kenyan soldier stands and tries to climb out through the hatch of his burning tank, arms raised in surrender, eyes wide as the enemy army encroaches. Al-Shabaab’s cameraman focuses on the man as he is shot multiple times, sliding back inside the tank. Al-Shabaab faction pledges allegiance to ISIS The apparent ease with which the militants breached barriers at El Adde has surprised many security analysts – especially since the same style of assault had been seen before in bloody attacks on AMISOM forces. One Western diplomat based in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, told CNN this was clearly a “tactical disaster” for the Kenyans. “How can two hundred Al-Shabaab walk across a field in broad daylight without the Kenyans noticing? Where were the KDF’s machine guns?” he asked. “This is contrary to everything they have been taught, and should be doing in a hostile environment.” To prevent details of what happened at El Adde from emerging, Kenya’s government used a rarely enforced law prohibiting the distribution of images or information likely to cause public fear and alarm or undermine security operations. One local blogger who tweeted a photograph showing of the aftermath of the attack was promptly arrested. He was later released without charge. “There is clearly an attempt to mislead Kenyans and to hide the truth about what happened,” said Patrick Gathara, a political commentator and cartoonist who lashed out at the KDF and Kenyan government in local newspapers after the attack.  “It is being hidden to avoid accountability.” Added Gathara, “It is all very deliberate and designed to avoid public demands for senior officials and officers to be held responsible for failures. “The truth about El Adde is being hidden from Kenyans, not from Al-Shabaab.” U.S. ups pressure on Al-Shabaab in Somalia Tellingly, Al-Shabaab’s propaganda video uses the Kenyan authorities’ own words against them, highlighting the inaccurate KDF press release sent in the immediate aftermath of the attack, and accusing the KDF of “distorting the truth and blatantly lying to their public.” Analysts say the KDF’s lack of transparency has only provided more fodder for Al-Shabaab’s ideological battle. “Although they cite national security reasons, what they end up doing is creating an opportunity for Al-Shabaab to propagandize their victories, perhaps exaggerate them,” said Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. “But there’s no way of countering that narrative because there is no real narrative coming from the government.” “The AU [African Union] would be better served by contesting the Al-Shabaab narrative, not ceding ground to it,” said Paul D. Williams, Associate Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University, who specializes in reporting on peacekeeping missions. “Silence is not a winning strategy in the world of strategic communications,” he told CNN in late January, shortly after the attack. James Saitoti Kuronoi, Juma Zahoro and dozens of their comrades died – unassisted and outnumbered – at El Adde. Four months on, however, their own government refuses to acknowledge their sacrifice. Their families remember them by name as soldiers, sons, husbands, and fathers. But to the country they served, they remain only uncounted and unknown. Jamie Crawford, Ryan Browne and Bryony Jones contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kenyan government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160531051500", "country1": "KEN", "country2": "SOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/africa/kenya-soldiers-el-adde-massacre/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "598470520", "sentence": "Colombia's government has reached a new peace deal with FARC rebels The move comes after previous deal was defeated by voters in October Colombia’s government and the FARC rebel group signed a revised peace accord Saturday after years of negotiations and a half a century of conflict. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the new deal in a TV address Saturday evening, saying it will build a “broader, deeper peace.” A peace deal negotiated earlier this year with FARC rebels was unexpectedly defeated by Colombian voters in October. Many were angered by what they saw as insufficient punishment for those who perpetrated a litany of crimes against their people. Negotiations for a peace deal continued after the defeat with rebels and those opposed to the original agreement. Among the new stipulations are reparations for victims which will come from FARC’s assets and money,  Santos said. FARC can still form a political party under the agreement and members with minor offenses can apply to get their records cleared. One of the chief negotiators of the FARC guerrilla movement, Ivan Marquez, tweeted, “The new peace accord is the victory for Colombia.” The accord also sets up transitional areas where FARC members stay to be rehabilitated and have “activities of reparation,” Santos said. Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year for “his resolute efforts” to end the country’s civil war. US Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement saying, “I want to congratulate the government and people of Colombia on achieving a revised peace agreement.” “President Santos and his negotiating team, those from the ‘No’ campaign, and other important sectors of Colombian society deserve credit for engaging in a far-reaching and respectful national dialogue following the plebiscite,” Kerry said. He said the United States will “support full implementation of the final peace agreement.” US National Security Adviser Susan Rice congratulated the government of Colombia for reaching the deal. “We appreciate how difficult and complicated the negotiations have been and recognize that the new provisions, while an important step forward, will not necessarily satisfy everyone,”  she said in a statement. CNN’s Kay Guerrero, Kevin Bohn and Laura Koran contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Colombia's government and FARC rebels peace deal", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161113011500", "country1": "COL", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/12/world/colombia-farc-peace/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "413400794", "sentence": "Follow us at @CNNSport and like us on Facebook Real Madrid held 1-1 by Villarreal Cristiano Ronaldo scores 30th La Liga goal of season Atletico Madrid misses chance to close gap with 0-0 draw at Sevilla Wolfsburg wins Bundesliga game subject of security alert Cristiano Ronaldo reached 30 La Liga goals for the season but could not prevent Villarreal from grabbing a share of the points in the Bernabeu Sunday in an entertaining 1-1 draw. Ronaldo put Real ahead with a second half penalty after being pulled down and had 13 shots of goal in a lively display, but his team was unable to secure a fourth consecutive win. Gerard Moreno’s thumping low strike 26 minutes from time spoiled the home party and Real has seen its lead at the top cut to two points after Barcelona’s win Saturday. The arch rivals meet in El Clasico on March 22, with the title very much up for grabs. Now only two points separate @realmadriden and @FCBarcelona... Who will win the @LigaBBVA title? pic.twitter.com/CQcb1p5oop Villarreal, coached by Marcelino, even fielded an understrength side as it bids to progress in the Copa del Rey and the Europa League, but should have been ahead early when Iker Casillas made a fine save from Moreno and then Dani Carvajal spectacularly headed Moi Gomez’s follow-up effort off the line. Real was turning up the heat and Gareth Bale went close for the European champions with a header, while Raphael Varane went even closer with a header that also just missed the target. Ronaldo was a constant threat and after the break he was pulled down inside the area by Eric Bailly and converted from the spot. Bale and Ronaldo should have doubled the scoreline, but Real was made to pay for its wasted chances when Moreno stunned the home crowd with the leveler. Related video Cristiano Ronaldo wins 2014 Ballon d'Or Champion Atletico Madrid missed the chance to close to within five points of Real at the top after being held to a 0-0 draw at Sevilla earlier Sunday. Valencia moved to within a point of Atletico after beaing David Moyes’s Real Sociedad 2-0 with a double from Pablo Piatti. Wolfsburg wins thriller In the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg kept up its dogged pursuit of Bayern Munich with a 5-3 win at Werder Bremen in a thrilling eight-goal encounter. Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost scored a double to make it 14 goals in his last nine appearances but his side still trails Bayern by eight points despite its impressive recent form. The match had been under threat due to a security alert in the north Germany city of Bremen, but it was downgraded with extra police on duty at the 42,000-capacity Weserstadion stadium. Earlier police had made two temporary arrests and searched an Islamic cultural center. Monaco holds PSG In Ligue 1, Monaco, so impressive in beating Arsenal in midweek Champions League action, held Paris Saint-Germain to a goalless draw. PSG was hoping to leapfrog Lyon at the top, but could not break down the stubborn Monaco defense, keeping its 10th clean sheet in the last 11 matches. Lyon, beaten 2-1 at Lille Saturday, still leads title holder PSG by a point at the top.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Real Madrid", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150302000000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/football/football-real-madrid-bremen/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "747900275", "sentence": "French President Emmanuel Macron wants the world to seize the moment. After Friday night’s strikes against regime targets in Syria, he’s demanding a concerted drive to resurrect the international peace process, last seen late in 2016. Whether anyone listens may decide if Syria turns the corner towards peace or descends into an even more dangerous cycle of destruction. The strikes themselves were not about regime change or forcing Assad to negotiate, but about deterring the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, which remains free to kill Syrians with conventional methods. As David Miliband, the CEO of the International Rescue Committee, puts it, the strikes “will become a historical footnote unless they are matched by a diplomatic offensive of sustained and serious character.” Speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Macron said the priority must be to “initiate negotiations as soon as possible on a credible and inclusive political process,” according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. It was a message he repeated after the strikes to US President Donald Trump and the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Maybe the barest bones of such preparation are beginning to emerge. The US, UK and France, supported by Germany, agree that Syria’s chemical weapons must be destroyed once and for all; there must be an immediate ceasefire; and that the Syrian regime has to accept a “substantial agenda’ at the UN Geneva talks that would lead to what the French UN ambassador, François Delattre, calls an ‘inclusive political solution.’ Bare bones indeed, and there won’t be immediate progress in the current atmosphere. There are also plenty of headwinds. For any sort of diplomacy to occur, the downward spiral of US-Russia relations needs to be arrested. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said there were “multiple issues we have with Russia right now;” and she said more sanctions were coming this week. On a whole range of issues, from arms control to the mutual expulsions of diplomats after the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK and the issue of Russian meddling in the 2016 election campaign, relations are at their worst for decades. The tough sanctions imposed by Washington against members of Putin’s inner circle this month have compounded the crisis. But after three years of military engagement, Russia won’t easily give up its victories in Syria, victories designed to show it is still a great power and an effective ally, as well as give it a foothold in the Mediterranean. US policy towards Syria is incoherent. Shortly before he was fired, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson set aside $200 million to stabilize northern Syria, where Kurdish-led militias who defeated ISIS are supported by some 2,000 US troops. There were plans to build a 30,000-strong border protection force. (Tillerson’s speech, the only expression of the Trump Administration’s policy towards Syria, has now been ‘archived’ on the State Department website.) President Trump then froze the $200 million and said he wanted US forces out of northern Syria “very soon. Let the other people take care of it now,” he told a rally in March. But a unilateral US withdrawal would leave the Kurds vulnerable to the regime, the Iranians and the Turks; ISIS remnants will sniff out opportunities in the chaos. Other US officials, including Haley, have tried to temper talk of a withdrawal, but Assad may conclude that if he waits long enough, the US will lose interest. After all, Trump said on Friday: “No amount of American blood or treasure can produce lasting peace and security in the Middle East.” Why, then, make concessions? “Waiting out half-hearted enemies is a key Assad survival tool,” says Faysal Itani, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. There are certainly no signs that the regime is ready to discuss anything that would challenge Assad’s hold on power. And so the political opposition won’t come to the table. Turkey may be part of the “triad” with Iran and Russia but is very much going its own way in northern Syria, consolidating its influence into a chunky bargaining chip for the future. Its troops already occupy Afrin, a mixed Kurdish-Arab area and it is eyeing further incursions against the Kurdish militia – the YPG – that has worked with the US against ISIS.  President Erdogan has said he will not rest until the YPG are driven from every part of the Syrian border. Turkish forces, much to the Assad regime’s fury, are also in Idlib – ostensibly to guard a mythical de-confliction zone, but in reality to deter the regime from attacking the last rebel holdouts. The Iranian “Quds” force has spent some four years entrenching itself in Syria. Try getting it to leave. The dream of The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (of which the Quds is part) is a land bridge of Shia influence from Tehran to the shores of the Mediterranean, and within shooting range of Israel. Responding to the weekend strikes the IRGC promised the United States that future events in the region “will not be to their interest.” To Israel, the growing presence of the IRGC and Hezbollah in southern Syria is alarming. It has already carried out air-strikes against several Iran-linked targets in Syria, including the base near Homs which likely sent an armed drone into Israeli airspace in February. In response, the leader of the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah, closely aligned with Iran, warned that Israel had made a “historic mistake” which would bring the it “into direct combat with the Iranians.” Unless Russia can be persuaded to restrain the IRGC and even send some of its militia home, there is a real chance that Israel will get dragged much more deeply into the Syrian conflict. Then there is the Assad regime’s determination to recover more of Syrian territory, specifically Idlib, the last hold-out of radical Islamist groups but also home to two million Syrians, more than half of them displaced from other parts of the country. Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in Damascus last week that the liberation of Idlib is the next target of the “resistance front.” On Sunday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said Idlib could become the next humanitarian disaster. “Idlib’s fate must be settled by a political process,” he told Le Journal du Dimanche. Without a revived peace process, Syria’s war will be refueled by all these competing (non-Syrian) interests. More than ever it will be a sandbox for a battle among outside powers. What incentives are there to forestall the next episode of Syria’s nightmare? Firstly, Russia doesn’t want to be saddled propping up a broken state and hasn’t the resources to embark on its reconstruction. Nor does it want to get caught up in a hot war between Israel and Iran. Assad, at some point, will want to restore sovereignty over the 20% of Syrian territory controlled by the Kurds (with at the moment US support.) In Moscow, Paris and Washington there is also recognition that a deterioration in Syria will provide ISIS and other jihadi groups with fresh opportunities, and maybe spark another refugee exodus. But first there has to be a strategy to end the horror. Right now, the US doesn’t seem to have one. Democrat Senator Tim Kaine said Sunday: “They haven’t laid out a strategy, and military action shouldn’t be taken as a one-off.” Whether Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State and John Bolton as National Security Adviser bring clarity to US policy remains to be seen. Their previous pronouncements suggest they will want a hard line against both Russia and Iran. But all roads to Damascus go through Moscow. Can Vladimir Putin be persuaded to prod Assad towards meaningful negotiations and persuade the Iranians to cool it? Might he coax Turkey into leaving northern Syria, and under what conditions? And what might he want in return? CNN’s Saskya Vandoorne in Paris contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syria peace process", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180416040000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/middleeast/syria-strike-diplomacy-france-russia-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "588590730", "sentence": "Dario Fo, known for his sharp political satire, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997 The Nobel Committee described him as \"upholding the dignity of the downtrodden\" Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo died Thursday at the age of 90, according to a statement on his website. He had spent the past few days in a Milan hospital as his health deteriorated. “Our country and the whole world has lost an artist today, who for his whole life fought against the theory of ‘the dominant culture is that of the ruling class,’ ” the statement on his website said. Fo, who was famed for his sharp political satire and innovative storytelling techniques, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997. The Nobel Committee described him as someone “who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.” The Nobel Prize Twitter feed on Thursday marked Fo’s death, news of which came on the same day as this year’s winner for literature – Bob Dylan – was announced. Dario Fo has passed away at age 90. He was awarded the 1997 #NobelPrize in Literature. pic.twitter.com/DyjsvNf26u Among Fo’s best known works were “Accidental Death of an Anarchist,” first performed in 1970, and “Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!” from 1974. He also won renown with the one-man play “Mistero Buffo,” an exploration of language, history and local lore that he performed more than 5,000 times worldwide over three decades. People we’ve lost in 2016 Fo’s chief collaborator was his wife, the late actress Franca Rame, with whom he set up the Fo-Rame Company. They first met in 1951 while working on the same theater production in Milan. According to the Nobel website, Fo told Italian reporters in 1997 that he had never expected to be awarded the Nobel Prize and that the judges had shown courage in giving it to an actor-author for the first time. He also paid tribute to his wife’s contribution, saying he would not have won the prize without her. Besides their first love, theater, the couple also worked on television and movie productions. Fo, who was also a theater director, was born in 1926 in Italy’s northern Lombardy region in a small town by Lake Maggiore. According to the Nobel website, he learned the art of storytelling from his grandfather, who would tell tales spiced with local news and satire as he traveled the countryside selling produce from a horse-drawn cart. Journalists Simon Cullen in London and Valentina Didonato in Rome contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Dario Fo", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161013141500", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/europe/italy-playwright-dario-fo-dies/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "541542571", "sentence": "James Clapper did not name which campaigns have been hit He said that as the election progresses, attacks may increase Cyber hackers – possibly working for foreign governments – are trying to infiltrate the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday. “We’ve already had some indications of that,” James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said in Washington. During the 2008 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies traced massive cyber attacks to China. At that time, both the Democratic candidate, now-President Barack Obama, and his Republican rival John McCain, were targeted. Officials said hackers were trying to seize sensitive data, including private emails and information on high-level economic and national security briefings senior aides might have received. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation “are doing what they can do educate both campaigns against potential cyber threats,” Clapper said at an event at the Bipartisan Policy Center. RELATED: Sanders campaign manager: DNC chairwoman ‘throwing shade’ on Bernie He didn’t offer any detail on how the intrusions were detected or name which campaigns were targeted. But he offered a prediction. “As the campaigns intensify, we’ll probably have more,” Clapper said. California Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, told CNN’s Situation Room that Clapper’s comments are “a reminder that every facet of our lives are dependent on computers, which are by their nature vulnerable to intrusion.” Schiff said that given the intense scrutiny paid to the 2016 campaign and the implications it has for U.S. foreign policy “it’s no surprise that actors are launching cyber-attacks against presidential campaigns.” Clapper was addressing the challenge of balancing the need to protect U.S. businesses and citizens’ privacy in the face of an “incredibly complex set of cyber threats.” Those threats come from a dizzying array of enemies, he said, from groups like Anonymous to nation states like Iran, which has attacked U.S. banks and infiltrated the control system of a dam in New York. RELATED: N.C. Rep: Women ready for ‘problem solver’ Trump North Korea’s attack on Sony Pictures damaged a major U.S. corporation, while China is the suspected culprit behind the 2015 theft of millions of federal workers’ security-related personal information in an attack on the Office of Personnel Management. “The Russians and Chinese are far more sophisticated and could do real damage if so inclined. Then there are terrorist groups,” Clapper said. “Each has different objectives. The one thing they have in common, they all operate on the same internet.” Clapper said in his decades-long career in intelligence, he doesn’t “recall a time when we’ve been beset by a wider array and more diverse array of threats and crises than we are today.” He puts cyber at the top of the list when he discusses risks because of the variety of intrusions that come “around the clock.” That, he said, “will likely expand” at increasing costs to U.S. businesses and economic security. The rapid pace of change in the cyber environment cuts both ways for the intelligence community, Clapper said. Pointing to the “internet of things” that links everything from household appliances to clothes to the web, the intelligence director said it “presents lots of vulnerabilities” but “it’s probably lots of opportunities for us,” too. It also presents administrative challenges. Clapper wondered how intelligence officers would be affected when their clothes might be linked to the internet. “Even now,” he said, “I need security clearance for my hearing aids” because they use Bluetooth technology. Clapper cited the attack on the Office of Personnel Management as an example of how damaging the hacks can be and the shape that future attacks might take. OPM files contained rich material available in federal workers’ background checks that could allow foreign agencies to target those employees, their families, co-workers or neighbors, Clapper said. “At this point, we haven’t seen any direct evidence of this that we can conclusively tie to the breach,” Clapper said. Future attacks, he predicted, won’t just steal information. “I believe we’ll see more cyber operations that will change or manipulate information,” Clapper said, as U.S. enemies work “to compromise its reliability” instead of deleting or simply stealing it. Ninety percent of all cyber intrusions are initiated by successful spearfishing, or the use of fake web links, Clapper said. Foreign intelligence operations very often “can and do get access to our systems just by pretending to be someone else,” he said. Clapper added that it’s even a challenge within the intelligence community to make sure employees resist the temptation to open an attachment they don’t recognize. “We still have issues with that,” Clapper said. “The Chinese in particular are cleaning us out because they know we’re supposed to do these things and we don’t do them.” He recommended companies and individuals patch their software often, keep information segmented so that any hack into your system won’t immediately mean access to all of it; stay updated on regular bulletins that DHS and the FBI put out, and learn what spearfishing looks like. “Bad cyber actors are using precisely these avenues,” he said. Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, said that not long ago, few people imagined the possibility that private companies would have to stand up to nation states like China, which has been implicated in the theft of company information. That’s become the new reality, said Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He offered brokerage firm J.P. Morgan as an example, saying that this year the company will spend $600 million to protect itself against attacks from national actors.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "foreign cyber attackers targeting U.S. presidential campaigns", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160518143000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/politics/presidential-campaigns-cyber-attack/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "607934045", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. Aleppo is falling, a killer is in court and frankly, it’s time to go back to the basics with the whole Russian hacking thing. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. A former senior law enforcement official claims Russian hackers targeted GOP officials and organizations before the election. Trump’s team still doesn’t believe there is evidence of pro-Trump hacking, but his senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said he would not interfere with any investigation into the matter. Also, here’s a primer if you’re lost on the scope of this whole thing. Aleppo is set to fall to the Syrian regime, ending a years-long battle for the city. Disturbing reports are coming out that, as neighborhoods fall, executions are being carried about by government forces. Residents of Aleppo are tweeting and messaging final goodbyes just in case, including the family of a 7-year-old who’s become famous for tweeting about Aleppo’s suffering. Trump tweeted out a promise yesterday to step away from his businesses and focus full-time on the Presidency. “No new deals will be done during my term(s) in office,” he said. He also postponed a news conference that will address his potential conflicts of interest for his presidency. That conference will now happen in January. Charleston shooter Dylann Roof is on trial for murder in South Carolina. In the courtroom Monday, an FBI agent read aloud a racist rant Roof had penned before he shot and killed nine churchgoers in 2015. Roof has confessed to the crime. On Friday the court saw a video of his confession in which he laughed and appeared calm while discussing the slaughter. Six officers in the state of Georgia have been shot in the last six days in three separate incidents. Two of the officers did not survive. The shootings occurred in small towns, and are more evidence of a particularly deadly year for law enforcement. As of today, 64 law enforcement officers have died across the US in 2016. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Terminally ill boy dies in Santa’s arms Yes, you will blubber like a baby. Yes, this remarkable story is worth it. This is the worst state for drivers Hint: Trying to get directions here is like listening to number salad. HGTV’s ‘Flip or Flop’ stars split Et tu, Tarek and Christina?! Orlando marks six-month Pulse shooting anniversary Survivors, staff, family and friends held a closed vigil early Monday morning. The Benghazi committee is ceasing operations The special panel to investigate Clinton’s role in the attack is officially dunzo. Here’s what’s coming up later Trump will announce his secretary of state pick this AM Spoiler alert: It’s Rex Tillerson and definitely not Mitt Romney. Here’s a kid solving a Rubik’s cube in less than five seconds Meanwhile, I can’t even unlock my own front door in less than five seconds. (Click to view)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian hacking", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161213120000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/13/us/five-things-tuesday/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "696724627", "sentence": "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces up to 16 years in prison and possible solitary confinement while awaiting trial Charity worker was given 5-year sentence in September 2016 for allegedly plotting against Iranian government When Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe learned she was going to court, the British-Iranian mother assumed she was about to be released from a Tehran prison. Instead, the charity worker found herself facing several new charges – and potentially another 16 years in jail – after being held for more than a year on charges of plotting against the Iranian government, her husband said Tuesday. “She thought she was having a heart attack,” Richard Ratcliffe told CNN after speaking to his wife following Sunday’s hearing. “She felt sick, her legs were paralyzed and she was crying uncontrollably.” An Iranian judge also ruled that her family would have to pay $8,000 in bail to prevent her from being moved to solitary confinement while awaiting trial, Ratcliffe says. No date has been set for the trial. In April 2016, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained at the airport in Tehran on her way back to the UK from visiting family with her 22-month-old daughter. The Iranian government accused her of working for a UK media network involved in activities against Iran. She was sentenced to five years in jail and her child was placed in the care of her parents. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was said to have been promised temporary release by the judiciary just two weeks ago, so she had written herself a note saying that she could soon be waking up somewhere else. Instead, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) opened a new case against her, accusing her of having joined organizations specifically working to overthrow the regime. She was also charged with having attended a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in London. Related video Amanpour questions Rouhani about prisoners The charges were published by the London-based Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the news service, where Zaghari-Ratcliffe had worked as a project manager. The foundation’s chief executive described them as “a complete invention” and said she viewed Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s treatment as a form of torture. “The Thomson Reuters Foundation doesn’t work in Iran and has no program or dealings with Iran,” CEO Monique Villa said. “We are all shocked by this new development and ask the Iranian government to put an end to her torture and the British government to finally intervene to end the ordeal of this British national.” In September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his hands were tied on the issue of dual nationals imprisoned in his country. He told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he is legally forbidden from interfering with the judiciary, but added: “I do have my own sensitivities vis-à-vis this issue.” Iran’s judiciary could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. Richard Ratcliffe said the British government should be doing more to help, and that it should not be making business deals with the regime that has imprisoned his wife. Last month, Britain and Iran unveiled a $600 million contract to develop a massive solar farm in Iran. Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it has “repeatedly” brought up the charity worker’s case with authorities in Iran and has expressed concern about her health. “The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have both raised all our ongoing consular cases with their counterparts in Tehran, most recently at the UN General Assembly in September,” the Foreign Office said in an email. Ratcliffe said he believes the case against his wife is politically motivated, and could be a show of strength by the IRGC. “It’s hard to have a clear sense of what’s going on. Different people are pushing in different directions and what we’re seeing is a shadow play.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iranian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171010193000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/middleeast/iran-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-new-charges/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "706713947", "sentence": "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) – Scores of people stand packed in the cramped quarters of the Treeq Alsika Migrant Detention Center in Tripoli, helplessness etched across their faces. They’re just some of 700,000 migrants the United Nations believes are now stuck in Libya. They fled poverty and repression in sub-Sahara, giving up everything to undertake a desperate – and ultimately unsuccessful – voyage to get to Europe. Exploited by shameless smugglers who care little whether they live or die, many of the inhabitants of this government-run detention center give nightmare accounts of forced labor, exploitation and inhumane conditions at the hands of the men they paid to deliver them across the Mediterranean. “I have been here three weeks now, nobody writes my name. They don’t know my name,” says 29-year-old Ali Jemma from Ghana, one of the many migrants here who feels trapped and forgotten in the Libyan capital. He had hoped to reach Italy, but six months on, all he wants is to return home. “In this area here we have above 1,000 people, and the place is very tight for them,” says Anes Alazabi, the detention center supervisor. “A few people can’t even find a place to sleep, and we’re missing a lot of stuff for the migrants, like clothes, covers, pillows, slippers, all that stuff.” In another room, hungry and thirsty men sit on the crowded floor. “We did not know the journey was going to be like this,” says Victory, a 21-year-old migrant from Nigeria who was auctioned off by his smugglers in Libya before he was eventually freed. In the warehouses where the smugglers held them, some migrants were beaten and didn’t see the sun for days at a time. Others were sold into work.  Now they are broke and awaiting deportation to their home countries. “I spent my life savings leaving the country,” Victory says. “I go back and start back from square one. It’s very painful. Very painful.” Related: Where lives are auctioned for $400 Libya has become a congested transit point along the central Mediterranean migrant route. Those rounded up by the authorities never intended to stay in the country, but are now forced to stay here until arrangements can be made to repatriate them. Outside the center, women line up in the rain to get on a bus bound for the airport, where they will be sent back to Nigeria. One woman says she’s pregnant. “Help me,” another pleads. Both are in tears as they prepare to be deported, leaving their husbands behind in Libya. The two women say they received the necessary documents from their embassy to be sent home from Libya, but their spouses have yet to. Alazabi, the supervisor, tells them that the men will follow in ten days. The women plead with him to make an exception. But without the proper paperwork, Alazabi says his hands are tied. He directs the women toward the bus, telling them they will see their husbands soon. CNN’s Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Libyan migrant detention centers", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171114104500", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "NGA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-detention-centers/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "709524490", "sentence": "Sui Muqing says he was forced to stay awake while he was interrogated for more than four days. Chen Taihe describes being held in a jail cell so crowded he couldn’t relieve himself. And Peter Dahlin was left so traumatized by his experience, he slept with a knife next to his bed. Three men, in three different parts of China. They didn’t know each other, but all had one thing in common: They advocated for human rights and became caught up in what activists say is the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown on dissent. Rights groups say President Xi Jinping’s wide-reaching sweep on perceived threats to both his rule and the Chinese Communist Party has led to the arrests of dozens of activists, bloggers, feminists, artists and lawyers. The men, who CNN spoke to in detail over the course of the last 12 months, describe being forcibly taken from their homes, detained for weeks, sometimes months, in secret prisons, denied communication with family and legal representation, strong-armed into making videotaped confessions, and ultimately released without being convicted of a single crime. Sui, Chen and Dahlin all say they were explicitly told not to talk about what happened to them, but have decided to speak out anyway. They say they want to shed light on the lengths to which China’s government will go to silence anyone it deems a threat. CNN reached out to the Chinese government for comment on each of the cases in this story, but received no response until the report published. “China is a country with the rule of law. Chinese judicial authorities fully guarantee all legal rights of criminal suspects when handling their cases. We hope foreign media outlets based in China respect China’s judicial sovereignty, respect facts, and cover the news objectively and fairly,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in fax dated November 24. While being a human rights lawyer has never been an easy path in Communist China, forced disappearances of lawyers were rare before 2015. But on July 9 of that year, prominent Beijing rights lawyer Wang Yu disappeared, along with her husband, also a lawyer, and their teenage son. The following day, police raided Wang’s law firm and detained seven of her colleagues. Seven other rights lawyers were also detained or reported missing, according to the Hong-Kong based China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, which has meticulously documented the cases. It became known as the “709 crackdown” – a reference to the date the first arrests occurred. Sui was among them. He’d earlier in the day spoken to two foreign media outlets to raise concern about Wang’s disappearance. That night, a security guard called up to Sui’s apartment and said his car had been scratched in an accident and when he stepped outside, a group of police quickly whisked him away, said Sui. He wasn’t seen again for nearly five months. Two days later, on July 12, the same thing happened to Chen. He said police asked him to come down from his apartment to answer a few questions. “I intentionally left my cell phone upstairs in my apartment because I thought I’d be back in a few minutes.” He didn’t return for six weeks. During a period of less than a week, at least 146 lawyers and their families were detained in a nationwide swoop according to China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group. Rights groups say the roots of the crackdown on lawyers can be traced back to an editorial in the overseas edition of state-run People’s Daily in July 2012, which warned the United States would use five categories of people to destabilize the Communist Party’s near seven-decade rule. Rights advocates and lawyers were at the top of the list. Dahlin, a Swedish national who co-founded a Beijing-based NGO that provided legal aid and training to Chinese lawyers, wasn’t caught up in the first wave of detentions, and assumed his status as a foreigner might offer him some protection. In early January 2016, however, he got tipped off authorities might be after him. He was about to depart for Beijing airport when 20 police officers turned up at his apartment. They detained him and his girlfriend and they ransacked his home, he says, seizing computers and documents. Dahlin says he was accused of masterminding a plan to smuggle the son of Wang Yu, the first lawyer to be detained in the swoop, into Myanmar, in an effort to evade authorities in October 2015. He said investigators realized early on he had nothing to do with it, but instead of letting him go, quickly turned their attention to his NGO – Chinese Urgent Action Working Group – pressing him to give up information about his colleagues and other activists his group worked with. Authorities said that Dahlin worked for an illegal organization that sponsored activities that jeopardized China’s national security. The NGO said it “undertakes rapid response assistance for rights defenders in need.” By October 2017, some 321 lawyers, rights activists, their family members and staff had been caught up in the 709 crackdown, according to the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group. A key tool in the crackdown has been a relatively new form of detention. In 2012, China introduced “residential surveillance at a designated location” (RSDL) into the Criminal Procedural Law. It appeared to legalize a long-used practice of “black jails” – a means of temporarily detaining people outside the Chinese legal system who could not be immediately charged with a crime. The government denied black jails existed in 2009. But in 2011 Chinese state media reported on a campaign by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau to crack down on them. The amended law says residential surveillance shouldn’t exceed six months but requires detainees’ families be notified within 24 hours, unless they can’t be reached, and guarantees all suspects the right to a lawyer, with whom a meeting should be granted within 48 hours of a request. Critics of the new system and former detainees say it gives arbitrary detention a legal gloss and normalizes enforced disappearances. Earlier this year, 11 countries  called on China to end the practice and investigate reports of torture against human rights lawyers. The UN High Commission on Human Rights has also called on China to halt the detention of lawyers. Although they were held at opposite ends of the country, Sui, Chen and Dahlin all describe similar conditions: Sparsely furnished rooms with black-out curtains on the windows and fluorescent lights kept on 24-hours a day. They say they slept on a single bed, and were not allowed any reading or writing materials. Guards were always in the room watching their every move, even when they used the bathroom. “There’s nothing to look at except some very beige-looking suicide padding on the wall,” said Dahlin. He described being so bored he almost looked forward to the daily interrogations, “because at least you’re taken out to another room … and have some kind of interaction with people.” The interrogators used methods which Dahlin said reminded him of “bad American movies.” “They would have lots of people rush into your cell at night surrounding your bed just trying to scare you,” he said. Just months earlier, Sui says he was held at a police training facility in Guangzhou, the free-wheeling hub of China’s manufacturing heartland where he worked as a human rights lawyer defending a number of high-profile activists. He says interrogators accused him of inciting subversion and pressed him to give them details ranging from his personal life and finances, to his work, clients, and all of his contacts. Initially he refused to answer the questions, but his resistance only made his interrogators push harder. “They wouldn’t let me sleep for four days and nights.  By the fifth day, I felt like I was going to die,” he said. Sui said it was the sleep deprivation plus threats of  torture which ultimately broke his will and made him cooperate. He said investigators threatened to shackle his hands, hang him from the ceiling and shine a flashlight directly into his eyes. “I knew someone who had a heart attack due to deprivation of sleep in jail, so I was a bit frightened my life could be at risk if I continued to fight back,” he said. Chen, a professor who advocated for a US-style jury system in China on his blog, was first accused of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” – a vague charge often used by Chinese authorities that can carry a 10-year prison sentence. He told CNN he refused to admit any wrongdoing during a 20-hour interrogation, but then found himself sharing a jail cell with inmates accused of crimes ranging from petty theft to murder. “The cell was so crammed I had to ask other prisoners to make room so I could urinate and defecate,” he said. “I didn’t have a spoon or chopsticks to eat with. We’d get one scoop of rice and would have to eat it with our hands.” After a month, Chen said he was told to collect his belongings. He thought he was going home – but instead was driven to what appeared to be an abandoned hotel and held for another 10 days. Earlier this year, CNN visited the nondescript building where Chen said he was held in Guilin, a southern city famed for its stunning landscape of karst mountains. Signs posted around the area in Chinese and English marked it as military property, but it otherwise appeared open and accessible. Local officials denied that the building was used as a secret detention center. The rights activists held captive weren’t just concerned about their own well being. They say their loved ones were also threatened. Dahlin’s interrogators made it clear that they’d keep his girlfriend, a Chinese national, in custody for as long as it took to resolve his case. “She was taken hostage just to put pressure on me,” he said. Dahlin asked about his girlfriend every day but got limited answers. “They said she was being treated quite well. That she was being given yoghurt and fruit and things like that. She was allowed to make a few drawings and do yoga in her room,” he said. “They knew she had nothing to give them.” Finally, after more than three weeks, Dahlin was told he was going to be released – but he had to do one thing: confess on camera. He said he knew what authorities were really going to do with it. But wanting to speed up his release – and that of his girlfriend – Dahlin agreed to play his part. He was taken into a room where a woman from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) was sitting with a cameraman. Dahlin was handed a piece of paper with the questions that she would ask and the answers he would give. “I have caused harm to the Chinese government. I have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. I apologize sincerely for this,” Dahlin said in the confession broadcast nationwide and splashed across state-run newspapers. Immediately after its broadcast activists denounced it as a forced confession – one of many that have been shown on CCTV in the years since Xi came to power. Sui and Chen said they had to make similar “confessions.” All three men now maintain their innocence, but they said they had no choice but to do as authorities wanted. Sui says he admitted to charges of inciting subversion. Chen told CNN he confessed to charges of picking quarrels and provoking troubles, inciting subversion and embezzlement. “You have to confess,” Chen said. “Otherwise they won’t let you go.” The crackdown on lawyers is still taking place. On Tuesday, a court in Changsha, central China sentenced human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong to two years in prison after convicting him of inciting subversion against the state. In August, he had confessed in a trial that was streamed live online and watched by his wife Jin Bianling in California. “He used to tell me, if I ever admit to a crime like this, it means I’ve been tortured,” Jin said. Jiang was a prominent human rights lawyer who had represented some of his colleagues targeted in the 709 crackdown, and was an outspoken critic of the government. He disappeared in November 2016, en route to catching a train from the central city of Changsha to Beijing. Months went by before the authorities confirmed he had been detained. “Please give me another chance to be a human being … and to make up for my wrongdoings,” Jiang told a panel of three judges at his August trial. Albert Ho, a Hong Kong-based activist with the China Human Rights Lawyer Concern Group, said Jiang, like other lawyers his group has spoken to, likely admitted to the charges in order to live to fight another day. “Only an idiot would believe that he is truly speaking from his heart,” Ho said. Six days after his “confession” was broadcast on CCTV,  Dahlin was released and expelled from China. His girlfriend was also released without charge. Dahlin is now based in Thailand, but has trouble forgetting his time in detention. “Early on it was quite extreme. Every little noise at night would wake me up. I’d sleep with a knife next to my bed, ready to stab the first Chinese person who comes into my gate,” he said. Wang Yu, the first lawyer detained in the 709 crackdown, was charged with subversion, while her husband was charged with inciting subversion. They were both released on bail after more than a year in custody, after Wang’s taped confession was aired on CCTV. In it, Wang renounced her legal work and blamed “foreign forces” for using her law firm to undermine and discredit the government. Their son, who was detained along with them, was released soon afterward, but his movements have been heavily restricted. Authorities never aired Chen’s statement. He was released a day after recording it and the charges against him were dropped. “I have no criminal record, but they can still use the video to discredit me,” he said. Chen and his family now live in US, where he’s a visiting scholar at the University of California’s Hastings Law School and studies the US jury system. He said he won’t return to China until it becomes more democratic. Sui was released on bail after his “confession,” which was also never broadcast. He continues to practice law in Guangzhou, but said his movements have been restricted and fears the worst may still be yet to come. “It’s increasingly difficult to maintain a harmonious society through brainwashing,” Sui said. “The only resort left is violence. For anyone who’s not submissive, a brutal crackdown is on the way.” Editing by Katie Hunt", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Chinese government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171124013000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/23/asia/china-lawyers-disappeared/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "688718955", "sentence": "The White House is refuting reports that some of President Donald Trump’s legal team had advised that his son-in-law Jared Kushner step down from his role as White House adviser. Sources familiar with the matter told CNN the White House legal team discussed during the spring whether Kushner ought to step aside in order to protect the President from legal scrutiny over his associates’ interactions with Russians. But White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday there was “certainly no presentation” on the issue, when asked if the lawyers discussed that option. “No. No conversation that I was aware of,” Sanders said. The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday that some of Trump’s legal team believed Kushner should have stepped aside before reports about his failure to disclose contacts with Russians during the transition became public this summer. But one source tells CNN the idea was only brought up briefly in May, and others disagreed strongly with the suggestion that Kushner should step aside. The source claimed no knowledge that the idea was ever brought to Trump. The source said that Kushner addressed the issue “convincingly,” pointing to Kushner’s handling of the revelations as proof that having him step down made no sense. Although not unanimous in their conclusion that Kushner – a senior adviser to the President and the husband of his daughter, Ivanka Trump – should step down, the WSJ reported that some of the lawyers did voice their concerns to the President. People familiar with the matter told the WSJ that staffers had begun to prepare a statement in case Kushner did ultimately resign. Kushner did not resign, however, and remains at the White House. Trump attorney John Dowd denied the report, telling the paper that “to my knowledge” that line of thinking was never brought forth to the President. “I didn’t agree with that view at all. I thought it was absurd,” Dowd told the Journal. “I made my views known.” Related article Reports detail Mueller's pursuit of Trump WH aide interviews Marc Kasowitz, Trump’s personal lawyer, also issued a statement to the Wall Street Journal denying the report: “I never discussed with other lawyers for the President that Jared Kushner should step down from his position at the White House, I never recommended to the President that Mr. Kushner should step down from that position and I am not aware that any other lawyers for the President made any such recommendation either.” The paper reported that some of Trump’s lawyers were largely concerned with the fact that Kushner had the most interaction with Russians, some of whom are being investigated, while on the campaign and during the transition. Lawyers also noted that Kushner failed to accurately report his contact with foreign officials when applying for his security clearance, according to the Wall Street Journal’s report. Related article Kushner's statement on Russia: What you need to know The allegation that Russia attempted to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election has led to several probes into the extent of the interference, and whether Trump’s campaign had any involvement. This includes multiple investigations in Congress, as well as a Justice Department investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Over the summer, Kushner submitted a statement to congressional committees, in which he denied any collusion with any foreign government: “I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government,” he said. CNN’s Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "White House legal team", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170912030000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/11/politics/jared-kushner-white-house-russia-investigation/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "680516780", "sentence": "Shortly after tweeting the US military was “locked and loaded” should North Korea “act unwisely,” President Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Friday to emphasize his point by retweeting images of US B-1 bombers currently stationed in Guam. Featuring a series of photos depicting B-1B Lancers deployed to the US territory, the tweet from US Pacific Command said: “B-1B Lancer #bombers on Guam stand ready to fulfill USFK’s #FightTonight mission if called upon to do so.” #USAF B-1B Lancer #bombers on Guam stand ready to fulfill USFK’s #FightTonight mission if called upon to do so https://t.co/O3oVeFrNrG pic.twitter.com/IAm2qLwcWY A key part of the US military’s “tip of the spear,” US B-1 bombers have been seen regularly over the Korean Peninsula in recent months amid escalating tensions with Pyongyang – running regular training flights with Japanese and South Korean fighter jets that often provoke the ire of the North Korean regime. On Tuesday, Trump warned Pyongyang not to make any more threats against the United States or they will “face fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Soon after Trump’s comments, North Korea issued a statement saying it was “examining the operational plan” to strike areas around the US territory of Guam in the Pacific, including the Andersen Air Force base where the US B-1 bombers are stationed. While it was released Wednesday, the statement was dated Tuesday and didn’t make any reference to Trump’s comments. It did, however, express anger over a US flyby of B-1B bombers on Monday. Another statement was issued by North Korean state media Wednesday warning the US that a “preemptive strike is no longer the monopoly of the US.” Engines: four turbofans with afterburnerWingspan: 137 feet (41.8 meters) extended forward, 79 feet (24.1 meters) swept aftLength: 146 feet (44.5 meters)Height: 34 feet (10.4 meters)Weight: 95 tons (86,183 kilograms)  Speed: 900-plus mph Ceiling: more than 30,000 feet (9,144 meters)Payload: 37.5 tons (34,019 kilograms)Weapons: Joint Direct Attack Munitions. JDAMs are tail sections with GPS navigation capabilities that are attached to 2,000-, 1,000- and 500-pound bombs.Source: US Air Force The highly versatile, supersonic B-1 is considered the backbone of the US long range bomber fleet and carries the largest conventional payload of any aircraft in the US Air Force. The US is currently rotating six B-1s through Andersen Air Force Base in Guam which would serve as a key aerial assets should Trump order a military strike on North Korea either preemptively or as a quick response to escalation from Pyongyang. While the US would likely use stealth aircraft such as the F-22s, F-35s and B-2 bombers to lead an initial strike targeting North Korean air defense systems, B-1s would likely be dispatched from Guam once those defensive capabilities were disabled – utilizing its heavy payload to strike North Korea’s fortified nuclear weapons sites, according to Carl Schuster, a former director of operations at the US Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center. Launching a devastating preemptive strike against North Korea is almost unanimously considered a last resort for the US and analysts said there are currently no signs that the US is planning a first strike. The US would surely use military force in response to any North Korean strike against American or allied targets, but two US defense officials told CNN on Thursday that there are no signs of any imminent launch activity from the rogue state. But the concept of preemptive military action is, at very least, being considered as an option as Trump remains committed to keeping “all options on the table” amid tensions with Pyongyang. Claims that Pyongyang is considering a missile strike near Guam, coupled with Trump’s warning “military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely,” have fueled concerns of a potential conflict. On Thursday, North Korean state media KCNA said military leaders were working on a proposal to launch four intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missiles into the sea less than 25 miles off Guam’s coast. KCNA said the plan would presented to Kim by mid-August. Related article The last resort: How a US strike on North Korea could play out Guam’s Homeland Security Advisor George Charfauros said Friday it would take 14 minutes for a missile fired from North Korea to reach Guam. “It’s a 14-minute flight time if all the factors are successful and if it gets through all the US defense layers in place,” Charfauros told CNN. North Korea had previously said the flight time would be 1,065 seconds, or just under 18 minutes. On Thursday, Trump replied to North Korea’s threat to hit Guam with a threat of his own. “Let’s see what he does with Guam,” Trump said in apparent reference to Kim. “He does something in Guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before.” “You’ll see, you’ll see. And he’ll see,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170811174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/11/politics/us-pacific-command-b1-bombers-guam/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "723208780", "sentence": "Robert Mueller’s team of special prosecutors and the lawyers for George Papadopoulos delayed on Wednesday an upcoming check-in for the former Trump campaign staffer’s case, an indication that the Mueller investigation will stay active until at least springtime and that Papadopoulos may continue to be useful to the prosecutors. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in October, agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s team and awaits receiving his sentence. Yet neither side has even suggested putting a date for Papadopoulos’ sentencing on the calendar. The lawyers in the case were scheduled to hold a phone call next Monday with the federal judge who will sentence Papadopoulos to discuss his status. But the two sides said in a court filing Wednesday they’d rather cancel it and discuss Papadopoulos’ sentence three months from now. The deadline for the lawyers to update the court about Papadopoulos is April 23. His defense attorney couldn’t be reached Wednesday. Papadopoulos faces up to six months in prison and a fine of up to $9,500. In another sign that Mueller’s investigation isn’t close to wrapping up, Michael Flynn, the former National Security Adviser who also pleaded guilty in December to lying to investigators in the Mueller probe, doesn’t have a date for his sentencing, either. The next update for Flynn is scheduled on February 1. Last week, the judge overseeing Flynn noted that the attorneys involved had a question about producing evidence related to the case, and had called the judge’s chambers and left a voicemail. The update from the court gave no further detail, Flynn’s attorney declined to comment, and neither side asked their question through the court’s public forum, as the judge directed them to do. The hints from the Papadopoulos and Flynn case calendars have some contrast with the repeated assertions of President Donald Trump’s lawyers, who have pushed for the Russia probe to have the “earliest possible resolution,” according to Ty Cobb, who runs the legal defense strategy from the White House. Cobb previously said he expected the part of the investigation that scrutinizes the White House to end in December or early this year.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mueller investigation", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.2, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180117221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/mueller-papadopoulos/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "567322358", "sentence": "Design-driven hospitality brand PTT Family celebrates Indonesian culture, cuisine and craftsmanship The Jakarta-based hospitality company opened its first hotel, The Katamama, using 1.5 million handmade bricks from a village in East Bali PTT Family expands its reach to Hong Kong with new Potato Head restaurant and bar Can you name an Indonesian company with a global presence? Probably not. But one design-driven, Jakarta-based hospitality group is about to change that. The brand behind Bali’s famous Potato Head Beach Club, PTT Family, has ambitious plans to export the archipelago’s cuisine, crafts and heritage with its chic yet authentic range of restaurants, bars and hotels. “I am very inspired by (Indonesian artisans),” says Ronald Akili, CEO and co-founder of PTT Family. “I think we have something very beautiful here and I want to showcase that to the world.” When Akili launched the group’s first restaurant – Potato Head Jakarta – back in 2009, he didn’t have a business plan, let alone a one-year plan. Then working as a real estate investor and art collector, he opened the diner as a fun side project with his chef wife. With local artists’ works hanging on the walls and classic comfort foods on plates, the space quickly found a following among locals and travelers. Fast-forward six years later and PTT Family has grown rapidly, with more than 1,000 employees working in seven locations in three countries – with more to come. “We want to create a movement for (Indonesian culture),” says Akili. “Like what chef Gastón [ Acurio] did in Peru.” After that first Potato Head in Jakarta, the empire mushroomed. Bali’s iconic Potato Head Beach Club opened in 2010 – if you’ve been to Bali, you’ve likely stepped into the expansive lounge or taken a dip in the infinity pool – followed by Potato Head Folk in Singapore’s Chinatown in 2014, and Potato Head Hong Kong earlier this year. Japan is the next city in Akili’s sights, with Sydney and Melbourne, in Australia, and Los Angeles, in the United States, also on the to-do list. The brand’s expansion is a big win for Indonesia in terms of soft power, says Akili. “Not only is Indonesian cuisine pretty much unknown (at the moment),” he says, “most people don’t know where Indonesia is. When I was living in the U.S., I had to explain so many times that Bali is in Indonesia, not the other way around.” The 8,000-square-foot Hong Kong address is another step towards introducing Indonesian cuisine to the wider Asian region. It is also the first international property to feature Kaum – meaning “clan” or “tribe” in Indonesian – which showcases lesser-known Indonesia ingredients and traditional cooking methods with a modern twist. Look for dishes prepared using the age-old technique of bamboo cooking, still popular today in villages around Indonesia. Global ambitions haven’t stopped the Potato Head creators from expanding at home. In April, The Katamama became the group’s first hotel. Nearly everything in this all-suite property is handmade – the exterior is crafted from 1.5 million handmade bricks sourced from a village in East Bali, over a period of two years. “If I had to create my house on the beach, this is what it would be,” says Akili. “As you can see, every single thing is personal and made by artisans. We have a relationship with these people and it’s a much more authentic approach.” The interior features contemporary Indonesian artwork, hand-dyed indigo textiles, teakwood furniture, terrazzo floors and Javanese tiles. Designed in collaboration with award-winning Indonesian architect Andra Martin, and located just behind Potato Head Beach Club in Seminyak, Bali, the Katamama is the first of three PTT Family hotels to plant its flag in Bali, with the others to follow in 2018 and 2019. Each property will work with local artisans to promote Indonesian heritage. For Akili, the brand’s success has been down to its relentless instinct to move against current trends – right down to the name. “(When we started out) in Jakarta, people wanted to have something elegant and exquisite … very modern, very clean lines, minimalism, and we wanted to create the opposite. “And we wanted to name it something catchy. Potato Head just popped up on us both,” he says. Looks like it’s here to stay.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "PTT Family", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160808014500", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "SGP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/07/asia/ptt-family-indonesian-culture/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "741160538", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” This article is adapted from the conclusion of “The Most Powerful Man in the World,” which re-airs Sunday, March 25, at 10 a.m. ET on CNN. The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author. Fareed Zakaria: To understand Vladimir Putin, you have to understand Russia Putin understands the vulnerabilities of free societies, Zakaria says In my latest documentary, we describe Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most powerful man in the world. But why? After all, the United States – and China, for that matter – are more powerful countries than Russia. The power of a head of state is determined both by the country’s strength and the capacity he or she has to exercise that power, unilaterally, unconstrained by other institutions, parties and political forces. And combining those two metrics, it’s easy to see why Vladimir Putin rises to the top of list. Putin has created what he calls a “vertical of power,” something unlike any we see in other great nations. As the Russian chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov – himself a harsh critic of Putin – has noted, the entire structure of Russian political power rests on one man. When the czar died, you knew the structure that would endure and the process by which his successor, his son, would be elevated. When the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party died, the Standing Committee and the Politburo would select his successor. But when Putin dies – I almost wrote if – what will happen? No one knows. To understand Putin, you have to understand Russia. The last hundred years for that country have seen the fall of the monarchy, the collapse of democracy, the great depression, World War II with its tens of millions of Russians dead, Stalin’s totalitarian brutalities, the collapse of communism, the breakup of the Soviet Union, and Boris Yeltsin’s years of chaos and corruption. Then comes Vladimir Putin, who ushers in stability and, in popular perception, rising standards of living and increasing prominence and respect in the world. That respect is important. Russians have immense national pride. Russia is the largest country on the planet – 48 times larger than Germany and encompassing 11 time zones that straddle Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Russia is also a rich country, containing some of the largest deposits of raw materials, from oil and natural gas to nickel and aluminum. Culturally, it has often thought of itself as the third Rome, preserving Christianity even as Rome and Byzantium fell to the Barbarians. Putin understands Russia. But he also understands the world. He is not foolish enough to make a frontal assault on America or Europe. Instead, he knows how to use power asymmetrically, with cyber tools and disinformation. Related video When rebellion arrived in Russia He also understands the vulnerabilities of free societies – their internal divisions and discord, and their gaping openness. He understands the fragility of institutions like the European Union and ideas like integration and diversity. In other words, Vladimir Putin understands us very well. But all that begs an important question: Do we – and does Donald Trump – really understand him?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180322223000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/opinions/putin-most-powerful-man-world-zakaria/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "554849800", "sentence": "Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday deemed Iran’s presence in Iraq to be “helpful” to American attempts to beat back the threat of ISIS, given their common enemy. The measured praise for a country with which the U.S. has a fraught relationship came at the Aspen Ideas Festival, where the secretary of state was asked to assess whether Iran was “more helpful or more harmful” there. “Look, we have challenges with Iran as everybody knows and we are working on those challenges,” Kerry said. “But I can tell you that Iran in Iraq has been in certain ways helpful, and they clearly are focused on ISIL-Daesh, and so we have a common interest, actually.” Kerry was using a different name for ISIS. The top U.S. diplomat explained that he and his Iranian counterparts could now more easily solve global crises and directly communicate. Brent McGurk, the U.S. special envoy tasked with defeating ISIS, said earlier Tuesday that Iran-backed Shi’ite militias are mostly helpful in Iraq, though some go rogue. “We think most of these popular mobilization forces do operate under the control of the Iraqi state, but about 15-20% of them actually do not,” McGurk said. “And those groups are a fundamental problem.” CNN’s Ryan Browne contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160628233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/politics/john-kerry-iran-helpful-iraq-isis/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "693562081", "sentence": "Iraq’s central government stepped up pressure on authorities in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Thursday after voters decisively backed independence in a disputed referendum. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority told international flight operators that all flights to and from Erbil and Sulaimaniya airports in Iraqi Kurdistan would be suspended from 6 p.m. Friday (11 a.m. ET). The order, sent in an email seen by CNN, said domestic flights operated by Iraqi airlines were exempt from the decision. Turkey’s AtlasGlobal, Pegasus and Turkish Airlines, Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines, EgyptAir and Royal Jordanian airlines announced Wednesday that they were are suspending flights to the area, in compliance with Baghdad’s request. These airlines constitute the majority of international air traffic at these two airports, according to data on the airports’ websites. Neighboring Iran had previously ceased operations to and from the two airports before Monday’s referendum. More than 92% of the roughly 3 million people who went to the polls earlier this week opted for independence, according to official results announced by the Kurdish electoral commission on Wednesday. The vote was held across the semi-autonomous region and in disputed territories including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a flashpoint city claimed by both Iraqi Kurdistan and the central government. The vote has put Kurdish authorities on a collision course with Baghdad. Related: After defying ISIS, ‘Kurds aren’t afraid of anything’ On Wednesday, the Iraqi Council of Representatives approved a number of punitive measures against the Kurdistan Regional Government, or KRG, for going ahead with the plebiscite. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi has given the KRG until Friday to hand over control of its airports to the federal government. Turkey, which hosts a sizable Kurdish minority and fears the ballot could spur separatist movements there, has also consistently condemned the referendum. On Wednesday it agreed to deal only with Baghdad on oil exports. Related video Who are the Kurds? Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim confirmed this in a phone call to his Iraqi counterpart, according to a statement from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office. Since a trilateral agreement involving Iran, Iraq and Turkey was signed last Friday, Turkish officials have stated on several occasions they will work only with the central government in Baghdad. “We were told that from now on border crossings, airports, energy, oil pipelines and the like are under the control of the central government.  For any steps we take, the legitimate administration we will deal with is the one in Baghdad, it is the central government,” Yildirim said on Monday. After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists the two leaders agreed on “the importance of territorial integrity both in Iraq and Syria,” restating his position that “the referendum does not have legitimacy.” CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali in Atlanta, Muwafaq Mohammed in Erbil, Gul Tuysuz in Istanbul, Jomana Karadsheh in Amman and Sarah El Sirgany in Abu Dhabi contributed to this report. Lauren Said-Moorhouse wrote from London.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kurdistan Regional Government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170928141500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/middleeast/kurdish-referendum-fallout/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "620385660", "sentence": "Peace talks first face-to-face meeting for Syrian rebel groups and government Parties agree that there is no military solution to 6-year civil war On a cold and clear Tuesday, you can feel the competing ambitions battling on Astana’s snow-packed Konaev Street. It’s the final day of the Syrian peace negotiations, and the latest moves toward ending the bloody, six-year civil war – or at least consolidating a fragile ceasefire – are being announced. On one side of the city’s main thoroughfare, the Rixos President Hotel bustles with shabby journalists, dapper diplomats and wealthy patrons in mink coats. Across the street stands the Kazmedia center, a large, glass open space intended to showcase the city’s open approach to the world.  A block white sculpture reads #kazmedia. Large screens show glossy advertisements for the country’s attractions. A few blocks down you’ll find the Baiterek Tower, a building 100 meters high that resembles a giant lollipop. It’s a taste of Astana’s eccentric modern architecture. And here you’ll also get a sense the dreams of the leaders of the Kazakh government, who want the world to see their capital as the Geneva of the East, a place where peace is made. After two days of listening to talks and hours spent sitting on cold tile steps with microphones in hand, cameras set and ready, the media were ushered into an expansive conference room to hear the results of the negotiations. The Kazakh Foreign Minister read a communiqué issued by Russia, Iran, and Turkey – the guarantors of a ceasefire that went into effect in December. The key part of the joint statement said delegates had agreed to: “Decide to establish a trilateral mechanism to observe and ensure full compliance with the ceasefire, to prevent any provocations and determine all modalities of the ceasefire.” Related video Syrian peace talks underway in Kazakhstan The statement also reaffirmed the parties’ conviction that there is no military solution to the Syrian conflict and that it can only be solved through a political process. But as quickly as the statement was read, each of the delegations split into their respective fiefdoms. The Syrian opposition held a news conference in the lobby of the Rixos where they said they “hope” the pledges will be implemented but lament the role of Iran in the process. UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was rushed to the media center across the street, where he praised the results and said the communiqué signals the start of more intensive efforts to revive the UN-backed Geneva peace process. The Russia delegation called the media to a small room in the Marriott hotel to give its own take on events. As journalists rushed from one place to another gathering statements, it became obvious that, while the Syrian negotiations had reached a critical moment, trust was in desperately short supply. Here, in Astana, the dance of diplomacy has seen more snubs than a high school prom. The Syrian opposition delegation would not meet face to face with the government representatives. The government representative would not meet directly with the Turkish officials. The Turkish officials would meet with the Russians – but only in their capacity as intermediaries on opposite side of the conflict. Moscow, Tehran and Ankara brokered the Astana talks. But the UN had brokered its own Geneva talks. The two tracks plan to dance in partnership, according to officials, but analysts say Russia is controlling the focus. Some rebels refused to even come to the talks, and others like Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, were never invited. Each of the warring factions quickly threw themselves into the drama. Just about three hours after talks started on Monday, during a tea break, the head of the Syrian government delegation suddenly marched into the lobby. Dozens of media crews immediately swarmed Bashar al-Jaafari, who also is Syria’s UN ambassador. Jaafari called the opposition “the delegation that represents the armed terrorist groups,” and accused them of of using water as a weapon of war in the fight for the strategic area of Wadi Bardi, west of Damascus. Shortly after Jaafari’s comments, two rebel spokesmen came down to respond. Their comeback: The other side started it – and now they are hiding behind their big, bad friends. “We are not the ones who are cutting the water. We said many times we want to send the water back to Damascus but the regime is shelling us in a way that destroyed the water source,” Issam al-Reis said  – before he started arguing with crews from Syrian state television “The Syrian people did not elect Bashar al-Assad!” he said. “Bashar is now collecting youth from the streets to fight alongside him and they are fleeing. He wouldn’t need to bring in the Iranians and Russians otherwise!” Still, there is cautious optimism in the lobbies of Astana’s five-star hotels. The warring factions each posed for the media. On the sidelines they conceded that ending the bloodshed is the key priority. This was, after all, the first time that opposition and government representatives had been face to face since the conflict began in 2011. And the guarantors of the ceasefire, Russia, Turkey, and Iran, wanted to spark a real connection. “We couldn’t make the two Syrian delegations talk to each other sitting in the same room,” said Aleksandr Lavrentiev, head of the Russian delegation. “However they were at the opening, they looked at each other’s eyes, they listened to de Mistura’s greetings and avoided any harsh actions towards each other. We consider it as a positive step.” The wallflower, noticeably absent from the diplomatic stage, was the United States, recently relegated to observer status. The new Trump administration opted not to send a delegation, instead tapping US Ambassador to Kazakhstan George Krol to represent Washington’s interests. CNN’s request for an interview with the ambassador was declined, part of a policy not to comment on any of the two-day proceedings and an indication of the US’ waning influence on the Syrian crisis. Astana has left much unresolved. When will the next talks be held? Where will they be? Who will attend? The UN has focused on Astana as the prelude to a longer affair in Geneva starting February 8,  when the parties are slated to discuss both the military and political future of the country. But the warring factions have said this may be too much too soon for such a new and fragile relationship. “We are waiting for a week to see if we are going to continue the whole process. Until now there is nothing specific to happen. Astana or somewhere else. Even for Geneva we didn’t talk about any date,” Issam al-Reis said. But de Mistura said he is certain the parties will meet again soon. “Remember Aleppo was a turning point,” he said. ” As long as there was a stalemate in Aleppo one could say there was no other formula … and I think the armed groups have recognized, and the Russians too, this conflict cannot continue like this.” Geneva seems a world away from Astana, a post-Soviet creation of Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Just 20 years ago it was an empty patch of land, notorious for being close to the site of a former Gulag prison camp for the wives of Soviet traitors. But with the rebels feeling deserted by the United States, there now is room for Russia – the rebels longtime bitter adversary – to make overtures to at least a portion of the armed opposition. The importance of this cannot be overstated. It already has in part triggered infighting among rebel groups in Syria’s Idlib province.  At the end of the talks, CNN asked the rebel spokesman, Issam al-Reis, if Russia is now a part of the solution. He answered with a smile and just two words: “We hope.” CNN’s Schams Elwazer and Ralph Ellis contributed to this article.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Astana peace talks on Syria", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170125003000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/world/syrian-peace-talks-astana-kazakhstan/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "566022813", "sentence": "China's top prosecutor says country could become like Syria Blames U.S. for promoting Hong Kong independence Beijing has accused the U.S. of working with so-called separatists in Hong Kong and Taiwan to undermine China and plunge it into chaos. In a video posted online by the Chinese Supreme People’s Procuratorate, apocalyptic images of Syria and Iraq are contrasted with bucolic views of China today. “The haze of ‘domestic and international concerns’ has not dispersed from the Chinese sky,” the video says. “Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan separatism, as well as dissident leaders, lawyers who would fight until death and other agents of Western forces are damaging China’s internal stability and harmony. Behind all these incidents, we can often catch a glimpse of the dark shadow of the Stars and Stripes.” Hong Kong’s Brexit moment? Calls grow for independence from China In a post on Weibo, the Procuratorate urged people to “stay alert for color revolutions” or see “peaceful and stable China” become like Syria or Iraq. A warning against independence movements in Taiwan and Hong Kong is overlaid on photos of Joshua Wong – a leading Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and founder of Demosisto – and Taiwanese President Tsai Ying-wen. In a statement, Wong dismissed the video as laughable, adding that it was full of “false statements” and highlighting the sentencing Tuesday of Chinese human rights lawyer Zhai Yanmin for plotting to subvert state power. “(Zhai’s sentence) proves the mainland justice system has no credibility,” Wong said. Chinese court defames Joshua Wong for receiving foreign money for HK independence. We condemn such false statements. pic.twitter.com/q0ThWrE59h Beijing’s dark warnings come as authorities in Hong Kong barred several pro-independence politicians from standing in the upcoming elections to the Legislative Council, the city’s parliament. Edward Leung of Hong Kong Indigenous, who won 15.4% of the vote in a by-election last year, was blocked by the Electoral Affairs Commission from running in September’s race. Speaking to reporters, Leung denounced the commission’s decision as political censorship, warning that Hong Kong will never have true democracy as long as it is under Chinese control and he called for revolution. Hong Kong’s political divide: Young guns vs. old guards Leung is one of five candidates who have been told they will not be allowed to run, including Chan Ho-tin of the Hong Kong National Party and Alice Lai Yee-man of the Conservative Party, which advocates for Hong Kong to return to British control as a route to independence. Both Leung and Lai signed declarations vowing to uphold the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, as required by the EAC, but were nevertheless barred from running. Other candidates who have been approved to run have complained of their political leaflets – the free distribution of which is a right granted to candidates – being blocked by the EAC. Ma Ngok, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said the EAC’s bungling of the registration process could lead to a bump in support for more radical candidates. “Voters may seek to send a message to Beijing by casting a vote for these groups,” he told CNN. The EAC did not respond to a request for comment. CNN interns Sean Zhong and Lavanie Yan contributed reporting from Beijing.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160803091500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "HKG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/asia/china-anti-us-propaganda-hong-kong/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "504076187", "sentence": "Kenyan who shielded Christians from Al-Shabaab attack dies during surgery Salah Farah, a school teacher, explained his courageous action: \"We are brothers\" Kill us all or leave. That’s what Salah Farah told Al-Shabaab gunmen who ambushed a bus he was riding in the Kenyan county of northeast Mandera in late December. The gunmen said they were going to kill Christian passengers. “They told us if you are a Muslim, we are safe,” he then recalled to the BBC. But Farah and other Muslims on the bus stood up to the terrorists and risked their lives by shielding the Christians. Farah was shot. Over the past several weeks, he has seemed in good spirits, talking to reporters and his family. But on Monday, during surgery, he died. The school teacher’s words of peace and brotherhood are being praised this week in international news coverage. “People should live peacefully together,” he told Voice of America earlier this month. “We are brothers. It’s only the religion that is the difference, so I ask my brother Muslims to take care of the Christians so that the Christians also take care of us. … And let us help one another and let us live together peacefully.” Farah’s body was flown on a police helicopter to his home where he was buried. Many gathered at his graveside, wept and prayed. His wife, Dunia Mohamed, is nine months pregnant. They have four children. Farah was his family’s primary breadwinner. The couple also lived other family members including his elderly parents. His mother, Amina Sabdow, was unable to speak when she heard her son had died. The Kenya teachers commission sent condolences and vowed to help the family financially. Mandera County Gov. Ali Ibrahim Roba also promised to help Dunia and provide an education for the children. Farah was a role model, they said. Al-Shabaab emerged largely because of weak government and law enforcement in Somalia. Most recently a small faction of the group pledged allegiance to ISIS. Al-Shabaab is largely a militant Somali jihadi insurgency that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. Their stated goal is to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. The group has been blamed for attacks in Somalia that have killed international aid workers, journalists, civilian leaders and African Union peacekeepers as well as civilians. A 2011 United Nations report stated that Al-Shabaab has raised tens of millions of dollars from extortion, illegal taxation and other illegal means. What is Al-Shabaab and what does it want? CNN’s Ashley Fantz wrote this story in Atlanta. Journalist Saddam Mohamed Hussein reported from Kenya. CNN’s Robyn Kriel contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Al-Shabaab", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160120190000", "country1": "KEN", "country2": "SOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/world/kenyan-shielded-christians-dies-al-shabaab/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "730590848", "sentence": "Pakistan is holding back on cooperation with the US while failing to take tougher action against militant groups, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told lawmakers Tuesday. Instead, he said, it’s only trying to appear tougher. “Ongoing Pakistani military operations against the Taliban and associated groups probably reflect the desire to appear more proactive and responsive to our requests for more actions against these groups,” Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing about worldwide threats. But, Coats added crucially, the actions Pakistan has taken to date “do not reflect a significant escalation of pressure against these groups and are unlikely to have a lasting effect.” Coats also told the committee that intelligence agencies believe Islamabad isn’t likely to change its behavior soon – continuing to slow walk cooperation with the US, while maintaining ties with the Taliban and the Haqqani network. The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more! Pakistan “will maintain ties to these militants while restricting counter terrorism cooperation with the United States,” Coats said. President Donald Trump has very publicly emphasized US concern about Pakistan’s reliability and integrity. His first tweet of 2018 put Islamabad in the crosshairs for its “lies and deceit.” “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools,” Trump tweeted on January 1. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” Related article US intel chief says risk of global conflict highest since Cold War The online blast previewed a January 8 announcement that the US would freeze security assistance to Pakistan – close to $1 billion – over its failure to clamp down on terror groups within its borders. The Treasury Department on January 26 announced terror designations on members of the Taliban, the Haqqani Group and other groups, in an effort to boost pressure on the militants’ abilities to operate. The designations “highlight, once again, the importance of Pakistan as a safe haven for the Taliban’s senior leadership,” according to Thomas Joscelyn, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He noted that five of the six men listed have been based in Pakistan.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pakistan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180213201500", "country1": "PAK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/coats-pakistan-militants-cooperation/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "562335102", "sentence": "Levi Jonathan Shirley died fighting ISIS in northern Syria, YPG says United States has not publicly confirmed his death An American civilian fighting alongside Kurdish troops in Syria has been killed fighting ISIS, according to a statement from the official website of the People’s Protection Units, or YPG. The YPG said Levi Jonathan Shirley, a volunteer also known as Agir Servan, died on July 14 in Manbij, an ISIS-held city in northern Syria. Shirley first traveled to Syria in February 2015, joining the YPG in Rojava. After a short trip back to the United States, he returned to Syria in January 2016, fighting in Al-Jazira and Kobani before the offensive to recapture Manbij. The YPG, a Kurdish group of some 30,000 fighters, is the senior partner in the Syrian Democratic Forces, which also includes some smaller Arab and Christian groups. His mother, Susan Shirley, said her son always wanted to join the U.S. Marine Corps but his eyesight was not good enough. “He was born with very poor eyesight,” she said Thursday. “He had surgery as a teen. Even so, it was not enough to join the Marines.” The last contact Shirley had with his family was in April with his sister. “We were all in the dark,” Susan Shirley said. She added that her son would have wanted “to get the story out about the Kurds.” The family was notified of Shirley’s death by the U.S. Consulate in Turkey, his mother said. They called five days after her son’s death because “it took a while to verify that it was him,” Susan Shirley said. The United States has not publicly confirmed Shirley’s death. Dozens of Americans and other Westerners are fighting in Syria, mainly with Kurdish groups. “It’s better to stand up and do something if you think you can help than to just sit back and watch because, ‘Hey it’s on the other side of the world and not my problem’,” fighter Randy Roberts told CNN last year. Last month, American Keith Broomfield was killed fighting alongside Kurdish troops in Kobani, according to the State Department. CNN’s Eyad Kourdi and Annie Rose Ramos contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Levi Jonathan Shirley", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160722024500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/middleeast/american-volunteer-killed-syria-isis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "683696351", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Michael D’Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” (St. Martin’s Press). The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Michael D'Antonio: America faces two Trumps: \"Scripted Trump\" (with teleprompter) and \"Reckless Trump\" (without) He says previous presidents have displayed strong personalities while remaining stable leaders. Trump fails to do this Bill Clinton could be both Bubba on the front porch and the pastor who bound the nation’s wounds after the Oklahoma City bombing.  George W. Bush was able to gently declare Islam a religion of peace after the 9/11 terror attacks and, on the eve of war with Iraq, say: “We’ve got the force necessary to deal with the security situation.” Barack Obama was comfortable rousing partisans with jabs at the GOP at a convention and singing “Amazing Grace” in Charleston, South Carolina. Think back to FDR and it’s easy to recognize that modern presidents have often shown the world different sides depending on the moment, but always in the context of a steady personality. Then there is Donald Trump, who also has shown two sides, most dramatically in the past 10 days. After giving a measured statement last week condemning hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, he struck a wildly different tone in an exchange with reporters the next day, drawing widespread condemnation by appearing to equate the far right protesters in that city with those rallying against bigotry. Related video Trump taunts McCain over health care vote Then this Monday, he swung back to his earlier tone when, in a speech on his new Afghanistan policy, he condemned hatred and division. Finally, having apparently strained to act appropriately on Monday, Donald Trump returned from his bad boy timeout Tuesday to address a Phoenix crowd as the familiar, raging and erratic character who appears at his rallies. He once again bashed the mainstream press and senators in his own party. Then he distorted his record on the racial tragedy in Charlottesville, reminding the world that he lacks the moral core that has allowed previous presidents to display strong personalities while keeping faith with a nation that needs a stable leader. How is this playing across the country? Not well, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll Wednesday: 62% of respondents said President Trump is doing more to divide the country, and when it comes to the President’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, 60% disapprove of his response to Charlottesville compared with 32% who approve. Related article Jen Psaki: Trump can stay sane for approximately 24 hours The fact is, many presidents have been adept at showing different sides to different audiences, but all in the service of a sensible set of goals. Trump’s wild tacking from one personality to the other is self-destructive. The campaign that put Trump in the White House was a manic circus held in a hall of mirrors, and his presidency has brought more of the same. Rather than moderating, he has swung between two poles. On rare occasions he looks and sounds almost presidential as he proposes legislation and meets with diplomats. But more frequently he is the Andrew Dice Clay of chief executives: irresponsible and anxiety-provoking without much regard for the consequences. If an instrument were devised to measure Trump’s mood – call it a Trumpometer – it would generally register on the far right-hand side of the scale. This is where “Reckless Trump” muses about the “very fine people” who joined the recent march of the racists in Charlottesville, which culminated in a deadly vehicular attack on anti-hate demonstrators. Heather Heyer died, many more were injured. On the other side of the meter is “Scripted Trump,” who we saw address the country on Monday with a call for healing the wounds he had helped open with his callous response to the events in Virginia. Scripted Trump appears when the President is persuaded to accept a little discipline – and a teleprompter. His first State of the Union speech was delivered with the aid of the machine and he got generally positive reviews. Related video Trump's full speech to crowd in Poland He also used a teleprompter for a speech in Poland, where he called on Russia to “join the community of responsible nations,” and to “cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere.”  Just hours before, however, Reckless Trump refused to accept the national security community’s assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, insisting instead that “I think it was probably other people and/or countries.” By denying the facts about Russia’s effort to influence the election, Trump neglected his duty to defend American democracy and respect the intelligence services that help safeguard the nation.  He did, however, soothe his concern that others might see his election as tainted, and his ego requires this comfort. When Reckless Trump is in the room, it is easy to see that ego is his main concern. It was Reckless Trump who told Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that he had fired FBI Director James Comey, calling him a “nut job.” The Trumpometer was also reading “Reckless” when Trump attacked Sen. Mitch McConnell, whom he needs to get legislation passed, and tried to bully Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who helped doom his health care proposal. Although Reckless Trump often sabotages his own agenda, he causes the greatest damage when he indulges himself on an issue that is vital to both public safety and national unity. Related video Trump: Does the 'alt-left' have any guilt? The train wreck of a press conference he conducted at Trump Tower after the Charlottesville tragedy is the most vivid example of this brand of Trump. Irritable and combative – he often cut others off with “Excuse me!” and complained of “fake news” – Trump refused to judge the white nationalists on a “moral plane” and repeated his argument that blame for the ugliness should be distributed among both the racists and anti-racists. The Trump Tower performance was a wild swing away from the more reasonable statement he had made just the day before. It also fit a pattern. When Trump has chosen to moderate himself, to be more like other presidents, he has often snapped back almost immediately to his more combative identity. For his Monday Afghanistan speech, he pulled himself together for the teleprompter session, which included a reminder that, “loyalty to our nation demands loyalty to one another. Love for America requires love for all of its people.” After all, this is the man who likes to keep people in suspense, wondering which version of him will appear, which  has the effect of casting doubt upon every statement. Indeed, as if to prove he’s not to be trusted, Trump followed his Monday peacemaking remarks with a trip to Phoenix, where local officials had asked him to stay away because they feared violent protests. Related video President Trump teases pardon of Joe Arpaio What were people upset about? Well, Trump was reportedly considering a pardon for recently convicted ex-sheriff Joseph Arpaio, whose anti-immigrant demagoguery has made him a living symbol of prejudice for many Americans. Trump didn’t announce an Arpaio pardon (although he essentially predicted it would happen) but his rally appearance marked a return of the performer who prefers ad-libbed assertions and insults to unifying leadership – and discouraged anyone who’d hoped for better from the 45th president. Of course Trump has never made a secret of who he really is. He answered the question in 2016 when he said, on the subject of teleprompters: “I’ve started to use them a little bit. They’re not bad. You never get yourself in trouble when you use a teleprompter. You know, the problem is, it’s too easy. We have a president who uses teleprompters. It’s too easy. We should have non-teleprompter speeches only when you’re running for president. You find out about people. The other way you don’t find out about anybody.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170823210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/opinions/teleprompter-trump-dantonio/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "622801449", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: The following is an edited excerpt from “The secret costs of Islamophobia,” first published in September 2016. The idea of vetting Muslims didn’t start with Donald Trump, or even with the 9/11 attacks. It goes back to this country’s earliest days. Well before the Pilgrims landed in “New Jerusalem,” Columbus had set sail on a mission to find riches to retake “old” Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire. Centuries later, when colonists sought to unite the States, Anti-Federalists railed against the Constitution. Nothing in the new document, they fumed, would prevent a Muslim from becoming president. The first Muslims to arrive en masse came in chains. Scholars estimate that some 10,000 to 20,000 slaves from West Africa were Muslims. A few were granted preferential treatment because they could read and write Arabic and looked “whiter” than other slaves. They were paraded across the country like prized pets until they started advocating for their emancipation. This series explores the lives of Muslims in the age of ISIS and Islamophobia. “Such is the bloodthirsty, tyrannical Mahometan negro, who is now travelling himself and suite, up and down through the free states in pomp, with the President’s passport in his pocket,” snarled one Southern newspaper about a Muslim slave freed by President John Adams. Within a few generations, African Islam was extinguished, snuffed out by plantation owners who converted their slaves to Christianity. In the 1880s, Muslim immigrants from the tottering Ottoman Empire began to arrive. Before they were allowed into the country, they were required to sign oaths swearing that they owed no loyalty to the empire’s Sultan. Even then, most were not allowed to become citizens. The United States was committed to the idea that its future depended on its identity as a white Christian nation, said Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, author of “A History of Islam in America.” “The presumption has been that all Muslims are considered suspect until proven otherwise.” During his campaign, Trump continued that presumption, saying that “Islam hates us,” accusing Muslims of refusing to report terrorists in their midst and arguing that “there’s no way to tell” whether Syrian refugees “have love or hate in their heart.” Still, Trump and his administration insist that his new executive order is not a “Muslim ban,” even though it halts immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for three months, bars Syrian refugees (most of whom are Muslim) indefinitely and gives preference to non-Muslim refugees. Instead of a religious test, Trump calls his plan “extreme vetting.” “This is not about religion,” he said in a statement. “This is about terror and keeping our country safe.” Like Trump’s executive order, American laws have rarely barred Muslims by name, which would be unconstitutional. But to many courts and customs officials, the intent of the laws were clear. So were their effects. The Naturalization Act of 1790 allowed only “free white persons” to become US citizens. After the Civil War, “persons of African descent” were added to the list. By the classifications of the era, most Muslim immigrants were neither. The Supreme Court’s suspicions of Islam were evident in a decision about foreign courts in 1891, in which one justice lamented “the intense hostility of the people of the Moslem faith to all other sects.” Laws passed in 1917 and 1924 made it even harder for Asian and Middle Eastern Muslims to immigrate and become citizens. In 1942, a Michigan judge denied a Yemeni man’s case for citizenship. Apart from the man’s dark skin, he ruled, it was “well-known” that Arabs “are part of the Mohammedan world … and a wide gulf separates their culture from the predominantly Christian peoples of Europe.” Those Christian peoples, of course, trace their religious roots to the Middle East – the very region the judge deemed irremediably “Mohammedan.” By that logic, Muslim immigrants argued, Jesus himself could not be an American citizen. The judge was not persuaded. Even Muslims born and raised in the United States were considered suspicious, especially if they were not white. As thousands of blacks embraced new, Islam-inspired movements such as the Moorish Science Temple and the Nation of Islam in the mid-20th century, the FBI kept a nervous watch. “Though it did not produce peer-reviewed scholarship,” writes scholar Edward Curtis, “the FBI was by far the most prolific student of Muslim groups in the first half of the 20th century.” The FBI’s report on the Nation of Islam fretted that black Muslims demonstrate “fearless and outspoken anti-white, anti-Christian attitudes. … As long as racial inequity continues, the militant and arrogant manner of cult members remains a potential threat of violent action.” In 1965, the United States eased immigration restrictions, opening the door to nearly 3 million immigrants, many of them economic refugees from countries with sizable Muslim populations. Today, no one knows exactly how many Muslims live in the United States. Former President Barack Obama said there are nearly 7 million, then corrected himself and said 5 million. Many scholars estimate between 6 million and 8 million. Most media cite the nonpartisan Pew Research Center’s estimate of around 3.3 million. Pew says that number will climb past 8 million by 2050, when Muslims will become the second-largest religious group in the United States, a surge driven by immigration, large families and the relative youth of American Muslims (their median age in 2010 was 23). Even in 2050, though, Muslims will only make up 2% of the US population. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Bush administration enacted a “special registration” program that disproportionately targeted Arabs and Muslims and was a point of contention between rights groups and the federal government for nearly a decade. Sources close to the Trump administration say it’s possible he could revive the program, known as NSEERS, setting up Muslims in the United States for another round of “extreme vetting.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States immigration policy toward Muslims", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170131223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/us/islamerica-excerpt-history/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "463230792", "sentence": "Eman al-Obeidi said she was raped by Moammar Gadhafi's thugs She was given asylum in the United States But she struggled to adjust to her new life and has been sentenced to prison Eman al-Obeidi escaped Moammar Gadhafi’s dictatorship and became a symbol of freedom of the Libyan revolution. But four years later in America, she is no longer free. A Colorado judge sentenced al-Obeidi Wednesday to six years in prison for assaulting two women last year in a Boulder bar. She was facing a maximum prison term of 16 years on the felony charge, but prosecutor Jonathon Martin opted for leniency, which the courts have shown her before. Al-Obeidi, 32, who now goes by the alias Eman Ali, was supposed to have been sentenced July 31, but she refused to appear in court. In a highly unusual move, Boulder District Judge Andrew Macdonald ordered the sentencing to be held at the county jail, where al-Obeidi has been confined since January. Martin said his office took into consideration her history as a refugee fleeing a war-torn nation. “She has injured two women in a violent way, so we had to punish her,” Martin said. “But I thought she needed to be sentenced at the lower end.” Macdonald told al-Obeidi that she presented a “level of danger that needs to be addressed,” according to a report in Boulder’s Daily Camera newspaper. Al-Obeidi became known to the world on the morning of March 26, 2011, six weeks after a Libyan uprising against Gadhafi erupted in the eastern city of Benghazi. She burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli, hysterical. She told foreign journalists staying at the hotel that Gadhafi’s men had raped and tortured her and she pleaded for help. A symbol of defiance in Gadhafi’s Libya, Eman al-Obeidi just wants to be left alone She personified courage as the woman who broke Libyan societal taboos in speaking openly about a horrific sex crime. She was hailed as a hero for defying Gadhafi. Several months later, she arrived in New York with the help of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and sought political asylum. She settled in Colorado, but from the very beginning her life was laced with trouble. Staffers at the refugee agency that took her case said she felt entitled and did not understand why she had to live by the rules. She failed to show up for job interviews. She abused alcohol and was arrested several times for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault. She refused to take advantage of court-offered treatment and counseling programs, Martin said. In February 2014, she confronted two patrons at the Bohemian Biergarten in downtown Boulder. She poured her beer on one of the customers and later threw a glass at the other, leaving a bloody gash serious enough for sutures. CNN’s attempts to speak with al-Obeidi in July were unsuccessful. She refused to take calls, even though she had been grateful earlier for the coverage the network gave her in Libya and after her arrival in the United States. At her trial in May, al-Obeidi claimed self-defense but the jury found her guilty. “I took into account the sociopolitical circumstances,” Martin said. “I think that was worth some consideration. I do think there are mental health issues that need to be addressed. And there’s an alcohol abuse issue that needs to be addressed.” Martin said al-Obeidi has demonstrated a pattern of aggressive behavior, accumulating five arrests. While she was behind bars, she attacked a fellow inmate and is facing another pending criminal charge. “She caused quite a stir back then,” Martin said. A telephone conversation she had on June 15 with a friend is revealing about al-Obeidi’s state of mind and was played in court Wednesday. The Boulder County jail recorded the call, and CNN obtained a part of it through an open records request. Al-Obeidi can be heard telling a friend about how she assaulted her cellmate a few days earlier. She laughs throughout the conversation as though she were describing a funny incident. “I was in lockdown, I just got out today …” she said. Her friend asked her why. “Because I choked a f*****g b***h. I let her sleep, then after one hour, she sleep, I jumped on her, I sit on her, on top of her, and then I put my knee in her f*****g throat. She cannot scream.” Then al-Obeidi said she put her other knee on her cellmate’s chest. “And I f*****g took her head up and down, up and down, and I put her head in the mattress. She couldn’t breathe any more.  She couldn’t call the cops. She had to say ‘hhhelllpp … hhhelllppp,’ ” al-Obeidi said, mocking the woman. Al-Obeidi’s words were a stark contrast to the woman who had described her own torture four years ago, when she told CNN about how Gadhafi’s men had beaten her for two days, sodomized her with a rifle and how frightened she was that they would kill her. Libyan symbol of freedom now facing years behind bars Given al-Obeidi’s recent history, Martin said the judge decided not to force her to be transported to court after she refused to appear in July. She will now be taken to a diagnostic facility in Denver, evaluated and eventually sent to a Colorado correctional facility to serve out her term. The prison term puts a halt to the hopes al-Obeidi said she held in her heart. Of earning a degree from the University of Colorado, getting a good job, helping her family in Libya. Her American dream is now a nightmare and even when she leaves prison, she will have to navigate life – already proven difficult for her – as a convicted felon. Alleged Libyan rape victim talked to CNN Al-Obeidi’s story is among several in the book “Now That We Have Tasted Hope,” a compilation of essays, blogs and poetry from the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring gave way to a brutal Arab Winter, plunging nations like Libya into conflict. In the shadow of that despair, al-Obeidi declared she liked nothing in Colorado. She admitted that sometimes she got so depressed she didn’t leave her apartment for days. Those who spent time with her when she first settled in Colorado said they could see she was crying out for help. But she is no longer in touch with those people, including the refugee agency in Denver that had her case. Al-Obeidi’s behavior, said Martin, has been poor. For that, she is now paying a heavy price.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Eman al-Obeidi", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150902211500", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/us/libya-rape-victim-sentenced/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "754198466", "sentence": "President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the US is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, arguing that remaining in the current agreement would lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. “It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement,” Trump said from the White House Diplomatic Room. “The Iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing we know exactly what will happen.” In announcing his decision, Trump said he would initiate new sanctions on the regime, crippling the touchstone agreement negotiated by his predecessor. Trump said any country that helps Iran obtain nuclear weapons could also be “strongly sanctioned.” Related article Trump announces withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, isolating him further from world To make his case, he made a series of claims about the deal’s flaws – some true, some false and some up for debate. Here’s a look at how accurate those claims were: Trump claimed on Tuesday that the previous US administration and its partners who brokered the nuclear deal did so believing that Iran had no intention of developing a nuclear weapon. “At the heart of the Iran deal was a giant fiction, that a murderous regime desired only a peaceful nuclear energy program,” Trump said. Yes, Iran repeatedly claimed that its nuclear program was for purely peaceful purposes. But the US and its allies pursued the Iran deal for the very opposite reason: because they believed Iran was indeed pursuing a nuclear weapon. That’s why the P5+1 countries that negotiated the deal brokered the agreement, which capped Iran’s nuclear enrichment and set up an inspections regime of Iranian nuclear sites. “Today, we have definitive proof that this Iranian promise was a lie. Last week. Israel published intelligence documents, long-concealed by Iran, conclusively showing the Iranians’ regime and its history of pursuing nuclear weapons,” Trump said on Tuesday. Yes, the secret Iranian documents revealed last month by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed that Iran at one time had plans to use its nuclear program to build a nuclear weapon. But again, that had not been in doubt from the US or its European allies’ perspective. Trump is using the documents to make his case for withdrawing from the deal, but the documents obtained by Israel did not reveal facts about Iran’s past intentions that the international community did not already broadly know. And it didn’t reveal anything about Iran’s current nuclear program, though the IAEA has confirmed multiple times that Iran is complying with the deal. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action extended Iran’s breakout time to more than a year, meaning Iran would be at least a year away from being able to produce enough enriched material for a nuclear weapon as long as it complied with the deal. Before the deal and its restrictions on Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities, Iran’s breakout time was estimated to be a matter of months. Trump may believe a year is a “short period of time,” but the deal did extend Iran’s breakout time. If Iran now pulls out because of the US’ violation of the deal, it could begin to shorten its breakout time. Trump’s bigger issue is with one particular sunset provision, which only capped Iran’s nuclear activities for 10 to 25 years after the deal came into force. “The deal’s sunset provisions are totally unacceptable. If I allowed this deal to stand, there would soon be a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Everyone would want their weapons ready by the time Iran had theirs,” Trump said on Tuesday. The President also claimed that “the deal’s inspection provisions lack adequate mechanisms to prevent, detect and punish cheating and don’t even have the unqualified right to inspect many important locations, including military facilities.” Whether the deal’s inspections mechanism is sufficient is a matter of debate among nuclear experts and supporters and opponents of the Iran deal alike. Supporters of the deal have argued that the inspections regimen set up is among the most rigorous ever brokered. But inspections of military sites have been a key point of contention – with Iran calling the sites “off limits” and rejecting past requests to inspect its military bases. Under the agreement, the IAEA can request access to military sites if it shows the basis for its concern. But critics say that process allows for a problematically long window of time 24 days before any inspection could take place. Trump railed against the deal on Tuesday for failing “to address the regime’s development of ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads.” “Finally, the deal does nothing to constrain Iran’s destabilizing activities, including its support for terrorism. Since the agreement, Iran’s bloody ambitions have grown only more brazen,” Trump said. On these two points, Trump is right. The Iran deal was all about the country’s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions related to that program. The deal didn’t address Iran’s development of ballistic missiles or its support for US-designated  terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah, in the region.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180508223000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/fact-check-trump-iran/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "744778782", "sentence": "Russia, at a United Nations Security Council meeting, warned the British government Thursday it was “playing with fire” with accusations that Moscow was behind the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom. Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia blasted the UK, calling the allegations against Russia a “fake story.” The Russian UN diplomat warned “we have told our British colleagues that they are playing with fire and they will be sorry.” Asked after the meeting what he meant by saying the UK would be sorry, Nebenzi replied that if the UK’s accusation was untrue, “a normal person should be sorry for that.” He accused the United Kingdom of turning other countries against Russia. “You started a wave that even reached New York,” he said. Moscow, emboldened after the UK was forced to withdraw a claim that its scientists had pinned the blame on Russia for the attack, further attempted to embarrass Britain in front of its international allies. But the UN ambassador from the UK, Karen Pierce, said she would not be lectured by Russia, which she said had blocked inquiries into the use of chemical weapons in Syria. “Everything we have done … has been consistent with the Convention on Chemical Weapons,” she said. Russia refused to help when the UK asked early in the investigation, Pierce said. Pierce told the Council “we all know why that investigation is underway. It’s because a military-grade nerve agent was used in an attempt to kill civilians on British soil. It was carried out recklessly and it was carried out without regard for public safety.” She questioned the need for Thursday’s meeting, saying the chemical weapons watchdog, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, has yet to release its report on the incident. A month after former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in the English city of Salisbury, the United Kingdom and Russia remain locked in a battle over who is to blame. UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said it was “highly likely” the attack was ordered by the Russian government. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied the accusation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday that the affair was a “pretext” for the expulsion of Russian diplomats around the world. On Wednesday, Moscow failed in its efforts to persuade OPCW to allow a joint UK-Russia investigation into the attack. The OPCW is already carrying out an independent investigation at the UK’s request, and expects to receive the results of its analysis within a week. Britain is also carrying out its own inquiry, with support from the OPCW. Attention has turned to the United Nations. It was the second time the Security Council discussed the poisoning. At a March 15 meeting that was called by the UK, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted the Russian government for the attack and called for a firm international response. Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, remain in Salisbury District Hospital following the attack on March 4. Sergei Skripal is described as in a critical but stable condition. Related article Yulia Skripal issues statement: 'My strength is growing daily' Yulia Skripal announced Thursday that she had woken up “over a week ago” and that her “strength is growing daily.” “I am grateful for the interest in me and for the many messages of goodwill that I have received,” Skripal said in a statement released on her behalf by London’s Metropolitan Police. “I have many people to thank for my recovery and would especially like to mention the people of Salisbury that came to my aid when my father and I were incapacitated. Further than that, I would like to thank the staff at Salisbury District Hospital for their care and professionalism,” she said. “I am sure you appreciate that the entire episode is somewhat disorientating, and I hope that you’ll respect my privacy and that of my family during the period of my convalescence,” she added. Pierce said the UK has relayed a request for a visit from a Russian consular official to Skripal. “We await her response,” Pierce said. A Russian state television station reported Thursday that Viktoria Skripal, the cousin of Yulia Skripal, said she had spoken to Yulia by phone. UK experts believe the Skripals were poisoned with a Russian-made nerve agent, Novichok. The Times of London, citing unnamed sources, reported on Thursday that UK security services had pinpointed the location of the Russian laboratory that manufactured the nerve agent. On Wednesday, speaking at a trilateral summit with Turkey and Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters he wanted to see “a healthy political process” based on international law. “We are not expecting anything but common sense to prevail; international relations will not tolerate the recent damage done,” he said. The UK expelled 23 Russian diplomats in the wake of the attack, sparking a wave of similar moves by UK allies around the world. The US expelled 60 Russian diplomats as part of the international effort. Moscow responded by kicking out diplomats from at least 23 countries, including 60 American diplomats. It also ordered the closure of the US consulate in St. Petersburg. Lavrov said Thursday that Russia wants “to find the truth” about the poisoning in Salisbury and that “provocations are being arranged” in the Skripal case to demonize Russia. Related article UK government deletes tweet about Russian spy's poisoning He claimed that many countries had been pressured into supporting the UK and described the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats as “an open mocking of diplomatic ethics” that had not seen for a long time. Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko told a news conference Thursday that Russia has “no information about Yulia Skripal, we don’t know about Sergei.” Speaking to reporters at the Russian Embassy in London, Yakovenko said Yulia’s cousin Viktoria was “waiting for the visa in Moscow, a British visa. We will see what will be the outcome of that visit.” He repeated Russia’s complaint that Britain is not allowing it access to its citizens, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, or to the British investigation into their poisoning. The UK government must be “transparent” about the evidence, he said. Yakovenko said Russia would accept the result of the OPCW investigation – but suggested that its validity would depend on which nations’ experts were involved. “These results should be confirmed by the international community, so we want to see who are the experts,” he said. Questions continue to dog the investigation into the attack on the Skripals, who were found slumped on a bench at an outdoor shopping complex in Salisbury. UK police believe they came into contact with the military-grade nerve agent on Skripal’s front door. On Tuesday, UK scientists said that while they had identified the nerve agent as Novichok, they were unable to say exactly where it had been manufactured. Related article Source: Britain believes nerve agent attack likely had Kremlin approval “We have not identified the precise source, but we have provided the scientific info to government, who have then used a number of other sources to piece together the conclusions you have come to,”  Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the UK government laboratory at Porton Down, told Sky News on Tuesday. Further complicating the picture, the UK Foreign Office confirmed on Wednesday it had deleted a tweet that claimed that British chemical weapons experts believed Russia had produced the nerve agent. The Foreign Office said the tweet was “truncated and did not accurately report” a briefing by the British ambassador to Moscow last month. The British government says the scientific analysis from Porton Down forms only part of the picture. It insists that only Russia had the capability to carry out the attack, that Moscow had identified former double agents as legitimate targets, and was known for its involvement in state-sponsored attacks in the past. In its report on Thursday, the Times of London cited security sources claiming that the location for the manufacture of the Novichok had been identified “using scientific analysis and intelligence in the days after the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal a month ago.” The Times said security sources didn’t have “100% certainty” but there was a high degree of confidence in the location. The UK government had known about the facility’s existence before the attack on March 4, it added. The UK Foreign Office refused to comment on The Times’ report. “We have nothing more to add to that story,” a spokesman told CNN. CNN’s Tony Marco and Sebastian Shukla contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180405050000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/05/europe/russia-uk-security-council-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "511950181", "sentence": "NEW: \"The situation is desperate,\" Doctors Without Borders official says At least 15 people are dead and up to 40 are wounded after strikes in Azaz In a separate attack, seven people are killed at a hospital in Idlib province Rescuers wearing hard hats searched through rubble for survivors in northern Syria Monday after airstrikes hit two hospitals and a school building. The attacks killed at least 22 people, according to reports. Eight others are missing and presumed dead. Amnesty International said the hospital attacks amounted to war crimes. Critics of the Syrian government warned that the latest violence is yet another troubling sign that a planned “cessation of hostilities” in the war-ravaged country is far from taking hold. Russian and Syrian forces must end deliberate attacks on hospitals, including @MSF https://t.co/PdvJKBS5bx h/t @P4HR pic.twitter.com/J1JduBo1YY Fifteen people were killed when a hospital and a school building that was housing displaced people were struck in Azaz, in Syria’s Aleppo province, according to a hospital worker on the scene. Up to 40 other people were wounded. In Aleppo, one man’s story of fear, defiance and survival Staff members were evacuating the wounded after the first strike on the Women and Children’s Hospital when the complex and a road leading to the Turkish border were struck again, a hospital employee known as Moudhar told CNN. Women and children were among the dead, he said. Another projectile hit the nearby school building, he said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the German newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung that “in the current situation” she would support the creation of a no-fly zone in Northern Syria to create a safe haven for fleeing families, which could offer at least a partial solution to Europe’s refugee crisis. “In the current situation, it would be helpful if there were areas there, where no party to the war flew bombing missions – in other words a kind of no-fly zone,” she said in response to a direct question from a reporter about her position on exclusion zones. “We can’t negotiate with the terrorists from ISIS. But if it were doable to come to such an agreement with the anti-Assad coalition and the Assad supporters, it would be helpful.” Turkey has long advocated the creation of a no-fly zone in northern Syria, despite bombing Kurdish positions in the region. In a separate attack about 100 km (62 miles away), another horrifying scene played out at a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders at Maarat al-Numan in Syria’s Idlib province. Missiles struck the hospital four times within minutes, the medical humanitarian organization said. Images from the scene showed the hospital reduced to mostly twisted metal and other rubble. At least seven people were killed and eight others were missing and presumed dead, the organization said. The dead consisted of five patients, a caretaker and a hospital guard, while eight staff members were missing. Patients were also unaccounted for, the statement said, but it’s not clear how many. “The situation is desperate,” said Massimiliano Rebaudengo, Doctors Without Borders’ head of mission. “This appears to be a deliberate attack on a health structure, and we condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms,” Rebaudengo said “The destruction of the hospital leaves the local population of around 40,000 people without access to medical services in an active zone of conflict,” he said. Officials around the world traded accusations over who was behind the attacks. The U.S. State Department condemned the airstrikes, blaming the Syrian regime headed by President Bashar al-Assad for the attack on Azaz. The Syrian government has not made a statement about the incident. Speaking in Kiev, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed Russia for the strikes in Azaz, which is close to the Turkish border, claiming Moscow had targeted the complex with ballistic missiles fired from the Caspian Sea. Turkish defense minister: ‘No intention’ of sending ground troops into Syria Moscow did not immediately respond to the accusation. Doctors Without Borders officials said Syrian government-led coalition forces carried out the strikes on the facility in Idlib. Syria’s ambassador to Russia blamed the United States and coalition forces for the Idlib attack. Ambassador Riad Haddad said there is “intelligence information” that proves that coalition warplanes raided the hospital. The United States has said it carried out no military operations in the areas that were hit. Airstrikes earlier this month killed three people and wounded at least six at a Doctors Without Borders-supported hospital in Daraa governorate, southern Syria, on February 5, the aid group said. Northern Syria has been the scene of intense fighting recently, with Syrian regime forces, backed by Russian air power, pursuing a major offensive on the key city Aleppo, and Turkey bombarding Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, near Azaz over the weekend. Related video Turkish strikes on YPG Kurds complicate Syrian chaos Turkey said it was a response to shelling from YPG positions. Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz said Sunday that his country had no intention of sending ground troops into Syria, amid international concern about Ankara’s actions. The United States and France called on Ankara to halt the bombardment, which killed two Kurdish fighters and wounded seven others, according to a London-based monitoring group, and Syria complained to the U.N. Security Council about the Turkish shelling. Turkey considers the YPG a terrorist group, while the United States backs it in the fight against ISIS. Western powers have also been critical of Russia’s actions in Syria, saying it was undermining the prospects of implementing a recently agreed upon cessation of hostilities by bombing civilians. Moscow denies the allegations. “The intensified bombings, the displacement, the fact that civilian entities have been hit by the regime and its backers, is of grave concern,” U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice told reporters Monday. “It does call into question Russia’s willingness or ability to implement the agreements achieved in Munich.” CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh, Stephanie Halasz, Nicole Gaouette, Catherine E. Shoichet, Hande Atay, Marilia Brocchetto, Ben Brumfield and Euan McKirdy contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian and Syrian forces", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160215130000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/15/middleeast/syria-hospitals-strike/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "711167352", "sentence": "Pope Francis was expected to use visit to highlight the plight of the Rohingya He did not use the world Rohingya in public, drawing criticism The Vatican is pushing back against criticism aimed at Pope Francis for not speaking out against Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya Muslims during his historic visit to the southeast Asian country. Foreign diplomats, including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have called what Myanmar’s military is doing to the Rohingya ethnic cleansing, a charge that its leadership and the country’s defacto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi deny. However, the Vatican said the trip – the first ever by a sitting Pontiff – was organized before the refugee crisis occurred, and was never considered a “refugee trip,” like the Pope’s visit to the Greek island of Lesbos last year. “This was about diplomatic relations,” said Greg Burke, the director of the Holy See Press Office and the Vatican’s spokesperson. He spoke to reporters in Yangon on Wednesday after the Pope gave Mass to a crowd of 150,000 worshipers. “This trip could be summed up in one word, not the word you are thinking … it’s unity,” Burke said. The other word he was referring to was “Rohingya,” which activists had hoped he would utter while he was on Burmese soil as a sign of support for the persecuted minority. Since August, fighting between Muslim militants and the Myanmar military has prompted a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from their villages and camps in southwestern Rakhine State into neighboring Bangladesh. Once in the relative safety of the border camps, the refugees have described systematic rape, murder and the razing of their homes and villages at the hands of the Myanmar military. Aung San Suu Kyi has only ever used the term “Rohingya” publicly when referring to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army or ARSA, the militant group active in the region that the government holds responsible for the current conflict. The majority of Burmese don’t consider the Rohingya to be citizens of Myanmar, referring to them as “Bengalis,” a slur term that is often used as shorthand for illegal immigrants. The Pope’s cardinal in Myanmar had advised him not to use the term. Burke said the Pope, who has in the past referred to the “persecution of our Rohingya brothers and sisters,” cannot be questioned on his moral authority because of things he didn’t say publicly. “The Pope himself won’t tell you what happens in private conversations. They remain private. Having said that, if you watched the Pope, he is a very free man,” Burke said. “Diplomacy by its nature is debatable. If you watch how the Pope moves, he is not afraid of minefields. Whether in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) or not literal minefields, more diplomatic. The trip was on and it remained on. And he is happy to be here.” Pope Francis will have spent three days in Myanmar before traveling to Bangladesh on Thursday. There, in the capital of Dhaka, he is expected to meet a small group of Rohingya refugees. The last pope to visit Bangladesh was Pope John Paul II in 1986. During Wednesday’s Mass, Pope Francis focused his sermon on “healing,” urging “forgiveness and compassion.” “I know that many in Myanmar bear the wounds of violence, wounds both visible and invisible,” he told the crowd. “We think that healing can come from anger and revenge. Yet the way of revenge is not the way of Jesus.” On Thursday, he conducted mass with for a congregation of young people in St Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, before departing for Bangladesh, where he’s expected to meet with Rohingya refugees. Burke said people were free to criticize the Pope’s diplomatic methods. “I find it very hard to say the moral authority of the Pope is diminished. People don’t expect him to solve impossible problems,” Burke said. “You’ll see him go ahead and you can criticize what he said, what was not said, but his moral authority is not questioned here.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171130071500", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/asia/pope-francis-rohingya-myanmar/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "739342539", "sentence": "UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Friday it was “overwhelmingly likely” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally gave the order to use a nerve agent to attack a former double spy in what’s the most direct accusation yet against Russia’s leader. Prime Minister Theresa May announced this week that 23 Russian diplomats would be expelled from Britain after concluding it was highly probable that Moscow was behind the poisoning, but she stopped short of pointing the finger directly at Putin. The ex-spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia remain in a critical condition after the March 4 attack in the English city of Salisbury. UK officials believe they were exposed to a nerve agent known as Novichok that was developed in Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed Johnson’s remark in a comment to CNN. Related article The UK's weak actions are unlikely to hurt Putin -- or his cronies “We have said on different levels and occasions that Russia has nothing to do with this story,” he said. “Any reference or mentioning of our President is nothing else but shocking and unpardonable diplomatic misconduct.” Russia has repeatedly dismissed the UK’s accusations as “unfounded” and warned it would retaliate over the expulsion of its diplomats. Speaking alongside his Polish counterpart at the Battle of Britain Bunker in outer London, Johnson said the UK and its allies were waiting for a serious response from Russia about the nerve agent attack. “The quarrel of the UK government is not with Russian people – it is not with Russians living here in this country. We have nothing against the Russians themselves. There is to be no Russophobia as a result of what has happened,” he said. “Our quarrel is with Putin’s Kremlin and with his decision – and we think it is overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision – to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the UK, on the streets of Europe, for the first time since the Second World War.” Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz expressed his “full solidarity” with the UK, adding he was prepared to work with other European Union and NATO countries to protest against Russia’s behavior. “We condemn this unprecedented attack by Russia on the territory of the United Kingdom. This use of chemical weapons is a clear violation of the international law,” he said. Russia has insisted it is ready to cooperate in investigating the attack in Salisbury if Britain reciprocates by sharing the evidence it holds – and has dismissed accusations against it as “propaganda” by the UK government. Vassily Nebenzia, Moscow’s ambassador to the United Nations, even suggested at an emergency session of the UN Security Council that the UK might have been responsible for the attack in an attempt to smear Russia. Related article Former Soviet chemist shares details of the nerve agent Novichok On Friday, Russia’s Investigative Committee said it had launched its own criminal proceedings in connection with the “attempted murder of a Russian citizen, Yulia Skripal” in Salisbury and what it called the “murder” of Nikolai Glushkov in London. Glushkov, a Russian exile who had links to compatriots who died in mysterious circumstances in the UK, was found dead in his London home this week. London’s Metropolitan Police said Friday it had launched a murder investigation into Glushkov’s death following the results of a post-mortem exam, which gave the cause of death as “compression to the neck.” Counterterrorism police are leading the investigation “because of the associations Mr. Glushkov is believed to have had,” a police statement said. “At this stage there is nothing to suggest any link to the attempted murders in Salisbury, nor any evidence that he was poisoned.” In an online post, the Russian committee said the attempt on Yulia Skripal’s life was “committed in a dangerous manner endangering other people, in Salisbury.” The investigation will be carried out in accordance with “Russian and international law,” it said, adding that “investigators are ready to work together with competent authorities in Great Britain.” The statement made no mention of Sergei Skripal. On Thursday, the United States issued a joint statement with France, Germany and the UK condemning the nerve agent attack as “an assault on UK sovereignty” and saying there was “no plausible alternative explanation” than that Russia was responsible. Related article Nerve gas attack unsettles residents in English cathedral city Meanwhile, British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said Moscow had made a “deliberate political decision” to poison Skripal. He accused Russia of “ripping up the international rulebook” and “attempting to “subvert, undermine and influence” countries around the world. “Russia should shut up and go away,” Williamson said. “It’s often described as a cool war that we are entering – I would say it is feeling exceptionally chilly at the moment.” UK-Russia relations have been fractious ever since the assassination of another former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, in 2006. A UK inquiry found that two Russian agents poisoned Litvinenko at a London hotel bar in 2006 by spiking his tea with highly radioactive polonium-210, and that Putin “probably approved” Litvinenko’s killing. The Kremlin has always denied the accusation. Sergei Skripal was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2006 for spying for Britain, according to Russian state media accounts of the closed hearing. Russian court officials at the time said he’d received at least $100,000 for his work for MI6, the British intelligence service. He was granted refuge in the UK after a high-profile spy exchange between the United States and Russia in 2010. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen, Darya Tarasova and Sebastian Shukla contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180316134500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/europe/uk-russia-nerve-agent-spy-attack-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "411190577", "sentence": "Natural arches around the world are made of rock, with a hole formed by natural forces Natural bridges are arches where water is the force making the hole Stunning natural bridges can be found all over the world Don’t try to drive over these bridges. These rocky natural spans were formed over millennia by the flowing waters of a stream or other water source, which slowly eroded away the rock to create the shape of a bridge. But are they arches or bridges? The Natural Arch and Bridge Society, whose Indiana Jones-like members go hunting for these rock formations around the world, makes this distinction: A natural arch is made of rock, with a hole formed by natural forces, they say. A natural bridge is a type of arch, where water is the natural force making the hole. Erosion created these magnificent structures, and erosion will eventually take them down. One such wonder was Aruba’s Natural Bridge, which was first formed by pounding surf eroding its coral limestone. The 100-foot-span gave way and collapsed in 2005.  (The smaller Baby Bridge is still standing nearby.) Here are 15 spectacular natural bridges around the world. America’s crazy rock formations One of the most famous spots in Wales, the Green Bridge of Wales and the rocky Pembrokeshire coastline, are part of a national park. Nearby you can also spot the Stack Rocks, known as the Elegug Stacks in Welsh. Eventually it’s expected that the ocean will wear away the Green Bridge and the middle will collapse, turning it into stacks. Visitors who continue along the coast to see Pen-y-Holt Stack should note that it’s in a British Army range and must be visited through walks organized by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority. Not all the glory of Wyoming is found at its two internationally famous Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in the northwestern part of the state. Less well-known but worth the visit is the majestic Ayres Natural Bridge in eastern Wyoming, about 40 miles east of Casper. The 50-foot tall, 100-foot-long natural bridge over LaPrele Creek is the star of this 22-acre park. As streams cut into the canyon walls and flash floods further weakened them, the three mighty bridges at Natural Bridges National Monument in the southeastern corner of Utah were carved over millions of years. The area was declared a national monument in 1908, and the three bridges were given the Hopi names “Owachomo,” “Kachina” and “Sipapu” in 1909. Further erosion has made the once thick and mighty Owachomo Bridge more delicate. While still massive and strong, Kachina Bridge did lose 4,000 tons of rock in 1992. A natural bridge formed by the Ardeche River in the south of France, the Pont d’Arc has a world-famous neighbor: the Chauvet cave paintings, the world’s oldest known such works, which date back 36,000 years. Discovered in 1994, the site was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site this year. But the region’s natural beauty is also a national treasure. Classified as a French national heritage site in 1982, the 54-meter-long (177-foot-long) natural arch is the only French example of a natural bridge spanning a still-flowing river. It’s also a gateway to the river canyon. Top 25 amusement parks around the world A famous natural bridge anchors this Santa Cruz beach, which is best known for its tide pools – go exploring at low tide – and seasonal monarch butterfly residents. Up to 100,000 monarchs typically move into the state beach’s Monarch Grove in mid-October, and they depart the following January or February. There’s a party in October to welcome them, and seasonal tours are available. Australia’s Port Campbell National Park is best known for the Twelve Apostles, towering limestone rock stacks carved by the Southern Ocean. The ocean is still working on the rock, with seven of eight formations still standing. But there’s another gem in this park about 275 kilometers west of Melbourne: London Bridge, a natural offshore rock span that partially collapsed in 1990 and became a bridge without a connection. (People standing on the rocks were stranded when the middle collapsed and had to be rescued via helicopter.) It’s a good idea to stay on the accessible walking paths and scenic drives along the coast. Spectacular waterfalls around the U.S. China has quite a collection of natural bridges, including one that experts say has the longest span of any natural bridge in the world. The Fairy Bridge (Xianren Qiao), in southwestern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region near the border with Vietnam, has a 400-foot span. Not that the bridge made of limestone karst is easy to measure. Members of the Natural Arch and Bridge Society took a boat to the site in 2010 and used laser equipment to measure the span, calling it the “longest known natural arch in the world, by a wide margin.” Hans Christian Andersen wrote part of “The Snow Queen” in Bohemian Switzerland, and several scenes from the Chronicles of Narnia were shot here. It’s no wonder: The fairytale landscape of this region, now part of the Czech Republic, is magical. Go see its most well-known symbol: the Pravcicka Brana, a natural bridge standing tall in Bohemian Switzerland National Park, now part of the Czech Republic. While there are many rock formations rising up amid the forests and valleys in the park, Pravcicka Brana is the largest stone bridge on the European continent, with a span of 27 meters (nearly 90 feet) and a height of 21 meters (nearly 70 feet). Bedouin tribes still live in goat-hair tents in the Wadi Rum Protected Area of southern Jordan, which is 720 square kilometers (about 278 square miles) of mostly desert wilderness. Among the sandstone and granite mountains and valleys are natural bridges rising up to greet you. Although visitors can take private cars or hike on foot to explore the bridges and the region, Bedouin cooperatives offer tours via basic Jeep or pickup trucks. And if you want a real adventure, book a camel ride to explore the area and overnight in a Bedouin camp. Cliffside beaches around the world While many nature loving explorers head to Canada’s famous Banff National Park, there are tall peaks, amazing waterfalls and a spectacular natural bridge to be found to the west at Yoho National Park. Located on the western slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Yoho definitely lives up to its name (a Cree expression of awe and wonder). Travelers can witness Kicking Horse River still carving its path through this natural bridge. It’s true that southeastern Algeria’s Tassili n’Ajjer, named a World Heritage Site in 1982, is better known for more than 15,000 drawings and engravings dating back to 6,000 B.C. The drawings record climate change and human life in the region. But tucked away in this tense region at the edge of the Sahara, near the border with Libya, Mali and Niger, this spot was also recognized as a UNESCO site for its remarkable collection of natural bridges and rock formations dense enough to be called “rock forests.” The eroding sandstone “forests of rock” document the environmental changes, marking major climate change and geological transformation over the millennia. Water and wind have shaped this magical, lunar-like landscape. Long considered sacred by the Monacans, Virginia’s Natural Bridge was one of this English colony’s earliest recognized natural wonders. The bridge was created by an underground stream flowing through a cave, whose roof collapsed, according to the arch society. It even had a famous owner: Thomas Jefferson bought the surrounding land and bridge from King George III of England in 1774, before the young republic’s founding. A National Historic Landmark, the land in Rockbridge County remained in the hands of private owners for centuries. Now the state of Virginia has announced plans to turn the land into a park by the end of 2015. In the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio lies the Cueva de los Portales, a cavernous area near the Parque Nacional La Guira. The Río Caiguanabo flows beneath a natural bridge, which is connected to a cave that served as one of revolutionary  leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s hideouts during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The area is now popular with birdwatchers. When Wildlife Conservation Society researchers traveled to Afghanistan in 2010 to conduct a wildlife survey in the troubled country, they discovered an enormous natural bridge that may be one of the largest in the world. They returned to Hazarchishma Natural Bridge, in the central highlands of Afghanistan, in 2011 to take measurements. The bridge, which is named after a local village, is more than 60 feet high, has a span of more than 200 feet across its base and rises more than 3,000 meters (nearly 10,000 feet) above sea level. It was created over the millennia by the then-flowing waters of the dry Jawzari Canyon. Is it a natural bridge? A cornerstone of Great Basin National Park in Nevada, the Lexington Arch may actually be a bridge. There’s evidence to suggest that the waters of Lexington Creek flowed through a cave in the canyon wall long ago, expanding the tunnel that’s now Lexington Arch. Debate the question as you marvel at one of the few natural arches in the west made of limestone rather than sandstone. Natural wonders in the United States that set records 12 national parks in 12 months – a son’s journey 50 states, 50 natural wonders", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "natural bridges", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150221151500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/22/travel/natural-bridges-arches-world/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "671339954", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Alice Stewart is a CNN political commentator and former communications director for Ted Cruz for President. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Alice Stewart: Some Democrats refuse to comply with election integrity commission Election irregularities are viewed through partisan lenses, she writes Despite his own reservations about Russian meddling in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump defied critics and pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the issue during their private meeting in Germany.  Not surprisingly, Putin denied any meddling.  Their 2-hour meeting may have ended, but the Russia probe is far from over. As with all things political, election irregularities are viewed through a number of partisan lenses: Democrats point to voter suppression, Republicans claim voter fraud, and many focus on Russian interference in our election process.  The reality is, none of these are mutually exclusive.  The only way to put all those fears to rest is to fully investigate the 2016 election and work to restore integrity to the process and encourage voter participation. President Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is taking steps to uncover voting irregularities and make necessary changes. The bipartisan commission aims to review election issues in places like Russia, Ohio, while also shedding light on possible Russian meddling. The FBI, CIA and National Security Agency have concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 election, and the panel’s review of voting networks across the country would provide valuable insight on outside interference. Having worked as Deputy Secretary of State in Arkansas, I know the awesome responsibility shared by each state’s designated chief election official, and overseeing elections according to law.  Their role is to ensure the integrity of the voting process. Related article Demand for voter rolls shows ugly truth about Trump's voter fraud commission The Election Commission’s initial step in studying the registration and voting processes was to seek data from Secretaries of State across the country.  Vice Chairman and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, requested that each state provide “publicly available voter roll data” as allowed under each state’s laws. While protecting state-level authority in our federalist system is important, assisting federal authorities in their efforts to bring about free and fair elections is paramount. Commission Chair Vice President Mike Pence says the goal is to preserve the principle of one person, one vote; a clean, verifiable voter database is a critical part of that process. As of now, the Vice President’s office reports that 36 states are providing the data or reviewing what data they can provide.  The other 14 states, mostly led by Democratic election officials, are refusing to comply with the request, citing privacy concerns.  The problem with that is, the requested information is available to the public already.  Anyone, at virtually anytime, can obtain this data. To quote Hillary Clinton’s 2015 speech on voting rights, “What part of democracy are they afraid of?” Related article Forty-five states and DC have refused to give certain voter information to Trump commission Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez calls it a “Trump propaganda factory.”  He encouraged election officials not to provide the information that would help in the effort to restore election integrity.  The obvious question is: What do Democrats have to hide? It could be the news that a Virginia student pleaded guilty last week to registering dead people for Democrats. Maybe it’s the story of 12 people in Indiana connected with a Democratic group last month charged with submitting falsified voter registration applications. Democrats say the commission is a large-scale effort aimed at voter suppression. I don’t buy that; no one deprives an American citizen of the right to vote except the person himself. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Americans are blessed with the freedom to vote.  As Thomas Paine said: “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” That goes for identifying election problems and correcting them. Choosing not to help uncover irregularities is not a stand on principle or a form of rebellion; it’s surrender.  Surrendering is more of the same.  If we don’t learn from history, we’re doomed to repeat it.  It’s time to vote like your right to vote depends on it.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170708034500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/opinions/trump-voter-commission-opinion-stewart/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "577322842", "sentence": "The US Air Force is expected to fly its “radiation sniffer” jet off the Korean Peninsula to take air samples to determine if a nuclear event occurred in North Korea. The Air Force WC-135 jet, dubbed the “Constant Phoenix,” will look for distinctive elements a nuclear test of any type would emit into the air. The collected samples can be analyzed to determine exactly what occurred. Japan’s Air Self Defense Force also said it was sending four jets to collect airborne dust for radiation samples. The US Air Force’s four-engine Boeing jets are equipped with external devices that collect radioactive material from the atmosphere on filter paper. The planes also have “a compressor system for whole air samples collected in holding spheres,” according to an Air Force fact sheet. The Air Force has two of the WC-135 jets that operate out of Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. The United States also has ground stations in the area that will also be taking samples. The Constant Phoenix program originated with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1947. The then-Army Air Forces, which would later become the Air Force, used WB-29s, variants of the B-29 bomber model, to try to detect evidence of Soviet nuclear tests, according to the Air Force. The WB-29s were replaced by WB-50s beginning in 1950, with the current WB-135s coming on line in 1965. The radiation-sniffing planes have been used to monitor compliance with nuclear weapons treaties, and also monitored effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in the Soviet Union, the Air Force says.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Air Force", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160909030000", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/us-air-force-radiation-sniffer-jet/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "683412544", "sentence": "On Monday night, Trump announced his plan for the US in Afghanistan Prior to Trump's announcement, an unconventional approach Prince proposed had been floated Erik Prince, founder of the controversial military contracting firm Blackwater, doesn’t think President Donald Trump’s conventional Afghanistan strategy of “more troops and more money” will be enough. In fact, Prince predicted that in three to six months, the US will have to reevaluate its new plan for the US’ longest war. “I think in six months, even three months, the President is going to see the conventional approach that’s already been tried and failed for 16 years – there’s got to be some other things considered,” the former Navy SEAL said Tuesday on CNN’s “Newsroom.” On Monday night, Trump announced his plan for the US in Afghanistan and South Asia, which includes shifting to a conditional-based approach and an increased number of troops. The US currently has about 8,400 troops in Afghanistan. Trump is the third President to hold office while the US has been involved in Afghanistan – a war that has now lasted more than 16 years. “Sadly the President was backed into a bad decision last night,” Prince told CNN’s Pamela Brown on Tuesday afternoon. “The Pentagon never gave him any other realistic options other than more troops and more money.” Prior to Trump’s announcement, an unconventional approach Prince proposed had been floated by various White House officials. Prince, in a plan he detailed in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in June, has proposed that the US shift to primarily using the private sector in its Afghanistan military operations. His plan included the use of a viceroy – a term that recalls colonialism – to lead US efforts in the country, and would utilize more contractors. Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon reached out to Prince after the WSJ op-ed published, Prince told CNN in an previous interview on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront”. Prince noted in the same August 7 interview that White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster was opposed to the idea. The weekend following Bannon’s firing, Trump and his national security team made the final decision for their plan, and Prince’s proposal ultimately lost out. “The presidency as itself is in a bubble,” Prince said, adding that there are many “conventional” generals “in that bubble.” Prince founded Blackwater, a private defense contractor that provoked international outrage after a deadly 2007 shooting in Iraq. Blackwater lost a $1 billion contract with the State Department to protect American diplomatic personnel in 2009, after the Iraqi government refused to renew the company’s operating license. The company was later renamed and sold, and now operates as Academi.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's Afghanistan strategy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170823003000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/politics/erik-prince-afghanistan-donald-trump/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "604793845", "sentence": "Martin Sellner is a key figure in Austria's far-right Identity Movement \"We see ourselves as patriots, not neo-Nazis,\" he says But he has spoken out against the \"Islamization\" of Austrian society At the stroke of midnight in Vienna city center, members of Austria’s so-called Identity Movement slipped on high-visibility vests and boarded a crane to pull off an audacious political prank: Draping a huge black cloth resembling a giant niqab – the Islamic face veil – onto a 90-meter-tall statue of the Habsburg ruler, Empress Maria Theresa. In case their political motivations were in any doubt, they also tacked up a sign that read “Islamization. No thank you!” and signed it with the symbol of the Identity Movement. Vienna police were less than amused to wake up to the sight of a national monument draped in such a provocative political protest – but no one has been arrested for the stunt. Martin Sellner, however, was pleased: “We try to teach patriots in Europe methods of non-violent action. That’s our main principle. No violence. No real hate speech.” A clean-cut 27-year-old graphic designer, wearing black-framed glasses and brightly-colored shirts advertising Identity Movement slogans such as “Europa Nostra” – “Our Europe” – Sellner has been called the “hipster” of the far-right. “We see ourselves as patriots, not neo-Nazis,” he says. “We don’t hate immigrants. But we also don’t want to see the country change and end up minorities in our countries. We wanted to express this opinion without anti-Semitism, without the racism of the old right.” It is a carefully cultivated image: a sunny veneer masking a political ideology centered on a white Christian identity which rejects immigration and globalization. READ MORE: What does the alt-right do now? “My generation was never asked if we want this mass immigration, this Islamization and population replacement in this country,” he explains over several cups of Viennese coffee. “We were born into a society that believes we are racist for simply saying that we are becoming a minority in our own country.” In a series of posts on YouTube, Sellner suggests white Christians are on the verge of “extinction,” increasingly marginalized by growing numbers of migrants in what he calls the “Great Replacement.” Related video Wave of nationalism could sway European elections “My biggest fear is that at some point demographics could kill democracy,” he says, “that our society by mass immigration becomes such an ethnically fragmented society that a real democracy is not possible anymore because there is no common ground of values, history and identity.” But that fear isn’t supported by the numbers. While an estimated 15% of Austria’s population are foreign citizens, approximately half of those come from within the EU. For Sellner, intra-European migration – white and Christian – is acceptable. Non-European residents in Austria are outnumbered 10 to one. Still, Sellner is not alone: Worries about migration reached fever pitch last year when more than a million asylum seekers crossed into Europe, at least 700,000 of them via Austria. Many were from Syria and Afghanistan, and while most were simply passing through on their way to Germany, Sweden and elsewhere, an estimated 90,000 opted to stay and claim asylum in Austria. READ MORE: Can Europe survive the Trump effect? The Austrian government responded by erecting border fences, decreeing that only 3,200 migrants would be allowed to enter the country each day, and capping resettlement claims to 80 a day until an annual limit of 37,500 was reached. Related video Populism: What next after Trump and Brexit? Across Europe, the tide of new arrivals has prompted waves of anti-immigrant sentiment; far-right parties such as France’s National Front and Austria’s Freedom Party are seeing a surge in support. Sellner is a big fan of US President-elect Donald Trump, whom he calls “God Emperor.” He hopes Trump’s election victory – on a platform that included plans to build a wall along the Mexican border and a ban on Muslim immigrants – will further inspire the far-right across the continent. The Identity Movement began in France, but has since spread to Austria, Denmark and Germany. It appeals to a younger generation seeking to distance itself from the openly racist, xenophobic far-right parties of the past. Sellner insists that the movement is not racist but “ethno-pluralist” – it doesn’t believe that white Christian culture is superior, he says, but that globalization is forcing countries to adopt a multiculturalism that destroys the ethnic and cultural values of individual states. “We are not fighting against diversity. We don’t think that people need to be racially pure,” he says, adding that the group rejects “anti-Semitism or (anything) that identifies the problem with a certain people.” READ MORE: Holocaust survivor: Don’t let far-right win Yet the Identity Movement does single out one group: Muslims. Only an estimated 7% of Austrians are Muslim. But in Vienna and its suburbs – where Sellner grew up – Muslims make up more than 12% of the population, and some neighborhoods are majority Muslim. Sellner claims this is “Islamization” and that the Muslim religion is incompatible with Austrian values – but even he admits Islam has a long history in Vienna. “After all,” he says, gesturing to the mirrored salon of the Viennese cafe we are talking in. “We are drinking coffee brought by the Turks!” Related video Van der Bellen: Nationalism in Europe is at its height Given Europe’s history, its 20th-century slide into fascism, the great wars that killed millions and singled out Jews and other minorities for genocide, isn’t Sellner worried that the Identity Movement may be one step on a slippery slope to repeating that dark past? No, he says: “I feel a kind of fatherly responsibility for young Austrian patriots not to let them go into these extreme subcultures that are driven by hate and crazy ideologies.” Instead he claims, perhaps counterintuitively, “I think the entire movement is the strongest force against far-right extremism in Austria.” It’s difficult to know just how many support the Identity Movement, but Sellner hopes far-right anti-immigrant candidate Norbert Hofer will be voted into power in Sunday’s presidential election. READ MORE: Who is Austria’s Norbert Hofer? And while that may not change Austrian policy immediately – the Austrian president’s role is largely ceremonial – it would be proof of what Sellner believes is a “silent majority” in the country who share his beliefs. “The main idea of equality and opportunity is great. No one would object to that. But the problem is egalitarianism. People are different. We look different. We have different cultures, languages and traditions. Politics and policies need to reflect that,” he says. “I think every society has only a certain capacity for integration. I think we have gone far beyond that capacity in Europe.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Identity Movement", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161202224500", "country1": "AUT", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/europe/austria-alt-right-identity-movement-martin-sellner/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "695467809", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Michael Mazarr is a senior political scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. This article was originally published October 5, 2017. Michael Mazarr: Past foreign policy mistakes illustrate what not to do in North Korea It is when unfounded assumptions and magical thinking come to guide US policies that disasters occur, he writes The powerful recent PBS documentary on the Vietnam War offers a timely lesson about the sources of foreign policy disasters. They often follow a common, tragic script, built around two fundamental mistakes: untested assumptions about the need to act, and wishful thinking about magical schemes to act without consequences. And what’s so disturbing today is that the US seems to be following the same script in the unfolding Korea crisis. Modern foreign policy fiascos – whether the war in Vietnam or the US invasion of Iraq or even the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan – often begin with a sense of false urgency. In Vietnam, it was the domino theory (the theory that a communist takeover in one nation would lead to the collapse of other pro-Western governments nearby) and the obsession with defending every inch of global ground in the Cold War contest for supremacy. In Iraq, it was the post-9/11 conviction that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was cooperating with terrorists. In the case of Moscow’s lurch into Afghanistan, part of the motivation was a sudden and obsessive conviction that the CIA was trying to topple the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. All of these assumptions turned out to be wrong. Vietnam’s fall did not trigger a line of communist dominoes. Saddam had no WMDs and feared al Qaeda almost as much as the United States. The CIA had a very limited role in Afghanistan in 1979. In each case, more precise facts and interpretations were widely available even at the time. But facing strategic and political imperatives to act, national leaders did not take the time to assess them. Once a nation is convinced of the need to do something fast, it then often makes a second mistake on the way to disaster: It brushes aside the risks and costs of the escapade by concocting some scheme to avoid the worst outcomes. In Vietnam, the scheme eventually became graduated escalation: Successive US administrations put their faith in hitting North Vietnam progressively harder until it buckled, which it surely would – long before the US got dragged into a quagmire. In Afghanistan and then in Iraq, Moscow and Washington used versions of the same basic scheme: We’re going to go in, displace the government, and then get out, fast and clean. Related article The road to diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula Foreign policy disasters are often the sum of these two basic errors: Embracing exaggerated claims about the need to act, and inventing a conceptual magic wand to wish away potential consequences. Both are increasingly apparent in US policy toward North Korea’s nuclear aspirations. The assumption driving the perceived need to act is that a nuclear-armed North Korea with missiles that can reach the US is unacceptable. This could be true – if Kim Jong Un hoped to start a war once he got them, or if his control of the arsenal was so flimsy that missiles might be fired at random. There is little evidence to support either of those propositions, however. Related article North Korea launches ballistic missile North Korea has actually been mostly restrained since the infamous 2010 attack on a South Korean navy corvette and subsequent artillery attacks, with the exception of a 2015 land-mine incident, and most experts believe that the main obsession of North Korean leaders is regime survival. A reckless drive south, using the nuclear arsenal as a sort of geopolitical suicide vest, would destroy that goal. In fact, there is good historical reason to believe that an alternative approach can work: Deterrence, combined with a long-term effort to transform the regime in the North. That was the US Cold War strategy, adopted after Washington rejected heated demands for pre-emptive war against either the Soviet Union or China. Deterrence has worked in Korea since 1953. With help from China and Russia – in the limited but critical sense of broadcasting zero tolerance for North Korean aggression – it should be able to work in the future. Related article 'Rocket man' is awkward Dad Trump's attempt to be cool The second mistake is then to invent a scheme that wishes away the risks of pre-emptive action. In the case of Korea, the analogy to graduated escalation or the quick-exit proxy strategy is a notion of “limited” military strikes, attacks that would degrade the North’s nuclear capabilities and send a message without provoking general war. Such a scheme could work. One of the problems in recognizing an unfolding disaster is that there is always a chance the wishful plan could actually succeed. But the idea of limited strikes in Korea depends on a range of uncontrollable forces, from the reaction of local North Korean military officers to Kim Jong Un’s emotions. It is a shot in the dark rather than a strategy whose means and ends are tightly linked. Much like graduated escalation in Vietnam, it depends on largely untested, and ultimately unverifiable, assumptions about the adversary. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook At a minimum, the existence of these two symptoms of an emerging tragedy demands a far more intense national debate before the United States acts. And it suggests that two especially critical questions should be at the forefront of that debate: Is the alternative to action really unacceptable? And will the proposed course of action truly sidestep calamitous results? The consequences of a new war in Korea – especially if the North employs nuclear weapons – could be more catastrophic, both in terms of human life and international politics, than Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and a dozen other fiascoes put together. If there was ever a time to insist upon a deeper examination of proposed options, this is it. 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{"article_id": "503768565", "sentence": "Couch attorney says \"whether he was involuntarily or voluntarily taken to Mexico\" is under review A hearing on moving Couch's case from juvenile to adult court is rescheduled for February 19 Did Ethan Couch go to Mexico because someone made him? One of his U.S.-based attorneys raised that possible scenario in a Fort Worth courtroom Tuesday and later to reporters after a hearing about Couch’s status as a juvenile was rescheduled for next month. In court Tuesday morning, Couch’s attorney Scott Brown argued the hearing to transfer the case to adult court shouldn’t be allowed to proceed because there was no proof that Couch “voluntarily absented himself” from being at the hearing. When asked by CNN whether Couch, the so-called “affluenza” teenager, was taken against his will to Mexico, Brown replied, “I don’t think that’s what I said. As far as Ethan being taken against his will, we are examining the facts, investigating the facts. “This is an evolving process, and whether he was involuntarily or involuntarily taken to Mexico is something that’s being investigated.” Before heading to Mexico with his mother, Couch was on probation in Texas for killing four people in a 2013 drunken-driving accident when he was 16. In mid-December, a warrant was issued for Couch, who’s now 18, to be taken into custody after his probation officer couldn’t reach him. He appeared to have dropped off the radar after a video emerged that allegedly showed him at a party where alcohol was consumed. Stephanie Patten, an attorney for his mother, Tonya Couch, acted surprised when reporters said her son’s lawyer hinted she may have taken him out of the country against his will. “I haven’t seen any evidence that that happened,” said Patten, adding she hadn’t heard this suggestion until reporters told her about it. Patten has said her client would plead not guilty to a charge of hindering the apprehension of a felon. Brown also said Couch is giving up his legal battle to stay in Mexico. Brown told reporters that Couch’s Mexican attorney, Fernando Benitez, filed a document that would “release an injunction and let the (transfer) process go forward.” CNN has reached out to Benitez for comment on whether the documents have been filed. Benitez earlier sought to block Couch’s transfer to the United States. A Mexican judge granted the teen a temporary stay two weeks ago, halting transfer proceedings. Couch and his mother were caught December 28 in the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallarta after going missing a few weeks earlier. His probation officer had not been able to reach him. Related video 'Affluenza' teen's mom arraigned in court Tonya Couch was almost immediately transferred to Los Angeles and later to Texas, where she has yet to enter a plea. She was released last week after posting a $75,000 bond and agreeing to abide by certain requirements such as wearing an electronic ankle monitor. Her son resisted calls to leave Mexico. Benitez said earlier that his client could remain there for “a couple of months.” He said the teen had “committed no crime at all in Mexico” though the lawyer didn’t know whether his client had entered the country on a tourist visa. Ethan Couch could face possible jail time for failing to live up to the terms of his probation and slipping out of the country with his mother. His case attracted national attention and outrage in 2013 when a judge sentenced him to probation instead of jail time in the deadly drunken-driving accident. During the trial, a psychologist testified that Couch suffered from “affluenza,” suggesting he was too rich and spoiled to understand the consequences of his actions. ‘Affluenza’: Is it real? Brown, Patten and prosecutors appeared Tuesday in a Fort Worth court for what was to be a hearing about transferring Ethan Couch’s case from juvenile to an adult court. That hearing didn’t happen – at least in part because his parents weren’t officially notified about the legal proceeding. It was rescheduled for February 19, according to the Tarrant County criminal district attorney’s office. The delay upset those who have been advocating for the victims in the 2013 crash. “We are upset and disappointed it wasn’t able to proceed today,” said Jason Derscheid, executive director of the North Texas affiliate of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. “It’s going to draw out a painful and difficult time for all the victims trying to grieve.” Outrage, no surprise teen went on the lam Couch’s attorneys have not spelled out why they believe he was in Mexico, where the U.S. Marshals Service tracked the teen using a cell phone linked to him, according to an official briefed on the investigation. There was speculation that he fled after video surfaced on social media showing him playing beer pong, which would have violated his probation. The teen, who turns 19 in April, was found with a new look; his reddish blond hair and goatee had been dyed a dark color. CNN’s Ed Lavandera reported from Fort Worth, and CNN’s Greg Botelho and Steve Almasy reported and wrote from Atlanta. CNN’s Jason Morris, Shawn Nottingham and Evan Perez contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ethan Couch", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160119223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/us/texas-affluenza-ethan-couch/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "619401500", "sentence": "There were mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, husbands, fathers, brothers and sons; their ages ranged from those in strollers to people with walkers and they were united in a message of solidarity with women around the world. On Saturday, thousands demonstrated in London, marching from the US embassy on Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square, to send a message to the incoming administration that “women’s rights are human rights,” according to organizers. Speakers told crowds at Trafalgar Square that at least 100,000 people had turned out. London’s Metropolitan Police do not provide crowd estimates, but aerial footage showed large numbers of people in the square. The protest – a “sister march” to demonstrations in the US – attracted a diverse crowd with a variety of concerns. Here are some of their voices: Flight attendant Tanya Jahnke-Baxter, 59, from California told CNN she was marching in London because of women’s reproductive rights. “I was 13 years old when they legalized abortion in our country. I’m 59. It’s still a subject that we’re debating, which I just find abhorrent.” “For me it’s been depressing,” she said. “I couldn’t imagine that my fellow countrymen wouldn’t come out to vote and we would end up with someone like Donald Trump as the president of our country.” Khan, 23, a publicist from Birmingham, told CNN she was marching because she wants people regardless of where they are from to be heard and appreciated. Women should “have the right to be in this world without fear,” she said. When asked about Trump’s statements about Muslims, Khan described them as “aged, and old, and ridiculous.” “To have such an ignorant point of view he must not have ever appreciated a woman who is more than just what she wears,” she said. “It makes him less of a man.” Author Natalie Le Brun, 34, from West Yorkshire told CNN she decided to march because she’s concerned “as a disabled person and an LGBT person.” “Things are genuinely scaring me at the moment and things need to change across the board (on) both sides of the pond,” Le Brun, whose girlfriend lives in Alabama, told CNN. “The government doesn’t seem to understand the disability issue, it doesn’t seem to understand that it’s not giving disabled people enough help…we’re being classed as lazy.” Nurse and mother-of-three Anna Webber told CNN she was marching with her seven-year-old daughter Freya because she wanted to “protest against the racism” that Trump “stands up for.” “I want to demonstrate and say that we’re against that…for our children and future generations.” Webber said that after Brexit she’s worried “that we’re becoming really inward looking.” “That’s not what we want,” she added. Natalie Tellwright, 26, a sustainable fisheries and marine conservation officer told CNN she was at the march with her girlfriend because they believe very strongly in “the environmental movement” and “LGBTQ rights.” “Hopefully people will listen and our rights are not taken away,” said Tellwright. Girlfriend Ruthie Musker, 28, originally from California, said she wanted to be at the march to “unite with the rest of the world.” Rachel Callender a lawyer born in Trinidad and Tobago, raised in Venezuela and educated in the US told CNN she was marching because there’s a “patriarchy that needs to be smashed.” “Inclusion is really important in these women’s issues,” she said. “Everyone is looking at America but it’s a global problem and by standing in solidarity with Washington today, I think that message will be sent.” “Women’s rights are everyone’s rights,” said 38-year-old Ben Dickson a commodity trader living in London. “We’re not happy that somebody like Trump can be elected. We can understand that democracy is what we have, but democracy also allows you to express your displeasure” Dickson said he felt lucky to be able to protest. “This is not a right that everyone has,” he said. Video by Sarah Delgrossi and Susie East, CNN", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170121183000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/europe/london-womens-march/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "751610491", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer is a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University and the editor of “The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment.” He’s also the co-host of the “Politics & Polls” podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @julianzelizer. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. The big myth about the 2016 presidential election was that economic suffering drove most of Donald Trump’s “base” directly into his hands in states such as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. The story goes that while Democrats were tied in knots about identity politics, Trump’s attacks on China, free trade and open-ended immigration appealed to struggling workers who believed he could bring back their jobs. The problem with the narrative is that we keep learning it is not true. Related article Why Trump and the GOP are gaining Some Democrats have responded to the widely circulated misconception about why Clinton lost by insisting that the party needs to move away from identity politics – issues revolving around gender equality and racial justice – and focus in on economic issues. Instead, Democrats should be basing their 2020 election strategy on what is actually true. A just-published study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by the political scientist Diana Mutz found that white, Christian, male voters were attracted to Trump out of fear that their social status keeps dwindling. It was, in fact, Trump who was focused on identity politics, not simply the Democrats. Mutz’s research found that members of Trump’s base believed they faced more discrimination as white males than most other groups, such as Muslims. “For the first time since Europeans arrived in this country, white Americans are being told that they will soon be a minority race,” she writes. Related video Sources: Allies telling Trump his base thinks he's softening on immigration To play off of Bill Clinton’s 1992 famous campaign slogan, “It’s the economy, Stupid,” we might say: “It’s the culture, Stupid.” Mutz’s research offers a window into understanding why President Trump can promote a Reaganesque economic agenda that is so clearly at odds with his campaign promises. While the President keeps talking about the common man and woman, most of his economic policies, such as his tax overhaul or financial deregulations, have aimed to provide relief to corporations, investors, and families in the upper income brackets. But it is key to understand that his legislative actions are happening simultaneously with his continued rhetoric – attacks on immigrants, civil rights, gender equality, and anyone who dares to stand up for the ideas that he likes to deride as “political correctness” – that secured the support of his base to begin with. Related video Trump's female base holds despite allegations So, although these attacks are sometimes seen as a “distraction,” they are the main show, as Mutz’s research demonstrates – and they seem to be working. The nation is in the middle of a battle over what this country is about. Trump’s attacks on immigrants and other groups seem to sit well with white male voters who fear that other segments of society are gradually displacing them. And they still believe Trump is the only politician in Washington who truly understands the way their communities are suffering. Democrats certainly need to pay more attention to economic issues. And historically the party has implemented polices – which could now provide an alternative approach to appealing to anxious white, Christian men – that have done so. During the 1930s and early 1940s, President Franklin Roosevelt provided hard-working Americans some of the economic security they desired. FDR launched massive public works programs that created jobs for those who were unemployed, and he erected social safety-net programs – like unemployment insurance and Social Security – that protected working Americans from the vicissitudes of the market. Related article Trump just put himself in a political red zone In the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson launched a “War on Poverty” that aimed to provide struggling Americans, white and black, with the tools they needed to become economically self-sufficient. Those tools also included health care programs, like Medicare and Medicaid, to ensure that elderly Americans could receive care without facing economic ruin. Johnson and the Democratic Congress poured money into secondary and higher education to give working families an opportunity to advance their status. But this kind of economic liberalism today might only go so far in winning over Trump’s supporters. So, Democrats should be extremely wary about jettisoning the core social and cultural principles – civil rights and gender equity – that have animated their own base since the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Studies suggest that some of Trump’s voters will not change their minds in response to any kind of economic policies. The only way for Democrats to win those voters over would be to turn their backs on core constituencies, like college-educated, working women, African-Americans, and immigrants, who have been vital to the party for decades. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook So, rather than trying to appease the cultural anxieties of white male voters, Democrats should instead focus on offering them economic solutions to their challenges, such as pushing for a robust infrastructure program (polling showed that 53% of white males in states won by Hillary Clinton support an infrastructure initiative), while energizing, organizing, and mobilizing the millions of Americans who were part of the coalition that Barack Obama successfully wove together in 2008 and 2012. It was a coalition that understood that the diversity of this country is its strength, not its weakness. Ultimately, the goal for Democrats should be to convince Trump’s base that this is the only viable future for the democracy. They might remember Hubert Humphrey, who told “States’ Rights” Democrats at the 1948 party convention: “To those who say that this civil-rights program is an infringement on states’ rights, I say this: The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states’ rights and to walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights.” In the short-term, Humphrey took a lot of heat for making that speech, which cost Democrats Southern votes. But in the long-run, he was on the right side of history.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democratic Party", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180428200000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/28/opinions/trump-base-economy-myth-opinion-zelizer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "512676388", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Chude Jideonwo is co-founder and managing partner of RED, which holds the continent’s largest portfolio of youth brands, with footprints across 26 African countries. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. If you’ve visited Kigali, you may have noticed it. Many of my friends have. The fierce pride people have in Africa’s most dramatic turnaround story in a generation. People speak of the genocide and the new peace with freedom, with satisfaction, with a look-at-us-now flourish. But then there is the confusing reticence, suspiciously looking like fear, in discussing the democracy they have now. Taxi drivers aren’t as keen to speak to the 14-year political dominance of the wiry figure who oversaw Rwanda’s transformation. Paul Kagame is an ex-solider, one who has seen and shed blood. The people appear to know that in their very bones. It is rare to find a Rwandan who will criticize their President (famous for press and opposition crackdowns) openly - to a tourist, at any rate. Is it possible that this is only love? Is it possible that love can lead to silence? One is not sure. All we have are the facts. That the country whose genocide claimed the lives of one million in 1994 has risen to have the highest percentage of women in parliament, a GDP growing 8 percent on year on average, between 2001 and 2014, ranking 11 on the 2015 Mo Ibrahim Index of Governance, steep declines in poverty and, since 2005, a drop in income inequality indexes; on track to becoming a middle-income country by 2020. Yes, Rwanda is a modern miracle. Lazarus, come from the dead. So, after two constitutional terms, it was enough for Kagame to take a victory lap. And many of us have been waiting for this living legend to gracefully office, and enter a space of global acclaim. We, Africa’s besotted young, hang on to every word when he speaks, we applaud like puppies at the World Economic Forum when he schools Africa’s weakling leaders on how to lead, we host conferences and seminars in and out of his country that break down his vision into repeatable models. You can’t blame us. This is an oasis in a continent desperately, desperately in need of inspiration. He has shown Africa’s leaders that it can be done. So, how do we take the news that Kagame – on 18 December won, overwhelmingly, a referendum (“I can only accept,” he says with the unmistakable smugness of Africa’s myriad sit-tight leaders) to lead the country for another term of seven years, in 2017, and then two five-year terms after? How do we take the news of constitutional amendments effected to benefit one individual? I look at my country, Nigeria. I continue to insist that, despite allegations of personal corruption (yet unproven in any courts and which he denies), Olusegun Obasanjo was the best president we ever had, at least in my lifetime. Under this president, anti-corruption agencies found bite, dead government institutions began to breathe, the extractive industries found transparency, customs restructured for efficiency, privatisation opened the field for global businesses to play ball, and our creative industries finally began to flourish. Indeed, much of the foundation of our democracy, with its economic progress and social mobility came under Obasanjo. They remain so, despite the relentless assault of the clueless, because of the clarity and stubbornness with which he created institutions built to last. One wonders what would have happened if he had succeeded at his own third term desires – opposed vehemently, and with good reason, by the entirety of Nigeria, including myself. I can wager a bet that Nigeria would have fared better than the twin curses of Umaru Yar’Adua who took a job he was too ill too perform, and Goodluck Jonathan, who took over a job he shouldn’t have. You look at Ghana, where, online, its citizens complain daily of a leadership that has lost its way. After its set of visionary leaders stepped down (and I must agree, if my two visits to that country last year count for anything). You look at South Africa, after Mandela, with Zuma and what he has done with the iconic ANC. You look at Libya, and how its today is worse than anything it ever saw under its dead dictator. You wonder at the utility of term limits if they limit the capacity of visionary leaders. Because, indeed, what use is democracy as a system of government – what use is any system of government – if it does not deliver development, growth, jobs, hope on the rise? Germany, after all, has its chancellor serving a third term. Roosevelt lead the United States into a four term. So, one wonders if Kagame will succeed this third time. And why it must be him. One wonders why he can find no one else in his country who can continue what he started. One wonders if he can avoid Mugabe’s trap and build a new model of sustainability where others have failed. Because, indeed, one cannot find any sit-tight African leader who has sustained whatever progress he (they are always men) rode to dictatorship with. One wonders why our continent must always make decisions between democracy and development. Why can’t we have easy choices? And then one wishes to deliver a subtle warning to Kagame. That this is not just about him, and it is not just about his country. Rwanda gives so many of us reason to believe that it is possible - in our own countries, and for our continent. Kagame reminds us that change is possible, that governance can be noble, that politics, in its purest form, can yet be a force for good. He cannot afford to be making a solely selfish decision. Too many of us are counting on Rwanda. A pointless power-grab will sorely break our hearts. Africa Rising? Tell that to the millions still trapped in poverty", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paul Kagame", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160217123000", "country1": "RWA", "country2": "NGA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/africa/rwanda-chude-jideonwo-oped/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "699623172", "sentence": "No claims of responsibility in Friday strikes At least 55 people have been injured Suicide attackers in Afghanistan killed nearly 60 people at two mosques Friday – one in the Afghan capital of Kabul and the other in the central province of Ghor. At least 39 people died and 45 were wounded in an assault on a Shiite mosque in Kabul, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said. The attacker detonated his suicide vest in Imam Zaman mosque in the early evening, police said. At least 20 people were killed and 10 were injured in an attack on a Sunni mosque in Ghor province, west of Kabul, Danish said. Abdulhai Khatebi, Ghor provincial spokesman, said the attacker detonated his suicide vest during worship services in the late afternoon. The mosque is in the province’s Doleena district. Related article ISIS claims suicide attack at mosque in Afghan capital The US State Department condemned the attacks in a statement Friday, as well as others that took place in Afghanistan earlier in the week. “In the face of these senseless and cowardly acts, our commitment to Afghanistan is unwavering,” said Heather Nauert, spokeswoman for the State Department. “The United States stands with the government and people of Afghanistan and will continue to support their efforts to achieve peace and security for their country.” The two attacks are the latest in the country, where Afghan and coalition forces have been squaring off for years with Islamic militants, including the Taliban and ISIS – both Sunni movements. Sectarian tensions have raged for some time between members of the Sunni and Shiite denominations of Islam. But there were  no immediate claims of responsibility for Friday’s attacks. ISIS has claimed responsibility this year for other attacks on Shiite mosques. Related article America's inevitable war is now an invisible one The violence comes a day after Taliban militants stormed a base in Kandahar, in the south, and killed dozens of Afghan troops, the country’s Defense Ministry said. The ministry said 43 of the base’s 60 troops died in the attack. A further nine were injured, six are missing and two were not harmed. Ten attackers were killed in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack, according to a statement from the group’s spokesman, Qhari Yosouf Ahmadi. Taliban raids on Afghan military installations aren’t uncommon. In April, a deadly raid on a northern army base left as many as 140 feared dead. That attack was revenge for the deaths of two Taliban officials in the region, a spokesman for the group told CNN. Related article 41 people, including chief, killed in attack on Afghan police headquarters On Tuesday, at least 41 people were killed and scores were injured in an attack on police headquarters in the Paktia provincial capital of Gardez, located in eastern Afghanistan. Two car bombs exploded at the gate of the police headquarters, Danish said. Afterward, five attackers entered the building and a five-hour gunfight ensued. CNN’s Ehsan Popalzai reported from Kabul, with Joe Sterling writing and reporting in Atlanta. CNN’s Ammar Albadran, Holly Yan, Euan McKirdy and Dakin Andone also contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Taliban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171020154500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/americas/afghanistan-conflict/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "438478190", "sentence": "The latest Democratic presidential candidate is running to Hillary Clinton’s left on foreign policy, but when it comes to questions about her emails and foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation, Lincoln Chafee sounds like a Republican. Related gallery Politicians who switched parties Chafee pointed to what he described as Clinton’s “long record just going back over decades of questionable ethical practices,” pointing not just to recent questions over Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, but also to the decades-old Whitewater scandal on Thursday in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day.” “It seems like it just never stops,” Chafee said. “Anytime you’re running for office…trustworthiness is a main concern of the voters,” Chafee said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day.” Chafee hinted at a recent CNN/ORC poll that showed 57% of Americans believe Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, up from 49% in March. RELATED: Poll: New speed bumps for Clinton Those numbers came as Republicans have continued to hammer Clinton on her use of private email housed on a personal server during her time as secretary of state and over foreign donations made to the Clinton Foundation during that same time. “Those poll numbers and that perception of untrustworthiness, it just cannot sweep away. It’s something very, very important no matter what office you run for,” Chafee said. Related video Who is Lincoln Chafee? Clinton’s other two primary opponents, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, have looked to set up a contrast with Clinton but have been warier of attacking Clinton, notably on the questions swirling around the Clinton Foundation and her email use. But Chafee hasn’t hesitated, even before he formally announced his candidacy Wednesday. RELATED: Iraq War focus for Lincoln Chafee campaign launch Chafee is also going after Clinton’s record on foreign policy, calling her a “hawk” in the interview Thursday. And he is saying that Clinton’s vote in favor of the Iraq War in 2002 – which she has since called a mistake – should disqualify her from carrying the Democratic Party banner into the 2016 general election. “I would submit to the Democrats across the country we are going to be compromised in trying to win the election in 2016 if our nominee supported the war in Iraq,” Chafee said Thursday. “In 2016, this should be a republican war, a Republican mess (in Iraq).” He said he plans to raise questions about how the U.S. got “into this endless tragic quagmire” in Iraq and “who made the mistakes that got us there.” Not Chafee, he would argue, as he voted against authorizing military intervention in Iraq when he was a U.S. senator. Chafee said he would present himself as the candidate who wants to “wage peace,” not war. He is also running on a less common presidential platform: bringing the metric system to the U.S., which he said would ring “big economic benefits” to the country. RELATED: Lincoln Chafee: Go bold, go metric", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150604141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/04/politics/lincoln-chafee-cnn-interview/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "699046889", "sentence": "This again? President Donald Trump has a unique talent – and taste – for making bad situations worse. For making wild claims, then failing to back them up. He was at it – once again – on Wednesday morning when he tweeted about his now controversial Tuesday evening conversation with the widow of an American soldier killed in Niger. That last sentence alone would’ve been enough to set off a five-alarm fire in any past White House. “Damage control mode,” or whatever you want to call it, exists for a reason. But the Trump presidency approaches that concept with disdain. Where his predecessors wielded fire extinguishers, Trump prefers a flame tosser. And so, he woke up, apparently took in the reviews of his chat, and tweeted this: Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad! But first, a quick rewind. How did we get here? In brief: reporters asked Trump on Monday why he hadn’t spoken out about four soldiers killed nearly two weeks earlier during an ambush in West Africa. He didn’t quite answer, but did say he planned to call their families. (Yes, there was more, but let’s keep focused.) A day later, Trump made contact with the wife of slain Sgt. La David Johnson. Then, according to the family and Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson, who listened in to their exchange, Trump offered this chestnut: “(Johnson) knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt.” Whatever the particular context, the path forward here – both as a matter of political course and simple manners – was pretty simple: Say sorry, or nothing, and move on. But those things are anathema to Trump. He doesn’t apologize or keep quiet and, by his own admission, is incapable of letting criticism pass. And we learned a while back that there are no exceptions for the families of US soldiers killed on the battlefield. So Trump beat on, tweeting against the current of decency, accused the congresswoman of lying and – here’s the most important part – suggested that he had “proof” to back up his claim. As per usual, he did not provide any evidence to verify its existence, nor did he characterize its form. Is it a tape? A transcript? Did he record the conversation? Related article Sarah Sanders says Dem lawmaker's comments are 'appalling and disgusting' The answer is no, according to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. On Wednesday afternoon, she was asked by CNN’s Sara Murray about the “proof,” and told reporters in the briefing room that “there were several people in the room from the administration that were on the call, including the chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly.” In short, no audio record – meaning Trump’s evidence begins and ends with his word and those of his aides. Again, even taking Sanders at her word, this shouldn’t have come as a surprise. This President’s priors all but guaranteed it. Back in May, he tweeted that James Comey, the FBI director he’d fired days earlier, “better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” A 40-day wild goose chase later, Trump conceded he’d been bluffing. James Comey better hope that there are no \"tapes\" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! And then there was the false accusation he leveled against former President Barack Obama back in March. “Terrible!,” he tweeted, in the voice of friend calling you up to share some upsetting gossip. “Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my \"wires tapped\" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism! A day later, Sanders, then a deputy to former press secretary Sean Spicer, claimed Trump was simply repeating what he’d read in the papers or seen on television. “Everybody acts like President Trump is the one that came up with this idea,” she said. “There are multiple news outlets that have reported this.” That was, of course, false. Trump and his staff offered increasingly painful deflections and head fakes thereafter. The first and perhaps most memorable came when Spicer parroted a Fox News analyst’s charge – which the network’s news division ran away from – that Obama had outsourced the job to British intelligence, which drew the UK’s prime minister and its GCHQ into the mess. They quickly and crossly denied it and the White House duly backed off. Both Comey and NSA director Mike Rogers would also shoot down Trump’s claim during sworn testimony on Capitol Hill. In her comment to reporters on Wednesday, Sanders, like her predecessor, breathed some new air into this latest round. By naming Kelly, the chief of staff and father to a son killed in combat, as one of the people “on the call,” Sanders drew one of the administration’s top officials into the morass. Kelly is probably mindful enough to stay mum, but the questions now have new legs – and the situation as whole seems ripe to further deteriorate.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171018213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "NER", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/trump-phone-call-tweet-proof/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "632888255", "sentence": "\"I don't think he can continue as attorney general,\" Richard Painter told CNN Painter says he is puzzled by Sessions' initial denial A former top ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush White House said Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should leave his post after it was revealed Sessions met twice with the Russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign, then denied it under oath in his confirmation hearings. “I don’t think he can continue as attorney general,” Richard Painter told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day.” “I don’t think he was truthful with the Senate. He did not provide provide full and complete information.” After news of Sessions’ contacts with the Russians first broke on Wednesday night, Painter tweeted that the attorney general could come under stricter legal scrutiny. “Misleading the Senate in sworn testimony about one own contacts with the Russians is a good way to go to jail,” he wrote. Misleading the Senate in sworn testimony about one own contacts with the Russians is a good way to go to jail https://t.co/qH0s6sTMJ9 Sessions has strongly pushed back against the reports, saying he never discussed campaign-related issues with anyone from Russia. “I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign,” he said in a statement Wednesday night. “I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false.” Asked by NBC News Thursday morning if he would recuse himself in investigating any potential ties between Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, Sessions said he would do so “whenever it’s appropriate.” Speaking on “New Day,” Painter also puzzled over Sessions’ initial denial, saying the question posed by Minnesota Sen. Al Franken was not complicated and that Sessions had been misleading in his response. Democrats call for Sessions to resign over meetings with Russian envoy, some Republicans calls for recusal “He didn’t tell the truth,” Painter said. “He needed to to disclose the communications that he had with the Russians, if he indeed did have communications with the Russians. That was the clear point of the question.” “This is serious stuff what’s going on with the Russians,” he added, tying the latest controversy to the dismissal of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was asked to resign after news of his conversations with the Russian ambassador before the inauguration were made public. “We’ve already had one member of this administration have to resign for lying about contacts with the Russians … and now we have another one who seems to have trouble telling the truth about what he’s saying to the Russians, and that’s just not acceptable,” Painter said. Wednesday night, Sessions’ spokeswoman, Sarah Isgur Flores, said there had been nothing “misleading about his answer” in his January testimony as he “was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign – not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee.” But Painter said he considered it odd that Sessions, as a member of that particular committee, would be making contact with the Russian ambassador. “I don’t understand why a member of the Senate Armed Services committee is having unilateral discussions with the Russians,” he said. “That’s a big problem in the Senate Armed Services Committee if that’s going on and you have at least one senator (Claire McCaskill) willing to say she’s not doing that.” In a tweet Thursday morning, McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said: “I’ve been on the Armed Services Com for 10 years. No call or meeting w/ Russian ambassador. Ever. Ambassadors call members of (the Foreign Relations Committee).” I've been on the Armed Services Com for 10 years.No call or meeting w/Russian ambassador. Ever. Ambassadors call members of Foreign Rel Com. McCaskill, however, has also tweeted in the past about discussions with the Russian ambassador. In January 2013, she wrote: “Off to meeting w/ Russian Ambassador. Upset about the arbitrary/cruel decision to end all US adoptions, even those in process.” Off to meeting w/Russian Ambassador. Upset about the arbitrary/cruel decision to end all US adoptions,even those in process. Thursday morning, McCaskill acknowledged she met with the Russian ambassador as part of discussions about the Iran nuclear deal and blamed Twitter’s character limit on her tweet earlier in the day. “One-hundred-and-forty characters are tough. The word ‘from’ should have been in there but I didn’t have room,” she said, adding that she never had a one-on-one meeting with the ambassador and calling for Sessions to step down. CNN’s Ashley Killough contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeff Sessions", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politics/richard-painter-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-cnntv/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "657276986", "sentence": "Kushner hoped to maneuver a discount with Lockheed Ultimately, the two sides were able to reach an agreement President Donald Trump signed a nearly $110 billion defense deal with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Saturday, signaling the United States’ renewed commitment to its alliance with the Gulf kingdom and desire to bolster its counterterrorism partnership. The deal was finalized in part thanks to the direct involvement of Jared Kushner, the President’s son-in-law and senior adviser. He shocked a high-level Saudi delegation earlier this month when he personally called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and asked if she would cut the price of a sophisticated missile detection system, according to a source with knowledge of the call. Pressured to finalize a massive $100-plus billion arms deal in the two weeks leading up to Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia, Kushner hoped to maneuver a discount on Lockheed’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system during the Saudis’ visit to the White House on May 1 – a request that Hewson said she would look into at the time. The New York Times first reported the exchange between Kushner and Hewson. On Saturday, near the end of Trump’s first day in the kingdom, the two leaders inked a deal greenlighting a $109 billion defense deal, which Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said was a component of $350 billion in economic and defense investments between the two countries over the next 10 years. Lockheed’s Hewson was on hand Saturday in the cavernous Riyadh ballroom where Trump and Salman made the deal official. The company was “proud to be part of this historic announcement that will strengthen the relationship between” the US and Saudi Arabia,” Hewson said. The sales authorized under the deal would bolster Saudi Arabia’s security, provide an economic boon to both countries and “strengthen the cause of peace in the region,” she added. The deal was a welcome sign for Saudi Arabia, which had grown nervous about the strength of its alliance with the US as President Barack Obama signed the nuclear deal with Iran and signaled a potential rapprochement with the Persian nation, which is fiercely at odds with Saudi Arabia. Trump, by contrast, has castigated Iran as a destabilizing power and criticized the nuclear deal, instead seeking to bolster partnerships with Sunni Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia – which Trump demonstrated by making his first foreign trip as president here. In a statement, a White House official called the defense deal “a significant expansion of the over seven-decade long security relationship between” the US and Saudi Arabia. “This package of defense equipment and services support the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iranian threats while also bolstering the Kingdom’s ability to contribute to counterterrorism operations across the region, reducing the burden on the US military to conduct those operations,” the White House official said. Ultimately, the two sides were able to reach an agreement on a weapons package that amounts to nearly $110 billion in tanks, fighter jets, combat ships and the THAAD missile defense system, according to the White House. Related article What Trump should not do when he meets Saudis It is unclear how much the Saudis will be paying for THAAD, but Trump called it a “billion-dollar system” last month when the US deployed the advanced missile defense radar to South Korea. While calling the head of a major defense company and simply asking for a lower price is widely considered an unorthodox negotiation tactic, Kushner’s hands-on approach has drawn comparisons to when then-President-elect Trump criticized the stealthy F-35 fighter jet for being too expensive, and Hewson gave her “personal commitment” to cut the cost of the program in February. And the details of how the call took place also provide a window into Kushner’s role during negotiations with the Saudis and the range of his influence on matters of foreign policy as a whole. During last year’s presidential campaign and later during the transition, Kushner was identified by Trump’s team as the principal point of contact for foreign governments looking to either congratulate the new US leader or begin diplomatic talks. The 36-year-old commercial real estate magnate started building a relationship with members of the Saudi royal family shortly after the election, a source told CNN, and was on hand when Trump hosted the deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in March. Issues of foreign diplomacy evolved into an interagency effort once the administration began, according to a source, and Kushner’s role in negotiating the arms deal was just one part of an larger effort that included the State Department, Department of Defense and National Security Council. Related article Trump's Secretary of Everything: Jared Kushner But the scope of Kushner’s influence on matters of foreign policy have remained in the spotlight through the early months of Trump’s presidency. CNN reported last month that multiple White House and administration officials said Kushner had eclipsed nearly all of Trump’s West Wing and Cabinet advisers in terms of influence and established himself as the key envoy for those outside the administration. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said at the time that Kushner was working jointly with the State Department to manage the administration’s foreign affairs. “He’s continuing to work with them and facilitate an outcome. But he brings a perspective to this, and began doing that during the transition. But again, it’s not a binary choice where he’s doing this at the expense of somebody else.” CNN’s Betsy Klein and Elise Labott contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States-Saudi Arabia defense deal", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170519210000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/jared-kushner-saudi-arms-deal-lockheed-martin/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "606976040", "sentence": "The former astronaut has been released from a hospital in New Zealand He was evacuated from the South Pole due to his medical condition Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin has been released from a hospital in New Zealand and is on a flight back to the United States, according to a tweet from his manager, Christina Korp. Aldrin, 86, was hospitalized in Christchurch on December 2 after being evacuated from the South Pole when his medical condition deteriorated. He was part of a tourist group visiting Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station through luxury tourism company White Desert. The trip was expected to last through December 12. He had congestion in his lungs and was told not to take the long flight home until it had cleared, Korp posted on Aldrin’s website. “I started to feel a bit short of breath so the staff decided to check my vitals,” Aldrin said on the website. “After some examination they noticed congestion in my lungs and that my oxygen levels were low which indicated symptoms of altitude sickness. This prompted them to get me out on the next flight to McMurdo and once I was at sea level I began to feel much better.” A White Desert doctor and the US Antarctic Program doctor decided an evacuation would the best precautionary measure, according to a release from the company. The tourism operator made a request for a medical evacuation to the National Science Foundation, and it agreed. Related article Buzz Aldrin is 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' as he recuperates Aldrin was placed on the first available flight to McMurdo Station, on the Antarctic coast. A US Antarctic Program doctor traveled with him. From McMurdo, another flight took Aldrin to New Zealand. “I’m extremely grateful to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their swift response and help in evacuating me from the Admunsen-Scott Science Station to McMurdo Station and on to New Zealand. I had been having a great time with the group at White Desert’s camp before we ventured further south,” Aldrin said. “I really enjoyed the time I spent talking with the Science Station’s staff too.” Seven Corners, the travel insurance company responsible for Aldrin’s care, worked directly with Aldrin to monitor on-site medical care and arrange travel for his family, according to a statement from the company. They also helped coordinate his transportation with a medical escort back to the US. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Aldrin was eager to visit the South Pole to cap his personal exploration achievements, according to Korp. After all, he had spacewalked and was the second man to walk on the moon in the 1960s, traveled underwater to see the Titanic in 1996 and visited the North Pole in 1998. And to scientists, Antarctica’s conditions are similar to what they expect on the surface of Mars. “I didn’t get as much time to spend with the scientists as I would have liked to discuss the research they’re doing in relation to Mars,” Aldrin said. “My visit was cut short and I had to leave after a couple of hours. I really enjoyed my short time in Antarctica and seeing what life could be like on Mars.” Aldrin also honored his friend, former astronaut and US senator John Glenn, who died Thursday. Related article John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, dies at 95 “As I sit in hospital and just heard that my friend John Glenn has passed away, I feel fortunate to be recovering from my own illness, but saddened that we lost another space pioneer and world icon,” Aldrin said on his website. Aldrin met Glenn in 1953, when Aldrin was a fighter pilot in South Korea and Glenn was the Ops officer. They would meet again as astronauts. He said the last time they saw each other was at former astronaut Neil Armstrong’s memorial in 2012, but they had kept in touch by phone and email. “I was very saddened to hear that John was ill over the past year,” Aldrin said. “Since he was the last remaining Mercury astronaut, I was always lobbying him to encourage the Apollo guys to do regular reunions annually since we’re not getting any younger. I am very sorry that he has departed us with his wisdom. I join that crowd of people and the entire nation and the world in paying homage to his service.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "National Science Foundation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161209200000", "country1": "NZL", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/health/buzz-aldrin-hospital-released/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "722880560", "sentence": "The founder of a popular neo-Nazi website who encouraged his readers to launch an avalanche of hate toward a Jewish woman says the victim could simply have ignored the phone calls, texts and social media messages. Andrew Anglin made the arguments in court documents submitted by his lawyers in response to a lawsuit that seeks to hold him liable after using his website to encourage his thousands of readers to contact Tanya Gersh. Most of the messages contained hate-filled language and centered on the fact that Gersh is Jewish. Anglin wrote that it shouldn’t matter what Gersh thought of the words sent to her after his article in the Daily Stormer, as, he claims, it was all free speech protected by the First Amendment. Gersh, with the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is suing Anglin for “invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violations of Montana’s Anti-Intimidation Act.” That suit was filed in April in the US District Court for Montana. Anglin and his legal team are asking for the lawsuit to be dismissed, largely because of the First Amendment. “[Gersh] clearly would prefer not to hear the words of Mr. Anglin and his alleged readers, but liberty demands that they remain free to speak them,” according to Anglin’s latest legal argument filed with the court. Gersh said she received a voice mail with the sound of gunshots. There were letters sent to the home she shared with her husband and young son, who also received messages on social media. Gersh earlier this year told CNN she was haunted and threatened by the images, and feared for her and her family’s life so much that they debated fleeing the state because the threats felt so real. “The response may have been voluminous and crude, but defendant is not liable for the speech of his readers,” Anglin’s motion reads. The troll storm began after a dispute between Gersh and fellow Whitefish, Montana, resident Sherry Spencer. Spencer is the mother of white nationalist Richard Spencer. Gersh became a target for hate after contacting tenants of a building owned by Sherry Spencer, warning them about possible protests over her son’s views. When Sherry Spencer called to ask her advice, Gersh said, she advised her to sell the building and donate money to a human rights group as a way to defuse tensions. Gersh said she offered to help Spencer sell the property. Sherry Spencer eventually accused Gersh in a public blog post of threatening her livelihood. She wrote that Gersh told her protesters and media would turn up and drive down the building’s value if she didn’t sell. Related article An avalanche of hate: How a Montana mom became the target of a neo-Nazi troll storm That is where Anglin came in. He began writing about the case on the Daily Stormer, calling what Gersh did “extortion.” He encouraged his troll army to tell Gersh what they thought of her and on his website he posted her personal information and ways to reach her. His supporters did so by the hundreds. One way Anglin defends himself is to say Gersh could have simply not checked her phone to avoid messages or social media. “Social media, email, and telephone messages are not directed to a home — they are directed to distant cloud computer  servers  to  which  the  individual  must  affirmatively  reach  out  to  acquire.  Unlike mail, delivered by the government daily to the home, plaintiff need not reach out and check her electronic and telephonic messages, from home or elsewhere,” the response reads. Another angle of the defense is to deny the Holocaust – a baseless claim that often appears on the Daily Stormer to infuriate Jews and rally Anglin’s supporters. In his legal response, Anglin demands the court take his mindset into consideration when looking at the intent of the imagery created of Gersh, and those sent to her.  Some of those images included pictures of Gersh and her son’s faces manipulated to appear to be on the gates of a Nazi concentration camp. “In defendant’s mindset, there are no gas chambers; there are no ovens; there are no mass killings of Jews,” Anglin and his lawyers argue in the court document. “To the speaker, these are fictional metaphors, a ‘threat’  as true as a ‘Star Wars’ fanatic sending Death Star-blowing-up – Vulcan imagery to a ‘Star Trek’ fan. It may be hateful, but it is no true threat.” In response to Anglin’s brief,  Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called Anglin’s mindset “one of Holocaust denial and pernicious anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” Greenblatt argued that defense shouldn’t be allowed. “Under the law, Anglin should not be able to hide behind coded language and keyboards, tearing a person’s life apart because of their race or religion and then be able to claim that his speech was protected because of his own mindset.” CNN asked Anglin’s attorney Marc Randazza about the claim of the Holocaust denial as a defense. “It doesn’t matter that this guy denies the Holocaust happened, it doesn’t matter that he’s a bigot. In fact, it matters more,” Randazza said. “There is no greater way than to preach your love for the First Amendment then to take on a case from someone whose speech you abhor.” Anglin says other statements made toward Gersh are not threats that imply violence. He explains that one comment, telling Gersh a “goylash” was coming, is merely self-referential. The term goy means a non-Jew, and the phrase goylash is often used by the alt-right when calling for a backlash by non-Jews against Jews. He says that statements that people were going to find Gersh or ruin her did not imply violence. They simply stated that people could find her through public means, and threats could be financial. “There is nothing violent about looking to see what a person does in public, and it was only publicly available information that had been presented about plaintiff,” Anglin argues. Anglin also defends himself against a charge of intimidation under the Montana Anti-Intimidation Act by claiming the law itself is over broad. But even if it weren’t, “Nothing in the alleged threats cited … suggests anything other than hyperbolic insult.” Greenblat, the Anti-Defamation League CEO, said he sees it differently. “Anglin has the First Amendment right to post a wide range of hateful and false ramblings online, but we all have a right to be free from what any reasonable person would understand to be a true threat,” Greenblatt told CNN. “It is crucial that the courts keep up with the technology and the state of hate today.” Anglin also argues the court has no jurisdiction in this case, because he was not living in the United States during the time of the alleged threats. Anglin submitted voter registration records in which he asks that mail be forwarded to Krasnodar Krai, in Southern Russia. Anglin checked a box that said he did not know when he was going to return. He maintains in court documents he continues to live abroad, and therefore, the lawsuit should be thrown out. Related article Neo-Nazi site founder says 'troll storm' is protected speech, wants lawsuit dismissed In the legal document, Anglin and his team wrote: “Like Samuel Adams, Mr. Anglin behooved his readers to adhere to the law and keep within its bounds.” In the request for dismissal, Anglin calls the lawsuit “an affront to the First Amendment.” The SPLC said its attorneys are reviewing the motion. 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{"article_id": "584672353", "sentence": "Ty Dolla $ign released his new album \"Campaign\" last week He addresses policy brutality with his brother, Big TC Ty Dolla $ign wants to make America “wavy” again. The Los Angeles rapper, who launched his new album “Campaign” last week, joined forces with the Hip Hop Caucus’ “Respect My Vote!” campaign to fire up millennials and encourage them to get to the polls in November. “Wavy” is a slang word used to describe something that is positive, and when he performed at MTV’s “Wonderland” LIVE Show last month, Dolla $ign was surrounded by Donald Trump-like campaign signs that read, “Make America Wavy Again.” “I’ve been tuning into the election and I think it’s important for my community to vote,” the rapper, whose legal name is Tyrone William Griffin, Jr., told CNN in a recent phone interview. “I’m using my platform to help out a little bit, you know. It’s only right.” While he says his efforts to get millennials to the polls is non-partisan, the “Blasé” rapper said he personally plans on voting for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. “Hillary, yeah, she lied about a couple of things, but wouldn’t you rather have somebody who lies like every single human being instead of a racist?” Dolla $ign said. “We know who to vote for and she’s got a good squad behind her. Let’s get it,” he added. Dolla $ign said that along with Trump’s criticism of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, he “cannot forget” comments that the Republican presidential nominee made about some Mexican immigrants and his plan to build a massive wall along the US southern border. A message left with Trump’s campaign seeking comment was not returned. “To me, it’s 2016 about to be 2017. I can’t believe there’s still a racism factor,” he said, referring to the recent police shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The rapper is hoping that the next president will build on President Barack Obama’s efforts to address criminal justice reform and work to combat police brutality. Dolla $ign dedicated his 2015 album, “Free TC” to his brother Gabriel “TC” Griffin, who is currently serving a life sentence in California after being convicted of one count of first-degree murder. Big TC maintains his innocence and Dolla $ign said that proceeds from the album have been dedicated to fight for his brother’s defense. “I just recently got to go see (my brother) for the first time since hes been in the penitentiary last week with this organization called “Schools not Prisons,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll get him out. God is great.” The rapper tackles these issues in “Campaign” with the help of Big TC, who is a rapper in his own right, having also appeared on YG’s “My Krazy Life” by recording his vocals straight from prison. Most recently, TC appears on “Campaign” in the single, “No Justice.” “‘No Justice’ is a song that (TC) made right off the top of the head and it happened to be on tempo. My brother is really talented,” Dolla $ign said. “We’re standing for something and it feels good to be able to have my brother on my project,” he added. YG seizes mantle of rap’s most outspoken Donald Trump critic", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161001134500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/01/politics/ty-dolla-sign-campaign-donald-trump/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "652803691", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – In a big win for President Trump, House Republicans have voted to dismantle pillars of the Affordable Care Act and make sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system. – The President signed an executive order to allow more politics into the pulpit. (You can read the full order here.) – In royals news, Prince Philip, the 95-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from public life. Here are some pros and cons to working into your 90s. – Two Russian bombers, flanked by a pair of fighter jets, were intercepted by stealth US F-22 aircraft off the coast of Alaska. – President Trump’s first foreign trip will include visits to the Vatican, Israel and Saudi Arabia. – Former President Obama weighed in on the upcoming French election by endorsing centrist politician Emmanuel Macron. – These are the best companies for working dads. – Watch this video that fact-checks the White House on the Mexico border wall. (Spoiler alert: What Sean Spicer said isn’t true.) – Bad hangover? This gin was recalled for having too much alcohol. – May the Fourth be with you! We found Darth Vader alive and well and working as a hospital tech in Tennessee.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "House Republicans' vote to dismantle pillars of the Affordable Care Act", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170504204500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-may-4-trnd/", "score": "0.75"}}}
{"article_id": "628793476", "sentence": "Jake Turx said he was surprised by Trump's reaction to his question about anti-Semitism Turx recounted an earlier exchange he had with Trump, \"he was very friendly\" A Jewish reporter who was called a liar and told to sit down by President Donald Trump after he asked about the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States says he is still hopeful. “The Trump campaign and transition and now administration have been extremely forthcoming in reaching out to the orthodox Jewish community,” Jake Turx, a reporter with Ami Magazine told CNN’s John Berman on “Anderson Cooper 360.” “I remain extremely confident that they are going to sit down and meet with community leaders and figure out what can be addressed.” Turx told Berman that his question to the President was to simply get his administration’s position on how they will try to curb anti-Semitism. Turx prefaced his question by saying that he has not seen anyone in his community that would accuse Trump or his staff of being anti-Semitic. Related article Trump tells Jewish magazine's reporter to 'sit down,' blames anti-Semitism on 'the other side' “See, he said he was going to ask a very simple, easy question, and it’s not,” Trump interrupted at his press conference on Thursday. Turx said he was caught off guard by Trump’s reaction to his question. “We’re professional reporters,” Turx said. “We’re trained to not have any kind of emotional attachment and not allow any kinds of feelings interfere with our jobs, so surprise is something I’m not supposed to be and here I am admitting on national television I was somewhat surprised.” Turx added he had a good relationship with the President, citing his last encounter with Trump. “Just a day earlier, less than 24 hours earlier, when he escorted Prime Minister Netanyahu out of the White House,” Turx said. “I got a chance to just shoot a question at him and it was very simple: what is his message about how the meetings went and what does he want the orthodox Jewish community to know. He was very friendly.” Reporter who clashed w/ Trump: I remain hopeful that the Trump administration will address anti-Semitism in America https://t.co/yDXRiv2AS3", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170218044500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/17/politics/jake-turx-reporter-hopeful-trump-anti-semitism-john-berman-ac360-cnntv/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "532313757", "sentence": "British royal couple arrive in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan They enjoy a private audience with the country's young King and Queen Bhutanese prince guides the visiting royals in art of archery, Bhutan's national sport The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent time Thursday with another glamorous young royal couple  when they received a private audience in Bhutan’s capital with the King and Queen of the remote Himalayan kingdom. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 36, and Queen Jetsun Pema, 25 – often compared to the photogenic young British royal couple – met with Prince William and his wife, Catherine, at the Tashichho Dzong, a Buddhist monastery and fortress in the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu. The duke and duchess, on the first day of the Bhutan leg of their weeklong visit to India and the kingdom, were ushered into the Dzong amid great fanfare with a traditional welcome procession known as a Chipdrel, and they later received a blessing at a temple. The Duke and Duchess arrive at the Dzong in Thimphu to meet The King and Queen of Bhutan #RoyalVisitBhutan pic.twitter.com/h3i88rmFRv They then visited Thimphu’s open-air archery venue and tried their hand at the tiny Buddhist kingdom’s national sport under the guidance of Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, the Bhutanese king’s younger brother. TRH tried their hand at the national sport, as well as other traditional Bhutanese games #RoyalVisitBhutan pic.twitter.com/355OzfhCHj In Bhutanese archery, participants aim at small, colorful wooden targets positioned 145 meters (475 feet) away, according to an official statement detailing the itinerary of the royal tour. The Duchess of Cambridge wore an outfit made from traditional Bhutanese material. The duke and duchess were then scheduled to have a private dinner with Bhutan’s King and Queen at Lingkana Palace on the grounds of the Tashichho Dzong. The Duke and Duchess with The King and Queen of Bhutan #RoyalVisitBhutan pic.twitter.com/7diwsZ4yzC Prince William and Catherine are on the fifth day of their tour to India and Bhutan, their first trip to the South Asian countries. So far they have visited Mumbai, New Delhi and Kaziranga National Park in the Indian state of Assam. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge play cricket with legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar On their second and final day in Bhutan, the couple are scheduled to take a 5- to 6-hour hike to the Tiger’s Nest monastery, a cliffside temple complex built in 1692 that’s more than 3,000 kilometers (more than 1,860 miles) above sea level. Bhutan is a remote nation of about 750,000 that borders India and China. It’s known for its stunning Himalayan scenery and the concept of Gross National Happiness, in which the country seeks to develop in accordance with Buddhist spiritual values rather than along a capitalist model.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "British royal couple's visit to Bhutan", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160420084500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/14/asia/royal-visit-william-kate-bhutan/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "584109010", "sentence": "The House and Senate voted to overturn Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act There are concerns that JASTA could open the US to similar lawsuits from people in other countries Top congressional leaders from each party expressed buyer’s remorse Thursday about a controversial new law that was enacted over President Barack Obama’s objections that allows 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia. Just one day after these lawmakers led the first override of a veto during Obama’s presidency they publicly called for making changes to the law. But even as they admitted they agreed with some of the White House’s concerns, GOP leaders quickly blamed the President for “dropping the ball” for failing to engage with Congress on the legislation before it passed. The White House didn’t hold back in its criticism after both the House and Senate voted decisively on Wednesday to overturn Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, also referred to as JASTA. The President called the vote Wednesday “political” and his spokesman ripped the move as the “single most embarrassing thing” Congress has done in decades. EXCLUSIVE: Obama says Congress made a ‘political vote’ overriding his veto of Saudi lawsuit bill Echoing concerns raised by the White House that the measure could open the US to similar lawsuits from people in other countries, House Speaker Paul Ryan said the law needs to be changed to ensure that US troops are protected. “I’d like to think there is a way we can fix it so that our service members do not have legal problems overseas while still protecting the rights of the 9/11 victims,” Ryan said at his weekly news conference. The speaker voiced his own reservations about the bill earlier this year, saying people needed to look at the unintended consequences. But he explained that he ultimately decided to allow a House vote on it because “you want to make sure that the 9/11 victims and their families get their day in court.” Asked if Congress would try to fix the law when it returns for a post-election session, Ryan replied, “I don’t know.” OPINION: Will Saudis seek revenge for Congress’ veto override? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking at a separate news conference, shared Ryan’s concerns. “It appears there may be some unintended ramifications of that and I do think it’s worth further discussing,” he said.  “But it’s certainly is not something that was going to be fixed this week.” McConnell said Obama didn’t reach out to him until this week, which was after the bill had passed both chambers, been vetoed, and was facing an override vote that clearly was going to succeed. “That was a good example of the failure to communicate early about a piece of legislation that was obviously very popular,” McConnell said. McConnell explained that lawmakers were very focused on the needs of the 9/11 families and didn’t take the time to think through the consequences. “Because everyone was aware who the potential beneficiaries were, but nobody focused on the potential downside in terms of our international relationships. And I just think it was a ball dropped,” McConnell said. “I wish the President – and I hate to blame everything on him and I don’t – but it would have been helpful had…we had a discussion about this much earlier than the last week.” RELATED: Trump Hill backers: Stay away from personal Clinton attacks White House press secretary Josh Earnest blasted lawmakers for their second thoughts and said there were ample warnings from the administration of the dangerous consequences of the law. “What’s true in elementary school is true in the United States Congress: ignorance is not an excuse,” Earnest said. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, typically one of the White House’s strongest allies, voted to override the President’s veto and told reporters she was never pressed by the President to help prevent it from being overturned. She called the President’s concerns about potential fallout with allies “legitimate” and acknowledged, “I do think that perhaps it could have been written in a little bit of a different way that addressed some of the concerns. The families did think that they made changes but not to the satisfaction of the President obviously.” Pelosi disagreed with the President’s remark that it was a “political vote.” While she said she didn’t see his comments, she said the timing of Congress taking up the measure was because the families of the terror attacks pressed for it to pass around the 15th anniversary of the deaths of their loved ones. RELATED: Harry Reid: Trump is GOP’s ‘Frankenstein monster’ Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is expected to be the next Democratic leader next year, is the chief sponsor of the legislation. The New Yorker said he was open to changing the law but not in any way that could hurt the 9/11 families, many of whom are his constituents. “So I will look at anything,” Schumer said at a news conference. “But it has to be something that doesn’t weaken the bill and limit the rights of these families to get their day in court and justice.” Schumer spoke while standing next to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who was lobbied this week by Obama to sustain his veto, and his was the lone senator to do so. Reid even read aloud to a meeting of his Democratic caucus a letter Obama had written to him outlining his concerns with the bill. Asked to explain his thinking, Reid declined. “No, no. I’ve got my friend here. I’m not going to talk about it,” he said. One senator who wanted to talk more about the legislation before it became law was Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Corker said he tried to arrange a meeting this weekend with Senate leaders, Obama, and Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss “a better route” for the legislation. “We were unable to get the meeting,” a frustrated Corker said on the floor. “For reasons that still are unknown to me, that was not achievable. There was no desire whatsoever to sit down and meet.” RELATED: Ryan: ‘I’m tired of divided government. It doesn’t work very well’ Earnest said the White House had spoken to Corker. “He’s going to have to explain to his constituents why he supported a piece of legislation that he claims to harbor significant concerns about,” Earnest said of Corker. Corker spearheaded a letter Wednesday signed by 28 bipartisan senators raising concerns with the law and saying they would consider changes to it, a particularly unusual missive on the day the President’s veto was turned back. “Every one of those senators that signed the letter voted for the bill, including Sen. Corker. So obviously they thought it was better to have the bill than not,” Schumer noted. As for Obama calling his vote politically-motivated, Schumer rejected the charge. ‘I look at the families, it’s hardly political to me,” Schumer said. “I’ve worked with these families for five years. I feel their pain.” CNN’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160929203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/politics/obama-911-veto-congressional-concerns/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "634532357", "sentence": "\"Donald Trump is destroying the credibility of the Office of President 140 characters at a time,\" Durbin said Durbin also criticized Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan President Donald Trump’s Twitter usage is “destroying” the credibility of the office of the President, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin said Tuesday. “Donald Trump is destroying the credibility of the Office of President 140 characters at a time,” the Illinois Democrat told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day.” “This charge that he has made about some wiretapping before the election without a scintilla of evidence has been refuted not only by the former president but the national head of intelligence and the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigations.” CNN has reached out to the White House for a response. But Trump has previously alleged via Twitter, without providing evidence, that former President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap of his phones during the campaign. After Trump asked Congress to investigate his claim, Durbin said Republicans are taking up Trump’s call to investigate to create a distraction from concerns about the Trump campaign. “The Republicans in Congress still want to take this seriously. Why? So they can avoid a serious investigation, an independent, transparent investigation, of the Russian involvement in the last election,” he said. House Republicans introduced a bill Monday that would scrap Obamacare’s individual mandate, a major pillar of the law, replacing it with refundable tax credits for individuals to purchase health insurance.  It would also restructure Medicaid and defund Planned Parenthood. But Durbin said the plan could ultimately hurt Americans. “As you start looking at it more carefully and closely, we realize that millions of Americans will lose their health insurance, and many who will have health insurance will not have a policy that is as protective today as we have under the Affordable Care Act,” he said. Durban said Republicans have not factored in the financial impact of their new health care plan. “The Republicans, always the guardians of the national treasury, issued this report without any score and any determination of its impact on our budget deficit by the Congressional Budget Office,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170307201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/donald-trump-dick-durbin-twitter-cnntv/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "423526810", "sentence": "Scientist: Fossils once renamed should again be classified as Brontosaurus Study took five years and involved visits to 20 museums worldwide Everybody loves a good comeback story – especially one that’s dino-sized. After its name was booted from science books for more than a century, a new study suggests that the Brontosaurus belongs to its own genera, and therefore deserves its own name. O.C. Marsh first named the Brontosaurus in 1879, after he received 25 crates of bones discovered at Como Bluff, Wyoming, according to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.  Similar to, though not as large as the Apatosaurus discovered a couple of years prior, Marsh named the dinosaur, “Brontosaurus,” or “thunder lizard.” Apatosaurus had three sacral vertebrae in its hip region and Brontosaurus had five, according to the museum’s website, so Marsh gave the dinosaurs two different names.  Later it was discovered that the number of sacral vertebrae is related to age: as the animal gets older, two of the vertebrae fuse to the sacrum. Paleontologist Elmer Riggs concluded in 1903 that the Brontosaurus was really a young Apatosaurus, and therefore must go by that name, according to the museum. Emanuel Tschopp, a paleontologist at the Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal, led this latest study, which took five years and included visits to 20 museums in Europe and the United States to collect data. By examining “500 anatomical traits,” Tschopp said he was able to “reconstruct the family tree” of Diplodocids – the family Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus belong to. Tschopp “looked at every single specimen,” according to Jacques Gauthier, curator of vertebrate paleontology at Yale Peabody Museum and “noted their characteristics,” plugging data into an algorithm that revealed “five species in the group of Diplodocids.”  Two of them are Brontosaurus-like and three are Apatosaurus-like, Gauthier said. While his findings have earned the excitement of Brontosaurus fans everywhere, Tschopp said he is “expecting a debate about the case of Brontosaurus.” “We think we have good evidence,” he said, “But I know there are other research groups that do not completely agree.” For Gauthier, Tschopp’s discovery means changes are coming to the original Brontosaurus skeleton that has lived at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History since 1936. “We’re definitely going to have to change the label,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Brontosaurus classification", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150407213000", "country1": "PRT", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/us/brontosaurus-makes-a-comeback/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "413420322", "sentence": "The disconnect between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about a lot more than bad personal chemistry. Their relationship, which will be played out in all its dysfunctional glory during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week, founders on a deep ideological divide and a sharply conflicting world view. A long, steadily worsening showdown between the rivals is coming to a head in the tense final stages of talks between world powers and Iran in pursuit of a nuclear deal backed by the U.S. but opposed by Netanyahu. Related gallery Netanyahu's life in pictures READ: Will Netanyahu’s speech to Congress backfire? Netanyahu’s visit is highly unusual. Not only will he not meet with Obama, but he is taking the most prominent stage outside the White House available to a foreign leader in Washington and directly campaigning against one of the president’s top second-term priorities – a nuclear deal with Iran. Netanyahu appears to have concluded that the proposed agreement is so bad that, in a highly unorthodox move, he will actively join Obama’s political adversaries in an effort to derail the president’s Iran deal-making. The Israeli leader will make the case against the proposed deal in an address to Congress on Tuesday, against the wishes of the White House, at the invitation of GOP House Speaker John Boehner. The speech, likely to delight Republicans, who are also trying to thwart Obama’s Iran diplomacy, will be the starkest illustration yet of the estrangement between Netanyahu and Obama. “Each one is convinced that the other one doesn’t get the other side’s core interests,” said David Makovsky, a former advisor on Secretary of State John Kerry’s Middle East team. “Beyond all the grievances and the slights, that is the fundamental issue.” Related video Frayed edges showing in U.S.- Israel relationship SEE ALSO: Has Israel lost the Democratic Party? Both Obama and Netanyahu see themselves as historic figures, elected at fateful moments in the lives of their nations. Obama sees his mission as ending foreign land wars, putting the campaign against terrorism on a sustainable footing and honoring John F. Kennedy’s dictum that the United States should “never fear to negotiate” with its enemies. Netanyahu believes he is “entrusted with the awesome responsibility of ensuring the future of the Jewish people and the future of the Jewish state” against an existential threat from Iran’s nuclear program. In his more optimistic outlook, Obama, the first African-American president, puts his faith in the power of aspirational political movements and grass roots organizing. He ran for office arguing that recent approaches to foreign policy had not worked — hence his willingness to engage U.S. enemies. But Netanyahu has a more hardened view of the world, forged by decades in Israel’s treacherous neighborhood, the threats Jews have faced throughout their history and his close ties with foreign policy hawks who believe that military strength and vigilance are the best ways to ensure security and peace. “I do think that it is important to understand this is more than simply a little personality clash,” said Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, a liberal pro-Israel advocacy group in Washington. “It really is a fundamental disagreement over policy and it reflects the underlying world views that are held not just by the two men but by the two camps in each country,” Ben-Ami said. Obama and Netanyahu have never been friends. And now their personal antipathy is beginning to infect national political ties, which are as bad as they have been for decades. Related video Feinstein: Netanyahu doesn't speak for all Jews RELATED: Feinstein calls Netanyahu ‘arrogant’ Obama and Netanyahu did not set out to have a bad relationship, and there are plenty of instances where world leaders who did not like each other still worked well together. But this feud has certainly made it easier for both sides to question the other’s motives and to see deliberate slights even when none are intended. Related video Have U.S.-Israel relations ever been this bad? Yes. Their differing personality traits almost guaranteed a collision. Obama has an author’s temperament. He doesn’t enjoy politics and seeks to avoid public confrontations. Netanyahu is blunt, a skilled wheeler-and-dealer and a bruiser in the tradition of Israel’s in-your-face politics. And one trait they share, a deep confidence in their own convictions, only increases their head-butting. “I sometimes wonder if we have a situation where we have someone who is a law professor and is very cerebral and has this universal sense of how things are supposed to unfold under international law,” Makovsky said, referring to Obama. “On the other side, you have someone who is convinced he lives in a region called the Middle East and believes that a lot of the categories that they teach in law school are not always applicable in this neighborhood.” Their disconnect has played out in testy photo ops, and even in an over-the-top stroll, with jackets slung over their shoulders, on the baking runway of Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv in 2010, in an apparent bid to scotch reports that the leaders were at odds. But events soon belied the encounter. Obama was caught in 2011 on an open mic complaining to then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy about Netanyahu after Sarkozy branded the Israeli leader a “liar.” Last year, an anonymous quote attributed to a senior White House official calling Netanyahu a “chicken sh**t” caused a storm. Administration officials, meanwhile, were furious over what they saw as several patronizing lectures on Jewish history and the threat from Iran that Netanyahu delivered before the cameras to Obama in the Oval Office. And Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, just before the Israeli election on March 17, is seen by critics in the administration and elsewhere as at least in part another attempt to play politics, following what the White House perceived as his open backing of Mitt Romney during Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012. The administration also largely blames Netanyahu for blowing up its two thwarted efforts to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians. They see him as having appeased right-wing elements in his fragmented coalition by endorsing settlement building on lands Palestinians envision as part of their future state at the expense of talks between the two sides. But the most consequential dispute between Obama and Netanyahu is on Iran. Both men have placed the Islamic Republic at the center of their political projects and understand that they can only achieve the legacy they seek by outmaneuvering the other. “I don’t want to be coy. The prime minister and I have a very real difference around Iran,” Obama said earlier this month. Netanyahu weighed in on Saturday before leaving for the United States. “I respect U.S. President Barack Obama,” he said, but warned that he had an obligation to make clear his fears about Tehran’s nuclear program. Obama has tried to coax Iran out of decades of hostility towards the United States, which it sees as the “great Satan,” and has made historic gestures by speaking to President Hassan Rouhani on the phone and carrying out a correspondence with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But Netanyahu has repeatedly warned that Rouhani is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and sought to bring attention to what Israel considers deceptions by Tehran over its nuclear program and violations of international restrictions on its activities. Details of a proposed nuclear deal with Iran ahead of a deadline for a framework agreement next month have widened the divides. Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defense minister, said that while Netanyahu is convinced that the proposed deal is dangerous, Obama doesn’t agree: “He thinks it is the best he can get at the moment. My impression is that he doesn’t want to get into a confrontation with Iran at the moment.” The U.S. president has long warned that the kind of “perfect” deal that Netanyahu envisages – which would completely strip Tehran of centrifuges and nuclear infrastructure – is not realistic. The administration argues that the deal being negotiated would keep Iran in a box, freeze the “breakout” period at which it could race to a bomb at around one year and include monitoring and inspections that would thwart any covert bid by Tehran to make a nuclear weapon. Administration officials have also argued that diplomacy is preferable to a military strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, reasoning that such an approach would only set back its ambitions for several years while jeopardizing the willingness of the international coalition to maintain sanctions key to keeping Iran in check. Netanyahu, however, considers the deal taking shape in the talks a “bad” one and says the idea of lifting sanctions that have Iran “on the ropes” is nonsensical. He has also pointed to Iran’s duplicity – concealing entire nuclear sites, for instance – as reason to doubt that Iran could be effectively monitored and that the breakout period could be limited if Tehran maintains facilities for nuclear production. Obama has repeatedly said that he will never allow Iran to get a nuclear bomb and threaten the Jewish state. But Netanyahu’s trip to Washington appears to indicate that the prime minister doesn’t trust that assurance. In a wider sense, Obama and Netanyahu are also at opposite ends of a debate on the use of U.S. power that emerged as a fault line in American politics after the September 11 attacks in 2001. Netanyahu’s Likud Party is a much better fit with neoconservatives and Republican hawks who prospered in the early years of George W. Bush’s presidency than with Obama’s doctrine of “strategic patience” when deploying U.S. power abroad. “I think Bibi has always been close to the American right, it is partly where he got his political education,” said Daniel Levy, who worked as an advisor to former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. And from the start, it was clear that the two figures’ political ideologies were not in line. During the 2008 campaign, Obama told a Jewish group that “there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel, then you’re anti-Israel.” That, he told them, “can’t be the measure of our friendship with Israel.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Benjamin Netanyahu", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150302013000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/politics/obama-benjamin-netanyahu-clash/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "425207960", "sentence": "NEW: Iranian official thinks start of missile deliveries will occur before end of year, state media reports Russia says progress in nuclear talks means embargo no longer needed \"We don't believe it's constructive at this time for Russia to move forward with this,\" U.S. says Russia has lifted a ban on the sale of a sophisticated air-defense system to Iran, drawing criticism from the United States and Israel. “The big concern in the West … and especially in Israel is that these Russian missiles will be able to help shield Iran’s nuclear facilities from any future airstrikes,” said CNN senior international correspondent Matthew Chance. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the move Monday to end the ban on shipping the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Iran was prompted by the recent progress in talks over Tehran’s nuclear program. The ban had been in place since 2010. “We are convinced that at this stage, there’s no more need of such an embargo, Russia’s separate voluntary embargo,” Lavrov said, according to the Russian news agency Tass. The decision was also applauded by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who called the move “a step in the right direction.” “We are looking to ever expanding our relationship with our neighbors, as well as with the rest of the world,” Zarif said in Madrid, alongside his Spanish counterpart. “But Russia is an important neighbor for us, an important partner.” Another Iranian official, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani, said his country will receive delivery of the air-defense system by the end of the year, Iranian state media reported. U.S. officials were unimpressed. “We don’t believe it’s constructive at this time for Russia to move forward with this,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said at a news conference. Secretary of State John Kerry raised the U.S. government’s concerns over the sale in a phone call with Lavrov on Monday, Harf said. But shipment of the weapons system could begin at any moment after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday lifting the ban, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Tass. “The decree stipulates … no delays,” Peskov said, adding that it states that “it comes into force on the day it was signed.” The Israeli government, which opposes the preliminary agreement that was reached on Iran’s nuclear program earlier this month, said the Russian move was a troubling sign. “Even as Iran disavows article after article in the framework agreement that was announced last week, the international community is beginning to ease restrictions on it,” Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said in a statement. “This is the direct result of the legitimacy that Iran is receiving from the nuclear deal being made with it.” Lavrov insisted that the S-300 missile system “is of a purely defensive nature.” “It is not designed for attacks and will not put at risk the security of any regional state, including Israel, of course,” he said, according to Tass. But Steinitz offered a different interpretation. “Instead of demanding that Iran desist from the terrorist activity that it is carrying out in the Middle East and throughout the world, it is being allowed to arm itself with advanced weapons that will only increase its aggression,” he said. The framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear program announced earlier this month after lengthy negotiations between Tehran and world powers was considered a breakthrough by many observers. But it faces stiff opposition from some quarters, including Israel and members of the U.S. Congress. Negotiators also have to reach a comprehensive deal by the end of June, with uncertainty still clouding several key issues such as the pace at which sanctions on Iran would be lifted. U.S. officials have said that military force remains an option to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons but that the aim is to achieve the goal through negotiations. “We have the capability to shut down, set back and destroy the Iranian nuclear program and I believe the Iranians know that and understand that,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told CNN last week. It’s unclear to what extent the sale of the S-300 missile system to Iran would affect the U.S. capability – or that of other nations like Israel – to strike Tehran’s nuclear facilities. Harf said Russia’s lifting of the ban on the sale shouldn’t create divisions in world powers’ efforts to reach a final deal with Iran. “We don’t think this will have an impact on unity in terms of inside the negotiating room,” she said. The countries negotiating with Iran are the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – plus Germany. Harf also said the United States doesn’t believe the shipment of the Russian missile system to Iran would violate any U.N. Security Council sanctions. Iran, meanwhile, welcomed Moscow’s announcement. “The expansion of cooperation [with Russia] and improving cooperation with other neighboring countries in various fields can be very effective in establishing sustainable stability and security in the region,” Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan said, according to Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency. CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz, Elwyn Lopez, Alla Eschchenko, Emma Burrows, Greg Botelho, Oren Lirbermann and Jennifer Deaton contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia's lifting of the ban on the sale of the S-300 missile system to Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150414063000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/europe/russia-iran-air-defense-system-sale/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "653769290", "sentence": "Much has been written about how President Trump’s election has had a profound impact on the Republican party. What’s drawn less attention – but deserves more! – is how Trump is affecting Democrats. Sure, we’ve seen coverage of how Trump’s election has emboldened the liberal left whose call for confrontation at all times has become the rallying cry of the party. (This New Yorker profile of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer describes the rapid evolution from compromise to confrontation well.) What’s drawn less attention is how Trump’s presidency has convinced liberals that every bad thing whispered about any Republican is, by default, true.  Consider that in the last week alone, liberal outrage has been sparked on (at least) four occasions by alleged incidents that simply aren’t accurate. As the House was voting on the American Health Care Act, Vice News’s Alexandra Jaffe spotted cases of beer being brought into the Capitol. She tweeted about it: Cases upon cases of beer just rolled into the Capitol on a cart covered in a sheet. Spotted Bud Light peeking out from the sheet That tweet became the basis of an outrage campaign among liberals. This headline, from Mic, is indicative of the early coverage: “Republicans celebrated taking away Americans’ health insurance with cases of beer.” (Mic has since changed the headline to: “Reports of beer delivery to GOP health care celebration called into question.”) Less than a half hour later, Jaffe tweeted again, noting that the beer wasn’t, in fact, for a celebration party for House Republicans. (She had never implied it was.) Here are the beers. Asked if they were going to a GOP conference meeting & he said \"no, different meeting,\" no further details pic.twitter.com/ugS8oW4kGj Didn’t matter! By then, the idea of Republicans cracking beers while voting to take away health care from millions of people was already surging across the Internet. (Look at how many retweets Jaffe’s original tweet received versus how many the second tweet got.) Immediately following the passage of the AHCA last Thursday, a talking point emerged: If this bill became a law, being raped or sexually assaulted would qualify as pre-existing conditions and, therefore, would make it much harder for the victim to get health insurance. Not so, according to Washington Post Fact-Checker Michelle Ye Hee Lee, who gave the claim “Four Pinocchios” – meaning it was “totally false.”  Wrote Lee: “The notion that AHCA classifies rape or sexual assault as a preexisting condition, or that survivors would be denied coverage, is false…this claim relies on so many factors — including unknown decisions by a handful of states and insurance companies — that this talking point becomes almost meaningless.” The Federal Communications Commission announced that it was investigating complaints following late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert’s controversial comments about President Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. Liberals cried foul, insisting that the Trump administration was trying to stifle criticism – an abrogation of the 1st amendment.  More like standard operating procedure, according to CNN media reporter Frank Palliotta. As an FCC spokesman told him: “We review all consumer complaints as a matter of standard practice and rely on the law to determine whether action is warranted. The fact that a complaint is reviewed doesn’t speak one way or another as to whether it has any merit.” The firing of White House chief usher Angella Reid, the first woman to hold that job, was seized on as the latest piece of evidence that Trump and his administration was nothing more than an old boys club – openly hostile to women and minorities. Turns out, according to Axios reporting, that Reid got along well with the President and First Lady but was far less popular with the staff of the White House she oversaw. “When her departure was announced to the residence staff yesterday morning, workers burst into applause,” Axios reported. In each of these four instances – and all of these have been in the last week! – liberals, fueled by Twitter outrage, jumped to conclusions that portrayed Trump and other Republicans in the poorest possible light. And, on each occasion, the fuller story either totally or mostly rebutted the version of the story the left had seized on. Trump’s presidency presents Democrats with lots and lots of legitimate issues on which to push back – from the travel ban to the ongoing questions about Trump officials’ ties to Russia to the president’s refusal to release his tax returns. By embracing every single tweet or whisper as yet another piece of full-proof evidence of just how terrible Republicans are, Democrats run the risk of appearing like the boy who cried wolf to the public –  and in the process taking some steam out of the very legitimate questions they are asking about the Trump administration.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democrats", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170508171500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/politics/trump-liberals/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "755909028", "sentence": "Salma Hayek wants to close the pay gap in Hollywood, but she acknowledges that it’s going to take a lot of work to make that happen. “Pay disparity is going to take a while,” Hayek said at the Women in Motion panel at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. “Because they still want to pay you the exploitative salary they paid you before.” Related: How Hollywood can continue to advance the equal pay conversation After joining Cate Blanchett and 80 other women on the steps of the Palais on Saturday to call for gender parity across all industries, Hayek sat down a for the panel in which she reiterated the need for equality in the movie industry. Blanchett said the 82 women represent the total number of female directors who have walked those steps since 1942 compared to the 1,866 male directors who walked those steps in the same period. “It’s an adjustment, we need to all start adjusting and work together,” Hayek said. “But also the actors have to work together because if the male actors are asking for such big numbers, that part of it belongs a little bit to the women and in the past it was never given and the movie doesn’t get done because they cannot pay the actors what they were making…The actors have to say ‘OK, time’s up, I had a good run but now it’s time to also be generous with the actresses in the films.’” On Monday, Cannes Film Festival artistic director, Thierry Fremaux, signed a pledge to promote gender parity and transparency at the festival. “We will be more engaged,” Fremaux said to the press, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “We must question our history and our habits. The world has changed and needs to change even more.” Hayek, who has been vocal about the alleged mistreatment she was subjected to by Harvey Weinstein, said that although she’s glad to see women speak up against imbalances of power, she wishes it hadn’t taken so many years. “We should have been angrier sooner,” she said. “We should have come together sooner.” Hayek says that the Me Too movement can be empowering for men as well. “It is a very exciting time for men now,” Hayed said. “Because men have the opportunity to rethink what it means to be a man, and this comes with a lot of freedom.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hollywood gender pay gap", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180514221500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/entertainment/salma-hayek-pay-equality/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "748253669", "sentence": "The families of Canadian diplomats in Cuba will return home permanently due to unexplained health concerns, Canada’s government announced Monday. Cuba will now be designated an “unaccompanied post” meaning that the families of diplomatic staff will not be able to live with them while they are assigned to the country. “The Government of Canada continues to investigate the potential causes of unusual health symptoms reported in 2017 by some Canadian diplomatic staff and dependents posted to Havana, Cuba,” Global Affairs Canada wrote in a statement. “The symptoms include dizziness, headaches and lack of ability to concentrate, amongst others.” The US State Department evacuated non-essential personnel and families from Cuba in 2017, after claims a sophisticated device that operated outside the range of audible sound had been used in an “acoustic attack” on US embassy staff, with Canada also reporting “unusual symptoms affecting Canadian and US diplomatic personnel and their families in Havana.” After more than a year of inquiries, State Department and federal investigators were unable to attribute the source or cause of the ailments, apart from that they “were most likely related to trauma from a non-natural source.” At least 24 diplomats and family members were affected, some with damage that they may carry for years, officials testified at a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing in January. While the incidents remain a mystery, State Department officials who testified said they believe Cuba has clearer information about who is behind what they classified as “attacks” on US diplomats working on the communist-run island. The Cuban government has called the alleged attacks “science fiction” and complained that Washington has not shared much in the way of medical details or let their investigators inspect the diplomatic residences where many of the incidents took place. In its statement this week, Global Affairs Canada said the country “has a positive and constructive relationship with Cuba and has received close cooperation from the Cuban authorities since health concerns of Canadians serving in Cuba first surfaced in the spring of 2017.” Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet commented on Canada’s withdrawal of diplomatic families. CNN’s Laura Koran contributed reporting.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Canada's government", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180417061500", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/americas/canada-cuba-diplomats-intl/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "705332054", "sentence": "Trump leaves China for Vietnam on Friday Xi emerged from last month's Communist Party Congress the most powerful Chinese leader in a generation Outside the Great Hall of the People here on Thursday, President Donald Trump watched with an unmistakable air of satisfaction as cordons of Chinese troops marched stiff-legged in his honor, an eight-cannon salute preceding their parade. It was just the latest display of elaborate pageantry put on by his Chinese hosts, and inside the cavernous state edifice two hours later, the outsized display of flattery appeared to pay off. Instead of lashing China for trade practices he once compared to rape and theft, he praised the country and its powerful leader, Xi Jinping, for cunningly exploiting the US to benefit his own citizens – and harm American workers. “Who can blame a country for being able taking advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens?” Trump said as Xi watched on from a few feet away. Nervous laughter rippled through the crowd of Chinese and American business executives, whose firms are inking new deals here in a spectacle meant to demonstrate Trump’s negotiating prowess. Related article Trump once trashed China. Now, they're friends “I give China great credit,” he added. “In actuality, I do blame past administrations for allowing this trade deficit to take place and grow.” Trump reaffirmed his position Friday morning, tweeting: “I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100’s of billions. How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would’ve done same!” I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100's of billions. How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would've done same! It was a remarkable show of deference to Xi, who emerged from last month’s Communist Party Congress the most powerful Chinese leader in a generation. And while US officials downplayed the significance of the remark, it nevertheless laid bare the lengths to which Trump is prioritizing his personal chemistry with his counterparts here as he seeks to advance an agenda of isolating North Korea and brokering new trade deals. Trump’s praise for his Chinese counterpart wasn’t limited to the remarks at the signing ceremony for the $250 billion in US-Chinese business deals. At the top of a bilateral meeting, the accolades dripped from Trump’s mouth as he expressed his gratitude for the welcome mat Xi had laid out. They had an “absolutely terrific” dinner. It was a “very, very great honor” to be together. The military display was “magnificent.” And their relationship? “A great one.” Trump did not avoid pointing out China’s “unfair trade practices” and its “theft of intellectual property,” but his conclusion that the imbalance in the US-Chinese trade relationship was the fault of his predecessors ignored the role of China’s system of state-run enterprises and limiting market access policies. Related article Trump: 'I don't blame China' for taking advantage of US on trade Trump’s discussions with Xi yielded no immediate signs that the structural changes needed to rebalance the relationship were coming. “There was a little bit of tongue in cheek in that characterization, but there was also a lot of truth to it,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in explaining Trump’s remark. “I think what the President was just reflecting on is, look, we are where we are because previous administrations, whether through benign neglect – which is my own characterization of it – or for whatever reasons allowed this to happen.” Trump’s absolution of Chinese blame on trade matters, a day after the anniversary of his election, were a stunning statement from the man who vilified China at every turn during the presidential campaign, accusing the country of having “raped” the US and branding it as an “economic enemy.” Trump has held few consistent positions on policy issues during his decades of flirtation with a presidential run, but his stance on China has long been a notable exception. Trump, Moon set to take questions in SeoulAs Trump lands in Seoul, 3 US carriers prepare for drill‘Wild card’ Trump heads into North Korea’s line of sightTrump’s Asia challenge: Be tough on trade and unified on North KoreaTrump in Japan: His first stop in Asia Trump, Moon set to take questions in SeoulAs Trump lands in Seoul, 3 US carriers prepare for drill‘Wild card’ Trump heads into North Korea’s line of sightTrump’s Asia challenge: Be tough on trade and unified on North KoreaTrump in Japan: His first stop in Asia His long-held view of China as an economic boogeyman became a central part of his “Make America Great Again” campaign platform that promised a rebirth of US manufacturing. “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country and that’s what they’re doing. It’s the greatest theft in the history of the world,” Trump told a campaign crowd in May 2016. But Trump’s heavy-handed criticism of China was often also mixed with a similar dose of criticism for US officials, whom he accused of getting outmaneuvered by Chinese negotiators. “You can win against China if you’re smart. But our people don’t have a clue. We give state dinners to the heads of China. I said why are you doing state dinners for them? They’re ripping us left and right. Just take them to McDonald’s and go back to the negotiating table,” Trump told a crowd in the first summer of his presidential campaign. While Trump publicly took a more conciliatory approach to China, several thousand miles away in Michigan, his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, carried forward the mantle of Trump’s past criticism, warning that the country is a “dictatorship that sees us as an enemy to be defeated.” With that backdrop, it remains unclear how Trump’s more measured approach to his old campaign trail villain will go over with his base, including those blue-collar voters in Michigan who are counting on Trump to take a hardline against China – and are still listening to Bannon. So far, it appears Trump’s formula for winning against China amounts to excessive praise and, at least publicly, absolving China of blame for its role in crafting policies that have disadvantaged the US. Trump also avoided putting his host in an uncomfortable position, making none of the demands his past three predecessors have made that Xi take questions alongside him from independent journalists. Touring Asia this week for the first time, Trump has found plenty of leaders willing to satisfy his craving for praise. Facing political headwinds back home – including sagging approval ratings, an investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia, and this week a resounding defeat for Republicans in state elections – Trump has basked in the thrall of making new friends. In Tokyo, Trump was greeted by custom hats ordered up by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that read “Donald and Shinzo: Make Alliance Even Greater.” The two men signed them with markers as reporters looked on. Two days later in Seoul, the President’s campaign slogan surfaced again. “President Trump’s election victory one year ago is already making America great again,” President Moon Jae-in announced during a toast ahead of a state dinner. From Riyadh to Paris to Beijing, world leaders have consistently returned to Chapter 1 of the Trump textbook as they prepare for a visit from Trump: flattery will get you everywhere. Whether he’s being feted by sword wielding dancers or reviewing rows of French troops, Trump has relished formal state welcomes and the importance they confer upon him as he jets aboard Air Force One to global capitals. Even before Trump took office, his eye toward a presidential reception proved unsparing. When President Barack Obama was denied a set of carpeted air-stairs from which to descend Air Force One at the start of last year’s G20 talks in Hangzhou, China, Trump declared at a campaign rally that such an indignity wouldn’t happen on his watch. “If that were me,” Trump said, “I’d say, ‘You know what folks, I respect you a lot, let’s close the doors, let’s get out of here.’ “ When Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, the stairs were there.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171109124500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/09/politics/donald-trump-china-xi-jinping/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "653705118", "sentence": "France has a new president. Learn more about him and everything else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) French voters elected centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s next president, sending a strong pushback against the wave of populism sweeping Europe and the US. Macron won 66% of the vote against far-right rival Marine Le Pen. This was also a rejection of France’s mainstream political parties. Macron – who had never held elected office before and who will be France’s youngest leader since Napoleon – eschewed the country’s traditional Socialist and Republican political groups and fought for the presidency under the banner of his own self-built party. So what does his election mean for the rest of us? The EU is breathing a big sigh of relief, but we’ll have to wait and see how well Macron works with President Trump. The two have differing world views, to say the least. Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls are finally free after being kidnapped by Boko Haram three years ago. They were released over the weekend in a swap between the Nigerian government and the terrorist group. In exchange for the girls’ release, the government freed five Boko Haram commanders. The girls are in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, where they will meet the country’s President. This group of girls were among the 276 schoolgirls snatched by Boko Haram fighters in April 2014. The mass kidnapping sparked worldwide outrage and a social media movement – #BringBackOurGirls. More than 100 of those girls are still missing. When it comes to politics, Barack Obama’s pretty much been on mute since leaving office. But he spoke up in Boston this weekend while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. In a speech, he tried to rally the troops to help save his health care law. The former President urged lawmakers to have the courage to “champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm.” Meanwhile, the heat is already on for some GOP House members who voted for the new health care bill. A political ratings system adjusted midterm election probabilities following the health care vote – and 20 GOP “yea” voters saw their districts start to lean a little more left. As if tensions between the two countries weren’t high enough, North Korea said this weekend it had detained another American. Kim Hak-song is thought to be the fourth American in North Korean custody and the second from the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. Kim’s alleged crime is a familiar charge from the North Koreans – suspicion of “hostile acts” against the regime. Kim was in a rural area doing agricultural work with the university’s farm. Texas is a very conservative state when it comes to politics, and it’s staying true to form with one new law and a new bill. The new law, signed over the weekend by Gov. Greg Abbott, bans sanctuary cities in the Lone Star State. The law sets criminal and civil penalties for local governments and law enforcement agencies that don’t comply with immigration laws. Fines against local governments could hit up to $25,500 a day. Additionally, state lawmakers are set to vote on a bill today that would let faith-based adoption agencies turn away prospective parents if the agencies found their religious views unacceptable. Critics call that blatant discrimination; supporters say the bill only protects the religious liberty of the adoption agencies. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Round and round Don’t know what a fidget spinner is? Don’t worry, if you have kids they already know (and they know why schools are trying to ban them). Nifty name There’s a new “Justin Trudeau” in Canada. He’s not a politician (yet), but rather the newborn son of Syrian refugees who wanted to thank the Prime Minister. That’s so Florida An Air Force space plane woke up snoozing residents on Florida’s space coast with a sonic boom. Just another morning in the Sunshine State! Taken in When a Vancouver restaurant offered up a free sandwich for Liam Neeson, the actor put his “very particular set of skills” to good use. And the winner is … The MTV Movie and TV Awards aren’t really about the winners. But if you do care who won, here’s the list. Here’s what’s happening later Speaking out Ex-Acting Attorney General Sally Yates will finally get to testify before a Senate panel this afternoon. She’ll probably say that she warned the White House about former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s connections to Russia weeks before he was fired. The White House won’t like that because it contradicts several claims they’ve made on the issue. Hey, trying to sleep here! A deaf cat gets kind of ticked off because he can’t figure out who woke him up from a nap. But all’s forgiven when he realizes it was just his human. (Click to view)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Emmanuel Macron", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170508131500", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/us/five-things-may-6-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "654137187", "sentence": "NEW: Head of police union: SB4 requirements could results in more fights, police chases Law is about \"doing away with those that seek to promote lawlessness in Texas,\" governor says A civil rights watchdog on Tuesday issued a “travel alert” for Texas, saying a law targeting sanctuary cities threatens to turn Texas into a “show me your papers state” and could expose travelers to rights violations and illegal arrests. The alert is not just for Texans, the American Civil Liberties Union says. It’s for anyone traveling through the Lone Star State. Eighteen state ACLU affiliates have issued alerts for its residents traveling though Texas. At least one organization representing Texas police says it’s “fearful” of what the law could mean for rank-and-file officers. Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed Senate Bill 4 into law, touting it as a way to punish local governments and police officers who don’t comply with immigration laws and federal detention requests. It will take effect in September. Governments who violate the law can be fined up to $25,500 a day; sheriffs and police chiefs can be charged with misdemeanors for refusing to comply with federal detainer requests; elected and appointed officials can be removed from office for violations of the law. The law comes amid President Donald Trump’s push to improve border security and crack down on illegal immigration. “There are deadly consequences to not enforcing the law, and Texas has now become a state where those practices are not tolerated. With this bill we are doing away with those that seek to promote lawlessness in Texas,” the governor said in a news release. The ACLU painted the bill quite differently, saying SB4 “gives a green light to police officers in the state to investigate a person’s immigration status during a routine traffic stop, leading to widespread racial profiling, baseless scrutiny, and illegal arrests of citizens and non-citizens alike presumed to be ‘foreign’ based on how they look or sound.” “Texas is a state with deep Mexican roots and home to immigrants from all walks of life. Many of us fit the racial profile that the police in Texas will use to enforce Trump’s draconian deportation force,” Lorella Praeli, ACLU director of immigration policy and campaigns, said in a statement. Kevin Lawrence, executive director of the Texas Municipal Police Association, says the debate over sanctuary cities has been overpoliticized on both ends, and while SB4 provides the state’s police with a needed resource, it does not mean officers will be pulling over people for driving while brown. Texas isn’t the first to target sanctuary cities “Law enforcement needs to be able to service the communities we serve, whether they’re legal or not. We don’t want them scared,” he said. “It’s not good police work for us to go out checking everyone’s immigration status all day, every day. We do when we need to, but not as a matter of course.” The TMPA supports the law, he said, because it prohibits city councils and county commissions from passing local laws that prohibit policemen for enforcing the law or “threaten (officers’) jobs if they do their jobs.” Such was the case in February when a Travis County law went into effect restricting law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials, prompting Abbott to deny the county $1.5 million in grants. Travis County is the only jurisdiction in the state with such a law. What do Texas police think of SB4? “It should be obvious that my implementation of a policy, meant to meet our community’s need, did not violate any law. Otherwise, the Texas Legislature wouldn’t have felt compelled to make a new one,” Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez said this weekend in denouncing SB4. “I am disappointed, because this is not in the best interest of public safety. It ties the hands of our law enforcement agency and pushes victims of crime into the shadows.” Charley Wilkison, executive director of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, said his organization had no stance on SB4 until the state House added an amendment requiring officers to inquire about immigration status. Under current law, officers saved this question until after they had made an arrest; starting in September, they’ll have to do it during routine traffic stops. Wilkison feels complaints are “going to roll in” as officers make quick decisions on whom to ask and whom not to ask about their immigration status. “We feel like that exposes the officer to massive amounts of complaints. We think it exposes them legally. We think it exposes them to some safety issues,” Wilkison said, explaining his organization stands “in extreme opposition to the bill.” Like Lawrence, he believes the debate over sanctuary cities is heavily politicized. Texas legislators sacrificed officers’ well-being in order to score political points, Wilkison said. The law takes away one of the most important tools in policing – an officer’s discretion – without providing a cent for additional training, he said. When officers pull someone over or respond to an address, they tend to survey the situation and make sure everyone’s safe before determining whether crimes were committed. That’s out the window, Wilkison said, as officers now will have to make immigration status a priority. “The onus of the immigration debate is balanced on the back of working cops,” he said. The first two minutes of a traffic stop are the “riskiest and deadliest for both sides. They’re both very vulnerable to a misunderstanding or fear, all sorts of things,” Wilkison said. Add to this the possibility that drivers could be separated from their homes, spouses, children and livelihoods if they give the wrong answer to an officer’s question about immigration status, and it’s evident how quickly things can go awry, Wilkison said. “I believe they’ll run or fight,” he said. Lawrence, who served on the Texas police forces in Baytown, Georgetown and Seabrook during his 22-year career, contends the law does not mandate that local law enforcement cooperate “regarding all things immigration.” He also notes that the law specifically prohibits considering “race, color, religion, language, or national origin while enforcing immigration laws.” As a law enforcement tool, it would allow a police officer to check someone’s immigration status if they were being detained on suspicion of criminal activity – suspicion being a lower bar than the probable cause required for an arrest, Lawrence said. As an example, he said, an officer might detain a driver who is weaving on suspicion of driving under the influence. The officer would continue detaining the driver – observing the driver, talking to her or him, perhaps conducting sobriety tests – until the officer was satisfied the driver was sober or the officer had probable cause for a DUI arrest. It’s only during detention or arrest that police can check immigration statuses under SB4, he said. Want to read the law for yourself? Terri Burke, the ACLU of Texas’ executive director, has called SB4 “racist and wrongheaded.” According to ACLU data, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2008 and 2012 requested local law enforcement hold 834 US citizens, “even when they lack the legal authority to do so.” Some of those Americans spent days in jail, in what the watchdog organization called “the federal government’s constitutionally flawed use of detainer requests.” “It is simply a matter of time before illegal arrests occur. Local law enforcement will have to decide between violating a person’s rights and being severely fined, thrown in jail, or even being removed from office for choosing not to do so,” said Burke. But Lawrence believes the specter of rights violations and illegal arrests is overblown, and a misinterpretation of the law. Officers simply don’t have time to begin stopping Texas drivers solely to check their immigration statuses, he said. “We’ve got a lot more important things to do,” he said. CNN’s Chuck Johnston and Darran Simon contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Senate Bill 4 (SB4) in Texas", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170509194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/us/texas-sb4-aclu-sanctuary-cities-travel-alert/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "643902669", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript April 6, 2017 As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, how do the two leaders differ on their approaches to North Korea? And what other subjects will they discuss? Those topics are followed by reports on a mission to Saturn, the health benefits of reading, and a space station zipline. TRANSCRIPT CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR:  China, North Korea and the U.S. are the three nations directly involved in our first story on CNN 10. I’m Carl Azuz.  Thank you for watching. A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled for today and tomorrow at President Trump’s resort in Florida.  With that meeting coming up, North Korea launched a missile into the sea on Wednesday.  The test didn’t go well.  A U.S. official described it as a spectacular failure. But analysts say the launch was designed to be an insult to President Trump and Xi.  They also say that if America wants to put more pressure on North Korea to stop its nuclear program, it will need China’s help, something Mr. Trump recently echoed in an interview with “The Financial Times” when he said China has great influence over North Korea and that he hoped China would help.  That country is North Korea’s only major ally.  More than 80 percent of North Korea’s trade is conducted with China. What happens if China doesn’t help put more pressure on its neighbor? President Trump says the U.S. could act on its own.  His administration says all options are on the table when dealing with North Korea.  What could some of those options look like? (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT:  President Trump says he’s willing to go it alone to stop North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.  But he’s facing regime that he has challenged U.S. administrations on this issue for a quarter century.  Experts argue he has three basic strategies for confronting Pyongyang starting with negotiations. DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:  Would you speak to the leader of North Korea?  I said, absolutely.  Why not?  Why not? WATSON:  Previous U.S. administrations have negotiated directly with North Korea, and in the past, Pyongyang has made some concessions in exchange for big financial aid.  But experts say Pyongyang used its existing nuclear weapons as the ultimate insurance policy, protecting North Korea from the threat of possible military strikes. PROF. ANDREI LANKOV, KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY:  They are not going to give up a single nuclear weapon, a single warhead as they have already produced, and no amount of negotiation is going to change that. WATSON:  A second option: sanctions.  The U.S. already has many sanctions in place to economically isolate North Korea.  But a further step might be to punish companies that do business with North Korea, particularly those in China, North Korea’s largest trading partner. LANKOV:  So, past policies have not worked actually because China is not completely participating, actually because the North Korean state is designed in a way that basically makes the government quite oblivious to the demands of the population. WATSON:  The final option would be a military strike.  Targets could include the North Korean leadership or their nuclear weapons or ballistic missile facilities.  But a former top U.S. official warned the consequences for a key U.S. ally could then be devastating. ASH CARTER, FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY:  It’s quite possible that they would as a consequence of that launch, an attempted invasion of South Korea.  This is a war that would have an intensity of violence associated with it that we haven’t seen since the last Korean War. WATSON:  There is one possible ray of hope: neither the U.S. nor China, the two biggest superpowers in the region, want to see a nuclear-armed North Korea.  If they can work together, then perhaps they can find a way to deal with the hermit kingdom and its weapons of mass destruction. Ivan Watson, CNN, Seoul. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ:  One challenge ahead of President Trump and Xi is their disagreement over how to pressure North Korea, and they’ll have more than that to talk about.  They’re the leaders of the two largest economies on the planet.  Their nations are both regional powerhouses.  Will two nations that are an ocean apart be able to find common ground? (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT:  The United States and China, perhaps the most consequential relationship in the world today.  But if that’s the case, then what’s at stake? Let’s start with the standoff on the Korean Peninsula.  Both China and the United States agree that North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is bad news.  They disagree on how best to stop it. The U.S. thinks China should use its economic leverage to force North Korea to halt its testing program.  China says the only way to solve the problem is if the U.S. directly negotiates with the regime.  It’s a situation where tens of millions of lives are at stake, how will China and the U.S. can work together is key to solving the crisis. Next, consider the Chinese and American economies, combined worth about 40 percent of global GDP.  They are inextricably linked, with hundreds of billions of dollars in goods traded each year.  But any barriers to that trade would mean that both economies would suffer.  That in turn would hurt the global economy overall. Finally, let’s turn to the South China Sea.  Over the last few years, China has aggressively built up artificial islands, extending its military capability far beyond its own borders.  In response, the U.S. has sent warships near Chinese claimed territory.  So, will China continue its expansion?  Does the U.S. draw a red line in response?  The answers will help shape the future of a volatile region. (END VIDEOTAPE) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ (voice-over):  Ten-second trivia: What is the second-largest planet in our solar system? Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune or Earth? Though scientists say Saturn’s mass is 95 times that of earth, it’s still smaller than Jupiter, making Saturn the second largest planet in our solar system. (END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ:  And the mission to the ringed planet is coming to an end.  We’re reporting on Cassini’s final assignment.  The spacecraft has been out of this world for almost 20 years and its mission formally ends in September.  It got off the ground in 1997 and it took Cassini seven years to reach the region of the mysterious planet.  The mission’s total cost has been about $3.26 billion with the U.S. funding almost 80 percent of that. One major accomplishment for Cassini was landing on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, which is named Titan.  Scientists were able to study the moon and find a few similarities it has to Earth, though Titan is much colder. Cassini doesn’t have much fuel left but it’s not going to quietly fade away.  The last assignment it has will be to perform 22 dives in between Saturn and its rings.  It will be going very fast, 70,000 miles per hour, through a gap that measures about 1,200 miles wide.  That speed, a grain of sand could cripple Cassini.  So, let’s hope it doesn’t hit that or anything bigger. It sounds fine.  What’s the value in this?  Scientists hope it will help them learn about where Saturn’s ring came from and what the planet’s interior is like.  Cassini will be closer to Saturn that ever before.  In fact, on its final orbit, Cassini will be crashed right into the planet. Unlike the cat in the hat, I cannot read with my eyes shut.  But the National Institutes of Health says through his wacky and subliminally educational books, Dr. Seuss improved children’s health.  He helped them develop literacy skills.  That’s not the only healthy effect of reading. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT:  When you think about reading, just the idea of being able to focus on something in particular that’s not a big screen, not a device, can really be a benefit.  There have been studies that have shown that it can help reduce your stress levels, help improve your attention levels, and possibly be overall good for your mental functions.  You can reduce your rates of cognitive decline by up to 32 percent. This is significant.  It’s fascinating to see how the brain responds even if the body is sitting still looking at those pages.  So, for example, if there’s a scene that you’re reading that’s a very active scene.  The areas of your brain that are called the motor cortex that were responsible for movement, they may start to light up.  If it’s a particularly stimulating part of the book that you’re reading, your sensory cortex, which actually allows you to see, that may start to light up. There have been some interesting studies showing that you don’t actually have to read a book – I recommend this one by the way.  You could actually hear books.  You could listen to an audio book for example, and that can have some of the same beneficial effects that we’re talking about. So, just keep in mind, the more you read, the more you know, the more you learn, the further you’ll go.  That was a different doctor, Dr. Seuss.  But regardless, it will help you live to a hundred. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ:  For “10 Out of 10”, it’s a little closer to Earth than Saturn.  What engineer wouldn’t want to test this out?  It’s a zip line, but not for every tourist, more for space tourist.  If something were to go wrong on the launch pad, when future astronaut crews are preparing to blast off on a rocket, this EES, the Emergency Egress System, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, could help them get away in a fun way.  It covers a quarter mile in 30 seconds. Of course, they probably prefer to be zipping off to space, but if you’re down to the wire and you got to stay grounded, this is one advantage of having cable.  As long as the zip lines are open, it’s a pretty egressive way to get from A to B. I’m Carl Azuz and we reach the end of the line on CNN 10.  Hope to see you tomorrow. Click here to access the printable version of today’s CNN 10 transcript. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of international significance and then clearly describe why they’re making news, who is affected, and how the events fit into a complex, international society. Thank you for using CNN 10", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170405214500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/cnn10/ten-content-thurs/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "534548672", "sentence": "McCain noted that the F-35 program had only delivered 179 of 1,013 promised planes Air Force variant of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to be further delayed by 60 days Sen. John McCain slammed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s troubled history Tuesday, saying it “has been both a scandal and a tragedy with respect to cost, schedule and performance.” The development of the Joint Strike Fighter, a fifth-generation stealth jet, has been beset by spiraling costs and schedule delays. The program’s price tag is nearly $400 billion for 2,457 planes – almost twice the initial estimate. McCain, an Arizona Republican, called the cost overruns “disgraceful” and noted that the F-35 program had originally promised 1,013 fighters by fiscal year 2016 but had only delivered 179. Related video See F-35 fighter drop guided warhead Is the $400 billion F-35’s ‘brain’ broken? McCain added that the plane’s delays meant that “the last F-35 will be delivered in 2040,” and given that potential adversaries like China and Russia were investing in modern aircraft technology, he said he “cannot fathom how this strategy makes any sense.” He made the comments while chairing a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the F-35. In his testimony, the F-35 program’s executive officer, Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan acknowledged the problematic development, saying it was sometimes “slower” than he would like. But he defended the current status of the plane, adding that he was “confident the current risks and issues we face can be resolved and we’ll be able to overcome future problems and deliver the F-35’s full combat capability.” But Bogdan confirmed that the Air Force’s variant of the strike fighter would be delayed by an additional 60 days and would not reach initial operating capability, its minimum usefully deployable form, until October 2016. Are F-35s fit for combat? Pentagon doesn’t know The Marine version of the aircraft obtained the capability in July while the Navy’s is not predicted to do so until 2018. Bogdan added that while 45 aircraft were delivered in 2015, more than 100 airplanes would be delivered in 2018 and 145 by 2020. The Pentagon’s director of operational testing and evaluation, Michael Gilmore, attributed the delays to incorrect assumptions at the start of the project. “The F-35 is an extreme example of optimistic, if not ridiculous assumptions, about how a program would play out,” he said. F-35, is it worth the cost? Frank Kendall, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, was cautiously optimistic about the aircraft’s future. “The F-35 is no longer a program that keeps me up at night,” he said. McCain concluded the hearing by commending the current leadership of the F-35 program, saying, “the takeaway from this is that we are making progress, that we have challenges that lie ahead, but there has been some significant improvements as opposed to some years ago.” The Joint Strike Fighter program is the largest and most expensive acquisition program in the history of the Department of Defense. The single-seat F-35 is intended to be extremely versatile, suited for air-to-air combat, air-to-ground strikes, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. New Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jets drop first bombs Its highly advanced design allows pilots to immediately share data with one another and their commanders; it can penetrate enemy territory without being detected by radar; and its specialized helmet display gives pilots a 360-degree view of their surroundings. The fighter is intended for use by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps and 10 foreign U.S. allies.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160426234500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/26/politics/f-35-delay-air-force/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "743169467", "sentence": "Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face a trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling, a source close to the case told CNN on Thursday. Sarkozy is suspected of attempting to obtain secret information in 2014 via his lawyer Thierry Herzog from a prosecutor about the status of an investigation into campaign financing. These suspicions were revealed by media outlets Le Monde and Mediapart, indicating Sarkozy’s lawyer allegedly offered to help prosecutor Gilbert Azibert to obtain a prestigious posting in Monaco, in exchange for the secret information. Both Herzog and Azibert deny the claims. Sarkozy, leader of France from 2007 until 2012, has been dogged by accusations of financial wrongdoing. Speaking to CNN affiliate BFM, Sarkozy’s lawyer Jacqueline Laffont slammed the decision to put Sarkozy on trial, suggesting wiretaps were not enough to open proceedings. Laffont said Sarkozy’s lawyers had filed a challenge to the proceedings. “We are doing so on a very serious basis,” she told the BFM. Thursday’s decision to send this case to trial comes after Sarkozy, in a separate case, was put under formal investigation on March 20 under allegations of accepting money from Libyans for his 2007 presidential campaign. In that case, Sarkozy says there is no evidence to support such a claim. “I am accused without any physical evidence,” Sarkozy wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday in French Newspaper Le Figaro.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nicolas Sarkozy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180329220000", "country1": "MCO", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/europe/france-nicolas-sarkozy-corruption-trial-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "460910151", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: James B. Cunningham is a senior fellow and the Khalilzad Chair at the Atlantic Council.  Ryan C. Crocker is dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.  Both served as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. The views expressed are their own. Afghanistan needs sustained U.S., partner support. ex-envoys say Country still faces \"daunting\" challenges, they write We arrived in Kabul in the summer of 2011 to assume the leadership of the American Embassy. The U.S. military surge had been completed and was beginning to reverse from its peak of some 100,000 troops.  The U.S. civilian surge had peaked, with more than 1,200 American diplomats, civil servants and contractors throughout the country, working under difficult and dangerous conditions, to help the Afghan people rebuild their country. We were tasked, along with our incredible military partners, to implement a strategy that would transition responsibility for security to Afghan hands – where it belongs – to create an international structure of military and development support based on U.S. leadership, to negotiate and implement a Strategic Partnership with Afghanistan, to help Afghans build the capacity to provide a better and more promising life, and to help Afghans achieve the first democratic political transition from one president to another in Afghanistan’s history.  All of this while denying the terrorist Taliban insurgency, who enjoy safe haven in Pakistan, the ability to recoup its losses in Afghanistan and to threaten the government itself. Four years later, that strategy is bearing fruit and many of those goals have been achieved in whole or in part. But there have also been serious setbacks and disappointments, and many challenges remain. The U.S. active combat role has ended (indeed, it virtually ended two years ago), and the Afghan security forces are fighting against a determined enemy. Yes, they will continue to improve, but they need sustained U.S. and partner support. Meanwhile, President Ashraf Ghani’s national unity government, with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, is implementing its international and domestic agenda despite the predictable, extreme difficulty of making the needed political cooperation a reality.  The new government is seeking stronger international ties, including with Pakistan, and it appears that it may have succeeded in opening new possibilities for a serious discussion with the Taliban about peace.  Importantly, Ghani and Abdullah have made clear the commitment of Afghanistan to the U.S. relationship, including in combating terror and violent extremism. None of this should suggest that we are underestimating the difficulties Afghanistan and its government are facing; they are daunting.  The implications of discord among the Taliban after Mullah Omar’s death remain to be seen.  And the barbaric bombings of recent days in Kabul, murdering mostly innocent civilians, are a stark reminder of Taliban brutality. But progress continues to be made, and the Afghan people have a unique, truly historic opportunity to seize this time and to build their future. And the reality is that they have not had, and will not have, a better one. There is also an opportunity for the United States, one we must not miss after years of commitment and the sacrifice of our young men and women in pursuit of American security.  An Afghanistan that is securing its own future and is an Islamic partner in defeating terror will increase the prospects for regional stability and contribute to international security – our security.  This critical period will determine whether Afghanistan is a positive factor, or a dangerously negative one, in the struggle against terror that brought us to Afghanistan in the first place and which will engage us for years to come. The United States has invested too much and has too much at stake to turn away now.  Afghan failure would be disastrous for Afghanistan, dangerous for its neighbors, and a threat to the United States and much of the rest of the world. Yet for Afghanistan to succeed, two things are needed:  American strategic patience and support where it is needed, and continued and accelerated performance by the Afghan government on the ambitious reform agenda laid out by President Ghani during his visit to the United States together with Abdullah last March. When we lead in Afghanistan, our international partners will follow.  We believe it will be necessary, given security realities on the ground and the need for a continued U.S. counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan, to maintain U.S. military forces longer than currently planned, as President Obama announced Thursday. This is even clearer in light of recent events.  Further reductions from today’s levels must be based on conditions and missions, rather than the calendar if the U.S. is not to run the very real risk of undercutting our own security by premature withdrawal of capabilities which are still needed for Afghan stability. We trust the American people and government will have the foresight to view our engagement in Afghanistan as part and parcel of our global and enduring effort to combat terrorism and extremism, a fight we must win if America is to be safe. 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{"article_id": "545627130", "sentence": "The Iraqi military recaptured villages surrounding ISIS stronghold of Falluja An estimated 50,000 civilians feared to be caught up in Falluja fighting Fierce clashes erupted between Iraqi security forces and ISIS militants on Tuesday at the southern edge of the Iraqi city of Falluja. The U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces are battling to retake the city from the terror group. Iraqi security tried to enter the city at dawn, a senior member of its rank told CNN. The official requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. ISIS fighters used suicide car bombs, RPGs and snipers to beat back the Iraqi forces, the official said. The Iraqi side suffered losses, the official added, declining to say how many. The most intense fighting took place in Nuaimiya, a farming area considered to be one of the last strips of land that separated Iraqi forces from ISIS south of Falluja. ISIS claimed that its fighters stopped Iraqi security forces and prevented them from advancing toward southern Falluja. The group said it killed at least 25 Iraqi troops and destroyed six army vehicles. CNN cannot confirm that. In a video released by Iraq’s Ministry of Defense, Iraqi Gen. Hamid al-Maliki announced Monday the city was encircled by Iraqi troops. Iraqi forces, in conjunction with Iraqi and coalition air support, started the operation to retake the city Monday, an Iraqi military spokesman said, capturing some villages on the outskirts of Falluja. The next step in the military’s plan was to push into the heart of the city and drive ISIS out, which may be the most dangerous part of the operation. Related video U.S. forces play key role in retaking ISIS stronghold Meanwhile, the danger for innocent people caught in the middle intensifies. There are reports that hundreds of families are being used by ISIS as human shields in the center of Falluja, said Caroline Gluk, spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Baghdad. Long struggle looms in battle for ISIS heartland The agency has also received reports of civilian casualties, deaths caused by heavy shelling, she said. About 3,700 people – or more than 600 families – have fled Falluja over the past week, since the offensive to retake the city from ISIS began, according to the UNHCR. Tens of thousands of people are at risk once door-to-door combat begins in the city, and there are reports of ISIS executing men and boys who refuse to fight for them, according to the United Nations. Maliki says aerial forces have provided cover for ground operations, helping to take out ISIS fighters and destroy their equipment. Voices from Falluja “With every moment that passes, their need for safe exits becomes more critical,” said Nasr Muflahi, the Norwegian Refugee Council country director in Iraq. “Getting there in the first place is near impossible for those in the city center.” And if the city is liberated, Iraqi authorities will face a whole new set of challenges – among them, addressing the social and political problems that led to the rise of ISIS, as well as security issues. The newest phase of the operation to retake Falluja was announced early Monday morning. “With God’s blessing we have launched the third phase of the operation to storm the center of Falluja city – by our heroes in the counterterrorism forces, units of the Iraqi army and Anbar police,” Iraqi military spokesman Yahya Rasoul said on Iraqi state TV. Related video Why Falluja matters Falluja and Mosul are the last two Iraqi cities under ISIS’ control. Iraqi forces retook the village of Nuaimiya, just south of Falluja, closing in on the city itself, al-Iraqi TV reported. Earlier Monday, Iraqi military units and supporting militia captured a handful of settlements from ISIS near Falluja, including the town of Saqlawiya, about 10 kilometers (6.5 miles) northwest of the city, and the villages of al-Buaziz, al-Bu Efan and al-Shiha, north and west of Falluja, state-run TV reported. Iraqi government troops, backed by Shiite militias known as the Popular Mobilization Units and an air campaign by the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition, launched the offensive last week to retake the ISIS stronghold, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, first targeting outlying settlements. Why suffering may not be over for Iraqis ‘liberated’ from ISIS Capturing Karma, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) northeast of Falluja on Thursday, brought most of the territory east of the city under government control. More than 5,000 Americans are providing training, advice and assistance to Iraqi forces and sending equipment to them, United States Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the coalition, said on CNN’s “New Day” Monday. Iraq was “invaded by these animals” of ISIS, he said, but the terror group’s grip on territory is slipping in both Iraq and Syria, he said. Related video Iraqi civilians flee Falluja to get away from fighting The U.N. refugee agency has warned that an estimated 50,000 people are at risk, caught in the city turned combat zone as the Iraqi military’s bombardment has intensified. “There are reports of a dramatic increase in the number of executions of men and older boys in Falluja (who are) refusing to fight on behalf of extremist forces,” said Leila Jane Nassif, the U.N. agency’s assistant representative in Iraq. “And many people have been killed or buried alive under the rubble of their homes in the course of ongoing military operations.” Hundreds, mostly women and children, fled Falluja on Friday as Iraqi soldiers attacked to drive ISIS from the city, the Iraqi military said. Security forces evacuated about 760 people who escaped from eastern and southeastern Falluja, the military said. “Food is scarce in the city,” said Um Ahmed, a 40-year-old living in Falluja with her family. “We have mostly been relying on dates for our meals.” The Norwegian Refugee Council reports the residents of Falluja have been faced with food shortages, lack of electricity and hospitals have depleted stocks of medical supplies. “We are working around the clock in the displacement camps to provide water and emergency food rations to people who manage to flee the violence,” Muflahi, the Iraq country director for the NRC, said. Farther north, thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga troops are involved in an offensive to retake formerly Kurdish villages near  Mosul, Kurdish officials say. The Peshmerga-led ground offensive, backed by coalition air support, was launched early Sunday to recapture villages near Khazir, east of Mosul. The move comes ahead of a joint offensive by Kurdish forces and Iraqi troops to take back Mosul, Kurdish media said. Across the border in Syria, a U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces last week pushed into territory north of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIS. Sarmad al-Jilane, an activist with the monitoring group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, confirmed reports that ISIS has let some residents of that city flee to the surrounding countryside or Deir Ezzor as Kurdish and Arab forces pushed forward. CNN’s Ashley Fantz, Azadeh Ansari, Mohammad Tawfeeq, Merieme Arif and Abeer Salman contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi military", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160531053000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/middleeast/iraq-operation-falluja/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "610951752", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Nile Gardiner is the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation and a former aide to the late British Prime Minister. Opinions in this article belong to the author. Nile Gardiner: Merkel looks out of touch with winds of change sweeping through Europe He says the German leader must act decisively in the face of the mounting terror threat She once strode across the European stage like a colossus. German Chancellor Angela Merkel used to be the de facto leader of mainland Europe, the guardian of the continent’s liberal ideals, champion of European unity and standard bearer of German economic dominance and prowess. This week’s barbaric act of terror on the streets of Berlin, however, served as a stark reminder of the limits of Merkel’s power, the inherent risks of her open borders approach to the refugee crisis and the extraordinary failures of German federal authorities in the face of the rising Islamist threat. The chief suspect in the brutal attack on a Christmas market at the heart of Berlin is a Tunisian asylum-seeker, Anis Amri, who had already been the subject of an earlier German terror investigation but had been released instead of being deported, despite being in touch with radical Islamists, including a recruitment network for ISIS operating in Germany, German security officials told CNN. The brutal atrocity has shone a huge spotlight on Merkel’s highly controversial decision to welcome nearly 1 million migrants into Germany since the start of 2015 as well as her government’s lax deportation policies and striking failure to act aggressively against Islamist militants. Merkel’s popularity had already fallen to a five-year low before this latest terror attack, with an approval rating in September of just 45%. Related article German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces run for fourth term It will likely plunge even further in the coming weeks as public outrage swells, with discontent in the ranks of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and its Christian Social Union partners certain to grow. Merkel will represent her party in the German federal elections next fall, but if she is returned to office for a fourth time, it may be as a significantly diminished figure. The Berlin attack is sending shock waves across an increasingly nervous Europe, and will intensify the criticism from other European leaders, especially in Eastern and Central Europe, of Merkel’s migrant policy, which has left the rest of the continent in a far more vulnerable position. Merkel’s stance on the refugee crisis was strongly rejected by the rising powers in the east, including Poland and Hungary. Merkel has elevated a naive liberal humanitarianism over the national security of her own country. Nile Gardiner German power within the European Union was once formidable. Today, it is increasingly challenged and rejected. Related article How populism could shake up Europe: A visual guide Unlike her British counterpart, Theresa May, Merkel looks remarkably out of touch with the winds of change sweeping through Europe, ignoring the growing calls for greater sovereignty and control over national borders. She clings to a withering European project, ardently defending the European single currency while extolling the principle of freedom of movement across Europe in the face of mounting unease and fear at home and abroad. She is also seemingly unwilling to confront the sheer scale of the Islamist terror threat to Europe, and to acknowledge the fact that her own refugee policies have greatly exacerbated the dangers. Incredibly, Merkel has elevated a naive liberal humanitarianism over the national security of her own country. The deep-seated problems facing Merkel are part of a broader long-term decline of German power. In the coming decades, Germany will wrestle with a dramatically falling population and reduced economic competitiveness. Great Britain is already on course to be Europe’s largest economy by 2030, according to the Centre for Economic and Business Research, and will overtake Germany as the most populous nation in Western Europe by the middle of the century. Merkel’s heyday in the first decade of this century will likely be remembered as the highpoint of modern post-war Germany Nile Gardiner Merkel’s heyday in the first decade of this century will likely be remembered as the highpoint of modern post-war Germany. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook But the challenges faced by Germany today are significantly greater than they were just a few years ago. Germany’s Chancellor must act decisively in the face of the mounting terror threat, and regain control of her own country’s borders. Europe is dramatically changing, and Merkel must be prepared to adapt with it.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Angela Merkel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161222161500", "country1": "TUN", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/opinions/merkel-end-2016-gardiner-op/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "677846512", "sentence": "The military options being considered could risk thousands of lives US officials told CNN last month that revised military options for North Korea have been prepared The Trump administration has said it’s ready to unleash American military might to back its diplomacy when it comes to preventing North Korea from developing a nuclear missile capable of hitting the United States. But there is no easy military solution to the crisis and several of the options potentially under consideration could risk thousands of lives. US officials told CNN last month that revised military options for North Korea have been prepared and were ready to be presented to President Donald Trump. “What we have to do is prepare all options because the President has made clear to us that he will not accept a nuclear power in North Korea and a threat that can target the United States and target the American population,” National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said last month during remarks at a Washington think tank. Related article Trump on North Korea: 'We handle everything' However it remains unclear whether those updated response options have been laid out for the President in the wake of North Korea’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday – the second ICBM test conducted by Pyongyang within a month. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touted the test as a success and claimed the “whole US mainland” is now within range of his missiles. Related article US military updates Trump's North Korea options But last week a US official told CNN that the US government doesn’t believe North Korea will be able to launch a reliable, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile until early 2018. The official said that while North Korea can currently get a missile “off the ground,” a lot of undetermined variables remain about guidance, reentry and the ability to hit a specific target. Related article 'Time for talk is over': US grapples for new approach on North Korea However, last week’s test shows that Pyongyang’s missile program may be more advanced than previously thought – an assessment that has raised new questions around how the US military might carry out a strike on North Korea and the potential fallout if they did. While all war game scenarios show the US winning a military confrontation, that victory could come at the cost of hundreds of thousands of deaths, mostly in South Korea where millions of innocent people – and nearly 30,000 US troops – are already in range of North Korea’s current missile capabilities. When asked about the US government’s strategy on handling North Korea, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested Tuesday using military options to halt threats from the country. “There is a military option to destroy North Korea’s (missile) program and North Korea itself,” Graham said on NBC’s “Today” show. “If there’s going to be a war to stop them, it will be over there. If thousands die, they’re going to die over there, they’re not going to die here and (President Donald Trump) told me that to my face.” Related article Graham: Military options are 'inevitable if North Korea continues' He continued: “I’m saying (military options are) inevitable if North Korea continues.” While Trump condemned last week’s missile launch and said the United States would act to ensure its security, both he and Vice President Mike Pence have offered few specifics when it comes to a plan on North Korea. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reiterated Tuesday that all options are on the table, but she put some distance between the White House and Graham’s comments that there are military options to destroy the country. “The President obviously has been very outspoken about how he feels about North Korea. We are weighing all options, keeping all options on the table, and as we have said many times, we are not going to broadcast what we are going to do,” Sanders said. Related article Who speaks for US on N. Korea? Contradictions emerge as Tillerson heads to Asia Pushed on Graham’s comments that the US could destroy the country, Sanders said, “Not what I am saying, what I am saying is the President has been very outspoken about the need to stop North Korea. We have been very focused on stopping the nuclear program, stopping the missiles, stopping the aggression, that still continues to be the focus and we are keeping those all options on the table to do that.” Related article North Korea tested its longest-ranging missile ever. Now what? However, in a recent exchange with Graham on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary James Mattis took an unusually specific stand on US military policy. Graham asked: “Is it the policy of the Trump administration to deny North Korea the capability of building an ICBM that can hit the American homeland with a nuclear weapon on top? Is that the policy?” “Yes,” Mattis answered. Analysts raise several issues when it comes to military options against North Korea — one being former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s “Pottery Barn” rule of foreign relations: You break it, you own it. A military operation against North Korea would saddle the US with expanded costs and responsibility on the peninsula. It would roil Asia and China, perhaps with unintended consequences. Though considered by many to be the worst case scenario, the plan described by Graham illustrates a harsh reality surrounding using military force against North Korea. While the US would undoubtedly emerge victorious in a major military conflict with North Korea, any option that calls for a preemptive strike would likely result in a reciprocal attack by Pyongyang on South Korea that would inflict serious casualties and risk the lives of thousands including US troops stationed there. Limited strikes against North Korean launch sites or military installations could pose a similar problem – complicated further by concerns over North Korea’s increased ability to hide its testing from the US until the last minute. This gives the US little warning if a missile or nuclear test is about to happen. Related article As US military flexes, North Korea marches toward nuclear capability While this has worried the US for some time, especially as they move to solid fueled missiles, the official said the North Koreans continue to make advances in their ability to hide their actions from the US. For example, they are able to quickly drive missiles out of underground shelters and fire them, giving US satellites little or no time to observe pre-launch activities. They are also diversifying the number of sites from which they launch missiles. Increasing its military presence in the peninsula through shows of force is another option for the Trump administration but to date, military chest thumping has proven to have little effect in deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Suggestions that the US could force a regime change in North Korea have also only further inflamed tensions. Related article CIA chief signals desire for regime change in North Korea In July, CIA Chief Mike Pompeo said regime change could be a possible approach. He said that while a denuclearized Korean peninsula would a welcome development, the most dangerous thing about the weapons is the man who wields them: “So from the administration’s perspective,” he said, “the most important thing we can do is separate those two. Right?” Pompeo admitted during a Q&A that there are risks to this approach, namely, what would come next? Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has consistently rejected the idea of regime change reiterating Tuesday that it is not the US intention. Indications are that the US still hopes to reach a diplomatic solution to stop North Korea’s rapidly evolving missile program and would use military action only if North Korea posed an imminent threat. The Trump administration is likely considering a full spectrum of military options — some more forceful than flying a B-1 bombers over the peninsula and others less overt than a direct strike – in hopes that they can bring North Korea back to the negotiating table. But with Pyongyang months away from realizing its goal of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States, Trump and his military leaders are considering a more forceful approach. CNN’s Brad Lendon, Barbara Starr and Nicole Gaouette contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military options on North Korea", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170801224500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/politics/north-korea-military-options-trump/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "592795906", "sentence": "Hundreds of ISIS fighters streaming into Mosul, witnesses say Fighters have been seen rigging bridges with explosives ISIS is sending “suicide squads” from Syria to its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, witnesses have told CNN, as tens of thousands of troops close in on the key city to take it from the militant group’s control. Witnesses said hundreds of new arrivals had streamed into Mosul from the group’s heartland of Raqqa, Syria, in the past two days, describing them as foreign fighters wearing distinct uniforms and suicide belts, and carrying light weapons. ISIS fighters have been seen rigging bridges across the strategic Tigris river with explosives and have prepared dozens of vehicle-borne suicide bombs. A coalition of around 100,000 forces began an operation on October 17 to retake Mosul, and have been slowly gaining ground toward the city, liberating villages from ISIS rule along the way. Clashes with ISIS fighters are expected to intensify the closer in troops get, and in Mosul itself, bloody street-to-street skirmishes are expected. While the coalition has made sweeping gains, ISIS has put up a fierce resistance in pockets, relying on asymmetric warfare tactics, such as setting oil fields and even a sulfur factory alight to push coalition troops away, and using civilians as human shields. Mosul: How ISIS is fighting to keep its Iraqi stronghold The group is also carrying out retribution killings, executing about 40 people on Saturday near a newly “liberated” village near Nimrud, southeast of Mosul, as revenge for those who had welcomed Iraqi forces. ISIS separately killed another 284 men and boys last week in and near Mosul. A UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, said Tuesday that his office had received reports of “barbaric acts” committed by  ISIS as troops advance. “We continue to receive reports of depredations – including extrajudicial killings and summary executions – against children and women, as well as male civilians, by ISIL as Iraqi Government forces close in on Mosul,” he told a press briefing in Geneva, using an alternative name for ISIS. “We also continue to receive information that reinforces the belief that ISIL are deliberately using civilians as human shields – forcing them to move to sites where ISIL fighters are based, or preventing them from leaving other places for strategic reasons.” He shared one case where three women and three young girls were allegedly killed Saturday after trailing behind a group that ISIS was forcing to relocate. The victims were lagging behind because one of the girls had a disability. He said that 15 civilians in Safina, a village south of Mosul, were killed and thrown into a river “apparently in an attempt to spread terror among the other residents.” US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Tuesday that efforts to capture of Raqqa would continue, and not be put on hold by the Mosul operation. “There will be overlap, and that is part of our plan,” Carter said. “We have already begun laying groundwork to commence the isolation of Raqqa.” CNN’s Deborah Bloom in Atlanta contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161026101500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/26/middleeast/mosul-offensive-isis-suicide-squads/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "738369257", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s pick to head the CIA, Gina Haspel, would be the first female director of the intelligence agency if confirmed. Haspel, who served as deputy director of the agency under Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, since February 2017, has accepted the new role, saying in a statement that she was “grateful to President Trump for the opportunity, and humbled by his confidence in” her. Haspel is a career intelligence officer who joined the CIA in 1985. In recent months, Haspel has been running the day-to-day operations at the agency, while Pompeo spent a lot of time at the White House, according to former and current CIA officials with knowledge of the matter and a former White House official. One former CIA official says that Haspel’s promotion is “good for both places” – the CIA and State.” The former CIA official added, “Haspel is a pro’s pro.” Related article Trump fires Tillerson, taps Pompeo as next secretary of state In her appointment last year as deputy director, Haspel garnered praise from high-level Obama-era and Bush-era appointees, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director Michael Hayden. During her time at the agency, Haspel has held several senior leadership positions, including directorial roles in the National Clandestine Service and in the Counterterrorism Center, as well as several Chief of Station roles, a news release from the CIA said. Haspel has received several awards in her career, including the Presidential Rank Award – the most prestigious award in the federal civil service. According to The New York Times, Haspel has spent most of her career undercover. While running a CIA prison in Thailand, dubbed a “black site,” Haspel oversaw the torture of a terror suspect and her name was on a cable giving instructions to destroy video evidence documenting their interrogations, according to the Times. Related article Rex Tillerson is out. So, who gets fired next? Haspel, the Times reported in February, played a direct role in the agency’s program that gave captured militants to foreign governments and held them at secret sites, where they were tortured by CIA staff. Haspel was Jose Rodriguez’s chief of staff when he ran the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, according to former CIA officials. According to Rodriguez’s memoir, “Hard Choices,” he asked Haspel to prepare a cable granting permission to destroy tapes of the interrogation sessions of terror detainees – including Abu Zubaydah, an Al Qaeda suspect who was waterboarded while in CIA custody, according to a Senate report – with an industrial shredder. However, Rodriguez said he personally sent the cable. Haspel will likely face questioning in her Senate confirmation for her involvement in the Thailand incident. In 2013, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein blocked Haspel’s promotion within the clandestine service, the Times reported. And in 2017, a handful Senate Democrats called on Trump to withdraw Haspel from consideration for her role as deputy director, according to The Hill. Related article Republicans in Congress blindsided by Tillerson firing Feinstein told reporters on Tuesday that Haspel has asked to speak with her, and that she has a lot of questions for the new appointee. “I think, hopefully, the entire organization learned something from the so-called enhanced interrogation program,” Feinstein told reporters. “Since my concerns were raised over the torture situation, I have met with her extensively. Talked with her. She has been, I believe, a good deputy director. She seems to have the confidence of the agency, which is good,” she later said. Following Tuesday’s news, at least two Democratic senators, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Ron Wyden of Oregon, signaled that they did not support Haspel’s promotion. Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Susan Collins of Maine said questions about her work will be raised. McCain said she “needs to explain the nature and extent of her involvement in the CIA’s interrogation program” during her confirmation. Outside Capitol Hill, Haspel faces another strong opponent in Washington: the American Civil Liberties Union, which has concerns over her involvement in Thailand and whether as a career CIA employee, she has the independence needed for a CIA director. The organization has called on the CIA to declassify “every aspect of Haspel’s torture record before considering the nomination.” UPDATE: This story has been updated after the New York Times issued a correction stating that Haspel did not oversee the torture of Al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah who was waterboarded 83 times in one month. CNN’s Tammy Kupperman, Jenna McLaughlin and Manu Raju contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Gina Haspel", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180313164500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "THA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/who-is-gina-haspel/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "640158473", "sentence": "Ferreira's police academy class voted him class president He and 42 other graduating officers are military veterans A former US Marine left a double amputee after stepping on an explosive device in Afghanistan has become a police officer in New York. Matias Ferreira, 28, will be one of a few active duty police officers in the entire country that are double amputees. Ferreira, fulfilling a lifelong dream to become a cop, is the first double amputee to join the Suffolk County Police Department in Long Island, New York, according to a Suffolk County Police press release. Ferreira lost both of his legs below the knees after stepping on an improvised explosive device (IED) while serving in Afghanistan in 2011. More than 40 members of Ferreira’s graduating class are also military veterans. His fellow newly minted officers voted him their class president. “On behalf of the entire Suffolk County Police Department, we are honored to have these young men and women joining our ranks tomorrow and dedicating their careers to serving the residents of Suffolk County,” Police Commissioner Timothy D. Sini said in a statement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Suffolk County Police Department", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170324171500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/us/double-amputee-veteran-cop-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "636340506", "sentence": "The House Intelligence Community has set a Monday deadline for the DOJ to provide evidence Calls for Trump to produce evidence have grown louder The Department of Justice asked the chairman and vice chairman of the House Intelligence Committee for “additional time” to collect evidence to support President Donald Trump’s accusation that the Obama administration wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower during the campaign. The committee had set a Monday deadline for the agency to provide the evidence, a source familiar with the matter has told CNN – a deadline that did not appear to apply to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation. Senate panel Chairman Richard Burr told CNN, “I’ve talked to all the appropriate people,” adding later that he has received “sufficient” responses about the wiretapping claim. “I would say from our conversations, what we’ve gotten are sufficient answers,” the North Carolina Republican said. Burr would not say if there was any evidence backing Trump’s claim. The source told CNN over the weekend that the House committee had sent letters throughout the intelligence community this week to obtain records related to Russia, which the Justice Department responded to Monday evening. “This afternoon, the Department of Justice placed calls to representatives of the chairman and ranking member of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to ask for additional time to review the request in compliance with the governing legal authorities and to determine what if any responsive documents may exist,” Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement. A spokesman for Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, suggested the panel may subpoena the administration if their questions go unanswered. “The Department of Justice has asked for more time to comply with the House Intelligence Committee’s request for information related to possible surveillance of Donald Trump or his associates during the election campaign,” Nunes spokesman Jack Langer said in a statement. “We have asked the department to provide us this information before the committee’s open hearing scheduled for March 20. If the committee does not receive a response by then, the committee will ask for this information during the March 20 hearing and may resort to a compulsory process if our questions continue to go unanswered.” In the upper chamber, senators on the intelligence panel say they’ve asked officials to provide evidence of Trump’s wiretapping claims. They suggest there wasn’t a Monday deadline – as the House committee has requested. Asked if he has imposed a deadline the way the House panel did, Burr said: “The House operates differently than I do.” Burr also said it’s possible former Trump associates could be hauled before his committee, adding that Trump confidante Roger Stone’s contacts with “Guccifer 2.0” is “part of an ongoing investigation.” The Guccifer 2.0 persona, who claimed credit for hacking the Democratic National Committee’s emails, was identified by the US intelligence community as a front for Russian intelligence. Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who also made a request to the Justice Department alongside fellow Judiciary Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, said he hasn’t heard back from the agency. “I’m getting very ill-tempered over this,” the South Carolina senator told reporters. “I expect them to take some time, but Judiciary has control over the FBI–oversight. So I have said, OK, let’s keep the committee process in place, regular order, so if the FBI runs over to the Intel committee and they testify there, and they don’t respond to my letter, I think that’s a mistake, because the FBI is under our jurisdiction.” Graham said he’ll give “them a little more time” but warned that (FBI Director James) Comey ought to respond to the letter. “You’ll run afoul of the Judiciary Committee. If I were you, I wouldn’t do that,” he said. “Director Comey, trying to give you a little advice here.” Trump has not publicly provided any evidence for his wiretapping allegations, first made more than a week ago. Sunday night, Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to the President, appeared to expand the allegations by suggesting to the Bergen Record there could have been even wider spying of the Trump campaign, including the use of microwaves and television sets. Like the President, however, she did not provide any evidence, and later said she was speaking generally about surveillance. Former President Barack Obama has denied the allegations through a spokesman, and his former director of national intelligence, James Clapper, also has publicly denied them. Sources have told CNN that Comey also pushed back against Trump’s claim. As Congress’ deadline looms, calls for Trump to produce evidence have grown louder, including by some in his own party. “The President has one of two choices: either retract or provide the information that the American people deserve,” Sen. John McCain told CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday on “State of the Union.” “I have no reason to believe that the charge is true, but I also believe that the President of the United States could clear this up in a minute.” Two congressmen privy to sensitive intelligence information said this weekend that they, too, had no information currently to support Trump’s claims. The House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff, said on ABC’s “This Week”: “I don’t expect we’ll see evidence of this.” And House Speaker Paul Ryan, asked directly on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” if he had seen evidence of the wiretaps, said: “No.” Conway said Sunday that “surveillance” could go beyond the tapping of phones. “What I can say is there are many ways to surveil each other,” Conway told the Record. “You can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their television sets — any number of ways.” She went on to allege that the spying could have been done with “microwaves that turn into cameras,” adding: “We know this is a fact of modern life.” Conway also reiterated Trump’s request that an investigation into the wiretapping claims be included into a congressional investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election. Pressed on CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” Monday morning about her comments to the Record, Conway said she was speaking about “surveilling generally.” “Chris, I’m not Inspector Gadget.  I don’t believe people are using the microwave to spy on the Trump campaign,” Conway told CNN. “However, I have – I’m not in the job of having evidence.  That’s what investigations are for.  I’ve said many, many times throughout the week that the president is pleased that the House and Senate Intelligence Committees have agreed with him that this should be part of the investigation that already exists about Russia and the campaign, an investigation that apparently has gone nowhere so far.” She later tweeted that the Record’s headline – “Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign” – was “just wrong.” “Response to Bergen Record was about surveillance articles in news & techniques generally, not about campaign. Headline just wrong,” Conway said. This story has been updated. CNN’s Mary Kay Mallonee, Eli Watkins and David Wright contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's wiretapping allegations", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170313131500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/intelligence-deadline-wiretaps/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "579092658", "sentence": "The DNC was already known to be hacked McCaul says the RNC was similarly targeted A Republican congressman said he misspoke when he asserted the Republican National Committee’s data has been hacked, amending his remarks shortly after a top RNC official disputed his initial statement. GOP Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Wednesday on “The Situation Room” that he learned from intelligence briefings that hackers have targeted the RNC similarly to how they struck the Democratic National Committee. Breaking: Russians have also hacked into the RNC, McCaul tells @wolfblitzer: “they’re not picking sides here” https://t.co/RsFr6u4dV4 “Yes, they have hacked into the Republican National Committee,” McCaul said. “So this is, again, they are not picking sides here I don’t think. They are hacking into both political parties … We’re not sure why they’ve released some documents and not others.” McCaul had continued: “What we don’t know is the extent of damage done and what they were able to retrieve out of the RNC itself. That’s, again, the subject of an FBI investigation.” A top RNC official immediately disputed McCaul. “There has been no known breach of the RNC’s cyber network,” said Sean Cairncross, the RNC’s chief operating officer. Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul releases statement on RNC hacking: I misspoke... https://t.co/cjDPQK1LaJ pic.twitter.com/EJuQwUd7kx Shortly after the interview, McCaul walked back his comments. “I misspoke by asserting that the RNC was hacked. What I had intended to say was that in addition to the DNC hack, Republican political operatives have also been hacked,” he said in a statement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "RNC", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Contrasted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160914230000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/14/politics/michael-mccaul-rnc-hacked/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "602239580", "sentence": "Nigel Farage says he has no plans to meet with Donald Trump on an upcoming US trip He says he wants to help improve relations between the UK government and Trump team UK politician Nigel Farage told CNN Thursday he’d like to act as a “middle man” to improve relations between the British government and US President-elect Donald Trump after a bumpy start. But he said he had no plans for a second face-to-face meeting with Trump while on a trip to the United States in the next few days, despite reports to the contrary. Trump caused diplomatic ripples Tuesday when he tweeted that Farage would “do a great job” as Britain’s ambassador to the United States. And Farage, who’s interim leader of the right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the figurehead of the Brexit movement, was the first UK politician to meet with Trump post-victory when he spent time with him at Trump Tower 11 days ago. By contrast, Trump called 11 other world leaders before placing a call to Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May following his election win, suggesting that the two countries’ much vaunted “special relationship” might be a little rocky. Related video Nigel Farage: Donald Trump should focus on issues Speaking to CNN’s Carol Costello, Farage said there were “some fences that need to be mended” after “nearly the entire British government said derogatory things about Donald Trump and his team” during the US presidential campaign. “I would like to try to act as a little bit of a middle man to try and mend some of this, so we can get on with some really important work,” he said. But Farage said it was up to the British government whether it wanted him to take on that kind of liaison role. Judging by the government’s frosty response to Trump’s tweet proposing Farage for the role of ambassador, the invitation may not come soon. A spokesman for May’s office blocked the idea, telling CNN the UK appoints its own ambassadors and that the position was filled. Related article Donald Trump could meet the Queen in 2017 There’s no doubt Trump’s expression of a preference for UK ambassador to Washington was a startling break with diplomatic protocol. It was also particularly awkward for the UK as Farage has long been a thorn in the side of May’s Conservative party. Farage, however, suggested the business world could see the advantages of building on the relationship he’s forged with Trump and his team, including appearing alongside Trump on the campaign trail in Mississippi. “I genuinely think and believe that a closer relationship between our two countries will be mutually beneficial to us and if I can do anything to cement this relationship, I will,” he said. CNN’s Angela Dewan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nigel Farage", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161124181500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/24/politics/uk-us-farage-trump/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "590324192", "sentence": "Baqer and Siamak Namazi were ordered to pay a $4.8 million fine Iranian news agency reports father and son were paid by United States for \"anti-Iran activities\" Iranian-Americans Baquer Namazi and his son Siamak have been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $4.8 million, according to Iran’s official news channel IRINN. Iran officials say five people were convicted and sentenced for “cooperating with Iran’s enemies,” a government euphemism that usually implies cooperating with the United States. Siamak Namazi was arrested nearly a year ago and became the first US citizen reported to have been detained in the country since the announcement of the Iranian nuclear program deal. The agreement was hailed by US President Barack Obama as a way to impede Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The sentence comes after four US prisoners were released by Iran earlier this year as part of a US-Iran prisoner swap that granted clemency to seven Iranians indicted or imprisoned in the United States. Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, Marine veteran Amir Hekmati and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini were three of the four freed in the swap. Siamak Namazi is a Dubai-based businessman with dual US and Iranian citizenship. His father, Baquer, was detained in February 2016. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said the country does not recognize dual citizenship and that it “routinely harasses citizens and dual nationals with trumped up national security charges.” The human rights group told CNN in September that it was aware of several dual nationals imprisoned in Iran when commenting on the five-year sentence of a British-Iranian woman whom Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps accused of attempting to overthrow the government. The US State Department released a statement Tuesday calling for the immediate release of father and son. “We join recent calls by international organizations and UN human rights experts for the immediate release of all US citizens unjustly detained in Iran, including Siamak and Baquer Namazi, so that they can return to their families,” the statement read. Baquer Namazi has a US passport with his birthplace listed as Iraq.  According to the US State Department, he is a former UNICEF employee whose health is being reported as “declining.” Iranian officials were not clear who has to pay the $4.8 million fine but said the amount is what the convicted  “had received from the US for their mission in Iran.” Iranian news agency IRIB said the five sentenced were paid by the United States for “anti-Iran activities.” Under Iranian law, the convicted have 21 days to appeal their sentence.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161018234500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/world/iranian-americans-sentenced-10-years/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "504110603", "sentence": "White House and State Department officials have long said they believe Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent, is no longer in Iran but somewhere else in southwest Asia But FBI investigators believe Levinson, if he is still alive, is being held in Iran FBI investigators believe Robert Levinson, if he is still alive, is being held in Iran despite public statements from U.S. officials in other agencies indicating he may be elsewhere, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation. White House and State Department officials have long said they believe Levinson is no longer in Iran but somewhere else in southwest Asia. Some officials cited a proof-of-life video and photos sent to his family in 2010 and 2011 that gave clues that indicated Levinson was in Pakistan or elsewhere. At the time, an analysis of the video suggested as much. What is in agreement among U.S. agencies is the possibility that Levinson died years ago in captivity, the officials say. White House press secretary Josh Earnest repeated that view Tuesday in response to criticism from the Levinson family. “We have reason to believe that he no longer is in Iran, and that’s why we continue to press for information about his whereabouts,” Earnest said. Brett McGurk, the lead U.S. negotiator on the prisoner swap, made a similar remark in an interview with CNN on Tuesday.  But the FBI, which led the investigation into Levinson’s disappearance nine years ago, believes that the former FBI agent has always been in Iran, the officials tell CNN. The officials didn’t say what evidence FBI investigators have to conclude that Levinson was in Iran. Iran has always denied having anything to do with his disappearance. White House and State Department officials referred CNN to their previous comments standing by the view that Levinson was not believed to be in Iran. And who held him in custody isn’t clear, the officials say. Some U.S. officials believe that a militant group, and not Iranian security forces, held him hostage. But others believe it’s unlikely Levinson could be held on Iranian soil by any group not under the control of the Iranian government. U.S. officials remain convinced that the Iranians know more about Levinson’s disappearance than they have admitted. Under the recent prisoner swap deal, the Iranian government promised to help in the investigation. But they have provided no new information on his whereabouts. McGurk, President Barack Obama’s special envoy on the U.S. effort against ISIS, led the negotiations with Iran on the prisoner swap, and said the agreement presents a formal process to continue discussing the Levinson case with Iran. “(If) this is a situation which we knew Bob Levinson was in a prison cell in Iran, I think you know we’d have a different outcome here,” McGurk told CNN on Tuesday. “That’s something that we can’t confirm. In fact, it appears that he’s not being held in Iran. But we have this formal, now process, with Iran to continue discussing that case in a very aggressive and vigorous way, and that’s something that we will continue to do.” In a statement to CNN, the Levinson family said, “If this is true, it is outrageous that, after nine years, members of the U.S. government are still not on the same page about getting Bob home. This confirms our belief that some in the administration have not made Bob a priority, and that’s why he is still a hostage.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160120213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/politics/robert-levinson-iran-us-investigation/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "419765440", "sentence": "NEW: Resident tells CNN she initially mistook the noise from the crash for an avalanche Crash site in the Bleone Valley is remote, difficult to reach Single mountain road leads to area; police urge people to leave it clear With its snow-capped mountains and picturesque deserted hamlets, the Bleone Valley, where a Germanwings jet crashed Tuesday, is a stunningly beautiful but sparsely populated spot. Tiny villages are scattered along the gorge, which rises from the apple and pear orchards and the gray stone riverbed of the valley floor to heights of more than 2,000 meters (1.2 miles) above sea level. Many of these villages, which were bustling communities in the 19th century, now lie abandoned or survive with just a handful of inhabitants. One dead-end road, the D107, winds its way through Prads-Haute-Bleone, passing churches and a campsite that offers a peaceful retreat for summer hikers. But the remoteness – which appeals to small numbers of holidaymakers looking to ski in winter or take restorative walks through the green hills in the warmer months – may make reaching the wreckage of the Germanwings plane difficult. Gilles Gravier, director of the tourist office in Val d’Allos, told French newspaper Liberation the crash occurred in a particularly steep spot on the Trois Eveches mountain, and may have been witnessed by skiers on the area’s slopes. “There is no access by road; emergency crews are coming in by air, using helicopters,” he said. Capt. Benoit Zeisser from the Gendarmerie in the nearby town of Digne told CNN the aircraft was lying in “difficult terrain.” Related gallery Germanwings plane crashes in France Sandrine Boisse, the president of the tourism office at the Pra Loup ski resort, said she heard the plane crash and called the police and the local government office to find out what had happened. “It was about 11 (a.m.) here. I was outside the garage, and we heard a strange noise, ” she said. “And at first we thought it was an avalanche, but it was strange at this time because it was 11. “Something was wrong. … We didn’t know what.” Her husband was skiing nearby and saw a plane flying at low altitude, she said. French President Francois Hollande warned “it will take some hours for the emergency services to reach the crash site.” Photographs posted on Twitter hours after the plane disappeared from radar showed helicopters preparing to take off, and emergency vehicles lining up ready to receive the victims’ remains. The bodies of those on board the plane are expected to be taken to the gymnasium at the local high school in Seyne les Alpes, some 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the crash site, which will be used as a temporary morgue. French police in the region have pleaded with locals and visitors to stay away from the site, urging them “not to clutter the roads,” leaving them clear for emergency vehicles.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Germanwings plane crash site", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150324161500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/europe/germanwings-crash-location/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "589956485", "sentence": "Approximately 100 to 200 US Special Operations Forces in northern Iraq are working as advisers US Special Forces have the authority to go further into the field than they have in the past While the Pentagon emphasizes Iraqi forces are leading the charge into Mosul, it is clear US troops will be heavily involved in the efforts to wrest the city back from ISIS. “Americans are in harm’s way as part of this fight,” Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook acknowledged Monday, though he added, “There are specific steps that have been taken, and protocols in place, for us to try and reduce the risk to Americans because this is Iraqis in the lead.” A day after the assault on Iraq’s second-largest city began, US forces are visibly providing a supporting role to the local troops. Approximately 100 to 200 US Special Operations Forces in northern Iraq are working as advisers to Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga units. Related video Battle to liberate Mosul begins A small number of US forces will serve as forward air controllers to call in the locations of ISIS targets for airstrikes. There are also US artillery units at locations both north and south of Mosul that are striking targets. US Special Forces have the authority to go further into the field than they have in the past to accompany relatively small Iraqi units, but it is not clear that has yet happened in the Mosul battle. US troops are required to stay in positions on the battlefield that provide the least chance of coming under attack. But despite those restrictions, three US service members have been killed over the past year in operations targeting ISIS in Iraq, and the danger for US troops is likely to grow as the Mosul offensive goes forward. “They may be as far forward as 500 meters outside the range of small arms, but that does expose them to mortar fire. It does expose them to artillery fire,” noted retired US Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt. ISIS are believed to have an elaborate network of booby-traps throughout the city to greet Iraqi forces, as well as a network of tunnels – some big enough to ride a motorcycle through. Iraqi forces have come a long way from their loss of Ramadi in western Anbar province in May 2015, when Defense Secretary Ash Carter told CNN that Iraqi forces showed “no will to fight” in Ramadi. Related video Iraq forces and ISIS exchange gunfire Following a later offensive that dislodged ISIS from Ramadi, Iraqi forces also took back the key cities of Fallujah, Baiji and others on the march closer to Mosul – ISIS’ largest remaining Iraqi stronghold and home to over a million people. But even if ISIS loses its grip on Mosul, analysts who follow the situation say there likely will not be many celebrations in the immediate aftermath. “There is a lot of fighting left to do,” said retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, a CNN military analyst. “ISIS will still be present, and it will take a generation to get rid of these ideologues.” And Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of US forces in Iraq and Syria, also signaled Monday that what lay ahead for Iraqi forces in Mosul would not be easy. “This may prove to be a long, a tough battle, but the Iraqis have prepared for it and we will stand by them,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Special Operations Forces", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161018003000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/17/politics/us-military-mosul/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "738145309", "sentence": "Hillary Clinton told a receptive audience over the weekend in India that while she thought President Donald Trump played to some of Americans’ worst fears, he does not reflect the country as a whole. “No, we did not deserve that,” Clinton said when asked if the US “deserves” Trump as its leader. Clinton called the 2016 presidential race the “first reality TV campaign,” and said Trump, as a bombastic “reality TV candidate,” was able to win over enough of the audience to win the election. And in comments seized on by the Republican National Committee, Clinton said she had won sections of the country with more economic output and attributed some of Trump’s insurgent victory to a series of social and economic anxieties and discriminatory attitudes among his supporters. “I won the places that represent two-thirds of America’s gross domestic product,” Clinton said. “So I won the places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward. And his whole campaign, ‘Make America Great Again,’ was looking backwards. You know, you didn’t like black people getting rights, you don’t like women, you know, getting jobs, you don’t want to, you know, see that Indian-American succeeding more than you are, whatever your problem is, I’m going to solve it.” Clinton said there is “the phenomenon of disappointment” about economic outcomes, particularly after the 2008 financial crisis, one of three main areas where she said she sees Americans’ fears play out. Second, she pointed to “a reaction to advancing opportunities and rights for other groups,” citing advancements for African-Americans, the LGBT community and women – and said the third area was “the reaction against immigrants.” As for Trump’s conduct on the international stage, Clinton pointed to the President’s “affinity for dictators,” including Russian President Vladimir Putin. But when asked if the Russians have anything compromising on Trump, Clinton said, “We’ll find out. Follow the money.” She made clear later in the discussion that she did not know where the special counsel’s investigation into Russian election meddling and possible coordination with Trump’s team is likely to lead. “Whether or not it affects him or just people around him, nobody knows,” Clinton said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180312234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/hillary-clinton-india-donald-trump/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "463583974", "sentence": "NEW: Military official says Boko Haram is changing tactics with raids, rather than challenging troops Boko Haram militants attacks a market and infirmary, a Cameroonian military spokesman says The Islamist extremist group is based in Nigeria but has launched attacks in nearby countries Boko Haram militants killed about 30 people and wounded 145 others in attacks early Thursday on a market and infirmary in northern Cameroon, a military official said. The bloodshed once again demonstrates the Islamist extremist group’s wrath and reach in Africa. The terrorist group’s members “came in from across the hills in Nigeria,” where Boko Haram is based, and struck a crowded market in the town Kerawa, said Col. Didier Badjeck, a spokesman for Cameroon’s military. The militants also attacked an infirmary near a Cameroonian military camp, according to Badjeck. The spokesman said Thursday’s attacks suggest Boko Haram may be changing its tactics, with more quick raids striking civilians than battles with government troops. “They find it hard these days, coming face-to-face with our forces,” Badjeck added. “What they do now is come in from Nigeria, attack border areas, and then run back to Nigeria.” The sentiment was seconded by Joseph Vincent Ntuda Ebode, a professor at the University of Yaounde, who credited the Cameroonian military’s actions in the wake of July suicide bombings that killed dozens. They’ve reverted to “the traditional methods used by all terrorist groups (like) suicide bombings,” he said. But Boko Haram still is a potent and dangerous force, he added. “This means they can attack simultaneously in Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Benin,” Ntuda Ebode said. The bloodshed in Cameroon came days after Boko Haram terrorists rode into the village of Baanu, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, on horseback and shot dead 68 people, according to residents and local militia. Such attacks have become commonplace in Nigeria for years, as Boko Haram has increasingly and violently asserted itself. The group began in the mid-2000s with a stated aim of imposing its strict version of Sharia law across Nigeria, which is split between a majority Muslim north and a mostly Christian south. To achieve this goal, Boko Haram has resorted to some of the most abhorrent tactics imaginable to achieve its goals. These include bombing marketplaces, churches, mosques and other public gathering spots as well as mass kidnappings, the most notorious being last year’s abduction of over 200 girls from a school in the northeastern Nigerian city of Chibok. Those girls’ fate remains a mystery. Yet Boko Haram hasn’t confined itself to Nigeria’s borders. Its fighters have also launched lethal attacks on sites in several other western and central African countries, including Niger, Benin and Chad. This also includes Cameroon, who is one of the African nations who pledged last winter to contribute to an 8,700-strong regional military force to combat Boko Haram.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Boko Haram", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150903221500", "country1": "CMR", "country2": "NGA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/africa/boko-haram-cameroon-violence/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "699710405", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York homicide prosecutor and currently is counsel at the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC, focusing on wrongful conviction and civil rights cases. Follow him on Twitter @paulcallan. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Paul Callan: It's not illegal, but improper, arrogant for Trump to be interviewing potential US attorneys, given his history Callan says it raises question of whether personal interviews are used to demand loyalty from his new federal legal top guns So much for avoiding the appearance of impropriety. President Donald Trump  is personally interviewing United States attorney candidates, including those in New York and Washington. Throwing out the rule book of tradition in this area is dangerous for many good reasons.  The main one is that federal prosecutors in New York, Washington and possibly other jurisdictions might end up investigating the President or his aides or family members, for reasons relating to Trump’s political or governmental actions or to his many private businesses. We know that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating possible Russian interference in the  presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.  As an appointee of the Justice Department, Mueller has every right to call upon the resources of US attorneys in any jurisdiction into which his investigation extends. The President was severely burned by his heavy-handed interactions with former FBI Director James Comey, first offering to keep him on the job, then firing him and triggering a possible obstruction of justice investigation. Related article Harvey Weinstein, the Trumps and the OTHER swamp Comey claims the President demanded a “loyalty pledge,” a claim Trump denies. Trump was similarly ham-handed in his termination of Preet Bharara, the former US attorney for New York’s Southern District.  Bharara is now a CNN Legal Contributor. The President has the legal right to conduct such interviews because as the nation’s chief executive he is the nominal head of the entire Justice Department and is also the highest ranking law enforcement authority in the United States.  US attorneys are technically his employees. Exercising this right, though, is an act of extraordinary arrogance by a President who should have learned a lesson from the Comey and Bharara fiascos. The real question many will have is whether the President is using personal interviews to either demand or inspire loyalty from his newly minted federal legal top guns. The US attorney spot in any state is an influential and prestigious post. Federal prosecutors are the most powerful law enforcement officials in their districts, sometimes supervising hundreds of lawyers, paralegals and investigators as they prosecute everything from drug dealers, organized criminals and terrorists to white collar criminals engaged in a variety of sophisticated financial frauds and schemes. Related article Sessions gets law dead wrong on transgender protections Many US attorneys become famous, as Thomas Dewey and Rudy Giuliani  both did in New York,  later running for such higher offices as mayor, governor or even President. The current attorney general of the United States, Jeff Sessions, was once a US attorney, as was his predecessor, Loretta Lynch. There is time-honored process in which the Department of Justice and local senate offices vet and interview candidates for these important positions. The process requires presidential involvement only at its conclusion, when the President makes his selection.   An ethical United States attorney owes loyalty only to the United States Constitution and the cause of justice. He or she should never be required to pledge personal loyalty to the President. A US attorney remains bound by the law, as are all others residing within the jurisdiction of The United States. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The President has no reason to be personally involved in the nitty gritty of US attorney interviews. There are more than 90 US attorneys scattered throughout the states and territories. The President has better things to do with his time, and though it may be legal to use it on such interviews, it will only create the impression that he is trying to stack the system of justice with loyalists who will look the other way when his business, family or political interests are at stake.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171020221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/opinions/us-attorney-trump-interview-callan-opinion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "458437491", "sentence": "NEW: Former PM al-Maliki: Report has \"no value\" Persecution of women and minority religious groups reportedly followed Mosul's fall The report will be submitted to Iraq's judiciary for possible legal action A report approved Monday by the Iraqi parliament blames the country’s former prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, and other senior officials for the fall of the northern city of Mosul in 2014. The report will be submitted to the judicial branch of government for possible legal action. But in a Facebook post, al-Maliki said the report had “no value.” Mosul, a city of more than 1 million people about 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Baghdad, is one of the most important cities in northern Iraq. Its fall to the terrorist group ISIS was followed by disastrous consequences for residents in the area. ISIS raided the Turkish Consulate in the city, capturing 49 employees, including the consul general. Turkish officials negotiated their release in September. The trade-off for their release remains unknown, but until recently, Turkey declined to participate in the international fight against ISIS. Women and members of minority religious groups in Mosul have reportedly been persecuted since the city fell. Related gallery Iraqi civilians flee The Mosul report, compiled by the Parliamentary Committee for Security and Defense, holds former government officials and military commanders responsible for the city’s fall. The information was given to CNN by Intisar al-Jubouri, a member of parliament from Mosul province who attended the parliamentary session. The report also blames other officials, including former Defense Minister Saadoun Al-Dulaimi and former Mosul Gov. Atheel al-Nujaifi, al-Jubouri said. Al-Maliki, in a statement on Facebook, rejected any responsibility for what happened in Mosul while he was prime minister. “What happened in Mosul was a conspiracy, it was planned in Ankara and then the conspiracy moved to Erbil,” he wrote. “There is no value in result that came out from the parliamentary commission about the fall of Mosul, it was dominated by political differences and it was absent of objectivity,” he said. Al-Maliki’s office director, Husham al-Rikaby, confirmed that the remarks were made by the former prime minister, who is in Iran. Al-Maliki, a Shiite Muslim, governed in a sectarian manner. His rule, under which Sunnis were largely shut out of government, has been blamed by observers for helping spark a Sunni uprising – including by ISIS – in 2014.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nuri al-Maliki", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150817111500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/17/middleeast/iraq-mosul-report/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "412175460", "sentence": "Ghanaian boy headed for Guyana ends up in Goiania, Brazil instead Many passengers have ended up in wrong cities, wrong countries and wrong continents It was the opportunity of a lifetime for a young Ghanaian boy – a scholarship to study medicine in Guyana. But his journey didn’t go quite as expected. Emmanuel Akomanyi couldn’t get a direct flight to Guyana so he boarded a plane in Ghana to Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. There, he bought a ticket to his final destination in Guyana – a South American country on the Caribbean coast bordering Surinam, Venezuela and Brazil. But when he got off the plane, he was not in Guyana – he was in the city of Goiania, Brazil – almost 3,000 kilometers away from where he needed to go. Akomanyi spent a week in Brazil, supported by strangers as he had no money. The airline that sold him the original ticket eventually helped him out with a new flight to Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, near the capital Georgetown. You’d think with all the technology at our disposal, destination mix-ups like what Akomanyi experienced would be a rarity. Not so. They’re surprisingly common. In June of 2014, a couple boarded a plane to the southern Caribbean island of Grenada, instead of their desired destination – the ancient city of Granada, Spain. U.S. dentist Edward Gamson thought he’d bought tickets from London’s Gatwick Airport to Granada, Spain, for himself and his partner via a British Airways booking agent, but only realized he was actually headed to Grenada in the Caribbean once on board, reported The Independent. The destination country and flight duration hadn’t been listed on his e-tickets, which instead displayed only the city name. “It’s just so sad,” Gamson told The Independent. “A trip we had been really looking forward to was ruined and … BA won’t do the decent thing.” Gamson claimed the airline refused to reimburse his first-class tickets and didn’t reroute the travelers to Granada from Grenada. He ended up suing British Airways for the cost of the trip, including planned tours in Spain that he and his partner didn’t get to take, but the case was reportedly dismissed. READ: Doh! 20 biggest travel mistakes Remarkably, the same mix-up happened earlier that same month. Lamenda Kingdon from Plymouth, UK, had also booked a British Airways flight to Granada, Spain, but found herself on a flight bound for Grenada in the Caribbean. She’d planned the trip after being diagnosed with cancer. When notified of the mistake, the BA crew moved Kingdon to first class and sent her back to Gatwick when the flight made a scheduled stop in St. Lucia, reported the Daily Mail. “I genuinely don’t blame anyone,” she told the Daily Mail. “The person on the other end of the phone probably just misheard me. I honestly didn’t notice the spelling difference.” In May 2013, Sandy Valdivieso and her husband, Triet Vo, boarded a Turkish Airlines flight in Los Angeles, intending to travel to Dakar, Senegal, in western Africa, but ended up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The mix-up was due to the similar sounding destinations and airport codes. The couple didn’t realize the error until they were already on their connecting flight from Istanbul. “When the flight attendant said we were heading to Dhaka, we believed that this was how you pronounced ‘Dakar’ with a Turkish accent,” Valdivieso told the LA Times. READ: Most annoying things people do on planes In December 2013, 85-year-old Maria Nieves ended up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after she’d booked a Southwest Airlines flight to Fort Myers, Florida. It was the second time such a mix-up had happened to her – two years ago, the airline flew Nieves to Tampa, Florida, instead of New Orleans, Louisiana. According to Louisiana’s WAFB, Nieves had requested wheelchair assistance, which meant airline staff were responsible for assisting her from gate to gate. “I can see it happening once, but twice to the same person, it’s kind of like lightning striking twice in the same place,” her son Robert Ortiz told WAFB. Last June, a VietJet Air plane that took off from Hanoi landed at the wrong airport. Instead of arriving in Cam Ranh Airport near Nha Trang, the aircraft landed 140 kilometers away in Da Lat. The airline flew the misdirected passengers to their original destination via another flight, reported local news outlet Thanh Nien News. In January earlier that year, another Southwest Airlines plane landed at a small airport in Taney County, Missouri, approximately seven miles from where it was meant to land at Branson Airport. Due to the difference in airport runway lengths – Taney County airport’s runway is 3,738 feet compared with Branson Airport’s 7,140 feet – pilots were forced to brake hard when the plane touched down. No one was hurt and the airline refunded all tickets and provided future travel credit for passengers. MORE: Tattoos gone wrong: Permanently lost in translation Originally published June 2014, updated February 2015.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "airlines", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150225093000", "country1": "GUY", "country2": "BRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/24/travel/missed-destinations/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "486847923", "sentence": "When news of the terror attacks in Paris rocked the world last week, news of a previous terror attack resurfaced on social media-— the April terror attacks at Garissa University in Kenya where 147 were killed at the hands of the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab. Islamist gunmen burst into the university, shooting students and taking hostages during early morning prayer services. Atlanta rapper Trinidad James, who headlined a “Pray for Kenya” benefit concert earlier this fall and launched a GoFundMe campaign to support the families of victims in Kenya, told CNN that when it comes to Africa, some issues are “swept under the rug.” “I honestly can tell you that no one was really talking about it at all … that’s sadder to me. Like I said, I’m not taking away from the point that I do, that is a very terrible thing that happened in Paris and I do care,” he said. “[But] If we as a whole joined together like we’re doing now for Paris on all the subjects that … in my personal opinion should matter, we’ll be in a better place.” Amid the shock and grief that struck the world following the Paris attacks, some voiced concerns on social media that other attacks like the one in Kenya or Beirut did not garner the as much attention as the attack in France. Facebook, for instance, came under fire for enabling “Safety Check”— a feature that allows users to inform their Facebook friends that they are safe— for Paris but not other recent tragedies. The social network quickly changed that policy. Since then, Facebook activated “Safety Check” after a terror attack killed 32 people in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola. The Trinidadian-American rapper said that some people tend to be more desensitized to terror or violence when it occurs in places that seem less shocking, drawing parallels between terror attacks that occur in third world countries and shootings that happen in cities like Chicago, compared to those that happen in the American suburbs. If the shock value isn’t there, less people pay attention, James said. “I know that I’m desensitized to certain things and it’s not on purpose. It’s just because I’m imperfect as a human just like anyone else. But I feel like when you have that light bulb going off in your head,” he said. “Use your voice, use your platform for something that matters.” Listen to Trinidad’s take on terror and President Barack Obama in the video above and check out more from CNN’s “Gets Political” the series.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "media coverage of terror attacks", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151120154500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "KEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/politics/trinidad-james-paris-attacks-kenya/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "432279029", "sentence": "South Korean official says photos of test launch appear to be authentic But he says North Korea is estimated to still need years to develop the technology North Korea could have a fully operational submarine armed with ballistic missiles in the next four to five years, a South Korean defense official said Monday. The South Korean estimate comes after North Korea said over the weekend that it had successfully test-launched a ballistic missile from a submarine. Pyongyang’s announcement has focused attention on how soon the nuclear-armed regime might reach the capability of being able to launch missiles from submarines, a mobile threat that’s difficult to track. South Korean authorities are suggesting that North Korea’s submarine program is still in a relatively early stage. The Defense Ministry official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Monday that the South Korean military believes the photos of the test launch published in North Korean media are authentic. But he said the secretive North Korean regime is estimated to need years to develop the submarine and missile technology to have a fully operational system. North Korea’s achievement of those goals would create a strategic headache for the United States and its key allies in the region, South Korea and Japan. Related gallery Kim Jong Un and North Korea's military “If they can deploy an operational submarine that could launch ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads, it would give them a pretty credible second strike capability, and it’s difficult to defend against,” said Daniel Pinkston, deputy project director for North East Asia at the International Crisis Group. “It would give them the kind of deterrent that they have said they wish to have,” Pinkston said following the reported test launch. A U.S. official told CNN that Friday’s alleged missile test was not a test of a ballistic missile but rather a “simulation of a test.” “This was not a test. It was a simulated firing,” the official said. A second U.S. official said the U.S. is “closely looking” at the possibility the picture of the water ejection behind Kim Jong Un could have been photoshopped. U.S. intelligence officials believe this was – “at best” – a test of a submarine missile “ejection system.” Over the weekend a U.S. State Department official said that “launches using ballistic missile technology are a clear violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.” The exact status of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is murky. Analysts say Kim Jong Un’s regime may well already be able to fit nuclear warheads on ground-launched missiles that can reach South Korea and Japan. Related video North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal David Albright, a former U.N. weapons inspector, told CNN last week that Pyongyang could have 10 to 15 nuclear weapons at this point and that it could grow that amount by several weapons per year. North Korea has demanded that the United States recognize it as a nuclear power. But the U.S. government has said North Korean commitment to denuclearization is the starting point for any negotiations between the two sides. There’s no sign that Pyongyang plans to back down on its nuclear program. “I think we have rapidly approached the point of no return over the past five-years,” Joel Wit, a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, said last week. “This program has gained a lot of momentum over the past few years and not much has been done to stop it.” CNN’s K.J. Kwon reported from Seoul, and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong. CNN’s Kathy Novak and Brian Todd contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea's submarine ballistic missile program", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150511094500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/11/asia/south-korea-north-korea-submarine-missile/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "703987357", "sentence": "The President said he doesn't currently plan to fire special counselor Robert Mueller Trump also said no one has told him he will be questioned by the special counsel President Donald Trump said he dropped Paul Manafort as his campaign chairman because of Manafort’s involvement with “certain nations,” according to excerpts of an interview published Saturday. “Well, it was a friend of mine who was a businessman –  a very successful businessman and a good person, and you know, Paul was not there very long,” Trump said on Sharyl Attkisson’s syndicated show “Full Measure,” which will air in full on Sunday. He continued: “Well, I think we found out something about he may be involved with all – with certain nations, and I don’t even know exactly what it was in particular. But there was a point at which we just felt Paul would be better off – because we don’t want to have many potential conflicts.” The President also said he doesn’t currently plan to fire special counselor Robert Mueller. “Well, I hope he’s treating everything fairly, and if he is, I’m going to be very happy, because when you talk about innocent, I am truly not involved in any collusion with Russia,” Trump said. “Believe me, that’s the last thing I can think of to be involved in.” Trump also said no one has told him he will be questioned by the special counsel. “As far as I’m concerned, I haven’t been told that we’re under investigation, I’m not under investigation,” he said. Manafort and former Trump campaign official Rick Gates surrendered Monday to Justice Department authorities following a 12-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and unregistered agent of a foreign principal. The charges precede their involvement with Trump’s campaign. The two have pleaded not guilty. It was also revealed on Monday that former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI after he lied about his interactions with foreign officials close to the Russian government, the campaign’s clearest connection so far to Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171105014500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/politics/donald-trump-paul-manafort-2016-election/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "557566874", "sentence": "Two researchers argue that climate is the primary driver of aggression They say there's a \"general trend\" between proximity to the equator and violence One of the uncomfortable facts of life is that some countries — and within the U.S., some states — are more violent than others. Figuring out what makes societies and communities more violent is a big-time quest for social scientists, since if you know what leads to killing, you’ll have a better shot at defusing it. Drawing on a host of studies, a new paper (PDF) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences – lead-authored by Paul A. M. Van Lange of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam – proposes a model for understanding violence with the only somewhat forced-sounding acronym CLASH, short for CLimate, Aggression, and Self-control in Humans. The authors argue that climate – in the form of the culture it gives rise to – is the primary driver of aggression. Basically, the authors say that living in a place with greater seasonality and lower temperatures prompts people to be more future-oriented and more greatly value self-control, which the researchers call the “slow life” strategy, as opposed to the “fast life” strategy associated with hotter, less seasonal places, many of which are clustered around the equator. “Climate is one of the broad and ubiquitous variables that is likely to be a powerful cause of culture (how groups organize, the norms they share, and how individuals think and behave),” Van Lange wrote to Science of Us in an email. Related article School shootings, mass killings are 'contagious,' study finds Climate shapes planning lots of ways, he says, like in how you hoard for the winter or plan for the next season as individuals, families, and communities. And while winter kills off lots of environmental threats, hotter places have more venomous animals and infectious diseases, adding to their unpredictability. “We do acknowledge that various other factors are linked to climate – such as prosperity – and they are also partially caused by climate,” Van Lange said. Blame climate change for making you less productive at work According to CLASH, violence comes from people assuming that they’re going to have shorter lifespans, less planning for the future, and less self-control. “We see evidence of a faster life strategy in hotter climates with less temperature variation – they are less strict about time, they have less use of birth control, they have children earlier and more often,” study co-author Brad Bushman said in a statement. The data around violence and climate is serious. A 2013 meta-analysis analyzed 60 studies on the relationship between climate and human conflict, and the authors found that for each standard deviation, the median effect was a 14 percent increase in conflict between groups and a percent increase for individuals. How the beach went from terrifying danger zone to beloved vacation spot Related article Southern charm, deadly streets And as Van Lange and his colleagues argue, there’s a “general trend” between proximity to the equator and violence. They cite a 2013 UN global homicide report (PDF) that finds startling regional differences: There are 26 homicides per 100,000 people in Central America and 18 per 100,000 in Middle Africa, compared with 5 per 100,000 in Europe and Northern America. You find it at the regional level as well: southern Europe (Turkey, Albania, Montenegro) has more murders than Scandinavia, and in the U.S., the South has more crime than the North (with the notable exception of Alaska, where there are outlier levels of rapes and aggravated assaults). Indeed, the authors report, there are even more mafia-related killings in Southern than Northern Italy. (But, you have to note, Africa and Central America are way poorer than North America and Europe, and the inequality – another strong correlate (PDF) to violence – within those countries is astounding.) This isn’t the first model to attempt to explain the link between temperature and violence. The General Aggression Model (PDF) argues that warmer temperatures put people into more highly aroused states, which primes impulsive, potentially aggressive behavior. Routine Activity Theory contends that crime goes up with temperature because people are more likely to be out in public spaces, making them more exposed to potential conflict. Van Lange and his colleagues argue that these models are incomplete: the General Aggression Model suffers from evidence (PDF) indicating that heat-induced hostility isn’t really that common (according to CLASH, the climate creates the culture, and the culture creates the predisposition to violence – it’s not people reacting directly to the heat, in other words). The Routine Activity Theory founders, they argue, since so much violence happens between friends and family inside the home, and because people getting together in public places actually increases (PDF) social cohesion, among other factors. (But, zooming out a little, it does seem that CLASH and Routine Activity Theory are compatible with one another – how could people spending more time outside decrease the odds of public violence?) How irritable are you? Take this test to find out Related article Temperature's up -- so are shootings in NYC There are lots of limitations to Van Lange and his colleague’s paper. For one, it’s presenting a model in the form of argument, rather than presenting original empirical research (with the logic that such a model will help frame further research). Beyond that, the most obvious thing is there’s something quixotic in trying to reduce the complexity of human-on-human violence to a single variable. It’s kind of like a radical leftist saying that the violence so present around equatorial states is simply the legacy of imperialism and colonialism, or a neoconservative saying that if we could only get all of these countries to be democracies, then we’d arrive at democratic peace (PDF). There are so many inputs into violent acts (and violent cultures like the “honor culture” (PDF) ethnographers have described in the American South) that attributing violence mostly to a single variable seems like a reach. Also, there’s ample evidence that contradicts the “temperature shapes culture which shapes violence” argument that animates CLASH. Just look at seasonal American cities: murders spike in Chicago and New York in the summer, and a Governing analysis of 384 law-enforcement agencies found that major offenses went up by 10 percent between June and August compared to the rest of the year. It’s not like every June Chicagoans suddenly transform to “low-trust,” “fast life” strategies and then go back to “slow life” long-term planning when the temperatures plunge in November. Something more short-term is taking place. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Finally, there’s the matter of saying that people’s behaviors are a product of their regions, which is awful close to saying that behavior is a product of their ethnic culture. When I asked Van Lange how CLASH avoids that determinism, he replied that he and his co-authors “think it is ultimately climate that is an important cause of culture, and therefore social and individual thinking and behavior,” noting research that finds that people who move from warm climates to colder climates “adapt quickly” to their new cultural environments. “For example, research has shown that people who immigrate from a low-trust nation such as Turkey to a high-trust nation in Northern Europe will rapidly show greater trust in people in general,” he argues. “People are in that sense ‘very adaptive’ and we think that what research has shown for trust will be also be largely true for long-term orientation and self-control.” But while research does indeed find that immigrants (and especially their kids) adapt to the social-trust norms of their adopted country, there’s a jump in the logic to say that it’s the climate that’s doing the work. People adapt to cultures, but that’s not proof that climate shapes violence.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "CLASH model", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Hedged", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160707150000", "country1": "NLD", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/health/climate-violence/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "547679660", "sentence": "USS Harry Truman carrier has picked up the pace of its bombings of ISIS targets Truman's planes have dropped 1,500 pieces of ordnance The planes never seem to stop coming and going. After six months in the Persian Gulf, the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier has moved to the Mediterranean Sea, from where its bombers are jetting off faster and more frequently to strike ISIS targets in war-ravaged Syria and Iraq. CNN was given access to the Truman, where a new dramatic tempo has been set. Planes take off or land every few minutes, with only intermittent breaks, pushing others responsible for bomb supplies to work night and day to keep up with the new pace. The Truman has been instrumental to the United States’ military campaign against ISIS, known as Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria. Aside from a land base in Turkey, it is the main launching point for bombing runs against ISIS. Related article ISIS shooting civilians trying to flee Falluja, NGO says It has now dropped more bombs on ISIS than any other vessel in America’s fleet. It is ratcheting up its attacks as U.S.-allied forces gain ground, with the support of the United States, in the conflict that has raged for five years, causing devastating civilian deaths and destruction. Iraqi Security Forces seem close to winning back the Iraqi stronghold of Falluja. In northern Syria, a pro-U.S. coalition of Kurdish and Arab troops is pushing ISIS out of the Syrian-Turkish border area and closing in on the extremists’ self-declared capital of Raqqa. From their initial position in the Persian Gulf and now from the Mediterranean, the carrier’s crew has flown more than 1,800 sorties and dropped around 1,500 pieces of ordnance weighing some 1.5 million pounds on ISIS targets. “It’s a graphic illustration of the flexibility that’s inherent with the naval forces,” the carrier strike group’s commander, Rear Adm. Bret Batchelder, said in an interview with CNN. “We can operate anywhere we want to in the world. As it happens on this deployment our priority has been the support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria,” he said. Fallujah: The American and Iraqi ‘graveyard’ A cycle usually starts with several tanker aircraft taking off, followed by the F/A-18 Hornet strike aircraft, which are loaded with guided bombs to hit ISIS targets as precisely as possible. The missions are long, often around seven hours, and intensive. Each can require three refueling rendezvous with the tankers. CNN spoke to one of the first F/A-18 crews to return from a bombing mission in Syria after taking off from the new location in the Mediterranean. The crew would only let us use their call signs – pilot Lt. “Fanus” and weapons systems officer Lt. “Slips” of the “Fighting 103” out of Virginia. “It was a close-air support mission, so that means we don’t know the targets prior to taking off. But this time there did happen to be a few targets so we struck those targets,” Lt. “Fanus” told us, unable to say exactly what the targets were. The sailors responsible for making sure bombs are always available are working extra hours to keep up with the new pace. We met aviation ordnance man Ronald Canady, who is on his third carrier deployment. He and the other ordnance men and women not only have to get bombs on the carrier from supply ships and then get them to the planes, they also have to assemble them. “We get the call that we have to build the bombs. It is just the bomb body at the beginning. Then we have to assemble the tail piece. After that we configure the nose piece of the bomb,” he told us. The most common ordnance used is a 500-pound guided bomb called the GBU-38. “We drop these very regularly,” Canady said, standing on front of a rack of them in the carrier’s so-called “bomb farm.” “We also load some air-to-air missiles, but the air-to-ground munitions are most used right now.” Humanitarian groups have voiced concern over the increased tempo of American air operations, fearing that more bombs dropped will lead to more civilian casualties in ISIS-controlled areas. The Truman’s crew is aware of those concerns, and pilots told us they use smaller, 500-pound bombs rather than larger, 1,000-pound munitions to limit the impact area as best they can. But of course civilians in war zones are always at risk. The USS Harry Truman will remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks – a decisive time as ISIS’ grip on its Syrian and Iraqi strongholds appears to be weakening. The carrier’s crew is already under strain because their deployment has been extended by a full month. The ship’s commander, Capt. Ryan R. Scholl, acknowledges the long stay at sea is tough on many crew members, so senior officers try to boost morale. “We try to explain to each sailor so they know, okay, the initial number was 25% and (now) ISIS is losing 45% of its territory. Those numbers are tangible to them,” he said. The F/A-18 pilots have seen those gains evolve from the skies during their missions in recent months. “We have definitely degraded them and we have destroyed them in many different places in Iraq and Syria,” Lt. “Fanus” said after his bombing mission over Syria.  “So I feel like we have had a large impact.” Related article Voices from Falluja", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160606141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/americas/u-s-military-isis-mediterranean/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "693358986", "sentence": "Add EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to the growing list of Trump administration officials who have used private planes for government duties. The EPA confirmed to CNN Wednesday that Pruitt used a private plane and military jet to travel for government duties instead of flying commercial for trips over the summer. Pruitt flew from Cincinnati to New York’s JFK airport on an Air Force jet on June 7. He then continued to Italy for an international summit on a commercial flight, an EPA spokesman told CNN. When asked for justification for flying on a military jet instead of a likely cheaper commercial flight, an EPA spokesman told CNN in a statement: “Due to logistical obstacles and the need to schedule meetings with the Vatican before the G7 Summit, we needed to take this flight.” The spokesman added that the flight was cleared by the EPA’s ethics counsel. Pruitt took a private jet on August 4 from Denver to Durango, Colorado, and back on the same day, EPA also confirmed, after the agency says his commercial flight was delayed. EPA general counsel documents obtained from an EPA official confirmed the June 7 and August 4 flights as well as a July 27 flight Pruitt took on a Department of Interior jet from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Guymon, Oklahoma. The document showed Pruitt took the same aircraft from Guymon to Oklahoma City. Acknowledging the contents of the documents, EPA spokeswoman Liz Bowman said, “Administrator Pruitt took one charter flight and three government flights.” The EPA spokesman justified the use of the charter plane by saying that it “would have been impossible” for Pruitt to make it to his destination on time otherwise, due to a more than five-hour delay on the originally scheduled commercial flight. “It would have been impossible to make it to the important Gold King Mine visit with a bipartisan group of elected officials waiting for the administrator,” the spokesman said. “Due to the short amount of time we had to make a decision and while the governor’s office was working on logistics, we were able to find a charter plane which was cleared by the EPA’s ethics counsel.” The EPA general counsel justified the June 7 trip as necessary and part of a tight schedule, and backed the July 27 flight because commercial aircraft were unable to fly into Guymon. The office approved the August 4 trip because a commercial flight was canceled and Pruitt had to make it to the Gold King mine at a certain time. CBS first reported the flights. When asked how many times Pruitt has flown private or government planes, an EPA spokesman said there was one round trip on a private jet and two trips on a government plane. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have also come under fire for using or requesting to use private and government planes for official government business. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently disclosed that she too uses private planes when conducing government business, but pays for them herself. When asked Wednesday whether he was considering firing Price for using private planes, President Donald Trump responded, “we’ll see” adding that he is unhappy with his HHS secretary. CNN’s Eli Watkins contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170927230000", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "VAT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/politics/scott-pruitt-plane/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "547338301", "sentence": "Trump in recent days has escalated his attacks against U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel Gonzales said the appearance of impropriety could be enough for him to reasonably request that Curiel recuse himself The first Latino attorney general in U.S. history believes Donald Trump has a right to question whether a judge with Hispanic background who is presiding over a Trump University lawsuit is able to adjudicate the case unbiasedly. Trump in recent days has escalated his attacks against U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who last week ordered parts of internal documents, including “playbooks” regarding running the enterprise, to be released as part of a lawsuit against Trump University. The documents were released in response to a request by The Washington Post. Alberto Gonzales, who led the Justice Department under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Saturday that Curiel’s Mexican heritage shouldn’t be enough to disqualify him from overseeing the case. But, Gonzales said, Trump is entitled to a fair trial, and the appearance of impropriety could be enough for him to reasonably request that Curiel recuse himself. He cited Curiel’s membership in the La Raza Lawyers Association’s San Diego chapter – although the lawyers group is unaffiliated with the National Council of La Raza, an advocacy group that has opposed Trump, the billionaire “may be concerned that the lawyers’ association or its members represent or support the other advocacy organization.” “These circumstances, while not necessarily conclusive, at least raise a legitimate question to be considered,” Gonzales wrote. “Regardless of the way Trump has gone about raising his concerns over whether he’s getting a fair trial, none of us should dismiss those concerns out of hand without carefully examining how a defendant in his position might perceive them — and we certainly should not dismiss them for partisan political reasons.” Saturday afternoon, Trump replied to Gonzales’ op-ed. “Thank you Attorney General Gonzales,” Trump tweeted, “so many people feel this way.” Trump this week alleged that Curiel might have an “inherent conflict of interest” because of his background as Trump calls for tougher immigration policies and new trade agreements with Mexico. The billionaire has attracted criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday calling the remarks “out of left field” and Hillary Clinton on Saturday saying his comments are “a prejudiced, bigoted attack.” Trump has vociferously denied that his criticism is motivated by racism. “If he was giving me a fair ruling, I wouldn’t say that,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Friday, pointing again to Curiel’s background. “I think that’s why he’s doing it.” CNN’s Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160605053000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/04/politics/alberto-gonzales-donald-trump-judge-curiel/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "661269229", "sentence": "Trump's interest in nuclear negotiation goes back as least as far as 1984 Trump's plan was to personally negotiate a nuclear arms deal and do nothing less than end the Cold War Dr. Bernard Lown didn’t even know who Donald Trump was when he first heard the name in 1986. Just the previous year, Lown – an accomplished cardiologist – had accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of a group he co-founded to bring physicians together to prevent nuclear war. The next year, Lown was working to fund a cardiovascular institute. When a member of its executive board said that a wealthy New York real estate developer named Trump wanted to meet him, Lown jumped at the chance. That meeting in the spring of 1986, though, didn’t go exactly as expected, as Lown first described to The Hollywood Reporter. Lown arrived at Trump Tower, he told CNN and “There (Trump) was in all of his pretentious glamour.” But before Lown could ask Trump for a donation, Trump had an unexpected question of his own, Lown said: “I understand you know about Gorbachev.” And, in fact, Lown did. After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he and the Russian co-founder of his group, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, had been invited to meet with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev had only recently become general secretary in March 1985 after the death of Konstantin Chernenko, which meant Lown was one of the first Americans to sit down with him. What was supposed to be a 15-minute encounter turned into three hours. And Trump wanted to hear all about it. But why? Because, Lown recalls Trump saying, “I’m going to call Ronnie and ask him to make me ambassador plenipotentiary to Moscow.” It took Lown a minute to realize that by Ronnie, Trump meant President Ronald Reagan. Related video The Cold War: Then and now Trump’s plan, Lown says today, was to personally negotiate a nuclear arms deal and – in the process – do nothing less than end the Cold War. “It’ll take one hour of discussion before the Cold War is over,” Lown said Trump told him. Lown told Trump that in his opinion, Gorbachev might be ready to make a deal and that he also found the Soviet leader intelligent and knowledgeable. It was not the same impression he formed of Trump. “I thought he was inattentive and self-concentrated. I thought what he said was idiocy. He didn’t understand the complexity of the issues.” A representative of the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment on Trump’s past plans to be a negotiator. Trump’s interest in nuclear negotiation goes back as least as far as 1984 when he told The Washington Post “it would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles. … I think I know most of it anyway.” “Some people have an ability to negotiate,” he continued. “It’s something that somebody should do that knows how to negotiate and not the kind of representatives that I have seen in the past.” Related article Timeline of Trump's life Trump never explained to Lown why nuclear weapons were of such an interest to him, and Lown – who is credited with pioneering the lifesaving cardiac defibrillator – never did have a chance to ask Trump for a donation to his cardiovascular foundation. Trump would eventually visit Moscow in 1987 to meet with Gorbachev, although not as an ambassador. The topic, as The New York Times reported at the time, was developing luxury hotels. But the Times also noted that “Mr. Trump’s calls for nuclear disarmament were also well-known to the Russians.” The following year, an early schedule of Gorbachev’s trip to New York City called for a return visit to Trump at Trump Tower, but it never materialized. Russian officials blamed the earlier itinerary item on a misunderstanding. Trump’s plan to negotiate with Gorbachev wasn’t that much different from his negotiating style 30 years later. Everything was about Trump’s personality, Lown said. “He would so charm Gorbachev that he would have no option but to agree with him,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170602110000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/politics/donald-trump-cold-war/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "420918883", "sentence": "NEW: Reports say investigators found antidepressants in Andreas Lubitz's apartment Patrick Sondenheimer was the pilot of the doomed flight, says a man who says he's a relative Ripped medical-leave notes found at his home indicate the co-pilot hid an illness, officials say German investigators found antidepressants in the apartment of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz this week, according to published reports. Die Welt, a German newspaper, cited an unidentified senior investigator who said Lubitz suffered from a severe “psychosomatic illness” and German police seized prescription drugs that treat the condition. Lubitz suffered from a “severe subjective burnout syndrome” and from severe depression, the source told Die Welt. The New York Times also reported that antidepressants were found during the search of his apartment. CNN has not been able to confirm the reports. Investigators continued to work Saturday to piece together the secret life of Lubitz, who officials say was hiding an illness from his employers. He had been declared “unfit to work” by a doctor. They were expected to question his relatives, friends and co-workers as they try to pin down what could have prompted the seemingly competent and stable co-pilot to steer a jetliner into a mountainside on Tuesday. As their efforts continued, dozens of people attended a remembrance ceremony for the victims of the crash at a church in a nearby town, Digne-les-Bains. There were 150 people on board Germanwings Flight 9525, including Lubitz. Relatives of the victims and local residents also gathered Saturday afternoon by a simple stone memorial set up near the crash site, in the village of Le Vernet. Flowers have been laid there, in the shadow of the snow-covered peaks of the French Alps. Related video Police search Germanwings co-pilot's home for clues Much attention has focused on Lubitz’s state of mind, with some media reports speculating that he may have had mental health issues. Investigators found a letter in the waste bin of his Dusseldorf, Germany, apartment saying that Lubitz, 27, wasn’t fit to do his job, city prosecutor Christoph Kumpa said Friday. The note, Kumpa said, had been “slashed.” Just what was ailing Lubitz hasn’t been revealed. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported Friday that Lubitz suffered from mental illness and kept his diagnosis concealed from his employer. A subsequent New York Times report on Saturday, citing two officials with knowledge of the investigation, said Lubitz sought treatment before the crash for vision problems that might have put his career at risk. According to those unnamed officials, Lubitz also was being treated for psychological issues. Other media reports indicate he was treated for depression. Lubitz passed his annual pilot recertification medical examination in summer 2014, a German aviation source told CNN. An official with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings, said the exam only tests physical health, not psychological health, and that if Lubitz had vision problems that would have been discovered during the tests. “We can’t believe it. If anything was wrong with his eyes during the physical exam we would have known,” the official says. The Lufthansa official also said the company was never given any indication Lubitz was depressed, and that if he went to a doctor on his own  he would have been required to self-report if he had been deemed unfit to fly. A Dusseldorf clinic said he’d gone there twice, most recently on March 10, “concerning a diagnosis.” But the University Clinic said it had not treated Lubitz for depression. German investigators said they still have interviews and other work to do before they can reveal what they gleaned from the records found in the apartment and at his parents’ home in the town of Montabaur. Related video Prosecutor: Co-pilot hid 'illness' from airline But the fact that investigators found “ripped, recent medical leave notes, including for the day of the offense, leads to the preliminary conclusion that the deceased kept his illness secret from his employer and his professional environment,” prosecutors said. Germanwings corroborated that assertion, saying it had never received a sick note from Lubitz. Authorities left Lubitz’s apartment Friday night with boxes of papers and evidence folders after spending about 90 minutes inside. Dusseldorf police said Saturday that a small team of French investigators had arrived in the city and that they were sharing information. Jean Pierre Michel, lead investigator for the French inquiry, told French TV from Dusseldorf that the French team would work in “full transparency” with their German counterparts. “We will interview people related to the investigation in the coming days. The hearings will be conducted in the coming days and weeks,” he said, according to CNN’s French affiliate BFMTV. Asked by a journalist about reports of Lubitz’s possible mental illness, he replied: “The elements of the investigation are strictly confidential and we cannot address these matters today.” No scenario can yet be ruled out, including mechanical failure, “as we do not have the necessary evidence,” he said. The German tabloid newspaper Bild said Saturday it had interviewed an ex-girlfriend of Lubitz. The woman is not named in the story and CNN has not been able to verify the report independently. According to Bild, the ex-girlfriend said Lubitz was a very nice and sensitive man who needed a lot of care and attention, and he was very troubled. She said he would get into fights with her. The newspaper also cited the ex-girlfriend as saying that Lubitz had bad dreams that his plane was going down. Patrick Sondenheimer was the pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, according to Reiner Sondenheimer of Dusseldorf, Germany, who says he is a relative of Patrick’s. Patrick Sondenheimer is the pilot believed to have been locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot, Lubitz. Related video Germanwings pilot identified CNN spoke to Reiner Sondenheimer at his Dusseldorf apartment. Also at the apartment was a woman who did not provide her name but said she was Patrick Sodenheimer’s relative. That woman also said that Patrick Sondenheimer was on the doomed flight. Reiner Sondenheimer declined to say anything else, other than the family wanted time to grieve. The pilot has not been named by German authorities. Another Germanwings pilot who once flew with Lubitz, Frank Woiton, told WDR, a local broadcaster belonging to CNN’s German affiliate ARD, that his impression of Lubitz was that he was “friendly” and that there was “nothing suspicious.” Woiton also said Lubitz “was a good pilot and had a good command of the plane.” Woiton’s first job after he found out about the crash was the route Dusseldorf-Barcelona-Dusseldorf – the same route as had been taken by Germanwings Flight 9525 a day earlier. He was praised in German media for the emotional announcement he made to passengers before takeoff, in which he said the crew, like everyone else on the plane, wanted to get home safely to their families. At the scene of the crash, two helicopters were being deployed above the mountainside by recovery crews Saturday. The weather has improved after high winds Friday made their complex task even more treacherous. Lt. Col. Xavier Vialenc, a spokesman for the Gendarmerie, told CNN there were about 40 officers at the crash site Saturday. Once at the crash site, recovery workers spend all day working there, he said. Back in Seyne-les-Alpes at the end of the day, they can see a psychologist if they choose and have a debriefing session with all the workers. Vialenc said the operations were going well so far and that the progress made was meeting their expectations. Yves Naffrechoux, captain of rescue operations at Seyne-les-Alpes, told CNN on Friday that rescuers have found bodies at the rugged crash site, but few of them are intact. Related video Investigators: Recovery effort going 'bit by bit' It could be weeks before all the bodies are recovered, identified and released to the families, authorities said. What could have prompted Lubitz to deliberately destroy the aircraft, killing everyone on board, remains the focus of investigators in Germany. Related video Lufthansa CEO: Speechless that co-pilot crashed plane He had passed medical and psychological testing when he was hired in 2013, said Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings. Spohr also told reporters that Lubitz had “interrupted” his pilot training, which he began in 2008. That break lasted several months, he said, but added that such an interruption isn’t uncommon. Spohr didn’t give a reason for the break. While the ailment Lubitz had sought treatment for hasn’t been revealed, that he was declared unfit for work is an important detail, aviation analysts say. Pilots are required to maintain their fitness to fly and must tell their airline if they’re found unfit, CNN aviation analyst David Soucie said. Who was co-pilot Andreas Lubitz? Although authorities have recovered the cockpit voice recorder, the flight data recorder remains missing. It could shed crucial details about what happened inside the cockpit, authorities say. Lubitz was the co-pilot on Tuesday’s flight between Barcelona, Spain, and Dusseldorf when he apparently locked the captain out of the cockpit, then activated a control causing the plane to descend toward rugged terrain. Germanwings said the plane dropped for about eight minutes from its cruising altitude of 38,000 feet before crashing. The only sounds, authorities said, were those of pounding on the cockpit door, Lubitz’s steady breathing and, eventually, screaming passengers. Lubitz and 149 other people on board the plane died in an instant, authorities say. Most were from Germany and Spain. Mother, daughter among 3 American victims CNN’s Pam Brown, Frederik Pleitgen, Mary Kay Mallonee, Michael Pearson, Nic Robertson, Margot Haddad, Stephanie Halasz, Sandrine Amiel, David Fitzpatrick, Felix Gussone, Karl Penhaul and Anna Maja Rappard contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Andreas Lubitz", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150328110000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "ESP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/28/europe/france-germanwings-plane-crash-main/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "722179475", "sentence": "Former President Bill Clinton on Saturday denied accusations that his charity used donations for Haiti to pay for his daughter Chelsea’s wedding to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky in 2010. “No Clinton Foundation funds — dedicated to Haiti or otherwise —were used to pay for Chelsea’s wedding,” Clinton tweeted Saturday. “It’s not only untrue, it’s a personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc.” No Clinton Foundation funds—dedicated to Haiti or otherwise—were used to pay for Chelsea’s wedding. It’s not only untrue, it’s a personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc.https://t.co/YEHqqYrsxW The former President included a link to a report in The Washington Post that fact-checked the allegation, labeling it “a claim lacking any evidence.” The allegation first surfaced in November of 2016, after WikiLeaks published an email exchange between a former Bill Clinton aide and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, dating to January 2012. In the exchange, the former aide, Doug Band, refers to Chelsea Clinton as “using foundation resources for her wedding and life for a decade,” but Band doesn’t get into specifics. Bill Clinton’s denial of the years-old accusations comes after President Donald Trump reportedly called African nations “shithole countries” this week during a White House meeting with lawmakers to discuss immigration policy. Trump has denied he made the comment. After Trump’s remarks were reported, Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton all posted reactions on Twitter. “The anniversary of the devastating earthquake 8 years ago is a day to remember the tragedy, honor the resilient people of Haiti, & affirm America’s commitment to helping our neighbors,” Hillary Clinton tweeted. “Instead, we’re subjected to Trump’s ignorant, racist views of anyone who doesn’t look like him.” Chelsea Clinton tweeted: “Mr. President, immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and the 54 countries in Africa likely helped build your buildings. They’ve certainly helped build our country.” The comments prompted Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, to repeat the allegations about the use of foundation resources for Chelsea Clinton’s wedding on Fox News.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Clinton Foundation", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180114021500", "country1": "HTI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/politics/bill-clinton-denies-accusations-foundation-funds-wedding/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "748035354", "sentence": "Nigeria’s President Buhari will meet with United States President Donald Trump at the end of the month, the White House said. Trump will discuss ways of combating terrorism, promoting economic growth and building Nigeria’s role as a leader in West Africa at the April 30 meeting, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement Sunday. “President Trump looks forward to discussing ways to enhance our strategic partnership and advance our shared priorities: promoting economic growth and reforms, fighting terrorism and other threats to peace and security,” the statement said. Nigeria has been battling Boko Haram insurgency for nearly nine years in the northeast of the country, a war which has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced at least 2.1 million people internally in the country according to recent report. The group is behind the notorious kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok. Related gallery Chibok girls and the journey home Last year, the State Department under President Trump approved the sale of 12 military planes and security equipment worth $600 million to Nigeria. President Obama had previously agreed the sale but halted it following incidents such as the accidental bombing of a refugee camp by a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet, according to a Reuters report. Trump made calls to President Buhari and then South Africa President Jacob Zuma when he took office last year, inviting them to Washington at a mutually convenient date. Related article Trump touts 'close partnership' in letter to African leaders The US president has also sought to improve relationship with African governments after his alleged reference to African nations as “shitholes” in January. He was forced to write a letter to the African Union telling them that he “profoundly respects” the United States’ partnership with Africa. He also sent one of his top diplomats, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on a visit to the continent in March to affirm US partnerships across the continent. However the trip was cut short and Tillerson fired. Despite concerns over his health and increasing criticism over insecurity in the country, Nigeria’s President Buhari, who is currently in London attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) recently declared he would be standing for a second term Related gallery Penetrating Boko Haram's stronghold: The Sambisa Forest His opponents argue that he has not fulfilled his campaign promises to tackle corruption and insecurity in northeast Nigeria. President Buhari has responded to some of the backlash saying his administration had not “done too badly,” considering the economic challenges facing the country before he took office in 2015. “If they had used 50 percent of the money we made when oil prices went as high as $143 per barrel, and stabilized at $100 with production at 2.1 million barrels per day for many years, Nigerians would have minded their business,” Buhari said at a meeting of the Diaspora for Buhari group in London. Some of Buhari’s public criticism has come from surprising quarters; his wife. Aisha Buhari gave an interview where she spoke out about members of her husband’s cabinet who she said were were derailing his administration. Related article Nigerians react to president saying First Lady \"belongs in the other room\" Referring to them as “hyenas and jackals,” she said in the interview she would find it hard to campaign for her husband in the 2019 election if he did not shake up his government. However, she recently explained that the criticism was not meant to ridicule the President but rather came from her own “sense of justice.” “Nigerians elected this administration based on the trust and confidence they have on my husband,” Aisha said in a statement Sunday. “I, therefore, feel that we are here to serve Nigeria to the best of our ability,” she added in the statement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Buhari", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180416144500", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/africa/nigerias-president-visit-trump/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "657995569", "sentence": "Trump is the denying an allegation that, literally, no news organization made. Because trust in the media is so low -- particularly among Trump's base -- his strategy of making up an allegation that he can then deny might work. After an appearance alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, President Donald Trump paused to push back against reports that he had disclosed highly classified information to the Russians. “Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name ‘Israel’,’” Trump told reporters in Jerusalem. “Never mentioned it during that conversation. They were all saying I did. So you had another story wrong. Never mentioned the word ‘Israel’.” The story Trump was reacting to was this one, which ran a week ago in the Washington Post. And the thing about that story is that, well, the word “Israel” is never mentioned. Not one time. As Greg P. Miller, one of the authors of that story, tweeted: “Trump still non-denying denying that he shared classified intel with Russian officials.” In a follow-up story, the New York Times reported – citing anonymous sources – that the information that Trump had passed along had come to the United States from Israel. But even in that piece there is no allegation that Trump mentioned the word “Israel” in his Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Interactive: The many paths from Trump to Russia Trump is the denying an allegation that, literally, no news organization made. He’s also implicitly confirming that, yes, he did talk to the Russians about classified information. While the president has total freedom to de-classify material, the White House has urged media organizations – including CNN – not to report on the specific information Trump passed along due to how highly sensitive it is. Why? That’s always the toughest question when it comes to diving Trump’s motivations.  But, I can think of two obvious reasons: 1. He’s showing off in front of Netanyahu: Remember that, at heart, Trump is a showman.  And he likes to perform on the big stage when he knows lots and lots of important people are watching.  He also knows that Netanyahu is well aware of the reporting that Trump passed along information from Israel to the Russians and wants to publicly combat the issue. Even if what he is saying just doesn’t gibe with the facts. 2. He’s trying to change the subject: Trump is a master at deflection. The ongoing story of his May 10 meeting with the Russians is a total disaster for him and one that he and his White House team haven’t figured out a good answer for yet. So it’s possible Trump is free-lancing – denying a claim no one made as a way to say “This is all fake news. And I’ve already addressed it.” Because trust in the media is so low – particularly among Trump’s base – his strategy of making up an allegation that he can then deny might work.  But that doesn’t change the basic underlying facts. Which, to reiterate because it’s important, are these: Trump told two Russian officials highly classified information in the Oval Office. Period. Nothing Trump said today in Israel disputes those facts – or explains them. Correction: This post has been updated to correct the date of Trump's meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170522180000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/trump-israel-russia/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "677868881", "sentence": "The winners of the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year have been announced. And, as always, the photographs are spectacular. Sergio Tapiro Velasco of Mexico was awarded the prestigious grand prize for his awe-inspiring image of the moment an erupting volcano was hit by a bolt of lightning. National Geographic also awarded prizes for photographs in three categories – Nature, Cities and People. Velasco’s image snagged first prize in the Nature category as well. Norbert Fritz of Hungary took top prize in the Cities category for his photo titled “Levels of Reading,” while “Worship” by F. Dilek Uyar of Turkey won the People category. The prize-winning photos, as well as several honorable mentions, are featured in the above gallery. MORE: 9 of the world’s best photography vacations “I was inspired by the variety of locations and creativity of the photographers in their quest to make compelling images,” says judge Molly Roberts, senior photography editor at National Geographic. The eclectic subjects of the photographs range from swans flying over water in Japan, to tourists observing a Rembrandt painting at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Velasco’s grand prize photograph features the Volcán de Colima, in Mexico’s Jalisco state. The photographer says he took the image after tracking the volcano’s seismic activity for nearly a month. “The image showed those amazing forces of nature interacting on a volcano, while the lightning brightened the whole scene,” he says. “It’s an impossible photograph and my once in a lifetime shot that shows the power of nature.” MORE: 2016 National Geographic travel photo contest entries Velasco’s efforts paid off – he’s won an incredible trip to the Galapagos Archipelago. Once there, he will snorkel amongst exotic sea creatures and visit the Charles Darwin Research Station. First, second and third prize winners in each category receive $2,500, $750 and $500, respectively – plus a subscription to National Geographic Traveler magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170802001500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "HUN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/national-geographic-travel-photographer-winners-2017/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "666518280", "sentence": "NEW: Tropical Storm Cindy will bring flooding rains along much of the Gulf Coast New policies at the National Hurricane Center allow it to issue watches and warnings earlier The system swirling in the central Gulf of Mexico has reached tropical storm status and gained a name: Cindy. It was earlier called “Potential Tropical Cyclone Three” before it developed a well-defined center of circulation Tuesday afternoon, the threshold at which it can be called a tropical storm. But tropical storm watches and warnings had already been issued for portions of the Gulf Coast. That was done Monday afternoon, even though there wasn’t yet a named storm, thanks to new policies in place at the National Hurricane Center which allow forecasters to issue full advisories – including a forecast track and watches and warnings – for storms that could form and impact land within 48 hours. Related article Starting hurricane season without leaders of NOAA and FEMA should 'scare the hell out of everybody' In the past, even if the hurricane center thought a system had a high chance of developing, it couldn’t issue watches and warnings. This new policy allows residents and businesses to have more time to prepare for storms that form near the coast. The disturbance already had winds of 45 mph, but satellite and aircraft data now indicate that the storm has a well-defined center. Cindy is moving to the northwest and should reach the coast by late Wednesday or early Thursday. However, residents all along the Gulf Coast are being urged not to focus on the exact track of the storm. Strong wind shear – the change in wind direction and speed with height – in the region will keep the system on the weaker side. Related article Are we prepared for a major hurricane? With weaker storms, the center is far less important, but the heavy rainfall is projected to have a widespread impact. Heavy rain is already impacting the central Gulf Coast and many areas will receive 4 to 8 inches, with some places topping a foot. The most torrential rain is likely to be to the east of the center of the storm, because these areas will see a prolonged period of onshore flow. Cindy is one of two storms currently in the Atlantic. Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Bret formed on Monday. Much like Cindy, there were watches and warnings in place before Bret was named. According to Colorado State University research scientist Dr. Phil Klotzbach, this is the first time since 1968 that the Atlantic has had simultaneous storms during the month of June. Bret impacted Trinidad and Tobago with heavy rain Monday night and continued to affect the northern coast of Venezuela. This southern track is relatively rare. The southern Caribbean islands of  Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao are under a tropical storm watch. The storm will impact these areas Tuesday night into early Wednesday. The good news for anyone vacationing in the southern Caribbean is that Bret is scurrying along and the effects will be short-lived. The fast movement, combined with dry air from land and high wind shear over the Caribbean should lead to the dissipation of the storm during the middle of the week. CNN Meteorologist Judson Jones and CNN’s Alanne Orjoux contributed to this story", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "National Hurricane Center", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170620150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/weather-tropical-cyclone-three/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "604459941", "sentence": "He’s the man Donald Trump credits with spearheading an effort to save more than 1,000 jobs at an Indiana plant, and Will Cornett is returning the favor by calling the President-elect his hero. On Thursday, Trump visited the Carrier site in Indianapolis, addressing a crowd of still-employed workers, and referencing Cornett specifically. Related video Trump touts Carrier deal at Indianapolis plant “Because of him,” said Trump, referencing a video of Cornett he’d consumed via an un-named news source. “Is he in the room by any chance?” While he wasn’t in the room during Trump’s speech, Cornett was in front of a microphone and camera and speaking to Brooke Baldwin less than an hour later. During the presidential campaign, Trump promised Cornett and his co-workers that Carrier jobs would remain stateside, despite news that they’d soon be shipped to Mexico. Trump said that promise was meant to be of a broader nature, but Cornett was nonetheless fully aboard “Team Trump.” “I believed him 100%. That’s why I voted for him,” he told Baldwin during “CNN Newsroom.”  “This was … a promise that he was going to make us and I believed in it.” Related article Carrier victory bolsters Trump's economic chops Months after the promise, and now with Trump set to assume duties in the country’s highest office, Cornett is as convinced as ever.  And though he hadn’t yet had a chance to meet the President-elect, he knows what he’ll say if he does. “I would just say ‘thank you for keeping your promise,’ ” he told Baldwin. ” ‘I believe in you, and today you’re my hero.’ “ Man from @Carrier video earns shout-out from @realDonaldTrump today, tells @BrookeBCNN #POTUS-elect is his \"hero\" https://t.co/Pm6ObD62xf During his victory lap in Indiana, Trump made a point to refer to Cornett as “handsome,” in the process praising his mother, who was in attendance during the speech. Pleased to learn of the compliment, Baldwin’s live guest left viewers with one final message to anyone doubting Trump’s abilities to make good on his campaign promises. “I’d tell them … not to doubt ‘the Donald,’ you know? He did it once, he can probably do it again.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161201231500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/01/politics/donald-trump-carrier-plant-he-is-my-hero-indiana-will-cornett-cnntv/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "450539316", "sentence": "China has released 9 foreign nationals detained for \"terrorist video clips\" Family members say they watched a documentary on Genghis Khan China has deported nine tourists who had been detained on suspicion of alleged links to terror groups because they watched a documentary on Genghis Khan in their hotel rooms, a press release distributed by the families said. The visitors, from the United Kingdom, South Africa and India, were expected back home over the weekend. The tourists, who had been on a 47-day luxury tour of China, were detained due to a “misunderstanding,” the statement said, after the film on the Mongolian historical figure was mistaken for “propaganda.” “No one in the group has been charged and it is believed the reason they were arrested was because of an unfortunate misunderstanding,” the statement said. “They watched a BBC documentary video on Genghis Khan to further their understanding of the region they were in at the time, and this may have mistakenly been deemed as ‘propaganda’ material. The group visited the Genghis Khan Mausoleum in Ordos (in Inner Mongolia) on the day before their arrest.” Eleven of their travel companions, who were arrested alongside the nine, had previously been deported. Chinese authorities said Saturday that the group were deported for illegally “watching video clips that advocate terrorism and religious extremism.” Gift of the Givers, the charity that organized the tour, said that China had originally detained some of the group because of suspicions of alleged links to terror groups. It stressed they had no terror links or criminal records. “Twenty foreigners were suspected of violating laws and committing crimes in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, on July 11,” China’s foreign ministry said in a written statement to CNN. The ministry did not address CNN’s question on the reason for their detention. “The case is under investigation. China will guarantee the legitimate rights of relevant people in accordance with law, and will continue to provide necessary convenience and assistance to counselor officials of foreign embassies,” the ministry added. In a Facebook post last week, Gift of the Givers, a large disaster relief organization based in South Africa, said the 20 foreigners included 10 South Africans, nine Britons and one Indian. The post said the group was on a 6-week tour to explore ancient China until they were suddenly stopped by police at the Ordos airport on Friday, July 10. “They were detained without charge, with no access to any communication nor to legal representation,” the post said. “It was only on Sunday, 48 hours later, when the tour operator realized that something was amiss and made the trip to Ordos, that the first information on the detained citizens came to light.” “The Chinese, now trying to find reasons for the detention suggested that some members were linked to a terror group, to a banned organization, to watching propaganda videos in their hotel room.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150720030000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/19/asia/china-tourists-released/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "710932245", "sentence": "Trump has previously warned that immigration from Muslim-majority nations threatens European and US security The retweets were immediately met with outrage in the United Kingdom President Donald Trump retweeted Wednesday morning three inflammatory videos from a British far-right account rife with anti-Muslim content. The videos, posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, a far-right and ultra-nationalist political group, depict purported Muslims assaulting people and, in one video, smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary. Trump, who has previously warned that immigration from Muslim-majority nations threatens European and US security, frequently retweets other messages whose political views he finds favorable. But he has seldom shared messages as offensive and explosive as he did on Wednesday, and the retweets were immediately met with outrage in the United Kingdom and resulted in a rare rebuke from the British government toward its American ally. Fransen reacted jubilantly online, touting that the videos had been shared with Trump’s nearly 44 million followers. “GOD BLESS YOU TRUMP!” she wrote in all caps. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended Trump’s retweets, telling reporters that he shared them to start a conversation about border security and immigration. “I think his goal is to promote strong borders and strong national security,” Sanders told a small group of reporters after appearing on Fox News. Sanders also downplayed questions about whether the videos were authentic, because “the threat is real.” Related article White House defends anti-Muslim Trump tweets, says it doesn't matter if videos are real “That is what the President is talking about, that is what the President is focused on, is dealing with those real threats, and those are real no matter how you look at it,” she said. One of the videos purports to show a young “Muslim migrant” attacking a boy on crutches. The Dutch attorney general’s office, which handled the case, said the incident occurred in May and the suspect was born and raised in the Netherlands. A spokesperson would not comment on the suspect’s religion, saying it was against their policy to share such information. Sanders said she didn’t know how Trump came across the videos, but conservative commentator Ann Coulter, who is one of the 45 accounts Trump follows, had retweeted Tuesday one of the clips shared by Fransen. Fransen was found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment in November 2016 after abusing a Muslim woman wearing a hijab while she was with her four children. She was fined by the court and ordered to pay costs. In a separate development, Fransen was also charged over using “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior” during a speech she made in Belfast in Northern Ireland. She is set to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court on December 14. Trump’s retweets were leading several major British news websites Wednesday morning, and officials condemned him on Twitter. A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Trump was “wrong” to share the videos, adding that “Britain First seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions.” “British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far-right, which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents – decency, tolerance and respect,” added the spokesperson, who also said Trump’s upcoming 2018 state visit for now remains on. A senior member of May’s Conservative government, Communities secretary Sajid Javid also tweeted about the issue, writing: “So POTUS has endorsed the views of a vile, hate-filled racist organisation that hates me and people like me. He is wrong and I refuse to let it go and say nothing.” So POTUS has endorsed the views of a vile, hate-filled racist organisation that hates me and people like me. He is wrong and I refuse to let it go and say nothing The Muslim Council of Britain slammed Trump in a statement, saying the retweets were “the clearest endorsement yet from the US President of the far-right and their vile anti-Muslim propaganda. The US-based Council on American-Islamic Relations similarly condemned Trump’s retweets, saying he is “clearly telling members of his base that they should hate Islam and Muslims.” Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK opposition Labour Party, called the retweets “abhorrent, dangerous and a threat to our society.” Labour lawmaker David Lammy told the President he was “not welcome in my country and my city.” Trump sharing Britain First. Let that sink in. The President of the United States is promoting a fascist, racist, extremist hate group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no ally or friend of ours. @realDonaldTrump you are not welcome in my country and my city. Brendan Cox, the husband of Jo Cox, the British MP who was murdered last year by a man who reportedly shouted “Britain First” as he attacked her, tweeted, “Trump has legitimized the far right in his own country, now he’s trying to do it in ours. Spreading hatred has consequences & the President should be ashamed of himself.” Trump has legitimised the far right in his own country, now he’s trying to do it in ours. Spreading hatred has consequences & the President should be ashamed of himself. Asked about Trump’s retweets on CNN’s “New Day,” former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he found them “bizarre and disturbing.” “I think it causes friends and allies to question where is he coming from with this. So it has all kinds of ripple effects both in terms of perhaps inciting or encouraging anti-Muslim violence, and as well, causes, I think, our friends and allies to wonder about the judgment of the President of the United States,” he said. One person who applauded Trump’s Twitter actions: former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, who tweeted, “Thank God for Trump! That’s why we love him!” Trump has repeatedly used examples of terrorism and immigration in Europe to bolster his case for a travel ban in the United States against several Muslim-majority nations. The travel ban would not affect travel from the United Kingdom. On September 15, the President reacted on Twitter to a terrorist attack in London, calling the terrorists “sick and demented people,” ending the tweet by declaring, “Must be proactive!” He also added to his tweet that he would like to see a stronger travel ban: “The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific-but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!” Related article Cillizza: Donald Trump's assault on truth circles back to birtherism Several versions of Trump’s travel ban have been tied up in court battles. The Supreme Court is currently considering whether to allow all of the third version of the ban to go into effect pending appeal. Trump’s previous comments about Muslims have been cited in court rulings blocking previous versions of the ban, and it’s possible his retweets on Wednesday could be cited in the future. As a candidate, Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the US and often cited Muslim migration to Europe as his justification, tweeting in December 2015 that the UK was “trying hard to disguise their massive Muslim problem.” The United Kingdom is trying hard to disguise their massive  Muslim problem. Everybody is wise to what is happening, very sad! Be honest. The President has also been critical of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the past for her handling of immigration into Germany. “What’s happening in Germany, I always thought Merkel was like this great leader. What she’s done in Germany is insane. It is insane. They’re having all sorts of attacks,” Trump said in an October 2015 interview. CNN’s Tom Lumley, Maegan Vazquez, Ariane de Vogue, Dan Merica, Donie O’Sullivan, Eliza Mackintosh and Vasco Cotovio contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171129141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/donald-trump-retweet-jayda-fransen/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "631737743", "sentence": "Ali was raised as a Christian but became an Ahmadi Muslim as an adult Ahmadis are sometimes viewed as non-Muslims and have been killed in attacks Of all the memorable moments at the Oscars Sunday night, Mahershala Ali’s win for best supporting actor marked an especially poignant triumph. Ali is the first Muslim actor to take home the golden statue. And he comes from a sect of Islam, Ahmadiyya, that has faced persecution and violence. Ali did not mention his Muslim faith during his Oscars acceptance speech for his role in “Moonlight,” in which he plays a kind-hearted Miami drug dealer who becomes a father figure to a boy who is struggling with his sexuality. But while accepting a Screen Actors Guild Award last month, Ali talked about his conversion to Islam and what it has taught him. Related video Defying convention in 'Moonlight' “I think what I’ve learned from working on ‘Moonlight’ is we see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves. And what I was so grateful about in having the opportunity to play Juan was playing a gentleman who saw a young man folding into himself as a result of the persecution of his community,” Ali said. “Taking the opportunity to uplift him and to tell him he mattered, he was OK and accept him – I hope that we do a better job of that,” he said, instead of focusing on “the details that make us all different.” Ali was born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore and raised as a Christian in Oakland, California. “My mother is an ordained minister. I’m a Muslim. She didn’t do backflips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 yrs ago,” he added. “But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I’m able to see her and she’s able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown. And that stuff is minutia. It’s not that important.” When Ali was in graduate school he began to “question the divinity of Jesus” and “why I was taught, told, and instructed to pray to Jesus, instead of God,” he wrote in a book titled, “Short Stories by American Converts to Islam.” Ali said he was introduced to a mosque by a friend and was interested in converting. But still, he had some reservations. Related video Coming-of-age drama 'Moonlight' shines “And to be quite honest, I was concerned that it might be a cult,” Ali wrote in the book. Members of the Ahmadiyya sect, also known as Ahmadi Muslims, are sometimes viewed as non-Muslims because they do not consider Mohammed as the last prophet sent by God. But after he met members of the Ahmadiyya community, Ali said that sect of Islam made the most sense to him. For example, since the actor travels often for work, non-Ahmadi Muslims told him he would need to lay down a rug in the middle of a plane’s aisle and pray mid-flight. The Ahmadi sect said he could pray while seated. Because of their beliefs Ahmadis have faced persecution from fundamentalist Islamic groups. Opinion: Why Americans should care about Ahmadiyya Muslims One of the deadliest days for Ahmadis came in 2010, when terror attacks that targeted Ahmadi mosques killed 98 people in Lahore, Pakistan. Julie Lenarz, director of the Human Security Centre in London, said Ali’s Oscar triumph marks a victory for a sect that is often harassed. Congratulations to Mahershala Ali, first Ahmadiyya Muslim to win an Oscar - a denomination brutally persecuted for being not \"true Muslims\". “Congratulations to Mahershala Ali, first Ahmadiyya Muslim to win an Oscar - a denomination brutally persecuted for being not ‘true Muslims,’ she tweeted.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ahmadiyya Muslim community", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170227160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/entertainment/mahershala-ali-first-muslim-oscar-winner-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "610564048", "sentence": "Bana Alabed meets with Turkish President Alabed had tweeted Turkish leaders for help Bana Alabed, the 7-year-old Syrian girl who brought the plight of Aleppo’s victims to the world, wrote the latest chapter in her extraordinary story by meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The meeting at the presidential palace in the capital was captured on camera and appears to show Bana thanking Erdogan in English, saying: “Thank you for supporting the children of Aleppo and help us to get out from war. I love you.” Her story caught the attention of Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who spoke with the child on Twitter and encouraged her to stay strong. Bana took to Twitter during the siege of eastern Aleppo to share her experiences, which were written by her mother, Fatemah, an English teacher. She has nearly 360,000 followers on the social network and tweeted after the meeting of how happy she was to meet with the President. @AlabedBana (Bana) ve ailesi #CumhurbaşkanıErdoğan ve Sayın #EmineErdoğan tarafından #Külliye 'de ağırlandı :) pic.twitter.com/ivf5XGAwyP Turkey’s involvement in Syria is complicated. On one hand, the Turks are eager to help eradicate ISIS. On the other, Ankara has worked to drive Kurdish fighters from the Syrian side of the border, fearing that an entrenched Kurdish canton there would fuel momentum for an independent Kurdish state that could claim Turkish territory. Who is fighting who in Syria Halepli kızımız @AlabedBana ve ailesi Külliye'yi ziyaret ederek bizleri mutlu etti. Türkiye her zaman Suriyeli kardeşlerinin yanında olacak. pic.twitter.com/sew4YAyotN The video of the meeting has been posted to the official Twitter account of Hasan Dogan, the chief of the cabinet of Erdogan. Erdogan later tweeted: “I was pleased to host @AlabedBana and her family at the Presidential Complex today. Turkey will always stand with the people of Syria.” Bana’s mother had appealed directly to Turkey to end the siege of eastern Aleppo and help those trapped inside escape. There are 172 Aleppo evacuees, including 68 children, now undergoing treatment at Turkish hospitals, Turkish state news agency Anadolu reports, quoting the Directorate General of Press and Information on Wednesday. The injured, particularly those in critical condition, had been transported to hospitals in Turkey’s southeastern Hatay province, Anadolu said.  The ongoing evacuation of eastern Aleppo has been facing delays. Describing Bana as the girl “who announced the Aleppo massacre to the world on social media”, Cavusoglu told Anadolu that she and her family would be brought to Turkey earlier this month. Bana has two brothers – Mohammed, 5, and Noor, 3 – along with her mother and father. The young pig-tailed, gap-toothed girl kept a harrowing log of the conflict on Twitter with the help of her mother. Following the evacuation, mother Fatemah spoke of her sadness at leaving Aleppo, saying she had “left her soul” in the besieged city. READ: Aleppo girl Bana offered new home in Turkey “When we got out we had a lot of suffering because we stayed almost 24 hours in bus without water and food or anything … like a prisoner,” she told the pro-opposition media organization Qasioun News. “But finally we arrived here and we thank God and all our friends who are supporting us.” Very happy to meet with Mr Erdogan. - Bana #Aleppo pic.twitter.com/kXqlGGnjgU Three months ago, Fatemah decided she wanted the world to hear her children’s voices and see their faces, hoping that maybe she could galvanize global support for those in Aleppo. Bana has since become an embodiment of the human toll this grinding conflict has had on the children of Syria. Bana’s family went into hiding after their home was reduced to rubble on November 27. More than three weeks later, on December 19, Bana tweeted that they had “escaped” from eastern Aleppo. Sarah Sirgany in Abu Dhabi and Natalie Gallon in Atlanta also contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkey", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161221134500", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/middleeast/bana-alabed-erdogan-aleppo/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "739896387", "sentence": "While some Republicans issued sharp warnings Sunday to President Donald Trump against firing special counsel Robert Mueller, recent efforts in Congress to protect the special counsel have stalled. Republican leaders have said they see no reason to intervene given what they considered good cooperation between the White House and the Mueller team. But that was before this weekend. Tensions escalated after Trump’s lawyer, John Dowd, issued a prayer Saturday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would “bring an end” to Mueller’s probe into possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russians in Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election. That was followed by unprecedented tweets from the President going after Mueller by name, an approach he’s avoided as he’s sought to appear accommodating in the investigation. “The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime,” he tweeted Saturday. Trump followed this Sunday morning with another tweet more directly condemning Mueller’s team. “Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans?” Trump wrote. “Another Dem recently added … does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is NO COLLUSION!” Reacting to the backlash over Trump and Dowd’s remarks, White House special counsel Ty Cobb emphasized in a statement Sunday night that the President is not considering firing Mueller. “In response to media speculation and related questions being posed to the administration, the White House yet again confirms that the President is not considering or discussing the firing of the special counsel, Robert Mueller,” Cobb said. Republican lawmakers on Sunday sought to warn the President that any action against Mueller would not be tolerated by Congress. “If he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona made similar remarks on the show. “I mean, talking to my colleagues all along it was, you know, once he goes after Mueller, then we’ll take action,” he said. House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy, himself a former federal prosecutor, also defended Mueller. “I think the President’s attorney frankly does him a disservice when he says that, and when he frames the investigation that way,” the South Carolina Republican said on “Fox News Sunday.” He added later: “If you have an innocent client, Mr. Dowd, act like it.” Their comments potentially signal stepped up action by Congress as lawmakers return this week to the most serious threat they’ve faced of possible action by the White House against Mueller. But it’s unclear whether Congress will make any moves. Lawmakers face a must-pass spending bill amid other major action in the Senate on sex trafficking and a war authorization — all before they leave town Friday night for a two-week recess. Concerns about Trump trying to push out Mueller have been brewing since the former FBI director was appointed to the job last May. CNN reported in January that Trump wanted Mueller fired last June, but White House counsel Don McGahn refused to order the Justice Department to let the special prosecutor go. The New York Times first reported the incident, citing four people who were told of the matter; Trump denied that he moved to have Mueller fired. Senators introduced two bipartisan bills last year aimed at protecting a special counsel from political pressure from the White House. The “Special Counsel Integrity Act,” introduced by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, would allow a special counsel to be fired only for “misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or other good cause, including violation of DOJ policies.” Another bill, the “Special Counsel Independence Protection Act,” was introduced by Graham and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and would require a federal judge to first sign off on any action to discipline or fire a special counsel. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing in September that looked at the two bills, but the legislation has gone nowhere since then. In January, after the news broke that Trump had tried to get Mueller fired, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee urged Trump to let Mueller’s investigation “work its course” and said he was “open” to considering the legislation that would shield the special counsel from political pressure. “I just don’t think the President – as unpredictable as he is – would fire Mueller, and I take the view, and I said so maybe not directly to the President, but indirectly to the President: Just let this work its course,” Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said in an interview with CNN. At around the same time, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he saw no efforts underway at the White House to undermine the Mueller investigation. “I don’t feel any particular need to reach out to protect someone who seems to need no protection,” McConnell told reporters. A spokesman for the majority leader did not have anything to add Sunday. Grassley said he wanted the two bills to be reconciled and then he would examine any potential constitutional concerns about the separation of powers. His spokesman, Taylor Foy, did not comment directly Sunday on whether the committee will move forward with the legislation, but said, “Chairman Grassley has said on many occasions that the special counsel’s investigation should be allowed to continue uninterrupted.” Coons issued a statement Sunday calling for more senators to support his bill with Tillis. “Any attempt by the President to obstruct or remove the special counsel would create a constitutional crisis and represent an attack on the core American principle that nobody, including the President of the United States, is above the law,” he said. A spokesman for Tillis did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday on whether the senator will try to bring more attention around his bill given the events over the weekend. In January, Tillis spokesman Daniel Keylin said the bill didn’t have the support it needed to move through Congress, in part because the President’s team was showing signs of cooperation with the special counsel at the time. Tillis and Graham also joined with Grassley last week to call for a second special counsel to investigate alleged abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department’s handling of the Trump-Russia investigation up until the appointment of Mueller — a move that backs up complaints made by Trump about the Justice Department. Responding to Trump’s tweets this weekend, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, tweeted Sunday that “the President must cease and desist with these attacks.” She was one of several other Democrats who took to Twitter this weekend to defend Mueller, while Republicans were largely silent aside from those who appeared on the Sunday morning shows. A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan did not comment directly on the question of whether Congress should move forward with legislation to safeguard Mueller. But when asked about the President’s tweets this weekend, AshLee Strong said, “As the speaker has always said, Mr. Mueller and his team should be able to do their job.” CNN’s Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju and Gloria Borger contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "special counsel Robert Mueller", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180319004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/18/politics/mueller-trump-congress/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "622757909", "sentence": "Trump met with eight pharmaceutical company executives at the White House \"We have no choice\" but to limit regulations, the President said President Donald Trump issued a message Tuesday to pharmaceutical company executives akin to one he delivered to auto executives last week: bring your production back to the United States and the Trump administration will lower regulations for you. In a “pharma” meeting in the Oval Office, the President told executives from companies such as Merck & Co. and Johnson & Johnson that they have done a “terrific job over the years” but that prices for drugs must come down. “So you have to get your companies back here. We have to make products … We have to get rid of a tremendous number of regulations,” Trump said. “I know you have some problems where you cannot even think about opening up new plants. You can’t get approval for the plant and then you can’t get approval to make the drugs.” Dems delay committee vote on Sessions “We have no choice,” the President added, sitting at a table surrounded by aides, Vice President Mike Pence and eight pharmaceutical executives. “For Medicare, for Medicaid, we have to get prices way down, so that’s what we’re going to be talking about. We’re also going to be streamlining the process so that from your standpoint so that when you have a drug you can actually get it approved – if it works – instead of waiting for many, many years.” Reading from a statement for a portion of the meeting, which was partially closed to the press, the President stressed that drug pricing has been astronomical in the United States – a talking point that crosses party lines with support from progressive senators such as Bernie Sanders – and that he wants to accelerate cures and accelerate US Food and Drug Administration drug approvals. The President said that he’s been “disturbed” to see terminally ill patients who need a drug that the FDA has yet to approve. Much like his stance on taxing foreign-made cars, Trump said that there will be a trade policy that will “prioritize that foreign countries pay their fair share for US manufactured drugs so our drug companies have greater financial resources to accelerate development of new cures.” Reiterating a favorite line of his, Trump said: “It’s very unfair what other countries are doing to us,” pointing to devaluation. “Look at what China is doing. You look at what Japan has done over the years. They play the money market, they play the devaluation market and we sit there like a bunch of dummies,” he said. The President said he plans to announce someone “fantastic” to the FDA soon. Robert Bradway, chairman and CEO of Amgen, said that he shared a desire to eliminate and eradicate disease, noting the company is adding 1,600 jobs. The CEO of Eli Lilly, based in Pence’s home state of Indiana, said to the President that “some the policies you’ve come out and suggested could help us do more … and tax deregulation, is a thing that could really help us expand.” Merck & Co CEO Kenneth Frazier spoke with reporters by the West Wing of the White House after the meeting concluded. “The President is very much focused on how we can actually do better for patients, giving them more choice, helping them to deal with the medical bills that they have in a way that also stimulates innovation,” he said. When asked if he’s more hopeful for this administration than he was of the last, Frazier said: “I think there is a real opportunity if we actually work on all those things.” Sanders and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, issued a joint statement shortly after the meeting saying they hope Trump “really” takes on the pharmaceutical industry. The pair said they will introduced measures to lower prescription drug prices, a cornerstone of Sanders’ presidential campaign. Part of the proposal would allow Medicare to negotiate with drugmakers for lower prices, according to the news release.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170131194500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/politics/donald-trump-pharma-meeting/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "675406999", "sentence": "Ali Charaf Damache has been extradited to the United States from Spain Damache is the first foreign-born terror suspect to be brought to the US to face charges under President Trump The Trump administration has transferred an Algerian terror suspect from Spain to the United States to be tried in federal court rather than at the Guantánamo Bay naval prison. Ali Charaf Damache was extradited from Spain and arrived in Philadelphia on Friday, where he made an initial appearance in court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, the Justice Department says. In 2011, he was indicted in the United States and accused of conspiring with three others to recruit men to “wage violent jihad” in Europe and South Asia and of organizing a “violent jihad organization consisting of men and women from Europe and the US.” Among those with whom Damache is alleged to have conspired, according to DOJ, is American citizen Colleen LaRose – also known as “Jihad Jane” – who pleaded guilty to following orders from alleged al Qaeda operatives in plotting to kill a Swedish artist over his drawings of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. LaRose was convicted and is serving time in prison. LaRose was prosecuted in the US federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the same court in which Damache now faces charges. Both President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have previously said that terrorism suspects should be held and tried at Guantanamo instead of facing charges in civilian courts. “We’re gonna load it up with some bad dudes,” then-candidate Trump said of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Trump also suggested to the Miami Herald that he would support trying American citizens accused of committing acts of terror at Guantanamo Bay. In a March interview with Hugh Hewitt, Sessions said Guantanamo is “just a very fine place for holding these kind of dangerous criminals.” “In general, I don’t think we’re better off bringing these people to federal court in New York and trying them in federal court,” Sessions added, arguing that trial in federal court grants terror suspects representation by “court-appointed lawyers” and “discovery rights to find out our intelligence.” The news of Damache’s extradition comes on the heels of Sessions’ first trip to Guantanamo Bay as attorney general earlier this month. He spent part of a day touring the prison camp, along with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, and White House homeland security and counterterrorism adviser thomas Bossert. “The purpose of the trip is to gain that understanding by meeting with the people on the ground who are leading our governmentwide efforts at (Guantanamo),”  Justice Department spokesman Ian Prior said in a statement at the time. “In addition to the Department of Justice’s role in handling detainee-related litigation, it is important for the Department of Justice to have an up-to-date understanding of current operations.” The Justice Department did not say whether the Damache case represents a broader shift in Sessions’ views on the use of civilian courts or Guantanamo Bay. “The individual involved in this case was indicted in 2011 in federal district court,” Prior said in a statement. “The United States has consistently used the extradition process to obtain indicted fugitives who are overseas, so that they can stand trial in our federal courts.” There are, however, several aspects of Damache’s case that would lead to his prosecution in federal court, according to a law enforcement source, including the fact that relevant witnesses and his alleged co-conspirators are in Pennsylvania. What’s more, the European officials responsible for Damache’s extradition to the United States would have opposed an extradition to the Guantanamo Bay facility. The American Civil Liberties Union expressed its support for Damache’s trial in federal court. “We welcome and support this announcement. Prosecuting terrorism cases in federal courts is the right thing to do,” the civil liberties group said in a statement Friday evening. Damache, also known as “Theblackflag,” is set to appear again in court on August 28.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US federal courts", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170724020000", "country1": "DZA", "country2": "SWE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/23/politics/terrorism-suspect-brought-to-us-for-trial/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "658330143", "sentence": "Trump is abroad, but revelations continue He will return to the US amid a cloud of controversy President Donald Trump may have nothing to hide when it comes to alleged links between his campaign and Russia – but he is behaving in a way that makes it look like he does. Related article Ex-CIA chief John Brennan: 'Russia brazenly interfered' in US elections The President is now facing questions about two potential incidents of obstruction of justice: applying pressure on and eventually firing FBI Director James Comey, and separately leaning on National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to publicly deny any collusion between his aides and a Russian operation to disrupt the election last year, according to sources cited by The Washington Post and CNN. Of all the rapid-fire revelations, these could be the most serious. They indicate not just a single decision, but a possible pattern of behavior – the scope of which appears to be broadening. A key question moving forward will be whether the President or his advisers had intent to influence the investigation into contacts between Russia and his campaign, or whether Trump’s actions were solely an attempt to manage a bad public relations cycle. The eye-opening new chapter in the swirling Russia saga unfolded as Trump was trying to recast the political narrative of a young presidency already facing an existential crisis. Related article Coats not commenting on report Trump asked him to deny evidence of Russia collusion But as he basked in red carpet welcomes – and some favorable headlines – in Saudi Arabia and Israel on his first foreign tour, his political and possibly legal plight back home seemed to be inexorably worsening. Sources with knowledge of the events confirmed Washington Post reporting Monday that Trump spoke to the two men after then-FBI chief Comey testified in March that the bureau was investigating whether there had been cooperation between the Russian operation and members of Trump’s campaign team. For Democrats, the new revelations added to the rapidly accumulating  pile of evidence that Trump conspired to obstruct justice. They also highlight Trump’s decision to fire Comey, and subsequent comments in an NBC interview that he did it out of frustration with the Russia probe. The disclosures over the past few days also include sensational reports last week that Trump told a high-level Russia delegation in the Oval Office that firing the “nut job” Comey had relieved “great pressure” over the Russia investigation. Trump’s critics are using the latest claims to bolster their contention that the White House is sailing into deeply questionable legal waters. The prospect of impeachment, distant though it may be, was once little more than a liberal pipe dream, but is now at the center of many conversations in Washington. Most of all, the sheer pace of the revelations, driven by almost daily reports by newspapers like The Washington Post, The New York Times, and by CNN, has made it impossible for the White House to frame a workable defense – even when the President was in the country. After all, Trump’s administration is only four months old. To have this kind of a drumbeat of scandal and revelation this early in a presidency is highly unusual. “I’m as shocked as anybody else, but it keeps coming,” Democratic Sen Joe Manchin told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday night. “This is coming at a pretty fast pace right now.” What nobody, possibly apart from Trump himself can know, is what lies behind his actions. But there are at least two possible opposing rationales. The most serious rests on the possibility that Trump does indeed have something to hide – some past link to Russia or involvement in the hacking scheme either personally or by one of the people in his inner circle. In logical terms, that would at least explain the decision to sack Comey, his comments to NBC and leaked accounts of his conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. Such a scenario would also validate Democratic claims that Trump has already abused his powers or obstructed justice, offenses that were at the centerpiece of articles of impeachment against Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. In its Monday night article that first revealed Trump’s conversations with Rogers and Coats, The Washington Post reached for another historical analogy that will also trouble Trump’s supporters. It quoted Jeffrey H. Smith, a former general counsel of the CIA as saying that Trump’s move recalled President Richard Nixon’s “unsuccessful efforts to use the CIA to shut down the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate break-in on national security grounds.” Smith described Trump’s actions as “an appalling abuse of power.” Trump’s West Wing was unable or unwilling to provide any explanation that diminished the impact of the latest bombshell. “The White House does not confirm or deny unsubstantiated claims based on illegal leaks from anonymous individuals,” said a White House spokesperson who declined to be named. “The President will continue to focus on his agenda that he was elected to pursue by the American people.” But even if Trump is really covering something bad up, his behavior would still add up to an extraordinarily reckless strategy, that no one with any Washington experience would think could ever be remotely successful. Seeking to involve such experienced intelligence and political operators like Comey, Rogers and Coats for instance would almost certainly expose the President to grave political risk. It’s no surprise that Comey penned a memo detailing what he saw as troublesome conversations with Trump. An alternative explanation for the President’s response to the allegations allows for the possibility that there is no collusion with the Russians, or any nefarious behavior by his aides – at least that he is aware of – and encounters with the spy bosses instead reflect a catastrophic oblivion to barriers and protocols that exist between presidents and key intelligence operatives. Related article DOJ: No ethics conflict for special counsel in Russia probe It’s possible that the President’s fury is brewed from yet more frustration that he is not getting his due over last year’s election victory, and that he feels the permanent Washington establishment, of the media, Washington politicians and the intelligence agencies are victimizing him because he’s an outsider. “I don’t think anybody knew what to expect, to be honest with you. But the President isn’t a politician and I think you are seeing the good of that and some of the side problems that come with that, too,” Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said on CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday. Trump’s fellow Republicans have little choice but to look on at the madcap cycle of revelations and suspicion that is unfolding and adopt the most hopeful interpretation of events. “It would be troubling for this President or any President to be viewed as interfering or take actions that would be interfering with any investigation and one of the things we would want to understand,” said Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart on “New Day.” But Stewart also suggested that Trump’s calls with Rogers and Coats could be be more innocent than they appear to many Democrats. “I think he was asking them to make a public comment on something he believed had come and gone, that is that he wasn’t under investigation for collusion. I think he wanted that to be known publicly. I’m not an attorney but it’s hard for me to believe it’s viewed as illegal and technically obstruction,” he said. Whatever the explanation, one that may only become clear to outsiders after special counsel Robert Mueller wraps up his investigation, probably after many months, it’s clear that the way Trump is handling the scrutiny is making the situation far worse from a political and possibly even legal point of view. It’s hard to believe that the President or his White House aides could have settled on the course of action Trump has pursued as a rational strategy to get out from under the Russian cloud that is now choking his administration. When he lands back in Washington early next week he will return to a White House under siege. He will face the blowback from what is already shaping up as one of the most eagerly awaited congressional appearances in decades, from Comey, sometime after Memorial Day. It remains unclear however how much the former FBI chief will say before he has consulted Mueller about his evidence that is expected to allege Trump asked him to shut down investigations into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The latest revelations about Trump’s conversations with Rogers and Coats will fray the already tenuous relationship between the President and key members of his intelligence agencies and their capacity to work with the White House. Sources told CNN’s Jim Scuitto Monday that both men were uncomfortable with the nature of Trump’s request and refused to say that there was no collusion between the campaign and the Russians. “It goes further in my mind as a member of the intelligence committee than just the focus on the Russia investigation,” Rubio said. “I think it goes into the very nature of the intelligence community’s work and its ability to work with the executive branch and the presidency.” With Trump out of the country, the Russian thriller that is gripping Washington politics spun through a couple of new plot twists on Tuesday. Former CIA Director John Brennan was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee and was likely to be put on the spot about what the Obama administration knew about Russian election meddling. And the most intriguing figures of the hour, Coats and Rogers were due to appear before the Senate and House Armed Services committees. Their ostensible topic is budget issues but both men are likely to face a grilling from Democrats over the latest reports about their contacts with Trump. Yet another aspect of the now sprawling Russia mystery is also likely to challenge the White House – the increasing legal peril of Flynn. The former national security adviser is pleading his Fifth Amendment rights rather than comply with a subpoena to turn over documents related to the Senate intelligence’s committee’s probe into Russian election meddling. Of course, Flynn is exercising his constitutional rights against self incrimination and his move should not be seen as an admission of guilt. But his action further stokes speculation and intrigue that is damaging to the White House along with an impression that the Russia matter is now having serious consequences for people close to Trump and reaching into his inner circle. After all, Trump was advised by people including former President Barack Obama and his supporter, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that Flynn was a poor fit for the administration and ignored them. Subsequent events, including Flynn’s telling of untruths to Vice President Mike Pence about the content of his conversations with Kislyak, that led to his resignation, at the very least reflect poorly on the President’s judgment in offering him such a senior administration post. None of this, for now, seems to have changed the reality that the ultimate threat facing Trump – impeachment, is a political question as much as a legal one. Despite clear discomfort about two weeks of often barely believable allegations, it’s not clear yet that Republican leaders are any closer to cutting their president loose. But the appointment of Mueller last week means that the Russia story is now a long game, and even incremental damage, week by week to Trump’s image and popularity could seriously weaken his political position, potentially increasing his vulnerability at the moment when Mueller finally reaches his conclusions.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170523174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/politics/trump-russia-comey-coats-rogers/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "726726627", "sentence": "The Taliban strengthened its hold over Afghanistan in the second half of last year, according to new US military data released to CNN on Tuesday. In October 2017, 14% of Afghan districts were under the control or influence of the Taliban or other insurgents, an increase of one percentage point on the previous data from August. The official figures offer a rare and tangible measure in which to assess the ongoing war – a war that President Trump has pledged to win. The newly released figures have been subject to some controversy, however. The US government’s own ombudsman of the war, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), had earlier complained the US military had barred the information from being released to the public. Related article Kabul military base attack shows ISIS and Taliban are in a brutal race The new data was released by US Forces in Afghanistan to CNN following inquiries on SIGAR’s complaint. According to the new information, 56% of districts were under Afghan government control or influence in October, while 30% are contested with the insurgency. The increase, though incremental, is indicative of the Afghan army’s loosening grip on the country in the face of a determined Taliban insurgency. In November 2015, the Afghan government controlled about 72% of the country, while the insurgents influenced just 7%. The news of the continued creep of Taliban influence in Afghanistan comes at the end of a week of violence and bloodshed across the country, which has left more than 130 people dead. Both the Taliban and ISIS have claimed separate attacks in Kabul, including a siege at an international hotel that killed 22 people as well as a devastating suicide bombing using an ambulance. Afghanistan’s government declared a national day of mourning on Monday in response to the attack, but residents of Kabul have told CNN they no longer feel safe in their own capital. A spokesman for US Forces in Afghanistan said the data was never meant to be restricted from the public and the SIGAR complaint was based on a misunderstanding. But SIGAR insists it was originally told the information could not be made public. John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, said he was pleased the information had finally been released. “It’s unfortunate that they only did so after the press started to ask questions. We hope now they will release all the other important information they have unreasonably withheld from the American people,” he said. Previously, US forces have classified another key barometer of success in the war: the number of Afghan soldiers or police killed. They cited an Afghan government request to do so.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Taliban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180130170000", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/asia/afghanistan-taliban-us-control-intl/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "609771295", "sentence": "Khare is one of Pennsylvania's 20 electors He's received thousands of letters asking him not to vote for Trump Ash Khare came to America from India with two bachelor’s degrees, $8 in his pocket and a dream – the American dream. This year, he has a chance to realize that dream in an important way. A chance he could have never imagined growing up as a poor child in India. A chance he is proud of, he says with tears welling up in his eyes. Ash Khare is one of the 538 people who make up the Electoral College who today will cast their votes for president. Related article Electoral College set to make Trump's win official Khare arrived in America in 1969 on a scholarship to Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He was 21 years old.  At the time, India was a closed economy and Khare was a young man with drive and smarts, but no connections. “In India at that time to succeed and grow in a profession you had to be connected. I had no connections. We grew up in real poverty,” he says. “I even had to take a loan to buy my airplane ticket to America.” Related article Five enduring mysteries about Trump's victory Here, he learned he also needed more than a degree. He says he quickly realized the need to understand the culture, the correct way of speaking and how things were done. “I learned that by working in a grocery store for three years where I met all kinds of different people, some rich, some poor,” Khare says. After pushing past the initial struggles of poverty and loneliness that many immigrants face, he is a successful engineer and businesses owner. He’s also a serious player in the Pennsylvania Republican Party after embracing American politics with the gusto of a new convert in the first decades of his American life. “I’m a political junkie,” Khare says proudly. Being an elector is one of Ash Khare’s crowning achievements as an American. He gravitated toward the GOP in the 80’s and will proudly vote to elect Donald J. Trump, a fellow Republican, to the nation’s highest office. Khare knows how rare of a chance this is – it’s been nearly 30 years since a Republican presidential candidate won the swing state. Though he’s long been a player in helping elect Republicans to state office, this feels a bit different, he says. “I was a nobody that came from a third world country,” Khare says. He paused, choking back tears as he finished his thought. “And I am making a difference. It’s not by a handout. It’s by hard work and loyalty. That’s all.” Khare has made it very clear that he is going to do exactly what he said he would do: vote for the person his electorate voted for – Donald Trump. Despite his pride, Khare is paying a price for his role in picking the next president. A price he didn’t expect nor predict. Within hours 24 hours of Trump’s victory, Khare says his wife called to tell him he suddenly had 5,000 emails. Within a week, he had tens of thousands of emails. Then came the bags of mail. Then came the phone calls. Related article It's time for the Electoral College to fall on its sword Messages were pouring in from all over his state, the country and the world. They all had one simple directive: Do not vote for Donald Trump. Some of the missives came in Christmas cards, one came with a picture of a family saying they were afraid of Trump. Most pleaded with him– and a few threatened him – to change his mind. “This has for the time being turned my life upside down. I can’t find my bills in all the mail. I can’t find emails that pertain to my business. Even my rural post office had to designate someone specifically to deliver my mail because there is simply too much of it,” Khare said. He hauled in three suitcases filled with a few days’ worth of mail. They contained 3,300 letters. “What am I supposed to do with all of these?” Khare said. He’s read some, kept some and thrown some out. A new batch arrives every day.  He’s handed a few over to law enforcement, which led to a plainclothes officer being assigned to protect him. While he recognizes the rights of people to try to persuade him to change his vote, he will not be swayed. “I am doing my duty,” Khare said. “I am for Mr. Trump. I am for his agenda. I am totally excited. The way he his picking his cabinet, the way he is doing his thing. I believe the greatest days of this country are yet to come.  And I am glad I am alive to be able to see it.”  He says he is sure the 19 other Pennsylvania electors will vote for Trump too. Khare says the only difference he foresees between himself and his fellow electors is that when he’s sworn in as a member of the Electoral College at the Pennsylvania House chambers, he will not be putting his hand on the Bible. As a Hindu, he says his hand will rest on the Bhagavad Gita – holy scriptures written in Sanskrit that form part of several holy books in Hinduism. “I was asked what is my holy book. I told them. And they said okay they would bring one. This is America.” CNN’s Stephanie Becker contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161219113000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/politics/electoral-college-profile/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "630701350", "sentence": "The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump’s associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple US officials briefed on the matter tell CNN. But a White House official said late Thursday that the request was only made after the FBI indicated to the White House it did not believe the reporting to be accurate. White House officials had sought the help of the bureau and other agencies investigating the Russia matter to say that the reports were wrong and that there had been no contacts, the officials said. The reports of the contacts were first published by The New York Times and CNN on February 14. The direct communications between the White House and the FBI were unusual because of decade-old restrictions on such contacts. Such a request from the White House is a violation of procedures that limit communications with the FBI on pending investigations. Late Thursday night, White House press secretary Sean Spicer objected to CNN’s characterization of the White House request to the FBI. “We didn’t try to knock the story down. We asked them to tell the truth,” Spicer said. The FBI declined to comment for this story. Related article Trump aides were in constant touch with senior Russian officials during campaign The discussions between the White House and the bureau began with FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on the sidelines of a separate White House meeting the day after the stories were published, according to a US law enforcement official. The White House initially disputed that account, saying that McCabe called Priebus early that morning and said The New York Times story vastly overstates what the FBI knows about the contacts. But a White House official later corrected their version of events to confirm what the law enforcement official described. The same White House official said that Priebus later reached out again to McCabe and to FBI Director James Comey asking for the FBI to at least talk to reporters on background to dispute the stories. A law enforcement official says McCabe didn’t discuss aspects of the case but wouldn’t say exactly what McCabe told Priebus. Comey rejected the request for the FBI to comment on the stories, according to sources, because the alleged communications between Trump associates and Russians known to US intelligence are the subject of an ongoing investigation. The White House did issue its own denial, with Priebus calling The New York Times story “complete garbage.” “The New York Times put out an article with no direct sources that said that the Trump campaign had constant contacts with Russian spies, basically, you know, some treasonous type of accusations. We have now all kinds of people looking into this. I can assure you and I have been approved to say this – that the top levels of the intelligence community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate, but it’s grossly overstated and it was wrong. And there’s nothing to it,” Preibus said on “Fox News Sunday” last weekend. CNN has previously reported that there was constant communication between high-level advisers to then-candidate Trump, Russian officials and other Russians known to US intelligence during the summer of 2016. Several members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees tell CNN that the congressional investigations are continuing into those alleged Russian contacts with the Trump campaign, despite Priebus’ assertion that there is nothing to those reports. It is uncertain what the committees will eventually find and whether any of the information will ever be declassified and publicly released. But the push to investigate further shows that Capitol Hill is digging deeper into areas that may not be comfortable for the White House. The Trump administration’s efforts to press Comey run contrary to Justice Department procedure memos issued in 2007 and 2009 that limit direct communications on pending investigations between the White House and the FBI. “Initial communications between the [Justice] Department and the White House concerning pending or contemplated criminal investigations or cases will involve only the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General, from the side of the Department, and the Counsel to the President, the Principal Deputy Counsel to the President, the President, or the Vice President from the side of the White House,” reads the 2009 memo. The memos say the communication should only happen when it is important for the President’s duties and where appropriate from a law enforcement perspective. A Department of Justice spokesman said Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing the memos and that “the Department is following the guidelines in its communications with the White House.” The effort to refute the CNN and New York Times stories came as increasing numbers of congressional members were voicing concern about Russia’s efforts to influence individuals with ties to Trump. On February 17, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a briefing with Comey. It’s unclear what was said, but senators suggested there was new information discussed about Russia. “Every briefing we go through we gain new information,” said Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, a member of the committee. Lankford declined to be more specific about the briefing. Sen. Angus King of Maine also declined to reveal what was discussed during the Comey briefing. In response to a question on Priebus’ strong denial of the claims, King said he was “surprised” that Priebus would be “that categorical.” Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, a Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, said the goal of his panel’s inquiry is to follow “leads wherever they go even if they may be uncomfortable to Republicans.” “The American public will want to know if the President had personal or financial ties to the Russian government,” Swalwell said. 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{"article_id": "757456036", "sentence": "Three months before the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump Jr. met with a small group of people at Trump Tower in New York, including an emissary for two Arab princes and an Israeli social media specialist, who offered assistance to the Trump campaign, The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing several people with knowledge of the encounters. The Times identified the emissary as George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman, and reported that he informed Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s son, “that the princes who led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were eager to help his father win election as president.” The newspaper reported that the social media expert and Israeli, Joel Zamel, talked about how his company could help a political campaign gain an advantage. According to the Times, the company had by then put together “a multimillion-dollar proposal for a social media manipulation effort to help elect Mr. Trump.” It is unclear, however, whether a proposal was ever executed, and details on who commissioned it remain in dispute, the Times reported. Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince organized the meeting, the Times reported. Prince is the former CEO of the controversial private security firm Blackwater, which was later renamed and sold and now operates as Academi, and is the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Alan Futerfas, a lawyer representing Trump Jr., told CNN in a statement “Prior to the 2016 election, Donald Trump Jr. recalls a meeting with Eric (sic) Prince, George Nader, and another individual who may be Joel Zamel. They pitched Mr. Trump Jr. on a social media platform or marketing strategy. He was not interested and that was the end of it. “ CNN has previously reported that Nader was stopped and questioned by FBI agents at Washington Dulles International Airport in January and is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and any links between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. A lawyer for Nader, Kathryn Ruemmler, told the Times he has “fully cooperated with the special counsel’s investigation and will continue to do so.” Ruemmler did not immediately return a request for comment from CNN. CNN has also reported that Nader attended a December 2016 meeting in New York between Emirati officials and members of Trump’s inner circle, and another in January 2017 in the Seychelles islands between the Emiratis and Prince. Nader was also in the Seychelles when Prince met with a Russian banker, the sources familiar with the matter told CNN. A senior official in Saudi Arabia told the Times that the country has never employed Nader or given him authorization to speak on behalf of the crown prince. A lawyer representing Joel Zamel pushed back on the report in a statement to CNN, saying that Zamel “offered nothing to the Trump campaign, received nothing from the Trump campaign, delivered nothing to the Trump campaign and was not solicited by, or asked to do anything for, the Trump campaign.” The lawyer, Marc Mukasey, said that “media reports about Mr. Zamel’s engaging in ‘social media manipulation’ are misguided. Mr. Zamel’s companies harvest publicly available information for lawful use.” The White House did not return the Times’ request for comment, nor CNN’s request for comment, and Prince declined to comment to The Times through a spokesman. A request for comment from Prince sent to Frontier Services Group, which lists Prince as executive director and chairman, by CNN was not immediately returned. Mueller is already investigating another Trump Tower meeting involving Trump Jr. and other Trump campaign associates, including the President’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, as well as a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin. That meeting took place in June 2016 after Trump Jr. was told that the crown prosecutor of Russia wanted to give incriminating information about Hillary Clinton to the Trump campaign. The Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, focused on US sanctions on Russia under the Magnitsky Act, which the US passed to punish Russians over human rights abuses, as well as “the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens,” according to Trump Jr.’s testimony on the meeting provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I did not collude with any foreign government and do not know of anyone who did,” Trump Jr. said in his testimony. Prince, a Trump supporter during the campaign, has also come under scrutiny as part of efforts to probe Russia’s election meddling. CNN has previously reported that Prince testified to House lawmakers that he met with the head of a Russian investment fund in the Seychelles, but he said the meeting was not an attempt to establish a back channel between the incoming Trump administration and Russia and was not undertaken at the request of Trump transition officials. The Wall Street Journal reported later Saturday afternoon that Mueller has conducted interviews related to Zamel’s work, citing individuals familiar with the matter. The Journal said it had reviewed a subpoena “concerning Mr. Zamel’s work, but not issued to Mr. Zamel.” In response to a CNN request for comment on the Journal’s report, Mukasey, Zamel’s attorney, said in an e-mail, “We have been assured that our client is not a target of any investigation. This is much ado about nothing.” When asked for additional detail on when that assurance was made and by whom, Mukasey said, “Joel was interviewed by Mueller’s team months ago and was cooperative and transparent. I won’t comment on discussions with Mueller’s team, but Joel is not a target.” CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz, Kara Scannell, Sara Murray, Manu Raju, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump campaign", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180519201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/19/politics/donald-trump-jr-trump-tower-meeting-gulf-emissary/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "621131130", "sentence": "The South Carolina Republican warned of rising prices on goods from Mexico \"Any tariff we can levy they can levy. Huge barrier to econ growth,\" Graham tweeted Sen. Lindsey Graham isn’t quite ready to toast a potential 20% border tax on Mexico. The South Carolina Republican warned of rising prices on goods from Mexico, in particular citing “Corona, tequila or margaritas” if the Trump administration were to slap a 20% tax on imports from Mexico to help pay for a border wall along the US-Mexico border. “Border security yes, tariffs no. Mexico is 3rd largest trading partner. Any tariff we can levy they can levy. Huge barrier to econ growth,” the South Carolina Republican senator said in a pair of tweets. “Simply put, any policy proposal which drives up costs of Corona, tequila, or margaritas is a big-time bad idea. Mucho Sad.” Simply put, any policy proposal which drives up costs of Corona, tequila, or margaritas is a big-time bad idea. Mucho Sad. (2) President Donald Trump himself, of course, is known to end tweets by deciding something to be “sad.” Graham – who, as a GOP presidential primary candidate, once joked “we’re going to drink more” if he were elected – is a frequent critic of the President. White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced the proposal earlier Thursday, saying the President was backing the plan and had just discussed it with congressional Republicans in a private meeting. Hours later, amid an uproar from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Spicer said that he was simply putting forward one idea Trump is considering to show how the administration could fund the multibillion-dollar construction of a wall on the US’s southern border.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "20% border tax on Mexico", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170127000000", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/lindsey-graham-mucho-sad-border-tax/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "679745790", "sentence": "Caught between an ascendent China and an increasingly unreliable United States, Singapore’s diplomatic future is at the heart of a debate on who really calls the shots in Asia. The Lion City has historically had strong relations with both countries, an ally in Asia for Washington during the Cold War and one of China’s first partners in their efforts to modernize their economy. Over the years Singapore has been very good at picking “the middle path” between the two superpowers, analysts tell CNN, balancing their positive relationships with both America and China. But as new US President Donald Trump’s attention drifts and Chinese leader Xi Jinping grows more powerful, Singapore finds itself in a tenuous position. “If anyone can do this balancing act, Singapore can,” Kerry Brown, director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London, told CNN. “If Singapore can’t, no one can.” Just seven years ago it seemed like Singapore’s path was stable and secure. “We are in Asia; Asia is booming,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an interview in 2010. “China is a big story and a major trading partner for us, but China is not the whole story … America plays a role in Asia which China cannot replace, and nobody can replace.” Singapore, which marks its National Day August 9,  is politically and geographically unique. The South East Asian nation, which is home to a majority ethnic Chinese population, is the only country in the world to have both English and Mandarin among its official languages. With a population of five million, the Lion City is also a international financial hub and a fiercely free market. As its neighbors have succumbed to successive waves of political and financial turmoil, Singapore has remained prosperous and stable. “It’s a bridge between the West and the East,” Wang Yiwei, professor at the School of International Studies at the Renmin University of China said. Singapore sits on one of the world’s most valuable trade routes, the Straits of Malacca, through which a huge portion of Asia’s oil flows every day. The former British colony is today one of the one of the richest countries in the world, in terms of GDP per capita. In 2015, hundreds of billions of dollars in exports and imports poured through Singapore’s teeming waterways, consistently the second busiest container port in the world after Shanghai. Politically, Singapore regularly punches above its weight. The city state was a founding member of ASEAN, the powerful grouping of south-east Asian nations including Indonesia and the Philippines, and since 2010 has often been invited to participate in G20 events. CNN contacted Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan for this story but he didn’t respond to a request for comment. The country’s power doesn’t just come from its wealth but also from the powerful friendships it has made with the world’s two largest superpowers. Singapore has close historic and military ties to the United States, forged during the Cold War when former leader Lee Kuan Yew took a firm stand against communism in South East Asia. “When the United States was fighting the Vietnam war, Singapore offered a place for US troops to come for their vacation, sometimes dock their ships and refuel their aircraft,” Chong Ja Ian, associate professor at National University of Singapore’s Department of Political Science, said. Today, it hosts a US air and naval presence,  including the Littoral Combat ship USS Coronado, and more than 1,000 active duty and civilian personnel, who provide repairs and resupply to members of the US’s 7th Fleet. Despite Lee’s firm stance against communism, Singapore was also quick to embrace China once it began to open up economically in the 1980s under then-paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. “Singapore seized the opportunity for working with the Chinese … in terms of friendship it blossomed very quickly, not just because of of the economic opportunities but linguistic similarities that made it a bit easier for them to enter the Chinese market earlier,” Chong said. In 2015, China’s Xi demonstrated how highly Singapore sat in Beijing’s estimation when he held a landmark meeting with then President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou in the city. The tactic paid off: China and the United States are today two of Singapore’s largest trading partners, according to UN numbers. A full quarter of Singapore’s exports, about $60 billion, are destined for China and Hong Kong while $30 billion of its imports flood in from the United States. Wang said Singapore is also an important hub for two of China’s major political and economic initiatives in the region – the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Xi’s One Belt One Road global investment strategy. “It’s very natural … Singapore is a very important international trade and finance center not only in China but also for other countries (in the region),” he said. But in the past year, amid the rise of both Trump and an assertive Beijing, Singapore’s position has become less simple. “China sees Singapore as being too close to America and there’s a sense in which that’s correct,” said Michael Barr, associate professor of International Relations at Adelaide’s Flinders University and author of “The Ruling Elite of Singapore.” Barr said Singapore is uncomfortable with the unpredictability of President Trump, whose country the Lion State still relies heavily on for their ongoing security. “This is their dilemma. There is not a lot they can do about pulling back from America … (but) they know full well that in the long term they have to orient towards China,” he said. As with so much political wrangling in South East Asia, Singapore’s problems began with the South China Sea. Relations between Singapore and China certainly haven’t always been smooth. At an ASEAN meeting in Vietnam in 2010, incensed by discussions over the South China Sea, then-China foreign minister Yang Jiechi issued a warning to the Singaporean minister in attendance. “China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that’s just a fact,” he said to the crowded room. Six years later, Singapore urged China to abide by a UN arbitration on the South China Sea, which was originally filed by the Philippines despite huge protests from Beijing. China immediately plunged relations with Singapore into a deep chill. Related article Friends again? China's premier to visit Singapore In November 2016, nine of Singapore’s armored troop carriers were impounded for two months in Hong Kong on their way back from Taiwan. It was widely seen as a slap on the wrist by Chinese authorities. While in May 2017, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee was conspicuously absent from China’s One Belt One Road Forum in Beijing, despite being an early supporter of the initiative. Singapore’s relations with China appear to have since begun to improve. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has accepted an invitation to visit the city state and President Xi had a friendly chat with Singapore’s leader on the sidelines of the G20 in July. But the freeze showed China is fully willing to exercise its ever-growing regional and international power against countries who go against its interests. “China has reached the stage … where they feel that they can dictate to smaller powers the relationship they will have with China, and if they wish to exercise levels of independence then China will decide how far they can go,” Barr said. “It will be more and more like living with a cranky bear in a small cave.” In the past, Singapore’s strong security alliance with the United States helped temper concerns regarding China. But that’s no longer the case. “No one (in Asia) really knows what’s happening in Washington,” explained Brown. “Singapore are very aware they can’t make any assumptions now, their assumption for the past 50 years is that keep close to the Americans no matter what. But now the big boys are acting in a very unpredictable way.” The new US president hasn’t visited the Lion State but his Secretary of Defense James Mattis swung by in June for the annual Shangri-La Dialogue Asian Security Summit. Related article US defense chief: 'Americans will do the right thing' in Pacific “Once we’ve exhausted all possible alternatives, the Americans will do the right thing. We will still be there,” he said, pledging to stand by Washington’s allies in Asia. But experts have questioned whether the Obama Administration’s highly publicized pivot to Asia would survive under President Trump. There may also be stark policy disagreements between the two countries, on a topic they were previously in lockstep. Singapore is one of the world’s staunchest defenders of the free trade, because without it the tiny city-state would not be able to exist. Trump has promised an “America First” trade policy, more focused on one-on-one trade deals and possible tariffs, as well as raising the question of embargoes against China. “Trump on his own has the capacity to take away any good and sensible reason for Singapore and most of Asia to maintain relations with the US,” Barr said. “If he seriously goes down the path of closing down free trade, putting up obstacles, being an unreliable ally … I can see not just Singapore but the whole of South East Asia lining up with China.” Singapore is not alone in considering what Asia’s future will look like with a dominant China and an inward-looking United States. “Philippines, Malaysia, all across the region there’s been a real push (by Beijing),” Brown said. “Singapore is not unique, it’s just because Singapore’s been so adept at balancing (both sides).” One of the first signs of a closer relationship between Singapore and Beijing would be any changes to their military exercises with Taiwan, a sensitive topic between the two countries, as China views it as a breakaway province. “I think there is an awareness that at the end of the day the relationship with China is so much more important than anything else, in terms of economics, so they might think of this as something of a tradeoff,” Brown said. But already Singapore’s rhetoric has begun to change. In his Singapore National Day speech in 2016, Prime Minister Lee’s language had come a long way from his 2010 interview, where he said China could never replace the US. “We are friends with both America and with China … Both believe the Pacific is vast enough to accommodate both powers and President Xi said recently that America and China should “cultivate common circles of friends,” he told his countrymen. “That is precisely what Singapore’s trying to do.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Singapore", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170809004500", "country1": "SGP", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/asia/singapore-trump-china/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "649955497", "sentence": "The White House holds a rare briefing for the entire Senate on North Korea Wednesday Friday, the US hosts a meeting at the UN about Pyongyang's nuclear program North Korea put on a muscle-flexing display of artillery power Tuesday to mark a national holiday and thumb its nose at US President Donald Trump’s declaration that the country has “gotta behave.” Pyongyang staged the pounding display of large caliber guns used in land warfare – perhaps a reminder that Seoul and its US military base lie within easy reach – shortly after detaining an American teacher, the third US citizen held by the regime. The US staged its own response, beginning joint naval drills in the region with South Korea and Japan as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson moved toward the Korean Peninsula and one of the most powerful submarines in the American arsenal arrived in South Korea – part of an “armada” the US was sending to the region, Trump told the Fox Business Network in mid-April. On Wednesday, the White House will hold an unusual briefing about the Hermit Kingdom, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis and other officials outlining the threat for the entire Senate. On Friday, Tillerson will host a meeting on North Korea at the UN. And on Monday, Trump called on visiting UN ambassadors to apply more sanctions on Pyongyang. Related video US submarine arrives in South Korea Tensions surrounding North Korea, long on the rise, have risen sharply since Trump took office. Pyongyang has continued its pursuit of nuclear weapons and the missile capability to deliver a bomb as far as the continental US, even as the new president has declared the status quo is “unacceptable.” Trump is making a full-force effort to get China to pressure the rogue regime into compliance, declaring that if Beijing doesn’t do something, “we will.” North Korea responded in a statement Tuesday, slamming the “ridiculous and foolhardy” Trump administration for taking steps that are “little short of lighting the fuse of a total war under the present touch-and-go situation on the Korean Peninsula.” The statement, attributed to a Foreign Ministry spokesman and using the acronym for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, said that “the root causes of pushing the DPRK to have access to nukes” included US attempts to isolate them internationally along with “the nuclear threat” the US has posed to North Korea for “more than half a century.” The DPRK will stand against the US and “cut the windpipe of the US imperialists by dint of the strong revolutionary forces with the nuclear force, an almighty treasured sword, as their pivot,” the statement said. Related video North Korea's weapons: How dangerous are they? The growing danger has alarmed observers, analysts and lawmakers alike, in part because all attempts by former administrations to stop or slow the North Korean program through sanctions, aid, talks and attempts to draw Pyongyang into the world community have failed. North Korea is expected to conduct a sixth nuclear test imminently. “Kim Jong Un’s regime has thrown its full weight behind its quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them,” John McCain, an Arizona Republican and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday. “And unfortunately, the regime is making real progress.” “A North Korean missile with a nuclear payload capable of striking an American city is no longer a distant hypothetical, but an imminent danger – one that poses a real and rising risk of conflict,” McCain said. Kim’s steady progress and his ability to wreak havoc on South Korea and Japan with the missiles and weapons he already has means there are few good options beyond the pursuit of more sanctions – which Trump called for Monday during a White House meeting with ambassadors from the UN Security Council. “The council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile programs,” Trump said. His other options – ones used by previous administrations – include pressure, diplomacy and deterrence. Trump moved quickly on the diplomacy front, sending Mattis and Tillerson to Asia, while two of the President’s first visitors were Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Related video North Koreans celebrate 'Army day' And on the pressure and deterrence fronts, Trump is pushing to get more help from China, Pyongyang’s main protector. It’s a strategy that critics and supporters endorse even as they express doubts about how committed China is. “Engaging with China and making this more their problem than our problem is the only path forward that I see in the short term,” Senator Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, said on MSNBC Tuesday. But the increasingly tough rhetoric about North Korea isn’t helping, according to some experts. Trump’s tough talk has been echoed by those who back the idea of a muscular response to North Korea. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that “if you’re North Korea and you’re betting that Donald Trump is all talk and no action, you’re making a big mistake.” Earlier in the day, Graham had Tweeted that “Pres @realDonaldTrump is NOT going to let the nutjob in North Korea develop a missile – with a nuclear weapon on top – that can hit the US.” Pres @realDonaldTrump is NOT going to let the nutjob in North Korea develop a missile - with a nuclear weapon on top - that can hit the US. On Monday, the President spoke about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a reception for conservative media outlets, saying, “I’m not so sure he’s so strong like he says he is, I’m not so sure at all.” The comment, experts said, would almost certainly get under the 33-year-old dictator’s skin. “It’s been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and (chest-thumping), and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet’s nest yet again,” said Paul Carroll, program director at the Ploughshares Fund, a group working to eliminate nuclear weapons. Experts like Carroll and others warn that North Korea, which celebrated the 85th anniversary of its founding Tuesday, would see the US rhetoric as a threat and, coupled with the increased US military activity in the region, could be provoked into action. The Michigan, the powerful nuclear submarine that docked in the South Korean port city of Busan Tuesday, can be armed with 154 conventional cruise missiles, the same type of missiles the US launched against Syria several weeks ago, and is capable of supporting special operations. US defense officials described the port call as a show of force amid the rising tensions. “If you do this kind of ratcheting (up) of rhetorical tensions but also sending military hardware into the region, if you do that absent of any kind of offramp or door or window for the North Koreans to consider walking through and reengaging in any sort of discussions, bad things are going to happen,” Carroll said. Seoul, with its population of about 10 million people, lies within 35 miles of the border with North Korea, which has the world’s largest standing army of more than 1.2 million active soldiers and plenty of conventional weaponry that puts the South Korean capital within reach. And there are handy US targets as well. North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink Trump’s armada. “Our revolutionary forces are combat-ready to sink a US nuclear powered aircraft carrier with a single strike,” said a commentary in the paper of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party. The Rodong Sinmun newspaper compared the USS Carl Vinson to a “gross animal” and said a strike on the aircraft carrier would “show our military’s force.” CNN’s Richard Roth and Ben Westcott contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170425181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/politics/trump-north-korea-taunts/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "646562836", "sentence": "Green markets, farmers’ markets, fresh markets, wet markets – whatever you call them, these are the places that make Walmart, Tesco and other supermarket chains look like crimes against cuisine. Often centuries old but full of freshness, markets are usually packed with dozens of vendors and worth visiting even if you have no intention of cooking anything yourself on your vacation. Believed to have originated in the 13th century as a pig market, the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria has grown into one of the finest outdoor markets in the world. It’s home to fishmongers, butchers, cheesemongers, greengrocers and dozens of small charcuterie shops specializing in Spanish hams and cured meats. With an entrance off busy La Rambla, La Boqueria is a popular spot to stop for lunch. The counters of any of the tiny gourmet restaurants provide fresh seafood and Mediterranean specialties. La Rambla, 91, 08001 Barcelona, Spain; +34 93 318 25 84 Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market is the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world, selling more than 400 types of seafood, from inexpensive seaweed to sea urchin and caviar costing hundreds of dollars. The market has the distinction of supplying restaurants all over the world with fresh fish. It’s also one of Tokyo’s biggest tourist attractions, where visitors gather in the pre-dawn hours to gawp at the frenetic auction of dozens of enormous tuna. The outer market, located in a maze of tiny streets packed with retail shops, allows visitors the chance to purchase seafood and other food supplies and enjoy an early morning sashimi meal. The Fish Market might soon have to move, however, due to road-building plans in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. 5-2-1 Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan In the 1970s, New York City’s Union Square was a seedy, crime-ridden area of Manhattan until a small farmers’ market took root and revitalized the area. The market has grown into one of the world’s best, with more than 140 regional farmers, fishmongers, bakers and butchers catering to more than 60,000 shoppers on peak days. The greenmarket showcases more than just fresh-picked produce, though. Celebrity chefs often use the space for cooking demonstrations. There are also school tours that teach local kids about seasonality and healthy eating and education programs, including one that helps New Yorkers learn about composting. Broadway at East 17th Street, New York City, United States; +1 212 788 7476 Located next to Bangkok’s busy Chatuchak weekend market, Or Tor Kor Market is as packed with perfect produce as its neighbor is with souvenirs and tchotchkes. Or Tor Kor displays exotic fruits and vegetables that are unique to Thailand, as well as imported specialties from around Asia. The market is immaculate and brightly lit, allowing shoppers to easily cruise for seafood, sweets and cooked foods. Tourists will enjoy Or Tor Kor’s wide selection of prepared curry pastes and spices to take back home, and a food court filled with Thai specialties. Th Kampangphet (next to Kampheng Phet MRT station), Bangkok, Thailand Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market lays on one of Canada’s finest shopping experiences. It’s the place that Toronto locavores shop for Ontario-grown-and-made products, including the freshest produce, homemade pies, freshly baked bread and elk, venison and other locally sourced game. On Saturdays, local farmers sell seasonal organic produce at the North Market, a tradition that began in 1803 and continues today, presenting a wide selection of not just fruit and vegetables but locally produced cheeses, grains and meats. Embracing more than 120 vendors, St. Lawrence’s South Market also sells imported items such as tropical fruits and avocados that are not easily grown in Ontario’s chilly climate. 92-95 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; +1 416 392 7219 The oldest fruit and vegetable market in London is also one of the world’s finest. Located in the Southwark neighborhood, Borough Market has been operating here since 1755 – but the area has been known for its fresh market since the 13th century. Specializing in locally grown produce and fruits, hand-made cheeses and fresh breads, the wholesale market is the supplier of choice for many of London’s best restaurants. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday the market is open to the public, who, in addition to doing their weekly grocery shopping, can sample the many snacks and gourmet foodstuffs on offer. 8 Southwark St., London, England; +44 (0) 20 7407 1002. Combining the bounty of Asia’s wet markets with immaculate hygiene standards, Kreta Ayer Wet Market in Singapore’s Chinatown is something to behold. The market stocks a fantastic variety of fresh Asian vegetables, from bok choi to choi sum, as well as exotic ingredients such as live frogs and turtles, preserved eggs, Chinese herbal remedies and a plethora of tofu products. Named after the ox carts that were used to deliver water to the area, the market is capped by a hawker center upstairs where exhausted shoppers can sit down with a bowl of noodle soup or other local specialties. Chinatown, Kreta Ayer Road and Keong Siak Road, Singapore Lancaster Central Market is the United States’ oldest continuously operated farmer’s market and stands in the heart of Amish country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The historic market has been in operation since the 1730s, and was granted permanent status by King George II in 1742. It remains popular today, and tourists flock here to purchase hand-crafted products and foods made by the local Amish community. While the Pennsylvania Dutch wares might be the biggest draw for out-of-towners, locals appreciate the wide variety of imported goods sold alongside local produce, fresh flowers, just-caught seafood and hearty baked breads. 23 North Market St., Lancaster, Penn., United States; +1 717 735 6890. Located in Antibes’ historic old town, the Marché Provencal is brimming with gourmet ingredients from the Provence region of France. Visitors can learn the art of French cooking with the plethora of local specialties, including foie gras, honey, fresh lavender, wines and cheeses, fruit preserves and fragrant spices. In the afternoons local artisans display their works, from ceramics to wood carvings to paintings. Shoppers can also sit down to a coffee at one of the charming surrounding cafés or head across the street to the absinthe bar. Cours Masséna, Antibes, France In a metropolis known for the quality and quantity of its wet markets, Hong Kong’s Kowloon City wet market stands out. Both tourists and locals flock to this foodie destination for the highest-quality ingredients, including fresh imported meats hanging from steel hooks, live fish thrashing about and piles of perfect greens. The neighborhood is also home to many specialty food stores, including those in “Little Thailand” offering all sorts of Thai goods. In the wet market itself there’s a cooked food center that dishes up excellent Cantonese snacks and a wide array of not-too-spicy Thai dishes. 100 Nga Tsin Wai Road, Hong Kong; +852 2383 2224. Editor’s note: This article was previously published in 2013. It was updated and republished in 2017. Lina Goldberg is an American writer based in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and the author of “Move to Cambodia: A guide to living and working in the Kingdom of Wonder.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "traditional markets", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170413174500", "country1": "ESP", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/17/travel/worlds-best-fresh-markets/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "614673916", "sentence": "To move legislation, the GOP will have to keep everyone in their party happy There will be opportunity for senators to gain leverage on key issues The Senate’s razor-thin balance of power – 52 Republicans and 48 Democrats – means that just a few senators can tip the scale on whether a bill passes – and some lawmakers are already embracing their potential influence. Related article Effort to defund Planned Parenthood threatens Obamacare repeal As the GOP looks to take advantage of having Republican President-elect Donald Trump in the White House, party leaders have promised an ambitious first 100 days agenda. But to do so, they’ll need to keep everyone in their party happy. And senators on both sides are quick to realize they can gain leverage if a vote will come down to party lines. That provides opportunities for senators with pet issues to draw lines in the sand, for vulnerable senators up for re-election to get airtime, and for moderates on both sides to work across the aisle on compromise bills. Some examples have already emerged. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted against the motion to open up Obamacare repeal proceedings on Wednesday do to opposition to the underlying budget. Though Republicans still had the votes to proceed, Paul is lobbying his colleagues and working with members of the House to try to force his colleagues to oppose deficit spending, even if it jeopardizes Republicans’ pledged Obamacare repeal. Paul rallies House Republicans on deficit Paul met Thursday morning with the House Freedom Caucus, a group of roughly 40 Republicans in the House who have caused headaches far bigger than their small numbers for Republican leadership. Paul left the meeting without firm commitments, though the group plans to continue to meet on it. While on his way to make a similar pitch to his Senate colleagues, Paul said in response to a question that the Freedom Caucus could serve as a model for a small percentage of the GOP caucus having a big impact in the Senate, too. “We’re going to try. We’ll see,” Paul said. Another Obamacare issue is the fate of efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, which is opposed by most Democrats. Two pro-abortion rights senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, won’t commit to approving the bill with the Planned Parenthood provision in it, endangering GOP hopes of easily getting the Affordable Care Act repeal legislation through the Senate. Other senators are also flexing their muscles on key issues. As Trump continues to deny and downplay Russia’s role in hacking Democratic political groups in an effort to influence the election, as determined by the US intelligence community and third-party experts, Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham have been vocal in their condemnation of Russia’s interference. Republicans don’t agree on how to replace Obamacare McCain and Graham are working with Democrats, including Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, on legislation that would impose sanctions on Russia beyond those announced by the White House last month, which would force Trump to accept the sanctions or publicly revoke them. McCain and Graham both emphasized that their work on Russia wasn’t out of the mainstream. “I think there’s a supermajority for what I’m talking about,” Graham said when asked about how much influence a few senators could have. But McCain acknowledged that the narrow Senate majority gives heft to a small voting bloc. “That makes it more impactful,” he acknowledged, while also emphasizing the bipartisan nature of the effort. The narrow majority has also allowed Republicans to hold sway over Trump’s nominees. When Trump nominated Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, McCain and Graham joined Sen. Marco Rubio in expressing concerns and questions about Tillerson’s friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom Tillerson has interacted for his business interests in Russia. McCain has said since meeting with Tillerson some of his concerns have been answered and Rubio said Thursday he will meet with Tillerson early next week, but the nominee is sure to face tough questioning on the issue during his confirmation hearings on Wednesday. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which will hear Tillerson’s nomination, is one of the committees that only have a one-vote majority for Republicans this Congress – meaning any unsatisfied Republican could vote against advancing a nominee to the floor and make the nominee’s path more difficult. Membership on that committee includes Rubio; Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who is up for re-election this year, has sparred with Trump in the past and is likely to be targeted by Democrats; and Paul, whose foreign policy views tend to be more isolationist than his party’s and who is against nation-building. Rubio demurred when asked if he and his colleagues could seek to increase their influence by forming a bloc, as did Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The two close friends, along with fellow good friend Utah Sen. Mike Lee and blue-state Republican Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, have already teamed up on legislative advocacy in the first three days of this Congress. “I’m not sure anyone around here’s thinking in those terms,” Rubio said. “By and large, we worked real hard to have a majority so we can undo a lot of the damage that’s been done to this country over the last few years. So I’ve never heard or think there’s any effort ongoing to create some sort of bloc to steer policy and create some sort of leverage.” Still, if three members voted in concert, they could prove a make-or-break bloc on legislation. And Cruz and Lee have not shied away from taking on members of their own party in the past. And it’s not just Republicans who could take advantage of the narrow majority. On Thursday, 13 Democrats put out a statement appealing to Republican leadership on Obamacare, billing themselves as “moderate Democrats” open to working across the aisle, including Democrats such as North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, who are up for re-election in red states in 2018. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat in a red state also up for re-election next term, has also been looking to reach across the aisle, skipping a meeting with President Barack Obama and Democrats on the Hill this week in favor of talking to both sides. Manchin said he hopes Republicans also understand the importance of working with a few members of the other side, citing how many Democrats it will take them to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold. “They understand, it’s going to take eight. If they can hold all the Republicans at 52, then it will take eight of us to get anything moving,” Manchin said. “So you’re going to have to be working with 10, 12, truly sitting down with 10 or 12 moderate Democrats as you think that you want to move things forward.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "GOP", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170106113000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/politics/senate-moderates-obamacare/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "707286099", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Frida Ghitis: Trump called the country together for his hyperbolic Asia trip report, in which he puffed up his \"accomplishments\" He claimed that he secured big-ticket agreements that will create thousands of jobs -- but that is mostly a fantasy Remember when your relatives would come back from vacation and force you to watch their slide show to prove what a great time they had? President Donald Trump returned from his 12-day Asian trip and called the country to assemble and listen to him prove what a great job he did. Anyone who watched the progress of Trump abroad could have predicted exactly what he would say in his speech Wednesday: Everyone respects me. Everyone now respects America because of me. In remarks delivered in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Trump enumerated a number of achievements, but the reality is that the trip served mostly to show how far the United States is moving from its position of global leadership. The specifics Trump cited will trigger the customary stampede of fact checkers, now well-trained to refute the barrage of hyperbole and falsehoods we hear regularly from Trump. Related video Trump speaks following Asia trip (full) Indeed, because we all watched the trip, saw the tweets, and heard the comments it was easy to see – embarrassingly obvious – that foreign leaders know how to seduce the President. Trump loves praise. He showers himself with it and demands it from others. That makes him easy to manipulate, and that’s what we saw while he was in Asia. If Trump thinks red carpets, state dinners and adulation mean the world respects him, he is sadly mistaken. His claim, that his reception in Asia is “further evidence that America’s renewed confidence and standing in the world has never been stronger,” is patently false. Polls show the Trump presidency has resulted in a loss of confidence in the United States and a loss of trust in the American President in almost every country in the world. And while the President rubbed elbows with Asian heads of state, this trip was almost entirely devoid of interaction with everyday people. America’s role as an inspiration for younger generations, America’s promotion of freedom and democracy, were nonexistent. In their place, Trump lavished saccharine praise on dictators and strongmen. The North Korean leader came in for schoolyard-style criticism (Trump’s bonkers tweet about Kim Jong Un being “short and fat,” was the kind of pronouncement from the President of the United States that erodes confidence, rather than builds it), but there was nary a word about Philippine President Duterte and his so-called anti-drug campaign, which frequently consists of murdering people in the streets without any chance of due process. Trump boasted of his great achievements on trade on behalf of the American people. But on that score, all he did was talk. While he went on about bringing an end to unfair trade deals, the rest of Asia took concrete action to move on without America. Trump pulled the US out of the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership as soon as he took office. The deal would have boosted trade in countries accounting for 40% of global GDP. He promised to replace the deal with agreements between the US and each country individually. But what we saw during Trump’s trip is that no country has shown any interest in negotiating such an agreement with the US. And the remaining 11 countries of the TPP are forging the landmark agreement on their own. Trump claims he is making stronger economic alliances for the United States, but the reality is that he is isolating America in a globalized world. As in previous trips, he claimed that he secured big-ticket agreements that will create thousands of jobs. But that is mostly a fantasy. His claim that he secured $250 billion worth of deals with China turns out to be smoke, mirrors and promises – that is, many non-binding deals. (This is reminiscent of his boast after traveling to the Middle East, that he had made $110 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia. A closer look at those sales showed little of substance. One expert called it “fake news.”) It is true that the President has focused global attention on the North Korean threat. And perhaps that will pay off. But there’s no guarantee, and some, including US allies, fear that Trump may make the problem worse, even triggering a nuclear war. In fact, Trump’s foreign policy seems designed to damage America’s global influence. Trump’s deferential, admiring tone with China’s leader Xi Jinping, gave Beijing exactly what it wants, an apparent acceptance by the US that China has a claim to global leadership on a par with Washington. For White House staffers and other Americans watching nervously from the edge of their seat, fearing a major gaffe, the President’s trip was a triumph in that he mostly – mostly – avoided making outrageous statements. That triumph is the ultimate expression of the soft bigotry of low expectations. Trump’s trip report, his slide show, had the puffed up, dramatic descriptions and self-praise that we have come to expect. The truth is that the trip accomplished little, if anything, no matter what the traveler claimed.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171116013000", "country1": "PHL", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/15/opinions/donald-trump-bores-us-with-his-vacation-slides-ghitis/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "652674754", "sentence": "The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. John Kasich may not be planning to run for president again in 2020, but he’s not ruling out the possibility. The two-term Ohio governor noted that his “inclination is to say (he’ll) never run for anything again.” However, he is maintaining a political organization, planning on forming a team, and won’t be waiting on the results of the midterm elections to make up his mind. “You never want to say never to anything. You never know,” Kasich told David Axelrod on “The Axe Files,” a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. Kasich said there is support for him to run again. “What I have found as I travel around the country for this book or I just travel around period is that people come to me and many of them are just almost begging me to run again,” he said. Kasich sees some of this public desire for him to launch a third bid – he was a candidate in 2000 as well as 2016 – as a result of a polarized nation longing for a moderate. “His supporters are rock solid but they’re not a vast number, it’s certainly not half the country,” Kasich said in reference to President Donald Trump’s supporters. “His people may want to take these strong positions, but these polls indicate that everybody would like to see people get along better.” After dropping out of the 2016 race, Kasich was not shy about his lack of support for then-candidate Trump, even writing in Sen. John McCain’s name on the general election ballot. Looking back, he told Axelrod that there are still parts of Trump’s victory that he doesn’t comprehend. Related article John Kasich on North Korea: 'Eradicate the leadership' “If I said some of the things he said, I would’ve been run out of Ohio,” Kasich said. “I cannot explain it, I don’t understand how people looked the other way and didn’t care about some of these incendiary things that and the way that not only him but others behaved.” Nonetheless, Kasich said he is behind Trump. “I’m going to be for him because he’s President. I support presidents and I’ve always supported presidents but that doesn’t mean I go along with them on everything,” he said. As he finishes his term as governor, Kasich said he is focusing on having “an effective voice” – and indicated it is something that may drive his decision to run for the White House. “When you’re talking about complicated issues like North Korea or you’re talking about health care or you’re talking about any of these things, you just don’t want to talk. You want to know what you’re talking about,” Kasich said. “The question is – and I’ve thought about this – is can you be an important voice without holding public office?” he continued. “I think it’s extremely difficult to maintain a voice if you’re not holding an office.” To hear the whole conversation with Kasich, click on http://podcast.cnn.com. To get “The Axe Files” podcast every week, subscribe at http://itunes.com/theaxefiles.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "John Kasich", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170504113000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/john-kasich-axe-files/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "443739313", "sentence": "No change in EIU's top 10 liveable cities since 2011 Melbourne takes first place for fourth year in a row Damascus, Kiev among cities that declined significantly The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) claims its annual Liveability Survey could be used to “assign a hardship allowance as part of expatriate relocation packages,” among other things. But that needn’t apply to those in Melbourne, which for the fourth year running has been declared the best city in the world to live. The Australian culture hub was buoyed by superlative healthcare, infrastructure and education as well as a murder rate of 3.1 per 100,000 people, half the global average of 6.2. Melbourne’s total score of 97.5, assessed on various factors such as “stability” and “culture and environment,” as well as those mentioned above, was just 0.1 points above Vienna, which scored identically across all categories to Melbourne except culture and environment. The top 10 list hasn’t changed since 2011 and of the 140 cities surveyed, only 20 changed score in the last year. “Over half of the changes taking place over the past 12 months have been driven by deteriorating scores,” said the report, “with instability re-emerging as a key factor in influencing global scores. “Events in Ukraine, in particular, have had significant knock-on effects for cities such as Kiev, Moscow and St Petersburg. “Localized instability has also affected locations like Bangkok. “The score of Damascus in Syria has continued to decline, although the escalation in Iraq is not reflected in our ranking because Baghdad is not included in the survey.” Tehran in Iran, Tripoli in Libya and Amman in Jordan saw their scores improve, having “enjoyed periods of relative stability following significant falls in liveability.” But over the last five years, global liveability has declined overall, “highlighting the fact that the last five years have been characterized by heightened unrest in the wake of the global economic crisis.” Kiev (Ukraine), Tripoli (Libya) and Damascus (Syria) have seen the biggest falls in liveability over the last five years, says the report. 10 most liveable cities 1. Melbourne 2. Vienna, Austria 3. Vancouver, British Columbia 4. Toronto =5. Adelaide, Australia =5. Calgary, Alberta 7. Sydney 8. Helsinki, Finland 9. Perth, Australia 10. Auckland, New Zealand 10 least liveable cities 131. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire 132. Tripoli, Libya 133. Douala, Cameroon 134. Harare, Zimbabwe 135. Algiers, Algeria 136. Karachi, Pakistan 137. Lagos, Nigeria 138. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 139. Dhaka, Bangladesh 140. Damascus, Syria Comment below: What’s the best thing about your home city?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) Liveability Survey", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150625111500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "AUT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/19/travel/most-liveable-city-2014/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "548967850", "sentence": "A 77-year-old  former American citizen appears to have bested the daughter of a disgraced Peruvian president in a photo-finish race to become the next president of Peru. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has won a bare majority of votes – 50.12% – over Keiko Fujimori, Peru’s national election office announced on its official Twitter page Thursday evening. Kuczynski cannot be named president-elect until the electoral college makes the vote official, the election office said. “Thank you Peru, it is time to work together for the future of our new country,”  Kuczynski announced on Twitter, although Fujimori has yet to concede. Kuczynski, a former World Bank executive and ex-prime minister of Peru who has also served as finance and energy ministers, ran for president the first time in 2011. He came in third in that race, behind Fujimori and current President Ollanta Humala. He had refused to renounce his American nationality, which had become a campaign issue. Known as PPK, he has since renounced his American citizenship, although he is married to an American woman and his children live in the United States. Fujimori is the 41-year-old daughter of controversial former President Alberto Fujimori who is imprisoned for corruption and human-rights violations. Her father, who was president from 1990 to 2000, is credited with restoring economic stability and with defeating the Maoist Shining Path guerrillas, who carried out terrorist attacks. But his authoritarian style led to accusations of human rights abuses and corruption. In separate trials, Alberto Fujimori, the son of Japanese immigrants, was found guilty of authorizing illegal wiretaps and bribing lawmakers and journalists. He was also convicted of using public money to pay the country’s spy chief and with burglarizing the spy’s chief’s house to steal incriminating videos. In 2009, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of authorizing the operation of a death squad responsible for killing civilians. Kuczynski is the son of a French teacher and a German Jewish doctor who fled the Nazis. The winner will take over Peru’s government on July 28 from Humala. Peru’s constitution barred him from seeking a second term. CNNE’s David Valenzuela and CNN’s Sarah Faidell in Atlanta  contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pedro Pablo Kuczynski", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160610031500", "country1": "PER", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/09/americas/peru-president-pedro-pablo-kuczynski/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "486140160", "sentence": "France's state of emergency will expire without parliamentary approval EU article requires countries to do all in their power to help if one of their number is attacked France has stepped up air strikes on ISIS in Syria following Friday's terrorist attacks Once again Wednesday, the French President used the W-word: France, he said, is at war. The terrorist group ISIS, President Francois Hollande said, “has an army, financial resources, oil resources, and occupies a territory.” In other words, last Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 129 people, which authorities believe were committed by ISIS, were perpetrated by something that looks pretty much like a country. Paris attacks: Get up to speed Related video Why did ISIS target France? Hollande wants to rally his nation – to forge the kind of unity that nations rarely exhibit in times of peace. But there may be more legalistic reasons, as well. The French President wants what amounts to war powers at home. And he is choosing not to invoke an article of one of the European Union treaties that requires member states to help in case of “a terrorist attack.” Instead, Holland wants to invoke Article 42.7 of another treaty – the Treaty on European Union – that applies to war. Article 42.7 requires EU countries to do all they can to help when one of their own is the “victim of armed aggression.” This would mark the first time the article has ever been invoked. Essentially two things: He said he would ask the French Parliament to extend France’s state of emergency for three months. The French President also said he’d appeal to world leaders – including meetings next week with U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who have been at odds on what to do in the ISIS stronghold of Syria – to form a wider coalition to go after the group. French jets bomb ISIS stronghold of Raqqa The state of emergency is already in effect. Hollande declared it immediately after Friday’s attacks. But in France the president can only declare a state of emergency for 12 days. So on Wednesday, Hollande will ask Parliament to extend it for three months. A state of emergency gives authorities a range of powers, including the right to ban mass gatherings, close public spaces, limit the movement of people, search houses without court orders, and confiscate some weapons even if they’re legal. Article 42.7 of  the Treaty on European Union – the “mutual assistance clause” –  is not specific. But it requires European Union countries, if one of their number suffers armed aggression on its territory, to render “aid and assistance by all the means in their power.” Those conversations have so far been private. In public, Hollande has not been specific about what he wants other countries to do. Related video Hollande: Response to ISIS attacks must be pitiless However, judging from his rhetoric – and from France’s actions since the attack – Hollande clearly believes the response to ISIS must have a strong military component. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, said Wednesday that 33 members of ISIS had been killed by French and other military airstrikes in the last 72 hours. The organization said dozens of families of ISIS leaders and members, most of them non-Syrians, were abandoning Raqqa – where ISIS has its Syrian headquarters – and were headed to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Given Hollande’s actions and his repeated use of the word “war,” it seems safe to presume he wants to form a broad coalition that will take robust military action against ISIS. Opinion: The inconvenient truth about war on ISIS Related video Putin on ISIS: 'We will search for them everywhere' So far other countries have – at least in public – been long on sympathy and short on specifics. But that may change as other EU leaders look at the threats to their own counties. And Hollande has a certain ally in one non-EU member – Russia – which has already been targeting ISIS, and which had a passenger plane brought down – by ISIS, it is thought – in Egypt’s Sinai on October 31. Obama, who came to office promising to extricate the U.S. from Mideast entanglements may come under political pressure to step up action against ISIS. Almost certainly. Whereas the EU is a political project, NATO is a military alliance. Collective defense is what NATO is all about. And military action appears to be much on Hollande’s mind. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an attack on one ally shall be considered an attack on all. It has been invoked only once: following the terrorist attacks in the U.S. on September 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "France's military response to ISIS", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151118180000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/18/europe/hollande-isis-plan/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "755152338", "sentence": "Meghan McCain responded Friday to a White House staffer who joked about her father’s brain cancer, saying her family was doing well but asking how the Trump administration could retain an employee who made such a remark. “I don’t understand what kind of environment you’re working in when that would be acceptable and then you can come to work the next day and still have a job,” McCain said on “The View” Friday. On Thursday, Kelly Sadler, a special assistant who handles surrogate communications, told other staffers that McCain’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s CIA director nominee Gina Haspel does not matter because “he’s dying anyway,” a White House official told CNN. Related article Joking about John McCain's death is our terrible new normal Meghan McCain responded to Sadler’s comment at the top of Friday’s show. “Kelly, here’s a little news flash … We’re all dying. I’m dying, you’re dying, we’re all dying. And I want to say since my dad has been diagnosed … I really feel like I understand the meaning of life, and it is not how you die, it’s how you live,” she said. She added, “Don’t feel bad for me or my family. We’re really strong.” Neither the White House nor the President has denied or condemned Sadler’s comment. Sadler called Meghan McCain on Thursday to apologize for the remark, a source close to the situation told CNN, although it’s unclear what her response was. A White House official told CNN Thursday, “We respect Senator McCain’s service to our nation, and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time.” Sadler’s remarks also came on the same day that retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney attempted to defend the use of torture by saying it “worked on” McCain when he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. “That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John,’” McInerney said on Fox Business Network. McCain on Friday called it a “real ugly nickname.” “My father’s legacy is going to be talked about hundreds and hundreds of years. These people: Nothingburgers. Nobody is going to remember you,” McCain said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180511163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/meghan-mccain-father-white-house-aide-mccain/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "532705171", "sentence": "President Obama is in Saudi Arabia to meet with Gulf leaders They're expected to discuss regional conflicts, Iran and fighting terror President Barack Obama emerged from meetings with Gulf leaders Thursday proclaiming he’d pushed through lingering tensions with the region to reach agreements on battling ISIS and stabilizing the ever-volatile neighborhood. But he also conceded that his nuclear deal with Iran remained a source of strain. Obama said the pact didn’t reflect a shift in U.S. allegiances, however, citing longstanding efforts to bolster the security of Middle East allies. “The fact of the matter is friendship and cooperation between the United States and Gulf countries has been consistent for decades,” Obama said following a day of talks at the ornate Diriyah Palace in Riyadh. He cited ongoing efforts to battle ISIS and install a functioning government in Libya as examples of current areas of agreement. But he acknowledged “tactical differences” in dealing with Iran, which the Sunni Gulf nations are carefully monitoring as Western sanctions are eased. “We have to be effective in our defenses and hold Iran to account when it’s acting in ways that are contrary to international rules and norms,” Obama said, adding that it was also important to engage the moderate elements of Iran’s government to produce deals like the nuclear accord. RELATED: Obama looks for allies’ support on ISIS as ties and nerves fray Obama spent Thursday working to persuade other Gulf leaders to take a more muscular role in stabilizing their region. He pressed the various kings, emirs and sultans of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar to provide more support to war-torn Iraq as a U.S.-backed coalition takes back ground from ISIS. He also worked to convince leaders to provide more resources to opposition fighters in Syria, and to lend firmer backing to a political transition process in the civil war-torn country. He said after his meetings that he shared the Gulf leaders worries’ about the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, citing “significant” disputes among the country’s Shiite political blocs. “I’m concerned. I think Prime Minister Abadi has been a good partner for us,” Obama said. “Ultimately it’s up to Iraqis to make decisions.” Saying he’s secured commitments from the assembled leaders to step up assistance to Iraq, Obama said it was too soon to tell where those new resources would be used. Thursday morning Obama met individually with the leaders of Kuwait and Qatar to make his case, the White House said, followed by a series of group meetings. But in both his bilateral talks and in the larger sessions, Obama faced the same skepticism that has clouded ties between Washington and Riyadh: fears over a resurgent Iran, doubts at Obama’s Syria strategy and differences in fighting terror. Obama’s schedule at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit was broken into three sessions Thursday, with the first focused on stabilizing regional conflicts. U.S. officials said that discussion included Yemen, where a fragile ceasefire between the government and Iran-backed rebels hasn’t stalled fighting; and Libya, where a power vacuum has led to an inflow of ISIS militants. “I think there’s broad agreement on where we’re trying to go in the region,” Obama’s deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters Thursday. “People would like to see stability restored to Yemen and a political transition in Syria away from (President Bashar al-) Assad, and people would like to see Iraq maintain its unity and increase its stability. On the core issues there’s agreement on where we want to go.” But Rhodes acknowledged there have been “occasional tactical differences on what we are emphasizing at any point of time.” The President and the Gulf leaders also convened two other separate sessions, one focused on fighting terror and another on Iran, whose moves following the easing of Western sanctions are being closely monitored by its Arab Gulf neighbors. Obama departed Riyadh soon after his meetings ended for a three-night stay in London. Obama arrived for his brief visit to the Saudi kingdom Wednesday, looking to overcome a strain in ties between Riyadh and Washington. Aside from fears over the Iran deal, the Saudis are anxiously eyeing Obama’s decision on declassifying pages that could shed light on the country’s hand in the September 11 terror attacks. They’re also monitoring U.S. efforts to combat ISIS in Iraq and Syria with some degree of doubt. RELATED: White House threatens to veto 9/11 lawsuit bill Officials here also balked at Obama’s suggestion in a recent magazine interview that the kingdom wasn’t pulling its weight in global military efforts. Emerging from a two-and-a-half hour meeting between Obama and Salman, U.S. officials described a productive session they claimed reduced some of the awkwardness that had seeped into the bilateral relationship. One official said Obama “really cleared the air” with Salman during their talks at the Erga Palace in Riyadh. While Saudi officials have recently threatened to withdraw assets from the United States if pending legislation allowing families of September 11 victims to sue foreign governments, that topic did not arise during Obama’s meeting with the monarch. Related video Can Obama smooth relations with Saudi Arabia? In parallel meetings this week, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has pressed his Gulf nation counterparts to step up their assistance to Iraq, where a U.S.-backed government is still struggling to rebuild after years of war and invasion of certain regions by ISIS. Carter said during a news conference he encouraged Sunni-majority Gulf nations to “do more … not only militarily, as Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been doing – and I really appreciate that – but also politically and economically.” “Sunni support for multisectarian governance and reconstruction, particularly in Sunni areas of Iraq, will both be critical to ensuring that ISIL stays defeated,” Carter said, using the administration’s term for ISIS. OPINION: U.S. and Saudi Arabia, trapped in a bad marriage In particular, American officials have pressed Gulf nations to help rebuild areas of Iraq previously held by ISIS, including areas of Anbar province. Obama often touts successes on the ground in Iraq and Syria as evidence of a successful anti-ISIS campaign, but officials worry that retaken ground could be lost without an influx of resources. In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan late Wednesday, Obama “reiterated the importance of stabilizing areas of Iraq liberated from ISIL,” according to the White House. The pair also discussed Libya and the fragile ceasefire in Yemen. U.S. officials hope that an end to fighting there will free up Gulf nation resources to go after ISIS more aggressively. Opinion: How art can help diffuse Middle East tensions The GCC meetings are a follow-up to a summit convened at Camp David last year, which was meant to reassure U.S. allies amid final negotiations over the Iran nuclear deal. In both his talks with Salman and the Abu Dhabi crown prince, Obama sought to underscore the U.S. commitment to regional stability while encouraging a new relationship with Iran. “This conflict between the GCC and particularly between Saudi Arabia and Iran, it fuels chaos, sectarianism, and instability in the region, all of which help ISIL and other terrorist groups,” said Rob Malley, Obama’s coordinator for Middle East policy, using a different term for ISIS. “It’s clear who our allies and who our partners are. But if there could be a different relationship between the GCC and Iran, one that is less prone to fuel proxy wars. It’s our conviction, and certainly the President’s conviction, that that would be good for the region.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160421084500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/politics/obama-saudi-visit/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "412876157", "sentence": "Gary Glitter is sentenced to 16 years in prison after being convicted of child sex abuse The former \"glam rocker\" has been prosecuted previously on sex abuse charges British former pop star Gary Glitter on Friday was sentenced to 16 years in prison for child sex abuse offenses he committed more than three decades ago. Glitter, 70, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was convicted this month of one count of attempted rape of a girl under the age of 13, one count of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 and four counts of indecent assault against girls. He was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London for the six offenses, committed against three victims between 1975 and 1980. There is no statute of limitations for such offenses in the UK. Glitter was known as a “glam rocker” in the 1970s for his flamboyant clothes and performing style. He sold 18 million records with hits such as “I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am!),” “I Love You Love Me Love” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Detective Chief Inspector Michael Orchard of London’s Metropolitan Police praised the courage of the abuse victims in coming forward to police. “Paul Gadd has shown himself to be a habitual sexual predator, who took advantage of the star status afforded to him by targeting young girls who trusted him and were in awe of his fame,” Orchard said. “His lack of remorse and defense that the victims were lying make his crimes all the more indefensible.” Glitter was the first person to be arrested under the police’s Operation Yewtree, set up in 2012 in the wake of a flood of sexual abuse allegations against the late radio and TV star Jimmy Savile and others. Savile, who died in 2011 aged 84, was revealed after his death to have been one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders. British police say more than 200 victims – between ages 5 and 75 – have been identified. Glitter had been prosecuted previously on sex charges. In 1999, he admitted possessing child pornography and was jailed for four months. While living in Vietnam, he was convicted of sex offenses against young girls and jailed for nearly three years before being deported to England. Glitter is the latest celebrity to be accused or convicted of historic sex offenses. Last year celebrity publicist Max Clifford was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for assaults on girls, while Australian entertainer Rolf Harris was jailed for five years for indecent assaults against four girls.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Gary Glitter", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150227134500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/27/europe/uk-gary-glitter-sentenced/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "580343860", "sentence": "Dahir Adan, 22, was an employee at a private security firm Police have identified a 10th victim in the stabbings Dahir Adan had been in a “joyful” and “happy” mood on Saturday before he went to a St. Cloud, Minnesota, mall to buy a phone, a community leader told CNN on Monday. Adan, a private security firm employee with a good reputation in St. Cloud’s Somali community, was intent on purchasing the newly released iPhone 7, according to Haji Yussuf, a local Somali community leader who has been in contact with the man’s family. Adan, 22, is suspected of storming the mall and stabbing 10 people Saturday night before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer. Earlier, two Somali community leaders in contact with the man’s family told CNN that Adan had been acting strangely before the incident. Details about Adan and the incident began to emerge Monday as authorities worked to piece together the suspect’s background and pinpoint his motive, St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson told reporters. “We are trying to find everything,” Anderson said. “I want to know everything about this man, from the day he was born until last Saturday.” Federal law enforcement sources and Somali community leaders identified Adan on Monday. An ISIS-linked news agency praised him as a “soldier of the Islamic state.” CNN hasn’t independently verified the claim, and on Monday, authorities maintained that the suspect appeared to have acted alone. “We haven’t uncovered anything that would suggest this was anything but a lone attacker at this point,” Anderson told reporters. The FBI is calling the attack “a potential act of terrorism.” But no evidence has been found tying the suspect directly to terror groups, the police chief said. Adan had a stellar reputation in St. Cloud’s close-knit Somali community, said Yussuf, who is a director at #unitedcloud, a group that works to resolve tensions in St. Cloud. Yussuf called him a “very exceptional young man” who loved his family and respected his community. He was an “exceptional student” and “very smart,” he said. “We’re all trying to find answers as to what happened,” Yussuf said. “The family is very frustrated about this, very sad.” Yussuf said family members want to see the footage of the incident, in which the suspect was said to have lunged at people before he was shot. Yussuf praised law enforcement, saying it is doing an “amazing job” trying to get to the bottom of the case. But he finds any link between ISIS and Adan hard to believe and at this point, he said, there is no connection. “The idea that people like ISIS will claim this responsibility for us is ridiculous,” he said. Related video ISIS claims 'soldier' who stabbed victims at mall As news of the incident emerged, local newspapers in Minnesota, including the Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Cloud Times, identified the attacker as a member of the Somali community from the central part of the state. St. Cloud, a city of 67,000 about 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis, is home to one of Minnesota’s larger immigrant Muslim communities, and the incident has rattled people there. In recent years, the Muslim community has faced conflicts with other Minnesota residents, including vandalism to mosques and opposition to at least one new Islamic house of worship, according to the Star Tribune. Federal investigators have tracked the recruitment of potential ISIS fighters in Minnesota. Since 2014, nine Somali-Americans from that state were either convicted at trial or pleaded guilty in a plot to join ISIS by traveling to Syria. Before that, dozens of male Minnesota residents had left to join Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group working to turn Somalia into an Islamist state. Yussuf noted that the mall incident occurred amid a contentious US presidential election, with its debates about restricting the flow of immigrants, and Somalis worry it could threaten the amity forged between them and their neighbors. “It’s affected all of our community,” he said. “Nationally, there is the issue of immigrants and the presidential elections and people are saying things about immigrants and refugees – about Mexicans, about Muslims. For 30 years people have been building bridges in our community and we are all afraid that this will disappear because of this one incident.” Muslim and Christian clergy and community leaders gathered on Monday afternoon. They expressed unity and community spirit with one Muslim leader calling ISIS un-Islamic and better called a “Luciferian cult.” Jaylani Hussein, executive director for the Council of American-Islamic Relations Minnesota said leaders are starting a hashtag for social media #stcloudtogether. “This community, after this horrific tragedy, will move forward,” he said. Faith leaders from #StCloud want people to show inclusiveness and unity with #StCloudTogether @WCCO pic.twitter.com/fqZMaTpHrk Police and witnesses said the attacker, wearing a private security company uniform, entered Crossroads Mall on Saturday night around 8. Inside the mall, he made a reference to Allah and asked at least one person if they were Muslim before he attacked. Ashley Bayne, an employee of J.C. Penney at the mall, was visiting a co-worker at the time of the incident. When the stabbings began, Bayne ran out to the parking lot and took off in her car, crying and shaking in the aftermath of an event she said she never thought would happen there. “All of sudden chaos just broke out,” Bayne said. “There was a bunch of people running into the J.C. Penney mall entrance, and they were just screaming that someone was going around the mall stabbing people, and that there was blood everywhere.” Though the mall’s security teams were on site, the security officers were not armed. Initially, nine victims were counted. Chief Anderson Monday said the 10th victim was identified as investigators continued to search through additional security video. The victim, a 21-year-old man from St. Cloud, was not badly injured, and he told police that because of the nature of his injuries, he didn’t initially seek out medical attention and didn’t notify police. The other nine victims have been released from the hospital. Amid the chaos, Jason Falconer, an off-duty police officer from nearby Avon, killed the suspect as he threatened other shoppers. Authorities said Adan, the attacker, had three previous encounters with police. According to Anderson, most of the encounters were for minor traffic violations, none of which led to an arrest. The police chief declined to provide further details about the attacker until more information was known. Jason Falconer: Man who ended Minnesota mall attack a reluctant hero At a news conference Sunday afternoon, the mayor and police chief praised Falconer, a part-time officer and former police chief of Albany, Minnesota, for taking action. Both officials said they had viewed a surveillance tape from Macy’s which revealed details of the confrontation. “His heroic actions are exemplary of having witnessed what he did as the suspect was lunging at him with a knife,” St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis said. “Not only did he fire, the suspect went down, came back up on three different occasions. He protected others from being injured and potentially loss of life. Clearly, a hero.” Related video Sources: Device found at second location Anderson said the attack will change the city forever. “Whenever something as awful as this happens, it’s hard for things to be the same as they were,” the police chief said. After the attacker in Minnesota was killed, the police chief said two search warrants were executed at an address in St. Cloud, and the suspect’s vehicle was impounded. Though the case may be closed soon, Anderson didn’t see things going back to normal. The mall stabbing was one of several incidents reported nationwide Saturday. In New York, an explosion ripped through the Chelsea neighborhood, leaving 29 injured. A second explosive device was found a few blocks away, authorities say. Related article After three US attacks in 1 day, a hunt for answers In New Jersey, an explosion went off in a garbage can on the route of a Marine Corps charity run. Thousands of people were about to participate in the 5K race in Seaside Park. No injuries were reported. The man suspected in the  bombings in New York and New Jersey was captured Monday. Ahmad Khan Rahami was charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after a shootout Monday with police in Linden, New Jersey, Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park said. He is also charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Rahami is believed to be connected to pipe bombs found Sunday night in Elizabeth, New Jersey, sources said After the Saturday stabbings, Lul Hersi stood outside the Crossroads Mall, waiting to find out if her son was among the victims. Fear washed over the Somali-American mother, not just for her son’s well-being, but also because of the potential backlash against her community. “This has been a dark day; it is a day we will never forget,” said Hersi. “ISIS does not represent us. It does not represent Islam, and it does not represent Somalis.” Hersi said she hoped the tragedy would bring St. Cloud residents together, rather than divide them further. “Let us unite as one Minnesota,” she said. “Please let’s spread love instead of hate.” CNN’s Jason Kravarik, Catherine E. Shoichet, Brad Parks, Evan Perez, Faith Karimi, Joe Sutton, Steve Visser, Chandrika Narayan, Dani Stewart, Sara Sidner and Lonzo Cook contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160919053000", "country1": "SOM", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/minnesota-mall-stabbing/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "612996778", "sentence": "\"When you attack a country, it's an act of war,\" McCain said McCain also has scheduled a hearing for next week on foreign cyberthreats Sen. John McCain said Friday that Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election amounted to an “act of war.” The Arizona Republican, who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, also has scheduled a hearing for next week on foreign cyberthreats to the US, which will also focus on Russian cyberhacking, a committee aide told CNN earlier Friday. McCain, who is one of Washington’s most prominent foreign policy hardliners, has criticized the recent sanctions and expulsions announced by the Obama administration this week as insufficient and belated. He made his latest comments in Ukraine, a nation threatened by a resurgent Russia, after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. “When you attack a country, it’s an act of war,” McCain said of the recent hackings on Ukrainian TV, according to a transcript compiled by Reuters. “And so we have to make sure that there is a price to pay so that we can perhaps persuade Russians to stop this kind of attacks on our very fundamentals of democracy.” McCain has invited James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Mike Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency, and Marcel Lettre, the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, to next week’s hearing, according to the aide. Politico first reported on McCain’s hearing. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to meet for the first time next week with top leaders of the Intelligence agencies. The President-elect has said it’s time to “move on,” but McCain and other top Hill leaders have vowed to press legislation next year on sanctions in addition to the those announced by President Barack Obama this week. Obama took unprecedented steps Thursday to retaliate against Russian interference in the 2016 election, including expelling 35 Russian operatives from the United States. Those moves came after what the intelligence community says were Russian-orchestrated hackings of Democratic Party organizations during the election. Putin said Friday that the Kremlin would not retaliate and make similar expulsions.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161230180000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/30/politics/mccain-cyber-hearing/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "706505753", "sentence": "Two Swiss journalists were detained while covering the opening of the Abu Dhabi Louvre in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, according to a statement by Swiss public broadcaster RTS. Journalist Serge Enderlin and cameraman Jon Bjorgvinsson were arrested as they filmed an open-air market, and were held for more than 50 hours, according to the statement. UAE authorities said the journalists had trespassed at a restricted area in an industrial zone, prompting their arrest. Related article Inside the Louvre Abu Dhabi “After the official opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi police witnessed the journalists trespassing at a secured location in Mussaffah, and subsequently stopped them for questioning. Police later transported the reporters for further questioning at the police department and subsequently released them without charge,” read a statement to CNN by the UAE National Media Council. Enderlin said the pair had been “unlucky.” “We were caught by the police as we were filming in a market on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi where tens of thousands of immigrant workers live, building the country in harsh conditions. We simply wanted to document their life,” he said. RTS said the journalists were blindfolded as they were shuttled to several different locations. “We were separated, had our phones and watches taken away and were put in total isolation,” the statement quoted Bjorgvinsson as saying. “They never laid a hand on us, but their interrogations were tough and long,” he added. The statement added that the crew’s gear was confiscated by UAE authorities. “The NMC works to uphold the right of all media to report freely throughout the UAE. However we recognize that must be done in accordance with UAE laws and regulations,” read the UAE National Media Council statement. The Louvre Abu Dhabi – a $1 billion project – opened last week to great fanfare.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "UAE authorities", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171113190000", "country1": "ARE", "country2": "CHE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/middleeast/swiss-journalists-detained-abu-dhabi/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "636430240", "sentence": "When Aaron Mallin entered Mount Carmel Cemetery to pay his respects to his late father, he noticed right away that something was wrong. A headstone near the entrance had been toppled. “I walked in further, I noticed two over there.  Three over there,” he said. “I just couldn’t believe it.” How could this happen in the United States of America? In all my years, I’ve never seen this. Millard Braunstein Mallin was the first to discover that vandals had desecrated some 175 headstones in the Jewish cemetery here last month, an act being investigated as a possible hate crime. Many of the fallen headstones are adorned with the Star of David and inscribed in Hebrew, offering tender glimpses into the lives buried there: beloved daughter, dear mother, loving father. But what were they really like? CNN, collaborating with the National Museum of American Jewish History, is telling some of their stories. Nettie Stern was only 17 when she married Elmer Braunstein. The couple moved to a small Jewish community in Bridgeton, New Jersey. They quickly put down roots, opening a soda water bottling and beer distributing business. Elmer, a veteran of the US Navy in World War I, joined the American Legion while Nettie spent evenings with a close-knit group of friends, playing bridge and mahjongg. Son Millard Braunstein recalls that Nettie was extremely proud of her husband’s service and instilled that pride in their children. The family cheered Elmer as he played the bugle in the local chapter’s marches. But Stern saw dark clouds gathering on the horizon as Hitler and the Nazis began their ascent to power in Germany.  Anti-Semitism was soon on the rise in New Jersey as well. Nettie went to the house of Millard’s best friend and made arrangements with the friend’s mother. Millard Braunstein, through tears, remembered Nettie telling the woman, “If anything happens to her, would she take care of me?’” Unfortunately, fate was not kind to Nettie. Elmer developed ulcers which ruptured, causing him to develop deadly blood poisoning.  He died in 1942. Millard was only 15 years old. “All of a sudden, [she] had become a mother and a father,” Braunstein said, the pain of the loss audible in his voice.  “I’m a young guy growing up during the war.  My mother did a good job in preparing me for the future.” Time marched on and Nettie persevered. She eventually made the tough decision to sell the family bottling business to the 7-UP company and move in with her parents in Philadelphia. And she sent her son Millard to college at Penn State. “She insisted I go off to college,” he told CNN.  “I didn’t even know where Penn State was.  I was never away from home all my life.” It didn’t matter to Nettie. “Millard, go do the best you can,” she told him. After just one year in college, Millard enlisted as a US Navy hospital corpsman stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Nettie would later remarry and move to Florida. She lived there for more than 30 years, enjoying her children and grandchildren. Life was hard for Rebecca Renee Karp, but she danced her way through it all. She was born July 28, 1940, in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion section. Her mother worked long hours in the city’s Navy Yard to support the US effort in World War II. So Renee’s grandmother raised her and became her protector. It was only fitting that Rebecca, an avid dancer, made it frequently onto Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” show. Music followed her everywhere. She loved rock ‘n’ roll from the ’50s and ‘60s. She also loved “Soul Train,” country music, big band music and Frank Sinatra. Karp kept dancing into motherhood, raising her three children with the same appreciation for the arts she had. Her daughter, Stacy Silver, always wanted to be a writer. “She always believed in me,” Silver said, her voice cracking with emotion as she fingered her mother’s “hand of God” necklace around her neck. Renee Karp became her daughter’s sounding board for every story she wrote.  Every time she finished one, Renee made the time for Stacy to read it aloud to her. Her children were away at college when Karp told them the news. She had cancer. It was Mother’s Day in 1988 when her children got the call. Mom’s outlook was not good. They rushed to Karp’s bedside in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  But they were too late. “The bus got stuck … we couldn’t get to her in time,” said Silver, holding back tears. But maybe it’s what Karp wanted. She had suffered enough growing up and she was not going to let her children see her suffer anymore. “We think that she’s the one that stopped the bus,” said Silver, her hand moving back to her mother’s necklace. Opportunity was a word not well known to Bessie and Isadore Schwartz. They just tried to make the most of what they had. Isadore Schwartz emigrated to the US from Russia just a year after his birth in 1887.  Bessie, the daughter of Germany immigrants, was born five years later in Catawissa, Pennsylvania. Had Bessie’s parents not emigrated from Germany, she would have been 39 when Hitler was elected German chancellor. The two married when Bessie was only 17 and started a trucking business.  Later, they opened a luncheonette in Philadelphia. As business hummed, the couple led quiet and peaceful lives.  They just simply tried to make a living for their children and give them a foundation for a better life. The Schwartzes weathered the Great Depression but had to pull most of their children – five boys and one girl – out of school and put them to work to keep the family afloat. Only one of their children attended college. But their groundwork paid off: almost all of their grandchildren did. Grandson Stephen Schwartz recalled Isadore sitting him down for long conversations, often reminiscing about his life growing up. “He told me his memories of the assassination of President William McKinley,” said Schwartz. “He was 14 when that happened.” Bessie and Isadore became loving great grandparents and would stay married for 49 years.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "vandalism of Jewish cemetery headstones in the United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170313181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/us/mount-carmel-voices-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "738014285", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: It’s a Washington tradition that isn’t subject to partisan bickering or a lobbyist’s best efforts to influence. The blooming of the US capital’s cherry blossoms reached its peak on April 5, two days later than the average peak bloom date. Peak bloom is defined as the day when 70% of the Yoshino variety blossoms are open on the cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin. “Best viewing of the trees will be for the next four to seven days, but they can last for up to two weeks under ideal conditions, such as cool temperatures to slow the progress from flowers to leaves, and a lack of high winds or heavy rains to bring the petals down,” National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said in a statement. Initial predictions were for an early peak this year, but cooler than expected temperatures pushed it back. Related article 5 great places to visit in April The National Cherry Blossom Festival started on March 17 and runs through April 15. The blossoms usually peak between the last week of March and the first week of April, but the park service reports that warmer or cooler temperatures have led to earlier blooms (March 15, 1990) and later blooms (April 18, 1958). The festival commemorates the 1912 gift from Tokyo of 3,020 cherry trees to Washington. The first trees actually arrived two years earlier, a gift from the city of Tokyo and due in part to the advocacy of Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, one of National Geographic Society’s first female board members. These trees turned out to be diseased and were destroyed. In 1912, first lady Helen Herron Taft planted one of the first of more than 3,000 replacement trees sent from Japan. The 1912 gift of trees included 12 varieties, but now two varieties –  the Yoshino and Kwanzan – dominate. Related article Sakura season: Your guide to Japanese cherry blossoms More than 20 years later, civic groups and local government came together in 1935 to hold the first official festival. The pink blossoms of the Kwanzan trees are often found in the East Potomac Park area, while the white blossoms of the Yoshino are found closer to the northern part of the Tidal Basin near the Washington Monument. Marnie Hunter and Geet Jeswani contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "National Cherry Blossom Festival", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180312141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cherry-blossoms-washington-dc-2018/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "641643590", "sentence": "\"We've got to have either a special prosecutor or an independent commission,\" Fiorina said. \"The American people need to be reassured about what actually happened here,\" she added. Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said Wednesday that a special prosecutor or independent commission is needed to handle investigations into Russia and the Trump administration. “We’ve got to have either a special prosecutor or an independent commission, and that’s still the right answer,” Fiorina said on the “John Fredericks Show.” “And every day that goes by, it becomes clearer it’s the right answer because the Democrats will not let this go, and the American people need to be reassured about what actually happened here.” “That’s the only way you’re gonna get to the bottom of this in a way that everyone trusts,” added Fiorina. In a previous appearance on the show in early March, Fiorina said an investigation needed to be one that “no one can question” but didn’t specifically say a special prosecutor was needed. Fiorina is weighing a bid for the Senate in Virginia in 2018.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "special prosecutor or independent commission", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170329173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/kfile-carly-fiorina-russia-investigation/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "607777508", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Juliette Kayyem is the author of the best-selling “Security Mom: An Unclassified Guide to Protecting Our Homeland and Your Home.” She is a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School, a former assistant secretary of homeland security in the Obama administration and founder of Kayyem Solutions, a security consulting firm. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. Juliette Kayyem: Russia hack puts our democracy in peril. Fact-based inquiry is key to preventing future intrusions Kayyem: Probe is about protecting US elections. And if Trump imposes no penalty, it's a policy decision he will own The fact that Donald J. Trump will become president isn’t why we should all care — deeply – about the news that intelligence agencies, but mainly the CIA, have concluded that Russia used cyberattacks and infiltrations aimed at harming Hillary Clinton’s campaign.  (Disclosure: I supported Hillary Clinton and advised her on homeland security efforts, so for the sake of argument I’ll entertain the idea that Russian influence and hacking did not determine the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.) But Russia’s actions have put our democracy in peril.  The investigation launched by President Obama on Friday to assess the extent and success of Russia’s efforts is not just about looking back and seeing what happened in 2016; it is about protecting our elections in the future. The Trump camp’s insistence that the intelligence is not worthy of a deep dive has put it squarely in opposition to a fact-based inquiry supported by scores of nonpartisan intelligence professionals.  The consequences of Trump’s posture are dangerous for his governing in the future (and are a bit of an insult to those who risk their lives to get information for his daily briefings, which he doesn’t attend). Simply put, going to war against your public safety and intelligence apparatus is never a good way to start a presidency.   President Obama certainly knew that when he chose in 2008, against the calls by his progressive wing, to not bring criminal charges against intelligence agents and leaders who were responsible for torture in the post-9/11 era.  Obama took the long view; Trump should do the same. Amid all this political jockeying, though, the investigation – to be completed by Trump’s inauguration – is essential.  Specifically, the inquiries will fall into three categories: Evidence:  What do we know and how do we know it? Several media outlets suggest there were fundamental disagreements between the FBI and the CIA about whether Russian influence was meant to disrupt our democratic process or assist Trump.  If that is true, then a further review by the Obama administration is essential. Related video Trump calls Russia hacking reports ridiculous The FBI, which historically focuses on whether it can make a criminal case in court, is described in news reports as reluctant to say Russia favored Trump; the CIA and every other intelligence agency believe the evidence supports that very assessment.  The public, for the most part, does not know the extent of the evidence but one can surmise – given the CIA’s expertise – that it comes from sources and methods abroad, mainly Russia. Of interest, the Department of Homeland Security and its secretary, Jeh Johnson, are also on the CIA’s side; this is relevant because DHS, by statute, oversees the safety and security of the “dot com” domain.  (Compared with the Pentagon, for example, which secures “dot mil.”) Because the hacking involved civilian and private servers – the Democratic National Committee or Clinton Chairman John Podesta – DHS’ assessment is highly relevant.  In other words, the FBI may be an outlier but it isn’t on the same playing field as CIA, DHS or other intelligence agencies. Means:  How did Putin weigh in on the campaign?  It’s a matter of record that Putin was hostile to a Clinton victory: He believes the Obama administration has favored and supported grassroots protests against him.  And while Republican leaders continue to deny it, if the Republican National Committee was hacked but the information not released, Putin can still use that information to discredit or embarrass our leadership. Related article Where's the outrage over Russia's hack of the US election? Thus, what we don’t know, and what an investigation could show, is how we know he did it. It may be that the information simply came from our intelligence of conversations or activities  – such as phone call tapping, intelligence assets that have infiltrated Moscow’s leadership, signal intelligence picking up email conversations in Russia – that prove Putin had a policy to disrupt the election. But, there are also other theories that must be proved or disallowed in an investigation, including whether there is any information supporting some form of collusion between Trump surrogates and Russia.  Every theory must be run to ground.  The stakes are too high. Related article Putin: Trump's most dangerous best friend Punishment:  It is simply an error to believe this investigation is about Trump.  It isn’t; his supporters need to recognize that.  The ongoing investigation is being conducted to provide Congress and the future president with the means to assess what sorts of penalties Russia will suffer, including sanctions. Trump may choose not to impose a penalty, but the choice has to be made clear: It’s a policy decision that the future president will own. For the public, clarity on Russia’s influence is even more essential because 2016 is just one election.  There will be more, and unless we understand the depth of Russia’s influence, and make efforts to curb it in the future, Putin will be back.  He is, after all, a shoo-in for victory in his 2018 bid for re-election.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161213001500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/opinions/russia-hack-of-us-election-trump-putin-kayyem/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "630537591", "sentence": "People are trying to make their voices heard Here's a look at how it's going Across the country, people are flooding auditoriums, high school theaters and anywhere else they can to give their members of Congress an earful. The reason: to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s agenda, and the potential of the new Congress to reshape government. A Kentucky woman named Rose Mudd Perkins laced into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, raising vanishing coal jobs, health care reform and poverty among other things. She ended with a crack about McConnell’s treatment of Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She left, apparently, unsatisfied. Perkins appeared on CNN the next day and continued to outline her frustration with politicians. She told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin about her personal struggles and the issues in her community and said she didn’t believe people’s voices were registering at the congressional level. One frequent topic of discussion at these town halls is the President’s words and actions with regard to immigrants and Muslim people. In at least one case, a Muslim immigrant raised his concerns with a senator. “I’m a Muslim, who’s going to save me here?” asked Zalmay Niazy, who said he worked with the US armed forces in Afghanistan, at a town hall with Sen. Chuck Grassley. People have come bearing signs. Some have a specific message or a warning, but many signs that dot the crowds just show a simple sign of agreement and disagreement so participants can indicate their feelings on different issues. Merlee Harrison, 80 of Fayetteville, holds up signs being handed out outside @SenTomCotton town hall pic.twitter.com/NE1u3bKS8v It's Ernst's only town hall this recess, and Deb (front and center) says it's bulls*** it was in a small room in rural Iowa. The spillover: pic.twitter.com/eRpin3CjtP Angry constituents regularly pledged to bring down their members of Congress in upcoming elections – even years down the line. New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance, well, he had a time. Rep. Dave Brat, a Virginia Republican, was recorded complaining about being confronted, saying at the time: “Since Obamacare and these issues have come up, the women are in my grill no matter where I go.” He had long since come around by the time he had a town hall on Tuesday, when he said, “I like having debate, spirited conversation – if you can have a conversation.” Here's a good example of the rowdiness/frustration at Rep. Dave Brat's town hall tonight. He took over 30 Qs, got lots of pushback. pic.twitter.com/L3kHyDUNKw Asked on Tuesday about a tense event he held, Rep. Jason Chaffetz said people at his town hall “intended to bully and intimidate” him. He had earlier in the month said the angry voices at his town hall were from paid protesters, but the protesters said they were real people, motivated to do this out of concern, not money. Trump himself has repeatedly said protesters were paid and questionable. The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad! White House press secretary Sean Spicer detailed this accusation in the briefing room. Other Republicans have chosen not to accuse the people at their town halls of being paid or otherwise illegitimate. Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina waded through questions inside and out of his town hall. Rep. Scott Taylor told CNN at his Monday town hall: “That may be happening in other districts, but I don’t know of any paid protesters here, in this district,” Taylor said. And Sen. McConnell said the protests were “as American as apple pie.” Cotton indicated his willingness to engage with his constituents and walked into a tough event on Wednesday. People waited in long lines for Cotton at a liberal pocket of the red state. Line to get into @SenTomCotton town hall #arpx pic.twitter.com/t3OrQIRPxA And when he tried to dodge a determined questioner about Obamacare, the audience erupted. The senator closed out his event by taking a question from a 7-year-old. The boy, Toby, asked about Trump and the GOP prioritizing a border wall with Mexico over public programs, like PBS. “He shouldn’t do all that stuff for just a wall,” Toby told Cotton. For the members of Congress who have chosen to forgo town hall events so far, some constituents have opted to hold their own events, taking a page from Clint Eastwood’s book to debate an empty chair – or suit. Someone put stickers on milk jugs of \"missing\" US Rep. (GOP, Calif 8th) who refuses to hold town meetings. @WhereIsPaulCook @bittersweetdb pic.twitter.com/mUx9HRA3yn @PodSaveAmerica @jonfavs @jonlovett my Senator Toomey's town hall pic.twitter.com/QQSAB63hHM Have you seen this man?  We're very worried about him. pic.twitter.com/SAT3UaqSWg Tennessee Rep. Diane Black got a question about Obamacare from one teacher, and what the teacher had to say went viral. Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst faced cries of “shame on you” and “do your job” at the event and as she was filing into a car outside. She faced a number of tough interactions, including this moment on Obamacare. 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{"article_id": "662548904", "sentence": "Australia -- pretensions to sophistication, but pronounce Sauvignon \"Sav\" South Korea -- where late-night drinking sessions grease the wheels of industry Ecuador -- local tipple is called \"hangover in a bottle\" St Patrick’s Day is upon us again. Time for the drinking world to pull on an unamusing leprechaun hat and order pints of the black stuff in a fake Irish accent. But why do we only celebrate the Emerald Isle’s contribution to conviviality when there are other nations out there who love to wallow in drink just as much? In the interest of equality, we herewith embark on a global pub crawl to see who else we should invite to the party. Promise to drink responsibly and you can join us. Australians are no longer the great drinkers they once were. Unlikely as it seems for a country where culture usually refers to something that grows in the folds of discarded sportswear, many Aussies have become refined in their tastes. Cheap lager is no longer cheap and, regardless, beer has been usurped by fancy wines. Still, they have a fine legacy. This is a country whose former prime minister, the legendary Bob Hawke, was once in the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 2.5 seconds. Old habits die hard though, so if you do go drinking with Australians, you must still abide by the rules of “the shout.” This means once you’ve accepted a drink as part of a round, you’re obliged to “shout” everyone else a beverage in return – a costly business now that they’re all on the wine. Classic drink: “Cardonay” or a “Sav” – typically Austral-mangled wine varietals consumed either pre- or post-stubbie (of beer). Hangover cure: Cold, leftover pizza, pies, fry-ups, 3 a.m. souvlakis and even Vegemite and cheese sandwiches are all favorites. But sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 2.5 seconds will do the trick every time.* *CNN does not recommend this. Nor will it clean up afterward. Think of Germany and the chances are you’re thinking of a flaxen-haired fraulein hauling vast steins of beer through crowds of moustachioed men in leather shorts to the sound of an oompah band. Or perhaps you think about Angela Merkel. Each to their own. Germans may not be Europe’s biggest beer drinkers – that honor goes to the Czechs – but somehow they’ve cornered the market in celebrating its consumption. This is largely thanks to Oktoberfest, Bavaria’s month-long answer to St. Patrick’s Day. In reality, although Germans do have a taste for hops, barley, malt and water, most drink steadily in rather more mundane circumstances. This is because beer can be bought and consumed not just in bars, but in shops, gas stations, newspaper stands and on public transport. Often without the aid of lederhosen or the sound of parping brass. Classic drink: White wine spritzer. Nah, just kidding. It’s beer. Hangover cure: Herring and raw onion. But you’ll need more beer to fix your herring breath. Uganda leads its African neighbors for alcohol intake, largely thanks to a rampant trade in illegally made rotgut and a winning formula of booze made from bananas. High on the menu is a potent liquor called waragi, also known as war gin because it was once used to fortify troops. Though drinking too much inevitably leads to surrender. Classic drink: Ajono – a semi-fermented beer drunk from communal pots using long straws. Hangover cure: Luwombo – another winning formula: meat cooked in banana leaves. In South Korea, booze acts like a pressure valve, allowing people to vent frustrations. Booze also acts as a lubricant, oiling the wheels of business. And, of course, booze acts like booze, getting people drunk. South Korea’s strict social protocols seem to dissolve in alcohol, with the most hierarchical of relationships turning to brotherhoods by the end of the night, or early morning. A good session involves rapidly soaking up as many “bombs” (mixtures using “golden ratios” of whiskey and beer) as possible and then speaking (or slurring) what’s left of your mind, preferably to your boss. To aid this process, glasses are emptied and quickly filled. Later, inevitably, stomachs are filled and quickly emptied. Classic drink: Soju – to fans, a spirit capable of saving souls. To critics, cheap, sweet vodka. Hangover cure: Haejangguk – a spicy ox blood broth. Sounds like a hangover, tastes like a cure. How to survive a drinking session in South Korea This tiny former Soviet state has earned a reputation for boozing thanks to some World Health Organization stats that placed it top of the table (surely under the table?) for alcohol consumption. There’s been a lot of grumbling about where these numbers came from, particularly as they indicate most people would be too sozzled to respond accurately to any survey. If they are drinking to excess, the Moldovans have a decent selection of homegrown wines to choose from. They also have their own versions of popular East European fruit brandies. These have the same effect as knocking yourself on the head with a hammer, but without the unnecessary expense of buying a hammer. Classic drink: Boza – a sweet, malty fermentation only marginally less disgusting than pickle juice. Hangover cure: Pickle juice. You know you’re off to a bad start when the local liquor is known as “hangover in a bottle.” The best-selling Zhamir is a cheap but brain-penetratingly potent juice made from sugar cane that will get even the hairs on your head drunk after a couple of sips. There is a drinking etiquette in Ecuador. You must wait until a toast is made until you take the first sip of your drink. After that, you’re on your own, but it hardly matters since no one – least of all you – will remember anything about it. Classic drink: Cristal. Another headbanging local hooch, not the posh champagne. Hangover cure: In a country known for its coffee, obviously the best cure is oregano tea. The French may sneer at the uncivilized drinking habits of their European neighbors, but they’re usually sneering with a glass of French vin close at hand. In France, wine is consumed alongside every meal except breakfast. It’s often more freely available, and cheaper, than water. Only French wines will do though. Despite regularly losing taste tests to New World rivals, the French remain steadfastly loyal to their own vineyards, almost to the point of denial. Supermarkets rarely sell alcohol that isn’t French. They’re happy to eat snails, but they won’t touch Belgian beer. Classic drink: Chateauneuf-du-Pape – bold, peppery and over-confident. In other words: French. Hangover cure: Onion soup. Sorry, French onion soup. For better or worse, drinking is a way of life in Russia. Not something that’s necessarily done for enjoyment, but something that’s stoically endured. Like a Siberian winter, gloomy literature or a shirtless political leader. Classic drink: Vodka. Hangover cure: Vodka. China’s rapid economic expansion has seen it become a major consumer of oil, steel and other raw materials. With all that thirsty work, it must surely also have its eyes on the rest of the world’s refreshments. In the meantime, apart from Shanghai billionaires splurging on US$10,000 bottles of Chateau Margaux, the Chinese mostly stick to fiery grain-based liquors. The Chinese love celebratory drinking. Weddings, birthdays and business deals are all good excuses. Drinking takes the form of a series of increasingly incomprehensible toasts. To the outsider, this might seem tortuous. Just wait until the karaoke starts. Classic drink: Baijiu – a white spirit that can also be used to clean vomit from inside a taxi. Hangover cure: Congee – a porridge-like soup that unfortunately resembles stuff that could have been cleaned out of a taxi. While the Irish have one date to celebrate their country’s abiding love of alcohol, the British have three: yesterday, today and tomorrow. The near-constant drinking in the UK revolves around the pub. After a few pints, sometimes the pub begins to revolve, too. Alcohol is used by many Brits to overcome their traditional reserve. And so pubs are the places where relationships begin and end, deals are struck, scores are settled and the whole theater of life plays out to its dramatic conclusion. A range of light snacks may also be available. Classic drink: Pint of bitter – traditional ale that, contrary to popular belief, is rarely served warm. Hangover cure: Full English breakfast – a greasy plate of fried meat that, contrary to health and safety regulations, is rarely served warm. 10 tips for going about London as a local", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Alcohol consumption cultures worldwide", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170607033000", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/15/travel/best-drinking-nations/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "461119360", "sentence": "Harapan is the last Sumatran rhino in the U.S. He's moving to Indonesia in hopes he will breed There are only about 100 living Sumatran rhinos in the world What to do when you want to settle down and raise a family but you’re the last remaining member of your species in the country? No, it’s not the latest sci-fi movie coming out this fall. It’s the real-life story of Harapan, the last Sumatran rhino in the United States. The Cincinnati Zoo isn’t going to let him pine away. Instead, the 8-year-old male Sumatran rhino will move to Indonesia sometime this year in an attempt to breed him with a female rhino at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, a breeding facility in the Way Kambas National Park of Indonesia. The zoo called the move “the end of an era” for its Sumatran rhino breeding program, the only captive breeding program in the United States that has produced calves for this crtically-endangered species. “Despite the great personal sadness so many of us feel both about Harapan leaving and Cincinnati Zoo’s Sumatran rhino breeding program coming to an end, we need to focus on all we have accomplished, for there is much to celebrate,” said Dr. Terri Roth, Director of the Zoo’s Center for Conservation & Research of Endangered Wildlife, in a statement. “The Cincinnati Zoo has had a profound, historic impact on the effort to save this species.” About 100 of these rhinos exist in the world and only nine live in captivity. One of three calves born at the Cincinnati Zoo, Harapan is the only Sumatran rhino living outside of Southeast Asia. Visitors will be able to see Harapan on display at the zoo until his departure, sometime later this year.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cincinnati Zoo's Sumatran rhino breeding program", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150826133000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IDN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/travel/harapan-last-sumatran-rhino-united-states-feat/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "470392539", "sentence": "Dalai Lama is 80 years old and has been advised to rest He had been scheduled to give talks in four states On advice of his U.S. doctors, the Dalai Lama has canceled a series of October appearances in the United States, his office announced Friday. The Dalai Lama, 80, was told to rest for several weeks after a routine checkup, the statement said. “We deeply regret the inconvenience caused by this decision and apologize to all the people who have worked so hard in organizing the visit as well as to the public,” his office said. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the people of Tibet, was scheduled to speak at events in Colorado, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Utah beginning on October 17. The news will be welcomed by officials from China, who regard the Dalai Lama as a separatist. China has vociferously objected in the past to meetings between the Dalai Lama and U.S. officials. When asked for comment about the canceled trip, State Department spokesperson Julia Straker said, “The Dalai Lama is a respected world figure who is always welcomed to the United States.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Dalai Lama", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150926011500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/25/us/dalai-lama-us-trip-canceled/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "498232641", "sentence": "US State Dept. cites \"troubling increase\" in civilian casualties since Russia began airstrikes Secretary of State John Kerry calls his Russian counterpart to express concern about deaths Russian Defense Ministry calls claims \"without evidence\" The U.S. sharpened its criticism of Russian airstrikes in Syria on Tuesday, charging that “indiscriminate attacks” had reportedly caused hundreds of civilian casualties and the displacement of over 100,000 residents. “We’ve seen a marked and troubling increase in reports of these civilian casualties since Russia commenced its air campaign,” a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said. The spokesman, Mark Toner, cited reports that “Russian airstrikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians, including first responders, hit medical facilities, schools and markets, and led to the displacement of over 130,000 Syrians.” He added, “These indiscriminate attacks, as I talked about on infrastructure, on medical facilities, on civilians, does hamper the efforts to get that humanitarian assistance to where it is most needed, absolutely.” Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this week to express concern about the civilian casualties, Toner said. Various human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have accused the Russian military of killing civilians in its airstrikes. Russian jet fighters have carried out 121 combat sorties in Syria and struck 424 “terrorist” targets, since December 28, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Facebook Wednesday. RELATED: Russia, Taliban share intelligence in fight against ISIS In the Facebook post, the Russian Defense Ministry lambasted the State Department’s comments that it was responsible for civilian casualties, calling them “impersonal claims without evidences” and saying that the accusations “resemble performances held by hypnotists.” The Russian Defense Ministry also accused the U.S. of attempting to “shift responsibility” for American military operations that had resulted in “mass killing.” The Russian government began its air war against rebel groups in Syria in September in an effort to bolster its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, during that country’s nearly five-year-long civil war. Russia and the U.S. are members of the International Syrian Support Group, which is actively promoting a diplomatic solution to end the conflict. Peace talks between the Assad regime and select rebel groups are scheduled to begin in Geneva, Switzerland, in January. ISIS and the al Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front will not be participating in the talks. RELATED: Syrian government willing to participate in peace talks with opposition Kerry also asked the Russian Foreign Minister to help ensure that Russian and Syrian military forces avoid targeting opposition and rebel leaders who are involved in the peace process, Toner said. The State Department spokesman expressed concern that airstrikes on rebel leaders involved in the peace talks complicate “our efforts to bring about a meaningful, political, negotiated settlement, as well as a nation-wide cease fire.” While criticizing Russia’s role in carrying out airstrikes, the State Department also praised Russia for supporting the peace talks. “We have at times in the past six months to a year seen Russia play a more positive or more constructive role in the political side of resolving the Syrian conflict,” Toner said. RELATED: Putin: ‘If necessary, we will use’ advanced military capability in Syria", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151230153000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/30/politics/us-criticizes-russia-airstrikes-syria-civilians/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "515503908", "sentence": "\"I almost feel obliged to apologize for some of what my political colleagues said,\" Biden said Biden was visiting the Mexican capital for economic talks Speaking in Mexico City, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday came close to offering an apology for comments made by Republicans about Mexico and Mexican immigrants on the campaign trail. “I almost feel obliged to apologize for some of what my political colleagues said,” Biden said alongside Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. “It’s a heated campaign season and I just want you to know, Mr. President, that the most heated rhetoric you’ve heard from competitors for the nomination for president is not who we are as the American people. It is not the view that is the view of the majority of the American people. It’s the exact opposite. It’s the opposite view.” Earlier on Thursday, Biden, who was in Mexico for economic talks, called the rhetoric “disturbing.” Biden has been outspoken in his distaste for harsh rhetoric about undocumented immigrants during the 2016 presidential campaign, including blasting Donald Trump by name for his language about Mexican undocumented immigrants. Trump has suggested that some Mexicans crossing the U.S. southern border are rapists and drug dealers. RELATED – Ex-Mexican president Fox: ‘I’m not going to pay for that f***ing wall’ Biden didn’t name Trump or any other candidate on Thursday, contending instead that multiple GOP candidates have been promoting harmful ideas as they run for president. “Some of the rhetoric coming from some of the presidential candidates on the other team are, I think, dangerous, damaging and incredibly ill-advised,” he said. Biden was visiting the Mexican capital for economic talks accompanied by a delegation of U.S. officials who hope to scale up trade with the country. Biden was not expected to discuss the extradition proceedings for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the drug kingpin who Washington is seeking to prosecute on drug trafficking charges.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican presidential candidates' rhetoric on Mexico and Mexican immigrants", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160225223000", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/25/politics/joe-biden-mexico-campaign-rhetoric-donald-trump/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "627512326", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Page Pate is a criminal defense and constitutional lawyer based in Atlanta. He is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Georgia, a founding member of the Georgia Innocence Project, a former board member of the Federal Defender Program in Atlanta, and the former chairman of the criminal law section of the Atlanta Bar Association. Follow him on Twitter @pagepate. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Page Pate: In discussions with Russia ambassador, Flynn may have been broken two laws: the Logan Act and making false statements. Pate says there is enough evidence to support an investigation on making false statements, but in political climate, that's not likely President Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned on Monday night, and his resignation letter cited a conversation he had with Russia’s ambassador during the transition period before Trump took office (and before Flynn had any official authority to engage in diplomatic discussions on behalf of the United States). In the letter, Flynn acknowledges “inadvertently” briefing Vice President Pence with “incomplete information” about that call. There are two laws that may have been broken here – the Logan Act and the crime of making false statements. The Logan Act makes it a crime for a private citizen to communicate with a foreign government without proper authority in an attempt to influence the actions of the foreign government. President John Adams signed the Logan Act in 1799 in response to the actions of a state legislator (George Logan) who apparently went behind Adams’ back and traveled to France to try and negotiate peace with that country during the undeclared Quasi War. Flynn is guilty of violating the Logan Act if he (1) had communication with a foreign government; (2) with the intent to influence that foreign government, (3) while being a U.S. citizen without the authority to engage in diplomatic discussions on behalf of the United States. If Flynn violated this law, he would be guilty of a felony and face up to three years in prison. Related video Graham vows fight to last breath for sanctions Based on what has been publicly reported, it looks like Flynn may have violated this law. There is no question he had discussions with the Russian ambassador while he was still a private citizen without any official authority to represent the United States in diplomatic matters. The only real question is whether he intended to influence how the Russians responded to the sanctions imposed by President Obama after the election. Given the timing of the call, and its likely purpose, it’s certainly possible that the point of the call was to appease Russia so it would not retaliate with its own sanctions against the United States. I do not know the full substance of the call, but that should be available to investigators to review. For the most part, even though some of Flynn’s defenders seem to argue that he violated the Logan Act, they have chosen to criticize the law itself. They argue that the Logan Act is an old law that’s never really been used, and is probably unconstitutional anyway. It’s true that the Logan Act is old. And, while there have been several discussions about pursuing a Logan Act case in recent years, it has apparently never been used to successfully prosecute someone. But so what? There are literally hundreds of federal crimes in the federal code that are rarely, if ever, used. While I personally think that many of these obscure federal “crimes” are outdated, misguided and patently unconstitutional, that doesn’t change the fact that they are still on the books. Some have argued that the law is unconstitutional in two ways – it violates the First Amendment by criminalizing free speech, and violates the Fifth Amendment due process clause because the conduct covered by the law is extremely vague. Another problem with the law is the fact that it hasn’t been used in over 200 years. There is an arcane legal doctrine (desuetude) that calls into question that validity of a dusty old law like this that’s never actually been used. But this old law is still in the Federal Criminal Code. Until Congress rewrites it, or some federal judge strikes it down, it is still good law. And if someone breaks that law, they should be prosecuted. People shouldn’t be able to decide which laws they want to follow, especially people who are running the country. The Logan Act is not the only law that Flynn may have broken. Federal law also prohibits someone from making a false statement when discussing a matter within the jurisdiction of the federal government if there is an intent to deceive a government agency about an important matter. Making a false statement is a felony that carries up to five years in prison. Unlike the Logan Act, prosecutions under the false statements statute occur all the time. Related article For a 'winner,' Trump is doing a lot of losing A false statement can be a lie, or an attempt to cover something up. The critical issue is whether the person intended to mislead a government official about an important matter. Did Flynn make a false statement? Based on what’s been reported, it appears that he did. At some point, it appears that Flynn told Vice President Pence that his discussions with the Russian ambassador did not involve the recently imposed sanctions. That statement was made to a government official, concerned a matter within the jurisdiction of the federal government, and now appears to be false. The only questions are whether Flynn intended to lie or just made an honest mistake, and whether any false statement he may have made was intended to impair the government’s investigation of his discussions with the Russians. Flynn has claimed that he “isn’t completely certain” about whether his discussions with the Russian ambassador included any mention of the sanctions. That seems incredible to me. At the time, Flynn was expecting to become the national security adviser to the incoming president. Related article Flynn's departure: The second big blow to Trump in a week The timing of the call suggests it was made in response to the sanctions that had just been announced by President Obama, and in an attempt to assure Russia that Trump had no intention of continuing the sanctions once he was in office, so there would be no need for Russia to retaliate with sanctions of its own. Russia seemed to have gotten the message because Vladimir Putin later announced there would be no new sanctions imposed against the US. In almost every false statement prosecution, the person being charged doesn’t deny making the statement (especially where, like here, there is a recording of it). Instead, the first line of defense in these cases is for the person to say “I don’t remember saying that.” That’s a good defense, if it’s believable. If the government can’t prove the person intended to lie, then the person can’t be convicted of making a false statement. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook But is Flynn’s claim that he doesn’t remember credible here? I doubt it. It would take a truly incompetent person to not remember the substance of such an important discussion. A prosecutor can never really prove what’s in a person’s mind when he made a particular statement. Instead, intent is usually proven by the circumstances of the statement itself – what was actually said, when it was said and to whom, and what else was going on at the time. In this case, the circumstances that have been reported so far suggest that Flynn knew that what he was saying to Vice President Pence was false when he said it. But if Flynn simply told Pence, “I didn’t say anything about the sanctions,” that would just be a denial of wrongdoing and was not likely intended to change any official action of the government. Ultimately, even though I think there is enough evidence here to support an investigation, I don’t see it happening. While former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates may have been willing to pursue this case, it’s hard to imagine that the current leadership of the Justice Department will ever investigate. I can’t see how any other federal or state agency would have jurisdiction and, even if one did, the motivation would likely not be strong enough to open a serious inquiry into Flynn’s conduct now that he has resigned. In addition, there is no doubt that any appointment of a special prosecutor would be filled with controversy and criticized as pure politics, especially if the investigation focused on violations of the Logan Act, a law that may be unconstitutional. Flynn’s call with the Russian ambassador and what he said about it to Vice President Pence will almost certainly have political consequences for the Trump administration. But I don’t think it will have any legal consequences for Flynn, personally, despite evidence that he may have broken the law.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Michael Flynn", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170214221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/opinions/did-flynn-break-law-pate-opinion/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "653592637", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Donald Trump's rise to the presidency was supposed to usher in a sweep of victories for like-minded candidates, writes Frida Ghitis Instead, it's ruining their chances for success, she writes When Emmanuel Macron, France’s moderate centrist candidate, won Sunday’s presidential election against his fiery nationalist opponent Marine Le Pen, he confirmed a trend that should worry right-wing populists – especially those working in the White House. In an ironic twist, Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency – which was supposed to usher in a sweep of victories for like-minded candidates – is ruining their chances for success. To be sure, Macron’s victory was the result of countless factors, some of them unique to France. But one of the reasons Macron won is that French voters were horrified at the prospect of electing their own version of Trump. Le Pen reminded them a bit too much of the new American president, a man they strongly dislike. Trump has low approval ratings in the United States, but it’s nothing compared to his ratings in France. A recent poll found an astonishing 82% of French voters have unfavorable views of Trump. That’s even worse than Putin’s dismal 70.9%. Trump’s election in the United States was supposed to help other populist politicians across the Atlantic. Instead, it is tripping them up. The French election, like any political contest, was a local affair. But it was also a microcosm of a larger battle raging in Western democracies. The West has become a battleground for nationalist populists, who rile up the crowds and stoke their discontent and fears by blaming their countries’ woes on outsiders, on immigrants, on bad trade deals and on international organizations that erode the countries’ sovereignty. They are facing off against “small L” liberal democrats, politicians who advocate democratic freedoms, tolerance, equality, international trade and active participation in international organizations. The nationalists have enjoyed good relations and strong (we’re still trying to find out how strong) support from Russian President Vladimir Putin. They would like to see the European Union dismantled, a goal Putin rightly views as weakening the West. In the United States, Trump campaigned as a nationalist populist. (He is not governing as he campaigned, but that’s another story.) His victory sparked a wave of euphoria among Europe’s populists. Steve Bannon, Trump’s ideologically-charged strategist, presumably still wants to see the nationalist revolution sweep across the West. But the euphoria that followed Trump’s election has been followed by grim news for his European soul mates. Europe’s anti-immigrant leaders made the pilgrimage to the United States, delirious about Trump. The Dutch anti-Muslim leader Geert Wilders attended  the Republican convention. The UK’s Nigel Farage, head of the anti-EU party UKIP, was all smiles at Trump Tower just after the election, with Trump recommending that he be appointed ambassador to the United States. Then there was Le Pen, who was spotted in the Trump Tower lobby a week before the inauguration. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, said her presence had nothing to do with Trump. But she was meeting with a man named Guido Lombardi, a resident of Trump Tower, who described himself as a liaison between Trump and Europe’s far-right leaders. Right up to the inauguration, the nationalists had much to celebrate. But the Trump embrace has turned into a Trump curse. Let’s just say they’re not tired of winning. I’ve been spending time in European countries as voters prepare to go to the polls, and what I have found is that many people are simply stunned – and not in a good way – about what they see in the United States. As a result, nationalists are losing altitude. In the Netherlands, Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV) started soaring in the polls after Trump’s election. His motto, “Make the Netherlands ours again,” deliberately emulated Trump’s “Make America great again.” The PVV held only 15 seats going into the election. By January 20 it was polling to win 41 seats, a stunning figure by the standards of the Netherlands’ fragmented multi-party parliament. But then Trump took office. The headlines in the Netherlands showed massive demonstrations at US airports in support of immigrants. The nightly news showed to slack-jawed viewers an American president calling the media “the enemy of the people” and blatantly lying. The PVV’s lead started to evaporate. The election became a referendum on Trump. On Election Day, the lead was gone. The PVV won 20 seats. A big gain from the last election, but less than half what it had polled before Trump became President. In the UK, Farage’s UKIP has slipped in the mud. In local elections last week the party was wiped out even in the areas where it had traditionally done well. Its only member of parliament has stepped down. The party, according to former members, is finished. Then there’s France. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Much about the French election was reminiscent of America’s, from the xenophobia and the anti-refugee, anti-Muslim rhetoric, all the way to the massive hacking and release of emails from the Macron campaign, an act that appears linked to Russia. A Kremlin-linked bank, incidentally, helped finance Le Pen’s campaign. But it is also clear that Le Pen was hurt by her association with Trump. When I asked French voters about Le Pen, somehow the name Trump kept coming up. Some parties deliberately labeled Le Pen “the French Trump.” Political posters melded the two politicians’ faces, making Trump and Le Pen look like the same person and urging voters “Don’t Trump yourself.” In an atmosphere where more than eight in ten voters dislike Trump, that wounded her. Le Pen did not become president of France, but she did finish second in a field of 11 candidates. That’s an achievement and a sign that the battle between the competing philosophies is not over, and that she tapped into concerns that Macron must address. That message applies beyond France. Some of the issues at the core of populist agendas are legitimate and deserve to be addressed. In some ways, nationalists have made significant gains. They have already moved the entire political spectrum further to the right. Some of their losses have come because their rivals have co-opted their causes. But major questions remain unresolved, including the workings of the European Union, the best way to deal with migration pressures, and the right response to what many perceive as threats to local values. It seems palpable that the West is living through a crucial moment in its history. More elections loom ahead in Europe, including in Germany, and the Trump administration is just getting started in the United States. The trend so far strongly suggests that Trump has become a liability for nationalists. But the larger contest is far from over – even if Steve Bannon’s vision of a nationalist revolution across the West, piloted by his boss, is crashing into the rocks.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170508040000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/07/opinions/curse-of-trump-example-opinion-ghitis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "723224275", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: David Sterman is a policy analyst at New America’s International Security Program. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. On Tuesday, the US Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice released a report that was mandated by President Trump’s executive order – signed in March 2017 – which revised the “travel ban” from a number of Muslim-majority countries. Attorney General Jeff Sessions asserted that Tuesday’s report – which found that 73% of individuals convicted of international terrorism crimes in federal courts between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2016 were foreign-born – “reveals an indisputable sobering reality – our immigration system has undermined our national security and public safety.” Far from revealing an indisputable reality, the misleading report is, in fact, the latest indication that the Trump administration is trying to skirt the truth. President Trump promoted the new report by tweeting that it shows “nearly 3 in 4 individuals convicted of terrorism-related charges are foreign-born,” dropping the key qualifier of “international.” This tweet ignores the numerous incidents of terrorism in the United States committed by individuals motivated by far-right and other ideological motives. Related article 16 years after 9/11: The state of the terrorist threat Far-right-wing terrorists have killed 69 people in the US since the 9/11 attacks. The vast majority of individuals involved in those plots were born American citizens. Even if you look only at jihadist terrorism, the report’s findings are misleading on several points. First, it includes the cases of terrorists who were captured abroad for terrorist incidents, but had never set foot in the United States before they faced trial. Such foreign terrorists are not immigrants. This would not be the first time the administration has played fast and loose with the facts on this issue. In February, 2017, White House adviser Stephen Miller told NBC’s Meet the Press: “First of all, 72 individuals, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, have been implicated in terroristic activity in the United States who hail from those seven nations, point one.” The data he cited – originally collected by then-Senator Sessions and presumably the basis for parts of this new report – included four terrorists who came to the US to face trial. Second, contrary to the thrust of the new report, most foreign-born terrorists have radicalized in the United States, not in the countries that they often left when they were children. A leaked Department of Homeland Security draft report from March 2017 obtained by MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show” states: “We assess that most foreign-born US-based violent extremists likely radicalized several years after their entry to the United States.” The report found that almost half of foreign-born extremists were less than 16 years old when they entered the country, and a majority were only indicted more than ten years after they had first entered the country. A CNN review of the eight cases actually named in Tuesday’s report found that “several of the individuals had lived in the United States for many years before committing the terror-related offenses they were eventually convicted for in federal court.” Once again, this is not a new issue. The data Stephen Miller cited in February to defend the travel ban included the case of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, who came to the United States when he was a young child and who was arrested and convicted of plotting to attack a Christmas tree ceremony in Portland, Oregon, more than a decade after he came to the United States. The citation of the case was not just Miller using misleading data that happened to include Mohamud. The Mohamud case was specifically cited to defend the travel ban in a set of frequently asked questions on the ban that was posted by the US Department of Homeland Security. Meanwhile, the data being cited by the Trump administration contrasts with that collected by the nonpartisan research institution, New America, which found that about half of the 420 individuals accused of jihadist terrorism crimes in the United States since 9/11 were born American citizens and that 85% were either US citizens or legal permanent residents. Related video How Donald Trump talks about attacks By including only those convicted in federal courts, the government’s new report excludes well known examples of deadly terrorist attackers who were natural born American citizens, such as Carlos Bledsoe, who killed a soldier in an attack on a military recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2009 and was charged in state court. Nidal Hasan, who was born in Arlington, Virginia, killed 13 people in 2009 in an attack at the Fort Hood, Texas military base. Since he was charged in military court, his case is not included in this week’s report. Also left out is Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in an attack in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in 2016 and died during the attack. While none of these three native-born American citizens are included in the new government report, they alone killed more than half of all the victims killed by jihadist terrorists in the United States since 9/11. Indeed, 8 of the 14 individuals – including Bledsoe, Mateen, and Hasan – who committed deadly jihadist attacks in the United States since 9/11 were also born in the United States. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook While the government may assert it has access to better data or secret information, New America’s conclusions are supported by other examinations of the origins of American terrorists, including from the RAND Corporation and the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, both of which also found about half of the jihadist terrorists they examined to have been born American citizens. With the repeated misleading claims by an administration set upon defending a policy that was seemingly crafted to defend candidate Trump’s call for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” the question must be asked: Can the government’s claims regarding the terrorist threat be trusted? If the answer is no, that has serious ramifications for efforts to prevent terrorism and communicate effectively when an attack does occur.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's travel ban and terrorism report", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180117233000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/opinions/under-trump-can-we-trust-the-governments-terrorism-data-opinions-sterman/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "654127869", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jonathan Cristol is a fellow at the World Policy Institute and a senior fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College. You can follow him @jonathancristol. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Jonathan Cristol: New South Korean leader could upend US ties with key regional ally Kim Jong Un knows a nuclear weapon offers more protection than piece of paper, he says The election of Moon Jae-in as President of South Korea has the potential to upend the US relationship with a key regional ally. Moon does not appear to share the hard line toward North Korea of his recent predecessors and seeks greater distance and autonomy from the United States. He is said not to favor sanctions and has called for the reopening of the Kaesong industrial complex, which provided jobs and money to North Koreans. It is also possible that he will advocate a return to talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear program, though he has said he would not do so unilaterally. Related article South Korea election: Moon Jae-in claims victory President Donald Trump has no real Korea policy and has made many schizophrenic statements about both Koreas, but he does have a long history of advocating talks with Kim Jong Un. It is tempting to look at the recent Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany and Iran, aka “the Iran deal,” as a model for nuclear negotiations with North Korea. However, the situations are not comparable, and North Korean negotiations have a far lower likelihood of success. Iran came to the table for two major reasons. The most obvious, but arguably not the most important, was the crippling sanctions against the regime put into place by the Obama administration and the Security Council. These sanctions were effective, both because they were comprehensive and because the Iranian government cares about and is responsive to its own people. These conditions do not hold in North Korea, which brooks no dissent and is willing to let hundreds of thousands of its citizens starve to ensure the regime’s survival. Perhaps more importantly, in the years before the start of negotiations in Oman, Iran’s perceived need for nuclear weapons decreased. In 2007, the United States had more than 195,000 troops in states that border Iran and had just invaded two of its neighbors. By 2014, US troop levels had decreased to just over 34,000, and the United States was clearly war-weary and not eager to invade another Middle Eastern country. The perceived threat posed by the United States to Iran had diminished and thus negotiations were more politically palatable to Iran. North Korea’s perceived need for nuclear weapons will never change. Unlike the US presence on Iran’s borders, South Korea and Japan are forever. The powerful South Korean army will always be looking across the Demilitarized Zone at the North. And while the US commitment to South Korea may, after a series of tweets from Trump, be more tenuous than it has been in years, the military alliance between the United States and South Korea remains strong. Iran does not have a history of breaking commitments to the United States. This is not to say that they are a good actor, or a positive force in international affairs, but unlike in North Korean negotiations, Iran has so far acted in good faith. It is true that the Iranians do not abide by the spirit of their commitments, but ultimately they have lived up to their commitments. North Korea, on the other hand, has a perfect track record of violating the agreements it made regarding its nuclear program in 1994, 2005, 2007 and 2012. Why should it be trusted now? Related article South Korea's new president wants to reverse its North Korea policy Similarly, why would North Korea trust the United States? In 2003, the United States made an agreement with Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi to eliminate his weapons of mass destruction program. Gadhafi both complied with that agreement and shared intelligence that led to the breakup of the A.Q. Khan network. Then, at the first opportunity, the United States aided in his overthrow. Finally, perhaps the most important key difference between Iran and North Korea is that North Korea actually has nuclear weapons and Iran did not. There are few cases in which states gave up their nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, one of those was Ukraine, which gave up its weapons in exchange for a guarantee of its territorial integrity. Kim knows a nuclear weapon offers more protection to his regime than a piece of paper, and he believes he needs nukes to survive. Unless those conditions change, negotiations with North Korea are unlikely to be successful.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea nuclear negotiations", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170509191500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/opinions/why-the-us-cannot-deal-with-north-korea-cristol-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "643816915", "sentence": "Trump has sought to slow refugees coming to the US Abdullah has welcomed many refugees to Jordan When King Abdullah II of Jordan was presented with a wave of refugees from Syria, he welcomed more than a million people into his country. When President Donald Trump was presented the same, he closed the door. The two world leaders who met Wednesday are united in the fight against ISIS – a fact Trump heralded during a news conference in the White House Rose Garden – but the duo are each other’s antithesis when it comes to responding to the now ever-present issue of Syrian refugees. Related article Trump prepares for critical week of diplomacy The meeting comes as the focus on Syria’s ongoing civil war is at its brightest: The White House, along with activist groups and other foreign leaders, blamed forces tied to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday for a chemical attack in a rebel-controlled area of Syria. On Wednesday, Abdullah downplayed his differences with Trump regarding refugees, largely deflecting a question about Trump’s refugee ban. And Trump pledged to help Jordan with strains caused by the influx of refugees looking to escape Syria. “We also acknowledged the vital role that Jordan has played in hosting refugees from the conflict in Syria,” Trump said, adding that the United States will contribute more aide to Jordan for refugees. “This aid will help countries like Jordan host refugees until it is safe for them to return home,” Trump said. “The refugees want to return home.” Related article 9th Circuit will hear travel ban suit in May Abdullah echoed this sentiment: “Most, if not all, Syrian refugees want to go back to Syria.” Pictures of children writhing in pain from the attack have plastered TVs around the world, bringing into focus the human impact the ongoing war. White House officials said this week that Middle East peace and the refugee crisis will be among the topics the two world leaders will discuss Wednesday. Trump said Wednesday that the chemical attack “crossed a lot of lines” for him and changed his “attitude towards Syria and Assad has changed very much.” The official White House visit is the second time Abdullah and Trump have seen each other this year. The two met briefly in February around an annual Washington prayer breakfast. Abdullah also met with Vice President Mike Pence in February to discuss the fight against terrorism and the Syrian crisis, according to the White House. But Wednesday’s put a sharper focus on the differences between the two world leaders, especially in terms of the ongoing refugee issue that has put pressure on Jordan’s economy. The Syrian civil war has caused 4.81 million Syrians to flee their country, according to the United Nations, while 6.3 million people have been displaced internally. Jordan’s response to the crisis was to take in over million refugees, the country’s leaders have said, a decision that dramatically altered the make-up of the oil-less Middle Eastern country that shares a 233-mile border with Syria. The United Nations has registered close to 700,000 refugees in Jordan alone. “We really didn’t have much choice,” Abdullah told CBS in 2016. “They were flooding across the border, being shot by the Syrian regime and Jordan has always been a place that opens its arms to refugees from many countries unfortunately.” The decision has increased Jordan’s population by 20%, Abdullah said, straining the country’s ability provide basic necessities, like water, to the refugees, while at the same time decreasing the services Jordanian citizens have received from their government. “Jordan is fatigued and has reached its maximum carrying capacity whether in terms of available resources,” Jordanian Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki said Tuesday. “Without the continued support of the international community this will negatively impact our overstretched ability to continue providing necessary services to Syrians.” Despite the troubles, though, Abdullah’s decision stands in stark contrast with Trump, who – days after assuming office in January – directed his administration to shut the door on Syrian refugees. “I’m establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. We don’t want them here,” Trump said as he signed the order. “We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people.” While that order – and a subsequent order that looked to do something similar – have been blocked by courts, the Trump administration has made clear that Syrian refugees will not be welcome without a pause in the program. Trump capped his presidential campaign by routinely promising to “suspend” the Syrian refugee program and slammed Hillary Clinton, his 2016 opponent, for advocating the United States increase the number of Syrian refugees they accept. “Hillary Clinton wants a 550% increase in Syrian refugees pouring into our countries,” Trump said days before the election in Florida. “Her plan would mean generations of terrorism and extremism spreading in your schools and all throughout your communities.” One area on which Trump and Abdullah do agree is the fight against ISIS, where both world leaders are supportive of going after the terrorist organization. Abdullah, a former special operations commander in Jordan, told CNN in 2015 that while ISIS is trying to link itself to Islam, “These people… are on the fringe of Islam.” And he has cracked down violently on the group. When ISIS captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh in 2015 and killed him by putting him inside a cage and setting it on fire with a flamethrower, Abdullah responded by hanging two prisoners, including one that ISIS had previously requested be released. Jordan has also played a key role in the campaign against ISIS, regularly participating in air attacks against the group and sharing intelligence with the CIA and other American organizations. Trump campaigned on a platform of tough talk on ISIS, including pledging to “bomb the hell” out of the group. “I will quickly and decisively bomb the hell out of ISIS, will rebuild our military and make it so strong no-one – and I mean, no one – will mess with us,” he said in a radio ad during the campaign. Trump heralded Abdullah as “a great warrior” who has been key in the fight against ISIS. And Abdullah said the fight against terror “has no borders, no nationality, no religion.” “We are very encouraged with the president’s determination to support Arab and Muslim states in their fight against terrorism,” he added.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170405163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/politics/king-abdullah-donald-trump-jordan/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "740013387", "sentence": "Good morning! We hope you enjoyed the special Sunday evening newsletter. Let us know what you thought about it. Now, here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) There’s been another explosion in Texas’ capital, and police think it’s linked to the three other bombings that have rocked the city. The explosion last night, from a package left on the side of a road, injured two men. Police think the explosion may have been triggered by a tripwire attached to the package. People living near the blast scene have to stay indoors until 10 a.m. local time. This latest explosion comes less than a week after police said three package explosions that happened over 10 days were connected. Those explosions killed a man and a teenager, and injured two others. The victims have been African American or Hispanic, and police haven’t ruled out that the bombings could be racially motivated. There’s lots of diplomatic activity going on in advance of a possible meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.  Finland is hosting representatives from North Korea, South Korea and the US for talks on denuclearization. The American representatives at these talks won’t be government officials though, since the US does not have a diplomatic presence in North Korea. Meanwhile, Sweden is reportedly helping negotiate the release of three Americans held captive in the North. Freeing the Americans – Kim Hak-song, Kim Sang-duk and Kim Dong Chul – would undoubtedly be “a huge deal” for the US, a source told CNN. Exit polls say Vladimir Putin won Russia’s presidential election, but we already knew Putin would come out on top. He had no real opposition to run against, and Alexei Navalny, the person who might have mounted a legitimate challenge, was barred from running. Putin, a former KGB spy, has dominated Russian politics for 18 years and is already Russia’s longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin. He will now rule for another six years when he’ll be 71, and obliged by law to step down. But he hasn’t prepped a successor yet, so he may try to find a way to extend his power beyond his term. As President Trump ramps up the fire and fury on special counsel Robert Mueller, lawmakers on both sides are telling Trump to back off. Trump went after Mueller and his investigation big time over the weekend, saying (once again) that: – there was no collusion between his 2016 campaign team and Russia – the investigation should have never been started – Mueller’s team is full of Democrats. To a lot of folks this sounds like Trump prepping to cross the red line and fire the special counsel. Lawmakers hit back on the Sunday talk shows. Democrats demanded that action be taken to protect Mueller, while Republicans issued threats of their own to the President. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham was the most direct, saying on CNN’s “State of the Union” that firing Mueller “would be the beginning of the end of his presidency.” Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a data firm used by Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, after allegations that the company used the data of 50 million Facebook users without their permission. Now, Facebook tells CNN it’s looking into the relationship between a current employee and Cambridge Analytica. These revelations prompted new scrutiny of how Facebook was used to reach and influence voters during the 2016 US presidential election. There are also renewed questions about whether Facebook does enough to protect its users. U Must Be Cinderella UMBC’s historic ride through the NCAA tourney is over, but the school’s snarky Twitter feed lives on. Car cash Who needs a car payment when you can just pay $199 a month to have Lyft take you everywhere. Reboot rollout The reboot wave/affliction rolls on. Now Melissa Joan Hart is coming back with a new version of “Clarissa Explains It All.” Safe at home Don’t feel safe leaving your luxury vehicle in your condo’s parking garage? Maybe you should move to the Miami tower where your car can stay with you. 4 The number of winter storms to smack the Northeast in three weeks. This latest storm is projected to hit the Mid-Atlantic states tomorrow before rolling into New England. $457.6 million That’s how much the winning Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania over the weekend is worth Ask them anything Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will host a live Q&A on Twitter today at 12:30 p.m. ET. People will be using #AskMSDStudents to ask questions. Money pit The dark side is powerful – and expensive. Just how much would it cost to build a real-life Death Star? Get ready to count into the quadrillions. (Click to view)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180319114500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FIN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/19/us/five-things-march-19/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "613589134", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Cory Gardner, a Republican, is the junior United States senator from Colorado. He previously served as the US representative for Colorado’s 4th congressional district. This views expressed in this commentary are his own. Sen. Gardner: Trump should seize the opportunity to communicate to Kim Jong Un that the US remains committed to standing up to tyrants Turning a blind eye to North Korea produced one of the greatest and most complex security challenges facing the incoming administration, Gardner says The Obama administration’s failed policy of “strategic patience” toward Pyongyang contributed to the rapid development of North Korea’s arsenal of mass destruction. The acceleration of its nuclear and ballistic missile program represents a grave threat to global peace and stability – and a direct threat to the American homeland in the immediate future. In short, turning a blind eye to North Korea produced one of the greatest and most complex security challenges facing the incoming Trump administration. Therefore, it is imperative that the next administration not only ratchet up pressure on the regime, but that it work with Congress, the international community and our allies in the region to counter North Korean aggression. North Korea’s spike in weapons tests is evidence that its capabilities are increasing and that its murderous leader, Kim Jong Un, grows increasingly belligerent and provocative. The Institute for Science and International Security has estimated that North Korea may currently have as many as 20 nuclear warheads, while the Rand corporation believes that North Korea has the potential to possess as many as 100 warheads within the next five years. Recently, the regime conducted its fifth and largest nuclear test with an estimated explosive yield of 10 kilotons of TNT in September 2016, marking its second test of the year and fourth test since 2009. Related video Defector: North Korea determined to have nukes North Korea’s cyber attacks have also grown in number and sophistication. According to a recent report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies: “North Korea is emerging as a significant actor in cyberspace with both its military and clandestine organizations gaining the ability to conduct cyber operations.” In addition to the widely-reported hack of Sony Pictures in 2014, the North Koreans have successfully breached South Korean civilian and military institutions, including reportedly obtaining blueprints for components of the US-made F-15 fighter jet. North Korea’s malicious activities extend beyond its weapons program and cyber attacks; North Korea is one of the world’s foremost abusers of human rights. According to a 2013 Amnesty international report, the regime was holding as many as 200,000 men, women, and children in political prison camps, where they are subjected to what the UN has described as “unspeakable atrocities”. After years of inaction, Congress addressed Kim Jong Un’s belligerent behavior by passing the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act in February of 2016, marking the first time Congress imposed stand-alone mandatory sanctions on North Korea. President Obama signed the legislation into law just days later, a recognition that his policy of “strategic patience” was unsuccessful and it is time for a new approach to deterring Pyongyang. This legislation was also the first to mandate cyber sanctions against North Korea, however, the Obama administration has not done so to date. While the Obama administration has implemented portions of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act, I encourage the Trump administration to continue with the full implementation and more importantly, the enforcement of the sanctions outlined in the legislation. In particular, I urge the new administration to utilize the so-called “secondary sanctions,” which target outside entities, or companies, that help Pyongyang engage in illicit behavior. Many of these companies are based in the People’s Republic of China, and the US must not be afraid to anger Beijing by going after them. While the Obama administration has sanctioned and indicted four Chinese nationals and one Chinese-based company for its business tied to North Korea’s weapons program, there are many more that the Treasury Department can – and should – target with financial sanctions. Due to the lack of real enforcement mechanisms, it is impossible to know whether China – North Korea’s largest trading partner – has faithfully complied with UN Security Council Resolutions relating to North Korea, and the United States has done little to address it. That is why I urge the Trump administration to immediately pursue and implement a full range of economic and criminal unilateral sanctions on any entity that violates North Korea sanctions. Our message must be clear: if you do business with Pyongyang, you will face the full wrath of the US economic sanctions regime. While sanctions are an important tool to deter Pyongyang, it is also essential that the US reassure our allies, South Korea and Japan, through action that any aggression from North Korea will result in unwavering diplomatic and military support from the United States. The US should continue with show of force exercises near North Korea to demonstrate to the regime that it will pay a heavy price for any aggression to our allies in the region, such as the B-1 nuclear bomber overflights in September. Related video What is THAAD? Additionally, we must expedite the placement of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, in South Korea to protect our allies and the tens of thousands of American troops in the region. I also urge the Trump administration to explore possibilities for asymmetrical actions to increase pressure on the regime, such as the re-designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terror, stripping Pyongyang of its United Nations seat, or imposing a genuine and enforceable global trade embargo on Pyongyang. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook In order to effectively counter the North Korean threat, the US must strengthen its alliances in the region and build a genuine and lasting trilateral alliance between the US, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. The recent trilateral missile defense exercises and the signing of an intelligence information-sharing agreement between Seoul and Tokyo have been historic developments and we must continue to build on this progress. While US policy toward North Korea has been enhanced with the new sanctions legislation, we still have not peacefully disarmed Pyongyang – and that should be the primary and unwavering US policy goal. Through a policy of strength, the incoming Trump administration should seize the immediate opportunity to communicate with action to Kim Jong Un as well as our allies that the United States remains committed to standing up to tyrants and ensuring peace and stability around the globe.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States policy toward North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170102190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/opinions/trump-north-korea-priority-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "450899880", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Shaun Rein is the managing director of China Market Research Group and the author of The End of Cheap China and The End of Copycat China. He appears as a guest on the latest episode of “On China” on CNN International. The opinions expressed here are solely his. Changing tastes, not an anti-graft campaign, hurting China's luxury market Consumers prefer to spend their money on travel and art, says Shaun Rein Over the past decade, Chinese consumers have been the largest buyers of luxury products in the world,  accounting for around a third of all luxury purchases. With a new billionaire minted every week in the past six months, and a doubling to over one million millionaires since 2010, many expected the luxury boom to continue in China. Yet the exact opposite has happened. Related video On China: Why don't rich Chinese donate? Chinese luxury spending growth has actually declined in the past twelve months with growth expected to drop 2% in 2015, according to an estimate by my company China Market Research Group. Prada announced a 44% profit drop in the second quarter of 2015 due to slowing China sales, and French luxury group Kering, which owns Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney, saw sales drop 10% in the first quarter in Asia-Pacific. Sales of Louis Vuitton have also been struggling Many analysts point to President Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown for the profitability decline. Are they right? READ: The website that knows what China’s wealthy want Corruption has played a part but the sales drop is not due solely to the corruption crackdown – the drop is a product of changing Chinese consumer tastes as people shift from buying tangible items to experiences. Brands need to adjust to this new reality. For example, my firm interviewed several dozen wealthy Chinese worth $12 million each this past year. Related video On China: Are we at the end of the bling dynasty? Respondents said they no longer gain status by buying expensive handbags. Rather, they gain status by buying a third or a fourth home overseas in places like California or Sydney or by going on a once-in-a-lifetime, exotic trip – like wine tasting in France. Sharing these experiences with friends on social media site WeChat is the new status symbol in China, not buying the latest Louis Vuitton luxury bag. The first area expected to see major growth is international travel. Chinese want to go where other Chinese have never been before. Last year, I interviewed a billionaire at a six-star hotel in Dubai. Despite the splendor of the hotel, the woman looked depressed and glum. When I asked her why, she told me that there were “too many Chinese around.” She wanted to go to a place that few Chinese had ever been before so she could share that experience with her friends on WeChat. Vogue editor: Luxury brands don’t get Chinese consumers Chinese are now actively pursuing once-in-a-lifetime adventures. They go on safaris in Africa and stay at ultra high-end lodges like Singita. They even travel to Antarctica. In fact, China is becoming one of the fastest growing markets for tourism there, with more than 2,300 tourists having traveled to the Antarctic Circle from mainland China during November 2011 to March 2012. Related video China's parliament 'full of ultra rich' Chinese are also the single biggest per capita spenders on tourism in the U.S., and they were the biggest spenders during the 2012 Olympics in London. In addition to travel, Chinese are looking to buy items that are one of a kind. For instance, Chinese currently drive the high-end art market sale globally. Wang Jianlin, the richest man in Asia with a fortune worth more than $35 billion, recently bought a Picasso painting for $28.2 million at auction. Wang Zhongjun, who founded Huayi Brothers with his brother Wang Zhonglei, bought a Van Gogh masterpiece for $62 million. Chinese are no longer buying items just to show off. It is more about a mix of investment and showing off, and they are concerned about lifestyle. Wealthy Chinese now spend money on experiences and unique items rather than luxury products. Many people blame the corruption crackdown, but the decline in profitability of sales of luxury items is really about consumers becoming more sophisticated. Brands need to understand these recent trends in Chinese consumer tastes and adjust their strategy accordingly. 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{"article_id": "755923362", "sentence": "A Russian company accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election continues to play hardball with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, now asking a federal judge to look closely at whether the prosecutors pursued a sham criminal case. Concord Management and Consulting said in a court filing Monday that foreign interference in the election is a “make-believe crime.” The company accused Mueller of trying to “justify his own existence” and needing “to indict a Russian – any Russian” for political reasons. Mueller’s office has accused Concord Management of funding the Russian conspiracy that favored Trump’s candidacy and using online accounts posing as Americans to distribute propaganda. RELATED: Russian company charged in Mueller probe plans to plead not guilty The company is the only one among three Russian companies and 13 Russian individuals indicted by Mueller that has responded to the charges in court. Concord Management has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge related to its involvement in the use of social media before the election. Mueller’s office has struggled to reach the other defendants in the case, as expected with the indictments of foreigners. Two US lawyers for Concord stepped up in recent weeks to pick away at the prosecutors’ approach. At first, the Concord attorneys took issue with the way Mueller’s team had contacted them with a summons, then they demanded more details about the information prosecutors have in the case. Judges have not yet stepped in on those issues. Concord said in its filing Monday that it plans to ask the court to dismiss the charge. The company has also asked the federal judge to examine instructions Mueller’s team gave to the grand jury that approved the indictment. Related article Special counsel hits snag in bringing a criminal case against Russians On Monday, the company’s defense lawyers parroted an argument that the Trump administration and another Mueller defendant, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, had surfaced previously: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has “rejected the history and integrity of the DOJ, and instead licensed a Special Counsel who for all practical political purposes cannot be fired, to indict a case that has absolutely nothing to do with any links or coordination between any candidate and the Russian Government,” Concord writes. The Treasury Department sanctioned Concord Management and a related company, Concord Catering, which Mueller also indicted, last June for their ties to “Putin’s chef” Yevgeny Prigozhin. He was sanctioned in December 2016 and indicted by Mueller along with the companies and other Russians in February. Concord’s attorneys and Mueller’s team will be back in DC federal court on Wednesday – the day before the first anniversary of Mueller’s appointment as special counsel – before Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump administration appointee. Related article Former Trump campaign aide is helping Russian firm shed sanctions Friedrich has not yet handled the lawyers in person, and Concord has indicated it will play to her sympathies: In Monday’s filing, the company used details of a case Friedrich worked on decades ago as part of its argument. Concord argues that Mueller’s team must prove the company tried to disrupt the functioning of the Federal Election Commission and knew what it was doing was illegal. To make the point, the attorneys attached an indictment from 1998 against a California fundraiser accused of disguising contributions to the 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign. That case was brought by Friedrich, née Dabney Langhorne, who was at the time a public integrity trial attorney with the Department of Justice.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Concord Management and Consulting", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180514233000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/politics/concord-consulting-mueller-court-case-russia-election/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "434806160", "sentence": "The Italian Navy approached the rickety wooden ship with caution, and a wide berth. Go in too quickly, and the people onboard become so excited about their impending rescue that they capsize by all moving to one side. This is how so many of the drowning disasters have happened. As European leaders decide on measures to tackle the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, the race to save lives on the high seas goes on, as our CNN team witnessed firsthand. We started our day on a helicopter bound for the frigate Virginio Fasan, one of the Italian Navy’s most modern warships, currently in international waters facing the Libyan coast. Along with four other Italian naval vessels they patrol an area of sea about the size of the United Kingdom; some 80,000 square miles. It’s a huge effort for the 1,000 men and women continuously at sea, because each rescue takes several hours. Related gallery Images from the rescue Barely 30 minutes into our chopper flight journey the pilot tells us they have spotted a boat, possibly full of migrants. And onboard screens beaming imagery of a wooden vessel packed to the gills confirms their suspicions. The blue boat is on course for Lampedusa, they’ve completed almost half the journey from Libya 85 miles from where we are… now in international waters the smugglers use their cell phones to call the Italian coast guard for help! That’s their MO. The warship Sfinge (Sphinx) is closest, and is promptly dispatched to rescue those onboard. Crew on smaller boats hand out the distinctive orange life vests as soon as they arrive. To get closer and at sea level—we fly back to the Fasan and get into the ship’s speed boat, and watch as navy teams move people to the warship in small groups. All personnel involved in the operation are dressed head to toe in white biohazard suits, face masks and gloves, in case of infectious disease. We’re told that in all the crossings not a single case of Ebola has been brought over. The boat has been checked for hostile intent, and once the navy is satisfied they are all migrants, they begin the slow process of off-loading these people and transferring them by their two small boats to the warship. One by one they bring each person up the stairs—give them a medical, hand out bottles of water, and sit them in rows on the top deck, under the broiling sun.  Men are separated from the women and children. One person died, suffocated during the overcrowded boat ride from Libya. Three people had to be medevaced off—but in all this mission saved 289 lives. They are among 900 who were saved on Wednesday in three different wooden boats, because it was sunny and calm. Most of the migrants saved on this day are from Ethiopia, Sudan, and Eritrea in East Africa, escaping a dictatorial regime and military service that they say amounts to slavery. Almost nobody on board speaks English, but one man tells us his story, saying he left his wife and children over a year ago, and hopes his arrival in Europe will mean he can afford a better life for them back home. And even though he knows a lot of people have died trying to make this dangerous crossing, he tells he was not afraid. “We have one chance, to live or to die,” he says. We also talk to 25-year-old Juri, who tells us that God answered their prayers in the form of the Italian Navy. “God is good,” she says with a big smile on her face, “they save our lives.” UPDATE: On Friday, UNHCR reported that 180 of those rescued had been transferred to four facilities in eastern Sicily. The rest, they say, are still at the port and will be transferred soon. The one fatality was a 17-year-old Eritrean man, who reportedly died of asphyxiation in the hull of the boat. CNN’s Mick Krever contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Italian Navy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150520180000", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "ERI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/world/amanpour-mediterranean-migrant-rescue/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "478984438", "sentence": "The leaders of countries along the Western Balkans migration route meet in Belgium They agree on a 17-point plan to handle the influx of migrants across their borders EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss the crisis Monday Leaders of countries along the Western Balkans migration route have agreed on a 17-point action plan to deal with the influx of migrants into Europe. Thousands of migrants and refugees from the Middle East and North Africa have landed on European shores this year, flummoxing European policymakers and swamping the ability of authorities to care for them. Restrictions at borders along the migration route from Europe’s main migrant entry point of Greece through to Germany have caused bottlenecks, with shortages of food and aid for those making the journey. The leaders of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia ,Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria and Germany gathered with European Union officials and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday to discuss the flow of migrants across their countries. The leaders agreed to create an additional 100,000 places in Greece and the western Balkans to help accommodate the flow of migrants. Their plan will also see an increase in migrant patrols off the coast of Greece. Countries also agreed to discourage migrants from moving to the border of another country, in an effort to limit secondary movement. Related video The Netherlands may house refugees in shipping containers Other measures include taking steps to improve communication and coordination on migrants, tackling smuggling, and informing migrants and refugees on rights and obligations. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he was pleased a plan had been agreed on “to ensure people are not left to fend for themselves in the rain and cold.” “Refugees need to be treated in a humane manner along the length of the Western Balkans route to avoid a humanitarian tragedy in Europe,” Juncker said. European Union foreign ministers are meeting Monday in Luxembourg for further talks on the crisis. Read: In Serbia, every shoe has a story The London-based International Organization for Migration said Friday that 680,928 migrants had arrived in Europe by sea so far this year, with a further 3,175 dead or missing in the Mediterranean Sea. The wave of migrants shows no sign of abating. The IOM said it had just recorded the highest influx of migrants to Greece yet in 2015. “Despite deteriorating weather conditions, approximately 48,000 refugees and migrants crossed from Turkey to the Greek islands – or about 9,600 migrants and refugees in each of the past five days,” it said in a statement. The largest number of refugees entering Europe has come from war-torn Syria. Read: Turkish fishermen rescue baby: ‘Brother, he is alive’ Rights campaigners have warned that increasingly wintry weather is making migrants’ journeys more perilous. A spokeswoman for the U.N. refugee agency told reporters Friday that  freezing temperatures, rain and storms were already affecting migrants in central and south eastern Europe. Related video Slovenia grapples with huge migrant influx “In the coming weeks, 15 million displaced Syrians and Iraqis in the Middle East will face another winter away from home. Winter will be especially tough for the many who are living in insulated garages, basements or unfinished buildings, animal stalls or other flimsy makeshift structures,” spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said, according to a UNHCR statement. “For many Syrians, this will be their fifth winter in exile as the war gripping their country digs deeper. Today, refugees are now more vulnerable than ever: their savings long gone, jewelery and other valuables sold off, and increasing numbers in debt to cover basic needs. “People are skipping meals, begging, pulling children out of school, or resorting to high-risk or degrading jobs. In Iraq, 3.2 million internally displaced people uprooted from their homes by fighting since the start of last year will face their first or second winter away from home,” the statement said. CNN’s Radina Gigova, Don Melvin and Jethro Mullen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Western Balkans migration route countries", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151026111500", "country1": "BEL", "country2": "GRC", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/26/europe/europe-migrant-crisis/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "491272718", "sentence": "Identical twins aren't really identical: They can have \"typos\" in their DNA that make them unique You can also be identified by your unique ear shape, iris pattern and tongue texture Move over fingerprints. From your ears to your toes, there are many body parts that make you uniquely special. And all of them are being examined as a way to identify you from others in a crowd. Do your ears hang low? Wobble to and fro? It turns out the ridges, bumps and shape of your outer ear are so unique that it may soon be one of the best ways to identify you. According to University of Southampton biometrics expert Mark Nixon, studies have shown up to 99.6% accuracy when ears were scanned using computer software that recreates their position, scale and rotation. That’s the same accuracy as fingerprints. Your ear is fully shaped when you are born, and changes little after about age 10. It does grow larger and begin to sag as you age because of the effects of gravity, but that is a measurable effect; in fact it has been calculated to be just 1.22 mm per year. So unless you damage your ears, by say getting into a fight with Mike Tyson, it’s a pretty reliable measurement. Research in this area is exploding. A recent study showed you can even identify gender by 2-D and 3-D images of ears (and women do tend to have smaller ears than men). Of course you can easily hide ears with hair, hats, scarves and other clothing, but when a profile is all you have to work from to identify someone, that unique ear shape could be very helpful. The eyes have it Look in the mirror at both your eyes. Now look closely at each iris. That’s the muscle that opens and closes your pupil to control the amount of light that enters your eye. You’ll see small, random patterns of texture in one of your irises, which are completely different from the texture in your other iris.  How does that happen? While your DNA does set the ultimate color and structure of each iris, the furrows, rifts and pits you see happen randomly during fetal development in the womb. It’s called “chaotic morphogenesis,” and is thought to occur when iris tissue tightens and folds as the fetus opens and shuts its developing eyes. Just like fingerprints, identical twins don’t share the same iris swirls and patterns, so each of their irises is also unique. Because the iris is protected behind the cornea, it was long though that these unique patterns never changed, making an iris identification nearly foolproof. However, recent studies show the iris does degrade, perhaps from age or from damage, such as contact lens use. Still, researchers such as Marios Savvides of Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab are excited by the possibilities. “As long as the part of the eye over the iris region remains unaltered from disease then iris recognition will not be affected,” said Savvides. “We are working on extracting iris features from high resolution visible photos and matching them against other high resolution photos of irises” and have been able to match those, which is “an exciting finding.” “We have also demonstrated capturing an iris from a person in a stopped vehicle to depict the scenario where a police officer could identify who the driver is before approaching. Iris recognition and in particular long-range iris recognition can [also] help identify victims of human trafficking or abduction and alert authorities,” added Savvides. You can tell by the way I walk No, I’m not talking about John Cleese’s “Ministry of Silly Walks.” You don’t have to be that outrageous to be identified by your gait. “Several decades ago researchers put lights on ankles, knees, hips and figured out you could recognize friends by the way they walk,” said University of Notre Dame biometrics expert Kevin Bowyer.  Today computers can identify a person in a crowded city block by their walk. Nixon pioneered much of the research in gait analysis.  “We removed every other variable we could to test the hypothesis, which is why we used a green screen,” he said. “All we had was a person walking in a series of images.  We look at the motion of the body and the body parts, then measured those with a computer to get a set of numbers. And as long as we get the same set of numbers for each person, we can achieve recognition.” Nixon recently put his computers to the test in a murder trial in Australia. “The guy killed a man and his wife in a shop.  He had cased the joint in the morning and we had surveillance footage of him.  Then when he came back in the evening he wore a mask and gloves and covered his head.  All we could see of him was the way he walked.  We presented evidence that the gait was the same; the guy put his hands up and said ‘Yeah, it was me’.” The mouth has spoken The next time someone sticks out their tongue at you, take a closer look.  See all those tiny bumps and ridges?  “It’s the different distribution of size and shape, just as fingerprints,” said Bowyer, that makes your tongue unique to you and no one else.  The bumps contain more than 10,000 taste buds, each one filled with microscopic hairs called microvilli.  Microvilli function like tiny food critics, sensing if your meal is sweet or sour, salty or bitter, and sending reviews up to the brain. Your voice is another way to identify you, and each of us have unique characteristics formed by the length of our vocal tract, the frequency and intensity of our vocal quality, and how we’ve learned to speak.  Because it’s so easy for someone to mimic another voice, you have to use a computer to tell the differences, and science is working hard on that. Each person’s set of teeth is also unique, but that’s because of what you do to them, like clenching or grinding or sucking your thumb. Because of those environmental differences, even identical twins do not have exactly the same set of teeth. Dental records are often used to identify a body in forensics, but you don’t see anyone running out to take tongue prints, although it is the only internal body organ that can quite easily be exposed for inspection.  Say ah! The window into your nervous system, and maybe your soul The very back of your eye, the part where light rays focus, is called the retina. The pattern of blood vessels displayed there is a very precise snapshot of your nervous system — unique to you. While it’s widely used in the animal world to verify the identity of show cattle and purebred horses, as well as track food safety and disease outbreaks, use in humans has been limited. Except in your eye doctor’s office. The retina is the only place in your body where doctors can see your central nervous system without surgery. Ophthalmologists can see first signs of diabetes, multiple sclerosis, high blood pressure, even brain health during your annual checkup. Fingerprints no longer the gold standard No one else has your exact fingerprints, even your identical twin. How can that be? It starts when you’re a fetus, between 1 and 3 inches long, and the pads on your fingers and palms begin to grow. As the skin forms and thickens over the next month or two, it comes into contact with other structures in the womb, which start to create ridges on the skin of the fingertip.  The density of your mom’s amniotic fluid, how much you move, and your position in the womb are all thought to affect how those ridges form. “Where the lines end or join is determined randomly,” Bowyer said. “We know you’re supposed to have 10 fingers and 10 fingerprints, but the detail of the pattern isn’t predictable.” By the time mom is in her sixth month of pregnancy, your fingerprints have fully formed the arches, loops and whorls we use to match fingerprints, with lots of other unique patterns scattered in between. Once considered the “gold standard” of identification, fingerprints have lost some of their luster because they can be degraded or damaged, such as by chemical burns or having a career as a bricklayer. In one case, a man lost his fingerprints when a common cancer drug caused the skin to peel. Still, fingerprints are commonly used by law enforcement, forensics and companies such as Apple for personal identification. Recent studies believe we can now even tell gender from fingerprints. Related: 5 biometric alternatives to the password Some people are born without fingerprints. It’s called adermatoglyphia, and is a very rare disorder caused by mutations in the SMARCAD1 gene. According to the National Institutes of Health, it’s also called “immigration delay disease” because those who have it have lots of problems when they try to enter countries requiring fingerprinting for identification. DNA is still the gold standard DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid as it is rarely pronounced, is the genetic formula that tells your cells how to build you into you, and no one else. Think of your DNA as four Legos that like to play in pairs along a spiral staircase called a double helix. Those pairs (A and T; C and G) form building blocks of code called genes that become the blueprint for your hair, eyes, body shape and everything else that makes you unique. There are nearly 20,000 human genes, created from about 3 billion bases, so it’s easy to see why no other human will have the exact same pattern of DNA. Unless you have an identical twin, right? But wait, that truism is no longer true. Breakthrough studies in the last year show even identical twins have different DNA. Using second generation genome sequencing, said Bowyer, “you find that once that fertilized egg splits there are random mutations that are happening and that can be used to identify differences between twins.” Called single nucleotide polymorphisms, or “Snips,” these “typos” in the DNA sequence are being studied to shed light on how we differ in our response to drugs, environmental toxins and why one of us might get a particular disease, even if our twin didn’t.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "biometric identification methods", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151204211500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/04/health/unique-body-parts/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "578540125", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. A new MH370 clue… A new low in the campaign… And a new reason to be wary of sugar (maybe). It’s Tuesday, and here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. Blaine Gibson, the Seattle lawyer who’s self-funding a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, says he has found fresh debris that appears to show scorch marks, perhaps from a fire. Is this significant? It could be. If the debris is indeed from the plane and experts conclude the marks are from a fire on board, it’ll make the pilot suicide theory less likely. Israel’s mostly been sitting on the sidelines as the Syrian civil war next door grinds on – except for when fighting spills into its territory. That’s happened five times in the last week. In the latest incident, a projectile hit the Israeli-occupied part of Golan Heights. So, Israeli planes struck army positions in Syria. Syria then fired at the flights and says it knocked down a warplane and a drone. Israel says that’s bunk. Confused?  What isn’t confusing about this conflict? President Obama will veto a bill that allows families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom’s denied any role in the attacks, but 15 of the 19 hijackers were of Saudi descent. The White House says if the bill becomes law, other countries could haul American diplomats or service members into courts. Lawmakers say they’ll try to override the veto but it’ll take 2/3rds of both the House and Senate. If they do though, it’ll be a first for the Obama’s presidency. This election appears to have a transparency problem. Hillary Clinton hasn’t provided a full account of her health and Donald Trump is still refusing to release his tax returns. The health issue is relevant because Trump, 70, and Clinton, 68, would be the oldest and second oldest presidents inaugurated for a first term in the job. The wealth issue is relevant because it could provide key details about their financial interests. Here’s Stephen Collinson’s great write. Sorry to spoil your morning muffin, but it looks like you’ve been conned. It’s no secret sugar isn’t great for you, but new research shows that, decades ago, the sugar industry sponsored research that downplayed the ingredient’s role in heart disease. (Did you also know new guidelines recommend kids consume no more than six teaspoons of added sugar a day? That’s 25 grams – way less than the sugar in one can of Coke.) Get off our lawn, Oxford dictionary The OD has added YOLO and ‘Merica to its hallowed annals. Also included: Kegerator (a refrigerator for a beer keg). Shrinking … in a bad way The CEO of Weight Watchers has resigned in the middle of a bad year. Its stock has fallen more than 50% in 2016. Do dolphins have a spoken language? Eeeeeeeeeee eee! Eeeeeee eeeeee eeeeeee. Walmart: The machine uprising is nigh The retailer wants to roll out (heh) self-driving carts that roam the aisles and parking lots waiting for victims – er, shoppers – to request their presence. “Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?” That’s a Canadian judge to a woman in a rape case. And that’s not the only questionable thing he said during that trial. Wait for it… Sometimes you’re the cat. Sometimes you’re the dog. Sometimes you’re the human laughing at it all.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160913103000", "country1": "MYS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/us/five-things-tuesday/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "622037907", "sentence": "Nazanin Zinouri recently earned her Ph.D. from Clemson and works in South Carolina \"I will stay hopeful that I'll go back to my home,\" she said When Nazanin Zinouri was removed from a flight to the United States on Saturday, she first thought about what would happen to her house in Greenville, South Carolina. She thought about her personal belongings, strewn across the room. She thought about her car, still sitting at the airport. And she thought about her 6-month-old puppy, Baxter, and what would happen to him. But after thinking of those “simple things,” she said in an interview with CNN, she realized: “I actually might lose my entire life there.” Zinouri, an Iranian citizen who has lived in the United States for the past seven years, is one of a number of foreign workers who were blindsided by President Trump’s executive order banning residents of seven Middle Eastern countries from visiting the United States. Zinouri recently earned her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Clemson University, and was awarded the Janine Anthony Bowen Graduate Fellow award for her outstanding academic performance in her field. She has worked at the tech company Modjoul in South Carolina for the past six months under a worker visa. Zinouri went on vacation on January 20, the same day Trump was inaugurated, intending to visit family and friends in Tehran, Iran, through February 10. But her peaceful vacation was cut short when she learned that Trump’s executive order suspends all citizens of Iran from traveling to the United States. She rushed to buy a plane ticket to the States and was set to board a flight from Dubai to Washington on Saturday. That’s when security pulled her off the flight and briefly told her she would not be allowed to return to the United States. Zinouri told her story in a Facebook post that has since gone viral, garnering nearly 175,000 shares. I normally don't write long posts or any kind of political or religious comments. I apologize in advance and I don't... In the post, she expresses frustration with the lack of communication on the travel ban. “No one warned me when I was leaving, no one cared what will happen to my dog or my job or my life there,” she wrote. “No one told me what I should do with my car that is still parked at the airport parking. Or what to do with my house and all my belongings.” “They didn’t say it with words but with their actions, that my life doesn’t matter. Everything I worked for all these years doesn’t matter,” she wrote. Speaking with CNN over the phone from Tehran, Zinouri said she was with family in Tehran and still trying to go back to South Carolina. “I’m trying my best and I’ll do everything in my power, and I will stay hopeful that I’ll go back to my home,” she said. In the meantime, she said she’s received “amazing” support from friends, co-workers and others who have heard her story. Baxter is still being watched by a neighbor, though there is not yet a long-term plan. But if and when she does return to the United States, she said she can’t wait to take Baxter on a walk by the waterfall in downtown Greenville.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump's executive order banning residents of seven Middle Eastern countries from visiting the United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170130011500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/us/nazanin-zinouri-travel-ban-trnd/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "705794915", "sentence": "Claims of a Soviet plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy as early as 1962 – which the CIA ultimately dismissed – were included in a 1963 memo to a top US investigation official, this week’s dump of declassified JFK assassination files reveals. The memo to James Lee Rankin – then-general counsel for the Warren Commission – details a tip that the CIA had received in the immediate aftermath of the killing from “an individual who described himself as a Polish chauffeur for the Soviet Embassy (in Canberra, Australia).” The memo says that the individual “touched on the possibility that the Soviet government had financed the assassination of President Kennedy.” Crucially, the memo also notes “the receipt of a similar anonymous telephone call on 15 October, 1962” – more than a year before the assassination – by “a man believed to be the same person.” Related article Government releases another JFK trove Richard Helms, then the CIA deputy director for plans and the author of the memo, wrote: “It appears that the caller, who professes to be the Polish chauffeur of a Soviet Embassy car in Canberra [Australia] first phoned in over a year ago, on 15 October 1962, repeat 1962. At that time, he told a story about five Soviet submarines carrying 400 to 500 Soviet soldiers on their way to Cuba. One purpose of this troop movement, he said, was to support the Governor of Mississippi. He added that there was a plot to pay one hundred thousand dollars to kill President Kennedy. Behind the plot, he said, were the ‘Iron Curtain countries,’ and ‘communist men in England, Hong Kong, and probably other countries.’” Helms continued, linking the 1962 call to the call received a year later. “On 23 November 1963, repeat 1963, the day after the assassination of President Kennedy, and over a year after the first telephone call, a man believed to be the same person phoned the embassy again and spoke to the assistant naval attaché. The caller referred to his call a year back and stated he had said that the USSR had put up $100,000 for the assassination of President Kennedy.” As with many of the threads chased down by law enforcement and intelligence services in the wake of Kennedy’s assassination, the CIA says it dismissed the claim. Helms wrote that the CIA determined the call “was a crank” after being unable to identify “any Polish employee of the Soviet embassy, the automobile described by the caller as the one he drove, or the license plate number given by him.” But Helms also noted that the caller had told them that at the Soviet Embassy, “they often change plates, have 50 sets in reserve, and can change them in five seconds.” In closing, Helms wrote that “this conclusion” – that the call was a crank – “cannot be confirmed,” and noted that authorities in Australia, the location of the Soviet Embassy where the caller professed to work, had continued to investigate the claims. The government made thousands of files related to the JFK assassination public on Thursday, the latest installment in the collection’s delayed release. Many of the documents in Thursday’s release show the intelligence community grappling with – and griping about – investigations that further underscore covert activities in the Cold War as well as the difficulty they faced chasing down the torrent of tips the agency received after the assassination.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "CIA", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171110201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/politics/jfk-documents-cia-tip-1962-soviet-chauffeur/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "738466710", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Kurt Bardella is a political commentator and columnist and the former spokesperson for Reps. Brian Bilbray (R-San Diego) & Darrell Issa (R-Vista), both California. Follow him on Twitter: @kurtbardella. The views expressed here are solely those of the author. How enthusiastic were Republicans about Donald Trump’s first visit to the Golden State since becoming President to inspect prototypes for his proposed border wall? A column in the San Diego Union-Tribune from Republican Mayor Kevin Faulconer, directed at Trump, was headlined: “there’s more to our border than a wall.” The reality is Trump’s brand of xenophobia is toxic to what little is left of the Republican Party in California. Consider that California is home to one of the most diverse populations in the world. In 2015, the Latino population there surpassed the white population. That’s right, the largest group of people in the state are the ones that the President of the United States has more than once referred to as “bad hombres.” To say that Republicans in California are on life support would be an understatement. The GOP has been shut out of every statewide political office. They are a permanent minority in the state Legislature. They may not even have a candidate qualify for the November ballot in either the gubernatorial or senatorial contests. That didn’t stop Trump from using his remarks at the border on Tuesday to attack Gov. Jerry Brown for doing “a very poor job running California.” It’s worth noting that Gov. Brown enjoys a 53% approval rating (only 28% disapprove, according to a December poll from the Public Policy Institute of California) while according to Real Clear Politics, Trump’s average disapproval rating stands at nearly 54%. Related video Trump touts wall prototypes in San Diego To understand how dire the situation is for California Republicans – look no farther than 90 minutes north of the border, in what used to be the Republican stronghold of Orange County – which is showing signs of decay. My former boss, Congressman Darrell Issa, and Rep. Ed Royce are retiring. Reps. Mimi Walters and Dana Rohrabacher are facing two of the most targeted contests in the country. Hillary Clinton was the first Democrat to win Orange County since FDR. The GOP registration advantage has gone from 18 percentage points in 1992 to just four in 2016. Instead of evolving with the changing demographics, Republicans in California have continued to embrace the fringe policies and rhetoric of the most extreme edges of the GOP. No one embodies those policies more than Donald Trump. He has labeled Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists who bring drugs and crime to the United States. Perhaps that explains why so many Republicans hoping to successfully get elected in November are avoiding Trump’s visit to San Diego. Three of the Republicans running to replace Issa have confirmed they have no plans to be seen with Trump. There was a time when the visit of a sitting president of the same party would have candidates tripping over themselves to be seen and be photographed with the president. This time, Republicans are hiding from their President. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Trump’s visit to the border comes at a time when Hispanics in California are under siege from his administration. Just a few days ago, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced at an event in Sacramento a federal lawsuit against California over the issue of sanctuary cities. Meanwhile, reports surfaced that Trump’s supporters in Congress are planning to use the upcoming debate over government funding as an opportunity to cut off funding to sanctuary cities. This war against California and push for extreme policies will only further the divide between the GOP and Hispanic community – in California and nationwide. There is no viable path to political relevancy for Republicans without support from the Latino community. If the famous phrase “as goes California, so goes the country” is true, Republicans are about to follow Donald Trump into a permanent political exile.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180313233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/opinions/trump-border-wall-toxic-to-california-gop-bardella-opinion/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "677507666", "sentence": "Defense Secretary James Mattis is learning to jump in the political ring on Capitol Hill. The retired four-star Marine general was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief to great fanfare among Republicans, but many congressional defense hawks were disappointed with his opening act as he was outmaneuvered by others within the administration and his defense budget fell short of fulfilling their desire to inject the military with a massive spending boost. Now there’s been an “evolution” in recent weeks, lawmakers and congressional aides say, Mattis has gotten more involved with the politics of Capitol Hill and helped Republicans sell their desired defense budget increases. CNN interviewed more than a dozen lawmakers, congressional aides, defense officials and lobbyists about Mattis’ relations with Congress, most of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to offer a candid assessment of the defense secretary’s performance. They say Mattis’ performance in a gauntlet of congressional hearings – four committees in four days – was impressive, as he gave a blunt assessment of the military’s readiness problems and endorsed the higher budget topline congressional Republicans are pushing, even though it differed from his own budget request. Related article Mattis on Afghanistan troops decision: 'We are working to get it right' They also gave him high marks for getting involved in the House’s debate of the National Defense Authorization Act, writing a letter to support one amendment and calling a lawmaker personally to urge her to drop a controversial provision. “I think we’re finding him to be more and more interactive with Congress now that I think he’s got a better grip on this,” a Republican House member told CNN. But Mattis, who has often sought to stay above the political fray, still struggles with the politics of the Trump administration and a chaotic White House. The disconnect was clear last week when Trump rolled out a ban on transgender service members over Twitter — catching the Joint Chiefs off guard and directly contradicting Mattis’ desire to study the issue further before making any decisions. Republican lawmakers also still have lingering concerns that Mattis is not doing enough to solidify his standing within the administration, particularly when it comes to budget matters. They worry he will continue to lose political battles to Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, a former congressman who has frequently clashed with Republican defense hawks over the military budget. “He’s a military leader, he wins wars, he inspires people. He’s been fighting for us. But he’s not an experienced infighter on the budget issue,” said a Republican senator. Mattis could find a new White House ally in retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, who was sworn in as Trump’s chief of staff on Monday. But at the same time, Mattis has clashed with Trump’s national security adviser H.R. McMaster as Trump’s national security team has struggled to come up with a strategy for the war in Afghanistan that the President will endorse, according to congressional and administration officials. Mattis, who retired from the military in 2013 as chief of US Central Command, was cheered by Republicans for his military bona fides and his blunt, straight-talking style. He was confirmed as defense secretary on the first day of the Trump administration. But key deputy positions at the Pentagon remained vacant for months. There were several false starts with the administration’s picks for Army secretary and Navy secretary withdrawing, and several senior positions were unfilled over disagreements between the Pentagon and White House. Mattis faced resistance from both the White House and Republicans over his favorite for policy chief, Anne Patterson, and an official has yet to be named to the role. Related article How 2 high school journalists landed an interview with the US defense secretary Republicans also grew frustrated that Mattis kept President Barack Obama’s Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work in the role until a replacement was confirmed, which only happened earlier this month. “His background is not in politics – that’s why he needs good people around him,” said a Republican House member. “You have an Obama holdover as deputy and his people and all these acting (officials). … You just go down the list. And it’s a problem.” House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry publicly blamed Work and other Obama holdovers in acting roles for the Pentagon’s $603 billion budget proposal. The Trump administration touted a 10% increase above the Budget Control Act Spending caps, but Republicans charged the Trump budget was just a 3% bump above Obama’s plan and well short of the $640 billion they were seeking for the military. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, acknowledged there had been some challenges with personnel early on, but he said that Mattis was “non-denominational” when it came to the political leanings of the people he wants working for him. Mattis is concerned with picking the best candidate for the job, Davis said. On the congressional concerns about the budget, Davis noted that Mattis considers “fiscal solvency” to be part of national security. Congressional aides say Republicans were also concerned when Mattis instructed the services to quit talking about details of the military’s readiness problems, which Republicans have focused on as a key reason increased spending is needed. But those early worries largely dissipated when Mattis testified before the Hill, where the Pentagon chief said he was “shocked” by poor military readiness and he endorsed extra spending. “If this is the will of the Congress, I’m confident that the commander in chief would be in your corner all the way,” Mattis said. One Republican congressional aide noted that Mattis took the rare step of actually endorsing the military services’ $30 billion “wish lists” of items that the Pentagon didn’t include in its budget request. Related article How Congress is taking back power from Trump on national security Mattis’ standing was also bolstered when the defense policy bill was on the floor earlier this month. He helped Ohio Rep. Mike Turner, a senior Republican Armed Services member, with a rare letter weighing in on a specific amendment. Turner was trying to kill the creation of a new Space Corps, but the House Rules Committee did not allow his measure to get a vote. Then Mattis conducted some behind-the-scenes lobbying, making a phone call to Missouri Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler to ask her to withdraw her controversial amendment targeting transgender health costs for service members. The amendment, which was defeated in a 209-214 vote, threatened to overshadow the typically bipartisan defense bill, and many Republican leaders preferred to avoid the fight, according to congressional aides. “There’s been an evolution,” one House GOP aide said of Mattis. “At the end of the day, it’s a two-party political system. It’s not the same as being a CoCom (combatant) commander.” But Mattis’ efforts on the amendment eventually came back to bite him, with Hartzler going around the Pentagon straight to the White House. She lobbied for the White House to kill the Pentagon funding for medical treatments. Mattis had urged her to wait for him to study the issue, and he told Congress he was taking six months to make a decision. Instead, Trump blasted out over Twitter he was instituting a full ban on transgender service members, catching the Pentagon off guard and unaware of what the President meant. While Republicans say Mattis has improved on the Hill, they’re still concerned he will lose out to Mulvaney again when next year’s budget is released. Mattis has vowed that next year’s budget will fund a rebuilding of the military after he’s had time to conduct a full strategy assessment, but there are already warnings that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is looking at lower numbers than congressional defense hawks will deem sufficient. Related article Marines facing 'discouraging' challenges in Afghanistan “The Trump administration really hasn’t given him the deference that he needs to move OMB,” said another Republican House member. “The fact that he is actively participating in voicing support or opposition for provisions in the NDAA shows increased activism. Now he just has to do it in his own administration.” Lawmakers and aides say Mattis has preferred to stay out of the political fights inside the administration, an instinct they say stems from the military’s apolitical ideal. But if he wants results, Republicans argue, he’ll have to be willing to step in the ring to slug it out. “If he wants a 5% budget increase annually, if he wants to escape (continuing resolutions) CRs and omnibuses, then he cannot do it by strictly being apolitical,” said a Republican congressional aide. “If he decides that’s what he wants, he can get it. So far, he’s chosen not to go out and get it, which I think confounds people.” CNN’s Barbara Starr contributed reporting", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "James Mattis", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170731190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/mattis-politics-capitol-hill/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "607118052", "sentence": "Additional US troops will include special operations forces, trainers and bomb disposal teams They will work with fighters preparing for a final assault on ISIS' Syrian stronghold, Raqqa Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Saturday the US would send up to 200 additional US troops to Syria to help train and assist US-backed local forces that are driving towards ISIS’ self-declared capital in Raqqa, Syria. “The United States will deploy approximately 200 additional US forces to Syria,” Carter said, adding that the new contingent would include special operations forces, trainers, advisers, and explosive ordinance disposal teams. “This latest commitment of additional forces within Syria is another important step in enabling our partners to deal ISIL a lasting defeat,” Carter said, using the government’s preferred acronym for the terror organization. Carter made the announcement while speaking at the Manama Dialogue, a regional security summit hosted in the capital of the Gulf state of Bahrain. The decision will nearly double the number of US troops authorized to operate in Syria. President Barack Obama had in April set a cap of 300 for the number of military advisers permitted in Syria, though the actual number of advisers on the ground is thought to be fewer than that. US military: 50,000 ISIS fighters killed Forces in Syria have been primarily working with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an umbrella organization that includes Kurdish and Arab units. Related article Military: 50,000 ISIS fighters killed Those fighters have enjoyed some success against ISIS, coming within 15 miles of Raqqa, according to Carter. A senior defense official told CNN that the actual adjustment to the troop cap would be 203 personnel and that their purpose was to boost the assault on Raqqa. The deployment “had been anticipated for some time” the official added, as the final battle looms against the several thousand ISIS fighters believed to be in Raqqa. The new deployment of American personnel could help in the final assault on that city by enabling the training of additional fighters that could be key to ejecting ISIS. Related video US and Turkey agree to long-term plan on Raqqa “We’re getting into what is predominantly traditionally more Arab territory,” so more Arab fighters are needed, the defense official said. “We’ve always been very conscious of the fact that Raqqa is an Arab city.” The official noted that “more and more Arab fighters have wanted to be part of the coalition we have fighting in northeast Syria,” but said that this influx has presented challenges in terms of training and equipping these new recruits, thereby requiring the additional US personnel. Col. John Dorrian, a spokesman for the counter-ISIS coalition, told reporters Thursday that, in anticipation of the push on Raqqa, the SDF was boosting its ranks with more than 1,000 new recruits. US aircraft carrier readies for ISIS fight The United States is also using its air power to lay the ground for the coming battle. Dorrian said coalition aircraft had conducted nearly 300 strikes against ISIS in support of the offensive, with America’s Syrian allies capturing more than 270 square miles of territory. Related video Women secretly film inside ISIS stronghold Carter drew attention to a counter-ISIS strike on Thursday that involved the destruction of 168 oil tanker trucks. Carter called it “the largest airstrike of this kind to date.” But US military officials anticipate a tougher fight in the days ahead. “Daesh considers Raqqa their capital in Syria, so we expect resistance to stiffen as forces move closer to the city,” Dorrian told reporters last month, using another name for the terror group. And even after Raqqa and Mosul are captured, Carter predicted that the fight against ISIS would continue for some time. “There will still be much more to do after that to make sure that once defeated, ISIL stays defeated,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States military deployment in Syria", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161210083000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/politics/ash-carter-us-troops-syria/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "628211882", "sentence": "Ambassador-designate to Israel faced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee David Friedman, a New York bankruptcy attorney, has backed Israeli settlements President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next US ambassador to Israel faced a grilling from senators a day after Trump backed off the long-held US and international position that the key to Middle East peace lies in a two-state solution. That shift, which Trump revealed Wednesday at a White House news conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu, is just one reason the confirmation hearing for David Friedman, a New York bankruptcy lawyer, immediately veered into contentious territory. Protestors repeatedly interrupted the proceedings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and lawmakers assailed Friedman for previous comments they deemed insulting. Friedman has backed Israeli settlements, which are seen as illegal under international law and as an impediment to a peace deal by Palestinians. He has called Palestinian statehood an “illusion,” raised millions of dollars for a settlement near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank and he has excoriated critics in print, referring to a liberal Jewish group as “kapos,” the word for Jews who cooperated with Nazis during the Holocaust. Lawmakers quizzed the ambassador-designate on his position on statehood in the wake of Trump’s remarks. In answer to a question Wednesday, Trump said that he was “looking at two-state and one-state and I like the one that both parties like.” He added that, “I can live with either one. I thought for a while that two-state looked like it might be the easier of the two, but … if Israel and the Palestinians are happy, I’m happy with the one they like the best.” On Thursday, Trump’s ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said of the administration that “we absolutely support a two-state solution, but we are thinking out of the box as well, which is: What does it take to bring these two sides to the table?” RELATED: Trump backs off two-state framework for Israeli-Palestinian deal Over the course of Thursday’s confirmation hearing, Friedman walked back many of his previous public statements, saying that the two-state solution “remains I believe the best possibility for peace in the region” and that settlements “may not be helpful.” Any future Palestinian state would ideally be “demilitarized,” he said, Israel retaining control over the western border with Jordan. And he pushed for a focus on Palestinian economic development instead, which many Palestinians see as a delaying tactic for coming to a peace deal. Sen. Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questioned Friedman’s dismissal of the two-state solution as a “damaging anachronism” and told him his views “constitute an unprecedented break” from US policy. Friedman answered that if the Israelis and Palestinians were able to reach an agreement “through direct negotiations along parameters agreeable to them … I would be delighted to see peace come to this region where people have suffered on both sides for so long.” He continued, “I have expressed my skepticism solely on the basis of my perception of the Palestinians’ failure to renounce terror and accept Israel as a Jewish state.” In a February 2016 article in an Israeli newspaper, Friedman described the idea of a two-state solution as a “scam.” Friedman went on to mentioned the 1993 Oslo Accords’ requirement that Palestinian leaders end incitement against Israel: “We haven’t made progress since then. In the aftermath of Oslo, terrorism has increased four-fold.” He made no mention of Israeli actions such as settlement construction, the destruction of Palestinian homes and seizure of Palestinian land in the West Bank as possible obstructions to a peace agreement or drivers of violence. And he said that if there are attempts to move forward on Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, it should happen behind closed doors. “I happen to believe that with respect to the state of Israel, discretion is incredibly important and public comments can be defeating,” Friedman said. “If there’s progress to be made in the Middle East and the peace process, it’s through private diplomacy … behind the scenes.” At one point, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida asked whether Friedman thought Palestinians were the major obstacle to peace; whether he disagreed with the “orthodoxy” that the US needs to be an honest broker between Israel and the Palestinians; and whether he felt “professionals in the State Department and the foreign policy elite” unfairly maligned Israel. “Yes,” Friedman replied. New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, noted that Friedman is “very passionate about Israel,” and then asked Friedman to assure the committee that his loyalty and commitment lay with the US. Friedman agreed that it does. Related video One-state solution explained But much of the hearing was taken up with rhetoric rather than policy. As Friedman began his opening remarks, a series of protesters stood to denounce him, interrupting him at regular intervals. “We will not be silent, you do not represent us and you will never represent us,” shouted one young man wearing a kippah, the Jewish head covering. A young man waving a Palestinian flag shouted that in the West Bank, “Palestinians are there and will always be there.” Even before Friedman began speaking, his representatives tried to defuse anger about some of the insults he has previously leveled at President Barack Obama and members of Congress. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, introduced Friedman to the panel, saying the “deal-making bankruptcy lawyer” is “very passionate, he has said some things I don’t agree with, but … what’s encouraging to me is he’s said, ‘Maybe I should watch my rhetoric.’ “ New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall detailed many of the insults Friedman had hurled in print before being selected for the ambassadorial role. “He has insulted and denigrated members of the Senate,” Udall said. He quoted Friedman’s comment about senior Democratic New York Sen. Charles Schumer, after Democratic colleagues voted to approve the Iran nuclear deal, that “Schumer is validating the worst appeasement of terrorism since Munich,” where Palestinian terrorists killed Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games. Udall also said that Friedman had “slandered” President Barack Obama when he described “the blatant anti-Semitism emanating from our president and his sycophantic minions.” And he pointed out that Friedman once said of the Anti-Defamation League that “frankly, they sound like morons.” The ADL released a statement Thursday saying that Friedman had expressed regret for his words. “We accept his apology and appreciate his outreach,” the ADL said. Friedman will “represent all segments of the Jewish community and the broader country.” Democratic senators, however, told Friedman that his use of rhetoric raised questions about whether he was suited for the job and whether he would represent all Americans. “The language you have regularly used against those who disagree with your views has me concerned about your preparedness to enter the world of diplomacy,” Cardin said. Sen. Christopher Coons, a Delaware Democrat, put it unusually bluntly: “Your comments have been “intemperate inappropriate and insulting.” Friedman didn’t try to defend himself, telling Cardin at one point that “there is no excuse. If you want me to rationalize or justify it, I can not. I regret” using those words. But he also made clear he was apologizing only for his word choices, not for his positions. “I have profound differences of opinion with the J Street Organization,” the group he compared to Nazi collaborators. “My regrets are as to the language and the rhetoric,” he said. “I’m not withdrawing my personal views as to the organization.” RELATED: Netanyahu and Trump push reset of US-Israel relationship Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, pressed Friedman about Trump’s announcement that he would move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a highly sensitive issue traditionally left for final status negotiations as both Israelis and Palestinians claim the city as their capital. That announcement was originally folded into Trump’s statement that the New York lawyer was his pick for ambassador to Israel. The President has since walked it back, saying Wednesday that, “I’d love to see that happen. We’re looking at it very, very strongly. We’re looking at it with great care, great care, believe me, and we’ll see what happens.” “There will be ramifications if we move” the embassy, Paul told Friedman, and went on to ask if he was “a thoughtful individual” who would think through the implications of a move with the President. “Will it be worth our while,” he said. “The decision obviously will be made by the President and I will support him considering the political, security and other ramifications of it,” Friedman said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "David Friedman", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170216160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/david-friedman-trump-israel-ambassador-confirmation-hearing/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "470752194", "sentence": "As Russia significantly increases its support of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Sunday that backing Syria’s “central government” is the only way to defeat ISIS. “In Syria, when our first objective is to drive out terrorists and combating terrorists to defeat them, we have no solution other than to strengthen the central authority and the central government of that country as a central seat of power.” Related article GOP opponents of nuclear deal couldn't find Iran on a map, says Rouhani “So I think today everyone has accepted that President Assad must remain so that we can combat the terrorists.” “However, as soon as this movement reaches the various levels of success and starts driving out the terrorists on a step-by-step basis, then other plans must be put into action so as to hear the voices of the opposition as well.” Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Iran has put its full weight behind Bashar al-Assad’s regime, supporting him politically, financially and militarily. Russia, Iran and al-Assad are united in their opposition to ISIS. But al-Assad, since the beginning of the conflict, has used the term “terrorists” to refer to groups that the United States and other Western powers would consider part of the legitimate opposition. The U.S. appears to be switching tactics in an effort to end the Syria war, by involving Iran in negotiations. But Rouhani said there are no direct talks with the United States. “Iran, with the United States, does not have any direct talks vis-a-vis Syria. But Iran simultaneously with the European Union, as well as other countries, does have talks regarding Syria,” he said through an interpreter. Related article Iranian President calls for prisoner exchange with U.S. “And those parties to the talks with Iran about Syria are in direct conversations with the United States as well. So perhaps not direct, but there are talks.” The conflict may be on the verge of its most significant development yet, as Russia moves heavy military equipment and personnel into the country. Iran and Russia, like the U.S., are fervently opposed to ISIS, but Russia’s intentions are so far unclear. Rouhani said the United States, which has expressed outrage at Russia’s move, should not be surprised. “The few times that we have met with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, he spoke in quite a bit of detail about this very issue,” Rouhani said. “Russia has decided to undertake a much more serious level of operations in combat against the terrorists in Syria.” “And during the last meeting he did announce that some countries such as Iran, Iraq, or Russia must form a semi, a quasi, coalition in order to assist in this fight against Daesh or ISIS and other groups resembling it.” Daesh is the Arabic acronym for ISIS. “And he told me that he had even spoken with Mr. Obama about this topic, and he would like to renew his commitment to the fight and the defeat of Daesh or ISIS.” “And he told me, President Putin said, that Mr. Obama welcomed that analysis and that plan. So even previously the United States of America was made aware.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150927184500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/world/rouhani-syria-iran-amanpour/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "532196159", "sentence": "Fidel Castro: \"Soon I will turn 90 years old. ... It's not the outcome of any effort; it was fate's whim\" His younger brother, Raul Castro, is re-elected as head of the Cuban Communist Party Fidel Castro on Tuesday once again did what no else in Cuba can and addressed his mortality. “Soon I will turn 90 years old, never would such a thing have occurred to me and it’s not the outcome of any effort; it was fate’s whim,” Castro said, discussing his health, usually a taboo subject on the island. “Soon I will be like everyone else. To all of us comes our turn.” Castro’s unprecedented comments came at the end of the three-day Cuban Communist Party Congress where his younger brother, Raul Castro, was re-elected as head of the party, the only political organization allowed in Cuba. A gaunt and hoarse-sounding Fidel Castro was shown on Cuban State-TV in a blue tracksuit and seated on stage next to Raul Castro while receiving thunderous applause from the party faithful. Members of the international news media were not given access to the Party Congress, which only happen roughly every five years and plots the future of the island’s political establishment and beleaguered economy. Castro resigned as President and head of the party after a 2006 intestinal illness nearly killed him. Cuban officials say Castro no longer sets government policy but that he is consulted before major decisions are taken by the island’s communist-run government. But the former leader’s pronouncements on world affairs still carry weight in Cuba’s state-run media. In March, a column written by Fidel Castro blasted President Barack Obama’s visit to the island, saying the American’s words had been so sugary they nearly gave Castro “a heart attack.” During this month’s party congress, top Cuban officials echoed Castro’s words, accusing Obama of trying to “seduce” Cuban youths and private entrepreneurs and that the United States is still Cuba’s “enemy.” OPINION: New hope for Cuba Although Raul Castro, 84, began the party congress calling for a 70-year age limit for Cuban officials, on Tuesday he accepted another five-year term as party head. That would mean Castro would continue as party communist secretary until 2021. He has said he will step down as President of Cuba in 2018 and that the next generation of Cubans will take over running the island. But the Congress made clear that Cuban officials will stay true to Fidel Castro’s vision of a government that exercises tight control over the island’s political system and economy. “This may be among the last times I address this room,” Fidel Castro told the 1,000 delegates. “But the ideas of Cuba’s communists will remain as proof that on this planet if one works with fervor and dignity, you can produce the material and cultural things that human beings need,” he said. Castro blasts Obama’s trip", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cuban Communist Party", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160420004500", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/world/cuba-fidel-castro/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "642893231", "sentence": "A pair of mammoth-tusk Chukchi snow goggles, an allosaurus dinosaur skull and a self portrait fragment from the sculptor Jamie Salmon are some of the eccentric offerings going under the hammer at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Curiosity III auction at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on April 4. Now in its third incarnation, the auction format was inspired by the curiosity cabinets of the 16th century, which housed encyclopedic collections of objects – religious relics, preserved animals, precious gems, objets d’art – that were precursors to museums. With estimated value of $6.4 million, the 76 lots that make up the auction bring together objects from the Jurassic Period to the present day and span a wide geographical space from the Siberian tundra to Egypt. The improbable array of items illustrates how Sotheby’s is encouraging existing clients to get more creative with their collections. “A lot of collectors in Asia are still consigned to one area of collecting, such as Chinese painting, and with ‘Curiosity,’ we’re trying to promote a more eclectic style of collecting and encourage collectors to be more sensitive to antiquities, say, or African art,” says Nicholas Chow, deputy chairman of Sotheby’s Asia, and international head and chairman of the Chinese works of art department. Inspired by the aesthetics of an early surrealist movie, Chow shot a minute-long Super 8 film to promote the auction, which has received around 40,000 hits across various online platforms including Instagram and Weibo. Morbid and macabre: Dark obsessions of the world's most extreme collectors One of the lots Chow is particularly excited about is the Chukchi snow goggles, which would have belonged to a wealthy native of the Northern Siberian tundra. “They were probably made 200 years ago, and are one of the very earliest examples of sunglasses. They’re crafted from mammoth ivory from tusk found in the permafrost and are incredibly streamlined. Aesthetically they’re not rooted in space or time, and that makes them quite extraordinary.” Another piece that has made a big impression on Chow is the Bamana statue from Mali, a standing female figure with an ethereal quality that dates to the 15th or 16th century. Uli Sigg: How I built the world's biggest collection of Chinese contemporary art “A colleague helped me find me this in Paris from a very grand collector of contemporary art who was intrigued by what we were putting together and willing to consign one important piece.” A lot of the discoveries were due to serendipity, he adds. “In London, I met a collector of Chinese art with a cabinet of curiosity, and he consigned a Roman marble bust that made the cover of the auction catalogue. There’s another bust, a torso of a man that’s so withered it looks like a Chinese scholar’s rock; all that wear and abrasion has made the piece appear very abstract.” Sotheby's eyes a new generation with K-pop icon T.O.P In addition to encouraging collectors to extend their repertoire, Sotheby’s is targeting millennials with celebrity collaborations. K-pop icon T.O.P, who has everyone from Rudolf Stingel to Jina Park in his collection, curated a contemporary art evening sale, #TTTOP, last October. It represented the highest-value sale of Western contemporary art ever held during a major auction series in Hong Kong, realizing more $17.4 million (HKD$136 million). “As he’s a collector of contemporary art, T.O.P has a strong relationship with one of our specialists here so that’s how it came about. It was hugely successful in terms of publicity – the social media exposure was off the charts. Collaborations are a great draw for people, and we’d definitely look at doing a similar auction again,” says Chow. Extraordinary in the ordinary: These warped works will melt your mind Hosting more unusual lots and departing from the traditional auction format is a tactic all the major auction houses have employed as they attempt to keep themselves relevant. Since 2013, Christie’s has held an annual sale, “Out of the Ordinary,” that has previously seen everything from a taxidermy specimen of a two-headed lamb that fetched $16,320 to a lifesize waxwork figure of Sigmund Freud that sold for $9,600 at auction. Introduced in 2008 to offer the finest examples in collecting categories across the traditional decorative arts including silver, porcelain and clocks, Christie’s “Exceptional Sale” made waves in Paris last September by selling the gun that poet Paul Verlaine almost shot his lover Arthur Rimbaud with in 1873. It fetched $460,000 (435,000 euros) – almost seven times its estimate. Like Sotheby’s, Phillips is also attempting to encourage its clients to take a more holistic approach to collecting. Jonathan Crockett, Phillips’ head of 20th century and contemporary art and deputy chairman for Asia, says, “We’re making things as relevant as possible to today’s collecting community by engaging the younger generation on Instagram, who are discovering art online from the very first time and buying with us. We like to promote collection categories across the board – younger collectors might start off buying photography then move onto fine art. We don’t want to categorise them as just photography collectors, or art collectors.” So if the weird and the wonderful appeals, why not bag a wax anatomical model of a head or a Songye chief’s ceremonial judgement thorn crown? There’s no reason why you can’t position it among your cutting edge contemporary art collection. Curiosity III is on display at the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre from 31 March. The auction will take place on 4 April.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sotheby's", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170403014500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "MLI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/02/luxury/sothebys-cabinet-of-curiosities/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "706513530", "sentence": "A professor at Arizona State University has resigned after allegations that he sexually abused at least three minors when he was a priest. James “Jaime” Lara was ordained as a priest in 1973 and served in the church until 1992 when he was removed him from active ministry. In a statement last week, the Diocese of Brooklyn included him in a list of those who had been “dispensed from the clerical state.”  The decree was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “which is the Vatican office authorized to deal with cases involving sexual abuse of minors by a cleric.” After he was barred from the church, Lara went on to teach at many prominent universities, according to his curriculum vitae. He had been a research professor at Arizona State University since 2013. Three male victims recently came forward to accuse Lara of sexual abuse while Lara was associated with St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Brooklyn in the 1970’s and 1980’s, the victims’ lawyer, Michael Garabedian, told CNN. When Arizona State officials learned about the abuse late last week, they asked Lara to resign. “Jaime Lara is no longer affiliated with Arizona State University, effective Thursday, November 9,” the university said in a statement to CNN. The victims were all between the ages of 9 and 11 at the time of abuse, Garabedian said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "James “Jaime” Lara", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171113193000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VAT", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/health/arizona-professor-abuse-resignation-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "597503253", "sentence": "Melania Trump will become just the second foreign-born first lady in US history She has been a balancing force for her husband A foreign-born, former supermodel who married an eccentric billionaire is about to become the United States’ next first lady. Melania Trump, who will become just the second foreign-born first lady in US history, will assume the very public role after having spent much of her husband’s presidential campaign avoiding the campaign trail and the limelight, saying she preferred to remain home in New York to care for the couple’s only son, who is 10. She will succeed First Lady Michelle Obama, who has taken on a very public and active role in advocating for health and wellness issues. Trump delivered only a handful of speeches as her husband bounded from one unlikely phase of his campaign to the next. But she did lay out in broad terms what her priorities would be as first lady in the final week of the campaign – and to accomplish at least one of those, she may have to begin in the West Wing. That’s because Trump said in a speech last week outlining the priorities she would bring to the East Wing that in addition to “helping children and women,” she said combatting cyber bullying will be “one of the main focuses” of her work as first lady. While Donald Trump has repeatedly mocked his opponents on Twitter over their looks and intelligence, Melania Trump vowed to combat meanness on the Internet, saying “our culture has gotten too mean and too tough,” particularly as others are mocked over their “looks or intelligence.” “It is never OK when a 12-year-old girl or boy is mocked, bullied or attacked. It is terrible when it happens on the playground, and it is absolutely unacceptable when it is done by someone with no name hiding on the internet. We have to find a better way to talk to each other,” Melania Trump said, delivering a rare speech in Pennsylvania last week. “We must find better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children, especially in social media.” But while her agenda as first lady may be tinged with irony, Melania Trump has in many ways been a balancing force for her husband – chiding him in private when his temper flared and he lashed out on Twitter at his political opponents and urging him to be more “presidential” in their private conversations. RELATED: How Donald Trump won She has also served as a symbolic counterweight to her husband’s hardline rhetoric on immigration. While the Slovenian-born former model has said she agrees with her husband’s immigration proposals, Donald Trump and his supporters have frequently touted Melania Trump’s status as an immigrant to push back on attacks that Trump is anti-immigrant. Melania Trump has said becoming a naturalized US citizen in 2006 has been “the greatest privilege in the world.” She will become the second foreign-born first lady, 192 years after England-born Louisa Adams became first lady. But her immigration history also risked becoming a liability during the campaign amid reports that she may have worked as a model in the United States before obtaining the proper paperwork to work legally in the US. She and her attorney have insisted she followed all appropriate laws. Before her speech last week, Melania Trump delivered only one major speech in the campaign – at the Republican National Convention before her husband accepted the Republican presidential nomination. While initially well-received, the speech was ultimately tarnished by controversy after it came to light that parts of the speech were lifted from Michelle Obama’s speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Melania Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161109233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SVN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/america-new-first-lady/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "667464869", "sentence": "At first, photography was just a hobby for Boris Mikhailov. It was only after was fired from his engineering job following a KGB raid in the 1960s (they discovered nude photos he’d taken of his wife) that he decided to dedicate himself wholly to the craft. Eastern promise: How Stalin rebuilt Moscow in his own image “I became a photographer under conditions of public irresolution, prohibitions and restrictions. In the USSR, official art only reflected a singular opinion, and everything else was considered not only wrong, but also harmful … I wanted to break through this wild bias and to find ways to circumvent these ‘prohibitions,’” Mikhailov said in an email. “There was no resistance to official ideology, and this encouraged me to search for a new language in art. I was certain that it was impossible to photograph ‘the normal’ without reflecting on the wicked.” Today, Mikhailov is regarded as one of the most important artists to emerge from the former USSR. While much of his work – including the “Yesterday’s Sandwich” series for which he overlaid color photos taken during the ’60s and early ‘70s – trades in metaphor (and often eroticism), it was his ability to document the truth that first brought him worldwide acclaim. His most famous series, “Case History,” intimately shot photographs of people living in devastated conditions in Ukraine after the fall of communism, has been displayed and celebrated around the world. Balancing national pride and personal politics at the Venice Biennale “Almost half a century ago, I began to accumulate my photographic material, which, like a mountaineer, I dragged all these years uphill, believing in its value and fighting for it,” Mikhailov, now 78, said in an email. “But it wasn’t until the beginning of the 1990s, marked by the collapse of the USSR and the formation of Ukraine, that my past proved to be important for many.” This year, the photographer is showing a new series, “Parliament,” at Ukraine’s pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. First ever Nigerian Pavilion opens at the Venice Biennale By capturing glitches in televised broadcasts, Mikhailov distorts the images of politicians like abstract paintings. The distortion seems a reflection of many people’s feeling about modern politics. “These pictures are both of parliament and they are not of parliament, highlighting the uncertainty, we are living under,” he explained during the exhibition’s opening. “Parliaments are the main reason we have ended up with the state we have in the world, so I felt the need to interpret this common denominator.” Mikhailov is waiting for the inspiration for his next big idea to strike him. Looking at the sociopolitical landscape, he is not enthusiastic for what may come next. However, as he puts it, “the worst has already happened.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Boris Mikhailov", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170623104500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/arts/venice-biennale-boris-mikhailov/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "564838130", "sentence": "It has shown us everything from Chewbacca Mask Lady to U.S. House sit-ins It can draw attention to social injustice or crime The video can be powerful, but too much could desensitize us Facebook Live has only been available to the masses since January, and in that time we’ve pretty much witnessed the full scope of humanity. We laughed along with “Chewbacca Mask Lady” and delighted in the (accidental) live stream of a childbirth. Live streams via Facebook (and Periscope and Snapchat) of House sit-ins made us feel engaged in the democratic process without the hassle of leaving home. Recently, things have taken a serious turn, with videos of shootings, protests, beatings and more shootings served up in our feeds, often without warning. If you feel like you’re becoming inured to it all, expressing a sentence of outrage, clicking share and moving on, you’re not alone. This is not Periscope or Meerkat, after all. It’s Facebook, where your grandmother has an opinion on the live stream of a Georgia woman beating her teenage daughter. Before you bemoan the demise of civilization and threaten to quit social media (never gonna happen), consider the following: Protesters from Turkey to Minneapolis sidestepped traditional media when they live-streamed demonstrations, leaving viewers to draw their own conclusions. Or, imagine if Diamond Reynolds had called the local news station after a police officer shot Philando Castile instead of hitting record on her smartphone. Would the station have been able to capture the intimate and shocking point of view that put the July 6 shooting in the national spotlight? As a result of the video and the subsequent furor over the killing, Gov. Mark Dayton has called for a federal investigation. On Friday, a Minnesota prosecutor said he has appointed an outside attorney to help him decide whether to pursue criminal charges. Related video Woman streams graphic video of boyfriend shot by police Amateur video is more personal and raw, compared to what you see in a newscast or edited video, where you’re prepared for what you’re going to see. We would be remiss to downplay the benefits of editorial gatekeepers like, say, CNN, which go to great lengths to vet videos for their source and context before sharing it with viewers. Same goes for law enforcement, which evaluates the circumstances surrounding a video to form a complete picture before making an arrest. “The technology can be used to help us understand what happened in that space and time, but it’s not the end-all be-all,” said CNN law enforcement analyst Cedric Alexander, the public safety director at the DeKalb County Police Department in Georgia. “Depending on where you enter the video there’s also a beginning, a middle and an end, and you have to be mindful of those circumstances.” Watching Castile’s life slip away in a car after being shot by an officer may have been hard to watch. But it galvanized a social justice movement and compelled a response from government agents at various levels up to President Barack Obama. Already, there are numerous examples of Facebook Live events leading to arrests in shootings, beatings, even in allegations of sexual harassment. Related video Three men shot while streaming on Facebook Live All of which is basically what Facebook hoped for when it launched the product. Here’s what the company said on July 8, after the video of Castile went viral. “Live video allows us to see what’s happening in the world as it happens. Just as it gives us a window into the best moments in people’s lives, it can also let us bear witness to the worst. Live video can be a powerful tool in a crisis – to document events or ask for help,” the statement said. Research suggests that binging on televised violence can lead to apathy. While it’s too early to say whether live-streamed violence on Facebook will make you antisocial, information overload is a legitimate concern, some psychologists say. “I worry that any given live feed is getting supplanted by the next live feed and we may be getting desensitized to all of it,” said Kaveri Subrahmanyam, associate director of California State University’s Children’s Digital Media Center, which focuses on media psychology. “If we’re watching a lot of this, you have to wonder how memorable any live video is. Do we just watch it and forget it immediately after happens? I fear that may the case.” For all the power of live video, the downside is that it can make us fearful, said psychologist Jerri Lynn Hogg, the former president of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Media Psychology and Technology. “There’s a numbness that we develop to protect ourselves. We withdraw into families where we feel secure and resist engaging in the issues, rather than work with others to develop solutions,” she said. But Hogg and others, including Facebook, say the benefits far outweigh the perceived drawbacks – and, we’re already seeing the benefits. “When I look at recent efforts on behalf of political leaders, for example, to live-stream events like party conventions in the U.S. or debates over policy like the recent Brexit vote in the UK, I’m overwhelmingly encouraged by this technology’s audience-magnifying potential,” said California State University Professor Michael Germano, who teaches courses in internet law and information policy. Related video Lewis: 'It is always right to do right' “It feels like an evolutionary step in media consumption and not necessarily a frightening or disturbing one. With that said, there will be disturbing bumps along the road as the discourse adapts and standards evolve. That’s all part of the process.” None of what’s happening on Facebook is unprecedented or unusual when it comes to media innovation. Twitter, which Facebook leapfrogged over to become the leader in live-streaming, is dealing with similar anxieties in the form of trolling and abuse. Developing standards is the task at hand right now for Facebook, said industry analyst Scott Kessler of S&P Global Market Intelligence, who covers Facebook. “They have to figure out how to strike a balance between decorum and freedom,” he said. “The onus is on these companies to make clear they actually have a process.” Facebook says the same community standards exist for all content on Facebook, including live video. Viewers can report potentially offensive material 24/7 to real people dedicated to responding to such reports. If a live stream starts blowing up, staffers monitor it for possible violations and interrupt it if need be. Take, for example, the recent video of a mother repeatedly slapping and hitting her teenage daughter on Facebook Live. The original video, which sparked allegations of child abuse and prompted a law enforcement investigation, is gone from the original account it was posted on. However, copies remain on Facebook, in posts condemning the violence. As Facebook explains in their statement: “One of the most sensitive situations involves people sharing violent or graphic images of events taking place in the real world. In those situations, context and degree are everything. For instance, if a person witnessed a shooting, and used Facebook Live to raise awareness or find the shooter, we would allow it. However, if someone shared the same video to mock the victim or celebrate the shooting, we would remove the video.” One line in their community standards hints at how far they’re willing to go in the name of an open, connected society: “Because of the diversity of our global community, please keep in mind that something that may be disagreeable or disturbing to you may not violate our Community Standards.” If seeing those violent acts in your feed disturbs you, remember that you can always look away, scroll past or otherwise avoid your feed. In other words, put the phone down.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Facebook Live", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160730020000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/29/us/facebook-live-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "468147336", "sentence": "Pope Francis is visiting Cuba until Tuesday when he heads to the United States. CNN will have full coverage online and on CNN TV. Pope Francis will visit Cuba and the United States September 19-27 The trip will test the pontiff's pastoral and political acumen The Pope plans to address Congress and the U.N. General Assembly Pope Francis has not commented on the crowded field of U.S. presidential candidates. But after a similar situation arose in Argentina, he was not amused. In 2007, when the future pope was archbishop of Buenos Aires, 18 Argentines ran for president. “So we are either a fantastic nation with 18 geniuses who can lead the country,” he told two journalists, “or we are a nation of fools who can’t agree.” Francis is no fan of dictatorships, either. He has called on Cuba and other nations to scrap their “corrupt” regimes and give the people a voice in government. Too many politicians. Too few. The Pope will soon get an up-close and personal look at both political dynamics. Don’t miss live coverage of Pope Francis’ trips to Cuba and the U.S. on CNN and CNNgo, and see the people and places that shaped Pope Francis in a CNN special report, “The People’s Pope,” Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. On Saturday, he will land in Cuba, a communist nation controlled by the Castro brothers for nearly six decades. On Tuesday, Francis will fly to the United States, a country holding a fierce and freewheeling presidential campaign, with at least 20 candidates contending for the White House. In both countries, Francis will attempt to stay above the partisan fray, according to Catholic officials. But they acknowledge the probability that his every word will be parsed and spun for political advantage. “He’s coming as a pastor of souls and a prophet, not a politician,” said Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. At the same time, the Pope will likely encourage Catholics to put their faith into action, Kurtz added. Politician or not, this Pope holds sharply political opinions on everything from campaign finance reform to climate change. Francis has also been open about his aims, saying he wants to influence upcoming summits at the United Nations on sustainable development and care for the environment. Pope Francis’ schedule for U.S., Cuba Related gallery Pope Francis In the United States, meanwhile, the Pope’s popularity has slipped, perhaps because of his political activism. Fewer than half of American conservatives say they hold a favorable image of Francis, according to a recent Gallup Poll. The pontiff’s fiery denunciations of the “idolatry of money” and his linking of climate change to human activity could be partly to blame, Gallup said. In general, it seems, liberals love it when the Pope gets political, while many conservatives would rather he stick to traditional religious subjects. Rep. Paul Gosar, a Republican – and Catholic – from Arizona, plans to boycott the Pope’s speech to Congress because of reports that the pontiff will focus on climate change. “When the Pope chooses to act and talk like a leftist politician,” Gosar says, “then he can expect to be treated like one.” With the tensions between the Pope’s political and pastoral roles in mind, here are the five toughest challenges he will face on his trip to the United States and Cuba, September 19-27. President Raul Castro has granted Cubans more religious freedom in recent months, and even said that Pope Francis has inspired him to consider joining the Catholic Church. Castro is expected to attend the Pope’s public Masses in Cuba, and Vatican officials have hinted that Francis may meet privately with Castro’s brother, Fidel. If so, the pontiff should take care not to appear too chummy with the Castros, conservative Americans say. “The Castro brothers are mass murderers,” said Rep. Chris Smith, a Republican from New Jersey. “They have tortured and imprisoned thousands of dissidents.” Smith said he expects the Castros to attempt to manipulate the Pope’s message, just as they tried to do during previous papal visits to Cuba in 1998 and 2012. The congressman also said he is concerned that the diplomatic thaw between Cuba and the United States – a détente aided and encouraged by Pope Francis – does not require the release of political dissidents. Pope heads to Cuba after months of secret diplomacy On September 11, Cuba announced that it would pardon 3,522 prisoners ahead of the Pope’s arrival, but none had committed crimes against state security, according to the government. The Pope’s advisers say he is unlikely to make provocative political statements in Cuba. He is going to confirm and encourage the faith of Cuban Catholics, not condemn the Castros. But after hearing Francis rail against runaway capitalism, some American conservatives are hoping he will now put communism in his rhetorical crosshairs. Key question: Will the Pope publicly condemn the Castros’ repressive style of communism? Nobody knows the proper protocol for a pope addressing a joint meeting of Congress. It’s never been done before. Will Francis shake hands as he walks to the lectern? Should Congress clap for political points? Would anyone dare be caught on camera not applauding the Pope? “I would prefer that no one gets up and cheers, claps or shows any response during the whole speech until the very end,” Rep. Dan Lipinski, an Illinois Democrat, told National Catholic Reporter. “Whether or not that would hold, I am not sure.” Beyond the political theater, Vatican officials know the audience for Francis’ congressional address will likely extend far beyond Capitol Hill. Many poor nations will be watching to see whether he takes Congress to task. “When Pope Francis speaks to slums in South America, he’s talking to the footprint,” a church source told CNN. “When he speaks to the United States, he’s talking to the boot.” Pope Francis criticizes ‘dictators’ and ‘tyrants’ Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles and other Hispanics have encouraged the pontiff to address immigration reform, an issue that resonates personally with the first Pope from Latin America. Initially, Francis had wanted to enter the United States through its border with Mexico to highlight the plight of immigrants. The Pope is likely to make a similar point about Latinos’ influence on the United States when he canonizes Junipero Serra, a Spanish missionary, in Washington on September 23. Conservatives, meanwhile, are encouraging the Pope to condemn abortion, noting that his speech to Congress comes just as some members have threatened to shut down the government over federal funding of Planned Parenthood. Key question: Will the Pope’s speech to Congress be a pep talk or a stern lecture? On September 25, Francis will address world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. The stated subject is peace, but the Pope’s advisers expect him to range widely, given the rare opportunity to speak to so many world leaders at one time. Guzman Carriquiry Lecour, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, said Francis could speak about persecuted Christians in the Middle East, refugees on the run in Europe, climate change, the drug trade, gun-running, poverty, “ideological colonization,” reckless financial speculation and the technology gap between rich and poor nations. “It can be expected that the Pope will draw attention to the serious responsibility the United States has within the international community,” Carriquiry said, “and to lead the common work of nations toward more humane solutions.” The Pope’s 10 commandments on climate change In his encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si,” the Pope criticized the failure of international organizations to confront global crises like climate change. “It is remarkable how weak international responses have been,” Francis said. Meanwhile, “the Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.” Key question: Can the Pope actually push countries to make tough choices on political issues? American Catholics are divided on almost every culture war issue, from abortion to same-sex marriage to climate change. The gap is widest, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey, between conservatives who attend Mass weekly and “cultural Catholics” who rarely darken a church’s door. Catholics who attend Mass more often are much more likely to call abortion a sin, say children should not be raised by same-sex couples and believe that the church should not allow remarried Catholics to receive Communion. While not changing church teaching on key doctrinal issues, Pope Francis has tried to make his church appear more merciful, especially to those on the margins of church life. ‘The face of our church is changing’ Earlier this month, he announced that all priests around the world will be authorized to forgive the “sin of abortion” when the church begins a “Year of Mercy” this December. And on September 8,  Francis radically revised the process by which Catholics may annul their marriages, streamlining steps that many in the church considered too cumbersome and costly. While church progressives praised both moves, conservatives accused Francis of “vandalizing marriage” by scrapping centuries of Catholic teachings and tradition. Key question: Can the Pope build a bridge between the liberal and conservative factions of his American flock? When Francis arrives in the United States, he will find nearly half of the population connected in some way to Catholicism, according to the Pew survey. But just one-fifth currently call themselves Catholics, and 1 in 10 Americans say they have fallen away from the faith. There are so many former Catholics in the United States, in fact, that if they formed their own church, they’d be the country’s second-largest religion, after only the Catholic Church itself. To see that exodus in action, look no further than Philadelphia – the final stop on the Pope’s trip to the United States. At one time, the city teemed with Catholics, with more than 250,000 students in the church’s schools and people identifying their neighborhood by the local Catholic parish. But in the last decade, two scathing grand jury reports accused Catholic leaders of covering up the crimes of pedophile priests. Declining funds led to the closure of dozens of Catholic schools and the merging of many parishes. Archbishop Charles Chaput said that when he was appointed to Philadelphia in 2011, the archdiocese was $17 million in debt. The Pope: Not just for Catholics anymore The situation was so bad, Chaput said recently, that he was reluctant to host the World Meeting of Families, the huge Catholic conference that’s expected to draw 700,000 people – including the Pope – to Philadelphia next weekend. Now, Chaput said, he’s hoping Francis can perform a Philadelphia miracle. “We’re going to make the church younger and fresher and more enthusiastic,” the archbishop told CNN. “If that happens, it’s going to be worth all the work and all the money that’s gone into preparing for this visit.” Key question: Can Pope Francis bring lapsed Catholics back into the fold?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150918171500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ARG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/18/world/pope-us-5-key-questions/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "413950581", "sentence": "Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern at the center of President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, will continue her reentry into public life with a TED talk in late March. Lewinsky’s remarks will focus on making “a safer and more compassionate social media environment, drawing from her unique experiences at the epicenter of a media maelstrom in 1998,” the TED website said. The speech will come during the TED 2015 Truth and Dare meeting in Vancouver, Canada on March 19. Lewinsky has become an activist against cyber bullying. She first reentered public life last year when she penned a Vanity Fair essay about life after her affair with Clinton and how she saw similarities between her case and high profile cases of cyber bullying. in the Vanity Fair piece, Lewinsky cited the 2010 Tyler Clementi case as the reason she was going public with her cause. Clementi was a freshman at Rutgers who committed suicide after his roommate secretly used a webcam to stream his sexual encounter. “My own suffering took on a different meaning,” Lewinsky wrote about her reaction to the Clementi case. “Perhaps by sharing my story, I reasoned, I might be able to help others in their darkest moments of humiliation. The question became: How do I find and give a purpose to my past?” Lewinsky is now a Vanity Fair contributor, and her essay was nominated for a National Magazine Award. In October, Lewinsky gave a much watched speech where she said her new mission in life was to end cyberbullying. “Having survived myself, what I want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive, too,” she told the audience at Forbes’ 30 Under 30 summit. “I want to put my suffering to good use and give purpose to my past.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Monica Lewinsky", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150303183000", "country1": "CAN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/03/politics/monica-lewinsky-ted-talk/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "698620104", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Luigi Scazzieri is a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think tank. The opinions in this article belong to the author. European leaders are set to discuss the increasingly difficult issue of Turkey at a summit this week in Brussels amid the deepest freeze in bilateral relations in years. Criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown following last year’s failed coup and diplomatic bust-ups with Germany and the United States have taken their toll. Last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a suspension of talks to bring Turkey into the European Union. But if the EU ends accession negotiations without an alternative in place, it will only deepen the rift. Turkey, which first applied to join the EU in 1987, has long been seen as an important partner for Europe on security and migration. EU nations have remained committed to granting Turkey membership, partly in the hope the process would help foster reform, although some – such as Germany – have been wary of the challenges of assimilating such a large nation. Related article Erdogan must stop picking fights with Turkey's friends Despite a pledge to revive accession talks as part of a migration deal with Ankara in 2016, bilateral relations have deteriorated to a crisis point. Erdogan’s crackdown, which included the arrest of 40,000 people, has fueled concerns about human rights and political freedoms in Turkey. Relations with Berlin in particular have soured dramatically. Germany’s decision to block Turkish politicians from campaigning on German soil ahead of an April referendum to give Erdogan more powers prompted the Turkish leader to accuse Germany of “Nazi” practices. Turkey’s detention of some German citizens over the summer was the straw that broke the camel’s back. In response, Berlin warned Germans traveling to Turkey that they risked arbitrary detention. And Merkel has said she now wants to call off Turkey’s accession negotiations as well as freeze pre-accession financial assistance and talks on deepening trade cooperation. The European Parliament has also passed a nonbinding resolution to end accession talks. The crisis in EU-Turkey relations is a symptom of Turkey’s drift away from the West, not only in terms of values but also in its foreign policy. US-Turkey relations soured following Barack Obama’s decision to back Syrian Kurds against ISIS in 2014. The Syrian Kurds are linked to the Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has fought a guerrilla conflict against the Turkish state since the 1980s. The Turkish government has accused the United States of being behind the failed coup and criticized its refusal to extradite Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric exiled in the United States who is a former close ally-turned-leading critic of Erdogan. In July, Turkish state TV revealed the location of US secret positions in Syria, and earlier this month, Turkish authorities arrested some US Consulate employees in Turkey. That move prompted the United States to stop issuing visas to US citizens, and Turkey retaliated in tit-for-tat fashion. Warm words from President Donald Trump toward Erdogan have not helped, and relations are unlikely to thaw while the Washington continues to support the Kurds in Syria. Amid the antipathy with the West, Turkey has pivoted to Moscow. In September, it signed a deal to purchase an S-400 air defense system from Russia, rather than seek an alternative that was interoperable with its NATO allies. Against this backdrop, it is easy to see why it would be tempting for the EU to suspend accession negotiations with Turkey. But this would be counterproductive. The talks, which began in 2005, are already de facto frozen. Formally acknowledging this without putting an alternative framework in place would push Turkey even further away from the West. Keeping the negotiations alive maintains the hope that Turkey’s governance may one day return to a European path. Related article Erdogan: Turkey does not recognize US envoy after visa spat The EU should instead make Turkey an ambitious alternative offer of cooperation, including greater access to its market in both goods and services and increased labor mobility. The proposal should be tied to strict conditionality, as an original customs union arrangement was in the mid-1990s. Such a proposition would stand little chance if the accession process was simultaneously taken off the table, so it would initially have to run parallel to it. If at some stage negotiations on the new partnership made good progress, then the accession process could be terminated. Should the EU develop several tiers of membership, as some expect, Turkey could one day find a home in an outer ring, which would allow for valued cooperation on migration, counterterrorism and commerce. The EU has more leverage on Turkey than vice versa. Good diplomatic and economic relations with the EU are in Turkey’s self-interest – and Erdogan’s domestic popularity rests on Turkey’s economic success. A further deterioration of the rule of law and political instability is likely to unsettle international investors. Erdogan said this month that Turkey no longer needs to join the EU, but it won’t be the one to break off the accession talks. Ultimately, a constructive EU-Turkey agenda can only develop if Turkey alters its current course. Suspending accession talks will not help to heal the rift. 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{"article_id": "729356739", "sentence": "Last month, an attorney expressed his outrage with leaders of the House Intelligence Committee: He demanded to know why a committee official shared his client’s secret testimony with another lawyer, a blatant violation of the panel’s rules. Days later, the committee instead sent a subpoena signed by Chairman Devin Nunes demanding that the witness – an associate to Sen. John McCain who had met with ex-British agent Christopher Steele – reappear before the committee on short notice. News of the subpoena was reported by a conservative media outlet just 10 minutes after the witness received it. The episode, which was described to CNN by four sources from both parties with knowledge of the meeting and which has not been previously reported, underscores the aggressive tactics Nunes and several of his senior staffers have employed to undercut Steele’s dossier of allegations tying Donald Trump and his associates to Russia. Related article Republican investigations put Clinton associate Blumenthal in dossier spotlight While Nunes, R-California, has rallied Trump and many Republicans to his cause by going after the FBI and Steele dossier, Democrats say he’s stifled similar efforts to obtain more information on Russia and Trump, sitting on numerous requests for subpoenas, phone records and Democratic demands to schedule witness interviews. The committee, instead, has issued subpoenas to the McCain associate and the firm behind the Steele dossier, Fusion GPS. And led by Nunes, the panel fought a lawsuit to secure Fusion GPS’ bank records, quietly sent two aides to try to track down Steele in London and threatened to hold senior officials at the FBI and the Justice Department in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents. Nunes has wielded this considerable influence despite not attending classified hearings with witnesses after announcing last year he would temporarily step aside from the investigation and handing the reins to Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas. It all culminated in Nunes’ controversial memo alleging FBI and Justice Department misconduct in how it used the Steele dossier to obtain a warrant to conduct surveillance on a Trump adviser. Related article Judiciary chairman wants FISA judge to reveal more info on Page surveillance “The chairman’s efforts to put the government on trial, rather than conduct a credible Russia investigation, have made our work exponentially more difficult,” said California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel. Republicans charge that Schiff and the committee’s Democrats are trying to extend the Russia investigation into the 2018 campaign season, and they have expressed their support of Nunes. “The Democrats are going to complain about everything we do. … But you know what, they don’t get to decide that – we do,” said Florida Rep. Tom Rooney, who is helping lead the committee’s Russia investigation. “Nunes hasn’t told us ‘no’ for anything we’ve asked for.” Things are so tense on the committee that Republican staff is weighing whether to install a physical barrier to separate GOP and Democratic aides, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. Related article White House officials expect Trump to OK Dem memo barring national security threat “They’re going to have to start installing a shower in the (committee) SCIF so we can feel normal after,” Rep. Mike Quigley, an Illinois Democrat, said after the committee’s vote last week to release the Republican memo. Approached this week, Nunes said he wouldn’t discuss committee business in the halls of the Capitol. His spokesman declined to comment. But a GOP source on the panel said, “It’s ironic that committee Democrats appear to have leaked information in order to accuse Republicans of leaking information.” The committee has long been plagued by accusations of leaks from both sides of the aisle. Related article Kelly says he expects Democratic memo recommendations by Thursday Rooney told CNN the Office of Congressional Ethics has sent letters to all of the Republican committee staff of the House Intelligence Committee related to leaks. A liberal advocacy group Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with OCE against Nunes and his staff, accusing them of leaking information related to Fusion GPS. It’s not clear if the letters are tied to that complaint or if it will turn into a formal investigation, and OCE will not comment publicly on its investigations. The fight over the testimony of the McCain associate from January underscores the deepening tension. The witness, David Kramer, who went to work for McCain’s think tank at Arizona State University in 2014, has been in Nunes’ sights after revelations that he met with Steele in 2016. After the 2016 election, Kramer and McCain, R-Arizona, met with a former British ambassador to Russia who worked with Steele, according to court filings in the U.K. That contact helped Kramer meet with Steele to review the ex-agent’s work in late November 2016, then Kramer worked with Fusion to obtain hard copies of the dossier. Related article House GOP gives Trump leeway over whether to block Schiff memo But Kramer’s attorney, Larry Robbins, raised grave concerns that the committee was violating rules by disseminating private information about Kramer’s appearance before the panel. Robbins declined to comment for this story, as did Kramer, a former diplomat and assistant secretary of state. Schiff also declined to comment about Kramer’s testimony. But sources familiar with the matter recounted that Robbins raised serious concerns in a December 23 letter that another attorney whose client was a committee witness had contacted him for his assistance. That attorney recounted specific details from Kramer’s testimony, Robbins told the panel, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. After complaining about the matter, Kramer received a subpoena for his appearance before the panel four days later. And 10 minutes after receiving it, news broke in the conservative media that Kramer had been issued a subpoena to reappear in January. Related article 5 numbers to prove the GOP is sticking by Trump on Russia Compounding the problems, Robbins had a medical appointment that initially posed a conflict to meet the committee’s demand for his appearance. And Kramer, who had been in Florida, had to quickly catch a flight to Washington to meet with the committee. In the January 10 hearing, Robbins lashed out at the committee for roughly 30 minutes, accusing Nunes’ staff of conduct unbecoming of how attorneys treat one another, sources said. And members of both parties privately expressed alarmed at the situation. Conaway told Robbins he was sympathetic to the concerns he had raised, multiple sources said. Conaway acknowledged Robbins’ raised concerns but said that the committee needed to complete its interview process. “I’m not going to second guess our team,” Conaway said. “We got it done. And it was an inconvenience to the witness and to him but we got it done.” Conaway said he has confidence in Nunes as chairman. “We’re doing the Russia investigation – he’s got a lot of other committee business that’s going on,” Conaway said. 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{"article_id": "580464214", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Timothy Stanley is a historian and columnist for Britain’s Daily Telegraph. He is the author of “Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration Between L.A. and D.C. Revolutionized American Politics.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Trump sounds like he understands the public's concerns. Clinton sounds bureaucratic The context to this election is terror in every meaning of the word. Trump has understood that from the very beginning There’s a tradition of not injecting political comment into terror incidents, out of deference to those affected. But let’s not be naïve. The wave of attacks that occurred over the weekend are the context to this presidential election. They are one of the reasons why Hillary Clinton’s politics seem out of date and Donald Trump’s seem more relevant. We still don’t know who was behind the bombing in New York, explosion and abandoned devices in New Jersey, or the stabbings in Minnesota – but even if officials have been reluctant to speculate, Americans will be connecting dots and arriving at their own conclusions. The attacks came just after the country marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 and before a summit at the United Nations on the refugee crisis. An ISIS-linked news agency has already claimed that the man who stabbed nine people in Minnesota was one of theirs. In the murky world of Islamist terrorism, it’s hard to distinguish between trained operatives and lone wolves who act almost on impulse. But the intention is always the same: to create an atmosphere of tension in order to intimidate the West into withdrawal from the Middle East. It’s precisely because the terrorists want to cause panic that many officials choose to react with calm and precision. Compare and contrast the reactions of Clinton and Trump. Trump told supporters that a bomb had gone off in New York hours before any details were confirmed by the police. He added: “We better get tough folks. We better get very, very tough.” Clinton also referred to a bombing, but urged patience and discouraged speculation, saying: “I think it’s important to know the facts about any incident like this.” In a normal election, we might say that Trump failed a character test: he pre-empted expert analysis and riled the public up rather than calming them down. When he speaks off the cuff like this, he’s simply being negligent. Related video Hillary Clinton addresses NYC explosion But 2016 isn’t a normal election. America isn’t living through ordinary times. Before 9/11, the country had some experience of domestic terrorism but seen few foreign attacks on its own soil. In the last two years they have become increasingly common. And the tone of officialdom – once so reassuringly objective – now sounds anodyne. For instance, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio initially described the bombing in his city as “intentional” but was reluctant to go any further with regards to motive. The choice of words was odd. What kind of bomb isn’t “intentional”? And why, many Americans will be asking, be so reluctant to speculate that terrorists are involved when terrorists have been so active of late? It would be a little like the British government in the Second World War declaring that a bomb that fell on London appeared to have malicious intent but they were reluctant to link it to the German warplanes flying overhead. Related video Video shows man helping woman injured in NY blast In short, Trump sounds like he understands the public’s concerns. Clinton sounds bureaucratic. Worse, it’s the bureaucratic tone of a foreign policy establishment that has presided over the apparent decline in American security. Some voters feel that Clinton and her ilk put the US on the frontline of the terror conflict by voting for the Iraq War. That she helped expand that conflict with the bungled removal of Gaddafi from power in Libya. And that the US’s vacillating involvement in Syria both weakened dictator Bashar al-Assad yet failed to remove him, stoking a civil war that gave rise to ISIS. All of these readings of history are highly subjective and questionable. But they are believed verbatim by a significant rump of voters and have bled into wider public opinion. It can be summed up as: “Hillary’s been around ever since this trouble started. Trump wants to end it.” Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Security is his strongest issue. His economic protectionism appeals mostly to those affected by foreign competition in the declining rustbelt and won’t be what he wins on if he wins. His pledge to build a wall along the Mexican border, however, might be couched as a defence of American jobs and sound like xenophobia – but it subconsciously taps into concerns about security. A nation that can’t control who comes in or out isn’t a nation at all. Nativist campaigns against immigration in the past have often accused arrivals of importing foreign conflicts. Italians were thought to bring the mafia, for instance. So by linking the threat of Islamism to open borders, Trump is articulating ancient fears of “the other”. Liberals may condemn Trump for exploiting such worries, but they would be fools to dismiss the concern itself. It is real. It is justified by the Islamist campaign. And liberals might need to rethink how they articulate their own response to the situation. Technically, Clinton’s was correct – thoughtful, authoritative. But in the present circumstances, Trump’s was emotionally more apposite. 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{"article_id": "709688463", "sentence": "Amy Dickman is the founder and director of Tanzania’s Ruaha Carnivore Project, part of Oxford University’s WildCRU. She has worked in African conservation for over 20 years. All views expressed belong to the author. For more about the debate over big game trophies, watch CNN Films’ “Trophy,” premiering Sunday, January 14, at 9pm ET/PT, on CNN. I am a lifelong animal lover and vegetarian for whom the idea of killing animals for fun is repellent, and have committed my career to African wildlife conservation. You might, therefore, expect that I would have been thrilled with Donald Trump’s suggestion – influenced apparently by media and animal rights pressures – that he could decide against the US importation of trophy-hunted elephants (and possibly other species such as lions). However, I am fearful that impulsive and emotional responses to trophy hunting – no matter how well-meaning – could in fact intensify the decline of species such as lions. Related article Two years after Cecil the lion's death, son Xanda killed by game hunter There is no doubt that iconic African species are in serious trouble – lion numbers have nearly halved in 20 years, and as we estimate that only around 24,000 remain, lions are now as rare as rhinos in Africa, and 15 times rarer than elephants . From the furore over trophy hunting, the public could be forgiven for thinking that it was the major threat facing lions. But in reality, the key issues are loss of habitat, prey loss from bushmeat poaching and conflict with local people . That conflict usually involves poisoning, shooting or spearing lions, either to retaliate for (or try to prevent) attacks on livestock or people. Some traditional killing of lions also still occurs, where young men spear them to gain wealth and status. It is unquestionable that poorly managed trophy hunting can negatively impact lion populations, and it is imperative that hunting is well managed. Systems have been established in places like Zimbabwe to regulate hunting, and while they will never be perfect, they are working relatively well. Furthermore, any negative impacts need to be set against the positives such a land use can offer. People may find it very strange that there can be any positive aspect to hunting threatened species – surely any additional mortality heaped on a declining species must unquestionably be a bad thing? The reality is more complicated. Of course, if trophy hunting is the main reason for the decline in an area’s lion population, then stopping it is entirely justified and desirable. However, in most places, this is not the case. And if trophy hunting diminishes those other threats – by protecting habitat, preventing poaching or acting as a buffer between parks and human populations – then overall the threatened species could be better off. People are often confused by the “benefit” of hunting, imagining it is about money going to local people. While that can be important, particularly in remote communal areas with few other revenue options, the most important benefit from an African conservation perspective is that trophy hunting maintains vast areas of land for wildlife, which is invaluable in an ever more human-dominated world. There is a risk that by banning trophy importation without considering  the alternative land uses, the headline-grabbing but usually small threat posed by trophy hunting could be replaced by the far more silent, deadly and larger threats of land conversion, poaching and conflict. Photo-tourism is often touted as a replacement – but in many remote, less attractive areas, it would not generate sufficient revenue to maintain that land as a wildlife area. If there are non-lethal alternatives to trophy hunting that could safeguard the same amount of land, then I would be the first to support them – but the reality is that no such alternatives currently exist for most hunting areas. People may hate the ethics around trophy hunting, but to a lion (and to a conservationist), the consequence is the same whether it is shot by a trophy hunter, poisoned by a local villager or starved from lack of prey, so the aim should be to reduce overall unsustainable mortality rather than focusing on one particular activity. Related article Inside the dark world of trophy hunting We should remember that the management of African wildlife is the right and responsibility of range states – who have managed to maintain populations of large, costly wildlife while in the Global North we have largely extirpated ours. The US-based calls to ban trophy hunting in Africa seem particularly hypocritical considering the scale of domestic US hunting – it would save far more animals if the activity was banned in-country, and would not impact the lives of rural Africans and their wildlife. Our ultimate goal should be to really understand the threats to each population and aim to reduce those, based on science rather than emotion. Otherwise we could be condemning far more of these magnificent animals to death, even if such deaths occur far beyond the gaze and hype of the media. It is a cause for celebration that so many people love lions, elephants and other wild animals – but we should be extremely wary of basing decisions on emotion alone, in case we worsen their conservation outlook, and effectively love them to death.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "trophy hunting in Africa", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171124163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ZWE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/24/opinions/trophy-hunting-decline-of-species-opinion-dickman/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "495810127", "sentence": "Hillary Clinton's performance at the Democratic debate Saturday night was aimed at the general election more so than the primary She gave her rivals -- including Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders -- a pass over a dispute considering improperly obtained voter data Hillary Clinton believes, finally, that the force is with her. The former secretary of state’s tactics and performance in Saturday’s Democratic debate suggested that she thinks that though her campaign struggled out of the gate following a series of personal missteps, the nomination may be finally within her grasp as voting in first-in-the-nation states looms. Sometimes, the fights politicians chose to skip reveal as much about them as the ones they decide to wage. And Clinton sent a clear signal in New Hampshire about where her real targets lie in the 2016 presidential race. She gave her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a pass on a voting data controversy that sparked bitter disputes between their campaigns over the previous 24 hours. Instead, she opted to lacerate Donald Trump and sought to tar the Republican Party brand with his antics. Clinton has no desire to fuel an internal Democratic brushfire that could offer supporters of Sanders, already skeptical of her positions on issues from war to Wall Street, new reasons to fulminate against her campaign. RELATED: Democratic debate: Clinton, Sanders spar over ISIS, taxes and Wall Street And less than seven weeks before the Iowa caucuses herald the start of voting in the Democratic nomination contest, Clinton has succeeded in blunting the Sanders surge that threatened her White House hopes during the summer – allowing her to focus on arguments she would make in a general election campaign. “She has nothing to gain from an ongoing dispute with Bernie Sanders; she has got bigger things in mind,” said CNN senior political analyst David Axelrod. Indeed, Clinton made clear that – on the debate stage at least – she wanted to focus elsewhere. “I don’t think the American people are all that interested in this,” said Clinton on the data flap, returning a favor to Sanders after he used an earlier debate to grant her cover on the scandal over her use of a private email server while secretary of state then threatening to consume her campaign. Sanders opened the debate by apologizing to Clinton after it emerged that a now fired staffer on his campaign had accessed data about her voting lists during a security glitch affecting a firewall on a third-party server hosting Democratic voting statistics. “Not only do I apologize to Secretary Clinton … I want to apologize to my supporters. This is not the type of campaign that we run,” Sanders said. The tone of comity was a departure from the spiky ideological clashes that rumbled through the latest GOP debate on Tuesday. In that and previous GOP debates, a vast field of candidates have struggled to fit on a single camera shot, throwing punches in multiple directions. The three Democratic candidates, in contrast, looked dwarfed by a huge stage at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire – and despite differences between candidates, particularly on national security, Republicans would argue that the more intense atmosphere of their debates is a sign of a much more engaged political base than is the case for Democrats. Either way, the absence of telling blows from Clinton’s opponents allowed the former secretary of state to lash out at Republicans, furthering an impression that she is already more concerned about a general election fight than the party nominating race. She particularly took aim at Donald Trump, whom Democrats hope to paint not as an outlier from Republican Party orthodoxy but as a representative of a party that could alienate more moderate Americans. “I worry greatly that the rhetoric coming from the Republicans, particularly Donald Trump, is sending a message to Muslims here in the United States and literally around the world that there is a ‘clash of civilizations,’” Clinton said, one of many points where she sought to draw the real estate mogul into the Democrats’ debate. She added that GOP positions, which have included a call by Trump to bar Muslim immigrants from entering the United States in the wake of terror attacks in Paris and California, were fanning “the flames of radicalization.” “We also need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that Trump is sending around the world don’t fall on receptive ears,” Clinton said. “He is becoming ISIS’s best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists,” she continued, though her contention is disputed. RELATED: Democratic debate: CNN’s Reality Check team inspects the claims She also took stances on national security at odds with her Democratic competitors. While her rivals Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley were keen to portray themselves as much closer to the dovish Democratic base on U.S. intervention abroad, she felt comfortable laying out a robust program to tackle ISIS – including a no-fly zone in Syria – which would include a tougher military component than that favored by President Barack Obama. Her willingness to sketch out such aggressive policies suggested that Clinton feels that she’s in a strong position in the Democratic Party even if many activists are to her left on national security. Clinton’s decision to lay out a detailed policy on ISIS amounted to an appeal to undecided and independent voters in the presidential race, amid polls showing that the public has lost confidence in Obama on these issues. She also risked angering parts of the Democratic base on taxes, with a George H.W. Bush-like vow not to raise taxes on the middle class. “That is a pledge that I’m making,” Clinton said, staking out a position that also seemed geared more to a general election than a primary in which some progressives would prefer higher taxes to finance more government programs. While Clinton sailed through the debate without significant political damage, the event did point to potential vulnerabilities on national security that Republicans will be sure to exploit should they face her in a general election. “We now finally are where we need to be. We have a strategy and a commitment to go after ISIS,” Clinton said, in a statement that appeared to put her at odds with public opinion. Her comment drew an immediate response from Republican candidate Jeb Bush. “No @HillaryClinton - We are not “where we need to be” in fight against ISIS,” Bush said on Twitter. Clinton also again struggled to explain her role in advocating military action in Libya in 2011 that resulted in the overthrow of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi but left behind a failed state, parts of which have become a haven for ISIS. That issue is sure to be a key exhibit in the Republican case that her record as secretary of state and what GOP candidates see as a disastrous period of U.S. confusion and retreat abroad should disqualify her from being president. And although her answer to a question on how her husband Bill Clinton would fit into the role of presidential spouse should she win the White House was lighthearted, her response that “I am probably still going to pick the flowers and the china for state dinners and stuff like that” could perhaps be seized on by GOP opponents as a sign that she is already metaphorically measuring the drapes in the White House. But for now, Clinton appears to be well positioned to ease through the Democratic primary and take the fight to her preferred targets in the Republican Party. “You know, everybody says every election’s important, and there’s truth to that. This is a watershed election. I know how important it is that we have a Democrat succeed President Obama in the White House,” Clinton said in her closing statement, before making a quip which suggested that the restoration of tried-and-tested franchises from another era – be it in movies like Star Wars or in politics – could work. “Thank you, good night and may the force be with you.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151220061500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/20/politics/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-general-election/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "567104310", "sentence": "CNN will host Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka for a live town hall event at 9 p.m. ET on August 17. Both Stein and her running mate, Ajamu Baraka, dismissed concerns raised by the WikiLeaks disclosures Assange also addressed the convention Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein hailed Julian Assange as a hero Saturday, saying the WikiLeaks founder’s disclosure of Democratic National Committee emails exposed the American electorate to important information. Stein’s comments to CNN were made shortly before she was named the progressive party’s official 2016 presidential nominee, with human rights activist Ajamu Baraka tapped as her running mate. “Any time that we have efforts to bring information to the American people, to the world, is something worth supporting,” Baraka said in a separate interview with CNN. Last month, WikiLeaks released nearly 20,000 emails that appeared to show the committee favoring presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over progressive challenger Bernie Sanders – an admired figure among many Green Party supporters – during the primary season. The disclosure led to the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the ouster of several top DNC officials. WikiLeaks walks back Assange claim on hacking Trump tax returns The suspicion that Russia could have been behind the hacking has raised concerns of a foreign state or actor meddling in the US presidential election. But both Stein and Baraka dismissed those anxieties. “This is routine,” said Stein, who added that there was “no question” Assange is a hero. “This is what state departments do to one another.” Added Baraka: “I’m concerned that people are more concerned with the source than the revelations.” He said the focus on Russia was a “diversionary” tactic. Assange, who has been granted asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London amid sexual assault allegations, also addressed the Green Party’s convention on Saturday via satellite, telling supporters at the University of Houston that being told one has to vote for Clinton because the only alternative is Donald Trump is “a form of extortion.” As Assange was introduced, Stein, along with many in the audience, waved their arms in the air and wiggled their fingers, an expression of approval by progressive protesters. The convention came at a focal point for the Green Party, which has received renewed attention following Clinton’s victory in the Democratic primary and the vocal protests of many hardline Sanders supporters. Sanders wholeheartedly endorsed Clinton last month and has pledged to do everything he can to get her elected. In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times published Friday morning entitled “I support Hillary Clinton. So should everyone who voted for me,” Sanders went as far as calling Clinton’s campaign a continuation of his “revolution.” Stein, however, has repeatedly pledged to be the “revolutionary” home for disaffected Sanders supporters. Her steady criticism of Clinton reached new heights when she joined the protests outside of the Democratic National Convention last month, and her campaign has recently launched ads telling voters they shouldn’t feel compelled to vote for Clinton as the “lesser evil.” But so far, those who backed Sanders haven’t signaled that they’ll flee the Democratic Party in November. A CNN/ORC poll taken after the Democratic convention found Democrats and independents who said they would have preferred Sanders to Clinton going 69% for Clinton, 13% for Stein, 10% for Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and 3% for Trump. Overall, the poll found Stein netting 5% of the vote. Still, Stein – who garnered just .36% of the popular vote as the Green Party’s nominee in 2012 – pointed to her current polling as an indication of “which way the wind is blowing” and said that as she gained more exposure, “all bets are off.” Stein said since Sanders endorsed Clinton, the floodgates have opened for her campaign. They have received enough funds to purchase television spots at a level she said they never had before. “We’re now a party with a fundraising base,” Stein said. “Suddenly, we have access to bigger things.” Amid technical difficulties, Assange summarized the DNC leaks and their fallout as well as alleged corruption within the DNC and the media. He also warned about the rising influence of Silicon Valley titans such as Google and cast their goals as dystopian. “(They have) a very strange, quasi-religious vision of the future,” Assange said. “This vision of the singularity … It’s very disturbing what they believe in Silicon Valley. They believe they can create a massive artificial intelligence more powerful than any human being.” Assange warned of too much overlapping power between a Clinton White House, the Pentagon and Google. “This triangle is extremely worrying,” he said, urging Green Party supporters, as well as those of Johnson and Sanders, to build lasting movements against this kind of collusion. Outside of Assange’s appearance via satellite, the convention saw many in-person speakers take the stage touting the party’s liberal policy positions and appealing to Sanders supporters. Most prominent among the speakers was scholar and activist Cornel West. He served as one of Sanders’ representatives on the Democratic platform committee, but he has since offered his support of the Green Party. Speaking at the convention Saturday, West gave a rousing speech about the “issues of integrity” ranging from human rights abroad to the history of the civil rights movement in the US, citing W.E.B. duBois in particular. “We live in an age of mendacity and criminality,” West said. “The truth means cutting against the grain.” In that theme, he commended Assange with his signature passion. “That’s what we love about Julian. He’s not perfect,” West said. “That brother is honest. He’s willing to disclose the truth about the American empire.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Green Party", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160806224500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/06/politics/jill-stein-julian-assange-green-party-convention/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "595398083", "sentence": "Trump has taken positions at odds with military pronouncements Clinton and the military differ on a no-fly zone for Syria Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton share at least one thing in common: Each of them would become commander in chief despite having disagreed at points with military leaders during the presidential campaign. The Republican nominee, in particular, would enter office having backed a number of positions contrary to the Pentagon and having leveled harsh critiques of military policy and strategy. Though the military is duty-bound to serve its top commander, and officials have refrained from naming the candidate in comments they’ve made over the past year, analysts predicted a complicated relationship should Trump assume the Oval Office. “I think there has been a lot of angst about what a Trump administration would look like,” Seth Jones, a former adviser to US Special Operations Command, told CNN Wednesday. “His learning curve will be immense.” The former dean of the Army War College, retired Army Col. Jeff McCausland, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo Tuesday that “the brain trust of the Republican Party and national security affairs” have all chosen to “repudiate Trump and say he is, in fact, not qualified to be president of the United States.” During an earlier interview with ABC, Trump had said of McCausland: “I’ll sit down and I’ll teach him a couple of things.” The GOP candidate also has more broadly criticized the US strategy toward ISIS; suggested bringing back torture; called for a drastic rethinking of American military alliances; and floated the possibility of shifting America’s nuclear policy to allow for greater proliferation. “I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me,” Trump said in November of 2015. Asked in June he still thinks he knows more about ISIS than Americans generals, Trump told CBS’ “Face the Nation,” “Well, they don`t know much, because they’re not winning.” “What’s not clear is whether he actually means what he has said,” noted Jones, now with RAND Corp. “If he tries to jam through some of the statements on torture, if he tries to jam through the rethinking of the US relationship with European allies and Pacific allies, I think he is going to face a lot of resistance.” Clinton, too, has taken positions that appear at odds with some of the public positions of the military, particularly regarding the imposition of a no-fly zone in Syria. “I’m going to continue to push for a no-fly zone and safe havens within Syria not only to help protect the Syrians and prevent the constant outflow of refugees, but to, frankly, gain some leverage on both the Syrian government and the Russians,” Clinton said at the third presidential debate. Not only has President Barack Obama opposed such a move, military leaders have also expressed concerns. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford told Congress in September, “For us to control all of the airspace in Syria, it would require us to go to war against Syria and Russia. That’s a pretty fundamental decision that certainly I’m not going make.” However, his perspective on some of Trump’s proposals has been even harsher. Asked about the practice of waterboarding suspects and targeting the families of terrorists, Dunford called such actions illegal, “inconsistent with the values of our nation” and warned they “would have an adverse effect on troop morale.” Trump has said that US allies need to pay more for the deployment of US troops in their territory. But Gen. Vincent Brooks, commander of US forces in South Korea, told Congress that it was actually cheaper to station American troops in Korea than back in the US due to financial contributions from the host country – though Trump was quick to dismiss the general’s argument, saying the US should compel allies to pay for the entirety. More recently, the GOP nominee has butted heads with the military over the Iraqi-led campaign to reclaim the city of Mosul from ISIS. For weeks, Trump has lambasted the coalition effort, calling the undertaking a “total disaster” and saying the US and its allies were “bogged-down” there even as defense officials say they are encouraged by the progress being made. Trump’s repeated criticisms have concentrated largely on the amount of information made public about the Mosul fight. “Did we give Mosul enough advanced notice?” he asked rhetorically during a Monday rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Whatever happened to the element of surprise?” But the commander of the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, pushed back on the assessment, albeit without mentioning Trump directly. “I don’t see any evidence that it’s bogged down at all,” Townsend told CNN’s Michael Holmes. “Whoever is saying that I don’t know where they’re getting it, I don’t see that.” Townsend was also doubtful whether complete secrecy could be maintained during a campaign as big as Mosul. “It’s just really hard to move 40,000 troops into position from you know, from middle Iraq to northern Iraq, and maintain complete secrecy. It’s almost next to impossible,” he said. “I would tell you I know this: The enemy was surprised.” Despite the differences, though, Trump has maintained that he enjoys widespread support from the military and showed little sign of concern about his relationship with military brass should he become their boss. “I have been endorsed largely, conceptually at least, by the military,” Trump told a local Florida TV station last month. The military, however, does not endorse candidates. Trump also hinted that he might replace a significant number of senior military leaders not to his liking. Asked in September if he would seek a plan for fighting ISIS from generals who he has already claimed to know more than, Trump told NBC, “They’ll probably be different generals, to be honest with you.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161103103000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/politics/trump-clinton-military-relationship-mosul/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "756231324", "sentence": "Here is a look at the life of musician Paul McCartney, former member of the Beatles. Birth date: June 18, 1942 Birth place: Liverpool, England Birth name: James Paul McCartney Father: James McCartney, salesman and musician Mother: Mary (Mohin) McCartney, nurse and midwife Marriages: Nancy Shevell (October 9, 2011-present); Heather Mills McCartney (June 11, 2002-March 17, 2008, divorced); Linda (Eastman) McCartney (March 12, 1969-April 17, 1998, her death) Children: with Heather Mills McCartney: Beatrice, 2003; with Linda (Eastman) McCartney: James, 1977, Stella, 1971, Mary, 1969, Heather, 1963 (Linda’s daughter from a previous relationship, adopted by McCartney) Nominated for 81 and winner of 18 Grammy Awards for his material with the Beatles, Wings and his solo work. He has also received two honorary Lifetime Achievement awards, one as part of the Beatles and one as a solo artist. Nominated for three Academy Awards with one win. Long-time vegetarian and animal rights activist. McCartney has appeared on several of former Beatle Ringo Starr’s solo albums, including “Vertical Man” (1998) and “Y Not” (2010). Did not ask second wife Heather Mills to sign a pre-nuptial agreement because he thought it was “unromantic.” An urban legend in the late 1960s purported that McCartney was dead and had been replaced by a double. 1957 - McCartney meets John Lennon at a church picnic in Liverpool, England. He later joins Lennon’s group, The Quarrymen. 1960 - After several name changes, the group becomes known as the Beatles. November 9, 1961 - Brian Epstein sees the Beatles play at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and becomes their manager. 1962 - The Beatles are signed by EMI-Parlaphone and release their first record. 1963 - Beatlemania hits England as the group has four number one hits. January 3, 1964 - US television debut, in a film clip on “The Jack Paar Show.” February 9, 1964 - The Beatles appear live on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” April 13, 1965 - The Beatles win two Grammy Awards, one for Best Performance by a Vocal Group and one for Best New Artist of 1964. August 15, 1965 - They play for a crowd of 55,000 people at Shea Stadium in New York. October 26, 1965 - Queen Elizabeth II names the Beatles members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. August 29, 1966 - Last scheduled concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. March 2, 1967 - McCartney wins a Grammy for Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance for “Eleanor Rigby.” Also, McCartney and Lennon win a Song of the Year Grammy for “Michelle.” February 29, 1968 - The Beatles win two Grammy Awards for “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:” Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Album. May 14, 1968 - Apple Corps Ltd. is formed to manage their business affairs. January 31, 1969 - The Beatles play an impromptu concert on the roof of the Apple building in London, it is their last public performance together. April 10, 1970 - McCartney announces that the Beatles have broken up and releases his first solo album, “McCartney,” a week later. March 16, 1971 - The Beatles win the Grammy for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special for “Let it Be.” April 15, 1971 - The Beatles win the Academy Award for Best Original Score for “Let it Be.” 1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney form the band Wings. March 15, 1972 - Wins a Grammy for Best Arrangement Accompanying Volcalist(s) for “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey.” March 1, 1975 - McCartney and Wings win a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by A Duo, Group or Chorus, for “Band on the Run.” January 16, 1980 - Arrested for marijuana possession at the Tokyo Airport, and spends 10 days in jail. February 27, 1980 - Wins a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “Rockestra Theme.” July 13, 1985 - Performs at Live Aid, a concert for Ethiopian famine relief. January 20, 1988 - The Beatles are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but McCartney does not attend the ceremony. April 20, 1990 - Sets a new world record for the largest stadium crowd in rock history, when he plays to 184,000 in Rio de Janeiro. February 20, 1991 - Is presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd annual Grammy Awards. November 1995 - “Anthology,” containing demos, rare material and outtakes of the Beatles, is released, in conjunction with a five-hour miniseries on the group. December 1995 - The Beatles release a new single, “Free as a Bird,” their first new song in 25 years. Lennon started it before his death in 1980. February 26, 1997 - “Free as a Bird” wins two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Music Video-Short Form, and “Anthology” wins one for Best Music Video, Long Form. March 11, 1997 - McCartney is formally invested as a knight by Queen Elizabeth II. He is now called Sir Paul McCartney. April 17, 1998 - Wife, Linda McCartney, dies of breast cancer. March 15, 1999 - McCartney is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. October 20, 2001 - Headlines the “Concert for New York,” a benefit for 9/11 victims. David Bowie, Elton John, Billy Joel and Mick Jagger also perform, and the concert is broadcast live on VH-1. March 17, 2008 - A British judge announces the divorce settlement between McCartney and second wife, Heather Mills. She is awarded 24.3 million British pounds, approximately $50 million dollars US. June 3, 2010 - Accepts the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House. During the evening McCartney performs the song “Michelle” for First Lady Michelle Obama. September 22, 2010 - HP and McCartney Productions Limited (MPL) announce an agreement to digitize and deliver McCartney’s library via a private cloud. December 5, 2010 - McCartney is honored at the Kennedy Center as part of the 33rd annual Kennedy Center Honors gala. February 13, 2011 - Wins the Grammy for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for “Helter Skelter.” November 27, 2011 - PETA announces US postage stamp campaign of famous vegetarians to include McCartney. February 12, 2012 - Wins the Grammy for Best Historical Album for “Band on the Run” (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition). September 8, 2012 - Is awarded France’s Legion of Honour, by President Francois Hollande, for his contributions to music. February 10, 2013 - Wins the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for “Kisses on the Bottom.” January 26, 2014 - Wins the Grammy for Best Music Film for “Live Kisses” and Best Rock Song for “Cut Me Some Slack” with the former members of Nirvana. He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award as a member of the Beatles. December 31, 2014 - Kayne West releases the song “Only One,” co-written and co-produced with McCartney. May 23, 2015 - McCartney receives a special award from PRS for Music to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the composition of the Beatles’ song “Yesterday.” September 16, 2016 - “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years,” a documentary film directed by Ron Howard, is released in theaters. The film includes rare and exclusive footage of the Beatles touring experience between 1963-1966. The film goes on to win the Grammy Award for Best Music Film. March 24, 2018 - McCartney attends the March for Our Lives event in New York saying, “One of my best friends was killed in gun violence right around here so it’s important to me.” July 18, 2019 - McCartney announces that he is working on his first Broadway play, a musical adaptation of the 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” September 18, 2019 - McCartney’s new album “Egypt Station” debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The album is McCartney’s first album to top the charts in more than 36 years. April 10, 2020 - Julien’s Auctions sells nearly 250 items as part of a Beatles auction, including guitars, rare vinyl and autographed items. Lyrics to The Beatles’ song “Hey Jude,” handwritten by McCartney, sells for $910,000. December 18, 2020 - McCartney releases “McCartney III”, an album that he recorded in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. July 16, 2021 - “McCartney 3,2,1,” a six-part docuseries in which McCartney and music producer Rick Rubin discuss the creation of Beatles songs, is released on Hulu. November 2, 2021 - “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present,” a memoir through the lens of McCartney’s songs, is released. The book tops the New York Times nonfiction best sellers list for the week of November 21. November 25, 2021 - “The Beatles: Get Back,” a documentary series from director Peter Jackson, premieres on Disney+. The documentary features previously unseen footage of the band in January 1969 as the Beatles prepared for their last public performance and their final album, “Let it Be.” As a co-producer of the film, McCartney receives an award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television from the Producers Guild of America. February 22, 2023 - A representative for the Rolling Stones confirms that McCartney plays bass on one track of the Rolling Stones’ new album. May 17, 2024 – The Sunday Times reports that McCartney is the United Kingdom’s first billionaire musician.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paul McCartney", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180515213000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/world/paul-mccartney-fast-facts/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "488422206", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Mike Rogers is a former chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, a host of the Westwood One radio program “Something to Think About” and a CNN national security commentator. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Mike Rogers: ISIS is far more opaque and decentralized, it is a network of influence; al Qaeda is a network of command Where al Qaeda has been focused on achieving spectacular attacks like 9/11, ISIS fights with small scale attacks Since the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, much has come to light about who carried them out and where did they came from. We also learned on Tuesday from French officials that they believe a suicide attack was planned against the financial district in Paris. After the police raids in Europe slow down, we will begin to analyze what took place to figure out how these awful things could happen and how they can be prevented. Here is what we know so far: – The alleged mastermind of the attack, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was able to evade capture and remain at large despite being one of Belgium’s most wanted terrorists. Abaaoud was also believed to be linked to the failed train attack in August and an attack on a Jewish museum in 2014.  He was killed in a French raid on Wednesday while planning suicide attacks.  He also visited scenes of the attacks in Paris on Friday November 13 while first responders and police were still present. – One of the attackers, Ismael Mostefai, returned to France even after authorities in Turkey warned that he had disappeared while there, possibly traveling to Syria. – Another attacker, Salah Abdeslam, was stopped at the French-Belgian border the morning following the attack but was released. How do you stop someone who’s a terrorist if you don’t know if he or she is a terrorist? The Irish Republican Army once said, “…remember we only have to be lucky once – you will have to be lucky always.” This quote is apt for the Paris attacks. Intelligence and security services must be perfect all the time – a single failure can result in tragedy. It is likely that an intelligence gap occurred in Paris, given the level of radicalization in certain neighborhoods in Brussels and Paris, coupled with ISIS propaganda campaigns and the deluge of refugees coming into the European Union. Some of the attackers were known to French and Belgian authorities before November 13, which begs the question: At which point do you intervene? Just as in America, the European Union tries to balance privacy, security and the freedom of expression. Even more sobering still is the idea that some attackers were unknown to the security services. Opinion: The hardest questions about fighting ISIS It is clear that some connections were not made or insufficient information was available for the security services to act at the time.  Since the attack, we have seen hundreds of raids on suspects with ties to the attack, or possessing radical and violent beliefs.  Such operations are impossible without existing data, so the French services have at least some knowledge of many of these people. Part of the problem is the way the adversary has evolved. ISIS represents not a new threat, but the latest incarnation of the continuing threat of militant Islam. Whereas al Qaeda operates as a traditional terrorist network with cells reporting to an established hierarchy, ISIS is far more opaque and decentralized.  ISIS is a network of influence; al Qaeda is a network of command. Where al Qaeda has been focused on achieving spectacular attacks such as 9/11, ISIS is happy to have a handful of terrorists grab guns and murder people at random.  Large-scale attacks that al Qaeda prefers take months to plan, between dozens of people and cost large amounts of money. As a result, each of their operational pieces present a chance for Western intelligence services to identify and disrupt.  ISIS plans have less of a footprint. This difference makes combating ISIS all the more difficult. ISIS terrorists are using the fabric of Western society against it: open borders, freedom of travel and technological innovations. How can you keep track of all of the individuals entering and exiting Syria with such massive borders? How can you identify domestic passport holders who have trained in Syria and are returning home? How do you find and interdict self-radicalized individuals who access ISIS propaganda in the comfort of their own homes? Opinion: Beating ISIS will take an army – and an end game Combating al Qaeda was challenging enough and required the development of a whole new approach to national security – sustained domestic counterterrorism efforts and aggressive kinetic campaigns overseas. But now the model is being inverted – kinetic action alone overseas is insufficient.  Where al Qaeda militants often were “different” enough to stand out, ISIS has embedded itself in the West through the use of our own citizens and technology platforms.  And despite 33 successful attacks outside of Syria and Iraq, we still do not have an adequate strategy to address the threat posed by ISIS. The analysis of the intelligence gaps will continue in the coming days, but Western intelligence will need to re-examine what it knew and didn’t. These small-scale, high-impact attacks are very difficult to prevent. What you can do is apply constant, unyielding pressure on the terrorists where they live, plan and train for these attacks. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151125173000", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/opinions/rogers-paris-attacks/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "427416671", "sentence": "Reform proposal would give Hong Kongers right to vote for their next leader in 2017 But candidates would have to be approved by a mostly pro-Beijing committee Pro-democracy legislators have vowed to veto proposal Four months after the end of the massive Occupy protests that clogged Hong Kong’s streets in a bid for greater voting rights, another confrontation is heating up in the former British colony. The flashpoint? A controversial Beijing-backed election proposal tabled Wednesday that pro-democracy legislators have already sworn to veto, describing it as “ridiculous.” In a speech before the city’s legislature, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said that if approved, the proposal would give Hong Kongers the right to vote for their next leader in 2017. The catch, of course, is candidates would have to be approved by a mostly pro-China committee. Dissenting pro-democracy legislators wearing black marched from the chamber as soon as Lam’s speech ended. Some legislators raised yellow umbrellas, a symbol of the Occupy movement. “Their fake universal suffrage is an insult to everybody’s intelligence; that’s why we refused to stay in the chamber.” Hong Kong Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau told CNN. Lau said that she and other pro-democracy candidates would cast votes to ensure it does not become law. Hong Kong has become increasingly polarized over the last few years as the city fights over what kind of political system it should have as a Special Administrative Region of China. According to the agreement signed by the United Kingdom that returned the city to Chinese control in 1997, Hong Kong would receive 50 years of “high autonomy” under an arrangement called “One Country, Two Systems.” Part of that deal included establishing an election system based on the principles of universal suffrage. Related video On China: Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement But nearly eighteen years after the handover, the city continues to fight over what universal suffrage really means. Hong Kong’s leaders argue its latest proposal fulfills the long-awaited promise of universal suffrage by giving each resident the right to cast a vote. All that’s left is for the legislature to approve the proposal, and then everyone can go home happy, they say. Pro-democracy Hong Kongers beg to differ. “If it is a genuine election, people should be free to stand and people should be free to vote,” said Lau. “Now all you have is a vote, and the candidates must be vetted by a committee consisting of business and political elites. It’s horrendous. “To say the majority of Hong Kongers want to support this nonsensical package is a blatant lie.. If nothing is changed, we will definitely vote it down.” To become law, the proposal must receive the support of two thirds of Hong Kong’s 70 legislators. But Lau and 26 other pro-democracy legislators make up more than a third of the chamber, meaning they can veto the bill. If they do, then the city’s electoral reform process will effectively return to square one. Hong Kong’s leadership has warned pro-democracy legislators against the veto, saying the city might never again receive a chance for political reform. “We must strive for consensus,” Lam told legislators. “We sincerely hope the pan-democrats abandon their passive attitude.” But consensus seems unlikely. Hong Kong and Chinese leaders have repeatedly said there is no room for the proposal to change. In response, Lau and other pro-democracy legislators will launch a citywide campaign this weekend to rally public opinion against the proposal. And she did not rule out the possibility of a repeat of last year’s massive street protests. “Should people decide to resort to civil disobedience again, its up to them,” she said. “Whatever we do, our struggle must be peaceful, orderly, nonviolent. And we will do our best.” Wayne Chang and CNN’s Vivian Kam contributed reporting.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Beijing-backed election proposal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150422064500", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/china/hong-kong-electoral-reform-proposal/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "495269607", "sentence": "Jazz was dismissed as bourgeois western music in China during the Cultural Revolution Liu Yuan, father of Beijing's jazz scene, founded the city first and only jazz bar in the 1990s The city has witnessed an increase in jazz talent and fans in recent decade New York's renowned Blue Note club is set to open an outpost in Beijing in 2016 When Liu Yuan started playing the sax in the mid-1980s, few people in China knew what jazz was. “There were only four or five professional jazz musicians in Beijing,” Liu recalls. “It was brutal.” Bars and clubs were rare in the city. Liu says he had to “beg” the few bars that existed to let them perform. But the music that originated in the U.S. African-American communities in the late-19th century as an emotional reaction to racial oppression has taken root in China’s capital over the past two decades and there’s now a vibrant and fast-developing jazz scene. Seeing the potential in the market, New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club, one of the world’s most renowned jazz clubs, is set to open a branch in Beijing in March 2016. Steven Li, who manages the Blue Note Beijing project, told CNN that the new club aims to bring in top-level international artists, targeting China’s ever-growing middle class and overseas returnees. Jazz was regarded in China as bourgeois Western music in the 1960s and 1970s during the turmoil of the country’s Cultural Revolution. As young hipster Chinese embraced more personal freedom the 1980s, Liu, then a folk-musician in his twenties, learned to play the saxophone through tapes that his Western friends brought back from overseas, while performing rock ‘n’ roll with Chinese rock legend Cui Jian. “It was a really fascinating time,” says Liu. “The young people simply were in love with jazz and played hard, and nobody cared about return.” It was mid-1990s, when he became dedicated to jazz, and determined to build a scene in Beijing. He recruited talent from music schools and he and his new jazz scenesters began teaching, learning, and jamming together. Liu, now 55, doesn’t play as much as used to. Now he co-manages Beijing’s only venue dedicated for jazz – East Shore Live Jazz Cafe. Every day, jazz fans come to this wood-paneled bar with floor-to-ceiling windows near Beijing’s Houhai Lake, enjoying all kinds of jazz, from funk to fusion, avant-garde to experimental, standards to original compositions. Since 2000, Beijing’s ranks of jazz musicians have expanded quickly, Liu says. Thanks to the Internet, local musicians are cmore losely connected to the international jazz community. Influential musicians like Stefan Karlsson, Rafal Sarnecki, Antonio Hart and David Binney have all performed in Beijing, some playing with local artists. “Today’s Beijing jazz scene is a world of difference from the ’90s,” Liu says. “Many of the kids have won international jazz awards, and are able to play with world class musicians on the same stage.” Over the last decade, Beijing has also become home to many foreign jazz musicians who have influenced the local scene. Nathaniel Gao, a 31-year-old Chinese American saxophonist and teacher, came to Beijing in 2012 from New York. He’s a familiar face on the Beijing jazz scene. The son of a Chinese father and an American mother, he enjoys playing in a smaller jazz scene in Beijing, and believes he can make more of a contribution here rather than in New York, where competition is tough. As China’s man cultural hub, Beijing has a diverse music scene, which has a positive influence on jazz, Gao says. “There is a lot of interaction between musicians from different scenes, more so than in a place like New York, which is so big that everything is huge, so you really are just in your own scene,” he says. “Whereas in Beijing, everything is a bit smaller, but it’s a big city, so there’s a lot going on.” The audience is always new – and young. “Most of the people who come to our concerts I’ve never seen in my life,” he says. “Even though a lot of them might listen to it once or might not get into it, there is always gonna be some new people who are exposed to it and might come back. “That’s exciting because you are exposed to a newer, less ripe audience. “Unlike the U.S., which is piled up with people in their 50s, 60s and up, you go to a jazz show and everybody in the audience has gray hair.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Beijing jazz scene", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151218020000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/travel/china-beijing-jazz-scene-blue-note/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "694346598", "sentence": "Thanks to rapid development over the past decade, Asia has become synonymous with futuristic architecture and cloud-piercing skyscrapers. It makes sense: After all, seven of the top 10 tallest buildings in the world are in Asia. And inside those towers? Many of the region’s skyscrapers contain lofty bars, pairing classy cocktails and unparalleled views. For a sky-high experience coupled with spectacular sights, here are a few of the tallest bars in Asia. Where: Bangkok, Thailand The recently opened Alfresco 64 - A Chivas Bar, atop Tower Club at Lebua hotel in Bangkok, has claimed the title of world’s highest alfresco whisky bar. Located on the 64th floor, the bar is the latest addition to The Dome, a popular restaurant and bar destination atop Lebua hotel. Travelers will also find Sky Bar (which made an appearance in “The Hangover Part II”) and  Flute, A Perrier Jouët Bar (the world’s highest Champagne bar). Focusing on exclusive nips, Alfresco 64 is powered by Chivas Regal. The Scottish whisky brand has even produced a special Lebua blend for the bar. Even if you don’t care for whisky, it’s hard to argue with the views, which showcase the Bangkok skyline and Chao Phraya River from a bird’s eye vantage, 800 feet above the city streets. Tower Club at Lebua, 64/F, Tower Club at Lebua, 1055 Silom Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500; +66 2624 9555 In Bangkok, the world's highest outdoor whisky bar Where: Hong Kong You can’t round up a list of sky bars without Ozone – the highest hotel bar in the world on the 118th floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong. Set atop the International Commerce Centre (ICC) on Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peninsula, the ultra-modern space is a popular stop on the tourist trail. To reach the bar, travelers take a special elevator which gradually dims its lights as it ascends to the 118th floor. From there, a moody blue-lit room comes into view – picture contemporary geometric decor, a white marble bar and lounge-like seating. The spacious terrace offers the best views, where guests can sip on a meticulously made martini while admiring 180-degree views of the city’s iconic skyline and Victoria Harbour. During Hong Kong’s humid summers, reach for one of the chilled signature cocktails – the Basilic is especially refreshing with gin, basil, green apple, lime and yuzu foam. Ozone, 118/F, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, Hong Kong; +852 2263 2270 Where: Singapore As the highest bar in Singapore – and the highest alfresco bar in the world – 1-Altitude crowns One Raffles Place tower in the center of town. It’s actually more than just a bar, with several levels of dining and drinking venues stretching from the 61st to 63rd floors – the highlight being the rooftop. Sporting 360-degree views, there’s nothing but a slender glass panel to impede the vista below. Of course, Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer dominate the view, but it’s also possible to see smaller neighborhoods and quays. If the neon lighting doesn’t give it away, the bar is best known for its swanky parties, live music and DJ nights – getting progressively clubbier as the night goes on. It’s also a top spot for sunsets, though it’s best to make reservations in advance to ensure a table. 1-Altitude, 63/F, One Raffles Place Shopping Mall, 1 Raffles Place, Singapore, 048616; +65 6438 0410 Where: Seoul, South Korea The moment Bar 81 opened on the 81st floor of the Signiel Seoul hotel – inside the new Lotte World Tower – it instantly became the highest bar in the country. At least, the highest bar that’s accessible to the general public. The hotel also has a secret restaurant and bar, called Signiel Club, on the 107th floor – but that’s members and VIPs only. The title was basically a given, considering that the 555-meter-tall Lotte World Tower is the highest building in South Korea and the fifth tallest tower in the world. But a postal code in the clouds isn’t the only thing Bar 81 has going for it. This sophisticated spot specializes in Champagne, with more than 80 labels on offer – the largest menu in South Korea. To drive the point home, there’s a glitzy glass art installation overhead, meant to resemble the bubbles in your glass. Bar 81, 81/F, Signiel Seoul, Lotte World Tower, 300 Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea; +82 2 3213 1000 Where: Shanghai, China The most iconic bar in China’s futuristic commercial capital, Cloud 9 at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai is a sophisticated spot to savor the city’s neon-lit skyline. Decked out in mahogany and chrome, the posh bar wraps around the 87th floor with intimate nooks, terraced levels, and dividing columns that offer a bit more privacy than your typical open-plan rooftop. From the western side of the building, the bar seems to hover over the Bund – from everywhere else, it’s urban sprawl in all directions. If you’re celebrating something, this is the place – there’s an impressive Champagne collection, as well as classic cocktails and bar snacks. Cloud 9, 87/F, Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Jin Mao Tower, 88 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai, China, 200121; +86 21 5047 8838 Where: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia One of Malaysia’s highest bars can be found in the capital of Kuala Lumpur, in a precarious position on the 28th floor of the GTower Hotel. The Bridge Bar features floor-to-ceiling windows and a few glass floor panels – so you won’t need three martinis to feel like you’re walking on air. By day, the place has a retro-chic atmosphere with winged leather chairs, saddle benches and intimate table arrangements. But come nightfall, blue lighting ricochets around the mirrored ceilings for a trippy, energetic vibe. Looking for the highest bar in Malaysia? On the 57th floor of Petronas Tower 3, travelers will find Marini’s on 57 – an Italian address with a dining room, lounge and terrace. Bridge Bar, 199, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur; +603 2168 1919 Kuala Lumpur nightlife: A guide to the city's best bars Where: Bali, Indonesia Rock Bar Bali at Ayana may not be set atop a skyscraper, but the bar still provides a gravity-defying experiences. Located on the edge of a cliff along Jimbaran Bay, in central Bali, Indonesia, travelers reach the bar via cable car, with dramatic cliffs on either side. At 46 feet above the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean, the bar is the island’s premier sunset spot. Come 5 p.m., the place is usually full of stylish couples who’ve come for the sunset drinks and signature popcorn-fried chicken. As the night goes on, Rock Bar turns into a dance club with performances from a rotating roster of international DJs who perform from a booth that’s been carved directly into the rock face. Rock Bar Bali at Ayana, Ayana Resort and Spa, Jl. Karang Mas Estate, Jimbaran, Bali 80364, Indonesia; +62 361 702 222 Where: Tokyo, Japan Already checked off the Park Hyatt Tokyo’s New York Bar, of “Lost in Translation” fame? There’s another show-stopping skybar in town that’s worth a visit. Atop the 52nd floor of Toranomon Hills tower, the Rooftop Bar at the Andaz Tokyo hotel is the highest bar in the city. The terrace has a retro-Zen design – all very polished and elegant, with white couches and a few bird’s nest hanging chairs – while floor-to-ceiling windows frame Tokyo Bay on one side, and the dense city streets on the other. The specialties here are tea- and fruit-based cocktails, but classic cocktails, Champagnes and sakes are also on hand should you prefer to keep it simple. Rooftop Bar, 52/F, Andaz Hotel, 1-23-4, Toranomon, Minato-ku; +81 03 6830 7739 15 sights that make Tokyo so fascinating Where: Melbourne, Australia Decked out in retro-chic furniture and polished chrome, 28 Skybar Lounge in Melbourne is one of the most sophisticated bars in the city. On the top floor of Crown Melbourne Hotel, just steps from the Yarra River downtown, the lounge bar brings together spectacular city views, a cosmopolitan vibe and locally sourced wines. The cocktail menu is worth a look too, with signatures including the Sky High Royal – a triple threat with Blue Curacao, peach schnapps and sparkling wine. While the sleek interiors scream fine dining, the bar menu is actually relatively approachable, featuring mini wagyu sliders, BBQ pulled pork buns, and bruschetta. 28 Skybar Lounge, 8 Whiteman St, Melbourne, Southbank, VIC 3006, Australia; +61 3 9292 8384 Where: Bangkok, Thailand Home to one of the best rooftops in Bangkok, the Banyan Tree hotel provides two distinct rooftop experiences – both on the 61st floor. A popular after-work spot for the city’s stylish set, Moon Bar provides a glamorous alfresco lounge with soft blue lighting, panoramic views, live jazz and fresh cocktails to take the edge off Thailand’s omnipresent heat. Just a few steps down, romantic Vertigo restaurant offers wining and dining for those who plan to linger. Complete with crisp white tablecloths, the restaurant is best known for surf ‘n’ turf, so expect barbecued seafood and massive steaks. The signature sundowner? A Vertigo Sunset Malibu – essentially, pineapple, cranberry, lime and a hit of Malibu rum. It’s advised to arrive early, around 5 p.m., in order to stake out a spot and watch the sun set. Vertigo and Moon Bar, 61/F, 21/100 South Sathon Road, Sathon, Bangkok 10120, Thailand; +66 2679 1200 Thailand's new tallest building: A sneak peek from atop Bangkok's mighty MahaNakhon", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Asia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171002040000", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "SGP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/asia-highest-bars/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "732451993", "sentence": "Russia has admitted for the first time that it suffered heavy casualties in an ill-fated operation against US-backed forces in Syria earlier this month. The Foreign Ministry said “several dozen” Russians were injured and an unspecified number died in US airstrikes during the clashes on the night of February 7. The Kremlin had previously played down reports of mass casualties, saying only that five people may have died. Moscow insisted the casualties were not Russian troops, saying “servicemen of the Russian Federation did not participate in any way” in the clash. It did not say what the Russians were doing there, but families of the victims say they were military contractors working for a Russian company, Wagner. Related article The oil field carnage that Moscow doesn't want to talk about The casualties were sustained when a force numbering several hundreds, largely made up of the Russian contractors and a Christian militia loyal to the Syrian regime, advanced on an oil field held by US-backed militias who have been fighting ISIS in Syria. According to accounts relayed to family members, the forces did not seem prepared for the ferocity of the response. The Kremlin, which prefers to portray its intervention in Syria as largely an air war with few ground troops, had previously tried to downplay the story. In its statement on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry acknowledged that “several dozen” injured Russians were brought back to Russia where they were undergoing treatment at various medical facilities. Russians and other citizens of former Soviet Union countries were also killed in the attack, the ministry added, without providing numbers. It insisted the contractors were working independently. “There are Russian citizens present in Syria who went there on their own,” the statement said. Moscow has provided no details of what the mercenaries were doing, but accounts of the operation have emerged in interviews with family members. The force crossed the Euphrates river near Deir Ezzor, a Syrian city held by ISIS until the end of last year, and advanced on the oil field controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). But when the pro-regime forces began shelling an SDF base, the US responded with heavy airstrikes and artillery fire that lasted for about three hours. Related video Russia flexes its military muscle in Syria US commanders tried to warn their Russian counterparts through protocols known as deconfliction channels. But the counterattack was underway by the time communications were established. US defense secretary James Mattis has appeared to cast doubt on Russian claims that it had nothing to do with the contractors working on the ground. “I doubt that 257 people all just decided on their individual own selves to suddenly cross the river into enemy territory and start shelling a location and maneuvering tanks against it,” Mattis told reporters on a flight back to Washington from Europe at the weekend. But Mattis said the US did not know who had given the orders. “Was it local direction? Was it from external sources? Don’t ask me. I don’t know,” he said, according to a Pentagon transcript. Families of the dead men have demanded an explanation for what happened. Farkhanur Gavrilova, 67, from the central Russian village of Kedrovoye, said she only learned of her son’s death from an acquaintance. She contrasted the fate of the Wagner men with state media coverage of Roman Filipov, the pilot shot down by rebels in Syria last month. “Are they not people too? They obviously went to fight, to help, even if it’s for the money it’s because of poverty, because there are no jobs,” Gavrilova told Current Time, a Russian-language TV network run by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. CNN’s Mary Ilyushina reported from Moscow. Sheena McKenzie wrote in London. Tim Lister contributed reporting from Moscow.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180220163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/middleeast/russians-injured-us-airstrikes-syria-intl/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "745114465", "sentence": "Donald Trump often acts like a President touting a solution in search of a problem. Whether it’s because of his own conspiratorial mindset, a desire to keep political loyalists engaged or a lack of interest in dry policy details, Trump frequently acts to address an idiosyncratic version of reality. On immigration in particular, but also on gender issues or electoral reform, Trump has often waded in to tackle what he bills as a national emergency that few other people see. Trump’s announcement Thursday that he wants to send “anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000” National Guard troops to the southern border, following a week of rising fury on the issue of immigration, is a prime example of how his oft-challenged beliefs drive government policy. Also on Thursday, he revived one of his most notorious and misleading claims, the idea that Hillary Clinton’s win of the popular vote in 2016 was the result of massive fraud. He claimed that many people in the Democratic bastion of California voted many times, portraying the state of the electoral system as a grave national crisis. “They always like to say, ‘Oh that’s a conspiracy theory.’ It’s not a conspiracy theory.’ Millions and millions of people, and it’s very hard because the state guards their records,” the President said. The problem is that there is no evidence to support his claims, and even a commission set up by the White House ended up failing to prove Trump’s portrayal of events that would represent an existential crisis for American democracy if they were true. In no area has Trump been so willing to create his own version of reality as on immigration policy, a topic that more than any other electrified his base and propelled him to the White House. The decision to deploy the National Guard came in a week when he consciously stoked the flames of crisis, apparently set off by a Fox News report Sunday, about a “caravan” of Central American refugees trekking across Mexico toward the US border. With midterm elections looming, he’s been taking fire from conservative media disappointed with his failure to do more, let alone build his signature border wall. The White House billed the National Guard move as a last-ditch step to stem a torrent of people and drugs across the border in the face of congressional inaction. But it actually comes after a period of historically low transgressions – despite a rise in crossings in March – a fact that the President previously celebrated. But it’s not clear that sending the National Guard to the border, as his predecessors Barack Obama and George W. Bush both did on occasion, is a proportionate response to the current situation. After all, members of the caravan actually want to get swept up by border authorities because they plan to apply for asylum, so they are unlikely to try to evade capture. Anyway, they represent the hordes of aliens descending on US borders that might merit a military response. Indeed, critics of the border wall project itself say it addresses a problem that does not exist, and it would not deal with one of the most pressing immigration issues: the number of people who enter the country legally and then overstay their visas. Trump’s claims on voter fraud seem to be the fruit of a conspiratorial mind. It all started even before he took office, when Trump made clear he wasn’t satisfied with simply winning the White House via the Electoral College – he wanted to establish that Clinton hadn’t won the popular vote. Although Trump beat Clinton by 306 to 232 electoral votes, the Democrat outpaced him in the popular vote by almost 2.9 million votes. “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,” Trump wrote in a tweet in November 2016 that caused shock, bafflement and even derision. In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally In an apparent attempt to spare the President’s blushes, the administration eventually set up a commission to probe voter fraud in the 2016 election, on which Vice President Mike Pence was a key member. Perhaps not surprisingly, the commission was dissolved after failing to produce any evidence, though Trump blamed the move on the failure of several states to cooperate. But as with the current row over immigration, Trump opponents saw not just an attempt to indulge the President’s prejudices at work, but also an attempt by Republicans to make it harder for minorities – a key Democratic constituency – to vote. “The mere mention of voter fraud is a dirty tactic to suppress voters and turn people off from participating in elections. This undermines the public trust in our election system,” said Chris Carson, president of the League of Women Voters. One of the first big battles over immigration last year erupted after Trump announced plans to bar visitors from a number of mainly Muslim nations in what he said was an effort to thwart Islamic terrorists from infiltrating US soil. “We need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won’t help us protect our people,” Trump tweeted on June 5, 2017, months after the original iteration of the travel ban executive order was blocked in the courts. One logical problem with the travel ban, modified after several court challenges, was that if it was meant to stop terrorism, it was directed against the wrong people. Trump’s original executive order banned travel to the United States from seven majority Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. Yet none of the terrorists who conducted deadly jihadist attacks in the US after September 11, 2001, came from those nations. Many national security experts believe that the biggest threat to US shores from foreign-born terrorists is represented by those who can get into the United States under the visa waiver program covering European and other nations. Still, as a political device, new versions of the travel ban, which is still being challenged in various courts, allowed Trump to deliver on his campaign promises to get tough on terrorism, even if it was not the most appropriate way to combat the threat. In a classic in his long history of volcanic tweets, the President set off a huge controversy last July by announcing that he would bar all transgender individuals from serving in the nation’s armed forces. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” Trump wrote. Yet his move appeared to catch the military off guard, since there was no plan in place to put the commander-in-chief’s order into action. It also appeared to be another attempt by Trump to solve a crisis that many of those involved did not believe really existed. On the issue of medical costs, for example, a Rand Corp. study released earlier this year debunked the idea that transgender troops represented a huge burden because of gender transition therapy. Rand found that medical costs for transgender personnel would be between $2.4 million and $8.4 million a year – less than a quarter of 1 percent of the value of all health care costs for people on active duty. This week, the largest association of doctors in the US took aim at Trump’s other claim: that transgender troops could harm the morale and effectiveness of US armed forces. “We believe there is no medically valid reason – including a diagnosis of gender dysphoria – to exclude transgender individuals from military service,” the American Medical Association wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis dated Tuesday. As with other fronts in Trump’s war on nonexistent crises, there is also a political explanation. In March, the administration formalized the President’s decision barring people with a “history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria” from serving in the military except in limited circumstances. The policy, popular with evangelical groups vital to the President’s electoral coalition, happened to come out at a moment when Trump was under extreme political and legal pressure over lawsuits brought by women who claimed they had had affairs or had been sexually harassed by him.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180406053000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/politics/donald-trump-immigration-politics/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "654028299", "sentence": "Obama said the US could not 'sit on the sidelines' as the planet heats up The Obama administration brokered the Paris Agreement on climate change Former US President Barack Obama praised his administration’s record on climate change Tuesday, just as the Trump administration struggles with an internal rift over whether to pull out of the Paris climate accord. The Paris Agreement was in part brokered by Obama and was seen as a major breakthrough after the previous accord, the Kyoto protocol, failed to include the US and China, the world’s two biggest polluters. Related article Obama returns to spotlight to speak up on climate change US President Donald Trump vowed during his campaign to “cancel” US participation in the accord, which obliges countries to slash their greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperatures from rising to catastrophic levels. At a summit in Milan, Italy, focused on climate change and food availability, Obama defended the Paris Agreement and said that the US must show leadership and not “sit on the sidelines.” “During the course of my presidency, I made climate change a top priority because I believe that of all the challenges that we face, this is the one that will define the contours of this century, more dramatically perhaps than any other,” Obama said at the Seeds & Chips summit. “We have been able to bring our emissions down even as we grow our economy. The same is true in many parts of Europe,” he said. In a question-and-answer session, Obama said his policies had helped the United States improve its wind power production and increase solar power production 10-fold, explaining that the costs for renewable energy were now comparable to oil and gas. He did not, however, make any direct criticisms of the Trump administration’s policies. “The current administration has differences with my administration in terms of energy policy, and that’s part of what happens in democracy. So there will be useful debate that takes place in America,” he said. Related video Undeniable climate change facts He defended the Paris Agreement as a deal that would not reverse climate change but that had “put together the architecture” for a meaningful response. The speech is Obama’s first abroad since leaving office in January, and the former president appeared relaxed, ditching his usual tie for an unbuttoned collar. Climate change and nutrition are issues close to the Obamas’ hearts and were centerpiece policies of the eight-year Obama period. Fresh in office in 2009, Obama initiated his “Feed the Future” campaign that by some accounts has helped 9 million farmers and more than 17 million children, many under 5 years of age, have a chance of improved nutrition in more than 19 countries worldwide. At the same time, former first lady Michelle Obama championed the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010, providing much needed healthy meals for schoolkids, an early Trump target in scything back the Obamas’ legacy. Meanwhile, Trump aides are openly airing their differences on the issue and a final decision on the US stance is expected soon. A planned meeting on Tuesday of Trump’s advisers on whether to pull out of the agreement, however, was postponed, a White House official said, citing a scheduling conflict. Related article Unusually public debate over Paris climate accord nears conclusion, officials say Trump has maintained he is committed to taking the US out of the accord, which would severely weaken the agreement as the United States is the world’s second-largest polluter. Trump Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has pressed the President to uphold his campaign promises to withdraw from the plan, and thereby signal a commitment to American energy producers, including coal miners. Trump, who once remarked that climate change was a Chinese hoax, has since backed off those claims. The debate between Trump’s aides has turned from whether climate change is real to discussions on how the administration plans to position itself at the international negotiating table on global warming. Trump has resolved to announce his intentions by this month’s Group of 7 meeting in Sicily, meaning a decision to withdraw could isolate him at his first gathering of world leaders. In March, Trump signed an executive order designed to prioritize American jobs over addressing climate change. It could roll back several Obama-era climate policies, including a review the Clean Power Plan initiative, which is designed to curb man-made carbon emissions. The Paris agreement is a global deal that was drafted in 2015 to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. It entered into force on 4 November 2016. So far, 145 countries have ratified or accepted it, including China, the world’s top polluter. Every nation involved in the talks, except Syria and Nicaragua, signed onto the deal. Related article There's one sentence that could decide the fate of the planet (yes, really) Each country must commit to a voluntary plan to reduce emissions, with the goal of keeping the global rise in temperatures to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Obama called it “a turning point for the world” and made it the legacy of his administration’s climate policy along with the Clean Power Plan. If the United States does decide to pull out of the agreement, it won’t be a quick process. UN rules mandate a one-year notice period, starting three years after the accord has entered into force. That would mean November 2019, plus one year to complete the withdrawal in late 2020. CNN’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paris Agreement", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170509131500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/obama-climate-change-paris-agreement-italy/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "616221359", "sentence": "Michael Morell, former CIA acting director, told CNN that he finds it unusual the intelligence community would present President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama with a summary of information they had not yet verified. “I was a bit surprised that our intelligence community would take a private document and summarize it for the President and President-elect if they didn’t know anything about the credibility of the information in it,” Morell told Christiane Amanpour. “That would be, quite frankly, unprecedented – to take a private document, right – you’d be doing that every day, if that’s the way you were operating,” he added. “If there was some reason why they thought some part of it or certain aspects of it were credible, that they had actually done some work, then it might make sense to bring it to his attention.” “We just don’t know which one it is right now.” Related article Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him He also said that the memos on which the summary from the intelligence community was based contain information that he knows to be true, some that he knows to be false, and some that is contradictory. “This is what you see when you look at raw intelligence,” he said. “I last night read the entire 18 memos, the 35 pages,” Morell  said. “I was looking at things that I knew – small bits of information that I knew were true.” Related video Watch the full interview “I saw stuff that was absolutely not true – small bits. I saw a bunch of stuff that I had no idea. I saw stuff that was contradictory.” It’s “very important to remember that sources, even the best CIA sources, get things wrong all the time,” Morell added. “They lie to enhance their credibility, right – to try to get more money.” “So my bottom line,” he said, “was I can’t tell what’s true here and what’s not. This needs a lot more work.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "intelligence community", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170111211500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/politics/michael-morell-trump-amanpour/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "482317123", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News.  You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. The Weekly Newsquiz tests students' knowledge of events in the news November 6, 2015 As investigators try to figure out what brought down a plane over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, we’re exploring the flight tracking information that could offer some clues. As voters in Myanmar (Burma) prepare to head to the polls, we’re looking at the political and social influence of Aung San Suu Kyi. And as high-resolution video provides incredible images of the sun, we’re comparing the heat on its surface to that of a lightning bolt on Earth. Plus: random hot dog facts! On this page you will find today’s show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the transcript of today’s CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ Click here for a printable version of the Weekly Newsquiz (PDF). 1. President Obama recently announced the deployment of dozens of U.S. Special Operations troops to what civil war-torn country? 2. What world capital is preparing to host the “COP21” meeting, where more than 40,000 delegates from 195 countries will be gathering in late November? 3. On Tuesday’s show, what U.S. city was mentioned as having recently received earthquakes of magnitudes 3.2, 4.1 and 4.0 on the same night? 4. Name the region of Egypt, a peninsula, where Kogalymavia (Metrojet) Flight 9268 crashed en route to Russia last weekend. 5. Including Tropical Cyclone Chapala, which made landfall this week, how many tropical cyclones have been recorded in the Middle Eastern country of Yemen? 6. The Peshmerga and the YPG are two combat units of what Middle Eastern ethnic group? 7. As reported on Wednesday’s show, roughly what percentage of vehicle crashes in the U.S. are due to human error? 8. Name the popular, Pacific resort island where many travelers were stranded after a volcano erupted nearby, prompting the cancellations of hundreds of flights. 9. According to a new study, how many hours per day, on average, are U.S. teenagers spending with all forms of electronic media? 10. In what Asian country, home to politician and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, are people to set to vote in their first free election in decades? CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News!", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151106011500", "country1": "EGY", "country2": "MMR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/05/studentnews/sn-content-fri/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "437415613", "sentence": "Police say farmer killed by Scottish Highland bull Cattle breed is \"even-tempered\" but can become aggressive Cattle have been sent to other farms A New Hampshire farmer is dead after being gored by one of his animals. State police say Christopher Merrill, 51, was killed by a Scottish Highland bull on his family farm in Hampton Falls. Authorities were notified after Merrill didn’t return from tending his cattle last weekend. His body was found in a pasture the day after he was reported missing. Search crews had some difficulty with the cattle as they worked to recover the body. “They were relatively aggressive, so we had to deal with that as a part of the search, and also as part of the recovery of the victim,” New Hampshire State Police Lt. Chris Vetter told CNN affiliate WMUR. The details of Merrill’s fatal injuries were not released and it’s unclear whether he had a confrontation with a bull or whether his death was accidental. The breed of cattle, which originally came from the Scottish Highlands, is known for shaggy hair and long horns. “The Highland is considered an even-tempered animal – bulls as well as cows,” according to the Department of Animal Science at Oklahoma State University. But animal experts say any breed of cattle can be dangerous when startled or nervous or in an attempt to show dominance. Merrill’s wife, Elizabeth, told the affiliate that the family wanted to open a Christmas tree farm on the property and that the cattle would keep the brush down. She said the cattle will now be sent to other farms.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Scottish Highland bull", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150531114500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/31/us/fatal-cattle-goring-on-farm/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "574320750", "sentence": "A freshly made white chocolate and raspberry mix is carefully poured into a piping bag by chef Yasumasa Takagi, one of the most renowned patissiers in Japan. After snipping the end of the bag, he squeezes the delicious pink paste into a tray of oblong, white plastic molds. Surprisingly, Takagi isn’t creating an elaborate confection for customers to his fashionable Tokyo cafe; this is something far more modest. It’s a KitKat. Most of the world knows the KitKat as an ordinary coffee break snack made from wafers and milk chocolate. In Japan, it’s in a completely different league. Here, gourmet versions, pioneered by Takagi, compete with a mind-boggling array of mass-produced flavors that to some palates might border on the bizarre. 25 Japanese foods we love – from tempura to miso Wasabi KitKat anyone? How about lemon vinegar? Or pumpkin pudding, green tea, Shinshu apple or adzuki bean sandwich? It’s a long way from the KitKat’s humble origins in 1930s England. Born in the northern city of York, the chocolate treat was relatively unknown globally until local manufacturer Rowntree was bought by Swiss food giant Nestle in the 1980s. Meet Japan’s most French chef Even as it spread across the planet, success was never guaranteed in Japan – a market notoriously difficult to break into for non-domestic brands. So how has it become such a phenomenon? That’s down to some hard work and smart ideas from KitKat’s Japanese marketing gurus in the western city of Kobe. And also a lucky quirk of language. KitKat sounds very similar to “kito kato,” which in Japanese means “to surely win.” It’s a common phrase said to students sitting exams, particularly high-pressure university entrance tests. Soon after they arrived in Japan, KitKats were being given by parents to their children and friends were giving them to each other with hand-written messages – and not just around exam time. “There was strong emotional bonding going on and the ‘gifting emotion,’” says Ryoji Maki, marketing manager for KitKat in Japan. A guide to the world’s finest meal He says Japan’s gift-giving tradition and particular culinary habits – prizing seasonal and regional products – were tapped into. But it wasn’t until the early 2000s that KitKat in Japan began to show its true colors with a riotous expansion in flavors. Consumers in Japan demand choice and novelty as much as they prize tradition. According to Maki, about 2,000 new confectionery products are released each year in Japan, so it’s not enough to just offer dark or milk chocolate variations. To date there have been more than 300 different KitKat flavors. Ingredients are sourced from regions across the country, often produced and sold to coincide with food seasons in limited edition boxes of KitKat minis. Shizuoka prefecture provides the wasabi. Okinawa gives up its purple potatoes and matcha green tea. Other unlikely flavors are sakura (cherry blossom) and sake (non-alcoholic). Taking the bars out of the shops and into Japan’s eateries has also been another strategy. Tie-ins have gone beyond straightforward desserts like cheesecake, resulting in curiosities like KitKat pizzas and “baking bars,” designed to be cooked before eating. Since 2012, KitKat has started to eclipse homegrown confectionery brands such as Meiji. The world’s most delicious national cakes About four million KitKat minis (a smaller, two-finger version of the classic bar) roll out of the chocolate factory each day –  that’s close to 1.5 billion each year. And it doesn’t stop there, which is where patisserie supremo Takagi comes in. “After I gained training at various famous shops in France and Belgium, I thought that it was my mission to fill the gap between Western countries and Japan,” says Takagi. Initially approached about a collaboration with KitKat, he rejected it. “I believed I couldn’t create chocolate freely without ties,” he says. A decade of discussions and negotiations later, convinced he had free rein to experiment within his own high standards, Takagi agreed to open his kitchens to KitKat. They now produce very limited edition high-quality KitKats, using couverture chocolate, that can only be found in his shops and eight of Japan’s high-end department stores through KitKat “Chocolatory” concessions. The first opened in Tokyo in January 2014 and sold out of Chef Takagi’s specialty bars in hours. Since then he’s been advocating for new flavors and pushing out new products, from the single-finger Sublime range to “special” flavors that include fruit or tea-infused minis. Visitors to Japan can get their hands on Chef Takagi’s current range from under KitKat chandeliers (yes, really) at the Chocolatory concessions. Gift boxes in limited-edition flavors are on sale at major train stations and airports. There are no concrete plans for export, but if Takagi is able to convince a global food giant operating in one of the most competitive markets in the world to change their approach, don’t rule it out. “What I would most like to achieve is to deliver Japanese KitKat Chocolatory with craftsmanship to the people around the world,” he says. Chocolatory, Seibu Ikebukuro department store, 1-28-1 Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo; +81 3 5949 2026", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "KitKat in Japan", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160831013000", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "CHE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/foodanddrink/japan-kitkats-chocolate/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "609331549", "sentence": "The Department of State's initial reward offer was $10 million ISIS, under al-Baghdadi, has grabbed swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria The United States is offering $25 million for information leading to the capture of  ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Department of State released a statement Friday announcing the $25 million dollar reward for the self proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – more than doubling the reward announced previously. “The threat that al-Baghdadi poses has increased significantly since the Department of State’s initial $10 million reward offer for information leading to his location, arrest, or conviction was announced in 2011,” the department’s Rewards for Justice Program said on its website. Under al-Baghdadi, ISIS grabbed swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria – earning a reputation for unparallelled  brutality. Related article Who might lead ISIS if al-Baghdadi dies? Officials have long described al-Baghdadi as enemy No. 1 in the fight against the militant group, and speculation has swirled over his whereabouts. Though al-Baghdadi has been elusive, he has spoken out occasionally in videos and audio messages. In October 2015, Iraq’s military claimed its air force had struck a convoy in western Anbar province that included a vehicle carrying al-Baghdadi. For weeks, reports circulated that he was seriously injured in the airstrike. Those reports have since been disputed by US officials. CNN’s Joe Sutton and Catherine Shoichet contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161217120000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/17/politics/state-department-isis-al-baghdadi-reward/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "635731753", "sentence": "The texts point to Paul Manafort's possible influence in Ukraine, the lawyer says A hacker website posted thousands of texts, apparently from Andrea Manafort A Ukrainian human rights attorney representing the victims of mass police shootings in Kiev in 2014 has asked prosecutors to investigate what are purported to be the hacked text messages of one of Paul Manafort’s daughters, saying the texts point to possible influence Manafort had with Ukraine’s president during that period. “You know he has killed people in Ukraine? Knowingly,” Andrea Manafort allegedly wrote of her father in March 2015 in an angry series of texts to her sister, Jessica, about her father’s personal and professional life. “Remember when there were all those deaths taking place. A while back. About a year ago. Revolts and what not,” reads another text in reference to the bloodshed in Kiev. “Do you know whose strategy that was to cause that, to send those people out and get them slaughtered.” “He has no moral or legal compass,” Andrea allegedly wrote about her father earlier as part of the same conversation. The messages were obtained from a hacker website that in February posted four years’ worth of texts, consisting of 300,000 messages, apparently taken from Andrea Manafort’s iPhone. Paul Manafort currently faces an FBI investigation over millions of dollars’ worth of payments he allegedly received while working as a political strategist for Ukraine’s Russia-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych. Manafort has denied receiving the undeclared cash payments. Protesters descended on Kiev’s central square in a peaceful protest in the winter of 2013 when Yanukovych unexpectedly backed out of a trade deal with the European Union under pressure from the Kremlin. Close to 100 people died in the shootings in the weeks before Yanukovych fled in February 2014. Ukrainian authorities say Yanukovych created conditions that allowed security forces to kill the pro-Western protesters in Kiev, but so far have not been able to charge him because he is in Russia. Manafort has not been linked to the shootings. Asked by CNN to comment, Manafort said via text message: “Comment on what. There is nothing.” Manafort would not confirm whether the texts were genuine, but in a Politico story last month on the texts, he indicated that some of them were. The texts suggest that Manafort and his daughter were together in Florida on the day of the worst violence in Kiev on February 20th, when close to 50 people died. Thursday, the human rights lawyer, Eugenia Zakrevska, filed a motion in Kiev requesting that prosecutors verify the contents of the text message dump and take measures to compel US authorities to question Manafort. “I call on Mr. Manafort to clarify the allegations contained in the text messages and to contact us with any information he may have on those events,” Zakrevska told CNN. Zakrevska and a special prosecution unit have been working together on several concurrent cases looking into the violence in and around Kiev’s Independence Square. Zakrevska said all of the killings would have already taken place by the time Manafort met his daughter the evening of the 20th, if the texts’ timestamps are accurate, and she thought it was unlikely that Andrea actually witnessed Paul Manafort personally directing Kiev police forces. “But this doesn’t rule out Manafort’s influence on Yanukovych’s actions and decisions during that period,” Zakrevska said. Serhiy Gorbatyuk, Ukraine’s prosecutor for special investigations, confirmed to CNN that his office received Zakrevska’s motion and said the text messages would be investigated and potentially entered into evidence. “We will check thoroughly to verify if they are real or not.” Asked by CNN about the prospect of an investigation by the general prosecutors’ office, Manafort replied: “Total BS on GP (general prosecutor).” Manafort began working for Yanukovych in 2004 and grew to be an influential figure in Ukraine who had the ear of the President. After Yanukovych was ousted and pro-Western forces took the reins, Manafort stayed on in the country to help rebrand Yanukovych’s Party of Regions as “Opposition Bloc.” Manafort joined the Trump campaign in March 2016 and was pushed out in August. The text messages, if genuine, shed light both on the last days of the Yanukovych regime in Ukraine and a turbulent period in the Trump campaign last summer, when Trump shook up his team’s leadership structure. They also cover the time period when Russia, according to US intelligence agencies, may have been conducting hacks into email accounts associated with the Democratic Party. In the same 2015 conversation with her sister, Andrea allegedly suggests to Jessica that their father used covert methods to send messages to Ukraine. “I was there when it happened. I saw him on his shady email,” she allegedly wrote. “They don’t write emails. They log on and write in the drafts So it’s never transmitted over any servers.” In another alleged exchange with Jessica, in June 2016, Andrea plays down her father’s involvement in the hacks of the Democratic Party emails. “Pretty crazy about all the email hacking huh?” the texts read. “Dad must be over the moon.” “Oh i saw.” is the reply. “The russians.” “Well it wasn’t dad’s doing. It was hackers,” Andrea allegedly writes back. “No clue who the hackers were. Fbi is looking into it.” CNN’s Tal Yellin in New York and Jeremy Diamond in Washington contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paul Manafort", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170311013000", "country1": "UKR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/ukraine-manafort-hacked-texts/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "517772220", "sentence": "More Cubans have access to the Internet than ever before Wi-Fi hotspots were installed in major city parks last year Giorgio Palmera first visited Cuba 20 years ago and fell in love with the island country and its people. So in recent years he’s watched with interest as the country’s communist-run government has gradually welcomed technology that makes the nation more open to the world. “A year ago, when I came back to Cuba after 20 years, Internet existed only in large tourist hotels where it was forbidden for Cubans to buy Internet cards,” the photographer said in an email interview. “Now that the squares are covered by Wi-Fi and the cost of an hour’s connection (has) dropped to 2 euro, Cubans have the option of having the world’s information in real time.” In June, the state communications company installed 35 Wi-Fi hotspots in the parks of the country’s major cities. Suddenly, the country was fully ushered into the digital age. Some of Palmera’s photos could have been taken in almost any modern city. In one, two teens are hunched over devices in the darkness, screen light reflecting on their faces. In another, a woman stares at her phone, headphone wires dangling. Teenagers in colorful clothes hang out in a city square, talking and texting. Discovering Deco: A tour of Havana’s eye-catching architecture But there are unmistakable signs of the old, familiar Cuba, the one more closely associated with 1950s bulgemobiles and 19th-century architecture than smartphones and Internet. In the second photo above, three young adults sit in a late-’50s Chevrolet. Two of them chat casually, as if passing the time on a Saturday night; the third, a woman in the front passenger seat, focuses intently on her phone. Social mediaFollow @CNNPhotos on Twitter to join the conversation about photography. For now, Palmera says, Cubans are using Wi-Fi to talk with relatives in the United States or elsewhere. But they’ve also started using social networks, such as Facebook, and creating their own blogs, such as jovencuba.com (Young Cuba), which features contributions from university students. Almost a year after Wi-Fi appeared, Palmera still sees a sense of wonder. “My feeling went back to the first time me and my friends were discovering the Internet and smartphones,” remembering, he said, how they behaved like children. “The Cubans are acting the same, with the big difference that we had the opportunity to express all of these emotions in private places. However, for Cubans, all this takes place in the square, creating an interesting and colorful live theater.” The recent improvement in U.S.-Cuba relations has sparked chatter at how American money might change Cuban politics and infrastructure. Is Wi-Fi having the same effect? Palmera is still watching. “The new ability to access Internet could be an important factor for the creation of a new Cuban generation able to face the changes, taking the best from capitalism and socialism in order to create their own new economic model,” he said. “Let’s hope.” The five best ways to enjoy Havana Havana: Insider Travel Guide Giorgio Palmera is a photographer based in Rome. He is represented by Echo Photojournalism. You can follow him on Facebook and Instagram.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cuba's internet access expansion", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160304020000", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/travel/cnnphotos-cuba-online/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "673841706", "sentence": "A week after Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi declared victory over ISIS in Mosul, Iraqi troops are continuing to clear the country’s second biggest city of remaining fighters but US and coalition officials are already focusing on the next objectives in the campaign to defeat the terror group. The next major prize being eyed by the coalition is the Syrian city of Raqqa, the would-be caliphate’s one-time “capital.” Lt. Gen. Townsend told CNN last week that following the capture of Mosul, Raqqa was “now job number one.” Speaking to reporters on Monday Pentagon spokesman US Navy Capt. Jeff Davis called Syria “our biggest focus of effort.” The US and its coalition allies are using artillery and airstrikes to back the Syrian Democratic Forces, a mix of Arab and Kurdish fighters, in their assault on Raqqa. There are about 55,000 SDF fighters, made up of 31,000 Kurds and 24,000 Arabs, but the coalition says it will primarily be Arab fighters that take part in the battle for Raqqa. Related article ISIS brides flee caliphate as noose tightens on terror group The US-led coalition has trained some 8,000 SDF fighters and US military advisers have accompanied SDF units as they have pushed into the inner areas of Raqqa. But despite some rapid initial progress, coalition officials have said that the SDF has encountered tougher resistance in recent days. “The SDF have incurred casualties as they have met some stiffening resistance from ISIS as they move closer into the city center,” US Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the coalition, told reporters last week. Davis said ISIS was mounting a robust defense, using improvised explosive devices, car bombs and drones, but added that the terror group was “struggling to counter the SDF’s multiples avenues of advance.” Some reports had suggested that the SDF had paused its push on Raqqa because of casualties. However coalition officials said that this was not in fact the case, with Davis noting the group had gained territory from ISIS over the last 24 hours. The coalition estimates that the ranks of ISIS fighters in Raqqa has been reduced from 2,500 to 2,000 since the assault began about 40 days ago. The coalition is also training a “hold-force” to secure Raqqa after ISIS is ejected from the city. A US defense official told CNN that some 250 members of this force had been trained and the goal is that number will reach 3,000. “Much work remains to be done in Iraq even after the liberation of Mosul,” Davis told reporters Monday. He called Tal Afar, Hawija and the town of Al Qaim in the Middle Euphrates River valley “the three large areas that I would say are still on the to-do list” The ISIS-held town of Tal Afar is only about 50 miles west of Mosul and Davis said that Iraq’s 15th Armored Division is already making preparations to advance on the city. The coalition estimates that there are about 700 ISIS fighters in Tal Afar. Related article Is ISIS leader Baghdadi dead or alive? Nobody knows “The coalition continues to support the (Iraqi Security Forces) as they carry out detailed clearance operations in Mosul and prepare for follow on operations in Tal Afar,” Davis said while adding that there was still significant work to do in Mosul. Davis said that Iraqi soldiers, counterterrorism units and federal police were still performing “detailed clearance operations” of tunnels and caves in Mosul and were “on the lookout for ISIS fighters that are hiding and working to identify explosive devices that could threaten friendly forces and civilians.” Iraqi officials have expressed confidence that they have enough personnel to clear ISIS from Tal Afar and elsewhere in Iraq. “We have enough forces to liberate what is remaining,” Iraq’s military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Brigadier Yahya Rasool told reporters at the Pentagon last week. “There are enemy enclaves in Hawija, enemy enclaves in western Anbar. The Iraqi Security Forces and the coalition have a plan to get after them and we will move with all due speed to do that,” Townsend told reporters last week. Al Qaim is a town in western Anbar province on the Iraq-Syria border that sits along the Euphrates River Valley. It is connected to a swath of territory that ISIS controls in Syria. The coalition believes that ISIS has about 1,000 fighters in Al Qaim. Related article In the heart of Raqqa, the impact of ISIS is all around Hawijeh is close to the city of Kirkuk, an area currently controlled by US-backed Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Coalition officials believe that the fewer than 1,000 ISIS fighters left in Hawija are largely isolated. ISIS is “largely contained in Hawija,” Townsend said, adding that they were “contained to the east by the Kurdish defensive line, and contained to the west by an Iraqi defensive line.” Perhaps the most challenging ISIS target will be in the Syrian section of the Middle Euphrates River Valley. US defense officials have said that they have observed top ISIS officials increasingly abandoning Raqqa for towns and cities further south along the Euphrates River, such as Mayadin and Deir-e-Zor. The coalition has been conducting numerous airstrikes in the area, killing several ISIS leaders. Dillon said “the majority” of airstrikes targeting senior ISIS leaders were taking place in that area. “We do continue to strike the middle Euphrates River Valley and those are deliberate strikes, there’s not full-on combat operations going on there,” Dillon said. There are some pro-regime forces fighting ISIS in the area near Deir-e-Zoir but the thousands of ISIS fighters in that area are relatively far from any coalition-backed forces at this point in time, casting doubt on when an offensive could take place there. CNN’s Nicole Gaouette contributed reporting", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-led coalition against ISIS", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170718003000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/politics/next-steps-in-isis-fight/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "636474594", "sentence": "Two Americans unaccounted for, senior U.S. official says Obama says \"scourge of terrorism\" must be fought Algerian state news: At least 55 people, including hostages and militants, have died The militants targeted an eastern Algerian gas facility where many foreigners workers Algerian troops ended a hostage crisis at a remote gas facility Saturday with one last, bloody assault, Algerian and Western officials said, after three days of chaos and confusion left dozens dead and fanned fears of a new terror front in Africa. At least 23 hostages and 32 “terrorists” were killed around the sprawling facility in eastern Algeria’s desert, the Algerian interior ministry said Saturday. Some 685 Algerian workers and 107 foreigners have been freed, it said. Read more: Power struggle: The North African gas industry targeted by militants It is not clear just how many people are still unaccounted for. A senior U.S. official said two Americans were among that number. The saga closed after a “final” assault, which itself contributed to the deaths of seven hostages and 11 militants, according to Algerian state media reports. An Algerian Radio report did not specify the nationalities of those killed. CNN is unable to verify the state media figures on the deaths. Related video Balancing profits, security in Algeria Related video Escaped hostage's family tells tale Related video Libya's connection to hostage crisis Related video Who is Moktar Belmokhtar? Afterward, Algeria’s military continued to clear mines planted by militants, the official Algerian Press Service reported, citing the country’s state-owned oil and gas company. “While the site is still dangerous and there may be explosives that will need to be dealt with, the terrorist incident is now over,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron, citing his conversation with his Algerian counterpart. The militant siege caught the world’s attention as it ensnared citizens from several nations and dragged on for days. Algerian authorities said they believe the attack was revenge for allowing France to use Algerian airspace for an offensive against Islamist militants in neighboring Mali. Whatever the rationale, the scale and gore of the terror has stirred world leaders to press for action beyond Algeria, especially with Islamic extremists asserting themselves more and more in recent weeks. “Let me be clear: There is no justification for taking innocent life in this way,” Cameron said. “Our determination is stronger than ever to work with allies … around the world to root out and defeat this terrorist scourge and those who encourage it.” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Algerian authorities “certainly worked very hard to try to save the lives of people from other countries. I think it’s actually too early to pass judgment on (the Algerian military operation).” U.S. President Barack Obama said his administration would work with other countries to “combat the scourge of terrorism in the region, which has claimed too many innocent lives. This attack is another reminder of the threat posed by al Qaeda and other violent extremist groups in North Africa.” In a statement, Obama said the United States will work with Algeria to prevent future such incidents. Crisis highlights pressure, potential on Algeria Algerian special forces moved in because the terrorists wanted to flee for Mali – apparently to pressure France and others who have recently intervened in that country – Algerian state TV reported Saturday. The Islamic extremists also planned to blow up the gas installation, a threat that initially prompted Algeria to halt its military operation. The location was rigged to explode, with mines planted throughout, according to the senior U.S. official. Algeria’s status as Africa’s largest natural gas producer, and as a major supplier of the product to Europe, heightens its importance to other nations and businesses who want to invest there. Yet that interest is coupled with pressure to make sure foreign nationals, and their business ventures, are safe. The targeted plant in In Amenas, which is just 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the Libyan border, is run by Algeria’s state oil company, in cooperation with foreign firms such as Norway’s Statoil and Britain’s BP. Saturday’s last push there follows another one two days earlier, which spurred criticism from some countries that Algeria had unnecessarily endangered hostages’ lives. British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said Britain was still pressing the Algerian government for full details, while confirming the Saturday assault resulted in more deaths. He called the loss of life “appalling and unacceptable,” laying blame solely on the terrorists. Like Cameron, Norwegian foreign ministry spokesman Svein Michelsen confirmed that the Algerian military offensive was over, but did not offer further details. Nations scramble to account for missing The overall death toll could rise, Algerian state TV reports, as authorities are still combing the area. Amid the uncertainty, individual nations are scrambling to find out what happened to their citizens. It is not clear how many hostages were seized by the Islamist militants in the first place. Five Norwegians are missing while “eight are now safe,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said. Five British nationals and one UK resident are missing or feared dead in Algeria, Hague told reporters. This is in addition to one Briton, whose death was previously announced. Colombia’s president said a citizen was presumed dead. The Scottish government said eight of its residents are safe. There are no known French hostages unaccounted for, a Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Saturday. Three French nationals who were at the site are safe, the foreign ministry has said. One man – identified as Yann Desjeux – died after telling the French newspaper Sud Ouest on Thursday that he and 34 other hostages of nine different nationalities were well-treated. Of the BP employees, 14 are safe, and four BP employees are still missing in Algeria, BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley said. At least one American, identified as Frederick Buttaccio, is among the dead, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. The senior U.S. official told CNN that six freed Americans left Algeria and one remained. One Romanian lost his life, a spokeswoman for the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN on Saturday. Four other Romanians were freed. And there are 14 Japanese unaccounted for, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. Malaysia’s state-run news agency reported Thursday that two of its citizens were held captive. Dramatic tales of escape from terror When the crisis began Wednesday, militants gathered the Westerners into a group and tied them up, survivors said. The kidnappers wielded AK-47 rifles and put explosive-laden vests on some hostages, according to a U.S. State Department official. Some survivors described their harrowing escapes by rigging up disguises, sneaking to safety with locals, and in at least one case, running for his life with plastic explosives strapped around his neck. That man was Stephen McFaul, who – according to his brother Brian – was among a group of hostages who had been blindfolded, gagged and then packed into five Jeeps on Thursday, during Algerian forces’ first offensive. An explosion “wiped out” four of the vehicles, while McFaul’s vehicle crashed. He was able to get out and, eventually, contact his family. “I haven’t seen my mother move as fast in all my life, and my mother smile as much, hugging each other,” Brian McFaul of Belfast, Northern Ireland, said upon his family hearing his brother was safe.  “… You couldn’t describe the feeling.” Al Qaeda-linked group offered prisoner-hostage exchange A spokesman for Moktar Belmoktar, a longtime jihadist who leads the Brigade of the Masked Ones – a militant group associated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb – reportedly offered to free U.S. hostages in exchange for two prisoners. Behind the group claiming responsibility for the attack and kidnappings, he is known for seizing hostages and has long been targeted by French counterterrorism forces. The prisoners are Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who orchestrated the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman jailed in the United States on terrorism charges, the spokesman said in an interview with a private Mauritanian news agency. Nuland rejected the offer, restating U.S. policy of not negotiating with terrorists. Opinion: Algeria situation is a wake-up call for the U.S. CNN’s Barbara Starr, Per Nyberg, Dan Rivers, Greg Botelho, Tricia Escobedo, Josh Rubin, Joe Sutton,  Mitra Mobasherat, Saskya Vandoorne, Laura Perez Maestro, Saad Abedine, Elise Labott and Tim Lister contributed to this report, as did journalists Peter Taggart from Belfast and Said Ben Ali from Algiers.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Algerian military operation", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170313210000", "country1": "DZA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/19/world/africa/algeria-hostage-crisis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "451758919", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Dr. Seth Berkley is CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,  an international organization that aims to bring together the public and private sectors. The views expressed are his own. Seth Berkley: Number of measles cases in Sudan could explode At least a temporary ceasefire needed to make mass immunization possible, he says Once their remoteness and inaccessibility made the Nuba Mountains a refuge in Sudan, offering sanctuary and protection to people fleeing persecution. Today, a lack of access has made the same mountains a deadly prison to hundreds of thousands trapped in a bitter struggle between the Sudanese military and rebel forces, with reports that the government is cluster-bombing its own people. If the cluster bomb reports are true, it is an outrage that must end. But we shouldn’t have to wait until the bombs drop, or until a U.S. president visits the region, to be prompted into action. Ever since South Sudan’s independence, this disputed border territory around the South Kordofan region has struggled to see vital humanitarian aid that is quite literally a lifeline. The moment supplies of vaccines and medicines stop flowing, lives are as good as lost. With that in mind, we need to start reading the signs and sound the alarm as soon as children are denied access to immunization, rather than waiting for the inevitable consequences. With the largest measles outbreak in years currently sweeping its way across Sudan, we may soon see why. So far this year, according to UNICEF, Sudan has already seen some 2,700 cases of measles, considerably more than the 600 cases in a typical year. Of these roughly one in 10 will die. The fear now is that, with around 150,000 children under 5 in the Nuba Mountains who have had no reliable access to immunization since 2011, the situation could explode. As a result, there is real potential for more lives to be lost than in the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, except here the vast majority will be children. The priority must be to enable immediate humanitarian access to South Kordofan – and other regions such as Eastern Jebel Marra and several Blue Niles states where a further 45,000 children under 5 are believed to be cut off – to ensure that food and medical supplies are made available and mass immunizations carried out. Since 2011, when access was first denied, there have been a wide range of diplomatic efforts to negotiate at the very least a temporary ceasefire, all of which have foundered. For the partners of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and others, that leaves few options. One is continued diplomacy. The front line may be impenetrable, but it is quite flexible, with brief periods where the government forces gain control over an area before losing it again days later. During these periods there are fleeting opportunities to gain access, and operational plans are indeed prepared to carry out vaccination campaigns and provide vital health interventions, as well as food, to the people of that area. Nothing is guaranteed, and this involves partners such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization supporting intense efforts by the Ministry of Health – including Minister Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, who is a Gavi Board member and committed to childhood immunization – in negotiating with the military to gain access during these times. It is a quite perverse situation, with the government of Sudan paying toward the cost of hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses for children in this region, only to allow its military to deny them, although the rebels must take responsibility for this, too. And even when negotiations are successful, the difficult terrain can severely limit the numbers of children reached during these excursions. Option two is to try to get vaccines in through partner organizations still working in this area, such as Doctors Without Borders and faith-based organizations such as Caritas, which have had at least some success in finding less conventional ways to gain access, such as via the South Sudan border. However, while forces seem to turn a blind eye to their presence, they are by no means afforded immunity, and earlier this year a Doctors Without Borders hospital in South Kordofan was bombed. Meanwhile, with the situation getting more desperate, the capacity of these organizations is becoming increasingly limited as conflicts on the South Sudan side of the border make it more difficult for supplies to enter the area and for people to flee. It is not naïve to believe that it shouldn’t have to be this way. Even at the height of Sri Lanka’s long and ferocious civil war, vital medicines and vaccines continued to flow across the front line, thanks to an agreement between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger leaders. Today, political leaders need to put more pressure on both the Sudanese government and the rebels to negotiate a similar ongoing agreement and to demand an immediate ceasefire. But in all conflicts we also need to be more proactive about not just responding to humanitarian disasters but also preventing them, by recognizing the warning signs, the most obvious being a child’s right to vaccination. After all, for any country to have a future it must protect its children. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sudanese government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150723230000", "country1": "SDN", "country2": "SSD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/opinions/berkley-sudan-immunization-challenge/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "503810117", "sentence": "Jacob Malone, 33, is accused of sexually assaulting and impregnating a young member of his church He is also accused of furnishing liquor to the underage alleged victim, and endangering the welfare of a child Malone, who has resigned as a pastor, returned to the United States from Ecuador on Monday An eastern Pennsylvania man accused of sexually assaulting and impregnating a young parishioner while he was her church pastor has returned to the United States to turn himself in, according to police. Jacob “Jake” Malone landed at Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday afternoon, according to Detective Scott Pezick of the West Whiteland Police Department. Malone is being held in custody in Essex County and is expected to be brought back to Pennsylvania following an extradition hearing, Pezick said. A video arraignment in Chester County Prison is expected to follow shortly afterward, he added. Police in West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, allege that Malone, 33, developed a relationship with the alleged victim when she was a minor, then invited her to move in with him and his family, and sexually assaulted her after she turned 18 and was living with them. Police say Malone first met the girl in 2009, when she was 12 and a member of a church in Mesa, Arizona, where Malone was an associate pastor, according to the news release. A few years later, Malone moved to Minnesota to be a pastor at another church. He contacted the girl, who was 17 at that time, and invited her to stay with his family, according to the release. “While in Minnesota, the victim alleged that Malone began trying to have inappropriate contact with her,” the release says. In July 2014, the teen moved with Malone, his wife and three children to Pennsylvania, where Malone took a pastor position at Calvary Fellowship Downingtown, a nondenominational church, according to Pezick. Shortly afterward, the teen told police, he began sexually assaulting her. The victim, then 18, was given alcohol by Malone, according to Pezick. On at least one occasion, she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by the pastor, the detective said. Malone is wanted for rape, sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, furnishing liquor to a minor and other related offenses, according to Pezick. Charles Proctor, Malone’s attorney, told CNN he would not comment on the charges at this time, but said he is in daily contact with both the West Whiteland police and Malone, who had been in Ecuador. Malone went to visit acquaintances in Ecuador in recent weeks as an opportunity to give him and his wife “space,” according to Proctor. Police were expecting Malone to return last week, according to Pezick, but Proctor said it was “logistically impossible” for his client to get the 2 a.m. flight back to the United States. Malone, Pezick said, “was somebody from the church offering to help her, guide her. And that was the problem. She was looking for guidance and an adult to look up to, and she was taken advantage of.” Malone joined Calvary Fellowship in the summer of 2014. As pastor of leadership development, he was responsible for organizing volunteer teams around the church for programs such as worship and Bible studies, according to Bill Bateman, the church’s pastor for global outreach. “He was very good at it,” Bateman said. The church became aware of allegations against Malone in November 2015, according to Bateman, after they received a call from police detectives in Mesa, where similar allegations had been made against him. “It was a complete shock. Complete shock,” Bateman told CNN. Supervisors at the church confronted Malone with the allegations shortly after finding out about them, Bateman said. Malone immediately resigned, Bateman added. “Jake Malone passed every check and participated in every educational forum,” the church said in a statement. “He flew completely under the radar, deceiving even those who were closest to him. We know this is hard to imagine, but we assure you that no one suspected anything until very recently.” Bateman said that the situation was “heartbreaking.” No other church members have come forward with allegations, he said. The Police Department in Arizona reached out to Calvary Fellowship after a different woman came to them and said that she was sexually offended by Malone as a minor, according to Detective Esteban Flores of the Mesa Police Department. That alleged victim, who is now 20, said Malone had “sexual contact” with her beginning in 2009 and continuing until 2011, Flores said. She was a member of the Trinity Church in East Mesa, where Malone was an associate pastor for youth, Flores said. The Mesa investigation is ongoing, and charges have not yet been brought in that case, Flores said. The two women do not know each other, he added. “We’re still waiting for our detectives to get ahold of him and conduct an interview,” Flores said. “Our detectives have been in contact with his attorneys. If he returns back to Pennsylvania, we would like to talk to him.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jacob Malone", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160120010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ECU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/us/pennsylvania-pastor-rape-accusation-update/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "494474427", "sentence": "Cruz, Rubio spar over NSA, phone records Trump trades criticism with Bush over leadership, dealing with ISIS The simmering rivalry between Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz spilled into the open Tuesday night during the final Republican presidential debate of the year, as the two senators tussled over a string of issues that served to highlight front-runner Donald Trump’s discomfort with policy substance. CNN’s two-hour prime-time event here was dominated by national security and terrorism in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. But Trump, who has fueled intense controversy by proposing a ban on Muslims entering the United States, often faded into the background. He even struck an uncharacteristically conciliatory tone by pledging his commitment to the Republican Party – putting to rest rumors of an independent run – and holding his punches from the surging Cruz. Related video CNN Republican debate in 90 seconds There was no one on stage more eager to hit Trump than Jeb Bush. With his campaign floundering as his poll numbers have dropped to the low single-digits, Bush asserted himself more effectively than in previous debates. Right out of the gate, the two men exchanged tense words on Trump’s plan Muslim ban proposal, as well as the real estate developer’s recent vow to go after family members of ISIS terrorists. The latter, Bush said, was “another example of (Trump’s) lack of seriousness.” Trump, visibly annoyed, mouthed: “Give me a break.” He delivered his usual attack line on the ex-governor: that he is simply too nice. “I think Jeb is a very nice person, very nice person,” Trump said. “But we need toughness.” When Bush interjected, Trump taunted: “You’re trying to build up your energy but it’s not working.” Bush shot back: “Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency.” In stark contrast to Trump and Bush’s open personal hostiliy – which at times seemed petty against the backdrop of weighty issues like terrorism – Rubio and Cruz dug deep on policy. The long-simmering feud between the two men has intensified as they’ve risen in the polls and the senators have sought to seize the second-place spot after Trump. Cruz has attempted to straddle the line between presenting himself as an outsider and making the case that he can be commander-in-chief. Rubio has tried to blunt Cruz’s rise by attacking his national security policy as too isolationist – a potent attack at a time when national security is dominating the campaign. READ: Republican debate: CNN’s Reality Check team inspects the claims The two senators struck vastly different tones on issues including the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, immigration reform and how the United States should respond to dictators in the Middle East. Rubio blasted Cruz for voting for the USA Freedom Act, which made it more difficult for the government to access certain kinds of information about people’s telephone records. Related video Gov. Jeb Bush: Trump's rhetoric is 'dog whistle talk' “Here’s the world we live in. This is a radical jihadist group that is increasingly sophisticated,” said Rubio, who voted against the act. “We are at a time when we need more tools, not less tools.” Cruz called Rubio’s accusation false, and said the law ultimately “strengthened the tools of national security and law enforcement to go after” terrorists. He also hit Rubio on one of his biggest political vulnerabilities: his work on the “Gang of Eight” comprehensive immigration reform bill. Calling the legislation a “massive amnesty plan,” Cruz accused Rubio of working with Democrats to give President Barack Obama a “blanket authority” to accept refugees. “He was fighting to grant amnesty and not to secure the border. I was fighting to secure the border,” Cruz said. Rubio hit back, saying Cruz supports the legalization of people who are in the country illegally. He also slammed his colleague for supporting a controversial H-1B visa program, which supports immigration of highly skilled foreign workers. Cruz and Rubio were also split on whether the turmoil in the Middle East would ease if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was removed from power. “If we topple Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria and it will worsen U.S. national security interests,” Cruz said. Rubio rejected this notion, saying while the United States must sometimes work with “less than ideal governments,” Assad was simply an “anti-American dictator.” Related gallery Who's running for President? Heading into Tuesday’s debate, the stakes were higher than ever for the White House hopefuls. The Iowa caucuses are just seven weeks away and ISIS-inspired terror attacks have shifted the dynamics of the 2016 campaign. The anxiety was evident on Tuesday when public schools in Los Angeles took the unprecedented step of closing in response to what the superintendent called a “rare” threat. Trump remains the undisputed national GOP presidential front-runner. A Monmouth University poll on Monday placed him at 41%, the first time he’s cracked the 40% threshold in a national survey. A poll from The Washington Post and ABC News conducted entirely after Trump proposed the Muslim ban found support for Trump at 38% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents – up six percentage points from a Post/ABC poll in mid-November. Related video Donald Trump commits to the Republican Party Trump does, however, face a real threat from Cruz in Iowa. Recent polls showed the senator either neck-and-neck with or ahead of Trump in the state. On Tuesday night, Cruz continued to show little appetite for publicly engaging Trump. Asked to respond to Trump’s Muslim ban proposal, the Texas senator said he could certainly “understand why Donald made that proposal.” Trump was the target of plenty of criticism during the earlier so-called “undercard” debate. Four lower-polling White House hopefuls kicked off the evening by raising alarm about the threat of radical Islam – and went after Trump for the Muslim proposal. READ: Lindsey Graham’s best lines from CNN’s undercard debate “You may think this makes us safe, but it doesn’t,” said South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s most vocal critics. “Donald Trump has done the one single thing you cannot do – declare war on Islam itself.” Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said it’s “not the right proposal.” But Santorum blasted a culture of political correctness that he faults for blunting debate over the role of Muslims in society. “Not all Muslims are jihadists,” he said. “All jihadists are Muslim.” Santorum and Graham – who dominated the discussion – were joined by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former New York Gov. George Pataki. All four are at risk of being next on the chopping block if they’re unable to gain real momentum soon.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151215180000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/15/politics/republican-debate-updates/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "479420488", "sentence": "Tomb of Bronze Age warrior-king unearthed in Pylos, Greece 1,400 objects, including jewels, weapons and armor, found inside Discovery should yield insights on ancient world at dawn of European civilization Archaeologists in Pylos, southwest Greece, have excavated the intact tomb of a wealthy Bronze Age warrior-king buried about 3,500 years ago, in a discovery the team’s co-leader hailed as “one of the most magnificent displays of prehistoric wealth discovered in mainland Greece in the past 65 years.” Greece’s Ministry of Culture announced the discovery of the trove, which contained more than 1,400 objects, including a three-foot long bronze sword with an ivory hilt, four solid gold rings – more than found at any single burial elsewhere in Greece – and ivory combs and carvings, depicting griffons and a lion. Also in the shaft tomb was a unique necklace of box-shaped golden wires, gold and silver goblets, and more than 50 intricately carved seals – made in the style of the Minoan culture of the large island of Crete, to the southeast – depicting goddesses, reeds, altars, lions and men jumping over bulls. The find has astonished and excited the archaeological community, both for the rare richness of the trove and the insights it promises to reveal on the ancient world at the dawn of European civilization. “We were certainly not expecting to find anything like this,” said Sharon Stocker who, along with husband Jack Davis, led the team of archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati in discovering the site. “We were not looking for tombs in the first place and finding an unlooted tomb is so extremely rare. This is truly phenomenal.” The team was digging about 150 meters from the Palace of Nestor in ancient Pylos, an important center of Mycenaean Greece mentioned in Homer’s “Odyssey,” when they discovered the intact shaft tomb, which predates the palace by several centuries. The wealth of objects found within the single burial site – in an area where sites of multiple burials were the norm – was a “virtually unique situation within the entire Aegean world,” Davis told CNN. The find promised to shed light on how the more developed civilization on Crete at the time – Europe’s first advanced civilization – would inform what would develop into the Mycenaean palace culture on the mainland. For example, the large amount of seals found at the site appeared to have been produced in Crete, where they played an important, functional role in the bureaucratic culture of the island. Their presence on the mainland, centuries before a palace culture arose, suggested that to the warrior-king they held a different meaning, and were likely being collected “for their precious nature, their exotic nature and ideographic content,” said Davis. “It’s the contextual information – what was found where and together with what – that gives us the tools we need to tease out the meaning that these objects would have had to the community that buried them with him.” The team’s predecessors at the University of Cincinnati have impressive credentials in the area. Carl Blegen, a noted archaeologist from the institution, first located the palace at Pylos in 1939. So who was the man in the tomb? “So far we have no idea of the identity of this man,” said Stocker – other than he was someone very important and very rich. “We are looking at a period in Greece where people where usually buried with ceramic objects but this man was so rich that there were no ceramics. He was buried with bronze, silver and gold.” His bones showed he had been of a robust stature – which, along with martial objects found in the grave, suggested he was a warrior, she said – although he could also have been a priest, as many of the objects found with him had ritual significance. The find also offered clues to understanding gender at the time. “Here we have a man buried with combs, necklaces and a bronze mirror. If this was a multiple burials tomb containing women, we would assume these object belonged to the women,” she said. Greece’s general secretary of the Ministry of Culture Maria Vlazaki said the find showed “the immense wealth of Greece’s history and civilization and reminds us every once in a while yet another extraordinary find, like this tomb, will see the light of day.” She said it was “extremely rare for an unlooted tomb of such great significance to be unearthed.” “The finds are very impressive as is the scale of wealth that they display about the person buried there. Finding so much gold and silver is very unusual.” Dylan Rogers, assistant director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, said the discovery of the site had been the talk of the archaeological community for some time. “We’ve all kind of known about it here in Athens and we’ve had to keep a lock on it,” he said. “This is unique in that it’s one of the largest assemblages of this Bronze Age material that’s been found in a long time.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Greece's archaeological heritage", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151027170000", "country1": "GRC", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/europe/greece-pylos-warrior-tomb/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "461805571", "sentence": "Sacha Jenkins is the director of “Fresh Dressed,” which will premiere as a CNN Films broadcast on Thursday, September 3, at 10 p.m. ET. He is also the creative director for Mass Appeal magazine. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Silver Spring, Maryland, seemed like Candy Land when my mother, sister and I moved to Astoria, Queens, in 1977. My father, who was a professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C., had run his relationship with my mother into the ground. He wound up moving to New York after my parents split, and I’m pretty sure that our arrival in Queens was connected to the idea of being able to maintain a fairly consistent, real-time relationship with pops. Back then, New York City offered single mothers many more affordable housing options. And there were more employment opportunities for my mom in the Rotten Apple, too. We wound up moving to a building that was directly across the street from the Astoria Housing projects. Ma got a job down the block at a place called Harbor Light Silk Screen, where they printed T-shirts and some of the ads that ran on the interiors of subway cars. Anyway, there was a park just outside my bedroom window – this park was just beyond the park that was attached to the apartment building we lived in. It was littered with the guts of broken bottles; shards of glass glistened from every square inch of the place. Back then, two-liter bottles were made out of glass! Man, we used to love to smash those things. What a beautiful sound it would make. This is long before you could get five cents per returned bottle – otherwise, we would have cashed them in … I mean, money was tight. But I digress. The park with all of the glass on 8th Street was the place where these phantom DJs would spin well into the night. I was too young to be in the mix of what was happening in the park after dark, but the music was so loud that my bed would shake. Folks used to make their own speakers back then, and these units were like hand-crafted, stand-alone Godzillas, a byproduct of the sound system culture that Caribbean immigrants shared with their new inner-city neighbors. Speaking of Caribbean immigrants, my mother was the Haitian lady who would always call the cops to complain about the loud noise (It was LOUD). Still, she had no idea – and I had no idea, and no one I grew up with had any idea – that what was being spun outside my bedroom window would go on to become a musical form that humans from Brooklyn to Bangladesh would go on to admire, emulate and respect. Related video AFROPUNK: The new counter culture It was the musical representation and manifestation of hip-hop culture. The DJ was the main attraction back then. The individual on the mic would talk smack and occasionally check in with the audience. “How y’all doing out there?!” In my neighborhood, the famous phantom DJs were known as the Disco Twins, and they played a little bit of everything as there wasn’t any rap music committed to vinyl in 1977. (That would come the following year via King Tim III’s “Personality Jock.”) One thing I did know about the party people in the park is that they looked sharp. Everybody looked sharp in my neighborhood, regardless of whether or not your parents could actually afford it. Looking good or looking “fresh” was important on multiple levels. For one, if you were dressed in a manner that was universally considered to be “bummy” or unhip, you could potentially be ridiculed to tears. In the ‘hood, as elsewhere, we often judge each other by the way we dress. As an adult, it’s easy to see there are larger issues of class and self-esteem – but that is serious fodder for a whole other essay. Fashion functions as a language in this world, announcing your status and the life you lead – or the life you want people to believe you lead. Looking good, very simply, makes people of all hues feel good. As someone who has been writing about hip-hop for 25 years, I’d realized that the story of the culture’s rise hadn’t been told through the fashion, the fabric of the movement itself. From the self-stylized gang jackets of the 1970s to the billion-dollar, hip-hop fashion industry trail blazed by designers Carl Jones and Karl Kani, and by rap icons like Sean “Puffy” Combs. Inside of the dominion we call hip-hop, fashion has always been a strong reflection of the environments we lived in – be it the formerly bombed-out South Bronx or the working class, single-storied blues of Compton, California. Related video Meet the money makers of the natural hair movement My mom worked hard for her money at Harbor Lite Silk Screen, which was a block or so away from where a lighthouse used to be. This is back when people would get paid cash on a Friday and young toughs would lurk in between cars on the streets outside. The early darkness that is the calling card of winter would deliver us to evil; I remember my mom getting “mugged” a few times. Ma started to roll with mace spray in her coat pocket; New York was a dangerous place back then. The music and fashion being generated by the youth of that day was a reflection of what was going on. How we dressed and how we expressed ourselves through the music, the art (what some people call “graffiti”) and the dance – b-boying, breaking, popping – was how we escaped the realities of inner-city life. What we wore was a reflection of where we were – geographically. You were able to determine where someone was from based on the way they dressed. Brooklyn, Queens, Money Makin’ Manhattan, the Boogie Down Bronx – every region had its own distinct look, and that was partly based on the fact that different areas’ local stores stocked different brands and different colorways of the brands. Related video A brief history of high fashion sneakers Brooklyn had a strong Jamaican influence, for instance. For some reason, Jamaicans loved Clarks shoes and Kangol hats (brands that were also popular in England, another strong Jamaican enclave). When you saw a cat with Clarks on and a Kangol hat and Cazal frames hugging his face, you knew that that dude was from Brooklyn. Hip-hop and her fashion sense has come a long way, baby. Today, Dr. Dre and Puffy and Shawn “Jay Z” Carter are rich. Like, beyond belief rich. Like, richer-than-white-people rich! They can afford to get fresh for countless lifetimes. Even their ghosts can stay fresh. These moguls break bottles on yachts, not in parks. Because of the influence of the Internet (wherein your shopping options are unlimited), it might be impossible to distinguish which borough a kid is from based on the way he or she dresses today. Still, the way we wear things – be it how a cap is tilted on our heads or the sag of one’s jeans – continues to identify members of the hip-hop tribe, whether on the runway or on the boulevard. “Fresh Dressed” is about expression, oppression and cold, hard cash made by people who had no idea that they were pioneers in a movement that will never die. Roll over Beethoven – and rock ‘n’ roll.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "hip-hop culture", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150828163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "HTI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/opinions/fresh-dressed-sacha-jenkins-opinion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "425910379", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Mike Rogers is a national security commentator for CNN and a former chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Ellen Tauscher served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs from 2009 to 2012 and is now a strategic adviser at Baker Donelson, which represents firms including defense contractors. The views expressed are their own. Mike Rogers, Ellen Tauscher: Access to space has benefited U.S. national security U.S. should not be reliant on nonsecure foreign supply chains, authors write The United States has gained much from its position as a space-faring nation. Indeed, U.S. access to space has provided incredible benefit to U.S. national security, defense and the economic well-being of the nation. And in order to effectively confront current and future conflicts, combat terrorism and counter the proliferating threats worldwide, our military depends on space-based capabilities, including intelligence, GPS, and communications satellites. Unfortunately, as global threats increase and the need for assured space access accelerates, the U.S. is faced with a troubling reality – we are far too reliant on Russian technology to meet our national security obligations. How? For a start, we depend on the Atlas V rocket, which carries many of our most important satellites and is powered by the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine. The fact that we rely on Russia, currently under sanctions for invading a sovereign nation, should reinforce the need for a change in our current course. Assured access to space is an area where the U.S. should not be reliant on nonsecure foreign supply chains, which are subject to disruption, threats, unfavorable contracts and undue leverage against the interests of the U.S. The Ukraine crisis should have served as a wake-up call, highlighting the danger of dependence on Russia to launch national security satellites into space. And the United States should play no part in supporting the defense industry of a country that continues to abrogate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors. Simply put, it is bad policy to rely on others for critical national security requirements, and worse policy when this reliance supports countries taking action in direct contradiction to U.S. national security interests. Dmitry Rogozin, a Russian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of defense and space industries, has called American taxpayer outlays for the Russian engine “free money” that goes directly back into Russia’s missile modernization programs. It is high time the U.S. government turn to its existing domestic capability and turn off this flow of funds. Fortunately, there are some signs of progress. Last year, Congress took bipartisan action to phase out reliance on the RD-180 engine by the end of the decade, and to transition to an all-American space launch capability. The defense authorization for fiscal year 2015 included restrictions on the future use of the RD-180 for the Atlas V, authorizing $220 million to begin development of a U.S. alternative. This was a wise move, but it’s not enough. There are steps that the United States can take now to ensure our access to space and secure our comparative advantage in space – and in the world. True, development of a new launch system will take time; there are no overnight answers. However, a combination of existing capabilities and dynamic development of new capabilities by the private sector can serve as a foundation for eliminating any capability gap in the U.S. space program. Indeed, new entrants are coming online using launch vehicle systems fully designed and manufactured in America. The two main launch competitors – United Launch Alliance and SpaceX – each have all-American systems, namely ULA’s Delta IV family of rockets and SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Having both options will put America on the path to fielding its indigenous space capabilities for the next generation, while strengthening a space industrial base weakened since the end of the Cold War. The short-term goal should be to transition to existing American-manufactured launch vehicles, as opposed to phasing out systems such as the Delta IV, which continue to provide critical capability. In the long term, next-generation development programs should not involve major Russian subsystems and components. It is time to end America’s reliance on Russia’s rocket engine. This would be good for national security, good for American innovation and the industrial base – and good for our country’s future. Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. reliance on Russian rocket engines", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150416124500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/opinions/rogers-tauscher-russia-space-dependence/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "700810147", "sentence": "Trump continues to raise questions about the dossier's backers Fusion GPS's bank records were subpoenaed The law firm for the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee has acknowledged its clients’ role in paying for opposition research on Donald Trump that helped fund the now-infamous dossier of allegations about the now-President and Russia. A source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday that the law firm Perkins Coie, as part of its representation of the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained the intelligence firm Fusion GPS and entered “into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November.” A letter to Fusion GPS, which was written by Perkins Coie general counsel Matthew Gehringer, notes that it is revealing its role in hiring Fusion to aid the firm in its fight not to be forced to reveal its confidential list of clients. Fusion GPS is fighting a legal battle to prevent Fusion’s bank from providing the House intelligence committee records that the panel subpoenaed. The letter was filed with the court on Tuesday. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the campaign and DNC’s involvement with the dossier was a “very sad commentary on politics in this country.” “Hillary Clinton always denied it. The Democrats always denied it, and now, only because it is going to come out in a court case, they said yes they did it. They admitted it and they are embarrassed by it. I think it is a disgrace,” he said. Gehringer wrote that in March 2016, Fusion approached Perkins Coie to see if its clients would be interested in paying Fusion “to continue research regarding then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, research that Fusion GPS had conducted for one or more other clients during the Republican primary contest.” The DNC and Clinton campaign engaged Fusion in April to “perform a variety of research services during the 2016 election cycle.” As CNN has previously reported, the Fusion efforts researching Trump were first funded by Republican foes of Trump, and Democrats began paying the research firm later on, after Trump became the presumptive nominee. The identity of the Republican client or clients has not yet been publicly revealed. Without noting the party affiliation, Gehringer calls for other Fusion presidential campaign clients to step forward as well. “We believe it would be appropriate for all parties who hired Fusion GPS in connection with the 2016 presidential campaign to release Fusion GPS from this obligation,” he wrote. The Washington Post was first to report news of the Clinton campaign and DNC’s involvement with the dossier, and a source familiar with the matter confirmed the Post’s reporting to CNN on Tuesday. The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, said a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC hired Fusion GPS, which in turn hired former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, whose research makes up the document. The Post said Perkins Coie lawyer Marc Elias retained the research firm in April 2016 as the GOP primary was winding down and Trump was increasingly likely to clinch his party’s nomination, and that Fusion GPS hired Steele after the Democratic funding began and the general election picture grew clearer. Brian Fallon, the Clinton campaign’s national press secretary and now a CNN political contributor, tweeted Tuesday that he wasn’t aware of the connection between the campaign and the dossier authored by Steele, but “if I had, I would have volunteered to go to Europe and try to help him.” “I have no idea what Fusion or Steele were paid but if even a shred of that dossier ends up helping (Justice Department special counsel Robert) Mueller, it will prove money well spent,” he tweeted. DNC communications director Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement Tuesday: “Tom Perez and the new leadership of the DNC were not involved in any decision-making regarding Fusion GPS, nor were they aware that Perkins Coie was working with the organization. But let’s be clear, there is a serious federal investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, and the American public deserves to know what happened.” And a source familiar with the matter said Elias didn’t possess the entire dossier before the election. “It’s important to note that the question raised at the time was if Marc had a ‘dossier’ before the election and put together pitches to media outlets on information in it. Neither of those statements were true,” the source said. “What was eventually published as the ‘dossier’ by Buzzfeed wasn’t in Marc’s possession before the election, and like most people, he read it when it was published. While he was certainly familiar with some, but not all, of the information in it, from the research that was being done, he didn’t have and hadn’t seen the full document, nor was he involved in pitching it to reporters.” But White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that the news of the Clinton campaign and DNC funding the dossier research was “the real Russia scandal.” “The real Russia scandal? Clinton campaign paid for the fake Russia dossier, then lied about it & covered it up,” Sanders tweeted. Sources told CNN that Mueller’s investigators met with Steele over the summer as part of their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and allegations of coordination between Russia and Trump’s associates. The confirmation that the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign contributed funding that led to the dossier comes as Trump continues to train his fire on the explosive document, most recently tweeting, “Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)?” Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)? House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes signed subpoenas for Fusion GPS’s financial records, and the research firm asked a federal court to block the request, citing First Amendment concerns. Fusion GPS also claimed that Nunes should have notified it about the subpoena of its bank records. Nunes stepped aside from the House intelligence committee’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the election in April following an ethics investigation into his handling of classified information. The California Republican delegated authority on the Russia matter to Republican Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas. The federal court noted the settlement talks Tuesday afternoon. Fusion GPS and the bank must let the court know by 3 p.m. Thursday if the parties reach a settlement. The judge in the case also extended a deadline for the bank to reply to the case from Wednesday until Friday morning. Earlier Tuesday, Fusion GPS lawyer William Taylor issued a statement that Congress’ request was overly broad and that it was “designed to punish President Trump’s political foes while chilling future investigative research into his actions.” The dossier helped fuel the ongoing investigations into Trump and Russia, including the special counsel probe led by Former FBI Director Mueller. CNN reported in February that investigators had been able to corroborate some information in the dossier, although not the most salacious allegations. The US intelligence community asserted in January that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered an effort to disrupt the US presidential election. This story has been updated with details from Gehringer’s letter.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171025023000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/politics/fusion-gps-clinton-campaign/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "678816706", "sentence": "On Thursday, a transcript published by The Washington Post showed Trump attributing his win in New Hampshire to the opioid epidemic Earlier this week, a White House commission recommended the President declare a national public health emergency New Hampshire’s governor said Friday that Donald Trump’s comment calling the state a “drug-infested den” was an “aspersion upon the entire state.” “We know the President has the tendency to speak in hyperbole and tweet things out and all that stuff, but you can’t go out and just cast this misconception, aspersion upon the entire state,” Gov. Chris Sununu told WMUR. On Thursday, a transcript of a phone call between Trump Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in which Trump attributed his win in New Hampshire to the opioid epidemic was published by The Washington Post. “I won New Hampshire because New Hampshire is a drug-infested den,” Trump said, according to the transcript from January 27. Earlier this week, the White House commission dedicated to analyzing the opioid crisis in the United States recommended the President declare a national public health emergency over the epidemic. “Of course, of course, look, when you have the fastest-growing economy, all of the great things we have with travel and tourism, that fact that we are still the best state in the country to live and work and raise a family, this mischaracterization of words like that, there is no place for that,” Sununu said to WMUR.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170805024500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/new-hampshire-governor-chris-sununu-president-donald-trump/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "697290974", "sentence": "CNN has released an investigation exposing the inappropriate and potentially fraudulent use of a popular nursing home drug called Nuedexta. Read it here. Related article The little red pill being pushed on the elderly During the reporting process, CNN analyzed payment, prescriber, adverse event and inspection report data from various government agencies and dug through internal company emails and documents. Reporters also interviewed dozens of doctors (including critics and paid promoters of Nuedexta), other medical experts, nursing home employees, family members of Nuedexta patients and both former and current employees of the drugmaker, Avanir Pharmaceuticals. CNN used keywords “Nuedexta,” “pseudobulbar affect,” “PBA,” “uncontrollable laughing,” “uncontrollable crying,” “Avanir” and “dextromethorphan-quinidine” (Nuedexta’s generic name) to analyze data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and identified cases where Nuedexta use had resulted in a citation by state health officials. CNN analyzed data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System to identify reports made involving Nuedexta since 2011, the year the drug hit the market. This database includes “adverse events” voluntarily reported by doctors, nursing home employees, family members and patients themselves. These events can include everything from minor side effects to hospitalization and death, and the FDA said reports do not necessarily “constitute conclusive evidence of a problem with the product.” CNN analyzed the adverse event data to find incidents where Nuedexta was deemed a “suspect” medication, meaning it was considered by the event’s reporter to be a potential cause of harm. CNN analyzed this data to identify the number of incidents where patients experienced hospitalization, death or symptoms such as sedation (using keywords “somnolence,” “sedation,” “fatigue,” “flat affect,” “stupor” and “unresponsive to stimuli”) or dizziness and falls (using keywords “dizziness,” “confused state,” “confusion,” “falls,” “gait disturbance,” “fear of falling,” and “confusional state.”) In addition, reporters read the full text of roughly 500 reports obtained through a federal Freedom of Information Act request. Several data sources from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were used to track Medicare spending on the drug and identify doctors who were top Nuedexta prescribers and/or recipients of Nuedexta-related payments or meals. CNN used drug cost data from Medicare Part D, the main prescription drug insurance program for those 65 and over and the disabled, to show how government spending on the medication has spiked. This data includes all program payments for the drug, including patient copays, and does not take into account manufacturer rebates, which CMS is barred by law from disclosing. CMS’ Open Payments data from 2013 to 2016 was analyzed to determine how much Avanir and its parent company, Otsuka, have spent on payments to doctors for promotional speaking, consulting and other services as well as on travel reimbursements and free meals given to doctors targeted by salespeople. Using these doctors’ names, addresses and medical specialties, CNN used 2015 Part D prescriber data to look up how many Nuedexta claims they filed with Part D in 2015 to determine that at least 45% of the Part D Nuedexta claims came from doctors who received at least one Nuedexta-related payment or meal between 2013 and 2015. The 2016 prescriber data is not available. The reporters also obtained hundreds of pages of internal Avanir emails and other documents, read through US and Japanese investor presentations and company filings, and gathered prescription drug data from a number of sources. These included sales figures and capsule counts from data provider QuintilesIMS (Nuedexta sales and profit data are not publicly available from the company). Reporters also reviewed government reimbursement data from EvaluatePharma and January 2017 pricing data from First Databank Inc., which tracks a commonly used drug price indicator known as the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC). According to First Databank, the WAC “represents published catalogue or list prices and may not represent actual transactional prices.” Read more about the firm’s methodology here. CNN sought comment from Avanir and outlined these findings, but the company declined to be interviewed – providing a written statement that can be read here. CNN’s David Health and Aaron Kessler contributed to the physician payment and claims analysis.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Avanir Pharmaceuticals", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171012141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/health/nuedexta-methodology-invs/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "732026581", "sentence": "NEW: Oxfam apologizes to Haiti for prostitution scandal Oxfam has for the first time publicly released its internal report into the 2011 Haiti prostitution scandal which has badly damaged the British charity’s reputation around the world. The report includes allegations that three staff members “physically threatened and intimidated” a witness during an internal investigation into the scandal. Oxfam issued a formal apology to the Haitian government on Monday following the report’s release. “Oxfam is grateful to the Haiti Government for allowing us the chance now to offer our humblest apologies and to begin explaining ourselves and start the long road ahead of re-establishing trust and partnership, given our 40-year history with Haiti and its citizens,” Simon Ticehurst, Oxfam’s regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, said in a statement. Ticehurst met with Haitian Minister of Planning and External Cooperation Aviol Fleurant Monday to discuss allegations against Oxfam staff after the 2010 earthquake, according to the statement. “We will stand ready to engage with the people of Haiti and have expressed our openness to collaborate as much as required with the Haiti Government,” Ticehurst said. Allegations first emerged last week that a number of staff members, including the country director, hired prostitutes at Oxfam properties while working in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Four staff were dismissed and another three others resigned following the investigation, including former Haiti country director Roland van Hauwermeiren. Related article Haiti minister says he may revoke Oxfam's right to operate in country The names of the other staff members involved in the scandal have been redacted in the publicly available version of the report. In the document, the UK charity said it would be meeting with the Haitian government on Monday to present them with a copy of their findings and apologize. The Haitian government has threatened to expel Oxfam from the country following the accusations. “If there has indeed been an infraction … I will not hesitate to revoke Oxfam’s right to operate in Haiti,” Aviol Fleurant, Haiti’s minister of planning and external cooperation, told CNN in an interview Friday in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Fleurant is in charge of the oversight of aid agencies. The staff members were deployed to Haiti in response to the devastating earthquake in 2010, which killed between 200,000 and 300,000 people. According to the document released Monday, allegations of sexual misconduct were first reported to Oxfam in July 2011 following an email from a source whose name has been redacted. Oxfam said it dispatched a team to Haiti to investigate the allegations and, during an interview with investigators, van Hauwermeiren admitted to hiring prostitutes on Oxfam property and agreed to resign. In an open letter, published by Belgian broadcaster VTM on Thursday, van Hauwermeiren denied sleeping with a prostitute in the villa Oxfam had rented for him. “I had up to three times intimate contact in my house. (She) was, in my opinion, a mature honorable lady, not an earthquake victim and no prostitute,” he said in the letter. Related article UN chief calls for culture change after Oxfam allegations In its 2011 report, Oxfam said allegations the sex workers were under-age could not be substantiated nor ruled out. The report didn’t address claims that van Hauwermeiren and his team had been previously reported for alleged sexual misconduct while working in the African nation of Chad, but no action was taken at the time. The UK government said Monday that Oxfam had a “long way to go to restore trust” with the public and the people it serves following the allegations of sexual misconduct, a Downing Street spokesman told CNN. On Tuesday the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee will hear from senior officials from aid charities including the current Oxfam Chief Executive Mark Goldring. The international charity, which has offices around the world, has already been severely damaged by the allegations which were first reported by the Times of London in early February. Two high-profile Oxfam ambassadors have resigned in the wake of the scandal, including actress Minnie Driver and Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The charity’s deputy chief executive Penny Lawrence also resigned on February 12 following media reports of the scandal, including allegations of a cover-up by management. CNN’s Zahrah Ullah contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Oxfam", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180219070000", "country1": "HTI", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/americas/oxfam-report-haiti-threats-intl/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "704758136", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Dean Winslow, said Tuesday it is “insane” that a civilian can buy a semi-automatic weapon like the gun that Devin Kelley used in the Texas church shooting. Winslow made the comments in his confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee. Related article Gun violence: More complicated than a 'mental health problem' “I may get in trouble with other members of the committee, just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy a semi-automatic assault rifle like an AR-15, which apparently was the weapon that was used,” Winslow said. Law enforcement have said Kelley used Ruger AR-556, which is a variant of an AR-15. The Pentagon declined to comment on Winslow’s remarks. Trump has resisted any action on gun laws in response to the deadly mass shootings that have occurred during his time in office. Related article Trump dismisses question on extreme vetting for gun ownership On Tuesday, Trump said that “there would have been no difference” in the deadly Texas shooting if an extreme vetting policy for gun ownership had been in place. “If you did what you’re suggesting there would have been no difference three days ago, and you might not have had that very brave person who happened to have a gun in his truck and shoot him, and hit him and neutralize him,” Trump said responding to a question during a joint news conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. “Instead of having 26 dead he would’ve had hundreds more dead,” Trump said. On Monday, Trump said that he believes the Texas church shooting was caused by a “mental health problem,” not an issue with gun laws in the United States. Related article Trump says Texas shooting result of 'mental health problem' not US gun laws “Mental health is your problem here,” Trump said, noting that “based on preliminary reports” the shooter was “a very deranged individual.” “This isn’t a guns situation,” Trump said. “This is a mental health problem at the highest level. It’s a very, very sad event.” Trump announced his intention to nominate Winslow on September 2. According to the White House announcement at the time, Winslow most recently served as a professor and vice chair of medicine at Stanford University. Winslow is a retired United States Air Force Colonel with several distinguished military decorations for his service, according to the White House. After 9/11 he deployed twice to Afghanistan and four times to Iraq as a flight surgeon supporting combat operations in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "gun control policy in the United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171107201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/politics/trump-pentagon-nominee-assault-rifles/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "609560844", "sentence": "Sen. John McCain said Russian election-related hacks threaten to “destroy democracy” and faulted the American response as “totally paralyzed.” McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, again called for a select committee to investigate the CIA’s finding that Russia hacked Democrats’ emails in a bid to help President-elect Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. “This is the sign of a possible unraveling of the world order that was established after World War II, which has made one of the most peaceful periods in the history of the world,” McCain told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “We’re starting to see the strains and the unraveling of it, and that is because of the absolute failure of American leadership.” “When America doesn’t lead, a lot of other bad people do,” he added. McCain’s calls so far have been rejected by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who have backed investigations but said they want to see them conducted through already-existing Senate and House committees. “This is serious business. If they’re able to harm the electoral process, they may destroy democracy, which is based on free and fair elections,” he said. McCain further ratcheted up pressure on McConnell Sunday, sending a letter to the majority leader asking him to allow for a Senate select committee to probe Russian hacking. “Cyber is the rare kind of all-encompassing challenge for which the Congress’s jurisdictional boundaries are an impediment to sufficient oversight and legislative action,” McCain wrote to McConnell in a letter, cosigned by fellow GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “Only a select committee that is time-limited, cross-jurisdictional, and purpose-driven can address the challenge of cyber,” wrote the bipartisan quartet of senators. “We believe it is justified by the extraordinary scope and scale of the cyber problem.” McCain told Tapper on “State of the Union” responsibility for cyber-security is spread too broadly today. “The responsibilities for cyber is spread over about four different committees in the Senate, and each doing their own thing, frankly, is not going to be the most efficient way of arriving at a conclusion,” he said. In the interview, McCain spoke about the Russian hacking – as well as China’s seizure of a US underwater drone and the Syrian government’s slaughter of the citizens of Aleppo – in dire terms. In making another call for a select committee to investigate Russian hacking, McCain mocked President Barack Obama’s statement Friday that he had personally told Russian President Vladimir Putin to “cut it out.” “We need a select committee. We need to get to the bottom of this. We need to find out exactly what was done and what the implications of the attacks were, especially if they had an effect on our election,” McCain said. “There’s no doubt they were interfering and no doubt it was a cyber-attack. The question now is how much and what damage and what should the United States of America do? And so far, we’ve been totally paralyzed,” he said. “I’m sure that when Vladimir Putin was told quote ‘cut it out’ unquote, I’m sure that Vladimir Putin immediately stopped all cyber-activities. The truth is, they are hacking every single day.” CNN’s Ted Barrett contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian election-related hacks", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161218150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/18/politics/john-mccain-russia-hacking/", "score": "0.85"}}}
{"article_id": "496394086", "sentence": "Radio star and entrepreneur launches solar powered fridges for farmers Design will impact hunger, poverty, gender equality and healthcare Almost half of the food produced in the developing world is wasted before it reaches the consumer, largely due to a lack of cold storage. In Nigeria, the problem is particularly acute as agriculture is by far the largest employer – accounting for two-thirds of the labor force. The lack of electricity in rural areas makes it fiendishly difficult to keep food cold. Enter Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, a radio presenter and social entrepreneur, with “Cold Hubs” - an enterprise that could transform millions of lives and the entire Nigerian economy. The start-up produces walk-in, solar-powered refrigeration units which extend the lifespan of fruit and vegetable produce from two to 21 days. The “Hubs” are designed for use in even the most remote corners of the country. They are simple to operate, and affordable to all. Ikegwunou is a farmer himself from the southern state of Imo, who previously founded the Smallholders Foundation – and its popular radio station – as a means of empowering rural workers. He believes the design responds to their most urgent need. “From talking to farmers, we identified the challenge of lost produce,” says the 33-year-old. “Most losses come in the markets, and when produce is taken from the trees…In Nigeria, electricity is unreliable so you have to make an alternate plan.” Ikegwuono resolved to pursue an off-grid solution. In 2012, he traveled to Dresden, Germany, to meet with scientists that had developed a solar-powered cold room that was never commercialized. Together, they refined the concept and technical specifications. The embryonic business then hired an office in the U.S., where the design was presented to investors and energy experts. After going through several prototypes, the entrepreneur emerged with heavyweight investors, an all-star team, and a world-class product. “When you take an idea to the US, it is torn apart, criticized and condemned,” says Ikegwunou. “If you come out unscathed – then you have an idea.” The first units were rolled out at Nigeria’s busiest markets in 2014, giving farmers an opportunity to test them for 100 Naira ($0.50) per day. There are now 10 in operation  – and constant use – with a further 50 to be unveiled in 2016. Farmers also have the option of forming co-operatives to buy their own, with subsidized repayment plans. Either way, Ikegwuonu anticipates they will see swift and substantial returns. “A basket of tomatoes sells for $60 when they are in the best condition,” he says. “Farmers lose 50% due to lack of storage - $30 a basket. For 50 cents they can eliminate the loss completely.” The company estimates farmers will see a 25% fillip to their annual income, and the benefits do not stop there. Increased food production – including fruit and vegetables – should help tackle the nation’s chronic malnutrition problem. There will be a boost to female employment as public units will only be operated by women. Rural healthcare will improve as medicines and vaccines can also be refrigerated. Serial entrepreneur Michael “Luni” Libes, founder of six start-ups, recently joined Cold Hubs as an adviser, and sees enormous potential. “This is one of the most innovative ideas I have seen to kick-start the cold chain, and in a way that is accessible to the most farmers,” says Libes. “The impact is twofold: At scale it should help Africa feed Africa, and it should stop farmers losing money. It should basically have an impact for both global hunger and global poverty…at least a billion people need this.” Cold Hubs has already achieved international recognition, having been selected as a partner program for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In September, the team was invited to present their work at UN headquarters in New York. Ikegwuono is confident the units can have a dramatic impact at home, but he also believes they can capture the global market. There is interest from the U.S. and Europe, and no obvious competitors. “I hope in 15 years this can be a brand name all over the world – the same as an LG or Sony product,” he says.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cold Hubs", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151222133000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/22/africa/cold-hubs/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "687008841", "sentence": "House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week in a letter where he threatened Sessions with a public grilling if he doesn’t produce documents about the Russia dossier to the House intelligence committee. Nunes, who despite stepping aside from directing the House Russia investigation has been leading his own separate investigation, accused Sessions and the FBI of stonewalling him repeatedly in a September 1 letter obtained by CNN. In the letter, he threatened to drag Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray before the committee for a public grilling and hold them in contempt of Congress – a jailable offense – if they don’t hand over the documents. The House intelligence committee issued a pair of subpoenas last month seeking documentation of whether the FBI or Justice Department used material from the dossier compiled by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele as part of the federal investigation into possible collusion between the campaign of President Donald Trump and the Kremlin. Nunes also writes that he subpoenaed to discover whether information from the Russia dossier was used in the crafting of applications to conduct surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In the letter, which was signed only by Nunes and no other members of the House intelligence committee, Nunes explained that he was extending the deadline for responding to the subpoenas to September 14. But he capped it off with a sharp threat. “If all responsive documents are not produced by the revised deadline, the Attorney General and Director of the FBI (Christopher Wray) shall appear before the committee at 9 a.m. on September 14, 2017 in room HVC-210 of the US Capitol during an open hearing, to explain under oath DOJ’s and FBI’s unwillingness or inability to comply in full with the subpoenas issued on August 24,” Nunes wrote. Nunes then closes the letter by stating that if the Justice Department and FBI do not provide the documents, he will seek to hold Sessions and Wray in contempt of Congress – which is punishable with up to a year in prison. Asked to comment, Nunes told a CNN reporter Tuesday evening: “I’m not talking to you guys.” The Republican leader of the House Russia investigation, Rep. Michael Conaway, said earlier Tuesday that he supported the effort to obtain the dossier documents. “We’ve got to run this thing to ground,” Conaway said. But Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, said the pair of subpoenas were issued over his objections last month and are designed to “undermine” the claims about the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. The subpoenas seek information about what the FBI knows about the compilation of the Russia dossier and coincides with a push by the committee to bring in Steele, the report’s author and a former British spy. Conaway said he does not know yet what will happen if Justice Department refuses to hand over the information and said the decision on enforcement will be up to House Speaker Paul Ryan. The dossier was funded by political opponents of Trump during the campaign. It contains allegations – some since verified – about Trump’s associates, finances and personal life. Trump has dismissed the allegations, calling them “phony.” The Washington Examiner was first to report the subpoenas.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170906004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/house-intelligence-committee-subpoena-fbi-justice/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "717240746", "sentence": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging him not to allow the House Russia investigation to be shut down. Pelosi’s letter says Democrats are “deeply concerned by the Majority’s efforts to curtail the House Intelligence Committee investigation and its overall failure to address Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.” “Nothing less than America’s democracy and national security are at stake, and therefore we must fully investigate Russia’s assault on our election systems to prevent future foreign attacks,” the California Democrat wrote. “We expect that you will take urgent action to ensure this investigation can continue, and justice can be pursued, unhindered.” Related: Top FBI official grilled on Comey, Clinton in Hill testimony Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, warned last week that he was concerned House Republicans might end the committee’s Russia investigation at the end of the year, with no witnesses yet scheduled in 2018. The committee’s Republican leaders say they still have more witnesses to speak with, though they add that they hope to conclude their investigation as quickly as they can. A spokeswoman for Ryan said in response to the minority leader’s message that “Leader Pelosi would like to see this investigation go on forever.” “Whether it concludes next month, next year, or in three years, she will say it is too soon,” Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a statement. “For nearly a year, this Committee has been following the facts, and it continues to do so. The investigation will conclude when the Committee has reached a conclusion. It is also the Committee’s responsibility to provide recommendations to Congress to ensure what took place last election never happens again.” She added, “One would hope that Leader Pelosi would want those recommendations in time to implement them before the election coming just next year.” CNN’s Ashley Killough contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "House Russia investigation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171222124500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/politics/russia-investigation-congress-pelosi-ryan/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "671580832", "sentence": "Bogoslof volcano erupted Saturday It \"remains at a heightened state of unrest,\" agency says An Alaskan volcano that has erupted several times since last year spewed an ash cloud up to 30,000 feet, leading to an aviation warning. The Bogoslof volcano erupted Saturday, sending ash over the Aleutians Islands, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) said. It “remains at a heightened state of unrest and in an unpredictable condition, and additional explosions producing high-altitude volcanic clouds could occur at any time,” the observatory said. The volcano sits under the flight path of many flights from Asia to North America and its ash cloud could adversely affect aircraft. “Ash and aircraft do not mix, as volcanic ash is abrasive, melts at jet engine temperatures, and can cause engine failure,”  the United States Geological Survey says. The aviation color code remains at red. Bogoslof’s current eruption sequence started in December, according to the observatory.  Its previous eruption events have lasted weeks, sometimes months. In May, an eruption prompted a similar temporary aviation alert but was subsequently downgraded to “orange.” Aircraft are often instructed to fly around or over ash clouds, although in some circumstances air traffic has been grounded due to the hazards from airborne ash. In 2010 the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland caused the cancellation of flights around Europe for six days. CNN’s Joe Sutton contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bogoslof volcano eruption", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170709080000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/09/us/alaska-volcano-aviation-warning/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "683375085", "sentence": "President Trump unveiled the administration's Afghanistan strategy in a speech on Monday In it, he authorized more troops and said there would be no more nation building President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled Afghanistan strategy is meant to pressure the Taliban to the negotiating table by making clear there’s no way to win on the battlefield, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday. “We are there to facilitate and ensure that there is a pathway for reconciliation and peace talks,” Tillerson said. “As the pressure begins to take hold, we believe we already know there are certain moderate elements of the Taliban who we think will be ready and develop a way forward.” Trump’s South Asia plan is meant to force the Taliban to accept that they “will not win a battlefield victory,” Tillerson said. Addressing the terrorist group directly, he said, “We may not win one, but neither will you.” He cautioned that the effort will take time. “It is time to begin a process, a lengthy process, of reconciliation and a peace accord in Afghanistan,” he said. “How long that will take will be based on conditions on the ground.” Related video What's at stake in Afghanistan Tillerson was expanding on Trump’s Monday speech that laid out the administration’s approach to the war of almost 16 years, which has claimed more than 2,000 US lives and billions of dollars since it was launched by President George W. Bush in October 2001. Trump’s plan resembles the strategies of previous administrations, with a few tweaks and deliberately few details, including how long the US will stay. The President authorized more troops and declared that the US will avoid nation building, concentrating instead on empowering the Afghans to fight their own battles. Under Trump, the US will also continue to engage regional neighbors, such as India and Pakistan, in efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. And while the President is continuing past pressure on Pakistan, he and Tillerson are taking a much more public route with US complaints over Islamabad’s ties to terror groups. On Tuesday, Tillerson declined to offer many more details beyond what the President had. “We are not going to signal ahead what our plans are,” he said. “We’re not going to signal an increase, decrease, timing, any of that,” he added, referring to troop levels, among other things. “It will be driven by conditions on the ground.” He added, though, that “the intent is there will be visibility to troop levels once the decision has been made.” And Tillerson added that, “the only way we can defeat an enemy that is as nimble and as cagey, tactically, as this enemy is, we have to be as cagey and tactical as they are. And we’ve not been fighting that way.” The top US diplomat also doubled down on Trump’s comments about Pakistan, noting that it can play an important role in delivering the Taliban to the negotiating table but warned that Islamabad must stop offering safe haven to terrorist groups or face consequences. A spokesperson for Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Abbasi said late Tuesday the leader was “disappointed” by the US’s policy statement, adding it “ignores the enormous sacrifices” made in the fight against terrorism. “Pakistan has been and will continue to be part of the global counter terrorism efforts,” the statement said. The US and Pakistan have long maintained a close security partnership, with the US providing hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance to Islamabad in recent years. Much of that money goes toward supporting counter terrorism efforts and capabilities. Related video Afghan official praises Trump's 'firm messages' “We have witnessed terrorist organizations being given safe haven inside Pakistan to plan and carry out attacks against US servicemen and officials, disrupting peace efforts inside Afghanistan,” Tillerson said. “Pakistan must adopt a different approach.” The US will condition future support for Pakistan “on them delivering results in this area,” Tillerson said. Consequences could include Pakistan’s loss of status as a non-NATO ally and cuts to aid. “We have put people on notice that if you’re providing safe haven to terrorists, be warned: we are going to engage those providing safe haven and ask them to change what they are doing,” Tillerson said. Apart from the Afghan people, Tillerson said, Pakistan “will benefit more than any other nation,” particularly as the Taliban and other terror groups such as the Haqqani network strengthen to such a degree that they might soon threaten Islamabad itself, he said. Trump, like his predecessors, will pursue a strategy that combines military and diplomatic levers of influence to stabilize the country and deny a safe haven to terrorist groups, including ISIS and al Qaeda. The President offered little elaboration about the diplomatic side of that campaign, particularly how it would be carried out without a US ambassador in the Afghan capital of Kabul. Tillerson said Tuesday that, “we have very competent capable people on the ground now” to handle the diplomatic challenges. He added that the administration’s diplomatic approach, like the military approach, will be “conditions based.” “We must continue the reform efforts we’ve been working on for some time,” Tillerson said, “in particular much more rigorous efforts” around fighting government corruption. In his Monday address to troops at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, Trump offered few specifics, but he did outline reasons for his decision to extend and expand the US presence in Afghanistan, a reversal from his strident past criticism of previous administrations for involvement there. Leaving “would create a vacuum for terrorists, including ISIS and al Qaeda,” Trump said, as he described an extended deliberative process with his national security staff about how to proceed in Afghanistan. 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{"article_id": "606559347", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: W. James Antle III is the Washington Examiner’s politics editor and senior adviser and foreign policy analyst for Defense Priorities, a think tank focusing on the US military. The opinions in the article are those of the author. Having spent nearly $5 trillion on war in exchange for security benefits that are arguable at best requires some hard questions Let us hope that our new leaders will have the courage to ask them With a new president comes change. That’s what America sorely needs in foreign policy, where we have for too long been mired in a deadly status quo of ineffectual and often counterproductive intervention – especially in the Middle East. Like a hammer in search of a nail, policymakers are quick to solve national security problems through US involvement in foreign quagmires. Whether by invading, bombing or arming dubious international fighters about whom we know little, our activist foreign policy keeps creating vacuums that are filled by our enemies or assuming burdens that should not be borne by our taxpayers or brave service members. Related video Trump's challenges in the Middle East Yet our foreign policy has proved the most resistant to change, even when we elect presidents who appear to understand the problems with the current approach. President Obama opposed the destabilization that followed regime change in Iraq, but then repeated it in Libya. Similarly, President-elect Trump called the Iraq war a “big, fat mistake” and rejected the US serving as the world’s policemen. But he has mostly surrounded himself with supporters of that mistake and conventionally hawkish globo-cops when seeking to fill crucial national security positions in his coming administration. Even President George W. Bush campaigned on a “humble foreign policy.” We all know how that turned out. Our leaders started down this dangerous path even before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but our current military footprint abroad cannot be understood apart from that dark day. We rightly avenged the savage murder of thousands of our countrymen and undoubtedly took steps that increased our preparedness for future terrorism, making Americans safer. Nevertheless, we must take inventory of where we are more than 15 years later. Despite being at war in Afghanistan for longer than the US fought in the Second World War, the Taliban now holds more territory there than at any point since 2001. A variant of the Islamic extremists who attacked America on 9/11 now holds more power and territory in Iraq than before 2003 invasion. Iran is also more powerful in the Middle East, having lost a regional counterweight. One reputable pollster found that 90% of young Iraqis consider the US an enemy. The US government is now re-engaging in Iraq to beat back ISIS, which metastasized after the overthrow of the old regime in Baghdad. Unlike the last war in Iraq, this one is proceeding without congressional authorization. Related video Latest on Mosul operation in Iraq “Unfortunately, despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach,” CIA Director John Brennan told Congress in June. Our politicians ignore the consequences of regime change in Libya, which, as in Iraq, has left the country teeming with anti-American jihadists who we have resumed bombing with no end in sight. Instead, Democrats and Republicans clamor to do more in Syria, hoping to overthrow yet another regime that is loathsome but incapable of imminently threatening the US while simultaneously fighting the other sides of that civil war. Far from being a bystander, our government is already arming and training Syrian rebels. One such group of fighters gave a quarter of its weapons to an al-Qaeda affiliate. On Thanksgiving, we suffered the first American combat death in Syria. All this despite the fact that it is becoming less clear as to why getting involved in the civil war in Syria will prevent Americans from being killed in San Bernardino, Orlando or Boston. The biggest terrorist attacks on our soil since 9/11 have not been directed from the Middle East. They have not been stopped by overthrowing or destabilizing foreign governments. They have not been prevented by mass surveillance of American citizens. If we cannot secure our own borders, how realistic is it that we can protect ourselves by redrawing the borders of Syria or Iraq? Related video Syria: The biggest issue for the next US president? How often are we going to repeat the same interventions on the advice of the same people whose recommendations and threat assessments have proven wrong in the past? November’s election results showed our political elites don’t even understand what is going on in our own country. Do they really possess the wisdom to create peaceful democracies in the Middle East? In a dangerous world, there are no easy answers. But having spent nearly $5 trillion on war, to say nothing of the deaths and injuries to our best and bravest Americans, in exchange for security benefits that are arguable at best requires some hard questions. Let us hope that our new leaders will have the courage to ask them.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US foreign policy in the Middle East", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161208151500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/opinions/trump-middle-east-antle/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "597354170", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Leslie Vinjamuri is an associate fellow with the US and the Americas Programme, serves on the council of Chatham House, and is an adjunct faculty member with the institute’s Academy for Leadership in International Affairs. She is also Associate Professor in International Relations at SOAS, University of London The opinions in this article are those of the author. Vinjamuri: Trump's public disavowal of the most basic liberal principles undermines the liberal order Moral authority and the liberal values that underpin it have always been essential in US leadership The US presidential election, the nastiest in its history, is finally over. The next president of the United States, Donald Trump, faces a daunting challenge to restore America’s moral authority as a global leader. That moral authority has been badly damaged over the past 100 days. The fact that many people see this as a problem of Trump’s own making means that the task will be even more complicated for him than it perhaps would have been for Hillary Clinton. As president, Trump will quickly find his hands tied if he does not seek to reverse this downward spiral. The tenor of the debate in the US has cast a shadow over the country, and that shadow is visible far beyond America’s shores. This shadow is one marked by uncertainty and fear about the implications of a Trump presidency, especially in Europe and Asia. But American values are reflected first and foremost through the lens of its domestic politics. Trump’s embrace of torture tactics, his racist language and his sexism create mistrust among America’s liberal allies and fear among allies that do not share a common culture with the United States. Related video Carl Bernstein: Trump win is 'tragic and dangerous' Trump also must reunite an American public that is deeply divided. If Trump fails to overcome these divisions, they are likely to take root and fester, with grave consequences for the future health of America and for the rest of the world. The last 100 days have seen a campaign dominated by mudslinging, racism, sexist attacks, false allegations, attacks on individual characters and a willingness to “go low.” The willingness of Trump to abandon a basic sense of decency, decorum and dignity in public debate has undermined international confidence in the US. In a world where power is more evenly distributed among a number of states – and many leading powers do not embrace similar values to those of the US – leadership that has the potential to unify will matter more, not less. Candidates may not need allies, but presidents do. Moral authority and the liberal values that underpin it have always been an essential component of American leadership. And America’s leadership has depended on the goodwill of its allies. The defection from liberal values, reflected in concrete policy proposals, makes this difficult. Foreign publics have recoiled as a candidate for president has threatened to withdraw support from key allies in Europe and Asia, to rethink its support for NATO, and cozied up to Vladimir Putin. When both candidates embraced political platforms that were anti-free trade – at a time when populism threatens the fabric of social life in many countries – America’s ambivalence will have generated fear among its partners. In Asia, many nations have hung their hat on the hope that the US would deliver the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This now looks increasingly unlikely. For European leaders – whose post-war recoveries were built on the back of the Marshall Plan and who now face their own crises driven by problems in the euro zone, immigration, and the politics of Brexit – the absence of American economic leadership leaves a gaping hole. Related video Wolf, Tapper react to Trump's historic win At a time when Europe is politically turning in on itself, tensions with Russia are high, and the US-China relationship calls for careful management, the leadership vacuum is palpable. In the twilight of Obama’s presidency we have witnessed a resurgent Russia that has violated human rights norms at home and sovereignty norms abroad. It continues to intimidate Baltic and Eastern Europe states. These countries are waiting to see if America will come to their defense. In Syria, Russia’s active backing of Assad’s attacks on innocent civilians is an even greater barrier to US-Russia relations and one that will be difficult for Mr. Trump to shy away from. In Asia, we are seeing China assume a more confident role in dealing with previous US allies. Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte said on a recent visit to China: “America has lost now. I’ve realigned myself in your ideological flow.” Even North Korea is taking advantage of the current power vacuum. The next administration will not be able to ignore this threat for long, and absent cooperation from China, may not have many good options. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Nowhere has America’s role as a liberal leader been more symbolic than in its embrace of immigrants. That the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island continue to be two of the America’s top tourist destinations stands in stark contrast to the attacks on immigration that have dominated recent electoral politics. The 45th president of the United States will face a daunting, Janus-faced challenge – to restore at home and lead abroad. American leadership has always been marked by hypocrisy, but Trump’s public disavowal of the American commitment to the most basic liberal principles has threatened to undermine even the aspirations that the world has come to accept as fundamental to the liberal order.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161109140000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/opinions/trump-global-leadership/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "662444808", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Timothy Stanley, a conservative, is a historian and columnist for Britain’s Daily Telegraph. He is the author of “Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration Between LA and DC Revolutionized American Politics.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Tim Stanley: Europe repeatedly struck by terror attacks, Britain 3 in 3 months. Officialdom says \"carry on,\" but this wears thin in a changed world Stanley says Trump gets this. If he stopped tweeting for 5 minutes, he'd realize Europe is edging closer to his way of thinking on terror Europe is waking up to the need for change. We’ve been fighting the war on terror for a very long time, but we’ve recently seen an escalation. Tuesday, in France – which is still in a state of emergency since the 2015 Paris attacks – a man attacked police officers with a hammer, and officials have opened an anti-terror probe into the incident. Britain, my country, has suffered three attacks in three months; in the last, at London Bridge, seven people lost their lives to terrorists. As we mourn these dead, the very last thing we expect or need is a US president to insult the mayor of London. And yet Donald Trump launched a series of disgraceful attacks on Sadiq Khan on Twitter. Khan has called for the President’s forthcoming state visit to the UK to be canceled. I disagree. Trump is u ndiplomatic and ignorant. But he remains Britain’s closest ally and – please don’t tell any Europeans I wrote this –he’s not wrong about everything. There’s a lot he gets right. The challenges faced by America and Europe are different. America is a target for terrorists but is also isolated by geography. Europe sits on the edge of the Islamic world and has a large, overwhelmingly peaceful population of Muslims within its borders. I cannot stress how integrated – to use a patronizing term – those Muslims are, and proof of that is Khan himself. The son of Pakistani Sunni migrants, Khan is a feminist and pro-gay; he’s a successful lawyer, a left-wing icon and now mayor of, I’d argue, the greatest city in Europe. He could easily be a future prime minister. One reason why Donald Trump’s Islamophobia comes off so poorly in Britain is that it contradicts our experience of living side-by-side with Muslims. Related video Clinton: Not a time to lash out Our real problems are twofold. One, we have to deal with the rise of a political ideology that calls itself Islamic and radicalizes people into terrorism. The other problem is mass migration, which creates the pool of potential recruits and a pathway into Europe for those exporting terror. Europe has accepted a large number of people from the developing world at a rate so fast that it has overwhelmed parts of the host population. This is not my judgment, but the judgment of the very Europeans who let those migrants in. The liberal elite that two years ago announced that we would welcome anyone who could make it here is now sending them home. Britain has taken in refugees from Syria; Muslim migration mostly arrives here from the former British colonies of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Again, most of these folks are as British as I am – but some do not integrate, and segregation in inner cities is becoming self-evident. This exacerbates that toxic mix of politics, race and religion that has given the security services the job of having to trace an estimated 23,000 subjects of interest. They’re failing. Time after time, perpetrators of terror attacks turn out to be known to the authorities. One of the men who executed the London Bridge atrocity was actually featured in a TV documentary about radical Islam. He was filmed praying by a jihadi-style flag. Why wasn’t he arrested just for doing that? Because, like the US, we have very liberal speech laws and you can’t just throw a man in prison for expressing the wrong view. Our liberal culture is one of the best things about being European, but it also hinders us in fighting those who cynically exploit it. A foreign-born criminal in Britain can delay deportation for years by invoking human rights laws. Related video John Oliver mocks media after London attack We don’t want to close our borders. We don’t want to lock innocent people up. We don’t want to police free speech – although we do speak to a script. Whenever a terror attack happens, our politicians say: Everything is under control, keep calm and carry on, nothing must change. This is testing the patience of the public. Things are changing; they’ve changed dramatically for the families of the dead. Through this veneer of political correctness, Trump cuts like a knife. Trump gets it. Not the policy detail or the fine detail of the challenge we face, but he gets the raw, instinctive sense that things can’t go on as they are – that every time the elite say things are fine, they lose credibility and things feel even worse. The free world was led for eight years by the sublimely intelligent Barack Obama, who left office with things in pretty much the same disorder. The promise that Trump holds out is to be honest about the situation and take the steps necessary to change it. Where he oversteps the line, the law will hopefully restrain him – as the travel ban illustrates. Related video Trump: This bloodshed will end But he is right about the need for a Western-Israeli-Saudi alliance against terrorism. He is right about the basic need to restore control to migration. He is right to project an image of the West that is tough and unashamedly Western. The West should cease apologizing for what it is. The British Conservative government stands by the President in part because it needs him: Britain voted to leave the EU, and now Trump is Britain’s closest diplomatic partner. The situation recalls Voltaire, asked on his death bed if he’d renounce the devil; he replied: It’s a bit late in life to start making enemies. So, the state visit will go ahead, and there will be protests. But if Trump could only get off Twitter for five minutes and focus on the essentials of the Western alliance, he’d discover that Europe is edging closer to his way of thinking on the most important issue of our time. There is, increasingly, more agreement between us than disagreement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170606200000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/opinions/europe-closer-to-trump-on-terror-than-you-think-stanley/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "695710207", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a CNN contributor and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of “Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: America can't expect its special operations forces to be the main answer for every military question They are trained for unconventional warfare and shouldn't be taking the place of our main defenses, she writes Somalia. Afghanistan. Syria. Iraq. And, as the awful headlines make clear, Niger. All places special operations forces are serving – and serving in harm’s way. Four US soldiers – including two Green Berets – and five Nigerien troops died this week in an ambush while on a joint patrol. They were there, as US Africa Command noted in a statement, “to provide training and security assistance to the Nigerien Armed Forces, in their efforts to counter violent extremist organizations in the region.” Green Berets – and the 3rd Special Forces Group in specific – have long been connected to the African continent, as US Africa Command noted last March in writing about a joint exercise. “During the Global War on Terror, 3SFG (A) was realigned to Afghanistan,” it said. “The group’s area of operations shifted back to Africa where Green Berets are sharing valuable lessons learned with their partners.” West Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. These are just a few of the regions where special operations forces are now leading the American charge on battlefields worldwide. And these are where forces, which make up just about 3% of the United States military and about 3% of America’s defense budget, are now in the driver’s seat in counterterror and training missions that are growing in importance as the post-9/11 fight against extremism enters its 17th year. But as much as the nearly 9,000 commandos (part of special operations command) are capable of, much more is being asked of them. And the trend – which began with the Obama administration – of America sending in special operations forces to avoid large-scale deployments of boots on the ground may at last be reaching its limits. The ghost of the Iraq war hangs over every decision made on the use of American military strength today, and it has pushed America to scale back its ambitions for US interventions in the Middle East. Related article 3 Green Berets killed in ambush in Niger In Iraq’s aftermath, the use of hard-to-detect, shadow-friendly special operations forces sent overseas in smaller numbers has made for fewer forces required and far fewer headlines blaring of ground troop deployments – and, most importantly, large-scale losses of American lives. But unseen doesn’t mean unused, as special operations deployments show. And American policymakers would do well to remember that special operations forces are not the answer to all military questions, nor are they an endless and infinite resource that can be used to solve all manner of vexing threats. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. An exceptionally high price is being paid by these elite American forces designed for unconventional warfare: in 2016, for the first time ever, special operations deaths outnumbered those of conventional forces. This is a striking fact, given that special operations accounts for not even 5% of all American troops. And special operations leaders want America to know their forces are neither superheroes nor catchalls for American military efforts. Related video 3 US Green Berets killed in ambush in Niger “First and furthermore, we’re not a panacea. We are not the ultimate solution for every problem, and you will not hear that coming from us,” said Gen. Raymond “Tony” Thomas, who leads Special Operations Command, in testimony before Congress this past May. Theresa Whelan, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations, went further during the congressional testimony. “We’ve been operating at such a high tempo for the last decade-plus. And with budgets going down, what we’ve got to do is essentially … eat our young, so to speak,” Whelan, who was then the acting assistant secretary of defense for special operations, told the House Armed Services Committee. “We’ve mortgaged the future in order to facilitate current operations. That has affected readiness and it’s also affected the development of force for the future. And as the threats grow, this is only going to get worse.” Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Indeed, when it comes to Afghanistan, what the head of special operations told Congress he wanted to see was more “conventional” forces, and less “special” ones. “More conventional forces that would thicken the ability to advise and assist Afghan forces – that would absolutely be to our benefit,” Thomas said, when asked what he needed for the Afghanistan mission. While during much of the early years of the post-9/11 wars, the bulk of US special operations forces could be found in either Afghanistan or Iraq. Today, special operations missions have fanned out much farther. As the New York Times noted, in Africa “about one-third of the nearly 6,000 overall troops are special operations forces. The only permanent US installation on the continent is Camp Lemonnier, a sprawling base of 4,000 US service members and civilians in Djibouti that serves as a hub for counterterrorism operations and training.” So for special operations, the mandates are expanding and the desire to use them is growing. But humans have limits and so do forces that are special and elite by name, nature and by training. America would do well to remember the price of today’s wars that special operations forces – and their families – are bearing. Even if they live in the shadows, are easy to deploy in small numbers and are capable of leading many a fight, America’s special operations forces are not the Band-Aid for every military question the nation faces.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States special operations forces", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171006153000", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/opinions/special-operations-forces-lemmon-opinion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "753133956", "sentence": "President Donald Trump said Friday that the southern border is “under siege” – a day after his administration released statistics that showed illegal border crossings held steady in April and are in line with historical trends. “Our Southern Border is under siege. Congress must act now to change our weak and ineffective immigration laws. Must build a Wall. Mexico, which has a massive crime problem, is doing little to help!” Trump wrote on Twitter Friday. Our Southern Border is under siege. Congress must act now to change our weak and ineffective immigration laws. Must build a Wall. Mexico, which has a massive crime problem, is doing little to help! Although there was a significant spike in border crossings in March, figures released Thursday by US Customs and Border Protection show that the number of apprehensions in April roughly held steady compared to that month. Border crossings also remain in line with historic seasonal trends, and numbers are still consistent with Obama administration years – slightly below fiscal years 2013 and 2014 but slightly above 2015 and 2016. Related article Caravan organizers: 158 migrants have crossed into US to seek asylum Trump’s claim on Friday that Mexico is “doing little to help” also contrasts with some public statements by members of his administration, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who thanked Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in March for “helping to foster a close partnership” with her department. Trump has escalated his rhetoric against illegal immigration in recent weeks, especially in the wake of an annual migrant caravan that is seeking asylum in the US. He’s also ordered the National Guard to deploy troops to the border to address what the administration calls a “crisis” there. CNN’s Tal Kopan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump's border policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180504133000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/04/politics/trump-border-illegal-immigration/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "694132542", "sentence": "A truck armed with explosives blew up in 2009 at a base in Afghanistan Prosecutors alleged Al Farekh was a member of al Qaeda from 2007 to 2014 An American citizen was found guilty Friday of conspiring to aid al Qaeda and to bomb a US military base in Afghanistan. Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 31, could face life in prison after a federal jury Brooklyn, New York, convicted him on nine counts, including conspiracy to murder US nationals and to use a weapon of mass destruction. His sentencing is set for January 11. Federal prosecutors claimed Al Farekh was a member of the terror organization from 2007 to 2014. Court papers detailed his alleged participation in the January 2009 attack on a US military installation in Khost, Afghanistan, where a truck armed with explosives blew up at the gate of the base and a second truck was prepared to do more harm. “The trial evidence showed that he was involved in a variety of terrorist activity,” acting Assistant Attorney General Dana Boente said after the verdict was rendered. Al Farekh was born in Houston and grew up in Dubai. According to the US Attorney’s Office, he attended the University of Manitoba in Canada between 2005 and 2007, and there became friends with co-conspirators – and later fellow al Qaeda members – Ferid Imam and Maiwand Yar. According to court documents, Al Farekh left to train in Pakistan after he watched videos encouraging violent jihad and online lectures by the now-deceased al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who “inspired numerous terrorist plots against Western targets.” Related article New al Qaeda documents reveal the bureaucracy of terror The plan in the 2009 Afghanistan attack, court records show, evidently was for the first truck to explode at the gate to the base while a second truck, following closely, carried “significantly more explosive ordinance” and was intended to detonate inside to “maximize casualties and damage.” The second vehicle got stuck in the crater caused by the explosion of the first and did not detonate. Several Afghan nationals were injured, and a US soldier was knocked to the ground. Eighteen fingerprints collected from packing tape used to bind together the explosive materials matched to Al Farekh.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170930191500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/30/us/al-qaeda-american-guilty-verdict/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "709904314", "sentence": "New: An International Red Cross plane arrived in Sanaa with aid workers UNICEF aircraft carried 1.9 doses of three vaccines, enough for 600,000 children Critically needed aid arrived Saturday in war-torn Yemen, some of the first such aid to arrive since Saudi Arabia imposed a blockade of the country in early November. Passenger planes carrying aid workers and around 1.9 million vaccine doses – enough for 600,000 children – landed in Sanaa, United Nations World Food Program (WFP) spokeswoman Abeer Etefa said. Three types of vaccines were sent to protect against at least eight deadly diseases, including whooping cough, tetanus, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pneumonia and meningitis. .@UNICEF’s chartered flight just brought in over 15 tonnes of the most needed lifesaving Penta, BCG and PCV vaccines to protect about 600k children from diphtheria, tetanus, etc. The needs are huge and there is much more to do for#YemenChildren. #Yemen pic.twitter.com/ezgGKQ1gi6 A WFP ship carrying wheat flour that had been waiting off the Yemeni coast since November 11 also was expected to arrive Saturday at the Port of Hodeida, she said. “To feed the 7 million people suffering severe famine, we need this kind of access on a regular basis, as we had before November 5,” Etefa said. “We are hoping that commercial ships carrying food will also be allowed access to Yemen’s ports soon, as the country imports 90% of its food and this is the only way to end the famine.” A plane carrying eight aid workers with the International Committee of the Red Cross also landed Saturday in Sanaa, a spokeswoman said. “Today is a very good day, and we are very pleased,” Iolanda Jacquemet said. “But there will be no relief for the 27 million people of Yemen until commercial goods are allowed in the country.” Wracked by civil war since 2015, Yemen is now largely split between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and an internationally-recognized government supported by the Saudis. Related article Saudi blockade pushing Yemen toward 'worst famine in decades' Early this month, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted over the skies of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The missile caused no casualties or known damage, but it rattled the region politically, and the blockade was imposed shortly thereafter. The closures cut off UN-supervised relief supplies and led to severe shortages of food and medicine. Before the crisis began, between 80% and 90% of food imports entered through the port at Hodeida and Sanaa’s airport, according to Jens Laerke, for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Facing international pressure, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN announced on November 13 that his nation would reopen government-controlled ports and airports within 24 hours to humanitarian shipments. Two days later, the Saudi-led coalition announced it would reopen the Sanaa airport and the key Port of Hodeida for humanitarian purposes the following day. Related video Yemen girl becomes symbol of war The United States – which conducted its most recent airstrikes in Yemen on Sunday and Monday in support of the Saudi-led coalition, according to Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon – welcomed news that the blockade had been lifted. “We look forward to additional steps that will facilitate the unfettered flow of humanitarian and commercial goods from all ports of entry to the points of need,” the White House said in a statement. “The magnitude of suffering in Yemen requires all parties to this conflict to focus on assistance to those in need.” Stocks of vaccines have run low in Yemen, where a child dies every 10 minutes of preventable causes, according to UNICEF. Related video Battling cholera inside Yemen's ruined hospitals The country also faces one of the world’s worst cholera outbreaks in modern history. There have been more than 900,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen since late April, many of them in children, and more than 2,000 people have died from it, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). More than 8,600 people died and nearly 50,000 others were injured between the start of Yemen’s civil war in March 2015 and mid-September of this year, according to WHO.  More than half of the country’s medical facilities have closed, cutting off much of the population from essential health care. CNN’s Tamara Qiblawi, Hamdi Alkhshali and Lorenzo D’Agostino contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia blockade on Yemen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171125160000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/25/health/yemen-aid/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "625673905", "sentence": "Trump has at times said he wants to build a wall all along the border Other times, he's said that it's not necessary in places where there's a \"natural barrier\" Jorge Perez is happy to build buildings – and he builds a lot of them around the world – but not President Donald Trump’s border wall. Perez, the billionaire CEO of Related Group, has maintained a 20-year friendship with Trump. They’ve done business together. The Perez and Trump families have vacationed together. Perez said he likes Trump and that he’s always been a good business partner. But the relationship stalled in December when Perez received an email from The Trump Organization that included attachments showing a border wall and a handwritten note from Trump. “The handwriting was his,” Perez said. CNN was shown the email. The White House said it is unaware of the conversation between the two, and a senior White House official told CNN Trump has been looking at various blueprints and sketches of the wall along with his top advisers. The email Perez received gives a glimpse into Trump’s preliminary thinking about how to design it. “Inside the email was the wall, you know, the 2,000 mile, 30-foot wall, with some sketches, and he said, ‘I would love to get you involved in this. Please give me a call,’” Perez said. The picture actually shows two walls, a primary wall and a secondary wall, with a security road in between. It’s a design former border patrol agent Rowdy Adams believes would be most effective in an urban settings. “(By) the time someone breaches that first barrier and gets across the roadway … you might want a secondary fence to slow them down until a response vehicle shows up,” Adams explained. Trump has at times said he wants to build a wall all along the border. Other times, he’s said that it’s not necessary in places where there’s a “natural barrier.” On Wednesday, Trump revealed the wheels are in motion. “The wall is getting designed right now,” he said. But he won’t have his friend’s help. Perez said he’s a Democrat who, despite a request from Trump himself, did not support his candidacy. “I am totally opposed to the wall because a) it’s wrong and b) it’s not going to work anyway … It’s an insult to all Hispanics and maybe all immigrants in this country.” Perez believes an improved economy in Mexico is a better solution. He said he has five projects in Mexico right now. “I think my Mexican partners would shoot me if I’m in any way involved in the wall,” he said. Perez, who was born in Argentina to Cuban parents, smiled and said he told Trump he has one more concern. “I said you need to remember also that my name is ‘Perez,’ so if you do build a wall, what side of the wall do I get to stay in?” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's border wall", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170209041500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/donald-trump-border-wall/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "756249068", "sentence": "Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday he wishes President Donald Trump had not moved to exit the Iran deal and supported talks between Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. “I think that we need more discussion at a higher level with Iran,” Paul said on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.” Trump announced last week he was removing the US from the nuclear agreement, and at a rally following his decision to exit the deal, Trump said he still hoped to make a better agreement. Paul said Tuesday there’s “no evidence” Iran violated the agreement forged during the Obama administration. He added that, while the deal had shortcomings, keeping it in place was preferable to “ripping it up.” “I think that it was a mistake to rip up the agreement, and we should’ve built on the agreement rather than stepping backwards,” Paul said. Just as he supported talks with North Korea, Paul said he would support negotiations with Rouhani. But the US is further away from an agreeable situation with Iran now that Trump moved to leave the multiparty agreement to provide Iran sanctions relief in exchange for verification that Iran did not work to build nuclear weapons, he said. “Unfortunately getting out of the Iran agreement, I think we’re now starting from scratch with Iran,” Paul said, adding he thought there was “potential” to add more to the agreement before Trump’s decision to exit unilaterally from the deal. “But now I think we’ve gone back to square one,” he continued. Paul said those in the administration who believe exiting the deal would make it more likely to establish a stronger agreement with Iran are wrong. “I think there’s a certain naivete to think, oh, the Iranians are going to be excited about a new deal when we ripped up the old one,” Paul said. “No, I think it’s going to be a great deal of struggle, and I foresee years and years of trying to figure out how to get better relations with Iran again. I think we’ve taken a big step backwards.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US exit from the Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180515224500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/15/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-rand-paul/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "546579010", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jeff Yang is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a frequent contributor to radio shows including Public Radio International’s “The Takeaway” and WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.” He is the co-author of “I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action” and editor of the graphic novel anthologies “Secret Identities” and “Shattered.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Jeff Yang says there's more to the story of the virulently racist ad that stirred controversy and led to an apology He asks: How much of the racism in China is exported from the West? Last week, a Shanghai-based French photographer named Benoit Florençon posted video of a commercial he’d seen on local television. Nearly 9 million YouTube views later, the ad has become a viral phenomenon, as well as the epicenter of a turbulent global debate over anti-black racism in the world’s most populous and fastest-emerging superpower. In the ad, a pretty Chinese woman responds to the flirtatious advances of an African house painter by popping a detergent pellet into his mouth and then shoving him into her washing machine. After a few seconds of calmly listening to him scream and struggle, she lifts the lid with a smile to reveal that the black man has been transformed – into the pale-skinned young Chinese man of her dreams. An anodyne tagline follows: “Change begins with Qiaobi.” The posting drew explosive responses from pundits and viewers in the West, who quickly dubbed it the “most racist ad ever” and, more often than not, excoriated China as a place of narrow-minded xenophobia and unrestrained bigotry. The detergent company apologized for the ad. But the ad was ultimately seen as just part of a larger phenomenon. Also brought up in the conversation over Chinese racism: The Chinese version of Disney’s “The Force Awakens” poster, which minimized black British hero John Boyega’s image, and the continued popularity of a brand of toothpaste called Darlie – a scrubbed version of its original name, “Darkie,” which should be obvious to anyone who sees the grinning minstrel image that’s still prominently featured on the product’s packaging. But many of these commentators are overlooking a key factor that explains, without excusing, the gut-wrenching racist spectacle of the Qiaobi commercial. For one, a few generations since China’s opening to the world, the nation is still very much a racial monoculture. Some 92% of Chinese belong to the dominant Han ethnic group; most of the rest of the population consists of domestic minorities such as Zhuang, Uighurs, Hui, Miao and Tibetans. Non-Chinese foreigners, including those from elsewhere in Asia, the West, the Middle East and Africa, are overwhelmingly clustered in big cities, which means that the vast majority of China’s 1.4 billion people have never met a non-Chinese person, and probably never will. And when they do encounter black people, their instinctive reactions tend to be the same as the ones they have to anyone physically different from themselves: They’re curious, not hateful. My friend Paula Madison, the now-retired former chief diversity officer of NBCUniversal, has made regular pilgrimages to China since 2011 – the year that she and her brothers first visited the country to connect with her long-lost extended family, the relatives and descendants of her Chinese grandfather. Those trips ultimately led her to write a book and produce a documentary on the journey, “Finding Samuel Lowe.” “As a black woman with Chinese ancestry, obviously I’m very interested in how black people are treated in China,” she says. “Is the ad awful? Yes. But the most racist ad I’ve ever seen? Are you kidding? Not by a long stretch.” Related article 'Roots' of a new conversation about race Madison says that class-based skin-color bias is a more likely anchor for the commercial’s questionable attempt at humor, rather  than racism, given that most Chinese have no direct exposure to black people. “I refer to it as ‘shadeism’ – people in China think of dark skin as something associated with working in the fields, with being a poor peasant,” she says. “The paler you are, the more likely you are to be wealthy.” This “paler is better” sensibility certainly (ahem) colors the typical Chinese person’s view of those who are born darker by virtue of their race. But it doesn’t automatically produce negative associations. In fact, a study jointly conducted by researchers at Washington State University and Towson University found that attitudes among high school students in China toward African-Americans were generally more positive than their stereotypes of Americans in general – with the exception being students who had extensive exposure to U.S.-based media, who were more likely to perceive African-Americans as “poorer,” “less moral,” “less polite” and “less intelligent” than other Americans. The researchers ultimately concluded that the results “can be explained by how African-Americans are portrayed more negatively in American media.” That should be a wake-up call for those of us who initially reacted with horror at this “most racist ad ever.” Yes, anti-black racial perceptions exist in China. But in no small part, they’re imported – a product of the resiliently toxic framing of blackness by the stereotypes of violence, poverty and ignorance in Western media. (Even the Qiaobi ad itself is a foreign transplant: It’s a near beat-for-beat lift of an Italian detergent commercial that has the reverse outcome, featuring a woman laundering her unappealing white husband into a muscular, stereotypically hypersexualized black man, grinning next to the tagline, “Colored Is Better.”) Related article Hollywood: Drop the bleach “I’ve never personally experienced racism in China – which is not to deny that it exists,” says Madison. “But I have experienced it in Hollywood without question. And I think that China generally sees black people through the realm of pop culture, whose arbiters continue to perpetuate the myth that people of color don’t ‘play well’ in that market.” In her eyes, the studios’ reluctance to distribute films with black protagonists overseas – leaving only movies in which blacks appear in secondary roles defined by one-note stereotypes – isn’t just a contributor to racially ugly perceptions of black people; it’s a primary cause. So if you’re aghast, as you should be, at a Chinese ad featuring literal whitewashing, consider that the figurative whitewashing performed by Hollywood is a big part of what made it possible. Which means that – to contradict the ad’s tagline – change doesn’t begin with Qiaobi; it begins at home. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine. Jeff Yang is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a frequent contributor to radio shows including Public Radio International’s “The Takeaway” and WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show.” He is the co-author of “I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action” and editor of the graphic novel anthologies “Secret Identities” and “Shattered.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160602180000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/opinions/china-racist-detergent-ad-opinion-yang/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "749119921", "sentence": "The Bajau people in Southeast Asia, or \"sea nomads,\" are known for superior diving skills This may be due to their larger spleens and what's in their DNA, a study says The Bajau people of Southeast Asia, known to many as “sea nomads,” are renowned for their amazing diving abilities. Some can hold their breath for minutes at a time, plunging dozens of meters below the surface of the sea with nothing more than goggles and weights. What wasn’t previously known was whether their preternatural diving skills have a genetic basis, given that they may spend 60% of their workdays underwater hunting for fish and sea cucumbers. “That doesn’t really compare to any other humans. The closest thing to that is sea otters,” said evolutionary geneticist Melissa Ilardo, whose latest research focuses on a Bajau community in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Her new study may have uncovered genetic adaptations that allow the Bajau to go for longer periods without oxygen – and which might give them unusually large spleens. She published her findings Thursday in the journal Cell with colleagues from the University of Copenhagen and the University of California, Berkeley. “The way they dive is so natural,” Ilardo said. “There’s nothing like seeing them in the water.” Ilardo was struck by how the Bajau seemed “so incredibly comfortable in the water.” She recalled how a Bajau man free diving alongside her suddenly dropped another 30 or 40 feet to scoop up a giant clam “like it was no problem at all.” To understand what the team then discovered, you need to understand what happens to the human body when it dives into the water, Ilardo explained. First, the heart slows, which lowers the amount of oxygen consumed. Blood vessels in the extremities also constrict, channeling oxygen-rich blood to vital organs. Lastly, the spleen contracts. “The spleen is a weird one,” Ilardo said. “I hadn’t really heard much about the spleen. I know that you can live without a spleen, so it was kind of like, ‘What is the spleen even doing?’ “ The spleen is a fist-size organ that sits alongside the stomach. Its roles include filtering out old cells and supporting the immune system. But the spleen also serves as a reservoir of oxygen-carrying red blood cells; when it contracts, it gives the body what Ilardo called an “oxygen boost,” allowing you to hold your breath for longer. Research on diving seals has suggested that larger spleens could be linked to longer dive times. “If natural selection had acted in seals to give them larger spleens, then it might’ve done the same thing in humans,” Ilardo said. Using an ultrasound machine, Ilardo found that the Bajau had spleens that were roughly 50% larger than those of their land-dwelling neighbors on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. And it didn’t seem to matter whether a Bajau person was a diver or not, which suggested that this was not merely a result of underwater training over time. Then, scanning the Bajau DNA for clues, the researchers identified a possible culprit for their larger spleens: a variant of a gene called PDE10A, which has been linked to higher-than-average thyroid hormone levels in Europeans. There is no known link between thyroid hormones and spleen size in humans – but in mice, there is. However, the researchers did not measure the thyroid hormone levels of the Bajau participants. The genetic variant they identified wasn’t specific to the Bajau, Ilardo said, and there could be many other genes that affect spleen size. “That’s where you need much bigger studies asking people to see how long they can hold their breath,” said Marc Feldman, professor of biology at Stanford University and co-director of its Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics. Feldman was not involved in the new study. “People vary in that particular phenotype (or trait), but it’s not one that we go around testing very much. It’s not like (body-mass index), height or levels of high cholesterol.” Feldman said that the relationship between the PDE10A gene, spleen size and diving ability couldn’t be proved solely on this study of 43 Bajau; it would require thousands more participants on a much larger scale. “There aren’t enough people who spend so much time underwater to make a really definitive statistical statement,” Feldman said. Ilardo’s team found three additional genetic variants that they say might be connected to the underwater prowess of the Bajau. The strongest hit overall came from a gene called BDKRB2, which may increase how much peripheral blood vessels constrict. The more these vessels constrict, the more they reroute oxygenated blood to crucial organs – such as the brain and heart – and potentially boost diving time, the researchers wrote. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. It’s genes like these that may have given some Bajau divers the best shot at surviving deep free dives and collecting food for their families over many generations, Ilardo said. “Free diving is extremely dangerous, and so even highly trained free divers often die because they lose consciousness on ascent and they drown,” said Ilardo, who has been free diving recreationally since she was 4 years old. “If that’s happening over thousands of years, then the people who are surviving are those that are carrying the genes that give them an advantage.” Though evolution is typically described on the order of millions of years, the Bajau have been diving this way – by holding their breath – on the order of only thousands. “What we’re taking about is evolution over a relatively short time span,” Feldman said. This isn’t the only evidence of “recent” human evolution. For example, researchers identified a “genetic adaptation to high altitude” among Tibetans. What makes the Bajau different, Ilardo said, is that their historically seafaring lifestyle and fishing practices may have driven the evolutionary process. “This isn’t an adaptation to harsh conditions. It’s the co-evolution of human culture and humans as a species,” she said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Bajau people", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180419173000", "country1": "IDN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/19/health/bajau-divers-sea-nomad-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "624529817", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: David Manne is the executive director at Refugee Legal, which provides legal representation to some of the people sent to Nauru and Papua New Guinea. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. The state of limbo of Australia's refugees is dangerous for their health, David Manne argues Their suffering \"has seemed endless\" As a new era begins in US foreign policy, there are around 2,500 people, the great majority of whom are refugees, closely monitoring news of these events with a very direct, very personal interest. The fate of these people, who have been held in prolonged limbo in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, hangs heavily on the future of the deal struck between the US Obama administration and Australia to resettle 1,250 of them in the US in an apparent exchange for refugees from Central America. The recent brinkmanship between US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over the fate of the refugee deal has attracted intense interest internationally. Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal! So far, attention has focused largely on its ramifications for the deal and future relations between the two hitherto close allies, and the broader implications for US foreign policy not only on refugees and migration, but for relations with other States. But what about the consequences for those people caught up in all of this – the 2,500 children, women and men with heartbeats who have been marooned on Nauru and Manus Island for years? Their future hangs on the deal. More than four years ago, they arrived by sea in Australia seeking safety as refugees, only to be exiled for “offshore processing” in these impoverished Pacific nations under Australia’s hardline “border protection” policies. Many had fled from extreme brutality and oppression in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Iran. This explains why the majority have been judged to be refugees needing international protection. Yet these vulnerable people have since been subjected to deeply inhumane and degrading conditions, effectively funded and controlled by Australia, in these Pacific nations. A swathe of reports by bodies such as the UN Refugee Agency, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have documented this treatment and consistently found that it violates fundamental human rights and causes untold harm to people held there. Until recently, their suffering has seemed endless because a central plank of Australian government policy is a total ban on these refugees ever being able to resettle in Australia. It is largely due to successive governments having locked themselves into policies of deterrence where protection of borders has been prioritized at the expense of protection of people. As a result, people arriving by boat seeking asylum are barred from applying for protection in Australia and are either being turned back at sea or sent to offshore processing. With no other viable prospects for resettlement in sight, this human warehousing has had the effect of extinguishing hope and deepening despair, resulting in severe damage to the refugees’ physical, emotional and psychological health. This is why for many of these refugees, the announcement last year that the Obama administration had agreed with Australia to resettle some of them instilled some crucial hope where none had seemed to exist. Trump has heated exchange with Australian PM Refugee deal: What you need to knowUS-Australian ‘great alliance’ threatened?Children urge Australia to free them Trump has heated exchange with Australian PM Refugee deal: What you need to knowUS-Australian ‘great alliance’ threatened?Children urge Australia to free them Of course, it should never have come to this. Australia should have honored its obligations under the Refugees Convention by processing and providing protection in Australia to people judged to be refugees, instead of asking the US to shoulder those responsibilities. But, however aberrant the deal, it has presented the only realistic option for these people to rebuild their lives in safety and with dignity; an option many have been desperate to pursue. And yet, at the time of writing, it’s still not clear what will happen. Confusion and contradiction surround communications from US President Donald Trump and his administration. The deal has shifted from being shrouded in secrecy to being shrouded in uncertainty. The latest commitments by Trump to honor the deal appear to come with huge caveats. Although the present mood appears to be mixed, most are torn between hope and despair. Some remain numbed by it all. Given the hope raised by the deal, ongoing uncertainty is likely to cast people into further despair about whether they will ever find a decent future in safety. None of this is helped by central questions remaining unanswered. This means these refugees still don’t know how many will be chosen for resettlement, who will deemed eligible, or how long it will take. Trump’s insistence that an additional “extreme vetting” be applied to anyone seeking resettlement adds further uncertainty, particularly given that what it means or adds to existing processes remains a mystery. Both the US and Australia already apply very stringent security vetting processes for any refugees resettled. As noted by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank, this vetting has been highly effective. If the deal is ultimately derailed, it will be a devastating blow for those who had hoped to settle in the US. Many have already put their names forward and are being interviewed by officials in the hope of a US visa. Mental health experts have previously warned that unless swift action is taken to restore hope, many more women, men and children will express their despair by trying to harm or kill themselves. This danger is rooted in the fact that literally no other realistic resettlement options have been identified by Australia. Neither Papua New Guinea nor Nauru has the will or capacity to provide safe and sustainable futures for those held there. The only other option, Cambodia – a country impoverished, unsafe and utterly unsuitable for resettlement – has disintegrated, with people clearly unwilling to go to such a place. As it stands, no other suitable country appears willing to take in these people. This is hardly surprising given that the international refugee framework is based on cooperation and burden-sharing between countries. In practice, this requires countries to protect refugees who seek sanctuary in their territory. This predicament compels an urgent rethink by the Turnbull Government which must involve resettlement of these people in Australia where they can rebuild their lives. Australia can honor its international obligations and can in turn avoid being beholden to the US under a new leader whose commitment to refugee protection remains highly questionable. We must not lose sight of the dire plight of the more than 2,000 people stuck in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. It is their lives which are at stake. So too is the commitment to fundamental principles of humanity which underpin the global compact for protection of refugees. Editor’s Note: David Manne is the executive director at Refugee Legal, which provides legal representation to some of the people sent to Nauru and Papua New Guinea. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Australia's offshore refugee policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170206034500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/opinions/us-australia-refugee-deal/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "727254446", "sentence": "A review of veteran care finds \"world class\" mental care, but veterans have a hard time accessing it Over half of those who need care don't know that they do Thomas Burke Jr., a Marine who returned from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq to attend Yale Divinity School, has also done three tours in the Veterans Health Administration for mental health care and says he’s experienced mixed results. Burke, 28, served in the infantry. He said his first counselor, in 2011, didn’t have much experience with combat veterans and wasn’t much help. In 2012, he clicked with his second counselor, who “really cared and took time to get to know me and gave me enough of a baseline to productively go through my academics.” Before becoming a minister and providing mental care of his own, he tried to get back into counseling. But it was a “very negative experience,” he said. Related article The Catch-22 that keeps many vets from getting help “I went in, being vulnerable and laying out my problems, and they were dismissive and condescended to me and treated me like I am some victim and were not getting to the bottom of the problem and essentially said ‘thanks for telling us,’ ” Burke said. “Imagine what damage that can do to veterans who seek help. “It’s hard for me to badmouth the VA, because there are a lot of good people there who are trying to help and do care about vets, but a lot of people I talk with do badmouth them,” Burke said. Many Americans who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars need mental health care, but they aren’t always getting enough from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Health Administration, according to the results of a congressionally mandated investigation released Wednesday. About 4 million people have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, the longest sustained US military operations in history. A disproportionate number have come back with mental health challenges like anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, research shows. The number of suicides for veterans of these wars has reached a record. The VA has not always been able to handle this crushing need for services. But when veterans get mental health care from the VA, it is of “comparable or superior quality” to the kinds of care available elsewhere. Related article US Army veteran uses hockey to serve his country According to the new study, nearly half of American veterans who need mental health care don’t get it. Also, more than half of those who would benefit from care don’t know they need it, the research by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found. The majority of those who could use these services don’t know whether they are eligible, don’t know how to get the services and don’t even know that the VA provides mental health care, according to the report. That’s “one of the things the report pointed out that I found the most distressing,” said Louis Celli, national director of the American Legion’s veterans affairs and rehabilitation division, which was not involved in the new report. Celli said the VA does a “herculean job through social media campaigns and outreach with their partners” to let veterans know about the care it provides. “It’s hard to imagine more you could do, short of knocking on everyone’s door,” but he believes the lack of care is a “failure on the community’s part.” One workaround that the American Legion has found successful is enlisting veterans’ families to help them get the care they need. That’s what helped Seth Robbins. An Army veteran who was stationed predominantly in Korea, the 40-year-old has gotten his health care through the VA for more than a decade, but he sought help for anxiety only after his wife gave him an ultimatum. “As soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen, we are taught to ‘suck it up and drive on.’ We heard that on a regular basis, and it gets into your head,” Robbins said. He also hesitated to seek treatment because he had concerns that were shared by veterans in the report. Related article Vets use unconventional therapy to treat PTSD For instance, Robbins worried that his rifles would be taken away if he talked about his anxiety. “There’s also the stigma or the feeling that something is broken and I’m not the normal one or that they’ll lock you up,” he said. “But I’ve got a job and a family to support and a house.” The VA has helped him “get to a place where I can manage.” Veterans also find the VA’s appointment system “burdensome” and “unsatisfying,” the report said. Robbins agrees and says he’s lucky his father, a Vietnam veteran, showed him how to navigate the system. He also feels lucky to have a federal job that gives him the freedom to go to appointments that can take hours out of his day. Other veterans said transportation challenges and the distance to the VA from their homes can be a huge obstacle to getting care, according to the report. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. For veterans like Robbins who succeed in getting treatment, the report found that they encounter “tremendous mental health care expertise” and that the system can deliver care in a “truly integrated and strategic manner.” But the report added that chronic staffing challenges and confusing procedures and policies continue to be a challenge. The American Legion’s Celli said that along with the new report, he thinks it’s important to note that the system has improved amid the extra scrutiny of the agency over the past several years. Robbins, for one, has noticed a change in 15 years – a “vast improvement.” Celli said that he knows the system isn’t perfect but that the American Legion will continue to fight to improve it. “We are not VA cheerleaders, but we do work with them every day to make sure they do rise to the occasion and take care of veterans,” he said. “We’ve seen the progress, and we hope more veterans will seek out this care.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Health Administration", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180201100000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/health/veterans-mental-health-care-federal-investigation/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "658326328", "sentence": "Former national security adviser Michael Flynn announced Monday he's pleading the Fifth Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday that might not apply to his documents The leaders of the Senate Russia investigation said Tuesday they will continue to pursue critical documents from former national security adviser Michael Flynn, issuing two additional subpoenas to a pair of businesses Flynn ran. Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the panel, told reporters they did not believe Flynn could seek Fifth Amendment protections in regard to the documents they requested, and were seeking a firm answer. The committee is leaving open the possibility to filing contempt charges against Flynn later if he refuses to comply. Burr said Tuesday that “all options are on the table” if Flynn doesn’t comply – including possibly holding him in contempt of Congress – but he added that was a long way off from where they are now. A source close to Flynn told CNN Wednesday that the new subpoenas target Flynn’s LLC and a Flynn corporation. The source said the new request is significantly narrower than the first request the committee made for his personal records, which Flynn refused to comply with, invoking the Fifth instead. Related article Calculating or naive? Trump caught in cloud of Russia probe revelations Flynn is weighing next steps before deciding on what action he wants to take before the May 30 deadline. Warner said earlier Tuesday he doesn’t believe that Flynn’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights gives him blanket immunity. Another Republican on the committee – Sen. Marco Rubio – encouraged Flynn to comply. “I hope Gen.Flynn decides to comply with our Intel Committee subpoena to produce business documents. Otherwise all options should be on table,” he tweeted. I hope Gen.Flynn decides to comply with our Intel Committee subpoena to produce business documents. Otherwise all options should be on table Warner said in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash at the Peterson Fiscal Summit that he respected Flynn’s decision to invoke his right against self-incrimination but said they will have news later Tuesday related to what comes next. “We are still pursuing vigorously, will have more to announce later today in terms of next steps,” he said. “We respect anybody’s right to take the Fifth Amendment but I don’t believe that a request for documents” such as calendars or visas would be granted blanket immunity would apply. On another important piece of the investigation – the upcoming testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey – Warner expressed confidence that his committee will get Comey’s side of the story, despite the Justice Department’s decision to appoint a special counsel to lead the FBI investigation. “Mr. Comey wants to tell his side of the story and I’m glad he has chosen to do that with the Senate intelligence committee,” Warner said. Warner explained the importance of continuing the Senate investigation even in light of the Justice Department’s decision. “There may a series of cases where we have facts about people having contacts with Russians prior to the campaign and sharing of information that may fall short of legal collusion, but still be factual that we need to report to the American people in terms of our counterintelligence investigation.” Related article Ranking House intel Dem: Subpoenas coming after Flynn denies request Warner, a Virginia Democrat, also told Bash that if reports that Trump asked top intelligence officials to publicly deny evidence of cooperation between his campaign and Russia are true, Trump’s requests would be “outrageous.” He added that the new reports have now demonstrated a pattern. “Anybody who gets close to this investigation loses their job or ends up in a difficult position,” he said, before listing Flynn, Comey, fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Virginia senator explained that “This is an administration who says there is no there there. They sure as heck aren’t acting like there is no there there.” Warner pointed to reports that Trump called Comey a “nut job” in an Oval Office meeting with top Russian officials, saying the comments were “outrageous.” “I don’t care where you stand on the political spectrum,” Warner said. “This is just not the way an American president should act.” CNN’s Sunlen Serfaty contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Michael Flynn", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170523173000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/politics/mark-warner-michael-flynn/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "584368660", "sentence": "Watch “New Day” and “CNN Newsroom” each Friday to see inspiring stories of officers going above and beyond the call of duty. It was a celebratory day earlier this summer as officers in the Kansas City, Kansas, police department were being promoted to captain. The room was overflowing, and Chief Terry Zeigler was overseeing the promotions. Capt. Robert Melton was down the hall managing the office. An anonymous 911 call alerted police that a car was driving recklessly and someone in the car was shooting near a housing complex. Melton raced to the scene without hesitation. Do you know an officer who has gone above and beyond what the job requires? E-mail us at BeyondtheCallofDuty@cnn.com. Moments later, the chief received another call. There had been an officer-involved shooting. “And the first thing you think is we shot somebody. And then they said Melton’s been shot,” Zeigler recalled. The room emptied. “I am thinking to myself, ‘Ok, well, he is probably alright. He was wearing his bullet-proof vest. He always wears his vest,’” Zeigler said. Soon after, an update came in from one of the other officers. “I know he had his vest on. And (the officer) said, ‘Yeah that doesn’t matter. He got shot in the head,’” Zeigler remembered. Melton spent more than a quarter of a century in law enforcement and was a decorated veteran who served several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He received several military honors, including the Bronze Star. Melton loved his military career, but his family and fellow officers always came first. “The weekends were for us, the evenings were for us. It was for family,” said Officer Zeta Bates, Melton’s fiancée and colleague at the department. Bates wears Melton’s badge close to her heart. The badge, a gift from the San Antonio Police Department, has Melton’s name on one side and a poem on the back. “The expression ‘family and police officers’ can’t be any more true. I mean, we all bleed blue,” Bates said. The Kansas City Police department, which hadn’t lost an officer in almost two decades, faced another tragedy just weeks earlier when Det. Brad Lancaster was shot and killed while pursuing a suspect. The chief tasked Melton to help plan Lancaster’s funeral. Melton’s notes resulted in a detailed guide to assist in planning a police officer’s funeral. “When he turned it in, he said, ‘It is all done. Put it on the shelf. Hopefully, we will never have to use it again.’ And then less than two weeks later we are pulling that book off the shelf. To try and navigate another funeral, and this time it was his,” Zeigler said. A crowd of more than 1,000 people, including law enforcement officers from across the country, filled the stadium to honor and mourn Melton. Mourners donned blue and black ribbons with Melton’s badge number, 1799.  Yet again, the town was holding a funeral for another fallen officer killed in the line of duty. “The outpouring of support from our community has been phenomenal,” Zeigler said. Bates choked back tears as she thought back to that day. “At his funeral we were at his graveside. And Chief Zeigler was presenting that flag. I never in a million years pictured that would be me being given that flag.” By crafting the department’s protocol manual, Melton wrote his own funeral ceremony. From the flyover of helicopters to the riderless horse, he documented every detail. “I mean, the way the casket entered the stadium, the way it was taken out, honor guard, the graveside service … Those little things to detail that he thought would be significant for the Lancaster family, we wanted to make sure we repeated that for his family,” Zeigler said. “Not only was he a hero in our community, but an American hero. He was on the front lines fighting terrorism to keep our nation safe.” It was a sentiment that echoed throughout the ceremony that was so eloquently created by the very man who was being buried.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kansas City, Kansas, police department", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160930133000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/us/beyond-the-call-of-duty-melton/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "620196328", "sentence": "The book placed in guest rooms says the Nanjing Massacre did not happen Chinese tourists were the biggest spenders of all visitors in Japan last year China has ordered tour agencies and online travel bookers to boycott a Japanese hotel chain after it placed books in guest rooms denying the Nanjing Massacre took place. A spokesman for the China National Tourism Administration said the actions of hotel chain APA Group were “an open provocation to Chinese tourists.” “We demand that all operators with international tours and online platforms completely stop all cooperation with this hotel,” Zhang said. He also urged Chinese tourists already in Japan to boycott the chain as well. APA told CNN in an email that it was surprised about the “sudden fuss” regarding the book but has no intention to change its policy or remove the books “The cancellation from the Chinese customers apparently happening, but as we have reservations for other customers. There is no big impact for us,” APA said. In a statement last week, APA defended its placement of the book – written by CEO Toshio Motoya – on the grounds of freedom of expression. “Although we acknowledge that historic interpretation and education vary among nations, please clearly understand that the book is not aimed to criticize any specific state or nation, but for the purpose of letting readers learn the fact-based true interpretation of modern history,” the chain said. An estimated 300,000 people died during the Nanjing Massacre – a weeks-long spree of mass killings, rape and looting after the Japanese military occupied Nanjing in late 1937 and 1938. The book claims that figure is “absurd” and argues that the incident was “fabricated by the Chinese side and did not actually happen.” The Nanjing Massacre is well-documented. It was discussed in the Tokyo War Crimes trials following WWII, and in 2015 documents related to the incident were added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. APA did not respond to a request for comment on the claims of the book, and the chain said Tuesday it was still willing to accept reservations from Chinese tourists. After two Chinese tourists wrote about finding the book in their hotel room earlier this month, the issue blew up on Chinese social media, with many demanding for an apology from the chain and calling for a boycott. Chinese tourists have been a huge boon to Japan’s economy in recent years. In 2016, they became the biggest spenders of all foreign visitors to the country, spending over $13 billion, according to state media. On Tuesday, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua described the incident as “only the tip of the iceberg of Japan’s ultra-right wing’s efforts to revise the nation’s war history.” “A small group of Japanese individuals are desperate to erase the historical crime,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Monday. “The more eager they are to do so, the more likely it will evoke people’s memory of the past. These regressive behaviors have already triggered strong indignation of the Chinese people.” CNN’s Steven Jiang and Christy Chen contributed reporting from Beijing.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "APA Group", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170124131500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/asia/japan-china-nanjing-massacre-hotel/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "540585129", "sentence": "The piece satirizes Trump and Putin The two men have praised each other It looks like the 2016 election is entering the avant-garde. A mural depicting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin kissing, along with the stenciled phrase “make everything great again,” now adorns the back of a Lithuanian barbeque joint, Keule Ruke. The image has gone viral, but the artist – Mindaugas Bonanu – told CNN Sunday that he was mostly unfazed by the international attention his mural received. “In my life nothing changed, except that now I have full pocket of food coupons to eat in Keule Ruke,” Bonanu said. The restaurant’s owner, Dominykas Ceckauskas, requested a piece of art featuring Trump for his wall. U.S. launches long-awaited European missile defense shield “We always believed that the small libertarian BBQ joint situated on the NATO border with Russia will go viral one day,” read the caption for the photo on the restaurant’s Facebook page. The piece satirizes Trump and Putin by analogizing their relationship with a famous work of art on the Berlin wall, depicting Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German leader Erich Honecker sharing a kiss. Although neither Trump nor Putin are strangers to parody, this Lithuanian graffiti is notable for joining the two together. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Bonanu, who describes himself as apolitical, said after Ceckauskas made the Trump-specific street art request, this “love scene” came naturally to him. During a time of increased tensions between the United States and Russia, much has been made of Trump and Putin’s warm words for each other. The Republican billionaire said last fall that he thinks he would “get along very well” with Putin. Last December, Putin called Trump “a bright and talented person without any doubt … an outstanding and talented personality.”. The piece will only remain up until next Friday, Bonanu said. CORRECTION: A previous version of the photo caption misidentified the man in the photo.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160515210000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "LTU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/15/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-mural/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "675000291", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Frida Ghitis: Trump's recent decision to pull a US training program from Syrian rebels may have an awkward parallel to Obama's decision in the region The difference is that Trump's actions will leave the world more unstable, she writes President Donald Trump has just given Russia what he might call a “beautiful” gift. According to the Washington Post, Trump has decided to dismantle a US program that was arming and training some of the rebels fighting the Syrian dictator, President Bashar al-Assad. When asked about the report, the White House and the CIA declined to comment. The decision grants Vladimir Putin one of his long-sought changes to US policy in the Middle East, and it does it in exchange – as far as we can tell – for nothing at all. The end of the US-backed push against Assad is not only a gift to Russia and to the Syrian president – it is also a point on the scoreboard for his ambitious allies, the Iranian regime and its Lebanese catspaw, Hezbollah. The change is not transformative on the battlefield – the rebels were not about to overthrow the Russia- and Iran-backed Assad – but it is loaded with important symbolism and geopolitical implications. To be sure, the program, a small operation run by the CIA, was far from a resounding success. It suffered since its earliest days in 2013 from the wavering in Washington, the turbulence of the Syrian civil war and, quite possibly, from President Barack Obama’s reluctance to antagonize Tehran when his priority was to negotiate a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. With his confusing Syria policy, Trump has created an awkward parallel to his predecessor’s: Obama may have refrained from taking more forceful action in Syria partly in an effort to improve relations with Iran and now Trump may be stepping back from Syria to improve relations with Russia. Related article Syrian war is everybody's problem Iran aside, Obama was never convinced that the United States should play much of a role in Syria. He waited far too long to take a stand. By then, the moderate rebels started to fade, extremists grew stronger, and it became increasingly difficult to find trustworthy partners among the rebels. Obama’s hesitation is one of the reasons why a pro-democracy uprising in Syria degenerated into a brutal civil war. Moderate Syrians struggling for democracy were left to twist in the wind while extremists on both sides received muscular backing, funding and weaponry from abroad. By the time the US acted, it was too late. Consequently, Assad (and Iran) wanted the world to see only two choices in Syria, ignoring that democratic reform could be an option. The way he described it, it was him or the terrorists. Ironically, it was the Iran-funded terrorist group Hezbollah that came to his rescue, and then Russia jumped in with both feet as Obama watched. Now Trump is ceding political ground to Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. The Trump administration’s policy is thoroughly nebulous, particularly regarding Assad. It’s unclear whether Washington is prepared to let Assad stay. But the latest decision appears to bring an end to American support for those seeking to topple him. Related video Ex-CIA officer: Anti-Assad program was important The US, let’s be clear, is deeply involved in Syria. It backs the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which are led by Syrian Kurds along with Arab tribes, but they are fighting against ISIS, not Assad. US allies are making headway against ISIS, turning this into a crucial time for Syria’s future – and the worst possible moment to make unrequited concessions. Once ISIS is defeated, the powers on the ground will decide the country’s future. The US is making room for Russia and Iran to play a larger role in that pivotal process for the entire Middle East. By folding this tent, the United States is not only diminishing its regional influence, it is also showing itself to be an unreliable partner. It is a move that will not go unnoticed in the region by America’s existing or prospective partners. The rebels say they have been betrayed by Washington. In fairness, the training program was not about to lead to Assad’s toppling, but it is remarkable that Trump gave Putin something for nothing. From the beginning, many viewed the Obama administration training program only as a bargaining chip, to cash in when the time to settle Syria’s future arrived, perhaps to help secure a more pluralistic Syria.  Now President “Art of the Deal” appears to have given it away with nothing to show for it. Related article Putin is running out of options in Syria In late June, we heard reports that Trump had asked his aides for ideas of possible concessions he could offer to Putin ahead of their planned G20 meeting in Hamburg. It was never clear what Trump expected to get in return. Trump has been open about wanting to improve relations with Russia, but closer ties would be concession enough. Putin did not need an incentive to accept. The ceasefire agreement in southern Syria is a welcome respite from the fighting, but it allows Iran and Hezbollah to grow roots in the places they hold, just as the US appears to be stepping back from the post-ISIS phase of the conflict and giving away its own bargaining chips. This is all happening as Iran’s allied militia, Hezbollah, is building up its weapons arsenals in Lebanon, just next door to Syria. In an effort to develop better relations with Moscow, Trump risks turning a blind eye to Iran’s growing influence in Syria and Lebanon. That is something that will raise the alarm of Washington allies in the region, from Saudi Arabia to Israel. It is the kind of geopolitical blunder that leaves the United States weaker and the world more unstable. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook It’s no wonder the US Senate has tried to prevent Trump from making more moves favorable to Russia. In mid-June, the Senate voted 98 to 2 to require congressional approval before Trump can dismantle any of the sanctions the US imposed on Russia after it annexed a slice of Ukraine. But shuttering the training program in Syria is one way Trump was able to help Russia even without easing sanctions. As for the Senate bill approved by almost every member, Republican and Democrat, it remains stalled in the House, where Trump loyalists are trying to water it down. Meanwhile, those who rule in Moscow, Tehran and Damascus, can only celebrate their good fortune as they unwrap their beautiful gift from Washington.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's decision to pull US training program from Syrian rebels", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170722000000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/opinions/trump-gives-syria-to-putin-opinion-ghitis/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "535011019", "sentence": "NATO's Camp Phoenix is now a drug rehab center Heroin addiction is a growing problem in Afghanistan The country is one of the largest exporters of opium The sound of a bare razor, scraping hair off an unwashed scalp. The shuddering foot of someone struggling with the agony of withdrawal. The endless racks of expensive internet cables that once connected the building to satellites in space but now gather dust. Months ago, this was Camp Phoenix. A large and tidy NATO military base, it was home to hundreds of British soldiers and their support staff, and some Americans too. CNN used to visit for often highly organized media events that NATO laid on in a bid to show the war in Afghanistan was being won, and they could go home. But now victories here are a little more palpable, and something that everyone inside the base’s walls can only win over themselves. Afghanistan war: Just what was the point? Related video Afghanistan's TOLO TV defies the Taliban Camp Phoenix has been turned into a large and heavily fortified drug rehabilitation center. Walls that once kept the Taliban’s bombs out, now keep those struggling with heroin addiction in. Heroin is a shocking blight on Afghanistan, one bolstered by the country’s endless supply of cheap opium. The country’s most lost and dejected find solace in what is perhaps its most famous export, if not its deadliest. There are 1.9 to 2.4 million adult drug users in Afghanistan, according to the United Nations, or around 12.6% of the adult population – more than double the global drug use rate of 5.2%. Opium harvested in Afghanistan – 3,300 tonnes in 2015, according to the UN (the same as in 2000) – is also increasingly making its way to the U.S., itself in the midst of a heroin epidemic. Afghanistan: The Taliban are winning Related video One city's radical fix for heroin epidemic Patients are voluntary, except when they’re not. Either families drop them off, exhausted at looking after them, or the police sweep the streets, and one particularly notorious bridge on the outskirts of Kabul, and dump their haul of human cargo at the center. Occasionally a patient, like Wais, will stumble in of their own volition. Wais is 45, and just beginning his journey of rehabilitation, his eyes dazed, sparkling with panic about the ungovernable sensations beginning to grip his body. The center doesn’t do soft landings, there’s no methadone here – the drug most often used in the West to ease withdrawal symptoms – just the occasional anti-depressant, and lots of cold turkey. First, patients heads are shaved. Perhaps for hygiene, or perhaps to remind them that this is a new phase of their lives. Al Qaeda ‘very active’ in Afghanistan: U.S. Commander No lather, no electric trimmer, just a bare disposable razor sweeping off Wais’ thick, dark hair. Five minutes later he is beardless, bald and sits dizzily waiting for a medical examination. Already the symptoms of withdrawal are kicking in, “I have pain all over my body and I feel so exhausted that if I had a knife I would cut myself apart.” Sometimes the pain is so great, says Dr. Dariush Osmani, the center’s deputy director, that patients attempt to set fire to their rooms. Others have used internet cables lining the ceiling to try and hang themselves. Withdrawal makes there seem like there is no alternative. Osmani recounts the endless schemes addicts use to smuggle heroin into the center: hidden in oranges, in people, thrown over the wall. But he says the biggest danger comes from dealers themselves, who see the center as a threat to their business. Yet inside these walls, the exorbitant cost of the NATO campaign in Afghanistan, where multi-million dollar facilities like this would appear and disappear in months in service of endlessly changing goals, there is some comfort that a weapon of war is now a tool of healing for the country’s most frail.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "NATO", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160428043000", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/27/asia/kabul-drug-rehab-npw/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "678485482", "sentence": "Grand juries make the preliminary decision to officially accuse a criminal defendant Grand jury proceedings are not open to the public Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in his investigation of Russian influence in the 2016 election. But what exactly is a grand jury investigation? And what does it mean? Related article Mueller issues grand jury subpoenas related to Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 meeting Grand juries typically fulfill both an investigative and charging function. 1) When it comes to investigating, the grand jury is granted the ability to subpoena documents and witnesses. In a complicated and long-term criminal investigation, federal prosecutors will go to the grand jury to ask to issue subpoenas for the production of documents or records they deem necessary for the case. Also, if prosecutors want to force witnesses to testify under oath, they go to the grand jury to subpoena the person to appear. 2) For the charging function, a grand jury must determine that probable cause exists to believe that an individual has committed a crime before the person can be charged for the crime. Grand juries make the preliminary decision of whether or not to officially accuse a criminal defendant and compel him or her to stand trial. Grand jury indictments are required for all federal felonies. “At their core, grand juries are about finding probable cause that a crime has been committed,” says Danny Cevallos, CNN legal analyst. Unlike a typical trial, grand jury proceedings are not public and there is no cross-examination or presentation of the defense case. The jurors may ask questions and witnesses may not have lawyers present during the questioning. The grand jury will determine whether criminal charges should be brought at the end of the thorough investigation. Related article One year into the FBI's Russia investigation, Mueller is on the Trump money trail Issuing grand jury subpoenas doesn’t signal that indictments are imminent or that Mueller has concluded there has been wrongdoing. The move is often simply a tool to allow a prosecutor to gather evidence or testimony. “What it means is that Mueller can now take sworn testimony in front of the grand jury and start subpoenaing people, asking people to testify, and of course if he gets enough evidence, he can now ask the grand jury for an indictment of people,” says Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst. It suggests Mueller is at least taking a preliminary next step – but it doesn’t mean there will be an indictment. “It is certainly a significant step that shows that he means business. It shows that he’s doing a serious criminal investigation, which he thinks should proceed. But it doesn’t mean that criminal charges are imminent nor does it mean criminal charges will ever happen,” Toobin said. Grand jury investigations can be long processes, lasting for months or years. The grand jury continues as the prosecutors chase evidence and leads to compile a case. The term grand jury is derived from the fact that it usually has a greater number of jurors than a trial jury. A grand jury typically consist of anywhere from 16 to 23 people, and the jurors may have to sit for months at a time. Grand jury proceedings remain secret. Related article As investigation intensifies, Trump crows to crowd Ty Cobb, special counsel to the President, said he wasn’t aware that Mueller had started using a new grand jury. “Grand jury matters are typically secret,” Mr. Cobb said. “The White House favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work fairly… The White House is committed to fully cooperating with Mr. Mueller.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Robert Mueller's grand jury investigation", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170803234500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/politics/what-is-a-grand-jury/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "579504114", "sentence": "Jordan tourism numbers down, historic buildings at risk \"Unfortunately we have some very noisy neighbors,\" says one Petra tour guide Tourism should be booming in Jordan but visitor numbers are down, historic buildings are in danger of collapse and hotels are struggling. The recent discovery of a massive new monument in the abandoned “Indiana Jones” city of Petra should be a cause for rejoicing but tourists are staying away from this peaceful Middle Eastern kingdom. “We are a very quiet country,” says Waleed Hyasat, who guides tourists around Petra.  “But unfortunately we have some very noisy neighbors.” At the turn of the new millennium Petra was receiving more than 700,000 visitors a year but the 21st century has been a turbulent time in the Middle East and nowadays the average visitor figure hovers near 425,000. Hyasat says he’s thinking of emigrating to the United States if tourism doesn’t pick up. Petra is Jordan’s biggest tourist attraction, its world-famous heritage status enhanced by being the setting for the finale of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” In June satellites and archeological survey drones revealed a huge ceremonial platform to the south of the ancient city center. It’s as long as an Olympic-size swimming pool and twice as wide. READ: 17 signs you might be in Jordan Nobody knows what it was used for but archaeologists around the world are excited. Could this be the discovery that finally unlocks the meaning of the Middle East’s most enigmatic city? Petra was a great trading capital city in 7th century BC. It was founded by an Arab tribe known as the Nabataeans who abandoned it a thousand years later. Fortunately their massive buildings, carved top to bottom into the cliff face, were preserved from destruction, hidden down a narrow valley. For more than 1,000 years Petra was forgotten by the outside world. It was only rediscovered by Europeans in 1812 when a Swiss explorer was led down the valley by local Bedouin. Since then its mysterious buildings have become Jordan’s biggest tourist attraction. Without oil reserves Jordan is heavily reliant on tourism, which contributes 15% to its GDP. But things started to go wrong after the first Gulf War. READ: 10 reasons to visit the Middle East’s most easygoing country Marguerite van Geldermalsen, a New Zealand-born nurse who married a Bedouin souvenir-seller from Petra at that time, has seen the tourist business decline, first after the 1990-91 conflict then after September 11, 2001. “Since 2010 the Arab Spring and the civil war in Syria have had bad effects too,” she says. “Every time things calm down something happens and our visitor numbers always suffer.” Today Van Geldermalsen sells jewelry made by local Bedouin women from her stall opposite Petra’s amphitheater. “People here are dependent on Petra bringing in lots of tourists. It’s not much fun for visitors to see sad looking vendors”. At the Kempinski Ishtar, a luxury tourist hotel north of Petra, general manager Sebastien Meriette insists Jordan is a safe place to visit. “But we’re surrounded by chaos and this affects international tourism,” he says. “Before the Arab Spring 70% of guests were international and 30% local. Now it’s 40% international and 60% local. Russian tourists still come but Jordan is not regarded as safe in the States.” MORE: ‘Massive’ monument found in ancient Petra Meriette is French and admits that when he came to Jordan he was unsure about bringing his family with him. But he’s found the country tranquil even as he’s watched business decline by 15% in the last decade. “And this hotel is doing well compared to the others!” he adds. Mohammad Abdelaziz, curator of the Petra Archeological Park since 1988, says the dip in tourist numbers has also affected development and stabilization of the site. “Petra has been on the World Heritage List since 1985 and we were voted second of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, but the dip in income from tourism means there’s no money for development,” Abdelaziz says. “We still get missions. This year Brown University is excavating but the funding for these digs is usually international.” With visitor numbers down Abdelaziz admits there isn’t enough money for maintenance. “The Great Temple itself needs stabilizing but when you consider in the Petra area we have Stone Age, Iron Age, Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader and Marmeluke sites, it’s obvious Jordan cannot fund its own heritage.” At the moment archaeologists believe that more than 80% of Petra is yet to be uncovered, which is why finding the great platform in June 2016 was such an exciting development. But there are local moves to involve the community and make Petra less dependent on outside resources. Aysar Akrawi is a small gray-haired woman who helped set up the Petra National Trust in 1989 to ensure the preservation of the site. “We’re not archaeologists or conservationists but we will get involved if no one else is doing it,” Akrawi says. Since 2009 Akrawi has been running a “young ranger” project to involve local teenagers in the preservation of Petra. READ: 9 modern architectural wonders of the Mideast “Yes, we were employing local people but we had not started involving the community,” she says. “Jordanians were not identifying with their environment. The rocks of Petra were a source of income for them – not of identity.” Akrawi and her team of local volunteers run popular courses to help teenagers identify with their heritage. They study wider issues like confrontation resolution and very specific courses directed at vandalism and graffiti. “Jordanians are a very gentle people but even they say, ‘why can’t we manage Petra ourselves?,’” Akrawi says. “They don’t want to feel that we helicopter in everything from Amman. It is this marginalization of people in rural areas that has given support to groups like ISIS in the Middle East.” According to Akrawi, “With 60% of the Jordanian population under 25, training up young Jordanians to look after their country’s heritage is the first step if we want to change our country.” Shahed Qassem is 12-years-old. Every weekend she takes a two-hour bus journey to Petra to study and refers to the historic city as her mother. “I feel that I have been a very neglectful daughter and now I wish to look after my mother.” With outsiders still wary of the Middle East it may be people like Qassem who will hold the future of Jordan’s historic sites. READ: Traveler’s Choice: The world’s best museums for 2016 Adrian Mourby is an Oxford, UK-based novelist and broadcaster.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jordan tourism", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160916023000", "country1": "JOR", "country2": "NZL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/travel/jordan-petra-tourism/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "756462502", "sentence": "Programming note: No royal wedding invitation? Not to worry. You can stream every moment on your mobile phone, laptop, or wherever you get CNN, starting at 5 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 19. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding has been overshadowed by her father’s reported decision not to attend, but another relation is emerging as a player in the royal drama. Meghan’s half-sister Samantha Markle made headlines this week after she said their father, Thomas Markle, would not attend the wedding on Saturday because of embarrassment over a series of staged photographs, which she encouraged him to take. Since then he’s reportedly changed his mind about attending the ceremony more than once, and now seems set to miss it to undergo scheduled heart surgery. In recent days, Samantha Markle has given a series of television interviews and earned the moniker of media “vulture” from “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan. A child from Thomas Markle’s first marriage, Samantha Markle is a 53-year-old mother of three and a former actress and model who lives in Florida. She uses a wheelchair because she suffers from multiple sclerosis, according to a report in the UK’s Sun newspaper. The reason Thomas Markle is being vilified Meghan’s father ay not attend wedding due to surgeryMeghan, Harry ask for privacy for father Meghan is rewriting the princess storyHow Meghan will use her royal voice The reason Thomas Markle is being vilified Meghan’s father ay not attend wedding due to surgeryMeghan, Harry ask for privacy for father Meghan is rewriting the princess storyHow Meghan will use her royal voice Seventeen years older than Meghan, Samantha Markle has claimed she raised her half-sister for 12 years when they were growing up in California, but that has been disputed by other family sources, the report added. The elder half-sister is also known as Samantha Grant, but recently changed her name back to Markle, according to the Guardian. Described in the British media as “estranged” from her half-sibling, Samantha Markle has said she has not met the royal bride-to-be for a decade. In recent interviews she said that she last spoke to Meghan by phone three or four years ago. Samantha Markle first made news in 2016 when she told the Sun her sister had long had her eye set on Prince Harry because she was ambitious to become a princess and had a “soft spot for gingers.” Since then she has regularly commented on the forthcoming marriage, criticizing Meghan for not inviting her and other family members to the wedding and not offering financial help to her reportedly bankrupt father. She has also rebutted Prince Harry’s claim that the royal family were “the family (Meghan) never had.” But she has also praised Meghan for her intelligence and beauty and criticized her brother – Meghan’s half-brother – Thomas Markle, Jr., for telling Prince Harry in an open letter that if the marriage goes ahead it will be the biggest mistake of his life. Samantha Markle is reportedly writing an autobiography titled “The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister,” which will include details about about her half-sister. British media reports say she will be in Windsor for the wedding as a guest of a television broadcaster.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Samantha Markle", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180516131500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/europe/samantha-markle-meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "754149807", "sentence": "The arc of Donald Trump’s universe is short and it bends toward annoyance. Witness Rudy Giuliani. The former New York City mayor has only been on the job as a member of the President’s legal team for 19 days and, already, the big guy is starting to chafe. Here’s CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny: Trump has grown irritated by Giuliani’s performances and the headaches he has caused as contradictory statements between the two flash across the chyrons on his screen. The President was initially pleased with his new attorney’s brashness, but that has steadily eroded as the parade of interviews has continued. Trump was irked by Giuliani’s interview on ABC News Sunday, particularly the clip of Giuliani refusing to rule out him pleading the Fifth Amendment, which has since played on a near-constant loop on cable television. Now, sub out “Giuliani” above and put in “Scott Pruitt.” Or “David Schulkin.” Or “Rex Tillerson.” Or “Tom Price.” Or “Steve Bannon.” Or “H.R. McMaster.” On and on it goes. And the pattern is crystal clear: Trump goes through a rapid boom/bust cycle with everyone who works for him that is not related to him. As his presidency has gone on, the time between boom and bust grows shorter and shorter. Giuliani is, again, instructive here. When he was brought onto Trump’s legal team – way back on April 19 – the President was enamored with him. Giuliani was a practiced hand at the cable TV battles. He had known Trump for years. They were peers – power-brokers from the only city that matters. Giuliani, puffed up by the President’s confidence in him, decides to go on Sean Hannity’s show. Safe ground, he figures, as Hannity has been without question the major cable TV personality most willing to do Trump’s bidding from the start. And then, perhaps overconfident and with his guard let down, Giuliani lets slip that Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 hush payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels 11 days before the election. He also said that Trump had fired James Comey because the former FBI director had refused to promise the President that he wasn’t a target of the investigation into Russia meddling into the 2016 election. It was in that moment that Giuliani’s honeymoon period with Trump ended. (It’s sort of like the moment when Lisa breaks Ralph’s heart on “The Simpsons.”) Neither of them may have realized it in that moment, but the torrent of headlines that emerged from Giuliani’s disastrous interview were destined to spark Trump’s ire. The President hates two things most of all: 1) Bad headlines for him that he doesn’t generate and 2) People who work for him getting more headlines than him. The Giuliani situation checks both of those boxes. Rather than sit a few plays out, Giuliani just kept giving interviews – to CNN, the Washington Post, Buzzfeed and, hell, to The Hill. He talked and talked and talked. He promised that three American prisoners were being released by North Korea. (They haven’t been.) And then on Sunday he sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos – and said that he assumed Cohen made payments to other women like Daniels and that he couldn’t be sure whether Trump wouldn’t plead the 5th if called to testify by special counsel Robert Mueller. And now, this reporting from CNN and other outlets suggesting that Trump is souring on Giuiliani. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. (Literally. Just ask Scott Pruitt.) Giuliani may well survive this latest dip in the eyes of Trump.  While Trump tires of people quickly, he also loves the drama of a second act or a comeback. Or a third act.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180508191500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-feud/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "759134967", "sentence": "Twenty-four hours after President Donald Trump dictated a dejected letter to Kim Jong Un canceling their June 12 meeting, he appeared to reverse course, telling reporters Friday the diplomatic encounter could still occur on the same date if conditions keep improving. Trump suggested the two sides were again speaking after an abrupt silence from North Korea prompted US officials to worry. White House aides were not halting some of the summit’s planning, which was already underway in Singapore. And in a tweet on Friday evening, Trump said the US is “having very productive talks with North Korea” about reinstating the summit, likely on the same date. “We are having very productive talks with North Korea about reinstating the Summit which, if it does happen, will likely remain in Singapore on the same date, June 12th., and, if necessary, will be extended beyond that date,” Trump wrote. It was a sign the President hasn’t lost hope in the audacious foreign policy accomplishment he is eager to secure. Even as his aides express doubt the summit can be arranged in the next 18 days, Trump has told confidants and advisers he believes the original date may still hold. And he’s grasped at glimmers of hope, in this case a conciliatory statement from Pyongyang that expressed continued openness to talks. “It was a very nice statement they put out,” Trump said on the South Lawn before departing in his helicopter for the US Naval Academy in Maryland, where he was delivering a commencement address. “We’ll see what happens. It could even be the 12th. We’re talking to them now.” “They very much want to do it,” he continued. “We’d like to do it.” Related article Trump says North Korea summit talks continue: 'Could even be the 12th' While far from a sure thing, Trump’s remarks reflect new openness to reviving the talks, or at least rescheduling them. In his letter and during remarks on Thursday, Trump made clear the summit was off. But in conversations Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, Trump did not rule out restoring the meeting, according to people familiar with the conversations. A planned trip by US officials to survey summit sites, which the White House formally announced on Wednesday, was not canceled, according to a person familiar with the matter. During a briefing with reporters on Thursday, a senior administration official refused to comment on the logistics trip, which is led by deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin. But the official downplayed the likelihood of the summit proceeding on course. “The ball is in North Korea’s court right now, and there’s really not a lot of time. We’ve lost quite a bit of time that we would need,” the official said. “But there’s a certain amount of actual dialogue that needs to take place at the working level with your counterparts to ensure that the agenda is clear in the minds of those two leaders when they sit down.” “June 12th,” the official said, “is in 10 minutes.” That caution was absent in public remarks from US officials on Friday, including Defense Secretary James Mattis, who told reporters the summit may be “back on.” “We have got some – possibly some good news on the Korea summit, where it may, if our diplomats can pull it off, may have it back on, even,” Mattis said before meeting with his Danish counterpart on Friday. He added that efforts to revive the June 12 summit are now in the hands of diplomats. “I’ll let them talk all they want, and then we’ll all hope and pray the diplomats pull it off,” he said. Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, told reporters in the White House driveway a June 12 summit was “certainly a possibility.” “The President wants to have a meeting if it can provide real results and that’s what he’s said all along. It’s going to be great for the world and certainly be good for North Korea,” Sanders said. “We’re always going to be prepared and if the meeting takes place on June 12 we’ll be ready. If it takes place on July 12 we’ll be ready. We’re going to do whatever is necessary to prepare for that on that front.” Related article North Korea says it's still willing to meet Trump after US President cancels summit Overnight, North Korea released a statement reiterating its interest in talks, even as it acknowledged the relationship between Washington and Pyongyang had deteriorated. “We would like to make known to the US side once again that we have the intent to sit with the US side to solve problem(s) regardless of ways at any time,” said North Korea’s first vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kim Kye Gwan, in comments published Friday by the country’s state-run news agency KCNA. Kim also said Trump’s decision was “not consistent with the desire of humankind for peace and stability in the world, to say nothing of those in the Korean Peninsula.” Trump awoke on Friday and welcomed the warmer language, which stood in sharp contrast to harsh statements over the past week that personally targeted US officials, including Vice President Mike Pence. Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea. We will soon see where it will lead, hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. Only time (and talent) will tell! “Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea,” Trump wrote Friday morning on Twitter. “We will soon see where it will lead, hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. Only time (and talent) will tell!” It wasn’t clear on Friday at what level US officials were speaking with their North Korean counterparts, or whether they were discussing the possibility of putting a meeting between Trump and Kim back on the schedule. The White House on Thursday cited a prolonged period of silence as one of the factors in scrapping the June 12 date. “We got a lot of dial tones,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Capitol Hill. Another US official told reporters that North Korean officials failed to show up to a planned meeting with US aides to discuss the summit’s logistics. “The North Koreans didn’t tell us anything, they simply stood us up,” the official said. Related article The collapse of the North Korea summit may have cost Trump his best issue After news the summit was called off, some Democrats criticized Trump for the decision. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill that the canceled summit was “a good thing for Kim Jong Un.” Pelosi said the meeting “takes knowledge, this takes judgment and clearly it takes preparation, which the President didn’t make.” “It’s clear he didn’t know what he was getting into,” the California Democrat said. “And now he’s walking away from it in this very chummy, palsy-walsy letter to Kim Jong Un. He, Kim Jong Un, is the big winner.” Trump on Friday claimed Democrats were “rooting” against his administration in its negotiations with North Korea. “Democrats are so obviously rooting against us in our negotiations with North Korea,” the President wrote on Twitter. “Just like they are coming to the defense of MS 13 thugs, saying that they are individuals & must be nurtured, or asking to end your big Tax Cuts & raise your taxes instead. Dems have lost touch!” Democrats are so obviously rooting against us in our negotiations with North Korea. Just like they are coming to the defense of MS 13 thugs, saying that they are individuals & must be nurtured, or asking to end your big Tax Cuts & raise your taxes instead. Dems have lost touch! On a White House-led conference call with political surrogates on Thursday, officials were “defensive” about the cancellation of the summit, according to a person familiar with the conversation. “They were a little defensive about suggestions that we got ahead of ourselves on the summit,” the person said, who described the administration’s representatives on the call “genuinely hopeful” the summit would eventually happen. Asked on Friday whether the North Koreans were playing him, Trump acknowledged they were – and suggested he was, too. “Everybody plays games. You know that,” he told reporters when asked about the ongoing talks. “You know that better than anybody.” CNN’s Jim Acosta, Veronica Stracqualursi, Jennifer Rizzo and Jamie Crawford contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea–United States summit", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180525203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SGP", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/north-korea-trump-summit/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "739869365", "sentence": "With almost all of the votes counted in Russia’s presidential election, the state-run Russia Public Opinion Research Center published an exit poll that showed Vladimir Putin with 76.6% of the vote. While final results had yet to be released as Russians gathered in Moscow’s Manezhnaya Square for a Putin rally, it was clear that the Russian President was well ahead of the 63.6% he secured in the last election in 2012 – and on track to reach a widely reported goal of winning 70% of the votes cast. That means several things: Putin can claim a clear mandate for his next six years in office. And the Kremlin can argue that Russia’s system of managed democracy represents the genuine will of the people. Related article Russia's Vladimir Putin retains grip on power, exit poll shows That’s particularly key as Moscow escalates a confrontation with the West. Russia and the United Kingdom are in involved in a diplomatic feud over the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy, his daughter and a police officer in Britain earlier this month. And the Kremlin remains at odds with Washington after the United States hit Russia with new sanctions over its meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Several factors explain the Kremlin’s ability to get out the vote. For weeks in advance of the election, the government funded an intense messaging campaign meant to get Russians to the ballot box. Mobile-phone subscribers received SMS notifications reminding them to vote. Billboards and public-service announcements also reminded eligible voters to go to the polls. And on election day, it was clear that there were efforts to encourage turnout, although it was unclear if they were officially supported. At a polling station in central Moscow near the House of Government, the workplace of the Russian Prime Minister, employees of a construction firm told CNN that the company’s management provided transportation to the polls early Sunday. International election monitors had not weighed in on the vote Sunday evening. Ella Pamfilova, Russia’s top election official, told the respected business news outlet RBC that there had been a “relatively small” number of reported violations during the vote. But local election officials said they had confirmed an incident of ballot box stuffing in the Moscow suburb of Lyubertsy after studying video camera recordings, the state news agency TASS reported. And Golos, an independent watchdog group, said Sunday evening it has received over 2,700 reports of potential voting irregularities in Russia’s presidential election. As of late Sunday, it was unclear whether the Kremlin had achieved the magic “70/70” formula: A 70% voter turnout, with Putin winning 70% of the votes. Opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who had called for a boycott, declared a victory of sorts, saying: “If it had not been for our [independent] observers, there would have been 99% turnout. If it had not been for our observers , the turnout for Putin would have been 80%, and that would have given an opportunity to state that the ‘whole Russia stands for Putin.’” Related article Will Vladimir Putin ever release his grip on Russia? “One should not think that the people are more silly than they are. Putin stated that our country is a democratic one, that our courts are fair, but he is lying. Sobchak is lying as well, that is why the people do not vote for her,” he said, referring to Ksenia Sobchak, who was projected to win 2.5% of the vote. “One should honestly tell the people about poverty, the big gap in the income of the people,” added Navalny. But 70 is also a number that may hang over Putin’s next six years. Back in 2016, the respected business newspaper Vedomosti published a striking revelation: Between 2005 and 2015, the private sector’s share of the economy was cut in half In Russia. The report, based on a study by Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, found that the government and state-controlled companies accounted for 70% of economic activity. For some observers, the real question for Putin is whether he can now use his mandate to push for some program of economic reform. Writing last year, Carnegie Moscow Center Senior Fellow Andrei Movchan speculated that the government would not loosen its grip on the economy after the elections. “Judging by the current state of public opinion, future changes are likely to include stricter political control, further nationalization of private property, further shutting down the economic space, and new processes that make economic transactions in the country less sophisticated and more inefficient,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180318213000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/18/europe/putin-election-number-70-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "501977598", "sentence": "My entire life, I have been surrounded by really strong, powerful women. Two in particular. The first was my mother, an immigrant from the other side of the world who lived as a refugee for the first part of her life after fleeing the bloody India-Pakistan partition. When we visited her childhood home in 2014, I saw a remote dusty town with no running water, no paved roads and very little evidence of commerce. There were no hopes and dreams anywhere in sight, and simply surviving was the only success most would ever achieve there. Related video Dr. Gupta uncovers his roots in India By the age of 24, however, she was designing cars as the first woman hired in the United States as an engineer at the Ford Motor Co. The juxtaposition was staggering. The trajectory of her life seemed not just improbable, but impossible. And it was at that moment – standing with her in central Pakistan – that I understood why the word impossible was not allowed in the Gupta household. Never. Not with a mother like mine. Dr. Karin Muraszko hates that word as well. Born with spina bifida, an abnormality of the spinal cord, Karin had enormous difficulty walking her whole life and is now in a wheelchair. While she couldn’t hide her spinal cord abnormality, she never spent a lot of time talking about it. Instead, she came into the hospital earlier, stayed later and worked harder than everyone else. And that is saying something, because Karin is a pediatric neurosurgeon, a profession that required 100-hour work weeks during her training. Like my own mother, Karin not only overcame, but flourished – and did it on the conventional playground of men. Neurosurgeons all over the world know Karin is the first woman to ever become a chair of neurosurgery in the United States, at the University of Michigan. What they may not know, however, is that she decided to get her ears pierced on the same day she decided to become a neurosurgeon. No joke. Karin told me she didn’t want to lose sight of the fact that she was a woman first, and a neurosurgeon second. I know her story so well because I was one of the lucky ones to be trained by her. For seven years, during some of the most formative years of my life, Karin Muraszko was a mentor to me. At the time I dedicated my life training to be a brain surgeon, Karin was right there by my side. For a time, there was likely no one in the world who spent more time with me or knew me better than Karin Muraszko. She was the only one who noticed the subtle signs my blood sugar might be dropping while I was operating – and opened a Jolly Rancher candy and placed it behind my mask. It was Karin who knew I preferred apple over watermelon. We operated together for days on end. We saw hundreds of patients together, and all along, she taught me judgment, technique and compassion. She was the person I called when my confidence had been shattered, and my fortitude dissolved. She had no patience for whining, but she did take the time to remind me what my purpose was – as a surgeon, but also as a human. We all need someone like Karin in our lives – someone who tells you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear, and with a smile. Like my mother, Karin was always willing to share the lessons she had learned with a healthy dose of humility, while allowing me to earn her trust and feel truly valued. They both inspired simply by being who they were, sincerely and authentically. There is not enough of that in the world today, and yet I was fortunate to be surrounded by it. Yes, when asked who changed my life, the answer is women – strong, powerful, women. They have shaped me. They have challenged me. They have reminded me that sometimes it takes seemingly insurmountable obstacles to unleash the very best of ourselves. Perhaps most importantly, they have made me a better father to my own three daughters. I now remind my girls every day that there are no rules. There are no molds. Those are both made to be shattered. I tell my girls they can be whatever they want to be. No, nothing is really impossible. It is an audacious message, but achievable as well. And if they want proof, I just pick up the phone and call the women who changed my life. #MyLifeChanger: In a tweet or Instagram post, tell us about the mentor, family member or once-in-a-lifetime friend that helped shape your life.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "strong, powerful women", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160113211500", "country1": "PAK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/13/health/person-who-changed-my-life-sanjay-gupta/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "719646674", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Errol Louis is the host of “Inside City Hall,” a nightly political show on NY1, a New York all-news channel. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. The explosive comments attributed to the former chief strategist to President Donald Trump –  and Trump’s blistering response to them – both capture and continue a level of chaos and infighting that could capsize the administration. On Wednesday, the President blasted Steve Bannon, saying, “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind,” after the Guardian reported on scathing quotes from the Breitbart News chief, detailed in a forthcoming book by Michael Wolff, about a Trump Tower meeting during the campaign. But even more important than the headline-grabbing insults and accusations lobbed by the two men is Bannon’s logical, cold-eyed recognition, reflected in his remarks to Wolff, that prosecutors are likely building a powerful legal case based on alleged financial misdeeds of high-level Trump associates. Much political commentary will now focus on Bannon’s scornful words about Paul Manafort, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kusher, the Trump campaign officials who attended – and then dissembled about – a fateful June 2016 meeting with, among others, Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin. Related video Trump unloads on Bannon: 'He lost his mind' “The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor – with no lawyers. They didn’t have any lawyers,” Bannon reportedly said scornfully to Wolff.  “Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad s—, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.” Bannon’s comments – calling the meeting “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” – clearly contain an element of score-settling against the President’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.  The two were antagonists in the early months of the administration, with a feud that attracted widespread commentary by the Washington press corps while Bannon was in the White House and continued even after Bannon resigned. But beyond Bannon’s well-known disdain for Kushner lies a dire prediction about the legal peril faced by the President: “You realize where this is going,” he is quoted as saying. “This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to [President] Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner. … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.” All too true. The Department of Justice order that named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel empowers him to investigate possible Russian interference in the 2016 elections, but it also includes broad language allowing Mueller to prosecute any crimes discovered along the way. Related video Toobin: Bannon had a real 'axe to grind' The specific line – “The Special Counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters” – is why Manafort is facing 12 counts including conspiracy, money laundering, making false statements and failing to disclose his status as the agent of a foreign government. Trump partisans often seize on the fact that the charges against Manafort do not specify a direct connection to Russian involvement in the 2016 election.  The President himself, in a recent interview, repeated 16 times that the evidence made public so far shows “no collusion” between his campaign and Russia. But Bannon, an ex-banker, is strongly hinting that Mueller’s incidental discovery of financial crimes will lead to severe legal problems for Kushner and Donald Jr. The special prosecutor’s path to try to nail President Trump, Bannon reportedly says in Wolff’s book, “goes through Deutsche Bank and all the Kushner s—. The Kushner s— is greasy. They’re going to go right through that. They’re going to roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me.” That sounds like a clear reference to the tangled web of tricky real estate deals that both Kushner and Don Jr. have been involved in.  The threat of prosecution for financial improprieties, Bannon seems to be saying, could put pressure on Kushner and Don Jr. to become cooperating witnesses in the Russia probe. Related video The ups and downs of the Bannon insurgency It’s not clear exactly what matters Bannon was referring to, but he clearly believes Trump Jr. is in for some rough times at the hands of the special prosecutor, predicting to Wolff:  “They’re going to crack Don Jr. like an egg on national TV.” Of course, Bannon’s remarkable, profane candor could all turn out to be hot air. A newcomer to politics, he pulled off the upset of the century by helping Trump – only to blow an all-but-sure thing when his chosen candidate, Roy Moore, lost the recent special election for Senate in Alabama. What remains to be seen is whether his cynical insider’s take on the legal and political problems of the White House is an accurate description of an administration under siege. “They’re sitting on a beach trying to stop a Category Five” hurricane, Bannon reportedly said. Things may not turn out as bad for the Trump administration as Bannon predicts. But if he’s even half right, it won’t be a day at the beach.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180104004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/opinions/steve-bannon-may-just-be-right-louis/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "612745733", "sentence": "Call it a pop-up alliance. After spending much of this year berating each other after Turkey shot down a Russian jet over the Syrian-Turkish border, the two governments are suddenly the “honest brokers” of a ceasefire in Syria – one that is designed to lead to political negotiations. The United States, which has long championed the stuttering diplomatic process on resolving the Syrian conflict, is nowhere to be seen. The ceasefire – negotiated between Russia, Turkey and the Syrian government as well as Iran and Syrian rebel groups supported by Turkey – explicitly excludes factions deemed by the United Nations Security Council as “terrorists.” This rules out the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the former al Qaeda affiliate in Syria that used to be known as Jabhat al-Nusra. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the ceasefire was only the first step, with other documents signed on enforcing the truce and beginning peace talks. The Syrian military promised to cease operations nationwide at midnight Thursday. Here’s how the deal looks. Russian and Turkey are now driving what had been a UN-led political process. Each is responsible for bringing its own allies into the process: the Russians will bring the Assad regime on board and the Turks as many moderate factions as they can coax or cajole. Both sides envisage a rapid timeline, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry saying the Assad regime and opposition would meet soon in Kazakhstan, according to Turkish state media. Plenty can still go wrong, and recent history gives little cause for optimism. Putin acknowledged that “all the agreements reached are very fragile.” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoğlu said Thursday that details on how to monitor the ceasefire and apply sanctions against those who breached it were still being worked out. And he insisted there would be no direct negotiations between Turkey and the Syrian government. But the intent is clear: peel off moderate rebel groups from the tacit alliances they have formed with radical Islamist groups in parts of Syria. Then crush the militant groups excluded from the process. And this is where, inevitably, things get complicated. The Russian Defense Ministry said influential Islamist groups such as Ahrar al-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam have signed up to the process. But the Syrian army has asserted that groups linked to Fateh al-Sham, of which Ahrar al-Sham has been the most prominent, will be excluded from the deal. One source in Ahrar al-Sham, which receives extensive support from Turkey, acknowledged that it is involved in the negotiations. But late Thursday the group said on its Twitter feed that it “has reservations about the proposed agreement” and had not yet signed. Its ultimate decision will be important. If Ahrar does sign up, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham will be isolated and vulnerable. The timing of the deal is critical. The Russian-Turkish entente has exploited the political transition in Washington, ignoring the Obama administration in its dying days and betting that the Trump administration will accept a process already under way. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has already issued the invitation. “I would like to express the hope that as soon as the administration of Donald Trump takes office, they will also be able to join these efforts,” he said during a meeting with Putin in Moscow. Sergey Aleksashenko at the Brookings Institution says “Trump may believe that there isn’t a clear alternative at this point, since the Syrian opposition has not been able to unify or put forward a single leader.” The President-elect has expressed doubts about the reliability of moderate groups previously supported by the Obama administration and suggested his administration would consider joining Russia in the battle against ISIS in Syria. The critical event in bringing about the new entente between Moscow and Ankara was the fall of Aleppo. The Assad regime – along with its Russian and Iranian sponsors – turned the tide of the civil war in seizing complete control of the largest city, or what remained of it. Rebel groups – some of them supported by Turkey and the Gulf States – retreated in disarray. Their evacuation was negotiated between Russia and Turkey. Vladimir Putin held all the best cards, and it seems that Ankara decided to cash in its chips. It was not abandoning its allies among the Syrian factions, but refocusing its efforts on creating a “Turkey-friendly” region in northern Syria. In the process President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to kill two birds with one stone. Turkey has long been exasperated by US support for the Syrian Kurdish militia known as the YPG. “Up to now, the US has given weapons to the YPG, full stop,” Cavusoğlu said Thursday. Washington sees the YPG as its battering ram against ISIS in northern Syria. Turkey sees it as a terror organization intimately linked to its own Kurdish insurgents, the PKK. A CNN team inside northern Syria earlier this year saw plenty of evidence of those links, including large posters of the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in many Kurdish-dominated towns. The United States has denied supplying the YPG with weapons but says it provides tactical support to the Syrian Democratic Forces, the umbrella group in which the YPG is the main component. One sign of the new cooperation between Russia and Turkey is the introduction of Russian air power this week to help groups allied to Turkey rid the strategic town of Al Bab in northern Syria of ISIS fighters. Another is the establishment of a hotline to monitor breaches of the new ceasefire. The Russia-Turkey axis may be a marriage of convenience, and there are some major hurdles to overcome. Turkey wants the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah – a key military supporter of the Assad regime – out of Syria. That will not sit well with Iran, which is also sponsoring the ceasefire process. Nor has Turkey abandoned its long-term goal that President Bashar al Assad must step down. That also remains the position of the Free Syrian Army, whose representative Abu Zeid said Thursday: “The fact that the negotiations are based on Geneva 1 [the UN-sponsored peace process] means that there is no place for Assad in Syria’s future.” In addition, some fighters with Islamist groups – especially in Ahrar al-Sham – may opt to join the resistance rather than lay down their arms. And the Gulf states – especially Qatar and Saudi Arabia – may decide to double down on their support for groups opposed to negotiations. Abu Zeid, who took part in the negotiations on behalf of the opposition, insisted Thursday: “Our message to the Syrian population is that our fingers will remain on the trigger.” But the truth is that armed and political opposition to the Syrian regime, shorn of its support from Ankara, has rarely been weaker since the uprising against Bashar al-Assad began five years ago. And the most influential actors on the ground in Syria – Russia, Turkey, Iran and the Syrian regime – are, for now, all on the same page.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia-Turkey alliance on Syrian ceasefire", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161229204500", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/middleeast/syria-ceasefire-russia-turkey-analysis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "710752278", "sentence": "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, warned against a potential conflict with North Korea “if things don’t change.” “If we have to go to war to stop this, we will,” Graham told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday. “If there’s a war with North Korea it will be because North Korea brought it on itself, and we’re headed to a war if things don’t change.” Graham’s comments on CNN’s “The Situation Room” come amid rising tension between the US and North Korea, and on Tuesday, the Pentagon confirmed that North Korea had launched what the US military believes to be an intercontinental ballistic missile. President Donald Trump responded by telling reporters that, “we will take care of it.” Graham clarified that he doesn’t think war would be the best outcome but said the US won’t let Kim Jong Un have the ability to strike America’s mainland. “I don’t want a war. He doesn’t want a war,” Graham said, referring to Trump. “But we’re not going to let this crazy man in North Korea have the capability to hit the homeland.” Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Tuesday that the North Korean missile test went “higher, frankly, than any previous shot they have taken.” Mattis added that North Korea has the ability to hit “everywhere in the world basically.” Graham added that Trump is prepared to take whatever actions are needed to protect the US homeland. “He is ready, if necessary, to destroy this regime to protect America, and I hope the regime understands that if President Trump has to pick between destroying the North Korean regime and the American homeland, he’s going to destroy the regime. I hope China understands that also,” Graham said. CNN’s Zachary Cohen, Taehoon Lee and Ryan Browne contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171129004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/lindsey-graham-north-korea/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "717956794", "sentence": "Hear someone say “Venice Beach” and visions of a not-yet-famous Jim Morrison soulfully crooning “Moonlight Drive” come to mind. But the artsy beachside neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles is more than the birthplace of the Doors. It’s a carnival of amusements, both bygone and bougie, and home to one of the country’s hottest tech hubs, Silicon Beach. It’s also one of the most expensive neighborhoods in L.A. The days of open-air drug markets and gang activity are over, and you’re more likely when you travel here to spot a hoodie-clad Snapchat developer than a beret-wearing beatnik. But don’t take that to mean Venice has lost its carefree bohemian spirit. “Venice is a very inspirational place that has very young ideas,” says Jason Ostro, owner of the Gabba Gallery near downtown L.A., “even though it’s becoming that ‘g’ word: gentrified.” And there’s always something to see, as evidenced by all the artistic activity. Here’s what the locals say to do when you get there: Venice muralist Jules Muck advises hitting the boardwalk well before sunrise. “Early in the morning is the best time to be there,” she says of the dreamy mile-and-a-half stretch by the Pacific Ocean. You’ll have the beach to yourself before the vendors arrive, and there’s something very restorative about sipping a warm cup of coffee while watching the waves. Espresso Yo’ Self (1827 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291; 1-(626)-673-7565), known for its cold-brewed Intelligentsia iced coffee, is a good bet. At the little window, order yours to go with a slice of wild whiskey bread pudding. Once you’ve fueled up, “just walking around the neighborhood is pretty entertaining,” says Muck, who likes exploring the trendy shops on Abbot Kinney, which has shed its gritty image in the past five years. Hit Aesop for aromatic cleansers worthy of Instagram, then pop into AUST. (1219 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291; 1-(310)-873-3303), owned by Aussie expat Hannah Wang, to browse the sweet selection of threads by rising designers from her home country. Hungry? First Fridays, held on the first Friday of every month, are a fine time to sample the goods from popular local food trucks like Pink Taco and Rice Balls of Fire. When you’re finished, follow the sugary smell of waffle cones to Salt and Straw (1357 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291; 1-(310)-310-8429), at the intersection of Abbot Kinney and California, where quirky ice cream flavors like honey lavender and almond brittle with salted ganache await. Related article 5 best downtown Los Angeles restaurants Shutters on the Beach (1 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90425; 1-(310)-458-0030), the 198-room luxury resort in Santa Monica about 12 minuArts Center at 26th Street (2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404; 1-(310)-453-7535). Be sure to sneak a peek at Shutter’s own private art collection – curated by Greenwald, naturally – which includes works by modernist masters like Robert Motherwell, Claes Oldenburg, Sam Francis and Yayoi Kusama. Craving a closer look at the art scene in Venice? Join Muck herself on a tour of the neighborhood’s murals as part of Shutters’ Beyond the Beach experience (inquire to learn more), or strike out on your own by wandering down the Venice Beach Boardwalk between Navy and Rose Avenue. Created by the Social Public Art and Resource center, it’s one of nearly two dozen murals that cover about three miles in the neighborhood. Braving the Abbot Kinney crowd for a table at Travis Lett’s Gjelina (1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291; 1-(310)-450-1429) isn’t great. But if you can stand it, you’ll be well rewarded with gourmet pizzas, a serious wine list, juicy rib-eye and a leafy back patio that looks like a wood cabin crossed with a McMansion. The bustling hotspot offers some excellent people-watching as well. Not up for pizza? Drop by Hama Sushi (213 Windward Ave., Venice, CA 90291; 1-(310)-396-8783), also known as Sushi Central, given the fact it’s been serving fresh sushi at the same Windward Ave. location for almost 40 years. Order whatever’s fresh and watch the surf videos playing outside. Or just grab dinner at Superba Food + Bread (1900 South Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CA 90291; 1-(310)-907-5075), housed in a former auto body shop on Lincoln Avenue and run by Paul Hibler. You can’t go wrong with the house-baked bread or anything that comes served on toast. Related article Curtis Stone has the recipe for a great L.A. day Ready to see Morrison’s favorite hangout? Head to Hinano Café (15 Washington Blvd., Venice, CA 90292; 1-(310)-822-3902) for the chill vibe, free popcorn and jukebox, says Muck. Just be wary of the sawdust floor and bring cash for the legendary burgers – they don’t accept credit cards. When you’ve finished your beer, head toward the end of Washington “for a down-home experience,” says Muck. “Watching the waves at night is really pretty.” Jill Krasny is a writer based in New York. Follow her on Instagram @jkrasny.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Venice Beach", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171226141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/things-to-do-venice-beach-california/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "755702891", "sentence": "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif touched down in Moscow on Monday morning as part of a series of international diplomatic meetings aimed at saving the Iran nuclear deal following the United States’ withdrawal. Zarif will be discussing the agreement with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Monday. It follows a visit by the Iranian diplomat to Beijing on Sunday where he stressed the importance of keeping the accords, which were signed in 2015 with the aim of both halting Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and stimulating the country’s economy. Lavrov and Zarif will discuss the “possibility of preserving the Iran nuclear deal,” according to Russian state media agency TASS. Moscow has previously stated its strong support for the agreement. Related video Bolton: European countries could be sanctioned US President Donald Trump announced on May 8 the US would be withdrawing from the deal, which was signed under former President Barack Obama, saying it was “defective at its core.” Trump also said he planned to reintroduce the highest level of economic sanctions on Iran. But other countries around the world, including Germany, France and the United Kingdom, have said they would like to keep the original deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), in place. In Beijing, Zarif met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi who reiterated Beijing’s support for the deal, according to state media Xinhua. “China will take an objective, fair and responsible attitude, keep communication and cooperation with all parties concerned, and continue to work to maintain the deal,” Wang said, adding the agreement was “hard-earned.” Under the 2015 deal, Iran would reduce its ability to enrich uranium and allow inspections by an independent agency in return for the lifting of strict sanctions which were choking the country’s stagnating economy. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said Germany, France and the United Kingdom had 60 days to provide Iran *with enough guarantees to ensure it could* stay in the deal, according to IRNA. Related article Trump dumps Iran nuclear deal: What you need to know Zarif will meet with the foreign ministers of the three European countries in Brussels on Tuesday, May 15 to discuss the future of the deal. A number of top Iranian officials and politicians have threatened in the past week to restart the country’s nuclear program following Trump’s decision to leave the deal. “The President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has been tasked with taking all necessary steps in preparation for Iran to pursue industrial-scale enrichment without any restrictions,” Zarif said on Friday. But European leaders have been working hard to mollify Tehran – UK Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday to assure him of her support for the deal. “She said it is in both the UK and Iran’s national security interests to maintain the deal and welcomed President Rouhani’s public commitment to abide by its terms, adding that it is essential that Iran continues to meet its obligations,” a UK government spokesperson said in a statement. During the call, Rouhani said the US decision to withdraw from the deal was “unlawful” and “irresponsible.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180514074500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/middleeast/zarif-russia-china-iran-deal-intl/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "676110359", "sentence": "EU president promises action 'within days' if concerns not met Russia says the bill risks worsening relations with the US The European Union has delivered a stern warning to the US over a plan to impose new sanctions on Russia, opening up the prospect of a rift between the two allies over how to deal with Moscow’s foreign interventions. EU President Jean-Claude Juncker said the bloc would act “within days” if it does not receive reassurances on the potential impact of new sanctions on European interests. Russia also reacted angrily, saying the sanctions bill passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday risked worsening the already poor relations between the two countries. The bill, drawn up largely in response to Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 US election, calls for new measures against Russia, North Korea and Iran. It also limits any effort by the White House to weaken such penalties. Related article Russia sanctions: What you need to know The EU has previously coordinated with the US over sanctions in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. But it fears the latest measures could hit companies that are involved in the financing of a controversial new pipeline, Nord Stream 2, that would carry natural gas from Russia to Germany. Juncker said the bill could have “unintended unilateral effects” on the EU’s energy security. “This is why the Commission concluded today that if our concerns are not taken into account sufficiently, we stand ready to act appropriately within a matter of days,” Juncker said. “America first cannot mean that Europe’s interests come last.” Germany, which strongly backs the new pipeline, said it was concerned over the sanctions. It would be “unacceptable for the United States to use possible sanctions as an instrument to serve the interests of US industry policies,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schäfer said Wednesday. Related video Russian leaders lash out at US sanctions France called the US bill “unlawful” due to its “extraterritorial reach,” saying it could impact Europeans if enacted. “We have challenged similar texts in the past,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “To protect ourselves against the extraterritorial effects of US legislation, we will have to work on adjusting our French and European laws.” If the bill clears a vote in the US Senate, it then heads to the desk of US President Donald Trump. It is not clear if that will happen before Congress breaks for summer recess at the end of the month. Trump has not indicated whether he will sign the bill, which also gives Congress a way to block any easing of new sanctions against Russia, North Korea and Iran, as well as older ones against Russia. The House action came hours after Jared Kushner, the President’s son-in-law and senior adviser, was interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee about the 2016 campaign and allegations that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian officials to help defeat his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump’s presidency has been dogged by questions his campaign’s ties with Russia and his pre-election promises to improve relations with Moscow. The Trump administration and the Russian government have consistently denied collusion. READ: Does US North Korea Sanctions bill risk China relationship? Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned that “the authors and sponsors of this legislation are taking a serious step towards the destruction of prospects for normalizing relations with Russia,” according to state news agency Tass. Ryabkov said the plan “does not fit the framework of common sense” but insisted Russia was “not succumbing to emotions” in its response. Related article Sanctions won't get the job done “We will work to find ways to move forward, persistently, consistently looking for ways of searching for compromise on issues, which are significant for Russia and, I think, for the US,” he said. The Kremlin said the proposed sanctions bill was “sad news in terms of Russia-US relations” and for the “prospects of their development.” “This is no less disappointing from the point of view of international law and international trade relations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. But he added that Moscow would wait to form a full opinion until the draft becomes law. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said his country would respond to the US new sanctions, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB. “The US is continuing hostility towards Iran and Iran will definitely respond to US sanctions,” Rouhani reportedly said during a cabinet meeting Wednesday. He did not say how Tehran would respond. The European Union expressed frustration that it had not been consulted over the new proposals. “New sanctions should always be coordinated between allies,” EU President Jean-Claude Juncker said in a statement. The EU and the US imposed coordinated sanctions in 2014 over Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.  President Barack Obama  imposed further sanctions in late 2016 over alleged interference in the 2016 US election. Sanctions were also imposed under the 2012 Magnitsky Act, which targets Russians whom the US considers human rights abusers. The latest set of sanctions against Russia are intended to penalize its alleged election meddling, as well as its human rights violations, annexation of Crimea and military operations in eastern Ukraine. The White House has been sending mixed messages about whether it will support the bill, which represents a challenge to the President’s authority. “While the President supports tough sanctions on North Korea, Iran and Russia, the White House is reviewing the House legislation and awaits a final legislative package for the President’s desk,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday. Related article Magnitsky lawyer: Will 'fight for justice' despite risk to life However, aides and members of Congress from both parties say that if Trump does decide to veto it, there will be sufficient votes to override the veto and enact the bill into law. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly ridiculed the sanctions and called on countries, particularly the United States, to drop them. Moscow rejects claims it interfered in the US election process, insists its annexation of Crimea was legal and denies direct involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. CNN’s Yon Pomrenze reported from Moscow and Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN’s Clare Sebastian, Mary Ilyushina, Amir Daftari and Saskya Vandoorne contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US sanctions on Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170726103000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/europe/russia-us-sanctions/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "724540882", "sentence": "The widely expected move culminates a series of similar decisions from the Trump administration The termination will come with an 18-month delay The Trump administration will end protections for certain nationals of El Salvador, a move that could leave more than 200,000 immigrants who have lived in the US more than 15 years without any legal status, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday. Related article Decision today could spell deportation for these 250,000 immigrants The termination will come with an 18-month delay, as the administration also recently did in ending other recent Temporary Protected Status for other countries. That time will allow individuals who have lived under the status to either seek other means of staying in the US or prepare to leave. The delay means the more than 250,000 TPS protectees will have until September 9, 2019, to either find a different way to stay in the US or prepare to leave. The widely expected move culminates a series of similar decisions from the Trump administration to substantially curtail the use of Temporary Protected Status – a protection from deportation and authorization to live and work legally for nationals of countries that have suffered a disaster such as war, an epidemic or natural disasters. Related article New DHS secretary faces first immigration litmus test The DHS says more than 250,000 Salvadorans – all of whom are required to have lived in the US continually since 2001 – are covered by TPS. Previous estimates by the department have put the number who will most likely be left without other protections around 200,000. The administration has pushed to strongly curtail the use of TPS, a protection provided for by law, saying that the repeated extensions of the typically two-year protections by previous administrations of both parties have ended the “temporary” piece of the status. DHS has made an effort to emphasize that TPS depends on the original reason for the designation, not current conditions. In El Salvador’s case, that was a devastating series of earthquakes prior to its designation in 2001. In a call with reporters, a senior administration official said Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen decided the termination was “required” given that the original disaster that precipitated the status has been resolved enough to terminate the protections. Officials on the call repeatedly dismissed questions about the violence and economic conditions that persist in El Salvador, including the MS-13 gang that has been a top target of this administration, saying those factors are irrelevant to the decision. Critics immediately slammed the decision. “They have resettled, established their families and lives here in the United States. Most of them see themselves much more as American citizens than Salvadoran citizens and to end that protection and program is going to disrupt many communities across the United States,” Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Virginia, said on CNN Monday. “It’s inhumane and not consistent with American values.” The criticism wasn’t limited to Democrats. Florida Republican and immigration reform advocate Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart quickly released a statement in “strong disagreement” with the administration. “These innocent people fled their home country after a disastrous earthquake, and while living conditions may have slightly improved, El Salvador now faces a significant problem with drug trafficking, gangs and crime,” Diaz-Balart said. “Since 2001, these people have established themselves in the United States, making countless contributions to our society and our local communities. It would be devastating to send them home after they have created a humble living for themselves and their families.” The issue will now be kicked to Congress. Senate negotiators are discussing potentially including a deal to end the diversity lottery, which is a top target of President Donald Trump, in exchange for some resolution on TPS, according to Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake. “We can deal with diversity visa, if we pair it with TPS, doing some kind of reallocation visas there,” Flake told reporters on Friday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180122211500", "country1": "SLV", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/08/politics/temporary-protected-status-el-salvador/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "700563167", "sentence": "US Secretary of State arrives in India as part of a multistop tour across the Middle East and South Asia Tillerson expected to address a number of issues, including regional relationships with Afghanistan, China and Pakistan The Trump administration’s South Asia strategy is in the spotlight this week, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in New Delhi after stops in Kabul and Islamabad. Tillerson landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport late Tuesday night local time, and Wednesday will hold meetings with Indian officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A rising and increasingly assertive China, as well as America’s future plans for war-torn Afghanistan, are among the issues that are likely to top the agenda, say analysts. Here are the key issues to watch out for. Although he isn’t visiting Beijing on this trip, China is set to be a key talking point during the secretary of state’s visit to India. Tillerson indicated as much last week, when he contrasted India with China in a speech in Washington. “The driving force of our close relationship rests in the ties between our peoples – our citizens, business leaders, and our scientists. … We’ll never have the same relationship with China, a nondemocratic society, that we can have with a major democracy,” he said on October 18. The warm words for New Delhi come as China carves out its One Belt, One Road project, economic and infrastructure projects that span more than 68 countries across Europe, Asia and Africa. “The rise of a more capable and assertive China remains the single most important driver of the growing partnership between Washington and Delhi,” Constantino Xavier, a fellow at Carnegie India, a think tank, said in an email. The friendly tone toward New Delhi also predates the Trump administration, as the US sought to cultivate India as a bulwark against China. “There’s a huge element of continuity in all of this. All presidents from Bill Clinton onwards, all of them have strongly supported an India-US relationship,” said Ajai Shukla, a defense analyst and former Indian military officer based in New Delhi. “This is equally true of Indian prime ministers, irrespective of ideology and irrespective of strategic orientation.” Another major issue: Afghanistan, which remains in the grip of a bloody, 16-year conflict. In August, speaking at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, US President Donald Trump renewed the US military commitment in Afghanistan, while also calling on India and other regional players for more support in bringing stability to the country. Related video Tillerson addresses Trump's Afghanistan plan “We appreciate India’s important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, but India makes billions of dollars in trade from the United States and we want them to help us more with Afghanistan, especially in the area of economic assistance and development,” he said. India has a longstanding partnership with Afghanistan, supplying about $2 billion in aid, namely in developmental and infrastructural projects. But New Delhi is not about to get involved militarily, says Shukla. “Every statement from both sides has been oriented towards the understanding that India will step up humanitarian aid and developmental projects.” India’s longtime rival Pakistan, where Tillerson stopped on Tuesday, is also likely to feature in his conversations in New Delhi. Although Trump called out Pakistan for giving “safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror” in his speech in August, he recently appeared to shift tack, tweeting effusively about the relationship with Islamabad after Pakistani forces helped rescue an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children held captive by a Taliban affiliated group. Related video Former Pakistan official on Trump and Afghanistan As Tillerson headed to South Asia, there was also news that Pakistan was extending the detention of Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind behind the devastating 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, sidestepping a potential political banana skin that could have erupted during Tillerson’s visit. “[His arrest] took place because of a realization within the Pakistan army that Hafiz Saeed was endangering Pakistan’s insistence that it was not supporting terrorist groups. What we saw was a change in the Pakistani strategic projection,” Shukla said. “The factors that are driving this, which is Trump’s pressure, India’s pressure, all of these issues are keeping Pakistan towards that change in strategic orientation.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to India", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171024093000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/asia/tillerson-india-trip/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "738122884", "sentence": "President Donald Trump told people Monday that he has settled on Larry Kudlow to replace Gary Cohn as the new director of the White House’s National Economic Council, according to a source familiar with his conversations. The President is known to change his mind at the last minute, and decisions are rarely final until they have been formally announced, but this is his latest thinking on Cohn’s replacement. Trump has spoken to Kudlow multiple times over the past week, a separate person familiar with the matter said, but Kudlow hasn’t been formally offered the job yet and hasn’t decided whether he would accept it. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Kudlow also declined to comment. Related article US allies are upset. The top economist quit. Trump doesn't care. Kudlow’s selection would be especially noteworthy because he is an avid free-trader who is firmly opposed to the sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that the President signed last week – against the advice of Republican leaders on Capitol Hill and some of his own advisers. Trump suggested last Thursday that he wouldn’t replace Cohn with someone who is similarly opposed to tariffs, which were one of the principal reasons that Cohn resigned. “I don’t know if I could put him in that same position or not. He’s not quite as strong on those tariffs as we want,” Trump said. Kudlow, an economic analyst who informally advised Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, penned an op-ed in the National Review with two others urging the President to rethink his decision on tariffs before he signed them. Kudlow later suggested during a radio interview that the tariffs were “basically gone,” with the exception of China and “a few other countries.” “Canada is exempt. Mexico is exempt. Australia is exempt. I guarantee you, all of Europe is going to wind up being exempt, and I bet you our allies in Asia will wind up being exempt. China may be the only one,” Kudlow said. But the President values people who can make the rounds on cable television to defend the administration, as Cohn often did.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180312220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/larry-kudlow-gary-cohn-white-house/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "678128680", "sentence": "Join national security contributor Mike Rogers for the CNN Original Series “Declassified” on Saturdays at 9pm ET/PT. Clear, colorless, tasteless, odorless and deadly. Sarin – which weapons inspectors say has been used in chemical attacks in Syria – is a poisonous liquid that can easily evaporate and change to gas, rapidly spreading throughout the immediate environment. It’s classified as a “nerve agent,” which is defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “the most toxic and rapidly acting of the known chemical warfare agents.” Nerve agents work like insect-killing insecticides, the CDC says. But they’re much more potent. Although it dissipates quickly, sarin presents a short-lived threat through skin contact, eye contact, or inhalation. Mild or moderately exposed people often recover completely, while those who are severely exposed to sarin are not likely to survive. Nerve agents disable an enzyme that the body uses as a kind of “off switch” for glands and muscles, according to the CDC website: “Without an ‘off switch,’ the glands and muscles are constantly being stimulated. Exposed people may become tired and no longer be able to keep breathing.” During the 1990s, terrorists used sarin in Japan for attacks in public places. Syria’s military was first accused in 2013 of using sarin to attack civilians, including children. The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention arms control treaty, signed by more than 160 nations including Syria, made producing and storing sarin illegal in 1997. Here’s a brief time line of this frightening, invisible killer: Sarin is developed in Germany as a pesticide. The US military secretly tests sarin in the Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve on the island of Hawaii. The testers detonate sarin-filled 155mm artillery shells to study how the nerve agent disperses in a tropical jungle. The Pentagon confirms the “Red Oak” program in November 2002. Sarin and other nerve agents may have been used in chemical warfare during the Iran-Iraq War. On “Bloody Friday,” the Iraqi air force attacks the northern Iraq town of Halabja with poisonous gases that were thought to include sarin, VX and other deadly compounds. Reports indicate that 5,000 people die in the attack. Countless others suffer eyesight loss, respiratory ailments and cancers. In Japan, seven people die and more than 500 are hospitalized when the Aum Supreme Truth (or Aum Shinri Kyo) cult releases sarin from a truck by driving slowly around an apartment complex in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. Another victim dies in 2008. The Aum Supreme Truth cult, now known as Aleph, places plastic bags of sarin on trains that converge in the Tokyo government district during rush hour. Thirteen people die and more than 5,000 become ill. A coalition convoy in Baghdad finds sarin gas in an artillery round that had been rigged as an improvised explosive device. The IED detonates as officials attempt to defuse it. Two members of the explosive ordinance team suffer minor exposure. The US Army releases a report to Congress stating that allied forces have recovered approximately 500 munitions containing degraded mustard or sarin gas since 2003. The weapons were produced before the 1991 Gulf War and many experts believe the sarin would no longer be dangerous. Katsuya Takahashi, 54, the last fugitive suspect in the 1995 sarin attacks on the Tokyo subway, is captured by Japanese police, ending a 17-year manhunt. Then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announces that Syria has used sarin on a small scale, killing 150 people in the country. A new alleged chemical weapons attack kills more than 1,000 people in the Syrian countryside outside its capital, Damascus. Hundreds of those killed are children. Then-US Secretary of State John Kerry announces that samples of blood and hair taken from eastern Damascus have “tested positive for signatures of sarin.” United Nations weapons inspectors return “overwhelming and indisputable” evidence of the use of sarin in Syria, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, calling the findings “beyond doubt and beyond the pale.” Read the report. The UN releases a report that indicates Syrians may have been exposed to a sarin-type gas in 11 instances. The UN bases its report on a publication by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Source of the gas and those responsible for its use are being investigated. An airstrike on a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria leaves 89 civilians dead, including children, from a suspected chemical attack, using sarin gas. The US, Turkey and other Western states blame the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who vehemently denies the accusation. The following week, UK scientists claim to have evidence that sarin gas, or a similar substance, was used based on samples tested from victims. Investigations continue to confirm the gas used and those responsible. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announces that samples taken from the attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun matched those from a previous incident, and that the evidence provides proof that the Syrian regime is responsible for carrying out the attack on April 4.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170802193000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/sarin-gas-timeline/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "753855102", "sentence": "Editor’s note: This story was originally published on December 7, 2012. To learn more about Gullah culture, watch “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The Gullah/Geechee is a group of people based in the North Carolina-Georgia seaboard Their descendants came from West Africa, brought to America as slaves around the 1700s The Gullah/Geechee are trying to hold onto the way of life of their African ancestors They pass on their traditions from one generation to the next Along the lush sea-islands and the Atlantic coastal plains of the southern East coast of America, a distinctive group of tidewater communities has stuck together throughout the centuries, preserving its African cultural heritage and carving out a lifestyle that is uniquely its own. The Gullah/Geechee people are direct descendants of West African slaves brought into the United States around the 1700s. They were forced to work in rice paddies, cotton fields and indigo plantations along the South Carolina-Georgia seaboard where the moist climate and fertile land were very similar to their African homelands. After the abolition of slavery, they settled in remote villages around the coastal swath, where, thanks to their relative isolation, they formed strong communal ties and a unique culture that has endured for centuries. “The Gullah/Geechee Nation is an extremely tightly knit community,” says Chieftess Queen Quet, who was chosen to represent the Gullah/Geechee people in 2000. “It is as tightly knit as a sweet grass basket that’s sewn together and as tightly knit as a cast net is sewn together – there’s strength in it and that means if you pull on it, you can’t just get it to break apart.” See also: Tracing the slaves who shaped America Brought to America from rice-producing Sierra Leone and other surrounding countries, the enslaved Africans came from a wide variety of ethnic groups. For many of them, the first contact with the New World was Sullivan’s Island – just off Charleston, South Carolina – a place of huge emotional value for the Gullah/Geechee community to this day. “This is the landing point for over 40% of all the African people enslaved in North America,” says Queen Quet. “It represents a place of pain; it also represents a place of connection because we’re standing at the shore and we’re looking eastward – we’re looking back home, we’re looking to our mother, the mother land, mother Africa.” Carlie Towne, minister of information of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, says the Africans brought to the island were quarantined in pestilence houses to make sure they didn’t have any diseases. “A lot of people refer to this as the Ellis Island, but it’s not, because we did not come freely,” says Towne. “It didn’t kill the spirit, because we are here today and paying homage today to our ancestors. It actually gave us a sense of community, of living together. Everything we did, it was a way for us to actually become who we are. It actually made us stronger and we continue today the legacy of our ancestors.” Related video Gullah basket weaving is an ancient tradition To this day, the Gullah/Geechee people are trying to hold steadfastly to the way of life of their African ancestors, passing on their traditions from one generation to the next. They gather sweet grass to practice the ancient African art of basket making; they pay homage to their West African traditions by keeping alive the ring shout music folk tradition; they make a living by fishing shrimps and harvesting oysters, using handmade nets and casting them the way their ancestors did centuries ago. “I fished with my father ever since I’ve been seven or eight,” says Ricky Wright, vice president of the Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association. “It passes down because it’s just a natural thing for us – my parents did it, I’m quite sure my parents’ parents did it, and it just descended down.” It is this natural connection that helps the Gullah/Geechee community tie their past to their future survival. “[It’s] almost like history repeating itself, what goes around comes around,” says Wright. “OK, we’ve entered the computer age, but we still have to have hands-on for most of the things we do and fishing is like hands-on. You’ve got to do it to know it – to keep the culture strong is to keep what you do intact.” Related video The importance of preserving the Gullah language Another key trait marking the population’s distinctive cultural identity is the use of an English-based creole vernacular known as Gullah. Professor Salikoko S. Mufwene, of the department of linguistics at the University of Chicago, says the enslaved Africans and their descendants created the dialect in response to their own linguistic diversity. “It is English modified under the influence of African languages,” he says. “Any population that appropriates the language that is not their own, they are going to modify it.” Estimates about the current number of Gullah/Geechee people vary and exact figures are hard to verify. Gullah/Geechee leaders say that an approximately one million people belong to the nation, while other reports put the number closer to 250,000. Mufwene says that after the Second World War there were several migrations out of the region towards cities like New York and Washington in search of jobs. He adds, however, that many of those who’d depart would often become disenchanted with life in the city and return back home. Watch video: Slave descendants uphold African roots What seems to be more certain is that Gullah/Geechee people have preserved the cultural heritage of their ancestors more than any other black Americans in the United States. Related video The Gullah are fighting to preserve their culture “We have the highest retention of African tradition in America,” says Towne. “African-Americans have assimilated more so they don’t have those African traditions that we have – they don’t treasure them, they don’t honor their tradition like we do. And we’ve been able to hold onto that because of isolation, because of the strong will and our self-determination. We still eat the same foods [as] our ancestors [when they] came from Africa.” Mufwene agrees. He says the Gullah/Geechee people cook differently from continental African-Americans and the ways they interact with each other are very reminiscent of traditional life in Africa. “They have also kept animal tales that are very similar to animal tales in Africa,” he adds. “The characters are not exactly the same, because the ecology has changed, but the themes of the tales are very similar to the themes that you find in Africa.” Back on Sullivan’s Island, overlooking the vast ocean that brought her ancestors to the shores of enslavement, Towne says Gullah/Geechee people should not lose sight of their past. “This is actually the bloodline of our people, the water,” she says. “I must come here and my children come here. And my children’s children must come here too. Because we must never forget.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Gullah/Geechee people", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180507194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SLE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/07/world/africa/gullah-geechee-africa-slavery-america/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "483543989", "sentence": "The arrested man is reported to be a former British soldier A 2010 report by the British government placed most of the blame for the massacre on British soldiers British PM David Cameron apologized following release of the report A 66-year-old man has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with an investigation into the “Bloody Sunday” shooting deaths of 14 people in Derry in 1972, according the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The shootings at a civil rights march in Derry, a city also known as Londonderry, hardened anti-British sentiment in Northern Ireland, according to analysts, and led to many fresh recruits for the Irish Republican Army. Three decades of violence, known as The Troubles, followed. Almost 3,000 people died. British news organizations, citing security sources, say the man arrested is a former British soldier. In 2010, the British government released a damning report about the Bloody Sunday massacre, placing blame overwhelmingly on British soldiers. There was some provocation by the Irish Republican Army in Derry on that day, but nothing that justified the shootings of civilians, the British government’s report found. British paratroopers had no reason to believe they were under threat from the victims, gave no warnings before firing, and lied to the far-reaching official inquiry into the seminal event, the inquiry concluded. Only one victim was associated with the IRA, and he was probably not posing a threat when he was fatally shot, the report found. Members of the British Army fired more than 100 rounds in violation of orders issued to every British soldier serving in Northern Ireland at the time, the report found. Bloody Sunday has been considered by many as one of the greatest injustices of Northern Ireland’s troubled history. Even the name of the city is disputed, with pro-Irish nationalists calling it Derry and pro-British unionists calling it Londonderry. The Bloody Sunday arrest is a reminder that soldiers and our military do not deserve the wholehearted support they often receive “Some members of our armed forces acted wrongly … and for that, on behalf of the government, indeed on behalf of our country, I am deeply sorry,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said after the release of the report. Bloody Sunday ?? What sort of justice is this, 1 soldier arrested 43 years after event?? Sounds like scapegoating to me CNN’s Richard Alan Greene contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "British soldiers", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151110130000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IRL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/10/europe/northern-ireland-bloody-sunday-arrest/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "542148376", "sentence": "It’s meant to fan your wanderlust – and maybe envy. In one photo, an impeccably dressed lady with gorgeous hair and a toned, sun-kissed back holds your hand, leading you into the lush hills of the Philippines. In the next, she’s guiding you to a stunning turquoise pool in Morocco. Such is the narrative of Moscow-based photographer Murad Osmann’s “Follow Me To” Instagram account, which feeds its 4.1 million followers with images of the same pose shot against beautiful backdrops all over the world. MORE: Beautiful scenes from Japan’s most underrated region A post shared by MURAD OSMANN (@muradosmann) And now, it’s fodder for parody. Forrest Lu, a 36-year-old interior designer from Taiwan, found himself with thousands of fans this week after photos of him gripped by the hair as he’s dragged unceremoniously by his wife, Agnes Chien, went viral. In another photo in the Facebook album, called “Honeymoon Hawaii,” he’s being pulled along by his nostrils. “I wanted to take a picture of us holding hands like the ‘Follow Me To’ ones, but my wife (a mechanical procurement engineer) didn’t want our pictures to look like other people’s,” Lu told CNN. “So I said she could grab anything but my hand, and she just went for my hair and we took our first picture.” Their honeymoon snaps have since gathered thousands of Facebook “likes” and appeared on various Chinese-language lifestyle and news sites. MORE: Journey to Ni’ihau, Hawaii’s ‘forbidden island’ of diving A post shared by MURAD OSMANN (@muradosmann) The photos are a comical antidote to Osmann’s perfectly staged snaps. Osmann co-founded the original “Follow Me To” series with his then girlfriend/now wife Nataly Osmann, the subject of his viral photos. They’ve since inspired many others to recreate their own romantic moments under the #FollowMeTo hashtag. The project began accidentally, in 2011, during a holiday in Barcelona when Nataly got frustrated with Murad, who was preoccupied with taking pictures of the city. So they’re normal, after all.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Murad Osmann's \"Follow Me To\" Instagram account", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160520033000", "country1": "PHL", "country2": "MAR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/travel/taiwanese-couple-follow-me-to-parody/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "657352434", "sentence": "Former FBI Director James Comey now believes that President Donald Trump was trying to influence his judgment about the Russia probe, a person familiar with his thinking says, but whether that influence amounts to obstruction of justice remains an open question. “You have to have intent in order to obstruct justice in the criminal sense,” the source said, adding that “intent is hard to prove.” Comey will testify publicly before the Senate intelligence committee after Memorial Day, the panel’s leaders announced Friday. The central question at that blockbuster hearing will be whether Comey believed the President was trying to interfere with his investigation. At a news conference Thursday, Trump angrily denied that he had asked Comey to end the investigation, which is now in the hands of new special counsel Robert Mueller. The President blasted the probe into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election and possible collusion with his campaign as a “witch hunt.” Comey’s view of Trump’s intent in their conversations is nuanced, sources say. He initially believed that he could school the new President and White House in what was appropriate during their communications. But after his firing, the question of Trump’s intent could become more problematic, one source said. Trump told NBC’s Lester Holt in an interview that he was thinking “of the Russia thing” when he dismissed Comey. Related article First on CNN: Russian officials bragged they could use Flynn to influence Trump, sources say Sources say Comey had reached no conclusion about the President’s intent before he was fired. But Comey did immediately recognize that the new President was not following normal protocols during their interactions. As The New York Times has reported, after numerous encounters with the administration, Comey felt he had to set the parameters of appropriate protocol very clearly. After the President asked Comey to let it be known publicly he was not under investigation, Comey told the President that if he wanted to know details about the bureau’s work he should ask the White House counsel to communicate with the the Justice Department, according to the Times. Related article Senators: Comey to testify publicly before intelligence panel According to one source with knowledge, Comey’s relationship with Trump was uncomfortable from the start. The director had some hope that, over time, he could effectively point out the appropriate procedures and guidelines to both Trump and the White House staff about how the process of communications normally works. It didn’t turn out that way. One Comey memo reportedly claims that Trump asked the FBI director to “let this go”– referring to the FBI investigation into Gen. Michael Flynn’s contacts with the Russians – although the President himself has flatly denied that he ever did that. While it is unknown whether the President has either tapes or notes of his conversations with Comey, the FBI director kept meticulous memos and shared them with his team contemporaneously. Related article It's not possible for Donald Trump to have handled the Russia 'nut job' meeting any worse Benjamin Wittes, editor in chief of the Lawfare blog and a Comey friend, writes that Comey called his interactions with Trump “training” in order to “re-establish” appropriate boundaries. In his conversations, Wittes writes, “Comey never specifically said this was about the Russia matter” but he assumed that it was. Comey saw his job, Wittes writes, as an effort to “protect the rest of the bureau from improper contacts and interferences from a group of people he did not regard as honorable.” Wittes told The New York Times that the now-infamous hug from the President – from which Comey tried to hide behind a blue curtain – left the director “disgusted.” Wittes writes “he regarded the episode as a physical attempt to show closeness and warmth in a fashion calculated to compromise him before Democrats who already mistrusted him.” The dinner with the President, which Wittes describes as “the loyalty dinner,” took place five days after that hug. CNN’s Brian Rokus contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170520024500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/james-comey-trump-influence/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "664360824", "sentence": "Ongoing crisis in the Middle East following blockade of Qatar by other Gulf states Saudi Arabia has accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and being too close to Iran Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the US for creating ISIS and fostering instability in the Middle East amid an ongoing crisis in the region. “That (the) US arms a terrorist group is what causes instability,” Khameini wrote on Twitter Monday. “Who created ISIS? The US!” He added that while US President Donald Trump accuses Iran of supporting terrorists, “terrorism in this region has American roots.” US president accuses Iran of terrorism, while terrorism in this region has American roots. Trump last week responded to terrorist attacks in the Iranian capital of Tehran by warning “states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote,” a reaction described as “repugnant” by Iran’s foreign minister. Those attacks, which left at least 12 people dead, were claimed by ISIS. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, a powerful branch of the country’s military, vowed revenge for the attacks and blamed them on longstanding regional rival Saudi Arabia. ISIS has its roots in al Qaeda in Iraq, which took part in the insurgency that followed the 2003 US-led invasion of the country. While Saudi Arabia has been threatened by the group, officials in the region and their Western counterparts have claimed ISIS receives funding from backers inside the Kingdom as well as from other rich Middle Eastern countries. US talks w/Saudi medieval regime, a stigma that won't be cleaned off US, on human rights of Iran--a country which is symbol of democracy! Khamenei’s comments come as tensions in the Middle East are among their highest in years, following the cutting of ties between major regional powers led by Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, which has been accused of supporting terrorism in the region. Qatar has been ejected from the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen, and transport links between it and three other Gulf countries have been severed, with Qataris living in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE ordered to leave. Turkey and Iran have stepped into the gap, raising the specter of a reshuffling of alliances in the Gulf region. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Monday that the country’s government still has “no clue what are the main reasons behind all these measures.” Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism networks in the region. UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash, and key architect of the blockade on Qatar told CNN’s John Defterios that Qatar offers “very, very huge logistical, financial support for extremist groups.” “There is no more trust,” he said, adding, “it is time for cooler heads to restructure Qatar’s approach on foreign policy.” Gulf leaders have also been critical of Qatar’s relatively neutral stance on Iran, which they view as a prime destabilizing force in the region. The diplomatic rift came two weeks after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt blocked several Qatari media outlets, including Al Jazeera, over comments allegedly made by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Al Thani reportedly hailed Iran as an “Islamic power” and criticized US President Donald Trump’s policy towards Tehran. Qatar said the official news agency which reported the comments was hacked – and on June 6, US officials told CNN that US investigators believe Russian hackers were behind it. Two large regional powers on either side of the Sunni-Shiite Islamic sectarian divide, Saudi Arabia and Iran have been engaged in a longstanding cold war, tussling for influence in countries in their sphere of influence, especially Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, where Saudi-led bombing has left thousands of civilians dead. Qatar and Iran share the largest underwater natural gas field in the world. But recent Gulf reports have charged the relationship goes beyond resource management, accusing Qatari officials of meeting with the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. But al Thani disputed that Monday, saying that “if the problem is Iran, why have those measures been taken against Qatar, why not taken against Iran?” Both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are major US allies, and have close ties to European powers. But while Trump has signaled support for Riyadh despite efforts by the Pentagon and State Department to remain neutral, his European counterparts have been active in trying to tamp down tensions. Al Thani praised French President Emmanuel Macron Monday for being “very active” in attempting to find a “solution to the problem.” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is currently in the Gulf for a series of meetings, on Monday “urged all sides (to) refrain from any further escalation and to engage in mediation efforts.” Johnson encouraged Qatar to “take seriously their neighbors’ concerns” but also expressed alarm at the blockading of the country and called for it to be eased. “Qatar is a partner of the UK in the fight against terrorism but they urgently need to do more to address support for extremist groups, building on the steps they have already taken,” Johnson said. CNN’s Katie Polglase and Katie Hunt contributed reporting.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Qatar", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170613081500", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/middleeast/iran-isis-middle-east/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "616867529", "sentence": "Iraqi Counter-Terrorism forces have cleared key government complexes in Mosul Some of Mosul's bridges had already been damaged in US-led coalition airstrikes ISIS has destroyed all five bridges crossing the Tigris River in Mosul, an attempt to slow the advance of Iraqi troops toward the western side of the city, according to Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah, the commander of Iraqi Forces in Nineveh province. The bridges had already been damaged in airstrikes by the US-led coalition in recent weeks. In previous instances of ISIS taking out bridges ahead of Iraqi troop advances, including in the cases of military operations in Qayyara and Anbar, Iraqi forces built temporary or floating bridges, causing troops to slow down but not to stop. On Friday, Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces announced troops had reached Mosul’s “Second Bridge,” located on the east bank of the Tigris River, according to Iraq’s Joint Operations Command. This follows a milestone earlier this week when Iraqi Counter-Terrorism forces reached the east bank of the Tigris River in Mosul for the first time since the kick-off of the large scale military operation to reclaim the city started on October 17, 2016. Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces have also cleared key government complexes as of Friday, including the new government complex in eastern Mosul as well as several Mosul University buildings in eastern Mosul – which had at one time been a headquarters and killing ground for ISIS fighters. The Tigris River divides eastern and western Mosul. Iraqi-led forces have not crossed into or started any anti-ISIS operations in western Mosul to date.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi Counter-Terrorism forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170113170000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/13/middleeast/iraq-mosul-troops-advance/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "565693121", "sentence": "The state visit is the first of its kind for a Southeast Asian country under Obama Obama plans to reiterate his commitment to seeing the TPP deal through President Barack Obama stressed Tuesday that he still he plans to move ahead with the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal while he’s in office despite bipartisan opposition on trade. “Right now I’m president, and I’m for it,” Obama said at a midday press conference with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. “And I think I’ve got the better argument. I’ve made this argument before. I’ll make it again. We are part of a global economy. We’re not reversing that.” The remark seemed a rebuke not only to Donald Trump – who has lambasted the TPP deal on the campaign trail – but also Hillary Clinton, who also opposes the plan. “I’ve got some very close friends, people I admire a lot, but who I just disagree with them. And that’s okay,” Obama said. “I respect the arguments that they’re making. They’re coming from a sincere concern about the position of workers and wages in this country. But I think I’ve got the better argument.” But Congress has shown little urgency in moving forward with a vote to ratify the deal, leaving in limbo one of Obama’s signature foreign policy objectives. Obama, however, expressed optimism that once the election was over, lawmakers would give the TPP due consideration. “Hopefully after the election is over and the dust settles there will be more attention to the actual facts behind the deal and it won’t just be be a political symbol or a political football,” Obama said. Obama says Trump ‘unfit’ for presidency Earlier, Obama acknowledged the concerns over trade. “Forces of globalization and technology have not always benefited everybody evenly,” Obama acknowledged. “There are fears and anxieties that people may be left behind. These anxieties are legitimate. They can’t be ignored.” He continued, “It means we have to do everything we can to make sure everybody shares in prosperity.” But he still stressed the benefits that would accrue to the US under the massive deal. Obama also noted that he and Lee had discussed the contentious maritime claims in the South China Sea, where countries are locked in disputes over small islands and freedom of navigation. “We reaffirmed our shared commitment to building a regional order where all nations play by the same rules and disputes are resolved peacefully,” Obama said. The White House is honoring Singapore’s Prime Minister with the highest form of Washington flattery: a formal state visit capped by a black-tie dinner featuring Maryland blue crab and American Wagyu beef. Midday, the leaders will hold a joint news conference. The grand welcome – the first of its kind for a Southeast Asian country under Obama – is another attempt to advance the historic TPP deal, which has been agreed to by 12 member nations but needs congressional ratification. Despite the lack of traction on Capitol Hill and regular beatings the topic gets on the campaign trail, Obama plans to reiterate his commitment to seeing the deal through Tuesday. “He will once again say to the Prime Minister that he’s committed to getting TPP done, and doing so before the end of his term,” Daniel Kritenbrink, Obama’s Asia director, said on Friday. Related video Sanders: Democratic platform is against TPP trade deal But it’s unclear what assurances Obama can provide to the visiting leader from Singapore, one of the 12 signatories to the agreement. Republican leaders in Congress have said they don’t plan to bring TPP up for consideration until after November’s general election, if at all. And both Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, and Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, rail against the deal. Delegates at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia voiced strong anti-TPP sentiment, claiming the deal would destroy American jobs. But Obama insisted in an interview published Monday that he would succeed in getting approval for the deal. “I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult – especially in an election year,” Obama told Singapore newspaper The Strait Times. “There are legitimate concerns and anxieties that the forces of globalization are leaving too many people behind – and we have to take those concerns seriously and address them.” “The answer isn’t to turn inward and embrace protectionism,” Obama said. “We can’t just walk away from trade. In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it’s not even possible.” During talks Tuesday morning, Obama and Lee are also expected to discuss efforts to combat terror, including in Southeast Asia, where Islamist cells are known to operate.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trans-Pacific Partnership deal", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160802103000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SGP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/obama-singapore-state-visit-tpp-trade-deal/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "643435182", "sentence": "Xi Jinping and Donald Trump set to meet at the President's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida More than a third of those polled say China is principally a military threat rather than an economic one President Donald Trump may have bashed China on the campaign trail, but as he prepares to meet with President Xi Jinping, Americans’ feelings towards the country are warming. Xi and Trump will meet at the President’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida later this week for a series of high-stakes sit-downs. The timing is good for Xi, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, which found 44% of Americans now say they have a favorable opinion of China, up from 37% a year ago. The number who felt unfavorably towards China was also down, from 55% a year ago to 47% now. Pew surveyed 1,505 people in the United States from February 16 to March 15 for the poll, which has a margin of error of 3 percentage points. According to the report, “the growth in positive ratings for China may be due in part to declining concerns about economic threats from China.” The proportion of Americans who see a trade deficit as a very serious problem has declined from 61% in 2012 to 44% this year, Pew found. Unsurprisingly, Republicans express more negative attitudes toward China than do Democrats, Pew found, noting that 71% of Republicans feel job losses to China are a very big problem, compared to 47% of Democrats. Ahead of his meeting with Xi, Trump said that “we can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses.” He also signed two executive orders aimed at combating trade practices the White House said are abusive. But analysts warn that attempts to persuade American firms to make their goods somewhere other than China could backfire, and there’s no guarantee they’ll bring factories back to the US. Many US brands – including the shoe firm owned by Trump’s daughter Ivanka – still use Chinese suppliers. Producing more of those goods in the US would create low-paying jobs, but it would also make them more expensive, pushing up the cost of living for Americans. “On balance, Americans today tend to be more concerned about China’s economic strength than its military prowess,” the report said. Despite that, the share of the public which views China as primarily a military threat has risen over time, from 28% in 2012 to 36% now. Military tensions between Washington and Beijing have risen in recent years, primarily related to US commitments to its allies in the region. The US has attempted to pressure China to act on controlling its ally North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, with Trump saying this week that he would go it alone if necessary. US Defense Secretary James Mattis has also promised American military support for a chain of disputed islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China. For its part, Beijing has accused Washington on encroaching on its areas of interests in the South and East China Seas, and attempting to contain it militarily.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170404153000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/politics/americans-china-poll-pew/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "755185347", "sentence": "Sen. Rand Paul is criticizing Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the CIA, for not declassifying her role in the agency’s “extreme rendition and torture-by-proxy,” arguing that the lack of candor disqualified her from the role. In an article for Politico Magazine published Friday, the Kentucky Republican wrote that Haspel’s CIA was “rendering accused terrorists to unfathomable torture in Syria, as well as Egypt and Jordan.” In his piece, Paul questions her involvement in the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian engineer whose transfer to and torture in Syria was recounted in a 2005 New Yorker article. Related article Here's how senators say they'll vote on CIA director nominee Haspel “Was Haspel simply a loyal dupe, unable to protest an accused man being sent to certain barbaric torture? Or was she an eager participant in this dark chapter in our history?” Paul asks. “If she had any criticisms at the time, Haspel, who is currently the acting head of the CIA, has the power to declassify them. And yet all we’ve gotten are select records that don’t address her participation in extraordinary rendition,” the senator wrote. “Know this: That fact alone should be enough to cause the Senate to reject her nomination,” he concluded. At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Haspel vowed that she would not restart the CIA’s detention and interrogation program if confirmed to the top job. She also said she “would not allow CIA to undertake activity that I thought was immoral, even if it was technically legal.” Haspel made clear in the hearing that she did not think it was the role of the CIA to interrogate suspects, but failed to condemn its use of waterboarding and other advanced interrogation tactics in the wake of 9/11. “I’m not going to sit here with the benefit of hindsight and judge the very good people who made hard decisions who were running the agency in very extraordinary circumstances at the time,” Haspel said. Paul, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has spoken out against Haspel’s candidacy in the past, even vowing to filibuster her nomination. Fellow Republican Sen. John McCain has also called on the Senate to reject Haspel for refusing to acknowledge “torture’s immorality.” CNN’s Jeremy Herb and Lauren Fox contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Gina Haspel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180511184500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/rand-paul-gina-haspel-opposition-politico/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "574198134", "sentence": "This story contains spoilers for the finale of HBO’s “The Night Of.” Riz Ahmed knows some fans would love a second season of his hit HBO series “The Night Of.” But would he do it? “I think it was conceived of as a one-season one-off and perhaps there’s a second season they might do a different case like they did in the British version of the show,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I think sometimes it’s said, ‘Better to quit while you’re ahead.’” The actor, 33, who played Nasir “Nas” Khan, a Pakistani-American who is accused of murdering a young woman named Andrea Cornish, said despite some viewers being frustrated with the inconclusive finale, he found it “satisfying.” Related Link: ‘The Night Of’ finale delivers satisfying verdict for HBO series “I think you might watch the conclusion and say, ‘I’m sorry, but I still think he might have done it’ or you might watch it and go, ‘No. OK, finally. I knew all along that he’s innocent,’” Ahmed said. “In my mind, it’s quite conclusive about who did it,” he said. “Regardless of who killed Andrea or not, you see that Naz becomes an accessory to murder in prison by the end of [the series]. Certainly he leaves with blood on his hands, one way or another.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Night Of", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160830171500", "country1": "PAK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/entertainment/the-night-of-riz-ahmed-finale-second-season/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "645201426", "sentence": "If the results of the investigation show an impact, it could lead to more tariffs on imported goods It is unclear when Trump might sign the order President Donald Trump’s administration is drafting an executive order to investigate the extent to which the unfair dumping and subsidization of certain imports adds to the US trade deficit. If the results of the investigation show an impact, it could lead to more tariffs on imported goods, an administration official told CNN. The investigation could result in “everything from no action at all to the levying of supplemental duties,” the official said. “But whichever action we take would be informed by the results of the investigation and not by predetermined conclusions,” the official added. Axios first reported the potential executive order, saying it would target steel and aluminum imports and possibly household goods. The US steel industry largely blames China for a glut of steel on the global market that has driven down prices. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has reported that global crude steelmaking capacity more than doubled from 2000 to 2014, with global capacity growth led by an unprecedented expansion of production in China, the Office of the United States Trade Representative notes. The USTR reported last year that steel imports increased by nearly 38 percent in 2014, although imports dropped in 2015. Meanwhile, the agency said, US steel exports have been decreasing steadily over the last several years, dropping by 17 percent between 2014 and 2015. The New York Times reported last week that the Trump administration was looking to roll out its first measures against China on trade. The new initiative comes on the heels of a meetings between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the President’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where trade and North Korea’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons were at the top of the agenda. The proposed executive order is Trump’s latest attempt to follow through on his campaign pledge to go after other countries that take advantage of US trade policies. In late March, the President signed two executive orders aimed at combating foreign trade abuses that contribute to the United States’ half-trillion-dollar trade deficit. Those orders initiate a large-scale review of the causes of the US trade deficits with some of America’s largest trading partners and also require stricter enforcement of US anti-dumping laws to prevent foreign manufacturers from undercutting US companies by selling goods at unfair prices. Vowing that the “theft of American prosperity will end,” Trump said on March 31 that his administration “will take necessary and lawful action” to end trade abuses. Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration trade policy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170410004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/09/politics/executive-order-donald-trump-tariffs-trade/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "704853845", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent Opinion contributor to CNN and The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. Frida Ghitis: Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been pushing for changes on many fronts in his country His priority, above all, is maintaining power, and he will let nothing stand in his way, she writes Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman, first in line to inherit the throne from his 81-year-old father, is not a patient man. The 32-year-old is driving a frenetic pace of change in pursuit of three goals: securing his hold on power, transforming Saudi Arabia into a very different country, and pushing back against Iran. In the two years since his father ascended the throne, this favorite son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been spectacularly successful at achieving the first item on his agenda. He has become so powerful so fast that observers can hardly believe how brazenly he is dismantling the old sedate system of family consensus, shared privilege and rigid ultraconservatism. In the process, however, MBS, as the crown prince is known, is making a lot of enemies. To put it in poker terms, the prince is, quite plainly, all in. He will either sweep the table, winning it all and becoming the all-powerful, transformative ruler of the desert kingdom, or fail spectacularly, with unforeseeable consequences for the region. Related article Saudi Arabia Fast Facts Much of the prince’s agenda is laudable and long overdue. He has no interest in democratic reforms, but he does want to introduce social reforms, and is making some progress on that front. That, too, is making him enemies among the old guard. He has vowed to improve the status of women, announcing that the ban on women driving will be lifted next year, and limiting the scope of the execrable “guardianship” system, which treats women like children, requiring permission from male guardians for basic activities. He has also restrained the despised religious police. And just last month he called for a return to a “moderate Islam open to the world and all religions,” combating extremism and empowering its citizens. On the economic front, bin Salman wants to reinvent an economy that became complacent from fantastic oil riches – only to see oil prices crash – and bring it into the 21st century with his ambitious Vision 2030 plan. But the prince’s revolutionary changes require, above all, making sure he remains in charge, and he is letting nothing stand in his way. The prince is not bluffing. That became startlingly clear last Sunday, when he unexpectedly ordered the arrest of some of Saudi Arabia’s most powerful men. Related article Saudi anti-corruption sweep leads to high-profile arrests In what some are calling the Night of the Long Knives – an unflattering comparison to a 1934 purge in Germany – authorities detained princes and ministers who had, moments before, wielded great influence and lived in luxury. The fact that their temporary prison is Riyadh’s lavish Ritz-Carlton hotel, (the gilded home for Donald Trump during his recent visit) makes their situation no less perilous or humiliating. The government says the wave of arrests, which by some accounts numbers as many as 500, was part of a new anti-corruption campaign. King Salman has just made MBS chair of a new supreme committee on corruption, with the power to “take any precautionary measures” against corruption, including arrest and seizure of assets. The new position gives bin Salman even more power in addition to his role as heir to the throne, minister of defense, president of the council for economic development, and others. Saudi Arabia is riddled with corruption – that is no secret. And it’s true that MBS’ economic reform program, which calls for diversifying the economy and attracting foreign investment, would greatly benefit if corruption were uprooted. But no impartial observer would believe this was all about corruption. By all appearances, the principal objective was fortifying bin Salman’s hold on power. In fact, the arrests of prominent businessmen and the possible confiscation of their wealth is more likely to spook foreign investors than to make them risk their money in the new Saudi Arabia. Outside the kingdom, the most famous detainee is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world’s wealthiest men. He had, interestingly, disparaged Trump on social media in 2015. He is one of the dozens purged, which include numerous ministers and deputy ministers, top advisers and business personalities, many now crammed into a ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton. Among those purged is a top economic adviser to the crown prince, the commander of the Saudi navy, the former governor of Riyadh, and many others who are well known and well connected. Related article Iran's actions may be 'act of war,' Saudi crown prince says It’s hard to imagine that their public humiliation will not produce a reaction in the tight-knit kingdom. Also removed from power was the minister of the National Guard, Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah, son of the previous king. The move is striking because it takes the 100,000-man National Guard from the family of the late King Abdullah. MBS’ rise dismantled the division of power among Saudi brothers and cousins. When he became crown prince in June, he removed the previous heir to the throne, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who in turn had taken the place of Prince Muqrin, who was removed from the succession in 2015, when King Salman took power. In a mysterious development that occurred almost simultaneously with the wave of arrests, the son of the former crown prince, Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, died in an aircraft crash on Sunday, adding to the sense that there’s much more happening in Saudi Arabia than meets the eye. The stakes, to be sure, could not be higher for a kingdom unaccustomed to change. Perhaps King Salman is preparing to step down, and his son is pushing away against potential challengers. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook As the prince moves forward aggressively to secure power, he is also pushing just as hard toward other goals. His campaign against Iran and its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon is heating up and he is avidly luring investors. But of his three priorities, it is only the first, strengthening his grip, on which he is making measurable progress. The economy has not started reviving; on foreign policy, his war against Iran’s allies in Yemen looks like a quagmire. Iran continues to gain ground, and a blockade of Qatar has not succeeded in breaking Doha’s ties to Iran. MBS’ main foreign policy success so far is gaining the backing of President Trump. With so many enemies, the crown prince needs to produce more than a vision, he needs to show tangible results. The days of a quiet, patient Saudi Arabia are now over.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171108024500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/opinions/saudi-prince-enemies-opinion-ghitis/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "702334591", "sentence": "On Monday morning, former Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort was indicted on charges of money laundering and filing false foreign lobbying reports, among other counts. The indictment, which was long expected, is the first example of charges filed by special counsel Bob Mueller, who is investigating Russia’s attempted meddling in the 2016 election and whether any collusion occurred between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. That, plus Manafort’s lofty title and central role in Trump’s campaign, makes it HUGE news. But, it’s important to take a minute and detail what these charges against Manafort prove vis a vis Trump’s campaign and what they don’t. Let’s start with what the Manafort charges prove in regards Trump. Trump hired Manafort in the spring of 2016 as he was working to beat back what was, at the time, seen as a likely delegate fight with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at the Republican National Convention. Manafort had two things that Trump needed: A knowledge of establishment Washington and a willingness to work for Trump. (Lots and lots of establishment Washington types – even back then – wouldn’t go within a country mile of Trump’s campaign.) Manafort also had long been someone with a demonstrated willingness to work for controversial/authoritarian foreign leaders and businessmen with questionable pasts  – most notably with his involvement in Ukraine, where he represented pro-Russian interests. No one – and I mean no one – in political Washington didn’t know that about Manafort. Which leads to one of two conclusions about Trump (neither of which are a terribly good look): 1) He knew about Manafort’s sketchy past and didn’t care – or thought it was not a big deal 2) He didn’t know about Manafort’s sketchy past. I’m not sure which one reflects more poorly on Trump. In the first scenario, he’s willing to overlook what had to be doubts raised by his advisers about the issues of bringing Manafort on in such a senior role.  In the second, Trump simply didn’t do the research necessary when hiring someone at such a senior level. Either way, the Manafort indictment – along with that of Rick Gates, a Manafort protege who served as liaison between even the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee even after Manafort was fired in August 2016 – raises real questions about Trump’s judgment in regard to staffing at the highest levels of not just his campaign but the federal government. Trump repeatedly made his judgment an issue during the campaign. “I’m going to surround myself only with the best and most serious people,” Trump told the Washington Post during the 2016 race. “We want top of the line professionals.” That quote seems a million miles away from Manafort’s indictment. Now to what Manafort’s indictment doesn’t mean for Trump. Nothing in the unsealed indictment makes any mention of Russian collusion. While it’s possible future indictments – if they come – will go into that territory, this one does not. The White House is already playing up that angle. “Today has zero to do with the White House,” one administration source told CNN’s Jim Acosta. Remember that Trump has been adamant – as recently as Sunday on Twitter – that there is no proof (and there will be no proof) of collusion between his campaign and the Russians. Manafort’s indictment deals specifically with financial dealings  – money laundering etc. – and therefore allows Trump to insist that what Manafort did is all about Manafort and nothing about Trump or the 2016 campaign. It’s important to take a breath here and remind yourself that it’s likely – though not certain – that we are at the beginning of the legal proceedings stemming from Mueller’s special counsel investigation, not the end. Meaning that drawing hard and fast conclusions about what the Manafort indictment tells us about the broader Mueller investigation is a mistake. What’s clear is this: When your campaign chairman is indicted on charges of money laundering and filing false forms, it is never a good day for your presidency. But, what’s also clear is that, as of right now, this Manafort indictment is far from Trump’s worst case scenario.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump campaign", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171030154500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/manafort-trumop-analysis/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "714806988", "sentence": "Suspect's wife \"surprised to find out what her husband did\" Police: Suspect spoke to wife in Bangladesh 30 minutes before attempted attack The wife of the suspect in a pipe bomb explosion in New York was “surprised to find out what her husband did,” police in Bangladesh told CNN, despite speaking to him 30 minutes before the attempted attack. Akayed Ullah, who is accused of detonating a homemade explosive in a pedestrian subway tunnel at a bus terminal near Times Square, was born in Bangladesh but legally moved to the US in 2011. His wife, who remained in Bangladesh when he moved Brooklyn, said he “never mentioned radicalization or planning these types of activities,” Bangladeshi police spokeswoman Sahely Ferdous said. “Akayed’s conversations with her were very normal,” Ferdous said. “Akayed talked to his wife around 30 minutes before the explosion, but he didn’t mention anything about the plan or what he was going to do.” Ferdous added that she said Ullah’s activities around his family were “very much normal. His wife didn’t know anything about this side of Akayed,” Ferdous said. The couple were married in 2016 in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. When Ullah returned to the US, his wife remained in Dhaka with their baby and her parents. Ullah has no criminal record in Bangladesh, according to Ferdous. She said Ullah last traveled to Dhaka in September. The federal law enforcement source said Ullah’s travel overseas was not significant for the planning of the attempted attack. Ullah posted on Facebook earlier in the day, saying, “Trump you failed to protect your nation,” according to a criminal complaint. Akayed Ullah: What we know about the Manhattan explosion suspect He faces a number of federal and state terrorism charges after authorities say he detonated a device made of a battery, wires, metal screws and a Christmas tree lightbulb during the busy morning commute on Monday. The blast detonated around 7:20 a.m. in an underground walkway connecting two subway lines beneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal, which accommodates 220,000 passenger trips a day. On grainy surveillance footage, commuters are seen walking through a tunnel when a burst of smoke erupts into the hallway, quickly filling it. Commuters flinch and take cover. When the smoke clears, a man can be seen on the ground in the hallway. Five people were treated for minor injuries at area hospitals, while the suspect was said to be seriously injured. He is at Bellevue Hospital, where he is being treated for lacerations and burns to his hands and abdomen, New York City Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. Anthony Manfredini, the first responding officer, described the injuries to the suspect as what appeared to be shrapnel-type wounds. These officers stopped the New York pipe bomb suspect According to a law enforcement official, through his comments to investigators, Ullah indicated he was prepared to die. The source also said the suspect was wired up with the self-made device during his entire subway ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Investigators said Ullah admitted that he built and detonated the device, saying he was inspired to do so by ISIS. He said he acted in response to Israeli actions in Gaza. Ullah’s ISIS radicalization began in 2014, according to the complaint, and was at least in part inspired by the truck attack in New York last month, which killed eight people. He began researching how to build improvised explosive devices about a year ago, began collecting the necessary items two to three weeks ago and built the bomb in his home a week ago, the complaint states. Investigators recovered a passport in his name with a handwritten message: “O America, die in your rage.” He faces five federal terrorism-related charges and three state terrorism-related charges, according to court documents. Ullah’s family released a statement through the Council on American-Islamic Relations saying they are heartbroken by the attack, but simultaneously “outraged” by the behavior of unspecified law enforcement officials during the investigation. Opinion: The internet is a terror battle ground – and we’re losing US President Donald Trump said Monday that the attack bolstered the need for his preferred immigration policies, which the White House said would have prevented the suspect from entering the country. Trump has called on Congress to end the diversity immigration lottery, which provides visas to people randomly chosen from countries where there is a low rate of immigration to the United States. He also has called to end chain migration, a term that describes immigration based on family connections. “Today’s terror suspect entered our country through extended-family chain migration, which is incompatible with national security,” Trump said Monday. L. Francis Cissna, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, reiterated that call Tuesday. “We need to be able to select the types of people that are coming here based on criteria that ensure their success. Criteria that ensure their ability to assimilate successfully in our country,” Cissna said. “Random lotteries, extended family connections – that’s not the way we want to run an immigration system.” Bergen: Amateur terrorists can kill, too CNN’s Eliott C. McLaughlin, Emanuella Grinberg, Kwegyirba Croffie, Keith Allen, Elizabeth Joseph, Tal Kopan, Dan Merica, Brynn Gingras, Sonia Moghe, Shimon Prokupecz, David Shortell, Chieu Luu, Ellie Kaufman, Sarah Jorgensen, Chris Boyette and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US immigration policy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171213101500", "country1": "BGD", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/13/us/port-authority-bombing-suspect-akayed-ullah/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "638086321", "sentence": "More than 80 Jewish Community Centers and schools have received bomb threats For elderly survivors it's a struggle to again understand why people hate On a frigid morning in Washington, about 200 high school students file into the auditorium at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. On the stage, frail and in a wheelchair, sits 100-year-old Fanny Aizenberg, a Holocaust survivor. She’s a featured speaker in the museum’s program to have individuals who were persecuted by the Nazis share their stories of seven-plus decades ago, keeping their stories alive as long as long they can, so the world doesn’t forget. Now, anti-Semitism is back in Aizenberg’s life. For elderly survivors, it’s a struggle to again understand why people hate. In recent weeks, more than 80 Jewish Community Centers and schools across the country have received bomb threats, including the community center where she lives in a Maryland suburb just outside Washington DC. “I live at the Hebrew Hall and next door is the JCC, and they got two warnings about (a) bomb,” Aizenberg told CNN in an interview after her talk. “That’s next door to where I live and that’s in the civilized world.” When asked how she feels about it, Fanny says quietly, “It hurts me … It kills me. It’s not good.” “America is still the biggest power in the world, so why don’t we do anything about it?” Aizenberg asks. In addressing the crowd of students, Aizenberg tells the young audience that they can ask her “anything.” Her blunt talk is part of her personal commitment to keeping talking about her history even now. “We were scared to death,” she explained about everything that happened to her. After the Nazi invasion of Belgium, Aizenberg joined the resistance working as a courier. She put her young daughter in hiding, and they were not reunited until after the war ended. At some point, someone – she still doesn’t know who – turned her in to the Nazis. She was sent to Auschwitz, where she found herself a victim of Nazi medical experimentation and beatings. After she finishes recalling her experience, teenage boys and girls line up to hug her. Diane Saltzman works with Aizenberg and other survivors at the museum, and says that she hears them talk about the current wave of anti-Semitism. “They live in the communities where these events are occurring and in some cases, people have expressed fear and not really being able to understand why this is happening,” Saltzman says. “They’re determined – determination and even some defiance that they’re not going to stop, their message is really important.” Aizenberg’s life is a testimony to that kind of survival even now, continuing to confront the resurgence of anti-Semitism – any why people hate. “I try to make people understand you cannot love each other, but you can understand others,” she said. “You don’t have to hate anybody.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "anti-Semitism", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170318031500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "BEL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/holocaust-survivor-anti-semitism-bomb-threats/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "692031490", "sentence": "All people living near the Guajataca River in northwest Puerto Rico should evacuate immediately because of an “imminent dam break,” the National Weather Service in San Juan said Friday afternoon. “All Areas surrounding the Guajataca River should evacuate NOW. Their lives are in DANGER! Please SHARE!” an earlier tweet said. All Areas surrounding the Guajataca River should evacuate NOW. Their lives are in DANGER! Please SHARE! #prwx About 70,000 people in the area of the Guajataca Dam have been told to evacuate, National Guard spokeswoman Yennifer Alvarez told CNN’s Leyla Santiago. Buses have been brought in to help people leave. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said on Saturday afternoon that the dam was holding up, but residents should still evacuate the area until further notice. “We don’t know how much longer it will hold,” said Rossello. “The structure has been significantly compromised.” Due to damaged telephone lines and lack of radio contact, Rossello said authorities have to physically go to the area and alert residents of the dangers posed by a possible dam breach. Speaking on CNN’s “Out Front” with Erin Burnett, Puerto Rican Secretary of State Luis Gerardo Rivera Marín said the evacuations are difficult because the island was heavily damaged by Hurricane Maria, which struck earlier this week. Many parts of Puerto Rico are flooded and more than 3 million people don’t have electricity. 215PM FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for A Dam Failure in Isabela Municipality y Quebradillas Municipality in Puerto Rico... #prwx pic.twitter.com/L3utOjxspR “It is (done) in the blackness of the night,” he said. “There’s lack of energy, especially in the mountain regions where the winds were higher speeds.” The NWS issued a flash-flood notice for the towns of Isabela and Quebradillas, which are about 6 miles apart. Isabela has about 45,000 people, Quebradillas 25,000 people. The dam was constructed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to create a lake that provides drinking water to residents of the area, according to the US Geological Survey. CNN’s Gisela Crespo in Atlanta contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Puerto Rico government", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170922213000", "country1": "PRI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/us/puerto-rico-guajataca-river-dam-evacuations/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "488536507", "sentence": "Paleontologist Xu Xing has discovered so many dinosaurs he’s lost count. A spreadsheet he brings up on the desktop computer in his fossil-filled office in Beijing stops at 57, but Xu says he thinks it’s more than 60. Whatever the exact number, Xu has named more dinosaurs than any other living paleontologist, unearthing fossils in some of China’s remotest corners that have revolutionized our understanding of prehistory. They include the 8-meter long gigantoraptor, which stood twice as high as any man and the one-fingered linhenykus that could have danced on your hand. But it’s not just the sheer number of dinosaurs. Xu and his Chinese colleagues have found evidence that dinosaurs were not the scaly, reptilian killers depicted in movies but feathered, furry and a lot more bird-like. In fact, it’s now widely accepted that the birds that flap around our backyards are descended from dinosaurs. But this was just a controversial theory until 1996, when the first feathered fossil was unearthed in Liaoning Province, northern China – the sinosauropteryx. “When that fossil made its way to the West, actually photographs of it, it was scintillating… it blew people away,” says Richard Stone, international news editor at Science magazine. Since then, some 35 feathered dinosaurs have been discovered, mainly in China. Although the fossil evidence has yet to be found, Xu believes the vast majority of dinosaurs would have had feathers or bristles – including the fearsome tyrannosaurus rex and hulking, pea-brained sauropods. Why dinosaurs had feathers is a hotly debated question. Few fuzzy dinosaurs flew – at least in the conventional sense. It appears more likely their plumage was used to keep warm or for display – potentially to attract mates like a peacock and only later in their evolutionary history did feathers become useful for flight. “We’ve found strange combinations for tail feathers that we just don’t see in living birds,” says Zhou Zhonghe, Xu’s colleague and the director of China’s Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Zhou discovered the world’s oldest beaked bird and his research has shed light on the origins of flight. China’s most renowned feathered discoveries include the epidexipteryx, which has four ribbon-like display feathers on its tail, the anchiornis huxley, the oldest feathered dinosaurs and, more recently, the four-winged zhenyuanlong suni. At two-meters high, the zhenyuanlong is the largest winged dinosaur found but, although its short arms have substantial quill-like feathers, researchers think it couldn’t fly. It was memorably described by one paleontologist as a “fluffy feathered poodle from hell.” Popular culture has been slow to embrace these feathered dinosaurs that feel so different to the scaly, green creatures of childhood books. The velociraptors that stalk the Jurassic movie franchise were reptilian predators, although the raptors in Disney Pixar’s new animated movie “The Good Dinosaur,” which premieres in the United States on Thursday, sport hairy mullets. “A scaled animal looks cooler than a furry or feathered animal. They (film directors) want dinosaurs to be cold-blooded killing machines,” says Xu. Pinned on the wall of Xu’s office are crayoned pictures of dinosaurs and hand-written letters from young fans and wannabe dinosaur hunters. But growing up in the poor and remote province of Xinjiang in China’s far west, Xu hadn’t heard of dinosaurs until he went to university in Beijing, where his assigned major was paleontology. He quickly took to the field and is now the most visible of a new generation of Chinese paleontologists – equally at ease on a remote dig and poring over fossils in the lab. Xu says he’s addicted to his summertime trips into the wilds of the Gobi desert – living in tents and braving sandstorms, wolves and high temperatures. The team brings along live chickens for food. “It’s like smoking – when I don’t go I miss it,” he says. China’s reputation as a paleontological powerhouse is largely thanks to one fossil site – in Liaoning in northern China. Here, 100 million years ago, ago dinosaurs died en masse, caught up in a massive series of volcanic eruptions, leaving behind a treasure trove of exquisitely preserved fossils with a level of detail seen at few other sites. Some of the fossils of the feathered dinosaurs are so well preserved that researchers have been able to capture information from “melansomes” – tiny structures buried within feathers that give them color. The results so far have been surprising. The sinosauptryx, the first feathered dinosaur, had a ginger and brown striped tail.  The microraptor, a tiny relative of the T-Rex and one of Xu’s favorite discoveries, was a dark iridescent color – like a crow. Even as China makes discoveries at an astonishing pace, the field faces challenges. Many of the feathered fossils that have made Xu’s name were dug up by local farmers, uncovered as they worked their fields. Trade in fossils has become a lucrative sideline for many local families but Xu, Zhou and their colleagues work with the farmers to make sure scientists gain access to the best specimens and they don’t end up in private hands. But many are still lost from science. “There are so many beautiful fossils in private collections – enough to make a good museum,” says Zhou. The grey market trade thrives and it’s given rise to fakery – composites pasted together to look more spectacular – and Xu says that discoveries made by Chinese paleontologists are subject to extra scrutiny because of these concerns. When Xu discovered the four-winged microraptor in 2003 there was still a great deal of skepticism over the existence of feathered dinosaurs and he faced questions from Western academics over the authenticity of the fossil. Chinese authorities are cracking down on unauthorized digs – but Xu says that harsh measures are counterproductive. “They are just farmers. They’re simply digging fossils to make some money to improve their life.” Thanks to the discoveries made by Xu, Zhou and other researchers, Chinese paleontology’s standing in world science is at an all-time high. But, worryingly for some, the field isn’t attracting much fresh talent. Few students choose paleontology as a college major – so few that Peking University, the country’s top institution, has been lucky to admit one each year. In two of the last seven years, there were no applicants at all, according to the China Daily newspaper. Experts say tuition fees have led to a preference for “useful” degrees such as business. Up until the 1980s, a university education was free and majors were assigned on enrollment. And unlike Washington D.C. and London, Beijing doesn’t have a national museum of natural history that could inspire the next generation. Most of China’s biggest fossil finds are stored off the beaten track in underfunded provincial museums, where exhibits are often poorly displayed. “We do need more people to be curators in museums and teach in universities,” says Zhou. But Xu is confident that China’s golden age of paleontology won’t be short-lived – though his own sons prefer computer games and pop music to dinosaurs. In 2005, Xu published what he considers his biggest achievement – a simple 1,000 word essay that features in a textbook read by almost all Chinese grade-schoolers. “It’s given me the chance to tell young kids about paleontology in China,” he says. “This is way more important than any scientific paper.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Chinese paleontology", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151126010000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/asia/china-dinosaurs-special/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "501018996", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News.  You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. January 11, 2016 We’re starting the week with a rare look inside North Korea: A CNN reporter has perspective from some science students about their Communist government’s claim to have recently tested a nuclear weapon. From there, we’re headed to South Korea for a look at how the Republic has found a way to broadcast messages across the border. And we’re also visiting Europe, where a highly divisive debate is taking place over whether Adolf Hitler’s manifesto should be reprinted and sold in Germany. On this page you will find today’s show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the transcript of today’s CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News!", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160110224500", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/10/studentnews/sn-content-mon/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "697500719", "sentence": "President Donald Trump will not kill the Iran nuclear deal on Friday. But when he declares that it has not been in US interests, he will consign the proudest legacy achievement of President Barack Obama’s second term to a deeply uncertain future – and could even set off a train of consequences that could eventually lead to its collapse. Should that be the case, Trump, or one of his successors in the Oval Office, may one day face the fateful choice that the deal was supposed to circumvent – whether to use military force to stop the Islamic Republic racing toward the bomb. The President has fumed against what he has called a “very bad deal” and an “embarrassment” to the country despite all available evidence that Iran is complying with terms which imposed limits on its nuclear program in return for a lifting of sanctions that had crippled its economy. “I think it was one of the most incompetently drawn deals I’ve ever seen,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday. Trump’s move, which had been previewed to CNN by government sources and foreign diplomats, will give Congress 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions lifted under the terms of the agreement. Related article Decertifying the Iran deal: A crisis of Trump's own making While the administration is not expected to push Congress to go that far, since it would likely cause Iran to immediately walk away, proponents of the nuclear deal fear that Trump’s decision will strike a severe blow at the deal’s legitimacy. A significant stiffened US policy toward Iran designed to tackle what the White House says are Tehran’s destabilizing activities and support for terrorism could return the enemies to the cycle of confrontation and proxy wars of most of the last four decades, that could in itself cause the deal to slowly begin to unravel. “If the President chooses to not certify, that already will be a negative step – for one thing it will start a process of isolating us from our allies,” Ernest Moniz, Obama’s former energy secretary who helped negotiate the agreement, said on CNN’s “New Day.” “If we went all the way and reimposed sanctions while Iran is in compliance … this would be a slippery slope towards a bad outcome, something very much not in our national security interest,” Moniz said. The potentially grave consequences of Trump’s decision, and the fact that the International Atomic Energy Agency, US allies and even the US government have said that Iran is in compliance with the agreement, have focused attention on Trump’s motivations. Critics say Trump is recklessly risking the deal, and thereby endangering US national security, simply to satisfy his fierce antipathy toward the agreement and to showcase a rare political win to his supporters. Related article Why Turkey-US tensions have come to a boil Trump has twice previously been forced certify Iran’s compliance, against his inclination and made clear he doesn’t intend to do so again, even though Tehran is still honoring the pact. The President is not alone in opposing certification of the deal. Some Republicans in Congress, including Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, and members of the conservative foreign policy establishment believe that his move on Friday will force America’s European allies, China and Russia and eventually Iran back to the table to improve the deal. The President has also complained that the 2015 deal does not allow UN inspectors access to military sites, an argument one foreign diplomat dismissed while wondering whether Trump understands what is in the pact. “I’m not sure he’s privy to all the details,” the diplomat said. Trump’s supporters however argue that the deal puts the Iranians on a North Korea-style glide path to a nuclear weapon when it expires in 2025 – a claim that proponents of the deal dispute. Those who back Obama’s approach also slam the idea that there is a “better deal” to be had, as Trump has often said, as a myth or that other partners will agree to renegotiate. “I don’t know there is any guarantee that ever happens, there are just so many stakeholders here,” said Brian Fleming, an official in the Obama Justice Department who worked extensively on the Iran deal and is now at the Miller & Chevalier law firm. The decertification by the President is only one aspect of the new Iran policy he will roll out on Friday. Trump is also expected to unveil a toughened approach to respond to Iran’s ballistic missile development, political maneuverings throughout the region and what the administration says is its support for terrorism, including for groups like Hezbollah and Houthi rebels in Yemen, officials have said. By punting a decision on the ultimate destiny of the Iran deal to Congress, Trump can also try to personally avoid blame for the consequences that would follow if he formally killed the deal. Once Trump has engineered the new policy direction, the deal’s fate will be in limbo. Should Congress go ahead and decide to reimpose sanctions, it is all but certain that Iran would walk away. It could then likely reinstall centrifuges disengaged under deal and could race toward development of a nuclear device, a process that experts believe could take only a year or so. Diplomats and sources who have spoken to CNN say they don’t believe that even Republican hawks opposed to the deal want to destabilize it, and end up paying the political price for a potential march to war by the US. Alternatively, lawmakers could decide to do nothing, effectively leaving the deal untouched. In that case, Iran could decide that it is in its interest to remain in the agreement since it will still be reaping the economic benefits it gained via the lifting of sanctions. Even so, it is uncertain whether this option would preserve the deal in the long term. Should European firms for instance reconsider investments in Iran under the shadow of potential future US sanctions, they could decide not to invest in Iran, and thereby lower the dividend that Tehran won by supporting the deal. That could bolster hardline opponents of the deal inside Iran, as could the administration’s desire to sanction individuals and entities in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which controls vast business interests in the country a state sponsor of terrorism. “Longer term, this will be very humiliating and embarrassing for the Rouhani government,” said Trita Parsi, author of the book “Losing an Enemy,” Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.” “They may be committed to the deal and they may not want to start messing with us, but their political strength will weaken and lead to a scenario in which they may lose power.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171013053000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/trump-iran-analysis/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "447369661", "sentence": "The Republican senator from South Carolina said his credentials on foreign policy made him uniquely qualified to be President Graham said Iran would be one of the highest priorities of the next administration Lindsey Graham on Wednesday gave his first foreign policy speech since announcing his presidential campaign, touching upon ISIS, a potential nuclear deal with Iran and the possibility of more U.S. military involvement in the Middle East. Speaking at the Atlantic Council, where he also sat down for a question-and-answer session with CNN’s Jake Tapper, the Republican senator from South Carolina said his credentials on foreign policy, coupled with the importance of a strong commander-in-chief, made him uniquely qualified to be President. RELATED: Graham takes on Clinton, Trump over immigration “When it comes to foreign policy, Lindsey Graham offers a very clear and different path,” he said. “The foundation of my foreign policy is superior capability, overwhelming capacity and most important of all, determined will.” Graham, who currently chairs three military, foreign policy and terrorism-related Senate subcommittees and is considered one of the most hawkish senators, said Iran will be one of the highest priorities of the next administration. He’s been critical of Obama and his approach to reaching a nuclear deal with Iran, and he has been a part of passing a bill that requires that Congress approve the final deal. “There are some things you can get wrong and live to fight another day,” Graham said. “There are some things you have to get right, because if you don’t, you throw the world in chaos.” If Iran’s leaders want to start a military confrontation with the U.S., Graham said, the U.S. will be ready to respond. RELATED: Iran talks deadline extended “I would love to end the nuclear ambition of the Iranians without firing a shot, but you have to know who you’re talking to and what they actually want,” he said. “This is North Korea in the making.” Related video Sen. Lindsey Graham's World is Full of Doom and Gloom As for ISIS, Graham said the Obama administration’s response to the terror group has been insufficient. “As recently as Monday of this week, Obama claimed that his strategy against ISIS is working,” he said. “In my view, the President consistently oversells our successes and minimizes the threat to our nation.” The war on terror is not limited to Iraq, said Graham, who served in the Air National Guard during the Gulf War. He said that there are more Syrian refugee children in Lebanese schools at the primary level than Lebanese children. Iraq and Syria must be viewed as safe havens for terrorists that need to be addressed, Graham added. RELATED: Lindsey Graham is running on doom and gloom He also said Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton was an architect of Obama’s foreign policy and would continue his approach if elected. At one point in the Q&A portion of the event, Graham was interrupted by a protester from the anti-war group Code Pink, who called his foreign policy “a prescription for endless war.” “I couldn’t disagree with you more,” Graham fired back. “I think people like you make the world incredibly dangerous. I think people like you are radical Islam’s best hope, because you don’t understand. … We got attacked on September 11, 2001. This is a religious war, and if you don’t understand that, you shouldn’t be President of the United States.” CNN’s Sophie Tatum contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lindsey Graham's foreign policy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150708224500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/politics/lindsey-graham-first-foreign-policy-speech/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "560287602", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John Thune, a Republican, is the senior senator from South Dakota and the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The views expressed are his own. John Thune: Large crowds of people congregating in unsecured areas of an airport make appealing targets New FAA bill is the most significant airport security package in a decade, he says On June 28, terrorists entered Istanbul’s airport and opened fire on travelers, before detonating explosives that killed 45 people and left more than 200 injured. The attack came just three months after a similar attack on Brussels Airport in Belgium, which also resulted in numerous injuries and a number of deaths. Since September 11, airport security efforts have emphasized securing aircraft against hijackings, but the Brussels and Istanbul bombings highlighted other vulnerabilities. As these attacks demonstrate, it’s not just planes that are vulnerable. Both the Brussels and Istanbul attacks sought to exploit the largely unprotected areas outside of the principal security checkpoints, where the attackers could detonate bombs outside of screening. The large crowds of people who congregate in unsecured areas of an airport – like security checkpoints, check-in counters, and baggage claim – make appealing targets for terrorists, who like nothing better than maximum loss of life with minimum effort. This week, the Senate passed the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill, which directly addresses these security vulnerabilities. This legislation passed with overwhelming support from both parties, and we expect the President to sign it into law immediately. The reforms in this legislation – the product of months of work at the Senate Commerce Committee that began long before the attacks – will help ensure that attacks like those that happened in Brussels and Istanbul don’t happen at American airports. To address the tempting terrorist target offered by large crowds of people in unsecured areas of airports, the FAA bill includes provisions to get more Americans enrolled in the TSA’s PreCheck program, which will help reduce the size of crowds by reducing wait times at security. Related article Keep traveling: Choose flights, not fright It also requires more effective deployment of TSA personnel to reduce wait times at checkpoints, and it requires the TSA to develop and test new security systems to expedite the movement of passengers. It also adds more prevention and response security teams and expands training for local airport security personnel, so that airports are better prepared to deter and respond to bombers or active-shooter threats. In addition to securing U.S. airports, part of protecting the traveling public is making sure that Americans traveling to other countries are safe when they return to the U.S. Americans travel internationally on a regular basis, and on their return flights they depend on the quality of airport security in other countries. To increase security for Americans traveling abroad, the FAA bill authorizes the TSA to donate unneeded screening equipment to foreign airports with direct flights to the United States. It authorizes the TSA to support training for foreign airport security personnel, and it requires the TSA to conduct assessments of security at foreign airports and of foreign cargo security programs. Another aspect of airport security that has received less attention, but that is equally important, is the need to make sure that individuals who work behind the scenes at airports don’t pose a threat. In October 2015, terrorists killed 224 people when they brought down Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 shortly after it departed Sharm el-Sheikh airport in Egypt. Many experts believe that the terrorists responsible had help from an airport worker. Clearly, ensuring that airport workers are trustworthy is essential to keeping passengers safe. However, at times the security badges that permit individuals to work behind the scenes at airports have been issued to individuals who have no business holding them. Right now in the United States, individuals with convictions for crimes including embezzlement, sabotage, racketeering, immigration violations and assault with a deadly weapon can all obtain security badges granting them access to restricted sections of an airport. While most criminals are not terrorists, there are too many criminals who would happily expand their criminal activity for the right price, even if it involved assisting terrorists. In March of this year, for example, an airline ramp agent was arrested at a Florida airport with $282,400 in cash that he allegedly intended to hand off to an unknown individual. News reports suggested that he was aware the money was connected to illegal activity, but knew little else. In other words, he could easily have been transporting money for terrorists without knowing it. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. The FAA bill tightens vetting of anyone with access to secure areas of an airport and expands the list of criminal convictions that could disqualify someone from holding a security badge. This bill also provides for an increase in random searches of behind-the-scenes airport workers, who are not always subject to security screening the way passengers are. Since we took control of the Senate in January of 2015, Republicans have focused on passing legislation to address the challenges facing our country. I’m proud that with this bill, we’ve found a way to make our increasingly dangerous world a little safer for Americans. Of course, as the horrific attacks in Nice remind us, airports are by no means the only target of those wanting to kill large numbers of people. But terrorists have consistently shown a determination to attack aviation targets. With this in mind, the FAA bill is the most significant airport security package in a decade, and it will help us make real progress toward keeping airline passengers safer. It’s a good example of what can happen when Democrats and Republicans work together to get things done for the American people.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160715213000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "BEL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/opinions/airport-security-thune/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "421899265", "sentence": "Iranian nuclear talks get an extra day. Lufthansa knew about co-pilot’s depression.  And another state may join Indiana in the religious freedom chaos. It’s Wednesday (April Fool’s Day!), and here are the 5 things to know for your New Day One more day: Talks to reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear program will continue today. Yesterday was the deadline to work out a framework agreement, but negotiators in Lausanne, Switzerland, felt enough progress had been made to continue talks for another day. It’s unclear how long the talks will continue. It is believed that the main sticking points remain the pace at which U.N. sanctions on Iran will be lifted and how much nuclear research and development Iran will be allowed to do while the deal is in effect. Airline knew: Andreas Lubitz told his Lufthansa flight training school about his depression in 2009, the airline said yesterday. The revelation was discovered when crash investigators found emails between Lubitz – the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 who authorities accuse of deliberately crashing the plane – and the flight school which included medical documents. This means Lufthansa, parent company of Germanwings, knew about Lubitz’s depression, allowed him to continue training and ultimately put him in the cockpit. Arkansas’ turn: The Arkansas House on yesterday approved a religious freedom bill similar to Indiana’s new controversial law. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, now has to decided if he will sign the measure. He’s set to release a statement about his decision later this morning. If Hutchinson signs the bill, Arkansas may face the same backlash that has whipped Indiana the past few days. The CEO of retail giant Walmart, which is based in Bentonville, Arkansas, urged the governor to veto the bill. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said yesterday that he wanted a “fix” for his state’s law, to make sure that it won’t be used as an excuse to discriminate against gay and lesbian people. Kicked out: Iraqi forces in Tikrit say they have pretty much kicked ISIS out of the city, which the terror group has had in its clutches since June. Iraq’s Prime Minister said Iraqi forces had reached the center of the city and placed the nation’s flag on top of a key government building. Pockets of fighting continued, however, in the outskirts of Tikrit, the birthplace of former dictator Saddam Hussein. The victory in Tikrit sets the stage for Iraqi forces to take back an even bigger prize: Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city. Unexplained death: A cause of death has not been determined in the case of Andrew Getty, the 47-year-old grandson of J. Paul Getty who died yesterday in his home in Los Angeles. A woman, described as a friend of Getty’s, who was at the home at the time is cooperating with investigators, Los Angeles police said. In a statement, Getty’s parents, Gordon and Ann Getty, requested privacy for the family. Gordon Getty is one of three sons of J. Paul Getty, the oil tycoon who was thought to be the richest man in the world at the time of his death in 1976. Gordon Getty, 81, has an estimated net worth of $2.1 billion. April Fool’s?: Amazon’s new Dash Button sure sounds like an April Fool’s Day joke to us.  But then again … we’re all for convenience. Great escape: The driver of this vehicle REALLY didn’t want to get towed. Wake up call: Florida resort uses “Circle of Life” song to rouse sleepy spring breakers. It’s his party: And this kid will dance if he wants to (while loading the dishwasher). Too cute alert!: A dad and baby bond … with water bottles.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iranian nuclear talks", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Hedged", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150401074500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/us/new-day-five-things/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "583089308", "sentence": "Donald Trump lost his cool at times against Hillary Clinton in Monday night's debate Trump hit Clinton on emails and TPP but didn't follow up effectively Hillary Clinton stepped onto the debate stage Monday night determined to show that only one candidate is ready to be president. Clinton poked, prodded and quoted Trump’s own words, goading the famously thin-skinned Republican nominee. Trump took the bait, repeatedly interrupting angrily or dismissively throughout the night. He couldn’t resist attacks, even when it was obvious they would backfire – such as his criticism of Clinton for dropping off the campaign trail ahead of the debate to prepare. CNN’s Reality Check Team vets the claims “Yes, I did. And you know what else I prepared for?” Clinton shot back. “I prepared to be president.” Here are six takeaways from the first presidential debate: Trump is the self-proclaimed counterpuncher, but it was Clinton whose restraint was on display: She waited for Trump to create an opening before she pounced. She let moderator Lester Holt grill Trump about his refusal to release tax returns before delivering her own withering assessment of his insistence that a “routine audit” be completed first. Related video Trump: I'll release taxes if Clinton releases emails “Maybe he is not as rich as he says he is,” Clinton said. “Maybe he is not as charitable as he claims to be… Maybe he doesn’t want the American people to know that he has paid nothing in federal taxes.” “There is something he is hiding,” she said. QUIZ: Are you more like Clinton or Trump? Trump lost his cool – at a cost. He came close to admitting that he didn’t pay federal taxes, saying that “makes me smart” and that the money “would be squandered” anyway. At another point, he insisted his refusal to pay contractors who’d done work for his businesses was smart. “I’m certainly relieved that my late father never did business with you,” Clinton said. Related video Tapper: 'Unbelievable' how quickly Trump took the bait Trump, meanwhile, paid the price for his decision to wing it. Unlike the GOP primary debates, where Trump would often disappear while other candidates bickered, only to interject with a zinger, he had no other candidates or aggressive moderators to save him – and it showed. Despite opportunities to do so, he never hit Clinton on the 2012 Benghazi attacks or Clinton Foundation donors’ access to the State Department, and he only briefly mentioned her use of a private email server. All three attacks – elevated by Trump himself at his rallies – are at the core of the GOP case that Clinton is untrustworthy. Trump’s brightest spots came early in the debate, when he invoked Clinton’s 2012 praise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as the “gold standard” of trade deals. (Clinton now opposes the deal.) “You were totally in favor of it,” Trump said. “Then you heard what I was saying, how bad it is, and you said, ‘I can’t win that debate.’” It was part of a theme he worked hard to drive in the debate’s early stages: Clinton, he said, has been in Washington for nearly 30 years, and has done little to improve economic conditions for Americans – a message that could resonate in manufacturing-heavy states like Ohio and Pennsylvania that are crucial to Trump’s electoral math. Attacking Clinton’s comments on solar energy powering “new economic activity,” Trump said: “You’ve been doing this for 30 years. Why are you just thinking about these solutions right now? For 30 years, you’ve been doing it, and now you’re just starting to think of solutions.” After a barrage of Trump attacks, Clinton sarcastically said, “I have a feeling that by, the end of this evening, I’m going to be blamed for everything that’s ever happened.” Trump shot back: “Why not?” Trump lied repeatedly Monday night – including some real whoppers. When Clinton claimed Trump “thinks that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese,” Trump shot back: “I do not say that. I do not say that.” Of course, Trump did say that. On November 6, 2012, Trump tweeted, “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” It became the most-retweeted item on Twitter during the debate. He called Holt’s factual citation of a 2002 interview in which Trump endorsed the war in Iraq “wrong, wrong, wrong,” as fact-checkers disagreed. He falsely blamed Clinton for birtherism. He said murder rates in New York City are climbing, when they are on the decline. And he said Clinton had been fighting ISIS “her entire adult life.” Clinton was born in 1947; ISIS only formed in  the mid-2000s. “I hope the fact-checkers are turning up the volume,” Clinton said at one point. Trump questions whether Russia behind hacks Trump said he knew he’d face questions about his five-year history of birtherism. Yet he had no new answers to offer. When Holt asked why Trump decided to finally acknowledge that President Barack Obama was born in the US, Trump said it was because he wanted to change the topic. Related video Donald Trump: We have to bring back law and order “I want to get on to defeating ISIS, because I want to get on to creating jobs, because I want to get on to having a strong border, because I want to get on to things that are very important to me and that are very important to the country,” he said. While falsely blaming Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign for the questions about Obama’s birth, Trump also took credit for bringing up the non-issue in the first place. “I was the one that got him to produce the birth certificate,” he said. “And I think I did a good job.” Clinton responded by turning the spotlight back on her GOP foe. “Well, just listen to what you heard,” Clinton said. She pointed to the 1970s Justice Department lawsuits that Trump faced over accusations of racial discrimination in housing properties he owned. “He has a long record of engaging in racist behavior,” Clinton said. “And the birther lie was a very hurtful one.” Trump has long polled better with men than women – and that gap could grow after Monday night’s debate. He interrupted Clinton dozens of times, and talked over Holt when he tried to interject. He blasted Clinton’s “stamina.” And when Clinton attacked Trump over his remarks about women, Trump proved her point by digging in against an old foe. “Rosie O’Donnell, I said very tough things to her, and I think everybody would agree that she deserves it and nobody feels sorry for her,” Trump said. Related video Inside two of the toughest debate moments ever He zealously defended himself, but didn’t attack Clinton with the same gusto. And because of it, Clinton was able to easily move past potential problem areas. Asked about her use of a private email server during her tenure at the State Department, Clinton gave a shorter, simpler answer than she has before. “I’m not going to make any excuses, it was a mistake,” she said. Trump shot back that it was “more than a mistake. That was done purposely.” But then he dropped the topic. Later, he briefly came back to it, saying he’d release his tax returns “against my lawyers’ wishes,” under one condition: “I will release them as soon as she releases her 33,000 emails.” The crowd cheered, violating Holt’s admonition to keep silent. And then, again, Trump moved on – never mentioning that James Comey, the FBI director, also harshly criticized Clinton’s email practices, and never again returning to the topic. …And it shows. With two debates to go, this is going to get nastier. A preview of what’s in store came at the end, when Clinton – attacking Trump’s treatment of women – called him “a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs.” She said he’d referred to a Latina beauty contestant as “Miss Piggy. Then he called her Miss Housekeeping.” An agitated Trump twice asked, “Where did you find this?” The woman, 1996 Miss Universe Alicia Machado of Venezuela, told The New York Times and “Inside Edition” this year that Trump repeatedly mocked her weight. Who is Alicia Machado? Former Miss Universe said Trump called her Miss Piggy Trump went into the spin room after the debate – a move unheard of at general election debates - and credited himself with not taking a shot at Bill Clinton’s extramarital affairs. He told Fox News conservative host and Trump supporter Sean Hannity afterward that it seemed inappropriate with Bill and Chelsea Clinton in the front row – but implied he might in the future. For Clinton’s campaign, the challenge will be turning a debate-night victory into sustained success – pressing the same themes in the days ahead as she attempts to reverse Trump’s climb in national and battleground state polls. Trump will have to wait until Oct. 9 for another shot at Clinton.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160927061500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "VEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/politics/winner-presidential-debate-takeaways/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "751448337", "sentence": "The Russian oligarch and Russian lawyer who were key players in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting reached out to Trump’s team after Donald Trump was elected President to try to lobby on the Russian sanctions they sought to overturn, according to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence panel, told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Friday that Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya reached out to the Trump family after the election with a request to follow up on efforts to repeal the Magnitsky Act, the 2012 Russian sanctions the US enacted over human rights abuses. Veselnitskaya was the Russian lawyer at the center of the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, where Donald Trump Jr. expected to receive damaging information on Hillary Clinton but instead Veselnitskaya focused on the repeal of the sanctions. Related article House Republicans release redacted Russia report “Clearly, there’s an expectation there on the Russian side that they may now have success with the Magnitsky Act, given that the prior meeting and communications dealt with the offer of help,” Schiff said. “It certainly seems like the Russians were ready for payback.” In addition, another effort to reach out to Trump’s team after the election came from Aras Agalarov, the Azerbaijani-Russian oligarch who also has ties to the Trump Tower meeting. Agalarov, along with his pop-star son, Emin Agalarov, also worked with Trump to bring the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant to Moscow. The outreach from the Russians after the 2016 election was one of the new details that stemmed from the release of the Republican report on the Russia investigation, as well as a lengthy Democratic dissent that disputed the Republican conclusion there was no evidence of collusion between Trump’s team and Russia. In the dissent, Democrats cite a November 28, 2016, email from publicist Rob Goldstone to Trump’s assistant, Rhona Graff, which said that “Aras Agalarov has asked me to pass on this document in the hope it can be passed on to the appropriate team.” “Later that day, Graff forwarded to Steve Bannon the email with Agalarov’s document regarding the Magnitsky Act as an attachment, explaining, ‘The PE [President Elect] knows Aras well. Rob is his rep in the US and sent this on. Not sure how to proceed, if at all.’” Trump’s team has denied there was any follow up after the Trump Tower meeting. It’s not clear that there was any response from the Trump team to the request from Veselnitskaya, or Agalarov. The Trump administration has not moved to roll back the Russian sanctions, and, in fact, new sanctions against Russia have been enacted. CNN has previously reported additional outreach that came after the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, in which Goldstone sent emails to Trump’s team in the weeks following that meeting. But the overtures from Veselnitskaya and Agalarov are the first indication that the same Russians were still pushing to change the sanctions law after Trump was elected. While the Democratic report released Friday does not mention Veselnitskaya’s post-election outreach, a committee source said that she approached the Trump team following the election before the appeal from Aras Agalarov. In the lead-up to the Trump Tower meeting, Goldstone told Trump Jr. that Veselnitskaya had damaging information about Clinton that he claimed came from the Russian government. At the meeting, however, Trump Jr. said she did not provide damaging information, and instead focused on the repeal of the sanctions law.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump team", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180428011500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/politics/russians-trump-team-magnitsky-act/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "733745502", "sentence": "Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has called off an official trip to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump after a tense phone call brought the two leaders to a policy-driven standstill. Peña Nieto was tentatively planning the trip for March, a White House official said, but the official confirmed to CNN that the trip was put on hold following the phone call, which took place on February 20. According to The Washington Post, which first reported the cancellation, officials from both countries told the paper that Peña Nieto “called off the plan after Trump would not agree to publicly affirm Mexico’s position that it would not fund construction of a border wall.” A White House official told CNN that any meeting would be awkward and counterproductive given Trump’s vow that Mexico would pay for the wall. The official said the call was “less hostile” than the one that occurred between the two leaders a year ago, but “no more productive” than that call either. At least one Mexican official, who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity, said Trump “lost his temper.” US officials described the President as being “frustrated and exasperated, saying Trump believed it was unreasonable for Peña Nieto to expect him to back off his crowd-pleasing campaign promise of forcing Mexico to pay for the wall.” According to the Post’s report, the two leaders “devoted a considerable portion” of this year’s call to discussing the wall. According to the paper, officials from both countries confirmed that Peña Nieto’s “desire to avoid public embarrassment — and Trump’s unwillingness to provide that assurance — that proved to be the dealbreaker.” This story was updated to reflect the timing of Peña Nieto’s tentative visit.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180225021500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/24/politics/mexican-president-cancels-white-house-trip/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "478071704", "sentence": "'Don't bury me,' Fareed Shawky pleaded as doctors doctors tended to his wounds from a missile strike 6-year-old Fareed died days later, and his words have been taken up by activists Thousands have died in the Saudi-led campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen “Don’t bury me.” 6-year-old Fareed Shawky cries as doctors treat his many shrapnel wounds. He is just a child. But more than six months of war in his country, Yemen, had taught him the bitter realities of conflict. People die, then they are buried. “Don’t bury me,” Fareed says again through tears. His young father stands across from him and smiles as if to dismiss his child’s fears. “I was trying to calm him down and at the same time my tears are falling, but I did not want him to feel it,” al-Thamry Shawky says, “I told him, ‘Don’t be afraid, my son. You will get better.’” The interaction was filmed this month by Ahmed Basha, a local photographer who recounted the story to CNN. “I thought he was just injured,” Basha says from his home in Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city. “I wasn’t even sure I had been recording when he said this. I was more concerned with my still photography.” Four days later, Fareed died of wounds to his head. The boy was buried, hurriedly, by relatives. His own father could not bring himself to break his promise to his son. “I didn’t bury him. I couldn’t bury him.” The father told Basha through tears, “I stood far away as they put him in the ground.” When Basha got word of the child’s death, he began sifting through his footage. He published the video of the boy begging to live and began telling the world his story. It was quickly picked up by social media at a time when little else on Yemen’s war seems to gain much attention. It is the war the world forgot, activists say, and little Fareed is reminding us. Two rival factions are vying for power in Yemen: the Shiite Houthi rebel movement and the backers of ousted President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi. But the conflict is not binary. A secessionist movement in the south, a strong al Qaeda presence along the coast and the recent rise of ISIS all contribute to an increasingly volatile situation. The battle for control triggered the formation of an Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, to intervene on behalf of the Hadi’s internationally recognized government. The Saudis and their predominantly Sunni allies consider the Houthis, who hail from northern Yemen, to be proxies for the Shiite government of Iran and fear another Shiite-dominated state in the region. The Houthis deny Iran supplies any direct material support. Airstrikes, battles and other spurts of bloodshed have taken their toll. The United Nations has attempted repeatedly, but to no avail, to resolve what it calls a “human catastrophe” that had killed or wounded more than 27,000 people as of midsummer, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and has left 80% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance. Four out of every five Yemenis are lacking the most basic things, including water, food, adequate medical care, and shelter, according to OCHA. For all this suffering, that doesn’t mean Yemenis have given up. Fareed’s story is now emblematic of Yemen’s struggles – and resilience. Activists are using the hashtag #dontburyme to call for an end to the bloodshed. The boy is being called the “Aylan Kurdi of Yemen” a reference to the Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish shore in September. “Fareed saw burial of neighbor kid killed by Houthi shell & was traumatized. Hence pleaded #DontBuryMe .. #Yemen” Hishal al-Omeisy, a prominent Yemeni activist, posted on Twitter. The hashtag originally started in Arabic, but as the story spread, more users began using the English version. “A child in #taiz told his father after he was injured: do not bury me. Sadly, the father could not [fulfill] his son’s call.#Dontburyme” Kawkab Ahmed, a Turkish observer, said on the microblogging site. Related video Security officials: 30 killed in Yemen wedding bombing When Saudi Arabia announced it would lead a coalition to forcibly remove the Houthis from its neighbor to the south, it  launched an aerial campaign sure to devastate one of the poorest and least developed countries in the Middle East. The Houthi movement formed in 1994 with the explicit political aim of gaining greater autonomy and defending its follower’s religious traditions as members of the Zaidi branch of Shiite Islam. The group has been at war with the central government for more than a decade, but their entry into Sanaa in September brought things to a head. Hadi and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah resigned in January under Houthi pressure, a few months after the rebels had fought their way into the capital, Sanaa, and demanded greater political influence. The kingdom says an exiled Hadi pleaded for military intervention in a letter posted by the country’s foreign ministry in March. More than six months into the Gulf-led offensive, Saudi Arabia has yet to reach its stated political objective. Instead, the war has shattered the already beleaguered population. Fareed’s family blame the Houthi rebels for his death. The boy was playing hide-and-seek just outside his home when he was struck in a missile attack. Four other children also were wounded, Basha told CNN. “All of a sudden I heard a loud explosion. Dust was falling on our heads. Everyone felt as if the blast was right next to them,” al-Thamry Shawky told Basha. “I ran out into the street with no shirt to look for Fareed. Where is Fareed?” Neighbors told Shawky his child had been taken by an ambulance to a nearby medical facility. He rushed to be by his son’s side. Rubble had fallen on Fareed’s head, leaving him with a large painful bump. There were bits of shrapnel digging into his skin, all over his small body. Shortly after pleading with his father to save him, Fareed fell into a coma. Last Saturday, he died. “Fareed was my whole life,” his mother says. “It was as if someone snatched my heart when I heard him say, ‘Don’t bury me.’” Photos from a city under siege Related video What in the World: The casualties of war in Yemen Children and education are among the first victims of a conflict where each of the warring parties has demonstrated a flagrant disregard for civilian life, according to an Amnesty International report published this summer. There is no safe place. Not even for children. Of the Yemenis who have been killed or injured by explosive weapons in towns or cities, 95% were civilians, according to a recent U.N. report. About 500 of the dead were children, according to UNICEF. “Our findings show Yemen is the worst country in the world this year for civilians affected by explosive violence, more devastating even than the crisis in Syria and Iraq,” Robert Perkins, author of the report said this month. “An already vulnerable population is now faced with a country reduced to rubble by falling bombs and rockets. Their homes destroyed, their families torn apart, it will take a many years to recover from the last few terrible months in Yemen.” Fareed’s family blame the Houthi rebels for his death. The boy was playing just outside his home when he was struck in a missile attack. Four other children also were wounded. “The family were thankful Fareed’s story reached the world,” Basha tells CNN, “They hope this will change the lives of Yemenis who have been suffering for so long.” Ancient city crumbling in civil war", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi-led coalition in Yemen", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151023011500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/middleeast/yemen-fareed-shawky-dont-bury-me/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "430973026", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Val Lauder, a former reporter for the Chicago Daily News and lecturer at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of “The Back Page: The Personal Face of History.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely hers. A lone American reporter, working for the AP, broke the news of the end of World War II in Europe Val Lauder: For Edward Kennedy, the scoop destroyed his job and drew condemnation; but finally there's an apology from the AP decades later There’s breaking news, and then there’s BREAKING NEWS. Some is shock to the system: Think 9/11.  Some is anticipated in a way: Think election nights.  Each poses challenges to the editors and reporters covering the stories And then there’s the famous – infamous – AP bulletin. Edward Kennedy’s “scoop from hell.” It moved on the Associated Press wire on Monday, May 7, 1945, at 9:36 a.m. EST, 8:36 Chicago time. When I arrived in the city room of the Chicago Daily News a little before 9 – neither an editor nor a reporter, but a copygirl – the editors were already gathered around the horseshoe-shaped copy desk editing it. The Germans had surrendered. The war in Europe was over. Hallelujah! The fighting might still be raging in the Pacific, the island-hopping campaign having many an island to go before the Allies got to the big one: Japan.  But the war in Europe was over. Then someone asked, “Where’s UP?”  United Press, the other major wire-service.  Where was its bulletin? INS (the International News Service).  Reuters.  The networks – CBS and NBC (radio only then) – The New York Times, our own renowned Chicago Daily News Foreign Service.   Where were their bulletins? Every man there knew a false report of the German surrender in World War I caused a premature celebration of Armistice Day – a cable sent by the United Press. They asked Telegraph Editor George Dodge to call AP.  It stood by the story. The editors, having given up any thoughts of an EXTRA, faced a scheduled deadline: 10:30 – absolute, nonnegotiable, fish-or-cut-bait time.  And a headline was a customary thing. City Editor Clem Lane said, “Let’s tell ‘em what we know.  AP says …” Executive Editor Basil “Stuffy” Walters had to make the call.  He weighed it, nodded.  “OK.  We’ll go with what we know.  The Associated Press says …. And that’s what they did.  They put a kicker on it – to the left, above the headline, a newspaper item for what sets up a headline The Associated Press says GERMANS SURRENDER The phones on the city desk started ringing as word got out – apparently, the Germans had broadcast word of the surrender to their ships at sea – and people were calling to see whether it was true.  But we didn’t know. The morning wore on with conflicting reports. It’s over … or is it? Now it’s true … no, it’s not. The biggest story in the world was … what? Finally, in an afternoon edition, the story from AP. Here’s What Happened In Mix-up on V-E Day PARIS – AP – The public relations division of Allied Supreme Headquarters today suspended filing facilities of the Associated Press in the European theater until further notice. Brig. Gen. Frank Allen Jr., chief of the division, addressed this order to Edward Kennedy, chief of the Associated Press Paris bureau. “The Associated Press is suspended from filing copy by any means in this theater (European Theater of Operations) effective 1640 hours (9:40 a.m. Chicago time) this date, until charges are investigated in connection with the filing of a story under Reims dateline that SHAEF had officially announced the unconditional surrender of all German forces as of 0241 hours this date.” It was signed by Allen, and paragraph after paragraph followed, parsing what was official and what was not. Never disputed: Edward Kennedy had been one of the 16 correspondents invited to witness the surrender and flown to Reims, a city 80 miles east-northeast of Paris.  Aboard the plane, Allen, addressed them. “You represent the press of the world.  This story is entirely off the record until the heads of government have announced it.  I therefore pledge each of you on your honor not to communicate the results of the conference or the fact of its existence until it is released under the order of the public relations director of SHAEF.” (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) On their return to Paris, the AP story reported, Kennedy called The Associated Press office in London and told Lewis Hawkins of the London staff: “That’s official.  Get it out.” “Later,” the story said, “Kennedy inquired of Pitkin (Dwight Pitkin of the London staff) if the copy was moving satisfactorily through censorship.” Kennedy might have telephoned the London office for a reason.  The line from Paris to London was not monitored by censors, but the trans-Atlantic cable to New York was. That’s why Kennedy did not tell the London office that his dispatch was not authorized.  They’d have to tell New York, and the censor would pick it up and kill it. SHAEF not only suspended AP’s filing privileges, it “disaccredited” Kennedy.  The Associated Press returned him to New York. The New York Times story May 8, 1945, wound up in “A Treasury of Great Reporting” under the headline: “News beat or unethical double cross?” It used Kennedy’s story of the surrender but reported the confusion it had wrought.  And it addressed the ethical issue: “The next day fifty-four correspondents accredited to SHAEF addressed a bitter letter to General Eisenhower: ‘We have respected the confidence placed in us by SHAEF and as a result have suffered the most disgraceful, deliberate, and unethical double cross in the history of journalism.’”  Among the signers: correspondents for United Press, CBS and The New York Times. It said further: “It is clear that had Kennedy refused to promise anything on the plane he would have made certain of missing the great event, which no newsman in his right mind would have done.  Later he claimed that he had never promised to keep his mouth shut until it was opened officially and that instead of violating a fundamental tenet in journalism’s code of ethics, he was proud of what he had done.  One reporter quoted him as saying that the pledge should not have been exacted and that he did not feel bound by it.” The Times wrote in an editorial two days later that Kennedy had committed a “grave disservice to the newspaper profession.” Time magazine said the incident gave the press a black eye. The disdain for Edward Kennedy was so great that 15 years later, the CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite, a United Press correspondent in Europe in World War II, refused to stand when Kennedy offered his hand. When The Associated Press returned Kennedy to New York, it kept him on the payroll but gave him no work to do. In November, he was fired. He worked as the managing editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press for three years and in 1949, became the associate editor of The Monterey Herald, then its editor and associate publisher. “Kennedy tried for years to repair his damaged reputation,” said a 2013 article in The Atlantic Monthly.  It described the personal essay he’d written in 1948, “I’d Do It Again,” as “a lengthy self-defense.” “For the gaunt, intense Kennedy,” Christopher Hanson noted in The Atlantic, “it became the scoop from hell.” He wrote a memoir but could not find a publisher.  After his death in 1963, the manuscript lay in a box in his daughter’s attic, gathering dust, figuratively if not literally, for almost 50 years. In 2012, Louisiana State University Press published “Ed Kennedy’s War: V-E Day, Censorship & the Associated Press,” edited by his daughter, Julia Kennedy Cochran. Tom Curley, president and CEO of The Associated Press, and John Maxwell Hamilton, a University Press editor, co-wrote the introduction, saying, the AP “made a kneejerk response to repudiate him publicly to staunch an uproar.” They also applauded his reporting, concluding, “Edward Kennedy was the embodiment of the highest aspirations of The Associated Press and American journalism.” Curley issued a public apology for AP’s firing of Kennedy.  According to the Monterey Herald, “Curley rejected the notion that the AP had a duty to obey the order to hold the story once it was clear the embargo was for political reasons, rather than to protect the troops.” The publicity generated efforts to award Kennedy a Pulitzer Prize, posthumously.  A story in The Washington Post, November 24, 2012, ran under the headline:  “Pulitzer wanted for reporter who broke story on Nazi Germany’s surrender.” “Ed Kennedy has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize,” The Atlantic said, “honoring him in death for the decision that ended him in life.” Whatever the merits of giving Kennedy a Pulitzer, 15 other correspondents aboard that SHAEF plane honored the pledge “not to communicate the results of the conference or the fact of its existence until it is released under the order of the public relations director of SHAEF.” And Edward Kennedy called The Associated Press office in London. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. 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{"article_id": "647648313", "sentence": "New report says United States failed to do its \"homework\" before airstrikes on civilians Syrian reports say mosque hit; US says al Qaeda meeting targeted A new report suggests American forces failed to take necessary precautions to avoid dropping a pair of bombs on a Northern Syria mosque full of hundreds of worshipers. Syrians said the US airstrikes hit a western Aleppo mosque on March 16, killing at least 40 worshipers and injuring dozens more. The US said the bombings targeted a meeting hall hosting al Qaeda terrorists. But Human Rights Watch said an investigation found no evidence to support the US claim that members of al Qaeda or any other armed group were meeting in the mosque. Interviews with locals and documentary evidence of the building in question suggest it was a well-known mosque that hosted lectures every Thursday between sunset and evening prayers, the group said. Any attempt to gather information about the building would have revealed that it was a popular gathering spot for residents at the time of the intended attack, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released Tuesday. “The US seems to have gotten several things fundamentally wrong in this attack, and dozens of civilians paid the price,” Ole Solvang, deputy emergencies director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. “The US authorities need to figure out what went wrong, start doing their homework before they launch attacks, and make sure it doesn’t happen again.” The US military said in March that an airstrike killed “several terrorists” at a meeting location of senior al Qaeda terrorists in Idlib. A US military official confirmed to CNN that American warplanes conducted airstrikes in the area. But the official said the strikes hit a building 40 to 50 feet from the mosque, and said satellite imagery showed the mosque still standing. But the Human Rights Watch report said the US military misidentified the location of the attack, and that it was southwest of al-Jinah, not in Idlib. The attack was documented by UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Syria Civil Defense, better known as the White Helmets. Human Rights Watch interviewed a member of the White Helmets who was on the ground for the report, as well as four people who were in the building during the strikes. Using research from open source investigative group Bellingcat, which analyzed video footage and photographs from the attack, and Forensic Architecture, which created models of the mosque and a reconstruction of the attack, Human Rights Watch said it was able to corroborate claims that the building was a mosque. The locations of two large craters suggest the first bomb hit the mosque during prayers, sending survivors fleeing before a second blast hit people outside. Others who rushed to the scene to help also were killed, a witness told Human Rights Watch. Photos of the building before the attack show it had shelves for shoes and rugs for prayers, suggesting it was a mosque, the report said. Furthermore, a photo taken of the building after the attack shows a sign amid the rubble that reads “Saydina Omar ibn Al-Khattab Mosque.” Related video McCain: 'More latitude' for commanders in Syria The report calls on US authorities to make public findings of an investigation into the strikes, provide “adequate redress” to civilian victims and their families, and hold those responsible for the attack accountable. The United States has targeted al Qaeda fighters in Syria in past strikes. The Pentagon said 10 al Qaeda operatives were killed near Idlib in February. A US senior defense official told CNN an unmanned drone carried out that strike. US says it killed bin Laden-era al Qaeda leader in Syria US airstrikes have hit civilian facilities before. In 2015, a US airstrike hit a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 42 people. CNN’s Barbara Starr contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170418043000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/middleeast/human-rights-watch-report-syria-mosque-bombing/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "578319067", "sentence": "Jim Sciutto: DNI director James Clapper has expressed unease about loss of confidence in U.S. institutions As a reporter, Sciutto says, he's covered many countries where divisions led to instability U.S. is not Iraq or Somalia, and the economy is showing some strength but there are worrying signs, Sciutto says In the 15 years since 9/11, I’ve spent the bulk of my time as a journalist covering failed or failing states and countries in deep crisis. The root causes vary from war to economic collapse to popular revolution but the resulting conditions are familiar: fear, division, violence, and, over time, loss of hope. The places where I’ve reported most extensively on such instability won’t surprise you: Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt, the occupied territories, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Myanmar, Venezuela. US intelligence agencies rate these areas as among the most unstable in the world. So when I asked the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper at the Aspen Security Forum this summer if he saw any similar warning signs here at home, his answer surprised me: “I do worry,” he said. Noting that the US intelligence community has metrics for measuring nations’ stability, Clapper explained, “I guess if you apply that same measure against us, well, we are starting to exhibit some of them, too.” The measure he singled out as most telling is the loss of confidence in US institutions: “legal institutions, the rule of law, protection of citizens’ liberty, privacy,” all of which he described as “under assault,”  adding, “that’s not being helped by a lot of the rhetoric that we’re hearing.” To be clear, Mr. Clapper is not saying the US is Iraq or Somalia. But the nation’s top spy, with more than four decades in intelligence, is taking the rare step of warning in public that the trend lines in the US worry him. And having spent most of my own professional life covering nations in crisis, I find myself recognizing some disturbing commonalities as well. In Iraq, I watched Sunnis and Shias who had lived and worked together for years turn deeply suspicious, then hostile, then violent towards each other. In Iran, I watched different factions of the same Islamic-led government fight each other in the streets. In Myanmar, I watched a Buddhist government and its functionaries beat and murder Buddhist monks, the personification of their faith and national identity. That these were people not only of the same nationality but also of the same race and religion didn’t matter. Seeing your opponents as fundamentally different and threatening can come to justify remarkable brutality. Despite diverse cultures, histories, and geographies, there is a surprising uniformity when nations splinter apart. I wrote a piece several years ago called “The Police State Playbook”,  on how dictators from Zimbabwe to Myanmar to Iran – whether African and Christian, Asian and Buddhist, or Middle Eastern and Muslim – turned on their people in nearly identical ways. The same goes for their populations. And I’m not talking about natural political disagreement, but an us-against-them mentality that leads people to see the other side as not only wrong but unpatriotic and dangerous. Violent division is not new to the US of course, even in modern times. Many commentators are drawing parallels between today’s divisions and the upheaval of the 1960s. However, today’s divisiveness – as Director Clapper highlighted – comes at a time of cratering trust in the laws and institutions that have overcome such discord in the past. Today, two months away from a major US presidential election, only 11% of Trump supporters and 49% of Clinton supporters  are very confident that votes nationally will be counted accurately, the Pew Research Center found. More broadly, only 19 percent of Americans  say they trust the government “always or most of the time,” according to a 2015 study, also released by Pew. These doubts extend to a whole host of institutions. According to Gallup’s latest survey, only 36% of Americans express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the presidency, the same for the Supreme Court. The number for the criminal justice system is 23%, for Congress, an anemic 9%. As possible causes, experts cite everything from political gridlock to the increasing politicization of the supreme court. Some ratings are the lowest since Gallup began measuring them. The numbers for the television and print media are paltry: 20% and 21%, driven in part by the growing polarization of media outlets and the increasing influence of social media “echo chambers” where consumers view only information and analysis that conforms with their views. Such distrust in the media has undermined the very possibility of agreed upon facts. Today, one in five Americans believe the president was born out of the country and 29% believe he is Muslim, despite widely available and reported evidence to the contrary, including President Obama releasing a copy of his birth certificate. Nineteen percent of Americans believe the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks. I got a personal taste of this new hostility to facts when I tweeted a quote from Alt-Right leader Jared Taylor last week in which he explicitly disputed that the races are equal. I was immediately inundated by comments expressing support for his view, many quoting as fact long-debunked “science.” Related article 15 years after 9/11: 'How to honor the son we lost' Compare the surveys of Americans to those in countries we view as failing or already failed. In Afghanistan, according to a 2015 survey by the Asia Foundation, 57% express confidence in the democratic process, still relatively high even after declining significantly in recent years. The same percentage approves of the performance of the national government. In Iraq, a 2015 Gallup survey found 60% express confidence in the national government. These remarkable contrasts do not mean that the US is headed for civil war or on a par with the violence we see today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Negative outcomes several degrees short of that, however, would be deeply disorienting and disturbing. The most unstable societies I’ve covered are ones where most believe the system doesn’t work, or works only for a few. Jim Sciutto The most unstable societies I’ve covered are ones where most believe the system doesn’t work, or works only for a few. This destroys a sense of community and shared mission, and creates a carry-on effect: success becomes a zero sum game. There are no shared benefits. My betterment comes at the expense of yours, and the other way around. Despite increasing divisions like this, the US is a country of remarkable contrasts. Its economy is growing faster than much of the world’s and with far lower unemployment. Anyone who travels the country can see that local politics are far more functional, even at times heroic, than the current perception of Washington. Again, the US is not Iraq or Somalia. A more apt comparison today could be Brazil, where economic slowdown and collapsing confidence in government has led to the impeachment of a president, a broader political crisis and popular unrest. But as with nations in crisis or approaching it, the US is not immune to peoples’ worst impulses, which have led such nations down a dangerous path. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook “We pride ourselves on the institutions that have evolved over hundreds of years,” Clapper told me, “and I do worry about the…fragility of those institutions.” The US has suffered and survived dangerous crises and divisions in its past. The events of 9/11 were, of course, among the most challenging and potentially divisive. Still, the lesson of today’s world is that the barriers between stability and instability – the ones Americans count on – are often more fragile than we think.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. institutions", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160912181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/opinions/us-following-path-of-unstable-countries-sciutto/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "626580614", "sentence": "A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Trump's travel ban will remain blocked The President is currently examining several options to save the ban Approximately 3,000 people from the seven countries listed in President Donald Trump’s travel ban were allowed to enter the US between February 4 and February 6, according to figures provided Saturday by the Department of Homeland Security. Trump signed an executive order last month barring foreign nationals from Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days, all refugees for 120 days, and all refugees from Syria indefinitely. But a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Trump’s travel ban will remain blocked after an earlier court raised concerns about the constitutionality of the ban among other things. The unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel means citizens of the seven majority-Muslim countries were able to travel to the US, despite Trump’s executive order. The 3,000 number does not include lawful-permanent-residents because they are not within the scope of Trump’s executive order, DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen told CNN. During the same period in 2016, 1,817 from the seven impacted countries were admitted to the US. The White House announced Friday that they will not immediately appeal the decision to the Supreme Court and are working on “possible tweaks” to the executive order. The President is currently examining several options to save the ban and is expected to introduce the changes next week.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170211220000", "country1": "SDN", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/11/politics/travel-ban-people-admitted/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "652438535", "sentence": "Putin says establishment of deescalation zones would strengthen the ceasefire in Syria Russia and Turkey have restored bilateral ties strained by the downing of a Russian plane in 2015 Russia and Turkey are in favor of creating “de-escalation” zones in Syria in order to “cement” a ceasefire in the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday at a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “One of the ways of strengthening the ceasefire is to set up these de-escalation zones and that was also voiced by US President Donald Trump. We have discussed that and as far as I understand the US administration is supporting that idea,” Putin said, following talks with Erdogan in the Russian resort town of Sochi. Erdogan said that a new conflict-free zone would be set up in the Idlib area. Such zones are meant to be areas where civilians can live without being targeted by any party in Syria’s war. Putin and US President Donald Trump had their first phone conversation Tuesday since Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian air base last month. The US strikes were in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town that was widely blamed on the Syrian regime. Trump and Putin discussed Trump’s proposal to create safe zones, according to a White House readout of their call. They also agreed that “the suffering in Syria has gone on for far too long and that all parties must do all they can to end the violence.” Participants in a new round of Syrian ceasefire talks in Astana, Kazakhstan have discussed the memorandum on de-escalation zones in Syria, Kazakh Foreign Ministry official Aidarbek Tumatov said on Wednesday, according to Russian state news agency TASS. Related video US troops patrol Syria's border with Turkey But earlier, the Syrian opposition delegation walked out of the talks over what it described as continued regime violations of the ceasefire, a member of the High Negotiation Committee representing the opposition told CNN. The delegation released a two-page document accusing the regime of continuing to bombard and advance into areas in violation of a ceasefire agreement signed December 30, 2016. The document accuses Russia of not fulfilling its role as a guarantor of the agreement. “The continuation of this bombing will destroy the entire process,” it read. Russia is working on a proposal that would see peacekeepers separating four opposition-held areas in Syria from regime forces, a former member of the High Negotiation Committee told CNN. These four opposition pockets would be in the south, around Idlib, around Homs, and near Damascus, the source said. Civilians would be able to move freely in and out of these zones, the source added. After the meeting – their second in as many months – Putin and Erdogan agreed formally to restore bilateral ties between their countries and restore trade and services that had been impacted by restrictions imposed by either side. Related video Breaking down Turkey's rapprochement with Russia “Turkey is a very important partner. Bilateral relations have been tested in the recent past, but are now back on track,” said Putin. Relations between the two nations soured after Turkey’s air force shot down a Russian jet at the Syrian-Turkish border in November 2015, triggering a year of tumultuous diplomacy and economic sanctions. But in recent months, the two leaders have shown greater unity as they’ve emerged as significant powers in the Syrian conflict. Turkey also is increasingly looking to Russia as an ally as Ankara’s relations with the West worsen. The Kremlin has worked closely with Erdogan to negotiate ceasefires and bring about a potential diplomatic solution to the Syria conflict, despite the two countries holding very different ideas on the future role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and differing priorities on the ground. Related video Watch: Images show ISIS 'capital' Raqqa Putin’s priorities include consolidating Russia’s leading role in Syria, preserving a delicate entente with Turkey in leading the Syrian “peace process,” and continuing to try to coax it away from Europe and NATO as part of a broader strategy of weakening the Western alliance. Russian support has been key to keeping Assad in power. Erdogan’s focus, meanwhile, is on promoting Turkey’s interests in Syria, if possible at the expense of the Kurds, and on securing a role in the offensive against Raqqa, the ISIS stronghold in Syria. He wants Assad out and also to put the US on notice that there are alternatives to American leadership in the region. Putin’s talks with Erdogan came a day after he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Sochi, as Berlin-Moscow relations remain stuck at a low over the Ukraine crisis and Syrian war. CNN’s Lindsay Isaac, Eyad Kourdi and Nic Robertson contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia-Turkey relations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170503174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/europe/russia-turkey-syria-deescalation-zones/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "620020005", "sentence": "It’s Day 4 of the Trump administration, and the President had a busy day to kick off his first work week. Three executive actions and meetings with both CEOs and union leaders are among the highlights. White House press secretary Sean Spicer held court with the press for over an hour, hitting topics ranging from Obamacare to immigration. TRADE Trump’s first executive actionTPP vs RCEP: Trade deals explainedTPP withdrawal – 5 things to know Watch: Why the TPP is such a big deal ‘Trump’s TPP move is misdirection’ ‘Bad news for Americans?’Killing TPP leaves door open for China‘What does the US want in the Pacific?’ Trump’s first executive actionTPP vs RCEP: Trade deals explainedTPP withdrawal – 5 things to know Watch: Why the TPP is such a big deal ‘Trump’s TPP move is misdirection’ ‘Bad news for Americans?’Killing TPP leaves door open for China‘What does the US want in the Pacific?’ HEALTH CARE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT OBAMACARE TRADE IMMIGRATION ECONOMY TAXES ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TUESDAY – OBAMACARE TUESDAY – IMMIGRATION WEDNESDAY – EVERYTHING WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/FRIDAY – EVERYTHING FRIDAY – TRADE", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170124004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/donald-trump-tracker-four/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "523808738", "sentence": "Without naming GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz, Obama also slammed the Texas senator's plan to carpet bomb ISIS The President defended the measures he's put in place, including airstrikes on ISIS' leaders, infrastructure and financial system President Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to “defeat” those who threaten the world with terrorism. The United States will “continue to go after ISIL aggressively until it’s removed from Syria and from Iraq and finally destroyed,” Obama said, using another name for ISIS. “The world has to be united against terrorism,” Obama said, adding that “that’s a top priority of ours.” He added that “we can and we will” defeat terrorism. At the same time, he said, ISIS “is not an existential threat” to the U.S. He was speaking at a news conference in Argentina the day after more than 30 people were killed in terrorist attacks in Brussels. Without naming GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz, Obama also slammed the Texas senator’s plan to carpet bomb ISIS when asked about the idea at the news conference. “Not only is that contrary to our values,” the President said, but, he added, “that would be an extraordinary mechanism for ISIL to recruit more people.” The President is in Buenos Aires for the second stop of a Latin America trip that started in Cuba. It’s the first visit by a U.S. president for bilateral talks in almost 20 years and is meant to cement ties with Argentina’s newly established centrist government, but Obama mentioned Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Europe in his opening remarks. RELATED: Obama looks for fresh start with Argentina Obama was also questioned about political criticism from Republican presidential candidates that his approach to fighting ISIS isn’t working and that he’s not focused enough on it. Obama dismissed the suggestion and the approach many in the GOP are advocating. “When it comes to defending the United States or its allies and our core interests, I will not hesitate to use military force where necessary,” Obama said. “But how we do that is important,” he added. “We just don’t go ahead and blow something up just so we can go back home and say we blew something up. That’s not a foreign policy.” The President pointed to Cruz’s own family history as a reason why the latter’s policies wouldn’t work, particularly his suggestion Tuesday that police patrol American Muslim communities. “I just left a country that engages in that kind of surveillance,” Obama said of his previous stop in Cuba, “which by the way the father of Sen. Cruz escaped for America, the land of the free.” Later Wednesday, Obama described the Republican Party as deeply split after drifting from the “mainstream” in an effort to oppose his policies. But he said the potential damage inflicted by a Republican president wouldn’t necessarily be longstanding. “Even if we end up with someone I might not consider a great president, there’s a limit to some of the damage they can do,” Obama said, citing the separation of powers in the federal system. “I’m sure Republicans feel the same way about me.” Obama has said previously that he’s confident a Democrat will be elected to replace him, and praised both Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, for addressing income inequality in their campaigns. But he said that even if neither of them win the White House, the country would be safeguarded from long-term deterioration. “I’m confident the American people will make a good choice,” he said, adding: “We usually can recover from mistakes.” In the earlier news conference, Obama argued that one reason the U.S. has been insulated from more attacks is that its Muslim community is “successful, patriotic, integrated” and not ghettoized. “Any approach that would single them out and treat them for discrimination would not only be wrong,” Obama said, “it would be counterproductive because it would reduce the anti-bodies we have to reduce terrorism.” RELATED: Ted Cruz: Police need to ‘patrol and secure’ Muslim neighborhoods But he defended the measures he’s put in place, saying that airstrikes on ISIS’ leaders, infrastructure and financial system, have reduced the terrorist group’s territory by about 40%. He also cited the work of U.S. Special Operations forces working with Iraqis, efforts to go after ISIS couriers and to disrupt the connection between strongholds in Mosul, Iraq, and Raqaa, Syria. “While we’re doing that, we’re also extra vigilant” to work to prevent attacks,” Obama said, “but as I said before, this is difficult work.” “It’s challenging to find, identify very small groups of people who are willing to die themselves and can walk into a crowd and detonate a bomb,” Obama said. The death toll from the attacks at Brussels’ airport and the city’s Maelbeek metro station now stands at 31, with about 270 people injured and many still unaccounted for, including American citizens. State Department officials said they are making “every effort” to account for the welfare of all U.S. citizens in the city and are still working through an accounting of all its personnel at the embassy. “Approximately a dozen” Americans were injured in the attack, the officials said. The suicide attacks, claimed by ISIS, were carried out by a group that included two brothers with a history of violent crimes, Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui, Belgian authorities said. Belgian media reported that one person was arrested Wednesday, while counterterror official Paul Van Tigchelt warned Wednesday that there were others involved in the plot who remained at large in Belgium and still posed a threat.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama's approach to fighting ISIS", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160323170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "BEL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/obama-argentina-brussels-attacks/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "734019587", "sentence": "Could big brands save millions of dollars a year and help preserve the environment just by slightly changing their logos? French graphic designer Sylvain Boyer thinks so, and he’s started a project to demonstrate it. All it takes, he says, is to redesign the logos to use less ink. Since corporate giants print them so frequently and on so many different materials, just a small change can have a huge effect. Boyer has started a campaign called “Ecobranding” to demonstrate the idea: “It all came to me in 2013, the year my first daughter was born. I was designing a birth announcement card with many colors which was looking great on the computer, but when I submitted the design to the printer for silkscreen printing the bill was greatly expensive too! I decided to reduce the number of colors, with a direct consequence of making it more affordable and greener,” he told CNN. Boyer has redesigned some of the world’s most famous logos for reduced ink usage, with savings ranging from 10 to 39 percent: “We used the tools of the offset printing industry, which allow us to calculate very precisely the rate of printed surface. Then it’s only mathematics,” he said. The changes are subtle, but their effects would be massive at scale, Boyer argues: “Every creative decision taken in brand design has a direct impact on our environment. When you draw one logo for a big company, in fact you draw millions of logos because it will be reproduced millions or billions of times in many formats, with a major ecological and economic impact,” he said. Printer ink is one of the world’s most expensive liquids. In 2013, Consumer Reports calculated that it can cost between $13 and $75 per ounce ($1,664 to $9,600 per gallon), making it more expensive than Champagne and designer perfume. That means that even saving a little of it can go a long way. But how much money would companies save? Boyer says it’s hard to come up with an accurate estimate, but he’s willing to try: “Last year, Starbucks produced about 670 million paper cups, with its logo printed on each one. We can estimate, and I insist that it’s only a speculation, that a single logo print could use 0.06 ml of ink. Our redesigned logo uses 38 percent less ink, or 0.0228 ml per cup, which could save nearly 4,000 gallons of ink a year.” It’s an established idea that typography can affect ink usage and reduce the impact of printing on the environment. Although printer cartridges can be recycled, most end up in landfills, where their plastic casings can last hundreds of years. A Dutch company called SPRANQ started creating eco-friendly fonts in 2008 and later developed an application, Ecofont, that modifies any typeface by inserting tiny holes in the solid areas. Businesses can use it for their everyday printing, savings up 50 percent ink, according to SPRANQ. A similar approach is taken by Ryman Eco, a free font designed by London advertising agency Grey and stationery brand Ryman that uses 30 percent less ink than popular typefaces like Arial, Times New Roman and Verdana: “The central idea of Ryman Eco was to design a compact, readable type that saved ink by reducing the overall surface area of the letters printed,” said Dan Rathigan, who designed the font. “Admittedly, this is dealing with savings of very small margins indeed. Grey’s campaign for Ryman Eco was intended to start conversations about how many small gestures to reduce material waste could contribute to a larger impact.” In 2014, a teenager made headlines around the world when he said that by switching from the typeface Times New Roman to the less ink-intensive Garamond, the US government would save $400 million a year. Boyer says that by shrinking a logo’s ink footprint some secondary benefits also arise, such as reduced printing costs and even a cut in energy consumption, because the associated digital files occupy less space on servers. He does realize, though, that not all brands would take changing their logo lightly: “Maintaining the differentiating attributes of the brand while providing an eco-friendly design is going to be the major challenge that we will have to face,” he said. “It’s a debate about branding in general. Some people think we should not touch the ingredients of the brand because it’s a sacred temple, others think that we can evolve the brand without changing its DNA to better meet the expectations and aspirations of our time.” According to Tom Rickner, a type designer and director of Monotype Studio, there might be some resistance: “Redesigning types to reduce line lengths or ink usage is not a new concept. Much of Monotype’s early work for newspaper publishing was focused around finding the right balance between readability and ‘characters per pica’, the all-important measure of how much text you could fit in a column or on a page,” he said. “In the age of branding, the same balance needs to be achieved, with the additional consideration of maintaining the brand voice. Type, along with color and imagery, is one of the primary means of establishing a brand voice. Making changes in the type solely for the reduction of an ecological impact needs to be considered in these broader contexts.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ecobranding", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180226110000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ecobranding-less-ink/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "671555871", "sentence": "US, China remained committed to reining in North Korea's nuclear program, leaders say Xi says China will participate in next year's Rim of the Pacific military exercises Less than a week after a historic North Korean missile test, the leaders of the United States and China pledged to work together to stop Kim Jong Un’s nuclear missile program. “Something has to be done,” US President Donald Trump said during the brief public portion of a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Germany. There will “eventually be a success” against Pyongyang, Trump said. “It may take longer than I’d like. It may take longer than you’d like. But there will be success in the end one way or the other.” Xi told Trump that China remains “firmly committed to denuclearizing the (Korean) peninsula,” according to a report from China’s state-run Xinhua news agency. A solution on North Korea must come through dialogue and consultation involving the international community, Xi said. Tensions between the US and North Korea spiked last week, when Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Analysts said the test showed the missile could reach much of the US state of Alaska. The US and South Korea responded with military shows of force, including missile tests of their own and a practice bombing mission from US Air Force B-1 bombers, accompanied by South Korean warplanes. The response ran counter to China’s repeated calls for North Korea’s to stop its missile and nuclear tests in exchange for the US and South Korea halting the joint military drills that antagonize the Kim regime. As a longtime ally of North Korea and its top trading partner, China is seen by many – including the Trump administration – as the key to a solution on the Korean Peninsula. While Trump has in the past praised what appeared to be China’s early efforts to exert pressure on its neighbor, he tweeted last month that those efforts had “not worked out.” Related video N. Korea blames U.S. for ICBM test, vows more 'gifts' In remarks before their Hamburg meeting, Xi said “sensitive issues still exist” in the US-China relationship that “require a great amount of work.” The leaders appear to have made at least some progress on those issues, according to messages conveyed after the meeting. Trump tweeted they’d had an “excellent” exchange on trade and North Korea. Leaving Hamburg for Washington, D.C. and the WH. Just left China’s President Xi where we had an excellent meeting on trade & North Korea. Briefing reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the discussion was “very direct.” “I think there were substantive discussions about the financing of North Korea, we had substantive discussions about ways of dealing with North Korea together,” Mnuchin said. In a lengthy report on the meeting, Chinese state media said Xi had reiterated China’s strong opposition to the US deployment of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea, which remains a sore point in US-China relations. While the US says the system is needed for defense against North Korea, China believes it threatens its own security because its radars could be used to spy on Beijing’s defense and nuclear deterrent systems. The two countries also signaled closer military ties. Xi proposed that China’s defense minister and the US secretary of defense “carry out an exchange of visits as soon as possible,” Xinhua reported. It also said China would participate in the 2018 Rim of the Pacific military exercises, a biennial event known as the world’s largest international maritime military exercise. In 2016, 26 nations, including China, took part in the exercise off Hawaii. On non-military issues, Xi said a 100-day action plan put into place after his April summit at Trump’s Mar-a-logo estate in Florida is bearing fruit and a further year-long plan is being considered, Xinhua reported. “China and the United States have decided to hold the first round of a comprehensive economic dialogue on July 19, and launch the first round of a law enforcement, cybersecurity, social and cultural dialogue at an early date,” Xinhua reported. A White House statement issued after Saturday’s meeting provided none of the specifics listed by Xinhua. “The two leaders also reviewed work in other areas in the bilateral relationship, including economic issues such as reciprocal trade and market access. President Trump and President Xi directed their security and economic teams to make progress in upcoming dialogues,” the White House statement said. White House officials later said there would be a US-China meeting in Washington this month on a “comprehensive economic dialogue,” one of several “substantive issues” Mnuchin said were covered. Mnuchin pointed out that the Xi-Trump meeting “lasted over an hour and a half, and would have lasted longer if we didn’t have to get pulled out to leave, since we had a time issue.” Meanwhile, Gary Cohn, director of Trump’s National Economic Council, gushed about how well Trump gets along with his counterparts, including Xi. “The relationships that he’s building and the comradery that he has is just extraordinary,” Cohn said. “You can see the personal relationship he has with Xi and (Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo) Abe and all these people.  The warmness and the openness that’s going on between the two of them, it’s really extraordinary.” CNN’s Hilary Whiteman contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-China relations on North Korea nuclear program", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170709044500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/08/politics/xi-trump-meeting-g20/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "650853254", "sentence": "Trump tells Reuters that he values Xi's help, would speak to him before communicating with Taipei Trump caused diplomatic waves as President-elect by taking a call from Taiwan's leader US President Donald Trump has said that he would want to consult with Chinese President Xi Jinping before speaking to Taiwan’s leader. In an interview with Reuters news agency, Trump said he wouldn’t want to “cause difficulty” for the Chinese leader by again breaking with the “one China” policy. “He’s a friend of mine. He’s actually a – I think he’s doing an amazing job as a leader, and I wouldn’t want to do anything that comes in the way of that. So, I would certainly want to speak to him first,” Trump said. China does not recognize Taiwan’s independence, and under the “one China” policy the US has a long tradition of respecting that stance. Trump caused ructions late last year when as President-elect he accepted a congratulatory phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. As China launched an official complaint, Trump tweeted: “Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call.” Tsai recently told Reuters that another call between herself and Trump was a possibility. “We have the opportunity to communicate more directly with the US government,” Tsai said in the interview, although she conceded that China’s influence would be a consideration of Trump’s. On Friday, Taiwanese presidential spokesman Alex Huang said that she was responding to “hypothetical questions” in the interview and said Taiwan understands the United States’ priorities in affairs in Asia, adding there are no plans for a phone call between Tsai and Trump. Since coming to office, Trump’s rhetoric on China has improved dramatically as he seeks the country’s help in putting pressure on North Korea to stop its missile and nuclear tests. “Well, my problem is that I’ve established a very good personal relationship with President Xi. And I really feel that he is doing everything in his power to help us with a big situation, so I wouldn’t want to be causing difficulty right now for him,” he said, referring to the increasingly tense standoff with Pyongyang. Shortly after his election, as President-elect, Trump had a 10-minute phone conversation with Tsai, a move that angered Beijing and upended decades-long US policy on China and Taiwan. Washington officially acknowledges Taiwan being part of China and the People’s Republic’s status as the sole legitimate government of China, a stance that forms the basis of Chinese diplomacy and policy-making and determines Sino-US relations. Beijing lodged an official complaint after the call. And in Communist Party newspapers, the reaction was harsh. “No matter what the reasons are behind Trump’s outrageous remarks, it appears inevitable that Sino-US ties will witness more troubles in his early time in the White House than any other predecessor,” said an op-ed in the Global Times. Before the call, no US President or President-elect had spoken directly to the Taiwanese leader since the 1970s, and the then-Secretary of State said the Trump transition team had not contacted the Department of State ahead of the call. Despite being bullish on the future of the US’ official position on the matter, Trump eventually reneged and committed to the decades-long policy. Sino-US relations seemed to have righted somewhat after Xi and Trump met earlier in April at the US President’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Now Trump, eager to stop rapid advances in North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, is signaling a break with decades of US policy as he looks to commit China to ramping up pressure on North Korea. Trump’s sweetening the pot, offering China better trade terms if the Asian powerhouse takes steps to put North Korea’s provocative behavior to rest. China accounts for 80% of North Korea’s foreign trade and has significant political leverage over North Korea. “We have tremendous trade deficits with everybody, but the big one is with China … And I told them, ‘You want to make a great deal?’ Solve the problem in North Korea. That’s worth having deficits. And that’s worth having not as good a trade deal as I would normally be able to make,” Trump told the Wall Street Journal in an interview last week, a day after he spoke with Xi by phone. However, Trump said of the Florida summit that Xi had tutored him on some of the nuances of the geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula, including the fact that China simply can’t eliminate North Korea’s nuclear capabilities. “After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it’s not so easy,” Trump told the Journal. “I felt pretty strongly that they had a tremendous power (over) North Korea … But it’s not what you would think.” He has also walked back on statements made on the campaign trail, in which he labeled China a “currency manipulator,” something he has called a strategic move. 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{"article_id": "745704576", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Samantha Vinograd is a CNN National Security Analyst. She served on President Obama’s National Security Council from 2009-2013 and at the Treasury Department under President Bush. Follow her @sam_vinograd. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Every week, I offer a glimpse of the kind of intelligence assessments that are likely to come across the desk of the President of the United States. Modeled on the President’s Daily Briefing, or PDB, which the director of national intelligence prepares for the President almost daily, my Presidential Weekly Briefing focuses on the topics and issues the President needs to know to make informed decisions. Here’s this week’s briefing: Reports indicate the Syrian regime, yet again, launched a suspected chemical weapons attack against civilians – this time in Douma in beleaguered Eastern Ghouta. Douma was the last rebel held foothold in the area, and talks between the rebels and the regime collapsed on Friday. The Syrian government and its patron, Russia, denied any involvement and said that the rebels in Douma made up the chemical weapons attack to try to increase international involvement in Syria and impede Syrian regime advances. Sadly, this is a horrifically familiar scene. The regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons against its people, denied it and continued to maintain the support of Russia and Iran. Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader, feels uninhibited – particularly because options to counter his strength, short of military intervention, are limited. Russia has prevented any real action against Assad at the UN Security Council, where it has used its veto power to impede efforts to hold Assad accountable for his actions, including ending an extended investigation into the regime’s potential use of chemical weapons. The State Department condemned the attack on Saturday evening, and Vice President Mike Pence condemned it on Sunday. Meanwhile, Mr. President, your tweets have garnered quite a bit of attention – particularly this one: “Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad.” Related article Is Vladimir Putin Trump's top adviser on Syria? The fact is, Assad does not feel deterred from using every tool in his tool box to target civilians, so the immediate question is what kind of action will deter him going forward? Verbal condemnations are not working. Sanctions against Russia for its support for Assad aren’t working (we even sanctioned more Russians for its support for the Syrian regime last week). And almost a year after the US missile strike on a Syrian air base in response to another chemical weapons attack (which Syria also denied), the international community is wondering if another military strike is imminent and if military action is the only thing that Syria, Russia and Iran will respond to. We now have 2,000 US troops in Syria – you have said you would like to withdraw them soon – but their mission is countering ISIS, not fighting the regime. Ambassador John Bolton starts as National Security Advisor on Monday and the National Security Council may propose another strike, additional ground forces or shifting the mission of the existing 2,000 US service members to address chemical weapons’ use and asking other countries to devote resources to countering Assad’s use of such weapons. But bear in mind that Russia has mercenaries in Syria – despite denials – who have come into contact with US troops, so any military action in Syria could involve confrontation with Russia. With the deployment of National Guardsmen to the southern border and with the Mexican presidential race underway, we anticipate more Mexican backlash against a border wall and US suggestions – including via tweet –  that Mexico is to blame for illegal immigration, cross-border drug flows, crime or the NAFTA “cash cow.” The current President of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto, issued a video last week in which he said that “If your recent statements are the result of frustration due to domestic policy issues, to your laws or to your Congress, it is to them that you should turn to, not to Mexicans. We will not allow negative rhetoric to define our actions.” He referenced the Mexican Senate’s unanimous resolution condemning your rhetoric. Related video What the US-Mexico border really looks like Mexican presidential candidates also made statements. The leading candidate in the polls, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has said that “neither Mexico nor its people will be treated like a piñata by any foreign government.” He added that Mexicans will never accept the use of force or militarization of the border and that he will go to the United Nations if you try to build the wall. Candidate Ricardo Anaya went further, saying Mexico won’t be treated like a doormat and calling for Mexico to limit anti-terrorism cooperation as long as the National Guard is on the border. With the National Guard deploying, efforts to renegotiate NAFTA underway and increasing tensions between our two countries, it is highly likely that Mexican presidential candidates will continue to campaign against your administration’s policies. It is also expected that the next Mexican president will be elected, at least in part, because of his anti-Trump agenda, which could have implications for cooperation going forward. It’s going to be another bumpy ride with the Russians this week. We assess that they’ll continue to follow their historic pattern of misbehavior: do something wrong, vehemently deny it, accuse others of wrongdoing and try to throw the West off balance. Just looking at their reaction to Sergei Skirpal, we have our case in point. The international community assesses that it was highly likely that Russia was behind the nerve agent attack against Skirpal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England. The international community responded by kicking out Russian diplomats and seizing diplomatic property. And now Russia has said “with a high degree of probability” that the intelligence services of other countries are behind the attack. Russia even called for a special UN Security Council meeting into the attack (the same council it manipulates to avoid any real action against Syria) and used the meeting to tell the UK it would be sorry for accusing Moscow of the attack. Related article Why Russia keeps laughing at the world We also expect Russia to respond to the new US sanctions, issued last week against seven oligarchs, 12 oligarch owned companies, Russian government officials, and the Russian state-owned weapons company. The Russian PR machine launched into action right after the sanctions were issued and vowed a harsh response. We anticipate that Putin will look for a tit-for-tat response to these most recent sanctions – perhaps creating his own list of wealthy Americans to sanction. Back in 2014, after the US sanctioned Russian lawmakers for their actions in Crimea, Russia sanctioned 9 US lawmakers. Sanctioning American businessmen this time around won’t actually do much (it will be symbolic) because wealthy Americans don’t have a lot of assets in Russia. But it’s possible that Russia may also try to up the ante with something that really pulls at the heartstrings of the American people. News leaked that there are secret talks underway to prepare for a meeting with Kim Jong Un. Reports had first surfaced last month that we are using intelligence channels to communicate with the North Koreans, and there are now more public reports that outgoing CIA Director Mike Pompeo, your new Secretary of State nominee, has been leading our efforts to prepare for a summit through intelligence channels and that he may meet with his North Korean counterpart before a leader-to-leader meeting. Intelligence channels are the logical way to go because US intelligence officials have been in direct contact with the North Koreans before. In 2014, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper traveled to North Korea and brought home US hostages. The intel-to-intel channel can be used to work out tricky logistics, like where the meeting is going to take place. The North Koreans unsurprisingly will want the meeting in Pyongyang because Kim has historically not liked to travel (though he did go to China a few weeks ago). Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook But we should consider saving this trump card for when the North Koreans have actually done something. They have talked about denuclearization, but we have yet to see any freeze on their nuclear program or actual steps. They need to do what it takes to deserve a presidential visit. If our intelligence professionals think the North Koreans are serious, incoming National Security Adviser John Bolton will lead a complex interagency process to determine North Korean motivations, US goals and red lines for the summit, and our strategy to achieve them. Bolton’s reputation as a hawk – and his public statements about wanting military action against North Korea – mean he’ll have an uphill battle convincing the national security team and the North Koreans that he’s running an unbiased process that will give diplomacy a real chance.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180408214500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/08/opinions/presidential-weekly-briefing-syria-opinion-vinograd/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "665377368", "sentence": "Last June, Brendan Cox was at a restaurant with a colleague when he received a life-changing phone call. His wife, British lawmaker Jo Cox, had been attacked. “I remember running to the train just thinking, just be OK, like if you’re injured, if you’re hurt, we’ll be OK, we’ll put you all back together, just don’t die. Then I was on the train and spoke to her sister, Kim, who told me that she hadn’t made it,” Cox recalls. Jo Cox, 41, was shot and stabbed to death on a street in Birstall, northern England, following a meeting with some of her constituents on June 16 last year. The attack, which happened just days before the Brexit referendum, shocked Britain. Related article In Jo Cox's town, shock at an unthinkable crime In the days after her brutal murder, with the encouragement of family and strangers, Brendan began to write. His tribute to the life and career of his wife – a young Labour Party MP heralded as a champion for women, immigrants and the vulnerable – helped him “process what has happened.” Brendan Cox’s book, “Jo Cox: More in Common,” was released on the anniversary of Jo’s brutal murder this month. The title serves as a poignant reference to his wife’s maiden speech in Parliament, when she spoke of how British communities – including the one she represented – had been greatly enhanced by diversity. Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour this week, Cox said he wrote the book for those “who wanted to learn more about her – people who felt she stood for something.” “Her sense of our country and the time that we’re living in, where I think we spend a lot of time talking about diversity and difference and we’re not very good actually at talking about the things that bind us together,” Cox said. Related article Jo Cox killing: Thomas Mair guilty of murdering British politician He also spoke of a more personal bond he shares with his young children who, he says, carry “Jo’s spirit.” In the book, Cox writes about one of the toughest decisions he ever had to make: whether to let the children see their mother one last time at the morgue. “Seeing Jo’s body was an important part of them understanding and grieving,” Cox told CNN. “When you’re that little, death is quite a hard thing to conceive of and conceptualize.  You have to be quite brutal, brutally honest so that they do understand what has happened. “I think seeing their mom, and clearly knowing that life wasn’t there anymore, helped them move to that next stage,” he said. Cox also tells of his surprise when then-US President Barack Obama called just days after Jo’s death, to offer his sympathy, and to invite him and the children to the White House. Before she became an MP, Jo had volunteered on Obama’s election campaign. Related article How tragedy propelled a former actor into politics Now Cox has channeled Jo’s ethos and dedication to public service by organizing a movement he’s called “The Great Get Together” to share her “More in Common” philosophy. Across the UK this weekend, hundreds of community events have been planned for Britons to “share food with their neighbors, and to celebrate the things that bind us together.” The get together, supported by politicians and celebrities including chef Jamie Oliver, aims to bring cheer to a country that has suffered a string of terror attacks, a brutal election campaign and, most recently, a catastrophic fire in a housing estate in West London. “We need even more so after Manchester (terror attack) and after London (terror attack) and after the election, after the referendum, just to say, let’s talk about those things that we have in common. I think it’s overdue,” Cox said. CNN’s Kara Fox contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Great Get Together", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170616090000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/europe/jo-cox-husband-book-more-in-common/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "700439957", "sentence": "Haley arrived in Ethiopia Monday for talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and African Union officials Haley will also travel to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo Warning that Africa’s violence political chaos and humanitarian disasters could metastasize into larger security threats to the United States, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley began a diplomatic mission to help solve two of Africa’s most brutal conflicts. Haley arrived in Ethiopia Monday for talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and African Union officials. After the meetings, Haley said she hoped this was the beginning of “a stronger relationship” with the AU and Washington’s partners in Africa. “The United States very much sees Africa as a very important part of the world. We see great opportunities in Africa, we see challenges in Africa, but we want to support and help in those situations,” she said. “Most importantly we want to see how we can partner together, whether that is through economic development, whether it is through strategic practices, whether it’s through political solutions.” Haley will also travel to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo in one of the first visits to the continent by a senior member of the Trump administration. Related article Nikki Haley: This is why the President is sending me to Africa President Donald Trump has said little about Africa since taking office but the killing of four US soldiers during an ambush by ISIS affiliated fighters in Niger earlier this month has focused attention on Washington’s expanded military presence and counter-terrorism operations against militants in Africa. “Throughout the world, we have seen that desperate situations can lead to dangerous results,” Haley wrote in an op-ed for CNN published before she left for Africa. “For this reason, President Donald Trump recently asked me to travel to the region to get a first-hand picture of what can be done.” After her meetings, Haley warned that left unresolved Africa’s conflicts could leave a vacuum that “becomes a breeding ground for extremist groups,” citing the conflict in South Sudan. Related article Yes, of course Nikki Haley is looking at running for president During a lunch with nine Africa leaders last month on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Trump announced he was dispatching Haley to South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo to help broker peace efforts. Millions of people in both countries have been displaced by violence and South Sudan has been plagued by famine. Haley said she would be deliver a blunt message to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and Congolese President Joseph Kabila “that their governments need to stop making the work of aid workers and peacekeepers more difficult.” The Trump administration has signaled it is reviewing its relationship with Kiir. The US supported Kir’s rise to power in 2011 when, after decades of conflict, the nation won independence from neighboring Sudan. The country spiraled into civil war in 2013 when Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, fired his deputy Riek Machar, a Nuer. The conflict, marked by brutal attacks on civilians, has produced Africa’s largest refugee crisis, with four million people, one third of the population, displaced from their homes. Related article Top US general reveals new info on Niger ambush The US is the biggest donor to the UN led humanitarian effort in South Sudan, spending about $2.7 billion since 2013. As many people have been displaced in DRC, where Haley has accused President Kabila of “predatory behavior” against his own people. His term expired in December 2016, yet he refuses to step down. South Sudan and the DRC are home to the most expensive UN peacekeeping missions, costing more than $1 billion annually. The US is the biggest contributor to UN peacekeeping, though Haley has focused on cutting costs of UN peacekeeping since taking office. She pledged in her op-ed to take a critical look at the UN operations in both countries. Related article South Sudan Fast Facts Diplomats and experts hope Haley’s visit will shed more light on the Trump administration’s strategy towards the continent which many analysts argue is incoherent. “The administration has no clear Africa policy whatsoever,” says J. Stephen Morrison, a vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a leading voice on Africa policy “The only thing that has any coherence is the military and special ops dimensions. That is where the center of action is, that is where the resources are and where the main debates are happening.” Critics have also pointed to the Trump’s proposed cuts to aid for Africa. Haley signaled the Trump administration had a broader view toward Africa. “The United States has many interests in these war-torn African countries. Our interests are certainly humanitarian, but they are also economic and strategic,” she wrote for CNN. During his lunch with African leaders, Trump hailed the continent’s “tremendous business potential, saying “I have so many friends going to your countries trying to get rich.” But he also acknowledged the threats from extremist groups, such as al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, ISIS and numerous al Qaeda affiliates. “The United States is proud to work with you to eradicate terrorist safe havens,” he said. “And a number of you have told me … that we’ve been doing a very good job over the last six or seven months in particular.” Following the ambush in Niger, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned last week that “the war is headed to Africa.” “This war is getting hot in places that it’s been cool, and we’ve got to go where the enemy takes us,” Graham told reporters. “It’s beginning to morph.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171024000000", "country1": "ETH", "country2": "SSD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/23/politics/haley-africa-trip-ethiopia-terrorism/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "695496098", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – Police continue to uncover details about Stephen Paddock, a man who was so diligent about maintaining his privacy that it drew the attention of neighbors. Investigators found 50 pounds of explosives and 1,600 rounds of ammunition in the shooter’s car in the hotel parking lot, but his motive still remains elusive.– These 10 survivors recount their six hours of hell. – House Republicans are weighing whether to pass a ban on bump-fire stocks – devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire more rapidly, like the ones used by the Las Vegas shooter. President Trump said he is open to considering a ban. On Thursday afternoon, the NRA called for a review on whether bump-fire stocks should be subject to additional regulations. – Trump plans to “decertify” the Iran nuclear deal next week, according to two senior US officials. – The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, who is known for “The Remains of the Day” and “Never Let Me Go.”– Three US Green Berets were killed and two others wounded in Niger after a US-Nigerien patrol was attacked on Wednesday, US officials told CNN. – Tropical Storm Nate is the latest storm threat, and it could head to the central US Gulf Coast over the weekend. Here’s what to still expect from hurricane season this year.– Why do women cheat on their husbands? – Netflix n’ chill just got more expensive.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's plan to decertify the Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171005210000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "NER", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-oct-5-trnd/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "599216456", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John McTernan is a former speechwriter for ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair and ex-communications director to former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. John McTernan: Politicians must take Donald Trump seriously, not literally But Europeans should not fear the President-elect, McTernan says “We need to talk about Donald.” That was the message that flashed across Europe the day after the election as the continent awoke to President-elect Donald Trump. Many politicians had invested heavily – too heavily  for diplomatic comfort – in a Hillary Clinton victory. The UK House of Commons was the most egregious, with its debate about banning Trump from entering the country. I wonder how many of these lawmakers would want to repeat exactly what they said now. Or more importantly, how many would still decline a meeting with President Donald Trump on an issue that affected their constituents? Related article Related: Trump win shocks world of politics The liberal, Western mainstream that has dominated politics since the fall of the Berlin Wall is facing a threat that as recently 12 months ago seemed, at worst, far-fetched. This assault on liberal, globalist policies is being felt acutely in Europe. In part, this is because of the continent’s recent history: The European project that healed Europe’s wounds after World War II, after all, is loosely based on the premise that nations who cooperate economically with one another are less likely to launch wars on their neighbors. It’s only natural that populist insurgency makes Europeans feel squeamish. But it is also being met with such anguish because of the current political climate on the continent: Britain voted for Brexit; nationalists are surging in France, Germany and Italy; the eurozone is staring down the Greek barrel once again. The first and by far the most important thing that liberal European politicians must do is take Trump seriously. Not just in the formal sense – politics is about power and European leaders get that Trump will be the commander in chief and the leader of the free world. But more significantly, they must take him seriously as a politician. There is a very simple corrective to the European disdain for Trump. The possibility of his election was massively discounted. In part, this was because the liberal elite committed the cardinal sin of public life: They believed that what they hoped would happen would actually happen. Related article Related: What Trump has said about the world But the error in judgment was a far more profound mistake. The European political elite took Trump literally but not seriously. They heard his words, and many rushed to judgment, missing the electoral appeal that propelled him to a narrow victory. Trump voters and supporters did the opposite to the elite: They took him seriously, not literally. They heard him say the system was rigged, that he would build a wall, ban Muslims from entering the United States, bring jobs home from abroad and many other things. And they knew what it meant was: “I feel your pain. … I get you. … I’m on your side. … I got your back.” There is a lesson there for political elites looking at challenge from insurgent politicians of all kinds – from Nigel Farage in Britain, to “Beppe” Grillo in Italy and Marine Le Pen in France: think like a voter. What if you took them seriously, but not literally? Mario Cuomo famously said: “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Too many political professionals and commentators implicitly believe that this only applies to progressive or centrist politicians. It applies to populists, too. That, though, is ultimately a political challenge. What to do with Trump diplomatically? The answer is breathtakingly simple, though far from easy: Try to think like him. First, he is a deal-maker. So what is the deal he will want to do? The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, is dead, but it was probably DOA. The bad news for Europe is that the deal that Americans – including Trump supporters want – is with the Anglosphere. Good news for Brexit Britain. Another European fear is about Trump’s commitment to NATO – something President Barack Obama is currently at pains to try to calm the nerves of US friends over. Related article Related: Obama talks Trump in Europe Well, there should be some honesty here. Trump said in public what many in defense circles say privately: Many NATO countries don’t pull their weight and don’t meet the target of defense spending being 2% of gross domestic product. The United States has long felt it shoulders a disproportionate burden – and with the UK renewing its Trident nuclear program, that is a complaint that can fairly be made by Brits, too. The invocation of Article 5 of the NATO Treaty is dependent on the consent and willingness of the population of NATO members to consent to the deployment of their forces. That, ultimately, is a political challenge. Europe’s best defense against Vladimir Putin is not turning away from the United States, but renewing the commitment to NATO and mutual defense, country by country. Finally, Europeans should not be scared of Trump: He can’t afford to fail. He spent $30 million of his own money, and he has become a global brand. (Any corporation would be overjoyed to build global recognition with that small an outlay.) Without a doubt, Trump plans to have a career post-politics, and he doesn’t want to tarnish his brand. Whatever the rhetoric, he will be looking for a deal and achievements. Don’t take him literally; do take him seriously.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161115141500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/opinions/we-need-to-talk-about-trump-opinion-mcternan/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "641166380", "sentence": "Hangars can accommodate combat aircraft or surveillance planes Experts say the new hangars and radar could help China establish an Air Defense Zone Dozens of aircraft hangars and high-end radar capabilities on China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea are almost operational, according to new satellite imagery released by a US-based think tank. The new facilities will further establish China’s military dominance over the highly contested region, experts told CNN, and could help China establish a controversial Air Defense Identification Zone in the area. Images released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, AMTI, taken in early March, show nearly completed defense infrastructure on three of China’s largest artificial islands in the disputed Spratly chain: Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi reefs. Each of the islands has new aircraft hangers, capable of holding 24 military aircraft, as well as several larger hangars that can hold bombers or surveillance planes. Though completion of these facilities in early 2017 was expected, the question remains: Where does China go from here? “I mean, you don’t build facilities like that and then not use them,” Ian Storey, a senior fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Yusof Ishak Institute, told CNN. South China Sea: What’s at stake A Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman said Tuesday she wasn’t aware of the report’s details but reiterated the Spratly Islands were Chinese territory. “Whether we decide to deploy or not deploy relevant military equipment, it is within our scope of sovereignty. It’s our right to self-defense and self-preservation as recognized by international law,” Hua Chunying said. Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi reefs are the largest of seven artificial islands built by China in the Spratlys. China claims the majority of the South China Sea as its territory, despite overlapping claims by a number of other Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines and Vietnam. Construction of major infrastructure on the Subi, Mischief & Fiery Cross Reefs in the #SouthChinaSea nearly complete https://t.co/OFQwmfwBgS pic.twitter.com/0wQHa9TgP1 Four bigger hangars have already been completed on Subi Reef, AMTI said, as well as another four on Fiery Cross Reef. Hangars to accommodate five larger planes, such as bombers, were in the final stages of construction on Mischief Reef. “China’s three military bases in the Spratlys and another on Woody Island in the Paracels will allow Chinese military aircraft to operate over nearly the entire South China Sea,” AMTI said in a statement. In addition to the hangars, new radar domes are in various stages of construction on each artificial island, about three arrays on each reef. Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief reefs now all also have shelters for mobile missiles launchers, according to AMTI. The establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone, dubbed ADIZ, in the South China Sea has long been considered a possibility by analysts, especially in the wake of July’s international court decision against China’s maritime claims. China declared its East China Sea ADIZ in November 2013, antagonizing Japan and the United States, who both said they didn’t recognize it. A similar zone in the South China Sea could rapidly increase tensions in the region, experts said. “The worry has to be that if China bases its military aircraft (in the South China Sea), they could fly up and challenge anyone’s military aircraft or civilian aircraft if they wanted to,” said Carl Thayer, regional security analyst and emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales. China had very rarely enforced its previous ADIZ, and any new zone in the south sea would start out as mostly “symbolic,” Storey said. “And the US will ignore it as it did with the East China Sea ADIZ,” he said. “The interesting question is really how the Southeast Asian states will respond.” Though the infrastructure is almost completed, no military aircraft has been deployed to the islands yet, Thayer and Storey said. Related video US starts 'routine' patrols in South China Sea China’s next step would be to very slowly deploy planes to the artificial islands to gauge the local and US response, Thayer said. “What China’s going to do is habituate,” he said. “You land one there, and then you fly it out, report it in the state media and see what the reaction is.” “Then you add two or three or four, land one and repair it, see what the response is,” he said. South China Sea tensions generally had waned in the past nine months, since Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte took power and sought a closer relationship with China, Storey said. If China deploys aircraft, “there will be pro forma protests from certain countries, Vietnam in particular. There will be grumbling from certain ASEAN members,” he said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. “Then, over a period of time, this will become the norm.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China's military presence in the South China Sea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170328120000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/asia/south-china-sea-islands-aircraft-hangars/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "643808578", "sentence": "ISIS releases 37-minute audio message critical of Donald Trump and US \"You (America) are bankrupt and the signs of your demise are evident to every eye,\" it says Islamist terror group ISIS has unleashed contempt on both the United States and President Donald Trump in a new audio message, calling the latter a “foolish idiot.” ISIS spokesman Abu Hasan al-Muhajir narrates the roughly 37-minute message, which was released Tuesday. “You (America) are bankrupt and the signs of your demise are evident to every eye,” Muhajir says. “There is no clearer sign of you being ruled by a foolish idiot who does not know what Levant or Iraq or Islam is, who continue(s) his hallucination to express his animosity and war against it (Islam).” The message was distributed via social media by ISIS supporters. It isn’t the first time a terror group has directed insults at Trump since his January inauguration. In February, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula taunted the new President after a raid on an al Qaeda compound in Yemen. In that audio message, AQAP leader Qassim al-Rimi condemned the January 29 raid, saying: “The new fool of the White House received a painful slap across his face.” A US military review found that up to 12 civilians and 14 enemy fighters died in the Yemen raid. A Navy SEAL, Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens, also was killed, and three other SEALs were injured, the US military said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170405160000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/politics/trump-isis-message/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "506885397", "sentence": "Mahdi Hashi conspired to provide material support to the terrorist organization al-Shabaab Hashi, 26, was sentenced by a federal judge to nine years in prison Mahdi Hashi, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab, was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Hashi, 26, had traveled from Britain to his native Somalia to join the Somali group that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement. “This defendant left his family and his adopted home in the United Kingdom behind so he could offer himself in support of al-Shabaab, a violent terrorist organization that has demonstrated its capabilities and motives in numerous terrorist attacks and that has publicly called for attacks against the United States,” said U.S. Attorney Robert Capers. Al-Shabaab wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the experts. The group has been blamed for attacks in Somalia that have killed international aid workers, journalists, civilian leaders and African Union peacekeepers. It has a history of striking abroad. Related video Terror suspect 'kidnapped' by U.S. In Somalia, Hashi was affiliated with American jihadist Omar Hamami, his band of American fighters and others associated with Al-Shabaab’s suicide bomber program, according to federal prosecutors. Hamami, who built a following in militant circles in the West for his idiosyncratic jihadist rap videos and had a U.S. bounty on his head, was among two notable jihadists reportedly killed in Somalia in 2013. What is Al-Shabaab? Capers said the prison term “sounds a warning to others who offer support to terrorist groups that pose a threat to the United States and our allies around the world.” Between December 2009 and August 2012, Hashi conspired to support the group before he was apprehended by local authorities in East Africa, according to the statement. He was deported to New York for prosecution in November 2012. Hashi and two co-defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in May 2015, according to federal prosecutors. They said Hashi was among the foreign fighters recruited by Al-Shabaab to have lived, trained and fought alongside other native Somali fighters. The foreigners became the face of Al-Shabaab’s fundraising and propaganda efforts and were more easily able to cross international borders to carry out terror operations, according to the statement. Hashi moved to Britain with his family as a 6-year-old, fleeing the civil war in Somalia, his father told CNN in 2013. He grew up in London. When he turned 16, Britain’s MI5 secret service asked Hashi to become a spy, willingly or not, according to his father, Mohamad Hashi. Mahdi Hashi filed an official complaint and his local lawmaker met with MI5 representatives. But the younger Hashi returned to Somalia when the pressure persisted, according to his family. “He was being harassed all the time,” his father told CNN. Mahdi Hashi traveled to Egypt and Syria as a teenager. Then, in 2010, his family said, Hashi returned to Mogadishu. He got married and had a child. Hashi’s British citizenship was stripped from him shortly before he was put on a plane to the United States in 2012. CNN’s Atika Shubert contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mahdi Hashi", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160129220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/us/new-york-al-shabaab-sentencing/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "677184980", "sentence": "Read a version of this story in Arabic. NEW: British national is dead,  a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign Office says Americans are among the hostages, the U.S. State Department says The In Amenas gas field is run jointly by BP, Statoil and Algeria's Sonatrac Panetta calls hostage-taking a \"terrorist attack\" Islamists attacked a gas field in eastern Algeria, killing two people and seizing hostages, including Westerners, Algeria’s interior minister said Wednesday. The incident may be linked to France’s military support for the government of nearby Mali, according to reports from the region. The Westerners, accompanied by Algerian security forces, were en route to In Amenas Airport when they were attacked early in the morning by a group of no more than 20 people, the official, Diho Weld Qabliyeh, told Algerian state television. The security forces returned fire, and the attackers withdrew to the base of the petroleum operation, some 3 kilometers away, he said. Upon arrival at the base, he continued, the attackers “took in a number of Westerners and Algerians – some people told us they were nine, some people told us 12.” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Americans were among the hostages. Accounts over the number differed. An Algerian and a Westerner were killed in the attack, and two other Westerners, two of the security forces and two guards from the base were wounded, Qabliyeh said. Related video Rep. Royce: Use force to free hostages Related video Baer: 'Dangerous radical' took Americans A spokesperson for Britain’s Foreign Office, citing the Algerian government, said a British national was among the dead. British Foreign Minister William Hague, speaking in Sydney, Australia, said the captives included “a number of British nationals.” Hague said the Foreign Office had sent a “rapid deployment team” to Algiers to beef up staffing at the embassy. Algerian military forces were surrounding the building holding the hostage-takers and the hostages, Qabliyeh said. Late Wednesday, the hostage-takers released the Algerians they had been holding but continued holding the Westerners, Algerian state television reported. The group has issued demands, but they elicited no response, Qabliyeh said. “The authorities do not negotiate, no negotiations; we have received their demands, but we didn’t respond to them,” he added. A Mauritanian news agency, Al Akhbar, said the attackers demanded in a news release an end to “brutal aggression on our people in Mali.” It cited “blatant intervention of the French crusader forces in Mali” and accused the world of having left Syria’s people “groaning under the pressure of the butcher” President Bashar al-Assad. The news release said they chose to carry out the operation in Algeria because the country’s president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, had allowed French military forces to cross Algerian air space in attacking Mali. A U.S. official was skeptical. “The level of planning suggests that this was in train before the French overflights ever took place,” the official said. That view was echoed by another U.S. official, who told CNN’s Erin Burnett that, “as of now, the attack appeared organized,” not put together quickly or opportunistic. The official said it was likely that the attackers had cited Algeria’s opening of its air space to French fighters as the reason for the attack to protect their operational methods and make the attack appear spontaneous. The news release put the number of hostages at “more than 40,” including seven Americans, two French, two British and a number of other Europeans. An Islamist group claiming responsibility for the attack told the Mauritanian News Agency and Sahara Media that 41 “Westerners including seven Americans, (as well as) French, British and Japanese citizens have been taken hostage.” But the real number of U.S. hostages could be as few as three, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. The Algerian Press Service, citing a source from the provincial administration of Illizi, reported that “a little more than 20 foreign nationals are held hostage.” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in Europe meeting with NATO allies, called the incident “a terrorist attack.” Nine or 10 Americans were working at the site, and U.S. officials were trying to determine who had been abducted, a State Department official told CNN. The source said the abductors were demanding that members of their group being held prisoner be released and sent to northern Mali. The official was not clear about where the prisoners were. “The first priority is to gain understanding of what is happening,” a senior U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter said. “We are working on ways to improve that now.” The official added that a Special Operations team – the Commanders In-extremis Force – “is on a very short string.” He said that “another important piece will be for Libya to really lock down the nearby border on their side,” so personnel and weapons cannot get through. A U.S. official said the capability existed “to see the area” around the facility and that the ability to monitor the situation will “improve soon.” The CIF unit is prepared to move within four hours of being ordered to do so, a U.S. defense official told CNN. The official said that, before the hostage incident, the unit had been headed to Senegal, where it was to be on standby for missions in Mali, but that it may now move elsewhere. A second U.S. official said that any operation would take time to unfold.  “This is not the type of mission that you plan and execute overnight, it’s just not,” the official said. “We don’t know specifically how many militants or hostages there are. But with so little information, if you’re talking dozens of militants and up to 40 hostages, I don’t see how you go in without killing half the hostages.” The second official said that Marine Corps’ Fleet Antiterrorism Security Teams would be deployed only to augment security at any nearby embassies. None is under threat. They would not be deployed for field operations in any rescue attempt, the official said. The Pentagon’s Africa Command is taking the military lead on the matter, and the State Department and FBI are the lead agencies in contact with the Algerian government, a Defense official said. The official said commanders have assets “not too far away,” including aircraft from the Air Force’s base in Aviano, Italy, and a Marine Corps FAST team in Sigonella, Italy. Any action would need to be approved by Algeria, “which is more than just a formality,” the official said. A spokesman for the group – whose name means “those who sign with blood” – said that jihadists controlled the plant. Saying that the operation was an act of revenge against Algeria, the spokesman said 400 Algerian soldiers were on the site “who have not been targeted by jihadists.” A spokesman for the Norwegian Prime Minister’s office told CNN that “13 Norwegians, all employees of Statoil, are involved in the incident at Amenas gas field in Algeria.” The UK Foreign Office said British nationals were caught up in the incident. Ireland’s foreign minister said there were reports that an Irish citizen was involved; the office of the French president refused comment on reports that French citizens were among the hostages. Oil giant BP, which operates the In Amenas field in a joint venture with Sonatrac, the Algerian national oil company, and Norway’s Statoil, said it was attacked by “unidentified armed people” who were occupying the site. Statoil Executive Vice President Lars Christian Bacher said 17 of its employees – 13 of them Norwegian – were in or around the facility at the time of the attack. “We have received information that five of the 17 are brought to safety in a military camp in the area,” he said in a statement. Four are Norwegian and one is a Canadian resident; two people were injured and have received medical treatment, he said. The gas field lies about 60 kilometers west of the Libyan border and some 1,300 kilometers from the capital, Algiers, BP said. The attack comes four days after Libyan, Algerian and Tunisian prime ministers reached security agreements during a summit in Libya, where they agreed to work together against terrorist threats. In a statement, Rep. Ed Royce, R-California, called the attack “the latest demonstration of a large and growing radical movement across North Africa” and said the French “have acted appropriately” in intervening in Mali. “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its offshoots have been conducting regular kidnappings for years – financing much of its operations through ransoms, earning millions,” the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said. “The network has planted deep roots in Europe.  In recent years, cells have been broken up by authorities in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.  In Mali, its brethren are imposing the strictest interpretation of Islamic law – banning music and chopping off limbs.  Large amounts of weapons are flowing into the region.” Read related: U.S. supported France’s failed hostage rescue in Somalia CNN’s Carol Jordan, Laura Smith-Spark and Antonia Mortensen reported from London; Chris Lawrence, Elise Labott and Barbara Starr from Washington; Christine Theodorou, Hamdi Alkhshali, Joe Sterling and Yousuf Basil from Atlanta; Jomana Karadsheh from Tripoli, Libya; and Dheepthi Namasivayam from Paris.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Islamist hostage-takers", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170730121500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "MLI", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/world/africa/algeria-attack/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "554598101", "sentence": "When fashion’s top influencers glided through the entrance to the Victoria & Albert Museum’s inaugural summer party last week, we had cause for pause. Big ticket fashion personalities at even bigger ticket museum events: haven’t we seen this before? We have, and perhaps we should plan on seeing a lot more. According to the editor of British GQ, Dylan Jones – also a member of the organizing committee for the V&A summer party – the two industries aren’t merely flirting but on course for a head-on, high impact collision. “Fashion and art have never been so closely entwined,” he argues. “Fashion is now considered to be an art form – and art has never been so fashionable.” Who made it better? Humans vs. machines Leading this charge was the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s May gala for current exhibit Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, drawing interest on an international scale to an exhibit that presents fashion from a curatorial point of view. In London, last year’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the V&A smashed all attendance records. Presently, Vogue 100: A Century of Style at London’s National Portrait Gallery and Making and Unmaking at the Camden Arts Centre, hosted by fashion designer Duro Oluwu, are both seeing a steady stream of traffic. Around the corner is the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party in July, traditionally hosted by a fashion house. This year’s co-host is Tommy Hilfiger, an appropriate choice since his early work was heavily influenced by the pop art movement. While the conflation between art and fashion roars ahead, a special mention must be given to the V&A, an early adopter to this movement. “Fashion has always been a pillar for us, and our fashion curators are very active,” says Nicolas Coleridge, president of Condé Nast and chairman of the V&A. “There is no doubt for us that certain elements and moments in fashion history are art, pure and simple.” Savage Beauty: The strange and stunning fashions of Alexander McQueen It appears that this volte-face of the art world’s view towards fashion could have much to do with the elevation of fashion’s techniques and use of materials. “There is a very contemporary return of interest in craftsmanship and skill in the use and development of new materials,” says Cassie Davies-Strodder, series curator of Fashion in Motion. “These interests are very much in line with ‘one off’ garments being made which have far more in common with works of art.” “The work of Dutch designer Iris van Herpen is a good example”, she argues. “Her sculptural designs use new materials and new techniques such as 3-D printing, and she also employs very specialist hand-craftsmanship.” Designers are also going deeper into artistic archives. Historically, designers have referenced inoffensive, universally liked art – Yves Klein “Blue”, Matisse’s “Cut Outs” or Van Goth’s “Sunflowers”, for example – a ‘safe option’ by fashion supremos with a focus on the bottom line. What you'll be wearing in 2050: Dragon skin and bones? However today designers are exploring less obvious mainstream art references. Now we see inspirations from the likes of Robert Mapplethorpe and Megumi Igarashi. This is exemplified by the Louis Vuitton men’s show last week, where designer Kim Jones collaborated with art’s bad boys version 2.0, Jake and Dinos Chapman. Bags and jumpers featured the Chapman Brother’s illustrations of what looked like rabies-infested, feral animals, with wide eyes and bared fangs, ready to pounce – not your usual LVMH fare. Even Kanye West got into the action for his Yeezy Season Two show, via a catwalk where models did little catwalking. His stylist for the show was performance artist Vanessa Beecroft who had the models line up in military formation. Disturbing and dystopian, fashion is now embracing the unsafe. Futuristic new Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opens in London The time is ripe to explore the intersection between the two industries, but Coleridge tells us there’s no reason to recreate the Met Gala in London. “The Met Gala is the Met Gala, there is no [event] like it and never [will] be, it’s unique.” he explains. “We just want people to raise a toast to art and fashion at our home. Goodness knows the world needs some levity about now.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "fashion and art industries", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160628074500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/fashion/why-art-has-never-been-so-fashionable/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "434207402", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Victoria Fontan is interim chair of the Politics and Public Policy Department at the American University Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan; she is a doctoral candidate in War Studies at King’s College London. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. ISIS has taken Ramadi despite recent optimism by the U.S. and Iraq, says Victoria Fontan Coalition efforts are being negated by Baghdad's antagonism of Sunnis, she says Airstrikes need to be backed up with ground offensives and political solutions, she says It was only a month ago that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi triumphantly announced that his army would retake the Anbar province from ISIS. After a victory in Saddam’s former stronghold of Tikrit, it was taken as given that ISIS had lost ground in Iraq, and that U.S.-led coalition airstrikes were key to defeating the terrorist group on the long run. Only a week ago, the Pentagon made it clear that its strategy was working. If it weren’t for the Iraqi government, it certainly would be. The problem is that the coalition efforts and the Iraqi government’s actions are canceling each other out. When the coalition makes military advances, the Iraqi government sabotages them by antagonizing the very people who are needed to help root out ISIS, the Sunni population of Iraq. The catastrophic loss of Ramadi shows that Anbar, once again, is the canary in the Iraqi coalmine: It needs to be understood instead of being dismissed as the problem. It took a few years for the U.S. government to grasp this after the 2003 invasion, before successfully engaging Anbar Sunni tribes against al-Qaeda in this very city, in 2006. So far, the Baghdad government is too blinded by its sectarian politics to understand that it needs to rapidly change course before it reaches a political point of no return. No coalition airstrikes can help defeat a terrorist organization thriving on Baghdad’s perceived victimization of Iraqi Sunnis. Iran, Shia militias involvement mixed blessing for U.S., Iraq Sparse military gains over ISIS will always be eclipsed by governmental political mistakes, which remain at the core of ISIS’s often-reluctant Sunni support. Today, the state of the Iraqi army, weakened by Baghdad’s sectarian politics and the rise of Shia militias, is catastrophic. It appears that few soldiers are willing to die for a part of the country that they do not associate with: Anbar. The apparent flight of Iraqi troops from Ramadi alongside the famous Golden Division – Iraqi U.S.-trained special forces – is concerning. Retaking Anbar is only the tip of a complex iceberg, and while coalition airstrikes are working, benefits will only be long-lasting when complemented by adequate ground offensives and comprehensive political solutions. Victoria Fontan Until now, the Golden Division has been forced to systematically face ISIS. How can the Iraqi army retake Anbar after this? Even if Shia militias are flocking to the Habaniya air base to prepare a counter-offensive, they are part of the problem. According to Human Rights Watch, these militias have allegedly committed too many human rights abuses against Iraqi Sunnis after the Tikrit offensive, burning villages and executing Sunni civilians randomly. To make matters worse for Sunnis, the Tikrit offensive relied not only on Iraqi troops, but also a division of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, headed by the much-detested General Qassim Suleimani. Many in Iraq took this as a slap in the face. ‘Complex iceberg’ While the Iraqi government is assuring that Anbar Sunni tribes have lent their support to the fight against ISIS, a Fallujah resident tells me that only five out of 26 tribes have joined in so far: Abuisha, Abufaed, part of Buissa, Geraifa and Abuboed from al-Qaim. Today, these tribes have warned on Iraqi’s al-Arabiya television channel they would not take part in the counteroffensive if Iranian General Suleimani came to Anbar. The remaining tribes may be reluctant to join in as they see how the government and Shia militias have treated the Jibouri tribe of Salaheddin since last summer. Even though it had participated alongside the militias and Iran in the Tikrit offensive, they have been left to mercy of Shia militias operating in the areas surrounding al-Alam and Dhulluyia. Retaking Anbar is only the tip of a complex iceberg, and while coalition airstrikes are working, benefits will only be long-lasting when complemented by adequate ground offensives and comprehensive political solutions. So far, Iraqi Sunni areas are like a whack-a-mole game, you hammer one ISIS presence only to see another one pop up elsewhere.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150518180000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/opinions/iraq-ramadi-sunni-shia/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "581257998", "sentence": "Obama has taken steps toward solidifying the alliance with Israel this month His meeting with Netanyahu was likely to be their last face-to-face consultations President Barack Obama confronted one of his most strained foreign partnerships Wednesday during a final meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the pair making a last attempt at patching up their stormy bond before Obama leaves office. Speaking before their session, Obama said he was aiming to ascertain the prospects for peace in the region as he prepares to end his presidency. “Our hope will be that in these conversations we get the sense of how Israel sees the next few years, what the opportunities are and what the challenges are in order to ensure we keep alive the possibility of a stable, secure Israel at peace with its neighbors,” Obama said. “These are challenging times. One thing that I would say about Prime Minister Netanyahu is that he is always very candid with us.” That candor has become a hallmark of the relationship between Obama and his Israeli counterpart, whom the White House has accused of being less-than-diplomatic in expressing his opposition to US policies like the nuclear agreement with Iran. Obama’s 30-minute meeting Wednesday with Netanyahu was likely to be their final opportunity for face-to-face consultations before a new president enters the Oval Office in January. Obama is intent on conferring solid ties with Israel upon his successor, despite the personal animus that developed between him and Netanyahu, as he looks to boost the relationship during the homestretch of a presidential campaign in which he hopes to see Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton prevail. Obama took a step toward solidifying the alliance this month by completing a long-term, $38 billion security aid package for Israel, the largest such agreement ever for a US ally. The aid, Obama said, “allows the kind of certainty in a moment where there’s enormous uncertainty in the region. It is a very difficult and dangerous time in the Middle East and we want to make sure Israel has full capabilities to keep the Israeli people safe.” In their talks, Obama said he and his Israeli counterpart would discuss challenges in Syria, and said he would get Netanyahu’s assessment of conditions in Israel and the West Bank. “Clearly there is great danger of not just terrorism but also flare-ups of violence,” he said. “We do have concerns about settlement activity as well.” Obama hopes to take steps in his final days in office to promote renewed talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians on peace, though his previous efforts toward reconciliation in the region have fallen short. “My hope is we can continue to be an effective partner in Israel in finding a path to peace,” Obama said. But the White House remains opposed to Israel’s expanded settlement activity in the West Bank, and has expressed disappointment at Netanyahu’s occasional skepticism about the viability of a two-state solution in the region. In the meeting Wednesday Obama raised “profound US concerns about the corrosive effect that that is having on the prospects of two states.” “They’ve never papered over their differences,” another senior administration official said of Obama and Netanyahu. In his final United Nations address Tuesday, Obama made scant reference to the Israel-Palestine conflict, saying only that “Israelis and Palestinians will be better off if Palestinians reject incitement and recognize the legitimacy of Israel, but Israel recognizes that it cannot permanently occupy and settle Palestinian land.” The passing remark was in stark comparison to the large amounts of time Obama spent on the issue during addresses to the UN earlier in his tenure. The shift reflected the now-frozen peace negotiations, which moved in spurts during Obama’s presidency but never materialized into a workable solution. The White House has conceded that talks aren’t likely to resume while Obama remains in office but has remained open to the possibility the President could take steps in the next months to ramp up pressure on both sides to work toward a two-state solution. “With respect to Middle East peace, I wouldn’t rule out the President taking any particular step on the issue,” Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, said Tuesday. “What I would say is his test has always been, can I make a positive difference by engaging on the Israeli-Palestinian issue? We’ve tried multiple tactics, none of them have succeeded, given the fact that the parties themselves have been unable to come together.” Obama’s talks with Netanyahu Wednesday capped a tumultuous personal history, though both displayed a businesslike camaraderie during their photo-op. The low point between the two men came in March 2015, when Netanyahu infuriated the White House by publicly lobbying against the Iran nuclear deal before Congress – a move the administration lambasted as a breach of diplomatic protocol. Netanyahu returned to Washington last November in an attempt to repair the relationship, meeting with Obama in the Oval Office and addressing both the conservative American Enterprise Institute and the left-leaning Center for American Progress, the think tank with ties to Clinton. Netanyahu on Wednesday invited Obama for a round of golf in Israel once he departs office in January, saying warmly that Obama’s “influential voice” on international politics would remain a force “for many decades.” “Our alliance has grown decade after decade, through successive presidents, bipartisan Congresses and with the overwhelming support of the American people,” he said. “It is an unbreakable bond.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-Israel alliance", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160921140000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/politics/obama-netanyahu-us-israel-mideast-peace/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "420353990", "sentence": "The election was delayed for six weeks It comes as the nation battles extremist group Boko Haram Nigerians go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead Africa’s most populous nation. The stakes are high in this election as the nation faces intensified attacks by extremist group Boko Haram. With security catapulting into a key issue, which candidate will voters trust to keep them safe? As Nigeria decides, here’s what you need to know: Nigeria is home to about 173 million people and is considered a powerhouse in the region. Its stability is crucial to combating the growing risk of Islamist terrorists, who thrive on instability. As Boko Haram seeks to extend its tentacles with its recent pledge of allegiance to ISIS, Nigeria has teamed up with neighboring Chad and Cameroon in a counteroffensive against  the terror group. And it appears  to be working, with its military  saying it has recaptured several key cities from the militants. The next leader will have to ensure the gains stay on track. As we have learned with ISIS in Iraq and Syria, any unaddressed local insurgency has the potential to spiral into an international problem. And let’s face it, the world does not need another failing state, especially one with such a massive population. Nigeria is also one of Africa’s largest oil producers and is a major supplier of crude oil to the United States. It hosts many international oil companies and workers. The key issues are power, security and the economy. But with the rise of Boko Haram, security has taken center stage. Just this year alone, the extremists have killed at least 1,000 civilians, Human Rights Watch says. One of the militants’ most brutal acts was the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls last April, a majority of whom are still missing. Boko Haram has become increasingly brazen, seizing towns in bloody attacks and declaring them Islamic caliphates. Militants have bombed schools, churches and mosques; kidnapped women and children; and assassinated politicians and religious leaders alike. Although the current government is “having successes here and there” in its fight against Boko Haram, it’s not winning the war against  the terror group, says Ayo Johnson, a documentary filmmaker and analyst on African affairs. And despite recapturing some key towns from militants, he says, the government’s big picture on security is still hazy. “This elections will come down to who can protect Nigeria,” Johnson says. “Who can make Nigerians feel safe.” Nigeria overtook South Africa as the region’s largest economy last year. The government has made tremendous gains on the economy, Johnson says, but those gains have  been buried under the constant threat of Boko Haram. But many complain that the country’s vast wealth from oil exports does not trickle down to the average citizen. As many as 70% of Nigerians live below the poverty line and survive on less than a dollar a day, according to the CIA World Factbook. Nigeria is under economic pressure because of falling crude oil prices worldwide and a weakened currency. Corruption has been a hindrance to building a stable economy despite years of democracy, analysts say. There are 14 candidates on the ballot, but the race is more of a rematch between the current president and a former military ruler. The two faced off in the last election in 2011. President Goodluck Jonathan: Jonathan rode a wave of popularity in 2011. At the time, he portrayed himself as a man of the people. During campaigns, he talked about growing up without shoes,  a message that resonated with average Nigerians. But in recent years, his popularity has plummeted, with Nigerians saying he has not delivered on his promises for change. Key officials have defected from his ruling People’s Democratic Party to the newly formed All Progressives Congress. Muhammadu Buhari: The retired general has unsuccessfully run for election three times. Buhari ruled Nigeria in the 1980s following a military coup and was known for his tough regime, which some say was marked by human rights abuses. But he has pledged to make fighting graft and insecurity a priority if he wins, which might appeal to those who’ve run out of patience with the current government. His military rule background could be a plus or a minus. “Many Nigerians will not forget he was a military leader, during a dictatorship,” Johnson says. “Or maybe they will feel that they need a military leader to address fundamental problems such as terrorism.” The election was originally scheduled for February 14, but was delayed for six weeks. In addition to the presidential elections, Nigerians will elect  governors in 36 states. Like their U.S. counterparts, the nation’s governors have a lot of clout. Not only do they set priorities for federal funds, they are also responsible for security in their states and are thus the first line of defense against extremists, especially in the North, where militants have free rein. In populated cities such as Lagos, governors manage economies larger than those of some African countries. To avoid a runoff,  a candidate must get more than 50% of the vote and at least a quarter in two-thirds of the states. If no candidate wins, a runoff election will be held seven days later. CNN’s Christian Purefoy contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nigeria", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150326124500", "country1": "CMR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/africa/nigeria-election-why-it-matters/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "561213732", "sentence": "Erdogan comments about \"cleansing\" military raise US concerns about Turkish democracy Direction Erdogan takes post-coup will shape the next US president's relationship with crucial counter-terror ally Turkey’s attempted military coup has brought its relationship with the US to a perilous crossroads. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s reaction to Friday’s unsuccessful coup is raising alarm bells in Washington as he undertakes a sprawling crackdown, demands extradition of a Turkish cleric from the US and suggests American involvement in the plot despite repeated US denials. Washington has spent years trying to cultivate the Muslim ally sitting at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East – a country crucial to the US fight against ISIS, stemming the tide of Syrian refugees and foreign fighters and tight military cooperation as a NATO member state. Now, there are fears that cooperation could slip and with it US interests. The US, surprised by the coup and long concerned about Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian tendencies, is trying to strike a tricky balance between opposing an undemocratic attempt to topple the government and pushing the government to ease up on its counter response. The White House has watched Erdogan crack down on the independent pillars of a democratic state – including the judiciary, the media, political opponents and academics – with increasing concern. “None of us have been under any illusions for some time” about Turkey’s increasingly undemocratic nature, said one senior State Department official, who described Erdogan as being “all about consolidating power.” At the same time, Turkish criticism of the US could well increase to the detriment of the countries’ ties. “A radical expansion of power and authoritarian rule will come with the need to point to foreign and domestic enemies, and the US is foreign power par excellence in Turkey,” said Ambassador Jim Jeffrey, a former US envoy to Turkey. “They use us to gin up support.” US and European officials are warning Erdogan not to go further down the road of authoritarianism or blame-shifting, issuing lightly veiled threats about the consequences, including potential disqualification from NATO. Erdogan’s response to the crisis – either a tougher, broader crackdown or an attempt to reach out to Turkey’s divided constituencies – will redefine US-Turkey ties, analysts say, and could add yet another Mideast headache for the next US president to tackle in 2017. “The relations with the US will be a subset of where Erdogan wants to take the country now,” said Jeffrey. “The coup is history. The question is what he does with it.” Related gallery Military coup in Turkey The path he chooses could have particularly dire consequences for military cooperation. Two defense officials told CNN there is a growing sense that much of the US military relationship with the Turkish military may have to be rebuilt following the attempted coup. Given the large number of senior Turkish military officers arrested, one defense official said the question has become, “Who do we even talk to?” And US officials privately point to Erdogan’s comments this weekend about cleansing the military to explain their concerns that he could use the attempted coup as an opportunity to consolidate power. Already, there are worries that the Pentagon’s relationship with the Turkish military could suffer in ways that could affect US national security interests, including arms sales and future military exercises, as well as the fight against ISIS in neighboring Syria. If Erdogan works at improving relations with other elements of Turkey’s political system, and doesn’t do permanent institutional damage, that will open the door to improving relations with the US and with the new White House occupant in 2017, Jeffrey said. “If he continues his quasi-authoritarian government and Turkey becomes an institutionally limited democracy, that will mean a divided, weakened, dysfunctional Turkey, which we don’t need and will violate our values,” Jeffrey said. “We will have to react to that. It would be a recipe for worse relations.” Secretary of State John Kerry issued a veiled warning to that effect at a Brussels press conference Monday, where his European Union counterpart Federica Mogherini warned that Turkish attempts to reinstate the death penalty in order to punish those accused of involvement with the coup could disqualify it from becoming an EU member. Kerry delivered a reminder that NATO had standards for its members, too. “NATO has a requirement with respect to democracy,” Kerry said. “NATO will measure very carefully what is happening and my hope is that Turkey is going to move in ways that do respect what they have said to me many times is the bedrock of their country.” Kerry said that in three conversations with Turkey’s foreign minister in the last few days, “he assured me they fully intend to respect the democratic process and the law.” But he warned that “the level of vigilance and scrutiny is obviously going to be significant in the days ahead” and cautioned against “a backsliding.” Related video Exclusive: Turkish president won't rule out death penalty A senior US administration official said Kerry was simply reiterating a long-standing message to ensure the Turkish government is aware of the need to preserve civil society and stand by the values in the NATO charter. At a time of fear, emotion and tension, it was important for Kerry to reiterate to Erdogan to “be careful not to overreach, which has been the basic thrust of our message all along,” the official said. That official downplayed tensions between the US and Turkey, which have simmered over the past few years over differences on how to approach the fight against the Syrian regime and against ISIS, as well as Erdogan’s rule. “It would not be fair for differences over domestic policies to cloud the fact that the strategic relationship has grown much closer over time,” said the official, who stressed “common interest and common effort” in the fight against ISIS, also know as Daesh. Officials at the State Department were less circumspect. “There is a worrying trend in Turkey about lack of freedoms,” this official said. “We have been expressing our concerns as much as we can, and with a NATO ally and a key partner in the anti-Daesh coalition, that gets dicey and uncomfortable.” RELATED: Why Turkey’s coup attempt matters big time for the United States So Kerry is delivering the message that “you can’t use this coup attempt to further crack down on freedom of speech, press and academic freedoms and civil society,” this official said. If Erdogan ignores that warning at takes a more deeply authoritarian turn, relations with the US will get worse, Jeffries warned. In turn, Turkey will likely produce more open displays of direct hostility to the US. US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass has already had to publicly rebut allegations from senior Erdogan government figures that the US was behind the coup or supported it. “This is categorically untrue,” Bass said in a statement issued Monday. “Such speculation is harmful to the decades-long friendship between the two great nations.” Turks have accused a Turkish cleric and Erdogan rival living in exile in Pennsylvania of being a key coup plotter. In a televised speech on July 16, Erdogan said that “if we are strategic partners,” the US would grant a Turkish extradition request for the cleric. Both Bass and Kerry responded by making clear that the US has clear legal standards for such request that so far haven’t been met. “We need to see genuine evidence that withstands the standard of scrutiny,” Kerry said. “Let me emphasize that we’ve never had such a request, we’ve never had such evidence.” Jeffrey noted that the Turkish narrative about about Gulen “is the kind of thing that is done deliberately to gin up support.” And if Erdogan makes the argument that he is the only person to keep Turkey safe and on track, it would “exacerbate relations with the US. It will be difficult for us to put up with it and they will actively pick on the US as a reason for the crackdown,” Jeffrey said. Related video Exclusive: Turkish president wants cleric extradited The most concrete impact may be on the military. The Pentagon will watch to see what officers are appointed to fill senior commander jobs in the Turkish military and determine how to interact with them. An immediate test will come later this week when a Turkish military delegation is expected to show up in Washington for a counter-ISIS meeting with other nations in the coalition. Sensitivities are so high right now that the Pentagon will neither say who was scheduled to come or who might still be coming. Jeffrey noted that the military is one of very few commonalities left in the US-Turkey relationship. “Our relationship with Turkey is almost entirely transactional with the military,” Jeffrey said. There’s a little energy cooperation, very little trade and “there isn’t much left on values – the whole idea of a liberal democracy in the Middle East is gone.” If political ties do get worse over the coming months, the next president will find it hard to continue good military relations, Jeffrey said, “because all decisions involving the US military realm are taken at the political level.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Erdogan", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160719011500", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/18/politics/turkey-us-coup-military-relationship/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "472174273", "sentence": "There is no ambiguity now about Russia’s current tactics in Syria – they are seeking to take over the airspace in the region and be the agenda-setting force on the ground, several senior administration officials told CNN. “Yesterday’s demarche to the U.S. by Russian officials in Baghdad was clear in its intent,” one senior administration official said. “Make sure you don’t have anyone around ISIS targets and get out of the air.” And while U.S. officials have no plans to cede Russia any ground, they also said it appears that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a dramatic chess move that the Russians have not thought through – one official even called it a “strategic blunder.” Had the Russians been clear that they are providing support in Syria to prevent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime’s collapse – a scenario that would benefit ISIS – they might have gotten some credit on the world stage. But their very first strikes in the region hit CIA-backed anti-Assad rebel forces, Arizona Republican John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day.” READ: Russian airstrikes in Syria leave U.S. scrambling for response And U.S. officials note that every bomb against a non-ISIS Sunni target puts them more in bed with Iran and Hezbollah, which are Shiite. U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf warn that this could set off a huge sectarian conflict and that the deeper the Russians get into this, the harder officials believe it will be to get a diplomatic process with the Saudis and others restarted. “It is going to be hugely tempting for the Saudis to start financing their guys again,” another senior administration official said. “Syria will be a magnet for every jihadi, who will rush to fight the Russians, just like they did in Afghanistan. The problem is while this will cause problems for the Russians, it will also mean trouble for the Gulf, when the jihadists come home.” “The Russians can’t be stupid,” another senior administration official said. “This is going to be wildly expensive. And they can’t hold out long. They know in the end there is no future for the guy (Assad) because the whole reason they had to come in is because Assad and his forces were extremely vulnerable. So we are hoping they will come to their senses, stabilize the situation and then we can agree on the Assad piece.” The U.S. wants to see Assad transition out of power in order to end the civil war. Related gallery Tense moments between Obama and Putin U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is working on “deconflicting” with Russia to avoid military mishaps in the coming days, but those talks probably won’t happen Thursday. Secretary of State John Kerry will continue to meet with his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. U.S. officials expect Carter and Kerry to make it clear to Russia the U.S. has the legal authorities necessary to continue its anti-ISIS campaign. Kerry is also meeting with world leaders interested in ousting Assad, but nobody is putting much stock in that group because the Russians must be in place first, according to a U.S. official. “Everyone is feeling their way on this,” a second senior administration official said. Officials said there is a recognition that Assad isn’t going anywhere soon. But they are also mindful that as they seek to deconflict with the Russians, they must be careful not to be seen as supporting the Syrian dictator. However, there is a corner of the U.S. government  – analysts, members of Congress – saying that Assad should stay for now, including Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who said as much Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room.” The growing refugee crisis in Europe is another wild card that is helping Assad’s case, because some European countries are saying it may be better to work with him than continue to see the situation escalate and the refugee flow increase.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151001213000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/politics/russia-syria-isis-bashar-al-assad/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "695118026", "sentence": "Tillerson insisted he enjoys a close relationship with Trump He would not directly deny that he'd called Trump a 'moron' Discord between President Donald Trump and his chief diplomat is at an all-time high, spilling into public view in recent days and peaking with a NBC News report Wednesday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Trump a “moron” in a Pentagon meeting. Trump was aware before Wednesday’s report that Tillerson had referred to him as a “moron” at the Pentagon this summer, a source familiar with the conversation told CNN, but it’s unclear whether Trump discussed the remark with Tillerson. Trump was not present at the Pentagon meeting. A White House source also confirmed to CNN that Trump knew about the insult prior to Wednesday. During a hastily arranged statement Wednesday morning, Tillerson insisted he enjoys a close relationship with Trump and called him “smart.” But he would not directly deny that he’d called Trump a “moron.” Related article After 'moron' report, Tillerson reaffirms commitment to Trump “I’m not going to deal with petty stuff like that,” Tillerson said from the State Department Treaty Room. “I’m just not going to be part of this effort to divide this administration.” Though Tillerson didn’t deny calling Trump a moron, Trump tweeted: “The @NBCNews story has just been totally refuted by Sec. Tillerson and @VP Pence. It is #FakeNews. They should issue an apology to AMERICA!” I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man... Trump was flying aboard Air Force One at the time to greet survivors of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. Trump later told reporters inside a Las Vegas hospital he has “total confidence” in Tillerson and called reports that the secretary of state called him a moron “fake news” and “totally made up.” Trump answered the question after praising the work of doctors and nurses who responded to Sunday’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip. After Tillerson’s comments, a person familiar with Trump’s thinking said the President is not pleased that Tillerson’s terming him a “moron” has been made public, but isn’t on the verge of asking for his resignation. On Thursday morning, the President tweeted that Tillerson never threatened to resign. The President and Tillerson have an uneasy relationship, the person said, but Trump is wary of another high-profile departure from his administration after a tumultuous eight months in office. Trump is cognizant that his administration and inner West Wing operation are shedding staff at an alarming clip. Trump has either dismissed or seen quit a chief of staff, national security adviser, press secretary, two communications directors, chief strategist, acting attorney general, FBI director, and – as of Friday – a Health and Human Services secretary. Trump, above all, wants to project a sense of competence and believes the rapid turnover of staff helps fuel the notion his administration is in chaos, according to the source. Over the past several months, Trump has been agitated – but not outright furious – at the distance Tillerson has put between himself and the White House on issues like Qatar, Charlottesville and North Korea. Tillerson’s pressure on Trump to certify Iran’s compliance with the deal in July made him more upset, but nearly every national security official within the administration was on Tillerson’s side, making it harder for Trump to fully blame his top diplomat. Separately, another official suggested Tillerson will want to help Trump get through his November slog through Asia, an exhausting five-country tour that includes a high-stakes visit to Beijing. Tillerson was in Beijing last week to lay some of the groundwork for those talks. Sources say Vice President Mike Pence has become a bit of a sounding board for Tillerson, and the two men often have lunch together. After the “moron” remark, an aide says Pence advised Tillerson on “setting expectations” and counseled him on how to work with the administration toward the President’s goals. Pence’s spokesman denied Pence discussing with Tillerson the chief diplomat’s potential resignation. “At no time did he and the secretary ever discuss the prospect of the secretary’s resignation from the administration. Any reporting to the contrary is categorically false,” said Jarrod Agen, Pence’s spokesman. A senior White House adviser said there is “certainly some friction there to say the least” between Tillerson and the White House but pointed fingers at West Wing staff rather than directly at the President. This person said Tillerson is “obviously growing frustrated because of the unpredictable nature of his job.” Related article Rex Tillerson kind of, sort of just admitted he called Trump a 'moron' Heather Nauert, the State Department spokeswoman, said that Tillerson and Trump spoke after the secretary of state’s remarks on Wednesday. “It was a good conversation and they’re all good,” she said. Nauert also said Tillerson told her he’d never used “moron” to describe the President. But Trump isn’t the only person in the West Wing who Tillerson has been at odds with. He became so “irate” with national security adviser H.R. McMaster earlier this year on a conference call that Defense Secretary James Mattis had to step in, an administration official directly familiar with the incident says. “Tillerson and McMaster do not do well together,” said the official, who left the administration several weeks ago in an unrelated matter. This person, who is directly familiar with other multiple interactions involving Tillerson, declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter. During that conference call, Tillerson, Mattis and McMaster were discussing the way ahead on the proposed strategy for fighting the war in Afghanistan. McMaster was pressing for a faster decision-making process from the Pentagon and State Department. As the official described it, Tillerson finally became so irritated with the White House pressure, he said they could move ahead without him. It is not clear if that was a threat to resign. “Voices were raised” during that call, the official said. Mattis then stepped in and reminded McMaster that the State Department and Pentagon did not have a significant number of Senate-confirmed senior staff officials who could quickly work these problems. The official said McMaster then realized “he overstepped” and backed off. Related video Haley: 'Tillerson is not going anywhere' But the official also describes a series of meetings and interactions in which Tillerson has become repeatedly irritated. The official said Mattis has tried to “mentor” Tillerson and treates him “with the respect of a peer, with talent, but maybe a guy without the political skills.” The official described private meetings in which Tillerson has become “a little more hotheaded” than he appears in public, using salty language, a trait that Mattis shares. Though Tillerson’s departure seems imminent, the friction between the President and his top diplomat may not have reached its boiling point yet. A person close to Tillerson said it has always been his plan to stay on at the State Department through the first year of the Trump administration but acknowledged again Wednesday that his future is “up to the President.” Trump recently seemed to undercut Tillerson when he said he was wasting his time attempting new dialogue with North Korea. “I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Save your energy Rex. we’ll do what has to be done!” Despite this, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that Trump still had confidence in Tillerson, despite their different messages on North Korea.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rex Tillerson", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171004173000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/04/politics/tillerson-trump-moron/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "490154346", "sentence": "Pope Francis received a warm welcome in Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic on his whistle-stop tour of the three African nations. A man not known to pull his punches, he was on a mission to address some of the hard-hitting issues affecting the region. But did he cover them all? As he made his way across the continent we asked you to send in your #MessageToThePope and share what issues you thought he should raise. Here’s what you said – and what Pope Francis said too. Above all what you desired was for the pope to preach love for one another: Africa is blessed. Love you Papa. God bless humanity. #MessageToThePope pic.twitter.com/m0yvLlvnWl #messagetothepope #popeinafrica. I aspire to your humility and servitude to be a better Christian and Catholic. @cnn pic.twitter.com/Y9QoSxKIsT Issue addressed? YES It was a sentiment he spread throughout his appearances, calling on believers and non-believers alike to embrace their common humanity: May my visit to Africa be a sign of the Church’s esteem for all religions, and strengthen our bonds of friendship. The Catholic community in Africa has grown at a rate of 238% since 1980 – a population close to 200 million strong. The continent as a whole has 1.1 billion citizens, and by 2050 three of the world’s top ten most populous nations will be in  Africa according to one survey. It was no surprise then that employment, living conditions and living standards were issues you raised: #MessageToThePope.unreal disparities, inhumane living conditions for many people in #Africa @CNNAfrica kindly pray for the youths to get employment in Kenya because we are learned but unlucky to be employed pic.twitter.com/g7CucpG5JH Issue addressed? YES Francis visited the Kangemi slum in Nairobi, meeting Sister Mari Killeen, known as Kenya’s Mother Teresa, in a private audience on November 27. Talking in the shantytown he described injustices against the less fortunate as “new forms of colonialism,” stating that the “dreadful injustice of social exclusion” leaves the poor with an unfair distribution of land, lack of access to infrastructure and minimal basic services. An inescapable issue, corruption was among the most prevalent topics in your responses: @CNNAfrica #MessageToThePope > Urge our leaders to end \"top-down\" corruption in #Kenya! #PopeInKenya #PapalMass pic.twitter.com/nPstdwlCGh @CNNAfrica #messagetothepope advise our kenyan leaders to abstain from corruption. #MessageToThePope. African leaders should stop investing in fancy houses and cars but invest in their People through education, health... #MessageToThePope. African leaders should love their People as they love themselves... @Pontifex basically cleaned up the mess-wht the church leadershp hs failed to speak agnst for yrs #MessageToThePopehttps://t.co/3W2OBPgMU7 Issue addressed? YES Not only did the pope shine a spotlight on the murky practices of governments – he turned it on himself. “[Corruption is] not just in politics,” he said in a speech to bishops at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi. “It is in all institutions, including in the Vatican, there are cases of corruption.” “Each time when we accept a bribe and we put it in in our pockets, we destroy our hearts, we destroy our personalities and we destroy our country.” It’s a perennial issue for the Church and one that ranked high on your agenda: #MessageToThePope Please repeat your message, that #birthcontrol won't make them to #sinners. It will improve their #health & #life quality. Issue addressed? NO Nowhere in Pope Francis’ speeches in Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic did he highlight the issue of birth control. And when pressed by the media on the return flight to Rome, the pope compared condoms to “band aids” and argued there were more pressing issues at hand. He has previously been quoted as saying that “some think that… in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits. No,” arguing instead for “responsible parenthood.” However Francis maintains that “God gives you methods to be responsible” – or rather, that the Vatican is opposed to artificial birth control, a point made explicit by Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to Cameroon in 2009. The pope’s visit included a stop in Central African Republic, an active warzone and a first for Francis. Close to one million people have been displaced in the country since the outbreak of war in 2013, but it was not the only conflict you raised: I'd like @Pontifex 2 address #terroism like #BokoHaram which has hit African countries, AIDS and economic options #MessageToThePope #MessageToThePope @Pontifex should intervene in the Central African Republic conflict. @cnni Issue addressed? YES The pope was philosophical about violence in one of his speeches in Kenya, alluding to the biblical Cain and Abel and the death of brother at the hand of brother. In Nairobi he urged unity and the need to overcome factionalism: “As we look to the future, let us pray that all men and women see themselves as brothers and sisters, united in and through our differences.” He put this notion into action in Bangui, Central African Republic, meeting with Muslim public leaders at a multi-faith gathering at the Koudoukou mosque in the capital on November 30. Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters, and we must act as such. Pope Francis’ message of tolerance was sought by some of you in matters beyond war: @pontifex #MessageToThePope Ugandans_ learn tolerance of people with different views, preferences; tackle corruption; reduce poverty gap Issue addressed? MAYBE Uganda is a country in which its LGBT community has been persecuted, either on the streets or in government policy. In light of some of his earlier remarks, many thought the pope would preach tolerance of homosexuality; however there seemed scant evidence of a direct intervention. Nevertheless, there were some veiled comments. In Uganda he urged people to treat “everyone with dignity and not exclud[e] anyone,” and in a prepared speech at a meeting of clergymen at St Mary’s Church in Kampala he did say “May we never forget that our ‘yes’ to Jesus is a ‘yes’ to his people” – perhaps a nudge to priests that believers come in all shapes, sizes and indeed, sexual preferences. As COP21 begins in Paris, plenty of you messaged us about your concerns regarding climate change: @CNNAfrica Peace,fight poverty and to act on climate change #messagetothepope Please speak about the evil of poaching, the risk of species extinction and the sacredness of animal life.  Thank you. Issue addressed? YES Pope Francis had been in Kenya less than 24 hours before he raised the matter, touching on the “grave environmental crisis” in a speech at State House, Nairobi. The pope also went on to talk at length about ecological issues, visiting the U.N. Environmental Program Headquarters in the Kenyan capital, and arguing that illegal poaching “fuels political instability, organized crime and terrorism.” Delia Gallagher contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151201170000", "country1": "UGA", "country2": "CAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/01/africa/message-to-the-pope-african-tour/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "480754067", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jonathan Adelman is a professor at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. The views expressed are his own. Jonathan Adelman: Russia is trying to project image of reliable ally in Middle East Moscow forced America's hand over sending forces to Syria, he says Russia’s bold but limited military move into Syria has upended the strategy of the United States and its allies, who have reacted with plans to put U.S. boots on the ground. The White House announced Friday it would be sending “less than 50” Special Operations forces to northern Syria to offer logistical support to local Kurdish and Arab forces fighting the terrorist group ISIS. The move follows Russia’s decision a month ago to join the conflict in Syria. That announcement was widely derided in the West, echoing the repeated dismissal of Vladimir Putin’s “machismo.” But the reality is that such criticism fails to account for the successes of the Putin-Sergey Lavrov team – a success that is underscored by Moscow’s forcing President Barack Obama’s hand over troops in Syria. Related video Intel Chief: Putin is 'winging this' in Syria Many Russians feel that the greatest disaster of the 20th century was not the Great Patriotic War, which killed about 27 million Russians by 1945, but the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a point Putin made in 2005 when he lamented this “major geopolitical disaster of the century.” Since then, Putin, a conservative nationalist, has regained the summer playground of Joseph Stalin and parts of the left-bank Ukraine, which were under Russian control for more than 300 years. Putin also captured Crimea, which Catherine the Great annexed in 1783 and where she established a new naval base. And while he has been condemned abroad, he has been rewarded at home with almost 90% support in polls. Now, Putin’s government has moved from providing massive arms shipments to the failing Bashar al-Assad regime to making a bold move on the ground and in the air. No doubt emboldened by the fact that the clock is running down on Obama’s time in office, Russia has (falsely) claimed its intervention was aimed at ISIS rather than moderate secular rebels. And although some estimates place the personnel deployment at around 2,000 and a few dozen jets, that presence, along with long-range cruise missiles, means Putin has been able to project great power strength even while minimizing the chance of losses. All this is to help Moscow project itself as a decisive and reliable ally to partners in the region, an implied contrast with the United States. True, talks this week between pro- and anti-Syrian government forces agreed on the need to launch a “credible, inclusive, nonsectarian” political process. But by intervening forcefully, Russia keeps its options open of either keeping Assad in place or else dumping him if convenient. Meanwhile, Russia appears to have a careful strategy vis-à-vis Iran. By arming the Iranians and preserving Alawite Syria and Shiite Iraq, including through the announcement of a four-way intelligence-sharing agreement between Iraq, Iraq, Russia and Syria – Moscow is aligning with an Islamic fundamentalist regime that likely sees itself as a rising power in the region. But Russia has concluded a multibillion-dollar arms sale with Egypt, sold nuclear reactors to Jordan and Egypt and may cooperate on building 16 reactors with Saudi Arabia. By the end of 2015, the kings of six Sunni Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, will have visited Putin in Moscow. The goal may well be an effort to achieve some kind of resolution – or “victory” – in Syria before pivoting to exert its influence elsewhere in the region. By fighting ISIS, Russia demonstrates its ability to tackle Sunni extremists head-on and fill the vacuum left by a retreating America. Putin may have in mind a lesson expressed by the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who said, “When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse.” All this suggests that even as the United States has sought to withdraw from the Middle East, Russia has tried to position itself to become a major player. Obama’s backpedaling over not putting U.S. forces on the ground in Syria, a move that appears a direct response to Russian maneuvering, simply underscores the shift in influence. Putin’s critics might be right in arguing he is making a big mistake, and entering a quagmire in Syria. But Russia just might also succeed. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151031213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/opinions/adelman-russia-syria-plan/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "655383545", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Richard W. Painter is the S. Walter Richey professor of corporate law at the University of Minnesota. He was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush from February 2005 to July 2007. Painter is the author of several books on government ethics as well as the ethics of bankers and lawyers. The views expressed are his own. Richard W. Painter: Russia investigation more serious than Watergate scandal in 1970s Russian attempt to subvert political system would have been seen as crisis then, he says Here’s a hypothetical question: What would have happened if the Watergate break-in had been carried out by the KGB? It seems silly to ask, considering that the 1972 burglary – an effort to plant listening devices in the Democratic National Committee headquarters to glean damaging information the Nixon campaign could use was an amateur job committed by anti-communist guys who in the Cold War era of the time were on “our side.” And nobody had to worry about Richard Nixon being too close to a US adversary; he had made his political career by overstating the communist threat. If his statement, “I am not a crook,” was not entirely true, at least he was our crook. But it isn’t a silly question at all. Imagine how the Watergate scandal would have unfolded, and the firestorm that would have erupted, if the Watergate job had been done by the KGB. Instead of sending bungling burglars into the Watergate complex, a much more professional job could have been done by someone like a young Vladimir Putin, who would become a rising star in the KGB a few years later. Back then we took seriously Russian efforts to destabilize governments around the world. An attempt by the Russians to subvert our political system – through coordination not with the hapless American Communist Party but with the campaign of a major party candidate – in the 1970s at least would have been viewed as a national crisis of epic proportions. And back then one word would have been used to describe the crime committed by anyone who coordinated with the Russians in such subversive activity: treason. An attempt by the Russians to subvert our political system – through coordination not with the hapless American Communist Party but with the campaign of a major party candidate – in the 1970s at least would have been viewed as a national crisis of epic proportions. Richard W. Painter The good news of course is that this did not come to pass. Nixon was a lot of things, good and bad, but he was not a traitor. Forty-four years later, with the Russia investigation embroiling President Donald Trump, we know that a number of high-ranking people in his campaign and administration have been close to, and have received financial benefits from, the Russians. The President’s own son only a few years ago reportedly said the Trump family makes a lot of money in Russia. Although the President now denies that is the case, we don’t know for sure, because he won’t release his tax returns and other financial records that would reveal that information. Related article Holtzman: We forget Watergate at our peril If Watergate had been a KGB operation to subvert a Democratic Party candidate and support Nixon, Sen. Howard Baker’s famous question – “What did the president know and when did he know it?” – would have become the most pressing question of the day. If there had been substantial evidence of the president’s high-ranking campaign officials coordinating with the KGB or other foreign intelligence operatives, Congress might even have invoked the 25th Amendment or some other procedure to take control of the nuclear arsenal from the president temporarily and perhaps the vice president.  In those days, we would not have risked the Russians having any influence over our military. Related video Behind the biggest break-in of the 1970s And if the Russians or some other foreign adversary had been involved in the Watergate break-in, the call for an independent investigation by a special prosecutor would have been even more intense. With the odor of KGB activity in the room, any attempt by the president to interfere with the independence of the investigation would have been an impeachable offense. The attorney general, deputy attorney general and other political appointees of the president likely would have been required to recuse themselves from investigation of the president’s political campaign. (An attorney general who, like Jeff Sessions, had lied in his confirmation hearings about his own contacts with the Russians would have been out of office in a heartbeat.) Trump puts his interests before national interestHow close was Comey to the truth?Callan: The first step to impeachmentZelizer: Trump’s nuclear option on Russia probeHow Republicans in Congress can win on ComeyTrump had to do it Trump puts his interests before national interestHow close was Comey to the truth?Callan: The first step to impeachmentZelizer: Trump’s nuclear option on Russia probeHow Republicans in Congress can win on ComeyTrump had to do it And if, as is the case today, the president or anyone else high up in the administration had been suspected of having financial dealings with the Russians or any other adversary, tax returns and all other relevant documents would have been subpoenaed immediately by Congress. If these records showed no compromising payments, they would have been publicly released as soon as possible to reassure a panicked public. Meanwhile, we still don’t know who in the Trump campaign was talking with the Russians and when. We don’t know who in the campaign knew that the Russians were engaged in criminal spying activities for the benefit of the campaign. Several people, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Sessions, have not told the truth about their contacts with the Russians, and Flynn secretly received money from the Russians until shortly before he took the top job at the National Security Council. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The only valid precedent for the situation we are in today would be the Watergate break-in, with the Nixon campaign’s knowledge, being carried out by the KGB. The situation we are in now is not Watergate. It is worse and more dangerous.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia investigation", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170513184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/13/opinions/worse-than-watergate-painter-opinion/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "671379593", "sentence": "Ivanka Trump is traveling with the President in Germany She will participate in a panel on a new women's entrepreneurship initiative \"If she weren't my daughter it would be so much easier for her,\" President Trump said First daughter Ivanka Trump took the stage at the G20 summit Saturday, joining World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on a panel to formally roll out the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (“We-Fi”), a World Bank facility focused on promoting women’s entrepreneurship in developing countries. The billion-plus-dollar We-Fi will provide both financial and non-financial World Bank resources, including loans, technical assistance and guidance, mentorship opportunities, and policy reform to eliminate barriers for women in developing nations. Funding for the facility comes from both the public and private sectors, including international financial organizations, commercial financing foundations, private equity firms, and individuals. President Donald Trump, speaking during the panel, joked about his daughter. “If she weren’t my daughter it would be so much easier for her,” Trump said. “Might be the only bad thing she has going, if you want to know the truth.” “I am very proud of my daughter Ivanka,” he said. “Always have been, from day one, I have to tell you that, from day one, she has always been great.” The President also said the US will commit $50 million to the program. We-Fi was first announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Women-20 summit in Berlin this spring, which Ivanka Trump attended on behalf of the administration. Though Ivanka Trump will be an advocate for We-Fi moving forward, the White House has said she will play no operational, administrative or fund-raising role in the initiative. “This incredible facility will have a significant impact on women’s economic development around the world,” the President said in a statement. “It will help increase opportunities and economic growth while addressing unique barriers women entrepreneurs face. I am proud the United States is helping to lead support of this unprecedented initiative.” Ivanka Trump has experience as a female entrepreneur herself. In addition to a career in real estate, she created a successful apparel and accessory business. She took a formal leave of absence from her eponymous brand in January, but kept her ownership stake and moved the assets into a trust. But many women looking to start their own businesses have far less access to capital and other financial resources, technology, markets or extensive mentorship connections. Those challenges are particularly prevalent for women in developing countries. The creation of the facility was Ivanka Trump’s idea as she held meetings on the topic of women’s empowerment during the beginning of her father’s administration, including one with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, who shepherded the facility’s creation. A World Bank source told CNN in May that Ivanka Trump played an “instrumental” role advocating for the facility. She was in communication with Kim as the facility passed through its working stage phase, praising his leadership on social media. “Thank you World Bank President Jim Yong Kim for your ongoing leadership in support of women’s economic empowerment and for joining me today in a meaningful discussion with Saudi Arabian women entrepreneurs and elected officials,” Ivanka Trump posted on Facebook following a discussion on the President’s first foreign trip. CNN’s Dan Merica contributed to this report from Hamburg.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170708081500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/08/politics/ivanka-trump-womens-entrepreneurship-initiative/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "641619379", "sentence": "\"It is unfortunate we are where we are in the House,\" he said. Democrats have repeatedly called for Devin Nunes to step down A leading House moderate Republican said the Senate should oversee Congress’ investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election. “What I think should happen right now is the Senate is going to lead this discussion, this investigation on the Russian meddling into the election,” Rep. Charlie Dent said Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” referring the Senate intelligence committee’s probe. “I think that’s where it is.” “It is unfortunate we are where we are in the House. It seems like there is not going to be a House report on intelligence, on the Russian meddling, so we have to turn our eyes to the Senate,” Dent added. Key House Democrats have called on Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, widening a stunning partisan split over the probe. Nunes had worked closely on the House investigation into ties between top aides to the campaign of President Donald Trump and Russian officials. But the California Republican has been heavily criticized following a visit to the White House grounds one day before going to the President and the public with possible evidence that his transition aides’ communications were picked up in surveillance by US intelligence. Nunes has repeatedly defended his actions and some Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, have said they have “full confidence” in his ability to oversee the probe. But Dent said that there doesn’t appear to be enough cooperation among the House Intelligence Committee to more forward. “My sense is right now the House is in a situation where the House has been overly politicized,” Dent, a Pennsylvania Republican, said. “It doesn’t seem like there is much cooperation on either side and it seems like Sens. (Richard) Burr and (Mark) Warner are doing a good job of running a fair investigation and I think that’s where we will have to look right now to get a real report on this.” Dent stopped short of saying that the House committee should end their investigation. “I think the House should try,” he said. “But at this moment, I’m not optimistic just given the tone and the tenor and the various shots being taken by both sides.” “It sounds to me they are getting into a stalemate position,” he added.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "House Intelligence Committee investigation into Russian meddling", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170329161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/charlie-dent-russia-nunes/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "723530796", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript The Weekly Newsquiz tests your knowledge of events in the news January 18, 2018 An oil spill in the East China Sea leads off our coverage this Friday, followed by a look into the volatility of Bitcoin. We’re explaining why America’s flu season is causing misery nationwide. And we’re looking into how the “king of cheeses” is used as currency in Italy. Please note that CNN 10 will not air on Monday, January 15 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ Click for a printable version of the Weekly Newsquiz. 1. In what U.S. state did a false alarm from an emergency missile alert system cause panic last weekend? 2. In what Middle Eastern nation would you find Idlib province, where fighting between rebel and government forces is threatening the lives of civilians? 3. When he was born on January 15, 1929, future U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was originally given what first name? 4. Name two of America’s “Big Three” automakers, who are all investing in driverless technology. 5. As a way to encourage his children to play outside in the winter, a father in Old Lyme, Connecticut recently helped build what in his yard? 6. What two rival countries announced this week that their athletes will march together under one flag at the upcoming Olympic Winter Games? 7. What desert country is home to the world’s largest desalinated water reserve? 8. In what Pacific body of water did a tanker recently sink after a deadly accident, potentially releasing thousands of gallons of oil into the sea? 9. H1N1 and H3N2 are examples of what disease, which is causing problems across the continental U.S.? 10. What type of cheese, known as the “king of cheeses,” is used as currency in part of Italy? TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the printable version of today’s CNN 10 transcript. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of international significance and then clearly describe why they’re making news, who is affected, and how the events fit into a complex, international society. Thank you for using CNN 10", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180118233000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/cnn10/ten-content-fri/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "673639689", "sentence": "They tell stories that their lives depend upon. All insist they were shocked and appalled when they learned what ISIS was really like. They are the former brides of ISIS fighters – once lured into living in the so-called caliphate – now stuck between the militants’ crumbling stronghold and home countries that most likely don’t want them back. A French widow of an ISIS member who dreams of being on the Mediterranean, sunbathing in a bikini on the beach. A Syrian English teacher from Homs who insists she was en route to Turkey when she got waylaid in Raqqa, and fell in love with a Moroccan militant. And three Indonesian sisters who say they were lured to Raqqa, ISIS’ self-proclaimed caliphate, by the promise of free healthcare and education. In the scorching heat of the Syrian desert, dozens of runaway ISIS brides sit in a crowded concrete jail and wait with their children. The women are segregated from the rest of a sprawling refugee camp in Ain Issa, around 30 miles (50 km) north of ISIS’ de facto capital, Raqqa. Saida, originally from Montpellier, in southern France, is among the ISIS wives who fled as US-backed forces closed in on the city. Many of the women say they paid smugglers to guide them to the outskirts of Raqqa, where Kurdish forces picked them up before bringing them here. “I love life, I love to work, I love my jeans, I love my makeup, I love my parents,” says Saida, who wears a floral headscarf. “The only thing I want is to go back, to take my car and travel back.” She sits near her 14-month-old son, whose face is pockmarked with insect bites from the month they spent in the wilderness, escaping Raqqa on foot. Saida says she and her husband, a fighter named Yassine, paid smugglers $6,000 to shepherd them out of the city. Yassine died on the journey, she says, leaving her stranded with their young son. Saida, and other foreign women like her, flocked to the “Islamic caliphate,” drawn by the promise that they could start a new life with strong, devout men. They say what they found there was something entirely different – fighting in all female dorms, sex obsessed ISIS fighters, women divorced and remarried as many as six times. The French woman recalls arriving in Raqqa and swiftly being placed in a women’s dormitory, a “madafa” she calls it, where new female arrivals waited to be selected by ISIS fighters. She says she was shocked by the dormitory’s rules and its relentless rounds of speed dating – a jihadi form of Tinder. “When the woman arrives in this madafa, she makes a sort of CV,” Saida says. “She puts down her age, her name, what her personality is like, and what she looks for in a man. And men also post their CVs. It’s ‘dating.’” “So you meet, you talk for 15-20 minutes, and then it’s a yes or no. If they both agree then they get married. It’s very quick,” she adds. May, a Syrian English teacher from Homs, says she wasn’t looking for love when she arrived in Raqqa. She claims she was just passing through the city on her way to Turkey, where she had decided to move after her first husband was killed by a sniper. She was staying with her children at a friend’s home when she met Bilal, who was living next door. “I think God sent him to me,” she says, giggling. Like many of the ISIS wives being held in the jail, May describes Bilal as a good man, a pacifist who didn’t want to fight. But she gossips about other women back in Raqqa who she says weren’t so lucky. “They [European women] look at the European men here that are in ISIS, that they are strong men with guns and they can protect them. It’s an idea, it’s like movies,” May says. “Many were very shocked because when they got married to the men, three to four days or one month later, they are divorced.” She mentions one woman who was married and divorced at least six times, until the judge in the caliphate’s divorce court threatened her with being whipped or jailed. May still pines after her husband, who is supposedly imprisoned in the nearby border town of Kobani. She’s daubed his initials on a wall of the prison in blue paint, encircling them in a heart. May confesses she doesn’t know what she’ll do if she never sees Bilal again. “I want someone to kill me. Because I can’t kill myself, because this is suicide,” she says with conviction. There are some newer arrivals in a tent outside the prison – three Indonesian sisters: Rahma, Fina, and Noor, who say they never actually wed ISIS fighters. The women, who paid a huge sum to travel with their family from Jakarta to Raqqa, say they were disappointed to find that the ISIS fighters were not the “pure Muslims” they had believed them to be. “They say they want to jihad for the sake of Allah, but what they want is only about women and sex. It’s disgusting,” Rahma says. “I heard if they marry a widow they will get a thousand dollars,” Fina adds. “They ask me to marry in the morning and they want the answer from the night.” Noor says she was most shocked by the infighting in the all-female dorm. “The manner of the women inside the dorm is very different, it is very far from Islam,” she says. “[They have a] harsh manner, gossiping, shout at each other, back biting, and fighting between the women. Oh I was very surprised.” The women, who claim they came to Raqqa to find free healthcare for Rahma’s cancer and computer studies for Fina, are now anxious to get in touch with an Indonesian embassy and return home. But it’s unclear whether any of the women here will ever make it out of Syria, let alone home. And as US coalition-backed forces tighten the noose on Raqqa, many more women who pledged allegiance to ISIS are sure to flee. It’s just one of the many challenges authorities face as ISIS’ self-declared caliphate unravels, scattering the militants and their families.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170717080000", "country1": "IDN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/middleeast/raqqa-isis-brides/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "647874002", "sentence": "Explosion hit people who were leaving their towns on Saturday The attack killed 126 people, including 68 children, monitoring group says Video appears to show children gathered around someone handing out sweets moments before Saturday’s suicide vehicle bombing that killed dozens of evacuees from besieged Syrian villages, the UN’s human rights agency said Tuesday. The agency didn’t give further details about the footage, such as whether it shows the explosion in Rashidin, a suburb of Aleppo in northwestern Syria. But the statement fits with other reports, including one from a witness who said many of those killed or injured in the attack were children who were picking up handout snacks. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast, in which 126 people – including 68 children – were killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. Dozens of others were injured, according to Syria Civil Defense, the volunteer rescue groups also known as the White Helmets. “While at this stage (we’re) unable to confirm how the attack was carried out or those responsible, footage seen by the UN human rights office showed children gathering around a person giving out sweets just prior to the explosion,” Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a written statement Tuesday. CNN has not verified and is not showing the footage, which spread on social media. The explosion happened outside a line of parked buses that were evacuating hundreds of people from two regime-held but rebel-besieged villages in northwest Syria. At least 109 of those killed were evacuees from the pro-regime Shia villages of Al-Fu’ah and Kafraya; the rest were aid workers and rebels guarding the convoy, according to the Syrian Observatory. Rebels allowed the evacuees to leave their villages last week as part of a deal with the Syrian government, which the insurgents have been fighting for six years. As part of the deal, the government also allowed thousands of people to leave two rebel-held towns that regime forces had long besieged. Those towns were Madaya and Zabadani in southwestern Syria. Both sets of evacuees headed to areas friendly to them. The deal, dubbed the Four Towns Agreement, was brokered by Iran and Qatar, Agence France-Presse reported. Saturday’s explosion happened as the Al-Fu’ah and Kafraya convoy, bound for a regime-controlled portion of Aleppo, paused at a checkpoint in Rashidin. Part of the convoy continued into Aleppo late Saturday,  after the attack, SANA reported. An explosives-rigged vehicle exploded near the parked convoy in Rashidin, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported. The vehicle had been packed with children’s food supplies, perhaps to disguise it, a SANA correspondent said. Related article Syria photographer takes action instead of pictures, picks up injured boy It wasn’t immediately clear whether the vehicle that exploded had anything directly to do with the snacks distribution that was reportedly happening at that moment. Photographer and activist Abd Alkader Habak said he was there filming someone who was “distributing snacks to some of the evacuees.” He said he stepped aside to talk with one of his colleagues, and then felt the explosion, which sent him to the ground. “The majority of those killed or injured were children” who had gathered for the snacks, he said. The attack likely amounts to a war crime, said Colville, the UNHCR spokesman. Intentional attacks on civilians are among war crimes listed in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Some of those who were injured in Saturday’s attack are effectively missing, because they are “believed to have been taken by armed opposition groups to opposition-controlled hospitals” in Syria’s Idlib governorate, Colville said. “Due to their perceived sympathies for the government of Syria, their families are concerned for their safety,” Colville said. He did not say how many injured people this applied to. Journalist Sarah Sirgany and CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz, Eyad Kourdi, Hamdi Alkhshali and Hilary Clarke contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170418200000", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/middleeast/syria-evacuations-bombing/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "570627896", "sentence": "UN is \"convinced that it needs to do much more regarding its own involvement,\" spokesman says It has always disputed claims that Nepalese peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti after earthquake For the first time, the United Nations has acknowledged its own involvement in a devastating cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 that killed at least 10,000 people. The UN has always disputed claims that Nepalese peacekeepers brought cholera to the island nine months after an earthquake struck Haiti, the first known appearance of the disease there in over 150 years. Cholera is an acute gastrointestinal illness caused by ingesting food or drink contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. It can cause severe diarrhea and vomiting, which leads to extreme dehydration. Patients who are not treated quickly to restore lost fluids can die within hours. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 3 million to 5 million cases of the illness every year worldwide and 100,000 deaths. After a leak Thursday to the New York Times of a scathing report by a UN investigator, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq told CNN that “over the past year, the UN has become convinced that it needs to do much more regarding its own involvement in the initial outbreak and the suffering of those affected by cholera.” The UN says it is considering several options. Related article Haiti cholera victims demand U.N. compensation The draft report the New York Times obtained, prepared by Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston and commissioned by the UN, says the epidemic “would not have broken out but for the actions of the United Nations.” The UN is not saying that it caused the epidemic. It can choose to accept the findings of the report or adjust the findings after discussions with Haiti and other member countries. The final version will be presented to the United Nations within two months. “We’re trying to figure out how to resolve this,” Haq said Thursday, “figuring out how to do the right thing.” Reports have claimed that poor sanitation at a UN peacekeeper camp allowed sewage to seep into a river. When asked whether the UN was saying for the first time that it was responsible for the outbreak, Haq said, “I don’t have anything to say about that.” Related article Haiti searches for clean water solutions Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said on CNN’s “Amanpour” on Thursday that the UN is seeking to combine “an element of compassion” with the organization’s strict legal position on immunity for actions of peacekeepers. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has instructed aides to work out a solution, he said, and “we expect UN member states to accept moral responsibility” for the outbreak. In the past, UN member countries have feared heavy financial obligations for Haiti and other cases that could arise around the world. Activists fighting for justice for the Haitian victims were overjoyed at the possibility that the UN was changing its position. Beatrice Lindstrom of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti said, “this is a groundbreaking first step for justice.” Related article U.N. sued for 'bringing cholera to Haiti,' causing outbreak that killed thousands However, Lindstrom added, “the real test is what comes next. Promises will not stop cholera’s killing or compensate for the damage to poor families in Haiti.” She wants a public apology from the UN and a plan to compensate victims. US Sen. Ed Markey, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the acknowledgment is “an important first step in reinstating trust with the Haitian and global community.” He called on the UN to “support the development of solutions that prevent disease transmission and provide treatment for the thousands of people suffering from this deadly scourge.” Several lawsuits have been filed on behalf of the victims. But the UN never budged from its denial of involvement in the deaths. A class-action lawsuit in a Brooklyn federal court blames the UN for the spread of the disease. Haq said Thursday that the UN’s legal position has not changed. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. At one point in the long-running saga, Ban was served on a New York sidewalk with legal papers regarding the case. The UN says it has been involved since 2010 in trying to eradicate cholera in Haiti. However, five special investigators for the UN chastised Ban this year, saying he undermined the credibility of the organization by denying responsibility for the cholera outbreak.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Nations", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160818213000", "country1": "HTI", "country2": "NPL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/18/health/haiti-un-cholera/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "641471001", "sentence": "Park Sang-hak says he wants his countrymen to know the truth about Kim Jong Un North Korea denies any involvement in the death of Kim Jong Nam A North Korean defector is packing balloons with information about Kim Jong Nam’s death and floating them north from South Korea. Park Sang-hak, who says he defected in 1993 after picking up a leaflet sent from South Korea, told CNN he wants to show ordinary North Koreans the true nature of the country’s leader. Kim Jong Nam was the eldest half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Malaysian authorities allege North Korean agents killed Kim Jong Nam by wiping the highly toxic VX nerve agent on his face at an airport in Kuala Lumpur on February 13. South Korean intelligence officials say the North Korean leader directly ordered the killing, a claim Pyongyang vehemently denies. “Even South Koreans were shocked to hear the news of Kim Jong Nam’s assassination,” Park said. “Can you imagine how North Koreans will react?” News of the killing has likely gone unreported in North Korea, where the press is tightly controlled by the government. Park hopes the leaflets, SD cards and USB drives will offer people inside North Korea a glimpse of the outside world, including Kim Jong Nam’s death. The killing has sparked a diplomatic row that’s left citizens from both countries trapped in Malaysia and North Korea, respectively. Park has previously used balloons to send pamphlets and other pieces of information to North Korea. Pyongyang considers it a hostile act and tells its citizens the leaflets are South Korean propaganda, defectors say. The North Korean government has tried to kill Park before, likely in part due to his campaign to get information inside North Korea. CNN’s Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170329080000", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "MYS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-nam-leaflets/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "622107316", "sentence": "Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority nations marks an early defining moment for his presidency and an inflection point in America’s posture toward Islam and the outside world that could resonate in history. The move, which also temporarily bars refugees from entering the US, ushers in the first clash between Trump’s populist and proudly politically incorrect leadership style and what his critics see as bedrock values that define the nation. It also represents a pronounced shift in US counter-terrorism tactics and a sharp turn in the debate underpinning national security policy since the 9/11 attacks – how to best keep Americans safe and battle extremism at home and abroad without alienating Muslims in a way that could foster more radicalism. 134 million banned from USWhat the ban says: The full textWhat to know about the restrictionsLegal battle beginsThe ban’s Christian focusA family’s plight just got more complicatedBergen: Trump’s big mistake All of Trump’s executive orders, memos and proclamationsComparing Trump to previous presidents 134 million banned from USWhat the ban says: The full textWhat to know about the restrictionsLegal battle beginsThe ban’s Christian focusA family’s plight just got more complicatedBergen: Trump’s big mistake All of Trump’s executive orders, memos and proclamationsComparing Trump to previous presidents Meanwhile, legal challenges to Trump’s moves herald the start of a constitutional showdown between the president’s vision of an expansive activist presidency and the checks and balances built into the American political system meant to curb executive power. Legal stays issued by several judges against the measures are likely to be the first actions in a long, complicated legal challenge to the moves that seem almost inevitable to wind up at the Supreme Court. White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social media info and cell phone contacts Trump rejected the storm of criticism whipped up by his immigration measures, blaming long waits at the airport for detained travelers on Delta computer outages – which were confined to Sunday evening – as well “the tears of (Sen. Chuck) Schumer.” “There is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter our country. This was a big part of my campaign. Study the world!” he tweeted. Related video Wife separated from husband after Trump's ban The White House earlier made clear that Trump is deeply committed to the new policy, despite the raging controversy. CNN’s Jake Tapper reported that Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser to Trump, urged officials in the Departments of State, Homeland Security and others to disregard what he described as hysteria on television over the order. Related article Trump travel ban: Here's what you need to know Other Trump supporters argued that the president has a mandate following a campaign in which he made his immigration views clear. “I believe that President Trump is doing exactly what he campaigned on. He was elected President and now he is delivering the goods. People in America want to be safe,” former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” One senior administration official noted that the immigration move is another promise kept by Trump to his supporters following a week in which the president also addressed trade and health care through executive measures. “It should come as no surprise to anybody that the first week went exactly as he said it would,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the White House’s tactics. The official argued that the temporary suspensions of entry to visitors from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen are a reasonable measure to allow time for a new system of vetting to be introduced. The White House dismisses the idea that the measures amount to a ban on Muslims. But the targeting of nations that are overwhelmingly Muslim recalls some of the darker moments of American history when individuals or groups were singled out for special scrutiny. Only time will tell if Trump’s travel ban comes to be regarded in the same light as the Alien and Sedition Acts signed into law by President John Adams in the late 18th century, which made it easier to deport foreigners and imposed restrictions on new immigrants. Other historic parallels could include the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the witch hunts by Senator Joseph McCarthy against alleged communists in politics and the arts in the 1950s. Related video 5-year-old detained at airport The order’s indefinite ban on Syrian refugee entries – on the grounds that it is impossible to vet people from the shattered nation for terrorism links – also means the United States is in effect turning its back on the victims of the world’s worst current humanitarian crisis. Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama took great care to avoid the idea that the United States was stigmatizing all Muslims while they pursued ruthless anti-terrorism campaigns against Islamic radicals. That led critics, especially of Obama, to argue that US policy was handicapped by nuance and political correctness and an unwillingness to admit there was a threat posed by “radical Islamic terrorism.” Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban Trump’s actions obliterate that approach. “‘Extreme vetting’ is just a euphemism for discriminating against Muslims,” said Anthony Romero, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in a statement. “Identifying specific countries with Muslim majorities and carving out exceptions for minority religions flies in the face of the constitutional principle that bans the government from either favoring or discriminating against particular religions,” he said. Related article What immigrants need to know about Trump's order Senior Democrats also say Trump’s measures conflict with core American values and will be ineffective as a device in cracking down on terrorism. “This order contravenes the principles of religious liberty, equality, and compassion that our nation was founded upon in its discriminatory impact of Muslims,” said Adam Schiff, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. “It also plays into the Al Qaeda and ISIS narrative that the West is no place for Muslims and that we are engaged in a war of civilizations.” As the day wore on Sunday, a number of Republicans added their voices to the criticism of the content of Trump’s executive order and the way it was rolled out. Nebraska GOP Sen. Ben Sasse, a frequent Trump critic, said Trump was right to reject the notion that terrorism had no connection to Islam or certain countries, but argued the travel ban was too broad. “If we send a signal to the Middle East that the US sees all Muslims as jihadis, the terrorist recruiters win by telling kids that America is banning Muslims and that this is America versus one religion,” Sasse said. Related article 'It will tear our family apart': Voices of the immigration ban Significantly, Sen. Bob Corker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also weighed in, saying the program had been poorly implemented, especially with regard to green card holders. “The administration should immediately make appropriate revisions,” Corker said. The travel bans were also criticized by Republican senators Lindsey Graham, John McCain and Cory Gardner. One of the few lawmakers to back Trump’s move, GOP Rep. Devin Nunes, who chairs the House intelligence Committee, described it as a “useful” temporary measure to help authorities verify who was coming into the US. The speed with which Trump instituted the travel ban has fundamentally reshaped America’s course in the world and speaks to the profound political change unfolding early in his presidency. His approach towards Muslim nations appears to be a direct repudiation of Obama’s warning in a farewell speech about the new president’s instincts. “Democracy can buckle when it gives into fear. So just as we as citizens must remain vigilant against external aggression, we must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are,” Obama said in Chicago earlier this month, arguing he had put the war on terror on a firmer legal footing. The immigration measures could also damage the image of the United States around the world and expose allied foreign leaders to significant political pressure when they cooperate with Trump. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Trump in a telephone call Saturday that the halt to refugee entries from Syria infringed on the Geneva Conventions, her spokesman said.British Prime Minister Theresa May, who was pictured holding hands with Trump at the White House hours before he signed the executive order on Friday, faced a backlash at home. While Trump’s action raises philosophical questions, it is also focuses attention on the new administration’s approach to countering terrorism and its basic competence after the orders triggered chaos. It is, for instance, arguable whether the orders cover the gravest threats to US security. Most of the attacks on US soil since 9/11 have been the work of American citizens or legal permanent residents who had no formal training by groups like ISIS or Al-Qaeda. NYC mayor: Trump travel ban ‘sends a horrible message’ For example, the mass killing at a gay nightclub in Orlando last June was carried out by Omar Mateen, who was born in New York to parents who immigrated to the US from Afghanistan. Foreigners who apply for permanent residency already have to undergo a rigorous screening process. Related article Trump's travel ban hits hospitals hard Trump’s executive order on immigration warned of the need to learn the lessons of the September 11, 2001, attacks. Yet the 9/11 hijackers were citizens of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Lebanon and Egypt – nations not covered by the order. Other countries where terrorism is a simmering problem, like Pakistan, were also missing. Many terrorism experts believe the most serious threat posed by foreigners intending to conduct terrorism on US soil could come from fighters who waged war in Syria and have European Union passports and could enter America without a visa. The order does nothing to address that issue. Related article The endless wait: A day at Dulles amid hope, despair and lawyers In practical terms, the sudden change to US policy on immigrants and refugees also provoked chaos and confusion, with airport staff uncertain about what the orders meant, and some travelers detained or refused entry to the US. It is not clear that relevant departments of government were consulted or informed about the implications of the order or if senior administration appointees had any input into the decision. That scenario casts light on the way the White House is already imposing its power on the rest of the administration. The result on Saturday was administrative chaos and a sense of uncertainty about what Trump’s executive orders mean or how they will be implemented that is becoming a trend for the young administration. “This was an extreme vetting program that wasn’t properly vetted,” Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman told CNN’s “State of the Union.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170130064500", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "SOM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/donald-trump-immigration-ban/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "661117181", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Errol Louis is the host of “Inside City Hall,” a nightly political show on NY1, a New York all-news channel. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Errol Louis: Hillary Clinton criticized for passing blame to others in her 2016 loss -- but she has a good point on one score He says Obama's buildup of his own political organization starved national Democratic Party of resources to help Clinton win To the consternation of Democratic foot soldiers everywhere – the men and women who gave time, toil, sweat and tears, trying mightily to make Hillary Clinton president last year – the candidate has examined the most serious problems that doomed her campaign … and concluded that none were of her own making. “I take responsibility for every decision I made, but that’s not why I lost,” Clinton told listeners at Recode’s Code Conference.  She then went on to name and analyze a list of people and factors that led to her defeat last November, from ex-FBI Director James Comey to Vladimir Putin. An ever-expanding set of investigations by Congress and the Justice Department’s special counsel will reveal whether any connections between the Russian government and members of the Trump campaign may have tilted the race against Clinton. Such actions, in any event, would have been beyond the control of Clinton and the Democrats. Related video People and things Clinton blames for her loss But when it comes to Clinton’s touchy accusation that former President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee were less than helpful, the awkward but important truth is that Clinton is right. For years, local Democratic groups have complained that Obama poured resources into a political organization, Obama for America (later renamed Organizing for Action) at the expense of building the party. The evidence suggests that warnings from the grassroots were ignored – and came back to haunt and bedevil the party in 2016. “[With] all due respect to President Obama, OFA was created as a shadow party because Obama operatives had no faith in state parties,” Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb told Politico earlier this year. “OFA had no faith or confidence in the state parties so they created a whole separate organization, they took money away and centralized it in D.C. They gave us a great president for eight years, but we lost everywhere else.” Related video Clinton: Americans likely 'guided' Russian interference That sentiment is backed up by Jaime Harrison, a former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party. OFA, he says, “created a shadow organization that was recruiting the same volunteers [as the DNC], using resources from a very limited number of donors, and therefore, as a result it weakened the DNC and the impact that the DNC and state parties could have on politics during [Obama’s] tenure.” As Clinton ruefully recounted at the Code conference, by 2016 the national party apparatus was broken and starved of resources. “So I’m now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party,” she said. “I mean, it was bankrupt. It was on the verge of insolvency. Its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong. I had to inject money into it.” Harsh words, but true. Ex-Gov. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan – one of the traditionally Democratic Midwestern states that Trump won – advises a reuniting of Democratic efforts and energy. “OFA should fold into the DNC. Having two organizations is redundant, and dilutes and confuses the mission,” she says. “Given the urgency of the moment, we need laser-like focus, with clear lanes and cohesion, not duplication.” Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook That’s easier said than done, considering that Democrats face a crisis of identity and purpose. “This is a partywide failure, and it will require more than just banishing the Clintons from politics,” is how Nathan Robinson, the editor of Current Affairs puts it. “If the Democrats are to have a future, they must offer something better, more honest, and more inspiring.” And beyond that, they need to put together a unified party with active, effective chapters in every one of America’s 3,000 counties, led by activists with the training and resources to recruit candidates, register new voters and get them to turn out on Election Day. The longer Democrats put off this crucial task, the more we’ll see a party that, like Clinton, appears to be lost in a debilitating sense of denial.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democratic Party", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170601234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/opinions/hillary-clinton-has-a-point-louis/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "652610026", "sentence": "US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson promised stern action against China in January 2017 But since President Trump took power, no freedom of navigation exercises have taken place The Trump administration appears to be easing up on Beijing in the South China Sea, in what is being seen as another concession to China by the new US president who hopes for a solution in North Korea. Since Trump took office, the sole request by US military to sail a warship close to artificial islands China has built in the contested waters has been turned down by the Pentagon, a senior defense official told CNN Wednesday. Freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea were regularly authorized by the Obama administration, with US Navy vessels sailing within 12 nautical miles of China’s artificial islands at least three times in the past year-and-a-half. The official said the denial – first reported by the New York Times – was partly due to an effort inside the Pentagon to turn down the temperature of operations that could be viewed as antagonizing China or North Korea. Analysts say it’s the latest in a series of efforts by President Trump to appease China, whose help he wants in restraining North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. China has described the operations as a serious breach of law and an intentional provocation. The last publicly announced freedom of navigation operation was in October 2016, four months before Trump took power. Prior to his inauguration, Trump’s point man on foreign policy promised stern action in the South China Sea against China’s island building and militarization. Related article South China Sea: Aircraft hangars, radar installed on artificial islands At his confirmation hearing, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the Trump administration might take a more aggressive approach to the South China Sea. “Building islands and then putting military assets on those islands is akin to Russia’s taking of Crimea. It’s taking of territory that others lay claim to,” Tillerson said in January. He even hinted that Chinese access to the artificial islands could be restricted by US vessels. But as relations between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have improved, with the US prioritizing tensions in the Korean Peninsula, the South China Sea has fallen out of the spotlight. Trump backed down on his pledge to label China as a currency manipulator on his first day in office, while early in his presidency he quickly agreed to honor the “one China” policy that Beijing considers a necessity. In the past week, Trump even said he’d call Xi for permission before he spoke to Taiwan’s leader over the phone again. Mike Chinoy, non-resident senior fellow at the University of Southern California’s US China Institute, told CNN that Beijing would be thrilled by the administration’s apparent decision to hold off testing China in the South China Sea. “I think if you’re sitting in Beijing you have to be very pleased that Donald Trump is in the White House because he is ceding to China a great deal in terms of clout and advantage,” Chinoy said. “In the meantime, countries in Asia that have not wanted a US-China clash but have wanted substantial American presence to counterbalance the growing clout of China … are going to calculate that they can’t count on the US in the way they did before.” The recalculation has started for some countries. At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leader summit in Manila in April, China scored a major victory when the joint statement seriously watered down the denunciation of its island-building in the South China Sea. “ASEAN cannot maintain its position in dealing with China … unless the pressure is on China by the maritime powers,” Carl Thayer, regional security analyst and emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales, told CNN. A US State Department official told CNN that freedom of navigation operations in the South China sea “won’t be stopping.” “They demonstrate a very core principle that the United States will fly, sail, and operate wherever this international law allows,” said Patrick Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. “So this is not about any one country. And I can assure you that (the operations) will continue. I’m not in a position to offer any more specifics.” On Wednesday, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis told CNN that US forces operated in the Asia-Pacific region on a daily basis, “including in the South China Sea.” Related video US starts 'routine' patrols in South China Sea “All operations are conducted in accordance with international law and demonstrate that the United States will fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows,” he said. The Pentagon said the US military will continue with regular freedom of navigation operations but in the future, Davis said, “these operations will be released publicly in the annual FONOPS report, and not sooner.” This would mark a significant change from the Obama administration, which publicly discussed South China Sea operations on a routine basis.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170504064500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/south-china-sea-trump-navy/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "613773032", "sentence": "\"Old Master Q\" is one of Asia's best-known comic strips Alfonso Wong started the series in the 1960s; one of his sons now pens it Alfonso Wong, the creator of Asia’s iconic “Old Master Q” comic strip, has died, according to the comic’s publishing company. He passed away Sunday of organ failure. He was 93. Wong’s comics were well-known for their witty and lampooning portrayals on a broad range of topics – from current affairs to the minutiae of daily life in Hong Kong – and eventually became a hit across Asia. “My life is like a comic strip, I will make ‘Old Master Q’ captivate my audience as much as I can,” Wong once said, according to OMQ Comics. Wong started the series in the 1960s under the pen name of Wong Chak, the name of his eldest son. Cartoon Heroes: Blur soar over Hong Kong in a futuristic ice cream truck But the characters personified Wong, his son Joseph said in an interview with the South China Morning Post in December before the opening of an exhibit in Hong Kong on the comic series. “He actually drew himself into the comics,” the younger Wong said. “The way Old Master behaved, the way that he (thinks), the way that he acts to other people, like his neighbors. That’s pretty much my father.” Mr. Wong, your work and humor will be remembered and loved for generations to come. #RIP pic.twitter.com/WxgO9lqM0q The cartoonist was born in the Chinese city of Tianjin but moved to Hong Kong in 1956. He got his start drawing for a French Catholic missionary before creating “Old Master Q,” which first appeared in newspapers in 1962. Fan and Electric Fan (1982) by beloved comic artist Alphonso Wong. #RIP pic.twitter.com/biT9aQCinJ It’s now considered “a collective memory of Chinese-speaking communities around the world,” said the Hong Kong Arts Centre, which is currently hosting an exhibition on Wong. “The comics’ unique nature and sense of (humor) have punctuated generations, ages, and geographical and cultural differences to touch the readers.” Original pieces of his work have been exhibited by Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Wong retired in the 1990s, but Joseph Wong took over the family business and began drawing the series. “I didn’t realize he was a great comic artist until much later,” the younger Wong said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Alfonso Wong and his comic series 'Old Master Q'", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170103131500", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/03/asia/alfonso-wong-death-old-master-q/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "648875882", "sentence": "'On issue of impeachment, I am doing my homework,' Gabbard said. 'He's about as hawkish as they come,' Gabbard said of Vice President Mike Pence Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said at a town hall this week that she is studying more about the impeachment process amid the investigations into whether any aides to President Donald Trump’s campaign were involved in Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Gabbard cautioned though that getting rid of Trump would mean a President Mike Pence, who she argued would be more effective in pushing a conservative agenda through Congress. “On issue of impeachment, I am doing my homework,” Gabbard said at a town hall Wednesday in Hilo, Hawaii. “I am studying more about the impeachment process. I will just say I understand the calls for impeachment, but what I am being cautious about and what I give you food for thought about is that if President Trump is impeached, the problems don’t go away, because then you have a Vice President Pence who becomes President Pence.” Gabbard continued, “If you do your research on his positions on many of the issues we’ve talked, many of the issues that I get phone calls about from people all across the state, the issue of war and peace, he’s about as hawkish as they come,” Gabbard said of Pence. “Issues relating to the environment, education, healthcare – I disagree with so many of the positions that he has. In some ways given the fact that he’s a former member of Congress and very well connected within the Republican establishment in Washington, he’d be able to, I believe, be far more effective in furthering his agenda than we have seen so far in President Trump’s first 100 days.” Gabbard met with then-President-elect Trump in November to discuss foreign policy issues, specifically Syria and ISIS. More recently, she has been critical of his military actions in Syria.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vice President Mike Pence", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170421183000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-impeachment-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "723511795", "sentence": "Since “American Sniper,” Hollywood has been searching for another breakthrough war story, with decidedly mixed results. “12 Strong,” a harrowing fact-based tale of heroism set in the immediate wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, would appear to have the right armament, but this by-the-numbers movie ultimately falls short of completing that mission. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Nicolai Fuglsig, a Danish director and photojournalist making his feature debut, the story opens with a video montage leading up to Sept. 11, racing through the key characters’ goodbyes to their families in roughly 10 minutes. After that, Capt. Mitch Nelson (“Thor’s” Chris Hemsworth) and his Special Forces team, codenamed Task Force Dagger, are quickly dropped in northern Afghanistan. There, the foul-mouthed dozen link up with a local general, Abdul Rashid Dostum (Navid Negahban), in an orchestrated assault on the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Vastly outnumbered, Nelson – heading up what’s described as the military’s “most venomous snake” – must rely on helping target U.S. air power to level the playing field. Just to ratchet up the tension, he tells his commander (William Fichtner) that he intends to complete the perilous assignment in a mere three weeks, before the weather can thwart their plan. What follows, in the script adapted from Doug Stanton’s book by Ted Tally and Peter Craig, is essentially a tick-tock of that stretch, with a series of bloody battles in a march toward the strategically vital town of Mazar-i-Sharif. Although Michael Shannon, Michael Pena and Trevante Rhodes (fresh off “Moonlight”) are part of Nelson’s unit, the fundamental relationship is between the captain and Dostum, whose initial wariness of his American ally is only one of the several beats in the film that, true story or not, feel like war-movie clichés. The same largely applies to the bravado of these elite soldiers, who literally sing “Ballad of the Green Berets” as the fly into the unknown. As for the Taliban, the film depicts just enough of their evil to underscore the righteousness of the fight, while the general – who leads his men on horseback – regales Nelson with sober lessons about the region’s history to foreshadow the troubles that will follow even a triumphant campaign. Hemsworth brings a dose of humanity to the central role, successfully shedding the shackles of his mythical comic-book exploits. But the characterizations remain sketchy and the drama relatively flat, despite an abundance of battle sequences and a musical score that seemingly swells to a crescendo at the slightest provocation. Part of the movie’s pitch is that this mission was previously classified, meaning the heroism of Nelson and his men went unreported for years. It is, from that perspective, a stirring reminder of the united sense of purpose and can-do spirit that emerged in the wake of Sept. 11. Still, “12 Strong’s” most memorable moment comes in the crawl that runs at the end detailing what transpired. Until then, the filmmakers mostly manage to turn a daring military operation into a studiously risk-free movie. “12 Strong” opens Jan. 19 in the U.S. It’s rated R.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "12 Strong", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180118221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/entertainment/12-strong-review/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "604857050", "sentence": "Muhammad Dakhlalla is serving an eight-year sentence for trying to join and help ISIS He and his partner were arrested last year trying to board a plane to Turkey His friends know him as “Mo.” And he is the most unlikely ISIS recruit you will ever meet. In fact, in virtually every way Mo, whose real name is Muhammad Dakhlalla, was an ordinary and typical American college student. But he was arrested with a fellow Mississippi State University student just over a year ago, trying to board a plane to go join the notorious terrorist organization. How did that happen? “Where do you want me to start exactly?” he said, laughing somewhat nervously, as he sat recently for the first extensive, tell-all interview with CNN in a federal prison. Today, Mo, just 24, is at the start of an eight-year prison sentence for trying to join and help ISIS. But he is hardly a radical Muslim extremist. Remarkably, he said he got into this whole mess because he fell in love. Born and raised in Mississippi, Mo is the youngest of four brothers and has both Muslim and non-Muslim friends. He dated very little and had few girlfriends until his senior year at Mississippi State. There, he met and fell for Jaelyn Young, a sophomore studying chemistry who in high school was an honors student and cheerleader. “In the beginning of my senior year I met this lady,” Mo said, recalling his strong feelings for her. “She was beautiful and things like that,” he said, “but also another thing that I find attractive in a woman is one who’s, you know, bright, intelligent, open-minded. And that’s how I got to know her a bit. We started hanging out. She not only was interested in me, but she had told me prior to us being together that she was interested in Islam.” Islam is the religion in which Mo grew up. His father, Oda, is an imam, who originally hailed from Bethlehem in the West Bank before settling decades ago in Mississippi. Mo’s father, along with his mother, Lisa, a New Jersey-born woman who converted to Islam, helped found and build the Islamic Center of Mississippi in Starkville. Not long after they became a couple, Jaelyn converted to Islam, and it was a complete surprise to Mo. “At one point, you know, she told me that she’s very serious about Islam, and she wanted to become a Muslim,” he said. “Then on that day when she did, actually it was a big surprise for me. My parents actually found out first that she became a Muslim. I was actually at the mosque at that time, saying my prayers. And I came back to find out that she had become Muslim, and I had no idea.” Then came another surprise, he said. “A few weeks later, and I never said anything to her about this, or, like, tried to, you know, force her … she decided to wear the full hijab or niqab by herself. Like, it was on her own – her own choice. You know, she was wearing it from her head and full robe that you typically see of Muslim women.” The niqab she wore covered every part of her in a black shroud, leaving only slits for her eyes visible, according to Mo’s family. Jaelyn was changing fast, he said, becoming stricter and more conservative in all parts of her life. “As far as, like, the rapid stages that she was going through, I may have, should have been, like, scratching my head a little bit. I should have had … a skeptical, like, analysis of, like, ‘OK, maybe we’ve gone a little too fast,’ ” he said laughing. But, he said, he was deeply in love. “And, you know, that love can ultimately … blind out your intelligence, your reasoning. I believe that. I mean, without that love there, I don’t believe I would be here today, with my charge and talking to you today. … I wouldn’t have even considered it at all.” The Federal Bureau of Prisons rarely grants access to convicted felons such as Mo. CNN’s interview was an exception, an agreement between the Department of Justice, CNN and Mo. His words shed light on just how powerful ISIS’ online propaganda can be for American youths. Jaelyn, who was also convicted in the case, has refused to speak to CNN. Pursuing her conversion and new religion, Jaelyn went to the Internet. And there, she found ISIS. Jaelyn merely showed Mo the videos – the clips did the rest. “It started out with when … she first became Muslim, you know, she wanted to learn more. … I’m not sure how she came across some of the videos that she did at first, but I remember, like, some of them. Like, one of the first ones I remember seeing, a video that how ISIS came to be. And it was basically mentioning … historical struggles in the Middle East. And then somehow it ties that back into, you know, everything is, like, the Western society’s fault. You would see a lot of non-Muslims using like, vulgar language, and a whole lot of slander on top of that.” Mo followed Jaelyn’s lead. “When she showed me that video, I think it’s just kind of like – brought a tenseness in her and … really strong anger in her. And she expressed those things to me. And, you know, me being in love with her, I felt those same things I guess, just because she was feeling it.” Related article Feds: Mississippi couple planned honeymoon to join ISIS in Syria Mo said the goal was never to take part in jihad or commit violence – but rather to help out as fellow Muslims in the newly forming Muslim state. “When she first looked at these videos, she had  … a strong belief that, ‘OK, this is the group to really help out, you know, the Muslims.’ “ “What really, like, stuck out for me were well, what I thought from the videos were people helping rebuild towns – people helping the needy –  what we consider humanitarian.” Crazy as it sounds, the young lover said he did what his partner did. “Throughout the time she convinced me of that … I don’t know exactly how, you know, it came to be, but I know that she knew I loved her at that time, and I was just going to follow whatever she said, and I felt like she knew that, like, I was going to follow anything that she said.” They began communicating through the Internet with people they thought were in ISIS, in Syria. In one note, Mo wrote: “I’m good with computers, I’m good with I.T., I can help here.” According to the FBI, Jaelyn reached out to a contact she thought would help her and Mo travel to Turkey, cross the border into Syria and join ISIS. The two secretly married, began an intensive preparation period and bought one-way plane tickets to Istanbul. And on August 8, 2015, Mo and Jaelyn packed their bags. He wrote a touching goodbye letter to his parents. The first lines read: “I’m sorry. I love you. I’ve decided to leave and I won’t be coming back.” A small heart is scrawled at the bottom of the page. Then the couple went to the airport near Columbus, Mississippi. They got as far as the boarding gate, and then they were arrested. At that moment, Mo said, everything changed. “Oh, my heart sank,” he said. “I felt like my whole body shut down. Just because, I was thinking to myself, ‘It’s, like, what now, what the heck are we doing?’ “ The FBI said both Jaelyn and Mo confessed at that moment. But they didn’t have to. It turns out the online ISIS recruiter who had been helping make arrangements for the couple was in fact an FBI employee. This past spring they both pleaded guilty, and they were sentenced in August. Mo was given a lighter sentence, citing his cooperation with authorities. Jaelyn, considered by authorities to be the mastermind, was sentenced to 12 years. Throughout the interview, Mo never once mentioned Jaelyn’s name. He also finds it difficult to speak about the other woman in his life – his mother. She was suffering from cancer when he was arrested, and she died earlier this year. “It is one of the biggest regrets that I have in my life – still haunts me to this day,” he said. “That I would prefer this woman that I’ve only been together with for under a year, and lie to my mother about where I was going. And my mother’s always been supportive throughout my life, you know, I never felt like, you know, I needed to do anything behind her back. I could always be full-front honest to her. But all it took was getting caught up for love of a lady, and that I threw – throw your life away.” He also regrets that during this time of confusion, especially about religion, he failed to reach out to his dad, an imam who would have never taught his son to kill or hurt anyone. “I wish I’d reached out to the Muslim community. I wish I’d just reached out to my dad, because my dad’s very knowledgeable in this stuff. Not only in Islam, but the Middle Eastern politics. You know, if I had just asked him, he would just illuminate me on what was really happening with this group.” Asked about homegrown terrorists, or those in ISIS who have viciously killed innocents across Europe and in Syria, Mo said he would never wish to be part of anything like that. “They have a lack of understanding of Islam, because the main focus of Islam is peace, you know. Submit your will to God,” he said. “ISIS, you know, kind of twists that to say that, you know, ‘If we’re doing things for the will of God, you know, you gotta come and join us as, you know, because we’re the real Muslim community.’ ” “I feel like that I should owe people back to say, ‘Hey, don’t do what I did.’ That’s not what they are doing over there. What ISIS is doing over there – that’s not Islam. … If you ever feel like you’re thinking about doing this, contact the Muslim community. They’re going tell you, ‘No, this is a whole terrible idea.’” Today, Mo is not bitter; in fact, he said he is relieved he was caught. He knows that had he made it to Syria there is a good chance he would be dead. He remains a devout Muslim. He will be 32 when he leaves prison.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161203030000", "country1": "PSE", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/us/mississippi-isis-muhammad-dakhlalla-interview/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "432953953", "sentence": "Presidential statement calls coup \"imaginary\" Gunfire heard near national radio and TV stations People seen celebrating on streets of the capital Amid mounting fears of ethnic violence, a Burundian African Union official told CNN on Wednesday that a military coup attempt is underway in Burundi. The government denied it was under threat. But a Western diplomat told CNN that gunfire could be heard in Bujumbura, the capital of the African nation. President Pierre Nkurunziza is out of the country, attending a crisis summit with other East African leaders in Tanzania. When contacted by CNN, Burundian government spokesman Willy Nyamitwe said reports of a coup were “a joke.” A statement from the President’s office said some soldiers had mutinied and declared an “imaginary” coup. The statement appealed for calm, said the coup attempt had been foiled, and added that those responsible “are being sought by defense and security forces so that they are brought to justice.” According to Reuters, Army Gen. Godefroid Niyombareh announced on radio earlier in the day that Nkurunziza has been “dismissed” and that a national salvation committee had been set up to run the country. CNN has not been able to independently confirm whether the coup attempt has been successful or has been foiled. Niyombareh is the former head of Burundian intelligence. He was fired by the President in February. The news that Nkurunziza might have been deposed is being greeted with jubiliation, Nsengiyumva Pierre Claver, a former member of an EU electoral monitoring team, told CNN by phone from Bujumbura. “We have observed many people just shouting of joy and dancing in the streets,” Claver said. People had come from areas in the hills surrounding the capital to join in the celebrations, he said. And soldiers had been able to reopen two private radio stations that had been closed by the government, he said. But Claver, too, had heard reports of gunfire – near the national radio and TV stations, he said – and he warned it was too soon to conclude that the coup attempt had been successful. Nkurunziza has been seeking a third term, something prohibited by the agreement that ended the country’s 1993-2003 civil war. Protesters determined to prevent his candidacy have demonstrated in Bujumbura, the capital, and have been met with deadly force by police. About 300,000 people died in Burundi’s 10-year, ethnically driven civil war. And Burundi is a neighbor of Rwanda, where in 1994 an estimated 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered in an ethnic genocide. Burundi, like Rwanda, has a Hutu majority and a Tutsi minority. While the current crisis is rooted in politics, some observers have feared that the government might try to stoke ethnic animosities in a last-ditch effort to retain power.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Pierre Nkurunziza", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150513141500", "country1": "BDI", "country2": "TZA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/13/africa/burundi-coup-attempt/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "441805235", "sentence": "Sen. Lindsey Graham is not pleased with President Barack Obama’s strategy – or what he considers the lack thereof – when it comes to fighting ISIS. “I would fire everybody,” Graham said to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room,” referring to Obama administration decision-makers. The Republican presidential candidate expressed his concerns over the current state of both Iraq and Syria, stating that he met with Gen. Joseph Dunford on Wednesday who warned of a potential “tsunami of ISIL fighters” coming to the United States. The South Carolina senator laid out his own plan to contain and destroy ISIS in the region. Related video Trump takes aim at Bush's suit, Rubio's hair RELATED: Donald Trump jumps in “I think if you had more American troops it would help the Iraqi Army fight, it would take the fight to ISIL more effectively,” Graham said. Graham’s words came shortly after it was announced Wednesday that the U.S. military received significantly fewer Iraqi recruits than originally anticipated. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the count of potential trainees went from 24,000 expected to 7,000 in reality. “I don’t blame anybody for not joining us after we cut and ran on them,” Graham said. Graham also discussed the new Iraqi prime minister’s relationship with Iran, stating the only effective thing standing between ISIS and Iraq is the Iranian-controlled Shia militia. “I said when we pulled out in 2011 that the Iranians would be dancing in the street if they believed in dancing … Iran is clearly the biggest winner,” Graham said. Graham, who is running for president, is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Barack Obama’s strategy to fight ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150617224500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/17/politics/lindsey-graham-isis-fight-2016/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "620978297", "sentence": "Russian combat ships do not need escort services, the country's Defense Ministry says UK Defense Secretary brands Russia's aircraft carrier \"a ship of shame\" over its Syria role Russia’s Defense Ministry on Thursday slammed comments by UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon calling Russia’s flagship aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov “a ship of shame.” Fallon’s remarks were made Wednesday as UK warships and warplanes tracked Russia’s only aircraft carrier through the English Channel. The carrier and its escort, the guided missile cruiser Petr Velikiy, are on their way back to Russia after participating in airstrikes in Syria. They left the Mediterranean Sea earlier this month. “We are keeping a close eye on the Admiral Kuznetsov as it skulks back to Russia, a ship of shame whose mission has only extended the suffering of the Syrian people,” Fallon said. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement it had “paid attention” to Fallon’s remarks on the carrier group. “The Russian combat ships do not need escort services,” the statement said. “They know the fairway and the course.” The ministry also suggested Fallon should be “paying more attention to the British fleet.” UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson struck a slightly different tone to his defense counterpart Thursday, noting Moscow’s role in bringing about Syrian peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, this week, following on from its military involvement. Related article Syrian peace talks: A lot of posturing -- some signs of hope “To the extent that the Russians are capable of getting a ceasefire and stopping suffering, that must be rated a plus,” Johnson told a House of Lords committee. “That comes, of course, after a pretty brutal and barbaric bombardment of Aleppo and other places which they facilitated – or, I’m sure, perhaps even participated in,” he said. Johnson said Russia had intervened in Syria “to considerable effect” by preserving the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and described its involvement there as a “fact of life” after other powers, such as Britain, had declined to step in. Russia’s airstrikes in support of Assad’s forces have been crucial in helping them gain the upper hand in the long-running conflict. In December, they succeeded in pushing rebel fighters from the key city of Aleppo. Syria’s brutal civil war has raged on for nearly six years and killed an estimated 400,000 people. British forces also shadowed the Russian carrier group in October on its way to Syria. Related video Russian warships pass by England on way to Syria At the time, Russia said the Kuznetsov’s voyage was “to ensure naval presence in the important areas of the world ocean. Special focus will be made on safeguarding security of maritime traffic and other types of Russian maritime economic activity and also responding to new kinds of modern threats such as piracy and international terrorism.” But others took a different view. “It’s a show of force and a show of capabilities,” Peter Felstead, editor of Jane’s Defence Weekly, told CNN in October. “In terms of strike missions, they (the Russians) could just as easily have conducted them with the land-based aircraft they already have in Syria.” CNN’s Simon Cullen and Radina Gigova contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia's military involvement in Syria", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170126144500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/europe/britain-russia-aircraft-carrier/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "421956404", "sentence": "NEW: Israel rejects Palestinian Authority's membership in the ICC, says it is not eligible to join the body Membership gives the ICC jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed in Palestinian territories since last June Israel and the United States opposed the move, which could open the door to war crimes investigations against Israelis The Palestinian Authority officially became the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a step that gives the court jurisdiction over alleged crimes in Palestinian territories. The formal accession was marked with a ceremony at The Hague, in the Netherlands, where the court is based. The Palestinians signed the ICC’s founding Rome Statute in January, when they also accepted its jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed “in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, since June 13, 2014.” Later that month, the ICC opened a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestinian territories, paving the way for possible war crimes investigations against Israelis. As members of the court, Palestinians may be subject to counter-charges as well. The war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza last summer left more than 2,000 people dead, the vast majority of them Palestinians. Israel, which is not an ICC member, has opposed the Palestinians’ efforts to join the body. “The Israeli position – like the position of the U.S., Canada and others – is that the Palestinians are not eligible to join the ICC and the court does not have jurisdiction in this instance, first and foremost, because there is no Palestinian State in international law,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. “The decision of the Palestinians to join the ICC as an attempt to move ‘processes’ against Israel is political, cynical and hypocritical.” The Palestinian Authority, which is allied to the “murderous” militant group Hamas, “is the last one that can threaten to present a case to the ICC in the Hague,” the ministry added, saying that the Palestinians’ membership violated the founding principles of the ICC and risked politicizing  the body. But Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki, speaking at Wednesday’s ceremony, said joining the ICC was a move toward greater justice. “As Palestine formally becomes a State Party to the Rome Statute today, the world is also a step closer to ending a long era of impunity and injustice,” he said, according to an ICC news release. “Indeed, today brings us closer to our shared goals of justice and peace.” Judge Kuniko Ozaki, a vice president of the ICC, said acceding to the treaty was just the first step for the Palestinians. “As the Rome Statute today enters into force for the State of Palestine, Palestine acquires all the rights as well as responsibilities that come with being a State Party to the Statute. These are substantive commitments, which cannot be taken lightly,” she said. Rights group Human Rights Watch welcomed the development. “Governments seeking to penalize Palestine for joining the ICC should immediately end their pressure, and countries that support universal acceptance of the court’s treaty should speak out to welcome its membership,” said Balkees Jarrah, international justice counsel for the group. “What’s objectionable is the attempts to undermine international justice, not Palestine’s decision to join a treaty to which over 100 countries around the world are members.” In January, when the preliminary ICC examination was opened, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described it as an outrage, saying the court was overstepping its boundaries. Related video Palestinian Authority bids to join the ICC The United States also said it “strongly” disagreed with the court’s decision. “As we have said repeatedly, we do not believe that Palestine is a state and therefore we do not believe that it is eligible to join the ICC,” the State Department said in a statement. It urged the warring sides to resolve their differences through direct negotiations. “We will continue to oppose actions against Israel at the ICC as counterproductive to the cause of peace,” it said. But the ICC begs to differ with the definition of a state for its purposes and refers to the territories as “Palestine.” While a preliminary examination is not a formal investigation, it allows the court to review evidence and determine whether to investigate suspects on both sides. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said her office would “conduct its analysis in full independence and impartiality.” The inquiry will include alleged war crimes committed since June. The International Criminal Court was set up in 2002 to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. CNN’s Vasco Cotovio, Kareem Khadder, Michael Schwartz and Faith Karimi contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Palestinian Authority's membership in the ICC", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150401121500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/middleeast/palestinians-icc-membership/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "704254140", "sentence": "Trilateral war games being conducted by South Korea, Australia and the US Drills focus on stopping North Korea's WMD capability The US, Australian and South Korean navies are conducting joint exercises off South Korea intended to simulate the interception of shipments of nuclear material meant for North Korea. The drills, held Monday and Tuesday off South Korea’s Jeju Island, come as US President Donald Trump visits the region for talks which are expected to be dominated by discussion of North Korea. Pyongyang is regularly angered by co-ordinated drills in the region, which it sees as practice for an invasion, but which the US and its allies say is necessary to counter North Korean aggression. These ones are likely to be no different. “This drill is to stop the shipment of North Korea’s nuclear and WMD (weapons of mass destruction) materials in and out through combined navy drill between allies, and to carry out the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) resolution against North Korea’s illegal actions of provocation,” South Korean navy Rear Adm. Choi Sung-mok, chief of staff for the South Korean fleet said. He added that “through this training, the Navy will continue to strengthen the capability to carry out the joint drill as a preparation against various threats that can happen in the sea.” Four surface vessels from the three countries – South Korea’s King Sejong Aegis destroyer, the US Navy’s USS Chafee Aegis destroyer as well as the Australian Navy’s escort ships Melbourne and Parramatta – are taking part in the drills, with South Korean and US P-3 aircraft providing support and training on searching and tracking vessels carrying WMD. North Korean government officials told CNN’s Will Ripley that Pyongyang is “watching Trump’s Asia visit closely,” and was monitoring the three carrier strike groups that are now on the waters off the Korean Peninsula as well as the recent bomber flyovers on the peninsula. “They are not only threatening in words, but they are switching over into action to ignite another Korean War,” they said, referring to US rhetoric. The officials added: “Nobody knows when and how the ‘war maniac’ Trump will ignite the ‘wick of war’.” They said Trump is thinking of these strategic assets as a gift to his allies in the region, but North Korea finds that to be absurd. The officials told CNN that if Trump does anything “crazy,” North Korea will stop him by “responding powerfully.” “This is a touch and go situation and we are on the brink of a major explosion.” During a joint press conference with Trump on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan and the US are in “complete agreement” as to the way forward in dealing with North Korea. Abe said he agreed that now is not the time for direct talks with North Korea, but rather for a strengthening of sanctions against Pyongyang. “For more than 20 some years, the international community attempted dialogue with North Korea,” Abe said. “Now is the time not for dialogue but for applying a maximum level of pressure on North Korea.” Trump declared that the “era of strategic patience is over” when it comes to the United States’ stance toward North Korea. “Some people said that my rhetoric is very strong,” he said during remarks at a press conference in Tokyo. “But look at what’s happened with very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years. Look where we are now.” He also advocated a more militaristic Japan, saying Tokyo should begin purchasing American-made military equipment to better protect itself against threats from North Korea. US, China divided over how to deal with new North Korean ICBM threat South Korea has been a long-term ally of the United States, since the two states fought together during the Korean War in the 1950s. With its large US military presence, Seoul has long participated in joint military exercises with its ally since the Korean War ended in an armistice and ceasefire in 1953. In August the two nations undertook the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises, one of two annual cooperative drills that the two countries conduct. To critics, they’re a needless provocation, but to advocates, an essential way to get troops combat ready. While the joint military drills between the US and South Korea that both sides say are defensive in nature they enrage South Korea’s neighbor to the north – Pyongyang views them as practice for an eventual invasion. The exercises, according to US Forces Korea, are designed to “highlight the longstanding military partnership” between the two countries and improve stability and security on the Korean Peninsula. The US Navy and marines also recently concluded landing drills, known as Blue Chromite 18, in Okinawa. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Jake Kwon and Will Ripley contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-South Korea-Australia joint military drills", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171106084500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/politics/us-south-korea-australia-maritime-drills/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "609245987", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion who focuses on climate change and social justice. Follow him on Snapchat, Twitter and Facebook or subscribe to his email newsletter. Sutter: Trump is lining up Cabinet appointees who deny or ignore basic realities of climate science It's clear there are serious costs to doing nothing about our warming planet, Sutter says It’s become a favorite joke of late-night comics. “You know, sometimes I think Trump is trolling us, people,” “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah said last week. “It’s like the ultimate troll! Because you realize, every single person he’s picked for his cabinet wants to destroy the thing that they’ve been put in charge of.” That last bit seems fair as it applies to climate change. Donald Trump is lining up a number of Cabinet appointees who deny or ignore basic realities of climate science and whose policies could push this country – already the world’s second-biggest climate polluter – back into the dirty fossil fuel era at exactly a time when science seems to mandate the opposite. Perhaps that’s no surprise given that the President-elect also is promoting misinformation. “Nobody really knows’ if climate change is real, Trump told Fox News this week. The fact remains: Climate change is real, and humans are causing it. But you’d be more than a little confused if you listened to Trump and the folks he’s picked to head the Environmental Protection Agency, State Department and Department of Energy. Here’s a look at their misguided – or just plain wrong – views on climate science. Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, does not seem to believe in environmental protection, at least as it applies to climate change. In fact, acting as attorney general of Oklahoma, Pruitt is suing the EPA – the agency he soon could head – over Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce pollution deaths, clean up the air and prevent catastrophic warming. That plan is now in legal limbo. And Pruitt has described it as “an unlawful attempt to expand federal bureaucrats’ authority over states’ energy economies in order to shutter coal-fired power plants and eventually other sources of fossil-fuel generated electricity,” according to the Tulsa World. He’s tried to make this a states’ rights issue. “When the EPA exceeds the constraints placed upon the agency by Congress, the relationship is thrown out of balance and the rule of law and state sovereignty is affected adversely,” Pruitt told a Senate subcommittee last year. There’s room for politicians to quibble over which policies are best to fight climate change, of course. But Pruitt also has a record of misrepresenting and ignoring climate science, which clearly shows we humans are warming the planet by burning fossil fuels and clearing rainforests. “[G]lobal warming has inspired one of the major policy debates of our time,” Pruitt said this year in a Tulsa World op-ed, which was co-written by Alabama’s attorney general, Luther Strange. “That debate is far from settled. Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.” Scientists do not truly “disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.” On the first point, yes, there are reasonable disagreements about “how bad it will be and how soon its consequences will kick in,” as Robinson Meyer put it in The Atlantic. But there’s broad agreement it will be bad. The science of climate change, meanwhile, has been settled for some time. Depending on which study you cite, between 97% and 99.9% of actively publishing climate scientists – or their studies – agree the climate is warming and humans are largely responsible. Debate the best policies to get us off of fossil fuels and onto cleaner energy, sure. But there is no debate on the science. Efforts to inject one are both misleading and dangerous. Trump’s secretary of state pick, Rex Tillerson, is closer to the truth on his stated understanding of climate science. But it’s unclear whether he’d actually do anything about it. This matters because Tillerson – currently the CEO of ExxonMobil, one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies – would represent the US in international climate change negotiations. John Kerry, Obama’s outgoing secretary of state, negotiated the Paris Agreement, a landmark treaty aimed at limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius. He forged new ties with China, now the biggest annual climate polluter, to help make that happen. The treaty basically sets the goal of ridding the world economy of fossil fuels this century, hopefully closer to 2050 than 2100. Now the CEO of a fossil fuel company could take Kerry’s place in those negotiations. Tillerson, thankfully, does acknowledge humans are causing climate change. “I’m not disputing that increasing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere is going to have an impact. It will have a warming impact,” he said at a Council of Foreign Relations event in 2012. In November, ExxonMobil also expressed belated support for the Paris climate accord. But ExxonMobil knew about the dangers of climate change in the 1970s and hid that information from investors and the public, according to an eight-month investigation by InsideClimate News, a Pulitzer prize-winning news organization. (ExxonMobil says on its website that it “completely rejects the allegations made in these reports”). And Tillerson hedges on the consequences of the warming he acknowledges fossil fuels are helping to cause. “[O]ur ability to predict, with any accuracy, what the future’s going to be is really pretty limited,” he said. While there are uncertainties about exactly how catastrophic unchecked climate change will be – and when, exactly, certain tipping points, such as the melting of Greenland, which could raise sea levels 7 meters, will be crossed – the crisis we face is clear. Based on the best available science, we reasonably can expect submerged cities, failing crops, super droughts, deadlier storms and mass extinction in the natural world if we continue burning fossil fuels at anything near the current rate. When it comes to planetary science, actions speak louder than words. And while Tillerson does acknowledge humanity’s role in climate change, his company continues to extract dirty fuels that are creating dangerous warming. According to a recent report in Science, which cites the work of Richard Heede, principal of Climate Mitigation Services, ExxonMobil was responsible for 555 million metric tons of CO2 entering the atmosphere in 2013, making it the fourth-biggest polluter that year. Look at emissions from 1885 to present and you’ll see the company is responsible for 3.11% of global CO2 emissions historically, according to the research, putting it behind only Saudi Aramco and Chevron in terms of its impact. Last in Trump’s dirty-fuel trifecta: Energy. Trump’s team announced on Wednesday that the president-elect is nominating Rick Perry, the former Texas governor, to head the Energy Department. As a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Perry proposed eliminating the very department he is now tasked with leading. “The science is not settled,” Perry said during a Republican debate in 2011. “The idea that we would put Americans’ economy at jeopardy based on scientific theory that’s not settled yet to me is just nonsense.” I’ve addressed the not-settled point. Climate science is settled, as settled as science gets. And it’s been that way since well before Perry’s comment in 2011. (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a landmark report in 2007 stating that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and that “most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic [greenhouse gas] concentrations.” If Perry has somehow evolved his views since 2011 he should say so.) But the second part of Perry’s statement is also worth dissecting. He appears to claim that doing something about climate change – abandoning fossil fuels in favor of cleaner energy, something he could help achieve if approved as the head of the US Energy Department – would somehow put the US economy in “jeopardy.” That’s surprising given that Perry is credited with bringing about a wind-power renaissance in Texas. And given the fact that doing nothing about climate change poses enormous financial risks. The International Monetary Fund estimates 3 degrees Celsius of warming – which about is where we’re headed even with the emissions cuts pledged in the Paris Agreement – would lead to a 2% loss in global GDP. And that estimate may undersell the real economic costs. Research published in 2015 in the journal Nature found that “unmitigated warming is expected to reshape the global economy by reducing average global incomes roughly 23% by 2100 and widening global income inequality, relative to scenarios without climate change.” That paper’s co-author, Marshall Burke, an assistant professor at Stanford University, told me US income losses are expected to be even greater: 30% to 35%. You can also look at these costs in a more piecemeal way. In the United States in 2100, for example, unchecked warming is expected to lead to 1.2 billion hours of lost labor, valued at $110 billion; $1.1 billion to $1.6 billion in avoidable bridge damages; $2.6 billion to $3.1 billion of losses to agriculture from avoidable droughts; and $940 million to $1.4 billion in avoidable costs associated with increased wildfire response, among other costs, according to a 2015 report from the Environmental Protection Agency. Then consider coastal flooding associated with seas that are rising as the oceans warm and ice sheets melts. A 2014 report called “Risky Business,” which was co-chaired by Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire, and Henry Paulson, former US treasury secretary, found that $238 billion to $507 billion worth of American real estate is expected to be underwater because of warming by 2100. There’s great variability in these estimates, to be sure. But it’s clear there are serious costs to doing nothing. And it’s clear that doing something about climate change may actually be far cheaper. Trump and his emerging Cabinet picks don’t seem to take these risks seriously. Their stated stances on climate indicate they would push these costs into the future and, importantly, onto the backs of future generations. They will inherit a crisis we helped create. And they may judge this moment harshly.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump and his Cabinet appointees", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161217023000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/16/politics/sutter-trump-cabinet-climate/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "626075301", "sentence": "The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a decisive rebuke to President Donald Trump’s Justice Department Thursday night, issuing a 29-page order rejecting almost every argument it made to reinstate his travel ban. Ruling maintains block on travel ban Threats made against judgesHow Trump lost: Views from all sidesKey lines from court rulingCourt ruling: FULL TEXT Ruling maintains block on travel ban Threats made against judgesHow Trump lost: Views from all sidesKey lines from court rulingCourt ruling: FULL TEXT Although the court was only ruling on whether the executive order should be reinstated, the language of the opinion is sweeping. Here are some key aspects from the ruling: 1) Most importantly, the broad ruling makes clear that the Trump administration failed to convince the court that national security concerns justified a reinstatement of the ban. “The Government has pointed to no evidence that any alien from any of the countries named in the Order has perpetrated a terrorist attack in the United States.” In a footnote, the court added: “Although the Government points to the fact that Congress and the Executive identified the seven countries named in the Executive Order as countries of concern in 2015 and 2016, the Government has not offered any evidence or even an explanation of how the national security concerns that justified those designations, which triggered visa requirements, can be extrapolated to justify an urgent need for the Executive Order to be immediately reinstated.” 2) At oral arguments, the lawyer for the government said he thought the executive order was “unreviewable,” but the order eviscerates that notion. “In short, although courts owe considerable deference to the President’s policy determinations with respect to immigration and national security, it is beyond question that the federal judiciary retains the authority to adjudicate constitutional challenges to executive action.” 3) The government also argued that the states challenging the order – Washington and Minnesota – had not shown that they had the legal right, or standing, to bring the case in the first place. But the court pointed to the fact that public universities suffered because some of their visiting scholars were unable to enter the United States. “We therefore conclude that the States have alleged harms to their proprietary interests traceable to the Executive Order.” 4) After the executive order was issued, White House counsel Donald F. McGahn issued guidance saying that key parts of the order did not apply to lawful permanent residents. But the court said it could not rely upon that order. “The White House counsel is not the President, and he is not known to be in the chain of command of any of the Executive Departments. … We cannot rely upon the Government’s contention that the Executive Order no longer applies to lawful permanent residents.” 5) Finally, the court said it needed to balance the interests of the public. It acknowledged the importance of national security but finally sided with the states. “The public also has an interest in free flow of travel, in avoiding separation of families, and in freedom from discrimination.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's travel ban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170210050000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/politics/travel-ban-ruling-key-lines/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "551496601", "sentence": "Russian warplanes bombed U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near the Jordanian border The U.S. diverted armed FA-18s to the area after the first round of two strikes Russia’s Defense Ministry denied bombing U.S.-backed Syrian opposition forces in a recent military operation near the Jordania border, according to a statement released on Sunday. The Kremlin response comes after U.S. and Russian military officials held a video conference to discuss Thursday’s strikes. “The object which had suffered bombardment was located more than 300 km far from borders of territories claimed by the American party as ones controlled by the opposition joined the ceasefire regime,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in the statement. And Russian forces “forewarned member states of the U.S.-led coalition about the ground targets to strike on,” the statement added. In recent months, the Russian Defense Ministry has suggested “compiling a joint map with actual information about location of forces active in Syria,” according to the statement. “However, there has been no significant progress reached.” The video conference addressing the Russian airstrikes was convened under the auspices of the Safety of Flight Memorandum of Understanding, an arrangement between the counter-ISIL coalition and Russian Federation to maintain safety in the air space over Syria. The discussion was unusual, because that communications channel was not established for such a purpose. “Department officials expressed strong concerns about the attack on the coalition-supported counter-ISIL forces at the At-Tanf garrison, which included forces that are participants in the cessation of hostilities in Syria, and emphasized that those concerns would be addressed through ongoing diplomatic discussions on the cessation of hostilities,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said Saturday. “Regarding safety, department officials conveyed that Russia’s continued strikes at At-Tanf, even after U.S. attempts to inform Russian forces through proper channels of on-going coalition air support to the counter-ISIL forces, created safety concerns for U.S. and coalition forces,” Cook added. The strikes, which the U.S. says killed some New Syrian Army troops, occurred about six miles from the Jordanian border, according to a U.S. defense official. The U.S. diverted armed FA-18s to the area after the first round of two strikes, and the pilots then tried to call the Russians on a previously agreed-upon pilot-to-pilot communications channel but did not receive an answer. As soon as the U.S. jets left the area to refuel, the Russians came back for another round of bombing, the defense official said. “Russian aircraft conducted a series of airstrikes near al-Tanf against Syrian counter-ISIL forces that included individuals who have received U.S. support. Russian aircraft have not been active in this area of Southern Syria for some time, and there were no Syrian regime or Russian ground forces in the vicinity,” a senior defense official said. “Russia’s latest actions raise serious concern about Russian intentions. We will seek an explanation from Russia on why it took this action and assurances this will not happen again.” The first two bombing runs by the Russians were carried out by two SU-24 Russian jets coming out of their base near Latakia. The jets dropped what is believed to be the equivalent of U.S. 500-pound bombs and possibly cluster munitions, according to the U.S. defense official. U.S. officials are watching the situation closely. Asked about the strikes Friday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said it raised questions about whether the Russians were actually in Syria to fight Islamic extremists. “Here’s a case where they actually attacked forces that were fighting ISIL. And if that was their intention, that’s the opposite of what they said they were going to do,” Carter said. “If not, then it says something about the quality of the information upon which they make airstrikes.” U.S. and Russian forces in Syria have had tense relations since the country devolved into civil war. The U.S. has backed rebel groups while the Russians have supported Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. CNN’s Jamie Crawford and Azadeh Ansari contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160618011500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/17/politics/russia-airstrike-syrian-rebels/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "691705075", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Nic Robertson is CNN’s international diplomatic editor. The opinions in this article belong to the author. Theresa May does have a propensity for picking a pretty backdrop for her big Brexit pronouncements. Along with dozens of diplomats, ambassadors and a neat line of docile British government ministers, I sat in the dazzling Louis XIV style splendor of Lancaster House in January, taking in not just her long-awaited Brexit vision, but a full on whiff of the mansion’s grandeur. For the next installment, May has picked Florence: a sparkling jewel of a city by any measure. In choosing Florence’s historic beauty over the more drab backdrop of Brussels to break the Brexit logjam, Britain’s PM may be succumbing to the perennial end-of-summer lure that Chianti country holds over many Europhile Brits. Or, she may have picked central Italy in order to remind the often self-important EU officials of the continent’s soft underbelly. Niccolo Machiavelli – Florence’s infamous diplomat, politician and master of duplicity – might have factored into May’s thinking when selecting a location for speech. Related article Juncker pulls Europe away from Brexit Britain Europe’s troubles are more exposed in Florence’s gracefully aging architecture than in the glass and concrete HQ construct that is the European Union’s headquarters. Less than a year ago, all the talk in this part of the world was of Italy being on a crash course to follow the UK out of the EU. Its young, amiable Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had bet his political career against the need of the nation to reform its economy. Anti-EU populists – in the guise of both nationalists and leftists – helped end his gamble. In short, for May, Italy is a simple cypher for Europe’s ills: A rich North riven with nationalism and a poor South struggling to cope with waves of refugees. Florence has its feet and pockets in the prosperous north, but many vineyards and olive groves in the rolling hills surrounding the city struggle to pay their way. A speech here sucks oxygen from Brussels’ inflated vision of one Europe fitting all. But May won’t be the only leader revealing their view of a future Europe this weekend. Early next week, France’s energetic President Emmanuel Macron will put his shoulder to the Sisyphean challenge of shifting the EU towards the path he prefers. And at elections this weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to handily secure a fourth term in office. Once liberated from the constraining shackles of fighting a domestic campaign, Europe’s most powerful leader can let herself loose on her vision for Europe’s destiny. Merkel’s aims may be more circumspect than Macron’s more vaulting vision, but then for Germany – Europe’s economic power house – the EU is working. Change will likely come cautiously. Brussels, to this point, has brushed off Britain’s advances much as a frustrated shopper might whoosh away wasps between them and their choice of fruit. In Florence, May will hope to drown out the EU’s increasingly angry buzz and steer Brexit discussion back toward a more mutually agreeable, diplomatic drone. One where the worker bees of Brexit known as sherpas can focus on facts and figures and ignore the emotions in both Brussels and London. Brussles has become an increasingly implacable wall to May and her Brexit secretary David Davis’s demands for a speedy EU divorce. She is desperate, ahead of her party conference in a few weeks, to part the gathering clouds of discontent that threaten her leadership with some sign of success in Europe – be it from a solid kick to the EU’s sensitive nether regions – as some in her party want – or a caressing of its ego. Or, a combination of both of the above. Something to improve the odds of a quicker agreement, reduce the risk of failure and cast herself in a better light – if only in the short term. Florence might be just the ticket: plenty of history, not just the political dark arts of Machiavelli, for a crafty speechwriter to weave into her own narrative for the future of Europe. The city’s charm is like butter on hot toast: it soaks into every pore, a richness of flavour that lasts long after the swallow. If May can emulate these qualities then she might finally break the Brexit logjam. Related article Brexit: EU chief Juncker warns UK 'will regret it' She will be hoping her words convince the EU27 that she is a serious negotiator and does have a vision for Brexit that she can deliver on and finally get trade talks between the EU and the UK going. EU negotiators are telling their UK counterparts to table substantive plans on rights of EU citizens, on Northern Ireland and on settling the exit bill. Until May’s foreign secretary – and in the eyes of many, leadership rival – Boris Johnson penned his own 4,000-word Brexit vision last week, the mood music in the run up to Florence was vaguely in May’s favour. Leaks that the UK could offer to pay around £20 billion over two years to plug would-be holes in the EU’s budget and two or more years of transition after the talks deadline March 2019, perhaps keeping the UK inside the single market and EU Customs Union, might go some way to cooling the EU’s perceived anger towards the manner in which Britain has gone about these negotiations so far. But this kind of fudge wouldn’t please everyone. Johnson and others have bridled at Britain paying a hefty bill that the EU has said could ultimately be around €100 billion. So something for everyone maybe: the EU gets commitment from the UK that it will continue to meet its EU budget obligations until the end of this period (2020). The UK gets the transition that it wants. And the thorny issue of the final bill gets kicked down the road – at least for a bit. It wouldn’t thaw the Brexit talks overnight, but might just hint that the winter of Brussels’ discontent is less chilly than before. Johnson’s intervention though, what ever it does to May’s calculus, will have reminded the EU that they may want to keep their thermals to hand a little longer. May has plenty more discontent awaiting her at the Conservative party conference. Not for the first time, Johnson has soured the scene in Europe, and also not for the first time he says again he really is in lockstep behind May’s leadership.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Theresa May", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170921194500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/opinions/theresa-may-florence-nic-opinion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "486947197", "sentence": "Pollard was released on parole Friday after spending 30 years behind bars on espionage charges The White House's refusal to alter the terms of Pollard's parole comes despite repeated entreaties from the Israeli government The Obama administration indicated Friday that it has no plans to loosen the parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard, convicted of spying for Israel, to allow him to move to the Jewish state. Pollard was released on parole Friday after spending 30 years behind bars on espionage charges, but he cannot leave the country to join his wife in Israel under the terms of his early release. “The President has no plans to alter the forms of his parole. The Department of Justice is best positioned to speak to the terms of his parole, although obviously the one at issue is the requirement that he remain in the United States,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser. “But again, the President doesn’t have any plans to alter the terms of terms of his parole.” State Department Spokesman John Kirby added that he was “not aware of any such conversations” that would ease Pollard’s parole, noting that the Justice Department would handle Pollard’s parole “according to standard procedures.” Related video Who is Jonathan Pollard? READ: Will Israeli spy’s release help Obama and Netanyahu get along? The White House’s refusal to alter the terms of Pollard’s parole comes despite repeated entreaties from the Israeli government, which first advocated for Pollard’s release and now in recent months – as it became clear Pollard would soon be freed from prison – advocated for him to be allowed move to Israel. Rhodes acknowledged Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “regularly raised” the conditions of Pollard’s parole in conversations with Obama, whom he last sat down with at the White House earlier this month. Pollard’s imprisonment has been a constant subject of Israeli diplomatic efforts throughout the American-born spy’s imprisonment, with Israeli prime ministers raising the issue with successive American administrations. Pollard had reportedly been used as a bargaining chip in past U.S. efforts to bring Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians or to draw concessions from Israeli officials, but his early release never came to fruition. Many in the American intelligence establishment opposed any leniency for the former U.S. naval intelligence officer who passed sensitive information to Jerusalem. Pollard was ultimately released through the regular parole process.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The White House", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151120223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/politics/jonathan-pollard-parole-israel-barack-obama-white-house/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "606796643", "sentence": "Boubaker Hakim is a French-Tunisian ISIS operative The Pentagon says Saturday he was killed A French ISIS operative suspected of enabling a terrorist attack on a tourist beach in Tunisia was killed by a US drone strike in late November, according to the Pentagon. Boubaker Hakim, 33, a veteran French-Tunisian ISIS operative who had gained a reputation as one of the most notorious and ruthless figures in global jihad – was targeted in Raqqa, Syria, on November 26, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said. “His removal degrades ISIL’s ability to conduct further attacks in the West and denies ISIL a veteran extremist with extensive ties,” he said, using a different acronym for ISIS. CNN reported Friday than Hakim was targeted, citing a source briefed by French intelligence. Intelligence indicated that Hakim was connected to the Tunisian cell behind the June 2015 Sousse attack via an intermediary in Libya, a senior British counterterrorism source told CNN. Thirty-eight people, including 30 British tourists, were killed. According to the source, the same ISIS-linked cell also carried out a deadly attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis in March 2015. Investigators believe the plotters were in touch with ISIS operatives in the group’s safe-haven spanning parts of Syria and Iraq, but the source described the Tunisian plots as “ISIS-enabled” rather than “ISIS-directed.” Unlike the Paris attacks, the Sousse plot did not involve a cell recruited, trained and dispatched by the senior leadership of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Rather, it was a homegrown cell that developed ties to the core organization. Those involved in the attacks all trained in Libya, the source said. The Tunisian cell exhibited an impressive level of operational trade craft, and at the time of the Sousse attack it was also plotting to attack the French consulate in Tunis, the source disclosed. Those plans were thwarted after Tunisian security services moved against the group after that attack. Hakim, also known by his fighting name Abu Muqatil, was also a person of interest in the probe of links between the November 2015 Paris attacks and overseas terrorists, according to Jean Charles Brisard, the director of the Center for the Analysis of Terrorism in Paris. Several months before the attacks, he issued a call from Syria for jihadis inside France to launch gun attacks. Hakim was born in Paris and ran in the same extremist circles as the Kouachi brothers, who attacked the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris in January 2015. Hakim later traveled to join jihadi efforts in Iraq during the Iraqi insurgency and was handed a seven-year sentence for terrorism offenses on his return. Soon after being released, he traveled to Tunisia, where he joined a terrorist cell allegedly responsible for the killing of two secularist-leaning politicians. Hakim then traveled to join ISIS. In December 2014, he appeared in an ISIS video claiming responsibility for the assassination of the Tunisian politicians. The US State Department designated him a global terrorist in September 2015. Hakim’s targeting in a US drone strike was first reported by the French newspaper Le Monde. CNN’s Tim Lister and Steve Almasy contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Boubaker Hakim", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161209081500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "TUN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/middleeast/boubaker-hakim-drone-strike/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "632196913", "sentence": "The comments are the most direct the White House has made on the incident Some had called on the Trump administration to condemn the crime A White House spokeswoman condemned on Tuesday the shooting of two Indian men in Kansas that gained international attention over the weekend, telling reporters that the shooting appears to be “an act of racially motivated hatred.” The comments are the most direct the White House has been on the shooting, which killed Srinivas Kuchibhotla, a 32-year old employee at GPS company Garmin, and left Alok Madasani, 32, and Ian Grillot, 24, in the hospital. “As more facts come to light and it begins to look like this was an act of racially motivated hatred,” said Sarah Sanders, a White House spokeswoman. “I want to reiterate the President condemns these or any other racially or religiously motivated attacks in the strongest terms. They have no place in our country.” Kansas City shooting hero: Trump should address hate The comments come as some have called for a more forceful response from President Donald Trump and his administration. “I wouldn’t be surprised if that was mentioned in the speech tonight,” Sanders added. Sanders said the President is “keeping the family of the victim who was senselessly killed in his thoughts and prayers and praying for the full and speedy recovery for those who were wounded.” Adam Purinton, 51, was charged with one count of premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted premeditated first-degree murder for the shooting last Wednesday at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe. Purinton allegedly grew agitated with the two Indian men, before Grillot, a regular at the bar, approached the man and asked him to leave, according to CNN affiliate KMBC. 911 calls reveal the Kansas suspect thought he’d shot ‘two Iranians’ Purinton then allegedly left the bar before returning and opening fire, according to prosecutors. The Kansas City Star reports that one witness said the shooter yelled “Get out of my country” before shooting. Purinton was arrested an hour later at an Applebee’s restaurant 70 miles away in Clinton, Missouri. In 911 calls released by CNN affiliate KSHB, an Applebee’s bartender told police that a man had admitted to shooting two “Iranian” people in Olathe and was looking for a place to hide. The FBI is investigating to determine whether it was a hate crime. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to reflect the timing of the shooting. CNN’s Eric Levenson contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "White House", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170228214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-white-house-kansas-racially-motivated/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "712942682", "sentence": "\"The President is very committed to the Middle East peace process,\" Tillerson told reporters Tillerson faced the international backlash against the decision directly Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday there is still “a very good opportunity for peace to be achieved” in the Middle East, despite the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy to that city. “The President is very committed to the Middle East peace process,” Tillerson told reporters at a news conference from NATO headquarters in Brussels. “He has a team that he put in place almost immediately upon entering the White House.” Early in the administration, President Donald Trump tasked his son-in-law Jared Kushner, along with attorney Jason Greenblatt, with developing an Israel-Palestinian peace process. But critics and US allies alike have voiced concerns that Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital could jeopardize that effort by damaging US relationships in the region and potentially driving the Palestinians away from the process. Related article Jordan's King joins criticism over Trump's Jerusalem decision In his news conference Wednesday, Tillerson insisted the process is alive. “We continue to believe there is a very good opportunity for peace to be achieved,” he said, “and the President has a team that is devoted to that entirely.” But Tillerson, who was in Brussels for a NATO ministerial, faced the international backlash against the decision directly. Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, told reporters immediately ahead of his meeting with Tillerson that the move is “a grave mistake.” “It would not bring any stability, peace but rather chaos and instability,” he said, adding that he’s relayed his position on the matter to Tillerson, and planned to do so again. Related article Trump's Jerusalem decision promises upheaval Asked later Wednesday morning how discussions on the future of Jerusalem were going, Tillerson said, “We haven’t had a lot of talks about that,” insisting his discussions have centered on other agenda items. Meanwhile, Tillerson’s British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, said his country would wait and see what Trump announces. “But clearly this is a decision that makes it more important than ever that the long-awaited American proposals on the Middle East peace process are now brought forward and I would say that that should happen as a matter of priority,” he noted.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171206184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/tillerson-nato-middle-east-peace-deal/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "620797616", "sentence": "The biggest piece of Trump's first executive order was his long-promised wall on the border Both orders also sought to beef up enforcement agencies in terms of staffing President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders on immigration and border security, which included his campaign promises of building a wall and substantially stepping up deportations and immigration enforcement. The lengthy orders contained a number of provisions designed to execute key elements of the immigration hard-liner’s agenda, including on sanctuary cities, enforcement priorities and cracking down on crime. “Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders,” Trump told employees of the Department of Homeland Security at the department’s headquarters in Washington, where he signed the orders. Here’s a look at the important pieces of the actions signed Wednesday: The biggest piece of Trump’s first executive order was his long-promised wall on the border with Mexico. The measure instructs the homeland security secretary to take “steps to immediately plan, design, and construct a physical wall along the southern border,” in order to “achieve complete operational control of the southern border.” The measure includes instructions to figure out funding, including what federal money sources exist now and what the administration will need to request in congressional appropriations later. The order also calls for a study within six months on securing the southern border. Trump orders construction of the wall Trump has said Mexico will pay for the wall, and stood by that Wednesday, saying he would get reimbursement after building the wall with federal funds. Negotiations, he said, would begin “relatively soon.” “I’m telling you there will be a payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form,” Trump said. “We are going to stabilize on both sides of the border and we also understand that a strong and healthy economy in Mexico is very good for the United States.” The order directed agencies to conduct an analysis of all federal aid to Mexico over the past five years – previewing Trump’s vision for gaining leverage over the neighboring country. But the order also seemed to indicate that despite Trump repeatedly insisting he meant a physical wall, there was wiggle room. “‘Wall’ shall mean a contiguous, physical wall or other similarly secure, contiguous, and impassable physical barrier,” the order said in its definitions. Both orders also sought to beef up enforcement agencies in terms of staffing. The border security order instructed the Department of Homeland Security to hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents, and the other order focused on security of the interior of the nation seeks the addition of 10,000 immigration officers. Both, however, are “subject to available appropriations,” meaning the agency will need to find funds or Congress will need to appropriate them. The order seeks to get Border Patrol reinforcements to stations “as soon as is practicable.” The order also specifies that the additional immigration officers should be trained to perform duties including interrogating, detaining, arresting and searching for people believed to be non-citizens or non-nationals. The order on border security signals there could be significant efforts to put more immigrants behind bars if they’re caught illegally crossing the border, or if they’re in deportation proceedings. The order instructs the secretary of homeland security to construct or establish detention facilities near the border and staff them with asylum officers and immigration judges. It’s unclear how such measures would be funded. Right now, Congress has appropriated funding for about 34,000 beds for immigrant detention – many of which are in facilities operated by private companies across the country. Meanwhile more than half a million cases are pending in immigration court. Wednesday’s order directs the secretary of homeland security to “allocate all legally available resources to immediately construct, operate, control or establish contracts to construct, operate or control facilities to detain aliens at or near the land border with Mexico.” It’s likely private prison companies, which saw their stock go up after Trump’s election, will be involved. One of the touted elements of the orders is ending what Trump calls “catch and release,” in essence guaranteeing immigrants who could be removed from the country are continuously detained and not let free based on humanitarian concerns. “It is the policy of the executive branch to end the abuse of parole and asylum provisions currently used to prevent the lawful removal of removable aliens,” the order states. The section is heavily technical, but orders the homeland security secretary to ensure that allowances in US immigration law to grant individuals asylum or parole based on concerns about persecution in their home country are not “exploited” to block deportations. The provisions should only be used “when an individual demonstrates urgent humanitarian reasons or a significant public benefit derived from such parole,” the order states. This portion of the order also notes that unaccompanied children detained at the border receive care and are sent back to their home nations as appropriate. A flood of unaccompanied children at the border created a crisis in recent years, as detention facilities were unable to humanely accommodate high numbers. The increased influx of minors crossing the border without adults were largely fleeing violence in Central America. Trump’s “interior” security order takes aim at so-called sanctuary jurisdictions – cities, states and other entities that through a range of policies shield undocumented immigrants from federal law enforcement. The order will “strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants,” according to White House press secretary Sean Spicer in his daily briefing. What are sanctuary cities and can they be defunded? The order declares that entities labeled “sanctuary jurisdictions” by the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security will be “not eligible” for federal grants, and it directs the Office of Management and Budget to compile federal grant money currently going to sanctuary jurisdictions. The order appears to apply mostly to future federal grants, though after OMB’s review, Spicer explained that the funding identified could be taken away. While the administration likely can’t cut off all federal funding, as much of it is disbursed through Congress, the President could put some pressure on cities this way. Any attempts to enact this provision will almost certainly face a legal challenge – past court rulings have weighed in on the government stripping funds from states and cities to enforce policies and have found the measures must relate to the policy in question, must promote the general welfare and cannot be coercive. Trump’s been saying he wants to prioritize deporting criminals for months. That’s no surprise; so did President Barack Obama. But Trump’s executive order Wednesday took a sweeping approach to defining “criminal.” The “interior” order lays out new enforcement priorities for the government, which go far beyond what the Obama administration followed. The order says the priority will be removing deportable immigrants who “have been convicted of any criminal offense; have been charged with any criminal offense, where such charge has not been resolved; have committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense; have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter or application before a governmental agency; have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits; are subject to a final order of removal, but who have not complied with their legal obligation to depart the United States; or in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or national security.” Based on the wording of the executive order, a criminal could include someone who’s charged with – but not actually convicted – of a crime. The last provisions apparently include anyone who an immigration official feels endangers “public safety or national security,” even if that person doesn’t face charges – giving wide latitude to officers. And the term “criminal offense,” isn’t defined in the order and could include a wide range of charges, including presumably misdemeanors. This part of the executive order is also likely to face legal challenges from civil liberties and immigrant rights advocates, who have long argued the government’s approach to handling immigration cases violates due process Trump’s executive order revives a controversial program that ended during the Obama administration. The “Secure Communities” program requires local authorities to share fingerprints and other arrest data to help track down undocumented immigrants. Critics said it pitted law enforcement against the communities they were charged with protecting by putting immigration enforcement in the hands of local police. They also claimed it led to the deportations of immigrants who were in the United States illegally but had no criminal arrest records. Supporters said it helped authorities catch criminals who might otherwise fall through the cracks. Wednesday’s order rolls back Obama’s Priority Enforcement Program and reinstates “Secure Communities.” The “interior” order also includes a provision on “recalcitrant countries” – a technical way of describing nations that do not cooperate in taking back nationals the US is seeking to deport. The order directs the secretaries of homeland security and state to put heavy pressure on those countries, including by levying sanctions against them. The State Department should also engage in the “maximum” legal pressure through diplomacy and negotiations, the order says. Mark Toner, acting State Department spokesman, said the department was reviewing the order and would work to implement it “immediately.” “Facilitating the removal of aliens who are subject to a final order of removal, particularly those who pose a danger to national security or public safety, is a top priority for the Department of State,” Toner said. He also cited work done by State on the issue under the Obama administration. “In FY2015, US government authorities successfully facilitated the repatriation of 235,413 foreign nationals. Stepped-up diplomatic efforts by ICE and the State Department have resulted in significant increases in cooperation among the 23 countries currently on ICE’s Uncooperative (‘Recalcitrant’) list, with nearly half of these countries improving their records of issuing travel documents, accepting charter deportee flights with deportees, and agreeing on formal arrangements for future removals in recent months,” he said. The “interior” order contains two provisions to increase the public reporting of crimes related to illegal immigration. One provision directs US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to create an “Office for Victims of Crimes Committed by Removable Aliens.” The office would offer services to victims of such crimes and to their family members, and would provide reports quarterly “studying the effects of the victimization by criminal aliens present in the United States.” Regarding sanctuary cities, another provision seeks “to better inform the public regarding the public safety threats associated with sanctuary jurisdictions,” by using a weekly report to publish a list of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and name and shame jurisdictions that ignored detention requests in relation to them. Trump often spoke on the trail of individuals who lost loved ones allegedly at the hands of undocumented immigrants. One such case, the murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco, has been a central rallying cry of sanctuary city opponents and advocates of restricting immigration. “I have no higher duty than to protect the lives of the American people. First, these families lost their loved ones, then they endured a system that ignore them, while at the same time constantly rewarding those who broke the law,” Trump said at the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday. “For these families it has been one injustice after another, but that all turns around beginning today. We are joined here this afternoon my parents whose children were horribly killed by individuals living here illegally.” CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Elise Labott, Elizabeth Landers and Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump's immigration and border security executive orders", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170126021500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "723438058", "sentence": "Daniel Deng lists off his college applications: “I am waiting to hear from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Amherst and Babson colleges.” It’s a daunting catalog of some of the most selective universities in America. Yet Deng has no “safety school,” and in fact, he seems pretty confident. It’s a remarkable trait for any 19-year-old navigating the nail-biting application process, but more so for Deng, who is from South Sudan. As a boy, he fled his country without his parents. He ended up in the sprawling refugee camp of Kakuma, then made his way to school in Nairobi, Kenya. But at the African Leadership Academy (ALA) outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, Deng’s story is far from unique. The academy resembles an intimate university campus with hand-picked students from across the continent. The goal of the two-year bridging program is to get them into a top university. And the ALA is remarkably successful, graduating students from 46 countries for nearly ten years. In the wake of controversial comments attributed to US President Donald Trump about African nations – he reportedly described them last week as “shithole countries” – two well-known American non-profits donated to the academy. Related article South Africa formally protests Trump's 'shithole countries' remarks It was a protest of sorts – the College Board and ETS, which administer several US university entrance exams, clearly wanted to make a point. “America’s colleges are hungry for the strength and talent of Africa, Haitian and Central American students,” wrote David Coleman, the president of the College Board, in an online post. African governments and citizens have viewed Trump’s comments as racist, although he has since denied he said them. “Personally, I grew up in a community where we were taught dignity and respect for every individual and sanctity as human beings,” said Deng. Much of the anger isn’t new. Africans have long despaired that the varied continent is viewed by some as a monolithic mess. “Africa is much more than poverty and famine and just rural areas that are not developed. We are much more than underdevelopment,” said Diana Spencer, a student from Senegal. Spencer is heading to Notre Dame later this year on full scholarship to study international economics. The number of international students arriving in the US is dropping, and Trump’s proposed immigration restrictions and travel bans could make it much harder for some students to attend US colleges. The dean of the academy, Hatem Eltayeb, thinks it would be a great shame if fewer students and immigrants from Africa landed in the US. Eltayeb came to ALA by way of Sudan and Harvard. “I think the more we build walls and the more we close doors, the more opportunities for magical opportunities and inspirational discoveries we miss out on,” he said. Related article African Union, African UN envoys demand Trump apology But the ALA can’t keep up with the demand from bright applicants from scores of countries. They accept roughly five percent of their applicants. Many prospective students aren’t able to access a first-rate education because of finances, or because top schools just don’t exist in their countries. It can be a bit daunting for those who make it. “I think there is a responsibility attached to it, because we have been given the privilege of getting an education that some people might not have gotten. So, at times it is a bit scary,” said Felix Morara, from Nakuru, Kenya. If a student at ALA receives substantial financial backing, and many do, they are required to come back to their home countries to plough their experience and education back into their communities. For most, it isn’t a chore. Morara said he would prefer to answer Trump’s comments with action, not words. “Comments such as these stem from the perception that a lot of Africans or immigrants come to take from the country, but I don’t think that is what a lot of us are aiming to do. A lot of us, instead of getting something, hope that that country will make us into something,” he says. But first, Morara is off to Yale.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180118161500", "country1": "SSD", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/africa/africa-ivy-league-prospects-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "500420777", "sentence": "There were two separate incidents, one near Gush Etzion settlement junction, the other near Hebron The men wielded knives against Israeli forces, the IDF says They were shot dead; no Israeli forces were injured Four Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank overnight after two separate attempted knife attacks, Israel said. In the first deadly incident, three Palestinians attempting to attack with knives were shot and killed by Israeli forces at the Gush Etzion settlement junction in the West Bank, the Israeli military said Friday. “The force thwarted the attack, responding to the imminent threat danger and shooting the perpetrators resulting in death of two,” the Israeli military told CNN. “The third was receiving medical treatment at the scene but later died of injuries.” No Israeli soldiers or civilians have been reported injured. The Palestinian health ministry said that the three Palestinians were cousins from the town of Sa’eer near Hebron. The ministry identified them as Ziyad Kawazbeh, 18, Ahmad Kawazbeh, 19, and A’laa Kawazbeh, 19. In the second incident, “a Palestinian armed with a knife attempted to stab soldiers northeast of Hebron,” the Israeli military said. “The forces thwarted the attack and shot the assailant resulting in his death.” No soldiers were injured. The Palestinian health ministry identified him as Khalil Mohamad Shalaldeh, 16, from the town of Beit Eynoun in the West Bank. Shalaledeh’s brother, Mohammad Shalaldeh, died after clashes with Israeli forces in November. The Palestinian health ministry said in a statement that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since October has risen to 149. Israeli medical and disaster organization Magen David Adom has recorded at least 27 Israeli deaths at the hands of Palestinian attackers since mid September.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israeli forces", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160108091500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/08/middleeast/palestinian-israeli-knife-attack-shootings/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "504068499", "sentence": "Trump leads the Texas senator by 19 points The real estate mogul leads the Republican primary with the support of 36% of Republicans Donald Trump continues to dominate the field in the latest national poll – and his attacks on Sen. Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president seem to have some legs. A Monmouth University poll released Wednesday finds the real-estate mogul leading the Republican primary with 36% support among Republican voters, a 19-point edge over the Texas senator, who is second at 17%. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has 11%, and all other candidates are in single digits. The poll also asked voters if they believe Cruz, who was born in Canada to an American mother, is a natural-born citizen and thus eligible for the presidency. While two-thirds said he was, 12% said he was not and 24% weren’t sure. Monmouth asked the same of Trump for comparison, and found that 91% of Republicans said he’s a natural-born citizen, 2% said he’s not and 7% weren’t sure. President Barack Obama has also faced steady skepticism about his U.S. citizenship despite the fact that he was born in Hawaii. In a 2014 Fairleigh Dickinson University poll, 19% of Americans said Obama was definitely or probably not a legal U.S. citizen. For its poll, Monmouth surveyed 1,003 adults by telephone from January 15 to 18, including 385 Republican voters. The Republican sample has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. Polls have continually shown Trump leading the field since this summer, though Cruz has drawn neck-and-neck with the billionaire businessman in Iowa.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160120183000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/politics/donald-trump-lead-ted-cruz-citizenship-monmouth-poll/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "632536491", "sentence": "Bush is returning to the national stage in the role of an elder statesman Return comes as Trump's new administration is rocking Washington Ex-presidents tend to recede from public view, particularly when they leave office – as George W. Bush did – with a Gallup approval rating hovering around 30%. But Bush is returning to the national stage this week in the role of an elder statesman. He’s promoting his new book “Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors” in television appearances and spoke before a sold-out crowd Wednesday evening at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. George W. Bush discovers his ‘inner Rembrandt’ in homage to veterans His return to the political scene comes as President Donald Trump’s new administration is rocking Washington with upheaval and instability. At the Reagan Library event, Bush made clear he did not want to second-guess the current President and said his comments this week had been misconstrued as criticism. “I’m asked the question, ‘Do I believe in free press?’ And the answer is, absolutely I believe in free press,” Bush said. “So I answered that question, and of course the headlines were ‘Bush criticizes Trump.’ And so therefore, I needed to say there should be a free and independent press, but it ought to be accurate.” Related gallery Presidents of the United States Nevertheless, Bush’s presence underscores the contrast in tone between the two most recent Republican presidents and serves as a reminder of how the expectations surrounding presidential rhetoric and tone have changed over the years. Bush “was a president who after 9/11 talked about Islam as a religion of peace,” said Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist and former Bush aide. “He talked about the act of illegal immigration – people who took great risk coming across the desert – as an act of love for their families.” “All presidents have been in difficult times and divisive fights, but there was a normalcy of behavior expected of the American head of state rhetorically,” Schmidt said. He cited the recent example of Trump blaming generals for the loss of Senior Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens during a covert mission in Yemen. (“They lost Ryan,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News that aired Tuesday). “That’s not how George W. Bush, or Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton, or George Herbert Walker Bush, or Ronald Reagan talked about the military,” Schmidt said. “He was a president who served in turbulent times and was controversial, but as is always the case – when a president has distance from their presidency, voters look at them and are much more likely to see their virtues than their flaws.” Trump tempered his tone – at least temporarily – with a strong performance at Tuesday’s joint address to Congress. The emotional high point of his speech came when he spoke directly to Owens’ wife, Carryn, who watched the speech from the first lady’s box. Related gallery President Trump's first address to Congress He also spoke in more measured terms about race and the need for the country to unify even as he maintained hardline positions on issues such as building a wall along the US border with Mexico and repealing and replacing Obamacare. On the news interview circuit this week, Bush has been peppered with questions about Trump’s controversial actions on immigration and his targeted travel ban (which was halted by the federal courts). Bush, whose brother Jeb was hazed by Trump during the Republican primaries, never warmed to Trump in the general election. In interviews this week, he has been careful to avoid personal criticism Trump, but made his displeasure clear about both the political climate and some of the President’s policies. “I don’t like the racism, and I don’t like the name-calling, and I don’t like the people feeling alienated,” Bush told People Magazine. “Nobody likes that.” Bush offers muted criticism of Trump, talks Russia, travel ban, free press Bush took issue with Trump’s characterization of the press as the enemy. “I considered the media to be indispensible to democracy, that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account,” Bush said on NBC’s “Today” earlier this week. “Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive, and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.” During an interview with “Sunday Today” host Willie Geist, Bush also seemed to make the case for the so-called “Dreamers,” who were brought to America as young children, to stay in this country. “I think somebody who has vested time and effort and can make a contribution to our country will be a really good citizen,” the former President told Geist. “See in Texas, we grew up with a lot of people of Hispanic heritage and we’re used to the contributions they have made to our state and to our country.” At the same time, he acknowledged the political difficulty in finding compromise on changes to the immigration system. “I tried to reform it and one of my big regrets was that I couldn’t get Congress to respond,” he said. “And I think the plan I laid out ultimately would be the plan that would be accepted.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170301184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/politics/george-w-bush-donald-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "448215430", "sentence": "Police: The explosives were in a pillow placed near a school wall It wasn't immediately clear who was behind the blast or if it was intentional Explosives stuffed inside a pillow went off outside a southern Afghanistan school on Saturday, killing three children and injuring six others, police said. The children were killed around 3 p.m. when the explosives – in a pillow placed near a school wall – went off as they were playing in Kandahar, said Ahmad Zia Durrani, a spokesman for police in southern Kandahar province. The incident happened at a madrasa, or Islamic school, that has dormitories where students sleep. It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast or if anyone intended for the explosives to go off near the schoolchildren. Still, such bloodshed is all too common in Afghanistan. The nation has seen sometimes sporadic, sometimes sustained violence for years. A U.S.-led invasion after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks helped push out the ruling Taliban, though it did not eliminate the group – which has claimed credit for numerous attacks, including a suicide bombing on Tuesday aimed at international forces in Kabul.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Taliban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150711141500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/11/asia/afghanistan-violence/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "642204120", "sentence": "The “world’s strongest coffee” is now available in the US, but just one cup could spill you over the daily caffeine limit. “If you want to stand out, you need to be the ‘est’ – the biggest, smartest, strongest, or cheapest,” said Black Insomnia founder Sean Kristafor. “So when we wanted to compete in coffee, as a caffeine product, we had to be the strongest, but obviously, we don’t exceed the world guidelines.” As a coffee aficionado, Kristafor created the company after retiring from a corporate job. He found a top coffee roaster online and created Black Insomnia last June, first selling locally to cafes in Cape Town, South Africa. Retailing at $19 a pound, the company’s online business sold three tons more than the other local shops in August, he said. By October, they had customers in 22 countries. And by March, they were listed on Amazon in the US. Now, the company says it sells five to six tons of coffee a month. Related article Health effects of coffee: Where do we stand? With a sweet nutty taste, Black Insomnia’s strength comes from the type of bean, robusta, and the way they are roasted. To prove their “world’s strongest” title, Kristafor had his beans tested chemically against competitors. At 58.5 mg per fl. oz., Black Insomnia is more than twice as strong as Starbucks’ dark roast, at around 21.25 mg per fl. oz. This all depends on how you brew the coffee, of course. Kristafor said this level is well within limits for a shot, but one cup (12 oz.) could add up to 702 mg of caffeine. The FDA and the International Food Information Council recommend 400 mg of caffeine for daily consumption. “For the same amount of coffee, you will get double the amount of caffeine,” said Mary Sweeney, who researches the effects of caffeine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “This makes it easier to consume more caffeine than you intend to and effects can range from mild to severe, for example, jitteriness, nervousness, restlessness and trouble sleeping. The most serious effect would be cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat).” Caffeine Informer, a consumer information site devoted to help people understand caffeine, lists Black Insomnia as one of the “Most Dangerous Caffeinated Products.” “While the amounts are still much higher than what we experts recommend as a safe daily amount (400 mg), this group of people has, over time, built up their caffeine tolerance and/or their livers process caffeine really well so it doesn’t affect them adversely,” said Ted Kallmyer, editor of Caffeine Informer. “However, the problem with these products is that they can inadvertently be consumed by people who are not in the targeted category.” Kallmyer calls Black Insomnia and its competitor, supposedly the second world’s strongest coffee Death Wish, “insanely strong coffees.” Death Wish said they were “not scared” about the competition from these “new kids on the block.” Caffeine Informer lists their coffee at 54.2 mg per fl. oz., but after this story was published Death Wish tweeted out that their coffee is 59.17, which makes them stronger than Black Insomnia. looks like incorrect information. Since 2015 our caff contents been higher. 200mg/100ML = 59.17mg/oz. See image. pic.twitter.com/3oWjfMbEgP Caiden Tuller, who works customer service at the New York-based company, said, “We’re the leader in the strong coffee category and are not letting up anytime soon. Our coffee is much different than the competition, due to the fact that our roast is USDA Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified as well.” Both coffees are available for sale on Amazon, which could not be reached for comment. The commerce company sells a range of caffeinated products, including drinks, pills, eye creams, inhalers and shampoos. It requires products to follow US Food and Drug Administration regulations, which include accreditation of the roasting facility, packaging and labeling. But for items like coffee beans, the FDA counts caffeine not as a nutrient, but rather a natural chemical. If caffeine is added separately, then the inclusion is necessary on the food product label. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. “We are very aware of the limits and there are clear warnings on the labels,” said Kristafor of Black Insomnia. “On Caffeine Informer, they say that if you drink more than 20 cups of Black Insomnia, you win the Darwin Awards … an award for people who pass away for doing stupid things.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Black Insomnia coffee", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170331070000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ZAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/health/worlds-strongest-coffee/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "590806025", "sentence": "Trump scored some hits against Clinton but overshadowed that by refusing to say he would accept the results of the election CNN/ORC poll on the debate: 52% said Clinton won to 39% for Trump In the last third of the final debate, Donald Trump fell apart. He’d gotten in some hits on Hillary Clinton and was well on his way to turning in his best performance of the three presidential debates. Then, he refused to say he’d accept the election’s results. And he called Clinton “such a nasty woman.” Any gains Trump had made were undone, and he blew his last big, nationally televised chance to broaden his base – making a case to women, moderates and disaffected Republicans whose rejection has left him far behind in the national polls. Here are CNN’s takeaways from the final debate of the 2016 presidential race: Related article The final debate: CNN's Reality Check Team vets the claims The integrity of the vote is the very foundation of American democracy – and on Wednesday night, Trump was toying with it. Asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether he’d accept the election’s results, he said: “I will look at it at the time.” The answer was stunning – and immediately became the one that would dominate all post-debate coverage. Trump repeatedly used the word “rigged” – bemoaning media bias, inaccurate voter rolls and the FBI’s decision not to charge Clinton over her use of a private email server. Pressed again on whether he’d accept the election’s outcome, Trump revealed his motivations. “I will keep you in suspense,” he said. “That’s horrifying,” Clinton shot back. It was the biggest moment of the night – and perhaps of all three debates. By entertaining the idea that he’d refuse to concede the election if he loses, Trump guaranteed the topic would dominate in the precious few days he has left to catch Clinton. Trump has put every other Republican on the ballot this November in yet another tough spot. This time, less than three weeks from the election, they’ll be forced to decide between defending Trump and defending the integrity of the democratic process. They’ll have to explain why Trump went somewhere even his running mate wouldn’t go. Mike Pence told CNN’s Dana Bash just an hour before the debate started: “I’ve said before that we’ll certainly accept the outcome of this election.” Afterwards, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Trump would accept the elections results “because he will win,” then left an interview when Bash continued to question Trump’s statement. Trump’s comments drew immediate rebukes from Republicans who have already rejected him. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Trump is “doing the party and the country a great disservice.” Even conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham, a reliably pro-Trump voice, wasn’t having it. “He should have said he would accept the results of the election. There is no other option unless we’re in a recount again,” she tweeted. Given Trump’s propensity to fight with his fellow Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan, he may not care that conservatives are unhappy. But he needs Republicans to turn out on November 8 if he’s going to win — and his party needs those same voters to keep control of Congress. Trump’s biggest political challenge is his huge disadvantage with women. But you wouldn’t have known it when – with minutes left in the debate – he interrupted Clinton, leaning into the mic and saying: “Such a nasty woman.” It was the culmination of a night of interruptions and asides that could alienate the very voters Trump needs most. “Wrong,” he said over and over. “You can’t,” he said as Clinton described a plan. When Clinton attempted to interject during one of his answers, Trump held up his hand. “Excuse me – my turn,” he said. Meanwhile, his insistence that the multiple women who have come forward accusing him of sexual assault since the second presidential debate left Clinton an opening to point out that his defense, used repeatedly at rallies, has been to suggest the women weren’t attractive enough. “Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger. He goes after their dignity, their self-worth, and I don’t think there is a woman anywhere who doesn’t know what that feels like,” she said. When Trump answered that “nobody has more respect for women than I do,” moderator Wallace had to admonish the crowd, which had started laughing. Early on, the debate resembled the policy battle you might hear in any other election — a surprising departure for the 2016 campaign. The two jousted over the types of justices they’d nominate for the Supreme Court. Trump defended gun rights; Clinton advocated for abortion rights. Related article Trump campaign manager walks away from Dana Bash mid-interview Trump landed some clean shots at Clinton, mocking her for turning a question about what a WikiLeaks hack revealed she’d said in a paid speech into “a great pivot off the fact that she wants open borders.” But Clinton poked and prodded Trump – and once again, it worked. Over Trump’s decision not to raise his proposed border wall in a meeting with Mexico’s president, Clinton said “he choked and then got into a Twitter war.” When Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin would rather deal with him than Clinton, she said: “Well that’s because he’d rather have a puppet as president of the United States.” It was the beginning of Trump’s slide. Soon, he made a big mistake – telling Clinton she’s “been in a position to help” solve problems for 30 years. “The problem is, you talk, but you don’t get anything done, Hillary. You don’t,” he said. That teed up Clinton for a memorable answer. “You know, back in the 1970s, I worked for the Children’s Defense Fund, and I was taking on discrimination against African-American kids in schools. He was getting sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination in his apartment buildings,” she said. Related article Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton III: The most memorable lines “In the 1980s, I was working to reform the schools in Arkansas. He was borrowing $14 million from his father to start his businesses. In the 1990s, I went to Beijing and I said women’s rights are human rights. He insulted a former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, called her an eating machine,” Clinton said. “And on the day when I was in the Situation Room, monitoring the raid that brought Osama bin Laden to justice, he was hosting the ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’” The results: A CNN/ORC instant poll found 52% of debate watchers viewed Clinton as the winner compared to 39% who felt the same about Trump. Voters’ lack of faith in Trump’s temperament and leadership capacity, polls show, are among his biggest political liabilities. On Wednesday he offered a glimpse at how he measures effective leaders. Trump praised Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad – who has used chemical weapons – as better than American leaders. “He’s just much tougher and much smarter than her and Obama,” he said. He also continued to refuse to distance himself from Russian President Vladimir Putin – or acknowledge that intelligence officials have said Russia is responsible for hacks into Democratic operatives’ email accounts. “This is not my best friend,” Trump said. “But if the United States got along with Russia, wouldn’t be so bad.” It was a window into Trump’s thinking: Strength – almost to the exclusion of all else – is paramount, all challenges must be met and no slight can go without rebuttal. It was the same thinking that led Trump to air his personal grievance with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the opening minutes of the debate – and to weigh in when Clinton mocked him for complaining that when “The Apprentice” didn’t win awards, Trump “started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged against him.” “Should have gotten it,” Trump said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161020053000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/20/politics/presidential-debate-takeaways/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "623864936", "sentence": "Jordan reinforcing borders over concerns ISIS fighters from Iraq, Syria may move towards the country Nearly half of all armed forces now deployed to border regions, officials say A little over an hour’s drive from the Jordanian capital Amman, lies one of the most breathtaking and seemingly tranquil scenes in the country. But the lush mountainous terrain around al-Wahda dam near the Syrian border, is far from peaceful. Jordanian border guard are on a constant state of alert here. Their weapons pointed towards Syria’s green hills on the other side of Yarmouk river. Some of the villages across the river live under the control of an ISIS affiliate, the Khaled bin al-Waleed Brigade. The group has mostly been battling Free Syrian Army rebels but it has also tried to target Jordan, according to officials. And as the US-led coalition forces step up their campaign on ISIS in Iraq’s Mosul and Syria’s Raqqa, Jordanian officials are warning that pressure on jihadists in these two countries may push them closer to Jordan’s doorstep. Jordan is a key US ally in the region; its security forces and air force have been among the most active members of the global coalition in the fight against the terror group. As ISIS may now be turning its attention to the Kingdom, Jordan is stepping up its efforts to secure its borders. Related article Why Jordan, 'Kingdom of Peace,' is no longer immune from attack “We reinforced our borders especially in the northern part and eastern part,” Brig. Gen. Sami Kafawin, commander of Jordan’s border guard force, told CNN. “We (are) reinforced by manpower, equipment (and) the whole weapons system. We need to make a balance between the security and the fighting, if it happens.” Nearly half of all armed forces are now deployed to the border regions, Jordanian military officials say. Last June, a suicide attack on the northeastern border left at least seven security forces dead. It was the first attack of its kind targeting Jordan’s borders, then-deputy prime minister, Nasser Judeh told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer at the time. Commanders stationed at the northern border told CNN their troops foil near daily smuggling or infiltration attempts and are always prepared for possible militant attacks. According to Kafawin, Jordan is readying for all kinds of threat scenarios because they know the group is going to try and expand its reach beyond Iraq and Syria and may divert resources to do so. And the newly appointed commander does not rule out the Kingdom requesting support from the US-led coalition in securing its borders. “I think the coalition is ready to support because we are not talking about Jordanian border – we are talking about the region which is part of the global coalition,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jordan", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170203144500", "country1": "JOR", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/middleeast/jordan-border-security-isis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "614372843", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. A shocking day in court. A mind-blowing discovery in space. It’s Thursday, and here are the 5 things you need to know to  Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. Emotions ran high in court as convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof spoke for the first time to the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies. Roof, who is representing himself during the penalty phase, said there’s nothing wrong with him psychologically. That was just too much for three people sitting in the section of the courtroom reserved for family and friends of the victims. They walked out as he spoke, with one man declaring, “this is all crap.” Prosecutors dropped a bombshell of their own – Roof’s jailhouse diary. In it Roof said he wasn’t sorry for what he’d done. “I do not regret what I did. I am not sorry. I have not shed a tear for the innocent people I killed.” The President-elect may be looking to weaken the power of the Director of National Intelligence. This office was put together after 9/11 to coordinate intelligence between the various agencies. But Team Trump thinks that it’s become an unnecessary level of bureaucracy that gets in the way of the president and the 16 agencies it represents. Trump’s been really critical of the intelligence community lately, especially their claim that Russia hacked into the 2016 elections. How can people be so cruel? That’s just one of the questions that pop up as you watch a video, put on Facebook Live, of a group of black teens in Chicago brutalizing an 18-year-old white man with special needs. He’s tied up in a corner with his mouth covered as they beat him, taunt him and hurl racial slurs at him. They mix in Donald Trump’s name amid the insults. Which leads to another question. How is this not a hate crime? Police say they’re checking out that angle. The teens have been arrested. The signs of violence are everywhere. Bullet holes in chairs. A blood-soaked wall. Women’s shoes all over the floor. CNN gained access to Reina, the club attacked by a terrorist gunman during New Year’s celebrations. Thirty-nine people were killed there in seven horrifying minutes. Lots of personal items, like purses, still remain in the upscale club and will probably never be retrieved because their owners didn’t make it out alive. Reina’s owner said he’s not sure if he’ll ever reopen. An incredibly rare Hoag-type galaxy has been found 359 million light-years from Earth. These type of galaxies usually have a single circular ring of stars surrounding a round core. They make up less than 0.1% of galaxies that we can observe. This one’s even more rare because it has two rings. So what does it all mean? We’re left with another mystery. Most galaxy rings aren’t symmetrical because of the effects of gravity from other galaxies. But this Hoag-type galaxy’s round core and ring defy that, and scientists don’t know why. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Packing heat They say don’t mess with Texas. Guess the same goes for Texas grandmothers too, like the pistol-packing grandma who faced off with an armed intruder. Moving on We’re sure many parts of New Jersey are just wonderful, but that’s not enough for some of its residents. Jersey’s the most moved-from state in the US. Dude, where’s my car? A driver leaving a rock concert couldn’t remember where he parked a BMW. Police finally found it – six months later. Paper thin Get ready to toss out that Ultra 4K TV you just bought. The next big thing is a $10,000 screen that’s as thin as wallpaper. 10,000 The number of jobs that will be lost when Macy’s closes 68 stores later this year. A little blush goes a long way Need some makeup advice? There’s no one more qualified to give tips on that than a 2-year-old girl. (Click to view)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Director of National Intelligence", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170105121500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/us/five-things-thursday-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "441478042", "sentence": "He switched languages 27 minutes into his announcement speech. “Ayúdennos en tener una campaña que les da la bienvenida–Help us to have a campaign that welcomes you,” Jeb Bush said to a crowd of supporters Monday.  “Work with us for the values we share and for a great future that is ours to build for our children.” For a man who started learning Spanish as a teenager, married a Mexican woman, lived three years in Venezuela and was the governor of Florida for eight years, switching languages wasn’t that difficult … it was expected by the roughly 3,000 supporters, many of them Hispanics, who gathered at the Miami-Dade College’s Kendall campus to hear him say he’s running for president. The 62-year-old Republican has been married for more than four decades to Columba, who was born and raised in Mexico. It all started when, as a teenager, he spent several months in her country of birth. At the age of 17, Jeb Bush taught English in a small village outside the Mexican city of Leon (Guanajuato state), Mexico as part of a student exchange program. It was during the same trip that he met Columba Garnica de Gallo, the woman who would become his wife. They speak Spanish to one another and she speaks Spanish to their children at home.  In 1996 he converted to her religion: Catholicism. Speaking at the Universidad Metropolitana de Puerto Rico in late April, Bush said can relate to immigrants. “Trust me,” he said.  “I know the power of the immigrant experience because I live it each and every day. I know the immigrant experience because I married a beautiful girl from Mexico. My children are bicultural and bilingual.” At a spring public event in Des Moines, Iowa; Jeb Bush, gave his listeners a glimpse into how he has embraced Hispanic culture. The Republican presidential candidate was talking about labeling of imported produce, but his answer gave people attending the Iowa Agricultural Summit on March 7 a good idea about where he stands when it comes to food. “When I go to Publix [supermarket] in Coral Gables, which I’ll do tomorrow morning, after church, to go prepare for a Sunday fun day in my house,” Bush said, “I’ll probably make a really good guacamole, and I want to know where that avocado is from. I want to know where the onions are from and the cilantro.” In college, Bush earned a B.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas.  After college, he spent three years in Venezuela working for the Texas Commerce Bank, where he significantly improved his Spanish and gained knowledge of the culture. He’s lived in Florida since 1980, a state that has the third largest population of Hispanics in the United States after California and Texas. SEE WHICH STATES HAVE THE LARGEST LATINO POPULATIONS While serving two terms as governor in the Sunshine State, Jeb Bush never had a problem communicating with voters and Hispanic media in Spanish, a skill that helped him connect with constituencies. More recently, Jeb Bush recorded an ad in Spanish endorsing former Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) in his successful bid to the U.S. Senate. More than 25 million Latinos are currently eligible to vote in the United States and their role will be crucial in the 2016 presidential election.  For the 2012 presidential election, 17 percent of all Hispanic eligible voters lived in battleground states like Colorado, Florida, Iowa and Nevada, according to the Pew Research Center. While Jeb’s brother George W. Bush had made inroads with Hispanic voters and cut into the Democratic advantage with them, Barack Obama drew them back toward Democrats. He won more than 70 percent of Hispanic voters in 2012. A winning Republican will likely have to bring more Hispanics back to the GOP. Last month, Bush’s Political Action Committee Right to Rise published a YouTube video on the occasion of Fifth of May, a day in which Mexicans celebrate a victory over the French army. “Here in the U.S., Cinco de Mayo has become a day where we celebrate our ties with Mexico and the great contributions of the Mexican-American community in the U.S.  In my case, this relationship is very profound. My wife Columba was born in Mexico, my family has always had strong ties with Mexico and I have great respect and affection for our neighboring country,” Bush said in the video. In fact, Bush is the only non-Hispanic in the crowded field of GOP candidates aiming for the White House with a wide support among the Hispanic electorate. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a 44 year-old Floridian, was born in Miami to Cuban immigrants.  He frequently takes advantage of his fluent command of Spanish while campaigning. Ted Cruz, another junior senator, was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father who raised him in Texas. He’s said in the past his Spanish is “lousy” and has alienated some Latino voters for his hard stance on immigration. Rubio has previously supported a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers. Bush has not. But he has shown a more moderate side than most other Republican candidates on how to approach the United States immigration problems. In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Bush said he favors “a strategic approach,” meaning he would favor giving visas for highly-skilled foreigners. He also called immigration a “gateway issue” and stopped short of criticizing fellow Republicans for calling for mass deportations and saying no to legislation to address the issue of what to do with the eleven million undocumented immigrants already in the United States. “If you keep being against things, particularly something that has… we have emotional connectivity as immigration is for a lot of emerging voting groups, you’re not going to even make your case,” Bush told Tapper. But Matt A. Barreto, co-founder of polling and research firm Latino Decisions, and professor of political science and Chicano studies at UCLA, says it would be a mistake for Jeb Bush to take the Latino vote for granted. “Latino voters have proven more than willing to reject even actual Latinos as candidates when their policy positions are in contrast to the community preferences.  Bush’s marriage and linguistic skills, while symbolically important, would founder if his issue positions are in contrast to the average Latino voter,” Barreto said. Barreto says, when you look at the record, Jeb Bush has been “all over the map” on the issue of immigration. “When he was not a candidate he was much stronger on immigration reform.  On his book he said that he would never support a path towards citizenship, which it’s a step too far.  Later he came out on a Sunday morning show softening his position, but saying he doesn’t support amnesty.  He’s going to have to clarify his position if he truly wants to attract the Latino vote,” Barreto said. Bush didn’t intend to speak about immigration Monday, but he was forced by hecklers to briefly depart from his prepared remarks to address the issue. “The next president will pass meaningful immigration reform so that will be resolved – not by executive order,” the former Florida governor said. A description of Jeb Bush’s three children by his father as “the little brown ones” proved an embarrassment in 1988 when then-Vice President George H.W. Bush was  running for president. Jeb’s His sons, have followed in their father’s footsteps and may prove invaluable to their father’s bid to the White House.  Jeb Bush Junior, 31, has been called “ambassador to millennials,” helping his father raise fund for the GOP.  His brother George P., 39, the eldest sibling, was elected Texas land commissioner and spoke at the Republican National Convention, introducing George W. Bush in 2000 . In April, Bush turned around a potentially embarrassing incident with the help of his son Jeb.  The New York Times had just unearthed a 2009 voter registration form on which he had listed his ethnicity as “Hispanic.” “My mistake! Don’t think I’ve fooled anyone!” Bush tweeted the following morning. He was responding to his son, Jeb Bush, Jr., who tweeted out a link to the New York Times post and said “LOL – come on dad, think you checked the wrong box #HonoraryLatino.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeb Bush", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150616193000", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/16/politics/jeb-bush-latino-connections/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "728761281", "sentence": "House Democrats sounded the alarm Tuesday about their Republican counterparts planning to interview a “confidential informant” for the Uranium One probe. A letter from Reps. Elijah Cummings and Adam Schiff, the top Democrats on the House Oversight and Intelligence committees, respectively, to the GOP chairmen of those committees said Republicans have been in contact with the informant for months without allowing Democrats access. The Democratic pair further said the Justice Department has already expressed to members of the committees that they had “serious credibility concerns” with the informant, and the two requested Democrats receive a transcript of the expected interview this week. The letter said Republican staff had informed them there was no full transcription planned for the interview. House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy began the investigation last October into an Obama-era Uranium Deal that some have sought to link to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Shortly after the announcement of the investigation, the Justice Department gave a former FBI informant approval to testify for those committee investigations. In his response to the letter, Gowdy said the interview would take place Wednesday and was arranged by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley’s staff. Gowdy said in his letter to Cummings that “legitimate questions” surrounding Uranium One have materialized, that Democrats have had equal access documents and briefings and that the “committees have not ruled out the prospect of transcribed interviews in this investigation.” CNN has reached out to Nunes’ office for response to the letter and has not yet received a response. A letter from the Justice Department to the House Judiciary Committee last November said the department, in response to Republican lawmakers’ calls for a special counsel, would evaluate whether a special counsel is merited into Clinton Foundation ties to the Uranium One deal and other matters. On the campaign trail and since taking office, President Donald Trump has tried to link the Clinton Foundation to the sale of a Canadian uranium company to Russia, a sale that was approved by a slew of US government departments, including the State Department then-led by Clinton. CNN’s Manu Raju contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "House Republicans' handling of the Uranium One probe", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180207020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/politics/elijah-cummings-adam-schiff-uranium-one/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "658592055", "sentence": "At one point, former Sen. Joe Lieberman was considered a leading candidate Trump has since decided he wants to see a broader range of candidates for the job The team tasked by the White House with finding a new director for the FBI is resetting its search, a senior administration official told CNN, after a wide range of dissatisfaction with talk of Sen. Joe Lieberman as a possible nominee. President Donald Trump said last week that he was “very close” to choosing a new FBI director to replace James Comey, who was leading the investigation into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia and was fired earlier this month. The circumstances surrounding the firing have attracted broad attention, with senators calling for an unimpeachable, nonpartisan appointment to the position designed to be a 10-year term. At one point, Lieberman, the former Democratic senator and vice presidential nominee, was considered a leading candidate. But Trump has since decided he wants to see a broader range of candidates for the job, the official said. The White House was not realistic in thinking it could finish the selection process before Trump left on his multi-country trip, a Justice Department source said. President Barack Obama kept Robert Mueller in the job for two additional years before settling on Comey, the source noted. Another source familiar with the selection process said FBI officials who were concerned about the quick pace are encouraged by the reset and hope it means there won’t be a rush to make the final appointment. That person, the source said, should be someone who knows the inner-workings of either the Justice Department or the FBI and also has the energy and vitality to handle the demands of the job for what is supposed to be a 10-year term. That person, critics said, was not going to be Lieberman. Related article Bill Clinton lawyer: My best advice for Trump Concerns about the former Democratic senator and vice presidential nominee – shared with the White House – centered on the fact that without experience as a federal prosecutor or an FBI agent that Lieberman “simply does not have the right experience to lead the FBI.” “People inside the FBI, along with former FBI officials, believe Lieberman simply was not the right choice,” the source said. A source informed on White House discussions said that Lieberman was someone who intrigued Trump but others inside the White House were not supportive of the choice. Lieberman is partners at the same law firm as Marc Kasowitz, whom Trump is expected to hire as part of a team on matters related to the inquiry into his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. The official said Kasowitz’s hiring hasn’t affected the FBI director search. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been interviewing candidates for the job, including acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former congressman and FBI special agent Mike Rogers, and Fran Townsend, former Homeland Security adviser to President George W. Bush. Related article Paul Ryan: James Comey is not a nut job Trump has read reports and recommendations from the interviews and met with a few leading candidates himself, a senior White House official has told CNN. There is no set number of finalists that the President has pledged to interview personally. Several candidates – including former Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher, Associate Judge Michael Garcia of the New York Court of Appeals, career FBI official Richard McFeely, Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn and South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy – have removed themselves from consideration. CNN’s Laura Jarrett contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sen. Joe Lieberman", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170524131500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/politics/expanded-fbi-search-lawyers/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "725374111", "sentence": "Just before jetting off to Davos, President Donald Trump stopped by a sit-down that chief of staff John Kelly was having with reporters – and immediately started talking. It was classic Trump who, despite all of his rhetorical emphasis on “fake news,” is an avid consumer of the news and relishes the back-and-forth banter with reporters. Trump, as he does, touched on a wide variety of subjects – from Kelly to the special counsel investigation to FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. And more! I scoured the transcript and flagged a handful of the most notable lines from the President. They’re below. 1. “How’s he doing, OK? I think by the way he’s doing great.” Trump wanders into a meeting between his chief of staff and a bunch of reporters. First question: You guys like this guy? So, so Trump-y. 2. “Fake news yesterday, or two days ago. I rarely put out a tweet, praising somebody, but only when they get a false story.” Trump is referring to a Vanity Fair piece published Monday that alleged Kelly and the President were on the outs. Also, Trump “rarely” puts out a tweet “praising somebody.” Same, honestly. 3.  “I don’t even know if he saw that stuff, but I put it out.” If a tweet falls in the forest… 4. “Nice to see you all. The economy is doing very well.” Non sequitur, Donald Trump. President Trump, non sequitur. 5.  “I’m going to Davos to get them to bring back a lot of money.” Wait. They give away money at Davos? So that’s why people love it so much! 6. “Thank you for some of the nice things you’ve said over the recent past.” I’m not sure which reporter Trump is referring to but it doesn’t matter. The point here is a) he is hyper-aware of media coverage of him and b) his feelings about reporters are entirely tied to whether or not they have written nice things about him of late. 7. “We’re going to get the wall, we’re going to get great border security.” Well, I’m convinced! 8. “Over a period of 10-12 years, somebody does a great job, they’ve worked hard, it gives incentive to do a great job.” BIG news here. Trump is saying that Dreamers will have a path to citizenship after “10-12 years.” People like Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, seized on this comment as a sign Trump is committed to finding a workable solution on the immigration issue. But, if past is prologue, Trump could well say something totally different within a day or two. 9. “If they do a great job, I think it’s a nice thing to have the incentive of, after a period of years, being able to become a citizen.” While floating a path to citizenship is obviously a big deal, notice the fuzziness built into Trump’s answer. How is the judgment of “do a great job” made? And by whom? 10. “Yeah, I might do that. I might do that.” This is Trump responding to a question on whether he might extend the DACA deadline if Congress can’t reach a deal on the program by March. Classic cliffhanger for the reality TV star. Stay tuned for next week’s episode! 11. “But chain, where we get the lottery system is a broken system, they put people in a lottery.” I mean, your guess is as good as mine. 12. “They’re not putting their finest in that system, you would not be in that system.” “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you.” – Donald Trump, June 16, 2015. 13. “Well it has to go in a very strong form, absolutely, and I think even the Democrats know that the lottery system is not good, it’s a bad, it’s a bad system.” Lottery system: Not good. Bad. Got it? 14. “We want to have a good strong family and we’re going to treat people very well.” This seems sensible. 15. “When you have a mountain, you don’t build a wall, OK?” I think Socrates first said that. 16. “When you have a river that is un-crossable, that you cannot cross, you don’t build a wall, OK?” “We’d go down to the river/And into the river we’d dive/Oh down to the river we’d ride” – The Boss 17. “So I think we’re gonna be very successful, but no, Schumer – well, I can tell you this: if you don’t have a wall, you don’t have DACA.” So, here we are. Earlier this week Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, took wall funding off the table as part of a DACA deal. And now Trump says that without wall funding, there is no DACA. This is fine. 18. “I like him! I like him! I grew up with Schumer.” “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fully understands, especially after his humiliating defeat, that if there is no Wall, there is no DACA. We must have safety and security, together with a strong Military, for our great people!” – Donald Trump, Tuesday night 19. “Tell them not to be concerned, OK? Tell them not to worry about it, we’re gonna solve the problem.” Relax, Dreamers. Just chill. The Donald’s got this. 20. “But we’re saving hundreds of millions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars, by building that wall.” Um, is it millions or billions? Because, well, there’s a big difference. 21. “In the initial, we’re putting chain, a negotiated chain, we’re putting a replacement for lottery or an end to lottery, and it could be a replacement, we bring people in from various countries, that come in based on merit and various other reasons, and we are going to build a wall.” This is one sentence. It is 51 words long. 22. “There has been no collusion whatsoever. There’s no obstruction whatsoever.” No collusion! No obstruction! No surrender! 23. “I would love to do it. You know, again, I have to say, subject to my lawyers and all of that, but I would love to do it.” This is Trump on talking to special counsel Robert Mueller. My guess is his lawyers were, um, not happy that Trump said this without checking with them. 24. “I think you have an idea. Do you not have an idea? Do you REALLY not have an idea? I’ll give you an idea: she didn’t do it under oath. But I would do it under oath.” Trump is referring here to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 interview with the FBI during the organization’s investigation into her use of a private email server. Clinton was not put under oath and there was no transcript of her interview created, according to then-FBI Director James Comey. 25.  “If you didn’t know about Hillary, then you’re not much of a reporter.” Boom. Roasted. 26. “I mean, I am very disturbed, as is the general, as is everybody else that is intelligent.” Trump’s response to whether or not he trusts the FBI is stunning. He is the President! This is the FBI! 27. “When you look at five months, this is the late great Rose Mary Woods, right? A step. This is a large scale version.” To be clear what Trump is doing here: He is equating the fact that the FBI is missing texts for a 5-month period from December 2016 to May 2017 with the allegedly accidental erasing of more than 18 minutes of White House recordings – just days after the Watergate break-in – by Nixon secretary Rose Mary Woods. Also, we learned Wednesday that it’s not just texts from two FBI officials who expressed anti-Trump sentiments that were lost. It was the text messages from one in every 10 FBI phones. So… 28. “Well McCabe got more than $500,000 from essentially Hillary Clinton, and is he investigating Hillary Clinton?” Nope! McCabe’s wife, when she was a candidate for state Senate in 2015, got a $467,000 contribution from a super PAC associated with then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Yes, McAuliffe is a longtime friend of the Clintons. But he is not, in fact, Hillary Clinton. 29. “Now Terry is Hillary.” Who wants to tell him? 30. “I don’t think so. No. I don’t think so.” Trump is responding here to a report in The Washington Post that he asked then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe who he voted for during a meeting shortly after Trump fired Comey. You don’t have to be a word sleuth to realize that Trump isn’t exactly denying it. 31. “I don’t know what’s the big deal with that, because I would ask you who you voted for, who did you vote for?” “How about this weather, huh?” “Yes, it’s beautiful.” “How are the kids?” “Crazy, like always.” “So, did you vote for me in the election, or no?” 32. “I only repeat, I only repeat for the purposes of making sure you understand.” Same. 33. “No collusion. There’s no collusion.” None. Zero. Zippy. Nada. Zilch. 34. “There’s no collusion.” This is not the same quote. He just said it again. Like 10 words after he said it the last time. 35. “I was one of the greatest candidates.” This feels like a good place to end.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180125121500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHE", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/politics/trump-interview-analysis/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "636885227", "sentence": "US attorney: This is \"a fleecing and betrayal of the United States\" Thirteen individuals accused in the scandal have pleaded guilty A grand jury has returned a sweeping indictment against nine active and retired US Navy members, including a rear admiral and a retired Marine colonel, in the so-called “Fat Leonard” bribery scandal. Retired Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless and eight other high-ranking Navy officers are charged with accepting luxury travel, elaborate dinners and the services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis. They did so in exchange for classified and internal US Navy information, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. “This is a fleecing and betrayal of the United States Navy in epic proportions, and it was allegedly carried out by the Navy’s highest-ranking officers,” said Acting US Attorney  Alana Robinson in a statement. Loveless, who was a Navy captain during the time of the alleged activity, and eight others were arrested on various charges. They include bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators when confronted about their alleged actions. Twenty-five individuals – including 20 current or former Navy personnel – have been charged in connection with the bribery scandal since it began to unfold in 2013. Thirteen individuals already have pleaded guilty and several other cases are pending. The cases revolve around bribes allegedly paid by Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” who ran Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia. The recently unsealed indictment includes several allegations, including references to a 2007 party in the MacArthur Suite of a Manila hotel during a USS Blue Ridge port visit. According to the indictment, the party was attended by a number of Navy members and prostitutes. “During the party, historical memorabilia related to Gen. Douglas MacArthur were used by the participants in sexual acts,” the indictment states. The indictment also claims that Francis picked up a $50,000 bill for hotel expenses for a number of the defendants staying at Singapore’s Shangri-La Hotel in February 2007. “The allegations contained in today’s indictment expose flagrant corruption among several senior officers previously assigned to the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet,” said Defense Criminal Investigative Service Director Dermot O’Reilly. “The charges and subsequent arrests are yet another unfortunate example of those who place their own greed above their responsibility to serve this nation with honor,” he said. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to properly reflect that the indictment was recently unsealed.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Navy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170315000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SGP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/fat-leonard-grand-jury/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "410696494", "sentence": "ISIS makes money by looting and selling antiquities, stealing from banks, extorting locals It is believed to make between $1 million and $2 million a day in oil revenue, experts say The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has crude, stomach-turning tactics when it comes to dealing with its enemy, but experts say that its moneymaking methods are highly sophisticated, especially for such a new terror group. Here’s a look at how ISIS has made (and taken) millions: ISIS makes between $1 million and $2 million each day from oil sales, numerous sources tell CNN. The oil comes mostly from refineries and wells that ISIS controls in northern Iraq and northern Syria. The militants smuggle oil into southern Turkey, for example, and sell it to people who desperately need it just to carry on some semblance of everyday life. The United States-led coalition fighting ISIS has repeatedly targeted ISIS oil assets in an effort to, in part, damage this arm of the group’s financial system. ISIS is estimated to produce about 44,000 barrels a day in Syria and 4,000 barrels a day in Iraq, according to Foreign Policy. A Kurdish newspaper has published the names of people involved with ISIS and its oil enterprise, the magazine reported. Some on the list were associated with oil smuggling under former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Foreign Policy said,  as were those associated with a Toyota branch in Irbil that sells ISIS trucks. Through its oil operations, ISIS appears to be trying to establish a self-sufficient state in the “Sunni triangle” in west and north Iraq, said Luay al-Khatteeb, founder and director of the Iraq Energy Institute. Today, ISIS controls approximately 6 million people in Iraq and Syria, he said, and “that is a lot of people who need fuel.” In 2012, the U.S. Treasury Department estimated that al Qaeda and its affiliates had accumulated  $120 million from ransoms over the previous eight years. ISIS was once aligned with al Qaeda. The two groups are thought to operate separately but share similarities. A 2014 New York Times investigation found that since 2008, al Qaeda and its affiliates had received $125 million from ransoms, including $66 million in 2013. A Swedish company reportedly paid $70,000 to save an employee whom ISIS abducted. Though officials publicly deny paying ransoms, the French purportedly have a policy of negotiating with militant groups to free its citizens. ISIS kidnapped Nicolas Henin, Pierre Torres, Edouard Elias and Didier François, in 2013 in Syria. They were released in April 2014, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen said in a report that asked whether paying ransoms is a wise strategy. The United States has a policy of not doing that, and the recent executions of U.S. and other Western ISIS hostages have sparked debate over whether that should change. ISIS demanded hundreds of millions of dollars for American journalist James Foley, said Philip Balboni, the CEO of GlobalPost, the outlet for which Foley freelanced. ISIS beheaded Foley and released a video of the slaying. The terrorists also told the Japanese government to pay a $200 million ransom to free two Japanese citizens. Japan did not negotiate, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. ISIS slaughtered the men. ISIS allows locals to dig at ancient sites as long as those people give ISIS a percentage of the monetary value of anything found, according to a September 2014 New York Times opinion piece written by three people who had recently returned from southern Turkey and interviewed people who live and work in ISIS-controlled territory. ISIS’ system of profiteering from antiquities thieving is very complicated, the three said, adding that for some areas along the Euphrates River, ISIS leaders encourage semiprofessional field crews to dig. “ISIS has caused irreparable damage to Syria’s cultural heritage,” the writers said, and it’s crucial that the digging and smuggling of antiquities be stopped because Syria’s history is essentially part of its identity. Leaving some of the targeted heritage intact, they said, “will be critical in helping the people of Syria reconnect with the symbols that unite them across religious and political lines.” CNN has extensively reported on ISIS’ destruction of some ancient and deeply meaningful sites in Iraq. Officials in Iraq have said ISIS has blown up shrines such as the tomb of Jonah. Qais Hussain Rashid, director general of Iraqi museums, told CNN that ISIS militants “cut these reliefs and sell them to criminals and antique dealers.” He gestured to an  ornate carving that’s thousands of years old. “Usually they cut off the head, leaving the legs, because the head is the valuable part.” As if pillaging weren’t enough, ISIS simply damages fragile historical sites as if they were empty storefronts for the taking. Rashid said that ISIS has used the ancient ruined city of Hatra, or al-Hadr in Arabic, which dates back to the third century B.C., as a training ground, weapons depot and a place to murder prisoners. In 2014, ISIS gained control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria and set out to create civil and administrative entities as if it were a legitimate state. That is, after all, what the militants have claimed to be after – a caliphate, or an Islamic state led by one person, a successor to the Prophet Mohammed. States demand taxes. In ISIS-controlled areas, to get anything done – or to survive – the people pay a fee to the terror group. Businesses are taxed if they want to have essential things like electricity and security, experts say. Drivers who want to move through a checkpoint must hand over cash. When it’s used more and more, extortion can seem to a terrified and traumatized populace as a normal tax system, Joseph Thorndike, the director of Tax Analysts’ Tax History Project, wrote in Forbes. Sometimes there’s no pretense such as “taxing.” ISIS has stolen money, too. In June 2014, the group raided several banks in Mosul and stole an estimated $500 million, though the full amount is unconfirmed, according to global intelligence firm Stratfor. In Syria, ISIS has seized control of oil facilities, taking over from rebel group al-Nusra, which didn’t fight back. The Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations caused a sensation this week when he said that bodies have been found mutilated, and openings have been carved out of the backs of the corpses. To Mohamed Alhakim, that indicated “some parts are missing.” He said it’s possible that ISIS is harvesting and trafficking the organs of dead civilians. There is tremendous skepticism about that, particularly considering how hard it would be to preserve organs in crude and unsanitary war environments. Mark Lyall Grant, Britain’s ambassador to the U.N., said there was no proof or evidence to support Alhakim’s assertion. Mouaz Moustafa, the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force in Washington, told CNN that Raqqa, ISIS’ de facto Syrian capital, is a kind of breadbasket. “They’ve got the cotton and the wheat.” he said. The United States has targeted grain silos that ISIS controls. Last year, ISIS announced that its “Treasury Department” would start minting its own gold, silver and copper coins for its “Official Islamic State Financial System.” It’s not clear if this has any value. The move is “purely dedicated to God,” ISIS declared, and will remove Muslims from the “global economic system that is based on satanic usury.” Everything to know about ISIS Scott Bronstein and Drew Griffin contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150219200000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/world/how-isis-makes-money/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "689602226", "sentence": "Amnesty: More than 80 Rohingya sites set ablaze in orchestrated campaign Up to 400,000 Rohingya have reportedly fled to Bangladesh to escape violence A day after Amnesty International accused Myanmar’s military of deliberately torching Muslim-minority Rohingya villages near the Bangladesh border in a campaign of “ethnic cleansing,” another rights group is leveling the same charge. “Our field research backs what the satellite imagery has indicated – that the Burmese military is directly responsible for the mass burning of Rohingya villages in northern Rakhine State,” Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch said Friday. Myanmar was formerly known as Burma. “The United Nations and member countries should urgently impose measures on the Burmese government to stop these atrocities and end the forced flight of Rohingya from Burma,” Robertson said. Up to 400,000 Rohingya – of which, about 60 percent are children – have fled to Bangladesh since August 25 to escape the latest wave of violence, UNICEF, the UN agency overseeing children, said in a statement Thursday. Human Rights Watch released new satellite imagery and sensory data showing that 62 villages in northern Rakhine state were targeted by arson attacks between August 25, when the military’s operation against alleged Rohingya militants began, and September 14. On Thursday, Amnesty International released a similar report accusing Myanmar’s security forces of engaging an “orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings” of Rohingya villages across northern Rakhine as part of a government backed “scorched-earth policy.” “Make no mistake: this is ethnic cleansing,” said Tirana Hassan, crisis response director for the human rights group. “The evidence is irrefutable – the Myanmar security forces are setting northern Rakhine state ablaze in a targeted campaign to push the Rohingya people out of Myanmar.” The Amnesty report identifies at least 80 large fires in predominantly Rohingya-inhabited areas since August 25. Amnesty says it has matched satellite images of the burnings to eyewitness testimony and images of homes being torched. “There is a clear and systematic pattern of abuse here,” Hassan said. “Security forces surround a village, shoot people fleeing in panic and then torch houses to the ground. In legal terms, these are crimes against humanity, systematic attacks and forcible deportation of civilians.” The report also claims that satellite images from mixed ethnic areas show that non-Rohingya areas “appear to have been left untouched.” Earlier this week, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein described the actions of Myanmar’s armed forces as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” The Rohingya are considered one of the most persecuted populations in the world. They’ve lived in Myanmar for centuries. But Myanmar regards them as illegal immigrants, a view rooted in their heritage in Bangladesh, and has denied Rohingya residents the rights of citizenship. Meanwhile Bangladesh says the Rohingya are Burmese. As a result, they’re effectively stateless. The latest outbreak of violence in Rakhine began in August after a series of reported attacks by Rohingya militants on police border posts. In response, the Myanmar military and Buddhist nationalists launched a brutal crackdown on the Rohingya. Almost 20,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh on average each day since August 25, according to the UN. The Myanmar government claims it is fighting a terrorist insurgency, and says it is targeting terrorists suspected of masterminding the August attacks. “Some of them are directly involved with terrorist activities and some are sympathizers for the terrorist group,” Zaw Htay, a spokesman for Myanmar’s Presidential Office, wrote in an email to CNN. But the refugees tell a different story. They accuse the security forces of atrocities, including burning villages, firing on civilians indiscriminately, and family members being taken away and never heard from again. On Wednesday, the plight of the Rohingya prompted a rare rebuke from the UN Security Council. In the statement, the first the UN’s most powerful body has made on the situation in Rakhine in nine years, the 15-member council acknowledged militant attacks on Myanmar security forces but “condemned the subsequent violence,” and called for “immediate steps to end the violence.” UN Secretary General António Guterres said the crisis had become “catastrophic.” Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been criticized over her response to the mounting violence, although some argue that she has little power to change the situation. The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate has canceled a trip this month to the UN General Assembly in New York as the crisis escalated. “There must be much more pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s military leadership who are still carrying out abuses to end this carnage,” Hassan said. “It’s time for the international community to wake up to the nightmare the Rohingya are living through.” CNN’s Steve George, Rebecca Wright, Ben Westcott and Jamie Tarabay contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar military", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170914173000", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/14/asia/rohingya-amnesty-report/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "760358031", "sentence": "The US announced Wednesday that it would rebrand the command responsible for overseeing US military operations in Asia, a move that comes amid heightened tensions with China over the militarization of the South China Sea. US Pacific Command will now be called US Indo-Pacific Command, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said while speaking at a change of command ceremony in Hawaii, where the command’s headquarters is located. Related article US plans 'steady drumbeat' of exercises in South China Sea, Mattis says “In recognition of the increasing connectivity of the Indian and Pacific Oceans today we rename the US Pacific Command to US Indo-Pacific Command,” Mattis said. “It is our primary combatant command, it’s standing watch and intimately engaged with over half of the earth’s surface and its diverse populations, from Hollywood, to Bollywood, from polar bears to penguins,” Mattis said of the command. Adm. Harry Harris, who oversaw US military operations in the region until Wednesday, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as the US ambassador to South Korea. Adm. Phillip Davidson will now lead the Indo-Pacific Command, which oversees some 375,000 US military and civilian personnel. US officials say the name change is meant to better reflect the command’s areas of responsibility, which includes 36 nations as well as both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The US has increased cooperation with India in a range of areas, including defense cooperation, and both Washington and New Delhi have voiced concerns about what they see as an increased assertiveness by China’s military. Related article US sails warships past disputed islands in South China Sea The rebranding comes in the wake of a series of actions by both the Chinese and US militaries that have raised tensions in the South China Sea. The US and the majority of the international community reject Beijing’s claims of ownership of the area. In recent months US officials have said that the Chinese military has deployed anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missile systems, and electronic jammers to contested features in the Spratly Islands region of the South China Sea. China also recently landed a nuclear-capable H-6K bomber aircraft on Woody Island for the first time. Those actions led the US to disinvite China from participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise, which the US Navy calls “the world’s largest international maritime exercise,” and involves some 26 nations including India and countries like Vietnam and the Philippines which actively contest China’s claims to the South China Sea. Related article China 'disinvited' from major US military exercise over South China Sea “China’s continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea only serve to raise tensions and destabilize the region. As an initial response to China’s continued militarization of the South China Sea we have disinvited the PLA Navy from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise,” Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Logan told CNN last week. “We have called on China to remove the military systems immediately and to reverse course on the militarization of disputed South China Sea features,” he added. The US Navy also sailed two warships Sunday past a handful of disputed islands in the South China Sea, including Woody Island where the Chinese bomber landed, a move that drew the immediate ire of Beijing. Related article Can the world's mightiest naval fleet survive the perfect storm? Two US defense officials told CNN that the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins and the cruiser USS Antietam sailed within 12 miles of four of the Paracel Islands in what the US Navy calls a “freedom of navigation operation,” which are meant to enforce the right of free passage in international waters. Two US officials said that during the freedom of navigation exercise a Chinese naval vessel shadowed the US warships, coming close enough to the US ships that the encounter was considered unprofessional but safe. “It’s international waters, and a lot of nations want to see freedom of navigation,” Mattis told reporters Tuesday while en route to the change of command ceremony.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Indo-Pacific Command", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180530213000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/politics/us-rebrands-pacific-command/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "417511666", "sentence": "Sen. Ted Cruz argued Monday that any potential White House candidate who’s not willing to reject the emerging deal with Iran over its nuclear development is “not fit to serve” as president. Speaking at a Politics and Eggs breakfast in New Hampshire on Monday, Cruz urged the audience to press other contenders on whether they would “be willing to repudiate” a non-Congressional approved agreement reached with Iran should they become president. “Any candidate in my view who will not say ‘yes’ to that is not fit to serve as commander in chief of this country,” said Texas Republican senator. Cruz was one of 47 GOP senators who signed a letter last week to Iran suggesting that the deal needs to be approved as a treaty by Congress in order for it remain a valid agreement when Obama leaves office in January 2017. RELATED: Did 47 Republican senators break the law in plain sight? Members of Obama’s administration argued that the letter undermined the President. Cruz also took issue with the reported possibility of the United Nations Security Council getting involved in the matter by lifting some sanctions against Iran. The senator argued that such a scenario would force the next U.S. president to resort to military action should Iran ultimately obtain a weapon. “It dramatically increases the likelihood that a new president in 2017 will face no other choice but launching military strikes against Iran to stop them from acquiring nuclear weapons,” he said. “We’d like to be able to use all of the tools of sanctions and everything else. But if the president hands those tools away it puts the next president and it puts this country in a much worse position.” Cruz was on the second of a two-day swing in New Hampshire as he lays the groundwork for a potential presidential bid. His visit followed a trip to the first-in-the-nation primary state by Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, who were there earlier in the weekend. Asked by a reporter Monday whether Bush was too moderate for the primaries, Cruz said “that’s a determination for the voters to make” but pointed out that “every time the Republican Party looks to the mushy middle…that candidate loses.” RELATED: Fiery Ted Cruz confuses a little girl, snubs a goat in New Hampshire", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150316163000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/16/politics/ted-cruz-iran-deal-repudiate/", "score": "0.85"}}}
{"article_id": "527918535", "sentence": "Nigeria plans manned space mission by 2030 The country has launched several satellites Nigeria has announced plans to send an astronaut into space by 2030, as part of its drive to develop a world-class space industry. “The space program is very important,” said Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, during a speech in the capital city Abuja. “Space is a major asset that Nigeria must be involved in for the purpose of protecting national interests.” A Nigerian Space Agency delegation will visit partners in China this month to discuss logistics and investment for a manned space mission, which would be the first by an African nation. Dr. Onu’s announcement has been greeted with skepticism, partly as it came soon after a scam email demanding $3 million for a lost Nigerian astronaut went viral, and as policy announcements from the new government have been scoring poorly on the Buharimeter, a Nigerian civil society website assessing policy commitments. Onu also recently announced plans to start a pencil manufacturing industry that would create 400,000 jobs. But Nigeria’s space program is no joke, and it is making steady progress. The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has launched five satellites since 2003, with three still in orbit delivering vital services. The most recent - NigeriaSat-X – was the first to be designed and constructed by NASRDA engineers, and more advanced models are in development. Related article Ethiopia starts looking at the stars - from a nearly perfect location The space agency has made extensive and creative use of the satellites, from analyzing climate data to improve farming practices, to retrieving hostages from Boko Haram, and officials argue this proves space exploration is essential for Nigeria. “We contribute to various sectors that benefit the nation,” says Felix Ale, NASRDA communications chief. “Space applications are key to development.” Capacity has improved through greater investment in infrastructure and skills, says Ale, adding that NASRDA has now trained over 300 staff to PhD or BsC level. Crucially, the industry also benefits from political will at the highest level. “The president is committed to the program,” says Ale. “To ensure that dreams transfer to reality.” Launching an astronaut into orbit represents a greater challenge than Nigeria’s previous missions, but leading figures from the space industry are optimistic. “To train an astronaut from selection to flight takes about eight years,” says Dr. Spenser Onuh, head of the Centre for Satellite Technology Development. “2030 is realistic in my opinion…Responses from the international collaborators are very supportive and encouraging.” Related article Could the next lunar mission come from South Africa? Professor Calestous Juma, a specialist on space programs in developing countries at the Harvard Kennedy School, suggests the mission represents “lofty ambition” that “may or may not happen as planned.” But he believes that the vision is more important than the outcome. “Scientific, technological and engineering capabilities would have direct economic benefits to Nigeria long before the decision of putting a person in space is made,” says Juma. “Space walks are probably the least important. It is the scientific and technological infrastructure and its linkages to the rest of the economy that matters.” The Nigerian space program has ambitions beyond its borders, and it is hoped that bold statements – such as a manned mission – will inspire stargazers across the continent. “This would be a landmark achievement for Nigeria and Africa, which will encourage the rest of Africa to get involved,” says Ale. Nigeria already shares resources from its space assets, such as providing satellite imagery to Mali, and has supported the idea of an African Space Agency. With an ever-increasing number of African states investing in space programs, while traditional powerhouses downsize, the continent could be the hotspot of exploration for years to come.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nigeria's space program", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160406110000", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/africa/nigeria-nasrda-space-astronaut/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "631562084", "sentence": "Their memories are those of old men – sometimes wandering, sometimes imprecise – but they clearly remember the fear. “I was just so scared at that time,” says Karto Wiyono, who survived one of Indonesia’s darkest periods. It was October 1965, and Wiyono and his neighbor Widji Thukul were farmers in a small village in Central Java. Two men arrived at their front doors, one in a military uniform, one in civilian clothing. The men asked to come to the local cemetery and dig holes in the ground. Soldiers arrived escorting a large group of men with their hands tied, the farmers says. They aren’t sure how many prisoners, maybe 200 or more. Then the killing started. “They pushed them so that they jumped into the hole alive. Then in the hole the soldiers shot at them. Then we as the villagers buried them,” Wiyono says. The farmers are the only two still alive among the 30 villagers who buried the victims that night. Their fading memories are evidence of mass killings that took place across the country. In the wake of a failed coup in the autumn of 1965, Indonesia’s military launched a systemic campaign to purge communists from the country. According to multiple eye witness accounts and investigations by human rights groups, mass atrocities followed that Indonesia hid from the world. Soldiers, police and local militias arrested, tortured and killed members of the communist party and their families, as well as teachers, labor activists and many ethnic Chinese. No one knows exactly how many people died, but an international tribunal last year estimated death squads killed between 400,000 and 500,000 people. It concluded that the mass killings were a crime against humanity. Bedjo Untung had to eat mice and snakes to survive during nine years in prison in the 1970s. He believes he was arrested because his father was a member of the teacher’s union, which was seen as allied with the communist party. Now he leads the Indonesia Institute for the Study of the 1965 Massacre, staging a weekly protest in front of the Presidential Palace. His group wants the government to provide answers about what happened then and to exhume suspected mass graves. He has compiled a list of 122 possible locations. Untung shows CNN around a site in central Java where he believes his own father-in-law is buried with 200 others, based on information from eyewitness accounts. Adjacent to an existing cemetery, the alleged mass grave is now a quiet, overgrown field. Some families have erected symbolic tombs here to honor the missing dead. “Nobody has courage to open up this one, but I hope this time, the government may open up this place,” Untung says. For decades, Indonesia’s government blocked public discussion of the events of 1965-66. The military general who led the anti-communist purge, Suharto, ruled the country for more than three decades. Even after the transition to a civilian government, dredging up the past has been frowned upon.  Human Rights Watch has tracked more than 30 meetings on the mass killings that were either banned by the police or attacked by Muslim militias. Activists claim communists and their families are still banned from joining the military or police, although the government insists such policies are no longer enforced. However, Indonesian authorities are beginning to open up about the past. In a major step forward, the government supported a 2016 symposium to discuss the killings. A senior government minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan met with representatives of the victims and their families and listened to their concerns. Luhut says the government is investigating their claims and considering “having a look” at the alleged mass graves. However, the minister has his doubts about what will be found. He believes only a few thousand died in 1965-66, dismissing the idea that the death toll reached hundreds of thousands. “The spirit of this basically is to reconcile. Forget the past and move forward,” he tells CNN. Victims also want answers about the true depth of the involvement of Indonesia’s cold war allies, including the United States and Australia. The United States supported the Suharto regime and provided it with a list of supposed communist sympathizers, although former officials say it was only based on publicly available information. Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights has called on the United States to release all historical documents that could shed light on the killings. The Hague tribunal recommended the Indonesian government apologize to victims and their families, investigate the crimes against humanity, and ensure any survivors receive appropriate compensation.. However, within Indonesia, there is no serious talk of putting anyone on trial and no one in power has ever officially apologized. Authorities are still nervous about even proceeding with exhumations, according to Andreas Harsono, Indonesia Researcher at Human Rights Watch. Some have called for a truth and reconciliation commission, like in South Africa, but Harsono insists Indonesia’s powerful military only wants half of that deal. “It is going to be a fake reconciliation without truth telling,” he says. Untung and the victims he represents waited 50 years for a formal meeting with the government to ask for answers. Six months after he handed over his list of suspected mass graves, he believes the government has made no serious effort to exhume them. He’s still sending them letters asking for an explanation.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Indonesia government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170227031500", "country1": "IDN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/26/asia/indonesia-communism-purge/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "668343600", "sentence": "As young architects in Hong Kong in 2005, Joshua Bolchover and John Lin were in the right place at the right time. China was urbanizing at an unprecedented rate and had become a playground for architects. Zaha Hadid’s design for the Guangzhou Opera House had broken ground, Rem Koolhaas had unveiled plans for Beijing’s CCTV Headquarters, and dozens of other headline-grabbing, big-budget projects were being built in cities across the country. But Bolchover and Lin weren’t interested. “At the time, many people were talking about the cities in China,” Bolchover recalls. “But we were thinking, ‘What else is going on? What’s happening to the rest of the country? What does the rural look like in China, given that this process of urbanization is occurring?’” Do these village homes have the best view in China? These questions led the duo to establish Rural Urban Framework (RUF), a design lab operating out of the University of Hong Kong. The not-for-profit organization works on public service projects – including hospitals, schools and houses – for rural communities around China. Just like the country’s cities, China’s villages underwent rapid transformation in the 2000s. Between 2005 and 2015, as many as 900,000 Chinese villages disappeared, either being absorbed into expanding cities or abandoned as residents migrated to urban areas. Bolchover and Lin found plenty of ghost towns during their travels through China. But they also discovered communities experiencing building booms fueled by money sent home by rural migrants. In some areas, tower blocks were being erected in empty fields. In the rush to build, good design was often being ignored in the countryside. By opting for low-risk, copy-and-paste blueprints, local authorities were hindering their ability to deliver effective public services. Saving China's abandoned Tulou homes “Certain institutions and buildings end up looking the same in China,” Bolchover says. “Whether it’s a hospital, a school or an orphanage, they’re all concrete-frame, standardized building types. Design is critical, and through it we’re able to bring other facilities (and) nicer spaces into these environments.” RUF’s projects in rural China range from designing stimulating new classrooms to building bridges that reconnect communities divided by new highways. One of its most innovative projects is the redesign of Angdong Hospital in Hunan province. Previously an impractical, boxy building, RUF replaced it with an ambitious pentagonal structure with a central courtyard. The original building was a three-story walk-up, which meant that family members had to carry ill relatives up and down the stairs. RUF’s new building solved this by connecting all the floors with a wide, spiraling ramp. “It (would have) cost exactly the same to put an elevator in as it cost to build the ramp,” Lin says. “But what we gained by building a ramp was the creation of this interesting public space in which elderly people from across the street can come and exercise. And children love to go there.” A major addition to Angdong Hospital was a perforated exterior made from concrete blocks with circular holes in them. In the hope of improving construction expertise in the village, RUF developed the facade in collaboration with local manufacturers. “Making standardized molds [for concrete blocks] is a very typical construction process in China,” Bolchover explains. “We thought, ‘How can we intervene and make something different?’ Should China move its historic monuments? “Our work isn’t about bringing something that’s completely new – it’s about working with villages to develop new technology and new materials. We work with what’s there, and take it to another level.” Bringing such ambitious designs to rural communities presented unique challenges. Often faced with local government officials and villagers who are suspicious of bold buildings, RUF must dedicate time and effort to getting communities on board. As a result, projects can take up to three years, even when the construction time is less than a year. Following the success of their work in rural China, Bolchover and Lin are currently working on the reconstruction of an entire village destroyed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The Hong Kong architects have redesigned Jintai village from scratch, building 22 earthquake-resistant homes and an innovative animal-rearing facility that will generate energy from biogas. From ghost towns to megacities: The extreme transformation of Asia's city skylines Not only is this environmentally friendly, but it also helps the community become more economically self-reliant, curbing villagers’ dependence on energy companies. In RUF’s projects, form follows function. But the aesthetics of its buildings are carefully considered. The stepped roofs of Jintai Village’s new houses give residents extra space to grow crops, but their peaked design also resembles the community’s mountain surroundings. When the village is completed in July, its buildings will not only be safer and more energy efficient – they’ll also be more beautiful. “Through design you can add different forms of value. You add social value, you strengthen the community – it can even be ecological value,” Lin says. “But we’re also saying that design itself is a form of value. We believe in design.” RUF’s research on housing has led Bolchover and Lin to Mongolia, where they’re working on their first project outside China. Mongolia is experiencing similar patterns of urbanization, but in its capital, Ulaanbaatar, migrants aren’t moving into houses – they’re simply pitching their ancestral tents on the outskirts of the city. Move over Sydney -- the Harbin Opera House is a work of art These traditional yurts, known in Mongolia as gers, are off-grid. This can lead to problems with waste disposal, so RUF designed a ‘hybrid’ ger that retains the characteristics of a tent but can be plugged into the sewage system, electrical grid and water mains. A Mongolian couple will move into the first prototype this summer. “This project is not just about creating a modern house,” Lin says. “It’s also a project which preserves the ger as a traditional form of living. We’re very much working through the urbanization process to preserve the traditions of these places.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rural Urban Framework (RUF)", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170627030000", "country1": "HKG", "country2": "MNG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/architecture/rural-urban-framework-innovative-design/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "609567602", "sentence": "More than half of Americans say they’re bothered by Russian hacks of Democratic emails in an effort to help Donald Trump win the election, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows. Fifty-five percent of Americans say they are at least quite a bit concerned about the Russian hacks, the poll shows. There is a sharp partisan divide, with 86% of Democrats saying they are concerned compared with 29% of Republicans. However, most Americans do not believe Russian hacking influenced the outcome of the election. Just 37% say they believe Russian hacking helped Trump defeat Hillary Clinton, while 57% say they think it had no impact. Broadly, at 31%, more Americans said Trump is “too friendly” toward Russian President Vladimir Putin than the 24% who said he’s “not too friendly.” Another 44% had no opinion. And about 50% of Americans said they approved of Trump’s handling of the transition, while 41% disapprove, the survey shows. That approval number is significantly below President Barack Obama’s in 2008 (73%) and Bill Clinton’s in 1992 (77%). The poll of 1,000 adults was conducted December 12-15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian hacks of Democratic emails", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161218154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/18/politics/poll-russian-hacking/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "743354101", "sentence": "When a dark green train adorned with yellow stripes was spotted traveling toward Beijing on Monday, rumors began to swirl that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was on board. Those rumors were later confirmed and pictures began to emerge showing Kim on his first foreign trip since assuming power in 2011, meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping and other high-level Chinese officials. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has now published footage revealing new details of the historic trip. The train – which appears to be the same one used by Kim’s father and grandfather – made its first stop Sunday in China at Dandong, a city close to the border and around 840 kilometers (520 miles) from Beijing by road. READ MORE: Why Kim Jong Un would make a secret trip to China A group of Chinese officials met the train at Dandong and boarded one of the carriages to greet Kim, who was seen smiling and posing for the cameras as he was handed a bouquet of flowers, which were then passed to his wife Ri Sol Ju. Along with Kim and his wife, the North Korean delegation included leading members of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee. The Chinese officials who boarded the train included China’s ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, and the head of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, Song Tao, according to KCNA. Seated in two rows of pink couches on either side of the train carriage, Kim opposite Tao, the two groups held talks. Three members of the Chinese delegation – including Tao and Jinjun – stayed on the train and traveled with Kim on the next leg of his journey, to Beijing, according to KCNA. As the train departed Dandong, the footage shows the other Chinese officials who stayed behind waving to Kim – and Kim waving back. READ MORE: Kim Jong Un’s cunning strategy could lead the world down a dangerous path Arriving in Beijing on Tuesday, Kim was welcomed by the Chinese military and a red carpet. More bouquets awaited the leader and his wife as they alighted from the train and were met by officials from the ruling Communist Party of China, the footage shows. Cameras flashed and the military stood to attention as Kim and his wife led the delegation down a platform adorned with a red carpet. The next day, Kim boarded the green train once again, this time for the return journey. After a final onboard sendoff from Tao and members of the Beijing welcome delegation, Kim, standing next to his wife, smiled and waved out of the window. The footage shows Chinese officials on the platform waving goodbye. READ MORE: Trump says Xi told him Kim meeting went ‘very well’ According to a 2009 report in South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, the train used by Kim’s father, Kim Jong II – which appears to be the same one used for this trip – had 90 carriages and was so heavily armored that it traveled at an average speed of 60 kilometers an hour (about 37 mph). It contained conference rooms, an audience chamber and bedrooms and featured satellite phone connections and flat screen televisions, the paper reported. A New York Times report from 2002 said that memoirs by former Russian official Konstantin Pulikovsky purportedly claimed that Kim Jong Il had his train conducted by beautiful women and loaded with extravagant dishes and wine. ”It was possible to order any dish of Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and French cuisine,” Pulikovsky wrote, according to the report. His account drew largely on a report that was supposed to be confidential by a note taker from the Russian Foreign Ministry, who was on board during Kim Jong Il’s one-month ride across Russia in 2001, according to the Times. Live lobsters were taken to train stations along the route, Pulikovsky wrote in his memoirs, and cases of Bordeaux and Burgundy red wines were reportedly delivered, too. CNN could not independently verify the Times account or the South Korean report detailing the Kim family train. Before this week, the most recent international train trip reported was in August 2011, months before the elder Kim’s death, when he visited Moscow to meet with then-President Dmitry Medvedev. CNN’s Angela Dewan contributed to this story", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Kim Jong Un's visit to China", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180330141500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/asia/kim-jong-un-china-train-footage-intl/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "758461840", "sentence": "After hearing bizarre sounds, Americans in China and Cuba experienced similar symptoms resembling types of brain injury Experts don't think the sound was directly responsible for the symptoms The cause in both cases is still being investigated The US State Department is looking into what could be a new “sonic attack” in China, “similar to what happened in Cuba” over a year ago, a US diplomatic official told CNN. A US government employee stationed in the city of Guangzhou in southern China reported “subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure,” which may resemble sensations among at least two dozen US diplomats and family members previously stationed in Havana, Cuba. “We are working to figure out what took place both in Havana and now in China, as well,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who called medical details in both locations “very similar and entirely consistent” with each other. In both cases, people experienced symptoms resembling types of “traumatic brain injury,” according to multiple sources. Many of those stationed in Havana reported hearing “intensely loud” sounds coming from a specific direction, which they described as “buzzing,” “grinding metal,” “piercing squeals” and “humming,” according to a study published in February. “The sounds were often associated with pressurelike or vibratory sensory stimuli,” according to the study. “The sensory stimuli were likened to air ‘baffling’ inside a moving car with the windows partially rolled down.” One patient reported hearing two 10-second pulses, while others said they could hear the sound for more than 30 minutes, the report said. A recording obtained by The Associated Press and released in October became the first publicly reported audio sample said to be related to the attacks. The noise itself is unlikely to have caused the symptoms directly, according to the authors of the February study. They noted that audible sound “is not known to cause persistent injury to the central nervous system.” “We actually don’t think it was the audible sound that was the problem,” said Dr. Douglas Smith, one of the study’s authors and the director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair. “We think the audible sound was a consequence of the exposure.” Experts whom CNN spoke to described how sounds could be weaponized, but none of them is known to cause the symptoms seen in Cuba and China. Related article Pompeo says China incident is 'entirely consistent' with Cuba 'sonic attacks' For example, authorities have used long-range acoustic devices, or LRADs, to disperse crowds of protesters with a loud, painful sound over a long distance. Some countries have used a “mosquito” – which produces a very high-pitched sound that can be perceived by teenagers but not adults – to prevent teens from loitering. “I know of no acoustic effect that would produce concussion-like symptoms; according to my research, strong effects on humans require loudness levels that would be perceived as very loud noise while exposed,” said Jürgen Altmann, a physics professor at Technischen Universität Dortmund in Berlin. According to the alert issued by the State Department on Wednesday, the cause of the injuries to the employee in China remains unknown. Officials have not identified any other similar cases among the diplomatic community in the country. Similarly, State Department and federal investigators have testified that they were unable to determine the source or cause of the ailments in Havana, stating only that they “were most likely related to trauma from a non-natural source.” Smith and his colleagues wrote that their study raises “concern about a new mechanism for possible acquired brain injury from an exposure of unknown origin.” “If you took any one of these patients and put them into a brain injury clinic and you didn’t know their background, you would think that they had a traumatic brain injury from being in a car accident or a blast in the military,” Dr. Randel Swanson, another of the study’s authors and a specialist in brain injury rehabilitation at the University of Pennsylvania, said in a separate report published with the study. Swanson and his colleagues examined the patients and found a variety of symptoms including sharp ear pain, headaches, ringing in one ear, vertigo, disorientation, attention issues and signs consistent with mild traumatic brain injury or concussion. In addition, a majority of the patients reported problems with memory, concentration, balance, eyesight, hearing, sleeping or headaches that lasted more than three months. “It’s like a concussion without a concussion,” Swanson wrote. Related article Study: US personnel suffered 'symptoms resembling brain injury' in Cuba Many reported feeling “mentally foggy” or “slowed” for months, the authors said. Some reported irritability and nervousness, with two meeting criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder. Poorer job performance was also observed. Three people eventually needed hearing aids for moderate to severe hearing loss, and others had ringing or pressure in their ears. More than half needed to be prescribed medication in order to sleep or to deal with headaches. Many were, at least for a period of time, unable to return to work. Some of the patients’ symptoms are not typically seen in a concussion, such as pain and ringing in only one ear, the study noted. The report also pointed out that while concussion patients often make a quick and full recovery, these patients experienced symptoms for months. It’s possible those were the only severe cases, the authors said, noting that other individuals may have been affected and simply didn’t know it, because they either recovered fully or had only minor symptoms. Doctors remain baffled. The events in Cuba and China are still under investigation, according to Pompeo. A spokeswoman at the US Embassy in Beijing said the State Department was taking the incident “very seriously” and was working to determine the cause and impact of it. Pompeo said the agency is moving medical teams into place in Guangzhou and has asked for assistance from the Chinese government, which has committed to providing it. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. The Cuban government has claimed ignorance when it comes to the cause of the incidents there, and it has aimed to discredit the accounts of affected government workers, calling the alleged attacks “science fiction.” These efforts have been met with doubt from Sens. Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez, both on the Foreign Relations Committee. The idea that such an attack would go unnoticed by Cuban security officials in heavily surveilled Havana, Rubio said, was “outside the realm of reasonable. It’s ridiculous.” CNN’s Ben Tinker, Steven Jiang, Ben Westcott, Laura Koran, Jamie Crawford, Nicole Chavez, Matt Rivers and Zachary Cohen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US State Department", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180523170000", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/health/sonic-attacks-china-havana-cuba-explainer/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "544323689", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works at the institute. The open rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the military could be a “game-changer,” upsetting Israel’s fragile balance of power, says one of the nation’s leading broadcast journalists. Ilana Dayan, anchor of the investigative news program “Uvda” (“Fact”) on Israel’s Channel 2, said the resignation of Moshe Ya’alon as defense minister and the appointment in his place of Avigdor Lieberman, an outspoken and controversial leader of the right, could prompt Ya’alon to emerge as leader of a new, anti-Netanyahu coalition. Were Ya’alon, who announced his resignation Friday, to join forces with Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, the two could pose a real threat to their former ally Netanyahu, Dayan said. “If they unite together and they create a right of center (movement)… which caters to the taste of many Israelis who would otherwise vote for Netanyahu, that could be a game changer,” Dayan told David Axelrod on “The Axe Files,” a podcast produced by CNN and the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. Ya’alon resigned amid a growing rift with Netanyahu that came to a head after the controversial slaying of a wounded Palestinian assailant by an I.D.F. soldier. Ya’alon objected to Netanyahu’s statement of support for the soldier, who Ya’alon and military leaders said had violated the army’s values and its code of conduct. “(Ya’alon) knows so much and he has so much material and he has been privy to so many silent and secret and closed discussions, that if I were Netanyahu, I would be on the alert,” Dayan said. However, Dayan noted that Netanyahu is getting “better and better as a politician and as a campaigner” and “beats expectations time and again.” In the hour-long conversation with Axelrod, taped last week at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, where Dayan is a visiting Fellow, she said that a two-state solution with Palestine will happen someday, but likely not while Netanyahu is in office. Related article Israeli defense minister resigns in political shake-up “I think he doesn’t believe he can be that leader. I think he doesn’t really believe there can be a historic compromise,” she said. “He thinks it’s too much of a risk.” Netanyahu, she said, “sees reality almost always from the worst-case scenario point of view. It’s a very Jewish way of looking at things. And I would want our leaders – my countrymen – to get rid of this view of the world… If you look at us and the Palestinians, it’s really a contest of victimhood. We both feel like victims.” But, Dayan said, “at the end of the day, which is long … and sad and gloomy … there will be a historic compromise.” To hear the whole conversation with Dayan, which also touched on her views of Donald Trump, U.S.-Israeli relations, and more, click on http://podcast.cnn.com. To get “The Axe Files” podcast every week, subscribe at http://itunes.com/theaxefiles.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Benjamin Netanyahu", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160526161500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/politics/axe-files-axelrod-ilana-dayan/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "637963741", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. This commentary has been updated from an earlier version. Frida Ghitis: Trump's spewing of falsehoods creates very real risk for U.S. security and authority in the world Ghitis points to the White House's apology to Britain for Sean Spicer saying British intelligence helped Obama spy on Trump Donald Trump’s peculiar relationship with the truth – his penchant for promoting unfounded stories and conspiracies theories – represents not just a curious quirk or a character flaw. They are a much-practiced technique that has paid dividends as self-promotion in his business career and in his political rise. Over decades spent in the company of yes men and yes women, he has been able to fire off nonsense without question or rebuke. But now he is President Trump, and his breezy spewing of falsehoods has become a national embarrassment –a threat to U.S. security and America’s standing in the world. White House officials have just had to apologize to the United Kingdom for smearing the British intelligence agency by making false statements . This is a sign of things to come. Indeed questions about Trump’s wiretapping allegations against Barack Obama, and Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s regurgitation of Fox News commentary, came up during Trump’s press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday–further evidence that the rest of the world is paying attention. He took no responsibility and said if there were questions about the allegation, people should ask Fox News about it. What should concern every citizen is that Trump’s crumbling credibility will not be limited to him. America itself is losing credibility. If the president of the United States cannot be taken at his word, America’s arguments on the global stage will be easily dismissed. This will have profound and very specific consequences as the country faces new and old challenges, which will require the support of other nations. Related video Rep. to Trump: Evidence or apologize to Obama That became clear in the latest chapter in the bizarre story of Trump’s claim that Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower. The accusation, which would be extraordinarily grave if it contained a shred of truth, has been denied by intelligence officials and discredited by well-informed Democrats and Republicans. And yet, on Thursday, Trump had sent Press Secretary Sean Spicer to do battle with the truth once again. Presumably following his boss’s instructions, Spicer proceeded to repeat yet another unfounded rumor, this one slandering America’s top ally, the United Kingdom. He read a claim by Fox News commentator Andrew Napolitano that Obama maneuvered around US agencies by partnering with GCHQ, the secretive British intelligence agency, to spy on Trump. The British, not surprisingly, were furious. The phones in the White House started ringing immediately after the press briefing. The Trump administration had triggered a wholly unnecessary diplomatic crisis by once again treating the truth with casual contempt. Related article Trump's wiretapping fantasy meets reality Now Spicer and National Security Advisor HR McMaster have been forced to apologize to Britain, and the British have made sure the whole world knows the White House is making “ridiculous” statements. It is hard to overemphasize the significance of GCHQ, which almost never speaks out publicly, calling the claims “nonsense.” The spokesman for the British prime minister said the White House promised to never repeat the false allegations. The British are right to feel indignant. The two countries have partnered for decades, supporting each other on battle fields, on intelligence and on global diplomacy.  Prime Minister Teresa May has taken political risks by being one of the first foreign leaders to align herself with Trump. Now the Trump administration made an assertion that, like most libelous rumors, will never be completely erased in some people’s minds. And it did so to score political points domestically. Related article \"Deep State\" myth won't fix wiretapping mess It’s sadly ironic that after less than two months in office, Trump, who often criticized Obama for making legitimate apologies for America’s historical misdeeds – “We will stop apologizing,” Trump declared – had to send his deputies to apologize for brand new, unnecessary and deeply personal missteps. It’s easy to say why Trump plays games with the truth. By claiming that factual reports are “fake news,” he undermines the credibility of his critics. By “gaslighting,” the country, blurring the lines between fact and fiction, he gets to write his own version of the truth. And by putting out shocking conspiracy tales and wild allegations, he changes the subject at just the right time. The wiretapping tweet successfully knocked out of the headlines discussion over whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury when he falsely told a Senate committee that he had no contacts with Russians. Related video Congressman apologizes for Conway comment But maneuvers that may help Trump politically hurt America on the global stage. The lying alone has already eroded America’s moral authority, which is arguably the country’s most powerful, least expensive weapon and the impetus for persuading others to follow its lead. What will happen when the U.S. needs support to impose economic sanctions or perhaps an arms embargo? Strong, credible arguments can help America avoid costly wars, just as the wrong words, ill-conceived provocations, can trigger conflicts, putting American soldiers in harm’s way and US citizens in peril. America’s strength is not just its mighty military or its giant economy. The United States is strong also because it has allies that will side with it on difficult challenges. But to persuade others that the challenges are real, Washington must have credibility, and Trump is squandering America’s credibility, discarding it as if it were the leftovers at a Mar-a-Lago brunch buffet. Trump may not care about the truth, but the rest of the world does. America’s allies do. It’s about time for the President and his staff to understand that this is no game. They cannot repeat statements they hear on television, unless they know they are factual. To do otherwise could trigger potentially grave consequences. If Trump wants to go down in history as a successful president, it’s time for him to re-examine his relationship with the truth.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170317190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/opinions/trump-falsehoods-a-national-embarrassment-ghitis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "652133165", "sentence": "Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates is prepared to testify before a Senate panel next week that she gave a forceful warning to the White House regarding then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn nearly three weeks before he was fired, contradicting the administration’s version of events, sources familiar with her account tell CNN. In a private meeting January 26, Yates told White House Counsel Don McGahn that Flynn was lying when he denied in public and private that he had discussed US sanctions on Russia in conversations with Russian Ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak. Flynn’s misleading comments, Yates said, made him potentially vulnerable to being compromised by Russia, according to sources familiar with her version of events. She expressed “serious concerns” to McGahn, making it clear – without making a recommendation – that Flynn could be fired. Yates’ testimony May 8 will be the first time the former acting attorney general will publicly speak about the White House meeting. A source familiar with the situation says that Yates will be limited on what she can tell the Senate judiciary subcommittee because many of the details involving Flynn are classified, meaning there may only be a few new revelations. Yates would not comment ahead of the testimony. Related article Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against taking foreign payments; IG launches investigation Her previously scheduled appearance in front of the House intelligence committee was canceled by its chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, who said he wanted to hear first in a classified setting from FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers. Nunes’ move to cancel the hearing sparked outcry from Democrats, who believed he was trying to shield the White House from damaging new revelations. Flynn was fired 18 days after Yates met McGahn, following news reports that Flynn had lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. On February 14, the day after Flynn’s firing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that Yates had simply “wanted to give a ‘heads up’ to us on some comments that may have seemed in conflict with what he (Flynn) had sent the Vice President.” Yates is highly motivated to set the record straight about her warning regarding Flynn, one source said. Related article Michael Flynn's worst week in Washington But because of the classified nature of the information, she is unlikely to explain in detail what specific information prompted her to raise concerns with the White House about his alleged ties to the Russians. She is, though, expected to give her version of events when she informed the White House about her concerns that Flynn may have been “compromised” by the Russians, contradicting Spicer’s comment that Yates was simply giving officials a “heads up” about the then-national security advisor, the source said. Her appearance will bookend a week’s worth of testimony and inquiry about the investigation, starting with Wednesday’s Senate judiciary committee hearing with Comey, where Russia will be a big topic of discussion. Comey is also expected to meet behind closed doors Thursday with members of the House intelligence committee. The Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing Yates’ testimony is also seeking to have former national security advisor Susan Rice testify before the committee next week, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, the chairman of the panel, told CNN. Related article 100 days of Russia drama for the Trump White House, with no end in sight Comey will likely resist revealing much about the ongoing investigation into Russia’s efforts around the 2016 election. But committee members are seeking to press him. Republicans will likely seek answers on how the FBI worked with Christopher Steele, the former British spy who created the reports on Trump that make up the controversial dossier. CNN was first to report in January that both then-President Barack Obama and then-President-elect Trump were briefed on the contents of the dossier by senior intelligence officials. Democrats will push Comey on what has been learned about campaign contact, according to Democrats on the committee. Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut say they will also seek answers on why Comey spoke publicly about an investigation into Hillary Clinton but not about the Russia investigation that kicked off in the summer of the campaign. Comey, according to sources familiar with his testimony, is looking to set the record straight on this matter. The hearing is not solely focused on the probe, a contrast to his previous appearance on the Hill. But the Yates appearance next week, at the same hearing as former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, is perhaps the most dramatic. Yates is prepared to answer as much as she can in an unclassified setting, the source added. But, another source said, Yates is not expected to say much about the wider Russia probe. CNN’s Gloria Borger contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170502214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/sally-yates-michael-flynn-testimony-contradict/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "470386507", "sentence": "Shaker Aamer was accused of leading a military unit under Osama bin Laden, an accusation he denied Aamer, a Saudi national married to a British woman, was the last British resident held in Guantanamo The U.S. government plans to release a British resident who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, a British government spokesman said. Shaker Aamer, a Saudi national married to a British woman, has been cleared of any accusations, said his lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, in a statement. “Shaker is not and never has been a terrorist, and has been cleared by the Americans themselves for eight years,” Smith said. “I hope the authorities will understand that he has been tortured and abused for more than a decade, and what he wants most is to be left alone with his family to start rebuilding his life.” A senior U.S. defense official told CNN the Secretary of Defense has approved the transfer of Aamer following a thorough review of his case and taking into consideration the security assurances the British government will provide. Britain is one of the United States’ strongest allies and supports efforts to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo, the official said. Aamer’s daughter, Johina Aamer, said in a tweet: “Thank you everyone for all the support. The news hasnt hit yet. We can’t believe we might finally see our Dad after 14 years. #ShakerAamer.” Thank you everyone for all the support. The news hasnt hit yet. We can't believe we might finally see our Dad after 14 years. #ShakerAamer The British government spokesman said the U.S. government notified British authorities about the release. “The (British) government has regularly raised Mr. Aamer’s case with the U.S. authorities and we support President Obama’s commitment to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay,” the spokesman said. “In terms of next steps, we understand that the U.S. government has notified Congress of this decision and once that notice period has been concluded, Mr. Aamer will be returned to the UK.” Aamer is the last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay. He gained national attention in 2013 when he and other inmates went on a hunger strike. U.S. forces arrested him in 2001 in Afghanistan for allegedly leading a military unit under Osama bin Laden, accusations that he denied. Guantanamo held 115 detainees as of September 17, according to the U.S. Defense Department. CNN’s Barbara Starr contributed to this article.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. government", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150926004500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/25/us/british-resident-guantanamo-release/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "496203018", "sentence": "Shari Duval founded the non-profit organization K9s for Warriors in 2010 after her son returned from Iraq K9s for Warriors provides service dogs to veterans suffering from PTSD or other issues You can help by going to K9s for Warriors Shari Duval knows that dogs can heal. Duval was inspired  to do something after her son, Brett Simon, returned from two tours in Iraq.  Simon was a civilian K9 police officer before joining a special team whose main mission was to work with the Army. “I was chosen to work with explosive tracking dogs in Iraq. Once I arrived in Iraq in Baghdad, I was shipped out to Mosul, where I worked with the striker brigade working on the first tracking explosive dogs that were attempted in Iraq,” says Simon. Duval says she wasn’t prepared when her son came home diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. “He was somebody different, he was not my son that went over there. He was completely changed and that was a shock that I’ve never experienced before, so it was more of panic. What do I do? What can I do?  How do I fix it?” Duval started researching methods on how to treat persons with PTSD and found that using service dogs was a promising solution. But at the time, there weren’t many organizations providing service dogs for veterans. In 2010, she founded K9s for Warriors to help her son and other military veterans with PTSD.  To date, hundreds of veterans have received dogs and a new lease on life. Duval’s son is now the organization’s director of K9 operations and selects the dogs and directs their training. K9s for Warriors trains mostly rescue dogs to become certified service canines for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  The training can take up to a year before the dogs are ready to help them cope with issues like controlling anxiety attacks or fear of public places. “We evaluate the dog for being sound around people, other dogs, noises, cars, and riding in the bus,” says Simon.  “We take them to the store and walk them around. If they keep progressing through that, then they spend the next three to four months getting their basic formal obedience done.” The staff will read through applications from veterans to pair them with the right  dog. For three weeks, veterans live at the organization’s camp in Florida and go through several training courses with their dogs. After successfully completing the program, the veterans will have support when they return home including access to an online community via a private Facebook page group.  They can also come back for refresher courses. Kevin Crowell, a graduate of the program, has been back for more classes.  He is now mentoring to other veterans who go through the program. “It’s still a transition period when you bring the dog home.  My wife had to get used to me spending a lot of time with her as well as Bella coming up and comforting me,” says Kevin Crowell.  “It was about six months to a year when things really started to gel and she just became another part of the family.” Before the K9s for Warriors program, Crowell had problems going out in public.  He had been diagnosed with PTSD and would have nightmares.  His dog Bella now even wakes him up during bad dreams. Crowell’s life has changed for the better and he gives much of the credit to Shari Duval and K9s for Warriors. “Shari doesn’t even realize the impact she has on people’s lives.  I don’t think she really gets that she’s saving lives, “Crowell says.  “It’s amazing that because of one person’s dream to help her son, many other people have benefited. And I’m grateful.” If you would like to support Shari’s mission, visit K9s for Warriors website to see how.  You can also learn more by visiting their Facebook and Twitter pages.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "K9s for Warriors", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151221213000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/us/gif-shari-duval/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "676584785", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: James A. Gagliano is a CNN law enforcement analyst and a retired FBI supervisory special agent. He also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at St. John’s University in Queens, New York. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. James Gagliano: We must acknowledge the causality of the current divide between police and communities of color Historical tensions have pinned these two groups against each other and implicit biases maintain these divisions, he writes The recent story of an Australian woman shot dead by police in Minneapolis is a tragedy of epic proportions. Summoning law enforcement to report what she believed to be a sexual assault occurring in the vicinity of her home, Justine Ruszczyk, according to one of the officers on scene, startled police and was shot dead by an arriving officer still seated inside his patrol car. This appears to be a horrific split-second decision and mistake that resulted in Ruszczyk’s tragic death and a police officer’s life irrevocably altered. In the wake of this tragedy, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau was forced to resign when the city’s mayor expressed a “loss of confidence” in the chief’s ability to lead the department. The victim was white and the officer involved has been identified as Mohamed Noor, a Somali-American in the Minneapolis Police Department. Ergo, there has been no rush to judgments condemning the Minneapolis force as “hopelessly racist,” and no demands for it to be placed under a consent decree. So how might this case fit into the larger narrative about race and policing in America? Well, it raises three points that we must acknowledge in order to begin the national conversation on how to address tensions between law enforcement and the communities they serve. First, we must acknowledge America has a deep and complicated history when it comes to African-Americans and law enforcement. The early beginnings of our nation saw slave patrols in the guise of “law enforcement” wielded as the disciplinary arm of the slave codes in the colonies and states. First implemented in South Carolina in 1704, the patrols were designed to maintain control and instill fear – a mechanism that ensured the smaller outnumbered white populations on plantations could deter slave uprisings and revolts. These patrols also enforced the fugitive slave laws, serving as the “catchers” of runaway slaves, as well as judge, jury and executioners. Related article When white lives are at stake, society takes notice Fast forward to the civil rights movement’s Selma-to-Montgomery march some two months after I was born in 1965; the appalling images still shock the senses and are indelibly ingrained in our national consciousness. Who can look away from the images of the courageous marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge meeting Alabama’s Public Safety Commissioner Theophilus “Bull” Connor’s fire hoses, police batons and attack dogs? Terrorism employed as an instrument of the state. Those of us in law enforcement must understand and appreciate this truism – that in our country’s 241-year history, injustices have been committed in the name of “justice.” And that though many wear the badge with honor, there are still some in our ranks today who abuse their power and apply the law unevenly and injudiciously. Secondly, let’s also remember what former FBI Director James Comey spoke about in a critically important speech at Georgetown University, titled “Hard Truths: Law Enforcement and Race”: We all carry in us implicit biases based upon our understanding of others and shaped by our own experiences. Individually, we must resist the uncontrollable urge to succumb to these biases. African-Americans can be distrustful of police. And, correspondingly, police working within the inner-city can be wary of African-Americans, a group that the 2010 US Census states constitutes 13% of our population, but according to the 2013 FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics, some 52% of arrests for all murders and non-negligent manslaughters in the United States. This disproportionate representation of criminality might explain how even the most pure-of-heart cop can be fearful when interacting with a black motorist on a lonely stretch of highway or when investigating a crime on a street corner occupied by young men of color. Related article Fifty years after the riots that shook America, has anything changed? To acknowledge this shouldn’t make us “racist.” But in today’s hyperpolarized environment, to mention these truisms typically results in being shouted down and unjustly labeled. Rather than blaming an inherently racist criminal justice system, could we not instead attribute partial causality to the disproportionate amount of African-American interactions with law enforcement? To admit as much and seek a solution would be brave. And we could counterbalance that effort with another equally important one. This one requires law enforcement to be honest as well, and to acknowledge that it is insane that we currently have no national database to harvest, store and retrieve data related to officer-involved-shootings. How can this be? If Google can glean my web surfing tendencies and target advertising based on my apparent interests, how are we not able to accurately compile the numbers and circumstances involving police shootings? Want a solution? I suggest tying federal funding to reporting compliance. Currently, the Washington Post seems like the only reliable repository for data related to police shootings. But it shouldn’t be. Related article How US gun culture compares with the world While we’re at it, law enforcement is a wholly human endeavor, fallible and made up of mortals – like me – susceptible to making mistakes. And, yes, there are bad cops. I certainly know this firsthand from having worked as an undercover FBI agent on a case targeting police corruption in the New York metropolitan area in 2002. But these few “bad apples” don’t represent the vast majority of those who wear the badge and swear an oath to protect us. And, finally, let’s acknowledge that media coverage can also be skewed in its portrayal of officer-involved-shootings, reinforcing a trope by making it appear that unarmed blacks are seemingly always the victims of overzealous police. Does anyone believe that greater media coverage is directed at police shootings of whites? My evidence may be anecdotal, but I challenge the reader to argue that officer-involved shootings of white Americans get as much coverage when compared to shootings of people of color by police. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook In short, we must address these three truisms. Until we do so, we’re simply dismissing large pieces of the causality in our current racial divide, and irresponsibly pretending that some hard truths don’t exist. That makes us afraid to confront them. So we don’t. And that’s counterproductive to the cause demanding that national conversation.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "law enforcement in the United States", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170728000000", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/opinions/law-enforcement-racism-opinion-gagliano/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "491814388", "sentence": "More than 300 million people across India have no access to electricity India is heavily dependent on coal-fired power stations, which serve 60% of households Country has seen skyrocketing carbon emissions -- increase of 170 million tonnes in 2014 As the sun sets on Sukhapur village in India’s Uttar Pradesh, residents fire up their only source of light, a rudimentary cooking stove. “It’s like we’re living in a cave,” resident Aarti Chauhan tells CNN’s Sumnima Udas. “All we see is darkness everywhere, my children can’t even study properly, they have no future here.” Sukhapur, only 100 miles from the capital of New Delhi, is emblematic of a contradiction at the heart of modern India. While the country has seen a skyrocketing rise in emissions – an increase of 170 million tonnes in 2014, more than any other country – some 300 million people across India still don’t have access to electricity. That’s a population roughly the size of the U.S., living in darkness. “They say India is progressing, but nothing happens here, they have forgotten about us,” said Sukhapur resident Anil Chauhan. Speaking at the U.N. Climate Change conference in Paris last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his position that developed countries should shoulder a greater responsibility when it comes to reducing carbon emissions. “Democratic India must grow rapidly to meet the aspirations of 1.25 billion people, 300 million of whom are without access to energy,” he said. The cheapest and easiest way to provide those without electricity access to power is coal, one of the worst offenders when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. India has the world’s fifth largest coal reserves, and the fossil fuel currently powers more than 60% of the country. Last year, 462 million tonnes of it were produced in India, a figure the government plans to double by 2019. Environmentalists warn that if Indian emissions continue to grow at the same rate they have over the past 10 years, they will surpass the current emissions of the entire European Union by 2020, according to the U.N. climate agency. However, while Modi has said that developing nations shouldn’t be held to the same standards as the world’s richest countries, India has been leading the way in many areas. Interactive: Can you beat the two-degree target? Modi’s government has sought to promote solar and other renewable power, with a stated goal by 2030 to have 40% non-fossil energy sources compared to the current 19%. “What we want to do with renewable energy in the next 7-10 years took Germany 21 years to achieve,” said Dr Arunabha Ghosh, chief executive of the Indian Council on Energy, Environment and Water. “In our estimates we find the Indian targets are disproportionately greater than the U.S. or Europe have put forward.” Nevertheless, Modi’s India is still highly dependent on coal. “Coal is a significant contributor to India’s greenhouse gas emissions,” said Leena Srivastava, Executive Director of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Srivastava said that the government should shut down aging, inefficient power plants and invest in modern ones using newer, less-polluting technology. “We can’t have a binary discussion on yes to coal or no to it, but somewhere in between,” he said. Report: Global temperature hike already halfway to ‘two degree warming’ limit Related video Devastating floods swamp south India Tackling climate change is of particular concern for India, which like many tropical nations is bearing hard the brunt of existing rises in global temperature. Relief efforts are underway in flood-stricken Chennai, where some of the heaviest – and deadliest – rains in decades rains have left the coastal city reeling and death tolls nearing 300. “This kind of flood risk is something that is going to rise over time,” he said. “In Chennai, we’re witnessing the highest rainfall in a hundred years.” Around 120,000 people have been displaced by the rising waters in Chennai and surrounding Tamil Nadu state. According to Ghosh, the damage done to the country by climate change-related events has exceeded $30 billion in the last five years. By 2050, agricultural losses alone will be around $200 billion a year. If temperatures continue to rise at the current pace, Ghosh and his colleagues predict that the risk of a once-in-a-century flood would increase by up to 1,000 times in some Indian cities. Speaking at the Paris conference, Marine Franck of the U.N. Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility said that, on average, 22.5 million people have been displaced each year between 2008 and 2014 as a result of cyclones, floods and other climate change related events. The equivalent of one person every second over the last eight years. While Ghosh was skeptical of any deal that might come about as a result of the Paris talks, he was adamant that something must be done. “Whether you take renewable energy or fossil fuels, the richest countries are still continuing on a pathway that continues to raise the risk of climate change to the whole world,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "India", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151207060000", "country1": "IND", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/07/asia/india-climate-coal-power/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "463443676", "sentence": "Ghanaian Samuel Mensah is the founder of fashion brand Kisua The South Africa-based label works with designers from across the continent Samuel Mensah had the world at his feet. An economist by trade, he was the director of an international investment fund as well as an adviser to the African Union and various governments, advocating for the adoption of technology as a solution overcoming obstacles on the continent. But his passion lay elsewhere – in entrepreneurship. And so he gave it all up. He left the high profile career behind and sold everything for his startup: Kisua, a South Africa-based e-commerce fashion platform that sells its own clothes and collaborates with other designers to create collections for its label. Fast forward two years and today he’s dressing international superstars like Beyonce. We spoke to Mensah about going from economist to entrepreneur, worst fashion faux pas’ and dressing Beyonce. Starting KISUA. I gave up a good paying job as Africa Director for an international investment fund and sold everything I owned to raise the seed capital to start KISUA. Working and traveling extensively across the continent, I would buy ready-made African inspired clothes as gifts for friends and family overseas. Before long, people were trying to place orders with me, offering money with a request that I purchase clothing for them during my next visit to a particular African city. That was my light bulb moment: There is huge demand for good quality contemporary African fashion but few places to buy it. A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) Vindicated! People thought I was crazy to believe that a homegrown African fashion company could become a global brand. And while I do admit to being a bit of a dreamer, seeing Beyonce, the biggest female superstar of our generation, who could wear any brand in the world, but chose to wear KISUA, on more than one occasion, was perhaps proof that I wasn’t completely mad. We are not there yet, but it sure is a promising start. The first rule of being a trendsetter: ignore trends and do your own thing. Stay true to yourself and be guided by what you believe and hold dear. The internet. It is the most powerful tool by which brands and consumers can interact and transact directly with each other. If there is no risk, the business is probably not worth starting.  No risk, no returns. Michelle Obama, Lupita Nyongo, Beyonce and Solange Knowles are quintessential KISUA women. Maki Oh (Nigeria), Taibo Bacar (Mozambique), Sophie Zinga (Senegal), MaXhosa by Laduma (South Africa) We collaborate with a carefully edited group of designers from across Africa to create capsule collections for KISUA. Designers from across the African continent have been scouted to work alongside KISUA on collaborative capsule collections. We also produce collections designed by our in-house design team. We have also recently launched accessories produced by African designers. KISUA is also sold on YOOX.com, taking contemporary fashion to a new global audience. Senegal and Mozambique have some exciting design talent. We have them on our radar. Baggy pants for men (a la Mc Hammer). The creative industries are not taken particularly seriously in Africa by the investment community. And fashion in particular is generally considered fickle, superficial and in the case of Africa, an unprofessional and immature industry that is not ready for serious investment. So it was incredibly difficult trying to find investors to start KISUA. In the end I just decided to sell everything I had and started the business without any investors. Once I started, the investors came running! A crisp fitted white shirt (to go with the printed suit from KISUA of course). Jesus, Prophet Mohammed, Bob Marley, 2Pac, John Lennon, Mohammed Ali, Yasser Arafat, Simon Perez, Oprah, Marilyn Monroe, Coco Channel, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela and my dad. I am the luckiest guy in the world. I get to make women happy every day.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "KISUA", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150903130000", "country1": "GHA", "country2": "ZAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/fashion/kisua-african-fashion/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "724538750", "sentence": "Part of an oil tanker that has been ablaze for days off the coast of Shanghai exploded Wednesday, forcing rescue boats searching for 31 missing sailors to retreat, Chinese authorities said. The Panama-registered tanker, Sanchi, was carrying 136,000 tons – around 1 million barrels – of oil from Iran to South Korea when it collided with the Hong Kong-registered CF Crystal freighter in the East China Sea on Saturday evening. Since then, the tanker has been ablaze and drifting in the waters between Shanghai and southern Japan. By Wednesday evening, the stricken ship had drifted 65 nautical miles southeast from the site of the collision, China’s Ministry of Transport said. The front section of the SANCHI had exploded earlier Wednesday, at around 1.30 local time (12.30 a.m ET). “Vessels at the scene have to stop putting out the fire and withdraw back to (a safe distance),” the statement said. “The fire extinguishing operation did not achieve the desired effect.” Thirty Iranian and two Bangladeshi sailors were onboard during the catastrophic collision. So far, no survivors from the tanker have been found and only one body has been recovered. The CF-Crystal had been transporting food from the United States to the Chinese province of Guangdong, the China’s Ministry of Transport said, adding that its 21 crew members has all been rescued. A spokesman for the National Iranian Tanker Company, Iran’s top oil shipping operator and a joint public-private company which owns and operates the Sanchi, told Iranian state media that China was not attempting to rescue the sailors, nor extinguish the blaze. Mohsen Bahrami, spokesman for company, confirmed to CNN that he told the Iranian Students’ News Agency, one of the country’s state outlets, that “China did not help with the rescue efforts of the people on board the Iranian tanker.” He told ISNA that despite having firefighting assets in the area, Chinese authorities were not actively trying to extinguish the blaze. “China has a lot of firefighting equipment and personnel near burning tanker but it is not using them,” he said. CNN has contacted the Chinese authorities for comment but has not yet received a reply. China’s Ministry of Foreign affairs said Wednesday that 12 vessels were searching for the missing sailors in the tanker’s vicinity before the explosion, and efforts were continuing to clean up any spilled light crude. The Japanese Coast Guard told CNN Thursday that it is sending at least one patrol ship and one aircraft to gather the information of the accident and the status of the area in order to issue navigation updates and warnings. The Coast Guard does not currently plan on sending teams to contribute to either the rescue or firefighting efforts but confirmed that Chinese teams are working to extinguish the blaze. With a length of 900 feet (274 meters) and displacing more than 85,000 tons, the Sanchi is almost as big as the US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, according to the ship-tracking site marinetraffic.com. Iran’s Shana news agency reported that the Sanchi was managed by the National Iranian Tanker Company and that its cargo was worth around $60 million. Shana said the oil had been purchased by South Korean customers. CNN’s Alex Felton and Yoko Wakatsuki contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180122211500", "country1": "PAN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/asia/china-oil-tanker-sanchi-explosion-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "643871293", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – President Trump, in response to a question on the chemical attack in Syria, said, “I now have responsibility” for a policy regarding the country. – Meanwhile, international condemnation mounted over the apparent targeted chemical attack. Russia’s claims that a regime airstrike on a “terrorist” ammunition depot was behind the attack were rejected. – Steve Bannon was removed from his National Security Council role. – Trump defended Bill O’Reilly in an interview with The New York Times, saying, “I don’t think Bill did anything wrong.” – An F-16 crashed near Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. – The United States may add airports to the electronics ban. – Pepsi pulled its controversial Kendall Jenner ad. – Another teen was accepted by all eight Ivy League schools.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170405193000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-april-5-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "659088906", "sentence": "Libyan militia says ISIS supported Manchester suicide bomber After Syria and Iraq, the group may look to Libya as new base Even as the so-called Islamic State has lost territory and men in Libya, it has maintained an underground network of cells in some of the most populous parts of the country. That network, according to security forces in the capital Tripoli, supported the Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi and his younger brother Hashim. If the Manchester attack was planned in Libya, it would appear to be the first time an ISIS network has used the country to plot an attack in Europe. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack but provided no conclusive evidence it had directed Abedi. One of the many militia operating in Libya, the Special Deterrence Force, said Hashim was arrested Tuesday night in Tripoli and had confessed that both he and his brother were members of ISIS. Salman had been in Tripoli until very recently. The Deterrence Force said Hashim had been under surveillance for more than a month after leaving Britain on April 16. CNN could not verify the Deterrence Force’s statement. However, as ISIS’ last remaining strongholds in Iraq and Syria come under growing pressure, the group may look to Libya as a base to plan and direct terror in Europe. According to German officials, the man who carried out the truck attack in Berlin last December, Anis Amri, had contact with ISIS operatives in Libya via a secure messaging app. ISIS has long had an underground presence in Tripoli and in towns up and down Libya’s Mediterranean coast. It carried out a gun and bomb attack on a Tripoli hotel in January 2015, killing ten people. Related article US officials: Manchester suspect spent 3 weeks in Libya prior to attack It has also recruited young men and teenagers across Libya and neighboring Tunisia, using slick videos designed to appeal to those without jobs or prospects. A teenager for example, carried out a suicide attack at the Libyan oil port of Sidra in January 2016, according to an ISIS statement at the time. Libyan media reported he had been radicalized at a mosque in the Libyan capital. In 2015, CNN visited the southern Tunisian town of Kasserine, where unemployment is high and poverty widespread. We were told of active jihadist recruitment in local mosques. On one street, nicknamed Avenue de Jihad, locals estimated that half the young men had gone missing, many to Libya. Since then, ISIS has suffered a string of territorial setbacks in Libya. It lost control of the town of Derna near the Egyptian border in July 2015, and was ultimately driven out of the coastal city of Sirte late last year after being pounded by hundreds of US airstrikes and a ground attack by Libyan militia. In western Libya, a US air strike on a jihadist training camp near Sabratha killed more than 40 people in February 2016, likely including a senior ISIS figure involved in planning attacks in Tunisia. As ISIS fighters regrouped in a mountainous area south of Sirte, another US attack killed dozens of them in January this year – an airstrike linked to evidence gathered about the Berlin truck attacker, Anis Amri. Then US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the operation was aimed at ISIS’ “external plotters, who were actively planning operations against our allies in Europe … and may also have been connected with some attacks that have already occurred in Europe.” ISIS is far from vanquished in Libya. Its leadership has certainly been degraded: the last ‘emir’, Abdul Qasr al Najdi, was killed in the Sirte fighting, and succeeded by a Tunisian who had lived in France, according to sources in the region. But Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, the head of US Africa Command, told a Congressional hearing in March that “ISIS-Libya remains a regional threat.” “The instability in Libya and North Africa may be the most significant near-term threat to U.S. and allies’ interests on the continent,” General Waldhauser said. In Libya as elsewhere, ISIS is transitioning from a self-declared Caliphate to a more conventional terror organization. Aaron Zelin, a long-time observer of jihad in north Africa at the Washington Institute, says that “if the Manchester attack is definitively tied to IS cells in Libya, it would show that the group can still be a lethal actor even without holding territory there.” Zelin says that’s “an important point to consider when planning for life after the fall of the group’s ‘capitals’ in Iraq and Syria.” The continuing political chaos in Libya, where rival militia compete over territory and resources and borders are porous, make the country an attractive refuge for ISIS.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS in Libya", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Hedged", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170525221500", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/middleeast/isis-looks-to-libya-to-plot-terror-attacks/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "684010390", "sentence": "Rakhine State is home to the ethnic Rohingya minority \"Tensions remain high and they risk becoming worse,\" said former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan Eight police officers and an immigration officer were killed during a series of coordinated attacks against police in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, authorities said Friday. At least 20 police outposts and an army base were targeted, the committee said. Authorities alleged that an estimated 150 insurgents attempted to storm the base but “soldiers fought back.” The bodies of 16 insurgents have been recovered, the State Counselor Office’s Information Committee said on Facebook. “Fighting remains in some locations and a combined forces of the Tatmadaw (Myanmar armed forces) and police forces are still waging an attack against the extremist terrorists,” the committee said. The violence erupted hours after the release a long-awaited report into the treatment of Rohingya by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, led by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The report warned unrest in the state could spiral out of control unless concrete action is taken soon. “Tensions remain high and they risk becoming worse,” Annan said. “The status quo cannot continue.” The attack was significantly bigger than one in October 2016, which sparked the latest round of unrest in Rakhine State, according to Human Rights Watch Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson. “This was a significant attack,” Robertson told CNN. “Clearly, it doesn’t help to have the security issue come right up front again so soon after the launch of the report.” An insurgent group known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, formerly known as  Harakat al-Yaqeen – or “Faith Movement” – claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter. “This is a legitimate step for us to defend the world’s persecuted people and liberate the oppressed people from the hands of the oppressors!” the group said. Rakhine State is home to Myanmar’s Rohingya community, ethnic Muslims who have long faced persecution in the Buddhist-majority country, especially from the country’s Buddhist extremists. The Rohingya are not formally recognized as citizens – the Myanmar government does not even use the term Rohingya, referring to the group as “illegal immigrants” from neighboring Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country. State media has published columns in which Rohingya “terrorists” are referred to as “detestable human fleas.” The majority of Rohingya have been in Myanmar for multiple generations. Violence in Rakhine State has occurred in fits and starts in recent years, with the latest outbreak beginning in the wake of numerous attacks by militants on several government border posts in October 2016. The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state thought to number about 1 million people.Myanmar does not recognize them as citizens or one of the 135 recognized ethnic groups in the country.Myanmar regards them as illegal immigrants, a view rooted in their heritage in East Bengal, now called Bangladesh. Though many Rohingya have only known life in Myanmar, they are widely viewed as intruders from across the border.According to Human Rights Watch, laws discriminate against the Rohingya, infringing on their freedom of movement, education and employment.They are denied land and property rights and ownership, and the land on which they live can be taken away at any given time. The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state thought to number about 1 million people.Myanmar does not recognize them as citizens or one of the 135 recognized ethnic groups in the country.Myanmar regards them as illegal immigrants, a view rooted in their heritage in East Bengal, now called Bangladesh. Though many Rohingya have only known life in Myanmar, they are widely viewed as intruders from across the border.According to Human Rights Watch, laws discriminate against the Rohingya, infringing on their freedom of movement, education and employment.They are denied land and property rights and ownership, and the land on which they live can be taken away at any given time. The Myanmar military responded with a series of security operations to find what it claimed were terrorists hiding among the Rohingya population. Thousands fled across the border to neighboring Bangladesh, where refugees told stories of their villages being burned, mothers and daughters being raped and friends being summarily executed. Yanghee Lee, a UN special rapporteur told CNN in March that crimes against humanity may have been committed. “When there’s 77,000 people running away from their home towns, leaving everything … the international community should really step up to the plate,” she told CNN. The government has denied many of the allegations leveled against the military – including those of human rights abuses – and says it’s investigating others. The charges are difficult to corroborate, as most international media and aid organizations have been heavily restricted from traveling to the region. ‘The Rohingya Alan Kurdi’: Will the world take notice now? The Rakhine Advisory Commission was set up last year to analyze the situation in Rakhine State and issue recommendations. Its findings were published Thursday. “Unless concerted action – led by the government and aided by all sectors of the government and society – is taken soon, we risk the return of another cycle of violence and radicalization, which will further deepen the chronic poverty that afflicts Rakhine State,” Annan said upon announcing the commission’s finding. The commission recommended, some of which include: Human Rights Watch and other humanitarian groups lauded the recommendations. “The Commission has developed an impressive set of common-sense, focused recommendations that if fully implemented could bring the sort of progress that has been missing in Rakhine State for decades,” Roberston said. But the rise of ARSA, the first Rohingya group to take up arms in decade, has fueled worries that extremists on both sides could further damage the situation – making the report’s implementation all the more urgent said Robertson. “We’re going to see these kind of flare-ups and efforts by extremists on all sides to try to derail these recommendations,” he said. The commission was formed at the request of Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counselor of Myanmar and the country’s de facto leader. Suu Kyi, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her nonviolent campaign against the military junta that ruled the country for decades, came to power after her party won a landslide victory in the country’s 2015 elections, though the military still wields a significant amount of power. Related article The unwanted: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh International humanitarian groups have so far expressed disappointment in Suu Kyi’s response to the situation, alleging that she has not done enough to stymie the unrest and protect the Rohingya population. Suu Kyi has denied some of the more severe allegations made by rights organizations, including that ethnic cleansing is occurring in the region. “Rather than deal with ongoing atrocities, the government tried to hide behind the Advisory Commission,” said Matthew Smith, the CEO of human rights group Fortify Rights. “The Commission responded with concrete recommendations to end violations, and the government should act on them without delay.” Outside observers are also concerned that authorities could ignore some of the report’s findings in favor of a similar inquiry by the Myanmar government, which Human Rights Watch called “inept.” Robertson says now that the commission’s findings are now public, “the ball is now in Suu Kyi’s court.” “We want to see a firm agreement to implement these recommendations, to say very clearly what’s going to be done,” he said. “The statement so far has been, we’ll implement what we can depending on the situation on the ground. You couldn’t get more vague than that.” Journalist Jimmy Toe contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170825070000", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/asia/rakhine-violence-myanmar/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "565902497", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Timothy Stanley, a conservative, is a historian and columnist for Britain’s Daily Telegraph. He is the author of “Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration Between L.A. and D.C. Revolutionized American Politics.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Timothy Stanley: Trump's goal is to nail down a base, grow it a little and then get it to turn out in huge numbers But controversy over his various statements is distracting from debate over more pressing issues, he says Donald Trump has had a terrible few days. He has been sucked into a row with a Muslim Gold Star family, the Khans; criticized strongly by John McCain; and branded “unfit” for high office by President Barack Obama. This might be the worst start to a fall campaign since 1972, when George McGovern was forced to drop a running mate who admitted to having received electric shock therapy. McGovern’s crisis solidified impressions that he was a dolt and a ditherer – that he was unpresidential. But we live in different times. Standards are much lower. For Trump to get this far suggests a significant proportion of the electorate just doesn’t care whom he offends. Let me play devil’s advocate, on the understanding that I am defending the devilish – just one of many epithets that Trump has used for Clinton. The Democrats, the media and certain disaffected Republicans have been quick to jump on Trump, and he’s given them a lot of material. But have they been entirely fair? For a start, the Khan family were not the only people representing someone who died in service to the United States at this year’s conventions. The Republicans featured Pat Smith, who lost a son in the Benghazi raids. Her speech, like the Khans’, was highly personal and damning of the opposing nominee – and both were exploitations of grief by political parties that ought, frankly, to be ashamed of themselves for using other people’s suffering to get votes. Yet while Smith’s speech has been rarely mentioned since, the Khans have emerged as far more eloquent critics of Trump than Clinton herself. That’s partly because of the way Trump chose to answer Khizr Khan’s criticisms: a) to suggest that he, too, had sacrificed a lot and b) to imply that Ghazala Khan might have been silent out of submission to her Islamic faith. Related article Actually, Trump has a point But for all Trump’s clumsiness on this front – which, yes, might in itself disqualify him from the role of commander in chief on the grounds of temperament – the fuss distracts from the bigger questions that really matter. Remember that Hillary Clinton voted for the war the Khans lost a son in. That should be a far bigger deal than it is. Vet Trump’s remarks; correct him when he gets it so wrong. But the question of when it’s right or wrong to intervene and who owes whom an apology over Iraq is surely a much more important matter than this. Khizr Khan himself is on record as saying that wars in the Middle East have left America more vulnerable. He’s right. But it just isn’t being discussed. It’s a more important subject, too, than the fact that Trump appeared to ask a woman with a crying baby to leave his rally – plainly a bit of banter, by the way. Or that his wife once posed for Sapphic topless photos. Or that Obama thinks Trump is just a terrible, terrible person. These are irrelevant in part because they distract us from analyzing the substance of Trump’s message, but also because they are good examples of how everything liberals perceive to be a negative about Trump actually works as a positive among his own people. What do they translate into in the minds of many conservatives? That Trump, like everyone else, hates being interrupted by screaming infants. That Trump’s wife is hot and unashamed of it. And that anyone who Obama thinks is unfit for the presidency must be getting something right. So yes, Trump has shot himself in the foot several times – and that’s reflected in polling that puts Clinton comfortably ahead nationally. But the model of a campaign that he’s working to isn’t the kind of model that sunk past contenders. His goal is to nail down a base, grow it a little and then get it to turn out in huge numbers. Related article When U.S. meddled in another country's election Whether that strategy works, it means that every time the Democrats or media think they’ve wounded Trump, he’ll just keep on fighting. And, by his own logic, he should. If Trump was to admit a mistake and apologize for it, he’d shatter his own narrative of eternal invincibility. This crudeness, love it or loathe it, is the only way he’ll win. Meanwhile, the country is denied the kind of debate it deserves. I’m far more interested to hear how Trump is going to finance his latest proposal of spending more than $500 billion on infrastructure. Or what Clinton has to say in light of the Khan controversy about her own foreign policy. She has been at the heart of a series of gross errors that have cost lives. She backed Iraq. She was at the helm during Libya. And she is now accused of overseeing the financing of rebel forces in Syria. Compared to all of that, Trump University is very small fry indeed.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160803001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/opinions/bad-week-for-trump-stanley/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "662330489", "sentence": "The three Gulf countries and Egypt accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and destabilizing the region The feud among Washington's closest Gulf allies could disrupt US efforts to fight ISIS President Donald Trump appeared to take credit for the decision of major Gulf nations to cut diplomatic relations with Qatar, an important US ally, putting his stamp of approval on the move despite Pentagon and State Department attempts to remain neutral. “During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look,” he tweeted Tuesday. The tweet could pose difficulties for the US in explaining why it remains in Qatar, host to the one of the Pentagon’s largest military bases in the Middle East and a linchpin in the campaign against ISIS. For that reason, the President’s 140 character blast may raise concerns within the Defense Department. During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look! Pentagon officials moved quickly to limit any damage, with spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis telling reporters Tuesday that the US is “grateful to the Qataris for the longstanding support for our presence and their enduring commitment to regional security.” He added that the US has “no plans to change our posture in Qatar,” stressed that there has been no impact on military operations and urged all parties to work together to resolve the crisis. Defense Secretary James Mattis called his Qatari counterpart Tuesday to discuss the situation, a US defense official said. There was no formal readout on the call, but a second defense official said it was an effort to keep the dialogue open on positive military relations between the two countries. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US was informed of the Gulf nation’s decision, but only “immediately prior” to the announcement being made. Nauert said Qatar has made some progress on reducing terror financing, “however, let me make this clear,” she added: “They have made progress, but they still have work to do, more work needs to be done.” And like Davis, Nauert struck a different note than Trump did, saying that the US is “grateful to the Qataris for their longstanding support for our presence in the region.” Amid the mixed messaging, White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to say whether Trump encouraged Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries to cut ties with Qatar after Trump appeared to claim credit for the move on Twitter. Spicer said the US “wants to see this issue deescalated and resolved immediately” and said regional cooperation is “so important.” Analysts say Trump’s Twitter intervention calls into question the role of the US as an impartial arbiter in the region. “The President has just sided with everyone else rather decisively,” said Hussein Ibish, a senior resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute. “The administration’s two priorities are confronting terrorism and Iran, that’s exactly what this is about,” Ibish said. “The chance of the US siding with Qatar, giving them a face-saving way out, is totally gone.” The President did not express concern or condemn the move by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates to break off relations with Qatar in the worst diplomatic crisis to hit Gulf Arab states in decades. Instead, he offered praise, tweeting Tuesday morning that it was “so good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!” So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding... The tweets were a 180-degree reversal of his own position on Qatar, a nation he commended during a May 21 summit in Saudi Arabia, saying relations were “extremely good.” “He highlighted the relationship between the US and Qatar as a strategic one and noted that Qatar hosts a major airbase and today he characterizes it a financier of radical ideology,” said Eric Trager a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “The question is why? Why the change?” The shift could create difficulties for the Pentagon. Trager notes that Qatar is a country in which American interests and values are “in great tension.” ...extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism! “The Pentagon sees Qatar first and foremost as the country hosting a major airbase and President Trump appears to have, in light of this crisis, focused more on what Qatar is promoting ideologically over what Qatar is providing for American forces. That’s the basic trade-off here.” The three Sunni Gulf countries and Egypt accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and destabilizing the region, in part because of its ties to their Shiite rival, Iran. Yemen, Libya and the Maldives also cut ties with Qatar. The squabble could disrupt the US-led campaign against ISIS, particularly since the main regional center for daily air missions and coordination of air operations is the US military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Related video Qatar accused of supporting terror The Persian Gulf nation of 300,000 people is now the subject of a blockade by some of its closest neighbors. They have closed down air and sea links with Qatar and have said they will look for ways to block other nations from flying through their airspace on the way to Qatar. The crisis could ripple globally. Qatar is the world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas and a crucial energy supplier to Europe and Asia. Saudi Arabia has also shut the local office of the Qatar media group Al Jazeera. Qatar – which shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia – has rejected the accusations, calling them “unjustified” and “baseless.” Related video Food, fuel and flights: How Qatar may suffer Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaking to CNN’s Becky Anderson Tuesday, said a Saudi Arabian statement accusing his country of terrorism was “full of false information.” “With all due respect, this statement is full of contradictions because it is saying that we are supporting Iran and on the other hand supporting the  extremist groups in Syria; and we are supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi or in Yemen and we are supporting the (Iranian-backed) Houthis form the other side. In all battlefields, there are adversaries,” Al Thani said. Qatar’s independent Emirs have long pursued their own foreign policy path, to the irritation of Saudi Arabia. And while Doha admits to supporting Islamic movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, it denies any support for terrorism. “Is the government of Qatar financing terrorists? The evidence of that is very tenuous,” Trager said. “But is Qatar, through its media outlets, promoting a certain type of ideology? Yeah.” It wasn’t clear if the President had discussed his tweet with either the State or Defense departments beforehand, and queries to the White House were not immediately returned. But he struck a very different note than his Cabinet officials. Asked about the Gulf blockade at a Monday press conference in Australia, Defense Secretary James Mattis said, “I am positive there will be no implications coming out of this dramatic situation at all and I say that based on the commitment that each of these nations … have made to this fight.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaking alongside Mattis, also downplayed the possibility of negative repercussions for the fight against terrorism and urged the parties to stay unified. “We certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences,” he said. Qatari citizens have been told they have 14 days to leave Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE, and those countries also banned their own citizens from entering Qatar. CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali in Atlanta and Eugene Scott in New York contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Qatar", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170606131500", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-qatar-ideology/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "578615264", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ghadi Sary is an Academy fellow with the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme. The opinions expressed here belong to the author The dire humanitarian situation for civilians on both sides boosts the urgent need for a resolution Sary: Both sides seem adamant that this ceasefire work, and that might hold the key to its success Despite the skepticism that accompanied the announcement of the ceasefire in Syria, it might indeed be, as Secretary John Kerry has said, the last hope for bringing peace to the war-torn country. Every group involved in both high-level negotiations and fighting on the ground to needs to understand this if they sincerely want the civil war to end peacefully. The ceasefire comes after months of negotiations between the US and Russia over a lasting cessation of hostilities in Syria that allows for a political transition, ultimately ending the conflict. Both sides seem adamant that this ceasefire work, and that might hold the key to its success. The agreement itself focuses on halting military operations across the country as a prelude for further negotiations revolving around political power sharing. Related video What will it take for the Syrian ceasefire to hold? On the ground, five-and-a-half years of bloody conflict have left fighters on both sides showing signs of utter exhaustion. With depleting human and military resources, both sides are relying on continued support from either the US and its allies (in the case of the Syrian opposition) or from Russia and Iran (as is the case for President Assad). The fact that the US and Russia have come together after months of tough negotiations to produce a detailed, technical, step-by-step agreement for a ceasefire will have to be met seriously by allies of both sides. Indeed, the agreement seems aimed at guaranteeing an end to the conflict between the Syrian regime and the rebels while focusing at length on mutually targeting radical Islamist fighters with links to listed terrorist groups. The provision for a joint military-operations room between the US and Russia on Syria will address one the main reasons for the collapse of the previous ceasefire – namely, Russian Air Force targeting of moderate rebel forces. Equally, Syrian opposition groups will find themselves compelled to disengage from jihadist group Jabhat-Fateh al-Sham, the rebranded former Al-Qaeda affiliate previously known as Al-Nusra. Such a move would take away one of President’s Assad’s justifications for targeting the rebel forces. Related video No deaths reported as Syria ceasefire holds Despite Assad’s latest comments about “retaking all of Syria from the terrorists,” the announcement from the Syria Arab Army of a cessation of hostilities for seven days is a clear indication of its acceptance of the Russian mediation. Given the Russian casualties and the billions the country has spent on the Syrian conflict, President Putin has earned himself the leverage he needs to convince his local allies of the latest peace plan. Should President Assad fail to abide by the provisions of this deal, he would be upsetting his own allies and not just his foes, which will affect his chances in any future political process in Syria, even a transitional one. The US on the other hand, armed with the success of its other ally in Syria, the Kurdish dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF,) will also be seeking to send a strong message about the new reality to groups on the ground. The SDF have managed in recent months to recapture large pieces of territory from ISIS, and with US support have managed to establish a form of local governance and allow the resumption of basic services in most of these areas. This is proving to be the best available scenario keeping ISIS and radical groups – as well as regime targeting of civilians – away from those areas. This suits the interest of the US administration, as combating ISIS and global jihad remains a priority for US national security and will remain so for the next administration. Groups that wish to continue receiving US support will need to distance themselves from radical groups and align behind a political settlement for the war. This ceasefire will offer moderate opposition groups the opportunity to separate from those radical groups and imitate the SDF model, something they were unable to do while continuously being targeted by Russian, Syrian and Iranian forces. It is also an opportunity for the moderate Syrian opposition to show that it still holds control over rebel groups fighting on the ground, something that the opposition High Negotiation Committee insisted on in its meetings in London last week. That was indeed one of the underlying messages communicated to Syrian rebel groups by the US administration following the announcement of the peace deal. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook While many skeptics will point to the numerous technical difficulties that remain, the dire humanitarian situation for civilians on both sides is pushing the urgency for a resolution to the conflict in Syria. Fighting in Aleppo last month has left hundreds of thousands of civilians in desperate need of aid. Should aid convoys manage to make their way into besieged areas over the next couple of days, it will be very hard for anyone to claim that this ceasefire is not indeed that last real hope for peace in Syria.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian ceasefire agreement", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160913150000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/opinions/ceasefire-syrias-last-chance-opinion-ghadi-sary/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "428861206", "sentence": "Indonesia confirms that nine prisoners on death row could be executed as soon as Tuesday The condemned group includes Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran Australia has repeatedly appealed for clemency for pair, members of \"Bali Nine\" smuggling ring The executions of nine of 10 mainly foreign prisoners on death row in Indonesia will “go ahead as planned” and could take place as early as Tuesday, Indonesia’s attorney general’s office said Monday. The condemned group includes Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Filipino maid Mary Jane Veloso and prisoners from Ghana, Brazil, Nigeria and Indonesia. French national Serge Atlaoui’s execution has been delayed while a court considers a legal challenge. Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied all 10 prisoners’ petitions for clemency in late 2014. Australians Chan and Sukumaran – members of the “Bali Nine” smuggling ring who were convicted for their role in a failed 2005 heroin smuggling plot – tried to challenge Widodo’s decision this month but lost an appeal for the State Administrative Court to hear their case. Related video Indonesia court rejects appeal from Bali Nine duo Their attorneys filed another review at the Constitutional Court, but a spokesman for the attorney general’s office told CNN on Monday that their legal options had been exhausted. “We do not have to wait for the constitutional review case filed by the Australians. The execution will go ahead as planned,” spokesman Tony Spontana said. Spontana confirmed Sunday that the prisoners had been given notice that a firing squad could execute them after 72 hours. It was possible that the executions would take place Tuesday, he told CNN on Monday “but only the attorney general has the authority to decide or announce that.” The Australian government has appealed for clemency for Chan and Sukumaran, unsuccessfully proposing a prisoner swap with Indonesia as a way to avoid their deaths. In a statement Sunday, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the men had been rehabilitated and were “genuinely remorseful.” “Nothing can be gained and much will be lost if these two young Australians are executed. I again respectfully call on the President of Indonesia to reconsider his refusal to grant clemency. It is not too late for a change of heart,” she said. Edre Olalia, an attorney for Veloso, told CNN on Sunday that Veloso had telephoned her sister on Saturday and said her execution would take place within 72 hours. According to her attorneys, Veloso unknowingly carried drugs into Indonesia and was set up by members of a drug syndicate. Philippine President Benigno Aquino has appealed for clemency in Veloso’s case, and Spontana said that Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi had spoken to the attorney general about the case. “The attorney general explained to her that in Mary Jane’s case, the judicial process is over. Her second judicial review was rejected by the Sleman court today,” Spontana said, referring to a district court in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. “We hope that when the Philippine government receives the message, it will understand that this is the legal process in Indonesia. “We are not at war with them, we are at war with our country’s drug problem. We respect our relations with our ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) neighbors, but we should also respect the principles of noninterference in each other’s internal affairs,” he said. Indonesia’s President reiterated that message when asked about Veloso during an interview Monday with state-owned television station TVRI. “Narcotics is damaging our nation’s youth. It should be explained – the press should explain – that every day 50 of our young people die every day because of drugs. That’s 18,000 per year,” Joko said. ‘We are serious in our war against drugs.” Opinion: Why executions won’t win Indonesia’s drug war Spontano said that Atlaoui, the French national, had filed the same case as previously put to Indonesia’s State Administrative Court by Australians Chan and Sukumaran. “They lost that case,” he said. The Frenchman could be executed separately, he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Indonesia's death penalty policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150427181500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "PHL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/27/world/indonesia-executions-confirmed/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "733170665", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN today: – President Trump disparaged “gun-free school zones” as he met with officials to discuss how to prevent school massacres, and suggested teachers who undergo gun training could get bonuses. Trump also said he supports raising the gun purchase age to 21, ending the sale of bump stocks, and opposes “active shooter drills.” – Police braced for a shootout with the gunman behind the Florida school shooting. It turns out, security footage was on a 26-minute delay and the shooter was already gone. – NRA chief Wayne LaPierre delivered a blistering speech at CPAC, accusing Democrats of pushing a socialist agenda to deprive Americans of the right to bear arms. And an NRA spokesperson said many in “legacy media” love mass shootings. – Trump is considering punishing California by withdrawing ICE agents from the state. – YouTube and Facebook were forced to issue mea culpas for the spread of conspiracy theories. Again. – The United Nations is mulling action in Syria as deaths rise in an eastern suburb that one chief describes as “hell on Earth.” – Watch out for the cryptojackers: These hackers take over computers to make some serious digital coin. – A suspicious package sent to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is being treated as a racist hate crime. – Kylie Jenner can influence people – and markets.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180222211500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-february-22-trnd/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "540355778", "sentence": "The United States condemned the 2008 arrests of Baha’i leaders in Iran Saturday and asked the Islamic Republic to free them. Iran arrested Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Vahid Tizfahm, and Mahvash Sabet. They were all convicted of espionage, insulting religious sanctities, and propaganda against the Islamic Republic. They were sentenced to 20 years in prison. A Plea for the Release of the Seven Imprisoned Iranian Baha’i Leaders from Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi https://t.co/a6H5Em77Kf #BahaiRights “We join the international community in condemning their continued imprisonment and calling upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to release them immediately, along with all other prisoners of conscience in Iran,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement issued on Saturday. “Furthermore, we call upon Iranian authorities to uphold their own laws and meet their international obligations that guarantee freedom of expression, religion, opinion, and assembly for all citizens,” the statement added. A news release from the U.S. Baha’is said that while the seven leaders were each sentenced to 20 years, their sentences have reportedly been dropped to 10 years. They said the seven have been in imprisoned since May 14, 2008 solely for their beliefs and have been “completely denied due process” and “denied equal treatment under the law.” In the past, Iran has said Baha’is are respected as citizens. But the group, which the government calls a sect, is regarded with suspicion. “We (as the state) offer a variety of services to the Baha’i sect in Iran and respect them as human beings, but not as insiders, spies, or a political grouplet supported by Britain and Israel to cause disturbance in Iran,” Iran’s former Prosecutor General Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi said in 2009, according to a report by Fars News Agency. Robert George, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and Katrina Lantos Swett, a USCIRF commissioner, co-wrote a column for the Religion News Service on Friday about the persecution of the group – a community numbering more than 300,000 members in Iran, that country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. Iran’s government is intent on eradicating the group, they say. The group they represent, USCIRF, describes itself as an “independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission.” “While pursuit of that goal (eradication) remains, its intensity ebbs and flows in response to the level of world attention and outrage. Unfortunately, there are signs from this past year that persecution is on the upswing, calling for greater world outrage at Iran’s abuses of this peaceful religious community.” .@USCIRF Commissioners join call to #ReleaseBahai7Now: https://t.co/xO6L3h5aT5 via @RNS. #Bahai #Iran George and Swett said that since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, more than 200 Baha’i leaders have been killed and more than 10,000 have been let go from government and university positions. There have been arbitrary arrests over the years. “Baha’is effectively are prohibited from attending colleges, chartering their own worship centers or schools, serving in the military, and obtaining various kinds of jobs. Even Baha’i marriages are not recognized.” There are “ominous signs of a renewed government crackdown” in the past year, George and Swett wrote. The Iranian government cranks out propaganda dehumanizing the group and creates a climate of violence, they say. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a religious edict, or fatwa, in 2013 calling for Iranians to avoid “dealings” with Baha’is and labeled the group “deviant and misleading,” news reports said. The writers note that other minorities – Christians, Sunnis, Jews and Zoroastrians – also face discrimination in Shiite-dominated Iran. “But what distinguishes mistreatment of the Baha’is is the stark evidence that eradication is the goal. From laws that push Baha’is to the margins of society to government-sponsored propaganda that degrades and dehumanizes, from mass detention and imprisonment to the closing of businesses, from allowing societal violence against Baha’is to failure to prosecute perpetrators, all signs suggest that Iran’s government seeks religious cleansing of this community,” they wrote. George and Swett noted that Christian pastor Saeed Abedini was released from captivity in January by Iran and it is time that Iran “do likewise to all religious prisoners, including the Baha’i Seven and the imprisoned Baha’i educators, and other prisoners of conscience.” The Baha’i religion, founded during the 19th century in Iran and now with millions of adherents worldwide, is a monotheistic faith that focuses on the spiritual unity of humanity. The clerics who hold sway in Iran regard the Baha’i faith as blasphemous because its founder, Bahá’u’lláh, declared himself to be a prophet of God. Muslims believe the Prophet Mohammed was the last prophet of God.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Islamic Republic of Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160514190000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/14/us/iran-bahai/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "736323572", "sentence": "On Monday, hotel workers pried the letters “T-R-U-M-P” off of the Panama City hotel known as the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel. It was the latest gambit in a high-profile squabble between the Trump organization and Orestes Fintiklis, a Miami-based investor who owns the majority of the units in the hotel. The fight has featured, among other things, Panamanian authorities storming the hotel and Fintiklis playing piano in the lobby as a way to declare victory. (Yes, it sounds like a soap opera.) For more on the fight – who and why – as well as where this all might end, I reached out to CNN’s Cristina Alesci. Our conversation, conducted via email and lightly edited for flow, is below. Cillizza: Let’s start simple. What’s the dispute here? And do we have any sense who is in the wrong? Alesci: Fintiklis owns a majority of the hotel – 202 of the 369 units – along with its amenities. He wants to ditch the Trump name and end a management contract with the President’s company. He claims the Trump Organization isn’t managing the property well and that the Trump brand is bad for business in Panama. The Trump Organization claims the matter should be settled in arbitration – after all, it says, the agreement between Fintiklis and Trump Organization requires arbitration to resolve differences. Instead of waiting for an arbitrator’s decision (or the end of a protracted legal fight), Fintiklis decided to take matters into his own hands. He tried to fire employees he thought were loyal to Trump. Meanwhile, the Trump Organization claimed it had sole authority to hire and fire employees. The standoff over who controlled employees set off a physical confrontation. The Panamanian government deployed armed officials to the property while Fintiklis and the Trump Organization engaged in schoolyard-like behavior. The President’s company claimed Fintiklis was using “thug-like” tactics. And Fintiklis reportedly sent a letter to minority owners, calling the Trumps “leeches.” I don’t want to speculate on who’s right or wrong here, because who knows! But Panamanian authorities seem to have sided with Fintiklis (at least for today) – granting him control of the employees and the property. But CNN is still waiting a “full legal decision issued by the country’s officials.” Cillizza: The sort of name-usage/branding agreement that Trump’s company has with this hotel. Is it unusual? Alesci: No – it’s not unusual. The Trump Organization is not a developer on most of its recent projects. The company usually licenses its name to developers and investors. In this case, however, Fintiklis wasn’t even part of the original deal. The entire project – a massive 70-story building in the shape of a sail that includes residential units, a casino, and residential and office space – has been mired in controversy and has been struggling for years, according to media reports. In 2017, Fintiklis’s investment company bought 202 of the 369 units along with the hotel’s amenities from lenders and the original developer, according to court documents. Trump’s management agreement, which was signed in 2008, remained in effect despite the change in ownership, according to a lawsuit. Cillizza: Over the weekend, the majority owner of the hotel suddenly appeared in the lobby.  What gives? Alesci: Fintiklis is definitely a character. Turns out, he marks every “victory” by playing piano and singing, which he did again Monday. I’m told it began as a way to show the outside world that he’s a real person – an attempt to shake the picture of a mobster that the Trump Organization was trying to paint. I’m told he played a Greek song: “The Accordion” by Manos Loizos, which appears to be an anti-fascist resistance song. Cillizza: The goal is to remove the Trump brand from the hotel entirely? Or is there more that the majority owner wants? Alesci: Fintiklis wants to remove the brand. He also seems unwilling (at least publicly) to pay a break fee for ending the contract early, adding insult to injury from the Trump Organization’s standpoint. Here’s the deal: two other Trump partners who had licensed the Trump name to hotels (one in Toronto and the other in New York City) broke ties with the Trump Organization since the election. But the owners of those projects paid the President’s company a break fee to end their agreements in what were billed as “buyouts.” (Side note: See a pattern here? Partners are fleeing the Trump Organization in places where the President’s policies are unpopular.) Cillizza: Finish this sentence: “The way this all ends is ___________.” Now, explain. Alesci: “Embarrassment for the Trump Organization and possibly financial pain for Fintiklis.” Although Fintiklis seems to have control of the property (at least for now), that’s just part of the story. The Trump Organization, however, might want to make it hurt for Fintiklis – after all, the President’s company doesn’t want to set a precedent that encourages partners to break contracts and walk away without paying them. 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{"article_id": "431243659", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News.  You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. May 7, 2015 A decimated city in northern Syria, Election Day in the United Kingdom, and a transportation job that involves rappelling and geology: These are three of the stories covered this Thursday on CNN Student News. Learning about an upcoming change for the Baltimore, Maryland police department, and watch surveillance video of an uninvited marsupial’s visit to an Australian hospital. On this page you will find today’s show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the transcript of today’s CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News!", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150506223000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/06/studentnews/sn-content-thurs/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "502481902", "sentence": "Indonesian man who has spent time in jail believed to be behind Jakarta attacks Suspect Bahrun Naim also ran a militant blog Bahrun Naim, the man authorities believe is the architect of Thursday’s deadly attack in Jakarta, is a member of ISIS and is living in the militant jihadist group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, Indonesian authorities believe. The man, from the Javanese city of Solo, also known as Surakarta, is looking to assert himself as a major regional player in ISIS’ planned “distant caliphate.” The former blogger has spent time in prison, and has a history with radical groups, they say, adding that they believe he plotted Thursday’s attack to assert himself among various figures competing to lead ISIS in Southeast Asia. Related video Is ISIS gaining a foothold in Indonesia? Others include Bahrum Syah, believed to be commander of Katibah Nusantara, a joint Indonesian-Malaysian fighting unit formed in late 2014. Another is Abu Jandal, a preacher from Malang to whom Naim had links, before his ambition outgrew the influence of the iman. Jakarta police chief Tito Karnavian told CNN that Naim went to Syria after he got out of prison. He was apprehended by Indonesian authorities in 2010 for illegal possession of ammunition and was brought to justice, the police chief said. Naim was sentenced to at least 2½ years behind bars. READ MORE: Is ISIS’ presence in South-East Asia overstated? Related video Terrorism expert: We were caught off guard by attacks The police chief did not provide additional details on Naim’s life, but Sidney Jones, director of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, filled on some of the blanks in an email to CNN. Based on her account, Naim was born September 6, 1983 in Pekalongan, Indonesia. He grew up in Solo and studied computer technology in college. Naim was reportedly close to the son of Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Indonesian cleric who founded Jemaah Islamiyah, the group that orchestrated the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings. Maim is said to have joined Hizbut Tahrir, a conservative Islamic group, but then left the group. The ammunition that Naim was arrested for in 2010 was used by men involved in an attack on police in Central Java, according to Jones. Two years after his release he, and his secret wife, pharmacy student Siti Lestari, fled to Syria. He left behind an existing wife, and two children. From Syria, Naim financed an ultimately unsuccessful, inept attempt at a series of bomb attacks in Solo. He later sent money to would-be jihadists looking to travel to Syria. Police arrested several men, included a Uighur whom the Indonesians had persuaded to be a suicide bomber, but several remained at large. READ MORE: Jakarta attacks: Indonesians share defiant message of ‘We are not afraid’ Jones says that, while living in Solo, he developed a reputation as a radical teacher and maintained an active blog. Following Thursday’s attack, an Indonesian anti-terror source told CNN it was “highly possible” a particular blog is run by Naim himself or by people posting on his behalf. The blog, written entirely in Bahasa Indonesia, contains ISIS teachings, posts on how to conduct terror attacks, lessons learned from the Paris attacks, how to avoid intelligence surveillance, how to make homemade pistols and how to conduct guerrilla warfare in cities. Authorities in Indonesia have been monitoring the blog for two years, the anti-terror source said. CNN’s Ivan Watson and Judy Kwon contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bahrun Naim", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160115091500", "country1": "IDN", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/15/asia/jakarta-attack-bahrun-naim/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "651348270", "sentence": "When asked about military action, Trump responded: \"I don't know. I mean, we'll see.\" Trump cast the launch as a direct snub of China President Donald Trump has refused to rule out the use of military force against North Korea, just hours after Pyongyang launched a missile test in defiance of international pressure. In an interview for CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Trump downplayed the significance of North Korea’s “small missile launch,” which occurred early Saturday. But when asked by host John Dickerson if he would consider military action in response to another nuclear test, Trump responded: “I don’t know. I mean, we’ll see.” Still, Trump expressed tepid admiration for North Korea’s leader. “People are saying, ‘Is he sane?’ I have no idea,” the President said, before noting Kim Jong Un’s rise to power at a young age. “So obviously, he’s a pretty smart cookie,” he said. “But we have a situation that we just cannot let – we cannot let what’s been going on for a long period of years continue.” Later, when asked at during a factory tour before a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to mark his 100th day in office what his message on North Korea is, Trump told reporters: “You’ll soon find out, won’t you?” Pressed on whether that meant military action, Trump said, “You’ll soon find out.” The missile launched Saturday blew up over land in North Korean territory, said US Navy Cmdr. Dave Benham, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command. Trump cast the launch as a direct snub of China, one of North Korea’s only allies and a nation seen by the Trump administration as a potential US ally in efforts to stamp out Pyongyang’s nuclear program. “North Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today. Bad!” Trump tweeted after the launch. North Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today. Bad! Pyongyang’s show of defiance, at a time when its military ambition has reached its highest level in years, came just hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addressed a special meeting at the United Nations and called for increased pressure on North Korea. “All options for responding to future provocations must remain on the table,” Tillerson said. “Diplomatic and financial leverage or power will be backed up by willingness to counteract North Korean aggression with military action, if necessary.” The launch was swiftly condemned by South Korean and Japanese leaders. South Korea’s foreign ministry called it a “provocative action,” saying it clearly violated UN Security Council resolutions and constituted a serious threat to peace and security. North Korea has filed a number of missiles this year, with mixed success. The most recent two – fired on April 16 and April 29 – both failed. Related video N. Korea learns with every 'failed' missile Each launch, however, gives North Korea information about way to improve, though the primary concern is if and when it will conduct a sixth nuclear test. North Korea is believed to be refining the technology to mount a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental missile which could potentially reach US targets. In a rare interview with CNN last week, a North Korean official said the country’s nuclear tests would “never stop.” “As long as America continues its hostile acts of aggression, we will never stop nuclear and missile tests,” said Sok Chol Won, director of North Korea’s Institute of Human Rights at the Academy of Social Sciences. North Korea on Saturday said it is developing nuclear weapons for self-defense and as a deterrent to the United States, according to an unofficial translation of a statement released by an official in Pyongyang’s mission to the UN. The statement, which came in response to CNN’s questions about the latest launch, did not acknowledge Saturday’s missile test. North Korea has urged an end to joint US-South Korea military exercises, which China also says should be halted in exchange for Pyongyang dismantling its weapons program. The US says that’s not going to happen, citing the need to be prepared.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170429224500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/politics/trump-face-the-nation-interview-north-korea/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "706299835", "sentence": "Trump attended a bilateral meeting with Duterte He raised human rights concerns in the context of Duterte's war on drugs, Sanders said President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who lavished pleasantries on each other during public appearances in Manila Monday, “briefly” discussed human rights and the Philippine’s bloody war on drugs during their closed-door conversation, the White House said. But a spokesman for the controversial Philippine President told reporters that “human rights did not arise” during the meeting. Trump has largely eschewed public talk of human rights issues on his trip through Asia, despite the United States harboring long-held grievances with how countries in the region have treated their citizens. In Manila, the two leaders ignored shouted questions from reporters on the issue. “The conversation focused on ISIS, illegal drugs and trade. Human rights briefly came up in the context of the Philippines’ fight against illegal drugs,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. Related article Trump seeks to strike diplomatic balance with Philippines' Duterte Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque told CNN, however, that the topic “was not brought up,” adding that Duterte brought up the “drug menace” in the Philippines and that Trump “appeared sympathetic and did not have any official position on the matter but was merely nodding his head.” White House officials did not respond when asked for clarity on what was discussed during the 40-minute during the meeting. When reporters began shouting questions during a photo spray at the beginning of the meeting, Duterte said: “We are not answering, this is not a press statement … We are in a bilateral meeting.” “We will be discussing matters that are of interest to both the Philippines and (the US) … with you around, guys, you are the spies,” Duterte joked, eliciting laughter from Trump. Duterte, as part of an effort to rid the Philippines of drug users, has publicly cheered on and inspired thousands of extrajudicial killings during his time in office, drawing scorn from human rights organizations. The Philippine President has embraced his image as a tough-on-crime leader, even bragging that he personally killed someone when he was younger. Trump’s public remarks in Manila, however, focused far more on the pomp and circumstance bestowed on him during his 5-country, 13-day trip through Asia. “It’s a red carpet like nobody, I think, has probably ever seen,” Trump said, standing alongside the Australian and Japanese prime ministers. “And that really is a sign of respect, perhaps for me a little bit, but really, for our country.” Though he has yet to make any major news on the trade front – a key policy focus of his trip – Trump teased he would make an announcement in a White House statement scheduled for Wednesday. Trump and Duterte spoke multiple times throughout the two-day ASEAN summit, including sharing a toast on Sunday night that was the front page of newspapers in Manila. Some 1,500 to 2,000 demonstrators also hit the streets on Monday, speaking out against Trump’s visit, according to a police estimate shared with CNN, many of whom appeared to be from the far-left. While the two spoke fondly of one another in public, Sanders noted Trump did raise human rights concerns in private, regarding Duterte’s war on drugs. Duterte’s controversial “drug war” – which has killed anywhere at least 6,000 people, according to police estimates – has drawn international scorn and was expected to test Trump’s penchant for diplomatic flattery. The primary reason for concern among human rights organizations is that Duterte has fully embraced Trump’s style, and Philippine officials, possibly in an attempt to woo the President, have said that the two leaders have a great deal in common. Roque told CNN before the visit that he sees Trump and Duterte as “very much alike in their thinking, their language and demeanor.” Phelim Kine, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division and an expert on Duterte’s extrajudicial campaign, told CNN that the incongruity helps is a win for the Philippine leaders, allowing his officials to spin the meeting as validation. “That gives Duterte’s craven spin-doctors wide latitude to deny that criticism even occurred,” Kine said. “What is unquestionable here is that the US President has passed on a golden opportunity to publicly show solidarity with the Philippine people by expressing concern about those thousands of deaths and to reproach Duterte’s utter trashing of the concept of rule of law,” he added. Trump had previously praised Duterte’s crackdowns. “I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Trump told the Philippine President in their first call earlier this year, according to a leaked transcript obtained by The Washington Post. Trump did not raise human rights issues in the call. But a senior Trump administration official later tried to walk back Trump’s comment, saying he wasn’t condoning violence and human rights violations but was nodding to the United State’s drug issues. Even as the drug crackdown has led to sweeping violence and discord in the Philippines, Duterte has embraced his image, including by recently bragging that he has personally killed people. “When I was a teenager, I was in and out of jail. One fight there, another here,” he said this week in Vietnam ahead of the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. “At the age of 16, I killed someone.” A spokesman for the Philippine President said later that he thought the comment “was in jest.” Leaders in the Philippines view Trump’s visit, though, as a step forward in US-Philippine relations because former President Barack Obama’s relationship with Duterte at the end of his presidency was tense and frayed. Duterte made slamming Obama a key aspect of his interactions with the United States, including calling the former president a “son of a bitch” and stating that he could “go to hell.” Days before Trump’s visit, Duterte reportedly even told an audience in Vietnam that that Obama was “so black” and “arrogant.” This story has been updated.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171113031500", "country1": "PHL", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/12/politics/trump-rodrigo-duterte-philippines-summit/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "641766104", "sentence": "Ninalee Craig appears in iconic photo \"An American Girl in Italy\" She says the photo represents independence, not harassment People tend to wonder if the iconic photo of Ninalee Craig was staged. It’s the question she hears most often. To some, the scene in the black and white photo from another era is almost too perfect. Craig, 23 at the time, breezes past clusters of men on a sidewalk in Florence, Italy, head held high as if impervious to their ogling as she grasps her shawl and handbag. Now 89, Craig insists the answer is no, still no. “It’s the real McCoy.” The next most frequent question is one Craig has been trying to move past for as long as the photo has been in the public eye: Was she afraid? Was she upset that she could not walk down the street in peace? Again, the answer is no. “I was thrilled. I was having the time of my life,” Craig says. “I was Beatrice walking through the streets of Florence. I felt that at any moment I might be discovered by Dante himself.” For all its controversy, photographer Ruth Orkin’s “An American Girl in Italy” has long been a fixture in women’s dorm rooms and homes, an instant conversation starter about feminism and street harassment long before the term came into use. Craig and Orkin’s daughter Mary Engel, who represents the deceased American photographer’s estate, say the photo is more relevant now than ever for what it truly represents: independence, freedom and self-determination. After all, that was the point of the photo to begin with. Craig met Orkin in Florence in 1951, a time when it was unusual to find Americans in Europe, especially women traveling solo. Craig had saved up money from a teaching job in New York. Taking her mother’s advice, she planned to travel Europe until the money ran out. She had visited France, Spain and England before settling in Florence to take art classes. Orkin had just wrapped up a shoot in Israel for Life magazine. The two met at the American Express office, the place for sending letters and telegrams, making phone calls and exchanging money before the era of mass telecommunications. The women reveled in meeting each other, especially when they discovered they were staying in the same hotel for $1 a night (meals included). As they bonded over their shared passion for travel, Orkin proposed a photo shoot portraying their adventures. “Ruth said, ‘Hey, you know what, I could probably make a bit of money if we horse around and show what it’s like to be a woman alone,’” Craig recalls. The two hit the streets of Florence the next morning around 10 a.m. The shot of Craig passing by the men was one of the first Orkin snapped. She followed it up with another shot from a different angle before the two continued on to capture familiar scenes from Italy: cafes, statues, piazzas, cobblestone streets. The shoot took about two hours and the pair went their separate ways, though not for long. As those rare Americans in Europe, they bumped into each other again in Paris and Venice and took more photos for Orkin’s series. The photos ran in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1952 in a photo essay, “When You Travel Alone…”, offering tips on “money, men and morals to see you through a gay trip and a safe one.” The article encourages readers to buy ship and train tickets ahead of time. It reminds them to bring their birth certificate and check in with the State Department. The caption on the photo of Craig walking down the street reflects cultural mores of the era. “Public admiration … shouldn’t fluster you. Ogling the ladies is a popular, harmless and flattering pastime you’ll run into in many foreign countries. The gentlemen are usually louder and more demonstrative than American men, but they mean no harm.” It’s a far cry from what we tell women these days, but for its time the mere notion of encouraging women to travel alone was progressive. That’s what made the photos so special, Craig says. They offered a rare glimpse of two women – behind and in front of the camera – challenging the era’s gender roles and loving every minute of it. “I look at it and I’m taken right back and it was wonderful,” she says. “I was an art student. I was  carefree. I was 23 and the world was my oyster.” For most of the 20th century, Craig was known by a nickname, Jinx Allen. Then, in the 1980s, the photo was featured in “Life” magazine and her identity was revealed. In the interim she’d lived what she calls multiple lives, first as a countess in Italy through marrying an Italian, then as the wife of a Canadian steel company executive. After her second husband died she was drawn to Toronto’s emerging arts scene and found her home there. Forty years on, she jokingly calls herself “the Canadian girl” instead of the American. She delights in talking about her six months in Europe and meeting Orkin, a kindred soul whose photos of her capture the spirit of the era – especially that iconic photo. The two eventually reunited in the United States and became lifelong friends, until Orkin’s death in 1985. “She was an amazing woman,” Craig says of Orkin. “We had a grand time.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ruth Orkin's photograph \"An American Girl in Italy\"", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170330011500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/europe/tbt-ruth-orkin-american-girl-in-paris/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "501861959", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2013. Seoul-born Japanese architect Toyo Ito wins highest prize for architecture Ito oversaw reconstruction projects in Japan following the 2011 tsunami His firm is currently working on projects in Taiwan, Singapore and Japan Seoul-born, 71-year-old Japanese architect Toyo Ito is this year’s recipient of the industry’s most coveted prize. On Monday, the architect was announced the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, joining past Pritzker Laureates that include Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. “As I did not expect it, I felt really grateful and honored to be awarded the prize,” Ito told CNN. In addition to his abstract, beautiful buildings, the Tokyo-based architect is also known for his extensive work on communal centers as part of the reconstruction in Japan following the 2011 tsunami. Ito, whose family ran a miso (bean paste) factory following his father’s early death when Ito was 12, has said he wasn’t interested in architecture as a youth. He began taking an interest while attending the University of Tokyo. Throughout his career, Ito’s designs have been unusual, vivid and minimalistic – from the aluminum house he designed for his sister to the Sendai Mediatheque in Miyagi, Japan, which he describes as his professional highlight. The Pritzker committee jury raved about his lifework of defying standard distinctions. It will officially bestow its award at a ceremony in Boston on May 29. Together with the 40 employees of his namesake firm, Toyo Ito & Associates, the architect is currently working on projects in Taiwan, Singapore and Japan. “I travel 50 to 60 times per year for work,” says Ito. “I love any place where I work.” At Princeton in 2009, he lectured on the development of the grid system in architecture, pointing out that while the system allows for rapid construction, “it also made the world’s cities homogenous” and that “it made the people living and working there homogenous, too.” His design aesthetic is “modifying the grid slightly” so buildings can have closer relationships to their environment. “Not fixing my style, I keep extending the possibilities of architecture,” he told CNN. “In other words, I would like to unbridle architecture from various restrictions and give it more freedom.” The photo gallery above illustrates how Ito is changing and influencing landscapes of cities around the world. 1. Sendai Mediatheque, 2-1 Kasugamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; +82 22 713 3171; open daily 9 a.m.-10 p.m., closed every fourth Thursday; www.smt.jp 3. Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, Fukashi, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan; +81 263 33 3800; www.mpac.jp 7. Tama Art University Library (Hachioji campus), 2-1723 Yarimizu,Hachioji,Tokyo; +81 42 676 8611; open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; www.tamabi.ac.jp 8. Za-Koenji Public Theatre, 2-1-2 Koenji-Kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo; +81 3 3223 7300; za-koenji.jp 9. Main Stadium for 2009 World Games, No. 100, Shìyùn Blvd, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan;+886 7 582 9000; open daily 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; www.nssac.gov.tw 10. Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, 2418 Urado, Omishima-machi, Imabari, Ehime, Japan; +81 897 74 7220; open Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; www.tima-imabari.jp", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Toyo Ito", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160113134500", "country1": "TWN", "country2": "SGP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/19/travel/toyo-ito-architecture-prize/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "719947103", "sentence": "President Donald Trump insisted that a 2016 meeting in Trump Tower was about adoption policy – after knowledge of the confab became public – even though it was likely that reporters had evidence it was set to obtain dirt on Hillary Clinton, a new book on his presidency says. The book by Michael Wolff has come under fire by the White House, which has dismissed it as “complete fantasy,” and quotes in the book attributed to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon have led to Trump unloading on the former top aide. CNN obtained a copy of the book, and in one section, Wolff writes that Trump insisted on an incorrect narrative of what happened in a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York that Donald Trump Jr., then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had with a Russian lawyer and several others. Wolff writes, “The President insisted that the meeting in Trump Tower was purely and simply about Russian adoption policy. That’s what was discussed, period. Period. Even though it was likely, if not certain, that the Times had the incriminating email chain – in fact, it was quite possible that Jared and Ivanka and the lawyers knew the Times had this email chain – the president ordered that no one should let on to the more problematic discussion about Hillary Clinton.” CNN has not independently confirmed Wolff’s assertions. The New York Times reported on the meeting last year, and the initial statement from Trump Jr. was misleading, saying the meeting was simply about Russian adoption policy – an issue tied to a US law hitting Russia. Shortly after the initial statement, the Times reported Trump Jr. was “promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer.” Trump Jr. then issued a new statement saying the Russian lawyer had “no meaningful information.” After that, Trump Jr. published what he said was the entire email exchange that had led up to the meeting, which the Times had obtained prior to his publication. The exchange showed a publicist offered Trump Jr. potentially incriminating information on Clinton as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” “If it’s what you say I love it,” Trump Jr. said in the chain. Jay Sekulow, one of President Trump’s attorneys, said the President was not involved in drafting the statement. But The Washington Post reported later last year that President Trump had dictated the initial misleading statement for his son while flying back to Washington from the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, aboard Air Force One. After that, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump “weighed in as any father would, based on the limited information that he had.” CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to state that Paul Manafort was present at the Trump Tower meeting, not Steve Bannon. CNN’s Emma Lacey-Bordeaux contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180105043000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/04/politics/air-force-one-donald-trump/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "608562404", "sentence": "Defense Ministry says installations are mainly for self defense \"Beijing is serious about defense of its artificial islands,\" think tank says New satellite imagery indicates that China has installed weapon systems on all seven artificial islands it has built in the contested waters of the South China Sea. It’s a move that’s likely to alarm the country’s neighbors and further unsettle ties with the United States, where President-elect Donald Trump has shown himself increasingly willing to confront and challenge Beijing. The images, released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, show anti-aircraft guns plus other weapons systems that would guard against cruise missiles sitting in hexagonal structures on the islands. China has already built military-length airstrips on three of these artificial islands, previous analysis by the AMTI, part of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), has shown. China’s Defense Ministry said the military installations were proper and lawful, and mainly for self-defense. “If others are flexing their military muscles at your doorstep, are you not even supposed to have a slingshot in hand just in case?” a statement said. The organization’s findings come despite a pledge from China’s leadership that it has no intention of militarizing the islands. Showdown in the South China Sea: How we got here Since winning the presidency, Trump has seemingly rewritten US foreign policy on the fly. He took a phone call from Taiwan’s president, upending decades of diplomatic protocol and questioned the long-standing US position that the Taiwan is part of “one China.” “All the indications we’ve seen since the election imply that he will be a more hawkish president vis-a-vis China,” said Ashley Townshend, a research fellow at United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. “We don’t know yet entirely what his South China Sea policy will be but many of his advisers have been critical of the Obama’s administration for being too weak,” he added. The think tank said that the weapon emplacements showed that “Beijing is serious about defense of its artificial islands in case of an armed contingency in the South China Sea.” “Among other things, they would be the last line of defense against cruise missiles launched by the United States or others against these soon-to-be-operational air bases,” it added. Geng Shuang, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the islands were part of “China’s inherent territories” and it was quite normal to deploy “defense facilities” there. AMTI said the weapons systems observed on the three largest islands – Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi reefs  – that China has built in the Spratlys were an evolution of smaller fortifications it had observed on the four other reefs China has reclaimed land at – Gaven, Hughes, Johnson, and Cuarteron reefs. “It gives every impression of being a land-based attempt to put close-in weapons systems, that you would normally find on a naval ship, on a concrete superstructure on these features to provide some sort of close-in, last-ditch…. rapid-firing weapons system to try and defeat approaching cruise missiles,” retired US Adm. Michael McDevitt of the Center for Naval Analyses told AMTI in a podcast. Some have called the islands China’s “unsinkable aircraft carriers.” China has already deployed surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island, part of the Paracel island chain – to the west of the Spratlys in the hotly disputed sea. According to the US, China has reclaimed more than 3,000 acres in the Spratly Islands since the beginning of 2014. Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan have also reclaimed land in the South China Sea, but their land grab – the US says approximately 100 acres over 45 years – is dwarfed by China’s massive, recent buildup. The Philippines, which lies geographically closest to the Spratlys, has troops stationed in the area, as do other claimants. The US takes no position on the territorial dispute in the South China Sea but its warships have conducted “freedom of navigation” operations near the reclaimed islands, eliciting warnings from Beijing. US Adm. Harry Harris, commander of US Pacific Command, said Wednesday that the US stood ready to confront Beijing over the contested waters. “I’ve also been loud and clear that we will not allow the shared domains to be closed down unilaterally - no matter how many bases are built on artificial features in the South China Sea,” he said in a speech in Sydney. “I say this often but it’s worth repeating – we will cooperate where we can and be ready to confront where we must.” CNN’s Tim Schwarz and Steven Jiang contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161215034500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "TWN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/14/asia/south-china-sea-artificial-islands-spratlys-weapon-systems/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "681395690", "sentence": "Minnesota is often associated with snow, lakes and Prince. Somalis and camel burgers? Not so much. Most people aren’t aware that Minneapolis is home to the largest Somali community in the United States. In 2015, the Minnesota State Demographic Center reported that 57,000 Minnesotans claimed Somali ancestry, while 31,000 were born in Somalia. Refugees fleeing the civil war in the early ’90s account for the first waves, with the majority settling in the Twin Cities. Despite the state’s unforgiving winters, new arrivals were drawn by an existing network of previously settled Somalis and nonprofit resettlement agencies. Job opportunities and the lower cost of living factored in as well. The result is a vibrant, growing community where one can find two Somali malls, stores and restaurants. Many of these exist in an area that’s become known as Little Mogadishu. Among the Somali transplants is Sade Hashi, the successful owner of Safari Express, a popular spot for Somali cuisine in Midtown Global Market. To the uninitiated, food from this East African nation is actually a blend of African, Indian, Middle Eastern and even Italian dishes. The diversity is a result of ancient trade routes and Italian colonial rule. At Safari Express, customers can find items such as sambusa, which is similar to an Indian samosa except with a thinner dough that’s filled with ground beef, cilantro and cumin. But the camel burger is the real star. Wearing a T-shirt that proclaims, “Keep calm and eat camel,” Hashi cautions, “Camel doesn’t taste anything close to chicken.” Instead, he compares its lean, gamey meat to bison. The one-humped dromedary is a staple of Somalian cooking. The camel meat is imported from Australia, where large herds roam free; their large numbers have taxed the local ecosystem. Since it was added to the menu, the camel burger has become a popular item among Somalis and non-Somalis alike. In fact, aside from the pineapple topping, it could almost pass for a regular hamburger. But it’s not the only Somali specialty worth consuming. One of Hashi’s favorite dishes is the Chicken Fantastic. It was invented at Safari Express, but it is also served at Afro Deli, a casual St. Paul eatery. The grilled chicken is plated over basmati rice and covered in a creamy coconut sauce. You can also get sambusas as the perfect side. Another favorite is Barwaaqo Juice & Coffee Shop for the Somalian version of chai, which is made with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, milk and loose tea leaves. Hashi enjoys it so much he stops by up to three times a day. “The food, the culture, it adds a lot of dynamic value in this town,” says Hashi. “It’s richer because of it.” Meredith Rosenberg is a New Jersey-based travel writer for the Travel Channel, Conde Nast Traveler and more.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Somali community in Minneapolis", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170815143000", "country1": "SOM", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/somali-food-minneapolis-sade-hashi/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "413614543", "sentence": "Iraq stages an offensive against ISIS in Tikrit ISIS has generally controlled Tikrit since 2014 Iraqi forces are doubling down efforts to retake the city of Tikrit from ISIS, even uniting Sunni and Shiite fighters in the mission. The Iraqi army, along with Sunni and Shiite militiamen, attacked ISIS strongholds in the area Monday, the state-run Iraqiya TV reported. Iraqi warplanes and helicopters are also striking targets in and around Tikrit. It’s part of a wide-scale offensive ordered by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday. Tikrit fell to ISIS in June of 2014, after the group’s capture of Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul. Tikrit is best known to Westerners as the birthplace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. ISIS, the radical Sunni militant group, has been on a murderous campaign to establish a caliphate across swaths of Iraq and Syria. Related video Key battlegrounds in fight against ISIS Iraqi forces approached Tikrit from several fronts, Iraqiya TV reported, engaging with ISIS north of the city at al-Alam and south of the city at al-Dour. The element of surprise probably was not a factor, as reports of Iraqi troops amassing near Tikrit were widely shared. What awaits the Iraqi army is most likely a long, hard slog and not a quick rout. Tikrit is a big city, and the army and its associated militias have had problems recapturing much smaller towns from ISIS. There have been several failed attempts to recapture Tikrit since the second half of 2014. While Iraqi forces have gained some territory in the area, it has generally been under ISIS control for the last eight months or so. The joint Iraqi forces fighting to retake Tikrit include Iraqi troops, members of the Shia al-Hashed al-Shaabi militia, members of the Sunni Sons of Salahuddin brigades, and other Sunni tribal fighters. The offensive involves around 30,000 fighters in all. Al-Abadi, who is also commander in chief of the armed forces, said on Twitter that he will “oversee the operation to liberate Tikrit” from ISIS. In short, this is the biggest test for an army trying to claw back territory that fell to ISIS last summer after a string of dramatic defeats. Last June, Tikrit was the scene of the bloodiest massacre ever perpetrated by ISIS militants. They captured more than a thousand Iraqi soldiers, who laid down their arms and donned civilian clothing in an attempt to flee a base once used by U.S. forces. ISIS subsequently executed as many as 1,700 soldiers, and posted the video of the killing online. There is concern that Iraqi forces, eager for revenge, may kill combatants and civilians alike. The U.N.’s envoy to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, urged all armed forces in Tikrit to do their utmost to spare civilians. U.S. and other coalition troops have been conducting a crash course to retrain and upgrade the Iraqi army, and several thousand Iraqi troops have passed through the course. This offensive will tell whether that training has made a difference. The offensive also highlights the role played by neighboring Iran in the fight against ISIS. The semiofficial Iranian FARS news agency reports that Qassim Sulaimani, the commander of the elite Iranian Al-Quds Brigade, is helping oversee the operation to retake Tikrit. Iran has provided advisers, weapons and ammunition to the Iraqi government. If the offensive succeeds, it means that retaking Mosul, a city 10 times bigger, is possible. But Tikrit is almost 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of Mosul, and much of the territory in between is under ISIS control. Al-Abadi has said the immediate goal is to liberate Salah ad-Din province, of which Tikrit is the capital, and then focus on adjacent Al-Anbar province, a similarly Sunni-dominated province. After that, retaking Mosul is an option. If, however, the Tikrit offensive fails, it could spell disaster for Baghdad. There will be political recriminations, the already fragile morale of the Iraqi army could collapse, the Kurdish autonomous region could decide to break from Iraq, and it would provide ISIS with a victory it hasn’t seen since last summer. Ben Wedeman reported from Irbil, and Mariano Castillo reported from Atlanta. CNN’s Yousuf Basil, Holly Yan, Kareem Khadder, Hamdi Alkhshali and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150302174500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/02/middleeast/iraq-tikrit-battle/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "589173848", "sentence": "NEW: Abducted US aid worker has 29 years' experience working in Niger, group says Assailants stormed the aid worker's home in Abalak, Niger's interior ministry says Armed assailants abducted a US aid worker from his home Friday night in the West African nation of Niger, killing a police officer and a guard before fleeing west toward neighboring Mali, Niger’s interior ministry said. Witnesses in Abalak described the abductors forcing the aid worker to strip down to his undergarments before putting him in their four-wheel drive vehicle, a government source told CNN on condition of anonymity. The source said removing clothes from hostages was a usual practice of terrorist groups trying to avoid being tracked. Authorities are taking all necessary measures to locate the American and his abductors, including imposing a heavy military presence between Abalak and the border with Mali, said the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly. The assailants stormed the aid worker’s home, the interior ministry said. The slain guard was the aid worker’s bodyguard, according to the source. The American had been working with the locally based aid organization JEMED, said a spokesman for Youth With a Mission, which is affiliated with the group. The aid worker has 29 years’ experience in Niger, spokesman Pete Thompson told CNN. “It is not known where he has been taken and no group has yet claimed responsibility for his abduction. His family have been informed and the US government is tracking the situation. Out of respect for his family no name is being released at this stage,” he said. The kidnapping marked the first time a foreigner had been abducted in the area, the government source said. There has been no claim of responsibility so far. The US State Department said it was aware of reports of the kidnapping. “The safety and security of US citizens overseas is among our highest priorities. We have no further information to offer at this time,” a department representative said. The State Department warns against travel to Niger due to the threat from terrorist groups in the region. “Terrorist groups have called for and executed attacks against countries that supported the intervention against terrorist groups in northern Mali, including Niger,” its advisory says. Boko Haram is active in the country, and there is also a threat from al Qaeda, it says. “The terrorist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has kidnapped Europeans in the region and continues to threaten to kidnap Westerners, including US citizens, in Niger,” the State Department warns. CNN’s Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "terrorist groups in Niger", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161015051500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "NER", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/15/africa/niger-us-kidnap/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "569770846", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: CNN.com is showcasing the work of Mosaic, a digital publication that explores the science of life. It’s produced by the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation that supports research in biology, medicine and the medical humanities, with the goal of improving human and animal health. The content is produced solely by Mosaic, and we will be posting some of its most thought-provoking work. The regions of the brain involved with language are not straightforward Different words have been shown to trigger different regions of the brain The human brain can grow when people learn new languages If you read a sentence (such as this one) about kicking a ball, neurons related to the motor function of your leg and foot will be activated in your brain. Similarly, if you talk about cooking garlic, neurons associated with smelling will fire up. Since it is almost impossible to do or think about anything without using language – whether this entails an internal talk-through by your inner voice or following a set of written instructions – language pervades our brains and our lives like no other skill. For more than a century, it’s been established that our capacity to use language is usually located in the left hemisphere of the brain, specifically in two areas: Broca’s area (associated with speech production and articulation) and Wernicke’s area (associated with comprehension). Damage to either of these, caused by a stroke or other injury, can lead to language and speech problems or aphasia, a loss of language. In the past decade, however, neurologists have discovered it’s not that simple: language is not restricted to two areas of the brain or even just to one side, and the brain itself can grow when we learn new languages. More recent findings show that words are associated with different regions of the brain according to their subject or meaning. Neurologists aiming to make a three-dimensional atlas of words in the brain scanned the brains of people while they listened to several hours of radio. Different words triggered different parts of the brain, and the results show a broad agreement on which brain regions are associated with which word meanings – although just a handful of people were scanned for the study. Those taking part were all native English speakers listening to English. The next step will be to see where meaning is located for people listening in other languages – previous research suggests words of the same meaning in different languages cluster together in the same region – and for bilinguals. Related article Raising bilingual children has its benefits and doubters Bilingual people seem to have different neural pathways for their two languages, and both are active when either language is used. As a result, bilinguals are continuously suppressing one of their languages – subconsciously – in order to focus and process the relevant one. The first evidence for this came out of an experiment in 1999, in which English–Russian bilinguals were asked to manipulate objects on a table. In Russian, they were told to “put the stamp below the cross”. But the Russian word for stamp is “marka”, which sounds similar to “marker”, and eye-tracking revealed that the bilinguals looked back and forth between the marker pen and the stamp on the table before selecting the stamp. And it seems the different neural patterns of a language are imprinted in our brains for ever, even if we don’t speak it after we’ve learned it. Scans of Canadian children who had been adopted from China as preverbal babies showed neural recognition of Chinese vowels years later, even though they didn’t speak a word of Chinese. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. So whether we “lose” a language through not speaking it or through aphasia, it may still be there in our minds, which raises the prospect of using technology to untangle the brain’s intimate nests of words, thoughts and ideas, even in people who can’t physically speak. Neurologists are already having some success: one device can eavesdrop on your inner voice as you read in your head, another lets you control a cursor with your mind, while another even allows for remote control of another person’s movements through brain-to-brain contact over the internet, bypassing the need for language altogether. For some people, such as those with locked-in syndrome or motor neurone disease, bypassing speech problems to access and retrieve their mind’s language directly would be truly transformative. This article first appeared on Mosaic and stems from the longer feature: Why being bilingual helps keep your brain fit.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "bilingualism", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160816101500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/16/health/language-in-the-human-brain/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "505541928", "sentence": "In 1984, Bill Gadoury joined the U.S. Embassy in Laos with the task of finding U.S. airmen who are missing in action His team has identified the remains of 271 airmen, but 302 are still unaccounted for For 45 years, Bill Gadoury has been looking for answers. During the Vietnam War, Gadoury served for a year in Thailand and then moved to Laos to help brief commanders about pilots and crew members who never returned from their missions. In 1984, he joined the U.S. Embassy in Laos with the task of finding U.S. airmen who are missing in action. On Monday, he was recognized by Secretary of State John Kerry, also a Vietnam War veteran, for dedicating his life to searching for the remains of U.S. servicemen who were never recovered. Today he leads three teams, 58 people all, looking for remains – a much smaller contingent than is looking for those MIA in Vietnam. It is painstaking work excavating wartime crash sites, often in dangerous terrain, before identifying and repatriating remains back to the U.S. Gadoury last saw Kerry 24 years ago when he testified before the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, which Kerry used to co-chair along with Arizona Sen. John McCain, who was himself a prisoner of war during Vietnam. The panel was convened under President George H.W. Bush to investigate the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action. “He was our link to possibilities and to realities,” Kerry said of Gadoury when the two men met again Monday in a hotel in Laos. Kerry and Gadoury reminisced about their time flying over Laos in 1992 looking for remains during Kerry’s first fact finding trip to the Southeast Asian nation. Related video An airman left behind for 45 years, but not forgotten READ: Family’s anguish in 45-year search for MIA pilot “You remember flying around in that Russian helicopter, holding your breath every second in the air,” Kerry recalled. He recollected that landing on a rice paddy was “beautiful and haunting. You could sort of feel a firefight around the corner.” Gadoury said that environment “gives you the sense of the terrain that we had to deal with back during the war, and what we were up against.” And he noted, “It’s the same terrain that we’re still up against now as we’re going back to try to locate and recover people.” A few seconds of quiet passed, with neither man saying a word, before they talked about the ongoing efforts and what work remained. Having identified the remains of 271 airmen, Gadoury said his team has 302 still unaccounted for, with solid leads on about half of those cases. He has 75 cases identified for excavation. With the easier sites in Laos examined, his teams have now moved into the mountains, where the terrain and weather make their job even more difficult. Gadoury hopes that within the next 10 to 15 years he can complete the mission and account for all of those lost. “Like World War II, I think in the end there’s going to be those cases that we just aren’t able to locate. There are no witnesses,” Gadoury acknowledged. “But we’ll do our best, like we’ve been trying so hard to do over the years.” Kerry called the effort the “largest, most comprehensive, most enduring examination of what happened to people in war in the history of warfare.” “I’m as proud of this as anything I’ve been engaged in,” Kerry said. “No country has ever done what we did. I don’t know of any other nation in the world that goes to the lengths we go in active duty, military people digging at active sites, pulling up the remains of a C-130, or helicopter, or something, in order to complete the mission.” Kerry’s visit to Laos, only the second by a U.S. secretary of state since John Foster Dulles in 1955, is part of an effort by the Obama administration to normalize relations with the nation after decades of postwar estrangement and mistrust. READ: Obama to push to clear leftover Vietnam-era bombs In addition to programs in health education and energy, the U.S. has been steadily increasing its funding to help Laos eliminate an estimated 75 million unexploded cluster bombs remaining from the U.S. bombing campaign during the Vietnam war. Ahead of his landmark visit to Laos this fall for the ASEAN summit, President Barack Obama is preparing to launch a major initiative to help Laos solve the unexploded ordnance problem once and for all, senior administration officials told CNN. The budding relationship between the U.S. and Laos and the growing U.S. investment in the country seems to be paying off. Gadoury said Monday that the Laotian government has become increasingly more cooperative on the MIA issue, asking U.S. officials to visit local sites like schools and clinics where remains are through to be located. “The people in those areas understand that we’re helping them and in return we hope that they will help us,” Gadoury said. At a separate session with embassy employees and their families, Kerry singled out the work of Gadoury and his team as “heroic.” “I would say that probably 99% of Americans don’t know that they’re here doing what they’re doing, but for a lot of Americans, this is one of the most important missions in the world because they’re still missing their loved ones and they don’t have closure,” Kerry said. “And people deserve and want closure. War has terrible, lingering scars, and where you have an ability to be able to address them, we should.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. efforts to recover missing in action (MIA) airmen in Laos", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160125214500", "country1": "LAO", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/25/politics/john-kerry-mias-laos/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "758686767", "sentence": "Russian President Vladimir Putin presides this week over the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, continuing a charm offensive that aims to revive Brand Russia. This year’s forum features high-profile guests: French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to participate, as are Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund. It’s the biggest international lineup for the St. Petersburg forum since before 2014, when Russia was hit with US and European economic sanctions over its annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and support of a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. Related article Nerve agent treatment and recovery 'extremely painful,' poisoned Russian woman says Back then, Putin was snubbed by international leaders: At a G20 summit in November 2014, he got a cold shoulder from his counterparts, and cut short his visit. Putin and his inner circle went on to experience further friction with the West over interference in the 2016 US election, the Kremlin’s support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom. Today, Putin is at the center of a whirl of geopolitical activity. Last week, he hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks on the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East. And on Monday, ahead of the St. Petersburg gathering, Putin hosted India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Kremlin’s message is clear: Russia is open for business, regardless of sanctions. In an interview with CNN’s John Defterios, Kirill Dmitriev – the chief executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth fund created by the Russian government – said “doomsday scenarios” of Russian economic collapse have not borne out, despite the current political confrontation with the US. “The Russian economy has 2% growth this year, the oil price is very stable and yes of course we have obvious difficulties in the relationship with the US, but we have great partners in Asia, great partners in the Middle East, President Macron and Prime Minister Abe are here visiting the St. Petersburg economic forum, so the forecasts that Russia is going to be isolated … have proven to be wrong,” he said. Dmitriev said that “pragmatic business dialogue” could help bridge some of the massive political gaps between Russia and the West. And that’s a message, interestingly, that resonates with what Jon Huntsman, the US ambassador to Moscow, recently said. Huntsman recently explained his participation in the forum, saying that business ties were a positive step toward improved relations with Russia. “Unfortunately, some commentators would have you believe that any US-Russian dialogue right now is somehow suspect,” he said. “I disagree.” While Huntsman said there were “a lot of questions regarding Russian behavior that Americans deserve answers to,” he added: “The fact is that dialogue represents the way forward, while mutual isolation will only drive us further apart. That’s why I’m going to SPIEF.” Talk of improved dialogue and high-profile visits at Putin’s economic forum doesn’t mean Russia is out of the woods, economically speaking. Russia is emerging from an economic slump brought on by sanctions and weak international prices for oil, its main revenue earner. The World Bank predicts modest gross domestic product growth for Russia of between 1.5% and 1.8% over the next three years. Related article 2016 Presidential Election Investigation Fast Facts And Russian entrepreneurs are not optimistic, particularly given the lack of systemic economic reform. In a recent survey released by state pollster VTsIOM, Russian entrepreneurs said their businesses were being adversely affected by Russia’s battered economy. According to the poll, around 63% of the executives surveyed said their company’s situation has deteriorated because of the current economic situation. And that, in turn, may explain why Russia has been measured in its response to new US sanctions. Russia’s parliament has advanced legislation to introduce countermeasures against countries that impose sanctions on Russia. Putin weighed in on the matter last week in his meeting with Merkel, signaling that such legislation need not drive away foreign investment. “It has to be balanced; it should not harm our own economy and those of our partners, who work honestly in Russia,” he said. “I am sure this will be the case.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180524104500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/europe/putin-lures-world-back-to-russia-intl/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "673510655", "sentence": "Princeton identifies man as Chinese-born Xiyue Wang, an American citizen and graduate student in history He was arrested and put on trial for \"gathering information,\" Iranian news service says An American researcher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of spying, according to Iran. Princeton University identified the man as Chinese-born Xiyue Wang, an American citizen and graduate student in history. Wang was arrested in Iran last summer while doing scholarly research in connection with his Ph.D. dissertation, a university statement said. Earlier Sunday, the semi-official news agency Fars News, citing a video statement from Iranian judicial spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejheie, initially identified the convicted man’s nationality as Iranian-American. Later, Fars News, again citing Mohseni-Ejheie, said he was a citizen of the United States and a country other than Iran. The dates of Wang’s trial have not been disclosed. He was arrested and put on trial for “gathering information,” and the sentence can be appealed, said Mohseni-Ejheie, speaking in the Fars News video statement. According to Iranian law, a convicted person has 20 days to appeal a sentence. Since Wang’s arrest, Princeton officials said they have worked with his family, private counsel and others to aid his release. “We were very distressed by the charges brought against him in connection with his scholarly activities, and by his subsequent conviction and sentence,” Daniel Day, university spokesman said. “His family and the university are … hopeful that he will be released after his case is heard by the appellate authorities in Tehran.” A US State Department official told CNN they “are aware of reports regarding” Wang. Citing privacy reasons, the official declined to go into detail about specific consular cases. The State Department is calling for the immediate release of all citizens held unjustly in Iran, the official said. “The Iranian regime continues to detain US citizens and other foreigners on fabricated national-security-related changes,” the official said. “The safety and security of US citizens remains a top priority. All US citizens, especially dual nationals considering travel to Iran, should carefully read our latest travel warning.” Wang was born and raised in Beijing, he said in a talk he gave to a study abroad agency, and didn’t move abroad until he was 19. According to his biography on the Princeton University website, he earned a bachelor’s degree in South Asian studies from the University of Washington and studied Russian and Eurasian studies at Harvard University, where he did a fellowship from 2008 to 2009. After working at an accounting firm in Hong Kong for a year, Wang chose to move to Afghanistan to become a Pashto translator for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), according to Chinese-language tweets posted by ICRC in 2010. Princeton said Wang’s current field of study is late 19th and 20th century Eurasian history. His biography on the university website shows a man with a dry wit, a love for cooking Chinese dishes and traveling. “For better or worse, (Wang) still can’t tell you what exactly he has been studying in the many years that have passed,” the biography said. “What he does know is that his dream is to walk the ancient Silk Road from Xi’an to Rome one day.” He also loves learning languages, the biography said. Other Americans have been held in Iran on spying charges and convictions. In October 2016, San Diego resident Reza “Robin” Shahini was sentenced to 18 years in prison for spying. The US-Iranian citizen was visiting family in Gorgan, Iran. He was released on bail in April to await his appeal, The Center For Human Rights in Iran said. Fast Facts: Americans Detained in Other Countries Also in October 2016, Iran sentenced Iranian-Americans Baquer Namazi and his son Siamik to 10 years in prison and fined them $4.8 million for “collaborating with a foreign government,” according to Iran’s official news channel IRINN. Siamak Namazi had been arrested almost a year before. He was the first US citizen held since the Iranian nuclear program agreement. Four US prisoners were released last year by Iran as part of a prisoner swap granting clemency to seven Iranians indicted or imprisoned in the United States. In the same announcement Sunday, the Iranian judicial spokesman said the brother of President Hassan Rouhani was arrested on charges of “financial irregularities.” Hossein Ferydoon has been under investigation along with others, Mohseni- Ejheie said. It is unclear how long the investigation has been ongoing. Ferydoon can be released on bail as the investigation continues, Mohseni-Ejheie said. The amount of the bail wasn’t disclosed. CNN’s Steven Jiang, Serenitie Wang, Sarah Sirgany, Lauren Meier, Carma Hassan and Julie In contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170716141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/16/world/iran-sentences-iranian-american/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "720315312", "sentence": "Trump's remarks came after meeting with Republican congressional leaders and some members of his Cabinet at Camp David. His response comes after an explosive report in The New York Times published Thursday President Donald Trump told reporters at Camp David on Saturday that he still stands with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “Yes, I do,” he responded when asked about Sessions by a reporter after meeting with Republican congressional leaders and some members of his Cabinet at Camp David. Trump’s response Saturday comes after an explosive report in The New York Times that special counsel Robert Mueller is aware of an unsuccessful attempt by Trump to lobby Sessions not to recuse himself from the Justice Department’s Russia probe. The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the episode, said Trump had ordered White House counsel Don McGahn last March to stop Sessions from recusing himself from oversight of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. A source close to Sessions confirmed to CNN on Friday that McGahn reached out to the attorney general in an attempt to dissuade him. Related article Others involved in effort to pressure Sessions to not recuse “The story by the way in the Times is way off, or at least off, but everything that I’ve done is 100% proper,” Trump said about the Times story. “That’s what I do, is I do things proper. The collusion now is dead because everyone found that after a year of study there’s been absolutely no collusion.” Sessions, whom the President once called “beleaguered,” did not attend the meeting Saturday at Camp David. White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said the Camp David retreat was focused on bringing congressional leadership together to discuss this year’s legislative agenda. “Therefore, the majority of the Cabinet is not attending,” she said. According to a list released by the White House, other Cabinet members also did not attend. Several Republican congressmen are calling for Sessions to resign following the report, criticizing Sessions’ handling of the department’s investigation into any possible role of Trump campaign aides in Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, was the latest to join the growing list of Republicans calling for Sessions’ resignation. “This is hard for me, it really is, because I think Jeff Sessions is one of the most honorable men in Washington, DC,” Stewart told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday afternoon. “But we have been weakened in our investigation into very important concerns at the Department of Justice and the FBI. Jeff Sessions is not able to take the reins and direct that investigation.” “We need the director there who can take the reins and be assertive in that,” Steward added. “He can’t do that when he is recused. I believe it may be time for him to step aside.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeff Sessions", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180106200000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/06/politics/camp-david-donald-trump-jeff-sessions/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "612472361", "sentence": "\"We've made that clear over and over,\" Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said Netanyahu said Israelis are worried about a UN resolution recognizing a Palestinian state The Obama administration would veto any UN resolution that dictated a peace solution or recognized a Palestinian state, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said Wednesday. Rhodes was speaking hours after Secretary of State John Kerry strongly criticized Israel’s decision to build settlements in the West Bank, saying it was ruining the prospect of a Palestinian state. “So just to be clear here, when (Kerry) says, ‘These are not the choices we will make,’ which is kind of vague, is he saying that the US would veto any resolution in the UN which might dictate a peace solution or might recognize a Palestinian state?” CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Rhodes on “The Lead.” Ben Rhodes: The US would veto UN resolutions recognizing a Palestinian state https://t.co/xyotKBQXgq https://t.co/t6C986GsbG “Yes,” Rhodes responded. “We’ve made that clear over and over, Jake.” Rhodes continued, “We are focused on this one because the current trends on the ground, particularly the current Israeli settlement activity, is making a two-state solution potentially impossible and creating a reality where essentially what you have is a one-state solution where the West Bank is repeatedly occupied by Israeli settlements.” Earlier on Wednesday, Kerry warned that a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is “now in serious jeopardy.” He also defended the US decision last week to abstain from a vote on a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israelis are worried about a UN resolution recognizing a Palestinian state or codifying a peace process that the US would allow. He’s also said the US was behind last week’s UN resolution, an accusation Rhodes called a “distraction” on Wednesday. “Was there any prior contact between White House officials or State Department officials and either senior Egyptian or senior Palestinian officials separately regarding the resolution that the Egyptians put forward at the Security Council last week?” Tapper asked Rhodes. “I think it’s absurd that we are even talking about a report in an Egyptian tabloid of a meeting that never took place,” Rhodes responded. “What I can tell you with certainty is that we did not draft the resolution and put this resolution forward. This was something the Palestinians and Egyptians were working on for some time now.” He continued, “We own the fact that we abstained from this resolution because we believe that was the right thing … I think it is the Israeli government that is trying to have this distraction from the real debate.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161228224500", "country1": "PSE", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/politics/ben-rhodes-veto-un-resolution-palestinian-state-obama/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "726507810", "sentence": "President Donald Trump erupted aboard Air Force One last week when he learned of the Justice Department’s efforts to quash the release of a classified memo alleging abuses by FBI and Justice Department officials, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. As he made his way to Davos, Switzerland, Trump fumed to aides about Associate Attorney General Stephen Boyd’s warning that the release of the memo – written by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee – would be “extraordinarily reckless,” the source said. Bloomberg was first to report the incident. Related article Source: Trump inclined to allow Nunes memo to be released The White House has not explicitly called for the memo’s release, but White House officials have made clear that Trump will not stand in the way if the House Intelligence Committee votes to release it. Behind the scenes, White House officials made several calls to the Justice Department to tamp down the agency’s opposition to the release of the memo, which has been described as including damaging information about FBI and Justice Department officials, particularly as it pertains to the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Last week, White House chief of staff John Kelly spoke directly to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, making clear the President’s displeasure with the Justice Department’s opposition to the memo’s release. The incident aboard Air Force One is just the latest reported instance of Trump lashing out privately at Justice Department officials over matters concerning the special counsel’s investigation. Trump has repeatedly fumed about Sessions’ recusal from the investigation, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe, the deputy FBI director who resigned Monday. The House Intelligence Committee is poised to vote on the memo’s release as early as Monday evening.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180129233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/donald-trump-anger-justice-department-nunes-memo/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "664593834", "sentence": "HIMARS is a truck-mounted system which can fire missiles as far as 300 kilometers It had been previously used to strike ISIS targets from positions in Turkey and Jordan The US military has moved its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from Jordan into southern Syria for the first time, positioning it near the US-Coalition training base at At Tanf, three US defense officials confirmed to CNN Tuesday. HIMARS, a truck-mounted system which can fire missiles as far as 300 kilometers, represents a major boost to US combat power near At Tanf, a location that has come under the spotlight following a series of recent coalition strikes against pro-regime forces operating in the area. While this is the first HIMARS deployment to southern Syria, a US official told CNN that this was not the first time HIMARS has been used in the country, with the system being deployed to the north to help the Syrian Democratic Forces in their offensives against ISIS. US Marines have also used M777 howitzers in support of SDF units fighting ISIS in northern Syria. HIMARS had been previously used to strike ISIS targets from firing positions in Turkey and Jordan. The system has also been deployed in Iraq to hit ISIS positions there. Related article US officials credit Russia for calming tense situation in Southern Syria The area around At Tanf has become a flashpoint in recent weeks between pro-regime forces and coalition troops advising local forces battling ISIS. Last week, a US F-15E jet shot down an Iranian-made pro-regime Shahed 129 drone that had dropped a “dud” munition near coalition forces patrolling near At Tanf, according to US officials. There were two additional US airstrikes against militia positions and vehicles inside the de-confliction zone around the base, plus another airstrike in May. Following the first strike against pro-regime forces in May, a spokesman for the military coalition fighting ISIS said that the military was reinforcing its position there. “We have increased our combat power in that area,” US Col. Ryan Dillon told reporters at the Pentagon earlier this month. Related article US-led coalition strikes pro-Syrian regime forces “We have increased our presence and our footprint and prepared for any threat that is presented by the pro-regime forces,” Dillon added. One defense official said that the HIMARS move was a response to actions by pro-regime forces, who have been deploying their own artillery near the perimeter of the 55-kilometer “de-confliction zone” surrounding At Tanf. While the pro-regime artillery could not reach the base, it could reach a smaller combat outpost used by coalition advisers and their local allies. A second official, however, said it was not clear whether the HIMARS deployment was in direct response to threatening action by the pro-regime forces. Related article Russia: US strikes on pro-regime forces in Syria 'totally unacceptable' CNN has previously reported that pro-regime forces had established a number of outposts and checkpoints in the area near the de-confliction zone. US officials have told CNN they believe pro-regime militias backed by Iran are setting up a series of checkpoints as part of an effort to establish a strategic overland route from Iran to the Mediterranean coast. Privately, US military officials say they are hopeful matters will remain calm and no more US military action will be required. And publicly, senior officials have insisted that the clashes with pro-regime fighters are purely in self-defense and that the US and the coalition will remain focused on battling ISIS. “Those are self-defense strikes and the commander on the ground has the authority to take whatever action necessary and I support that,” Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military deployment of HIMARS in southern Syria", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170614000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/us-artillery-system-southern-syria/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "475597415", "sentence": "Watch the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET live on CNN and CNNgo; join the conversation at #DemDebate. On Tuesday night, the rivals will be side by side on stage, drawing contrasts between their differing personalities and experience The two Democrats have been carefully finessing their political positions in relation to one another and their party's wide coalition The shadow boxing that Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have played at for months – they’ve barely mentioned each other on the campaign trail – will give way to more direct jabs Tuesday night. That’s when the two rivals line up on stage at the first Democratic debate of the 2016 campaign, sponsored by CNN and Facebook. The encounter will provide a crucial  opportunity for Clinton and Sanders – the leading Democratic contenders – to contrast their personalities, experience and approach to the key issues in the campaign. Though Clinton and Sanders have rarely mentioned each other’s names, they are clearly reacting to each other and their rival’s potential weaknesses. Sanders took aim at Clinton’s Wall Street record and Iraq vote over the weekend; she put him on the defensive on guns and his poor standing with minority voters. Until now, they have each had good reason for avoiding full contact with the other. Clinton hasn’t wanted to elevate Sanders and his surprisingly strong poll numbers, while Sanders has wanted to maintain his untraditional, above-the-fray image. On Tuesday, that calculus will change. And the distinctions they’ve subtly staked out on a range of issues are only likely to grow sharper. Complete coverage on the #DemDebate In the weeks leading up to the debate in Las Vegas, the two Democrats have been carefully finessing their political positions in relation to each other and their party’s wide coalition, offering clues about how they will spar Tuesday night. Sanders has been signaling he will try to strike a contrast with Clinton on reining in Wall Street and on her record of support for military interventions overseas. The former secretary of state, meanwhile, is under pressure to prove to progressives who have flocked to Sanders that she genuinely cares about the middle class. She’s expected to highlight her differences with her rival on gun control and to demonstrate the broad support she has among minority voters – a key sector of the Democratic coalition where Sanders is struggling. As he limbered up for their clash, Sanders threw down the gauntlet on the Iraq War – a thrust that Clinton has struggled to counter in the past – hinting that she has hawkish views that are out of step with the majority of Democratic voters. His campaign issued a statement reminding voters that he, then a member of the House of Representatives, voted against authorizing the Iraq war in late 2002. At the time he argued that the conflict would destabilize the Middle East, kill large numbers of Americans and Iraqi civilians and hamper the war on terror against al Qaeda. Related gallery Hillary Clinton's career in the spotlight The statement did not once mention Clinton – but it did not have to. The then-New York senator did vote to authorize the Iraq war, and that vote was one of her greatest vulnerabilities in the 2008 Democratic campaign against Obama, who also opposed the war. Behind the scenes of the #DemDebate The Sanders statement raised the possibility that Clinton’s vote could haunt her for a second presidential campaign. “Democrats are no more fond of the Iraq war now than they were back then. That could be a problem,” Peter Beinart, a foreign policy expert and CNN contributor, said Monday. He added that another Democratic candidate, former Virginia senator and Vietnam war veteran Jim Webb, who was also against the war, could double-team with Sanders to cause trouble for Clinton on the issue. Sanders has also been staking out territory to Clinton’s left on Syria. The former secretary of state recently distanced herself from Obama’s much-criticized policy on the vicious civil war by calling for a no-fly zone to be set up to shield refugees. Sanders issued a statement earlier this month pointing out that he opposes such an idea, warning that it could “get us more deeply involved in that horrible civil war and lead to a never ending entanglement in that region.” The statement appeared to be a clear appeal to Democrats who share Obama’s antipathy toward getting the United States entangled in another Middle Eastern conflict and who are wary of Clinton’s more activist instincts on foreign policy. The very different debating styles of Clinton and Sanders Sanders is not alone in seeing Clinton’s foreign policy record as a vulnerability. Another Democratic candidate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, also picked up on her Syria position Sunday – saying on CNN’s “State of the Union” that a no-fly zone was not advisable and warning that the former secretary of state was “always quick for the military intervention,” apparently referring to her previous support for military action in nations such as Iraq and Libya. Another area where Sanders seems more in tune with the progressive Democratic base is on Wall Street, especially since he has raised most of his money from small donors – unlike the former secretary of state, who has been relying on big budget fund-raising events with rich contributors. Even with his small-donor focus, Sanders is nearly neck-and-neck in the fund-raising race with Clinton. Clinton has made strenuous attempts to connect with what her campaign has called “regular” Americans, stressing the need to raise up the middle class to feel the benefits of the economic recovery. But Sanders has said that she hasn’t done enough, an argument he may expand upon on the debate stage. “People will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to Wall Street and corporations with the secretary,” Sanders said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Related gallery Bernie Sanders' political career The Vermont senator also will likely draw an implied contrast with Clinton on two other issues – the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact the United States and 11 other nations reached this month and the Keystone XL pipeline designed to carry oil from Canada’s tar sands across the United States. Top Instagrammers capture debate setup Clinton now says she is a ‘no’ on both issues, but she took months to get there – despite fervent opposition to both projects from the left flank of the Democratic Party. “I am glad that she has reached that conclusion,” said Sanders in Washington last week when asked about Clinton’s opposition to a trade agreement she championed repeatedly as secretary of state. “This is a conclusion that I reached from day one.” Yet Sanders is not alone in curating the battlefield for the Democratic debate. Clinton, while getting in line with progressive Democratic positions on big issues, has also been preparing to strike key contrasts with Sanders. 6 things to watch at the debate Guns are one policy issue where Sanders is not completely in sync with the Democratic base, so Clinton is likely to exploit it on Tuesday night. She has been promising a forthright effort to enact new gun control laws after a string of recent mass shootings. It partly seems to be an attempt to focus attention her rival’s record on guns, which recently saw him express his openness to reforms that would hold gun manufacturers liable for crimes committed with their weapons. Clinton has also spent the runup to the debate cementing her links to key voting blocs of the Democratic coalition – especially in sectors of the party where Sanders is weak. She can point to broad appeal in the party, which could be key to eventually blunting the challenge from Sanders after early-voting contests in the less diverse states of Iowa and New Hampshire where he is strong. Clinton’s challengers Sanders, O’Malley set the stage with fight night preview In recent weeks, Clinton has met representatives of the Black Lives Matter movement and has even criticized Obama for not going far enough in changing immigration laws. “Hillary has done a lot of work leading up to this debate that has pretty much gone unnoticed,” Patti Solis Doyle, Clinton’s 2008 campaign manager, said on CNN on Monday. “She’s rolled out Latinos for Hillary, she has rolled out Women for Hillary, she has met with the leadership of Black Lives Matter, she has checked a lot of boxes walking into this debate,” she noted. “I think she is going to display tomorrow night (Tuesday) her vast support among this coalition.” The challenge that Sanders faces reaching out to minority voters, who are a vital part of the Democratic Party voting bloc, was underscored by a new CNN poll Monday finding that only 1% of nonwhite voters in the important early voting state of South Carolina favor him. That is a showing that Sanders must improve on if he is to come from behind and beat Clinton for the nomination. Everything to know about the #DemDebate", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151013103000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/13/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-2016-election/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "435775760", "sentence": "NEW: Saudi officials say they will not comment on the Houthi claim of a jet shot down Images on social media purport to show parts of a downed jet, but skepticism is abundant One image being shared online shows a chunk of metal bearing words, \"Royal Saudi Air Force\" Rebels are claiming to have shot down a Saudi Arabian fighter jet on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, a Houthi military official said, but the Yemeni Embassy in Washington denied the claim as the Saudis remained silent. The Houthi official said the downed jet was an F-16, and several images published online – including on the Yemen Post’s Twitter and Facebook feeds – showed a purported image of the jet ablaze along with a photo of a piece of metal with the words, “Royal Saudi Air Force.” Houthi rebels seized two unexploded missiles from the site, and the pilot remains missing, the Yemen Post tweeted. One of the photos that the paper posted appeared to show an intact missile. The news service later reported, citing the Yemen Defense Ministry, that the plane was an F-15, not an F-16. CNN could find no record of the Saudi military possessing F-16s, but it does have many F-15s. In response to an inquiry from CNN, a Saudi official said the government would not comment on the claim. CNN cannot confirm the authenticity of the still images and video footage shared online. Mohammed Albasha, spokesman for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington, tweeted at first that the report couldn’t be confirmed before tweeting 10 hours later on Sunday that “reports of a downed F16/F15 in Yemen are false.” Those skeptical of the reports note that the images of the wreckage don’t show the plane’s body, only a missile and auxiliary fuel tank, both of which can be dropped by a pilot. This is not the first time the Houthis have said they downed a foreign fighter jet, nor would it be the first time such a report was denied. Earlier this month, they claimed to have shot down a Moroccan F-16 that was part of Saudi-led strikes in Yemen, but a Saudi military spokesman said the plane crashed, Reuters reported. In late March, Houthis claimed they shot down a Sudanese jet, capturing the pilot. They distributed photos of the pilot and wreckage to back up the claim. The Saudi-led coalition of nine countries conducted 94 airstrikes in the Yemeni capital Sunday, targeting six military bases, two Yemen Defense Ministry officials told CNN. The strikes on Sanaa remained ongoing into at least the early evening, but no casualties were reported. On Saturday, according to the defense ministry officials, Saudi-led strikes hit several Houthi-held positions in the capital, including a military depot. In the suburb of Sanhan, the hometown of ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key Houthi ally, strikes targeted residences and military depots, the officials said. Strikes also hit a military base in the Sanaa suburb of Khulan; a police training center in Dhamar, 100 kilometers south of the capital; several locations in Hajjah Governorate in the country’s northwest corner; and a training facility in al-Hudaydah on Yemen’s west coast. Casualties, including civilians, were reported in the Dhamar and Hajjah offensives, the officials said. Related video What is happening in Yemen? Houthi rebels also reportedly clashed with resistance forces in Abyan, Taiz, Mareb, Jawf and briefly in Aden, the officials said. The death toll hit 1,037 civilians Friday, according to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. The death toll includes 234 children. Also, the office reported, at least 2,453 civilians have been injured in clashes. Prisons and rehabilitation facilities have been hit in strikes as well, OHCHR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly said in a news release. “Many such facilities have been affected by airstrikes or by armed clashes. More than 4,000 inmates have fled while several have been killed or injured,” she said. Also plaguing the already-impoverished country as a result of the strikes are fuel and food shortages, as well as a lack of access to electricity, clean water and proper sanitation. There have also been reports of outbreaks of diseases such as scabies, caused by mites, and mycosis, caused by fungus, the U.N. office reported. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all sides to extend a humanitarian pause that ended last weekend and asked the parties involved to engage in upcoming talks in Geneva, set to begin Thursday. In what some media outlets are billing as a “snub,” President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi sent a letter to U.N. Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, apologizing that he will not be able to attend the Geneva talks, according to two aides accompanying Hadi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. CNN’s Hakim Almasmari and Christine Theodorou contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi-led coalition", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150524180000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/24/middleeast/yemen-houthis-claims-shoot-down-saudi-fighter-jet-airplane/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "705495239", "sentence": "Trump and Putin will not formally meet in Vietnam, the White House said But they informally chatted a multiple times President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold a formal meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit here in Vietnam, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has told reporters. But the two world leaders did informally speak a couple times during the two-day meeting. Trump and Putin were seen casually talking while walking to a photo-op at the Asian-Pacific Rim summit on Saturday. Flanked by sizable entourages, the two spoke for much of the walk down to a vista and stood next to each other for a photo. The chat, while brief, looked friendly, with both leaders speaking with their hands. Any interaction between the two world leaders is closely watched given the swirl of investigations into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, an issue that has plagued the Trump administration for months. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation issued his first indictments last week, bringing charges against former top Trump campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, who have pleaded not guilty. Trump and Putin also shook hands and spoke briefly before an APEC plenary session on Saturday and the two world leaders briefly met during a so-called class photo on Friday night, where all the heads of state come together to take a photo before the summit officially starts. The two shook hands and briefly spoke before the photo was snapped. Both wore the oversized, blue traditional-style Vietnamese shirt provided by the host country and stood next to one another for the picture. Citing “scheduling conflicts on both sides,” though, Sanders said Friday no formal meeting will take place during the two-day gathering. She did leave the door open to informal interactions between the two, a notion reinforced by her Russian counterparts. “Regarding a Putin meeting, there was never a meeting confirmed, and there will not be one that takes place due to scheduling conflicts on both sides,” Sanders said Friday. “There is no formal meeting or anything scheduled for them.” She added: “Now, they’re going to be in the same place. Are they going to bump into each other and say hello? Certainly possible, and likely. But in terms of a scheduled, formal meeting, there’s not one on the calendar and we don’t anticipate that there will be one.” Sanders’ statement contradicted what the Russian side told reporters for the last two days, adding to the drama around how Trump and Putin will interact at the international summit. “The meeting will take place on the sidelines,” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday after Sanders’ statement, adding that some encounter will take place “one way or another.” The possibility of a formal Trump-Putin meeting hung over the economic summit. Trump, Moon set to take questions in SeoulAs Trump lands in Seoul, 3 US carriers prepare for drill‘Wild card’ Trump heads into North Korea’s line of sightTrump’s Asia challenge: Be tough on trade and unified on North KoreaTrump in Japan: His first stop in Asia Trump, Moon set to take questions in SeoulAs Trump lands in Seoul, 3 US carriers prepare for drill‘Wild card’ Trump heads into North Korea’s line of sightTrump’s Asia challenge: Be tough on trade and unified on North KoreaTrump in Japan: His first stop in Asia Trump has long denied any collusion between his campaign and Russian operatives during the 2016 election. But US intelligence agencies concluded in a report released earlier this year that Russia ordered an “influence campaign” to harm Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the election. The delicateness of the Putin-Trump meeting was laid bare on Thursday – before Sanders’ statement – when the two sides gave dramatically different accounts on whether the two leaders would even meet in the first place. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told state-run news organization Itar Tass that Putin and Trump would meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific summit on Friday, adding that the two sides had already agreed to the time and place. While briefing reporters in China, though, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declined to say whether Putin and Trump would meet in Vietnam, telling reporters that officials are working to determine whether the two world leaders have sufficient areas of substance to discuss. “When the two leaders meet, is there something sufficiently substantive?” Tillerson said. “No conclusion has been made on that.” Given the intense focus on any interactions between Trump, his associates and Russian operatives, the meeting – particularly what is said and not said – could overshadow the focus of Trump’s trip to Vietnam, where the President is set to discuss business, trade and security with an array of Asian leaders. Related article Possible Trump-Putin meeting still under discussion, Tillerson says One cause for concern on the American side is how Trump and Putin’s first meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany caused a diplomatic dust-up over whether Trump accepted Putin’s assurances there was no Russian involvement in the 2016 American election. Trump opened his first sessions with Putin by “raising the concerns of the American people regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election,” Tillerson told reporters after the bilateral meeting. “The President pressed President Putin on more than one occasion regarding Russian involvement. President Putin denied such involvement, as I think he has in the past.” Tillerson didn’t say whether Trump accepted his denial. But while Tillerson was briefing US media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters that Trump accepted Putin’s denial. The charge was immediately denied by a senior Trump administration official, but the turnabout signaled that any diplomatic engagement between the two countries would be complicated and fraught. Aboard Air Force One as he kicked off his five-country, 13-day trip throughout Asia, Trump told reporters that he “expected” to meet with Putin on the visit because the United States hopes to enlist Russia in the fight against North Korea. “We want Putin’s help on North Korea,” he said. The first half of Trump’s trip through Asia has primarily focused on how to deal with the rogue nation. Trump gave a direct and bellicose speech in South Korea about Pyongyang, at one point speaking directly to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “North Korea is not the paradise your grandfather envisioned,” he said. “It is a hell that no person deserves.” Trump will continue to focus on North Korea in Vietnam, senior White House officials tell CNN, but his time at the summit will primarily focus on free trade. “The President’s engagements at APEC will reinforce the US commitment to an equitable, sustainable and rules-based international economic system based on market principles,” one official said. 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{"article_id": "727962439", "sentence": "The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is refuting the Republican memo alleging FBI abuses of surveillance authority, accusing House Republicans of being “part and parcel to an organized effort to obstruct” special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. New York Rep. Jerry Nadler released an analysis Saturday as a rebuttal to the Republican memo, spearheaded by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, which was released Friday. Nadler, who has viewed the classified materials that form the basis of the Republican memo, argues the FISA court had “probable cause” to believe Page was “an agent of foreign power” and that nothing in the Nunes memo proves that the government did not have enough evidence beyond the dossier to seek a FISA warrant. Related article The Nunes memo: 5 takeaways The Nunes memo accuses the FBI of abusing its authority in applying for a FISA warrant to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. It also alleges that then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the House Intelligence Committee that the surveillance warrant would not have been sought without the disputed opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia written by ex-British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. Nadler’s analysis called that claim “deliberately misleading and deeply wrong on the law,” noting that the Nunes memo itself says the FBI counterintelligence investigation was triggered by information on Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos in July 2016, before the Page FISA application was filed. Papadopoulos had come under investigation for contacts with a professor connected to the Russian government who had promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. That investigation was opened months before the Page application, after the FBI received information from the Australian government, CNN has reported. “Indeed, we have every indication that the government made its application to the court in good faith,” Nadler wrote in the six-page rebuttal obtained by CNN. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in October to making a false statement to the FBI after he lied about his interactions with foreign officials close to the Russian government. NBC News first reported the contents of Nadler’s analysis. Nadler’s document echoes remarks by California Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, who told reporters Friday that the Republican memo “cherry picks” information from McCabe’s testimony. Schiff argued that memo does not represent what McCabe told the House Intelligence Committee, and he said McCabe told the panel the “genesis of the investigation” did not begin with the dossier. The Steele dossier alleges that Page met senior Russian officials as an emissary of the Trump campaign and discussed quid-pro-quo deals relating to sanctions, business opportunities and Russia’s interference in the election. After Page took a trip to Russia in July 2016, the FBI grew concerned that he had been compromised by Russian operatives, US officials briefed on the matter told CNN. Page says he never cut any political deals with the Kremlin and says there was nothing illegal in his interactions with Russian officials. “The brave and assiduous oversight by Congressional leaders in discovering this unprecedented abuse of process represents a giant, historic leap in the repair of America’s democracy,” Page said in a statement Friday. Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, led by Schiff, have drafted their own 10-page memo in rebuttal to the Nunes memo, but the committee voted Monday to block its release.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican memo alleging FBI abuses of surveillance authority", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180204020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/nadler-democratic-rebuttal-nunes-memo/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "662853232", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him @aarondmiller2. Jason M. Brodsky is the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran. Follow him @JasonMBrodsky. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the authors. Miller and Brodsky: Growing tension in the Middle East could spell trouble for US policy in the region It could undermine the Trump administration's goals of fighting ISIS and brokering peace with Israel and Palestinians The growing rift within the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Saudi-led regional alliance, the isolation of Qatar and Wednesday’s terror attacks in Iran represent a witches’ brew of trouble for US policy in the Gulf and the attainment of the Trump administration’s goals in the region. It’s too early to predict to what extent, if at all, these events will reshape Arab politics or power balances. But here are the key takeaways: If ISIS’ claim of responsibility is true, it would mark its first major operation within Iran. Before Wednesday morning’s mayhem in the Iranian Parliament and in the mausoleum housing the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founding father of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Tehran routinely branded itself as an island of stability in an otherwise tumultuous neighborhood.  With destabilization of regional bulwarks after the Arab Spring – Iraq, Syria and Yemen – Iran positioned itself as an Islamic heavyweight not to be ignored. Whether the alleged ISIS attack opens an avenue of cooperation with Washington remains to be seen. Even as late as last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif proclaimed “[w]e derive stability not from ‘coalitions,’ but from our people, who – unlike many – do vote.” But for years Sunni Muslims living in Shiite Iran have been ostracized, officially and unofficially. For instance, Sunnis are not permitted to run for the presidency in Iran under Article 115 of its constitution, and despite the language in Article 12 that other sects within Islam are to be accorded “full respect,” the major and dominant form of Islam remains Shiite Twelver Ja’fari. Discrimination exists in other forms. For instance, news reports indicate that in major cities in Iran, Sunnis are prohibited from building their own mosques and that unofficial Sunni prayer spaces have been routinely destroyed. Likewise, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, officials arrested 20 Arab-Iranians on February 26, 2014, for conversion from Shiite to Sunni Islam. As in Iraq, with the oppression of a Sunni minority, such activity feeds alienation and results in a constituency ripe for radicalization by groups like ISIS, which has taken advantage of this dynamic, releasing its first Farsi video in March aiming “to defend their dignity and regain back the pride taken away by Iranian Shia authorities.” The ISIS attacks and the growing rift with Saudi Arabia will only deepen the accelerating trend toward hard-line policies even while the re-election of Hassan Rouhani as President has been cast by some observers as a victory for moderation over extremism. The hope was that Rouhani would capitalize on his popularity to usher in reforms, particularly in the non-nuclear aspects of Tehran’s problematic behavior, namely regional meddling, terrorism and human rights abuses. That’s not likely now. Related article Qatar's isolation only makes sense in Trump's world Just consider the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ statement after the terrorist attack: “This terrorist attack happened only a week after the meeting between the US President (Donald Trump) and the (Saudi) backward leaders who support terrorists. The fact that Islamic State has claimed responsibility proves that they were involved in the brutal attack.” The accusation of US support for terrorism directly undercuts any attempt at dialogue by Rouhani for sanctions relief and will weaken his standing in Tehran’s power games. With the reports that the FBI suspects Russian hackers were behind fake news being uploaded onto the website of Qatar’s state news agency, such a cyberintrusion represents another attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to undermine US alliances around the world – first NATO and now the Middle East. For Russia, undercutting GCC unity works to its advantage in a variety of theaters, most especially Syria. Rupturing relations between Qatar and key players in the GCC, like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, weakens the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS – of which all are members except for Russia. Related video Suicide bombs and gun attacks rock Tehran The Kremlin is bolstering the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad with the help of Iran, and the Tehran-Moscow axis benefits from such disunity, especially the prospect of luring Washington away from its al-Udeid Air Base, which houses more than 10,000 US servicemen and enhances the United States and partner capacity in carrying out strikes in Syria. The escalation of tensions between Qatar and key Gulf states is neither new nor completely reparable. Indeed, given the dramatic closure of Qatar’s land border and severing of critical air links, the Qataris will have to make significant concessions unless they’re prepared to risk a serious weakening of their economy. Still, unless the Saudis and Emiratis are prepared to launch a coup and replace the Thanis, the ruling family, whatever diplomacy succeeds in mending fences is certain to be temporary. At its core, this is a contest of wills over Qatar’s capacity to be an independent actor in the Gulf and in the region at large on a range of critical issues, including Qatar’s close economic ties with Iran, its right to publicly criticize its neighbors and its provocative tendencies to support a range of Islamist groups from Hamas to al-Qaeda affiliates. Related article Middle East madness engulfs Iran, Qatar and US Qatar seems determined to follow its own course and to choose its own allies and adversaries. One choice – its relationship with the United States – resulted in an agreement to host the strategically situated air base at al-Udeid and gave the Qataris significant leverage with Washington. Other choices to support Islamist forces seeking to overthrow regimes in Egypt and Tunisia  and to support a variety of extremists groups in Syria brought it into conflict with its more conservative neighbors, who saw Islamist challenges during the Arab Spring as threats against their own rule. It’s ironic that GCC unity now appears more fraught than ever, particularly in the wake of President Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia and the aura of unity and togetherness that seemed to mark his meetings there. The idea that any administration would be able to put together a functional and powerful alignment of Sunni Arab states marshaled in the service of US policy goals was always a fraught, some would say elusive, goal. Part of the problem is the fractiousness of relations between Arab states, part is their own agendas, and part are very real differences between Washington and the Arab world on issues ranging from Iran to Arab-Israeli peace to Syria. The emergence of the Trump administration, particularly its harder line on Iran and the Islamists, seemed to offer a chance to mend relations with the Gulf and enlist their support in carrying out Trump’s three core Middle East objectives: destroy ISIS, roll back Iran and deliver Israeli-Palestinian peace. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Trump’s strong backing for Saudi Arabia didn’t create this crisis with Qatar, but it likely emboldened the Saudis to act now. It’s hard to see how any of this will end happily. If the United States tries to mediate, chances are it will fail; if it doesn’t, the United States will be perceived to have been marginalized. And if it chooses, as the President did on Twitter, to back the Saudis, it will find itself in the middle of a rift that will weaken the GCC. Indeed, Trump will learn an important lesson about the Middle East: Great powers meddle in the affairs of small tribes at their own risk.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170608001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/opinions/middle-east-takeways-opinion-miller-brodsky/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "481506654", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Candida Moss is a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and co-author of “Reconceiving Infertility: Biblical Perspectives on Childlessness and Procreation” (Princeton University Press, 2015). The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Candida Moss: Two at Vatican arrested for allegedly leaking documents to book authors. Is Pope Francis' papacy different from others? She says move fits with perception that even \"kinder, gentler\" church would rather rout whistleblowers than fight internal corruption On Monday, news broke that the Vatican is pursuing legal action against Spanish priest Monsignor Vallejo Balda and PR expert Francesca Chaouqui for a “serious betrayal of trust.” According to news reports, the two former members of a papal commission established to reform church finances were arrested for allegedly leaking confidential documents to the authors of forthcoming books on the Vatican. The arrests are reminiscent of the “Vatileaks” scandal that plagued Pope Benedict XVI three years ago, which many feel contributed to his resignation. As with the Vatileaks scandal, this week’s news concerns economic corruption and fiscal irresponsibility in the church, although the full impact of the alleged leaks will be learned only when the tell-all books are released. And, as with the Vatileaks scandal, the most visible response by the church has been to silence its whisteblowers and control the public relations fallout. Certainly the Vatican has the legal and ethical high ground here: It says that documents were stolen from it and leaked to the press. This kind of thing is a criminal offense, punishable by a prison term up to eight years and a fine of 5000 euros (about $5,500). Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi was clear that this was not an inside job intended to strengthen the Pope’s position, but rather that the alleged leaking of these documents undermines the work of the church by creating “confusion.” Related video Top Vatican bank officials resign But none of that matters. The reputation of the Vatican succeeds or fails on the transparency issue. We can see this merely by looking at responses to various events in Francis’ papacy. His enormous and almost unprecedented popularity has been built not only on his emphasis on the poor and the marginalized, his extension of mercy to all and his charismatic personality, but also on the air of openness and sincerity that surrounds his person. Francis not only meanders out to greet an adoring crowd, he also wanders wildly off-script. And in these moments of spontaneous preaching and unscheduled meet-and-greets he seems most approachable, most loving and most honest. It is this sense – that Francis is honest and sincere – that undergirds his success. His words of love and forgiveness for those who have had abortions, his concern for immigrants and his insistence on care for the environment have garnered him a great deal of attention. But very little about the content of what he said was new. Pope John Paul II extended mercy to those who had had abortions, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has been a vocal advocate for immigrants for decades, and Benedict XVI also stressed the dangers of destroying the environment. The difference is that people believe Francis. He seems sincere and transparent and because of that, his popularity ratings have remained consistently high. Related video Pope Francis meets with, hugs same-sex couple Francis’ popularity suffered, however, during the Kim Davis affair. That conservative Christianity’s poster girl for traditional marriage attended a meeting with him sent shock waves through the media. Francis is on the record as favoring traditional marriage, but Davis attending the meeting – held with a larger group, according to a Vatican spokesman – created a stir because it appeared, at first, that the Vatican was trying to conceal it. Francis’ reputation was dented because, for the first time, people wondered if he is all that he seems. The news that the Vatican is actively pursuing charges against whistleblowers is sure to backfire. This is a pre-emptive strike against bad publicity, but it will do little to bolster the church’s reputation. The speed with which whistleblowers were investigated and arrested contrasts with the glacial pace at which Vatican reforms take place and the mild punishments meted out to those accused of economic irresponsibility. The incident seems to suggest a pattern in which the church is more interested in punishing those who breach confidentiality than those who are financially corrupt. Ultimately, this will only draw more attention to the soon-to-be-released books and will cement the idea that, when it comes to transparency and fiscal responsibility, very little has changed. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vatican", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151103173000", "country1": "VAT", "country2": "ESP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/opinions/moss-vatican-arrests-will-backfire/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "702400841", "sentence": "Here’s how Donald Trump, aka the President of the United States, responded on Twitter to the news that his one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been indicted on a dozen counts of money laundering and filing false lobbying forms for his work in foreign countries: “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????…….Also, there is NO COLLUSION!” Trump hasn’t yet responded to the subsequent news that George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to his presidential campaign, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI regarding the timing and nature of his contacts with Russian foreign nationals – a much bigger story in regards Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election. But the White House is making clear that their argument on Papadopoulos will be the same as their argument on Manafort: This guy hasn’t been around Trump in a long time! Nothing to see here! Focus on Hillary Clinton! “There is clear evidence that the Clinton campaign colluded with Russia to smear the President,” argued White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Monday afternoon. That line will work with Trump’s core supporters who believe whatever he tells them to believe or, perhaps more accurately, don’t believe anything the mainstream media tells them to believe. ( A majority of Republicans – 53% – said in a June CBS News poll that the special counsel investigation is a “political distraction.”) The problem for Trump – support from his base notwithstanding – is that he is making a political argument in response to a legal problem. And that almost certainly won’t work. Trump’s goal – from the start of the appointment of Bob Mueller as a special counsel in May to look into the allegations of Russian meddling and collusion – has been to disqualify the findings and the discredit the people investigating. Mueller and fired FBI director Jim Comey are friends! Several members of Mueller’s team have donated to Democrats! Uranium! Emails! All of these “stories” are aimed at providing fodder for Fox News and other conservative outlets to counter Mueller’s ongoing investigation. The idea is simple: Convince conservatives that what they might be hearing about indictments and guilty pleas are a distraction from the real story, which is, of course, how the last administration and Hillary Clinton did something super nefarious. And yet, no matter how many conservatives or even Republican elected officials (and that list is growing) call on Mueller to resign or argue that he’s missing the real story, Mueller and his team just keep moving forward. Short of firing Mueller, which Trump has publicly ruled out (for now), nothing that Trump can or will do can change that legal march. (And, if he fired Mueller, there would almost certainly be a push from Congress to immediately appoint another special counsel or even to re-appoint Mueller.) Today marks another step forward. The Manafort and Gates indictment and the Papadopoulos guilty plea feel like the beginning of the next stage of Mueller’s investigation, not its end point. As the process moves more into the legal realm – as opposed to the political one – the tougher it is for Trump to effectively argue that this is all a witch hunt. Guilty pleas and indictments are not just spin from people out to hurt Trump because they don’t like his policies. Nor are they meaningless back and forth amid the heat of a political campaign. These are serious charges with serious legal consequences. No matter how harshly Trump attacks Mueller or those around him – or dismisses the importance of Manafort or Papadopoulos – it doesn’t change the real legal peril these folks face. Now. Trump broke every rule of conventional politics – or at least most of them – when he won the presidency last year. Much like George Costanza, Trump did the opposite at all times – and it worked. Is it possible that, in the face of the legal proceedings facing former Trump officials, people simply don’t care? Sure. (In the words of Kevin Garnett, anything is possible!) But the key question is whether the American public – up to and including loosely affiliated Trump voters in 2016 – are willing to believe that the Justice Department and Mueller are willing to risk their credibility and that of the American justice system to pursue a trumped up (ahem) case against a variety of Trump campaign officials. Count me as skeptical.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171030200000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/trump-legal-political-manafort/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "546950570", "sentence": "Editor’s note: Hayder al-Khoei is research director at the Centre for Academic Shia Studies and an associate fellow of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House. He is a member of the Atlantic Council Task Force on the Future of Iraq. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Iraq’s ongoing military campaign to liberate the ISIS stronghold of Falluja is being sensationally framed in too much of the media coverage and commentary as a Shia versus Sunni war. Besides being inaccurate, this does a disservice to both the Shia and Sunni Iraqis working hand-in-hand to defeat ISIS. Despite some attempts to portray the campaign in Falluja as Iran-led, it is being led by the Iraqis themselves with support from both Iran and the United States. The tip of the spear in Falluja is not an Iranian-backed paramilitary group but the U.S.-created Counter Terrorism Service and its elite U.S.-trained Special Forces known locally as the Golden Division. These forces, besides being a mixed Shia-Sunni unit, are led by a Kurdish commander. Related video U.S. forces play key role in retaking ISIS stronghold Voices from Falluja: What families took with them More importantly, alongside both the Iraqi security forces and Shia paramilitaries, there are thousands of Sunni tribal fighters who are officially part of the state-sponsored Popular Mobilization Forces – crudely, and again inaccurately, referred to in much of the Iraq commentary as “Shia militias.” A flashpoint of the Falluja coverage has been the Shia paramilitary forces who played a key role in not just blunting ISIS offensives but also in liberating much of the territory that has been retaken by Iraqi forces since the army’s humiliating defeat in June 2014. These Shia forces are on the outskirts of Falluja and are not expected to be part of a ground assault into the city. But exaggerated fears are nonetheless constantly raised over what would happen if Iraqi Shias enter a Sunni-dominated Iraqi city. It will be difficult to prevent retribution in any post-ISIS scenario and indeed there have been documented cases of this elsewhere in the country. But to continue to portray and place this violence within a broader Shia versus Sunni narrative is a gross simplification of the realities on the ground. Related video Iraqi military advancing on key ISIS-held city ISIS systematically destroys the communities and cities they control through ruthless co-optation of the local population. When a city is liberated from ISIS, it is not just some Shia soldiers or paramilitary forces that seek revenge but also the Sunnis who lived under the tyranny of ISIS’ occupation. It is the locals who have a much better understanding of who the collaborators in their own city and neighborhood were. Opinion: No easy victories in battle to free Falluja When Tikrit was liberated by Iraqi forces in March 2015, there was a fierce inter-tribal struggle as locals took revenge against those who joined or helped ISIS. Even this episode of Sunni-Sunni score-settling was portrayed in much of the commentary as sectarian Shia-Sunni retaliatory attacks. Related video Iraqi military battles ISIS for control of Falluja The relentless focus on sectarianism when discussing Falluja led one Iraq-based journalist to tweet: “Falluja will take time, and will be very messy. But there’s a current of poor commentary that’s more sectarian than the situation itself.” At a time when sectarian dynamics is one of many factors fueling the crises in Iraq and beyond, it is important for Western journalists and analysts to not be more sectarian than the Iraqis on the ground actually fighting ISIS. Iraq’s fight against ISIS is not a sectarian war between Iraqis but a nation’s struggle against terrorism. It is not surprising that much of the regional media portray the events in Falluja as part of a broader sectarian war, especially when this serves the political agendas of governments that control these outlets. However, Western media coverage should be much more nuanced and sophisticated and not play into ISIS’ hands who desperately want to make this a black-and-white sectarian war. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraq's military campaign to liberate Falluja", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160603184500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/opinions/falluja-shias-sunnis-iraq-isis/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "723782591", "sentence": "An experimental blood test could make it easier to detect cancers in their early stages, study suggests Experts caution that more research is needed before such a test could be widely used Scientists have made progress on developing an experimental blood test that could detect many types of cancer in their early stages, and possibly even their locations in the body. The noninvasive blood test was shown to detect the presence of common tumors of the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectum, lung and breast, according to a study published in the journal Science on Thursday. This blood test, called CancerSEEK, could cost less than $500, which is comparable to or lower than other screening tests, such as a colonoscopy, according to the study. The study was funded by many foundations, research groups, and grants, while many of the study authors have ties to biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies, as well as patents. Yet as of now, the study only “lays the conceptual and practical foundation” for a cancer-screening blood test and much more research needs to be done before such a test could be widely used, the researchers wrote in the study. Related article Colon cancer deaths rise among younger adults, and no one knows why The researchers hope that their test could make detecting early-stage cancers easier in the future. “The success rate of therapeutics and surgeries is going to be much, much higher, we believe, if the cancer is found very early, before symptoms,” said Dr. Nickolas Papadopoulos, professor of oncology and pathology at Johns Hopkins Medicine and senior author of the study. “This is the first step,” he said about the study. “The results are good enough to warrant the next step, which is to test this in a screening setting, meaning in thousands of individuals that actually do not have cancer and see really how well our test works.” Some of the blood tests currently used to diagnose cancer include complete blood count, blood protein testing, tumor marker tests, and circulating tumor cell tests. With the exception of detecting blood cancers, however, those tests “generally can’t absolutely tell whether you have cancer or some other noncancerous condition,” according to Mayo Clinic’s website. Rather, the tests offer doctors clues as to what’s going on inside your body. Related article Study sheds light on the 'other' breast cancer genes For the blood test approach used in the new study, the researchers combined assessing levels of circulating proteins in the blood and mutations in cell-free DNA. Specifically, the researchers evaluated levels of eight proteins and the presence of mutations in 2,001 genomic positions to detect signs of cancer. Dr. Martin Widschwendter, a professor and head of the department of women’s cancer at University College London, who was not involved in the new study, described the approach as “groundbreaking.” “All these different components in isolation have been demonstrated in the past for individual cancers. The groundbreaking nature is that blood protein markers have been combined with DNA markers and analyzed in a set of individuals with various cancers and controls,” he said. Related video Medical tests all women should receive The test was then given to 1,005 patients who previously had been diagnosed with stage I to III cancers of the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectum, lung or breast. Currently, no blood-based tests are in common clinical use for earlier detection of those cancers, the researchers noted in their study. The average sensitivity of the tests was 70% among the eight cancer types, researchers found. CancerSEEK was able to detect 98% of ovarian cancers, but when it came to the much more common breast cancer, the accuracy was significantly lower, at 33%. The researchers also developed an algorithm to determine the source of the cancer identified in the positive tests, and they were able to localize the source to a single organ in an average of 63% of these patients. The researchers also gave the test to 812 healthy patients and found that only seven of them resulted in a false-positive. Related video Training dogs to detect cancer “We were pleasantly surprised that we could detect the amount of cancers that we were able to detect,” Papadopoulos said. “We were even more pleasantly surprised that not only we detected cancers, but with some degree of certainty, we were able to localize it to at least two sites as to where these cancers might be.” The study had some limitations, including that the patients in the study already had been diagnosed with cancer, mostly based on symptoms. So patients in a real-life screening likely would have less advanced disease and might be more difficult to test. Also, in a real-life scenario, even healthy patients who would be tested could have inflammatory or other diseases that could skew test results, which wasn’t seen among the healthy patients in the study. The researchers have moved forward with a follow-up, five-year study to further evaluate the blood test, Papadopoulos said in a teleconference with reporters on Friday. While the recently published study appears “promising,” several of those caveats need to be addressed before researchers can contemplate how the blood test might play out in screening settings, Mangesh Thorat, deputy director of the Barts Clinical Trials Unit at the Center for Cancer Prevention at Queen Mary University of London, said in a written media statement. “This is only a case-control study, and therefore needs further evaluation in large cohorts more representative of (the) general population,” said Thorat, who was not involved in the study. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. “The sensitivity of the test in stage I cancer is quite low, about 40%, and even with stage I and II combined it appears to be around 60%. So the test will still miss a large proportion of cancers at the stage where we want to diagnose them,” he said. “The proportion of common cancers – breast, lung, colorectal – detected is again not as high as other, rarer cancers. This may mean that a screening program has to test a very large number of individuals to detect one cancer.” While far more research needs to be done to develop such a blood test to detect early-stage cancers in the general population, the new study provides an additional piece to that puzzle, said Widschwendter. “There is a lot more work to be done before a blood test can be offered for early diagnosis of a combination of various cancers,” he said. “There is a long way to go before we can actually do this.” CNN’s Zahid Mahmood contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "CancerSEEK blood test", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180119183000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/health/cancer-blood-test-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "655890907", "sentence": "More than half of international travelers are not getting vaccinated against measles when they should, a study says Here's a guide to which vaccinations are recommended before traveling to which countries There’s cholera, which can give you explosive diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps. Then there’s measles, which can give you a high fever, cough, runny nose and rash. Don’t forget yellow fever, which can come with chills, headache and nausea. Those are just a few of the illnesses, sometimes fatal, that pose a risk to international travelers. Yet many jet-setters might overlook getting vaccinated for them before touring the world. Slightly more than half of international travelers in the United States who were eligible to receive the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine before traveling did not get vaccinated between 2009 and 2014, according to a new study that published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday. Therefore, those travelers were probably at risk for being infected with measles while abroad, said Dr. Emily Hyle, an instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and lead author of the paper. Related video Sneeze on a plane: A chance of getting the measles “Pre-travel vaccinations are important because diseases that aren’t found in the United States, such as typhoid or yellow fever, may be a risk in other countries. These diseases can be severe or even fatal,” said Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky, an expert travel health consultant with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Travelers’ Health Branch and a professor at Emory University. She was not involved in the new study. “Even diseases that do occur in the United States, such as measles or hepatitis A, are often more common in other countries,” she said. “Several countries in Europe are currently experiencing measles outbreaks, which emphasizes how important it is for travelers to be up-to-date on routine vaccines as well as get travel-related vaccines.” Related article Measles outbreak surging in Italy as officials urge confidence in vaccines Measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000 but remains common in many other parts of the world, such as Western Europe, where the measles virus causes death in at least one in 5,000 cases. As many as one in 100 die from measles in the poorest regions of the world, according to the University of Oxford in England. This year, the CDC has reported outbreaks of measles in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Guinea and Romania. Also, the measles virus is found regularly in Indonesia. Measles, in particular, is a highly infectious illness that can spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes, according to the National Health Service in England. Related video Measles: Why not vaccinating your kids can be deadly Yet, every year, immunization prevents between 2 million and 3 million deaths around the world in all age groups from diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and measles, according to the World Health Organization. Measles vaccination resulted in a 79% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015 worldwide, the agency said. In 2015, about 85% of the world’s children received one dose of measles vaccine by their first birthday, according to the WHO. The vaccine is typically given to children in two doses: at 12 months and at 4 to 6 years old. For adults, officials recommend vaccination if you didn’t receive it as a child or haven’t had all three diseases. The new study is based on 40,810 adult travelers who each visited one of 24 Global TravEpiNet clinic sites, affiliated with a hospital, medical school, doctor’s office, pharmacy or public health clinic, in the US between 2009 and 2014. Of those travelers, 6,612 were eligible for MMR vaccine at the time of their visit, before they went abroad. However, 3,477 – or 53% – ended up not getting vaccinated, the data revealed. Related article Deadly measles complication is more common than thought, study says “We were surprised to see such a high number of missed opportunities for MMR vaccination, even in these specialized travel clinics,” Hyle said. “To my knowledge, our study presents the largest analysis of systematically collected data about pre-travel MMR vaccination,” she said. “Providers should have clear discussions with their patients about the potential risks of having measles illness and the risks of spreading the disease upon return to the US, especially to the very young and the immunosuppressed.” People with certain health conditions and children under 6 months old should not be vaccinated, Hyle said. After analyzing questionnaires taken during each traveler’s visit, the researchers found that 48% of those who were not vaccinated – despite being eligible because they had not received it before – refused the vaccination, as most thought it was unnecessary. Among 28%, the provider deemed the vaccine to be unnecessary, and for the remaining 24%, there were barriers to getting vaccinated, such as the patient being referred to another provider for the vaccine and never going. “People often underestimate the risk of getting infections,” said Dr. Pritish Tosh, an infectious disease physician and researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who was not involved in the new paper. Related article Concerned about vaccine safety? Here are the facts The highest-risk group for travel-related illnesses tends to be people who think they are at a lower risk, Tosh said. For instance, “people who were from a country and come to the United States to live and then they visit their friends and relatives back in their country of origin and they often think, ‘Well, when I was there, things were fine,’ and they don’t seek travel advice. They don’t get medications to prevent malaria. They don’t get vaccinations and these other things,” he said. “So, the people who think they are the lowest risk actually have the highest risk of getting some sort of travel-related infection, mostly because they don’t think they are at risk.” Hyle said more research is needed to determine whether the new study findings might be generalizable to other health clinics and travelers. “Additionally, travelers who seek pre-travel medical advice may be more likely to be up-to-date on their vaccines and might be more likely to accept vaccination than travelers who do not seek pre-travel advice; as a result, our findings might underestimate opportunities for MMR vaccination among travelers,” she said. Measles isn’t the only vaccine-related health issue flagged under the CDC’s travel notices. Related video The dangers of yellow fever “Hepatitis A is a potential risk almost anywhere in the world, so this vaccine is recommended for almost all international travelers,” said the CDC’s Kozarsky. “Yellow fever is a risk in parts of South America and Africa, and malaria is found in parts of South America and Asia and is very common in Africa,” she said. “There is no vaccine for malaria, but travelers can take medicine to prevent it.” Last month, the WHO and the CDC expanded the list of areas in which yellow fever vaccination is recommended for travelers to include parts of Brazil. The WHO recommends vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days prior to travel. “There is currently a large outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil, and a shortage of vaccine may make it difficult for some travelers to be vaccinated. Because of the seriousness of yellow fever disease, CDC recommends that people who cannot get the vaccine not travel, so travelers to areas where yellow fever vaccine is required or recommended should plan well in advance to get vaccinated,” Kozarsky said. Related video Nigeria's fight against polio In Nigeria, health officials have reported several cases of wild poliovirus, and the CDC recommends that all travelers to that country be fully vaccinated against polio. The CDC recommended Friday that adult travelers visiting areas with endemic or epidemic cholera receive a vaccine called Vaxchora, the only such vaccine licensed for use in the US. The cholera bacterium, which is rare in industrialized nations, has been associated with outbreaks in Mexico, Haiti, parts of Asia and parts of Africa. The WHO recently has responded in “full emergency mode” to an upsurge in cholera cases in Yemen, it said last week. Related video Busting common myths about vaccines “The cholera vaccine in the US is new, and while everyone should be vaccinated against measles, whether or not they are traveling, not everyone needs to be vaccinated against cholera,” said Dr. Jason Harris, associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. “There are vaccines, like Vaxchora, which can protect travelers from serious infections that they might be exposed to while traveling overseas,” he said. “Another important benefit is that travel vaccines may also prevent people from carrying infections to another country or back home with them, so these vaccines may not only benefit the traveler but in some cases their families and communities as well.” If you are venturing across countries, the Mayo Clinic’s Tosh offered some travel advice and recommended visiting a travel clinic. “The travel clinic will not only give you vaccines you need, medications in case you are going to a malaria-endemic area to prevent malaria, medication in case you get travel diarrhea; but also, most importantly, the travel clinic will give you advice to make sure you know how to prevent infections, including how to avoid insect bites and how to ensure you are consuming safe food and water,” Tosh said. “I would also encourage people to make sure they have gotten their routine vaccine series that are recommended to them,” he said. “Things to also do when traveling overseas is – the US State Department actually has a very nice website for travelers – to know the types of safety issues and how to get in contact with the consulate. The State Department website will also talk about scams that can happen, and it is country-specific.” See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. Experts can’t predict which travel-related diseases are likely to have a large impact this summer, but mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika have affected large numbers of travelers in the past, said Kozarsky, the CDC expert. “Unfortunately, no vaccines for these diseases have been licensed in the United States, so it’s important for travelers to take steps to prevent mosquito bites,” she said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "pre-travel vaccination for international travelers", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170515220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/health/travel-vaccinations-measles-study/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "584277759", "sentence": "NEW:  Toxicology analysis is underway Police: The sisters died of acute pulmonary edema Two American sisters found unresponsive in their resort in  the Seychelles died of excess fluid in their lungs, according to  authorities in the island nation off Africa’s east coast. Autopsies performed Wednesday showed Robin Korkki, 42, of Chicago, and Anne Korkki, 37, of Denver, died from acute pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, police told the Seychelles News Agency. Cerebral edema, or excess fluid in the brain, also contributed to Anne Korkki’s death, the news agency reported. No explanation was offered for the fluid buildup in the women’s lungs. Experts are conducting a toxicology analysis in a forensic laboratory in neighboring Mauritius, according to the news agency. Resort management discovered the women unresponsive September 22 in their villa, Seychelles police spokesman Jean Toussaint told CNN. No visible signs of injuries were found on the bodies, he said. The sisters were staying at the Maia resort on Seychelles’ main island, Mahe. Seychelles authorities have contacted US officials, and both nations are treating the investigation as high priority, Toussaint said. He declined to provide further information, citing privacy and ongoing investigations. Calls to the US consular agency in the Seychelles went unanswered. Worried relatives in the sisters’ native Minnesota are seeking answers. In Minneapolis, their brother told a newspaper that the family is getting no information on the case. Some family members have traveled to the Seychelles to gather details and bring the sisters’ bodies home. “At this point, the only details we know are the articles flying around online,” Chris Korkki told the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune this week. “Two things keep going through my mind: This isn’t happening, and we just want answers.” He said his sisters were healthy and adventurous, and loved to “experience life to the fullest.” They had been posting photos on social media showing them swimming and having fun while on the vacation. Anne Korkki moved to Denver last year, and worked for JP Morgan Chase, the brother told CNN affiliate KCNC. Robin Korkki worked as a commodities trader in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reported. The Seychelles is a popular tourist destination because of its pristine beaches, warm water and coral reefs. The Korkki sisters were staying in Mahe, one of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean nation. They arrived in the Seychelles on September 15 and were due to leave September 24, two days after they were found dead, Toussaint said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Seychelles authorities", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160930081500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYC", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/us/seychelles-american-sisters-found-dead/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "757336053", "sentence": "Elizabeth Hurley believes Meghan Markle will have a seamless transition into the royal family because of her Hollywood roots. “I kind of look at the royal family as being a bit like show business,” Hurley told CNN at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Gala on Thursday. “Every time they go out, it’s like they’re on a red carpet. They’re scrutinized, they’re looked at. She’s had that anyway because she was a major television star – and a very talented one – and a beautiful young woman who everyone wanted to talk to.” The British actress added, “I have a feeling she’s going to be a fantastic asset to our royal family.” Hurley currently stars on the E! series, “The Royals,” a fictional show about the British monarchy. Related: Royal wedding 2018: What we know so far “Having a fabulous actress marrying into the royal family, there is a slight little tinge that it’s a bit more like our show now,” she said. Related: The Royal Wedding Harry and Meghan At her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday, Markle has chosen to begin her walk down the aisle  alone – an unprecedented step for a royal UK bride. As for whether she will forgo another tradition by not wearing a tiara, Hurley is holding out hope that Markle will wear one. “I think she should wear a tiara and I think it should have big rocks in it,” Hurley laughed. “I think she should wear the Queen’s best one!”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Meghan Markle", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180519044500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/entertainment/elizabeth-hurley-meghan-markle-advice-wedding/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "661621606", "sentence": "The war room would handle rapid response related to Russia matters Next week's testimony by Comey could prove to be the most pivotal moment for Trump's administration As the White House braces for fired FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony next week, efforts continue to set up a so-called “war room” to handle questions about the investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election, a senior administration official told CNN Saturday. The war room would handle rapid response related to Russia matters – for instance, by pulling and sharing press clips and videos with the media. Asked about recent reporting that the war room could take the shape of a 501(c)(4) nonprofit group, the official said that was possible and added that it was also possible that there could be several “war rooms” set up The official suggested that coordination among the groups would not be necessary, since they would all be working on the same goal: defending the President. Related article Former FBI Director James Comey to testify in Senate June 8 It’s not year clear what the Republican National Committee’s role is going to be. The White House has been buffeted by a series of negative headlines regarding the Russia investigation and whether associates of President Donald Trump colluded with Russia. Meanwhile, the administration faces an uphill battle over the President’s legislative agenda in the Republican-controlled Congress, largely due to divisions within the president’s own party. Related article Can Trump block Comey from testifying? White House could try to invoke executive privilege The intense focus on the Russia investigation has already been a distraction. Next week’s testimony by Comey, who is expected to say the President asked him to end the investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, could prove to be the most pivotal moment for Trump’s young administration. Democrats are likely to press the former director on whether he viewed the President’s comments as an effort to obstruct justice – an impeachable offense – and Republicans are likely to press Comey on why he did not make his concerns about his conversations with Trump known before he was fired. Comey kept detailed memos of his conversations with the President, a topic sure to come up during the hearing. Related article What was James Comey thinking when he met with Trump? A source with knowledge of Comey’s thinking told CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger the former director was “disturbed” by his interactions with the President but “thought he had the situation under control.” In recent days, the White House has begun referring all questions regarding the Russia investigation to outside counsel Marc Kasowitz. Though Kasowitz was spotted at the White House with Ivanka Trump late last month, he has yet to speak publicly about the issue, though the official says he has been empowered by the White House to answer questions on the matter.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170603194500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/03/politics/white-house-war-room-russia-investigation/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "637742539", "sentence": "Spokesman for UK Prime Minister says Britain has received assurances that claims won't be repeated White House Press Secretary read out media claims of GCHQ involvement in Trump spying White House press secretary Sean Spicer flatly denied Friday that the White House apologized to the British government after citing an uncorroborated Fox News report to allege that a UK intelligence agency spied on President Donald Trump at the behest of former President Barack Obama. Earlier in the day, however, a senior administration official told CNN that Spicer and national security adviser H.R. McMaster offered what amounted to an apology to the British government for Spicer’s comments on Thursday, when he cited a Fox News report that said British intelligence helped wiretap Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign. “I don’t think we regret anything,” Spicer told reporters at a gaggle Friday afternoon. Asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta if there was an apology by the administration to the British government over the matter, Spicer replied, “No, we were just passing on news reports.” Earlier Friday, a White House official told CNN that McMaster spoke with his British counterpart on Thursday about Spicer’s comment. The official described the conversation as “cordial” where McMaster described Spicer’s comment as “unintentional.” McMaster also told his counterpart that “their concerns were understood and heard and it would be relayed to the White House.” The official said there were “at least two calls” from British officials on Thursday and that the British ambassador to the United States called Spicer to discuss the comment. “Sean was pointing to the breadth of reporting, not endorsing any specific story,” the official said. White House officials later told CNN that it was British ambassador to the US Kim Darroch and Sir Mark Lyall Grant, national security adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May, who “expressed their concerns to Sean Spicer and Gen. McMaster” in two separate conversations on Thursday. “Mr. Spicer and Gen. McMaster explained that Mr. Spicer was simply pointing to public reports, not endorsing any specific story,” one official said. Spicer spoke to Darroch face-to-face at a White House St. Patrick’s Day event, according to a British government official, who described the meeting as “serious” in tone and said it was not cordial. Earlier Friday, a spokesman for May said senior UK officials had protested to the Trump administration after the claims were repeated by Spicer. “We’ve made clear to the US administration that these claims are ridiculous and should be ignored. We’ve received assurances that these allegations won’t be repeated,” May’s spokesman said. Related video Trump doubles down on wiretapping claims At a Thursday press briefing, Spicer read out allegations originally made on Tuesday on Fox News by legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, that the UK intelligence agency GCHQ – the equivalent of the US National Security Agency –  had spied on Trump. “Judge Andrew Napolitano made the following statement, quote, ‘Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command (to spy on Trump). He didn’t use the NSA, he didn’t use the CIA … he used GCHQ,’” Spicer told journalists. The strong language from Downing Street – which followed a similar, rare statement from the UK intelligence agency GCHQ – indicated that the British government was furious that the US had made such an incendiary allegation. GCHQ  said the claim was “nonsense” and should be ignored. The agency rarely comments on specific operations, and almost never in such blunt terms. Asked if the conversations between the US and British officials were heated, the British government official pointed to the rarity of a GCHQ public statement on the matter, saying, “you can draw your conclusions from there.” Then, at a regular press briefing, Downing Street said it had sought and received reassurances that the allegations would not be repeated. The UK government’s eavesdropping agency, it carries out electronic surveillance to combat terrorism, cyber threats and serious crime.It’s one of three UK intelligence agencies, the others being MI5, the domestic security service, and MI6, the foreign intelligence service.GCHQ’s collaboration with the United States dates back to the Second World War.Its operations are shrouded in secrecy and it rarely makes public statements.It has its headquarters in the English spa town of Cheltenham and says it employs more than 6,000 people. “This shows the administration doesn’t give the allegations any credence,” the Downing Street spokesman said. “We have a close special relationship with the White House and that allows us to raise concerns as and when they arise, as was true in this case,” he added. Britain is particularly sensitive to any suggestion that the US would use GCHQ to keep “American fingerprints” off the spying. UK intelligence agencies work closely with their US counterparts, as well as those in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as part of the “Five Eyes” intelligence sharing agreement. May’s spokesman argued this pact precluded the kind of spying alleged by Napolitano, saying: “I would add as a matter of fact that under the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence agreement, we cannot use each other’s capabilities to circumvent the law. It’s a situation that simply wouldn’t arise.” Claims by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden led to questions over GCHQ’s relationship with the NSA. It was censured by a UK tribunal in 2015 for not making enough information public about how it shares Internet surveillance data with its US counterpart. Susan Rice, national security adviser in the Obama administration, said Spicer’s claims put the intelligence-sharing relationship between the US and UK at risk.”The cost of falsely blaming our closest ally for something this consequential cannot be overstated,” she wrote on Twitter. Tim Farron, leader of the UK Liberal Democrat party – the junior coalition partner in the last British government – described the White House claim as “shameful” and said it risked harming US and UK security. “Trump is compromising the vital UK-US security relationship to try to cover his own embarrassment,” he tweeted. The Senate Intelligence Committee had said on Thursday  it had found no evidence Trump Tower had been under surveillance in 2016, contrary to Trump’s previous claims. “Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016,” committee chair Richard Burr said. Related video Ryan: I've seen no evidence wiretap occured The same day, House Speaker Paul Ryan told CNN in an interview that he also hadn’t seen any evidence of a wiretap or a surveillance order against Trump Tower. On Friday, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, told CNN’s Manu Raju that Obama is owed an apology for Trump’s “reckless” comment on wiretapping. And Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pennsylvania, warned that Trump’s comments and the White House’s decision to dig in on the claims are undercutting the President’s credibility and sapping his political capital at a time when he’s trying to push a budget and health care overhaul through Congress. Trump originally made the allegations against Obama on March 4 in a series of early morning tweets. “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” he said on his official Twitter account. Just under two weeks later, in an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Trump appeared to walk back his original wiretapping allegations. “Wiretap covers a lot of different things,” Trump told Carlson on Wednesday. “I think you’re going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks.” CNN’s Jim Sciutto reported from Washington, while Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London and Ben Westcott from Hong Kong. CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, Michelle Kosinski, Manu Raju, David Wilkinson, Jeremy Diamond, Jim Acosta, Tom LoBianco and Theodore Schleifer contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "White House wiretapping claims", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170317054500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/gchq-trump-wiretap-denial/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "587969179", "sentence": "White House press secretary said a \"range\" of responses were on the table The promise of retaliation came the same day that a new tranche of hacked Democratic emails were released The White House said Tuesday it would respond to Russian hacking of US political groups, after publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for the cyberattacks last week. The response will be “proportional,” press secretary Josh Earnest said, without elaborating. He said the actions would likely not be announced ahead of time and could never be made public. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One, Earnest said a “range” of responses were on the table. Last Friday’s announcement was the first time the government has publicly blamed another country for hacking with the goal of influencing a US election. The joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Homeland Security said not only were they confident the hacks of Democratic political groups and campaign officials originated from high levels of the Russian government, they said the posting of those hacked emails online was part of the effort. Related article US accuses Russia of trying to interfere with 2016 election “The recent disclosures of alleged hacked emails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts,” the statement said. Trump seizes on hacked email, alleges collusion Earnest’s discussion of a “proportional” response is the usual language the government uses when describing its cyber actions. National security adviser Lisa Monaco spoke in general about what the government might do last week at a Washington Post event, before the Russia statement had been released. “We will respond in a time and place and manner of our choosing, and when we do so, we will consider a full range of tools, economic, diplomatic, criminal law enforcement, military, and some of those responses may be public, some of them may not be,” Monaco said. Pressed by moderator Ellen Nakashima, Monaco said the range of options include private diplomatic channels, intelligence operations, prosecutions and sanctions – all taking into account broader considerations on the world stage. “We will act responsibly, proportionately, and do so in a time and place of our choosing,” Monaco said. “The primary guiding and overarching focus in those discussions is about what is in the national security interest of the United States. That is the North Star for those discussions.” President Barack Obama signed an executive order in April 2015 authorizing a new sanctions power that allows retribution for cyberattacks, but it has never been used. The promise of retaliation came the same day that a new tranche of emails stolen in a hack of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman was posted on WikiLeaks, the third such release from the hacked email of John Podesta. The campaign has not disputed the contents of the emails, but have noted that it would be difficult to determine if alterations were made or context was intentionally omitted. Related article Trump says WikiLeaks email shows collusion between Clinton, DOJ Moscow’s Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak, asked about the US accusations, said Tuesday that “it’s not correct, and when it comes to the implication to the elections in the United States, it’s something I’m not planning to discuss.” Kislyak, who was speaking at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, then tried to cast doubt on the allegations. “We’ve seen a number (of allegations) by the colleagues in US intelligence that weren’t exactly proven by the history,” Kislyak said, and offered a recent example. Referring to the bombing of Syrian soldiers by US jets in September, an event US officials described as an unfortunate accident based on faulty information, Kislyak said “we saw statements that the week ago bombardment of the Syrian troops.” He added that the strike “was based on false information.” Democrats have accused Russia of coordinating the release of the emails to benefit Donald Trump’s campaign. Russian media has covered the emails, with government-controlled Sputnik news misconstruing an email to make it seem that Clinton confidante Sidney Blumenthal had argued the Benghazi investigation was legitimate and the attack was preventable. “Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect US personnel at an American consulate in Libya. If the GOP wants to raise that as a talking point against her, it is legitimate,” the email said – with Sputnik attributing it to Blumenthal. The misinformation quickly appeared as a Trump talking point at a campaign rally later in the day, where he read the sentence aloud. But Newsweek author Kurt Eichenwald recognized the supposed Blumenthal sentences as part of a lengthy story he wrote. “The Russians were quoting two sentences from a 10,000-word piece I wrote for Newsweek, which Blumenthal had emailed to Podesta,” Eichenwald wrote in Newsweek. “It is impossible to look at the Blumenthal email and not realize that this 10,000 words that follows are from Newsweek,” he said on CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for explanation why he parroted misstatements published by Russian-controlled news. CNN’s Jim Sciutto, Nicole Gaouette and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161011214500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/politics/white-house-response-russia-hacking/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "414486068", "sentence": "National Geographic has announced the discovery of a lost city in the remote Honduran rainforest The magazine says scientists believe the city belonged to a mysterious ancient civilization A team documented the site after aerial light scanning showed man-made structures Archaeologists searching for a lost city in the jungles of Honduras have discovered the urban remains of what they believe is a vanished ancient civilization, National Geographic reports. A writer and photographer for the magazine accompanied a team of scientists to Honduras’ Mosquitia region on the trail of a legendary “White City” or “City of the Monkey God.” The expedition was launched after aerial light detection scanning  – known as LIDAR – uncovered what appeared to be man-made structures below the rainforest, National Geographic said. Seeking to confirm the discovery, a team of U.S. and Honduran archaeologists, a LIDAR engineer, an ethnobotanist, anthropologists and documentary filmmakers entered the remote region. They were protected by Honduran Special forces, the magazine said. Writer Douglas Preston said the team emerged February 25, after documenting the ruins of a “vanished culture.” “In contrast to the nearby Maya, this vanished culture has been scarcely studied and it remains virtually unknown. Archaeologists don’t even have a name for it,” Douglas wrote. Archaeologists no longer believed in the existence of a single “White City,” he said, instead believing there had been an entire civilization with many cities. The expedition found earth works, including an earthen pyramid as well as a collection of stone sculptures, thought to potentially have been burial offerings. Archaeologist Oscar Neil Cruz from the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH) estimated they dated from A.D. 1000 to 1400, Douglas wrote. The researchers were greeted by wildlife which appeared never before to have seen humans, wandering unafraid through their camp. “This is clearly the most undisturbed rain forest in Central America. The importance of this place can’t be overestimated,” ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin told National Geographic. The team left their finds unexcavated and are keeping the exact location of the site secret in an attempt to prevent looting. But in his article, Douglas warned that that the area was nonetheless under threat, with illegal logging for cattle farming within a dozen miles. IHAH director Virgilio Paredes Trapero told National Geographic that the forest and valley could disappear within eight years unless action was taken. “The Honduran government is committed to protecting this area, but doesn’t have the money. We urgently need international support.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Honduran rainforest ancient civilization discovery", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150305104500", "country1": "HND", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/americas/honduras-lost-city/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "532140681", "sentence": "It is unclear when the extradition would occur Belgian and French authorities will now consider how to carry out the transfer Abdeslam, 26, was the most wanted man in Europe after the Paris attacks in November Paris terror attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam can be extradited to France, a Belgian court ruled Thursday. Belgian and French authorities will now consider how to carry out the transfer. It was unclear Thursday when the extradition would occur. Abdeslam was the most-wanted man in Europe following the terror attacks at several sites in Paris on November 13. Belgian authorities captured him this month after a shootout in Molenbeek, an impoverished suburb of Brussels that has also been home to several other terror suspects. Abdeslam, 26, is being held in Belgium under a European arrest warrant issued March 19 at the demand of French authorities. He’s one of 10 men accused of carrying out the attacks that killed 130 people in the French capital last year. Authorities believe Abdeslam may have been the driver of the black Renault Clio that dropped off three suicide bombers near the Stade de France, one of the attack sites. Related gallery Paris attack suspects: What we know Investigators think he wore a suicide belt that was later found on a Paris street after the attacks – samples taken from sweat on the belt matched Abdeslam’s DNA. Authorities say they believe he called friends to take him to Belgium after the attacks. They passed through police checkpoints, but Abdeslam had not yet been identified as a suspect and they were allowed to continue on their way. Authorities then began a worldwide search for him that lasted for four months, ending with his capture in a raid and shootout March 18 in Molenbeek. Abdeslam was wounded in the leg. While in custody, he began cooperating with Belgian police and fought extradition to France, said his lawyer, Sven Mary. But on March 22, four days after his arrest, terrorists bombed the Brussels airport and a metro station in the Belgian capital, killing 32 people and injuring 330 more. Related gallery Terror attacks in Brussels Abdeslam then stopped cooperating with authorities, and said he wanted to be extradited to France as soon as possible, according to his lawyer. ISIS claimed responsibility for the Brussels attacks. Three suicide attackers are dead, and two other attackers are unidentified fugitives, authorities said. Abdeslam is also believed to be connected to the Brussels attacks, even though he was in custody at the time, authorities say. On Thursday, a federal Belgian magistrate accepted Abdeslam’s formal declaration agreeing to be extradited, and the court ordered the transfer. Abdeslam’s brother, Ibrahim, was a suicide bomber in the Paris attacks who killed himself when he detonated explosives outside a cafe on Boulevard Voltaire. CNN’s Margot Haddad and Lindsay Isaac contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Salah Abdeslam extradition to France", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160419213000", "country1": "BEL", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/31/europe/salah-abdeslam-to-be-extradited-to-france-says-belgian-court/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "678742987", "sentence": "Sources say dozens of agents and analysts huddled at a command center Cyber and counterintelligence analysts and investigators watched social media The FBI monitored social media on Election Day last year in an effort to track a suspected Russian disinformation campaign utilizing “fake news,” CNN has learned. In the months leading up to Election Day, Twitter and Facebook were the feeding grounds for viral “news” stories floating conspiracies and hoaxes, many aimed at spreading negative false claims about Hillary Clinton. On Election Day, dozens of agents and analysts huddled at a command center arrayed with large monitoring screens at the FBI headquarters in Washington watching for security threats, according to multiple sources. Related article One year into the FBI's Russia investigation, Mueller is on the Trump money trail That included analysts monitoring cyber threats, after months of mounting Russian intrusions targeting every part of the US political system, from political parties to policy think-tanks to state election systems. On this day, there was also a group of FBI cyber and counterintelligence analysts and investigators watching social media. FBI analysts had identified social media user accounts behind stories, some based overseas, and the suspicion was that at least some were part of a Russian disinformation campaign, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. The FBI declined to comment for this story. Related article Here's some of what Mueller might look at if he investigates obstruction For the FBI, this was uncomfortable territory, given the First Amendment’s free speech protections even for fake news stories. “We were right on the edge of Constitutional legality,” a person briefed on the investigation said. “We were monitoring news.” As the hours ticked by on Election Day, teams at the FBI, Homeland Security Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence held conference calls every three hours with a team at the Situation Room in the White House to discuss possible problems, according to multiple sources. Related article Who's who in Trump-Russia saga Minor issues popped up in far-flung parts of the country, from Alaska to Georgia. At the end of day, top officials exchanged congratulations for an election day that was completed without disruptions of the vote. One Obama White House official responded to the messages of congratulations with the opposite view, saying the US government response to the Russian operation was “a failure of imagination.” “Are you kidding?” that official recalled saying to others at the White House as they celebrated a successful election. “What they did worked!” CNN’s Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "FBI", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170804203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/election-day-cyber-threat-fbi-monitoring/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "538719658", "sentence": "Donald Trump has made building a wall along the entire border with Mexico a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. It’s a project he insists won’t require much hassle. “Building a wall is easy, and it can be done inexpensively,” Trump told The Washington Post last summer. “It’s not even a difficult project if you know what you’re doing.” Sure, humans have been building walls for thousands of years. The mere act of constructing one is pretty simple. But Trump is only half right; his wall will be a construction project borne of the United States federal government, a massive undertaking that will span thousands of miles, take years to build and require an incredible amount of political willpower and bureaucratic maneuvering. The red tape alone will be like nothing Trump – master builder he may be – has ever faced. In an effort to discover just how much work it would require a Trump Administration to get his controversial wall project off the ground, CNN Politics spoke to experts on the federal bureaucracy and burrowed through the labyrinth of agencies that played a role in constructing the U.S.-Mexico border fence that former President George W. Bush set in motion in 2006. That was a project that has been beset with setbacks, lack of congressional interest and funding problems. What became clear as we dug into the bureaucracy is that Trump can’t just wake up on the first day of his presidency and order an army of builders to the border. His administration will first have to find a willing member of Congress to propose a bill in the House or Senate to secure the funds and begin the process. The bill’s chances of survival will depend entirely on the make-up of the next Congress, as there are no guarantees that both chambers will remain under Republican control in 2017. Even if they are, he’ll have to find enough Republicans will be willing to put their names on a multi-billion project that could turn into a boondoggle. The wall bill would face steeper odds in the Senate, where Democrats are almost guaranteed to stage a filibuster, forcing it to require a two-thirds majority to break it. Assuming a wall bill passes both chambers and Trump signs it, which will be no small feat, he will then have to face the federal bureaucracy. The Department of Homeland Security would be saddled with a bulk of the project’s responsibility. They oversee the Border Patrol under the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those agents will be the ones manning the gates – er, “big, beautiful doors” - -of Trump’s wall. The Army Corps of Engineers, which falls under the Defense Department, would provide studies and guidance for the project. And the Department of Transportation will have oversight over ensuring regulations are met for any federal roadways near the site. As for construction, the Department of Labor would have to be involved with any large-scale federal project to oversee labor claims of the builders. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would ensure hiring practices are within the law and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration would oversee any workplace accidents. The wall, if constructed along the entire border, would stretch across diverse landscapes and natural habitats, snaking through federal land protected by the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Department of the Interior. There’s also farm land, bringing in the Department of Agriculture, where agents will study the wall’s impact, since plant an animal life that don’t recognize man-made borders will surely be affected. The Environmental Protection Agency would need to be consulted to provide an environmental impact statement. The EPA would almost surely raise red flags about the wall’s impact on the environment, but that shouldn’t be much of a problem for Trump: Under Bush’s Border Fence Act in 2006, the Department of Homeland Security was granted the authority to waive any on-the-books regulations that got in the way of the project, so Trump would likely work a similar clause into his plan. That doesn’t mean there won’t be consequences. The border is home to numerous floodplains, and the wall would block the natural flow of water. Flooding is almost guaranteed, so the Federal Emergency Management Agency will need to provide insight into their plan for such an inevitability. There are also massive parcels of private land lining the border, which will require the widespread use of eminent domain. Trump’s lawyers in the Department of Justice would be called upon to defend the federal government’s right to take such land. The National Weather Service under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would be required to monitor weather patterns. The International Boundary and Water Commission would oversee disputes over use of the common border areas, such as the Rio Grande, which runs more than 1,000 miles along the border. As for the human impact, Mexico is one of the United States’ biggest trading partners, so a new slab of concrete dividing the two nations will need to be monitored by the Commerce Department, including the International Trade Administration, the Federal Trade Commission and the Economic Development Administration. The Mexicans will surely see the project as an affront, so it would require massive feats of diplomacy. That brings in the State Department and all of its diplomats who work with the Mexican government on a regular basis. Should Trump follow through on his plan to force Mexico pay for the wall – which would involve blocking people in the United States from sending remittances to families in Mexico – he’ll likely first need to go through the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, under the Federal Reserve. That, and many of parts of his proposal are incredibly controversial, of course, so his administration is liable to be sued, requiring involvements of the federal courts, including, possibly, the U.S. Supreme Court. The list goes on. But these are just some of the complicated administrative and bureaucratic hurdles a president Trump would have to take on to accomplish what is distilled so simply in his campaign message: “Build a wall.” As anyone who’s ever worked with the federal government will tell you, it won’t be so easy. 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{"article_id": "588532521", "sentence": "It's estimated 3,500 southern right whales exist Very little was known about their feeding habits and calving areas, until now. After nearly being hunted to extinction, southern right whales in Australia are making a comeback – with the help of drones. Researchers from Australia’s Murdoch University have teamed up with the World Wide Fund Australia and are using drones for the first time to check on the health of the endangered species. They’re monitoring southern right whales in the Great Australian Bight and have revealed that females lose an extraordinary amount of weight while fattening up their calves, before journeying back to Antarctica. The whales travel thousands of miles to the area off South Australia’s coast to give birth. Researchers have found that, once the calves are born, mothers do not eat and rely solely on their fat stores. WWF-Australia whale researcher Chris Johnson said their significant weight loss made them “especially vulnerable to emerging threats.” Global ocean warming – which can reduce their food supply, tangling in marine debris, increased ship traffic and oil and gas exploration all threaten the endangered species. “Nurturing a calf is already tough enough for the mothers without humans adding to the pressure,” Johnson said. That’s why, he said, the research project involving drones is so important. “If the condition of the whales changes in the future, it could be a sign that human activities are having an impact.” One drone picture revealed that a southern right whale mother, named Scooter, lost 17 inches in body width in as little as two months while looking after her calf. Other mothers became so skinny, even their spinal cords began to show. Lead researcher Fredrik Christiansen from Murdoch University said whale mothers could only give birth every three to four years because of the toll on their bodies. “When they arrive, they have significant fat reserves; they are wide all along their body. When they leave, they look like giant tadpoles. They have a head which is still big and robust, but the rest of the body is skinny, and you can even see the spinal cord showing up,” Professor Lars Bejder, also from Murdoch University, told CNN that little was known about mother-calf relationships, so the study helped researchers understand the general consequences of reproduction for these mammals. He said as female whales only return every three to four years, it was crucial for the research to carry on: “It’s important we do it for another 2-3 years to get a full sense of all the moms which will give us a really good indication (of the impacts of breeding).” Bejder said it’s also important for the team to start looking at Antarctica, where southern right whales migrate to after breeding, to understand their feeding habits. Spokesman, Mark Symons, for WWF-Australia said it was the “first time scientists have been able to study whales in this way.” He said WWF-Australia sponsored the research and that drones were able to “unlock some of their mysteries.” Whaling in the 19th century almost wiped out the entire species in Australian waters, leaving less than 300 remaining. Fortunately the particular species are no longer hunted and researchers now estimate numbers have increased to 3,500. But still, they said, there’s much to learn. “Southern right whales are recovering but nowhere near to the same extent as humpback whales. And we don’t really know why, and that’s one of the big questions we’re hoping to answer,” Bejder said. “(They’re) magnificent animals and a symbol of ocean health so it’s really important that these animals are conserved in their natural environment.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "southern right whales in Australia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161013111500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "ATA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/asia/drone-southern-right-whales/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "430233823", "sentence": "A small throng of GOP presidential contenders descended upon South Carolina this weekend as some of the state’s most involved Republican activists gathered in Columbia for their party’s convention. White House hopefuls took the stage Saturday to give speeches that focused heavily on foreign policy – a big issue for a state that has eight military installations. But it was Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Ted Cruz, also of Texas, who garnered the most enthusiastic responses from the crowd with fiery performances railing against the Obama administration and laying out their visions for the future. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham also made their case for their likely presidential bids. RELATED: Lindsey Graham teases presidential aspirations In multiple conversations with delegates and other activists after the speeches, South Carolina voters were generally impressed with all of the candidates who spoke. “It is overwhelming, but I’m real happy with the ones I’ve listened to today,” said Brenda Munnerlyn of Greenwood, adding that she especially loved Perry. Related gallery 2016 GOPers' foreign policy credentials “He just gave me cold chills,” she said. Perry, who is expected to make a second bid for the White House after flaming out early during the 2012 primaries, fired up the audience when forcefully defending Second Amendment rights. He got perhaps the biggest applause of the day when he said “the best defense against crime is an armed citizen.” On foreign policy, the former governor signaled he would take a more forceful approach than the current administration. For his own record, Perry pointed to his decision to put National Guard troops at the U.S.-Mexico border last year and hounded the federal government for failing to control the border. He also talked up his time as governor for 14 years, driving home a point he’s been making on the trail that voters will ultimately choose someone with executive experience – a knock against the three first-term senators, including Cruz, who are running for president. “2016 isn’t going to be an election about whoever’s got the loftiest rhetoric,” he said. “Folks are going to look past at what people are saying and look at what you’ve done.” Alan Morgan, third vice chairman in the Greenville County GOP, said Perry’s attempt at a second chance may be able to help the former governor’s image, but he argued it’s too early to tell whether Perry will be able “to totally erase” his history as a poor debater in 2012. In his speech, Cruz blasted President Barack Obama for not calling out “radical Islamic terrorism” by name and got a standing ovation for saying the administration has demonstrated “shameful hostility” to Israel. RELATED: Rubio leads GOP field in national poll He also focused on religious freedom in regard to the controversial law in Indiana that was tweaked after critics accused it of being discriminatory against same-sex couples. “I will not flinch from defending religious liberty,” he said. An expert debater known for his oratory skills, Cruz typically gets strong reviews from audience members at Republican cattle calls in early voting states. And while events like the convention on Saturday provide a sense of how the candidates are being perceived, they generally comprise a more conservative audience than the general Republican electorate. Bush used the event to introduce himself and tout conservative moves he made as a two-term governor. He also called for a more engaged foreign policy and dished out some red meat lines attacking Hillary Clinton. Related gallery Jeb Bush's life “She had her fingerprint on all these foreign policy disasters,” Bush said after listing what he considered bad decisions by the Obama administration. Santorum also went big on national defense and decried the negotiations with Iran over its nuclear weapons program, saying the first thing he’d do if president is “take any agreement with Iran and put it in the trash can.” He also said Islamic terrorists – namely ISIS – are trying to return the Middle East to “7th Century Islam.” “So let’s bomb them back to the 7th Century,” he added. Graham seized on the recent protests and riots in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, saying Republicans can turn big cities around by “shutting down failing schools and replacing it with something that works.” “I see a Republican Party giving people in Baltimore and nearly every other big city hope like they haven’t seen in past eight years,” he added.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican presidential contenders", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150502213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/02/politics/perry-cruz-south-carolina-gop/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "563875338", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jonathan Cristol is a fellow at World Policy Institute and a senior fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College. You can follow him @jonathancristol. The views expressed are his own. The Democratic Party convention is taking place in Philadelphia this week Jonathan Cristol: If elected, Hillary Clinton would likely present a more assertive foreign policy than Barack Obama The Democratic National Convention is in full swing, and anyone (like me) who thought it would be dull turned out to be in for a surprise. Bernie Sanders’ supporters did not go quietly into the night. Sen. Cory Booker and first lady Michelle Obama offered rousing speeches that presented a radically different tone than what we saw at the Cleveland convention last week. And on Wednesday night, we will hear from President Barack Obama, who seems likely to place continuity under Hillary Clinton at the center of his pitch. But while that will be seen by many Democrats as a good thing on domestic policy, President Obama’s foreign policy leaves much to be desired. And that raises an important question: Can we expect more of the same if Hillary Clinton is elected President? Much will depend on whether Clinton’s foreign policy is as hopelessly naïve – and lacking in any clear vision – as it was under the Obama administration. The truth is that President Obama’s foreign policy failures are numerous – Libya, Russia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, post-deal Iran – while successes have been few. The administration has been too cautious in the use of force, but also too reckless in its movement away from old allies. The next President will therefore spend much of his or her time managing a list of important failures. Of course, as secretary of state, Clinton was a key player in many of these failures, and is inevitably and rightly tied to the Obama administration. And generally speaking, there are probably more similarities than differences between Clinton and Obama on some important policies. Yet the differences are potentially crucial, especially in their approach to policy making, and that could mean the next four years are quite different from the previous eight. The first – and arguably most important – difference between Clinton and Obama is that the former is more of an interventionist. President Obama is not “anti-interventionist,” as such. After all, he has dramatically increased the use of drones. But he is generally hesitant to use American forces – he continued the draw-down of forces across the Middle East, and his commitment of naval forces to the South China Sea region is pitifully low. Meanwhile, Russia, Iran, ISIS, al Qaeda, and the Taliban have all made territorial and/or strategic gains. Hillary Clinton seems poised to take a different approach. She supports a no-fly zone in Syria, and would surely continue Obama’s recent, slow increase in force targets for Afghanistan. Her tough rhetoric on Russia, meanwhile, suggests that she could increase troop and equipment levels in Eastern Europe. Eric Liu: The patriotism of fighting TrumpS.E. Cupp: Obama shows he’s out of touchPaul Begala: Damn straight, Mr. PresidentDavid Litt: There’s a reason the Democrats convention is funnier than the GOP’s  Ed Morrissey: Will Bill Clinton’s best effort be enough?Christine Quinn: What a moment: Hillary Clinton’s nomination changes the world forever Jonathan Cristol: Why Clinton foreign policy won’t be Obama 2.0Gene Healy: Will Kaine push for war powers reform? Russell Riley: How Bill Clinton’s worst speech can help Hillary Clinton Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux: DNC puts disability issues front and center Interview with Carl Bernstein: Who is Hillary Clinton?Issac Bailey: Michelle Obama, classy and strongTimothy Stanley: DNC protests: spotlight on hypocrisy Raul A. Reyes: Did Bernie Sanders seal deal for Clinton?Kayleigh McEnany: Don’t belittle Sanders supporters Buck Sexton: A rocky start for the DemocratsErrol Lewis: Why Debbie Wasserman Schultz had to goDan Malloy: Democrats want progress, GOP wants to regressJulian Zelizer: Lock her up? 4 ways for Hillary Clinton to strike backBen Jealous: How Dems can write a better rulebook Eric Liu: The patriotism of fighting TrumpS.E. Cupp: Obama shows he’s out of touchPaul Begala: Damn straight, Mr. PresidentDavid Litt: There’s a reason the Democrats convention is funnier than the GOP’s  Ed Morrissey: Will Bill Clinton’s best effort be enough?Christine Quinn: What a moment: Hillary Clinton’s nomination changes the world forever Jonathan Cristol: Why Clinton foreign policy won’t be Obama 2.0Gene Healy: Will Kaine push for war powers reform? Russell Riley: How Bill Clinton’s worst speech can help Hillary Clinton Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux: DNC puts disability issues front and center Interview with Carl Bernstein: Who is Hillary Clinton?Issac Bailey: Michelle Obama, classy and strongTimothy Stanley: DNC protests: spotlight on hypocrisy Raul A. Reyes: Did Bernie Sanders seal deal for Clinton?Kayleigh McEnany: Don’t belittle Sanders supporters Buck Sexton: A rocky start for the DemocratsErrol Lewis: Why Debbie Wasserman Schultz had to goDan Malloy: Democrats want progress, GOP wants to regressJulian Zelizer: Lock her up? 4 ways for Hillary Clinton to strike backBen Jealous: How Dems can write a better rulebook More broadly, Clinton has already offered a somewhat different vision and tone. The Obama administration has frustrated allies in Israel and Saudi Arabia by seeming – especially in their eyes, and those of the administration’s critics – to abandon them in favor of Iran. Of course, it has tried to counter this narrative by rightly pointing out that it has eyed record weapons sales to Israel and to Saudi Arabia. But while there are other sources than the U.S. for weapons, America provides the kind of political support that no other country can. The reality is that President Obama has confused states around the world with an awkward mix of rebukes and embraces without laying out any discernible grand strategy or unifying theme beyond “don’t do stupid stuff.” In contrast, and despite her somewhat cold and calculating political image, Clinton is said by many – even her critics – to be engaging to work with. This has clear applications for foreign policy. She has, for example, known many Middle Eastern leaders for years, while her husband and their Clinton Foundation have cultivated (arguably too) close relationships in the region. These relationships – and her ability to cajole and to charm – will likely calm fears among America’s allies. Judging from her rhetoric so far, Clinton also seems more likely to articulate a broader vision, perhaps promoting liberal values, that will allow other states to understand why the U.S. does what it does beyond just putting out fires. In practical terms, this could mean pressing countries like China, Turkey and Vietnam more firmly to allow greater freedom, although not necessarily to further open up their political system. Related article The danger of Trump's NATO comments A third difference between the Obama administration and a potential Clinton presidency would likely be on trade … at least for the first six to eight months. President Obama has rightly been a supporter of free trade agreements – both for economic and security concerns. For example, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not just a trade agreement, it also appears designed to check China. Clinton understands this well, which is why she originally supported the TPP. Unfortunately, the necessity of competing against two critics of free trade – Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump – forced her to change positions. Until the memory of the election fades, Clinton is unlikely to pursue any new trade deals, might publicly rebuke Obama on trade, and may pretend to try to re-negotiate the TPP. Once the election is further in the rear view mirror, this will likely change. All of this presupposes that Clinton will indeed triumph in November. But if one were judging the presidential contest on foreign policy alone, then it would surely be a cakewalk for Clinton. After all, when contrasted with Trump’s foreign policy proposals, anything that Clinton does appears Churchillian. And she would have a noticeable advantage over her predecessor in terms of foreign policy experience and knowledge of the U.S. foreign policy bureaucracy, the U.S. military, and the U.S. role in the world – indeed, more experience than any president since George H.W. Bush. So while Clinton appears to be positioning herself as a third Obama term, on foreign policy, at least, we could expect a more assertive and interventionist approach from a President Clinton. Related article The trouble with Trump and national security The Obama administration has failed in Syria and Libya, and is moving too slowly to shore up defenses in Eastern Europe – the conflict in Syria will not be resolved by wishful thinking (or by ceding the issue to Russia), the civil war in Libya will not magically burn itself out, and Russian aggression in Eastern Europe needs to be countered much more robustly. Clinton may not be any more successful than President Obama in handling any of these. And her critics will argue she bears significant responsibility for the current difficulties, especially on Libya. But while Clinton has not yet expressed a foreign policy vision for the history books, she does at least appear to understand that some problems can’t be solved remotely. Her willingness to take greater risks might therefore bring a welcome change from the excessive caution and confusion that has marked Barack Obama’s foreign policy.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160727083000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/opinions/obama-clinton-foreign-policy-differences-cristol/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "699622872", "sentence": "President Donald Trump incorrectly suggested there is a link Friday between rising crime rates in the United Kingdom and the “spread of Radical Islamic terror.” “Just out report: ‘United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.’ Not good, we must keep America safe!” the President tweeted. Just out report: \"United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.\" Not good, we must keep America safe! But although Trump was correct in asserting that there had been a 13% rise in “victim-based crime” in the UK in the year ending June 2017 compared to the year before, there was no evidence that the rise was linked to “Radical Islamic terror.” The Office for National Statistics – which compiled the report, “Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2017” – told CNN it did not draw any link between the rise in “victim-based crime” and “Radical Islamic terror.” Even counting the 35 people killed in the Manchester and London terror attacks over the past 12 months, the murder rate was down 2% on the previous year. However, the number of attempted murders rose by 59%, the report found, with 69% of that increase a result of the two terror attacks. The greatest rises came in the categories of “stalking and harassment,” robbery and motor vehicle theft. ONS statistician John Flatley said the numbers probably represent both an increase in crime incidents and improvements in police recording of crimes. “We judge that there have been genuine increases in crime – particularly in some of the low incidence but more harmful categories,” he said in a statement accompanying the report. ONS also notes that overall crime figures are down from where they were a decade ago, including an 18% fall in victim-based crime. UK politicians were unimpressed with Trump’s tweet. Opposition Labour party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq simply wrote: “Delete your account.” Delete your account. https://t.co/WI7KYFN5RX Trump has previously cited terror incidents in the UK to bolster his position that tougher terrorism policies and his travel ban are needed in the US. Last month, he railed against “loser terrorists” behind the London Tube explosion and suggested that the perpetrator was known to authorities and recruited on the Internet, prompting British Prime Minister Theresa May and a London police spokesperson to publicly rebuke the President. And in June, soon after news reports surfaced about the London Bridge terror attacks, he seized on the moment to promote the travel ban. In contrast, the President has been less willing to condemn domestic terrorist incidents in the US, most notably the white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the summer that left one woman dead.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171020154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/politics/donald-trump-uk-crime-tweet/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "743846220", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and member of the USA Today board of contributors. Follow him on Twitter @RaulAReyes. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. On religious holidays like Christmas, Passover and Easter, most Presidents honor the occasion by sending a message of goodwill towards all Americans and then taking a break from politics. Not our President.  Just hours after tweeting “Happy Easter!” to his 49 million Twitter followers, Donald Trump began venting about illegal immigration. “Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release,” he tweeted.  “Getting more dangerous. “Caravans” coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL!” Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. “Caravans” coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL! So much for the spirit of Holy Week.  With his tweets, the President has displayed his ignorance of immigration laws, including those governing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  His social media outburst was as at best uninformed, and at worst blatantly misleading.  In short, it was unpresidential. For starters, it makes absolutely no logical sense that the President would make a big deal of announcing “NO MORE DACA DEAL”– in all caps, as though he were taking some bold new stance.  Let’s recall, he was the one who ended DACA, the program that allowed roughly 800,000 young people brought here illegally as children, known as the Dreamers, to live and work openly. Related video Trump's twists and turns on DACA The President unilaterally began the unwinding of this program in September, with no plan to replace it, and since then has rejected several bipartisan proposals that would have provided a legislative fix for the plight of the Dreamers.  It is nonsensical for Trump to be vowing that there will be “no more deal” when there is not now and never has been any realistic chance of a DACA deal. Referring to what he regards as unchecked illegal entries at our southern border, the President tweeted, “These big flows of people are all trying to take advantage of DACA. They want in on the act!”  But his anger about illegal border crossings seems motivated by something other than…reality. In 2017, arrests at the southern border hit a 46-year low, the lowest number since 1971, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In January 2017, for example, Customs and Border Protection agents apprehended about 42,400 people at the US/Mexico border; by April 2018 this number had dropped to about 15,700.  In fact the drop in illegal entries under the Trump administration is something Trump himself has bragged about. What is particularly startling about Trump’s comments this weekend is that he suggests that people are coming to the US without authorization to take advantage of the DACA program.  But, thanks to Trump, DACA officially ended on March 5.  Even if it were still in place, to be eligible for DACA, applicants must have lived in the US since 2007, have arrived before age 16, and been younger than 31 in June 2012. New arrivals are not eligible for DACA – so to suggest that people are coming here to obtain the program’s protections is simply wrong. The DACA program currently exists, covering those already in the program, only because its termination was temporarily blocked by federal judges in California and New York. Trump was incorrect to assert in one of his tweets Sunday that Mexico is doing “very little, if not NOTHING” to help stem the tide of illegal immigration. Mexico is doing very little, if not NOTHING, at stopping people from flowing into Mexico through their Southern Border, and then into the U.S. They laugh at our dumb immigration laws. They must stop the big drug and people flows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL! In fact, Mexico has been cracking down on undocumented immigrants from Central America, most of whom are bound for the US.  The President’s reckless comments may endanger this type of cooperation. Trump also threatened in a Sunday tweet that Republican lawmakers should use the so-called “nuclear option” to pass harsher immigration laws with a simple majority of 51 votes. Good luck with that. In February, only 36 out of 51 Senate Republicans backed an immigration plan that mirrored the White House’s demands. Our immigration system is far from perfect, and has been regarded by many as broken since before Trump took office.  However, the American people have consistently shown in polls that they think the Dreamers should be allowed to stay here and either legalize their status or get on a path to citizenship. Last year, a Fox News poll found that 83% of voters favored allowing “illegal immigrants” working in the United States to become legal immigrants. Trump’s agenda is to stir controversy around one of the few immigration issues where consensus exists.  And that wall that Trump insists we need?  A range of polls show that only between 34 and 40% of Americans support his expensive idea. Trump’s Easter tweets about immigration were nonsense.  That the President, who holds so much power over the lives of the Dreamers and other immigrants, seemingly lacks basic knowledge about immigration policy is as troubling as it is astonishing.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180402044500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/opinions/trumps-ignorance-about-daca-is-stunning-reyes/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "601897227", "sentence": "Rare handwritten Anne Frank poem smashes auction estimate The poem sold for 140,000 euros It was written by Anne Frank for the older sister of her best friend A rare handwritten poem by Anne Frank – known to millions through the diary she kept while in hiding during the Nazi round-up of Jews – was sold Wednesday at auction for 140,000 euros ($148,000) in the Netherlands. The poem, also signed by Anne Frank, was written in the “friendship book” of Christiane “Cri-Cri” van Maarsen, the older sister of Frank’s best friend, Jacqueline van Maarsen, according to auction house Bubb Kuyper in the city of Haarlem. Bubb Kuyper director Thijs Blankevoort told CNN that the sale price – which was four or five times the expected 30,000-50,000 euros – had surprised everyone in the auction room. He said the buyer was a private person who didn’t want to disclose his or her identity. The eight-line poem, addressed to Cri-Cri is dated March 28, 1942 – less than four months before the Frank family went into hiding. The poem reads: Dear Cri-Cri, If you did not finish your work properly, And lost precious time, Then once again take up your task And try harder than before. If others have reproached you For what you have done wrong, Then be sure to amend your mistake. That is the best answer one can make. In memory of Anne Frank Related video Anne Frank's cousin publishes letters According to the auction house “it is a typically edifying poem of the sort that was often written in ‘friendship books,’ exhorting the owner to do her best and be diligent at work.” It was the first time the auction house, which specializes in the sale of books, manuscripts and drawings, had sold a document handwritten by Anne Frank, Blankevoort said. It was special, he said, to have had contact with a manuscript written “when she was a free girl still.” Related article Researchers say Anne Frank perished earlier than thought Anne Frank was 13 when she and her family began hiding in a dark and damp “secret annex” of a house in Amsterdam to escape the roundup of Jews in Holland in July 1942. For two years, she never left the house, spending much of her time writing in her diary. But then Anne and her family were found and arrested by the Nazis in August 1944. She died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp sometime around March 1945. Her diary survived to tell her tragic and inspiring story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Anne Frank", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161123180000", "country1": "NLD", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/23/europe/netherlands-anne-frank-poem-auction/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "436145185", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Silvia Marchetti is a Rome-based freelance reporter and writer. She covers finance, economics, travel and culture for a wide range of media including MNI News, Newsweek and The Guardian. Silvia has a Masters degree in journalism, fluently speaks four languages and has lived abroad most of her life. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely hers. Silvia Marchetti: Italy is overflowing with migrants -- some 170,000 landed in Italy last year Migrant labor can help revamp Italy's sluggish economy, she argues Housing migrants in abandoned villages would give them a place to stay and revitalize declining areas Lampedusa used to be a tiny paradise atoll at the southernmost tip of Italy. Quiet, few people around, great holidays. But it had the misfortune of being close to Libya. Now it’s a nightmare. You just have to switch on the TV to see that the island is in crisis as migrants land on a daily basis. Desperate locals have created a Facebook page: “Stop the landings in Lampedusa.” The trouble is that not just Lampedusa, but the whole of Italy, which is overbrimming with so-called “boat people.” We don’t know where to put them. By mid-April this year 15,000 migrants had reached our shores. The number increases so fast that authorities have a hard time updating it. So what’s the final count going to be by the end of this year? Related video Illegal migration to Italy on the rise A scary one, considering the rising trend underway. In 2014 a total of 170,100 migrants arrived, up from 42,925 a year earlier. The saddest thing is how the tragedy of those dying at sea clashes with embarrassing domestic disputes. Italian regions are fighting as no one wants to take in additional refugees. The evening news these days is flooded by desperate calls from the Italian authorities that Europe adopts a wider “burden-sharing approach” in handling the refugees. But Italy must do its part first. It can and should accept a reasonable share of migrants. Above all it’s a moral issue: you cannot let migrants drown in the Mediterranean or send them back to the countries in crisis from where they’ve escaped, often risking their lives. But there’s also a practical reason: migrant labor can help revamp Italy’s sluggish economy after a triple-dip recession and contribute to boosting the appeal of neglected territories. This does not mean that Italy should be left to deal with the migrant emergency on its own. The request forwarded to Europe is indeed a reasonable one, and soon a European scheme of quotas will kick in, but first Italy needs to do its homework as we seem to have no sense of national solidarity. Related gallery In pictures: Europe's migrant crisis Migrant camps are concentrated in the poorer south, with Sicily alone accounting for 21%, while rich Valle D’Aosta, at the French border, had none as of February. Now, several families, ready to give a hand to the state, have said they are willing to host migrants in their homes. Yet there could be an easier solution, once Europe makes a ruling on migrant quotas. A good way for Italy to deal with the crisis would be to host its share of migrants in the thousands of ghost towns that dot the boot, a bit like many U.S. towns on the verge of dying out did with Latinos. It’s hard to believe yet the peninsula has 6,000 ghost towns that have been partly or totally abandoned across time, while communities are shrinking in another 15,000 that have lost over 90% of their population. These villages – many dating from pre-Roman times – have been abandoned due to a mix of factors: pirate sacks, natural disasters such as quakes and floods, war bombings, harsh conditions and emigration to larger cities or the U.S. in search of a better life. They rise in spectacular locations and once had a glory – and a local economy – that could be recovered. Sure, what’s left of most villages are just crumbling ruins and dusty streets covered in lush vegetation and a thorough restyle would be needed, but this could be carried out by the migrants themselves with special tax incentives for privates (or local bodies) willing to invest in the project. Related video 'Running away' only option for some European migrants Migrants could help to recover fields for agricultural use, open new artisan shops and boutiques, or hotels and restaurants which could have a positive impact on tourism. This way two targets would be met. One: migrants would be given a house, and a job, in exchange for their labor in bringing back these dead villages from the grave. They could then settle in once they had been recognized as asylum seekers – and even apply for Italian citizenship. Two: a big chunk of Italy’s villages, which are falling into oblivion, would be given another life. Surely it is better rebuild something old but existing, than build new structures or camps to house migrants. One could argue: but what if they escape? Or what if they steal or carry out violent acts? Related video Mediterranean migrants share their stories of survival Well, first: only asylum seekers willing to stay in Italy would be sent to the ghost towns. Police controls would work as they would in any other place, and regarding robberies – if it’s a ghost town, what is there to steal? Violence – I have a migrant camp near my house where migrants are free to go anywhere they want. Local police here are busier dealing with riots inside the camps than attending to the needs of ordinary citizens. Also, let’s not forget a crucial point: the aging of Italian population and the contribution of migrant labor to the economy. Migrant work accounts for almost 9% of Italy’s GDP. Here migrants have taken up jobs Italians don’t want to do anymore. Not just caregivers to look after old people, but also farmers. Immigrants are saving a big chunk of our economy. They should be looked upon as an opportunity and resource.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Italy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150526094500", "country1": "ITA", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/26/opinions/ghost-towns-migrants-italy/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "719711998", "sentence": "Light aircraft goes missing off Texas' Gulf Coast Pilot didn't respond to air traffic control or US Air Force attempts to communicate The US Coast Guard has launched a search over the Gulf of Mexico for a missing light aircraft, which was unresponsive to air traffic control and US Air Force attempts at communicating. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson told CNN a Cirrus S22T left Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City this afternoon and the pilot filed a flight plan to Georgetown, Texas. The pilot did not land at its stated destination but rather continued on the same course. It was unresponsive to air traffic control instructions, the official said. The aircraft was last observed on radar about 219 miles northwest of the Mexican city of Cancun at 15,000 ft., and was headed into the Gulf of Mexico. Petty Officer Edward Wargo said the Coast Guard has launched a 144 Ocean Sentry search aircraft out of Corpus Christi following reports of an aircraft that lost contact over the Gulf of Mexico. Wargo said the last known position was about 150 nautical miles off Texas’ Gulf Coast, and there is no indication it crashed. NORAD, the government agency which monitors US airspace, scrambled a pair of F-16 jets to meet the small aircraft after it failed to respond to the FAA, Air Force Capt. Chase McFarland told CNN. The fighter jets were initially dispatched out of Ellington Field near Houston. When they came upon the aircraft but the pilot did not respond to their attempts to make contact.  According to Chase, the F-16s tried to contact the pilot “via radio and flight maneuvers.” The fighters tailed the plane and were later relieved by a second set of fighters out of New Orleans, a pair of F-15s as the plane continued over the Gulf of Mexico. Chase said there was only one person on board the small, single-propeller aircraft, but authorities do not know what caused the pilot to become unresponsive. NORAD says they contacted Mexican authorities, the US Coast Guard, and the State Department after the second set of fighters ended their pursuit.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Coast Guard", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180104071500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/04/us/us-coast-guard-missing-plane/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "759031887", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist,  is on the faculty of School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. His new book “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs,” telling the story of dinosaurs from their origin to extinction, was just published by William Morrow. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. The desert of northwestern New Mexico, in the vicinity of the Four Corners, is my special place. The high-altitude sun sparkles off the badlands, illuminating rocky pastels of red, green and brown that seem to extend indefinitely in all directions. No wonder that Georgia O’Keeffe – who painted here for decades – found this landscape as her muse. Not many people live here, making it feel like a remote backwater within the world’s most industrialized country. But that’s the way I like it. I’m a paleontologist, and I visit here at least once a year, to hunt for fossils of dinosaurs and other long-extinct creatures. The fewer buildings, roads and houses to cover up the treasure we seek, the better. Most of the candy-striped badlands in this part of New Mexico are carved from rocks laid down in rivers and lakes between about 84 and 56 million years ago. These were lush environments, teeming with life during a time when the Earth was much warmer and there were no ice caps on the poles. Bones, teeth, shells, and other parts of animals would often get buried in mud or sand and turn to stone, becoming the fossils that provide the only clues that these lost worlds ever existed. You can find many dinosaurs here. We often come across the railroad spike teeth of T. rex and the gargantuan limb bones of long-necked sauropods of the Brontosaurus mold, some of which weighed more than a Boeing 737, easily making them the largest animals to ever thunder across the land. We find the skull domes that horse-sized omnivores called pachycephalosaurs used to head butt each other, and the jaws that horned and duck-billed dinosaurs sliced up plants with. So many species, big and small, living together. I usually prospect these colorful hills with one of my best friends in science, Tom Williamson, a curator at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. Sometimes, we walk for days and can’t get away from the dinosaur bones, because they are so common. By now we know the best places to find them: a layer-cake series of rock strata, formed during the very end of the Cretaceous Period (84-66 million years ago). You can read the layers like the pages in a novel, and although the characters are fascinating, the story is fairly uneventful. During this whole stretch of time, dinosaurs were in control. History seemed to be standing still, and it appeared that dinosaurs would keep on ruling the world forever, as they had done for over 150 million years. It appeared that dinosaurs would keep on ruling the world forever, as they had done for over 150 million years. Steve Brusatte But then, suddenly, their bones disappear. We can pinpoint the exact place in the rock sequence. It’s where the cyclical mudstones and sandstones, records of that stable Cretaceous world, abruptly give way to coarser boulder-strewn rocks characteristic of fast-moving currents and corrosive storms. Something dramatic happened to the local environment, and the dinosaurs were gone. The same pattern is seen halfway around the world, in the chalky-colored limestones of Gubbio, Italy. Underneath a medieval aqueduct that clings to the sides of a deep gorge, the geologist Walter Alvarez noted that the Cretaceous rocks at the bottom of the canyon are chock full of small fossils of ocean plankton. Above these rocks, however, are nearly barren limestones, sprinkled with a few tiny, simple-looking fossils. The knife-edge separation between these two rocks is a dainty strip of clay, only about half an inch thick. The clay is the cockpit voice recorder that reveals the fate of the plankton, and the dinosaurs: it is full of iridium, an element common in outer space but rare on Earth. It was delivered by a 6-mile-wide asteroid the size of Mount Everest, which was moving faster than a jetliner when it collided with the Earth 66 million years ago, punching a crater more than 100 miles wide and causing a chain reaction of volcanoes, wildfires, tsunamis, earthquakes and climate change that wiped out some 70% of all living things. The dinosaurs couldn’t cope, and all of them (except for a few birds) died. They were soon replaced, and we see the evidence in New Mexico. The chaotic boulder-filled rock layer quickly gives way to the same types of mudstones and sandstones that had been formed during the Cretaceous, a sign that environments returned to normal within a few thousand years. But there are no dinosaur bones to be found in these newer Paleocene-aged rocks (66-56 million years old). Instead, there are countless jaws, teeth, and skeletons of the things that took over from the dinosaurs, the species that went on to start the next great dynasty of Earth history: mammals. It’s a sobering story, and one of relevance to us today, as our climate and environment are changing rapidly. Just within the last few months studies have shown that sea level is rising twice as fast as we thought, the Antarctic ice sheets are melting at alarming rates, and temperature is increasing so fast that humans may make the Earth warmer than it has been in more than 50 million years. There are consequences to all of this upheaval: we are in the age of the so-called “sixth extinction,” with species dying out at hundreds or thousands of times the usual rate. Faster, perhaps, than even during the five mass extinctions of Earth history, including the one that killed the dinosaurs. Related article Do falling rocks cause sea level rise?  Science weighs in Maybe dinosaurs can help save us.  We’re used to thinking of them as movie monsters, skeletons that wow tourists at museums, and objects of childhood fascination. But they are so much more than that. They were real living, breathing, evolving animals that had to deal with rising and fall temperatures, fluctuating sea levels, volcanoes and asteroids. After all, none of the environmental changes going on today is new. The Earth has been through them before, and dinosaurs and other extinct animals can tell the story of what happened. What died, what survived, how long it took to recover. Among the mammals that Tom Williamson has discovered in those dinosaur-free, post-extinction rocks in New Mexico is a skeleton of a puppy-sized creature called Torrejonia. It had a slender body, gangly limbs and long fingers and toes, and you can almost envision it leaping through the trees. It is one of the oldest primates – a fairly close cousin of ours, and a reminder that we humans had ancestors that were there on that terrible day, that saw the rock fall from the sky, that survived the cataclysm while the dinosaurs did not, probably because they were small, agile, adaptable and able to eat many types of food. There is something almost poetic about it. In a sense, we are the dinosaurs. Before creatures like Torrejonia started the domino chain of evolution that led to humans, the dinosaurs ruled. They evolved superpowers like big brains, keen senses and the ability to grow to enormous sizes. There were probably many billions of them, living in all corners of the globe, that woke up on that day 66 million years ago confident of their undisputed place at the pinnacle of nature. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook We humans now wear the crown that once belonged to the dinosaurs. We are confident of our place at the pinnacle of creation, even as our actions are rapidly changing the planet around us. It leaves me uneasy, and a troubling thought lingers as I walk through the New Mexico scrublands, seeing the bones of dinosaurs give way so suddenly to fossils of Torrejonia and other mammals. If it could happen to the dinosaurs, could it also happen to us? If it could happen to the dinosaurs, could it also happen to us? Steve Brusatte Dinosaurs, of course, had no way to prevent the asteroid that killed them. But we have a choice – we can still stop, or at least slow down, pumping toxins into the atmosphere. Our choice will dictate whether we really are the dinosaurs: whether we go the way of T. rex and Triceratops, or whether we have learned from their sad story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "human actions causing climate change", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180525124500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/opinions/we-are-the-dinosaurs-of-today-opinion-brusatte/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "449785896", "sentence": "Part of the aggressive outreach to convince Democrats to support the deal with Iran included a briefing Thursday for 15 American Jewish members of the House of Representatives in the Situation Room at the White House. The meeting was the latest in a series of briefings for these members at the White House. “People felt that the Administration is intent on very seriously addressing the concerns of the Jewish members, which many of them centered around Israel and the security of Israel,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) said after the session. Schakowsky told reporters she believed there were enough Democrats supporting the deal to help the White House overcome Republican opposition to the agreement. “I haven’t heard anyone say ‘oh I learned something that has made it impossible for me now to sustain a presidential veto,’” Schakowsky said. Rep. Steve Israel (D-New York) told reporters on Capitol Hill he was still undecided and planned to take the full 60 days allowed for Congress to review the deal to make up his mind on it. The New York congressman, a member of the Democratic leadership, said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s endorsement of the deal was “very influential – there’s no question. Leader Pelosi is the most influential member of our caucus.” On the back-to-back presentations from Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton to House Democrats, Israel said “that’s a pretty damn good one two punch.” New York Democratic Rep Jerry Nadler told CNN he remains undecided on the agreement, but he said the meeting with Rhodes helped provide additional information as he reviews the details. Nadler said one Democrat expressed concerns in the session about the future capability, in roughly 15 years, for Iran to potentially develop a nuclear weapon. Rhodes pointed to restrictions in several areas of deal that would expose any efforts to do this and provide penalties. Asked about a pledge by the Administration to provide weapons to Israel to address concerns about a military threat from Iran, Schakowsky said there was no detailed briefing on any arms, but “the assurances were that the United States was definitely prepared to assure the security of Israel and do what was necessary to make that happen.” One member who requested anonymity told CNN the session was “very helpful” in clarifying various questions, including ones about sanctions relief, access by the International Atomic Energy Agency for inspections and why the U.S. ended up supporting an eventual relaxation in the embargo on the ability of Iran to buy conventional weapons and ballistic missiles. The administration officials emphasized there was going to be 24-7 monitoring at known nuclear facilities and the different process for others. “Some of the concerns that people had were addressed, but there are still lots of questions,” said the member. Rhodes, according to Nadler, told the group there would be American officials dispatched to Israel and other Arab allies in the region to discuss what military capabilities they might need after reviewing the deal. Defense Secretary Ash Carter leaves for Israel and other countries in the region this weekend. Both Schakowsky and Israel told CNN so far their offices have not gotten a large number of calls from Jewish constituents urging them to block the deal. As part of its aggressive outreach to build support for the Iran deal, several key administration officials earlier this week held a conference call with American Jewish leaders. Two participants told CNN there were some pointed questions in the call but said was not hostile. Among the officials on the call were Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. Among the areas participants pushed the administration on during the call were whether there were holes in the access for inspections, concerns Iran would use money from sanctions relief for de-stabilizing activities and is Iran really going to be forced to divulge information about its past activities according to one of the participants who is deeply concerned about the agreement. The source said the officials defended the amount of access for inspections and told the leaders Iran will face pressure to use the money from sanctions relief for internal needs. During the call the administration officials said Israel will not be more in danger and emphasized how Carter will be going there next week and will talk to the government about ways to bolster it. Several major American Jewish organizations oppose the deal, including the influential American Israeli Public Affairs Committee which said the “proposed deal with Iran fails to verifiably eliminate every Iranian pathway to a nuclear weapons. On Thursday it posted a petition online urging its members to weigh in: “Unfortunately, the proposed agreement is fundamentally flawed…Urge your senators and representatives to oppose the agreement.” The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of American and the Rabbinical Council of America are among a number of groups organizing a rally next week in New York against the deal. “The inspections regime is insufficient to ensure Iran cannot cheat and surreptitiously develop nuclear weapons, despite President Obama’s promise that the deal would be subject to the toughest verification and inspections in the world,” they said in a statement outlining of their key reasons for coming out against it. The White House got a more supportive response from the left-leaning J Street group. “Following our own review of the agreement, we expect to call on Congress to support the deal as the best – if not only – means of ensuring that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons.” CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150716204500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/16/politics/white-house-representatives-situation-room/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "585348501", "sentence": "ISIS claims responsibility for the attack The victims were at a wedding hall in a village in northeastern Syria The death toll from a deadly ISIS suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding party in northeast Syria has risen to 36, a UK-based monitoring group said Tuesday. Eleven women and children were among the dead in Monday’s attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that at least 80 people were injured, 16 of them seriously. The blast occurred inside a wedding hall in Tal Tawil, a village near the city of Hasaka which is under the control of Syrian Kurdish forces, SOHR said, citing sources. The groom was among those killed, SOHR founder Rami Abdulrahman said. Kurdish forces are playing a key role in fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Related article What would make you care about Aleppo? ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement that was posted on Twitter and retweeted by several ISIS supporters. The statement said an ISIS suicide bomber ambushed a Kurdistan Workers’ Party gathering on the outskirts of Hasaka with a machine gun, and after he ran out of ammunition, the attacker blew up his explosive vest among the “PKK apostates.” The attack came as the United States announced it is suspending bilateral talks with Russia amid continued bloodshed in Syria. Related article The Iraqi housewife who 'cooked the heads' of ISIS fighters Citing a recent spate of attacks by Russia and its Syrian regime allies on hospitals and other civilian areas in Aleppo, the United States accused Moscow of failing to uphold a ceasefire and trying “to bomb civilian populations into submission,” and in the process, preventing humanitarian aid from reaching people in need. Government forces now control the strategic area around al-Kindi Hospital in northern Aleppo, pro-regime media and activists said, strengthening their push toward the rebel-held eastern part of the city. The past week’s assault on rebel-held areas of the key city involved some of the worst violence since the start of the war in 2011. Sunday, the Syrian military called on rebels to leave the besieged eastern areas of Aleppo, saying the Syrian and Russian armies “guarantee their safety,” according to a statement from the Syrian Armed Forces. Terrorist groups including ISIS have taken advantage of country’s instability to mount their own attacks.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161004020000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/03/middleeast/isis-attack-kurdish-wedding-party-syria/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "754866392", "sentence": "A 19-year-old Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, who she says raped her as his relatives held her down. The case of Noura Hussein has shone a spotlight on the issues of forced marriage and marital rape in Sudan, where the legal age of marriage is only 10 and marital rape is legal. Hussein’s supporters filled the courtroom in Omdurman, Sudan, and overflowed into the hall outside as the judge announced the death penalty on Thursday. Her husband’s family refused an option to pardon her and rejected financial compensation, requesting that she be executed instead. Hussein’s legal team has 15 days to appeal. “She’s still in complete shock after her sentencing today,” Dr. Adil Mohamed Al-Imam, one of Hussein’s lawyers, told CNN. Al-Imam donated his services after Hussein’s original lawyer withdrew from the case. He added that Hussein was abandoned not only by the law, but also by her family. The harrowing details of her case have set social media and WhatsApp ablaze in Sudan. And in recent days it has captured international attention with the hashtags #JusticeforNoura and #SaveNoura. Thousands of people have shared a change.org petition. HOW YOU CAN STILL HELP #JusticeForNoura:Sign the petition: https://t.co/VHi639I5pGThe petition helps get the attention of media, as well as international (human rights) organizations. The petition has ALREADY proven useful so if you haven’t already, please sign it now. Forced to marry at 15, Hussein ran away from home and sought refuge with her aunt for three years. She was tricked into returning by her father, who handed her over to her husband’s family. After Hussein refused to consummate the marriage, her husband’s relatives held her down while he raped her.  “His brother and two cousins tried to reason with her, when she refused she was slapped and ordered into the room. One held her chest and head, the others held her legs,” Al-Imam told CNN. A day later her husband tried to rape her again, and she stabbed him to death. When she went to her parents for support, they turned her in to the police. Al-Imam said the case has challenged societal expectations in Sudan that wives should submit to their husbands. Amnesty International’s Sudan researcher, Ahmed Elzobier, said it was the first time a case of this nature had attracted such attention. “Marital rape happens in Sudan often and people don’t talk about it,” he said. Hussein’s case had changed that, he said. Shahd Hamza, 20, was among those who came to support Hussein in court, after hearing about her case in a group chat on WhatsApp. She said that while the rape and harassment of women had long been an issue in Sudan, a case like Hussein’s had never gone viral. “People shy away from this conversation in Sudan, it’s a taboo,” she said. “I hope that people will now feel comfortable to speak about to their parents and grandparents about it.” Nahid Gabralla, director of SEEMA, a nongovernmental organization working with victims and survivors of gender-based violence in the capital, Khartoum, was also among the crowd of supporters in court on Thursday. SEEMA has been campaigning in support of Hussein. “In my work I’ve seen other cases like this. The suffering of Sudanese women is happening all the time,” Gabralla said. “The case of Noura is different. She stood for her rights.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sudanese legal system", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180510190000", "country1": "SDN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/africa/sudan-teen-noura-hussein-death-sentence-rape-intl/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "721600496", "sentence": "\"It's not more difficult,\" Kelly said Thursday He was asked about Trump's tweets Tweets? What tweets? Donald Trump’s two early morning missives over spy legislation before the House may have launched Washington into 101 minutes of chaos, but previously White House chief of staff John Kelly has said he doesn’t pay much attention to the President’s tweets. They came just ahead of a House vote to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. One message cast doubt about the President’s support, and the next – 101 minutes later – brought the President more in line with the view of his own White House. Related article Trump's FISA tweets throw Washington into chaos Soon after, Kelly found himself on Capitol Hill seeking to assure Republican lawmakers that the President, his administration and all intelligence agencies support reauthorizing FISA, according to lawmakers who spoke with him. “It’s not more difficult,” Kelly said Thursday when asked on Capitol Hill by CNN’s Kristin Wilson if the tweets make his job harder. “It’s a juggling act.” Kelly, in the past, has been reluctant to admit the difficulties that come with Trump’s dispatches to his 46 million followers. Trump tweeted earlier this month that he was a “stable genius” and “like, really smart” in response to Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury,” a bombshell account of life inside the West Wing that raised questions about Trump’s mental fitness. Asked by CNN about the Saturday tweets, Kelly said he hadn’t seen or heard them. When reporters relayed them to him, the chief of staff curtly responded: “OK.” Kelly similarly sought to downplay the impact Trump’s tweets have on his day after the President called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “short and fat” in a tweet during his lengthy trip to Asia in 2017. “Someone, I read the other day, said we all just react to the tweets,” he said at the time. “We don’t. I don’t. I don’t allow the staff to. We know what we’re doing.” He added: “Believe it or not, I do not follow the tweets. I find out about them … but for our purposes, my purpose, is we make sure the President is briefed up on what he’s about to do.” Kelly’s efforts to dismiss the power of Trump’s tweets inside the White House is part public relations strategy and part effort to survive. Though Kelly has sought to institute discipline in an often-chaotic White House, the retired general has realized during his time in the administration that among the things he cannot control is Trump’s off-the-cuff Twitter account. CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Elizabeth Landers contributed to this account.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump’s tweets", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180111193000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/john-kelly-donald-trump-tweets/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "685900102", "sentence": "They have come in their thousands, crossing hills and rivers, marshes and rice paddies for the chance to cross into Bangladesh and escape the mass killings they say are being perpetrated against their people. The UN estimates that, in just over one week, more than 70,000 Rohingya – a stateless, ethnic Muslim minority who largely inhabit Myanmar’s western Rakhine state – have fled escalating violence. Refugees tell CNN the Myanmar army attacked them. The government blames “terrorists” for initiating the violence. An estimated 73,000 refugees have crossed into Bangladesh since last Friday, UNHCR spokeswoman Vivian Tan told CNN. On Thursday, the bodies of 20 Rohingya were pulled out of the Naf River along the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh. Twelve of the dead were children. The testimonies of Rohingya sheltering in overcrowded Bangladeshi refugee camps are harrowing. “They are beating us, shooting at us and hacking our people to death,” Hamida Begum, one refugee who has left everything behind in a desperate attempt to flee with at least their lives, told CNN. “Many people were killed. Many women were raped and killed. We are very poor. My husband is a day laborer,” she said. “Begum” is an honorific given to some Muslim women, while others use it to replace their last name upon marriage. “We used to have two square meals a day. But we lost everything after the war started,” she said, referring to the outbreak of violence last Friday when Rohingya militants staged co-ordinated attacks on border posts, killing 12 security officers. In response, the military intensified “clearance operations,” driving thousands of people from their homes. Government officials said Thursday that at least 399 people had been killed in fighting since last Friday. Of those, 370 were “terrorists,” they said. However, activists say the military has killed women, children and innocent men. Both sides also blame each other for torching houses. The government says Rohingya militants have burned down more than 2,300 homes. The Rohingya says it’s the military that has attacking their houses. Begum alleges that her family was tortured by the military and their accomplices, and that others were killed after failing to pay the soldiers a ransom. “We had to flee to save our lives. They don’t allow us to move freely. We were deprived of everything… They are picking up people from home and asking them for ransom. Many of (those people) were shot dead.” CNN can’t independently verify the stories of those who fled, and the Myanmar government has not responded to a request for comment. Aid organizations and the UN have slammed the Myanmar government for its treatment of the group. “Decades of persistent and systematic human rights violations, including the very violent security responses to the attacks since October 2016, have almost certainly contributed to the nurturing of violent extremism, with everyone ultimately losing,” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Thursday. There are many ethnic groups in Myanmar “but only the Rohingya are hated by the government,” said Mohammad Harun, who was among those fleeing. The Rohingya are a minority Muslim population in Myanmar, however they’re denied the right to citizenship despite having lived there for generations. Another refugee interviewed by CNN said the military ordered them to stay inside their homes. “If we stay inside then they set our houses on fire, shooting at us or slaughtering us,” Nobin Shuna says. “Muslims have no rights.” She says the military came to her village last Friday and killed five people, including her son. “They were tortured to death. Our houses were set on fire. We lost everything there,” she said. “How could we survive? I have no money. After seeing the massacre, I traveled all the way to the Bangladesh border. I left my home four days ago. Now where would I go? My son was killed.” And so now these thousands trek westwards, towards the relative safety of neighboring Bangladesh. An estimated 200,000 to 500,000 Rohingya refugees already live a precarious existence here, most in squalid, overcrowded camps. Last year, as many as 85,000 Rohingya crossed the border following a similar spate of violence. The persecution of this people has been going on for decades, said Sally Smith, Executive Director of the Nexus Fund, an NGO committed to “preventing mass atrocities.” “In the last few days, this is very similar to what happened in October, when you had a small-scale attack by a small number of Rohingya insurgents,” Smith told CNN. “That led to a really disproportionate response by the Myanmar military against civilians, killing them, raping them, even firing machine guns at innocent men, women and children as they’re running toward the border to flee into Bangladesh. “They’re burning down villages — it’s just not OK to attack civilians.” She says that Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been “disappointing” in her refusal to condemn the attacks. “She’s a Nobel peace prize winner and what it seems is happening is that she does care about peace for Buddhists, but not for the Rohingya. “Right now she’s using language which is incredibly irresponsible and inflammatory, she’s saying that these are terrorists and that’s only going to increase what’s happening and the tensions that are rising and it’s going to give rise to civilian attacks against Rohingya as well.” Suu Kyi has denied some of the more severe allegations made by rights organizations, including that ethnic cleansing is occurring in the region. But so far she has not made a strong public statement to condemn the attacks. The journey itself to Bangladesh, refugees say, is arduous. “We had walk a long a way. We had to cross hills, marshes and paddy fields to make the journey to Bangladesh border,” Rabeya Khatun said from Kutupalong unregistered camp, on the Bangladeshi side of the Naf River. “I left my home eight days ago. I’ve reached here today.” Now they’re safe from the military but still living a parlous existence. “We have no food and no clothes. We are homeless,” said refugee Mohammed Harun. He says he cannot go back – the military has destroyed their food supplies, razed their homes. “Everything, destroyed by the military. Now we are without food or blankets.” “Genocide is going on there.” Many left their homes with just the clothes on their backs, bringing with them only stories of murder, rape and villagers torched. “I could not bring anything,” Romiza Begum says, her white hair peeking out from beneath her patterned headscarf, one of the items of clothing she had to accept as charity. “These clothes were given (to me) by someone here. I asked for clothes. I lost everything. There is nothing left in my home in Burma.  Everything is destroyed.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar military", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170901103000", "country1": "BGD", "country2": "MMR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/01/asia/rohingya-bangladesh-myanmar-crisis/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "696235410", "sentence": "NEW: Barcelona mayor says, \"Escalation will not benefit anyone\" Deep divisions over the issue of Catalan independence Spain faces a week of deep political uncertainty as the secessionist leader of Catalonia considers whether to make a unilateral declaration of independence, against the backdrop of a bitter standoff with the central government in Madrid. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont had been expected to make a formal declaration at a specially convened session of the Catalan parliament on Tuesday. But there was intense speculation on Monday about whether Puigdemont would go ahead with such a provocative move – particularly in the light of a huge rally against independence in Barcelona at the weekend that exposed deep misgivings about his tactics among some sections of Catalan society. Related article Spanish leader Rajoy mulls suspending Catalonia autonomy The French government said on Monday that it would not recognize an independent Catalonia, and that independence would result in automatic expulsion from the European Union. In an interview with the French TV station CNews, Nathalie Loiseau, France’s minister of European affairs, said any declaration of independence would leave Catalonia isolated. “If independence were to be recognized – which is not something that’s being discussed – the most immediate consequence would be that (Catalonia) automatically left the European Union,” she said. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he was determined to prevent a breakaway by the northeastern province, which is the powerhouse of the Spanish economy, in the wake of a banned referendum on October 1. “Spain will not be divided, and the national unity will be preserved. To this end we will employ all the means we have within the law. It is up to the government to make decisions, and to do so at the right moment,” Rajoy said in an interview with German newspaper Die Welt on Monday. “We have listened to many people. I believe we know what Spaniards think, and they should know that the government, too, is clear about what it has to do,” he said. Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría said in an interview on Spanish radio that the government would invoke powers to take control of the regional government if Catalonia went ahead and declared independence. Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau, however, urged the government to refrain from invoking the never-before-used Article 155, which allows Madrid to take over autonomous regions. “Escalation will not benefit anyone,” she said, urging both sides to begin dialogue with each other and for Rajoy to “be responsible and listen to the people,” and to roll back the police force that was dispatched to the region ahead of the vote. Colau said Spain was amid its “worst institutional crisis since democracy began” and said Spain’s political representatives should “find a solution that is inclusive and up to standards we have been living.” The stakes are high for both Spain and Europe if Catalonia chooses to break away. Catalonia accounts for nearly a fifth of Spain’s economy, and leads all regions in producing 25% of the country’s exports, CNNMoney reports. It contributes much more in taxes (21% of the country’s total) than it gets back from the central government. The prospect of an independent Catalonia has already prompted two major banks and some other businesses to move their registered headquarters to other parts of Spain. Related article The Catalans who oppose a split from Spain There is more at stake for Madrid than losing wealth. The country has 17 regions with varying degrees of autonomy, and losing one may inspire others to begin, or revive, separatist movements. But there are many other unanswered questions, including continued membership in the European Union. If forced to apply independently for EU membership, Catalonia would have to convince all of the bloc’s current members, including Spain, to agree. And if Catalonia became an independent state, it would not automatically be a World Trade Organization member, so would likely face stiff trade barriers that would hurt its economy. Between 250,000 and 400,000 anti-independence Catalans, and supporters from the rest of Spain, marched through the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to protest any moves for a breakaway state, following a divisive and controversial referendum on October 1 that found a majority of Catalan voters in favor of independence. But the result was not as decisive as it appeared  – turnout was only 43%. Puigdemont rescheduled a session of the Catalan Parliament for Tuesday after Spain’s Constitutional Court suspended Monday’s session. Members of Puigdemont’s Popular Unity Candidacy party had threatened to meet in Parliament on Monday anyway, in an act of defiance, but it is unclear if they will. A Catalan Parliament spokesperson told CNN that a new session had been called for Tuesday at 6 p.m. (12:00 p.m. ET), in which Puigdemont is expected to update members on the “current political situation.” The address could be the moment when Catalonia’s leader declares that the region will break away. PROFILE: Catalan president has ‘independence at his core’ “Many people believe – and he seems to be moving in that direction – that he will use this opportunity to declare, or to announce the results of the referendum which, as far as he was concerned, were overwhelmingly in favor of independence,” Dominic Thomas, chair of the department of French and francophone studies at the University of California Los Angeles, told CNN. Whatever happens this week, it’s clear that there are deep divisions over the issue, not only between Madrid and Barcelona, but within Catalonia as well. In an indication of the deep divisions the referendum has caused, those who marched in Barcelona on Sunday in support of remaining part of Spain argued there was no reason they couldn’t be both Catalan and Spanish. But protesters have also marched in favor of independence since the October 1 vote, claiming that the Catalans have a distinct culture from the rest of Spain and that they contribute more to the economy than the other regions. Thomas says that the “powerful” show of support for unity means that a declaration of independence may not be well received. “Many people stayed home and didn’t vote (Sunday) so the whole question of the mandate that he would have in speaking before that Parliament and declaring independence would be challenged. “The turnout in Barcelona and across Spain to talk about Spain and unity and to express the voice of those who would not want this referendum to go ahead was also overwhelmingly powerful.” Divisions between Catalan leaders and the central government took a particularly brutal form on the day of the vote, when thousands of Spanish police went to Catalonia to try to shut the referendum down and clashed with protesters and voters. Related article Catalan independence supporters see brighter future alone Images of police firing rubber bullets, restraining elderly people and pulling voters from polling booths by the hair have shocked people around the world. Hundreds were injured. Despite the outrage, Rajoy and Spanish King Felipe VI defended the police and doubled down on their stance to take whatever measures necessary to keep Catalonia from seceding. Rajoy was forced to apologize on Friday, but many in Catalan say the crackdown has only fueled their desire for independence. “I didn’t feel that repressed until what happened on October 1,” said 25-year-old student Mireya Jimenez. “I think that whatever they do, they have made us angry, and I think we have seen that a … part of Spain doesn’t like us – the king doesn’t like us either and so I think that, also because of how they’ve treated us just now, there is no turning back.” Journalist Elena Gyldenkerne and CNN’s Vasco Cotovio contributed to this report from Barcelona.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Catalan independence", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171009051500", "country1": "ESP", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/europe/catalonia-spain-independence-politics/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "504442284", "sentence": "Air Force vice chief of staff says A-10s needed in fight against Islamic State Air Force had planned to retire A-10s, with new F-35 taking over parts of ground support mission The A-10 is known for its Gatling gun that fires 3,900 rounds a minute ISIS seems determined to destroy much of what’s in its path as it tries to conquer more territory in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, but it may have inadvertently saved a fleet of U.S. Air Force jets. Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force’s vice chief of staff, tells Defense News the rise of the Islamic State and the U.S. air campaign to fight it has prompted the service to reconsider plans to retire the A-10 ground attack jets, which first joined the Air Force fleet in 1975. The Air Force’s version of the F-35 will eventually replace the A-10 Thunderbolt, but those new jets are just coming online and are not battle tested like the A-10, which has seen combat in Iraq, Afghanistan and recently in Syria against ISIS – also known as ISIL. “When we made the decision on retiring the A-10, we made those decisions prior to ISIL, we were not in Iraq, we were coming out of Afghanistan to a large extent, we didn’t have a resurgent Russia,” Goldfein said in an interview on “Defense News with Vago Muradian,” scheduled for broadcast this weekend, according to the Defense News website. Goldfein’s office confirmed the general’s remarks to CNN. The revelation came a week after a report was published on the Defense One website in which Pentagon officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said retirement of the A-10, nicknamed the “Warthog,” would not be part of the Pentagon budget request that will be submitted to Congress in February. The Defense One report about pushing back the A-10’s retirement drew praise from Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I welcome reports that the Air Force has decided to keep the A-10 aircraft flying through fiscal year 2017, ensuring our troops have the vital close air support they need for missions around the world. Today, the A-10 fleet is playing an indispensable role in the fight against ISIL in Iraq and assisting NATO’s efforts to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe,” McCain said in a statement. “With growing global chaos and turmoil on the rise, we simply cannot afford to prematurely retire the best close air support weapon in our arsenal without fielding a proper replacement,” McCain’s statement said. The Pentagon’s position on the A-10 had been that it needed the money and crews being used to keep the A-10s flying for the F-35 and other missions. But unlike the multi-role F-35, the A-10 is the only airplane in the Air Force specifically designed for close air support, a mission that has become urgent in the fight against ISIS. Able to circle over a target for long periods, the straight-winged Warthog is supremely maneuverable at low speeds and altitudes. So when ground troops find themselves in trouble – and too close to the enemy for fighter jets to drop bombs without risking friendly fire casualties – A-10 pilots can skim hillsides day and night, under any type of weather, and accurately and punishingly engage ground targets with its powerful 30 mm, seven-barrel Gatling gun, which fires depleted uranium bullets at 3,900 rounds per minute. The A-10’s role in the fight against ISIS was highlighted in Operation Tidal Wave II in November, when A-10s combined with AC-130 gunships to destroy 116 ISIS fuel tanker trucks. Laser-armed fighter jets by 2020, Air Force says CNN’s Gabe Ramirez contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "A-10 aircraft", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160121194500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/politics/air-force-a-10-isis/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "576111886", "sentence": "Obama's facing resistance to US power during final Asia tour Trump slams Obama's performance abroad President Barack Obama bade farewell to G20 leaders in Hangzhou, China, on Monday by reminding them they’re living in “turbulent” times – and he wasn’t kidding. His valedictory Asia tour, which moved on to Laos later in the day, is unfolding amid diplomatic slights and great power rivalries that reflect the unstable nature of the world Obama will bequeath to his successor in January. The controversies reflect the way international politics is now a stew of many competing, rising or resurgent powers that see fewer reasons to simply fall into line behind the United States than was the case following World War II and the Cold War. And it may suggest that foreign leaders are now just as interested in who will sit in the Oval Office next as they are in Obama as he heads for the exit. Obama is not only confronting regimes in Russia, China and North Korea that are at times openly hostile to Washington – or at least willing to make clear they don’t want to play by its rules – but over the long weekend, he got headaches from allies as well, notably Turkey and the Philippines. “Who is he?,” the fiery new President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, asked Monday at a news conference, referring to Obama. The Southeast Asian leader warned he would lash out if the US President raised extrajudicial killings in the Philippines’ new war on drugs in an anticipated meeting in Laos. “I am a president of a sovereign state. And we have long ceased to be a colony of the United States,” Duterte continued. “Son of a b****, I will swear at you.” RELATED: Duterte’s gay slur strains close US-Filipino ties It was a stunning show of disrespect for an American president. And though Obama shrugged off the comments from the “colorful” leader during his own news conference Monday, the White House later canceled his meeting with Duterte, conferring instead with the President of South Korea. Duterte later apologized for any offense caused. Duterte is not the first erratic president of the Philippines, but his unpredictability and willingness to fan latent colonial resentment against the US represents an unwanted disruption for the White House at the end of Obama’s tenure. It comes in a regional cauldron where Beijing is making aggressive moves in the South China Sea and Southeast Asian nations are increasingly important to US efforts to rein in the rising power. Obama had hoped to spend his final journey to Asia as president talking up the highlights of his pivot to the region. The fact sheet the White House put out at the conclusion of the G20 touted the economic progress under the eight years of the Obama presidency. And in one key outcome of the summit, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping formally agreed that both their nations would join the Paris Climate Agreement committing to cutting carbon emissions. But that bright spot aside, his trip to China has offered reminders that since Obama took office in 2009 – and especially since Xi emerged as a nationalist leader after taking office in 2012 – Sino-US relations have worsened. RELATED: Obama has ‘blunt’ meeting with Putin At the start of his trip, a logistical spat over missing airline airplane stairs needed for Obama to reach the red carpet at Hangzhou airport and verbal altercations between US and Chinese officials grabbed headlines. At one point, a White House official warned a Chinese counterpart against restricting access of pool reporters under the wing of Air Force One, noting that it was, after all, a US plane. “This is our country,” the man yelled back. Obama shrugged off that incident, too, acknowledging that disagreements over press access often arise with China but contending that they were not emblematic of the US-China relationship. The Republican hoping to succeed Obama, however, took a much dimmer view of the episode. “Can you believe that the Chinese would not give Obama the proper stairway to get off his plane - fight on tarmac!” Donald Trump tweeted. Can you believe that the Chinese would not give Obama the proper stairway to get off his plane - fight on tarmac! https://t.co/FAldS5zZi5 Beijing said that an “unprofessional” American press had “hyped” up the incident. “China has warmly and friendly welcomed all the leaders who are attending the G20 summit, why would we cause problems to the American delegations on purpose?” said Hua Chunying, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson. Either way, the flap served as a symbol of the tensions over issues of sovereignty that can occur between an ascending authoritarian state and an established democratic superpower used to getting its own way – clashes that some analysts fear could play out on a geopolitical stage in years to come. Another country that has expanded its power base by thumbing its nose at the United States – Russia – also grabbed the spotlight during the G20 summit. Obama and President Vladimir Putin were pictured on Monday locked in an unfriendly stare, clearly with little love lost between them. “Typically, the tone of our meetings are candid, blunt, businesslike – and this one was no different,” was how Obama described it to reporters. He referred to “gaps of trust” over Syria, warned that the US has “more capacity” both “offensively and defensively” when it comes to cyber espionage and stressed that the US has no intention of easing sanctions against Russia over its action in Ukraine. The tough talks were a reminder that the “reset” of Russia relations that Obama pioneered at the start of his administration is now but a memory, while Putin has also taken advantage of chaos in the Middle East to reinstate Russian influence with Syria and Iran. Related video Obama meets Erdogan, promises cooperation Obama also invested significant first-term political capital in improving relations with another foreign leader he met at the G20 – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey – with whom tensions were on display in their joint appearance. Even though Obama bemoaned the “terrible attempted coup” that failed to topple Erdogan in July, the Turkish President did not shy away from raising differences with the US in front of the press. “All forms of terrorism are bad. All forms of terrorism are evil,” Erdogan said, then mentioned the names of a Kurdish group with which the US is allied in Syria but is regarded by Ankara as a terrorist organization. As he headed to Laos, Obama professed to being undeterred by the unpredictable unfriendly international environment at the end of his presidency. “I think we all to have recognize these are turbulent times. A lot of countries are seeing volatile politics,” he said at his news conference. “But then when you look back over the course of eight years, actually you find out things have gotten better. “I tell my staff when they feel worn out sometimes that better is always good,” he added. “It may not be everything that needs to get done, but if it’s better than before we started, we’ll take it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama's foreign policy in Asia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160905200000", "country1": "LAO", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/05/politics/obama-putin-duterte-xi-erdogan-g20-reception/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "741577281", "sentence": "Ben Enwonwu etched himself into Nigerian history. His painting of a Yoruba princess in “Tutu” is considered a national masterpiece, with copies of it hanging in Nigerian homes across the country. To much speculation, the sought-after original was lost for over 40 years. The renowned Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, told BBC’s Radio 4 in 2013: “This particular painting “Tutu,” the print, hung on every wall, of every middle class family in eastern Nigeria when I was growing up.” So when the famous portrait was recently unearthed in a “modest” London flat and sold at auction for $1.6 million (February 28) – four times its estimated price, it sparked huge interest in the art world and amongst buyers in Nigeria – many had set up shop in a hotel in Lagos to make live bids. A story of a lost artwork and the exorbitant price these sort of pieces sell for is always likely to capture interest and imaginations. Because of the history of stolen and looted art from Africa, its reappearance also raises eyebrows for some in the art community. Nigerian visual artist, Victor Ehikhamenor, said to CNN: “How did this work get to where it is?” Bonham’s auction house told CNN the previous owners father bought it, and before then it was last seen in 1975 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Nigeria. However, the story of the man himself goes beyond this story and the record breaking price (for a Nigerian modern artist) his artwork sold for. Enwonwu navigated the world’s between British and Nigerian royalty. At the same time, his works, according to West African art expert Sylvester Ogbechie, became used in popular black liberation movements. Enwonwu is most revered for his paintings, but always referred to himself as a sculpture. Basically, his life was complex. But as Ogbechie said to CNN: “He refused to be typecast as an African woodcarver.” In essence, Enwonwu redefined what it meant to be an African artist. As well as paint and sculpt, Enwonwu wrote significantly about the challenges facing African artists. In a essay written in 1956, he penned his thoughts: “(The African artist) faces the humiliation of having to listen to lectures on African art in foreign art galleries and museums. “He visits foreign museums in order to see a collection of the art of his own country, and very often he is shown round the museum by European curators (page 178).” In the spirit of the French Negritude movement (1930-50s), an attempt by African and Caribbean artists to promote the work of black people and history, Enwonwu believed in an international contemporary African art. He acknowledged that there were barriers preventing African artists playing an a central role in their practice, being often pigeon-holed and expected to produce traditional ethnographic, not modern and global, African art. While Enwonwu railed against the art culture at the time, his training was in established elite institutions. He was classically taught at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and attended Oxford University. Enwonwu quickly rose to international notoriety. “He was pretty much one of the first African artists to achieve global fame,” Ogbechie, who has written a book on Enwonwu’s life, told CNN. He was celebrated for his figurative sculptures and paintings. Enwonwu painted with watercolors and carved abstract-inspired wood figures. “You have to understand how important his fame was in the 1950s. Enwonwu was so famous that his successes were inserted into black struggles across the globe. African Americans were very much enamoured by the artist,” Ogbechie said. Enwonwu’s was also part of the modernist art movement of the mid-century. “He’s a modern artist who got training as a modern artist and moved in modernist art circles. He was very much interested in producing an artwork that framed the condition of modernity,” Ogbechie said. But his style was varied and mixed. “His early work is quite illustrative. Then later on it became a bit more broad and impressionistic. Some of his works from the 60s almost have a slightly cubist feel,” Giles Peppiett, an expert in African art at Bonhams auction house in London, told CNN. His sitters included British royalty of the highest order. “One of his most famous portraits was a bronze he did of her Majesty the Queen,” Peppiett said. Enwonwu made an impact in London, but his most influential works would be seen in his home country Nigeria. In the 1970s, Enwonwu was an Igbo artist living in a country reeling from a civil war that witnessed an estimated one to three million deaths. The Biafra movement, mainly made-up of Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria, fought to secede from Nigeria between 1967-70. The pro-Biafrans lost the war. It was significant for Nigerian society that Enwonwu, an Igbo, painted a Yoruba Ile-Ife princess, part of one of Nigeria’s other major groups, in the aftermath of the war. “It came from a time when Nigeria was fresh from the dramatic effects of the civil war and we were trying to reunite the country – so it was very important,” Enwonwu’s son Oliver told CNN. The Nigerian state proceeded to initiate a reconciliation program to try to heal divisions. “One of the things they wanted to start doing is to show Igbo people they are being reconstituted into the national body” Ogbechie said. “The Tutu paintings were absolutely vital to the process of national reconciliation in Nigeria.” In the early 1970s, Enwonwu subsequently became a professor of art at the University of Ife, an academic center for the Yoruba people. It turns out that Enwonwu’s legacy has lasted the test of time just as the tensions in southeastern Nigeria have. Some, like Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, continue to call for a new state. The artistic work, though, did contribute to the growth of Nigerian art that continues to the present day. “He gave respectability to art,” Oliver Enwonwu said. His work influenced current contemporary artists in Nigeria, not least his son who heads up the Omenka Gallery in Lagos. “I grew up smelling the oil paints and watching him chip away at blocks of wood. It was something which had been ingrained in my very fabric,” Oliver said. Enwonwu certainly left his mark on history. “He legitimized the idea of the artist as a viable practice among the Nigerian population,” Ogbechie said. Contemporary Nigerian Artist Ehikhamenor thought the recent auction was positive for the visibility of African art, but showed the inequity that still exists: “When you look at when he was practicing there are other artists which are not African, that are not Nigerian, that are not black whose works have sold twice, three, four times what we are talking about now.” Enwonwu’s work reached Nigerian society and future generations of artists, but, according to Ogbechie who knew him personally, he was a recluse. “I managed to persuade him to attend some openings and he was very shocked by how deferential everybody was to him. He said he thought everybody hated him,” Ogbechie told CNN. So who was Enwonwu? Perhaps, a quietly doubting, groundbreaking African artist.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ben Enwonwu", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180324110000", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/24/africa/ben-enwonwu-tutu/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "633728348", "sentence": "MH370 vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board Families of those aboard are setting up a private search fund The families of those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have launched a campaign to privately fund a search for the aircraft, which disappeared three years ago. Australia, China and Malaysia announced in January that they were ending their official search for the plane. MH370 was traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, when it vanished over the Indian Ocean with 239 people on board. Related video Search for flight MH370 suspended Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the plane, told CNN on Saturday that relatives were working to create an international fund made up of donations from the parties involved in the flight. He said he believes various companies should contribute to the fund, including the governments of the 14 countries where the passengers were from, plane manufacturer Boeing and Malaysia Airlines. “The fund will be invested and the annual investment returns or interests will be used for the search of MH370,” Jiang said. “Once the plane is found, the original donation will be returned to the donors, without interest.” He did not provide a target amount for the fund. In their January  joint statement announcing the suspension of the search for the aircraft, Australia, China and Malaysia said the decision had not been taken lightly. “Despite every effort using the best science available, cutting edge technology, as well as  modeling and advice from highly skilled professionals who are the best in their field, unfortunately, the search has not been able to locate the aircraft,” it said. The officials said they would not rule out another search if “credible” evidence were to emerge. Voice370, a support group for family members of those aboard the flight, released a statement expressing disappointment over the suspension. “Commercial planes cannot just be allowed to disappear without a trace,” the statement said. “Stopping at this stage is nothing short of irresponsible, and betrays a shocking lack of faith in the data, tools and recommendations of an array of official experts assembled by the authorities themselves.” RELATED: Timeline of MH370 disappearance The plane’s disappearance remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries in modern history. Searchers spent millions of dollars scouring tens of thousands of square miles, but so far have yielded little new information about the plane’s final moments. At 12:41 a.m. local time on March 8, 2014, MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Beijing. It was heading north but after its last message of “Good night Malaysian Three Seven Zero,” it changed course toward the west, according to military radar. From there, investigators believe it turned south around the edge of Indonesia and across the vast Indian Ocean. Investigators confirmed in July that MH370 captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah had tracked a route deep into the Indian Ocean on his home flight simulator, very similar to the one officials believe the missing plane took. Grandparents, a newly graduated engineer, a young couple and a 2-year-old boy were among the hundreds of people on board MH370 when it vanished. Most of the passengers and crew were from China and Malaysia, but individuals and families from 14 different countries were also on board the missing flight. Based on some of the wreckage that’s been found, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau determined the wing flaps had been stowed when MH370 crashed. The report suggested the plane had been out of control, spiraling downward at a rate of almost 300 miles per hour at its last satellite transmission. These findings suggested “two early hypotheses,” according to CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo; either that a fire on board the plane incapacitated everyone through smoke or fumes, or that a rapid decompression, perhaps because of a breach in a window, led to their deaths hours before the plane ran out of fuel and spiraled downward. But investigators still haven’t been able to say for sure what caused the crash. CNN’s Yuli Yang reported from Hong Kong and Susannah Cullinane wrote from Auckland. Juliet Perry, Joshua Berlinger, Joe Sterling and Deborah Bloom contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Australia, China and Malaysia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170305110000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "MYS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/05/asia/mh370-search-families/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "661948917", "sentence": "Getting must-pass items to President Donald Trump's desk could be daunting Here are the top five items to look for from Capitol Hill in the weeks ahead The Republican-led Congress returns to work this week, and once again, the Russia investigation will overshadow the ambitious legislative agenda that includes major overhauls of the health care system and tax code. Former FBI Director James Comey is slated to testify publicly Thursday and is expected to discuss President Donald Trump’s request that he end his probe of a top aide’s ties to Russia Against the backdrop of the highly anticipated hearing, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will tackle a critical summer list of high-priority issues and bills that GOP leaders are anxious to complete – or at least make significant progress on – before the long August recess. But with only seven work weeks left, getting must-pass items to President Donald Trump’s desk could be daunting, especially since it is the sharp divide among Republicans that largely stands in the way of progress. Democrats are in no mood to cooperate – sensing their own political fortunes potentially on the rise with the continued controversy over the President and his team. Here are the top five items to look for from Capitol Hill in the weeks ahead: All eyes will be on Comey Thursday when he testifies before the Senate intelligence committee about his conversations with the President, who allegedly urged Comey to drop the bureau’s investigation of Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn and his interactions with top Russians during the 2016 campaign. Some legal experts argue Trump’s possible directive might be proof of obstruction of justice, a potentially impeachable offense. It’s still unclear whether the White House will attempt to assert executive privilege as a way to block Comey’s testimony. Meantime, House and Senate intelligence committees issued a slew of subpoenas last week, a sign their investigations are hitting their stride. After a divisive debate in the House that pitted moderates against conservatives inside the Republican conference, the Senate GOP is essentially starting over and creating its own bill. A Senate working group continues to limp forward on complex negotiations over an Obamacare repeal and replacement plan that can marry the competing demands of conservative and moderate Republicans and get the 51 votes it needs to pass. McConnell acknowledges he doesn’t know which policies will bring the sides together, but aides were ordered to begin drafting language over the recess to help drive talks. Senators on the right flank want to shrink Medicaid to save money and abandon Obamacare’s strict insurance regulations to help provide greater choice and lower premiums for consumers. But centrists want to hold onto important Obamacare requirements for covering people with pre-existing conditions and the expansion of Medicaid that is now providing coverage for millions of Americans. In a setback for Republicans, veteran Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, said in an interview Friday “it’s unlikely we will get a deal” and that he does not see “see a comprehensive health care plan this year” coming out of the Senate. Republicans on Capitol Hill largely ignored the budget request sent last month from the Trump administration. The party is split on some of the proposed changes to Medicaid and the spending cuts to some federal programs such as cancer research, environmental protections and how much more money the military should receive to address national security threats. Both House and Senate budget committees have been working on their own fiscal blueprint. Without any help from Democrats, it will be a heavy lift to get enough Republicans on the same page to get a budget passed. There are competing forces inside the party with goals that are conflicting, including those that want to reduce overall spending but boost spending for the US military. Others want to balance the budget on a faster timetable than their leaders, slashing some federal agencies with deep cuts that are unpopular in swing states and districts where some in the GOP worry about the impact on the 2018 midterm elections. The budget is a political wish list document that doesn’t need to be enacted into law. But this year’s budget is a critical component of the GOP’s legislative strategy. They are replying on using a tool known as “reconciliation” that allows leaders to push through a tax reform bill through the Senate with a simple majority of votes, avoiding a Democratic filibuster. They employed the same approach for the health care bill that the House passed in May. Despite deep divisions over how to pay for a major tax bill or which tax cuts would be retained and which would be phased out, Ryan insisted last week that Congress was on track to get a bill to the President’s desk “by the end of the calendar year 2017.” Trump also said on Thursday that his tax proposal is “moving along in Congress” but there is no actual legislation. Related video Graham: Trump budget 'destroying soft power' Ryan’s continued push for a border adjustment tax as the main revenue source to offset the tax bill faces stiff resistance from many on the right in his party. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has been critical of the proposal. Without an alternative proposal to offset the significant costs of a new tax bill lowering rates, the GOP plan could be pared down. Some are already suggesting that the GOP should focus on a package of popular tax cuts instead of a major reworking of the tax code. In addition to paving the way for tax reform, Hill Republicans use the budget’s top line numbers to set spending levels for the dozen spending bills they will need to pass before the end of September to avoid a government shutdown. Mnuchin recently told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the administration wanted Congress to increase the nation’s borrowing authority this summer before it heads out on the five-week late summer recess. That timetable surprised GOP leaders who thought they wouldn’t need to address the thorny issue until the fall. “We need to make sure we raise our debt ceiling to pay our debts,” Mnuchin said. He also urged members to back raising the debt ceiling without any conditions attached. But conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus have already called for any increase in the borrowing limit to be paired with “policy that addresses Washington’s unsustainable spending by cutting where necessary, capping where able, and working to balance in the near future.” White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, a former member of the Freedom Caucus, told The New York Times on Friday that he wanted to add some spending reforms, but also admitted, “we’ve not settled on a final policy within the administration.” Lawmakers are also slated to take up several issues waiting for congressional action such as new sanctions against Iran and Russia and a promise to repeal Obama-era financial regulations. The political fallout of Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate change accord – which incensed Democrats but pleased most Republicans – will also be a focus. The Senate will also need to take action once the President names a new FBI director, which Trump promised to do quickly but that is now in limbo. Once a nominee is named, the confirmation process could take several weeks as Democrats, in particular, work to ensure the new director will be truly independent of Trump.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican-led Congress", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170605104500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/politics/congress-returns-list-russia-probe/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "728760978", "sentence": "Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that if he were one of President Donald Trump’s attorneys, he would suggest Trump not consent to a special counsel interview for fear of being caught misleading investigators. “The President has some difficulty with precision,” Biden said in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. Biden said he marvels at some of the comments Trump makes and referenced a line from Trump on Monday that Democrats who did not applaud his State of the Union address were “un-American” and “treasonous.” The White House has since called the remark tongue-in-cheek, with press secretary Sarah Sanders saying on Tuesday that Trump was “clearly joking.” “Well let me tell you, he’s a joke,” Biden said in response. Asked to clarify if he was calling the President a joke, Biden said, “Yeah, in this kind of stuff.” “I think he understands and I think the people around him understand, what presidents say matter,” Biden said. “Our children are listening, and the world is listening.” CNN reported last month that special counsel Robert Mueller provided Trump’s attorneys with a range of topics for an interview, and that Trump’s attorneys are arguing Mueller has not met the threshold for an interview. Trump has said publicly he would be willing to sit for an interview under oath, although The New York Times reported Monday that Trump’s attorneys are advising Trump against an interview because of concerns he might be charged with lying to investigators. Biden took issue with the recent decision by Trump and House Republicans to release a controversial memo alleging FBI abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to monitor former Trump  campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. “It seems irresponsible,” Biden said. He linked the push to a broader Trump effort to impugn the conduct of the FBI during the 2016 election and the special counsel investigation that Trump has called a “witch hunt.” Biden said the attacks were without precedent and hit the entire bureau. “This is the first President to make a full-throated, unvarnished attack on the entirety of the FBI, not going after J. Edgar Hoover, who was one person in the FBI,” Biden said, referencing the agency’s former director. Biden continued, “What do you think they’re thinking in Moscow? This is doing everything that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin ever wanted, sowing doubt about whether or not our justice system is fair, sowing doubt about whether or not there is anything that is remotely consistent with our Constitution.” More broadly, Biden said he is “genuinely concerned” with key pillars of Trump’s rhetoric and actions, warning of “naked nationalism” and “phony populism.” “This notion that the way in which you, the only reason you have a problem, is because of the other, is because of that immigrant or that minority or because of someone else doing something to you,” Biden said. Biden’s public appearances and comments since leaving office have fueled speculation he might make another presidential bid. Asked about the possibility, Biden said he was spending his time trying to swing Congress for Democrats in 2018 “to stop this insanity and begin to right this ship.” But pressed on the issue, the former vice president recalled a question from former President Barack Obama. “Barack, the President, asked me all during the end of the last administration, you know, how do you make the judgment?” Biden said. “If I could look in the mirror in two and a half, two years, and walk away knowing I’m not walking away because I’m afraid or I don’t have the nerve to try to do the job or I don’t want to make the effort, then I will happily walk away. For real.” Biden said he was also considering rising talent in the Democratic Party and the potential strength of the 2020 field. “There’s a lot of new folks that potentially are coming up here,” Biden said. “You know, we didn’t know who Bill Clinton was three years out. We didn’t know who Barack Obama was other than a tremendous speech he made. And they stepped up.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180207020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/politics/joe-biden-robert-mueller-donald-trump/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "747280137", "sentence": "Days before its official release, excerpts of James Comey’s memoir about his time as FBI Director under President Donald Trump have leaked. Actually, flooded. There’s a lot of pieces of the Comey book – “A Higher Loyalty” – kicking around the media world at the moment. Some are salacious, others are stunning and some are just plain surreal. I scanned through all of the available excerpts and plucked out the lines that are most devastating for Trump. Then I ranked them by level of damage they are likely to cause. Here they are, ranked from least to most problematic for the President of the United States. This is, in a word, dumb. Or, in another word, petty. If Comey wanted to build the narrative with this book that he is truly committed to the good of the country rather than in selling books or scoring partisan points, he’d have been better served to leave this stuff out. Noting the size of Trump’s hands or the fact that he tans feels beneath the broader stated mission of the book: To reveal why Trump is simply not fit for the office he currently holds. Comey also mentions that Trump was shorter than he looked on TV. First off, everyone is short to the 6’8” Comey. Second, who cares? Again, the fact that Trump has “soft white pouches” under his “expressionless blue eyes” feels more like an unnecessary jab than an essential insight. BUT, Comey’s next sentence is important – because he’s right. Trump has demonstrated time and time again that he simply doesn’t understand – or doesn’t care about – the unique role the Justice Department plays within the federal government. Yes, they work under him. But they don’t exactly work for him. He’s never seemed to get that. There’s no question that prior to the last week or so, Trump has been largely unwilling to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country as a whole. (The Syrian chemical attack and Russia’s continued support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears to have changed how Trump thinks about Putin.) But, we already knew that. And everything else in this excerpt is pure speculation. “Maybe it was something more complicated” isn’t exactly hard and fast evidence. This one is more salacious than anything else. But, that Trump feels the need to convince Comey that he never watched two prostitutes pee on one another is, um, something else. Don’t be too quick to dismiss this as simply salacious. Yes, there is that. But it is absolutely telling about the state of Trump’s marriage that he was asking the FBI director to prove the falsehood of the “pee tape” to his wife – almost certainly because she wouldn’t believe him. Then there’s the fact that Trump seems to believe that proving the tape doesn’t exist to Melania Trump is a worthy use of the FBI’s time. Which is, um, something. Comey here is echoing people like Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake who have castigated their fellow Republicans for refusing to condemn Trump when he attacks the Justice Department or the Intelligence Community. The argument is that silence is essentially assent. Only by saying, “No, what Trump is doing is wrong and should stop immediately” can Republicans hope to have a party in the post-Trump era. Amid Trump’s ramped-up rhetoric on deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller, it will be interesting to see what Republican reaction will be if the president decides to fire either (or both) of those men. Will Republicans speak out? Two things are at work here – one not terribly problematic for Trump, the other potential more so. The first is that he demonstrates he has a massive ego and believes that he is so appealing to women that any story about him frequenting prostitutes simply can’t be believed. The second is that he is intimately familiar with the details of the bevy of accusations made against him by a number of women during the 2016 campaign. That level of interest/obsession belies the public face of dismissal and unconcern Trump and his people have presented when confronted with the allegations. This is very important. What Comey is alleging here is that Trump, from the start, saw his relationship with Comey as entirely transactional. I’ll let you stay in your job as FBI director but I want something for it. That something, as we now now, was a loyalty pledge that Comey refused to give. Trump’s approach to every encounter appears to be similar to what Comey describes here. Let’s make a deal where you get something but, far more importantly, I get something. This anecdote is going to make chief of staff John Kelly’s life even harder than it already is. Rumors of him clashing with Trump and/or being on the way out are everywhere. Now, he’ll have to face a barrage of questions over whether Comey’s recounting of the moments right after Trump fired him are accurate. And if Kelly says they are, how can he stay in his job?  If he says Comey got it wrong, will Trump even believe him? In this excerpt, Comey is comparing Trump to a mob boss. Which is a tough comparison to make when you are dealing with the President of the United States. But, Comey is right in the main when it comes to how Trump sees himself and how he leads his team. Trump must always be the strongest and toughest one in any room. He expects total loyalty from those who work for him – and works to rid his inner circle of those he believes have shown even a speck of disloyalty to him. He doesn’t tell the truth about things that are easily and provably false – largest inauguration crowd ever, millions of illegal votes cast – and then dares those around him to question him. I don’t know any mob bosses personally but there’s not question that Comey nails Trump here. These two sentences are  the most damaging thing to Trump so far in the Comey excerpts because they speak to a number of demonstrated truths. We know that Trump said more than 2,000 things in his first year in office that were either partially or entirely untrue. We know he looks at every situation as a chance to extract something for himself. That he is immensely self focused to the point of a blindness as to how his actions might be perceived by people who aren’t him. We know that he either misunderstands or chooses to ignore traditional norms for how a president acts, what he says and how he treats those who work for him.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180413160000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/politics/comey-book-trump/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "604604483", "sentence": "Western media blaming Russia for trying to undermine US election with fake news The Kremlin has consistently denied any interference Three studies conclude that Moscow has exploited trend, but not sole perpetrators The 2016 presidential race was rife with disinformation, none more blatant than fake news – hoaxes, half-truths, outright lies – that flashed through the internet at warp speed. Take, for example, “Pizzagate,” a made-up story of a pedophilia ring supposedly being run out of a Washington, D.C. pizza parlor by none other than Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman John Podesta. Fueled by conspiracy theorists posting on social media sites like Reddit, Facebook and Twitter, the story picked up so much traction that The New York Times and the Washington Post were forced to track it down, finally debunking it. Then there were the stories about Clinton’s health. Not just her actual September bout with pneumonia, but other stories claiming she had a brain injury and was losing her mind. Western media, for the most part, are blaming Moscow, accusing the Kremlin of exploiting fake news to damage Clinton, help elect Donald Trump, and undermine the American electorate’s faith in their government. The Kremlin has consistently denied it tried to interfere in the election. Related video Blizzard of misinformation before Election Day Two new studies that were cited by media outlets, including the Washington Post, claim Russia used “thousands of botnets, teams of paid human ‘trolls,’ and networks of websites and social-media accounts” to “echo and amplify” false or misleading tweets, Facebook posts, videos and media reports. The first study – “Trolling for Trump: How Russia is Trying to Destroy Our Democracy” – appeared in early November in War on the Rocks, an online magazine. “Russia’s propaganda mechanisms primarily aim for “alt-right and more traditional right-wing and fascist parties,” Clint Watts, one of the co-authors of the paper, tells CNN, but they’re also “hitting across any group in the United States that is anti-government, or fomenting dissent or conspiracies against the US government and its institutions.” Related article Drom 'alt-right' to 'fake news': Your post-election glossary Watts, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University co-authored the study alongside two other researchers, Andrew Weisburd and J.M. Berger. “It’s not exclusive to Trump,” Watts explains. “They are huge in the white nationalist community. That’s where we saw them before they went to Trump. And then they try on the left as well.” Watts says that, during the election campaign, three main groups traded in fake news: passionate Trump supporters; people out to make money by driving followers to their websites with “click bait” stories; and the Russian propaganda apparatus. Related video The real problems with 'fake news' Each group used social platforms differently and the research team used various social media metrics to distinguish the behavior among them. Content from “click bait profiteers,” for example, is absorbed in a different way to propaganda content. “If you’re just trying to sell something it’s more like an Amazon advertisement,” Watts explains. “The Russian propaganda system would have what you would call ‘horizontal conversations’ – a discussion for influence purposes.” The goal is to erode trust in mainstream media, public figures, government institutions… “ Clint Watts, senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University That doesn’t mean Moscow would turn down an opportunity to exploit fake news created by someone else who supports the Russian line. “They’ll use it too,” he says. “They see it as free propaganda.” But importantly, Watts says, Russia’s goal wasn’t just to elect Trump. “The goal is to erode trust in mainstream media, public figures, government institutions – everything that holds the unity of the Republic together.” The second study was conducted by an anonymous, self-described “non-partisan collection of researchers with foreign policy, military and technology backgrounds” who call themselves PropOrNot. Related video Fake news thriving on social media The group says it, too, analyzed tweets and other social media messages ricocheting around the web and found many of the same phrases, which it interpreted as indicating that they came from the same single source. In some cases, fake news was spread knowingly; in other cases, activists and others simply picked up and passed on tidbits they liked, in what the authors describe as an “online echo chamber.” Many different groups spew fake news but Russia is currently the industry leader.” PropOrNot statement to CNN Their conclusion: Russia has made “large-scale, long-term efforts to build online ‘fake news’ propaganda outlets with significant audiences in the US.” “We are not exaggerating Russia’s influence,” the group told CNN in an emailed statement. “Many different groups spew fake news but Russia is currently the industry leader.” Zuckerberg: Idea that fake news influenced election is ‘crazy’ PropOrNot’s report lists 200 websites that qualify, according to their criteria, as “Russian propaganda outlets” reaching, they claim, at least 15 million Americans. The effort, they say, is “at least semi-centralized.” “There are varying degrees of involvement in it, and awareness of involvement,” their report says. “Some people involved seem genuinely unaware that they are being used by Russia to produce propaganda, but many others seem to know full well.” Related article Journalism faces an 'existential crisis' in Trump era But other digital experts criticize that approach, saying it is too broad and includes sites that are legitimately expressing their own views, even if they happen to coincide with Russia’s messaging. As Ben Nimmo, information defense fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, puts it: “There’s more to this than the Kremlin.” “To reduce this all to ‘Oh, it’s the Russians doing it’ is to ignore the very real problem that there is the alt-right doing this in the US, and you’ve got convinced people in Germany and France who are doing this. You’ve got people in the UK as well, apparently as of their own conviction,” he says. “If they all hate America, and they all hate Clinton, and they all hate America having an active foreign policy, sure they’re going to share stuff.” Related video A new age of information warfare In a written statement emailed to CNN, PropOrNot defended both its methods and its mission. “Our list was never intended to be ‘black.’ We highlight these outlets because we believe that the public should be able to know that very disparate kinds of online outlets frequently display a strong bias towards Russia in ways that echo, repeat, are used by, and redirect their audiences to Russian official and semi-official state media. We highlight. Unlike the Russian government, we do not censor.” Since the report’s publication, the group says it has removed some websites – ones that “have made a case for their independence” – from its list. In other cases, it says, it has added new sites “especially ones which are directly owned and controlled by governments that suppress and restrict free media.” A third study by the Rand Corporation and George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs delves even further into what it labels Russia’s “firehose of falsehood.” “The Russian propaganda model,” the report says, “is high-volume and multichannel, and it disseminates messages without regard for the truth. It is also rapid, continuous, and repetitive, and it lacks commitment to consistency.” Watch: Did fake news help elect Donald Trump? All that makes it extremely difficult to counter, the report says. Facebook and Google have promised to crack down on fake news but it appears little has been done so far. After outlining measures to prevent the proliferation of more fake news on Facebook, the social platform’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote: “We’ve made significant progress, but there is more work to be done.” RT, the Russian media company, and the Russian news service Sputnik – both state-financed – feature prominently in most reports on Russian propaganda. The Washington Post article, quoting researchers, accuses the outlets of “sometimes” including “false and misleading stories in their reports.” RT dismisses the Washington Post story as a “hit piece.” “RT has never engaged in any such activity – which is, perhaps, why WashPo failed to provide a single piece of evidence or reference,” Editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, tells CNN. Related article Raising media-savvy kids in an era of 'fake news' “It is particularly troubling,” she says, “that, prior to publishing the piece, the Washington Post did not even bother to seek a comment from RT, as a right of reply would be the minimum in standard journalistic practice when making such libelous claims … It seems ironic that in its eagerness to comment on the ‘fake news’ phenomenon, the outlet would follow in a similar vein in its own editorial approach.” Asked for a response, the Washington Post tells CNN: “While we did quote the Kremlin denying any interference in the US election, we should also have obtained separate comment from RT, a network funded by the Russian government. Its comment was later included in the online version of the story.” Simonyan insists that RT is “most highly concerned about the ‘fake news’ phenomenon because … it is perfectly acceptable for the mainstream media to promote fake news – as long as it’s about Russia or RT.” During the US presidential campaigns, most fake news blasted Clinton and praised Trump but expert Clint Watts says the President-elect can’t count on Moscow’s benign approach continuing. “I would assume that if Trump doesn’t support Putin’s policies then they’re next,” he cautions. In spite of Russia’s denials and Trump’s doubts, cybersecurity experts say Russia likely hacked not only Democrats’ emails but Republicans’ as well. “We think they have thousands of people’s emails,” Watts tells CNN. “As those people rise in prominence or become more important in a Russia context, [Moscow] will use more and more data dumps to undermine the integrity of people. “That’s just ammunition. They’re going to hold it until they need it.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161202094500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/politics/russia-fake-news-reality/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "660208173", "sentence": "An interceptor missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California The Pentagon says the long-planned test of its ground-based interceptor system is not solely about North Korea The Pentagon successfully shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile using its own upgraded long-range interceptor missile on Tuesday in what was widely seen as a test of US ability to counter a North Korean missile launch. The Missile Defense Agency launched a ground-based interceptor from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to intercept a US-launched mock ICBM target over the Pacific Ocean, according to a US defense official. The test ICBM, which flew thousands of miles per hour, was destroyed “thousands of miles off the coast” of the US mainland, with the intercept taking place northeast of Hawaii, the director of the Missile Defense Agency, Vice Adm. Jim Syring, told reporters at the Pentagon via a Wednesday phone call. The interceptor “destroyed the target in a direct collision,” according to a statement from the Missile Defense Agency. “The intercept of a complex, threat-representative ICBM target is an incredible accomplishment … and a critical milestone for this program,” Syring said in a statement shortly after the test. “This system is vitally important to the defense of our homeland, and this test demonstrates that we have a capable, credible deterrent against a very real threat,” he said. “Everything we did was operationally realistic,” Syring told reporters, adding that “decoys” were deployed by the target ICBM to make the test more realistic. He said that the test ICBM “flew at a higher altitude and a longer range and a higher velocity than any other target we’ve flown to date.” He said the designers of the test ICBM worked with the intelligence community in order to replicate a realistic Iranian or North Korean threat that the US might face between now and 2020. “I was confident before the test that we have the capability to defeat any threat that they would throw at us and I am more confident – even more confident today,” Syring added. The test cost about $244 million, according to Syring. “We are launching an interceptor that is flying thousands of miles past Hawaii and that requires us to shut down large parts of the ocean in terms of mariner ship traffic and air traffic,” he said. The next test will take place in August/September 2018 and will involve multiple interceptors attempting to take out a single test ICBM. “We shoot more than one in a real world operational scenario,” Syring said. While the Pentagon is calling this test a success, some experts cautioned that the $40 billion missile defense system still has a long way to go before it can be considered fully developed. “It marks two successes in a row, which is significant, but only two hits out of the last five attempts; that is, only a 40% success rate since early 2010,” said Philip E. Coyle, a senior fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “In school, 40% isn’t a passing grade,” added Coyle, who formerly headed the Pentagon’s office of operational test and evaluation. “Based on its testing record, we cannot rely upon this missile defense program to protect the United States from a North Korean long-range missile.” Washington Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, congratulated the Missile Defense Agency for a successful test but sounded a note of caution that “much work remains to be done to ensure we have a reliable and effective system.” “After an investment of more than $40 billion since 2002, it’s good that the Missile Defense Agency is finally doing a missile defense test against an ICBM target, some 13 years after the first Ground-Based Interceptor system’s deployment,” Smith told CNN. “Flight intercept testing, particularly against realistic targets, remains a key element of the program to assess the effectiveness of our deployed missile defense system, as well as to demonstrate the capability and continue the development of such a system,” he added. The test comes just two days after Pyongyang fired a short-range ballistic missile that traveled an estimated 248 miles, splashing down within Japan’s exclusive economic zone. In a Monday tweet, President Donald Trump joined the leaders of South Korea and Japan in condemning the test, saying that North Korea had “shown great disrespect” for China by “shooting off yet another ballistic missile.” North Korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor, China, by shooting off yet another ballistic missile...but China is trying hard! The Pentagon insists the long-planned test of its ground-based interceptor system is not solely about North Korea, and the test is aimed at being able to challenge any threatening ICBM, including possibly from Iran in the future. That test involved firing a new version of the military’s single long-range ground-based interceptor missile, which is currently based in Alaska and California. That program has also been in existence for more than a decade but only about half of the tests have been successful, according to the Defense Department. US officials often call it a high-speed effort to hit a bullet with another bullet. Related article North Korea's missile tests In the most recent Pentagon report examining weapons testing across the Department of Defense, this long-range system was criticized, saying it “demonstrates a limited capability to defend the US homeland from small numbers of simple intermediate-range or intercontinental ballistic missile threats launched from North Korea or Iran.” The report went on to say the Defense Department continues to discover new failure modes during testing. In Tuesday’s test, an interceptor missile was launched from Vandenberg and intercepted a simulated threat missile over the Pacific Ocean launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The interceptor tested had an upgraded “kill” vehicle – to hit the incoming missile, as well as an upgraded booster and improved guidance. With this pre-programmed test, the Pentagon was looking to see specifically how all these components performed and what additional improvements needed to be made. It is widely acknowledged that in a real world attack, several interceptors would be launched to maximize the chance of quickly destroying the incoming threat. Last week, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told Congress, “North Korea is an increasingly grave national security threat to the United States because of its growing missile and nuclear capabilities combined with the aggressive approach of its leader Kim Jong Un. Kim is attempting to prove that he has the capability to strike the US mainland with a nuclear weapon.” Sen. John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in an interview Sunday that it would not be acceptable for North Korea to acquire an intercontinental ballistic missile, saying the US should not be reliant solely upon missile defense to ward off the threat. Related article Why hasn't North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test? “I don’t think it’s acceptable for the United States of America to have an intercontinental ballistic missile – or a missile aimed at Australia – with a nuclear weapon on it, and depend on our ability to counter it with an anti-missile capability,” McCain told Australia’s ABC. He added that the situation on the Korean Peninsula had the potential to mirror the Cuban Missile Crisis unless Pyongyang is curbed, calling on China to do more. Tuesday’s test came as the US has ramped up other missile defense efforts, including the deployment of the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea which is designed to counter short, medium and intermediate range missile threats. Earlier this month, the US military announced that the THAAD missile defense system had become operational. CNN’s Zachary Cohen and Jeremy Herb contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US missile defense system", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170530054500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/politics/pentagon-missile-test-north-korea-iran/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "416436047", "sentence": "The CDC says bacteria are not likely to be a threat to the general population Burkholderia pseudomallei can cause can cause melioidosis, or Whitmore's disease An employee at the Tulane National Primate Research Center near New Orleans has tested positive for a potentially deadly strain of bacteria kept at the facility. The employee is not sick, and Jason McDonald, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the bacteria are not likely to be a threat to the general population. The worker tested positive to exposure of Burkholderia pseudomallei, which can cause can cause melioidosis, or Whitmore’s disease. “It is predominately a disease of tropical climates, especially in Southeast Asia and northern Australia where it is widespread,” according to the CDC website. The CDC is waiting on additional test results to determine if the exposure occurred at the research center or somewhere else, McDonald said. The CDC and U.S. Department of Agriculture are at the campus, continuing an investigation that began in November when two monkeys were diagnosed with Whitmore’s disease. Six others have antibodies indicating exposure to the bacterium. Since then federal health officials have been working with state and local officials to investigate the source. Blood tests have been conducted on nearly 70 primates at the center, with one testing positive for antibodies, McDonald said. According to the CDC, “the bacteria causing melioidosis are found in contaminated water and soil. It is spread to humans and animals through direct contact with the contaminated source.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150312120000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/12/us/tulane-bacteria-exposure/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "672418916", "sentence": "Like sparring siblings, French Corsica and Italian Sardinia are similar in many ways. The climate, for one thing, is close to identical – toasty. At their closest point, the Mediterranean islands are only 11 kilometers apart. But they can be poles apart: Corsica less developed (in the interior, anyway), Sardinia more of a yacht magnet. Both attract hundreds of thousands of tourists a year. Both can be lovely and hypnotic. So, which to choose? When first visiting, many Italians say Corsica is how Sardinia looked 20 years ago, before big tourism hauled up on the shore. There are wild landscapes, pristine white-sand beaches with barely a beach house in sight – and the water level is completely unaffected by any mega-yachts floating offshore. The law keeps it like this – specifically the 1986 Coast Law, which prohibits the construction of new buildings within 100 meters of the coast outside urban areas. Corsican beaches that wouldn’t look out of place on a Polynesian postcard rack include Saleccia, abutting the Désert des Agriates. (Corsica has its own mini-“desert,” more scrub land than sweeping dunes.) Another beautiful beach is Palombaggia, near the town of Porto Vecchio. Corsica’s relatively unspoiled nature also makes it a kind of promised land for hikers and cyclists. The GR 20, a long-distance European trail (one of the toughest around) snakes over the island. Corsica is wild in another sense: with its own Mafia, who usually communicate in impenetrable Corsican (Corsu). Deadly violence flares up between the clans now and then, but tourists are largely immune. For more on Corsica’s beaches, see Visit-Corsica.com. Sardinia has more of the whiff of money about it. This is especially true on the Emerald Coast, a 20-kilometer-long strip lined with Russian and other billionaires’ wedding cake villas and private beaches. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has a retreat on the Costa Smeralda. His house has an underground swimming grotto, complete with Poseidon mosaic. If you like your island stays cosseted, you may love this and many similar parts of Sardinia. It’s not all ritz. The wild southern dunes of the Piscinas or Chia regions or, seven kilometers off Sardinia, the isle of San Pietro, offer more natural settings. See SardegnaTurismo, for more on the island’s wild spots – however you define them. 10 gorgeous Mediterranean islands you probably haven’t heard of Foodies should make Sardinia their first stop. The island’s cuisine incorporates meat, fish and pasta with equal variety. Traditional dishes include tiny, shell-like malloreddus pasta, wild piglet cooked in honey and spaghetti with sea urchins. Fresh fish is grilled, fried, roasted or poached and often topped with elaborate sauces and dressings or a specialty called “bottarga,” delicious Sardinian mullet roe. Tuna is served raw and rare in the town of Carloforte (Al Tonno di Corsa, Via Marconi 47; +33 495 781 855 106), which is known for its annual tuna fishing festival. Sardinia has a busy wine list, too, especially if you like whites – dry Vermentino di Gallura is one of the island’s best-known; Funtanaliras is an aromatic contrast. Corsica also has traditional menus, but with less variety. Clams filled with cream or melted Roquefort are a striking specialty, from the town of Bonifacio (L’Escale, Quai Jerome Comparetti 4; +33 495 731 979). Generally, though, for an island, fish menus are limited on Corsica. This is a meaty place. Charcuterie plateau features all types of ham, salami and local cheese. An island specialty is Corsica’s saucissons – dense, cured sausages that look like mini-truncheons, available everywhere. They contain enough flavor to keep a Corsican bandit happy when hiding out in the inland wilderness (the maquis of legend) and appropriately keep for weeks without refrigeration. You’re struck by how contented the half-wild pigs appear, lazing in the undergrowth all over the island. Corsica has more than 150 camp sites, with more than 25,000 places to pitch. Some are like little towns, with full-service laundries, pizzerias and restaurants, bars and Wi-Fi. With so many campers, you’d think you’d be constantly tripping over Gore-Tex, but sites tend to be clustered in areas with easy access to beaches – again, the inland is unbesmirched. More about Corsican camping is available at Campingcorse.com. The island’s strict planning laws prohibit much development on the coast. Accordingly, many hotels and resorts are clustered a few hundred meters inland, as if afraid of the sea. Others are a kilometer or more from the coast and tend to be more upscale, such as Residence Pietra di Sole (+33 495 70 36 74), which rises on a hillside with views over Palombaggia beach. Inland, accommodation is often in converted ancient inns open only in the warmer seasons or, for walkers, gites with basic, shared accommodation and hearty, rustic meals. Corsica is also one of the most pet-friendly destinations in Europe: dogs and cats are welcome at campsites and most hotels. More about accommodation on Corsica is available at Visit-Corsica.com. Remote islands: 7 of the world’s hardest-to-reach outposts If you want to walk from your hotel room to the beach, a Sardinian resort – crowded but comfy – is the obvious choice. Many have private beaches and all the usual resort accouterments of multiple restaurants and swim up – or the more conventional lean-on – bars. Costa Smeralda has the island’s most elite accommodations. More mid-range fare is clustered in the south of the island. Hotel Dune (Via Bau 1; +39 070 977 130), near some of Europe’s tallest sand dunes, has a private beach in a natural setting. Inland, Hotel Su Gologone (+39 0784 287 512), in Oliena, is an upscale village stay, where life in the surrounding countryside remains fairly traditional. 10 most romantic islands in the world When you’re not hanging out with Silvio or eating pork sausages, how do the islands compare for feeding your curiosity? In Sardinia, a boat tour of the protected archipelago of La Maddalena shows off the island’s beautiful pink-sand atolls, which you can swim in. A trip to the ruins of the prehistoric village of Barumini, with its stone towers, reveals a little of what the island would have been like several thousand years before all-inclusive package tours. Sardinia’s capital, Cagliari, has elegant Baroque avenues and plenty of busy markets – mainly selling food but also clothes and furniture. Just as Corsica was to France (see below), Sardinia was once Italy’s Wild West. The town of Orgaloso is a former bandits’ stronghold now renowned for the skillfully rendered political murals decorating its walls. Corsica has an even more renowned criminal heritage than Sardinia. You can sleep in another ex-outlaw stronghold, Sartene, soaking up more of that faded lawless vibe. The island also has a bandit’s ransom of superb views and natural sights. Bonifacio, atop a plunging cliff overlooking the cobalt sweep of the Mediterranean, is one of the most dramatically sited towns on Earth. No wonder there are cannon poking over the cliff to protect it. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Calanches has weird, red rock formations, like giant termite mounds. You can rent a car and tour the rocky peninsula of Cap Corse, with freaky precipices and solitary jet-black beaches. The waterfall of Piscia di Gallu, near Porto Vecchio, is an easy two-hour introduction to walking on the island. The result of the island set-to? Neither’s out for the count. Which is why the best bet is to get on a ferry and see Sardinia and Corsica on one vacation. Cannes: A guide to France’s city of stars and sunshine Going to Sicily? 10 things to know before your trip Editor’s note: This article was previously published in 2013. It was reformatted and republished in 2017.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Corsica and Sardinia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170712101500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/corsica-versus-sardinia/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "632796305", "sentence": "Sessions met with the Russian ambassador during campaign last year White House learned of Sessions' contacts through press reports Wednesday Several Republicans are calling on Sessions to recuse himself from any DOJ investigation President Donald Trump stood by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday, releasing a statement saying Sessions did not make any misleading statements under oath during his confirmation hearings, but that he could have been more accurate in his responses to lawmakers. “Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional,” Trump said. “This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election and now, they have lost their grip on reality. The real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total witch hunt!” Earlier Thursday, Sessions bowed to intense political pressure and recused himself from any investigation related to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Related article Sessions recusal: What's next? Sessions acted after it emerged that he had failed at his Senate confirmation hearing to disclose two pre-election meetings with Russia’s ambassador to Washington, at a time when Moscow was accused of interfering in the presidential race. “I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States,” Sessions told reporters. Later Thursday night, on Fox News, Sessions said he plans to submit a “supplement” to the record of his congressional testimony, detailing the meetings he didn’t mention at the time. “My response went to the question indicated about the continuing surrogate relationship that I firmly denied and correctly denied, and I did not mention in that time that I had met with the ambassador,” Sessions told host Tucker Carlson. “So I will definitely make that a part of the record as I think is appropriate.” Sessions explained that he plans to recuse himself from any investigations into the campaign, but he would take decisions on investigations into Russian hacking “on a case-by-case basis.” Sessions said the decision to recuse himself followed his promise to the Senate Judiciary Committee to avoid any semblance of a conflict of interest between his new role and previous position as a strong supporter of the Trump campaign. It was also the result of consultations with career Justice Department officials, he said. Sessions did not disclose meetings with Russian ambassador The attorney general’s news conference was the culmination of a day of steadily rising political pressure over the issue. Democrats demanded he resign and accused him of lying to Congress. Many Republicans, feeling the political heat and growing increasingly concerned that the Russian drama was about to spin out of control, had been forced to call for Sessions to offload ultimate responsibility for an FBI probe into links between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Sessions went ahead and did just that, despite strong support from the White House. Aboard an aircraft carrier in Virginia, Trump told reporters he had “total” confidence in Sessions. Asked if Sessions should recuse himself, the President said: “I don’t think so.” Related article Trump wants a $1 trillion investment in roads and bridges. Will more drilling help? White House spokesman Sean Spicer meanwhile billed the day of controversy arising from news of the meetings between Sessions and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak as a “partisan thing that we’ve seen over and over again.” “This continues to be a question of: there’s no there there,” Spicer said. If nothing else, Thursday’s intrigue served as another reminder that questions over Trump’s attitude toward Moscow and the Kremlin’s apparent operation to sow discord in last year’s election are issues that will return again and again to confound the White House. In this case, questions about Russia served to halt the President’s victory lap after his well-received address to Congress on Tuesday night. The Russian drama has already led to the departure of another Trump ally and top political appointee – former national security adviser Michael Flynn – also over contacts with Russian ambassador Kislyak. Earlier on Thursday, Democrats had sensed new vulnerabilities for the administration over Russia – and relished taking the battle to Sessions. “(That) the top cop in our country lied under oath to the people is grounds for him to resign,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday. “He has proved that he is unqualified and unfit to serve in that position of trust.” Several Republicans, many of them increasingly uneasy about the implications of the evolving Russian drama, had called on Sessions to recuse himself from any probe into ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow. “Attorney General Sessions should recuse himself to ensure public confidence in the Justice Department’s investigation,” said Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who introduced Sessions at his confirmation hearing in January. “I think the attorney general should further clarify his testimony. And I do think he should recuse himself,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and Rep. Darrell Issa of California also called for Sessions to recuse himself. But Sessions appeared to take the edge off Republican anxiety with his late afternoon news conference. “Attorney General Sessions did the right thing by recusing himself,” said Republican House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, told CNN: “I think if he made that judgment I think that’s in the best interest of everything.  I’m glad he did it quickly.” Sessions met on two separate occasions with Russia’s ambassador to Washington, encounters the Alabama Republican did not disclose during his confirmation hearing on January 10. At the hearing, Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken asked Sessions what he would do if there was any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government. “I’m not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians,” Sessions said. Franken told CNN’s “New Day” on Thursday that statement appears to be false. “I am going to be sending (Sessions) a letter to have him explain himself, but he made a bald statement that during the campaign he had not met with the Russians,” Franken said. “That’s not true.” On Twitter, Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned that Sessions should never have been confirmed at all, but now there is reason to remove him. “Now Jeff Sessions is AG – the final say on the law enforcement investigation into ties between the Trump campaign & Russia? What a farce. This is not normal,” she tweeted. “This is not fake news. This is a very real & serious threat to the national security of the United States.” This is not normal. This is not fake news. This is a very real & serious threat to the national security of the United States. With Sessions’ decision, oversight of any probe involving Trump’s 2016 campaign will likely fall to acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente. Democrats would prefer the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate questions about Russia but appear to lack sufficient leverage to bring about such a step. Sessions has drawn a distinction between his role as a Trump surrogate and his duties as a senator and strongly denied ever discussing campaign-related issues with anyone from Russia. Related article Jeff Sessions Fast Facts “I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign,” he said in a statement. “I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false.” Sessions’ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said there was nothing “misleading about his answer” to Congress because he “was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign – not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee.” “Last year, the senator had over 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors as a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, including the British, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Indian, Chinese, Canadian, Australian, German and Russian ambassadors,” Isgur Flores said in the statement. According to the Justice Department, Sessions met with Kislyak in July on the sidelines of the Republican convention, and in September in his office when Sessions was a member of the Senate Armed Services committee. Sessions, then the junior senator from Alabama, was an early Trump backer and regular surrogate for him as a candidate. Kislyak is considered by US intelligence to be one of Russia’s top spies and spy recruiters in Washington, according to current and former senior US government officials. Kemlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov stated that Russia has never interfered and has no plans to ever interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries, speaking to journalists Wednesday. This story has been updated. CNN’s Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz, Jim Sciutto, Ted Barrett, Tal Kopan, Laura Jarrett, Eli Watkins, Jim Acosta, Lauren Fox and Steve Brusk contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeff Sessions", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302120000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politics/democrats-sessions-russia-resignation-call/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "502309869", "sentence": "French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been criticized as racist over a new cartoon It suggests Alan Kurdi, a 3-year-old migrant who drowned trying to reach Europe, would have grown up to be a molester Europe has been rocked by a wave of mob sex assaults on New Year's Eve blamed on migrant men After a year in which it has never been far from the headlines, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is back in the news again – this time for a cartoon that critics say pushes its provocative brand of humor too far. The publication has sparked outrage for a cartoon that suggests drowned toddler Alan Kurdi – the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose death in September triggered a global wave of sympathy for migrants – would have grown up to be a sexual molester of the type blamed for a recent wave of mob sex assaults in Cologne, Germany. Drawn by the magazine’s acting editor Laurent “Riss” Sourisseau – who was in the Charlie Hebdo offices last January when 11 of his colleagues were killed by Islamist terrorists – the cartoon shows two men chasing terrified women, their tongues out and arms outstretched. Titled “Migrants,” the cartoon’s text reads: “What would little Aylan have grown up to be? (A) groper in Germany.”  (When the picture first surfaced, government documents called him “Aylan,” but the child’s father has told CNN his name was Alan.) Inset is a rendering of the famous photograph of Alan lying facedown on a Turkish beach, which was widely credited for changing attitudes toward the more than 1 million migrants who entered Europe’s borders last year, many of them fleeing conflict in the Middle East. The cartoon references the unprecedented spate of mob sex attacks that was reported in Cologne and other European cities during New Year’s Eve celebrations, which saw hundreds of women report being sexually assaulted or robbed by men of North African or Arab appearance. The episode has sent shockwaves through Europe, unleashing a wave of anti-migrant sentiment in stark contrast to the outpouring of public goodwill toward refugees inspired by the little boy’s death months earlier. The cartoon sparked an immediate reaction on social media, with many labeling it offensive and racist, and many questioning whether the masses of people around the world who tweeted #JeSuisCharlie in solidarity after the January 2015 attacks would feel the same way in light of the cartoon. “This disgustingly racist Charlie Hebdo cartoon makes me question ‘Je suis Charlie’ in its entirety,” tweeted Australian journalist Ebony Bowden. “I wonder how many lovers Charlie Hebdo has now?” tweeted George Galloway, a former British MP and London mayoral candidate. “A disgusting racist Islamophic cartoon of little Aylan Kurdi later…” I wonder how many lovers Charlie Hebdo has now? A disgusting racist Islamophic cartoon of little Aylan Kurdi later... And Mina Al-Oraibi, an Iraqi journalist based in London, tweeted: “Charlie Hebdo latest racist cartoon dishonouring memory of poor Alan Kurdi is unforgivable.” Charlie Hebdo latest racist cartoon dishonouring memory of poor Alan Kurdi is unforgivable https://t.co/e59XVapmTH London-based journalist Sunny Hundal tweeted that the cartoon was “disgusting.” But others defended the cartoon. Maajid Nawaz, chairman of London-based counterextremism think tank Quilliam, argued in Facebook posts that critics missed the point of the cartoon, and others in the issue, as a critique of fickle European attitudes to migrants. “Taste is always in the eye of the beholder,” he wrote. “But these cartoons are a damning indictment on our anti-refugee sentiment.” “Stop trying to make ‘(Charlie Hebdo) is racist’ happen,” tweeted Twitter user @Chriss_m. Stop trying to make 'CH is racist' happen. \" Hebdo cartoon depicting drowned child Alan Kurdi sparks racism debate https://t.co/n15cy8kPKx\" When contacted by CNN, Charlie Hebdo declined to comment. The weekly magazine has become notorious for its edgy, provocative approach since it began publishing in 1970. It has long targeted politicians, public figures and religious symbols of all faiths. But in recent years the publication has gained an international profile for drawing violent blowback from Muslim extremists angered by its irreverent approach to their religion. Related video Charlie Hebdo comes out fighting after painful year Even before the killings of January 2015, the magazine had been targeted by Islamists. In 2011, the magazine’s offices were destroyed by a gasoline bomb after it published a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed. In 2006, it had reprinted controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that originally appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten – a move French President Jacques Chirac called an “overt provocation.” Earlier this month, a day ahead of the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the publication, Charlie Hebdo printed a million copies of a special edition with a cover that caused further offense to the religious. It depicted a bearded man, representing God, splattered in blood and carrying an assault rifle over his shoulder. The headline read: “One year after: The assassin is still out there.” “To us, it’s the very idea of God that may have killed our friends a year ago,” Sourisseau told CNN’s “Amanpour” program. “So we wanted to widen our vision of things. Faith is not always peaceful. Maybe we should learn to live with a little less of God.” L’Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Vatican, labeled the cover blasphemous. In response to the Paris terror attacks in November, in which ISIS gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 in coordinated assaults, the magazine published a defiant cover, trumpeting the virtues of Parisian way of life over that of the attackers. “They’ve got the weapons – screw them, we’ve got the Champagne!” it read, depicting a man gleefully quaffing wine as it poured out of holes in his body. Speaking to CNN French affiliate BFMTV in 2012, Charlie Hebdo journalist Laurent Leger said the magazine did not intend to provoke anger or violence. “The aim is to laugh,” he said. “We want to laugh at the extremists – every extremist. They can be Muslim, Jewish, Catholic. Everyone can be religious, but extremist thoughts and acts we cannot accept.” “In France, we always have the right to write and draw. And if some people are not happy with this, they can sue us and we can defend ourselves. That’s democracy,” Leger said. “You don’t throw bombs – you discuss, you debate. But you don’t act violently. We have to stand and resist pressure from extremism.” CNN’s Nick Thompson, Ashley Fantz, Monica Sarkar, Carol Jordan and Jo Shelley contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Charlie Hebdo", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160114203000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/14/europe/france-charlie-hebdo-aylan-kurdi/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "668884000", "sentence": "Paul Manafort filed documents with Justice Department US investigators scrutinizing Manafort's tax and business records Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort filed documents with the Justice Department showing his consulting firm was paid more than $17 million between 2012 and 2014 for work on behalf of a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine. The filing completed Manafort’s registration under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, known as FARA, one of several legal issues that have been the focus of scrutiny by the FBI and Justice Department prosecutors, according to US officials briefed on the investigation. The registration doesn’t end the years-long US probe of Manafort and his firm which, because of Manafort’s role as Trump campaign chairman last year, have become part of the broader investigation now led by special counsel Robert Mueller looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. US investigators continue to scrutinize Manafort’s tax and business records to determine whether any criminal violations occurred, according to the officials briefed on the investigation. Related article Trump transition, campaign officials told to keep Russia-related documents Jason Maloni, Manafort’s spokesman, said Manafort “started this process in concert with the FARA unit in September, before the outcome of the election and well before any formal investigation of election interference began. Paul’s primary focus was always directed at domestic Ukrainian political campaign work, and that is reflected in today’s filing.” The documents filed Tuesday largely center on work done for Ukraine’s Party of Regions by Manafort and his firm DMP International, which occurred long before Manafort joined the Trump campaign. Richard Gates, listed as an employee of the firm, also completed his registration as a foreign agent with the documents filed Tuesday. Gates worked as a deputy to Manafort on the Trump campaign. A June 15 memo from the Trump transition team’s general counsel directed transition staffers and volunteers to preserve records related to Gates and Manafort, among other campaign associates. An attorney for Gates did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. The filings record $3.9 million in expenses related to the firm’s work for the Party of Regions, which included costs for travel, living expenses and payments to various contractors during the 2012-2014 period. This included $531,000 paid to Konstantin Kilimnik, a Ukraine-based business associate helping Manafort’s work with the country’s former leader Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia after being ousted in a popular revolt. The documents say that Manafort’s firm focused on “electing Party of Regions’ candidates” and adds that the firm “communicated with the US embassy regarding developing events in the Ukraine” and “provided strategic counsel and advice to members of the Party of Regions regarding their interactions with US government officials.” Related article Ukrainian leader, a Russian adversary, gets low-key welcome The Manafort filings disclose one meeting with a member of Congress, Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California, in March 2013, as well as a $1,000 contribution to Rohrabacher. Rohrabacher has been a proponent of improved US ties to Russia and for the Trump administration to treat Russia as a partner and friend of the US. Rohrabacher told CNN he remembers having dinner with Manafort in 2013 due to his position as chairman of the House subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and emerging threats. “I’m sure his thoughts on what was going on in Ukraine were part of the discussion,” said Rohrabacher, who described Manafort as an old friend. Anti-corruption authorities in Ukraine named Manafort in an investigation last summer after a ledger allegedly showed millions of dollars in undisclosed payments to Manafort. In a statement, Manafort said, “I have never received a single ‘off-the-books cash payment.’” A Ukrainian prosecutor involved in the probe told a Ukrainian news outlet this week that Manafort’s signatures do not appear in the ledger, so he does not have enough evidence to prosecute.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paul Manafort", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170628234500", "country1": "UKR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/28/politics/manafort-registers-foreign-agent/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "429637557", "sentence": "A new twist in the Freddie Gray case. Baseball makes history with fanless game. And Hillary Clinton has some Democratic competition. It’s Thursday, and here are five things to know for your New Day. New narrative: Was Freddie Gray trying to hurt himself inside that police van? That’s what a Washington Post story, based on a document from the Baltimore police, asks. The document quotes a prisoner who was in the same van who said he could hear Gray “banging against the walls” of the van. Also, a female relative of one of the officers in the case told CNN the officer doesn’t know how Gray was hurt during his arrest. Baltimore police will hand over its report on the case Friday to state prosecutors. Protesters hit the streets of Baltimore again yesterday over Gray’s death, but things remained peaceful and crowds dissipated shortly after the second night’s curfew began. Other protests broke out last night across the county, including New York, Washington and Denver. No fans: Two teams? Check. National anthem? Check. Seventh-inning stretch? Check. Cheering fans? Not yesterday afternoon in Baltimore. Safety concerns stemming from Monday’s riots forced Major League Baseball to do something it’s never done: lock out the fans. The Baltimore Orioles’ 8-2 win over the Chicago White Sox before 46,000 empty seats was a strange sight, but the Orioles did have some fun, despite the circumstances. An Orioles catcher pretended to sign autographs, and a Baltimore first baseman hurled a ball to imaginary fans. And the fans weren’t totally kept away from the game: About 100 of them caught bits of the action through gates outside the stadium. Sanders is in: Bernie Sanders announced yesterday he’s running to be the Democrat’s nominee for president, which is a bit strange because the independent Vermont senator has never been a registered Democrat and considers himself a socialist. But Sanders caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate and his left-of-center views align with many progressive Dems, some of whom are desperate to find an alternative to frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Sanders will outline his plan today when he holds a news conference in Washington. Advisers say he may not hold his first campaign rally until sometime in May in Vermont. A little hope: Things are grim right now in Nepal, as the death toll continues to climb after Saturday’s earthquake. But a few stories of survival have helped lift people’s spirits. A 27-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a building yesterday, surviving 82 hours after the earthquake hit. His survival is unusual, as experts say it’s rare for injured people who are trapped to hold out for longer than 72 hours after a disaster. A 4-month-old baby was rescued from a destroyed building in the town of Bhaktapur about 22 hours after the quake. Pictures of his rescue have become the defining image of the disaster. And a 40-year-old woman in Kathmandu was rescued 36 hours after her building collapsed around her. She escaped without injury – she apparently was protected by a beam. Moving testimony: A parade of victims testified yesterday, painting a vivid, horrifying image of what happened inside the Aurora movie theater on  July 2012 when James Holmes entered a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” and opened fire. A police officer fixated on Veronica Moser-Sullivan, the youngest victim. “I wasn’t keeping a child in that crime scene,” he said of the carnage all around her. A woman who was nine-months pregnant at the time of the shooting recounted realizing that her husband had been shot in the eye. He later had brain surgery while she delivered the baby. He survived, but with significant brain damage. The testimony prompted occasional weeping from victims, relatives and even some jury members. Just like the Masters: When you play a baseball game with no fans, the announcers call it like a golf tournament. Molten melon: What happens when you pour melted aluminum into a watermelon? Not what you expect. Watch out Adele: An 11-year-old girl rocks “Rolling in the Deep.” Bugatti vs. Ferrari: Witness the most expensive fender bender ever. “Oh my gosh”: Huge hailstones pummel the windshield of some stormchasers in Texas.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Baltimore police", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150430084500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "NPL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/30/us/new-day-five-things/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "751361337", "sentence": "The list of potential sites for a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been narrowed to two countries, Trump said Friday. “I think some very good things can happen with respect to North Korea. We’re setting up meetings now. We’re down to two countries, as to a site, and we’ll let you know what that site is,” Trump said during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. While the two sides have yet to arrive at a decision on where the summit will be held, US officials favor Singapore, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Officials have ruled out sites in China and the Korean Peninsula for the talks, determining they wouldn’t appear neutral. Other locations in Europe appear less likely, the officials said, citing difficulties in getting Kim there on his rickety fleet of aircraft. Mongolia also remains an option, but is viewed as less ideal because it is more remote. It’s not clear when a final site will be announced. Negotiations are speeding ahead for the historic face-to-face. Trump hailed talks Friday between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in as “a very positive thing” and said it would be a “great thing for the world” if tensions can be eased. But still, Trump warned he would not played by Kim, who has grown increasingly willing to engage in diplomacy. And he again raised the prospect of standing up and walking out of the meeting if it falls short of his expectations. Related article Trump praises Kim Jong Un as honorable, refuses to explain why He offered strong words for past presidents, who he declared had been hoodwinked by the North Koreans. “The United States has been played beautifully, like a fiddle, because you had a different kind of a leader. We’re not going to be played, OK?” he said in the Oval Office ahead of talks with Merkel. “We’re going to hopefully make a deal. If we don’t, that’s fine,” he said. “The United States in the past was played like a fiddle.” The breakthrough meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea was met with praise in Washington, though privately skepticism remains rampant that the audacious opening from the North will ultimately lead to the country ridding itself of nuclear weapons. That’s the line Trump has drawn for his talks with Kim, but how that is achieved remains unclear. South Korea has favored a step-by-step approach where economic sanctions are lifted incrementally as Pyongyang makes moves toward dismantling its nuclear arsenal. Related article Sticking point on Trump-Kim talks: Location, location, location US officials, meanwhile, have said that no easing of sanctions will occur until North Korea takes concrete steps to end its nuclear program. “We will, I think, come up with a solution. And if we don’t, we leave the room with great respect,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Later, during the news conference, Trump said brokering peace on the Korean Peninsula could be a gift to the entire planet. “It’s something I hope I can do for the world,” he said. “This is something I can do for the world. It’s something I hope I’m able to do for the world.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180427181500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/politics/trump-north-korea/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "639807987", "sentence": "Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Ted Yoho defended Nunes on \"New Day\" Rep. Devin Nunes said Wednesday that intelligence on Trump and his associates could have been \"incidentally collected\" Two House Republicans came to the defense of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes on Thursday, saying he could continue to oversee an impartial investigation into alleged contacts between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. On Wednesday, Nunes revealed to reporters that communications of Trump and associates may have been picked up after the election by intelligence agencies conducting surveillance of foreign targets. He then rushed to the White House to make Trump aware of the findings. He apologized Thursday to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee for not telling them before speaking to the press and White House about the matter, according to Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat on the committee. “I do,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, when asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” if he believed Nunes could lead “what’s supposed to be an independent investigation.” “I think he simply shared with the commander in chief the fact that people in President Trump’s transition team had information that was gathered when they were working there in Trump Tower when they were accomplishing their goal of transitioning to our new government,” the Ohio Republican continued. Speaking on “New Day” Thursday, Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings said Nunes “scuttled and put a cloud over his own investigation” and suggested the California Republican should be the target of an investigation himself. Democrat @repcummings: By briefing POTUS, @DevinNunes \"scuttled and put a cloud over his own investigation\" https://t.co/rflYKrdBu7 But later in the morning, Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Florida, came to the defense of Nunes, calling him a man of “high integrity.” “He’s a man of character and high integrity and I haven’t had the chance to talk to him,” Yoho said on “New Day.” “I have a lot of trust and faith in Devin, so he did whatever he did, I’m sure for the right reasons.” CNN’s Stephen Collinson, Tom LoBianco and Manu Raju contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Devin Nunes", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170323170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/jim-jordan-ted-yoho-devin-nunes-new-day-cnntv/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "617549980", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: The name of one of the women in this story has been changed to protect her identity. We refer to her as Arwa throughout. “This is it,” Arwa said as she sat in the US immigration office on the outskirts of Houston, Texas last month. Having fled Saudi Arabia two years earlier, her 7 a.m. appointment would reveal if her application for asylum had been successful or whether she would be forced to leave America. “What I really want is just to live normally without fear and not have to pretend to be somebody else, that’s all I ever want,” Arwa told CNN on the eve of her appointment. “What really scares me is that I wouldn’t get this asylum, and I would be returned and I would die young, and that I would lose everything that I tried to build, that I would just fail.” Arwa initially came to the US as a student before returning to Saudi Arabia to work for several years. There she says her parents began to turn on her as she began questioning the restrictions placed on women in Saudi society. Her frustrations grew to the point that one night she sneaked out of her family home and arranged to travel across the border to Bahrain, where she boarded a flight to begin her journey to the US. Leaving her home and Saudi Arabia were against the wishes of her father, who is also her legal guardian, and doing either could have landed her in jail. Every woman in Saudi Arabia, regardless of age, has a legal male guardian, often a father or brother or son. Guardians have the power to make a range of critical decisions on a woman’s behalf. Women need to get their permission to travel abroad, marry and sometimes to work or access health care. The guardianship system is “the most significant impediment to realizing women’s rights in the country,” Human Rights Watch said in a report released in July. The report helped inspire a social media campaign among Saudi women calling for an end to the system. Throughout the summer Saudi women began tweeting, detailing the injustices of the guardianship system – risking the wrath of their guardians and the government in doing so. They got noticed. In September, the country’s most senior religious authority, the Grand Mufti, described the social media campaign as a “crime targeting the Saudi and Muslim society.” But they haven’t stopped. CNN previously spoke to five Saudi women involved in the campaign. One of those women, Moudi, has since left Saudi Arabia and, like Arwa, has decided to seek asylum in the US. Moudi recently began her asylum application. It’s not common for Saudis to seek asylum in the US. Between 2011 and 2005, more than 250,000 asylum applications were made to the United States, 111 were from Saudi nationals, 29 of which were approved, according to figures from the Department of Justice. In the same time period, the US granted asylum to 30 British nationals. Britain is another US ally. Arwa, and other Saudi asylum seekers CNN spoke to, do not fit the general stereotype one thinks of when they imagine a refugee. They are highly educated, well-dressed, are often able to pay for effective immigration lawyers and can afford to stay in hotels, or with sympathetic friends. Campaigners say the number of women wanting to get out of Saudi Arabia and fearing for their lives are not reflected in the relatively low number of US asylum application numbers. “Many women simply can’t get out,” one campaigner told CNN. “They do not have the means and they need the permission of their guardian to leave their house or to leave the country.” Muhammad Syed, the head of Ex-Muslims of North America, a group that helps former Muslims, told CNN that some Saudi women, who have renounced Islam, decide to relocate to neighboring countries that “grant apostates more freedoms.” Both Arwa and Moudi left behind families of relative wealth. “What good are materials and wealth when we can’t be free?” one of them asked. Their exits were facilitated by having previously studied in the US, where they both have a small support network of friends, and the finances necessary to secretly put aside enough to make the move. Wahhabism, the conservative official interpretation of Islam in Saudi Arabia, ensures Sharia Law in the country and helps protect the male guardian system. Arwa and Moudi have both left Islam. Among the supporting documents submitted as part of Arwa’s asylum application was a copy of a newsletter in which she and two others were declared apostates. Related video In September, CNN spoke to five Saudi women involved in the campaign to end the male guardianship system The short newsletter post, which she said was distributed in her local area, detailed how she and two others from her town renounced Islam on social media. “The punishment for it can be death,” the article reminds its readers. Arwa argued that as she had publicly renounced Islam, had questioned and challenged the country’s guardianship system, and had left her home and the country without the appropriate permissions from her guardian, it would not be safe to return. She told CNN she feared being punished at home for bringing shame to her family and for not obeying her father, and was fearful the state would prosecute her if she did not return to Islam. Echoing Arwa’s fears, Kristine Beckerle, who monitors the guardianship system as part of her work with Human Rights Watch, told CNN: “Saudi Arabia has and continues to arrest, prosecute and imprison dissidents, including women’s rights activists, who then, if they are imprisoned, need a male guardian to agree to their release.” CNN asked the Saudi government if women such as Arwa and Moudi who had renounced Islam and had publicly criticized the Saudi government should be fearful of returning to Saudi Arabia. There was no response. Arwa went through the application process without a lawyer. Instead, she relied on friends who had already been granted  asylum, reading advice online, and the moral support of her American boyfriend. At the Houston immigration office, she waited patiently, having arrived a few minutes before her 7 a.m. appointment. Her name was called by a clerk at a booth. “Your application for asylum in the United States of America has been successful,” the official told her. Relieved, she let out a deep breath and began to cry. A couple of minutes later, after some forms had been signed and some documents exchanged, she was told she was free to go. A journey that began with a late-night escape from Saudi Arabia and two years of anxiety seemed to end so simply and so suddenly. On her way out, an Iraqi family congratulated Arwa on her asylum, frantically asking her questions about her application as they looked to her as a sign of hope. Once outside, she called her boyfriend, told him that she wasn’t going anywhere. Then she got in her car, sat behind the wheel and drove away. 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{"article_id": "501704169", "sentence": "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday a vote on whether to begin debate on the bill will take place next Wednesday A similar bill easily passed in the House in November Amid heightened concerns about the threat of terrorism from refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq, the Senate next week will consider whether to suspend a controversial program allowing refugees from those countries into the U.S. that drew scrutiny after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday a vote on whether to begin debate on the bill will take place next Wednesday. Sixty votes will be needed for it to advance to a vote and the outcome is uncertain, according to leadership aides in both parties. Despite criticism from the White House about the proposal when the House voted on it in November, 47 House Democrats supported it. The American SAFE Act easily passed 289-137. Since then, ISIS sympathizers carried out a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, and last week in separate cases in Texas and California, two Iraqi refugees were arrested on terrorism charges. Those incidents could put pressure on Senate Democrats, who are otherwise sympathetic to plight of the refugees, to back the measure. When the House voted, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid dismissed complaints about the U.S.’s ability to screen the refugees – arguing many were children or elderly and in desperate need of help – and suggested his caucus would stand firmly against the proposal and block it. “The problem is not with the refugees,” Reid said. “I don’t think we will be dealing with it over here.” The bill requires the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Director of National Intelligence all to certify that a refugee from Syria or Iraq – or a refugee who has visited one of those countries in the last five years – is not a security threat and can be admitted to the U.S. Many Republican lawmakers grew concerned about the refugee program after the Paris attacks and reports that one of the attackers migrated from Syria as part of the wave of immigrants fleeing the war-torn country for Europe. “We face complex and growing threats from Islamic extremism and we must remain vigilant. This bill is a critical step to avoid another deadly catastrophe here at home,” said Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, a sponsor of the bill, in a statement after McConnell announced the Senate would act on it. CNN’s Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "American SAFE Act", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160113021500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/politics/senate-syrian-refugees/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "485772097", "sentence": "Lawmakers are filling their schedules with hearings, briefings and attempts at legislation to grapple with what the attacks overseas mean at home Paul Ryan called the Paris attacks \"pure evil\" The Paris attacks may have taken place nearly 4,000 miles away, but their impact is reverberating on Capitol Hill. With the world rocked by the terrorist bombings and shootings that killed more than 120 people and injured hundreds more, lawmakers are filling their schedules with hearings, briefings and attempts at legislation to grapple with what the attacks overseas mean at home. On Tuesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan called the Paris attacks “pure evil” and said House Republican leadership was working on legislation to “pause” part of the Syrian refugee program to vet refugees seeking shelter in the U.S. RELATED: Paul Ryan calls for pause in refugee program “Our nation has always been welcoming, but we can’t let terrorists take advantage of our compassion. This is a moment where it’s better to be safe than to be sorry,” Ryan told reporters gathered in the Capitol. “We think the prudent and responsible thing is to take a pause in this particular aspect of this refugee program in order to verify that terrorists are not trying to infiltrate the refugee population.” The attention on Paris could suck up precious legislative time, as only about 10 legislative work days remain on the calendar before government funding runs out on Dec. 11. Throughout the day Tuesday, lawmakers will have ample opportunities to hear from and question top security officials, as the broader Washington community is dealing with increased security after ISIS threatened the nation’s capital in a new video. The most significant briefing will come Tuesday evening, when all House lawmakers will receive a classified briefing from the FBI director and Homeland Security secretary on the Paris attacks. RELATED: Republicans to Obama: Keep Syrian refugees out Tuesday morning, Secret Service chief Joseph Clancy testified before a rare joint hearing by subcommittees of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee. At the same time, Attorney General Loretta Lynch testified before the House Judiciary Committee at another oversight hearing about the Department of Justice, whose National Security Division leads the charge in prosecuting would-be terrorists domestically and breaking up plots. She called the Paris tragedy an “attack on all of humanity” and its “universal values” and pledged the Justice Department was working to combat threats. “Our nation faces a host of serious, varied and evolving challenges. Our highest priority must always be the security of our homeland, and we are acting aggressively to diffuse threats,” Lynch said. “We continue to investigate and apprehend those who seek to harm us, including upwards of 70 individuals charged since 2013 for conduct related to foreign fighter activity, and home-grown violent extremism.” Later Tuesday, a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee will hold a hearing on terrorism financing, including kidnapping, featuring the mother of kidnapped journalist James Foley, who was executed by ISIS. And that’s just Tuesday. On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a joint hearing on radicalism, and the House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on outside perspectives on Iraq and Syria. The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a Thursday hearing on Syrian refugees and the refugee program’s security, and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has a hearing on lessons from the Paris attacks and refugees. Legislation is also in the works with a variety of approaches to dealing with the situation in Syria. Presidential candidates have been quick to put forward proposals that would block entry for Syrian refugees, including Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who introduced legislation Monday to stem visas to countries with high risk of terrorism. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said he would also be putting forward a bill to ban Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was spotted on the Hill on Monday for an intelligence briefing. Ryan was also under pressure from his party on Monday to act, with Ben Carson writing him and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a letter demanding Congress defund Syrian refugee resettlement programs. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also called on Ryan to “lead” on the issue or “step down.” RELATED: Ryan calls for pause in program The House could vote on the legislation in development by leaders this week, as lawmakers feel a drumbeat to act on the issue with the Paris attack still in the headlines.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian refugee program", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151117180000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/politics/congress-security-hearings-paris-attacks/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "672535233", "sentence": "The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco took four years to build, costing $35 million and finally opened in 1937. It has remained one of the engineering world’s most famous poster boys since. But it’s not the only bridge that merits celebration. Here are 23 others (plus San Fran’s Golden Gate) that are worth a look. Now over 75 years old, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is arguably the most recognizable bridge in the world. While some may not be inspired by the industrial age suspension bridge design, it is undeniable that the San Francisco we know today would not be the same without its skyline being graced by this beauty. Nicknamed “The Coat Hanger” by Sydney locals because of its arch-based design, the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932 and is a focal point of Aussie pride and celebrations. For aspiring bridge climbers, BridgeClimb offers people just that. Every year for New Year’s Eve the bridge itself is used to complement fireworks displays creating various effects like smiley faces and a disco ball. A Medieval bridge over the Arno River, the Ponte Vecchio is mainly known for its shops of jewelers, art dealers and souvenir sellers and for being Europe’s oldest stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge. Regardless, the Ponte Vecchio Brige is gorgeous and has a rich history dating back to the time of the Romans. During World War II the bridge was not destroyed by the Nazis – unlike many other bridges in Europe – under an express order from Adolf Hitler. Completed in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. A National Historic Landmark, the Brooklyn Bridge is an iconic feature of New York. The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is the world’s first and currently only tilting bridge. But the most amazing thing about this pedestrian and biker crossing of the Tyne River is that it appears as if an eye is winking whenever it is raised and lowered. Its innovative and unique design has won loads of awards since Queen Elizabeth officially opened it in 2002. It was lowered into place by Europe’s largest floating crane – Asian Hercules II. Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge is the largest suspension bridge in the world to feature two decks and carry both road and rail traffic. Not only that, but it was subjected to some serious wind tunnel testing as Hong Kong is subject to powerful typhoons. After costing $920 million (HK$7.2 billion), the Tsing Ma Bridge opened in 1997. There are no walkways on the bridge and it features sheltered carriageways on the lower deck when very strong winds prove to be too much for vehicles to safely handle. 10 of the world's longest bridges of various types The Pearl Bridge currently holds the title of “World’s Longest Suspension Bridge” with a span of 1,991 meters. The second longest is China’s Xihoumen Bridge. A modern engineering feat, the Pearl Bridge has remained the world’s longest since 1998. The Pearl Bridge stood a true test of strength even before it opened when it survived the Kobe Earthquake on January 17, 1995. Connecting the Chinese municipalities of Jiaxing and Ningbo in Zhejiang province, the 35-kilometer-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge is the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world. More than 600 experts spent nine years designing the Hangzhou Bay Bridge. Known for its funky and innovative spiral approach, Shanghai’s Nanpu Bridge designers came up with the novel idea to save space. When you can’t build out, build up. A combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, spanning the River Thames, the Tower Bridge was opened on June 30, 1894 by The Prince of Wales. It is among the top iconic landmarks in a city filled with iconic landmarks. One of the final scenes of the Hollywood blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” is played out on the bridge in the movie’s climax. No bridge list is complete without at least one aqueduct constructed by the Roman Empire. Pont du Gard is believed to have been built between 19 BC and 150 AD. It was constructed entirely without the use of mortar and the aqueduct’s stones – weighing up to six tons – were precisely cut to fit perfectly together eliminating the need for mortar. The Royal Gorge Bridge is the world’s highest suspension bridge at 359 meters above Arkansas River. Not surprisingly, it attracts a lot of jumpers. But they all pack parachutes. The most spectacular footbridges around the world An absolutely gorgeous bridge design. This one gets in on beauty points alone. Lupu Bridge in Shanghai gets a spot on this list because at 3,900 meters it is the world’s longest steel-arch bridge, and it also provides an amazing vantage point overlooking the old 2010 Shanghai World Expo site. The world’s highest vehicular bridge, the Millau Viaduct traverses land not water, though when the fog rolls in, crossing the Millau can feel like crossing the sky. The bridge’s construction set three world records. The Vasco da Gama spans the Tagus River near Lisbon, capital of Portugal and was built to ease traffic congestion and provide easier access to the 1998 World Fair along the banks of the Tagus. It isn’t the longest, it isn’t the tallest, but it sure is pretty. Remarkable views, a useful design that regulates the flow of the river and it has lasted (built around 1650). The Khaju Bridge should be on any bridge fanatic’s must-see list. The Wind and Rain Bridge on the Linxi River of Sanjiang County is gorgeous. Built in 1916 to resemble a rainbow, the builders used no nails or rivets but instead dovetailed thousands of pieces of wood. 12 spectacular new bridges that break the mold A post shared by Noam | Photographer (@ncohen7) The Sunniberg Bridge was built in 1998 and won the Outstanding Structure Award in 2001 for its “aesthetically pleasing appearance and innovative design.” A 16th-century bridge in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sari crosses the river Neretva. The bridge stood for 427 years until it was destroyed in the Bosnian war in 1993. It was later rebuilt and reopened in 2004. It is traditional for the young men of the town to leap from the bridge into the Neretva. The Szechenyi Chain Bridge has loads of character. Opened in 1849, it truly put the “Buda” into the “Pest” as it connected the two sections of the city. In 2001, Hungarian stunt pilot Peter Besenyei flew upside down under the bridge. The world’s longest covered bridge might not look like much compared to some of the other mega structures featured here, but covered bridges have a unique charm. Some covered bridges are also only one lane, such as this Hartland Bridge in New Brunswick, Canada, so for those crossing there’s always a certain amount of excitement to be had. Spanning the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, and linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada, the Confederation Bridge is the longest bridge over ice in the world. It is not dainty, it is strong, imposing, sturdy and muscular. Probably the bridge where we would least like to run out of gas. Since the bridge’s opening in 1997, potato production on Prince Edward Island has increased dramatically. Singapore’s double helix bridge is 280 meters long, made of a special stainless steel, lovingly assembled over two years with great precision. Despite being just two years old is already being touted as an architectural marvel and engineering feat. Chris Anderson was CNNGo’s Associate Editor, before becoming Senior Editor for The Huffington Post and later Business Insider. Editor’s note: This article was previously published in 2012. It was reformatted and republished in 2017.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Golden Gate Bridge", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170712173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/most-amazing-bridges/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "761523349", "sentence": "Jackson contacted authorities Saturday night She and her husband split soon after son's birth Janet Jackson called police Saturday over concern for her 1-year-old son, Eissa Al Mana, authorities told CNN. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Kimberly Alexander said deputies made a welfare check on behalf of Jackson Saturday evening. Deputies responded to the 2200 block of Pacific Coast Highway where the child was found with his father, Jackson’s estranged husband Wissam Al Mana. Alexander said deputies determined that everything was fine and there was no incident. Authorities did not release any further details. Jackson quietly married Al Mana, a Qatari businessman, in 2012. In October 2016, Jackson announced she was pregnant with her first child at the age of 50. They welcomed their son in January 2017 and separated soon after. Jackson told Billboard last month that her son “has showed me that love, no matter how deeply you believe you have experienced that emotion, can always go deeper.” “Love is limitless. And for someone like me, raised in show business where self-concern is always a priority, how fortunate I am now to be concerned, first and foremost, with the welfare of someone else,” she said. “Day after day and night after night, holding my baby in my arms, I am at peace. I feel bliss. In those moments, all is right with the world.” CNN has contacted reps for Jackson and Al Mana for comment. CNN’s Stella Chan contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180604164500", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/entertainment/janet-jackson-wissam-al-mana/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "687925817", "sentence": "Global forecast models help improve information released to the public There have been hits, misses over the years in major hurricanes, storms An alphabet soup of forecast models is helping the National Hurricane Center keep residents along the US East Coast up to date on the peril posed by Hurricane Irma. Their names don’t exactly roll off the tongue. There’s the ECMWF from Europe and GFS from the United States. And HFIP, while not a model per se, is aimed at better gauging intensification of storms. Regardless, they provide forecasters with significant tools to help track a storm. What are the top global models and what are their relative track records? There are numerous models being followed this week, but Ryan Maue, a meteorologist with WeatherBell Analytics, mentions four to watch. Experts generally consider the US federal government’s Global Forecast System, or GFS, and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the ECMWF, to be the premier models. He also cites a Canadian model and the Met Office in the United Kingdom. “You want to have multiple models,” said Maue. “Different models perform better or worse at different times.” These models use all kinds of measurements – from wind, temperature, precipitation and cloud movement – to forecast where a storm is likely to go next. Emphasis on the word “likely.” Forecasters use computers, history of a region and skills they have developed over the years to come up with the best outlook. Sometimes, predicting a storm’s path or intensity can involve a little luck. Each model can have slightly different “solutions,” said Maue. “That variability can help you determine where there is uncertainty.” While ECMWF has generally had a better track record with Atlantic basin storm predictions, it’s important to note that the National Hurricane Center has access to all kinds of information, the meteorologist said. People shouldn’t look at these models as prizefighters going at each other, he emphasized. Still, the European model and GFS have had moments where they have shined – or hovered in the gloom. Maue said ECMWF has been spot on with Irma, while GFS has been off a bit. The European model has performed a little better on forecasts when a storm is seven or eight days out, he said. If you are a company or a military officer who has to make decisions about people and assets, you stick with the best performer, Maue said. “Giving you a tiny advantage over that coin flip is important to some people.” ECMWF did well with Joaquin (2015), Matthew (2016) and Superstorm Sandy (2012). TRACK THE STORM HERE With Sandy, the ECMWF correctly predicted a landfall in the Northeast nearly a week ahead, while the GFS continually kept the storm offshore in what became a major black eye for the US weather-modeling industry. There have been examples in which the GFS model has outperformed its European counterpart, such as with a few major snowstorms in the Northeast. After one failure, those behind the Euro model “spent some time fixing it,” Maue said. After Sandy, more money was pumped into the top US model but, interestingly, the GFS has performed worse since then in some cases, he said. The system at some point will be replaced with a newer model. “Everything under the hood will be changed in a dramatic way.” One plus for the US system: Forecasts are put out four times a day, as opposed to ECMWF’s two. And GFS data is free; the Europeans sell their information. “The European model does take longer to run, there is more data in the European model,” said CNN meteorologist Chad Myers. “And so, therefore, it can be, slightly, more accurate. But the American model is pretty close.” The center works from these global models, its own analysis, historical records and proprietary information. And don’t forget years of experience among its staff. Related article There are 3 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin The various predictions – called “spaghetti models” because of their visual appearance on a forecast map – often differ on predictions for a storm’s path and landfall. In Irma’s case, during the first several days of forecasting, there were differences in some models. They have since agreed that Florida is the first US target. Considering all the options can be a dizzying recipe for panic, particularly for those who live along the coast. Because of the variety, the National Hurricane Center produces a cone graphic that covers a large territory over which the storm might affect the United States. It’s designed to warn residents several days in advance of storm conditions so they can prepare or evacuate. Related video Cameraman almost wiped out by Irma's waves CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward said the center uses “individual models, ensembles of various models, and consensus models.  The consensus model is essentially an average of several of the top performing models.” An Irma advisory issued Thursday afternoon made a reference to how ECMWF and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project corrected consensus models. “These two models have been performing very well during Irma. This adjustment also results in a westward shift of the track near Florida and northward,” the hurricane center said. Maue, of WeatherBell, said more powerful computers and a way to coalesce various bits of information, including satellite data and weather balloons, are needed. And he emphasized the need to learn more about clouds and temperatures in the upper atmosphere. “We can’t send weather balloons everywhere in the world.” Forecasters and meteorologists need to be able to zoom into small pieces of information so they can get a better big picture, Maue said. He expects major advances in the next decade. CNN meteorologists Judson Jones and Brandon Miller and CNN’s Joe Sterling contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "National Hurricane Center", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170908194500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/08/us/hurricane-storm-prediction-models/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "649978404", "sentence": "Here’s what you might have missed on CNN on Tuesday: – North Korea’s military staged a ‘large-scale artillery drill’ amid mounting tensions with the West. That’s according to South Korean officials. – Audience members hissed at Ivanka Trump as she defended her father’s advocacy of women’s issues during an empowerment summit in Berlin. – Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates will testify May 8 at a Senate hearing about Russia’s meddling in the US elections. – White House has denies a House oversight committee request for documents tied to former national security adviser Michael Flynn. – President Trump, after a series of missteps on Holocaust remarks by his staff, honored the Jewish people, saying he’s deeply moved to stand with them. – Former “Bachelor” star Chris Soules is being held on $10,000 bail after his arrest in connection with a deadly car crash in Iowa. – A commission has recommended extending a moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma after a botched execution in 2014. – The new Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” not only has stirred important conversations about teen suicide, but also some controversy. – A mother wanted to find a book to help explain IVF to her son. She couldn’t. So she wrote her own.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170425194500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/app-news-section/quickly-catch-up-april-25-trnd/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "745025084", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN and The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own. Why is President Trump suddenly in a rush to get out of Syria? Could the answer to Trump’s abrupt announcement that, “We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon,” – which left even White House aides scrambling to figure out what the President had in mind – lead us back to Russian President Vladimir Putin? Pushback from security experts has apparently irritated the President but persuaded him for now to delay the withdrawal for the time being. At least that’s the most recent decision, subject to change by the mercurial President. But it’s worth exploring why Trump blindsided his advisers and America’s allies with a sudden push to withdraw. Related article On Syria, Trump is worse than Obama It was never a secret that Trump wanted the US involvement in Syria to be limited to defeating ISIS, but the urgency — “Very soon – very soon we’re coming out,” he said in Ohio – was unexpected. Recall that a couple of weeks ago, Trump made a controversial call to the Russian President, congratulating Putin on his re-election victory in Russia’s patently-undemocratic election, ignoring the all-caps “DO NOT CONGRATULATE”  guidance in his briefing materials, and failing to mention the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK despite the massive diplomatic crisis it triggered. Well, the two leaders discussed another topic that day, but, as far as the White House was concerned, you wouldn’t have known it. Curiously, the White House readout of the conversation  did not mention Syria. But the Kremlin had its own summary of the chat. It noted that, “The problem of Syria was discussed,” and “There was recognition on both sides of the need to make rapid strides toward achieving settlements.” The following week, during a speech in Ohio, Trump dropped the bombshell that it is time for America’s small but crucial 2,000-troop force to leave Syria. Since then, he has reasserted several times his intention to pull out of Syria quickly, despite a barrage of warnings and criticism from friends and foes, along with reports from unnamed administration officials who say the move would be damaging to US interests, dangerous for US allies – and beneficial to Russia, Iran and Turkey. Republican Sen Lindsey Graham said pulling out of Syria would be “the single worst decision the president could make,” calling the idea “a disaster in the making.” Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono called Trump’s Syria policy “incoherent.” Related article Seven years on, the West should stop feigning heartbreak over Syria Critics said a withdrawal now would allow ISIS to reemerge. More to the point, it would create a vacuum that would be quickly filled by Russia, Iran and Turkey. It would prove devastating to America’s friends, the Kurds and Arabs fighting under the banner of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and it would put Israel and Saudi Arabia on a collision course with Iran. Perhaps it was a coincidence that Trump announced his intention to withdraw just in time for the summit meeting of the three countries that today control that future of Syria. This week, Putin met in Ankara with the presidents of Iran and Turkey to plan for Syria’s future. The world’s sole superpower (the US, in case you were wondering) was not represented. (Neither was Syria.) The impulse to get out too quickly is particularly intriguing because it risks replicating some of the moves over which Trump as a candidate ridiculed President Obama, and it would run counter to Trump’s own stated policy on Iran. During the campaign, Trump repeatedly called Obama the “founder of ISIS.” The statement was red meat to Obama haters. He perversely refused to explain what he meant, but at last, under pressure, he explained that Obama got out of Iraq too soon, and  “that was the founding of ISIS, OK?” Strategists now warn that withdrawing from Syria would allow a not-completely-destroyed ISIS to reconstitute. Trump also mocked Obama for announcing when US troops would wrap up their missions. “I don’t want to broadcast to the enemy exactly what my plan is,” he said, “This is what Obama does.” Trump has talked in a White House meeting about a deadline of six months for withdrawal from Syria, although according to a senior US general, Trump has not laid out a specific timeline for the military to do so. An administration official told CNN, “The President blasted Obama for a timeline in Iraq, but that is in essence what we have been given.” Related article Putin is stoking the hellish war in Syria and no one is stopping him Whether or not it was Putin who prompted Trump to accelerate America’s withdrawal, Syria presents a unique dilemma for the President. From the days of the campaign, he decried previous presidents’ costly engagements in the Middle East. But his foreign policy has other key elements. Trump has vowed to reverse Obama’s policies on Iran, vowing to curb Tehran’s power. Moving out of Syria would strengthen Tehran in a way that is in stark conflict with his stated objectives. Trump declared that the US has “neglected Iran’s steady expansion of proxy forces…in hopes of dominating the greater Middle East,” noting that Tehran wants “to establish a bridge from Iran to Lebanon and Syria.” If the US withdraws before its Syrian allies are strong enough, Iran will immediately establish that Tehran-Damascus land bridge that Trump himself warned about. Iran would cement its power in Syria and Lebanon. That would make the Middle East even more unstable, with Iran at Israel’s doorstep and Saudi Arabia’s tension with Iran greatly magnified. So, Trump has a dilemma. There’s his “America First” instinct to step back from the Middle East and bring the troops home (an instinct that, incidentally, is not unlike Obama’s). And then, there is his commitment to deter Iran from escalating its strength in the region. He can bring the troops home or he can deter Iran. Which will it be? Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook The answer to Trump’s dilemma may be found in Moscow. That’s because a quick US withdrawal aligns with Putin’s objectives. The Kremlin’s foreign policy in recent years has consisted in large part of moving in where the US moves out. Russia has become the great power broker in Syria. The sooner Trump pulls out the troops, the easier it is for Putin to flex his muscle in shaping the region to his liking. The question remains, how much is Putin shaping US foreign policy?", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180405224500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/05/opinions/putin-trump-advisor-syria-opinion-ghitis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "570366571", "sentence": "July was the hottest month ever recorded globally But a possible La Nina pattern could global slow temperature rises July was the world’s hottest month ever, according to NASA, the tenth month in a row to break temperature records globally. But help may be on the way in the form of a developing La Nina weather pattern – it just may not arrive until 2017. On Tuesday, NASA confirmed in a statement 2016 had seen the warmest July ever, with air and sea surface temperatures almost a full degree above average, compared to measurements between 1951 and 1980. Related video The effects of La Nina Since October 2015, every month has set a new global record for hottest temperatures. it coincides with an unusually strong El Nino pattern which has caused severe heat and drought across Southeast Asia, as well as raising temperatures globally. “It appears almost a certainty that 2016 also will be the warmest year on record,” NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies director Gavin Schmidt said in a statement. July 2016 was absolutely the hottest month since the instrumental records began. pic.twitter.com/GQNsvARPDH Within the past week, the United State government’s Climate Prediction Center said there was a 55% to 60% chance of a La Nina weather pattern developing in the second half of the year. A La Nina weather event occurs when waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean are cooler than usual, a reverse of the El Nino pattern which sees warmer oceans. It is the cool phase of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern and usually, but not always, follows after an El Nino. Agus Santoso, senior research associate at the University of New South Wales’ Climate Change Research Centre, said a weak La Nina appeared to be developing and could begin to affect temperatures from early 2017. “Countries on the Eastern Pacific will be cooler and the Western Pacific will be warmer and wetter, so over South America, even California, it’s going to be slightly drier and cooler … on the other side of the Pacific, Indonesia, Malaysia, it’s going to get more moisture, more precipitation and warmer air,” he said. According to the Climate Prediction Center, the conditions indicated a La Nina was most likely to arrive during fall and winter in the northern hemisphere. The surge in global temperatures, driven by climate change and a strong El Nino, could begin to slow under a La Nina pattern, Santoso said, but not completely and not until next year. “When we have an El Nino it’s going to rise (and) if it’s La Nina the rise will be weaker … but given the background warming has been accelerating we will still see an increase in temperature but it won’t be as rapid as what we’re seeing in 2015,” he said. “Next year I would expect the rise to be subdued, but still rising.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "La Nina weather pattern", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160818030000", "country1": "IDN", "country2": "MYS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/weather/hottest-july-la-nina-weather/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "662714768", "sentence": "Trump reportedly complained to Coats about Comey's handling of the FBI investigation Coats is testifying before the Senate intelligence committee Wednesday morning The top US intelligence official told associates in March that President Donald Trump asked him if he could assist in getting former FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of its Russia probe, The Washington Post reported. Following a briefing at the White House attended by officials from several government agencies, Trump asked everyone to leave the room except for Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo, according to the Post. The President then complained about Comey’s handling of the FBI investigation, officials familiar with Coats’ account told the paper. The sources said Coats concluded after the meeting that Trump’s suggestion that he intervene with Comey’s investigation would be inappropriate. Coats, who was testifying before the Senate intelligence committee Wednesday morning, denied he felt pressured when asked about the Post report. “I’ve never felt pressure to intervene or interfere in any way with shaping intelligence in a political way or in relation to the ongoing investigation,” he said. But Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers refused to say on the record whether Trump asked them to downplay investigations into whether there was collusion between Russia and Trump’s presidential campaign last year. CNN previously reported, citing multiple current and former US officials, that Trump asked Coats and Rogers to publicly deny evidence of cooperation between his campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. Comey, who will testify before Congress Thursday, reportedly wrote a memo saying Trump asked him to back off investigating Flynn. Trump has since said he was considering “this Russia thing” in his decision to fire Comey. In his much-anticipated testimony, Comey is expected to dispute Trump’s interpretation of their conversations, sources familiar with Comey’s thinking have told CNN. Trump has made a blanket claim that Comey told him multiple times that he was not under investigation. But a source told CNN Comey is expected to explain that those were much more nuanced conversations from which Trump concluded that he was not under investigation. Another source has told CNN that the President may have misunderstood the exact meaning of Comey’s words, especially regarding the FBI’s ongoing counterintelligence investigation.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170607154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/daniel-coats-donald-trump-russia-investigation/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "632679094", "sentence": "The diplomat's interactions with former Trump national security adviser Mike Flynn led to Flynn's firing The Justice Department disclosed the meetings Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last year with the top Russian diplomat in Washington whose interactions with President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn led to Flynn’s firing, according to the Justice Department. Related article Democrats call for Sessions to resign over meetings with Russian envoy, some Republicans calls for recusal Sessions did not mention either meeting during his confirmation hearings when he said he knew of no contacts between Trump surrogates and Russians. A Justice official said Sessions didn’t mislead senators during his confirmation. The revelation prompted key Democrats to call for Sessions’ resignation, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. “Last night when I read the revelations … and his decision to mislead Congress without those contacts, I felt a knot in the pit of my stomach,” Schumer told reporters Thursday. “The information reported last night makes it clear, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Attorney General Sessions cannot possibly lead an investigation … with these revelations, he may very well become the subject of it.” Several Republicans also called on Sessions to recuse himself from Trump-Russia inquiries. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told CNN Sessions “should further clarify his testimony.” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, said “we need a clear-eyed view of what the Russians actually did so that all Americans can have faith in our institutions.” “Jeff Sessions is a former colleague and a friend, but I think it would be best for him & for the country to recuse himself from the DOJ Russia probe,” said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, in a statement. House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, in an interview with MSNBC, said Sessions should recuse himself for “the trust of the American people.” An aide later said McCarthy was only referring to Sessions’ statement that he should recuse himself if there was a conflict. Meanwhile, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, told CNN’s “New Day” that Sessions’ testimony in January was “extremely misleading.” The attorney general strongly pushed back against the reports, saying he never discussed campaign-related issues with anyone from Russia. “I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign,” he said in a statement. “I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false.” Asked by NBC News Thursday morning if he would recuse himself in investigating any potential ties between Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, Sessions said he would do so “whenever it’s appropriate.” Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador, is considered by US intelligence to be one of Russia’s top spies and spy-recruiters in Washington, according to current and former senior US government officials. Russian officials dispute this characterization. Sessions met with Kislyak twice, in July on the sidelines of the Republican convention, and in September in his office when Sessions was a member of the Senate Armed Services committee. Sessions was an early Trump backer and regular surrogate for him as a candidate. The Washington Post first reported on Sessions’ meetings with the official. Leading Democratic lawmakers, including Pelosi and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, called for Sessions to resign after the news broke, with Pelosi characterizing his comments in his confirmation as “apparent perjury.” “The top cop in our country lied under oath to the a people is grounds for him to resign,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday. “He has proved that he is unqualified and unfit to serve in that position of trust.” Kislyak’s potential proximity to Russian spying is one reason why Flynn’s interactions with him, and Flynn’s failure to disclose what he discussed with Kislyak, raised concerns among intelligence officials. In his confirmation hearing to become attorney general, Sessions was asked about Russia and he responded at the time that he “did not have communications with the Russians.” Sessions’ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said there was nothing “misleading about his answer” to Congress because the Alabama Republican “was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign – not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee.” “Last year, the Senator had over 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors as a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, including the British, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Indian, Chinese, Canadian, Australian, German and Russian ambassadors,” Isgur Flores said in the statement. A Justice Department official confirmed the meetings, but said Sessions met with the ambassadors “in his capacity as a senator on the Armed Serviced Committee.” A White House official said: “This is the latest attack against the Trump Administration by partisan Democrats. (Attorney) General Sessions met with the ambassador in an official capacity as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is entirely consistent with his testimony.” Meanwhile, the Russian government on Thursday said it has never interfered and has no plans to ever interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told journalists when questioned about Sessions. “Let’s say it’s not our headache,” Peskov said. In reaction to the report, Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, also called for Sessions’ resignation. “There is no longer any question that we need a truly independent commission” to investigate potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, Cummings said. “It is inconceivable that even after Michael Flynn was fired for concealing his conversations with the Russians that Attorney General Sessions would keep his own conversations for several weeks.” Cummings called Sessions’ claim during his confirmation hearing that he did not have communications with the Russians “demonstrably false.” Franken, who asked Sessions about Russia at the confirmation hearing, said in a statement Wednesday night that Session’ testimony in January was “misleading at best.” Franken said if the reports of Sessions’ contacts with Kislyak were true, then he “cannot, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump-Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately.” News of Sessions’ contacts with Kislyak came as the New York Times reported Wednesday evening that officials under former President Barack Obama had sent information throughout government about potential Russian contact with Trump’s associates and interference in the 2016 election. The officials did so, the Times reported, in order to preserve the information after Obama left office. Sessions: No meeting with Russian ambassadorGraham, McCain want answers Franken: ‘Sessions must recuse himself’Timeline: What we know about Trump and Russia Sessions: No meeting with Russian ambassadorGraham, McCain want answers Franken: ‘Sessions must recuse himself’Timeline: What we know about Trump and Russia Regarding the Obama administration efforts, Obama’s spokesman Eric Schultz told CNN: “This situation was serious, as is evident by President Obama’s call for a review – and as is evident by the United States response. When the (intelligence community) does that type of comprehensive review, it is standard practice that a significant amount of information would be compiled and documented.” Two days before Trump’s inauguration, the State Department sent Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat and the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a batch of documents related to Russian attempts to meddle in elections worldwide, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Cardin spokesman Sean Bartlett told CNN that the senator had received the classified documents on request and that they were shared with both Republican and Democratic committee staffers. This story is being updated to reflect new developments. CNN’s Elise Labott, Jim Acosta, Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Manu Raju and Sunlen Serfaty contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeff Sessions", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302040000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/politics/jeff-sessions-russian-ambassador-meetings/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "670242135", "sentence": "The ICBM test represents a failure of US North Korea policy, an analyst says Experts say Trump has few good options now on North Korea US policy towards North Korea has entered an unpredictable new era, analysts say, after the rogue state announced it had tested a missile which could hit “anywhere in the world.” Adam Mount, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, said US President Donald Trump had few good options to respond to North Korea. “It’s a major threshold … a really difficult question will be whether Donald Trump feels like he’s (been) backed into a corner and doesn’t have options short of war,” he said. “I think what we’ll have to grapple with in Washington is that none of our tactics or our levers mean the same thing anymore,” Mount added. On Tuesday, North Korea announced on state television it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time – something which has long been seen as a red line in already fraught bilateral relations. Euan Graham, director of the International Security Program at Sydney’s Lowy Institute described the development as a foreign policy failure for the United States, going as far back as the Clinton administration. Related article North Korea's missile tests “It’s a failure that goes beyond any one (US) administration,” he said. “An ICBM actually takes the threat (of North Korea) right to the US homeland … that’s the dangerous dynamic that will be a driver for how the US responds,” Graham said. North Korea has repeatedly in the past threatened to attack the United States with a nuclear weapon, which the regime claims it has technical capability to do. South Korea is working with the US to determine whether or not the missile was an ICBM, according to Cho Han-Gyu, the director of operations at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. For months, there have been suggestions that an ICBM test by North Korea was imminent. In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced his country’s missile program was continuing apace. “Research and development of the cutting-edge tech weapons are actively progressing and strengthening our defense capabilities,” he said. Then President-elect, Donald Trump responded on Twitter, saying North Korea would not be allowed to create a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the US. North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen! “North Korea just started that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the US. It won’t happen!” he said at the time. In April, at a celebration of North Korea’s “Day of the Sun,” a missile was paraded through the capital Pyongyang which one analysts said could have been a type of ICBM. “The US failed to prevent the North Koreans from reprocessing their nuclear material, they failed to prevent them from testing nuclear missiles and now we’re at the threshold where the North Koreans has not just a basic missile but seven different types and all surprisingly sophisticated,” said Graham. Experts say there are no good options for the Trump administration to deal with a heavily-armed North Korea. “You can’t try to stop North Korea crossing a threshold – it’s already crossed (it). What are the sanctions for? What do we get out of pressuring China or North Korea? I think we need to step back and rethink,” Mount said. Related video S. Korea wants fresh approach to N. Korea The preferred policy of diplomatic engagement pushed by new South Korean President Moon Jae-in was unlikely to be acceptable “for the time being,” according to Mount, while a military strike remained “untenable.” “It would be devastating and against the interests of the United States,” he said, referring to the likely enormous loss of life in the South Korean capital Seoul, just across the North Korean border. Graham said the likely outcome might be learning to live with a nuclear, aggressive North Korea. “The inevitable end point will be that we do live with a nuclear North Korea with long-range missiles in some form and it is only a matter of time until that bitter pill is swallowed in Washington,” he said. “(Either way) we’ve got no doubt a rocky road for the remainder of this year.” Trump has long advocated a policy of pushing China to pressure with its neighbor and tenuous ally, North Korea. After Tuesday’s launch, he even suggested on Twitter they “put a heavy move” on the rogue state. Related video Trump holds calls with Xi, Abe over N. Korea But in the past week or so the US appears to have returned to a confrontational policy on China as it lost faith in Beijing’s ability to put the brakes on Pyongyang. “I think it’s now impossible for the Chinese to argue that they are positively restraining Kim Jong Un. If he has got to the threshold of an ICBM test and claimed that, then it shows he is not threatened by Chinese reactions or any further UN sanctions,” Graham said. “It’s a poke in the eye for China.” But Graham said China was also likely to place blame on the United States, saying if only Trump had listened to their calls for the US to back down on South Korean drills in exchange for a freeze on North Korea nuclear and missile program this might not have happened. “I think the Chinese will try to dodge any blame and say ‘We can’t control North Korea,’” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States policy towards North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170704113000", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/north-korea-icbm-us-china/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "539739342", "sentence": "Pope Francis said the Vatican should study the possibility of ordaining women as deacons, answering a call that women, particularly in the United States, have been asking the church to address for decades. The Pope’s potentially groundbreaking remarks came, as they often do, in an off-the-cuff response to a question – and it was not altogether clear exactly what he meant. This time, the question came from the heads of women’s religious orders, who met with Francis at the Vatican on Thursday and pressed him for concrete ways in which women might play a larger role in leading the Catholic Church. To date, Francis has praised the “feminine genius” but has not carried through on vague promises to appoint more women to leadership positions. In a series of pointed questions – the Pope joked that he felt like a goalie fielding shots – the women called him out, asking why they can’t preach at Mass or be ordained as deacons. Women can give “reflections” at Catholic worship services, but only priests should preach homilies at Mass, the Pope answered, according to Vatican Radio, because they are acting “in persona Christi,” or, in the person of Christ. Church leaders have used a similar argument to prevent women from being ordained as priests, saying that Jesus’ disciples were all men. But in the Bible, St. Paul mentions least one woman, Phoebe, who served the early church, possibly as a deaconess. Asked about Phoebe on Thursday, the Pope said the role of Phoebe and other women wasn’t clear, and  he would ask the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to look into it. “Constituting an official commission that might study the question?” the pontiff asked, according to National Catholic Reporter. “I believe yes. It would do good for the church to clarify this point. I am in agreement. I will speak to do something like this.” It is not clear, however, whether the Pope meant that the Vatican will study the role of women deacons in history or the possibility that women could be deacons in the future. The Vatican press office declined to comment, saying they are awaiting a full transcript of Francis’ remarks. Vatican Radio, however, which is run by the church, portrayed the Pope’s remarks as a broad call “to set up a commission to study the possibility of reinstating female deacons.” The question is controversial because it would open the door for women into the Catholic Church’s all-male clergy. Since Vatican reforms in the mid 1960s, “permanent deacons” – those who do not plan on becoming priests – can perform many of the same functions as priests, including preach, celebrate marriages, lead funeral services and run parishes. They cannot hear confessions or consecrate the Eucharist, and only married or celibate men over age 35 are eligible for the diaconate. There are about 18,000 deacons in the United States, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Opening a commission to study the diaconate for women would be a great step for the Vatican in recognizing its own history,” The Women’s Ordination Conference said in a statement. “While WOC celebrates this step from the Vatican,” the conference continued, “until women are included in all decision-making structures and as priests and bishops of the church, equality remains painfully denied.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160512200000", "country1": "VAT", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/world/pope-women-deacons/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "731165671", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Samantha Vinograd, a CNN national security analyst, served on the National Security Council from 2009 to 2013 during President Barack Obama’s administration. Follow her @sam_vinograd. CNN national security analyst John Kirby is a retired rear admiral in the US Navy who was a spokesman for both the State and Defense departments in the Obama administration. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors. The State Department says Rex Tillerson is ready for “difficult conversations” when he arrives in Ankara this Friday. He’d better be. Tensions are high – so high, in fact, that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu issued an ultimatum this week: either the United States finally does something to address Turkish concerns about their border security or the bilateral relationship breaks apart. There is, to be sure, a touch of melodrama in Cavusoglu’s threat. But the Turks have long complained about American support to Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria, whom Turkey views as terrorists aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). This, Turkey believes, makes the United States complicit in attacks by these groups upon Turkish soil. But the volume on bilateral irritants has been steadily raised over the last few years. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of supporting the coup attempt of 2016; he has jailed thousands of government workers, educators, military officers and journalists, as well as some American citizens and embassy staff on weak – or even no – charges; he has put at risk through word and deed the small American force on the ground in Syria. Even now he presses forward – with Russian approval – an operation in Afrin that he claims is designed to rid the area of PKK, but is little more than an effort to diminish the US presence in Syria. And he has threatened to move on the Syrian town of Manbij, which is controlled right now by YPG-led forces supported by American troops. Related article Turkish official: Why US should partner with Turkey in Syria Add to this mix the cozying up of Turkey to NATO’s biggest adversary: Russia. Turkey reportedly agreed to purchase Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries and has been working closely with Russia on peace plans for Syria not supported by the UN. Russian president Vladimir Putin actually hosted representatives from Turkey and Iran in Sochi last month for a “peace congress” that was boycotted by main opposition groups and achieved no meaningful results. Tillerson is going to be walking into a tough room. He must prove willing to be tough in return. The unfortunate fact is, however, that he’s going in there at a disadvantage. Almost since the start of his tenure, the White House has consistently undermined his policy positions. So it’s unclear that Turkish officials will view Tillerson as empowered to make decisions or as an actual mouthpiece for the President. So Tillerson has his work cut out for him. But it’s work perfectly suited to a US Secretary of State, and we should be glad he is taking it on. Related article The world's most progressive democracy is being born. Don't let it get strangled He must be firm, willing to call Turkey out for the dangerous and unhelpful actions it continues to pursue. He must reiterate – as American forces proved when attacked recently by pro-Syrian forces – that a move on Manbij will not be tolerated. And he must continue to urge restraint and a refocus of Turkish military actions against ISIS. But he must also look for ways to work through the current tensions and develop a framework for better cooperation and, more importantly, a better outcome in Syria. In other words, Secretary Tillerson should take the long view. We suggest this is the perfect opportunity to: 1) Start to repair US credibility as a leader on resolving the conflict in Syria. The civil war in Syria has been raging now for seven years. Hundreds of thousands of people have died. Previously, the United States led efforts to try to resolve the ongoing violence and to deal with the extremists using Syria as a base camp for operations around the world. Related article On the front lines in Syria, US troops face NATO ally's wrath Turkey and the United States have had strategic disagreements on Syria related to the Kurds, but at this point Russia is exploiting these fissures to insert itself into a mediator role. Russia does not share our interests in Syria, nor does it represent the interests of the Syrian people. Tillerson needs convince his Turkish counterparts that US leadership is the best means of achieving an end to violence and resolving the crisis in a way that’s in the interests of all parties. To do that, of course, he will need the backing of President Trump, who has thus far not shown great interest in achieving a political settlement of the civil war. To his credit, Tillerson told reporters he would discuss the peace process with his Turkish counterparts. But he should do more than just make clear we share with Turkey the goal of a united, stable and peaceful Syria that poses no threat to anyone. He should prove it by laying out a diplomatic strategy in keeping with the UN-led Geneva process. 2) Expose Russia’s malfeasance and opportunism for what it is. The Russians are in Syria primarily for one reason: to preserve their foothold in the Middle East. They don’t love Syrian President Bashar al-Assad any more than the Turks do, but they’ve placed their bets on him as the best chance to keep their presence and influence alive there. Related article Where does this end? Dangers if US leaves Syria -- or stays The deepening bonds between Russia and Turkey are neither natural nor inevitable. As recently as 2015, Turkey was one of the most vocal critics of Russian efforts to prop up Assad. Tensions reached a boiling point that year when Turkish forces shot down a Russian warplane. Tillerson would do well to remind Erdogan of the history here and of the chaos, instability and increased threat he will face with a Russian-backed Assad-led government persisting in Damascus. This is a good time to demonstrate the value of our partnership in and out of the Alliance. 3) Offer to mediate a return to Turkish-Kurdish negotiations. The two-and-a-half year ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK collapsed in July 2015, and there’s been no serious effort since to revive it. We cannot expect that to change any time soon, but given increased US influence with the YPG, it may be possible to find a way to renew some level of discussion. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook American mediation would represent the leverage the United States possesses and convey our sincerity to more fully address the threat Turkey faces from terrorism. That’s not a bad place to start. In the end, however, it really comes down to what sort of “difficult conversation” Mr. Tillerson is willing to have. The meetings in Ankara could very easily devolve into charge and counter-charge, complaint and counter-complaint. But if he is empowered to take a longer view, the US Secretary of State could begin to lay the groundwork for a better bilateral relationship. For the sake of Syria and the region, he’d better be.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180215161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/opinions/difficult-job-for-rex-tillerson-in-turkey-opinions-kirby-vinograd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "514620426", "sentence": "The Nigerian navy has rescued a hijacked oil tanker, arresting six men Officers engaged in a gun battle with the pirates on board, killing one of them, the Nigerian navy said This was the dramatic moment that the Nigerian Navy showed six men who they say hijacked a Saudi Arabian oil tanker off Ivory Coast. Bare-chested and handcuffed, the men were paraded in front of local and international media as the Nigerian naval officers described how they stormed the ship on Saturday and arrested the pirates off the coast of Sao Tome and Principe, West Africa. Officers engaged in a gun battle with the pirates on board, killing one of them, the Nigerian navy said. His body was later seen being carried from the ship on Monday at the Lagos naval base. The Saudi Arabian tanker, Maximus, was taken on February 11 with at least 18 crew, including 10 Indian sailors. Two of the crew are still missing after they were taken hostage by two pirates who escaped in another vessel. The hostages are believed to be from India and Pakistan. The suspected hijackers, all Nigerians, were named as Captain Mike Ugborama, Ayo Joshua, Marcus Adesoji, Adeyemi Paul, Oluwafemi Samuel, and Collins Friday. Among the haul recovered from the ship were AK47s, magazines, bullets, different currencies, satellite phones and even protection charms from local traditional medicine men. Rear Admiral Henry Babalola told CNN the ship, chartered by a South Korean company, was carrying 4.700 metric tons of diesel, which the pirates hoped to sell on the black market. They had also renamed the vessel MT-ELVIS-5 to try to avoid detection. The Indian defense attache, Capt. Gautam Marwaha, was at the scene to welcome the rescued crew. He told CNN no ransom demand had been received yet for the missing crew members. However he hailed the operation a “success,” adding “as we say in the Navy: ‘Bravo, Zulu to the Nigerians.’”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nigerian navy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160223133000", "country1": "NGA", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/africa/nigeria-navy-rescues-oil-tanker/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "619419640", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.” David Sterman is a policy analyst at New America’s International Security Program. The opinions expressed in this commentary are theirs. Peter Bergen and David Sterman: U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan were halted for last eight months of the Obama administration President Trump has to decide whether to restart them The American drone war in Pakistan effectively ended nearly eight months ago when the US conducted its last drone strike, killing the Taliban’s leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour. After using CIA drones regularly for 7 years in Pakistan – a country  where the United States is not waging a traditional war, such as in Iraq – the Obama administration has now presided over the longest cessation of strikes since President Obama took office, according to data collected by New America. It is in Pakistan where the majority of CIA drone strikes have occurred under Obama, resulting in the death of a minimum of 1,904 people and perhaps as many as 3,114, according to New America’s research. The drone program has continued in other countries outside of traditional war zones, such as Yemen and Somalia, but at relatively small levels, compared to the 122 strikes in one year that occurred in Pakistan at the height of Obama’s drone war there. On Friday, Donald Trump took the oath of office. He has a key decision to make as commander in chief: Will he re-start the drone strikes? That decision should be guided by the scope of the real threat emanating from Pakistan, rather than simply a desire to do something other than what the departing administration has done, which is often the impulse of an incoming administration. The threat from al-Qaeda in Pakistan has receded and the need for “force protection” of US troops in Afghanistan has much diminished with the significant withdrawals of American forces in the past years. Related video Taliban confirm leader killed in U.S. airstrike There is also a widespread perception in Pakistan that drones kill too many civilians – according to a 2014 Pew poll, two thirds of Pakistanis believe this to be the case. Any decision to reactivate the drone campaign in Pakistan should take into account that the program and the United States are quite unpopular in the country, which has a population of more than 180 million people. The incoming Trump national security team has not laid out a clear policy on drone strikes, but it has made general statements suggestive of a coming escalation. During the campaign, Trump stated, “The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families,” and called President Obama’s war on ISIS a “politically correct war.” Trump brings with him appointees who have long supported the drone war. In 2013, Mike Pompeo, Trump’s nominee for Director of the CIA, stated: “I believe the president needs a lot of space to maneuver,” adding, “He should have a lot of authority to make decisions about when they’ve identified someone who is trying to kill Americans, to be able to go in and get them.” In 2011, General James Mattis, who at the time was Commander of Central Command, which directs American military operations stretching from Egypt to Pakistan, and is now Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee, was among those who pushed for an escalation of air strikes in Yemen. On the other hand, members of Trump’s circle have also criticized the drone war. Despite his role in pushing for an escalation of strikes in Yemen, Mattis has warned that drone warfare can give a false impression that war is manageable. In January 2016, Michael Flynn, who is slated to be Trump’s National Security Adviser, told Al Jazeera, “When you drop a bomb from a drone … you are gonna cause more damage than you’re gonna cause good,” adding that “there should be a different approach.” Flynn, however, refused to condemn Trump’s comments regarding killing terrorists’ family members, commenting instead: “I would have to see the circumstances of that situation.” He added, “These are very difficult political decisions.” He has also criticized the current restraints on strikes that are meant to limit collateral damage. Trump and his team have also not laid out a clear policy on U.S. relations with Pakistan. Related video Pakistan releases phone call with Trump Trump has at times taken a conciliatory tone. Shortly after being elected, he told Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, “You are a terrific guy,” and offered, “I am ready and willing to play any role that you want me to play to address and find solutions to the outstanding problems,” according to a Pakistani readout of a call he had with Sharif. In his answers to questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee before his confirmation hearing last week, Mattis cautioned that conditioning aid to Pakistan has had a “mixed history” and that the casualties Pakistan has suffered fighting terror is a “sign of its commitment,” but warned he would “review all options.” Yet in 2012 Trump tweeted a demand that Pakistan apologize for the fact that Osama bin Laden had been hiding there, commenting, “Some ‘ally.’” There are two explanations for the halt, which are not mutually exclusive: either the Obama administration made a decision to refrain from strikes or the cessation derives from a lack of need or opportunity to conduct strikes. Related video Drone victims speak out The number of strikes in Pakistan has consistently declined since their peak of 122 strikes or about ten per month in 2010. In an October interview, President Obama said he was “troubled” early in his presidency by “the way in which the number of drone strikes was going up.” Yet beyond Pakistan, there is little evidence that the Obama administration has reined in its air wars against terrorist groups. In Yemen, the United States conducted more drone strikes in 2016 than any year except 2012, the peak of the campaign in the country, according to data collected by New America. In Somalia, the United States has conducted more strikes in 2016 than during any previous year, according to New America’s research. In 2016, Washington and its coalition partners conducted more than 7,000 strikes in Iraq and Syria. And in Libya, the United States has conducted more than 350 air strikes since August as part of its military campaign against ISIS there. Alternatively, it is possible the Obama administration decided that it is not worth antagonizing Pakistan with further strikes. Though Pakistan has criticized American strikes before — publicly, at least — the strike on Mullah Mansour may have generated a more significant reaction as it occurred in the province of Balochistan, violating an agreement that restricted American strikes to Pakistan’s tribal areas. Pakistan called the strike “totally illegal, not acceptable and against the sovereignty and integrity of the country.” Such protestations have not prevented previous strikes. Another potential explanation for the cessation is that the United States is running out of targets in Pakistan. At the peak of the drone war in Pakistan, the United States had around 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, while today the United States has fewer than 10,000 soldiers there, reducing the need to conduct “force protection” strikes. The rise and fall in drone strikes in Pakistan closely mirrors the rise and fall of American troop numbers in Afghanistan. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Pakistan’s military operation to secure its northern tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistan border in 2015 resulted in an influx of militants into Afghanistan as they fled Pakistan, further reducing the number of targets. The United States has killed more than 50 al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in Pakistan since the beginning of the CIA drone campaign. In 2011, before he was killed in a US Navy SEAL raid, bin Laden was considering moving al Qaeda’s key figures out of Pakistan to avoid the strikes. Even the Taliban’s leadership council, which has long been able to find shelter in Pakistan’s cities, may now have moved back to Afghanistan in recent months. According to General John W. Nicholson, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, the United States has killed or captured 50 key al Qaeda leaders and facilitators in Afghanistan in 2016 alone. Given his rhetoric, Trump may well escalate the drone war in Pakistan and there isn’t much to stop him if he chooses to do so. A decade and half ago, Congress authorized the war in Afghanistan, which was extended to Pakistan first by George W. Bush and then Obama. Under Obama, the drone war in Pakistan reached its height, and Trump, should he choose to do so, can easily bring that war back.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170121203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PAK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/opinions/trump-drone-war-in-pakistan-bergen-sterman/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "437031942", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is former secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs for the United Kingdom. The views expressed are his own. David Miliband: ISIS advances are significant propaganda victories Diplomatic cooperation on Syria on the U.N. Security Council is minimal, he says Almost a year on from their dramatic seizure of Mosul, Iraq’s second city, the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria continue to expand the frontiers of their stronghold in the Middle East. The fall this month of Ramadi – the last remaining government-held city in Iraq’s largest province – and the taking, 400 miles west, of Syria’s Roman-era town of Palmyra, constitute not just important strategic gains for the group, but significant propaganda victories. Televised images of Palmyra’s ancient ruins now abound, their fate seemingly hanging in the balance. The rapid rise of ISIS has thus captured the world’s attention, and we’ve seen a coalition of Western and Arab states make common cause with Iran to try to forcibly halt the jihadists’ advance. But such cooperation has not extended to securing an end to the war in Syria, where four years of conflict and chaos have cost more than 220,000 lives (though some estimates suggest the toll is far higher), left every second Syrian in need of aid and allowed ISIS to grow from an Iraqi al Qaeda franchise into a veritable transborder operation. Remarkably, despite all this, diplomatic energies aimed at securing an end to the war – and minimizing the impact of the fighting on civilians – have ebbed to their lowest levels so far. True, early Arab League proposals, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s six-point plan, and the January 2014 Geneva II conference yielded minimal results, But there was at least a sense of commitment and grim determination back then. Now, despite this week’s news that the United Kingdom and Russia are to resume discussions on the crisis, political inertia is so pervasive that U.N. Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura’s focus is simply on maintaining open channels of communication through “consultations” – in essence, talks about talks. Similarly, diplomatic cooperation on Syria in the U.N. Security Council is minimal, including in the area of securing compliance with the council’s own humanitarian resolutions. Neither its members, nor states with sway in Syria, have applied appropriate pressure on the warring parties to halt the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure, the indiscriminate bombardment of densely populated areas or the continuing disruption – by means ranging from bureaucracy to besiegement – of nearly five million people’s access to aid.  My own organization saw seven of our beneficiaries killed in a bombing raid on Idlib last week. Syrian civilians’ misery is also being compounded by a further, depressing trend: the increasing mismatch between their needs and the help the international community is providing. One million people inside Syria required humanitarian assistance in 2011. That number now stands at 12.2 million, well over half of whom are internally displaced. Their needs – food, water, shelter, health care, sanitation – have increased at more than six times the rate of funding provided since the beginning of the conflict. Last year’s U.N. appeal to meet basic needs inside Syria was only 48% supported, down from 68% in 2013. The discrepancy between needs and assistance is also growing amongst the four million people who have fled Syria. In exile for years now, their economic and personal assets long depleted, these refugees urgently require food, water, fuel, clothing and education. At the same time, the countries sheltering them are buckling under the pressure of such a massive population influx. Turkey, the biggest refugee-hosting country in the world, put the cost last fall of hosting Syrian refugees at $4.5 billion. Lebanon, where Syrians now constitute somewhere between a quarter and a third of the population, will need investment of up to $2.5 billion just to restore its basic infrastructure to precrisis levels, according to a 2013 report from the World Bank. Jordan, one of the most water-starved nations on the planet, hosts nearly 630,000 registered refugees – proportionally equivalent to the United States absorbing the population of the United Kingdom. It puts the cost of hosting Syrians in 2014 at $871 million. In Iraqi Kurdistan, meanwhile, 250,000 Syrian refugees shelter alongside the well over one million Iraqis who have sought protection in the region since January last year. The Kurdish authorities simply cannot meet the spiraling demand for jobs and basic services in the territory, where the poverty rate has more than doubled over the past 17 months. Yet despite such immense need, the U.N.’s Syrian refugee appeal for 2014 was just 64% funded, down from 73% in 2013, and global pledges to resettle the most vulnerable Syrian refugees in countries outside the region have failed to even approach a level appropriate to the scale of this crisis. Such is the pressure upon their public services, economies, resources and social fabrics that Syria’s neighbors are now taking steps to restrict the flow of refugees into their territory; only the most vulnerable can enter at present, and there are reports of refugees being forcibly repatriated to Syria. So, how should the international community respond? Even within the limits of a humanitarian perspective, there are clear, urgent priorities. First, the U.N. Security Council and states with influence over Syria’s warring parties should take immediate steps to hold accountable all those who fail to honor their obligations under international humanitarian law. Pressure must be brought to bear upon all parties that restrict or undermine full, safe and unfettered humanitarian access to those in need. Second, and with this appalling interference with access in mind, the Security Council’s permanent members, as well as key regional players such as Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, should each appoint senior diplomats or politicians as humanitarian envoys, resourcing and supporting them to focus attention on the human consequences of the Syrian conflict. They should also document and challenge restrictions on access, mediate and monitor ceasefires, support the efforts of the U.N. emergency relief coordinator and work through the detail of the relevant Security Council resolutions with all stakeholders – the warring parties, their backers, the United Nations and NGOs. Finally, the United Nations’ 2015 appeal for Syria and the region must be funded. Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq should receive the direct financial assistance and long-term development investment they require to repair their shaking infrastructure, reboot their public services and start creating jobs for Syrians and the communities who host them. Support for these countries is an essential counterpart to the vital call on them to keep their borders open to those fleeing Syria. None of these measures is a substitute for the political and diplomatic drive and imagination needed to bring this conflict – or series of conflicts – to a close. The spillover of Syria’s war into Iraq means that the options available to those in the international community keen to secure regional and global stability are far more limited than they were in 2011. As this crisis becomes more and more complex, those options are set to become even narrower, their consequences increasingly unpredictable. But this is all the more reason for a renewed push to end the violence. Next month marks three years since the Geneva Communiqué, a now dormant road map for Syria’s political transition, was signed in Switzerland. Let that anniversary – as well as events in Ramadi and Palmyra – focus minds. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "International community's response to the Syrian conflict", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150529121500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/29/opinions/miliband-isis-advances/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "549123164", "sentence": "U.S. troops would be allowed to accompany conventional Afghan forces into the field The U.S. troop drawdown could be slowed to keep more troops in the country for as long as possible President Barack Obama has granted U.S. military commanders more freedom to strike Taliban targets in support of Afghan troops, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Friday. Speaking at an event in Washington, he said that Obama approved the change to let the U.S. commander “anticipate situations in which the Afghan security forces would benefit from our support.” “This is using the forces we have here in a better way,” he told the Defense One Tech Summit, calling the expanded authority “a good use of the combat power that we have there.” The new authority for U.S. troops would pave the way for military operations to once again support conventional Afghanistan forces against the Taliban under limited circumstances, a senior U.S. military official told CNN ahead of Carter’s public comments. “This is not a blanket order to target the Taliban,” the official said. However, under the new authorities, U.S. troops would be allowed to accompany conventional Afghan forces into the field to advise and assist them. Under current rules, U.S. participation is largely limited to supporting Afghan special forces. A U.S. official said the new plan allows mainly for “close air support” strikes to ensure the safety of U.S. and Afghan forces by hitting Taliban positions. But those airstrikes may also require U.S. military “air controller” personnel on the ground to pick out targets and relay details to pilots overhead. The new rules could also open the door for more U.S. airstrikes and ground action against the Taliban to ensure U.S. and Afghan forces are protected, the official indicated. Still, the Pentagon does not believe U.S. troops will be “in direct combat,” the official said. The Pentagon and White House have been debating for weeks not only about a change to U.S. troops levels in Afghanistan, but whether to amend the current military authorities that restrict U.S. airstrikes against Taliban targets. As of now, the U.S. military broadly has authority to strike any targets on the ground under three scenarios: to protect U.S. forces on ground; to go after the remnants of Al Qaeda; and to protect Afghan forces when they are facing imminent danger of being overrun by the Taliban. The discussion inside the administration has been centered around whether to change those authorities so U.S. warplanes could now strike Taliban targets even if they do not pose a direct imminent threat. There are about 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The plan now calls for a drawdown to about 5,500 in 2017. The drawdown could be slowed within that time frame to keep more troops in the country for as long as possible, but it’s not clear that decision has been made. Broadly speaking, the U.S. believes the performance of Afghan security forces has improved, according to Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, the chief spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition. But there are concerns as the summer fighting season goes on that the Taliban will pose security problems in southern Afghanistan. “The Taliban has shifted their main effort down to Helmand,” Cleveland said, noting, however, that the U.S. hasn’t seen the full Taliban offensive it expected. Still, the reemergence of the Taliban threat has led to this vigorous discussion inside the administration about what to do about it, officials told CNN. The Defense Department had been expected to announce on Friday changes in the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan to increase the ability to attack Taliban targets, but it was canceled on Thursday according to several officials familiar with the effort. None of the officials CNN spoke to report to Carter, and no one agreed to be identified due to the sensitivity of the discussions inside the administration. CNN’s Ryan Browne contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. military policy in Afghanistan", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160610143000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/10/politics/afghanistan-us-troop-new-rules/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "632682356", "sentence": "POLITICS So much to cover … so little time. Trump’s message The most unorthodox of politicians struck a conventional presidential posture during his speech to Congress last night. Donald Trump conjured a vision of common national purpose, shifting his tone from the dark, searing approach of his previous big speeches to the nation. The question now is whether the President was previewing a new, more sober political persona or will he soon return to his combative habits? Immigration Trump wants Republicans and Democrats to work together on an immigration reform bill that allows undocumented immigrants to stay in the US  if they paid taxes and had no serious criminal record – a stance that runs counter to the tough-on-immigrant rhetoric that defined his campaign. He’s also scrapped plans to sign a reworked travel ban planned for today, and will wait until later this week to sign the order, a senior administration official said. Education Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is under fire after describing historically black colleges and universities as “pioneers” of school choice. They’re not. HBCUs arose in response to racist Jim Crow laws in the south that enforced segregation, shutting out black students from traditionally white schools. Gun control Trump signed a measure nixing a regulation aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of some severely mentally ill people. 2. SYRIA WAR It was clash of the titans at the UN Security Council yesterday. Russia and China vetoed a US-backed  measure to punish Syria for using chemical weapons,  and the Trump administration was not amused. The resolution would have condemned use of chemical weapons in Syria and placed sanctions on 21 scientists,  commanders and entities alleged to be involved in their use. 3. GAZA WAR Israeli politicians took aim at one another  following the release of a state report that criticizes the country’s  handling of the Gaza war three years ago. The report offered a strong indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, claiming it had no strategic goals when the 50-day war started. 4. TORNADOES Tornadoes ripped through the Midwest yesterday, killing two people – one in Missouri and a second one in Illinois. The National Weather Service reports 20 tornadoes landed in  Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee and Iowa. 5. CALIFORNIA CRASH One of the two women who survived a deadly small plane crash in Southern California was found in the bedroom of a home the plane crashed into and a second survivor was found near the crash scene. Three others on the plane were killed. Breakfast Browse People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. ‘Dancing grannies’ will face the music Beijing’s had enough of its dancing grannies. The women meet in public squares and perform synchronized dance routines with loud music. From Wednesday, the dancers in Beijing will be subject to fines. Time to switch channels Buh bye, traditional TV. Google has launched YouTube TV, which will offer a streaming TV service for people who don’t want to pay for traditional cable. War of words It’s safe to say the Obamas walked away into a sunset littered with dollar bills. Penguin Random House has won in a bidding war for a pair of books by Barack and Michelle Obama. Making history In its 130 years of existence, the Harvard Law Review had never elected a black woman as president. ImeIme Umana has changed that. The 24-year-old is the first black woman to lead the influential journal.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170302041500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/us/five-things-wednesday-march-1-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "752635932", "sentence": "Three survivors of clerical sex abuse urged Pope Francis to turn his words into action against the “networks of abuse” in the Catholic Church. At a news conference in Rome, Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton Sanchez and Jose Andres Murillo, all from Chile, spoke of the five days they spent with Pope Francis as his guests at Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City. Cruz said the Pope told him, “I was part of the problem. I caused this and I apologize to you.” Francis invited the survivors to the Vatican after apologizing for “grave errors” in his handling of a Chilean sex abuse scandal. The survivors each met individually for two to three hours with Francis and again as a group, they said. “The Pope was very attentive, receptive and very empathetic during the intense and long hours of conversation,” Cruz said. Pope Francis had initially discounted the survivors’ testimony against Bishop Juan Barros, whom the survivors say witnessed and covered-up abuses in Chile. The Pope appointed Barros a bishop in 2015 over the objections of residents of the southern city of Osorno.  Cruz is one of the accusers. He said Barros covered up for the Rev. Fernando Karadima, whom the Vatican found guilty of child sex abuse in 2011. Francis appointed Barros as bishop of Osorno in 2015 and defended him strenuously for three years, calling accusations against him “calumny.” Barros has denied knowing about what he called the “serious abuses” of Karadima and has said he never approved or participated in those actions. In a statement dated January 30, Barros’ diocese said, “The Bishop … expressed that he is taking everything related to the Pope with faith and joy, asking God for the truth to shine through and especially invoking the Virgin Mary so everyone can reach peace.” “For almost 10 years we have been treated as enemies because we fight against sexual abuse and coverup in the church,” Cruz said, reading a statement on behalf of the group. “These days we met the friendly face of the church, completely different from the one we had seen before,” he said. Francis did not tell the survivors what he plans to do with Barros but asked them to come up with ideas and suggestions on dealing with sex abuse and send them to him. In February 2017, Cruz revealed that a letter he had written to Pope Francis detailing the sex abuse was hand-delivered to the Pope by Cardinal Sean O’Malley in April 2015. At the news conference, Cruz said he did not press the Pope about whether he had ever read that letter or why he failed to act on it. “We will never know the full truth,” Hamilton said, “but now he is very well informed because he wanted to be really well informed. That’s why he asked for our visit.” “Everyone deserves a second chance,” Hamilton said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pope Francis", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180502211500", "country1": "VAT", "country2": "CHL", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/world/pope-abuse-chile/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "619277511", "sentence": "Richard Spencer is founder of the alt-right movement A masked individual socked him in face Alt-right founder Richard Spencer was punched on Friday during an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation near President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Video posted online by the outlet shows the white supremacist speaking to Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel when he was interrupted by individuals off camera. Spencer was answering questions on whether he was a neo-Nazi. He said he was not, and was then asked what the “Pepe the Frog” pin he was wearing signified. “Pepe the Frog” is an internet meme so often used by racists and anti-Semites it was designated a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League. As Spencer was speaking, a masked individual ran up, socked him in the face and fled. Spencer left, later tweeting there was, “no serious damage.” “It was absolutely terrible,” Spencer told CNN’s Sara Ganim by phone hours after the assault. “I’ve certain never had this happen before – a sucker punch in broad daylight.” D.C. police said there is no open investigation into the assault as Spencer has not filed a police report.  Spencer says he called 911 at the scene and plans to file a police report. “I kind of like getting into vigorous back and forth with people who disagree with me,” said Spencer.  “But punching like that just crosses a line – totally unacceptable.” He went onto say he feared future targeting, “Certainly, some people think I’m not a human being and I can just be attacked at will.” In November, the racism and anti-Semitism of the alt-right movement were on display in Washington when its members gathered to celebrate Trump’s victory. Atlantic magazine, which is recording footage of Spencer for a documentary, published a video of the same event showing audience members apparently giving the Nazi salute. “Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail victory!” Spencer declared. His remarks then were filled with racist imagery – including references to “the black political machines” and Latino housekeepers – as he bashed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s minority supporters. Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, Spencer said his support for Trump had waned. “I am getting worried that he won’t work on really big important issues like immigration,” Spencer said. “That he’ll get caught up on little things like making fun of people on Twitter.” Spencer denied being a white supremacist in a December 2016 interview with Ganim.  But, in that interview he said, “Only white people can support what we call Western civilization.” He also has said there should be a “peaceful ethnic cleansing,” meaning individuals not of European descent should voluntarily leave the United States. CNN’s Sara Ganim and Jasmine Lee contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Richard Spencer", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170121054500", "country1": "AUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-punched/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "708185422", "sentence": "NEW: Ministry, naval officer at odds over whether sub tried to contact naval bases Sub with 44 in crew was last seen Wednesday; US assets will assist search Amid reports a missing Argentine submarine tried unsuccessfully to contact naval bases seven times, a top navy officer said Sunday there is no indication the calls came from the ARA San Juan. “The calls are being analyzed, but we do not have clear evidence that they came from that unit,” said Gabriel Gonzales, who is in charge of the base where the submarine was slated to arrive Sunday, according to state-run news agency Télam. Earlier Sunday, the country’s defense ministry said the calls came to different bases between 10:52 a.m. and 3:42 p.m. Saturday, and lasted between four and 36 seconds, the ministry said in a statement to CNN en Español. “We received seven satellite calls that likely came from the submarine San Juan. We are working hard to locate it. To the families of the 44 crew members: We hope you’ll have them home soon,” Argentina’s Defense Minister Oscar Aguad tweeted. The military is working with a US company that specializes in satellite communication to determine the location of the submarine that vanished three days ago. #Hoy en la Base Naval #MardelPlata se celebró una misa para los familiares de los 44 tripulantes del #SubmarinoSanJuan  y la dotación de la base pic.twitter.com/hvZK7P5eTn The ARA San Juan submarine and its 44 crew members were traveling through the Atlantic Ocean from a base in southern Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego archipelago to their home port in Mar del Plata. The sub was scheduled to arrive at its destination Sunday. The submarine was last spotted Wednesday in the San Jorge Gulf, a few hundred kilometers off the coast of southern Argentina’s Patagonia region and nearly midway between the bases. As officials await word on the submarine, relatives of crew members gathered Saturday for Mass at a navy base in Mar del Plata, where they prayed for their safe return. Southern Argentina’s Patagonia coast is notorious for strong storms. “Currently a powerful low-pressure system is causing wind gusts in excess of 70 kph (nearly 45 mph) and churning up the South Atlantic Ocean with swells equivalent to a two-story building. This weather will hamper the search efforts for at least the next 48 hours,” CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam said. The Argentine navy said it ordered stations along the coast to search their communications and listen into all possible frequencies of the submarine.” The San Juan is a 65-meter-long (213 ft) TR-1700 submarine, powered by one electric and four diesel engines, Argentina’s military said. The US Navy said Saturday it ordered its Undersea Rescue Command based in San Diego to deploy to Argentina to help with the search. The first rescue system –  the submarine rescue chamber and an underwater, remotely operated vehicle – was flown from Miramar to Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, where it’s expected to arrive Sunday. The second rescue system and supporting equipment will be transported using additional flights, and is scheduled to arrive in Argentina next week, the navy said in a statement. The systems allow the safe underwater transfer of sailors from a submarine. A P8-A Poseidon – a maritime, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft – has arrived in Argentina, along with a NASA P-3 Orion aircraft, the statement said. In another statement Sunday, the Navy said it was sending another P8-A Poseidon and 21 crew members to join the search effort. The P-3 is a turboprop aircraft capable of long-duration flights, according to NASA. Britain’s Royal Navy said its patrol ship, the HMS Protector, is also joining search and rescue efforts at the request of the Argentine government. It said the ice patrol ship has sonar equipment to search beneath the waves. The ship is speeding toward the search area, and is expected to arrive Sunday morning, said Capt. Angus Essenhigh, its commanding officer. He said rescue efforts are expected to start as soon as the team arrives. CNN’s  Ana Melgar, Steve Almasy, Flora Charner, Ivan Perez Sarmenti, Jason Hanna, Diane Ruggiero, Spencer Feingold and Marilia Brochetto  contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Argentine navy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171119104500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/19/americas/argentina-missing-submarine/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "560025081", "sentence": "The two major party candidates' responses again highlighted the sharp differences in their foreign policy stances Clinton said greater intelligence gathering, not military force, was necessary Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton struck different tones following the France terror attack Thursday night, with Trump saying he’d ask for a declaration of war against ISIS while Clinton called for greater intelligence gathering to fight terror groups. The two major party candidates’ responses again highlighted the sharp differences in their foreign policy stances, with Trump reiterating his belief that the U.S. needs to be “tough” in its response to terrorism. In Nice, France, a driver plowed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, killing more than 70 people. On Friday, a National Security spokesman said Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco has kept President Barack Obama regularly apprised of the situation and investigation. That spokesman said the White House expects Obama to speak to his French counterpart sometime soon though no call has been planned. Although it was not immediately clear whether the assailant had pledged allegiance to ISIS, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly asked Trump if he would seek a declaration of war from Congress against the terror group. “I would, I would. This is war,” Trump replied. “If you look at it, this is war coming from all different parts.” He reiterated his belief that “we have to be tough” and his view that the U.S. should reverse its decision to allow Syrian refugees into the country. “You know, in the old days, we would have uniforms, you knew what you were fighting. We are allowing people into our country who we have no idea where they are, where they’re from, who they are, they have no paperwork, they have no documentation, in many cases,” Trump said. Asked later Thursday about Trump’s response by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Clinton said it was “clear” that the U.S. was at war with terrorist groups, but she said it “was a very different kind of war.” But, she argued, greater intelligence gathering, not military force, was necessary. “They would love to draw the United States into a ground war in Syria,” Clinton said. “I would be very focused on the intelligence surge. I would be very focused on working with our partners and allies and intensify our efforts against the ideologues that pedal radical jihadism online.” Related video Hillary Clinton on France attack: I am sick at heart Cooper then asked Clinton if the U.S. was at war with “radical Islam” – a phrase Trump often uses on the campaign trail and says is necessary to identify the threat. Clinton and Obama, however, have largely shied away from using the term, believing that associating terrorists with Islam helps to legitimize their interpretation of the religion. “We’re at war against radical jihadists who use Islam to recruit and radicalize others in order to pursue their evil agenda,” Clinton responded. “It’s not so important what we call these people as what we do about them, and I think back to our success in getting (Osama) bin Laden, it was important that we built the case, we got the information and the President ordered the raid.” Clinton also dismissed the presumptive Republican nominee’s concern about the potential of terrorists infiltrating the U.S. by posing as Syrian refugees. “I would not short-circuit the vetting process,” Clinton said. “If we are talking about women, children, orphans who are fleeing horrific violence, that’s a different category than young men or people who have some record that could be ferreted out as some concern.” Obama did not map out a response in his statement on the France attack, but called it a “horrific terrorist attack.” He pledged U.S. support to France as it investigates the attack. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who on Thursday accepted Trump’s offer to be his running mate, also issued a statement on the attack, which he said was “a horrific reminder of the threat facing Western civilization.” “As we mourn with the people of France, we must resolve to bring justice all those responsible and defeat this enemy of civilization at its source,” Pence said. Other notable political figures stood in solidarity with those affected by the attack. “Our hearts are with the victims of what appears to be yet another unconscionable act of terror,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement. Our hearts are with the victims of what appears to be yet another unconscionable act of terror. #NiceFrance pic.twitter.com/9tYczTnsdD Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted, “We stand with the people of France. #NiceFrance.” We stand with the people of France. #NiceFrance https://t.co/UNn2aEFX4v Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted, “My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those killed in Nice. The United States stands ready to support the French people.” My thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those killed in Nice. The United States stands ready to support the French people. “It appears terrorism has again struck the heart of Europe. Civilized & freedom loving nations cannot allow this to become the new normal,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted. It appears terrorism has again struck the heart of Europe. Civilized & freedom loving nations cannot allow this to become the new normal. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tweeted, “Hatred in all its forms must end. We stand in solidarity with France after the horrific. #BastilleDayTragedy.” Hatred in all its forms must end. We stand in solidarity with France after the horrific. #BastilleDayTragedy. https://t.co/X5xmA5ZJfY CNN’s Athena Jones and Naomi Lim contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. foreign policy toward terrorism", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160715033000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-nice-france-response/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "612451556", "sentence": "Trump has become more open in his criticism of the President Obama has also offered criticism of his successor, albeit more tacitly Separated by the entire North American continent and half the Pacific Ocean, the incoming and outgoing presidents are trading barbs – both veiled and overt – from their respective holiday vacations, souring a once a collegial public relationship. Marked by insults on Twitter, perceived public slights and foreign policy disputes, the ties between President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama have significantly frayed less than a month before Trump is sworn into office. Both sides say the actual mechanics of transferring power from one administration to another are proceeding smoothly. The President-elect said he spoke with Obama Wednesday in what he termed a “nice conversation.” And Trump’s spokesman said Wednesday he expected more conversations between the two men before Inauguration Day on January 20. Trump, however, has become more open in his criticism of the President since he won last month, arguing on Twitter that Obama misjudged the election and lost badly. He scaled up his disparagement on Wednesday, writing that “inflammatory” statements from Obama were hampering a smooth transition. Obama has also offered criticism of his successor, albeit more tacitly. During a historic speech Tuesday in Pearl Harbor alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Obama cautioned against tribalism and isolationism – warnings that, during the campaign, he used to argue against Trump’s candidacy. The latest back-and-forth comes after two weeks of open sparring between the White House and Trump’s transition team over Russia and Israel. Once contained to sniping between aides, the squabbles have escalated to Obama and Trump themselves. The result is an openly antagonistic relationship between the commander in chief and the man who’s about to replace him, a dynamic that both men explicitly worked to avoid in the days immediately following the election. In public, both Obama and Trump had been careful to avoid direct personal criticism of one another in the weeks following November’s vote. White House officials said Obama’s instructions were to maintain a professional and helpful tone, hoping to provide Americans reassurance in the peaceful hand-off of power. Trump, too, offered conciliatory signals. He was effusive during his first meeting with Obama in the Oval Office, the bitterness of the campaign and any remnants of his “birther” conspiracy vanished. Later, Trump revealed he was speaking regularly with Obama, describing a “warm” relationship fostering discussions about potential Cabinet picks. Obama had hoped his counsel might convince Trump to maintain some of his administration’s work on climate change, health care and foreign policy. He regarded Trump as a largely non-ideological pragmatist who might be open to his guidance. A more combative tone eventually emerged, though Obama and Trump both sought to keep tensions at a minimum. Even Trump, known for his bombast, attempted to model the Obamas’ “when they go low, we go high” mantra, praising the President at rallies even as his crowd booed. The President-elect sought to brush off a tiff with First Lady Michelle Obama, saying she misspoke when she told Oprah Winfrey that “we are feeling what not having hope feels like.” Obama, too, attempted to ratchet down tensions surrounding Trump’s dismissal of US intelligence blaming Russia for a cyberintrusion in the election. After a week in which his press secretary hammered Trump’s operation for questioning the finding, Obama sought to cool the temperature, saying in his year-end news conference the matter shouldn’t be caught up in politics. But disagreements over Israel this week and a suggestion from Obama he could have won in a contest with Trump seem to have ended the politesse. “I could’ve mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind” a hope-and-change message, Obama told his senior adviser David Axelrod for The Axe Files podcast interview released Monday. It wasn’t long before Trump began tweeting in an progressively more irksome tone: “President Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me. He should say that but I say NO WAY! - jobs leaving, ISIS, OCare, etc,” he wrote on Monday. A day later: “President Obama campaigned hard (and personally) in the very important swing states, and lost. The voters wanted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” After Obama’s Tuesday appearance in Hawaii warning against “the tug of tribalism” and “the urge to demonize those who are different,” Trump’s language on Wednesday morning was more direct. “Doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory President O statements and roadblocks,” he wrote. “Thought it was going to be a smooth transition - NOT!” The White House declined to comment on Trump’s accusation. Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, downplayed any trouble. “The current President and his team have been very helpful and generous with their time,” he said. But he didn’t temper the acrimonious messages directed toward Obama and the transition. “With respect to the tweets, they speak for themselves, I think very clearly,” Spicer said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161228204500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/28/politics/obama-donald-trump-relationship/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "496229788", "sentence": "The Germans captured Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds and his men in the Battle of the Bulge Edmonds stood up to POW camp commander at gunpoint, saved lives of Jewish comrades Edmonds, who died in 1985, first U.S. soldier honored by Israeli Holocaust museum There were few, if any, victorious moments to share from Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds’ combat time in World War II. So he kept quiet. He told his son little of how his platoon, part of the 422nd Regiment, landed in Nazi Germany in 1944, a group of untested soldiers entering the final stages of the war. He kept quiet about December 19, the day Edmonds and his men were captured in the Battle of the Bulge, the last major Nazi offensive of the war, which caught Allied forces off guard. And he never told anyone what happened a month later in a prisoner-of-war camp in the heart of Germany. He took that secret to his grave when he died in 1985, two weeks shy of his 66th birthday: the story about the day he challenged the commander of the POW camp and saved all the Jews under his command. He shipped out in December 1944 with the 106th Infantry Division, arriving in Germany just in time to become a prisoner. Days earlier, Germany had launched the Battle of the Bulge. Edmonds and his men stood little chance. “They were green,” says his son, Chris Edmonds, remembering the few stories his father told. “They were just overwhelmed.” On Christmas Day, Edmonds and the other soldiers arrived in Stalag IX-B, a POW camp known as “Bad Orb” that housed more than 25,000 soldiers at a time. Thirty days later, Edmonds and the other noncommissioned officers were moved to Stalag IX-A with 1,275 other soldiers. As a master sergeant, he was the senior noncommissioned officer among the men. On the prisoners’ first day at the POW camp, the German intercom system in the American barracks crackled to life. Only the Jewish POWs were to fall out after morning roll call. At this point in the war, the Nazis were already implementing the Final Solution – their plan to wipe out the Jews of Europe that led to the killings of 6 million Jews at camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau. That plan now extended to Jewish POWs from the Allied armies. “We’re not going to do that,” Edmonds told his men, some of them still remember 70 years later. “Geneva Convention affords only name, rank and serial number, and so that’s what we’re going to do. All of us are falling out.” Edmonds, a Christian, was true to his word. The next morning, all 1,275 soldiers stood at attention in front of their barracks. The commander of the camp was furious, storming up to Edmonds and shouting, “All of you can’t be Jewish?!” “We are all Jews here,” Edmonds responded. Standing next to Edmonds was Paul Stern, a 19-year-old Jewish soldier who heard Edmonds’ words and the exchange with the base commander. “I was so proud of him,” Stern tells me by phone from his home near Washington. He is 90 years old now but remembers every moment of that conversation. His words come between staccato breaths. Speaking seems difficult for him, but he is too excited to stop: “He was so brave to say that.” I don’t need to see Stern’s face to know he is smiling. “We are all Jews here,” Stern repeats in a whisper. It is impossible to know how many of Edmonds’ soldiers were Jewish. His son, Chris, estimates that no more than 200 were Jews, based on conversations he has had with Stern and with Lester Tanner, another soldier who imprisoned with his father. “I’m commanding you to have your Jewish men step forward,” the camp commander barked at Edmonds. Edmonds reminded the commander of the Geneva Conventions, telling him that he was entitled only to his prisoners’ names, ranks and serial numbers. The commander pulled out his gun and pressed it into Edmonds’ forehead, Stern recalls: “You will have your Jewish men step forward or I will shoot you on the spot.” Stern remembers Edmonds’ reply: “If you shoot, you’ll have to kill all of us, and you will have to stand for war crimes after we win this war.” The major turned red, furious that a POW was challenging him, but he put his gun in his holster and walked away. The men went back to their barracks and cheered Edmonds. “Although 70 years have passed, I can still hear the words he said to the German camp commander,” Stern says. The memory is just as vivid for Tanner, who is still working as a high-powered New York attorney at age 92. Tanner leans in as he speaks, and you can feel the admiration he still has for his former commanding officer. Tanner pauses and smiles, remembering the man and the moment. He is unsure who said the words, “We are all Jews here,” but has no doubt that Edmonds never backed down when the German commander pointed a gun at his forehead. Edmonds would never have called himself a hero, his son says, and he never shared the story with his family. But in 2009, Chris Edmonds Googled his father to see what would he could find. One of the results stunned him: In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon purchased a home from Tanner. It took Edmonds another two years and a trip to New York to meet Tanner, but Edmonds finally learned about his father’s actions in that Nazi POW camp in January 1945. He used his father’s war diary to find other men who corroborated the story, interviewed some of his father’s fellow soldiers and collected records about the regiment. He submitted the file to his congressman to see if his father’s actions were worthy of consideration for a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor. What Edmonds didn’t know is that one of his friends submitted part of the file to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel. The museum considered Edmonds’ actions to be unique. It named him a Righteous Among the Nations, a venerated list of non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust. He was the first American soldier to be added to the list. To this day, Chris Edmonds said he isn’t sure why his father never shared the story. “I just think, well, he’s a humble man. He didn’t go around bragging about things, and I just think he thought it was part of his responsibility, his duty, not only as a soldier of the U.S. Army to protect his men but also as a Christian, a man of faith, to do the right thing for his fellow man.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151222000000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/europe/us-pow-holocaust-hero/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "595737558", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. A Swedish trial found workers are healthier and more productive when working six-hour days Studies show that overworking could increase the risk of coronary heart disease by 40% It may sound counterintuitive, but working less could actually result in higher productivity. Seriously. Although many of us continue the tradition of working at least eight hours per day, with an hour’s break in the middle – if we’re lucky – a recent study found that productivity is actually highest when people spend fewer hours working, according to researchers at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which examined working hours in several countries over a period of 22 years. Related article Are you addicted to work? In fact, one paper (PDF) suggested that output actually starts to fall if people work more than 48 hours per week. Data on munition plant workers in Britain during World War I showed that long hours led to fatigue and stress that not only reduce productivity, they make accidents, errors and sickness more likely. A hundred years later, we’re still facing the same issues. Today, working overtime has been linked (PDF) to higher rates of injury, illness, weight gain, alcohol use and smoking and, in general, an increased risk of mortality. One study found that putting in long hours could result in a 40% higher likelihood of coronary heart disease, compared with people who work standard hours. Afib in men vs. womenThe stages of colon cancer, explainedSleep guidelines for kids and babies Reducing our working hours could, therefore, make a huge difference to our health and well-being, in turn enabling us to work more efficiently. In Sweden, this theory is being put to the test – with promising results. In the Svartedalen elderly care home in Gothenburg, 68 nurses are working six-hour shifts in a 22-month trial (PDF) led by researchers at Pacta Guideline, a consultancy company for the public sector in Sweden. The nurses have been working these hours since February 2015. The researchers are monitoring the nurses’ health and productivity and comparing this against a control group working in a similar facility which is clocking in 38-hour weeks. The city of Gothenburg decided to run the trial in 2014 to learn what reduced working hours could mean for the country’s economy and job market, as well as the effects they could have on employees and, in this case, the elderly residents they were looking after. 10 cities with the shortest working hours “The nurses in the trial have better health,” said Bengt Lorentzon, a researcher on the project. “They are all much calmer and more alert.” After 18 months of working these six-hour days, 77% of nurses reported good health – compared with 49% in the control group – and members of the trial group have taken almost three times fewer sick days. Being in good health is especially important when it comes to care work, Lorentzon says. For these nurses, this involves feeding the elderly, taking them for walks and building caring relationships. This is more effective if the nurses are there regularly and not taking time off because of illness or stress, as they can build a rapport with their clients, which is especially helpful when caring for people with dementia. In addition to less sickness, the nurses working shorter days have been getting a lot more done, according to the report, providing 80% more activities for the elderly than the control group. This includes things like comforting them, singing, dancing and playing games with them. Related gallery Surprising reasons for stress “This is connected to the assistant nurses feeling in better health, more alert,and less stressed, and in that situation, it’s possible to take the initiative to do activities,” Lorentzon said. How to stop city life from stressing you out Despite these benefits, there’s still the question of whether this idea makes financial sense. The Svartedalen nursing home hired 17 extra nurses to ensure that the facility was properly staffed throughout the week, as reduced hours led to gaps in the care schedule. So far, the trial has cost $1.1 million, but according to the study, the addition of 17 jobs to the labor market has reduced the state’s unemployment costs by $530,000. “This is a political issue,” Lorentzon said. “There’s a lot of tension: Some political parties are against it; some parties would like to enlarge the trial.” Related article A four-day workweek could be hazardous to your health David Spencer, professor of economics and political economy at the University of Leeds in the UK, notes that the trial in Sweden is small in scale and focuses only on a particular sector, but he says it could  be replicated in other sectors. “Employers may baulk at the short-run costs of reducing work hours, but they could stand to gain along with their workers from the implementation of shorter work hour schemes. The degree to which experiments like this one can be replicated elsewhere will depend on the progressive outlook of employers and of state and national governments,” Spencer wrote in an email. It’s a contentious issue, and companies rolling out reduced working hours are certainly in the minority – but they do exist. Toyota centers in Gothenburg switched to a six-hour workday 14 years ago and reported higher profits and happier staff. Some companies in the UK are following suit, such as Agent Marketing in Liverpool and accounting firm Bright Horizon Cloud in Dorset. Senshi Digital, a tourism agency based in Glasgow, Scotland, began experimenting with the six-hour workday in March after the company director, Chris Torres, watched an ITV documentary about reduced work hours. Inspired, he walked into the office a few days later and announced that it would try the new hours. Related video We can't avoid stress, but here's how to manage it “You should have seen the look on some of the staff’s faces. They couldn’t believe it,” Torres said. “They come in at 9:30 a.m. and finish at 3:30 p.m. … They get paid the same amount as if they’re doing an eight-hour day. In fact, most of them have had wage rises since we’ve implemented it,” he said. His staff members also have a 30-minute lunch break, but their day is far more structured than it used to be. They work in 45-minute “sprints” with five-minute breaks and announce at the start and end of the day what they’ve achieved in the time. Despite the shorter hours, productivity has spiked. Torres adds that projects that used to take two or three months are now completed in one or two. “You’ve got to work a little harder, stay a bit more focused,” Torres said. “There’s less chat when they’re doing the 45-minute sprints … so I suppose the studio doesn’t have quite the buzz it used to. But at the end of the day, we all go out and have more lunches and dinners together. See the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. “I take my daughter to school in the morning, which I never used to do. … (After work), I help her out with homework, I feed my boy – and I look at the clock, and before I know it, it’s only just gone 5 o’clock.” For Torres and his team, the six-hour workday seems to have been a success, boosting cash flow and enabling the company to take on more projects – but this is a small business with 10 employees, and Torres has heard plenty of arguments against it. “I’ve heard people say it would never work for this industry or that industry. 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{"article_id": "600914859", "sentence": "\"I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I know,\" Flynn said. The Obama administration, the Arab League, NATO, and many western governments have pointed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime as being responsible for the attack. During a 2015 trip to Russia, Donald Trump’s pick to be national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, said he didn’t know whether the 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria was conducted by the Syrian Army or by other forces in an attempt to draw the United States into the conflict. Flynn not ruling out the possibility of a “false flag” attack raises questions about how the Trump administration will approach the Syrian conflict.  The Obama administration, the Arab League, NATO, and many western governments have pointed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime as being responsible for the attack. A United Nations investigation didn’t assign blame, but evidence from the report pointed to the Assad regime being responsible. Assad’s regime and Russian President Vladimir Putin claim opposition forces were behind the attack. Flynn, who was the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for the Obama administration at the time of the 2013 attack, made the remarks during a December 2015 question and answer session hosted by the Russian government-funded television network, Russia Today. At the event, Flynn was asked by an audience member his take on reports the attack was carried out by Turkish intelligence and made to look like it was the Syrian government, otherwise known as a “false flag” operation. “I’m going to address your question because it’s a good question,” Flynn said. “It’s an interesting one. What keeps me up at night is the use of chemicals and biological weapons by terrorist groups that have the intent, they have the intellect, they don’t necessarily have the specific types of capabilities just yet, but I believe that they will have the ability to get their hands on them. I think that all of us globally need to really pay very close attention to that.” “Your specific question, I really don’t know,” Flynn said. “I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I know. To have that level of knowledge or insight or detail of what an intelligence service is doing to do a false flag – who knows. I don’t have a good answer for you. I’m not able to answer your specific question.” In a 2013 op-ed in the New York Times, Putin wrote, “No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason to believe it was used not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces, to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding with the fundamentalists.” The questioner’s claim might be grounded in a 2013 article by journalist Seymour Hersh in the London Review of Books, which claimed the jihadist rebel group al-Nusra was behind the attack. The New Yorker and Washington Post both declined to publish the report, saying it didn’t meet their standards. A follow up report from Hersh claimed the Turkish government supplied the chemical weapons for the attack. Emails to Flynn and spokespeople for the Trump transition team were not returned. Flynn told the Washington Post this year he was paid through his speaking agency for the appearance at the RT event. At the 2015 dinner for RT’s anniversary, Flynn was seated at the same table as Putin. Before the panel, Flynn tweeted, “Regarding RT panel participation: know my values and beliefs are mine & won’t change because I’m on a different piece of geography.” At the event, Flynn cautioned the situation on the ground in Syria was complex and deception was being use. “What I know is that the complexity of the situation on the ground right now is beyond anybody’s wildest imagination,” he said. “[The panel moderator] highlighted it in one of her questions. I think her question was a very good one. It’s all of the things that are happening, not just in Syria. This is happening in the region in a big way. The things that you’re talking about, there’s this tit-for-tat or there’s this give and take. People are doing things. There is deception being used.” “There is false information being used,” he added. “This slide that I have up here is a component of that false information or how false information is applied. We have to understand – this is why I think [the panel moderator is] driving me crazy up here, trying to get me to be more specific because right now we do have to be more specific. We have to be much more specific in our relationships, far more specific in our relationships, so there’s not a misunderstanding and there’s not a miscalculation because of some ill-advised tactic that’s used in Damascus or Baghdad that causes something that we don’t want.” After publication of this story, RT cut the clip and posted it on YouTube. 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{"article_id": "668316934", "sentence": "The Supreme Court said foreigners must now have a \"bona fide\" relationship to a person or entity to enter the US Three conservative justices called the plan \"unworkable\" The Supreme Court’s decision green-lighting parts of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban Monday saved many of the prickly questions about the constitutionality of the executive order for another day – but legal experts say that the court’s compromise ruling raises other more practical headaches (and potentially further litigation) for travelers this summer. “Today’s order will create more confusion, delays, and litigation,” says Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor of immigration law practice at Cornell Law School. Here’s a look at why. When the Trump administration rolled out the President’s first executive order in January, bedlam ensued almost immediately as foreigners from seven predominately Muslim countries tried to enter the US, only to be turned away at the border or separated from loved ones abroad. This time around, the ban will not go into effect immediately. The President – perhaps looking ahead to a potential court victory – signed a memorandum earlier this month directing administration officials to begin implementation of the permitted parts of the travel ban 72 hours after the court gives the okay. So when exactly does the clock begin to run? The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment on precise timing or a detailed roll-out plan, but said in a statement Monday that implementation will be done with “clear and sufficient public notice, particularly to potentially affected travelers.” The test for prospective travelers under the Supreme Court’s new decision is whether one has a “credible claim of bona fide relationship” with either an entity or person living in the US – if you do, you can come to the US; if you don’t, you are banned for 90 days if you are from Libya, Syria, Iran, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan (and 120 days if you are a refugee). Justices offered several examples of scenarios in which travel ban shouldn’t apply – such as a foreign national who wishes to live with a family member in the US or a student accepted to an American university – but what if the individual’s connection to the US is more attenuated or not as well defined? “It all depends on what the relationship is and when it is initiated,” explained Yale-Loehr. “If a person thinking about applying to become a refugee emails a church in the US and says ‘please sponsor me to become a refugee,’ that would not qualify as a bona fide relationship, in my view.” But immigrant rights activists and leaders of refugee resettlement organizations said Monday that based on their reading of the ruling, thousands of refugees should still be able to come to the United States. “The hope is that this really only impacts a very small number of people,” said Becca Heller, director of the International Refugee Assistance Project. Melanie Nezer, senior vice president for public affairs of HIAS, told reporters that the refugee resettlement agency is trying to reassure its clients who are already in the pipeline. Many of them have family ties in the United States, she said, and have established relationships with US-based resettlement organizations. The court made clear that nonprofits may not initiate contact with foreign nationals from the banned countries to secure their entry into the country, but left open is whether previous contact between refugees and resettlement agencies in the US counts as sufficiently “bona fide.” “They have extensive ties here, and it would be hard to say that they don’t,” Nezer said. “This decision makes a strong statement that ties are important, that being in the process still matters, and that the US is not looking to break its promises toward people it’s offered resettlement to.” Other experts say that the Supreme Court’s decision provides greater discretion to consular officers and border agents. “Think about how the people at the border, at airports are going to make that decision,” said CNN legal analyst Page Pate. “Who is going to make this decision? If we leave it to the folks on the front line, that’s just going to lead to more litigation.” At least three justices agreed the standard used by the court will prove “unworkable” in practice and invite a “flood of litigation” over the summer as “courts struggle to determine what exactly constitutes a ‘bona fide relationship.’” The dissent from Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch argued the travel ban should be fully implemented. Related article Justice Neil Gorsuch delivering as Trump's promised conservative “How individuals will prove such a (bona fide) relationship, and whether the burden of proof will be on the government or the individuals seeking entry, remains to be seen,” Yale-Loehr agreed. “I predict chaos at the border and new lawsuits as foreign nationals and refugees argue that they are entitled to enter the United States.” Except this time, the confusion will have been of the court’s own making. Justices won’t hear oral arguments on the merits of the travel ban until this fall. CNN’s Catherine Shoichet contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Supreme Court", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170627010000", "country1": "LBY", "country2": "SDN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/politics/supreme-court-order-may-cause-travel-chaos/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "605817078", "sentence": "American Blaine Gibson is leading a search for missing MH370 He found debris on Madagascar that may have come from the plane Blaine Gibson, an American lawyer leading a self-funded hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, handed over six pieces of debris found on Madagascar to Malaysian investigators on Tuesday. Gibson said one piece he found might prove why the plane crashed. “If the third piece, the monitor case, is confirmed to be from MH 370, it proves, tragically, that the main body of the cabin broke apart in a forceful impact … (and) definitely not a controlled ditching,” he said. “The barnacles on board will hopefully provide some clues as to the location of the crash site and route followed.” Related video An American's quest to help solve the MH370 mystery Gibson found the debris in June on the island of Nosy Boraha, off the east coast of Madagascar. MH370’s disappearance is one of the world’s biggest aviation mysteries. The plane vanished from radar while en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, with 239 people on board, on March 8, 2014. Since July 2015, about six pieces of wreckage have been confirmed as likely coming from the missing plane, although not all pieces could be completely verified. In October, a fragment of plane wing discovered in Mauritius in May was confirmed as coming from MH370, Australia’s Transport Safety Bureau said. Earlier in 2016, Gibson found a piece of a plane wreckage off the Mozambique coast. Australian investigators later said it “almost certainly” came from MH370. Gibson, from Seattle, is leading an exhaustive search that has taken him from the Maldives to Mauritius and Myanmar. Meanwhile, the Chinese search and rescue vessel looking for the missing plane has wrapped up its mission in the Indian Ocean, according to the ATSB. In July, the governments of Malaysia, Australia and China agreed the search for MH370 will be suspended if no evidence of the plane is found upon the completion of the search area. CNN’s Ben Westcott and Juliet Perry contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Blaine Gibson", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161206150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MYS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/06/asia/mh370-investigation-debris/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "507211130", "sentence": "Authorities also seize  weapons and narcotics The raid comes a few weeks after the cartel leader's recapture A cross-border raid by U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials resulted in the arrest of 24 Sinaloa cartel members, authorities said. The sting occurred Friday around the Arizona border with Mexico, local media reported. It also netted “assault-type weapons” and hundreds of pounds of narcotics, said spokeswoman Gillian M. Christensen of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The raid, dubbed Mexican Operation Diablo Express, targeted “high-level” Sinaloa cartel members who operate in the United States and the Mexican state of Sonora. “The operation targets criminal elements and organizations operating in and around Sonoyta, Mexico,” a statement from Christensen said. Mexican federal officers were brought in to the United States to ensure safety during the operation. “Due to the sensitive nature, this operation was conducted with utmost secrecy to maintain the element of surprise and to ensure the safety of the Mexican law enforcement officers executing it,” Christensen said. Those arrested are in the custody of the Mexican government, but Christensen said the United States will seek their extradition. “The targeted Sinaloa cell has been responsible for the importation of millions of pounds of illegal drugs, including marijuana, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, into the United States from Mexico,” she said. In addition to drugs, the organization also smuggles weapons and millions of dollars into Mexico. Various agencies took part in the raid, including the Scottsdale Police Department, other Arizona law enforcement officials, the FBI, ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The sting comes after Mexican forces captured Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman this month. The drug kingpin escaped from a maximum-security prison in July.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sinaloa cartel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160131100000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/31/us/mexico-border-sinaloa-cartel-raid/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "618380970", "sentence": "Experts weigh in on President Obama's best speeches, offer advice to Donald Trump There’s been a lot of talk about words lately – like “Make America great again” and “Yes we can.” Not really the words themselves, but how they were delivered. As Barack Obama wraps up eight years of presidential speeches, where every word can move markets and change lives, Trump has been rewriting the rule book. “The Trump election has made the case that presidential rhetoric needs to respond to Americans who are looking for a different way to communicate — how you can connect with them on their turf,” said Marie Danziger, an expert on speechwriting at Harvard University. In other words, experts say, we’ve entered a new phase in the way presidents talk to the people. The days of ornately written speeches, like the ones history recorded from Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Kennedy, are rapidly dwindling in a world where everyone has the attention of a flea and anyone can command their own virtual megaphone online. But despite the growing noise, Obama has left a pretty clear legacy of presidential rhetoric. These are the speeches experts rank as the best of his two terms, with an insider’s view on how they were crafted. Obama first established his reputation as a powerful, influential speaker in 2008, when he broadened his “Yes we can” campaign slogan beyond supporters and invited all Americans to share his commitment to change. He did the same in 2012, this time showing his ability to connect emotionally with the public after the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut: Several “great speeches of Obama’s presidency were after national tragedies, which struck the right note,”  said author and professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the University of Pennsylvania. Many of those addresses were a collaboration between Obama and senior speechwriters Cody Keenan and Terry Szuplat, said former White House staff speechwriter David Litt. “To do that,” Litt said, “you have to figure out ways to use some of how you’re feeling but also be able to step back for a moment.” Related video Former Obama speechwriter on gun control But Jamieson feels like Obama didn’t always hit the mark. During his first inaugural address, he failed to digest a core idea into a single memorable phrase — like Franklin Roosevelt did in 1933 with, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” On the other hand, Obama did create a history-making moment in 2015 on the 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, when he delivered an address that many experts said rates among his best. “That is a powerful … beautifully constructed speech,” Jamieson said. When it comes to putting pen to paper, those who worked with Obama say each speech largely was crafted by the President himself – especially the important ones. “He’s a better writer than his speechwriters,” said Adam Frankel, a senior Obama speechwriter from 2007 through 2012. “He’s probably the most gifted writer in the White House since Lincoln or JFK.” Unlike President John Kennedy’s artistic style, which might have distracted from the underlying emotion in the message, Jamieson said, Obama’s crafting has been so stealthy that listeners could be more easily moved by the speech’s content. The 44th President approaches writing with “his own original, unencumbered style, free of conventional thinking,” Frankel added. He captures “thoughts as distinctly as possible. Using phrasing that is appropriate to the occasion, but not typical.” According to Obama’s former writers, the process to create a speech usually goes like this:  First, there’s an initial conversation between the President and his top speechwriters. They discuss their target audience and what the message should be. Ultimately, they aim to tell a compelling story that people will remember. Next, Obama’s chief speechwriter would talk with other writers about how to frame the story. For example, shortly after the 2016 election, chief speechwriter Keenan met with staffers to figure out how to write Obama’s final address to the nation. This meeting was actually captured in the CNN Films’ documentary The End: Inside the Last Days of the Obama White House, airing Wednesday at 9pm ET/PT. First drafts would go through policy experts and back to the President for final edits or approval. Several weeks later, that meeting resulted in Obama’s farewell address, which was delivered to thousands of cheering supporters in his adopted hometown of Chicago, where his “Yes we can” slogan transformed into “Yes we did.” “President Obama has always been better speaking to live, large crowds than he has been when speaking to audiences from the Oval Office,” says Jamieson. The farewell speech ended up being “deeply optimistic at a time when Hillary Clinton’s supporters are not. They needed to hear that optimism.” Experts mentioned other standout examples of well-written Obama speeches, such as his Cairo address in Egypt when he reached out to the Muslim world … … and his “More Perfect Union” 2008 campaign speech about America’s long rstruggle with racial issues. While some writers get “locked in flourish,” said former Obama staff speechwriter Aneesh Raman, the President’s writing style “is always pretty direct.” During Raman’s two years as a White House staff speechwriter, he didn’t often meet with President Obama face to face. But the President did edit Raman’s draft speeches and send them back with handwritten notes in black or blue ink. “When you get handed notes as a speechwriter you can fall victim to the illegibility of someone’s handwriting — but his was always legible,” said Raman, who now helps high school students raise college scholarship money at an outfit called Raise.Me. “His handwriting is very small and neat,” said Frankel. “His edits are extraordinarily precise. He may rewrite something the way he wants it and also restructure paragraphs that he thinks are out of order.” President-elect Trump and his speechwriters are hammering out what will be one of the most important speeches of his – every – presidency: the inauguration speech. Lincoln and Kennedy are still remembered for theirs, so you know – no pressure. Related article Twitter tips for our tweeter-in-chief @realdonaldtrump (and the rest of us) If Jamieson could offer Trump a few tips for his inauguration speech, this is what she’d advise: • During the speech, identify principles that Americans all share, not ones that divide us. Related article Trump wrote inauguration speech himself • Don’t offer specific policy proposals (for example, don’t get the audience to chant “Build a wall, Mexico will pay for it”). • Suppress all campaign tendencies and move into the persona of a president and elevate the audience. Related article 'The Oath' quiz: Test your inauguration savvy And about Trump’s tweets: Jamieson recommends “falling silent for at least a day after inauguration, to let the address settle in.” Not that speechwriters have any qualms with using the social platform. Obama’s writers saw the rise of Twitter as a legitimate presidential communications tool, said Litt. “We certainly saw this in President Obama’s second term, there are more and more platforms and you have to be able to not just pick the right message but pick the right way to deliver that message” — whether it’s a speech or a tweet. “You can say a lot in 140 characters,” Jamieson suggested. “Use this format to be presidential. Mr. Trump, find a way to do that.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Obama", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170118173000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "EGY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/politics/speeches-the-end-last-days-obama-white-house/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "468444529", "sentence": "Pontiff begins his trip to Cuba, U.S. Francis urges more freedoms on communist island that is officially atheist Pope Francis landed in Cuba on Saturday, quickly calling on the communist nation to “open itself to the world,” while praising its recent restoration of diplomatic ties with the United States. Francis was greeted by President Raul Castro at Jose Marti International airport in Havana, where the pontiff urged Cuba to grant its people the “freedom, the means and the space” to practice their faith, an implicit criticism of the many restrictions the country places on religion. The Catholic Church was once an integral part of Cuban history, the Pope said, inspiring veterans of its war for independence and “sustaining the hope which preserves people’s dignity in the most difficult situations.” In his short speech, Francis also invoked Jose Marti, a Cuban hero, to deliver a veiled critique of the Castros, said Andrew Chesnut, a professor of Latin American history at Virginia Commonwealth University. Marti, a George Washington-type figure, died in 1895 during the war for independence. Related gallery Pope Francis visits Cuba “He specifically referenced Marti as a fighter against ‘dynasties,’ a reference of course to the five decadelong Castro regime,” Chesnut said. But a Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the Pope was not necessarily referring to the Castros. “I don’t think that it was a citation chosen for a specific reference to today’s situations,” Lombardi said at a Saturday evening news conference. Francis has criticized Cuba in the past, though, writing in a 1998 book that its “authoritarian” and “corrupt” regime should be scrapped in favor of a representative democracy. Francis is the third pontiff to visit Cuba, after Saint John Paul II in 1998 and Benedict XVI in 2012. Francis’ call for Cuba to “open itself” to the world echoed John Paul’s remarks, a sign of the Catholic Church’s longstanding efforts to carve out space in a country that has been officially atheist for decades. Lombardi said the Pope believes religious freedom in Cuba means more than the ability to worship freely. It also entails the right to open schools and practice acts of charity, as well as other missions. 5 key questions about the Pope’s trip to Cuba, United States Castro, who has said the Pope has inspired him to consider joining the Catholic Church, effusively praised the pontiff on Saturday, particularly his criticism of consumerism and environmental degradation. He also thanked Francis for his role in restoring ties between the United States and Cuba, while calling for the closing of the U.S. military base on Guantanamo Bay. On Tuesday, the Pope will fly to Washington, a visible sign of the detente he has helped broker between Cuba and the United States. “For some months now, we have witnessed an event which fills us with hope,” the Pope said. “The process of normalizing relations between two peoples following years of estrangement.” Francis also called the restoration of diplomatic ties “an example of reconciliation for the entire world.” “The world needs reconciliation in this environment of ‘Third World War by stages’ that we are experiencing.” Some American conservatives, however, have criticized the restoration of ties with the communist country, saying that the United States should have required the release of political dissidents. “The Castro brothers are mass murderers,” Rep. Chris Smith, a Republican from New Jersey, told CNN. “They have tortured and imprisoned thousands of dissidents.” Pope Francis’ schedule for U.S., Cuba President Barack Obama and Raúl Castro spoke on the phone Friday to discuss the process of normalizing relations between the two countries. Just this week, the United Nations announced that Raul Castro would travel to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly. It will be his first visit to the United States in more than a half century. U.S. and Cuban officials have said that Obama could visit the communist-run island next year, if the two countries progress sufficiently in normalization talks. Earlier Friday, the departments of Treasury and Commerce announced revisions to existing Cuban sanctions, in what is the third set of regulatory changes since the President announced that the United States would re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba in December. Rubio: Will Francis visit inspire freedom in Cuba? CNN’s Patrick Oppmann contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cuba", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150919214500", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/19/world/pope-cuba-open/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "758478389", "sentence": "Three senators on the Judiciary Committee are trying to get an invite to Thursday’s meeting with House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy about documents related to a classified intelligence source and the Russia investigation. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn sent a letter Tuesday to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein asking to also attend a meeting to receive the same information as their House counterparts. “On Sunday, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein stated, ‘If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action.’ We agree,” the senators wrote. “We write to express our interest in attending such a meeting and in support of providing Congress with documents necessary to conduct oversight of these issues.” Kelly arranged the Thursday meeting for Nunes and Gowdy with FBI Director Chris Wray, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward O’Callaghan, in an effort to end the standoff between the Republican lawmakers and the Justice Department. Nunes issued a subpoena for documents related to the confidential source, but the Justice Department has said that revealing the information could put lives at risk. The news about a confidential source speaking with members of President Donald Trump’s team during the campaign, however, has fueled accusations from Trump and others that the FBI was spying on the Trump campaign, although US officials have told CNN the confidential source was not planted inside the campaign to provide information. On Wednesday, Grassley said he would go to the meeting if he was invited. “If I’m invited, I’ll go, and if I don’t, I’ll be satisfied that the information … ought to be made public,” Grassley said. “What they need to know and what can be made public ought to be made public, but obviously we’re not going to make public anything that violates national security.” The upcoming meeting has been a source of tension on Capitol Hill after Democrats, such as House Intelligence ranking member Adam Schiff of California, were not invited to join their Republican counterparts at Thursday’s meeting. “It’s inconceivable that the White House could expect that they can brief only Republicans on anything related to the Russia investigation. That can’t happen,” Schiff told CNN. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he and Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, previously declined a similar briefing for information about the confidential source. Warner argued that the disclosure of such classified information to Congress should be restricted to the “Gang of Eight” — the chairmen and top Democrats on the two Intelligence Committees and the four House and Senate party leaders. “If this kind of discussion is going to take place, we have a process — it’s called the Gang of Eight,” Warner said Wednesday. “My hope is that any such briefing needs to bipartisan, and my hope and prayer is that the FBI or the Department of Justice would not in any way be forced to reveal confidential information that would go against 75 years of practice.” Burr has declined comment on the confidential source and the upcoming meeting with House Republicans. Asked Wednesday why he wanted to be briefed on the confidential source documents when Burr had declined, Cornyn said: “Oversight.” Both Grassley, on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Nunes, on the House Intelligence Committee, have pursued investigations that have been critical of the opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia written by ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. They have also focused on the start of the Trump-Russia investigation in July 2016, including the latest request for documents on the confidential intelligence source. But Grassley does not have the same subpoena power as Nunes, as the Senate Judiciary Committee requires the consent of top Democrat on the panel, Dianne Feinstein of California, to issue subpoenas. That hasn’t necessarily stopped Grassley from getting the same information, however. In a separate letter sent to Rosenstein on Monday, Grassley reminded Rosenstein that he had “personally assured me that the Senate Judiciary Committee would receive access to the same information provided to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Senate Judiciary Committee", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180523180000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/politics/justice-department-classified-briefing-lawmakers/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "680311513", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: CNN National Security Analyst John Kirby is a retired rear admiral in the US Navy who served as a spokesman for both the state and defense departments in the Obama administration. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. John Kirby: Trump's recent John Bolton retweet about Obama not believing in national missile defense is completely inaccurate Obama did a lot to ensure our nation's safety by taking a layered approach to missile defenses across continents, he writes On Thursday, President Donald Trump told reporters that, despite the threat from North Korea, “The people of this country should be very comfortable. The people of our country are safe.” However, this follows Trump’s ominous retweet of Ambassador John Bolton on Wednesday, who wrote: “Our country & civilians are vulnerable today because @BarackObama did not believe in national missile defense. Let’s never forget that.” This tweet in completely inaccurate. We are not as vulnerable as Bolton implies, and Obama did quite a lot to shore up our defenses against a possible attack. But let’s unpack this further. First, our commander in chief is basically saying that he has little confidence in our nation’s missile defense. One supposes Trump could earn brownie points here for candor. But it’s difficult to see, especially in light of the threats coming from Pyongyang, how this sort of candor serves the national interest. Kim Jong Un is probably delighted to hear Trump thinks we are vulnerable. Except we’re not. The tweet is divorced from fact. On Thursday, he confirmed as much when he told reporters that, despite the threat from North Korea, “The people of this country should be very comfortable. The people of our country are safe.” Listen to what the director of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves, just said at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama: “We absolutely believe that the currently deployed ballistic missile defense system can meet today’s threat.” Related video Trump unleashes tweetstorm on range of targets And Greaves made it clear he has the data to back it all up. “We have done the analysis, we’ve built the systems, we’ve done the modeling simulation, and, oh by the way, we have done the testing,” he said. This seems pretty declarative to me, so I’m going to take the general’s word for it. What’s disconcerting is that Trump – who likes to defer to military expertise – doesn’t appear willing to do so from his own MDA director. Some will say that retweets aren’t endorsements and that just because the President retweeted it doesn’t mean he was making a policy determination. It doesn’t matter that he hasn’t included a little “RT ≠ endorsement” tag on his profile. If Trump retweets something, it’s fair game for us to assume he wanted us to know about it and that he endorses it. So the President of the United States doesn’t have confidence in our missile defenses. The general in charge of those same defenses does. Let’s not forget that. Related article 12 things Trump should know about North Korea Second, it’s just flat-out wrong to say Obama didn’t believe in missile defense. It was Obama who presided over the development of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA), which provided a layered approach to missile defenses across the continent in response to the growing ballistic missile threat posed by Iran. EPAA resulted in specially-equipped Navy missile defense destroyers based in Spain, the deployment of the TPY-2 – or missile defense radar – to Turkey and the placement of Aegis air defenses in Poland and Romania. NATO leaders officially declared an Initial Operational Capability of NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defense system in the summer of 2016, meaning that certain elements of the EPAA were then integrated under NATO command and control. Obama was also deeply committed to providing Israel with layered missile defense centered around Iron Dome, a mobile all-weather air defense system, and he sought ways to enable our Gulf allies to acquire missile defense systems as well. Related article Why military options won't work against N. Korea threat In response to the North Korean threat, Obama increased the number of ballistic missile interceptors in Greely, Alaska, and sent an additional TPY-2 radar to Japan. He deployed the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Guam, based missile defense destroyers in Japan, and late last year deployed an additional THAAD system to South Korea. THAAD is a regional anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down incoming missiles during their re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Of course, Obama’s missile defense policy wasn’t without flaws. Early on in his administration, he reversed President George W. Bush’s decision to deploy air defense systems to the Czech Republic and ballistic missile interceptors to Poland, and he presided over significant cuts to MDA’s budget. Those cuts continue to have a deleterious effect on critical research and development. And it’s certainly true that Trump inherited a more serious threat from Pyongyang than Obama did from Bush. No one can argue that we’ve effectively deterred Kim from pursuing these dangerous capabilities. At the same time, no one can argue that Obama “did not believe” in missile defense. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook As Abel Romero, the director of government relations at the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, wrote back in January, “President Obama leaves behind a significant missile defense legacy, having spurred the development and deployment of missile defense systems in Europe, Asia and the Middle East during his presidency. Obama’s embrace of missile defense as a component of foreign policy has led to bipartisan support of an issue that had largely been championed by the Republican Party for decades.” Let’s never forget that either.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama's missile defense policy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170810234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/opinions/trump-obama-missile-defense-opinion-kirby/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "644680507", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Reza Aslan is the author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” and the host of CNN’s original series “Believer With Reza Aslan.” The views expressed are his own. I know better than most how unexpectedly a country can be changed from within. I was born in Iran before its 1979 revolution, when it was a secular country with a modern constitution and equal access to the law, but ruled by a dictator with an iron fist. In the eyes of then-US President Jimmy Carter, Iran was an “island of stability in one of the most troubled areas of the world.” He said as much to the country’s long-serving monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, in a public toast in Tehran in December 1977. But within the supposed “island of stability” there was a substantial minority population that was religiously conservative, politically active and zealously committed to imposing their values and agenda upon the state. When the Shah failed in his duty to address the needs of his citizens – when the government was revealed to be kleptocratic, inept and corrupt – the religious conservatives saw their chance. With the backing of much of the population, they helped organize a massive revolution that roiled the country and forced the Shah and his family to flee as his kingdom was transformed into the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this case, the revolution was sudden and violent. But not all revolutions happen in this way. Some occur quietly and gradually, with one group injecting its ideology into the state, forcing more government concessions and taking on greater political power until, one day, you wake up and find this group has more or less taken over the state. That is precisely what I see happening right now in Israel with the Haredim, an extremely conservative religious minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews. The ultra-Orthodox represent a diverse but devout and anti-modern group that’s been challenging the secular nature of Israeli society for years and could change the very fabric of the country. Right now, the Haredim comprise about 13% of Israel’s Jewish population, but their numbers are increasing. If their birth rate continues at the current pace, by mid-century approximately one in every four Jews in Israel will be ultra-Orthodox, according to an October 2013 report from the United Nations Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe. Related video Growing up ultra-Orthodox I believe these demographic changes pose a severe threat to Israel’s status as a modern, secular democracy. After all, according to the Pew Research Center, a staggering 86% of ultra-Orthodox Jews want Israel to be a theocratic state governed by Jewish law, known as “halakha.” In the interviews I conducted with ultra-Orthodox leaders during the filming of this week’s episode of “Believer,” I was repeatedly told that the only way Israel could legitimately be a “Jewish state” is if it abides by Jewish law. In practical terms, this means forcing stores, restaurants and cinemas to close for the Sabbath, something that ultra-Orthodox youth have at times tried to enforce through threats and violence. One of our interviewees, Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox deputy mayor, Yitzhak Pindrus, threatened not too long ago to cut off all municipal funding to any event that violates the law of the Sabbath. “I am not prepared to allow municipal budgets to be given to events that desecrate Shabbat,” he said. Pindrus is one of a growing number of ultra-Orthodox Jews who are taking on increasingly powerful roles in the Israeli government with the goal of either enacting legislation that favors their community, or stopping legislation they deem to be in violation of their strict interpretation of Jewish law. So, for instance, despite the fact that a 2013 poll found that 70% of Israelis support same-sex marriage, the ultra-Orthodox have been one of the voices in Israel’s national debate about civil marriage. Under current Israeli law, Jews can only be married through the Chief Rabbinate, the supreme religious council in Israel, which, unsurprisingly, is dominated by ultra-Orthodox rabbis. As with many religiously conservative groups, the ultra-Orthodox practice strict gender segregation guidelines. As a result, women have been barred at times from certain sections on public buses in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, and have at times been kept from walking on certain sidewalks in Haredi areas. In majority ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods like Meah Shearim and cities like Beit Shemesh, self-ascribed “morality police” have at times harassed and sometimes even physically assaulted women who are not, in their view, properly dressed or behaved. Related video Pray, study, party: Inside a growing sect of Judaism Perhaps most dramatically, the Orthodox have attempted through threats and physical acts of violence to keep women from performing services at the Wailing (Western) Wall, the holiest site in the world for all Jews. Such actions have created enormous friction between the ultra-Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews. (Indeed, the government’s ultra-Orthodox minister of religious affairs recently declared about Reform Jews, “I cannot allow myself to call such a person a Jew.”) I myself spoke to a number of secular Jews in Israel who openly worried that the ultra-Orthodox are on the verge of turning Israel into a Jewish version of Iran. While that may sound extreme, it shows the level of concern that is running through the secular community in Israel. Whether the ultra-Orthodox are in fact able to one day transform Israel into a religious state remains to be seen. But what cannot be denied is that their influence over Israeli society and the Israeli government is only growing. And as someone who lost his own country to a small but powerful group of religious zealots, I genuinely worry about the future of Israel.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel)", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170407213000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/07/opinions/believer-reza-aslan-israel-haredim/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "636450733", "sentence": "Syrian American Medical Society is a medical relief organization It has a network of 110 medical facilities and 1,700 doctors Almost 5 million Syrians have fled their country during the ongoing civil war. According to the United Nations, almost 400,000 have died so far in the fighting. For many of those left behind, life is a daily struggle for survival amid airstrikes and shelling. Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) is a US-based relief organization providing medical care in Syria as the civil war rages. The charity has about 1,700 doctors working in 110 medical facilities that have treated 3 million people across the country. SAMS provides immediate trauma and intensive care – as well as offering specialty, long-term care. Its medical team works against the backdrop of constant fighting. Dr. Ahmad Tarakji, president of SAMS, said that hospitals are prime targets for airstrikes. The organization’s largest trauma hospital was bombed in October. “It’s like waking up from death. You cannot see a lot because the dust is all over the place,” said Tarakji. “You see blood on your clothing, and you don’t know if it’s yours or somebody else’s.” SAMS created mobile clinics to treat people where hospitals have been destroyed or in rural areas with large populations of displaced people. Related gallery The battle for Aleppo in 20 photos While the organization has been able to open mobile clinics throughout Syria, they sometimes have limited resources. It’s a struggle to get medical supplies and food to these clinics safely. SAMS partners with other international humanitarian organizations to get supplies to the clinics. Another area of need is maternity care. Tarakji said many pregnant women are too scared to give birth in hospitals, knowing they are heavily targeted. SAMS has a team of midwives that go to the women’s homes – only taking the mother and newborn to the hospital if there is a critical need. Tarakji said most of the medical staff lives in the hospitals and clinics, knowing they could be attacked at any moment. “It’s natural for many of us growing up that if there is a major threat that you run away, you seek refuge somewhere. It’s exactly the opposite inside Syria,” said Tarakji. “Our physicians were there. They did not leave until everybody was out, and they made sure that everybody is safe.” The continuous airstrikes and constant fear of death has also taken a huge psychological toll on Syrians, especially children. SAMS provides psychosocial care through individual and group therapy. Related video A message from orphans in Aleppo “The children have seen a lot of suffering,” said Tarakji. “Many of them have these daily nightmares because of the bombardments and chemical weapons that they witness – and losing their families as well.” Tarakji said many children suffer from anxiety and depression and tend to exhibit more aggressive, violent behavior. Many are traumatized, not knowing if their parents are alive – clinging on to the nearest doctor or nurse they can find. “Those children when they lost their parents, they’re crying; and they don’t have anybody. You’re not able to find their parents, and probably you’ll be the only parent for them for that minute.” In spite of all the horror, Tarakji said SAMS is optimistic about the future and wants to rebuild communities and the lives of the Syrians. “We want to stabilize communities, build better communities in the future,” he said. “We want to have dignified medical care with easy access … saving lives, alleviating the suffering, and we want to stand for our humanitarian values that we all share and believe in.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian American Medical Society", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170313193000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/health/iyw-syrian-american-medical-society/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "591481068", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for the The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Frida Ghitis: Hillary Clinton has proven she can pulverize 'weaker sex' stereotypes But she will need to tackle serious foreign policy challenges if elected, Ghitis says After an election season that has left Americans more than a little shaken (and the rest of the world uneasy about American democracy), voters can take comfort knowing that one of the candidates kept her cool through the debates – despite the insults, the lies, and the endless challenges of the campaign. By doing so, Hillary Clinton showed she has the mettle required of the next president as he, or more likely she, faces a swarm of increasingly complicated international crises in a male-dominated world. And in the process, she has managed to crush stereotypes about women. America’s rambunctious, costly and seemingly endless election ritual has become a brutal Darwinian test of, among other attributes, psychological fortitude. Recall that Donald Trump destroyed a Republican field that started with 17 primary candidates. He did it, for the most part, with psychological moves that kept the audience entertained and at times seemed to leave his opponents on the verge of tears. Low-energy Jeb (Bush), Little Marco (Rubio), Lyin’ Ted (Cruz) – all fell by the wayside. Against this backdrop, Clinton herself had to get used to being called Crooked Hillary. Yet despite facing even harsher rhetoric than what caused Trump’s Republican challengers to crumble, Clinton remained unflappable. Indeed, the stereotype of women as emotional and oversensitive seemed to apply more to the male candidate than to Clinton. She dominated the debates not only with her mastery of policy, but through psy-ops of her own, exploiting traits in Trump that made him the better poster child for those (falsely) stereotypical female qualities. Trump was the oversensitive one, with the thin skin. He was the emotional one, flying off the handle – and off his debate game plan – when taunted. The next president of the United States, which polls suggest is more likely to be Clinton, will need every ounce of that emotional strength, because while the United States has been consumed with its elections, a number of grave crises have continued to escalate around the world – and many of the key players are themselves masters of psychological warfare. Exhibit one is Russian President Vladimir Putin. Back in 2007, for example, Putin invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to his summer house. Merkel, as many people knew, was allegedly terrified of dogs since being attacked by one many years ago. As the two sat at a press conference, Putin brought out his black Labrador. You only need to look at the picture of their reactions to see that Putin likely knew exactly what he was doing – more striking than Merkel’s look of discomfort is Putin’s self-satisfied grin. (He later claimed he did not know of Merkel’s alleged phobia.) Related article The weaponization of hacked emails Facing Putin and Russia – which annexed Crimea, has supported Ukrainian separatists, has caused or abetted what critics claim are possible war crimes in Syria, and allegedly meddled in US and other elections – will require nerves of steel along with smart decision-making. But the challenges are by no means confined to Russia. The Philippines, for decades a country with which the United States held a close friendship and a pivotal alliance, is becoming a testing ground for the next American president. Voters there recently elected the unpredictable and outspoken Rodrigo Duterte as president. Duterte’s actions at home have shocked the world, and his language – including telling President Barack Obama to “go to hell” – have left many appalled. But it’s Duterte’s foreign policy that is becoming the real concern for Washington. As Clinton and Trump were squaring off for their final debate this week, Duterte, who was visiting China, told his hosts that “America has lost,” and suggested that his country, a key Asian ally for the United States, would form a new alliance with China and Russia, declaring, “there are three of us against the world.” It’s not quite clear what Duterte has in mind, but the drift of an ally in Asia, where China has emerged as a much more assertive power in recent years, is reason for concern. Under President Xi Jinping, China has moved steadily forward on a number of fronts, extending its economic influence, challenging US allies in the South China Sea, building manmade islands, and trying to resolve territorial disputes with its neighbor by dispatching its military to areas claimed by other nations. This new muscular Chinese policy has caused alarm in many countries, and Japan has, for its part, responded by boosting military spending and mulling changes to its pacifist constitution. And China is not the only challenge facing the United States in Asia. When the next US president meets Xi, a major topic of discussion will be what to do about North Korea and its unpredictable young leader Kim Jong Un, whose regime is developing missiles that could deliver a nuclear strike against US allies and eventually, perhaps, against the United States itself. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Finally, there’s the Middle East and the conundrum posed by Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, and his allies in Iran. And even as Syria’s suffering continues, the next president will face the lingering disappointment of America’s Arab allies, who feel betrayed by Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. The next president will therefore have to convince Arab allies that they can trust America, while figuring out a way to keep nuclear arms out of Iran’s hands when the current deal expires in a decade or so. The challenges in the region are daunting, and the tests of the campaign show Clinton has the toughness to face a relentless assault and psychological gamesmanship of her prospective foes. But there’s more: Having a woman assume the presidency of the world’s most powerful country for the first time could prove educational for men and inspirational for women in the Middle East and, indeed, across the globe. Clinton has proven to Americans that she has the ability to pulverize “weaker sex” stereotypes. It’s a message that should be heard in every country. Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for the The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Hillary Clinton", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161022001500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "PHL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/opinions/clinton-pulverizes-stereotypes-ghitis/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "626480029", "sentence": "What’s in a handshake? Sometimes a great deal, as leaders around the world have proved time and again. Usually, it’s the history-making ones that the world remembers – think Nixon and Castro, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Churchill and… anyone, really. You can find all of those here. However, today’s leaders seem to have lost some of the grace and poise of yesteryear, replacing it instead with awkwardness. From funny looks to failed handshakes, here’s a roundup of some of the best. US President Donald Trump treats Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a 19-second handshake, complete with several pats on the hand, when they meet in the Oval Office on February 10, 2017. Then-US President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto try a three-way handshake when they meet in Ottawa, Ontario, during the North American Leaders Summit on June 29, 2016. That wasn’t the first tri-handshake Obama had to endure, however. Here he is with then-Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (C) and Abe (R), at a trilateral meeting at the G20 Summit on November 16, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. Russian President Vladimir Putin also makes the cut as he meets Obama at the United Nations headquarters on September 28, 2015 in New York City. Nothing says “Gulf Cooperation” like these smiles, as Obama meets Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2015. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker seems to have found a new confidante in UKIP leader Nigel Farage, seen here in Brussels on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Meanwhile, in better times, UK Prime Minister David Cameron meets at Downing Street with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on February 27, 2014, but things seem to have gotten off to an awkward start. Over in France, things are chivalrous between French President François Hollande (L) and then-US Secretary of State John Kerry, seen here at the Elysee Palace on January 16, 2015 in Paris. On the other side of the world, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe meets Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on August 26, 2014 in Beijing, China. Then there’s this awkward meeting between then-Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan (R), then-US Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner (L) and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), on May 24, 2010, in Beijing, China. Japan and China have a difficult friendship behind closed doors, and sometimes in public too, as Abe shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping (R) on November 10, 2014 in Beijing, China. Saving the best for last, here’s one that’s both historically important and uncoordinated: Obama meets Cuban President Raul Castro (R) on March 21, 2016, And in case you didn’t catch it the first time, here’s Obama, Trudeau and Nieto shaking hands again. And again. And again. North American leaders Obama, Peña Nieto and Trudeau attempt a three-way handshake https://t.co/6OZtrfIwim pic.twitter.com/D4guexq0Nf Cristiana Moisescu contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "handshakes between world leaders", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170211111500", "country1": "JPN", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/11/world/awkward-handshakes-world-figures/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "675550806", "sentence": "The debate over whether or not Russia engaged in a coordinated and widespread effort to meddle in the 2016 election isn't a debate Everyone in a position to know believes that Russia did this President Donald Trump hasn’t been terribly consistent about much during his two-year political career. But one place where he has never wavered is in his skepticism that Russia actively meddled in the 2016 election. On Sunday, Trump’s newly minted communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, acknowledged that the boss still isn’t convinced. “He basically said to me, ‘Hey, you know, this is, maybe they did it, maybe they didn’t do it,’” Scaramucci told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” Trump himself got in on the action later Sunday. “As the phony Russian Witch Hunt continues, two groups are laughing at this excuse for a lost election taking hold, Democrats and Russians!,” Trump tweeted just after 4 p.m. ET. As the phony Russian Witch Hunt continues, two groups are laughing at this excuse for a lost election taking hold, Democrats and Russians! Here’s the thing: The debate over whether or not Russia engaged in a coordinated and widespread effort to meddle in the 2016 election isn’t a debate. Everyone in a position to know – from the intelligence community to members of Congress on both sides of the aisle – believes that Russia did this. The FBI, CIA, National Security Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence all agree that not only was the meddling the work of the Russians but that it was designed to help Trump’s campaign and hurt Hillary Clinton’s. Trump’s own CIA director, Mike Pompeo, was definitive on that point at a national security conference in Aspen, Colorado, late last week. “I am confident that the Russians meddled in this election, as is the entire intelligence community,” Pompeo said. The only person of any prominence who doubts those conclusions is the man sitting in the Oval Office. Trump is on an island, a man apart on the Russia issue. (The people who work for him, like Scaramucci, don’t really count – they are doing and saying what their boss tells them to.) “Well, I think it was Russia, and I think it could have been other people and other countries,” Trump said at a news conference in Poland earlier this month. “It could have been a lot of people interfered.” In the first general election debate against Clinton in September 2016, Trump famously/infamously said: “It could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.” Related article Huckabee Sanders: White House supports sanctions bill Trump’s hesitancy to put the blame on Russia is beyond doubt. Why he is so unwilling to do so is a bit murkier – although Scaramucci shed considerable light on the President’s motivations in his Sunday interview with Tapper. “The mainstream media position on this, that they interfered in the election,” Scaramucci said. “It actually, in his mind, what are you guys suggesting? You’re going to delegitimize his victory?” And there you have it. To Trump, any acknowledgment that Russia actively meddled in the 2016 election with the express purpose of helping him to win is the equivalent of saying he didn’t win fair and square and maybe shouldn’t have won at all. When Trump hears Russia, he sees an attempt to rob him of the single greatest accomplishment in his life – not to mention the best proof point he’s had in his 71 years on earth that he is much, much smarter than the so-called elites. It is, in his mind, a fundamental attack on not just his presidency but him. They are saying he didn’t win because they can’t accept that he proved them all wrong, Trump thinks to himself. Related article Scaramucci: Trump still doesn't accept intelligence conclusion on Russia Which is, of course, bunk. You can believe that Russia attempted to meddle in the election to benefit Trump AND that he won and is the duly elected President. It’s not an either/or proposition. The evidence suggests that Russia’s coordinated release of emails gathered by a hack into the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s account played a role in the outcome. How big? It’s virtually impossible to know given the variety of other factors – most notably then-FBI Director James Comey’s decision to re-open the Clinton email server case – that influenced how voters made up their minds. What Trump seems unable to accept is that no matter what Russia did, he still won. And that he will be President through 2020 no matter if he says that, sure, Russia meddled in our election, or not. Trump’s blind spot on Russia has caused him a huge amount of problems in his first six months in office as he and his staff twist themselves into pretzels to find alternative explanations for something the intelligence community is unanimous on. Chalk it up to Trump being his own worst enemy – again.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170724143000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/trump-russia-scaramucci/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "671306772", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ira Helfand, MD, is co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1985. Matt Bivens, MD, is chair of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. The opinions expressed in this commentary are theirs. A majority of the world's nations have just joined together to call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons. Authors: If the US is serious about keeping the world safe from a nuclear attack, then it should have voted yes to the ban A majority of the world’s nations have just joined together to call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons. We should listen. The United States government opposed the historic UN vote for a new treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, but that was a knee-jerk response, grounded in last century’s reflexes. Today, the path forward to total abolition of these weapons is open — even as, ironically, the danger of nuclear war is greater than it has been since the worst days of the Cold War. The United States and Russia hold more than 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, with about 7,000 each. The other nuclear-armed states have smaller arsenals by comparison. None of the nuclear-armed states were among the 120 nations who voted to declare these weapons illegal. But if the United States is serious about seeking the security of a world free of nuclear weapons, then it should have been the first to vote “yes” on the ban. For decades the US has instead based its security policy on the theory of nuclear deterrence — an untested belief that nuclear weapons are so terrible that they keep one nuclear-armed country from attacking any other, for fear of mutual destruction. Perhaps. Then again, the same was said of machine guns in the 1800s — weapons of such awesome destructive power, they were predicted to end war. “They are peace-producing and peace-retaining terrors,” The New York Times wrote in 1897 of the new Maxim machine guns, adding that “their devastating effects have made nations and rulers give greater thought to the outcome of war before entering.” Is there any reason to believe such tragically flawed logic from the 19th century will work out better in the 21st? More likely, nuclear weapons, those “peace-producing and peace-retaining terrors,” are simply another horror that given time will grow mundane and familiar — until eventually they are used, this time perhaps in a war that destroys humankind. Related article Trump, Putin and Erdogan: the three men upending global diplomacy That is not hyperbole. New data suggest that a war involving just 100 nuclear weapons, or less than 1% of the world’s arsenals — say, for example, a regional war between India and Pakistan — would cause abrupt severe climate disruption, worldwide food shortages, hundreds of millions of starvation deaths, and probably a total collapse of civilization. And yet we continue to base our security on these “peace-retaining terrors.” A core assumption of this deterrence theory is that the nuclear-armed states will be led by calm, collected, and well-informed people, who will infallibly respond to crises in a rational fashion. Perhaps. Then again, as it does after every presidential election, the US has now handed control of some 6,800 warheads to a single individual. How does the current President fit with the idealized model of a world run by grownups? After all, according to a signed letter from 50 leading Republican national security experts, “He is unable or unwilling to separate truth from falsehood … lacks self-control and acts impetuously … has alarmed our closest allies with his erratic behavior” and overall exhibits “dangerous qualities in an individual … with command of the US nuclear arsenal.” Related video US responds to North Korean missile launch It is not enough, however, to get this particularly unqualified finger off the button. We need to get rid of the button itself. Just consider whether anyone could be calm, collected, and reasonable after, say, a nuclear explosion destroys Moscow. It might not be clear for days whether such a disaster was caused by a terrorist, a foreign power, or a domestic accident. As this was being investigated, would the world likely be dealing with a calm, matter-of-fact Russian nation? How quickly might things spin out of control? In the wake of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the US government responded in part by invading and occupying the completely unrelated nation of Iraq, causing hundreds of thousands of unjustified deaths and creating the vacuum now filled by ISIS and other extremist groups. Is there any reason to believe that we would do better in the future if New York was vaporized? Related video North Korean missile classified as 'brand new' Yet there’s no need for hypotheticals. We know of at least six incidents during and after the Cold War when either Moscow or Washington was fully prepared to fire their nuclear weapons based on an error — a mistaken belief that the other side had launched or was about to launch an attack. Six occasions when the leaders of the nuclear super powers rejected the central assumption of deterrence — that nuclear weapons are actually safe, because they can never be used — and set in motion plans to use them. On each of these occasions the world came within minutes of nuclear destruction.  It was saved mainly by chance and good luck. Our continued view of nuclear weapons as “peace-producing and peace-retaining terrors” is essentially a hope that this good luck will continue. This seems terribly naive in a world of rising tensions with Russia, and growing concern that terrorists could hack into nuclear command and control systems.The UN’s nuclear ban treaty points the way to a different future, one where we eliminate all of the 15,000 nuclear  weapons that threaten our survival. The treaty is in some ways a cry of frustration from the rest of the world. The United States, Russia, and other nuclear-armed nations promised more than 37 years ago to work toward total disarmament. That was the bargain of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: We pledged to get rid of our nuclear weapons, in return for others pledging not to seek them. Related article The full meaning of Donald Trump's finger on the nuclear button But we have not kept our promise. In fact, as approved under President Barack Obama, the US government plans to build more nuclear weapons. Current projections show that the US will  spend more than  $1 trillion over the next 30 years on upgrading and expanding an arsenal that is already so powerful that using only a fraction of it could destroy all life on Earth. In recent years, international impatience with stonewalling has finally boiled over. First came a series of international conferences that cataloged the mind-numbing medical and humanitarian consequences that will follow any use of nuclear weapons. Organized by a group of non-nuclear states, and supported by the United Nations, the International Red Cross, and hundreds of medical professionals, civil society groups, and religious leaders, including Pope Francis, these discussions rejuvenated arms control efforts. Then in the fall of 2016, the UN General Assembly upped the ante: Since the nuclear-armed states were cheating on past promises and keeping nuclear weapons, the world would now declare the weapons illegal. The United States opposed this under President Obama and that opposition  has continued, but to no avail: The treaty is now entering into international law. Yes, the United States can try to ignore this. But as with treaties banning land mines and cluster munitions, declaring nuclear weapons illegal creates a new international norm. It is also a pointed reminder that the US is long overdue to honor a legally-binding promise made 37 years ago to get rid of all of its nuclear weapons. The new treaty is a call to action, and we should all answer it. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook In the short term, US citizens can ask our government to stand down nuclear weapons from hair-trigger alert.  This can be as simple as a policy statement that, even if attacked, the US will defer any counterattack for some period of time, say 24 hours. (In an age of nuclear-armed submarines, such a de-alerting of our forces is consistent even with the flawed deterrence theories.) Citizens can also support efforts in Congress  to mandate that this or any future President must get prior approval from Congress before launching a first strike with nuclear weapons — the same permission any President now must obtain before starting a war. The next step will be to negotiate a convention among the nine nuclear-armed states to abolish these weapons, which as of today are illegal, and have always been immoral. It will not be easy. Such an abolition agreement will have to include a firm timetable for dismantling weapons, involve rigorous verification and enforcement provisions, and satisfy the legitimate security needs of concerned states from Israel to Pakistan. There is no guarantee we will succeed in this effort. But there is no real alternative to trying, other than wishful thinking that our good luck can last forever. Until we eliminate nuclear weapons, we are living on borrowed time.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170708004500", "country1": "IND", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/opinions/un-nuclear-weapon-ban-opinion-helfand-bivens/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "727709632", "sentence": "Just as the White House is caught in a political minefield over the Russia investigation, the Pentagon is taking its toughest line yet against Russia’s resurgent nuclear forces. In its newly released Nuclear Posture Review, the Defense Department has focused much of its multibillion nuclear effort on an updated nuclear deterrence focused on Russia. “Russia considers the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to be the principal threats to its contemporary geopolitical ambitions,” the report says. Related article Trump is about to put his mark on the US nuclear arsenal “The Defense Intelligence Agency currently estimates Russia has a stockpile of 2,000 “non-strategic” nuclear weapons including short-range ballistic missiles, gravity bombs and depth charges that can go on medium range bomber aircraft,” according to the report. “DIA also estimates Russia has nuclear armed anti-ship, anti-submarine missiles and torpedoes. What do they need nuclear depth charges for?” one US official asked. President Donald Trump highlighted the importance of the review’s conclusions Friday in a written statement. “Over the past decade, despite United States efforts to reduce the roles and numbers of nuclear weapons, other nuclear nations grew their stockpiles, increased the prominence of nuclear weapons in their security strategies, and – in some cases – pursued the development of new nuclear capabilities to threaten other nations,” Trump said. “The strategy develops capabilities aimed at making use of nuclear weapons less likely. It enhances deterrence of strategic attacks against our nation, and our allies and partners, that may not come in the form of nuclear weapons. And, importantly, it reaffirms our commitment to arms control and nuclear non-proliferation, maintains the moratorium on nuclear testing, and commits to improving efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to nuclear terrorism,” he added. The Pentagon is adamant the Nuclear Posture Review walks the line between maintaining a nuclear deterrence and encouraging controls on nuclear weapons. “It reaffirms that the fundamental role of US nuclear policy is deterrence and continues our clear commitment to nonproliferation and arms control,” said Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan. The report also publicly acknowledges, for the first time, that Russia is “developing” a “new intercontinental, nuclear armed, nuclear-powered, undersea autonomous torpedo.” Known in English as the “Status-6” system, the program is described by US officials as essentially a drone-type device fired underwater that can potentially travel thousands of miles and strike US coastal targets such as military bases or cities. Upon detonation, the device is designed to cause large zones of radioactive contamination. Some analysts have called it a “doomsday weapon,” and US Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, has labeled the concept “destabilizing.” “The concept is a horror of the Cold War,” according to Adam Mount, a senior fellow and the director of the Defense Posture Project at the Federation of American Scientists. “It is clearly inspired by overblown Russian worries that US missile defenses will make their missile forces obsolete.” “There is no indication from public information that Russia is actively developing the system, but it is alarming to see it in a Pentagon document,” Mount said, adding that while the program is referenced in the Nuclear Posture Review, it is not mentioned in other government reports. The review calls for more focus on US “low yield” nuclear weapons to try to convince Russia that the US has a credible deterrent against the potential Russian threat. The plan calls for modifying existing US warheads on submarine-launched ballistic missiles in a $50 million five-year program. Each submarine would only carry a few of these new missiles, armed primarily with strategic longer-range missiles. “Neither recommendation requires developing new nuclear warheads,” Shanahan said. “Neither will increase the size of our nuclear stockpile. They break no treaty.” “The idea is to have one or two or just a few to address this potential Russian limited use,” according to one Pentagon official. Related article The nuclear war tweet heard 'round the world But according to some experts, the plan translates Trump’s urge to “greatly expand and strengthen” the arsenal into policy. “The Trump administration’s call for new nuclear weapons is a major shift in US policy,” Mount said when asked the proposal for low-yield nuclear weapons. “Programs for new nuclear weapons would follow our adversaries into a world where nuclear competition is commonplace. The programs would crowd out other military priorities, alarm allies, and have huge diplomatic cost – for minimal deterrence benefit,” he said. Mount said that the review’s outline for low-yield nuclear weapons “relies on the assumption that Russia would invade NATO allies, and glosses over important arguments about where and why these weapons would ever be necessary.” Low-yield ballistic missiles could be fielded within just a few years. Longer-range missiles could come over the next decade, and the US would plan to develop and field sea-launched cruise missiles also with lower-yield warheads. The review is calling for all of this along with an overall modernization of the nuclear force because the Pentagon requires an “investment in a credible nuclear deterrent with diverse capabilities,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White told reporters. Defense Secretary James Mattis said: “What we have is a nuclear deterrent, so keep those two words always together and then look at the efforts to push forward on nonproliferation and arms control, and you have to do that when you’re in a position of persuasion not of hope.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States Nuclear Posture Review", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180202210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/pentagon-nuclear-posture-review-russian-drone/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "665481006", "sentence": "\"I don't know what he'll find, but I trust him,\" the Democratic senator says of the special counsel Mueller has been appointed to investigate  Russia's influence on the 2016 presidential election Deomcratic Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that President Donald Trump will put the country at the “brink of a constitutional crisis” if he fires special counsel Robert Mueller. Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, a friend of the President, said earlier this week that Trump was considering firing Mueller, who has been appointed to investigate  Russia’s influence on the 2016 presidential election. On Friday, the President tweeted he was under “investigation,” which he called a “witch hunt” in another tweet. Durbin, speaking on WGN radio, said he hoped the response to Trump firing Mueller would be bipartisan if it occurred. Related article Trump says he is being investigated over Comey firing “If he fires Mueller, I will tell you, we are right on the brink of a constitutional crisis,” the Illinois senator said. “Mueller is an independent counsel, well-respected man, doing a good job. I don’t know what he’ll find, but I trust him – trust him to put our country first. If the President tries to fire him to diminish or stop this investigation, I would hope that finally there would be a bipartisan uproar against it.” Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported Mueller was investigating the possibility the President obstructed justice by suggesting then-FBI Director James Comey drop an FBI investigation into Michael Flynn. Trump fired Comey in May.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170616161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/dick-durbin/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "683748552", "sentence": "Four countries face visa restrictions in a process initiated last week, DHS says Trump had targeted the nations, which refuse to accept their nationals The Trump administration will impose visa sanctions on four countries that refuse to take back foreign nationals deemed to be in the US illegally, Department of Homeland Security spokesman Dave Lapan said Wednesday. The four countries – Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone, according to a DHS source close to the deliberations – come from a running list of countries the US designates as “recalcitrant” for not accepting, or delaying, repatriation of their own citizens after the US has tried to deport them. On the campaign trail, then-candidate Trump railed against the Obama administration, and his opponent, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, for not employing sanctions to pressure uncooperative countries. “There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals. They won’t take them back. So we say, ‘OK, we’ll keep them.’ Not going to happen with me, not going to happen with me,” Trump said in an August 2016 speech. Citizens of the four countries identified by the administration will face visa restrictions that could prevent them from entering the US. The sanctions process was triggered last week in a letter sent to the State Department by Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke, Lapan said. It is up to the State Department to determine the visa restrictions’ scope, and to initiate them. In a statement, a State Department official confirmed receipt of the DHS letter. “When we receive such notification, the law requires a suspension of visa issuance. We follow a standard process to implement a visa suspension as expeditiously as possible in the manner the Secretary determines most appropriate under the circumstances to achieve the desired goal,” the official said. “That process includes internal discussions with, and official notification to, affected countries. We are not going to get ahead of that process. When we have completed the process, information will be available about the terms of the visa suspension,” the official continued. While the US has regularly kept a list of countries considered recalcitrant, only two countries have previously received sanctions under the law: Guyana, in 2001, and The Gambia, in 2016. In both cases, US visas were restricted for certain government and diplomatic employees. Twelve countries have been designated as recalcitrant as of July, Lapan said, including China and Cuba. It was not immediately clear why these specific four countries were chosen. The sanctions were first reported by the Washington Times. In a news briefing Wednesday, Lapan declined to name the four countries. The State Department also refused to identify the countries. After a Supreme Court ruling in 2001, immigration authorities have been forced to release after a period of time undocumented immigrants from countries that refuse to accept their repatriation. Between 2013 and 2016, more than 8,000 undocumented immigrants were released, some after serving time in prison for violent crimes, according to data from the House committee on oversight and government reform. CNN’s Laura Koran contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration visa sanctions policy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170824004500", "country1": "GIN", "country2": "SLE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/politics/trump-visa-sanctions-immigration/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "648872093", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jonathan Tasini (@jonathantasini) is the author of “The Essential Bernie Sanders and His Vision for America,” president of the Economic Future Group and the host of the “Working Life” podcast. His book, “Resist and Rebel: The Peoples’ Uprising in America” will be published in the fall. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Tasini says a new book stirring conversation about Clinton's campaign mistakes obscures the real problem He says Clinton botched the campaign and opened door to a Trump presidency, but the decline of Democrats began far earlier, he says The psychodrama of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign chronicled in campaign accounts now coming to light has a fascinating parallel to the obsession over Vladimir Putin’s real or imagined election role. Specifically, it’s a distraction from a deeper, systemic weakness of the Democratic Party. Aside from the titillating internal campaign anecdotes, nothing revealed in the new book, “Shattered,” surprised anyone closely engaged in the 2016 elections, particularly those of us who publicly supported Bernie Sanders. It is clear that an arrogant, incompetent campaign royally blew an election, handing the Oval Office to an unhinged, unqualified, dishonest man. A retread coterie of pollsters, consultants and insiders tried to sell an out-of-touch, elitist candidate to voters who were in full-scale revolt. It was a campaign so clueless that, during the general election, it could not find Wisconsin on the map. Yet, let me offer a backhanded defense of the Clinton campaign: too much is being made of the failure of one candidate, and the alleged influence of foreign powers, because the demise of the Democratic party has been in the making for many years. One campaign did not hand the Republican Party two-thirds of the state legislatures, a solid majority in the House and control of the Senate before losing the White House. You had to screw up for a very long time to amass that track record. The deeper party crisis boils down to two related problems. First, there exists a permanent “Liberal-Progressive Edifice Complex” that has corroded the party. This “complex” is a circle of people and organizations – inside the Democratic Party itself, as well as non-profit organizations, lobbyists, consultants of very stripes and individual self-promoters – who work mightily to maintain an iron grip on power and prestige. This complex is run by well-paid operatives and professional non-profit leaders – who, funded by rich people and foundations, often earn significant six-figure salaries and benefits that put them firmly in the one percent, and sometimes even in a better station. Related video Sanders weighs in on upcoming special election Within the complex, failure does not disqualify people from future positions. Senior operatives who spend millions of dollars in losing campaigns, time and again, still get the call to do it all over again. Nothing new to say? C’mon out to speak at our umpteenth, useless conference to “Take Back America.” Selling your personal brand on TV and demanding big bucks for a speaking fee? The complex anoints you and celebrates you, even when you lavish praise on Donald Trump simply for not embarrassing himself in his State of the Union speech. The Democratic Party is essentially a legal money-laundering entity for individual and corporate donors, especially in presidential years when the party’s nominee dictates the flow of money. Big donors don’t care about party-building at the local level; they care about being attached to national brands. Astonishingly, at a time when people abhor the buying of elections by the rich, the party at its recent national meeting approved taking in large corporate donations. A long-time Democratic operative who worked on the 2016 campaign recently told me that when the Clinton campaign was told it needed to invest in local grassroots efforts, which support down-ballot races, it was hostile to the idea. Republicans, by contrast, have assiduously funded local efforts. Related article Hillary Clinton, it's too soon Second, beyond campaign mechanics and candidates, the Democratic Party has promoted, and continues to embrace, the great bi-partisan myth of American exceptionalism. Like all effective myths, it is powerful because it is repeated year after year. However, for many people who long for a real alternative, the reality behind the myth casts an ominous shadow. To start, Democrats routinely embrace the celebration of the “free market” and the American “dynamic economy,” even though our abysmal economic model is run increasingly like a kleptocracy, which drains the wealth from millions of average people. American exceptionalism trumpets to the world that we have a spectacular model of justice built on a set of values that Democrats say Donald Trump is violating. That is an utterly empty claim if you are black or poor. The rule of law or the idea of equality under the law is the province of the privileged, the rich and the powerful who, when they steal from us, rarely face justice. Related article How Georgia vote shows Trump not so invincible The idea of American exceptionalism has meant being the largest, by far, seller of weapons around the world – including to regimes likes Saudi Arabia, which treat women as second-class citizens. It has meant we have the biggest military in the world, justifying endless war for economic benefit, including interventions, overthrows and the manipulation of elections going back long before Vladimir Putin was even born. From conservatives and liberals alike, we hear the boast that we have the “best workers in the world,” an inherently racist view that questions the quality and worthiness of workers everywhere. This sets up a narrative of “us versus them” competition among workers. It, then, stirs voters’ fears about their economic desperation and prompts them to blame phony enemies – immigrants, for example. When you hear some voices in the party urging “unity” and scolding people from replaying the 2016 party primary, be vigilant. Too often those are the same people who have failed for a very long time, who are hitting up donors and churning out mountains of warmed-over position papers. Amusingly, a few are branding their organizations as the “resistance,” even when their boards of directors include corporate lobbyists, billionaires and proud purveyors of American exceptionalism. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Democrats should be voicing clearly that the real threat to people is the power of big corporations racing across the globe, plundering the planet and exploiting people of all races. Hillary Clinton was not that voice, allowing Donald Trump, a man who has used the broken economic system to defraud thousands of regular people, to seize the populist megaphone. If the party fails to embrace a different vision of America, and a different idea about the country’s place in the world, Democrats will not win – and they should not win.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democratic Party", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170421181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/opinions/hillary-clinton-failure-of-democrats-opinion-tasini/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "588524106", "sentence": "President Obama is ticking off a lengthy and expanding to-do list He hopes to bring his SCOTUS nominee up for a vote during the lame-duck session of Congress One hundred days before he leaves the Oval Office, President Barack Obama is showing few signs of fading into the White House woodwork. Even as he aggressively works to elect Hillary Clinton as his replacement, Obama is also ticking off a lengthy and expanding to-do list, containing longstanding entries like closing the Guantanamo Bay prison and finally sealing a trade deal with Asia, and new vexing problems like punishing Russia for its political meddling. His approval rating near record highs, Obama enters his final months in office with more political capital than at nearly any point in his presidency, but few obvious opportunities to expend it on the issues he hopes will form his legacy. Congress has shown little appetite to advance his agenda, even in the lame duck period between November’s vote and Inauguration Day in January. Even on issues where most Republicans agree with Obama – namely, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal – GOP congressional leaders have downplayed the potential for action. On many issues, Obama will be faced with a choice between deploying his executive powers – a tactic he’s used frequently – or leaving some of his unfinished business for his successor. Overseas, Obama confronts knotty diplomatic and military quandaries that he hopes to straighten out for the next commander in chief. But there’s little doubt the global flash-points that he’s struggled to contain will persist well past next year. “I think the President is approaching the final 100 days the way that approached the previous seven-and-a-half years or so, which is seeking to make the most of every remaining opportunity,” said White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Wednesday. He said he doubted Obama was even aware he was crossing the 100-day mark. Obama hopes to capitalize on the lame-duck session of Congress to complete at least one major outstanding issue: his stalled nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Republicans, who have resisted bringing Garland up for a vote over the past year, could conclude the moderate appeals court judge is more acceptable than whatever nominee Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump puts forward should they win. Remember Merrick Garland? Supreme Court nominee waits Clinton hasn’t said definitively whether she would reappoint Garland or select her own nominee, leaving the confirmation process post-Election Day unclear. Republicans, who have insisted the next president should pick the ninth justice, risk political backlash if they decide to embrace Garland in the lame duck. The same is true for another controversial nomination pending: Obama’s pick to be the first US ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years. And it’s true as well for TPP, which both Clinton and Trump have said they’ll reject if elected. With Congress avoiding a vote on the plan before Election Day, Obama has remained optimistic for action once lawmakers learn their fates in November. “After the election, I think people can refocus attention on why this is so important,” Obama said in Asia during a trip in September. White House officials also say movement on criminal justice reform – long the priority of a ideologically diverse group of unlikely allies – is likely during the lame duck. Proposals include altering harsh sentencing laws and returning some rights, including voting rights, to convicted felons. “It’s a remarkable coalition of groups both on the left and on the right that have really come together to push this for a variety of different reasons,” said White House counsel Neil Eggleston in an interview last week. “We continue to think and are working hard to get it done in the lame duck.” How Mitch McConnell won the SCOTUS fight (for now) Eggleston said the spate of commutations for non-violent drug offenders will continue apace as Obama works around Congress to instill fairness into the system. Presidents typically scale up their use of pardon and clemency powers in the final months of their administrations. Obama also faces perhaps his most disappointing unfulfilled promise as he wraps his term: the prison at Guantanamo Bay, whose population has been winnowed to 61 from the hundreds who were detained there at the beginning of Obama’s presidency. A White House plan to transfer some prisoners into American prisons was rebuffed by lawmakers, who would need to alter current law to allow transfers onto US soil. At the White House Wednesday, Obama acknowledged at least some of his remaining tasks would likely become jobs for his successor. “We’ve done a lot of work together, but we know we’ve got more work to do,” Obama said during a reception for Hispanic Heritage Month. “We’ve known all along that we weren’t going to get everything done during one presidency.” A daunting range of national security challenges still confront Obama as he enters the final chapter of his presidency. Responding to the latest – a US intelligence determination that Russia is likely trying to meddle in the presidential contest through hacking – will add to Obama’s punch list in his final stretch in office. The US is mustering a “proportional response,” the White House said this week, without specifying specifically what’s in store for Moscow. Likely options include financial sanctions or legal action through the Justice Department. But even after Obama makes his move, Russia’s provocations aren’t likely to cease. Related article Russia, US move past Cold War to unpredictable confrontation Obama still hopes to reach an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end suffering in Syria, where the Russians have sided with Bashar al-Assad to crack down on opposition fighters. He has little time to find a solution before Aleppo, Syria’s besieged second city that’s under partial rebel control, falls completely to the regime. In Iraq, Obama is preparing for an offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS by sending 600 more US troops to help train Iraqi forces. It’s a mission that’s not likely to be complete by the time Obama leaves office on January 20. Russia’s role in US election under growing scrutiny And administration officials are still holding out the chance Obama could offer a parting stab at brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians, either by laying out a framework for talks or supporting a UN Security Council resolution spelling out details of an agreement. Obama is due to travel abroad once more as president, to Peru for a meeting of Asia Pacific leaders. It’s likely additional countries are added to his November itinerary to form a farewell tour. 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{"article_id": "716773607", "sentence": "KT McFarland previously served as Michael Flynn's deputy Flynn's plea agreement appeared to contradict testimony McFarland gave Congress President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the ambassador to Singapore could be derailed in the Senate amid questions about whether she properly disclosed to Congress her communications with former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to senators and sources from both parties. KT McFarland, who previously served as Flynn’s deputy and is now Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Singapore, came under renewed scrutiny earlier this month after Flynn’s plea agreement with Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller appeared to be at odds with her testimony to Congress. Lawmakers and senior aides told CNN that they expect the Senate to send her nomination back to the White House when this year’s session wraps up at week’s end, making her prospects for confirmation increasingly grim. At that point, the White House will have to decide whether to renominate her to the post amid questions over her interactions with Flynn about Russia, and then convince skeptical senators to take up the nomination during the 2018 midterm election year. If her nomination is derailed, as some senior senators and aides expect, it would mark the second time that Mueller’s probe has effectively thwarted a Trump nominee – the other being Sam Clovis, who withdrew from consideration for a senior Agriculture Department post in November amid questions about his communications with Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to authorities about his conversations over Russia. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, whose committee oversees the McFarland nomination, told CNN that the White House “will have to make decisions on whether they renominate” her to the position since the Senate plans to send her nomination back to the White House this week. “Nominees that have other productive lives they can lead probably have to assess themselves whether it makes a lot of sense to continue on because it does put your life on hold,” Corker said. “Before any of these other things came out, there were significant Democratic objections to this nominee – the nominee is aware of that. This obviously makes it more difficult.” Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wants her nomination sent back to the White House at year’s end, according to Cardin spokesman Sean Bartlett. She has not clarified her testimony with the committee, Bartlett said. To win confirmation this week before the year-end recess, McFarland will need cooperation from Senate Democrats to expedite a vote. But Democratic officials say that’s not going to happen. “No chance she gets confirmed by year’s end,” said a Senate Democratic leadership aide, adding the nomination will “likely” be sent back to the White House. The controversy over her nomination reignited this month after unsealed court documents showed that Flynn spoke to a senior transition team official about what to discuss with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak after the Obama administration issued new sanctions against Russia on December 29 of last year. While McFarland was not mentioned in the court filings, sources confirmed that she was the transition official who spoke to Flynn. Moreover, a New York Times report revealed that McFarland mentioned Flynn’s communications with the Russian ambassador in a separate email on December 29. Related article Trump predicts exoneration in Russia investigation as allies fear a 'meltdown' But in her testimony on Capitol Hill earlier this year, McFarland did not disclose those conversations, despite being asked directly in written correspondence with Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey. “Did you ever discuss any of General Flynn’s contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak directly with General Flynn?” Booker wrote to McFarland in July. RELATED: Warner calls for McFarland to testify about ‘thrown’ election emails McFarland responded, “I am not aware of any of the issues or events as described above.” A McFarland representative did not respond to multiple inquiries seeking comment about her plans. The White House also did not comment. Sources on the Foreign Relations Committee said that they have not received any clarification regarding her testimony. McFarland’s nomination was approved by the panel in September, but it has not been considered by the full Senate. In order to prevent the nomination from being sent back to the White House, the two sides would have to reach a unanimous agreement – something that is highly unlikely given the controversy her nomination has spawned.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "KT McFarland nomination", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171220210000", "country1": "SGP", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/20/politics/kt-mcfarland-nomination-derailed/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "664908728", "sentence": "Family and friends of Grenfell Tower residents took to social media with appeals for help finding loved ones after the west London highrise caught fire Wednesday morning. Artist Khadija Saye was reported missing by British Labour politician David Lammy. Her work is  on display at the 57th Venice Biennale. Lammy said in a Facebook post that Saye lives on the 20th floor with her mother. “Khadija is the mentee and employee of my wife, a dear friend of our family, a beautiful soul and an outstanding emerging artist.” *** I am looking for information on the whereabouts of Kadija Saye, who lives on the 20th floor of #GreenfellTower with... *** I am looking for information on the whereabouts of Kadija Saye, who lives on the 20th floor of #GreenfellTower with... The Italian Foreign Ministry said two Italians are missing. They are believed to be Marco Gottardi and his girlfriend, Gloria Trevisan, based on information from Gottardi’s cousin. Pamela Pizziolo said on Facebook that Gottardi and Trevisan were in their apartment on the 23rd floor when the fire broke out. Facebook post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. Facebook post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. Denis Murphy was reported missing by nephew Stevan Racz. Murphy, who lives on the 14th floor, last spoke to the family between 1:30 and 2 a.m. Wednesday, Racz said. “He called us this morning to say the flats were on fire and he couldn’t breathe. We couldn’t get hold of him after,” said Murphy’s nephew, Stevan Racz. He said his uncle, who is 54 years old, has lived in the building for more than 25 years. “He is a much loved father, brother, son and uncle. [He’s a] friend to many in the area,” Racz said. Lorenzo D’Agostino, Eliza Mackintosh, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Grenfell Tower fire incident", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170614214500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/europe/london-missing-grenfell-tower/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "750274333", "sentence": "Peruvian authorities have detained two men suspected of lynching a Canadian man in a remote part of the country’s Amazon rainforest in an apparent reprisal attack for the killing of a respected indigenous leader. The suspects were identified by a video posted to social media that purportedly showed the killing of Sebastian Paul Woodroffe, according to Peruvian state media Andina, which cited statements from a lead prosecutor. The video appears to show him pleading for his life before he is killed. Woodroffe’s body was found buried in a shallow grave Saturday about 700 meters from where the video was taken, with red marks around his neck, court documents say. Authorities believed he had been killed 48 hours earlier, on the same day Olivia Arevalo Lomas was shot dead near her home. Arevalo, 81, was a civil rights activist who spent years advocating on behalf of the Shipibo-Conibo tribe Ucayali. La vida de Olivia Arévalo deja un gran legado de conocimiento y defensa por los derechos indígenas y ambientales. #ONUMujeres condena su asesinato y se adhiere a otros actores haciendo un llamado a la justicia. #JusticiaParaOlivia pic.twitter.com/ayEmuqJIkn Ricardo Palma Jimenez, the lead prosecutor, told local media that authorities believe a mob killed Woodroffe because they believed he was responsible for Arevalo’s death, but noted that police are still investigating her death and the motive for the lynching. Woodroffe was identified by Peruvian National Police on Saturday as the “principal suspect” in the Arevalo killing. An Indiegogo fundraising page that appears to have belonged to Woodroffe shows he may have been in the country to learn about what he called “plant medicine” in his quest to become an addiction counselor. Westerners travel from around the world to the Amazon, entranced by the supposed healing powers of plants and concoctions like ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic that advocates say has helped people with addiction, depression and PTSD. Jimenez was quoted by Andina as saying his office was working meticulously to make sure the killings of Woodroffe and Arevalo would not go unpunished. Peruvian Attorney General Pablo Sanchez met Canada’s ambassador in Lima, Gwyneth Kutz, to discuss the investigation into Woodroffe’s death, his office said on its verified Twitter account. Peru’s Culture Ministry described Arevalo as a “wise woman” who maintained the “traditional knowledge of the Shipibo-Konibo community” in a statement acknowledging her death. Brianne Maxwell, a spokeswoman for Global Affairs Canada, which manages the country’s diplomatic and consular relations, told CNN in an email that her country is aware one of its citizens was killed in relation to Arevalo’s killing. “Canada extends its deepest condolences following the reported assassination of‎ Olivia Arevalo Lomas, an Indigenous elder and human rights defender of the (Shipibo-Konibo) people in Peru’s Ucayali region,” she said. UN Women, the United Nations group promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, condemned Arevalo’s assassination on its Spanish-language Twitter account. “The life of Olivia Arevalo left a great legacy of knowledge and defense for the indigenous and environmental rights,” it said. CNN’s Ana Melgar, Begona Blanco Munoz and Hande Atay Alam contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Peruvian authorities", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180424074500", "country1": "PER", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/americas/peru-amazon-lynching-canadian-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "730006331", "sentence": "The measure must be signed by Uruguay's president If approved, Uruguay will become the second Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage The Catholic Church has vocally opposed the measure Backers say it's a matter of recognizing inherent human rights Uruguayan lawmakers have approved a same-sex marriage measure, leaving just one more key step – the president’s signature – before such couples can wed in the South American country. A marriage equality bill passed the lower house Wednesday, with 71 of 92 lawmakers supporting the measure. The house approved a different version of the measure in December. Last week, Uruguay’s senate approved the bill in a 23-8 vote. If signed by President Jose Mujica, who has indicated he supports the measure, the proposal would make Uruguay the second country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage and the 12th country in the world to do so. Neighboring Argentina legalized such marriages in 2010. In Argentina, the push to legalize same-sex marriage met with fierce opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, with Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio – then the archbishop of Buenos Aires and now Pope Francis – engaging in a notorious war of words with the government over the issue. In Uruguay, the church has taken a similar tack, with officials describing the measure as a harsh blow to the institutions of marriage and the family. “Why make relative or devalue an institution that is already so injured, like the family, introducing deep modifications that are going to confuse more than clarify?” the Rev. Pablo Galimberti, bishop of Salto, wrote in a recent post on the website of the Uruguayan Bishops Council. Uruguay’s Broad Front, a coalition of left-wing political parties, backs the measure. Last week, the group’s president stressed that the proposed law changes a civil institution and has nothing to do with the church. “Here we are speaking about RIGHTS, with capital letters. Rights that were denied and repressed for a long time, and which a society that is trying to be modern and inclusive necessarily must recognize, to advance in equality,” wrote Sen. Monica Xavier. “Rights that are inherent to people, that are not a legislative creation, but something that the law must recognize.” Same-sex marriage has sparked debate and impassioned demonstrations from supporters and opponents in many countries. Legislators in France and the United Kingdom are among lawmakers worldwide weighing proposals to legalize same-sex marriage. In the United States, the question of same-sex marriage went before the Supreme Court last month, and justices are now deliberating the matter. The first same-sex couples walked down the aisle in the Netherlands in 2001. Since then, almost a dozen countries have passed laws allowing same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships, including Canada, South Africa, Belgium and Spain. In 2009, Uruguay was the first Latin American country to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. It was also one the first Latin American countries to allow same-sex civil unions. The measure approved by Uruguayan lawmakers Wednesday removes the words “man” and “woman” from the country’s civil code and replaces them with the word “spouse,” CNN affiliate Teledoce reported. Journalist Dario Klein contributed to this report from Montevideo, Uruguay. CNN’s Edwin Mesa and contributed to this report from Atlanta.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Uruguay same-sex marriage legalization", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180211170000", "country1": "URY", "country2": "ARG", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/10/world/americas/uruguay-same-sex-marriage/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "442099622", "sentence": "Khairullozhon Matanov sentenced to 2.5 years in prison Thursday for obstructing bombing investigation Matanov was a friend of Boston marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Khairullozhon Matanov, a friend of Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Thursday for obstructing the bombing investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Massachusetts. Matanov pleaded guilty in March to one count of “destroying, altering, and falsifying records, documents, and tangible objects in a federal investigation, specifically information on his computer” and three counts of “making materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements in a federal terrorism investigation,” the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a statement. Matanov was not charged with participating in the bombings but with trying to conceal his connection to the Tsarnaev brothers. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, was sentenced to death last month by a federal jury in Massachusetts on six counts related to the second of two pressure-cooker bombs, which caused the explosion on Boylston Street in front of the Forum restaurant on April 15, 2013. His older brother, Tamerlan, was killed in the manhunt days after the bombings. According to prosecutors, Matanov was notified that he might be questioned by federal authorities in connection with the attack and tried to keep the FBI from learning the extent of his friendship and communication with the suspects. Prosecutors said Matanov did not know about the bombings beforehand but invited and bought dinner for the Tsarnaev brothers about 40 minutes after the blasts, according to the indictment. Once photos of the suspects were released, Matanov viewed them several times on CNN and on the FBI’s website before trying to reach Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according to the indictment. In the hours and days after the bombings, Matanov contacted and attempted to contact the suspects by phone and saw Tamerlan Tsarnaev at least twice, according to the indictment. Matanov, a part-time taxi driver, tried to give away his cell phone to friends and deleted hundreds of videos and documents from his computer, the indictment said. He also misled police about his relationship with the brothers. The federal prosecutor’s office said Matanov also hid from investigators that he shared the “philosophical justification for violence” that the Tsarnaev brothers held. CNN’s attempts to reach an attorney representing Matanov were unsuccessful. Other associates of the Tsarnaev brother were also prosecuted. Azamat Tazhayakov, 21, was sentenced earlier this month to three and a half years in prison for conspiring to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with intent to impede the bombing investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Robel Phillipos, 21, was sentenced to three years in prison for making false statements to law enforcement in a terrorism investigation. A third friend, Dias Kadyrbayev, also 21, was sentenced to six years in prison for retrieving and later disposing evidence in the investigation. CNN’s Jason Hanna and Mariano Castillo contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Khairullozhon Matanov", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150618224500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KAZ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/tsarnaev-friend-sentence/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "677384242", "sentence": "The day the sun disappears (for a short time) is fast approaching. Here’s what else you need to know today to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) Vladimir Putin’s cutting staff at US diplomatic missions Russia in response to the sanctions bill that Congress passed last week. Seven hundred and fifty-five people will have to “stop their activities” by September 1. That will leave about 455 people, which matches the number of Russian diplomats currently in the US. President Trump has indicated that he’ll sign the sanctions bill, which passed both houses of Congress by overwhelming (and veto-proof) numbers. Venezuela’s President says there was a huge turnout for the controversial election to pick a new national assembly. There were huge protests throughout the country too. President Nicolas Maduro said eight million people – that’s about 40 percent of the country’s registered voters – cast ballots for the new assembly, which would have the power to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution. All members of the assembly would be nominated by his administration, so the opposition there thinks this is just one big power grab by Maduro. On the streets, at least six people died in violent clashes between protesters and police. More protests are set to begin today at noon.  At least 125 people have died in the ongoing unrest since April. Also over the weekend, one of the candidates in the election, a lawyer, was shot dead in his home, and an opposition leader also died. Police in Sydney conducted raids today after four men were arrested over the weekend, accused of plotting to bring down a plane. Authorities said the men planned to use an “improvised device”  in the attack but wouldn’t provide any further details. Exra security measures have been put in place in Australian airports since the terror plot was thwarted. There was a big escape from a county jail in Alabama. Twelve prisoners broke out of the Walker County Jail, but authorities haven’t said when or how. Ten of the men have since been recaptured, leaving two others still on the run. Police in the city of Jasper, Alabama, have asked people living downtown to stay indoors and turn on all of their outdoor lights. Thousands of tourists had their vacations cut short after a power outage hit two islands in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Power on Ocracoke and Hatteras islands was lost late last week after a transmission line was cut during construction work on a bridge. It’s not clear how long it’ll take to fix the problem, so people have been ordered to leave. Crews are working on two possible solutions: building a new overhead transmission line or dig down to the damaged cables and splice them back together. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. All about O.J. Thought O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing is the last we’ll see of him for awhile? Wrong. Now there’s a “pop-up” museum dedicated to his famous murder trial. E.T. phone here The search for aliens is over; just look in the mirror. That’s because a new study says we might all be made up of stardust. Ewww, emojis “The Emoji Movie” isn’t the worst reviewed movie ever, but it’s darn near close. A single, semi-positive review kept it from getting a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. Walk, don’t watch You can do a ton of stuff while visiting Honolulu, but walking and watching your cell phone while on a crosswalk is not one of them. Rare red Diamonds are rare gems, and red diamonds are even rarer. One found in a mine in Australia could sell for over $10 million. 22,000 The number of music fans evacuated from the Tomorrowland festival in Barcelona, Spain, after the stage caught on fire. No injuries were reported. Fed up with felines Want to know why some people like dogs better than cats? Because dogs won’t deliberately knock over a picture frame, setting off your alarm in the middle of the night. (Click to view)", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170731101500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/us/five-things-july-31-trnd/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "742775974", "sentence": "A Democratic candidate challenging House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes took in more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2018, a sign of Democrats’ enthusiasm to oust the California congressman who has allied himself closely with President Donald Trump. Andrew Janz, the Deputy District Attorney in Fresno County, is still considered a long shot in his bid to unseat Nunes. CNN currently rates the 22nd District as a “safe Republican” seat. But Nunes’ role in running interference for Trump on the investigations into Russia’s role in the 2016 election has made him a target for Democrats nationwide. According to fundraising figures provided to CNN by the campaign, Janz has raised more than $1 million so far in 2018 with just three days left in the first quarter. The campaign received a huge influx in fundraising cash from donors across the country in the wake of Nunes role in releasing a controversial memo detailing concerns Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee had with the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Related article Trump praises Nunes, White House denies memo coordination “We feel like he is the one person that is really standing in the way of the (FBI Special Counsel) Robert Mueller investigation,” Janz told CNN. “We think people deserve to know what happened to our elections in 2016 and what is happening in 2018. And every day my opponent is out there trying to undermine federal law enforcement, the special prosecutors probe and really working for Trump instead of the American people.” Janz said that Nunes’ focus on defending the Trump administration’s role in the investigation, instead of focusing on issues important to California voters, is part of what is leading to the fundraising surge. “Devin Nunes is in Washington playing games on the House Intelligence Committee,” Janz said. “And while he is doing that the issues back here at home that people care about are being ignored.” The Nunes campaign did not respond to a request for comment. The fundraising totals by Janz put him in a position to be one of the most successful Democratic House candidates in terms of fundraising for the first quarter of 2018. Much of his cash is coming from the online fundraising tool ActBlue. According to February figures released by the group, the only Democratic House candidate to raise more money was Connor Lamb, who was running in a competitive special election in Pennsylvania that garnered national attention. Related article What you need to know right now about the 2018 midterm elections Janz campaign officials touted the fact that his average donation is $42.55 and the median donation is $20.18. Janz has promised to not take a penny in corporate PAC donations. But despite Janz’s impressive haul, his race is still not considered a top tier democratic pick up opportunity. Janz is not listed among the candidates being supported by the influential Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. That perception might change if Janz is able to turn his fundraising into tangible evidence that he is gaining on Nunes in the polls. Even with this remarkable quarter, Janz will likely still be trailing Nunes significantly in fundraising. According to his last FEC filing, Nunes has close to $4 million cash on hand. Democratic campaign officials, while not convinced Janz is prepared to take out Nunes, believe that he is running his campaign the right way, using Nunes’ controversial national profile to raise money while focusing on issues important to the district while campaigning at home. Janz has said he will not support fellow California Rep. Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker if he wins and Democrats take back the House. He said the concerns he hears from voters are not about Nunes’ role on the House Intelligence Committee but about his lack of focus on his district. “He’s (Nunes) been there for 15 years, 8 terms and provided little or nothing by way of jobs or infrastructure projects that he has talked about getting for us in the Central Valley and I think that come November people are going to be very surprised that Devin Nunes is no longer going to be a Congressman here,” Janz said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Devin Nunes", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180328174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/nunes-opponent-fundraising-first-quarter/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "642075628", "sentence": "Watts came to studying Russian cyber meddling almost by chance He has a counter-terrorism background The Senate Intelligence Committee heard Thursday from a counter-terrorism expert who described a sophisticated Russian propaganda machine that specifically sought to bolster and influence President Donald Trump. So who is Clint Watts? Watts, who testified on a panel of experts as part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the US election, has a military and intelligence background, largely in counter-terrorism. Watts came to studying Russian cyber meddling almost by chance, when he noticed a pattern of social media trolls attacking him online for a 2014 article he wrote about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He and two social media analyst colleagues began studying the patterns and suspicious pro-Russia WhiteHouse.gov petitions, leading them to study the Russian social media propaganda machine. Watts has been a fellow on national security and the Middle East at the Foreign Policy Research Institute since 2011, and is a senior fellow at the Center For Cyber and Homeland Security at The George Washington University. He published research in November with Andrew Weisburd and JM Berger titled: “Trolling for Trump: How Russia Is Trying to Destroy Our Democracy.” Watts himself became the target of a cyberattack in 2015 after a post he wrote about the research, which prompted the FBI to notify his organization, the Foreign Policy Research Institute, about the attack, he said during his testimony. Since then, Watts and his colleagues have “watched and tracked the rise of Russia’s social media influence operations witnessing their update of an old Soviet playbook known as Active Measures,” he added. He now works as a consultant and does training and research programs for a range of military, intelligence and law enforcement entities, his biography said. Previously, Watts served as an Army infantry officer, an FBI special agent on a joint terrorism task force and was the executive officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Related article Senate hearing: Russian meddling did not stop at the election Watts also is a frequent writer and commentator – and often shows off his sense of humor. His biography on the website War on the Rocks adds to his resume: “His service to the nation has earned him the award of ‘Platinum Elite’ from the Marriott Corporation. Follow him on Twitter @selectedwisdom where you will not understand most of his sarcasm.” While Watts is not known as a cyber expert, the associate vice president and director of the Center For Cyber and Homeland Security told CNN that his background in understanding networks as part of his counter-terror work makes him specially qualified to do the research he is doing on Russian propaganda. “A lot of the analytical and methodological kind of thinking have applicability to this,” Frank Cilluffo said. “So yeah, he kind of came to it accidentally, but that background has a lot of relevance here as well.” Cilluffo also noted that Watts often operates outside the mainstream school of thought, allowing him at times to “push the envelope.” “He’s a good researcher, he has operational experience, he marries those up well and is an innovative or disruptive thinker, which I think can rub some people a little abrasively, but by and large he’s spot on,” Cilluffo said. During the hearing, Watts testified on a variety of fronts that the Russian propaganda effort extended beyond the campaign between Hillary Clinton and Trump. “This past week we observed social media campaigns targeting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan hoping to foment further unrest amongst US democratic institutions,” Watts told senators. Watts also noted that Russians likely targeted every candidate in the campaign – including one member of the Intelligence Committee, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. “They were in full swing during both the Republican and Democratic primary season – and may have helped sink the hopes of candidates more hostile to Russian interests long before the field narrowed,” Watts said. “Sen. Rubio, in my opinion, you anecdotally suffered from these efforts.” Watts also highlighted research that has been mostly reported in niche circles, including that the Russian bots strategically push propaganda when they expect Trump may be watching. “I can tell you right now today, gray outlets that are Soviet pushing accounts tweet at President Trump during high volumes when they know he is online and they push conspiracy theories,” Watts said. “So, if he is to click on one of those or cite one of those it just proves Putin correct – that we can use this as a lever against the Americans.” CNN’s Tom LoBianco contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian propaganda machine", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170330211500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/politics/who-is-clint-watts/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "625066594", "sentence": "NEW: ISIS claims responsibility for deadly attack on Twitter At least 35 wounded in blast at a parking lot near Supreme Court, hospital official says At least 20 people are dead after a suicide blast Tuesday outside Afghanistan’s Supreme Court in Kabul, police and other officials told CNN. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a parking lot near the court in the Afghan capital, according to Basir Mojahid, spokesman for Kabul’s chief of police. The attack at around 3:45 p.m. local time targeted Supreme Court employees as they were leaving for the day, Mojahid said. At least 35 people were wounded in the blast, according to Saleem Rasooli, head of Kabul hospitals. In a post Wednesday on Twitter, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. An eyewitness told CNN that he felt the explosion shake the ground as he was leaving his office, opposite the Supreme Court. Nimatullah Mati said the area is home to several residential apartments and was crowded Tuesday afternoon with people who were heading home from work. Ambulances and firetrucks arrived on the scene within five minutes, Mati said. Afghanistan’s chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, expressed his condolences on Twitter. “The blood of our people isn’t cheap & won’t be wasted,” he said. I condole with the families of the victims in today's terrorist attack in #Kabul. The blood of our people isn't cheap & wont be wasted. -AA NATO also condemned the attack. “Anyone who seeks to destabilize the pillars of a functioning government are enemies of Afghanistan,” Italian army Lt. Gen. Rosario Castellano, deputy commander of the NATO mission in Afghanistan, said in a statement. The blast comes a month after at least 36 people were killed and dozens wounded in two suicide bombings near the Afghan Parliament in Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for those January 10 attacks. Tuesday’s blast underscores the growing concern about the security situation in Afghanistan, where the country’s security forces and its international allies have been fighting Taliban militants and other radical groups for years. A new report Monday from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said more than 11,000 people were killed or injured in 2016. That’s the highest number of civilian casualties in a single year since the United Nations began systemically documenting those in 2009. The report also shows a record spike in the number of children killed in the long-running Afghanistan War. Of the 3,498 killed last year, 923 were children, the report said. Anti-government forces, mainly the Taliban, were behind almost two-thirds of the casualties, according to the report. ISIS militants have established a presence in the country, and their attacks particularly target Shia Muslims, the report said. Journalist Ehsan Popalzai reported from Kabul, and CNN’s Chandrika Narayan reported and wrote from Atlanta. Journalist Sandi Sidhu contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170207151500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/world/afghanistan-explosion/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "704116060", "sentence": "Weekend's events serve as an opening salvo for a new period in the region's crisis-ridden history, analysts say They represent an escalation in a yearslong proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran When 32-year-old Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman rose to power two years ago, many predicted that change was afoot. The events of November 4 have shown that change would not just be swift, but also seismic, extending unremittingly beyond the kingdom’s boundaries. Related article Saudi crown prince promises 'a more moderate Islam' A 24-hour sequence of political bombshells began on Saturday afternoon, when Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation from the Saudi capital of Riyadh, blindsiding his country’s political establishment. Hours later, Saudi Arabia’s official news agency reported that the country’s military had intercepted a Yemen-borne ballistic missile over Riyadh. Even as images of the blast were flashing on TV sets around the region, similarly dramatic news began to trickle in: Some of Saudi Arabia’s most high-profile princes and businessmen were being sacked and detained in an anti-corruption drive led by bin Salman. The events serve as an opening salvo for a new period in the region’s crisis-ridden history, analysts say. They represent an escalation in a yearslong proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, threatening to activate new fronts in the region, with the Saudi show of force beginning with a sweeping consolidation of power from within. On Friday, ISIS’ last strongholds in Iraq and Syria fell. It marked a major milestone in a fight that saw archrivals converge on the extremist group until its so-called caliphate was on its last legs. On Saturday, regional powerhouses appear to have trained their sights on one another. “I think the end of ISIS, the so-called Islamic State, does not really mean the end of geostrategic struggles,” London School of Economics Professor Fawaz Gerges told CNN’s George Howell. “On the contrary, the dismantling of the so-called caliphate will basically intensify the geostrategic struggles between the pro-Iranian camp led by Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and its allies in the region, including the United States.” Related article Lebanon's Prime Minister resigns, plunging nation into new political crisis On Friday evening, Lebanon’s Saad Hariri was summoned to the Saudi capital. It was his second visit to the country in a week. Hariri is a dual Saudi-Lebanese citizen and the regional powerhouse is widely seen as his political patron. Just a week before, it appeared the Prime Minister had averted a major crisis between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. He had met with the Crown Prince and outspoken Saudi Minister Thamer al-Sabhan, appeasing their fears about the Iran-backed Hezbollah, which has members in his Cabinet. “A long and fruitful meeting with my brother Prime Minister Saad Hariri. We’ve agreed on many issues that concern the good people of Lebanon. God willing, the best is yet to come,” Sabhan wrote in a tweet. The meeting came on the heels of a series of tweets in which Sabhan chastised the Lebanese government for its inclusion of Hezbollah. Hariri appeared to have defused tensions with his visit. Independent Lebanese MP Yassin Jaber, a member of a pro-Hezbollah parliamentary bloc, told CNN that he met with Hariri just as he returned from Saudi Arabia, and described the premier as cheery and in a “joking” mood. But when Hariri returned to Saudi Arabia the second time, it was an altogether different matter. It would be the first time a Lebanese premier submitted his resignation from outside the country. Multiple local media reported that nearly all Hariri’s closest aides were caught unawares. “Over the past decades, Hezbollah has unfortunately managed to impose a fait accompli in Lebanon by the force of its weapons, which it alleges is a resistance weapon,” Hariri said in his resignation speech. “I want to tell Iran and its followers that they are losing their interferences in the Arab nation affairs. Our nation will rise just as it did before and the hands that want to harm it will be cut,” he said in remarks apparently aimed at Hezbollah, which he shared a coalition government with. Hariri’s resignation spells the collapse of a 30-member government of national unity that saw Saudi-backed Hariri fill the post of prime minister, and Hezbollah-backed Michel Aoun occupy the presidency. That government, analysts say, was one of the byproducts of the Obama administration’s landmark Iran nuclear deal. “With this arrangement, we saw some sort of appeasement where we saw mutual steps from the US and Iran in improving relations and lowering tensions in various areas,” said Riad Kahwaji, director of Institute for Near East and Gulf Military. The period marked a brief time of stability, in which Lebanon seemed to have steered clear of regional fault-lines. “With (Hariri’s) resignation yesterday, this arrangement has come to an end and we are back to an escalation between Iran and Saudi Arabia on the Lebanese front. Lebanon is back in the arena of the showdown between Iran and Saudi Arabia. “Everyone in Lebanon is holding tight and worried … we’re seeing now that we may again be engulfed in conflict,” said Jaber. Related article Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital Hariri’s resignation triggered a crescendo of war drums. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remarks were a “wake-up call” to “take action” against Iran. Saudi Minister Sabhan promptly tweeted: “The hands of treachery and aggression must be cut off,” echoing Hariri’s threats against Hezbollah. Just hours later, Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile targeting King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital. Saudi forces intercepted the missile over northeast Riyadh, the Saudi Ministry of Defense said, but the Houthis hailed it as a “success” that “shook the Saudi capital.” The attack was conducted using a Yemeni-made, long-range missile called the Burqan 2H, the rebels said. The missile launch was the first time the heart of the Saudi capital has been attacked. The Saudi-led coalition accused a regional state of providing material support to the Houthi rebels, saying the firing of a ballistic missile at Riyadh “threatens the security of the Kingdom and regional and international security,” according to a statement carried by Saudi state-TV al-Ekbariya. The coalition didn’t name the country. Saudi Arabia has been fighting a proxy war in Yemen against Iran, which it accuses of arming the Houthi rebels. Analysts dubbed this a “major escalation” in the Yemeni war. “This is a major escalation and will have tremendous implications on the situation in Yemen itself, because Saudi Arabia now feels extremely the urge to retaliate against the Houthi movement that controls the government in Sanaa,” said Gerges. Gerges added that combined with the political rupture in Lebanon, the ballistic missile attack spells an outbreak of tensions “throughout the region.” Related article Saudi anti-corruption sweep leads to high-profile arrests Saudi Arabia was still putting out the fires caused by the missile attack when state TV announced the onset of an anti-corruption crackdown led by the crown prince. Over 17 princes and top officials were arrested on graft charges, according to a list obtained by CNN and cited by a senior royal court official. The list includes billionaire business magnate Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns 95% of Kingdom Holding, which holds stakes in global companies such as Citigroup, Twitter, Apple and News Corp. The list also includes formal head of the royal court Khaled Al-Tuwaijri, Saudi media mogul Waleed Al-Ibrahim and Prince Turki Bin Nasser. “Some of the wealthiest figures in the Arab world are in apprehension today,” said military analyst Riad Kahwaji. “This is unprecedented. We’re seeing it for the first time and it’s definitely causing shockwaves across the region.” Reportedly, the detainees are being held at the lavish Ritz-Carlton hotel. “I think there’s a lovely irony in that many of these corrupt deals happened at the Ritz-Carlton and now these guys are locked up there,” said historian Robert Lacey, who wrote two books about the kingdom. “In historic terms, what we’ve seen in the last few months is nothing short of revolutionary,” said Lacey. “I’ve been waiting for 40 years for these things to happen, and they happened in four months.” Mohammed bin Salman’s campaign of “two fronts,” as analysts have dubbed it, is being met by cheers and apprehension. But there is near consensus that these are uncharted waters, and the results will be dramatic. CNN’s Becky Anderson, Chandrika Narayan and Sarah El Sirgany in Riyadh contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171105180000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "LBN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/middleeast/middle-east-eventful-24-hours-analysis/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "754139532", "sentence": "A Minneapolis piñata maker is apologizing for hanging pieces of his work – piñatas which look like black people – from the front porch of his house. The episode caused an uproar in his mostly African-American neighborhood after passersby mistook the piñatas, which he says he hung up to dry, for a racist display. It all started when Victor Chavarria, owner of Happy Kids piñatas, was filling an order for a wedding. The customer had requested racially diverse piñatas that looked like members of their wedding party. So Chavarria got up at 4 a.m. Friday to create the papier-mache piñatas, then hung them on the front porch of his home in northern Minneapolis to dry. Someone driving by his house that morning snapped a photo of the piñatas and put it on Twitter. The social post soon brought a stream of threats to Chavarria, and even his wife and two toddlers. He immediately took the piñatas down and called the police because of the threats and all of the people driving by his home. Chavarria, a Mexican immigrant, said he considered going back to Mexico to get away from the uproar, which continued through the weekend. But after talking with his friends and neighbors, including a few African-American pastors, he decided to stay in the neighborhood where he’s lived for three years and explain that it was all a misunderstanding. “There’s no hate in this home. I don’t know how else to deliver this message,” Chavarria told CNN. “I’m very, very sorry for my lack of judgment and lack of sensitivity.” Chavarria said he understands now, after looking at the picture, how the scene must have looked to his neighbors. “Out of context, I admit the images look disturbing,” he said. “Out of context everything can be horrible.” He said the wedding order was canceled because of the controversy. But Chavarria said he is actually grateful for the conversations it has sparked. Many of his African American neighbors explained to him why the photo disturbed them, he said, but they also offered their support for the man known as “the piñata guy” in the neighborhood. One of those neighbors parked his truck in front of Chavarria’s home and talked to the many people who were driving by, explaining that Chavarria meant no harm. Chavarria said he’s willing to do whatever he can to fix the damage from the misunderstanding. He’s also making one other change: From now on, he’ll dry his piñatas in the back of the house.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Victor Chavarria", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180508184500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/us/minnesota-pinata-hanging-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "722271502", "sentence": "Gabbard said Trump should negotiate personally with Kim The process that led to the false alarm must be \"fixed immediately\" and those responsible must be \"held accountable,\" Gabbard said The false ballistic missile warning in Hawaii was “unacceptable” and points to a need for President Donald Trump to negotiate with North Korea directly, Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Sunday. “We’ve got to get to the underlying issue here of why are the people of Hawaii and this country facing a nuclear threat coming from North Korea today, and what is this President doing urgently to eliminate that threat?” Gabbard said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” A false alarm in Hawaii on Saturday warned people to seek shelter due to an inbound ballistic missile threat. State leaders and emergency officials said it was a false message, and Hawaii Gov. David Ige told CNN “an employee pushed the wrong button,” causing the erroneous alert. Gabbard said she wants Trump to negotiate with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally. “I’ve been calling on President Trump to directly negotiate with North Korea, to sit across the table from Kim Jong Un,” Gabbard said, adding that the talks should “happen without preconditions.” She said forcing the precondition that North Korea relinquish its nuclear program would be unlikely and self-defeating, adding that the US must recognize Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons development is informed by decades of US attempts to overthrow foreign governments. “They see it as the only deterrent against the US coming in an overthrowing their regime there,” Gabbard said. Trump has dismissed attempts by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to deescalate the situation through direct talks, and last month the White House reined in Tillerson’s offer to start talks without preconditions. Trump has insulted Kim as “Rocket Man” on Twitter and in a speech before the United Nations, and he has threatened North Korea with “fire and fury.” Kim has insulted Trump and threatened to attack the United States as his country continues to develop and test nuclear weapons and missile systems. In an apparent shift on Wednesday, Trump said he might be willing to have dialogue with North Korea when it’s “appropriate.” Outside of the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, Gabbard said the false alarm highlighted the threat of nuclear war due to mistakes and false information. “It’s not just the President making a decision to launch a nuclear weapon,” Gabbard said. “It’s these kinds of mistakes that we have seen happen in the past that bring us to this brink of nuclear war that could be unintentional.” Gabbard said she was “angry” the false alarm went out and said she was hearing stories from all over Hawaii about the traumatic moments in the wake of the alert. “The fact that these processes failed so epically, that caused this trauma, that caused this terror all across the state of Hawaii, must be fixed immediately, and those responsible for this happening need to be held accountable,” Gabbard said. CNN’s Zachary Cohen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180114150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/14/politics/tulsi-gabbard-hawaii-cnntv/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "599444563", "sentence": "Dozens killed in recent days in region home to Rohingya Muslims Villages are being burned to the ground Concerns are mounting about escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State after a series of army raids on villages that have left dozens dead and hundreds arrested. At least 17 members of Myanmar’s security forces and 69 people described as “violent attackers” were killed in the latest uptick of violence in the state, home to the country’s Rohingya Muslims, according to state media. Though the government says it’s going after terrorists, Myanmar security forces have been accused of conducting a violent, heavy-handed response that’s targeting Rohingyas. Head of the ruling National League for Democracy,  Aung San Suu Kyi, has remained silent on the issue amid criticism and calls for her to do more to stop what some say amounts to genocide. “The problem is the Burma Army has a really lousy record when it comes to civilians,” says Phil Robertson, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division. “It’s really shoot first, ask questions later.” Robertson said Human Rights Watch has heard about cases of arbitrary arrests, torture, looting by Burmese soldiers and allegations of extrajudicial killings. The government has announced hundreds of arrests of suspected attackers and terrorists in the past week, including 31 yesterday and 234 since November 9. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who chairs the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, issued a statement expressing his concern over the recent violence in northern Rakhine, which he said “is plunging the State into renewed instability and creating new displacement.” The US State Department also said it was monitoring the spike in violence in Rakhine State. In the township of Maungtaw, violent attackers were accused of torching houses by state media. Reports surfaced that the government troops were responsible for the destruction, which the military has denied. Satellite images from Human Rights Watch showed the extent of the damage was “greater than first thought.” The NGO has accused the Myanmar government of limiting access to, and the information flow from, the region. It’s also calling for the Myanmar government to allow the UN to assist in investigating human rights violations. “It’s a real escalation [of violence], and this is combined keeping out of everyone from the area,” Robertson said. “Leaving it to the Burma Army to investigate it themselves is a recipe for a cover-up.” Myanmar’s shame: Living inside Rohingya ghettos The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state thought to number about 1 million people.Myanmar does not recognize them as citizens or one of the 135 recognized ethnic groups in the country.Myanmar regards them as illegal immigrants, a view rooted in their heritage in East Bengal, now called Bangladesh. Though many Rohingya have only known life in Myanmar, they are widely viewed as intruders from across the border.According to Human Rights Watch, laws discriminate against the Rohingya, infringing on their freedom of movement, education and employment.They are denied land and property rights and ownership, and the land on which they live can be taken away at any given time. The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state thought to number about 1 million people.Myanmar does not recognize them as citizens or one of the 135 recognized ethnic groups in the country.Myanmar regards them as illegal immigrants, a view rooted in their heritage in East Bengal, now called Bangladesh. Though many Rohingya have only known life in Myanmar, they are widely viewed as intruders from across the border.According to Human Rights Watch, laws discriminate against the Rohingya, infringing on their freedom of movement, education and employment.They are denied land and property rights and ownership, and the land on which they live can be taken away at any given time. Last month, Penny Green, the director of the international state crime initiative at Queen Mary University of London has called Northern Rakhine State an information black hole. The State Department said the US Ambassador to Burma, Scot Marciel, recently visited Rakhine State. It said the delegation stressed the need for the country to investigate the allegations “to improve transparency and information sharing, and to provide access for both media as well as humanitarian aid.” Rakhine State is home to a large population of Rohingya Muslims, a stateless ethnic minority that’s faced discrimination and persecution for years. The Myanmar government’s official position denies recognition of the term “Rohingya” and regards them as illegal Bengali migrants. The latest round of violence kicked off last month, when more than a dozen soldiers and police were killed after troops in the town of Maungtaw were attacked by about 300 armed men, state media reported. The attackers were not identified by the Myanmar government, but the United Nations said “ethnic armed organizations” had clashed with the country’s security forces. Since then, the army and police have basically shut down the area and turn it into special ops zone, sweeping through villages where they believe militants are hiding, HRW’s Robertson said. “The way they’re doing this is scorched-earth,” he said. “They have a right to find out who attacked the border guards, but they’re going way overboard.” Myanmar’s government says Air Force helicopters opened fire on attackers in Rakhine State Sunday after two soldiers were killed in clashes. As many as 500 men ambushed troops as they tried to carry out “clearance operations” in Maungtaw and Yathedaung townships near the border with Bangladesh, according to a government statement. CNN’s Vivian Kam, Rebecca Wright and Katie Hunt contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161116033000", "country1": "BGD", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/asia/myanmar-rakhine-state-unrest/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "719353608", "sentence": "Sanders said the administration is keeping \"our options open\" Trump waived the sanctions at the last deadline President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to sign an Iran sanctions waiver later this month, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday. But Sanders said the administration is keeping “our options open” as far as sanctions against Iran are concerned, particularly as popular protests continue to grip Iran. Trump faces a mid-January deadline when he must decide about renewing temporary waivers for US sanctions against Iran. The renewal of those waivers – which provide relief from US sanctions not set to expire for several years – must occur every 120 days under the terms of the agreement. Related article Nikki Haley on Iran: 'We must not be silent' “We certainly keep our options open in terms of sanctions. In terms of signing a waiver later in January, the President hasn’t made a final decision on that,” Sanders said. “He’s going to keep every option on the table.” Trump waived the sanctions at the last deadline, but has since decertified Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement, raising questions about whether the US will continue to extend sanctions relief stemming from the deal to Iran. Trump must also decide this month once again whether to certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement or not. The administration has said it is seeking new legislation through Congress to end the perpetual certification process every 90 days, but nothing has yet to come out of Capitol Hill on that front. Sanders also echoed Trump’s support for the popular protests in Iran and said the White House believes “the Iranian people are angry at the rising tide of corruption in their daily lives. “The people are tired of paying the price for their violent and corrupt rulers,” Sanders said of the largest protests in Iran since 2009. “The international community cannot sit silent as it did then. We call on the regime to respect its citizens’ basic right to express their desire for change.” Sanders declined to say whether the White House supports regime change in Iran, cautiously fielding questions on the topic. “We support them giving basic rights to the people of Iran and we support them stopping being a state sponsor of terror,” Sanders said when she was asked about US support for regime change in Iran. Pressed again later, Sanders offered a similar reply. “Those are the changes we’re looking for. If they want to do that through current leadership – if that’s possible – OK,” Sanders said. CNN’s Zachary Cohen contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US administration's Iran sanctions policy", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180102213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/donald-trump-iran-sanctions/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "565792932", "sentence": "\"Yes, I think the Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president,\" Obama said Obama cited Trump's criticism of a Gold Star family President Barack Obama offered one of his sharpest denunciations of Donald Trump to date Tuesday, declaring the Republican nominee entirely unfit to serve as president and lambasting Republicans for sticking by their nominee. The strong rebuke in the White House East Room came after Trump’s criticism of the family of a slain Muslim US soldier, along with comments that displayed apparent confusion related to the Russian incursion into Ukraine. “The Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president,” Obama said at a White House news conference with the Prime Minister of Singapore. “He keeps on proving it.” The Trump campaign responded by going after the Democratic nominee as well as the President. “Hillary Clinton has proven herself unfit to serve in any government office,” a Trump statement said, listing a number of policy concerns. “Obama-Clinton have single-handedly destabilized the Middle East, handed Iraq, Libya and Syria to ISIS, and allowed our personnel to be slaughtered at Benghazi.” Later Trump in an interview with WJLA said of Obama: “He’s a terrible president. He’ll probably go down as the worst president in the history of our country. He’s been a total disaster.” Obama on Tuesday described his feelings about Trump as unprecedented, recalling disagreements with previous GOP presidential nominees Sen. John McCain and Mitt Romney – but never an outright sense they were unfit to serve. “The notion that he would attack a Gold Star family that made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesn’t appear to have basic knowledge of critical issues in Europe, the Middle East, in Asia, means that he’s woefully unprepared to do this job,” Obama said. RELATED: Donald Trump’s bad 72 hours Speaking alongside Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the White House East Room, Obama said there are now weekly episodes in which even Republican party leaders distance themselves from Trump. “There has to be a point at which you say, ‘Enough,’ ” Obama said. Obama placed responsibility for Trump’s statements squarely on his fellow Republicans, many of whom denounced his statements on the slain soldier’s family but didn’t withdraw their support. “What does this say about your party that this is your standard-bearer?” Obama asked of GOP leaders. “This isn’t a situation where you have an episodic gaffe. This is daily and weekly where they are distancing themselves from statements he’s making. There has to be a point at which you say, ‘This is not somebody I can support for president of the United States, even if he purports to be a member of my party.’ “ Obama said that denunciations from Republicans of Trump’s remarks “ring hollow” without an accompanying withdrawal of support. READ MORE: Russia continues to shadow Trump “I don’t doubt their sincerity. I don’t doubt they were outraged by some of the statements that Mr. Trump and his supporters made about the Khan family,” Obama said. “But there has to come a point in which you say, ‘Somebody who makes those kinds of statements doesn’t have the judgment, the temperament, the understanding to occupy the most powerful position in the world.’ “ Trump and the family of the slain soldier have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute over Muslims in America and the nature of patriotic sacrifice. Related video Lt. Gen. Flynn: Bigger issue is radical Islam After Khizir Khan, who lost his son in a suicide bombing in Iraq, declared at last week’s Democratic National Convention that Trump had “sacrificed nothing,” the Republican nominee claimed he’d been “viciously attacked” and questioned why Khan’s wife, Ghazala, didn’t make her own remarks. Criticism from Trump’s own party came swiftly, including in a lengthy statement from McCain, whom Trump previously derided for having been taken captive in the Vietnam War. But he and other top GOP leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, made little indication they would withdraw support for the Republican candidate. Trump has also taken flak for appearing unaware that Russian forces had annexed Crimea in early 2014, saying on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday that President Vladimir Putin is “not going into Ukraine.” Later, he argued that the people of Crimea “would rather be with Russia than where they were” – an argument that Putin himself has made in justifying his annexation of the disputed Ukrainian territory. And he’s maintained his view that fostering better ties to Putin would benefit areas of American foreign policy, including in the fight against ISIS. “If we could get along with Russia, wouldn’t that be a good thing, instead of a bad thing?” Trump asked Monday during a campaign appearance in Pennsylvania. Trump also took heat for calling on Russia last week to release deleted emails from Clinton if they had obtained them in a hack of the Democratic National Committee, which US officials have fingered Moscow for. At the news conference, Obama said the alleged Russian hacking wouldn’t necessarily prompt a complete freeze in relations between the the country and the United States. Noting that the FBI was still investigating the hack, Obama said cybersecurity was just another dispute of many between Putin and himself. “If in fact Russia engaged in this activity, it’s just one on a long list of issues that me and Mr. Putin talk about,” Obama said. “I don’t think that it wildly swings what is a tough, difficult relationship that we have with Russia right now.” RELATED: Russia continues to shadow Trump Obama’s administration, through the Justice Department’s national security division, continues to investigate the hack. Neither the White House nor the FBI have publicly blamed Russia for the intrusion. But federal officials said there is strong evidence indicating the breach was perpetrated by hackers working on behalf of Russia intelligence. Trump has brushed off Democratic charges that Putin could be behind the hack in order to tip the US election in his favor, claiming he’s never met the Russian leader and doesn’t maintain a relationship with him. In statements from only a few years ago, however, Trump said he enjoyed warm ties with Putin. Obama’s remarks Tuesday intensify his patten of inserting himself into the rancorous presidential race. While the President has freely criticized Trump in the year since the businessman entered the race, his denunciations have come faster and harsher in the last several weeks. At last week’s convention, Obama named Trump repeatedly, arguing the candidate was ignorant of facts and intent on dividing the nation. And in June, Obama lit into Trump’s response to the mass shooting in Orlando, saying he was peddling a dangerous vision. The President is expected to play an outsized role on the campaign trail in the coming months as Clinton works to motivate the supporters who helped elect Obama to office twice.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160802161500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/obama-says-trump-unfit-for-presidency/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "600051422", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Issac Bailey has been a journalist in South Carolina for two decades and was most recently the primary columnist for The Sun News in Myrtle Beach. He was a 2014 Harvard University Nieman fellow. Follow him on Twitter: @ijbailey. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Issac Bailey: Trump's consideration of Haley for Cabinet post could lift her star higher She may lack experience, but those on left and right are wrong to dismiss her, he says The oddest thing has happened. In the wake of the 2016 election and Hillary Clinton’s loss, South Carolina has inadvertently positioned itself to become the state that could produce the nation’s first woman president: Nikki Haley. Back in January, I wondered if Gov. Haley had missed her window to take advantage of her enormous political potential on a national stage. She’s smart, a quick-learner and one of the craftiest politicians in the nation. Yet instead of running for the top job, she was then giving the GOP response to President Obama’s final State of the Union address and being talked up as a vice presidential prospect for candidates who soon washed out of the race. Now, it looks as though that window may not be closed after all, as Haley is reportedly in the running to be secretary of state in the Donald Trump administration. If, as the daughter of Indian immigrants, she becomes America’s top diplomat (or even if she manages her consideration wisely), she will be back in line to do in her party what Obama did in his: break barriers while backed by a diverse coalition of Americans. Related article Source: Haley under consideration for State Dept., Trump meeting Thursday There’s one obvious catch – she’d have to work for Donald Trump, a man she rightly stiffed-arm throughout the Republican primary and did not openly support or endorse during the general election, despite high-level pressure to fall in line with other Republican leaders. In South Carolina, Haley has seen first-hand the extreme end of what can happen in the kind of environment Trump has fostered with his embrace of open bigotry, beginning with his becoming the nation’s top birther, to kicking off his campaign describing most Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers, and since the election having a top supporter alluding to the internment of the Japanese during World War II, one of America’s great sins, as good “precedent” for a possible Muslim registry. Haley has cried with the families in Charleston who lost loved ones because a young white supremacist allegedly decided that a massacre in a historically black church was a proper way for white people who’ve felt left behind in a browning America to be heard. She then led a group of leaders to do what was once unthinkable: taking down a racially-divisive flag at the state capitol that many South Carolinians (myself included) believed would fly forever. Her handling of that dark period in the Palmetto State, and subsequently record-level flooding and the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, brightened her political prospects like nothing else. Related article Nikki Haley seizes the political moment amidst Confederate flag debate Being secretary of state could, theoretically, take those prospects from bright to dazzling. But having to do so by working for Trump could diminish her in ways from which her image may not recover. She is now known as the woman who brought down the Confederate flag after it flew for more than 50 years. But Trump’s presidency, to many of the people who have rallied around Haley since Dylann Roof became a household name, is akin to putting the Confederate flag right back up, this time not in front of the South Carolina Statehouse but on the White House lawn. It’s easy to see why Haley’s an appealing prospect for the Trump transition team. Hiring her could give Trump something to brag about and his supporters, desperate to deny the bigotry upon which their hero rose to national political prominence, something to point to, his willingness to appoint a woman from a minority group who did not cow to him during the election cycle. Foreign policy experts are meanwhile wringing their hands over Haley’s lack of experience. “I mean, there may have been foreign policy types who passed through South Carolina, I think there’s a BMW factory there,” David Rothkopf, editor of Foreign Policy magazine, said during an interview on MSNBC while making clear he thought she would be a terrible choice. Is Trump the Godfather of trade? Andrew Puzder pick is a huge contradictionRomney pick would be a coup for TrumpGhitis: When Trump attacksMichigan’s ‘Springsteen paradox’ I understand his reservations. Haley has been an effective governor of one small red state. That’s not the foundation upon which a strong foreign policy resumé is built. That inexperience, coupled with some of the other reported hires and appointments Trump is contemplating or has already made, should give everyone pause. And I’ve disagreed with her plenty. I still believe one of her greatest failures is her refusal to accept a Medicaid expansion that would have provided health insurance to maybe 200,000 poor people in our state while creating an estimated 40,000 jobs. Related article Nikki Haley response to Trump attack: 'Bless your heart' But regardless of whether she actually gets this job, it’s clear to me that those who dismiss Haley are making a serious mistake. I was there when Haley came through Myrtle Beach during her first run for governor and was being mocked then, too, by experts who said she had no shot in a state who had only elected white men for its highest office. Anyone paying attention to how she handled questions during press conferences way back then could see how clear it was that she was a force to be reckoned with. She was then dismissed again during her first term as she traded elbows with a Republican-controlled General Assembly not always allied with her – until she got the job done, again and again. Nobody should be mocking her now. Secretary of state or not, Nikki Haley could be a future political titan in a political party that finds itself with unprecedented levels of national power and internal chaos. Now, she’s perfectly positioned to do what many believed Hillary Clinton would have. #NeverTrumpers have reason to admire her. Trump supporters have reason to embrace her. And she has an opening with voting populations who have long been skeptical of the GOP and are now even more so because of Trump. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook If she wisely manages even the possibility of her being appointed secretary of state, in four years, heading the State Department might seem like a job too small for her.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Nikki Haley", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161117181500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/opinions/haley-secretary-of-state-bailey-opinion/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "439304501", "sentence": "In sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in rural areas, accessing a health clinic isn’t always as simple as it should be. Poor roads can mean a trip to the doctor could be a days-long journey. As a result, several start-ups have launched that bring medical advances directly into the home – or smartphone. Despite the huge leaps being made in the medical field in Africa, there are still an estimated 3.2 million children living with HIV, with a majority in sub-Saharan Africa. And 90% of the world’s malaria fatalities also come from the region. But it doesn’t mean that Africa is a lost cause. Mobile technology is emerging as a powerful ally in medical innovation on the continent. As it continues to grow at an exponential rate, a vibrant mobile health – or mHealth – industry is blossoming. Startups are emerging with one purpose in mind: to create tech solutions for healthcare professionals. One such company is Access Mobile, founded in Uganda by social entrepreneur Kaak Yelpaala. After years of working in the public health sector – Yelpaala began his training at Yale University before becoming one of the early employees of the Clinton Health Access Initiative in East Africa – he was inspired to develop his own startup providing mobile tech solutions for the industry he had become so passionate about. “Access Mobile is a company that builds software solutions for healthcare providers to better improve the health of their patients through mobile phones,” he says. “Having lived in countries like Tanzania, Kenya, here in Uganda and other parts of the region, what really compelled me was believing that no matter where you live in the world you should be able to access a certin level of care. And technology plays a role in that.” Cue his first software platform – an app called Clinic Communicator designed to facilitate an easier interaction between doctors and patients in the region. The web-based platform helps medical professionals communicate with the patients through emails and SMS. Doctors are able to send messages directly to their patients and in the process tackle issues like long waiting times, unnecessary queuing, missed appointments and prescription reminders. Yelpaala is not the only tech-savvy entrepreneur using mobile technology to reach patients and provide better healthcare. To crack down on counterfeit drugs and medicines in the marketplace, former astrophysicist Bright Simons went back to Ghana and created mPedigree, a simple idea where codes are printed on prescription packaging and customers can check its legitimacy by sending a text message. Meanwhile, Cameroonian IT specialist Arthur Zang designed “Africa’s first handheld medical computer tablet” last year to provide medical professionals in more rural regions to get cardiac tests results to specialists in a speedier manner. It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Yelpaala. It’s been four years since he began his business and he had to provide incentives to peak interest at first. “We have started to get our first customers which has been a great milestone for us. Our first approach was to offer the product on trials and say “use this product”.” He adds: “What we’re finding now is that we’re already starting to get traction in Kenya. We’re partnering with healthcare facilities there. The thought is that we have to think very big, we have to think Pan-African, and we have to think about how we can innovate for the world.” More from African Startup", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "mobile health startups in sub-Saharan Africa", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150608101500", "country1": "GHA", "country2": "KEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/08/africa/health-startups-africa/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "659257629", "sentence": "NEW: Investigators arrest two men, bringing total arrested to 13 Ariana Grande to hold benefit concert in Manchester British authorities are trying to contain the network they believe is behind the Manchester attack as it emerged that the suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, reportedly spoke to his brother in Libya just 15 minutes before he detonated his explosives. “We are following up on the network, rolling it up, trying to contain it. As you’ve seen from the number of arrests, we are on the right track to try to contain it,” UK Security Minister Ben Wallace told CNN in Manchester on Friday. “In the end, you get to the bottom of a network.” Investigators continue to work around the clock to track down associates of Abedi, a 22-year-old Briton of Libyan descent, amid fears he is part of a network plotting further mayhem. On Friday, authorities arrested a man from Manchester’s Rusholme neighborhood. Then, two more men were arrested early Saturday, police said in a statement. The men were taken into custody after officers carried out a controlled explosion to enter a home in the Cheetham Hill area of central Manchester. Those actions brought the total number of people arrested in the investigation to 13, with 11 still in custody. Two people have been released without being charged, Greater Manchester police said. His younger brother, Hashim Ramadan Abu Qassem al-Abedi – detained in Libya in the aftermath of the bombing – knew of his brother’s movements and about the plot, Ahmed Ben Salem, spokesman for the Special Deterrence Force in Tripoli, told the private broadcaster, Libya’s Channel, on Thursday night. The brothers spoke on the phone just minutes before the attack at a concert at Manchester Arena, Ben Salem said, but Hashim told his Libyan interrogators that he did not know details about where and when the blast would be. The Special Deterrence Force in Tripoli, a militia nominally under the control of Libya’s interior ministry, arrested Hashim al-Abedi a day later on suspicion of links to ISIS. The militia also arrested the brothers’ father, Ramadan al-Abedi. Earlier this week the militia said Hashim had admitted – under interrogation – that he and Salman were members of ISIS. It also said Hashim was in Manchester during the planning for the attack and that he had been aware of the plot. Salman Abedi entered Libya on April 19 and left on May 17, telling his family that he was going to Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah pilgrimage, Ben Salem told Libya’s Channel. It was a deception, and only his brother Hashim knew that Salman actually returned to the UK, according to Ben Salem. Asked if there was any indication Salman Abedi had received training in Libya or planned an attack inside Libya, Ben Salem said, “I don’t think so.” Based on what the bomber’s brother has told the militia, “everything was prepared in Manchester” since the end of 2016, he said. US officials told CNN this week that it is likely Salman Abedi received some ISIS training by traveling to Syria in the months before the bombing, according to information gathered in the preliminary investigation. Monday’s attack on concert-goers leaving an Ariana Grande show killed 22 people, many of them children, and injured dozens more. In her first comments since the attack, Grande said Friday in a note on Twitter that she is sorry for the “pain and fear” her fans are feeling. She said the fans killed Monday will be on her mind and in her heart forever. “I will think of them with everything I do for the rest of my life,” said the singer, who also announced Friday that she will hold a benefit concert in honor of the victims of the Manchester attack. As police raids continued Friday, specially-trained firearms officers were being assigned patrol duty on trains for the first time in Britain. The UK threat level is at its highest level, meaning another attack may be imminent. British authorities have stopped and disrupted five plots since March 22, when a terror attack outside Parliament in London left five people dead, said Wallace, the security minister. “There are over 400 investigations currently ongoing by the security services and police into terrorist planning or people thinking about terrorist planning.” Meanwhile, Prime Minister Theresa May said she and other leaders at G7 summit in Italy agreed Friday that the threat from ISIS “is revolving, rather than disappearing.” The Prime Minister and @POTUS met at the G7 Summit and agreed the G7 could do more collectively on counter-terrorism pic.twitter.com/lmc8MfliyE “As they lose ground in Iraq and Syria, foreign fighters are returning, and the group’s hateful ideology is spreading online,” May told reporters at the summit. “Make no mistake: The fight is moving from the battlefield to the Internet,” she added. She said the G7 would press tech companies to develop abilities to identify “extremist material and hateful propaganda,” remove the material automatically, and report such content to authorities. May and US President Donald Trump “noted that there had been strong agreement in discussions so far that the G7 should do more collectively on counter terrorism,” Downing Street said in a statement. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, the official opposition to the British government, drew a link between UK foreign policy and terror attacks as the main political parties resumed general election campaigning Friday, following the Manchester attack. Saying the war on terror “is simply not working,” Corbyn urged national unity but also said the government must ensure “that our foreign policy reduces rather than increases the threat to this country.” Corbyn, who has a long record of voting against UK military intervention overseas, said a Labour government would “change what we do abroad” if elected, while acknowledging that no government can prevent every attack and that terrorism has many causes. “Many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services have pointed to the connections between wars we have been involved in or supported and and fought in other countries, such as Libya, and terrorism here at home,” he said. Related video Victim's mother: 'Don't let this beat us' “That assessment in no way reduces the guilt of those who attack our children,” he said. “But an informed understanding of the causes of terrorism is an essential part of an effective response that will protect the security of our people, that fights rather than fuels terrorism.” May, at the G7 summit, took exception. “I want to make one thing very clear to Jeremy Corbyn and to you, and it is that there can never, ever be an excuse for terrorism,” May said. “There can be no excuse for what happened in Manchester.” She continued, “And I think that this choice that people face in the general election has just become starker. It’s a choice between me, working constantly to protect the national interest … and Jeremy Corbyn, who frankly isn’t up to the job.” Opinion: How Islamist terror can be defeated May’s discussion with G7 leaders Friday, including Trump, comes on the heels of a spat with the United States over the leaking of intelligence to US media of details around the Manchester bombing investigation. The leaks culminated in the New York Times publishing crime scene photos. Britain responded Thursday by temporarily halting intelligence sharing on the investigation with the United States. Amid efforts to soothe jangled nerves, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in London Friday on his first official visit to Britain, meeting with his UK counterpart Boris Johnson and signing a book of condolence for the Manchester victims. Tillerson said the United States took full responsibility for the leaks, adding that the “special relationship that exists between our two countries will certainly withstand this particular unfortunate event.” CNN’s Hala Gorani reported from Manchester and Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported from London. 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{"article_id": "494646965", "sentence": "NEW: Sentencing was \"shocking and exhausting for the family,\" spokeswoman says North Korean state news: The Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim convicted for \"subversive plots and activities\" Lim's family says he traveled to North Korea in January on a routine humanitarian trip North Korea sentenced a Canadian pastor Wednesday to life in prison “for subversive plots and activities,” according to its state news agency. The official news agency KCNA reported that the Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim “confessed to all heinous crimes he had committed.” The report accused Lim of having “committed anti-DPRK religious activities, conducted false propaganda among overseas Koreans, and took active part in the operation of the U.S. and (a South Korean) conservative group to lure and abduct DPRK citizens … in their programs for ‘aiding defectors from the north.’ “ North Korea already had detained him for 10 months. Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs expressed dismay at what it called “the unduly harsh sentence given to Mr. Lim by a North Korean court, particularly given his age and fragile health.” Lim’s trial was the first time Canadian officials had seen the 60-year-old since he was taken into custody in February, the department said in a statement. It said the North Korean government’s refusal to let Canadian representatives “verify his health and well-being” in person represents “a serious violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the right of states to have consular access to their citizens.” The Canadian government said it wants Lim’s rights to be respected and for him to return home. It declined to offer any more information “in the interest of Mr. Lim’s case.” Family spokeswoman Lisa Pak said the sentencing was “shocking and exhausting for the family,” and it asked North Korea to relent. “We entreat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to remember Reverend Lim’s heart for the people of the DPRK. The family and the church hope for a demonstration of mercy and compassion. Finally, we ask the global community for your continued support in prayers,” Pak said. The sentencing allows diplomats to take further action, Pak said. “Despite the severity (of the sentence), we do have hope because it means that the possibility of diplomatic talks for his release can move forward rather than just stay in limbo,” Pak said. “We’re still asking people not to give up. We’re asking people to keep praying and we’re asking the government not give up,” added Pak, who’s a leader at Lim’s church. A Canadian citizen who emigrated from South Korea in 1986, Lim is a minister at the 3,000-member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto. He has spent a lot of time in North Korea, taking more than 100 trips there, according to his family. Lim’s most recent visit came January 30 when he traveled there via China on what a family spokeswoman characterized as a routine humanitarian trip. He planned to tend to aid projects established by his church in the northeastern city of Rajin, North Korea, including an orphanage, nursery and nursing home. “It is this tremendous love for the people of the DPRK that motivated Mr. Lim to travel (there),” Pak said. But North Korea painted a different picture of his motivation. In July, Lim was brought out a news conference where he read from a statement, confessing to activities aimed at toppling the North Korean government, according to KCNA. “The purpose that I traveled about several parts of the country on the pretext of ‘aid’ was to build a base to overthrow the system of the country and create a religious state, taking advantage of the policies of the U.S. and South Korean authorities,” Lim said, according to The Associated Press, which was present for the news conference. AP reported the press conference was in front of a packed room of Pyongyang-based journalists. In August, North Korea released footage of Lim confessing again – this time at a Pyongyang church. “My biggest crime is my act of blindness in severely insulting the highest dignity and system, the DPRK,” Lim is shown saying to a church congregation while dressed in a dark suit and tie. The video was posted on Uriminzokkiri, a state-run propaganda website. Canadian pastor detained in North Korea confesses to crimes Westerners held previously in North Korea have said their confessions were given under pressure from the state. In April, U.S. citizen Sandra Suh was released from detention in the country and deported to the United States after admitting to “plot-breeding and propaganda against the DPRK,” according to KCNA. The August 2 service where Lim made his second confession took place in Pyongyang’s Bongsu Church. This Protestant church is one of several places of worship in the North Korean capital, though it is known to be used for propaganda reasons. Some in the United States and elsewhere say North Korea’s handful of state-run churches are fronts to give the appearance of religious freedom. Critics accuse North Korean authorities of widespread religious persecution and other rights violations. Pyongyang hasn’t traditionally embraced organized religion, at least those with outside roots. The communist government is officially atheist. In the 1970s, it proudly declared itself “free from religious superstitions,” according to South Korea’s Unification Ministry. Canada has limited diplomatic relations with the reclusive country. But behind the scenes, the government waged an aggressive campaign to win Lim’s freedom, according to a source with knowledge of the proceedings. Two delegations from the Canadian Embassy in Seoul  held back-channel meetings with North Korean officials in Pyongyang, most recently after the Canadian Thanksgiving in October. And Canadian consular officials spoke informally with North Korean delegates on the sidelines of U.N. meetings, the source said. But no one from the Canadian government managed to meet Lim personally “despite repeated requests,” according to the Department of Foreign Affairs In November, following the victory of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party, a new set of state officials in Canada were charged with bringing Lim home. Canada’s election gives hope to family of Hyeon Soo Lim CNN’s Dave Shortell reported from New York and Vivian Kam from Hong Kong. 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{"article_id": "607642780", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion who focuses on climate change and social justice. Follow him on Snapchat, Facebook and email. This story is part of a CNN series called “Vanishing.” Learn more about the sixth extinction and get involved. The Earth is on the verge of a mass extinction event. To understand how big of a deal that is you don’t have to look much further than the definition of “mass extinction.” It means that three-quarters of all species vanish – forever. In all of history, that’s happened only five times. The sixth extinction would be the first caused by humans. “We are basically annihilating the life on our planet – and that is the only known life … in the entire universe,” said Paul Ehrlich, Bing professor of population studies at Stanford University. We are failing the elephantsThe great bee die-off: Why you should careHow our throwaway culture is ruining the planetListening for the amphibian apocalypseSutter: We have 20 years to prevent mass extinction5 ways to prevent mass extinction We are failing the elephantsThe great bee die-off: Why you should careHow our throwaway culture is ruining the planetListening for the amphibian apocalypseSutter: We have 20 years to prevent mass extinction5 ways to prevent mass extinction “It’s life that shaped the planet, that made it possible for us to live here. It’s life that still makes it possible for us to live here. (If) we don’t have the diversity of other organisms, we’re done.” I’ve been reporting on the coming extinction crisis this year for a CNN series called “Vanishing.” And I can tell you that while this topic is enormously depressing, there is some good news: We know how to slow or hopefully stop the sixth extinction. Anthony Barnosky, another extinction expert, also from Stanford, told me humans have at most 20 years to make sweeping changes about our relationship with nature. If we do that, he said, we can avoid the sixth extinction. But here’s what needs to happen, according to the experts. Burning fossil fuels and chopping down rainforests is heating up the atmosphere. That’s creating trouble for all corners of the natural world, from the Rocky Mountains, where the tiny pika is overheating, to the oceans, where coral reefs are being decimated as the oceans warm and become more acidic. We know that to avert the worst of climate change we need to limit warming to at most 2 degrees Celsius. To do that, the world needs to be off fossil fuels this century – hopefully closer to 2030 than 2100. That’s a tall order, but Stanford University researchers have shown we can do it with existing technology like wind, solar and nuclear. Policies that promote cleaner energy include carbon taxes, cap-and-trade pollution pricing systems and renewable energy tax credits. The Paris Agreement on climate change, ratified by the United States and 115 other countries, also creates a framework for a rapid shift away from fossil fuels. The Trump administration in the United States, however, threatens to move the world’s second-biggest climate polluter away from that agreement and back towards dirty, climate-warming fuels. This idea comes from renowned biologist E.O. Wilson: Put aside half the surface of the Earth – both land and oceans – for the betterment of the nature and biodiversity. Maybe that sounds like a lot, but Wilson argues it’s necessary if we want to avert crisis. Some 84% of species could be saved if we protected all that land. “That amount, as I and others have shown, can be put together from large and small fragments around the world to remain relatively natural, without removing people living there or changing property rights,” Wilson wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times. The trouble: We’re not protecting nearly enough, according to experts. Currently, only 15% of land and 4% of the world’s oceans are protected from encroachment by humans, mostly in the form of farms. Already, people have used up nearly 40% of the world’s land for farms and raising livestock – much of it to grow feed for cattle. Eating less meat – or going vegetarian – uses less land (and is far better for the climate; beef is an especially big polluter). Some of the world’s most iconic species – particularly the elephant and rhino – are threatened with extinction simply because people are slaughtering these majestic creatures to sell their body parts on the black market. Elephant ivory is carved into trinkets. And rhino horn is mistakenly sold as an aphrodisiac. And there are other less-known markets, too, including those for pangolin meat (a delicacy), giraffe tails  (bracelets) and tiger bone (medicine). Efforts to shut down these markets have been grossly inadequate, as the black market in environmental products is estimated to be worth $91 billion to $258 billion per year. Compare that to drug trafficking, the most lucrative black market, which is worth $344 billion per year, according to a United Nations and Interpol estimate. Experts say better law enforcement is needed to stop poaching. And consumers – especially those in Asia, where wildlife products tend to be popular – need to stop buying these illegal and harmful goods. Groups like WildAid and Education for Nature Vietnam are using advertising campaigns to try to make these products seem uncool. It sounds callous, but more people means more food, more land and more resources. Ehrlich, from Stanford, said population growth is one of the main drivers of the Earth’s extinction crisis. The population was about 4 billion in 1980. It’s now 7.4 billion and is rapidly heading for 9.7 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations. There are ways for each person to conserve, of course. The World Bank says the average American, for example, produces about 10 times as much climate-change pollution per year as an average person from India. And we needlessly use resources we know are harmful. Plastics, for example, are clogging the world’s oceans. We dump the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic into the ocean each minute, according to the World Economic Forum. Some researchers expect there to be more plastic than fish in the ocean, by weight, by the year 2050. That’s almost unthinkable. If there’s a fact that underlies all this, perhaps it’s this: We’re no longer connected to nature. We don’t understand it and therefore, naively, dangerously, we figure it’s doing just fine or will rebound. Barnosky, the extinction expert from Stanford, said we think of the natural world like a bottomless checking account when we need to see it as a savings account. We humans also have ridiculously short attention spans. Issues like extinction and climate change play out over decades, centuries and millennia. Our actions now – or inaction – will matter for thousands of years. “You can have catastrophic events that are seen in slow motion, basically, and not register on people very well,” said Ehrlich. We must find a way to reconnect with nature and to see this wave of extinction for the crisis that it is. Have other ideas or questions? Please e-mail me: john.sutter@cnn.com.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "human impact on biodiversity and climate change", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161212151500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/world/sutter-vanishing-help/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "658507321", "sentence": "A flurry of raids and arrests on Wednesday took aim at a terror network associated with the former university student who conducted the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester days after returning from Libya, officials say. Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old British-born national of Libyan descent, has been identified by police as the suicide bomber in the Manchester Arena attack Monday night. The first images of the device Abedi is thought to have used to kill at least 22 people, including children, emerged Wednesday. The New York Times posted photos that show what it said could be the detonator, a battery, nuts and screws for shrapnel, and fragments of a backpack used in the attack. Meanwhile, two more victims were named, teenagers Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry, who their families said were ‘inseparable.” New details about Abedi emerged Wednesday – including alleged links to terror groups, his troubles in Manchester after the death of a friend, his travel to Libya with a younger brother and their father’s attempts to keep them from returning to the UK. “It is very clear that this is a network we are investigating,” Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said. Six men have been arrested over the past two days in connection with the attack. They were taken into custody in the Manchester area and Nuneaton, about 100 miles southeast of Manchester, in the British Midlands. A woman arrested during a raid on flats in Blackley has since been released without charge, according to the Greater Manchester Police. Up to 3,800 military personnel have been made available to patrol key locations following the attack, Secretary Rudd said, and almost 1,000 are deployed. As police worked to learn more about the extent of Abedi’s network, more victims of the bombing were named. Tribute from the family of Chloe Rutherford, 17, and the family of Liam Curry, 19 pic.twitter.com/nVNf8dS0ZQ Among the dead are 8-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos from Leyland, and 15-year-old Olivia Campbell. Cheshire Police said one victim was an off-duty female officer. She was not identified. Tributes were also paid to teenagers Chloe Rutherford, 17, and Liam Curry, 19, who were described by their families as “beautiful inside and out.” On Thursday, the UK will hold a minute of silence two days after Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain’s threat level was raised from “severe” to “critical,” and warned a “further attack may be imminent.” Late Wednesday, Manchester United beat Ajax 2-0 to win the Europa League soccer tournament as fans in the stands in Stockholm, Sweden, carried banners saying, “Manchester stands against terrorism.” Analysis: UK raises terror threat: Are more attacks expected? Abedi was on the radar of intelligence services, Home Secretary Amber Rudd told the BBC. The bomber was in Libya for three weeks and returned days before his attack, US military officials assigned to US Africa Command told CNN. In Libya, Abedi’s brother – identified as 20-year-old Hashim Ramadan Abu Qassem al-Abedi – was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of links to ISIS, said a statement from a Tripoli militia known as the Special Deterrence Force. The younger Abedi was allegedly planning a terror attack in Libya when arrested, the militia reported. He was picked up while allegedly receiving a money transfer from Salman Abedi. CNN has not been able to independently verify the details from the militia. The UK Foreign Office, Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police had no immediate comment on the reported arrest in Libya. The militia claims the younger Abedi admitted knowledge about the Manchester attack and was in Britain for its planning. The statement also said he left the UK in mid-April and had been under surveillance about a month and a half. Abedi’s father brought Salman and his younger brother to Libya from Manchester about a month ago because they were getting in trouble in England, a family friend in Libya told CNN. The father, a police officer whose name is Ramadan, took his sons’ passports so they could not travel, the friend said. The friend and another source in Manchester’s Libyan community said Salman got his passport back after telling his father he was going on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. He returned to England instead. Abedi carried out the attack three days after returning to the UK, said the family friend, who described the father as “shaking” after learning of his son’s involvement. US military officials said American and UK intelligence services, along with the Africa Command, are looking at the possibility Abedi could have met with ISIS members or operatives from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a North African militant organization. Rudd earlier slammed the US for leaking several details on the attack investigation as “irritating” and asked them to stop. Rudd refused to respond to Collomb’s comments that Abedi was believed to have been to Syria. She also refused to elaborate on reports in Arab media Abedi’s father had links to Islamist rebel groups in Libya. Abedi’s three weeks in Libya has raised questions about his travel and how aware British authorities were of him and his movements in recent weeks. US Africa Command, which oversees US military involvement in Libya, is using contacts there to learn where Abedi went and whom he might have met with, US military officials said. Abedi was a student at the University of Salford in Manchester. The university said he studied business and management but was not attending this semester. Libya has become a hotspot for terrorism since the downfall and death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. ISIS has gained a foothold in the country, and a tenuous UN-backed government there has struggled to assume full command of the security situation. ISIS claimed Monday’s attack, saying on its Telegram channel Tuesday that a “soldier of the caliphate” planted explosive devices at the arena, according to a US counterterrorism source. ISIS routinely claims attacks with which it has no proven connection. CNN’s Atika Shubert, Salma Abdelaziz, Barbara Starr, Jomana Karadsheh, Paul Cruickshank, Samantha Beech, Darran Simon, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Bryony Jones, Pamela Brown, Jomana Karadsheh, Evan Perez and Ross Levitt contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Salman Abedi and associated terror network", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170524073000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/europe/manchester-terror-attack-uk/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "532579417", "sentence": "Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois sent a letter to Nicholas Calio, the head of Airlines for America The message follows recent examples of alleged discrimination against Muslim and Arab airline passengers Alarmed by recent examples of alleged discrimination against Muslim and Arab airline passengers, a senior Democratic senator pressed the trade association for the major U.S. air carriers to explain what it is doing to prevent future incidents. “Airlines are entrusted with enormous responsibilities to keep our skies safe while respecting the rights of all passengers,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois in a letter to Nicholas Calio, the head of Airlines for America. “No airline passenger should be subject to discriminatory treatment on the basis of the passenger’s religion or ethnicity.” “Ethnic and religious discrimination strikes at the core of our nation’s commitment to equal protection for all,” he wrote in the letter, which was obtained by CNN. In an email to CNN, Airlines for America managing director for government and regulatory communications Vaughn Jennings wrote, “we look forward to reviewing Sen. Durbin’s concerns and will respond to him accordingly.” Durbin, the second-ranking Senate Democrat and member of the Judiciary Committee, cited three examples that “concern” him. The first was of Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, an Iraqi refugee who is a student at the University of California at Berkeley.  He was removed this month from a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Oakland after another passenger overheard him speaking in Arabic on his cell phone. The call turned out to be to his uncle in Baghdad whom he was telling about a meeting the political science major had the night before with Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon. “I felt oppressed. I felt afraid,” Makhzoomi told CNN after the incident. The second involves a Muslim family from Illinois that is seeking an apology from United Airlines after being removed from a flight last month. That happened after the mother, who was wearing a headscarf, sought help from a flight attendant securing a child’s booster seat. United issued a statement saying the family was booked on another flight because the booster seat “did not comply with federal safety regulations.” The airline holds “our employees to the highest standards of professionalism” and has “zero tolerance for discrimination,” the statement said. The third incident occurred last year when a United Airlines flight attendant refused to give a Muslim chaplain an unopened can of soda, explaining it could be used as a weapon. The airline later apologized. In his letter, Durbin citied U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch recently saying there has been “an alarming increase in anti-Muslim bigotry.” Durbin asked the trade association to answer three areas of inquiry related to what type of diversity and nondiscrimination training its member airlines carry out for their employees, what complaint procedures they have in place for people who feel they’ve been discriminated against and whether the airlines have procedures in place to fully investigate allegations of discrimination.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Airlines for America", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160421001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/20/politics/dick-durbin-airlines-muslim-discrimination/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "658888762", "sentence": "Obama and Merkel shared the stage Thursday Later, Merkel will attend NATO meetings alongside Trump Former President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday mounted a staunch defense of their brand of liberal global democratic politics amid a surge of populist feeling around the world. Obama and Merkel met in Berlin in front of a massive crowd at the biennial congress of the German Protestant Church, on a day when the German Chancellor will also greet current US President Donald Trump, who is the epitome of many of the political trends they abhor. Obama, in the first event overseas linked to his new global foundation, and his host, beseeched young people not to give up on the idea that politics could forge meaningful change, though both ruefully reflected that campaign trail promises often were not fully realized once in power. Related article 1 day, 2 presidents: Merkel meets with Obama, then Trump And, in a nod to the uneven boons of globalization that have divided societies and enabled the rise of outsider nationalist candidates in the US and in Europe, they said more needed to be done for those who have been left behind. Obama did not mention Trump directly or weigh in on any of his specific policies, in keeping with his desire not to get pulled into a political confrontation with his successor. But many of his remarks on immigration, health care, foreign aid, the economy, education, threats to the international order and to human rights clearly spelled out a worldview that is at odds with that of the current president. And the fact that many thousands of young Germans turned out to applaud him was testimony to the former president’s enduring appeal in parts of Europe, where the Trump presidency is being viewed with dread. Obama and Merkel had a conversation about democracy, civic engagement and faith a few yards away from the place where the Berlin Wall wound around the Brandenburg Gate as it divided the city between 1961 and 1989. Merkel held up her own experience growing up in the East to show how even great political change is possible. The former US leader, who counts Merkel as among his closest political friends and allies, warned that “progress” towards universal health care made during his presidency was in peril as Republicans try to repeal his signature domestic achievement. “My hope was that I was able to get 100% of people health care while I was president. We didn’t quite achieve that, but we were able to get 20 million people health care who didn’t have health care,” he said. “Certainly, I have some regrets,” he said, adding that he had hoped to do more. “Obviously some of the progress that we made is now in peril … but the point really is for those 20 million people, their lives have been better,” Obama said. “We have set a standard that people can build on.” Obama was appearing at the biennial congress of the German Protestant Church. Thousands of people crowded in front of the Brandenburg Gate and down the green space known as the Tiergarten to see Obama and Merkel in a scene reminiscent of his 2008 campaign speech that he delivered at the Victory Column monument nearby. Snipers took up positions on the rooftops overlooking the iconic Berlin landmark amid a tight security operation just a few days after a suicide bombing in Manchester, England. Obama also addressed the question of refugees – hundreds of thousands of which have flowed into Germany from the Middle East and undocumented migrants, a key issue in the last US election that still roils American politics. He said that as President he had faced a dilemma. “In the eyes of God, a child on the other side of the border is no less worthy of love and compassion than my own child,” Obama said. “You can’t distinguish between them in terms of their worth or inherent dignity.” “We can’t isolate ourselves. We can’t hide behind a wall,” Obama said, in what will be seen as an oblique reference to the southern border wall Trump is insisting he will build. Obama also spoke out strongly against what he said was xenophobia and nationalism that have been simmering in modern politics, warning, “we have to push back against those trends that would violate human rights or that would suppress democracy.” The former president praised foreign aid funding, saying it was vital to eventually alleviating the need to take military action in unstable areas of the world. Again, he was adopting a position at odds with that taken by Trump, whose first budget cuts foreign aid and hikes investments in the military. Related article Trump at NATO: What to watch Merkel, who will encounter Trump later on Thursday at the NATO summit in Brussels, discussed how political change can sometimes come about more slowly than people wanted but said that it required perseverance over a period of years to get things done. “For decades maybe, people laughed about there won’t be a German reunification – but it happened,” Merkel said. Merkel also referenced the need to spread the benefits of globalized economics more evenly. The success of populist politicians like Trump and the runner-up in the French election, Marine Le Pen, exploited a feeling that urban elites were profiting from the interlinked global economy while blue collar voters had been left behind. “We will only be able to live in a good and peaceful society if everyone is doing well. That is what we mean when we say inclusive growth and we have to understand this and invest in this,” Merkel said. Obama concurred: “One of the major questions that this generation and future generations will have to face s the growing gap in opportunity and increasingly inequality that we are seeing between nations and within nations.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama and Merkel's liberal global democratic politics", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170525100000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/obama-merkel-germany/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "586246007", "sentence": "The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works for David Axelrod. Zakaria says Vladimir Putin's dislike of Hillary Clinton may be personal In this episode, he talks about why he initially supported the 2003 Iraq invasion If Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to influence the outcome of the US presidential election, as some reports have suggested, his longstanding antipathy toward Hillary Clinton would be a principal motivation, says one of the leading journalists covering global affairs. “The reason I think it’s plausible is, Putin really dislikes Hillary Clinton. It’s personal,” CNN’s Fareed Zakaria told David Axelrod on “The Axe Files” podcast, produced by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. Zakaria said that Putin feels “a certain kind of disdain for Hillary personally” that he says may stem in part from Clinton’s gender. But what Zakaria is certain of is that Putin believes Clinton encouraged political opposition to his reelection efforts in 2012, which he viewed as attempted regime change. Zakaria also said that given Russia’s surreptitious political activities in other parts of the world, particularly Europe, “It’s not so far-fetched to imagine that there’s some efforts along the same lines” happening in America. Turning to the Middle East, Zakaria argued that the United States cannot establish more security at home and abroad by attempting to police longstanding sectarian conflicts in foreign countries. “It’s a ruinously expensive task (to) get involved in adjudicating the disputes between Sunnis and Shia and creating political order,” Zakaria said. “We want some kind of clean, satisfying solution here. There isn’t,” he said. Zakaria, who hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN and writes a column for The Washington Post, said the US has a limited ability to control the ongoing turmoil in Iraq and Syria, which stems from decades of sectarian repression. “These are huge, historical transformations taking place in these societies. Maybe these countries will not exist 15 years from now,” Zakaria said in a conversation that took place before the debate. “The idea that we could put a finger on that dike seems very unlikely.” Zakaria touched on a number of issues with Axelrod, including his searing and honest self-examination of what caused his initial support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq (“I probably look at it as the single biggest mistake I made in my life”); the impact our presidential candidates will have on NATO’s future (“Broad continuity with the foreign policy of America from Truman through Reagan” or “a complete upending of the world order the United States has created since 1945”); and how the vitally important Asia-Pacific region will view the United States’ reliability as a global ally if Congress fails to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. To listen to the whole conversation with Zakaria, click on http://podcast.cnn.com. To get “The Axe Files” podcast every week, subscribe at http://itunes.com/theaxefiles.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161006111500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/fareed-zakaria-axe-files/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "730628691", "sentence": "President Donald Trump still isn’t buying that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Even as his intelligence chiefs unanimously told a Senate panel Tuesday that Russia meddled in 2016 and is planning to do so again in 2018, three sources familiar with the President’s thinking say he remains unconvinced that Russia interfered in the presidential election. While this issue is separate from the question of whether Trump campaign officials colluded with Russian officials, to Trump the issues are interwoven, the sources say. He views the notion that Russia meddled in the election as an argument that he had help to win, and that he didn’t win the election on his own. Trump’s view contradicts his intelligence chiefs, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, CIA Director Mike Pompeo and FBI Director Chris Wray, who all testified – again – on Tuesday that they supported the intelligence community’s January 2017 assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Related article US intel chiefs unanimous that Russia is targeting 2018 elections “There should be no doubt that Russia perceives its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 US midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations,” Coats said at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. Trump has been skeptical about the intelligence assessment that Russia meddled ever since he was first briefed on the issue during the presidential transition. But that skepticism has endured even after Trump hand-selected his own intel chiefs and they reiterated the conclusions of their predecessors. Trump has only begrudgingly acknowledged that Russia may have interfered in the election. In a press conference as president-elect, Trump said, “As far as hacking, I think it was Russia. But I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people.” At a June 2017 press conference in Poland, he again said Russia meddled in the election, but added that “other people and other countries” likely did as well. More often, Trump has cast doubt on accusations of Russian meddling. He has questioned whether the Russians were responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee, and he has called the entire “Russia story” a hoax perpetuated by angry Democrats. He even convinced Pompeo to personally meet with a conspiracy theorist who denies that Russia hacked the DNC. Related article US intel chief says risk of global conflict highest since Cold War Trump caused a stir during his trip to Asia when he suggested that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials that his government meddled in the election. Trump and Putin met several times on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Vietnam. “Every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’” Trump said. “And I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it.” But members of Trump’s cabinet have bucked Trump and sided with the intelligence community including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who said in October: “When a country can come interfere in another country’s elections, that is warfare.” Tuesday’s hearing was the latest opportunity for Democrats to pounce on the conflicting messages coming from the intelligence chiefs and their commander in chief. Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, urged the intelligence officials to convince Trump that the issue of collusion was separate from election meddling. Related article FBI director contradicts White House's Porter timeline “I understand the President’s sensitivity about whether his campaign was in connections with the Russians, and that’s a separate question. But there is no question – we’ve got before us the entire intelligence community, that the Russians interfered in the election in 2016 – they’re continuing to do it, and they’re a real imminent threat to our elections in a matter of eight or nine months,” King said. “My problem is I talk to people in Maine who say the whole thing is a witch hunt and a hoax because ‘the President told me’,” he added. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, asked whether the steps the intelligence community was taking to counteract Russia’s election interference efforts had been directed by Trump. “Not specifically directed by the President,” Wray said. CNN’s Marshall Cohen contributed reporting", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180213230000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/politics/trump-unconvinced-russia-meddled-election/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "500264270", "sentence": "Pelosi said it was \"inside baseball\" and a constitutional issue GOP front-runner Donald Trump escalated his attack against Cruz on Wednesday House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t say Thursday whether she thought Cruz was a “naturally-born” citizen when asked about it at her weekly press conference. She waved off weighing in, saying it was “inside baseball” and a constitutional issue. But she also made a point of pointing out that Arizona Sen. John McCain – who was born outside the U.S. mainland in the Panama Canal Zone at a military base – was born in U.S. territory versus Cruz, who was born in Canada, saying “perhaps there is a distinction.” GOP front-runner Donald Trump escalated his attack against Cruz on Wednesday while the Texas senator sought to move past the hits and maintain his status as a favorite to win the Iowa caucuses. In separate interviews with CNN, Trump and Cruz squared off over the businessman’s comments – reported Tuesday in The Washington Post – that the senator’s birth in Canada could pose a “big problem.” Trump told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that Cruz, whose mother was a U.S. citizen, should go to court and ask a judge to rule that he’s eligible to run for president. “How do you run against the Democrat, whoever it may be, and you have this hanging over your head if they bring a lawsuit?” Trump said in an interview that aired Wednesday on “The Situation Room.” For his part, Cruz said he is certain that he never owned a Canadian passport, pushing back sharply on the idea that there is any legal controversy whatsoever. “Of course not,” Cruz told CNN’s Dana Bash, as his campaign bus traveled from Sibley to Spirit Lake close to the Iowa-Minnesota border. “Yes, I’m sure. The media, with all due respect, love to engage in silly sideshows. We need to focus on what matters.” He went on: “The legal issue is straightforward,” he said, calling it a “non-issue.” “Listen, the Constitution and the laws of the United States are straightforward. The very first Congress defined the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad as a natural-born citizen.” Experts largely agree that Cruz, who was born an American citizen thanks to his mother’s nationality, is eligible to serve as president. The U.S. Constitution requires that presidents be “natural-born citizens,” which Cruz is alleged to not be, as he was born in Canada. Cruz has the backing of most legal experts and U.S. case law, according to a 2011 Congressional Research Service study. CNN’s Theodore Schleifer and Eric Bradner contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ted Cruz", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160107200000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/politics/nancy-pelosi-ted-cruz-birthplace/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "539643871", "sentence": "16 people were killed in the suicide bombing in the Maelbeek metro station 16 were killed at the airport in twin bombings an hour earlier An order to close the Brussels metro ahead of the deadly March terror attacks on the network failed to reach relevant authorities, in part because an email from Belgian federal police was sent to the wrong address, a parliamentary commission has heard. The commission, established to investigate the March 22 bombings and whether they could have been prevented, heard this week that the senior police official in charge of Brussels’ metro networks first learned more than an hour before the deadly bombing at Maelbeek metro station that the explosions at the city’s airport were a terror attack. Related video Source: Paris, Brussels attackers eyed Euro 2016 At 8:03 a.m. local time – five minutes after the twin blasts at Brussels’ Zavantem airport that killed 16 – Jo Decuyper, chief of railway police for the Brussels region, was informed by military sources at the airport that the blasts were suicide bombings, the commission heard. A third attacker struck the Maelbeek metro station in central Brussels at 9:11 a.m., killing 16 others. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks. Brussels airport suicide bomber identified as ISIS jailer The commission heard that a federal alert was issued by Belgium’s Federal Crisis Center at 8:50 a.m., including an order to close the metro and the main railway stations in Brussels – but it never reached the relevant authorities. Related video A memorial inside Brussels' Maelbeek metro station Seventeen minutes later, at 9:07 a.m., federal police sent Decuyper an email ordering the closure of the Brussels metro network until noon, the commission heard. But, Decuyper told the commission, it was sent to his personal email address, and he did not see the message until after the attacks. Even if he had seen the message, it would have made no difference, as “at least 30 minutes” were needed to evacuate the metro network, he told the commission. It was only after the explosion at 9:11 a.m. that the station was closed and the network evacuated. Maelbeek station reopened on April 25. Healing after terror: Brussels airport departure lounge reopens Investigators say the same ISIS network was behind the Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people in November, and the Brussels suicide bombings. Related video See 'the man in the hat's' hideout The Belgian prosecutor said last month that the network initially planned to strike again in France but changed its target when French investigators appeared to be closing in on those responsible for the Paris attacks. The Brussels bombings took place four days after the arrest in the city of Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the Paris attacks. The Belgian-born French citizen is currently facing charges in a Paris court of participation in terrorist murder, and taking part in the activities of a terrorist organization. Swedish citizen Ossama Krayem has been charged in connection with both the Brussels and Paris attacks, with a Belgian prosecutor calling him “omnipresent” during the planning of both plots. Mohamed Abrini, a Belgian-Moroccan who was arrested in Brussels last month, has also been linked to both attacks.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Belgian authorities", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160512143000", "country1": "BEL", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/europe/belgium-brussels-attacks-metro-email/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "560435212", "sentence": "South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was stranded inside his car for hours on Friday, surrounded by an angry mob opposing the deployment of an advanced missile defense system in Seongju county in the country’s south. The South Korean military announced on Wednesday that it will place the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in the county, which is about 250 kilometers southeast of the capital Seoul. It said the placement could ensure the safety of country’s population from North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. But many of the county’s 45,000 residents - mostly farmers - strongly oppose the decision, citing health and environmental concerns. They said officials never consulted them before announcing the decision. Prime Minister Hwang visited Seongju county on Friday in an attempt to ease their anger. “I apologize again for not informing you prior to the announcement,” Hwang told the county’s residents. His address was broadcast live on CNN affiliate YTN. Hwang tried to assure the residents that THAAD was safe, saying “if this harms your safety by even just a little bit, our government cannot deploy this. No, we won’t deploy this.” But the protesters weren’t satisfied. YTN broadcast video of protesters throwing eggs and water bottles at Hwang, which stained the Prime Minister’s suit. His aides and security guards tried to block the flying objects with umbrellas and their bare hands. Hwang was later stranded in his vehicle for six hours after angry protesters and a tractor surrounded his convoy, according to YTN. Tension in the Korean peninsula escalated to a new high earlier this year, after North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and fired a long-range rocket, which South Korea called a long-range missile test. The U.S. and South Korea announced in February they were formally discussing deploying THAAD and said last week it would place it in South Korea. North Korea responded to the THAAD announcement with new threats on Thursday. The country’s state-run news agency KCNA published an article that said Pyongyang would strengthen its nuclear force and its “merciless sword of justice will cut off (South Korean President) Park Geun-hye’s windpipe… despite her attempt to cling (to the) coattails of foreign forces.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "THAAD deployment in South Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160716084500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/16/asia/mob-attacks-south-korea-pm/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "672909961", "sentence": "Salvatore Giunta became the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam war President Obama awarded him the medal at a ceremony in 2010 On October 25, 2007, Salvatore Giunta and his 173rd Airborne Brigade team went on a night patrol in the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan and stepped into history. The unit was ambushed and came under Taliban fire from all directions. In the heat of the battle, 22-year-old Giunta did something almost unimaginable. President Barack Obama described what happened that night at a White House ceremony three years later as Giunta stood ready to become the first living recipient of the nation’s highest award for valor in combat, the Medal of Honor, since the Vietnam War. “Sal sprinted ahead, at every step meeting relentless enemy fire with his own. He crested a hill alone, with no cover but the dust kicked up by the storm of bullets still biting into the ground. There, he saw a chilling sight: the silhouettes of two insurgents carrying the other wounded American away – who happened to be one of Sal’s best friends. Sal never broke stride. He leapt forward. He took aim. He killed one of the insurgents and wounded the other, who ran off.” But almost immediately Giunta felt the weight of the honor. And last week, he took another extraordinary step. At a ceremony in Vicenza, Italy honoring the storied history of the brigade, Giunta pulled out his medal and handed it to the brigade, saying he wanted the medal to be with them: “I want this to stay here in Vicenza, Italy with the 173rd to the men and women that earn this every single day through their selflessness and sacrifice,” he told the audience, which was full of young troops. The brigade’s leadership was moved by the gesture: “The first thing that came to mind is like, ‘Are you sure you want to do that?’ And he said ‘yes,’” Sgt. Major Frank Velez told CNN. “There was a few gasps in the crowd and it was folks just going wild. ‘That is incredible. This just really happened.’” But for Giunta it was something he deeply felt he wanted to do. “I am not here because I am a great soldier. I am here because I served with great soldiers,” he told the crowd. The tale of what happened that night has become stuff of Army legend even in the 173rd, which is one of the most decorated units in Army history. But even in 2010, just before the White House ceremony, Giunta continued to feel the grief and pain of what happened in the valley. “That whole time frame lasted, I don’t know two minutes, three minutes, five or six lifetimes, I don’t know,” he recalled. While Giunta managed to rescue his badly wounded friend, Sgt. Joshua Brennan, back from the insurgents, Brennan ultimately succumbed to his injuries. In 2010, Giunta told CNN, “I’ll think about it and it hurts. But to say it out loud makes it that much more real, and I feel like I’ve said enough. I know it’s real but sometimes I can trick myself and not think about it for a while.” Now a decade on, the medal will be on display with the troops of the 173rd Airborne, exactly where Salvatore Giunta wants it to be.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Salvatore Giunta", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170713224500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/giunta-medal-of-honor/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "585760226", "sentence": "Tim Kaine interrupted Mike Pence repeatedly and pressed the Indiana governor to defend Donald Trump's controversial statements Pence deflected attacks against him and Trump to instead hit Hillary Clinton The next debate is between Trump and Clinton, Sunday at 9 p.m. ET For one night, Mike Pence put a calmer, gentler face on the 2016 Republican ticket. And Tim Kaine’s pestering style helped him do it. But the Indiana governor’s big night in Tuesday’s vice presidential debate might not transfer to his running mate, Donald Trump. Kaine – Hillary Clinton’s number two – spent his night throwing all of Trump’s most politically damaging lines at Pence and asking him to explain them. For the most part, Pence passed, dismissing his “pre-done lines” and “insult-driven campaign.” Here are five takeaways from the vice presidential debate: The Indiana governor – once a self-styled “Rush Limbaugh on decaf” radio host – was in full talk-radio mode Tuesday night. Kaine, meanwhile, should switch to decaf. His interruptions – one after another after another – were so distracting that it often detracted from the substance of the debate and made policy conversations hard to follow. Related video Reality check: Kaine accused Trump of insult-driven campaign The Virginia senator was trying to mimic Vice President Joe Biden’s style against Paul Ryan in 2012 – but Kaine can’t pull off lines like “malarkey.” And Pence, who honed his skills reacting calmly to angry callers on his radio show, knew exactly how to deal with it. An unflappable Pence benefited from the contrast and won the night – with 48% of those who watched it saying he had the best night, compared to 42% saying Kaine won, per a CNN/ORC poll of debate viewers. Pence, however, had a different take when speaking about the debate Wednesday in Harrisonburg, Virginia. “From where I sat, Donald Trump won the debate,” Pence said. Kaine was determined to spend the night throwing out as many of Trump’s controversial and incendiary remarks as possible, hoping that some would sink in for the large audience watching Tuesday night. And at the same time Pence was accusing Clinton and Kaine of running an “insult-driven campaign,” Trump was on Twitter, attacking Fox News host Megyn Kelly and retweeting supporters who said Kaine looked like a “fool” and an “evil crook out of the Batman movies.” Related article Who won the vice presidential debate? Kaine spent much of the debate lobbing Trump’s own words at Pence. At one point, Kaine accused Trump of “shooting himself in the foot” by attacking a Latina former Miss Universe; claiming to know more than the generals about fighting ISIS; trash-talking Sen. John McCain’s military service; supporting a “personal Mount Rushmore” of dictators and believing “the world will be safer if more nations have nuclear weapons.” Trump had indeed said those things. Pence deflected, saying Kaine’s attack had “a lot of creative lines in it.” And Kaine shot back: “See if you can defend any of it.” The vice presidential nominee split – sometimes in big ways – from the top of his own ticket. The most glaring example: Russia. Related article Kaine, Pence debate: CNN's Reality Check Team vets the claims Pence called Vladimir Putin a “small and bullying” leader – and denied that Trump has praised Putin, even though Trump has offered kind words about the Russian president throughout the entire campaign, repeatedly labeling him a “strong leader.” Kaine also reminded Pence that he praised Putin as well. Pence told CNN’s Dana Bash last month that it was “inarguable” that Putin is a stronger leader than President Barack Obama. Pence goes further than Trump on Syria military action He also suggested the United States “should be prepared to use military force” against the Syrian government if Russia doesn’t stop supporting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Pence also said that “what America ought to do right now is to immediately establish safe zones” to protect Syrian refugees – a departure from Trump, who has praised the idea of safe zones but put the burden on Middle Eastern countries to establish and maintain them. The major policy splits between Trump and Pence pose a series of new questions about their foreign policy that could dominate the next week – and become the most important result of the vice presidential debate. Pence displayed a discipline that Trump did not in the first presidential debate: He didn’t take the bait. When Kaine threw a litany of attacks on Trump in Pence’s direction, Pence often scoffed, batted them away and moved on – never addressing them directly, never helping Kaine to make Trump’s most incendiary words sink in. And always turning the conversation back to Clinton. The problem: Part of Pence’s role is defending Trump. Related article Pence goes further than Trump on Syria military action While Tuesday night’s debate helped Pence, it’s not clear that those gains will transfer to Trump. Post-debate, social media was abuzz that the debate was Pence’s 2020 coming-out party. The ambitious Indiana governor eagerly attacked Clinton, but by often letting Kaine’s attacks on Trump go untouched, he did nothing to ease the political challenge those criticisms have posed for Trump’s campaign. But did Pence do too well? Related article VP debate: 11 awkward one-liners, attempted zingers and missed jabs A senior Trump campaign aide told CNN’s John King: “The media is saying Pence won, but didn’t really defend Trump. That isn’t sitting well with the boss.” Trump was frusturated by the reviews after his first debate with Clinton. A long-time Trump friend said, “what I worry about is him hearing Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence are better debaters than him. That isn’t what he likes to hear.” And when Kaine attacked Trump’s June 2015 remarks that Mexican immigrants are “rapists” and “criminals,” Pence – in a remark that could deepen the campaign’s trouble with minorities – complained: “You’ve whipped out that Mexican thing again.” Vice presidential debates are proxy affairs – all about defining and defending the top of the tickets. So the political histories of Pence and Kaine weren’t mined at all. That moderator Elaine Quijano of CBS was uninterested in the would-be veeps’ backgrounds was clear when the topics of trade and gay rights never came up. Sticking firmly to script, Elaine Quijano loses the debate Related article Pence to Kaine: 'You whipped out that Mexican thing again' Both have flip-flopped on the Trans-Pacific Partnership – ditching their support for the 12-nation trade deal to embrace Trump and Clinton’s opposition to it, without ever offering detailed explanations for their reversals. Pence signed a “religious freedom” law that set off a national debate about what should happen when LGBT rights and business owners’ religious beliefs come into conflict. He wasn’t even asked about it — and Kaine didn’t mention it either. The night’s topics and performances underscored that 2016 is really all about two of the most famous figures in American life: Trump and Clinton. They’ll be back in the spotlight Sunday night in St. Louis for the town-hall debate.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mike Pence", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161005051500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/politics/vp-debate-takeaways/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "555013866", "sentence": "Obama's visit comes after Donald Trump lambasted trade deals Obama is meeting Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau President Barack Obama sought to reassure his counterparts in Canada and Mexico Wednesday that a potential Donald Trump presidency wouldn’t throw cross-border ties into turmoil, even as he pushed back on the GOP candidate’s platform. Expressing confidence that immigration wouldn’t be shut off and trade deals would persist, Obama argued against the type of protectionist policies that Trump has espoused on the campaign trail. And he cast the presumptive GOP nominee as a failed historical archetype. “We’ve had times throughout our history where anti-immigration sentiment is exploited by demagogues,” Obama said. “The language is identical. But guess what? They kept coming, and they kept coming because America offered possibility for their children and grandchildren.” Related video Three world leaders leads to one awkward handshake Convening a final North American leaders’ summit even as the U.S. presidential contest throws crucial cross-border issues into dispute, Obama and his counterparts discussed trade, security and climate change during a day of talks in the Canadian capital. But during an afternoon press conference, Trump was the topic du jour. Reporters quizzed Obama, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extensively about the candidate’s vow to construct a border wall and withdraw from free trade deals. Obama’s visit comes just a day after Trump lambasted the agreements that have linked the U.S. and its northern and southern neighbors in tight trade ties, vowing to withdraw from the much-maligned NAFTA agreement while insisting he’d also scuttle Obama’s proposed replacement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Expected Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton also now opposes TPP. “The prescription of withdrawing from trade deals and focusing solely on your local market, that’s the wrong medicine,” Obama said Wednesday, acknowledging fears of globalization were well founded. “What we have seen are trend lines of growing inequality and stagnant wages and a smaller share of growth going to workers and a larger portion going to the top,” Obama said. “That’s a real problem.” Like all of his meetings with foreign leaders in the past year, Obama was ready to face questions about Trump, who kicked off his campaign one year ago accusing Mexicans of being rapists and criminals. Pena Nieto has sharply criticized the presumptive GOP nominee, even comparing his style of politics to dictators like Hitler and Mussolini. He’s dismissed outright the suggestion that Mexico would fund Trump’s proposed border wall, as the presumptive nominee has called for. On Wednesday, Pena Nieto reiterated his opposition, though he said he was prepared to work with whomever is election U.S. president. “Political actors, by using populism and demagoguery, they choose the easier way to solve the challenges of today’s world,” he said through a translator. “Things are not that simplistic.” Trudeau has been more circumspect, saying he’s ready to work with whoever is elected in the United States. “I look forward to working with whomever the American people elect as their president in November,” he said. After an hour of talks with Pena Nieto earlier in the day, Obama used a photo spray to push back on Trump’s anti-immigrant language, heralding the contributions of Mexican-Americans. “The United States is not just a friend and neighbor of Mexico but the very character of the United States is shaped by Mexican Americans who have shared our culture, our politics, our business,” he said. “All too often we’re hearing rhetoric that ignores the enormous contributions that have been made by Mexican Americans and the enormous strengths we draw from the relationship.” Meanwhile, Obama and fellow world leaders continue to size up the ramifications of last week’s vote in the United Kingdom to exit to European Union, a topic that’s certain to come up in the conversations in Canada. RELATED: Trump slams globalization, promises to upend economic status quo And the President is still assessing Tuesday’s terror attack at Istanbul’s international airport, yet another incident of global terror that has intruded into planned conversations with world leaders. Recent trips to Asia, South America and Europe have been similarly overshadowed. Obama remarked on the attack Wednesday, saying the U.S. was “heartbroken” at the violence. Beyond the current pressing issues, it’s a meaningful visit to Canada for Obama, not only as his last “Three Amigos” summit but also as a final-year return to the site of his maiden presidential foreign trip in 2009, when he flew Air Force One out of the country for the first time for meetings with then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper. For one of the first times, the 54-year-old Obama found himself sharing a stage Wednesday with two leaders younger than him. Fostering ties with the United States’ two contiguous neighbors has never been Obama’s top agenda item. He’s focused instead on pivoting American foreign policy to the Asia-Pacific and managing various crises in the Middle East and Northern Africa. While Wednesday’s summit didn’t come with the same high stakes Obama faces when he meets with NATO leaders in Warsaw next week, the meeting does carry significance for a president looking to cement his legacy. Nightcap: Trump takes on Clinton — and Big Business — on trade | Sign up To those ends, the leaders announced ambitious new agreements meant to curb climate change, a priority for Obama. That includes setting a target of producing half of the continent’s power from renewable energy sources by 2025. Currently, the three countries together generate 37% of their power from clean energy sources like nuclear, wind, solar and hydro power. Related video Obama, Trudeau trade Bieber jokes It’s a breakthrough made possible by Trudeau’s election a year ago; his successor Harper was a skeptic of global climate deals, and disagreements between Canada and the U.S. over the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported Canadian oil through the United States, led to an abrupt cancelation of the “Three Amigos” summit in 2015. After years of delays, Obama finally killed the deal last year. While the burden of reaching the clean power target will fall on Obama’s successor, the President’s top climate adviser, Brian Deese, said market forces would also drive progress. “I think that the transformation of the American energy sector that’s underway is going to continue, and that has been driven by some of the policy choices that this president has made, but it’s also being driven by market forces that are bringing down the cost of clean energy at rates that even the smartest analysts weren’t predicting only a couple of years ago,” Deese said. The leaders also discussed plans to replace the much-maligned North American Free Trade Agreement with Obama’s preferred TPP trade deal – a measure that’s faced fierce political opposition and is currently awaiting congressional approval. Obama is likely to attempt to reassure his counterparts the deal will eventually pass, though how and when remain unclear. Both the Republican and Democratic presumptive nominees oppose the TPP, and 2016 candidates frequently have railed against free trade on the campaign trail. Republican Donald Trump has blamed the deals for flat wages and job losses, while Democrat Hillary Clinton reversed her support NAFTA, an agreement her husband secured as president. Anti-trade sentiment helped drive the “Leave” campaign in Britain that backed the Brexit referendum, and even Obama has acknowledged recently that politicians must do more to help workers hurt by globalization. RELATED: How a bill becomes a wall with Mexico Both Mexico and Canada are parties to the massive TPP, which is still awaiting approval from Congress. The Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he’ll wait until November’s general election to bring the 12-nation trade agreement of Pacific nations up for a vote. Trump on Tuesday said he would withdraw from the plan should it be approved by lawmakers. “Our politicians have aggressively pursued a policy of globalization – moving our jobs, our wealth and our factories to Mexico and overseas,” he said during a speech in Pennsylvania. “Globalization has made the financial elite who donate to politicians very, very wealthy. I used to be one of them. Hate to say it, but I used to be one of them.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160629104500", "country1": "CAN", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/29/politics/obama-canada-mexico-trade-nafta-trump/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "601123827", "sentence": "Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard met with President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team Monday. Gabbard, who backed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, is being considered for jobs at the Defense Department, State Department and the United Nations, a source told CNN. Gabbard stepped down from her post as a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee earlier in the year to support Sanders – and fight Hillary Clinton – in the primaries. She stood by Sanders through the Democratic convention, only announcing she would vote for Clinton days after the convention ended. “President-elect Trump asked me to meet with him about our current policies regarding Syria, our fight against terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as other foreign policy challenges we face,” Gabbard said in a  statement. “ I felt it important to take the opportunity to meet with the President-elect now before the drumbeats of war that neocons have been beating drag us into an escalation of the war to overthrow the Syrian government – a war which has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives and forced millions of refugees to flee their homes in search of safety for themselves and their families. She added, “While the rules of political expediency would say I should have refused to meet with President-elect Trump, I never have and never will play politics with American and Syrian lives.” Gabbard is not the first Democrat to meet with Trump. Trump met last week with corporate education reformer Michelle Rhee, the former schools chief of Washington, who is being considered for education secretary. If Trump picks Gabbard or Rhee for his administration, it would mark an about-face for the incoming president, who promised in October that Democrats would not serve in his Cabinet. Also expected to meet with Trump today at Trump Tower are former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown and Newt Gingrich. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Tulsi Gabbard", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161121150000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/politics/gabbard-trump-transition/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "412732154", "sentence": "Prince William arrives in China on Sunday after visiting Japan China has embraced British culture, especially TV shows like \"Downton Abbey\" Trip presents diplomatic test for Prince William Prince William arrived in Beijing on Sunday – the first visit to China by a senior member of the British Royal Family in  three decades – and he might have been expecting a dose of culture shock. But chances are he’ll feel right at home. From television shows and etiquette lessons to private schools and mock Tudor housing developments, China has been embracing British culture with a passion. Chinese viewers are captivated in their millions by shows like “Sherlock Holmes” and “Downton Abbey,” with the former’s star, Benedict Cumberbatch, so popular he has his own Chinese nickname – Curly Blessing. The fascination with Edwardian England depicted in Downton has created a growing demand for butlers, and the country’s elite are donning tweeds and taking up deer stalking. “Downton Abbey depicts traditional British, high-class lives. It something that I and many other Chinese are curious about,” said student Cherrie Zhang. It’s not just television shows. Affluent Chinese parents are sending their children to British schools after some of the most notable names in British education have established campuses in China. Harrow, Wellington College and Dulwich College have all opened sister schools in the country. And the obsession with British culture has taken a bizarre turn in Thames Town, a housing development on the outskirts of Shanghai that resembles a quaint English town, complete with replica red telephone booths. It’s crucial that Prince William capitalizes on these cultural ties during his high-profile visit, which is being viewed as the first real test of his diplomatic skills. “It will tell us something about how he will handle one of the most important diplomatic relationships when he comes to throne,” said Kerry Brown, a professor of Chinese politics at the University of Sydney and a former British diplomat. “And I think China will put some capital in his visit because this guy is not a politician, who come and go, but (someone who) will be around for quite a while.” Cultural exports are viewed as a growth area that the prince can promote. China spent 17 million pounds on UK TV programs and formats in 2013, a 40% increase on the year before, but they form a small part of the overall trade balance. And while London has been successful in attracting Chinese investment, UK companies have not thrived in China the same way as some of their U.S. and German counterparts. Previous trips by Royals have been gaffe ridden. When the Queen and Prince Philip spent time in China in 1986, the Queen’s husband caused offense when he told a group of British students: “If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.” Prince Charles, William’s father, has never visited China but described the country’s leaders as “appalling old waxworks” during his visit to Hong Kong in 1997. His close ties with the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, have also angered China’s leaders. Prince William will visit Beijing’s Forbidden City, attend the Chinese premiere of the British-produced children’s animated movie “Paddington” in Shanghai and launch a campaign to celebrate British innovation during the three-day trip. Before China, he is spending three days in Japan. The prince will also get a chance to champion one of his favorite causes – combating the illegal trade in wildlife –  when he visits an elephant sanctuary in southwestern China “If he can make some kind of link in China, if he can instinctively show he gets it, that could be an important thing,” Brown said. But the relationship between the UK and China comes laden with “stacks of historic baggage,” Brown adds, and the prince will have to tread carefully, particularly over the former colony of Hong Kong, where the push for a free vote has strained ties between Britain and China, the current landlords. British lawmakers were denied permission to visit the city on a “fact-finding” mission last year amid heated pro-democracy protests. What’s more, it’s not clear how much “star power” Prince William has in China, especially without his glamorous wife Kate, who at eight months pregnant won’t make the trip, and his young son George. An informal survey conducted by the UK’s Telegraph newspaper in Beijing showed that many struggled to recognize the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – one thought the couple were in the movie “Titanic” – and there are fears his visit will struggle to attract interest among ordinary Chinese. “The Royal Family are not really a big deal to me,” said Zhang, the Downton Abbey fan. 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{"article_id": "667869105", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Ed Husain is a commentator and writer specializing in Islam, the West, and the modern Middle East. The opinions in this article belong to the author. Ramadan is a month of spiritual reflection for Muslims, writes Ed Husain ISIS and jihadists have a flawed interpretation of history and scripture, he writes The 30 days of abstaining from food, water and sex during the daytime is a month of spiritual reflection for Muslims around the world. But this Ramadan, we have hundreds of people killed in many different countries by ISIS murderers. They kill in the name of religion and God. Why? Here in Europe, we no longer take religion and religious beliefs seriously. This loss of our heritage also stops us from fully grasping the kind of mind that leads to slaughter in the mistaken name of divine sanctity. Unless we understand it, we can’t challenge the extremism. ISIS, al Qaeda and other jihadist terrorists believe in an Islam of literalism, anger, activism and political control. Most Muslims now and throughout history observed an Islam of contemplation, piety and inner goodness. At the core of Salafi-jihadist violence is an extremely literalist reading of history and scripture. An ISIS magazine published before Ramadan named it “the month of martyrdom” and called upon its readers to “maximize the benefit you receive on the day of judgment.” Ordinary Muslims believe that God doubly rewards us for our worship, Quran recitals and abstention from food. Salafi-jihadists argue that this “double reward” applies to martyrdom, war and death. They do so with evidence, but their interpretation of that evidence is flawed. Related video How the 'town crier' kickstarts Ramadan Salafi-jihadists look to 7th-century Arabia and the Prophet Mohammed’s life with a dogmatism that bemuses most Muslims. Two events from the life of the prophet are misunderstood by ISIS, but used successfully to drive their Ramadan killing craze. In the Ramadan of 624, the Prophet Mohammed’s small community of Muslims in Medina fought the pagan idolaters of Mecca. Only 313 Muslims stood valiantly against a thousand disbelievers. This first battle of Islam, known as Badr, took place inside the holy month because the pagans had violated peace agreements between the prophet and themselves. The Battle of Badr was a defensive war after 10 years of the first Muslim community being killed, tortured, expelled from their homes and threatened, even when in exile. That context is missing in a global war that ISIS has declared based on literalism of citing Badr. Why attack Europe when Muslims thrive and prosper here and are free to worship the one God? Salafi-jihadists from ISIS and other groups also cite that the prophet in 634 conquered Mecca. Therefore radical groups should seek glory and conquest in the month of Ramadan. In their literalism again, they overlook that the prophet rode into Mecca on a mule, his head lowered in humility and his thousands of companions slowly reciting prayers. They were not raiding Mecca and enslaving its men, raping its women and killing en masse as Julius Caesar had done across Gaul. The prophet forgave his torturers and declared an amnesty. It is this spirit of magnanimity and kindness that resonates with most Muslims, but ISIS and others miss the point. Related video Ramadan ad wants to 'bomb hatred with love' Finally, ISIS and Salafi-jihadists cite the verses of the Quran that declare “Kill them wherever you find them” as evidence for perennial warfare. Ramadan is the month in which Muslims believe that large parts of the Quran were revealed to the prophet. Every night, Muslims recite significant portions of the Quran in Taraweeh prayers during Ramadan. Of the 114 chapters of the Quran, 113 start with “In the name of God most compassionate, most merciful.” Again and again, the Quran reinforces that the prophet is a mercy and a light, and directs us to shun anger, evil, killing, warfare. In that wider context of compassion, most Muslims see Ramadan as the month of peace. When fasting, picking an argument is forbidden and a believer is expected to say “Innani Sa’im” (I am fasting – and thus abstaining from worldly pursuits). The verses that permit and encourage fighting have a specific application. Just as Britain’s wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill said of the Nazis that “We will fight them on the beaches.  We will never surrender,” so it is with scripture. It pains me to have to explain my faith, my personal observations, my relationship with God because a dark and sinister movement seeks to steal this jewel away from me. In this angst, I am not alone: A music video put out by Gulf Arab Muslims has gone viral because of its religion-based condemnation of ISIS. We in the West should not shy away from arbitrating between the Islam of anger and activism, and that of purity and peace. The future of the world depends on it.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170625004500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/24/opinions/isis-ramadan-month-of-peace/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "434064967", "sentence": "Thousands of Buddhists gather in Seoul to pray for reunification The two Koreas have been partitioned since the end of World War II Spiritual leader: 'The separation has been causing pain for the people' As the sun set over South Korea’s capital, the usual cacophony of sounds associated with a bustling major city was replaced by human voices – hundreds of thousands of them, chanting peacefully. An estimated 300,000 Buddhists descended on central Seoul on Saturday evening local time, packing the blocks around the Gyeongbokgung – the main royal palace – to pray for peace and reunification with the North. The event was staged to mark the 70th anniversary of Korean independence, and it brought together Buddhist leaders from around the world. In a rare interview with CNN, the spiritual leader of the Jogye order of Korean Buddhism – the country’s largest sect – the Supreme Patriarch Jinje, said it was also the anniversary of Korea’s separation. “The separation has been causing pain for the people,” he said. “To solve this problem, we are focusing on peace for the Koreas during this Buddhism meditation assembly. The purpose of this meditation is to bring peace to all the people – people of the whole world.” READ: Defector: Kim out within three years South Koreans on the whole are not particularly religious. But for the approximately 20% of South Koreans who practice Buddhism – according to a 2014 study by Gallup Korea – Master Jinje is a key spiritual figure. Hwang Yeon-gyeong traveled from Seongnam on the outskirts of Seoul to join in the event. “With the mercy of Buddha, we should come together as the same people and I hope we can realize peaceful reunification,” she said. This is a goal that has eluded politicians and diplomats for decades. Related video North Korea test-fires submarine missile U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Seoul to discuss security on the peninsula. With North and South Korea technically still at war, recent reports out of Pyongyang have done little to ease tensions and anxiety south of the demilitarized zone that separates the two neighbors. North Korean state media hailed the successful launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine just over a week ago – an event Kim Jong Un called a “miraculous achievement.” South Korean defense officials estimate the North could have a fully operational submarine armed with ballistic missiles in four to five years – though many analysts are skeptical about this. Then, there were reports from South Korea’s spy agency that Kim had his defense minister purged and executed – though officials in Seoul cannot confirm this. READ: Is Kim hastening his own downfall? We asked Master Jinje what role Buddhism could play in reunification efforts, especially since the only religion in North Korea is the Kim dynasty itself. Related video Reports: Top N. Korean official publicly executed “In North Korea, there are 500 years of Buddhism rooted in every person’s heart,” he said. “We are carrying the spirit of mutual help and I believe there will opportunities for people to open up their hearts in the future. That is why we should not neglect, but rather help each other.” He said leaders from the North and South met recently in China and that Buddhists had been working to restore temples in the North. Korean Buddhists also promised more humanitarian aid programs. But the Supreme Patriarch would not expand on whether Buddhists planned to play a more active role – perhaps take a leaf out of Pope Francis’ book, after the Vatican’s contribution to bettering relations between Cuba and the United states; or look to the pivotal role German church leaders played during that country’s reunification. But his approach is more spiritual. “When we practice our daily asceticism,” he said. “We make all conflicts in our heart disappear. “By instilling these ideas in all people and the people of the two Koreas, I’m confident that all envy and conflict will disappear and that the reunification of the two Koreas will be quickly realized.” For the Buddhist leader, peace begins from within.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Korean reunification", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150518071500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/asia/south-korea-buddhist/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "657485710", "sentence": "Their choice is notable because Trump criticized Michelle Obama for the same decision in 2015 Several female leaders visiting the country have shed headscarves in recent years First lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka Trump arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday morning sporting an absence of headscarves. Their choice of dress during the first stop on President Donald Trump’s inaugural trip abroad is notable because Trump criticized first lady Michelle Obama for making the same decision two years earlier. Related video President Trump Receives Royal Saudi Welcome President Barack Obama and the first lady visited Saudi Arabia in 2015 to pay respects to the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and meet the newly appointed monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. But Michelle Obama attended without wearing a headscarf, drawing notice back in the United States about her lack of a traditional head covering in the conservative country. Trump weighed in on his preferred platform, Twitter, saying, “Many people are saying it was wonderful that Mrs. Obama refused to wear a scarf in Saudi Arabia, but they were insulted. We have enuf enemies.” Many people are saying it was wonderful that Mrs. Obama refused to wear a scarf in Saudi Arabia, but they were insulted.We have enuf enemies When asked why the Trumps went without scarves, the White House responded that they were not required to wear them. Although they decided to forgo the headwear, both women were dressed conservatively in long pants and dresses. Several female leaders have shed the scarf in recent years, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former first lady Laura Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. President Trump was lavished with extravagant royal pomp here Saturday, an elaborate start to a trip meant to bolster international partnerships but which aides now hope can reset a scandal-pocked narrative back home. The President’s stop in the enthusiastic Saudi capital is the first in a nine-day, five-country swing across the Middle East and Europe. The itinerary will take Trump to the capitals of three of the great world religions and introduce him to the grueling pace of presidential foreign travel. Air Force One touched down in mid-morning at the King Khalid airport in Riyadh, where Trump was greeted on a red carpet-bedecked tarmac by King Salman and other high-level Saudi officials. The grand welcome, which featured a military brass band and a fighter jet flyover, demonstrated just how highly anticipated Trump’s arrival was in this Middle Eastern kingdom. “Great to be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,” Trump tweeted shortly after his arrival. “Looking forward to the afternoon and evening ahead.” Trump and the 81-year-old Salman were seen in friendly conversation inside the Royal Terminal just after Trump touched down, and the two leaders shared a long drive from the airport to central Riyadh, where the President is staying. Shortly afterward, the pageantry continued inside the Saudi Royal Court, where Salman presented Trump with a gilded necklace and medal, the country’s highest honor. The distinction also was bestowed upon Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170520164500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/20/politics/melania-ivanka-headscarves/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "741468939", "sentence": "One of the first uses of a trove of Facebook data on tens of millions of Americans that has thrown Facebook and Cambridge Analytica into crisis this week was in 2014 by a super PAC run by John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, two former Cambridge Analytica employees told CNN. The Bolton super PAC and Cambridge Analytica signed a $454,700 contract in the summer of 2014. The contract, obtained by CNN, outlined how the data firm would provide the super PAC “behavioral microtargeting with psychographic messaging.” The contract stated that the data would be collected in accordance with the law. Psychographic profiles are used to predict people’s interest, values, and opinions – Cambridge Analytica used the predictions to target voters with advertising. Related article House and Senate committees request Facebook's Zuckerberg testify The predictions were based on Facebook data that Cambridge University scientist Aleksandr Kogan sold to Cambridge Analytica, according to Christopher Wylie,  who worked for the company in 2014, and another person who worked for the company but does not want to be named. Kogan told CNN that he provided Cambridge Analytica with data on 30 million Americans. Facebook said in doing so, Kogan lied to them and breached its policies. Kogan said he believed he was acting within Facebook’s guidelines. The super PAC and Cambridge Analytica say they were unaware the data shared with them was in violation of Facebook policy. The Bolton PAC was one of the first beneficiaries of the data, both sources said, and Cambridge Analytica used the data to help produce ads for the super PAC. Related article Bannon says he doesn't remember purchasing Facebook data at Cambridge Analytica A spokesman for the super PAC denies knowing of any alleged impropriety by Cambridge Analytica. Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations in the George W. Bush administration, was mulling a 2016 presidential bid when his super PAC hired Cambridge Analytica. In the 2014 midterms, the super PAC backed candidates including Republican Senate contenders Thom Tillis and Tom Cotton – both of whom also hired Cambridge Analytica and went on to win their races. Documents provided to CNN show how the SCL Group, Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, outlined how to target voters in Arkansas, where Cotton was running for US Senate in 2014. Entitled “Arkansas Priority Persuasion Clusters,” it split Arkansas voters into five groups and outlined what messaging would resonate with them. Related article Facebook Fast Facts One ad by Bolton’s super PAC for Cotton focused on patriotism, leadership and on the candidate’s military service. Wylie said that ad was primarily targeted at “cluster two” of Arkansas voters, which consisted of males in their 40s to 60s who cared most about national security and the economy. Among the “image guidelines” outlined by SCL Group to appeal to this group was a picture of Cotton in military uniform – similar pictures appeared in the ad. Another Bolton super PAC ad said “our world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place,” citing Iraq, Russia and ISIS, before asking “what’s next?” Related article Zuckerberg on whether Facebook affected 2016 election results: It's 'really hard' to tell In one example involving New Hampshire voters, a cluster of 35- to 55-year-olds, mostly female, was described as “polite and concerned with remaining in the good graces of others.” SCL Group suggested messages showing figures getting along well should be targeted at this group. Wylie said that messaging was designed to exploit people’s “mental vulnerabilities.” Cambridge Analytica was the brainchild of conservative billionaire Robert Mercer and conservative activist Steve Bannon, who later helped run the Trump campaign and served as chief strategist in the White House. Related article John Bolton has decade-long association with anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller Federal Election Commission records show Bolton’s super PAC paid Cambridge Analytica more than $340,000 during the 2014 midterm elections cycle. Mercer donate $1 million to the super PAC in that same period. The Mercers also donated to the Tillis and Cotton campaigns in 2014. Tillis said Cambridge Analytica played a “relatively small part” in his campaign when he spoke to reporters Tuesday. CNN has reached out to Cotton for comment. Data on Americans was gathered through a Facebook personality test app built by Kogan. The app not only gathered information from those who used it, but also from their Facebook friends. Related article Bolton says his past comments are now behind him as he gears up for White House role One point on an agenda that CNN obtained of a meeting between SCL and another contractor that worked for the Bolton PAC read, “SCL able to harvest substantial and useful information on people from Facebook, with permission.” Cambridge Analytica said when it learned a year later in 2015 that Facebook had determined that Kogan had breached Facebook’s policies, Cambridge Analytica deleted the data Kogan had provided them. 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{"article_id": "615408116", "sentence": "UK's Foreign Secretary met Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner yesterday Boris Johnson is the UK's highest profile pro-Brexit politician UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to meet key Congressional leaders in Washington today including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senator Bob Corker and Senator Mitch McConnell, the UK Foreign Office said in a statement. Johnson arrived in New York on Sunday where he held meetings with Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, and Jared Kushner, the President-elect’s son-in-law and close adviser during the transition, a UK Foreign Office official confirmed. He will not meet with Rex Tillerson – the nominee for US Secretary of State – as the protocol is to wait until after the confirmation process, which is due to begin later this week. Related article Cabinet hearings: What to watch this week Johnson, a former mayor of London, was given his current position following the narrow success of 2016’s referendum to leave the European Union, commonly referred to as Brexit. A former journalist and television personality, he was the highest profile supporter of the “Leave” campaign. He is the UK’s first Foreign Secretary to also be an American citizen. He was born in New York, and holds dual citizenship. In 2014, Johnson acknowledged he was disputing a demand for capital gains tax from the US tax authorities, which ultimately he paid. In February 2015, he announced his intention to give up US citizenship to prove his loyalty to the UK, but so far there has been no indication he has done so. Johnson, a member of the UK’s ruling Conservative Party, has been critical of Trump in the past. Responding to the President-elect’s comments in 2015 that parts of London are “so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives,” Johnson said: “The only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.” The US trip also follows a remark from UK Prime Minister Theresa May to Sky News that Trump’s comments about groping women were “unacceptable.” However she voiced hopes that the relationship between the two countries could flourish during his presidency. Related article Kerry poker-faced as press takes Johnson to task for 'outright lies' Johnson may find Trump’s team more in line with his views and style than that of President Barack Obama. The foreign secretary’s statements about the current administration made for at least one awkward public encounter when he held a joint press conference with his US counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry. Although Johnson has knocked Trump in the past, he has also defended him from criticism in Europe. After his victory in the presidential election, Trump took the unorthodox step of suggesting the pro-Brexit politician Nigel Farage be named the UK’s envoy to the US. May declined to extend the position to Farage. Trump confirmed earlier this weekend that May, who ascended to the country’s highest democratic office following the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron in the wake of the Brexit vote, would visit him in the coming spring. I look very much forward to meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in Washington in the Spring. Britain, a longtime U.S. ally, is very special! “I look very much forward to meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in Washington in the Spring. Britain, a longtime US ally, is very special!” Trump tweeted. CNN’s Carol Jordan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170109131500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/09/politics/boris-johnson-congress-donald-trump/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "663064566", "sentence": "Program note: CNN’s “Declassified” reveals the story of Russia’s secret network of deep-cover spies living in the United States on Saturday July 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The Kremlin refused to be drawn on whether the alleged hacks were the work of government actors Russia alleged that Vladimir Putin's website has been targeted On the day the US awaited the testimony of former FBI chief James Comey on the Russian election hacking saga, Moscow said it had observed hacking attempts launched against it from US territory “every day.” Speaking Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to be drawn on whether the alleged hacks were the work of government or non-government actors. “Hacking attacks that are being carried out from the territory of the United States are recorded every day. Including attacks on the president’s website. It’s true,” Peskov told reporters. Read: Comey just went nuclear Asked if his information indicated the attacks were carried out by intelligence agencies or unaffiliated hackers, Peskov said, “I wouldn’t like to amuse the public by saying that official Washington is behind it. A hacking attack carried out from the territory of some country cannot mean that the authorities have anything to do with it.” Five things to watch: The Comey hearing State Department Spokesman Heather Nauert said the Russian claim “does not surprise me” and dismissed it as “propaganda.” Messages left with the National Security Agency and White House were not immediately returned Thursday. Peskov’s statement comes hours before Comey appeared before the Senate intelligence committee in one of the most eagerly awaited hearings in decades. He followed through on expectations that he would publicly contradict aspects of US President Donald Trump’s accounts of their private conversations, characterizing some of the president’s comments as lies. His testimony represented a pivotal moment in the saga of Russian election hacking and alleged collusion by Trump aides that has cast a dark shadow over the opening months of the new administration. Comey faced questions about whether Trump abused his power in demanding loyalty from the former FBI chief. He was also grilled on claims the President obstructed justice by asking him to shut down part of the bureau’s Russia probe. Read: James Comey claims his moment at hearing But while the US appears to be gripped by the case, Peskov insisted Moscow will not be paying much attention to the hearing in Washington. “We are much more interested in the summit of the state leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization which takes place in Astana today and tomorrow,” Peskov added. Russian President Vladimir Putin is attending the Astana meeting. CNN’s Zachary Cohen and Nicole Gaouette contributed to this report. Tim Lister reported from Moscow. James Masters wrote from London.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170608143000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/europe/russia-us-hacking/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "637531870", "sentence": "The perfect bar, like the perfect cocktail, is a careful balance of ingredients. New York’s Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog (30 Water St, New York, NY 10004) – named World’s Best Bar in 2016 – has the mix just right. “A true great of the modern era,” according to award organizers Drinks International, the Irish bar opened in Manhattan’s financial district in 2013. Ireland is known as “the land of a thousand welcomes,” but that hospitality has been counterfeited in spit ‘n’ sawdust Irish pubs around the world. “It’s been pigeon-holed as an inferior product,” explains Jack McGarry, who owns the Dead Rabbit with fellow Northern Irishman Sean Muldoon. But “we’ve traveled all over Ireland and there’s a world-class hospitality.” CNN traveled with Muldoon and McGarry to their hometown of Belfast for a pub crawl around the drinking spots that inspired them to create the world’s best bar. MORE: What it’s like to drink in the world’s best bar “In the heart of Belfast city center, you have six really good bars we’d recommend,” says Muldoon, “All within five minutes’ walk.” 32 beautiful reasons to visit Ireland And, adds McGarry, they’re all “very different versions of an Irish pub.” The diversity of pubs in the Cathedral Quarter, they say, is unmatched on the island, north or south. This compact but rich offering extends to the rest of Northern Ireland: there are mountains, forests, castles, rolling glens and sandy beaches all within an hour’s drive of the city. If you want to combine Belfast with a trip around the rest of the island, Dublin is just two hours south by train or car. The Dead Rabbit’s picked up Tales of the Cocktail awards for World’s Best Bar, World’s Best Cocktail Menu and in 2013 McGarry won International Bartender of the Year. But the men first started collecting gongs when they worked together at Belfast’s five-star Merchant Hotel between 2006 and 2010. “During our time here, it was the most awarded cocktail bar in the world,” says Muldoon. “That’s what put us on the world stage.” The Merchant still has the same drinks menu today, although some of the recipes have changed. Muldoon recommends the absinthe-dashed White Zombie. For the new cocktail bar they’re most impressed by, try Rita’s in the Linen Quarter. The Merchant Hotel, 16 Skipper St, Belfast BT1 2DZ; +44 28 9023 4888 Rita’s, 44 Franklin St, Belfast BT2 7GE; +44 28 9024 8000 A golden den of twinkling lights, antique mirrors and pub memorabilia, the Duke of York pub is a Belfast institution and home to the city’s best selection of whiskeys. A quick stroll down a cobbled alley takes you to owner Willie Jack’s latest venture, The Friend at Hand whiskey shop and museum. It holds 600 Irish whiskeys, 200 of which are for sale. Muldoon and McGarry are working on a book, a whiskey drinker’s guide to Ireland, and during our tour we’re accosted more than once by people keen to talk about their new whiskey brands. Willie Jack is working on his own range. He already has plans to launch “the first Belfast gay whiskey” – named Pride, Not Prejudice – in anticipation of Northern Ireland legalizing same-sex marriage. When creating the Dead Rabbit, Muldoon and McGarry wanted to combine the world-class cocktails they’d created at The Merchant with the relaxed atmosphere of the Duke of York. “A pub for us is about inclusivity and respect for all,” says Muldoon. “That’s what we love about Irish pubs.” Duke of York, 7-11 Commercial Court, Belfast BT1 2NB; 028 9024 1062 The Friend at Hand, 36 Hill Street , Belfast BT1 2LB; 02890 329969 “When I’m back in Belfast,” says Muldoon. “I like to go for a good pint of Guinness or a small whiskey.” Guinness famously doesn’t travel well, so a pint of the black stuff is a must-try on home turf. But it’s not just about the blockbuster stout. There’s a great range of local craft beers at The Garrick, The John Hewitt (51 Donegall St, Belfast BT1 2FH) and Bittles Bar (70 Upper Church Lane, Belfast BT1 4EL). Founded in 1870, the traditional three-room layout of the Garrick was a model for the Dead Rabbit’s Taproom, Parlour and Occasional Room. Its contemporary drinks menu is complimented by a well-executed food offering. The Garrick is “an old, traditional sort of bar,” says Muldoon, but thanks to owner Colm Oates, “it’s got a young heart driving it.” The Garrick, 29 Chichester St, Belfast BT1 4JB; +44 28 9032 1984 The Spaniard’s tiny downstairs bar is crammed nightly with bright young things, attracted by a lively music playlist and a diverse drinks menu specializing in rums. It was here 10 years ago that a 17-year-old McGarry approached Muldoon and told him he wanted to work with him at The Merchant. Downstairs is decked out like a rock bar, while the upstairs is a high-kitsch shrine filled with religious iconography. Why The Spaniard works, says Muldoon, is that owner Janine Kane takes chances. “She’s not afraid of controversy.” Kane has another bar around the corner, Muriel’s (12-14 Church Lane, Belfast BT1 4QN). You’ll spot it by the bras hanging from the ceiling. The Spaniard, 3 Skipper St, Belfast BT1 2DZ; +44 28 9023 2448 Before Dead Rabbit, the world’s most famous Irish-American bar was Cheers, Sam Malone’s fictional Boston bar. But for Jack McGarry, there really is a bar “where everybody knows your name.” “When somebody says home to me, I always think of Kelly’s. It’s where my family drink.” Built in 1720, it’s one of the oldest pubs in the city – the United Irishmen met here to plot the 1798 rebellion against English control – and its white vaulted ceilings, live traditional music and roaring turf fires are a welcome respite from the February evening chill. Says McGarry: “You’ll see proper, genuine Belfast characters in here, albeit great ones and also rough ones.” Troublemakers are given short shrift by owner Lily Mulholland, who has run the bar since 2004. Kelly’s Cellars, 30-32 Bank St, Belfast BT1 1HL; +44 28 9024 6058 A short taxi ride out of the city, The Crown and Shamrock is a rare example of an old-style rural Irish pub. Run by sisters Frankie McAlinden and Rosemary O’Boyle, it’s been in the same family for three generations, but is now on the market for sale. Simply decorated with wood-paneled walls and net-curtained windows, it sticks to the Irish pub traditions of no background music and no hot food. (Although visitors might be lucky and get free plates of sandwiches and cocktail sausages passed round at the end of the night). The Wednesday night traditional music sessions are legendary. When we visit, one of the musicians performs a composition in honor of the night’s special guests: “The Dead Rabbit.” The Crown and Shamrock, 584 Antrim Rd, Newtownabbey BT36 4RF; +44 28 9083 2889 Muldoon and McGarry both grew up in Ardoyne, a predominately working class Catholic area of north Belfast. Maddens is a city center version of “the sort of [neighborhood] bars we grew up in,” explains Muldoon. “It’s famous for its live music” – there is traditional Irish music every night and while we’re there a violinist starts up at the bar  – and it attracts “a very regular, loyal crowd.” “Any tourists we get is word of mouth,” says owner Brian McMullan. The buzzer on the door – now a nostalgic quirk – is a relic of the security cages that were once commonplace in Belfast pubs during the sectarian violence of the late 20th century. Maddens, 74 Berry St, Belfast BT1 1FJ; +44 28 9024 4114 Leave your corned beef and cabbage at the door. There’s a growing foodie scene in Belfast and plenty of local produce to sample. Muldoon and McGarry are fans of Mourne Seafood Bar – with branches in Belfast and the seaside village of Dundrum – and the city is home to two Michelin-starred restaurants. Belfast native Stephen Toman is head chef at Ox, which hosted a pop-up at Dead Rabbit in 2016. The well-established Deanes – the family of restaurants which includes the Michelin-starred EIPIC –  is planning a collaboration with Dead Rabbit later this year. As for pub snacks, the Duke of York sells traditional bags of dulse (seaweed): an acquired taste. The most popular pub treat is Tayto cheese and onion crisps – a snack so venerated you’ll find images of Mr Tayto all over Belfast’s airports, greeting weary travelers home. 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{"article_id": "602332561", "sentence": "British chef Stephen Port found guilty of drugging, raping, killing four men Police under investigation for handling of the case, concern homophobia at play It could be the plot of a TV murder mystery – except viewers might struggle to believe the killer could keep getting away with it. Over 15 months, Stephen Port, a 41-year-old chef from a working class east London borough drugged, raped, and killed four gay men he met on dating apps. He then dragged their bodies a few hundred meters from his flat, planting drugs and even suicide notes penned in his own handwriting to make it appear as if they had overdosed. Anthony Walgate, 23Walgate, Stephen Port’s first victim, was originally from Hull, northern England, but came to London to study fashion. He worked as a male escort to help fund his studies.After overdosing him with GHB, Port dumped his body and called the police, saying he had found the dead man by chance. Port was tracked down through his phone number, and after he was found to have lied to police, he was charged and later jailed for eight months.Gabriel Kovari, 22Originally from Slovakia, police say Kovari came to London “to begin a new life.” He moved into Port’s apartment after they met on a dating website, and the killer agreed to put him up on the sofa, rent free. Kovari’s body was found by a dog walker in a graveyard, some 500 meters from Port’s flat. He was propped up against a wall, wearing sunglasses, next to a bag of his belongings.Daniel Whitworth, 21Whitworth, a trainee chef, met Port through the Fitlads dating site. His body was found by the same dog walker in the same spot as Kovari. His phone was missing and Port had placed a fake suicide note in his hand, in which he appeared to confess to the death of the young Slovakian the month before. Jack Taylor, 25Forklift truck driver Taylor lived with his parents in east London, not far from Port’s home. After drinking with friends in a local gay club, he went home and saw his father, before hooking up with Port on gay dating app Grindr and taking a taxi to his flat. His body was found near the graveyard, in similar circumstances to Whitworth and Kovari. Three of the victims were found slumped in the same churchyard – two of those discovered by dog-walker Barbara Denham. A fourth victim was found at the entrance to Port’s block of flats. “The serial killers which are most difficult to catch are transient – they kill in one part of the country, then another,” explained David Wilson, professor of criminology at Birmingham City University. “But Stephen Port was not a transient serial killer. He killed in his flat, then dumped the bodies 300 meters away. They were all young men who died the same way,” he told CNN. “The idea that it wasn’t linked beggars belief.” On Friday Port was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of fashion student Anthony Walgate, 23; Gabriel Kovari, 22, originally from Slovakia; fellow chef Daniel Whitworth, 21; and forklift truck driver Jack Taylor, 25 – crimes that Port denied. London’s Metropolitan Police admitted there may have been “missed opportunities to catch Port sooner” during the spate of murders between June 2014 and September 2015. The force is now reviewing the deaths of dozens of men who also used sex-enhancing drugs, amid concerns that cases previously dismissed as drug overdoses could be further victims. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has also launched an investigation into police handling of the case. Leading gay rights activist Peter Tatchell questioned whether homophobia and class played a role in police conduct. “If four young middle class women had been murdered in Mayfair, I believe the police would have made a public appeal much sooner and mounted a far more comprehensive investigation,” he said, referring to a wealthy area of inner London. If four young middle class women had been murdered in Mayfair, I believe the police would have made a public appeal much sooner Peter Tatchell “The killing of low income gay men in working class Barking was treated very differently – police officers stand accused of class, gender and sexuality bias.” Criminologist Wilson agreed that the case had “a great deal to do with the persistence of homophobia generally and within the police.” However he added that one group of female victims similarly ignored by the police were sex workers. “It was some way down the line before the continuing disappearance of women in Ipswich started to have an impact on public consciousness,” he said of the 2006 Ipswich murders of five prostitutes by serial killer Steven Wright. “One of the sad things is that everyone is equal before the law – but the level of policing they get is often dependent on other issues.” When Benjamin Cohen, chief executive of LGBT news site PinkNews, was contacted by a friend of victim Gabriel Kovari asking him to investigate a link between the Barking murders, he says police dissuaded him from pursuing the story. “They told us there wasn’t a link between what was at that point three deaths,” Cohen told CNN. “Essentially, they gave the indication it would be a bad idea for us to report anything as it would cause people to be fearful. “They were saying the deaths were not in suspicious circumstances,” he added. “But if it were three young women murdered in Islington or Hampstead and they had an inquiry from the Daily Mail, I cannot believe that would happen,” Cohen said of the high-end London boroughs. Chillingly, it was Port who called the police pretending to be a bystander who spotted the body of his first murder victim Anthony Walgate. He was later arrested but only charged with perverting the course of justice and jailed for eight months. Port went on to kill three more men, and Cohen expresses disbelief that police were able to let the killer slip through their fingers so easily. “I can imagine Netflix making this into a 10-part series where the murderer just keeps getting ignored,” he said. Prosecutors said Port targeted victims on Grindr and other gay dating sites and apps, then plied them with drinks laced with fatal amounts of the drug GHB, or gamma hydroxybutyrate, otherwise known as liquid ecstasy. He then raped them while they were unconscious and before they died, according to testimony at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly known as the Old Bailey. Port dragged the bodies not far from his home and planted drugs on or near their bodies to make it look as though they had overdosed. Related article Chemsex, drugs and death: The lawyer who lost his lover Cohen believes another reason why police may have overlooked the serial killer’s involvement, was “because of the use of the drug GHB and its prevalence among the gay community.” “It’s quite a problem in the gay community in London, of people using these drugs in chemsex,” he said of the group sex sessions often organized through dating apps. GHB, along with crystal meth, is often associated with chemsex due to its ability to induce heightened arousal, sexual stamina, and reduce inhibition. Read more: What is chemsex? “But the thing that’s odd to me is, you don’t have chemsex by yourself, you have chemsex with someone else,” said Cohen. “So if all of these people had been taking this drug, they must have been sleeping with someone to do it.” That person was a lot closer than they thought. CNN’s Hilary Clarke contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "London’s Metropolitan Police", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161125020000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "SVK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/24/europe/serial-killer-stephen-port-gay-homophobia/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "697046910", "sentence": "Russian President Vladimir Putin, a dog lover, was presented Wednesday with a puppy as a belated birthday gift from the leader of Turkmenistan. Television coverage showed a delighted Putin, who celebrated his 65th birthday on October 7, holding and kissing the dog, named Verny, or “Faithful” in Russian, during a meeting in Sochi, Russia. The alabai, a top Turkmen-bred variety of the Central Asian shepherd dog, joins the Kremlin’s growing kennel. Foreign leaders from Japan and Bulgaria have also gifted Putin puppies, but the President’s most beloved dog was a black Labrador named Koni, a present from Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “As far as bad moods go,” Putin said once, “of course I have them like any other person, but in those cases I try to consult with my dog Koni – she gives me good advice.” Koni was famous for terrifying German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting in 2007. Photos of the meeting showed Merkel, who was once attacked by a dog, looking apprehensive as Koni approached. Putin told a magazine many years later: “When I found out that she doesn’t like dogs, of course I apologized.” Some of the German press corps thought it had been a deliberate ploy to intimidate Merkel. Last year, Putin introduced another of his dogs, a large Akita called Yume, to Japanese journalists at the Kremlin. They smiled warily as Yume’s barking reverberated around the hall, before Putin calmed her with some treats. “You were right to take caution,” Putin said reassuringly to the journalists. “Yume is a no-nonsense dog.” Yume, which means Dream, had been a gift from Japan in thanks for Russian help after the 2011 earthquake. In 2013, Putin was photographed rolling in the snow with Yume and a Karakachin dog called Buffy that he was given by the Bulgarian President. Karakachins are large Bulgarian sheep dogs that look like Saint Bernards. The Russian leader’s dogs are all big, reflecting his tough-guy image. Former US President George W. Bush recalls Putin ridiculing the Bushes’ dog Barney, a little Scottish Terrier. Bush recalled Putin saying: “You call that a dog?” A year later, he went to visit Putin at his dacha outside Moscow. As Bush recounted in his memoir, “Decision Point,” “A big black Labrador [Koni] came charging across the lawn. With a twinkle in his eye, Vladimir said, ‘Bigger, stronger, faster than Barney.’ ” Bush wrote that he’d told the story to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who replied: “You’re lucky he only showed you his dog.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Vladimir Putin", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171011191500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "TKM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/world/russia-putin-birthday-puppy-trnd/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "689459628", "sentence": "By the time Rolls-Royce unveiled its one-of-a-kind Serenity Phantom at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, it was already one of the most buzzed about debuts of the international showcase. Rendered opalescent with glossy mother of pearl paint and detailed with polished bamboo and smoked cherry wood, it was immediately hailed as “the world’s most beautiful Rolls-Royce” and “fit for royalty.” But it’s what’s inside that truly captivated: The entire interior – from the seats to the headliner – was upholstered with pastel blue raw silk, sourced from Suzhou, one of China’s silk embroidery capitals, and woven in one of the UK’s oldest mills. Delicate flowers, a riff on Japanese royal robes and chinoiserie, were embroidered and hand-painted throughout. This intricate beauty befit an opulent palace living room, or a priceless couture gown. “With the fabric, the beauty of it, you just have to stop what you were thinking about and enjoy the moment,” says Cherica Haye, the 31-year-old color and textiles maven who helped conceive the interiors. It was she who designed the distinctive floral motif and hand-painted the flowers within. “It brings you down from 100 to a normal level. With materials you can do that.” Haye is part of Rolls-Royce Bespoke, a studio of craftsman and artisans charged with designing the marque’s most ambitious, and expensive, custom models. Initially trained in fashion at Central Saint Martins – the prestigious London college that counts Alexander McQueen and John Galliano as alums – she’s elevating auto interiors to new heights. While studying textiles at Central Saint Martins, the Londoner had already mapped out her career: she would become a master of fabric innovation, and then take her skills to the storied ateliers of Paris. “I wanted to be head of material development and design at Dior,” she says, laughing, at the Rolls-Royce headquarters in the south of England. “I don’t even know if that exists, but that’s what I wanted to do.” It was only when she started her Master in Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts at the Royal College of Art, by then weary of the competitive nature of the fashion industry, that she decided to shift her focus to automotive design, driven by her dream of someday owning a Jaguar. Instead of interning, she developed conceptual textiles for the likes of Jaguar, Kia and Audi, submitting samples she’d developed as part of her course work. Her talents eventually caught the eye of Rolls-Royce design director Giles Taylor.  Impressed by her graduate portfolio, which incorporated unique woven horsehair blends and incorporated traditional Japanese dyeing techniques, he invited her to join his team less than a year later, when they were set to begin work on their most beautiful project yet. Related article 44 years of car design: General Motors' Ed Welburn shares his secrets But Haye is quick to point out that she’s not  the only one coming to vehicular design from an unexpected background. Michelle Lusby, for example, who worked with her on the Serenity interiors, comes from an illustration background. Other team members have been handpicked from the worlds of tattooing, sign-making, yachting, saddlery, and costume design. Cross-pollination and interdisciplinary collaboration, it seems, are the foundation on which all projects rest. “There’s a constant coming together of different disciplines, but what strings us together is that we’re all design,” she explains. “You just have to have an eye, and that’s what connects… Not everybody’s taste is going to be the same, but you have to have that.” If anything, she finds that her background might have left her better prepared for her current position than people think. Like the luxury fashion industry, bespoke auto design calls for endless creativity and problem-solving. And, as in a couture house, her current clientele is catered to in every way, their every whim and request met regardless of the effort or expense. Related article See this car? It was designed by a woman And most importantly, both fields allow her to work with and develop unique textiles, which remains her true passion. “At heart, I’m a textiles designer that specializes in color, in material makeup, in material innovation. Not just the overall feel of it, but to the minute, micro level. I do color, I do material overlaying, material-making, designing,” she says. “It seems pretty dreamy, eh?”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rolls-Royce Bespoke", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170914080000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/rolls-royce-bespoke-serenity-phantom-cherica-haye/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "613801893", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Vava Tampa is the founder of Save the Congo!, a London-based campaign tackling the human tragedy engulfing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The opinions expressed in this column belong to the author. Tampa: Obama has bagged no tangible African success. In fact, his much-discussed and oversold Africa policy is in jeopardy Yet all is not lost -- he still has one chance to secure his legacy in Africa In 2009, seven months after entering the Oval Office, President Obama pledged a new Africa policy. ”Africa,” he declared in the Ghanaian Parliament, “doesn’t need strongmen. It needs strong institutions.” Pro-democracy activists like me took this seriously – and for good reason. Africa’s strongmen have caused the deaths of millions. The bloodiest killing field has been Africa’s Great Lakes region, where political strongmen have responded to instability in the 20th and 21st centuries by committing crimes against humanity and, in some cases, genocide. In my beloved Congo – Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country – over 5.4 million people were killed between 1998 and 2008 in wars and proxy wars, the International Rescue Committee says. These wars continue to claim an estimated 45,000 lives a month, according to the UN’s Ross Mountain, with 1,100 women and young girls reportedly raped every day. Related gallery 100 moments from Obama's presidency In neighboring Rwanda, 800,000 people were slaughtered in the space of three months during the Tutsi genocide in 1994. And in Burundi, which was the scene of on-and-off wars and mini-genocide between 1962 and 2005, over a million have been killed. Thousands more have been killed recently in a repressive campaign to suppress political opponents, which is undoing many of the gains made since the Arusha Accords in 2005 and raising the prospect of another all-out war. These are the nightmares that many of us believe inspired Obama’s new Africa doctrine. And when Donald Trump takes over at the end of this month, I hope he makes “supporting strong institutions instead of strongmen” his priority in Africa. Fast-forward to 2017, with barely a few weeks left until end of his mandate, and President Obama has – by most accounts – bagged no tangible African success. In fact, his much-discussed and oversold Africa policy is in jeopardy. It wasn’t supposed to go this way, of course. What went wrong? In short, he didn’t stand up to strongmen. Washington totally failed to twist the arm of Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza enough to stop him from clinging to power beyond his constitutional term limit. It then failed to put in place conditions that would make it very difficult for other strongmen in the region to follow suit. The implication and long-term consequences of this failure are only now becoming clear. West of the Congo River, Sassou Nguesso has, through actions that may be legal on paper but morally wrong and politically dangerous, followed suit and changed Congo-Brazzaville’s constitution to cling to power. Paul Kagame in Rwanda has, through similar maneuvers, managed to change his country’s constitution so that he can cling to power even before his term, which expires at the of 2017, comes to an end. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens were killed in protests when President Joseph Kabila attempted to do the same thing. Related article Black Lives Matter, but only if they're American The list may very well go on. What happens next is anybody’s guess. But all is not yet lost. Africa’s Great Lakes, the region that seems pitifully prone to strongmen and mass killing – and where Washington has squandered opportunities to support strong institutions, as Obama promised in Ghana – is the very place that Obama can still guarantee his legacy in Africa. But only if action is taken before he leaves office. The crisis in Africa’s Great Lakes region – anyone who has studied the region will tell you – is like a three-legged stool: knock off one leg and the stool will fall. In other words, victory in Congo could bring an end to the reign of strongmen in the region and beyond. And to help secure victory at this crucial juncture we need Washington to impose “life-changing” sanctions on the things and people Kabila values most: his family, their fortune and their ability to move freely in Africa and across the globe. Some might argue that – in the wake of the recently-signed power-sharing deal brokered by Congo’s Catholic Church that would end his rule – imposing sanctions would make Kabila combative. Mixing shrewd diplomacy with threat of sanctions, some have argued, is better. That argument is flawed. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Indeed, what Kabila’s actions over the past two years tell us is this: he has no intention to step down and he will continue to crush anyone who questions his legitimacy. Imposing “life-changing” sanctions, at least for the recent killing of pro-democracy protesters, will not only send a powerful message to Kabila that further targeting of protesters will come at a price, but will also give Rassemblement – the opposition’s main umbrella group, which signed the power-sharing deal with Kabila’s camp – leverage to push for a peaceful creation of a transitional government, as well as preparation for a free and fair presidential election at the end of this year as conditions for sanctions are being eased. This can only be secured by Obama. Failure to do so could have pernicious consequences – both for Congo’s pro-democracy movement, and, of course, for Obama’s own Africa legacy.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama's Africa policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170103151500", "country1": "COD", "country2": "COG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/03/opinions/obama-failed-in-africa-tampa-opinion/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "635775272", "sentence": "Park due to leave office after a court upheld a vote by lawmakers to impeach her Twin protests staged both in support of, and against, impeachment Thousands took to the streets of Seoul to celebrate the dawning of a new political reality in South Korea. President Park Geun-hye is due to leave office after a Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a vote by lawmakers to impeach her. With Park out, South Koreans’ attention is now turning to what leadership the next election will usher in, and how the new leadership will handle relationships with the US and North Korea. Police presence in Seoul was heavy Saturday, after violent protests following the court’s ruling  which resulted in the deaths of three demonstrators. Pro-Park groups staged an angry demonstration outside Seoul City Hall early Saturday, singing the national anthem and waving Korean and American flags. But as the sun went down the mood of the city was jubilant, as thousands flocked to a giant celebratory rally on the historic Gwanghwamun Square. According to the Yonhap news agency, more than 70% of Koreans support Park’s impeachment. On stage at Gwanghwamun Square, in front of Seoul’s Imperial Palace, rock bands played loud music and there was a festival-like atmosphere. Unlike an earlier pro-Park rally, attendees at the square represented a cross section of Seoul society, as families with children, students, office workers and trade unionists celebrated together. “We finally have our weekend back,” a presenter shouted from stage. Many of those in the crowd have been turning out every Saturday throughout the bitterly cold winter to call for Park’s ouster. One band played a cover of Queen’s “We Are The Champions.” “Today feels like a festival,” Mun Ha-neul, 17, said. “Everyone is feeling happy.” A post shared by Justin Robertson (@cnn_justin) University student Kim Ga-yun, 26, agreed. “We’ve been (protesting) for more than 90 days,” she said. “At least today, we should be allowed to have a celebration.” Housewife Lee Dong-sun, 36, who joined many of the protests against Park, had brought her two young sons to the square. “Before, when there were other protests, I would just sit at home, even when I agreed,” she said. “But after I had children, I felt I could no longer ride on the backs of others … to bring them the future I desire.” Some protesters were wary of celebrating too much. Artist An Hyun-jung, 30, who has been staging performances criticizing Park on Gwanghwamun Square said there was still much to do. “It doesn’t feel like this is the end, I think we will be heading to the next fight,” she said. At a far smaller rally in support of Park earlier in the day, the mood was strikingly different. “We impeach the impeachment,” a presenter shouted from the stage outside Seoul City Hall. Demonstrators, many of them in tears, were encouraged to introduce themselves to each other for the “struggle ahead.” Instagram post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. Jung Yun-hee, 64, criticized the verdict, saying that it was unfair and not in keeping with the letter of the law. “Even if Park was responsible for mismanagement, she didn’t personally profit,” she said. “The freedom of the democracy and the constitution are being threatened,” said Kim Jung-hyun, in his 40s. “There was no reason for the impeachment,” Jason Choi, 36, told CNN outside City Hall, where he stood draped in a South Korean flag. “But we will follow the decision of the court.” Both Kim and Choi expressed concern that a potential future left-wing government may reverse the decision to deploy the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), a defensive missile system. The first pieces of THAAD reached South Korea last week. Park’s impeachment upheldDownfall of a political princessProtesters, police clashScandal: What you need to knowShe was ‘married to the nation’What this means for South Korea’s economy Park’s impeachment upheldDownfall of a political princessProtesters, police clashScandal: What you need to knowShe was ‘married to the nation’What this means for South Korea’s economy “The next government must support the security relationship with our friends in the US,” Kim said. “We support THAAD deployment because right now North Korea and China are pointing their missiles at us.” Pyongyang weighed in on the impeachment Saturday in an editorial from Rodong Sinmun, a state-run media outlet. “Park Geun-hye is an ignorant and uncouth dictator who squandered the taxpayer’s precious money for her own complacency and pleasure,” the piece read. “How pathetic is her wretched life.” Choi said he was worried that the next government would be “China friendly,” and would stop the deployment of THAAD, which Beijing opposes. South Korea’s first female President remains in the Blue House, South Korea’s executive mansion, for now, despite being ordered to vacate her once childhood home when her father, Park Chung-hee, was President. Prosecutors are expected to begin interrogating Park as early as Monday on corruption charges, and may seek to block her from leaving the country, according to Korean broadcaster YTN. The President is accused of being unduly influenced by her longtime friend and adviser, Choi Soon-sil, who is on trial for abuse of power and fraud. The Constitutional Court agreed with accusations that Park had abused her authority in helping Choi raise donations from companies for foundations she had set up. An election for Park’s replacement must be held within 60 days, and an ad-hoc cabinet meeting will be held soon, a government official told CNN. Experts predict the election will take place May 9. With Park’s ruling conservatives looking out of favor, it seems likely the country will turn to the left-wing opposition, which has signaled it would be likely to pursue a policy of engagement with North Korea, as opposed to the more hard line position offered by Park and her conservative allies. Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in, of the opposition Democratic United Party, currently leads the opinion polls. Moon was defeated narrowly by Park in the 2012 presidential election. “Korea will start again based on this new and surprising experience,” Moon said in a statement on his Facebook page. CNN’s Paula Hancocks, Euan McKirdy, Stella Kim and journalist Taehoon Lee contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Park Geun-hye", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170311060000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/asia/south-korea-park-geun-hye-protests/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "631459157", "sentence": "Perez argued that Attorney General Jeff Sessions can't adequately investigate any possible connections He laughed off the President's assertion that the election of him as DNC chairman itself was rigged New Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is joining calls for an independent investigation into reported contacts between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russians known to US intelligence. “What we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by Donald Trump and his buddy Vladimir Putin,” Perez said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” on Sunday. Perez argued that Attorney General Jeff Sessions can’t adequately investigate any possible connections because the Alabama Republican was a close adviser and supporter of Trump during his presidential campaign. “It’s really unfair to any foxes around the country to say that would be the fox guarding the hen house,” Perez said. White House denies wrongdoing in conversations with FBI Asked about the issue Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said it’s too early to call on Sessions to recuse himself from the investigation. “I wasn’t saying that he shouldn’t recuse himself or that he should,” Sanders said. “My point is, I don’t think we’re there yet. Let’s work through this process. You guys want to jump to the very end of the line. That’s not how this works. Typically, you go through a congressional oversight review. We’re doing that. Let’s not go to the very end of the extreme. Let’s let this play out the way it should.” Trump tweeted on Sunday afternoon about the Russia-related news coverage, calling it “fake news” that’s being stirred up for political reasons. Russia talk is FAKE NEWS put out by the Dems, and played up by the media, in order to mask the big election defeat and the illegal leaks! Perez’s comments on “State of the Union” came after Tapper asked him about Trump’s accusation in a Sunday morning tweet that he won the race for DNC chairman Saturday over Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, who was backed by Bernie Sanders and the party’s progressive wing, because the process was “rigged.” Trump tweeted: “The race for DNC Chairman was, of course, totally ‘rigged.’ Bernie’s guy, like Bernie himself, never had a chance. Clinton demanded Perez!” Congratulations to Thomas Perez, who has just been named Chairman of the DNC. I could not be happier for him, or for the Republican Party! Perez appointed his rival for the top DNC spot, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison as his deputy after winning Saturday and laughed off Trump’s assertion that his 235-vote to 200-vote win was because of a rigged system. Perez wins DNC chairmanship “Our unity as a party is our greatest strength, and it’s his worst nightmare,” Perez said of Trump.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Tom Perez", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170226163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/26/politics/perez-trump-investigation/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "468314894", "sentence": "Drug lord \"El Chapo\" escaped in July  using an elaborate tunnel Mexican authorities suspect prison workers and officials colluded in his prison break Mexican authorities have arrested 13 more suspects in connection with the prison break of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the country’s attorney general’s office said. Guzman, sometimes branded as the world’s biggest drug lord and who is also wanted in the United States, made a well-planned, elaborate escape on July 11. He dropped through a hole in a shower into a mile-long tunnel equipped with a modified motorcycle, lighting and ventilation, and has not been officially spotted since. It was his second escape from a maximum security prison. After his first escape in 2001, it took Mexican law enforcement 13 years to catch up with him. His July disappearance from Altiplano prison and revelations by an investigative reporter have left a trail of accusations of collusion in the escape of the man nicknamed “Shorty” for his stature. Six days after his escape, seven prison workers were charged in connection with it. The new arrests include three high officials from the federal prison system, sources close to the attorney general’s offices said. Celina Oseguera was a coordinator for the prison system, and Valentin Cardenas Lerma and Leonor Garcia were directors at Altiplano prison, where “El Chapo” was held, the sources said. The drug lord walked into the shower of his cell then disappeared out of sight of a surveillance camera watching him. It took guards 18 minutes to arrive at his cell after losing view of him. Nearly another half hour passed before his escape was alerted. Mexico’s interior ministry suspected prison workers helped make the  break possible. A local journalist, citing investigation documents she obtained, reported that officials had plenty of forewarning that Guzman, who has headed the Sinaloa drug cartel, was planning an escape. The government knew as far back as March that Guzman’s people were studying blueprints of the prison, Anabel Hernandez reported. Prisoners complained of excessive noise that sounded like construction work. The documents were a collection of statements from interrogations. Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office declined to comment at the time, citing the ongoing investigation. Sinaloa drug cartel has supplied much of the marijuana, cocaine and heroin sold on U.S. streets. Forbes magazine once estimated “El Chapo’s” fortune at $1 billion. There is a $3.8 million reward for Guzman’s capture. CNN’s Mariano Castillo and Jason Hanna contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mexican authorities", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150919071500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/19/americas/mexico-el-chapo-guzman-officials-arrest/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "584321683", "sentence": "Cuba's railroad spans more than 2,600 miles from one end of the island to the other It's one of the oldest train system in Latin America -- and it shows Here’s a note to Americans traveling to Cuba as relations between the two countries thaw: If you need to be somewhere on time in Cuba don’t take the train. The rail system, which began in the mid-1800s, is the oldest in Latin America and it shows; tracks are overgrown with foliage, rail cars are from a bygone era and the departure schedule that can be off by hours or even days. But the scenery is incredible. Today Cuba’s railroad spans more than 2,600 miles from one end of the island to the other. Related article US commercial flights take off for Cuba after more than half-century CNN hopped on board one of the island’s outdated trains to better understand the experience of the Cuban people who depend on the island’s outdated rail system. While we waited for a 4:30 p.m. train out of Havana headed west we quickly learned what many of the riders already knew. Not only is Cuba’s train system old but it’s unreliable. 4:30 p.m. came and went and there was no train in sight. While we waited we met a rider named David. He was in Havana visiting his four children. His 56-mile trip home to Mantanzas would take three and a half hours. He told CNN he was waiting to see when the train would show up, if it even showed up. It’s unreliable, he told us. “Sometimes it works. Sometimes I’m stuck waiting,” he said. “It sometimes take a day or two for the train to get back on service.” Cuba’s trains notoriously fail its riders. From downed cables to broken engines the archaic trains are one of the cheapest ways to get around the island, it cost us less than a dollar to ride. It was nearly 5 p.m. when we heard the sound of a train’s horn. It had finally pulled into the station, albeit 25 minutes late. Related article American ballerina in Cuba The train CNN rode was open air. The windows and doors were kept open to keep passengers cool. On board we met Nelson, the Assistant Train Conductor, whose position is considered government work. He’s held the job for 21 years and  it pays him the equivalent of twenty dollars a month but in a country where work is hard to come by Cuba’s old rail tracks are his lifeline. He said people rely on the train to get to their jobs, to get to the hospital and to visit family. “On  the weekend many people take the train,” Nelson said. It took us an hour to travel just 14 miles by train. The people forced to rely on Cuba’s most outdated mode of transportation do it because they say economically they have no choice. It’s one of the cheapest ways to travel.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cuba's railroad system", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160930104500", "country1": "CUB", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/politics/cuba-trains-late/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "678359218", "sentence": "Father was among 36 killed in Tuesday's bombing on a Shiite mosque in Herat The all-girls robotics team won award at competition after difficult journey to US The father of a member of the Afghan all-girls robotics team that made headlines last month after overcoming US visa obstacles died this week in an ISIS bombing in Herat, Afghanistan. Afghan authorities confirmed that Mohammad Asif Qaderyan, father of Fatima Qaderyan, was among 36 people killed in Tuesday’s attack at a Shiite mosque during evening prayers. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up after firing on worshippers inside the mosque, a Herat provincial spokesman told CNN. ISIS took responsibility for the attack Wednesday in a series of messages sent to Telegram channels associated with the group. The all-girl robotics team flew to the United States in July to take part in an international competition with students from nearly 160 countries. But the journey to compete wasn’t easy. Team members had their visa applications to travel to the United States denied twice and were only saved after direct intervention from President Donald Trump. They were allowed to enter on a temporary “parole” status, two senior administration officials told CNN at the time. At the competition, the team received the silver medal in the Rajaâ Cherkaoui el Moursli Award for Courageous Achievement. In addition, the girls were given congressional records detailing their journey to America by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. “You are an inspiration to all of us,” the New Hampshire Democrat told them. #Afghan robotic team received by @NancyPelosi US Democratic party leader. Thanks US for enormously encouraging our team. #Girlspower pic.twitter.com/lhWOzAAjuK Writing Thursday on Twitter, Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, said his heart went out to Fatima for the loss of her father. “We will defeat the forces trying to dismantle our future,” he wrote. The US Embassy in Afghanistan condemned the attack Thursday as “deplorable.” “We send our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed and injured,” a statement said. “We commend the government and security forces … for their response to this latest act of cowardly violence.” Tuesday’s bombing was among a series of recent deadly attacks on civilians and armed forces in Afghanistan by terrorist groups. On Wednesday, two US service members were killed when a NATO convoy came under fire in Kandahar province. Two Afghan workers at the Iraqi Embassy were killed Monday in Kabul when gunmen attempted to storm the building after blowing open the gate. In late May, more than 150 people were killed in a bombing in the center of Kabul’s diplomatic quarter during rush hour.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "ISIS", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170803133000", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/middleeast/afghanistan-robotics-team-father-dead/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "697027293", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and the author of “United States of Jihad: Who Are America’s Homegrown Terrorists and How Do We Stop Them?” The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Peter Bergen: Trump has blasted the Iran deal while his defense secretary says it's in the US national interest This effort could end up looking a lot like the failed attempts to repeal Obamacare, he writes On the campaign trail, Donald Trump was clear about his view of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which delays the Islamic state from acquiring nuclear weapons for more than a decade in exchange for the lifting of draconian US-led sanctions on Iran. Trump told CNN in the summer of 2015, “[The Iranians] are laughing at the stupidity of the deal we’re making on nuclear. We should double up and triple up the sanctions and have them come to us. They are making an amazing deal.” As president, Trump has carried on the drumbeat of criticism of the deal and hinted that he is about to take a major step on it. Trump can try to rip up the deal by “decertifying” that Iran is compliant within the terms of the agreement and have the Republican-controlled Congress act on it, for instance, by imposing new sanctions on Iran. Trump reportedly plans to decertify the agreement by October 15, which is one of the regular deadlines for the continued certification of the nuclear deal. But this move may be the foreign policy equivalent of trying to repeal and replace Obamacare, another key campaign Trump promise that ultimately he has not been able to deliver. In February of 2016, Trump tweeted, “We will immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare - and nobody can do that like me. We will save $’s and have much better healthcare!” Just before the election, Trump promised the repeal would come “very, very quickly.” Related article Iran should call Trump's bluff on nuclear deal Trump has since encountered the reality that Obamacare is now supported by a slim majority of Americans, according to a poll released in June, while the various Republican alternatives to the Affordable Care Act that emerged during recent months are generally unpopular. Similarly, with the Iran nuclear deal – which Trump has called “terrible” and “the worst deal ever negotiated” – the facts aren’t going along with the President’s promises. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified just this past week that it is in America’s national security interest to remain in the agreement. The International Atomic Energy Agency has also repeatedly found that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal. So if it’s hard to make the case that the deal isn’t working, why else would you tear up this agreement? This is reminiscent of the fix that Trump and many of his fellow Republicans got themselves into when they kept saying that Obamacare was disastrous, but had no better plan to proffer. Of course, Iran operates in other ways outside of the nuclear deal that are inimical to American interests, and indeed the interests of other countries, for instance, by propping up the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and supplying weapons to the Houthi rebels in Yemen. But the nuclear deal wasn’t meant to fix Iran’s regional meddling, irritating as that may be. Its goal, rather, was to ensure that Iran doesn’t acquire nuclear weapons, which would then set off a regional nuclear arms race in the Middle East where Saudi Arabia would quickly follow suit. Also, wouldn’t an Iran armed with nuclear weapons behave worse than a non-nuclear-armed Iran? Just take a look at the behavior of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, whose antics on the world stage only get attention because he has nukes. Without nukes, Kim would simply be irrelevant. (North Korean GDP is $16 billion, which is considerably less than that of Vermont, which at $30 billion GDP is ranked last out of the 50 American states in terms of economic output.) Related article Trump and his Cabinet are stuck in an awkward embrace Sure, the United States could try to unilaterally impose new sanctions on Iran. These wouldn’t be nearly as effective as the previous US-led sanctions that involved many other countries and forced Iran to the negotiating table to ink the nuclear deal. This time around, the US would not have the support of other major Western powers to sanction Iran. Related article Trump's self-defeating war And to what end would the new sanctions be aimed, since critics of the deal haven’t explained what would replace the current agreement? Then there is the inconvenient fact that Iran will not renegotiate the nuclear agreement. Similarly, Britain, France, Germany and Russia, which also negotiated the deal alongside the United States, have made clear that they want the deal to remain in place. Finally, in Congress there may not be the 51 votes needed to overturn the agreement by imposing new sanctions on Iran. Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, and Susan Collins of Maine, for instance, all might vote against sanctions that would effectively end the agreement. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Meanwhile, Sen. Bob Corker, the powerful head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is in a well-publicized spat with Trump, who has taken to Twitter to denigrate him. Corker has little incentive to help Trump out on the Iran deal. This could end up looking a lot like the failed effort to repeal Obamacare.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171011180000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/opinions/iran-deal-obamacare-bergen-opinion/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "593689905", "sentence": "The countries will focus on disaster relief The announcement comes during military tensions between the US and China China and the US will hold joint military drills in November, officials from both countries announced Thursday. The drills, focusing on disaster relief, will take place in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and include 134 military personnel from China’s People’s Liberation Army and 89 members of the US military, China’s military spokesperson, Wu Qian, said at a news briefing. The announcement of the joint effort comes even as there have been military tensions between the two counties. As recently as last week, the US drew the wrath of Chinese defense officials when an American guided-missile destroy sailed through the South China Sea to make a point about unimpeded access in international waters. The drills will take place between November 13-18, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. “The scenario of the joint exercise and exchange is professional disaster relief in high-altitude regions. It consists of three phases, namely, academic exchange, command post exercise and live troop exercise,” Wu said. US Pacific Command issued a statement confirming the joint exercises. “Next month, US and Chinese forces will be participating in the Disaster Management Exchange (DME), a regularly-scheduled activity that focuses on a multi-national response to a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief,”  Cmdr. David Benham, US Pacific Command spokesman, said in a statement. He added that the drills help “US and Chinese forces prepare to respond to a large-scale disaster.” CNN’s Bex Wright in Hong Kong contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-China joint military drills", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161028174500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/us-china-joint-military-drills/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "488003378", "sentence": "Hollande has said greater cooperation between the United States and Russia is required in battling ISIS The White House signaled Monday that it already believes U.S. contributions to the anti-ISIS effort are sufficient Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter plane shouldn’t lead to further wartime escalation in the region, President Barack Obama insisted at a press conference Tuesday. But he maintained that Turkey had a right to defend its airspace and charged that Russian air activity near the Turkey-Syria border has contributed to the crisis. “This points to an ongoing problem with the Russian operations,” Obama said. “They are operating very close to a Turkish border, and they are going after moderate opposition that are supported by not only Turkey but a wide range of countries.” Putin calls plane’s downing by Turkey ‘stab in the back’ Turkey said Tuesday it shot down the Russian plane with a missile strike after repeated warnings to the plane that it had flown over its territory. Related gallery Turkey-Syria border: Russian warplane crashes Obama urged Russia and Turkey to communicate about the details of the operation in order to decrease the chance of escalation, a message the White House said Obama relayed in a later phone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The downing of the Russian plane complicated Hollande’s visit to the White House, where he pressed Obama for greater global cooperation on battling ISIS, including with Moscow. Obama appeared resistant to forming any new alliances in battling ISIS, saying he’d already convened more than 60 nations in a bid to curb the group’s territorial gains in Iraq and Syria. Opinion: Iraq War’s lessons for Syria Hollande has openly called for a greater international effort to push back ISIS, whose killing spree in Paris two weeks ago was the worst terror attack on French soil in more than half a century. Obama: We are all French now He said Tuesday greater cooperation between the United States and Russia is required in battling ISIS, though persistent U.S. skepticism about Putin’s intentions in Syria have until now prevented any significant military coordination between the two countries. Related gallery Political violence is driving terrorism Putin: Russian airstrikes in Syria aimed at helping al-Assad regime “We want to gather all countries,” Hollande said. “We do not want to exclude anyone.” But he also said Russia must pledge to target ISIS terrorists instead of moderate Syrian forces opposed to the government of Bashar al-Assad, a requirement Obama also insisted upon during Tuesday’s press conference. “Russia right now is a coalition of two – Iran and Russia – supporting Assad,” Obama said. “Russia’s the outlier,” he added, noting that strikes against moderate opposition fighters “bolster the Assad regime.” Obama also cited the incident with Turkey as a reason for Russia to turn its focus to fighting only ISIS in Syria, saying that “some of those conflicts or potential for escalation are less likely to occur” if it narrowed its sights. ISIS brings Putin, Obama together He said the encounter “underscores the importance of our moving the political track along as quickly as possible” when it comes to resolving the Syrian civil war, which ISIS has exploited to seize territory. After the press conference, Vice President Joe Biden told reporters gathered in the East Room that he believed “Putin is coming to the realization that Assad should transition out.” Without any major new commitments to announce alongside Hollande, Obama instead touted a new intelligence sharing agreement announced last week that has helped France target ISIS sites in Raqqa, Syria. And he called on Europe to do more to stop the flow of foreign fighters, share passenger lists and exchange information across borders. Obama and Hollande meet: What a différence in U.S.-French relations Calling ISIS a “scourge” that “must be defeated,” Obama said the U.S. stood with France after the brutal massacre in Paris. “We’ll deliver justice to these terrorists and those who sent them,” Obama said. ISIS “cannot be tolerated. It must be destroyed. And we must do it together.” Later on Tuesday Obama convened his National Security Council to discuss counter-ISIS strategy. That amid a State Department-issued warning to travelers about potential terror threats. The White House said in a statement Tuesday night “the President was briefed that there is currently no specific, credible threat to the homeland from ISIL.” Hollande’s visit to Washington comes amid a spate of jet-set diplomacy for the French leader. He’ll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday. He met in Paris with British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday. Obama, who returned from a week-long foreign swing on Monday, made clear in the aftermath of the Paris attacks he wasn’t considering a change in strategy, saying instead he was planning to intensify the U.S.-led coalition’s air campaign in Iraq and Syria. Related gallery The ISIS terror threat In his first press conference after the attacks, in Antalya, Turkey, Obama argued testily that alternative plans from Republicans ignored realities on the ground, saying that his own interactions with wounded troops instilled a wariness toward war. After coming under intense criticism for his response to the attacks, Obama turned up his rhetoric on ISIS Sunday, saying during a press conference in Malaysia that his efforts to stamp out the group would succeed. But he nonetheless departed Asia insisting the strategy he’s utilized against ISIS is working – and that other options, like sending in ground troops, aren’t being considered. The White House signaled Monday that it already believes U.S. contributions to the anti-ISIS effort are sufficient. Obama seeks tricky balance in fight against ISIS “The United States is certainly pulling more than our own weight when it comes to the contribution behind this coalition,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said. “That’s something that we’re glad to do. That is in line with the long tradition of American leadership. It certainly is a tradition that this president believes in.” CNN’s Greg Krieg and Jim Acosta contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151124163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/24/politics/obama-francois-hollande-white-house-meeting/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "657720814", "sentence": "Before President Donald Trump delivered his highly anticipated speech in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, much of the media focused on one phrase: radical Islamic terrorism. Would Trump continue to use the term, as he did throughout the 2016 presidential campaign? Or would he find a less controversial variant, like “Islamist extremism,” in front of his Saudi hosts? In Sunday’s speech, he had it both ways. “There is still much work to be done,” Trump said. “That means honestly confronting the crisis of Islamic extremism and the Islamists and Islamic terror of all kinds.” Briefly, “Islamist” refers to political movements that attempt to implement Islamic law and theology.  “Islamic” refers to the religion itself, and many Muslims take offense at associating their faith with violence. The phrase “Islamic terror” was not in the President’s prepared remarks; his mention of it was an exhaustion-induced oversight, a senior White House official said. But intentional or not, Trump’s language revealed his administration’s two minds on Islam. On the one hand, Trump pleased American Muslims by calling Islam “one of world’s great faiths,” a  departure from his accusation, made just last year, that “Islam hates us.” He also sought to undercut terrorists’ arguments that they embody Islamic ideals. They worship death, not God, the President said. They are “barbaric criminals,” not true believers. “Every time a terrorist murders an innocent person, and falsely invokes the name of God, it should be an insult to every person of faith,” he said. Trump also rejected the “clash of civilizations” narrative pushed by some of his senior aides, notably Steve Bannon, who has warned darkly of a looming battle between the West and “Islamic fascism.” Instead, Trump said: “This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations. This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it. This is a battle between good and evil.” Shahed Amanullah, a former senior adviser at the State Department, said, “President Trump clearly separated Islam from terrorism, unlike candidate Trump.” Was it “on the job learning, or duplicity?” he asked. Notable that Pres. Trump clearly separated Islam from terrorism, unlike Candidate Trump. On the job learning, or duplicity? #TrumpInSaudi On the other hand, Trump’s speech adopted Bannon’s overall approach to terrorism: that it’s mainly a religious and military problem, and poses an existential threat to the West. And the president cheered his conservative base by addressing “Islamic terror” in lurid, nearly apocalyptic language. “We now face a humanitarian and security disaster in this region that is spreading across the planet. It is a tragedy of epic proportions. No description of the suffering and depravity can begin to capture its full measure,” Trump said. He called on Muslim nations to drive extremists into extinction and touted his new $110 billion arms deal with the Saudis as a necessary measure against terrorism. Trump also urged religious leaders to deliver a stark message: “Barbarism will deliver you no glory – piety to evil will bring you no dignity. If you choose the path of terror, your life will be empty, your life will be brief, and your soul will be condemned.” So, while Trump acknowledged that terrorists have no truck with religion, he nonetheless implied that mainstream imams and other Muslim leaders somehow hold sway over them. If that were true, perhaps ISIS would have heeded the more than 5,000 condemnations of terrorism Muslims have issued in recent years. “He clearly thinks terrorism is fueled by religion,” said Ebrahim Moosa, a professor of Islam at the University of Notre Dame. “He doesn’t make any connection between terrorism and political resentments and the oppression of people.” To be fair, Trump is hardly the first president to insist that terrorism both is, and is not, a religious issue. The Obama administration, which pointedly refused to use the term “Islamic terrorism,” angered American Muslims by hosting a summit on countering violent extremism two years ago that focused almost exclusively on Islam. In a speech at the summit, Obama, like Trump, said Muslim clerics have “a responsibility to push back” on “twisted interpretations of Islam.” But the Obama administration was generally consistent on one point: refusing to grant groups like ISIS the religious legitimacy they crave by calling them “Islamic.” It was a counter-terrorism strategy, though administration officials occasionally wandered into theology, as when former Secretary of State John Kerry called ISIS “apostates.” If Trump’s speech is any indication, a debate about Islam still rages within his administration, and perhaps within himself. One can easily imagine Bannon whispering “Islamic terrorism” into one of the President’s ears, and national security adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster whispering “violent extremism” in the other. On Sunday, Trump accommodated both. CNN’s Jim Acosta and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this story.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170521210000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/21/politics/trump-islam-inconsistent/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "712353746", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript December 5, 2017 As the Trump Administration considers moving a U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, we’re explaining the significance of the potential decision. Also featured today is an update on the U.S. government’s restrictions on people traveling to the U.S. from eight other countries. And we’re examining the debate over President Trump’s announcement to reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the printable version of today’s CNN 10 transcript. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of international significance and then clearly describe why they’re making news, who is affected, and how the events fit into a complex, international society. Thank you for using CNN 10", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171204234500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/cnn10/ten-content-tues/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "436889469", "sentence": "Authorities say students took standardized tests for others using fake passports 15 Chinese nationals have been charged in the scheme Fifteen Chinese nationals have been accused of participating in a cheating scheme that helped foreign students fraudulently gain admission to American colleges and universities and obtain student visas. The Department of Justice said the defendants had fake Chinese passports made, which were used by individuals to take standardized tests for other people. The tests included the SAT, the Test of English as a Foreign Language, and the Graduate Record Examination. “These students were not only cheating their way into the university, they were also cheating their way through our nation’s immigration system,” said Special Agent in Charge John Kelleghan for Homeland Security Investigations of Philadelphia. U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania said on Thursday that 15 people were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, counterfeiting foreign passports, mail fraud and wire fraud, The majority of the crimes took place in Western Pennsylvania, authorities said. Most American colleges and universities require applicants to take either the SAT or the ACT. Those applying for student visas in the United States are sometimes required to include standardized test scores as evidence they are qualified for the school or programming they are joining.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "15 Chinese nationals", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150528233000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/us/pennsylvania-test-fraud-scheme/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "613397807", "sentence": "President-elect Trump promised new revelations about Russian hacking this week The new Congress will be sworn in, and President Obama will visit Democrats President-elect Donald Trump claims to have inside information on Russia’s meddling in the United States’ election – and promises to reveal it “Tuesday or Wednesday.” At a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-A-Lago estate, a tuxedoed Trump maintained that another culprit aside from Russia could have been behind the election intrusion.”It could be somebody else. And I also know things that other people don’t know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation,” he said. Liberal groups want delay of Sessions hearing Asked to describe what undisclosed information he knew, Trump said: “You’ll find out on Tuesday or Wednesday.” The latest developments in Trump’s denial of the American intelligence community’s assessment – widely accepted by both Democrats and Republicans – that Russia hacked Democratic operatives’ emails in a bid to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton will be among the leading political stories this week, as Trump’s transition efforts resume and a new Congress is sworn in. Here are five other political stories to watch this week: The Russia hacks aren’t just driving a wedge between Trump and the Obama administration. Some Republicans on Capitol Hill are backing Obama’s moves last week to sanction Russia, and are calling for legislation to add even more sanctions on top of those announced by the White House. The Senate Armed Services Committee, chaired by Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, will hold a hearing on cyberthreats and the election-related hacking Thursday. The issue could set the tone for relations between Trump and the Republican majorities in the House and Senate. The newly elected Congress will begin its work Tuesday at noon with a vote to officially re-elect Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as House speaker. Several new faces will appear in Congress, including Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and former Republican Florida governor and Senate candidate Charlie Crist, who is set to become a Democratic congressman. So will Florida’s Brian Mast, a Republican and Army veteran who lost both of his legs in Afghanistan. An old face, meanwhile, will appear in the Senate. Vice President Joe Biden will be back in the body where he spent more than three decades to swear in new senators, including California’s Kamala Harris and Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, who replaces retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. Hill Republicans eye busy first 100 days of 2017 The Senate will quickly move toward confirmation battles over Trump’s nominees – with Democrats complaining that nominees aren’t submitting materials they’ve requested, including their financial information and shouldn’t get hearings and votes until those are provided. House Republicans, meanwhile, will condemn the Obama administration’s handling of a United Nations vote on Israeli settlements on the West Bank. And House Democrats are opposing a GOP-backed rule change that would impose new fines for members who break rules of decorum. It’s an effort to stop Democrats from using platforms such as Periscope and Meerkat to live-stream sit-ins on the House floor, as they did last year. President Barack Obama will make an unusual trip for a lame-duck president – visiting Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to meet with congressional Democrats and discuss how to fight Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is set to push the repeal of Obama’s signature domestic achievement in the first week of the new Congress. Democrats, meanwhile, face a defining moment in the early stages of the Trump era: If party members pledge not to help the GOP pass any replacement, it would place enormous pressure on Trump and congressional Republicans to come up with a way to keep 20 million Americans insured – and get Congress to approve such a program. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will hold a conference call with House Democrats Monday on Obamacare. What else can Obama get done before leaving office? He’s still working toward closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and could make additional pardons. His farewell speech will also be formally announced Monday. After a holiday getaway at his Mar-A-Lago estate, Trump has several cabinet positions left to fill. He’s expected to soon announce his choices for secretary of Veterans Affairs and Agriculture. Other key roles remain unfilled, as well – including solicitor general, where top aide Kellyanne Conway’s husband George Conway is reportedly a candidate, as well as Director of National Intelligence and deputy secretary of state. Trump will attempt to conclude a piece of older business this week with a deposition at Trump Tower this week. The deposition comes as part of Trump’s legal battle with the chef Jose Andres. Andres was supposed to launch a restaurant in the new Trump International Hotel in Washington. But after Trump’s attacks on Mexicans as he began his presidential campaign in June 2015, Andres withdrew, and Trump sued him for breach of contract. CNN’s Steve Brusk, Deirdre Walsh and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report. 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{"article_id": "576923889", "sentence": "Trump, Clinton squared off over Putin, ISIS, her email server Controversy erupted over his comments about sexual assault in the military Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump clashed Wednesday over national security issues that exposed deep divides about how to manage the military and conduct foreign policy in an increasingly complex world. The forum offered a preview of how the two candidates will present themselves to the country when they appear on stage September 26 at the crucial first presidential debate. The gulf between them was especially apparent when the discussion centered on Russia and combating ISIS. Clinton has repeatedly slammed Trump on the campaign trail for his embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin. But at the “Commander in Chief” forum hosted by NBC News, Trump once again praised the Russian leader in comparison to President Barack Obama. “Certainly, in that system, he’s been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader,” Trump said. “If (Putin) says great things about me, I’m gonna say great things about him. I’ve already said he is really very much of a leader.” Trump has also presented varying answers about his plan to deal with ISIS and moderator Matt Lauer pressed the Republican nominee on the issue. “I have a plan … Look, I have a very substantial chance of winning,” Trump said. “If I win, I don’t want to broadcast to the enemy exactly what my plan is.” But he also said he would confer with US generals on his ISIS plan, although he criticized Pentagon brass, alleging generals have not stood up to Obama. “I think under the leadership Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble.” With less than three weeks until the debate, Trump seemed at ease with the freewheeling style he has often demonstrated on the campaign trail. He caused a stir by defending a tweet that implied military sexual assault is a result of women serving in the military. Meanwhile, Clinton pivoted from questions about her email server to focus on her vision of a robust national security policy. Asked about what critics call her hawkish foreign policy record, Clinton said: “We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again and we are not putting ground troops into Syria.” She added: “I view force as a last resort, not a first choice. I will do everything in my power to make sure our men and women in the military are fully prepared for any challenge they may have to face on our behalf, but I will also be as careful as I can in making the most significant decisions any president and commander and chief can make about sending our men and women into harm’s way.” Clinton, who said defeating ISIS would be her “highest terrorism goal,”  spoke of using air power and regional alliances to defeat the group. “We’ve gotta do it with much more support from the Arabs and the Kurds who will fight on the ground against ISIS,” she said. “We have to squeeze them by continuing to support the Iraqi military. They’ve taken back Ramadi, Fallujah. They’ve gotta hold them. They’ve gotta now get into Mosul.” In a press conference Thursday morning, Clinton told reporters that the forum was “yet another test and Donald Trump failed yet again.” “We saw more evidence that he is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief,” she said. “He trash talked American generals.” Trump repeated his claim that he was “against” the Iraq War, an assertion that has been repeatedly debunked. He praised the military campaign in Iraq in the first months after the invasion. Trump has repeatedly attacked Clinton over her support for the war, saying it showed poor judgment. Clinton, when asked about her vote to authorize the war, said: “I have said that my voting to give President Bush that authority was, from my perspective, my mistake,” she said. “I am asking to be judged on the totality of my record.” Trump said at the forum that he’d be open to “working” on a way for undocumented immigrants to serve in the US military – a sharp contrast to his tone during a speech in Arizona last week where he said he would focus on deporting undocumented immigrants from the country. “I think that when you serve in the armed forces, that’s a very special situation,” Trump said. “I could see myself working that. Absolutely. Now we have to vet very carefully, everybody would agree with that.” A woman in the audience asked Trump during the forum what he’ll do to stop the “20 veterans” from committing suicide daily. “Actually it’s 22. It’s almost impossible to conceive that this is happening in this country,” he said. “We’re going to speed up the process, we’re going to create a great mental health division. They need help.” Clinton, also asked about the issue, pointed to her recently rolled out mental health policy agenda. “I have a whole section devoted to veterans’ mental health. And we’ve gotta remove the stigma. We’ve gotta help people currently serving not to feel that if they report their sense of unease, their depression, that somehow it’s gonna be a mark against them. We have to do more about addiction. Not only drugs but also alcohol,” Clinton said. The disturbing statistic behind the ’22 Pushup Challenge’ Clinton, meanwhile, repeated “it was a mistake” to have used a personal email account and server while leading the department, and that she would “certainly not do it again.” “I make no excuses for it,” she said. But Clinton defended certain emails, including those that contained information about the country’s covert drone program, as not revealing classified information. “There were no discussions about any of the covert actions in process being determined about whether or not to go forward,” she said. “But every part of our government had to deal with questions, secretary of state’s office was first and foremost, so there are ways of talking about the drone program.” CNN’s Jeremy Diamond and Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160908011500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-presidential-forum/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "669778554", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jason Steinhauer is the director of Villanova University’s Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Jason Steinhauer: Historians are weighing in as debates about past rage on social media Only they can provide nuanced analysis based on academic research, Steinhauer says Those distracted by our recent political theater may have missed an extraordinary international incident at the end of May: Russia and Ukraine got into a Twitter war about history. A brief recap of what occurred: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in France. During the briefing, Putin proudly stated that the wife of French medieval King Henry I, Anna Yaroslavna, was Russian. A Ukrainian Twitter account tweeted that, in fact, Yaroslavna was from Kiev, not Russia. The official Twitter account for Russia tweeted back: “We are proud of our common history … (we) share the same historical heritage which should unite our nations, not divide us.” To which Ukraine tweeted this GIF from “The Simpsons.” You really don't change, do you? pic.twitter.com/HDfS9A8jWZ The exchange garnered thousands of reactions on Twitter, ranging from laughter and shock to citizen historians sharing their own interpretations of what the medieval Slavic states looked like. Absent from the conversation? The voices of historians, who are critical in providing honest assessments based on well-researched evidence. Hundreds of millions of people now consume historical information on social media, either directly or via links. According to a 2016 Pew survey, a majority of US adults – 62% – get news on social media, and 18% do so often. The same study found that nearly 6-in-10 Twitter users get news on Twitter. Few go to academic monographs or journal articles to dig deeper. A forum such as Twitter is therefore an important opportunity to clarify information for citizens and hold political leaders and state actors accountable in their use and abuse of the past. Often on Twitter many of the comments and responses rely on facts from Wikipedia or other sources that may not be thoroughly researched. Additionally, many of the replies (including those from the two nations involved) are politically motivated and as such may not be trustworthy or objective. This is where historians play an important role in setting the record straight. Related article The danger of Twitter, Facebook politics Of course, the issue of historical accuracy isn’t a uniquely Russia-Ukraine story. On behalf of the US State Department, I was recently in Lithuania, where Russian media are asserting that since Soviet troops won the land of Lithuania during World War II, it should now be returned to Russia. This is part of a larger effort by Russian media and military to discredit Lithuanian history and justify a return to a Soviet-style sphere of influence. That’s where we need the voices of historians to cut through the clutter. Indeed, this was my message in meeting with US and Lithuanian officials in addition to scholars and students. It is why a group of historians, media scholars and science communicators nationwide have established the field of “history communication” to train historians to be media-savvy and to empower them to use new media to promote their scholarship. Historians have taken great steps to get out of the classroom and into cyberspace. Dozens of historians are working together on a new history blog for The Washington Post, and there are several history-themed podcasts and websites publishing historical scholarship. But we need to go even further. Many historians, including those who work on Russia, have Twitter accounts. My list of historians on Twitter is now more than 1,100 members. Some historians, such as Kevin Kruse, Joanne Freeman and Heather Cox Richardson, are already taking it upon themselves to interject their expertise into contested exchanges about the past. It cannot stop with them. The subtext for the Russia-Ukraine exchange is complex. And it’s part of a larger Russian effort to establish legitimate claims to former Soviet lands through influencing public opinion. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook History, of course, plays an important role in this process. Before Moscow annexed Crimea, it set out to establish Russia’s historic ties to the peninsula and rallied support among the residents for a return to their Russian homeland. Whereas in the past these contestations over history may have played out in books, the mainstream media and academia, today they also occur over the Internet and social media. We need historians to be there at the ready to disentangle myth from fact.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170702141500", "country1": "UKR", "country2": "LTU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/02/opinions/historians-twitter-debate-opinion-steinhauer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "716502491", "sentence": "A tour bus crash in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday has left 12 dead and 18 injured, officials said. The bus was carrying 31 people, including tourists from the United States, Italy, Brazil and Sweden, in the state of Quintana Roo, according to Public Security of Quintana Roo. The dead include one child, the agency said in a statement. The bus was traveling from the coastal village of Mahahual to the Mayan archaeological site Chacchoben, according to Public Security of Quintana Roo. Chacchoben is about 110 miles south of the popular tourist destination Tulum. The injured were sent to hospitals in Bacalar and Chetumal. Five were later released. Among the bus passengers were 27 cruise guests from two Royal Caribbean ships, Celebrity Equinox and Serenade of the Seas, the cruise line said. The ships arrived Tuesday in the busy cruise ship port of Costa Maya, a vacation destination on Mexico’s Caribbean coast near the Belize border. Both ships left Tuesday afternoon. “Our hearts go out to all those involved in the bus accident in Costa Maya. We are doing all we can to care for our guests, including assisting with medical care and transportation,” spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said. “We are working with the local authorities to learn more about the accident.” Celebrity Equinox, a seven-night Caribbean cruise, departed from PortMiami on Saturday, December 16. Serenade of the Seas, also a seven-night Caribbean cruise, departed Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday, December 15. Video of the crash’s aftermath showed a bus on its side in a wooded area off the roadway. Representatives from the United States mission in Mexico are heading to the scene to assist any US citizens involved, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said. “We know that lots of families and individuals are traveling this time of year,” she said. “We’re working with local authorities.” CNN’s Michelle Kosinski, Sarah Faidell, Jen Rizzo and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mexico", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171219221500", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/19/americas/mexico-tour-bus-crash/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "598129532", "sentence": "UK's top diplomat advises EU leaders to get over disappointment at Donald Trump's win Trump is speaking with EU leaders who have been lukewarm about his victory British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told European leaders Friday to stop whining about the US election results following a slew of anxious statements in response to Donald Trump’s shocking victory. “I would respectfully say to my beloved European friends and colleagues that it’s time that we snapped out of the general doom and gloom about the result of this election, and collective ‘whinge-o-rama’ that seems to be going on in some places,” Johnson said at a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, using British slang for complaining. The comments from the colorful British politician – who was widely tipped to become prime minister after successfully spearheading the campaign to leave the European Union – may have surprised some since he had earlier been outspoken about his disdain for the President-elect. Boris Johnson: His best put-downs Johnson once said he was “genuinely worried that (Trump) could become president.” And after Trump claimed areas of London were dangerous due to radicalized Muslims, Johnson said: “The only reason I wouldn’t visit some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.” But he appears to have found a silver lining in Trump’s win, saying the election was a “great opportunity for the UK” following Britain’s seismic vote in June to leave the EU. Johnson’s optimism contrasts with the lukewarm response from many EU politicians to Trump – a candidate who lobbed insults at Europe and European leaders during his campaign, and was heavily criticized in turn. Now they are having to put aside their differences with the President-elect and are pledging to work with him. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom Trump slammed during the campaign for “ruining Germany” by accepting large numbers of refugees, spoke on the phone Thursday with the President-elect, a German government representative told CNN. Related article World leader Trump admires? The same one he's vilified Merkel congratulated Trump and pointed out the two countries have long-held common values, making them close. Earlier, she had responded to Trump’s win by saying the campaign had been notable for its confrontations, which had been hard to take. On Friday, French President François Hollande – who has said that Trump’s comments on a dead soldier made him want to retch – had a “cordial” eight-minute phone conversation with the US President-elect during which they agreed to work to clarify positions on key issues, Elysée spokeswoman Elise Beretz told CNN. Those issues included the fight against terrorism, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and the Paris Agreement on climate change, she said. They also “remembered the history and values that the two countries have in common, the amicable relations between France and the United States,” Beretz said. Hollande had earlier congratulated Trump on his win but said the result “leads to uncertainty,” adding that he urged “vigilance because of statements made by Donald Trump.” Russia’s Putin, others pleased as Trump win shocks world British Prime Minister Theresa May also spoke to Trump on the phone Thursday in a call that ended with the President-elect inviting her to visit as soon as possible. May had earlier been diplomatic in her congratulations, saying the two nations shared a “special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.” Related video Voters explain fears about a Trump presidency “We are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defense,” she said. European Council President Donald Tusk responded to Trump’s win by saying he respected the democratic choice of the American people, but was “aware of the new challenges that these results bring.” One of those challenges, he said, was “this moment of uncertainty over the future of our trans-Atlantic relations.” “The events of the last months and days should be treated as a warning sign for all who believe in liberal democracy,” Tusk said. “This means that we should finally get our act together and bring back a sense of direction, bring back confidence, bring back a sense of order.” But while the political establishment in Europe has reacted uneasily to Trump’s win, parties on the right have rejoiced, likening it to the same mood of populist discontent they believe is redefining the political landscape on the continent. Related article Trump gets boost from Brexit leader Farage as he aims for 'American independence' Nigel Farage, the outgoing leader of the UK Independence Party and one of Brexit’s top campaigners, told CNN that he and Trump had both triumphed in “the big battle of 2016.” Farage, who spoke at a Trump rally in August, once called Trump “the new Ronald Reagan.” “I believe in nation-state democracy, I believe in controlling borders, I believe we’ve got to confront the threat of Islamic terrorism, and President-elect Trump believes in very much the same thing,” he said from Miami. But Farage said he considered it unlikely the British government would offer him a position as a mediator with Trump despite British press speculation about such a role. Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was “incredibly snobby about me, they find it very difficult to even have a conversation with me,” he said. Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front, which is riding high in polls ahead of next year’s election, celebrated Trump’s win with a flurry of tweets. “A new world is emerging,” she wrote. Marine Le Pen: ‘Anything but Hillary Clinton’ Florian Philippot, a National Front vice president, tweeted a photo of Le Pen with the caption: “Their world is collapsing. Ours is being built.” CNN’s Richard Quest, Laura Goehler, Stephanie Halasz, Lindsay Isaac, Claudia Otto, Lorenzo D’Agostino, David Wilkinson and Milena Veselinovic contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161111164500", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/11/europe/europe-boris-johnson-trump/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "460597705", "sentence": "Scott Walker says President Barack Obama should cancel the visit of China's president \"there's serious work to be done rather than pomp and circumstance,\" Walker said Monday Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is calling on President Barack Obama to cancel Chinese President Xi Jinping’s September visit to Washington – channeling Donald Trump’s attacks on the United States’ biggest Asian trading partner. Walker, a Republican presidential contender, made his call after U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday amid global fears of China’s economic slowdown. In a statement, Walker – whose standing in Iowa, a key early state, has suffered as Trump has risen in GOP polls – accused China of manipulating its economy, echoing critiques of the Asian giant that have come from populists like Trump. He said Obama should “focus on holding China accountable over its increasing attempts to undermine U.S. interests,” rather than hosting Xi. “Given China’s massive cyberattacks against America, its militarization of the South China Sea, continued state interference with its economy, and persistent persecution of Christians and human rights activists, President Obama needs to cancel the state visit,” Walker said. “There’s serious work to be done rather than pomp and circumstance. We need to see some backbone from President Obama on U.S.-China relations.” Trump has made attacks on China, as well as Mexico, centerpieces of his campaign – accusing U.S. trade negotiators of hashing out bad deals with the countries. The United States doesn’t have a free trade agreement with China, but it did drop tariffs with Mexico through the early-1990s North American Free Trade Agreement. RELATED: Donald Trump on market crash: ‘This could get very messy!’ The United States and China, meanwhile, frequently find themselves at odds in trade talks at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. The two countries have faced off in trade disputes over rare earth minerals, tires and more, and U.S. officials are regularly asked to slap trade taxes on Chinese goods to make up for the government’s intervention in the country’s economy and for its efforts to devalue its own currency in order to gain a price advantage in the United States. Still, a tougher approach to China, and particularly a crackdown on the country’s currency manipulation, is a line most typically pushed by populist Democrats on Capitol Hill – rather than GOP presidential candidates. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that Obama has not called Chinese officials to discuss the country’s currency. He said the Treasury Department has been monitoring global markets – including China’s. He said Chinese currency manipulation and cyber-espionage will be topics of conversation when Xi visits the White House in September. Walker’s proposal to cancel Xi’s visit was mocked by Dan Pfeiffer, a former top aide in Obama’s White House, who tweeted that Walker “is really bad at being Donald Trump.” Scott Walker is really bad at being Donald Trump https://t.co/rSX0MZqy8u In 2013, before he entered the Republican presidential race, Walker met with Xi during a visit to Beijing. There, he reportedly told the Chinese president of Wisconsin’s plans to set up a trade and cultural promotion center in the country, and praised the relationship between China and U.S. states. Walker also supported a company based in Beijing and Milwaukee that helped wealthy Chinese immigrants gain U.S. citizenship. Walker’s Wisconsin public-private economic development arm, meanwhile, is planning a trade venture to China in January, and is joining a larger trade venture as part of a regional group in May. CNN’s Tom LoBianco contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Scott Walker", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150824223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/politics/scott-walker-china-xi-jinping-2016/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "624083591", "sentence": "Reports of violence and rape are hard to confirm as access for journalists is limited A government spokeswoman told CNN the allegations will be investigated Myanmar’s security forces are waging a brutal campaign of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine State, a new UN report released on Friday has alleged. Eyewitness statements in the report detail “unprecedented” levels of violence, include burning people alive, raping girls as young as 11 and cutting children’s throats. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement the report indicates “very likely commission of crimes against humanity.” Aye Aye Soe, a spokeswoman for the Myanmar government, said the government has seen the report and is “very concerned about the allegations” “The Investigation Commission headed by the Vice President will look into it. If evidences of the violations are found we will definitely take action on them,” she told CNN via email. Soe said she would respond to CNN with more details at a later date. A United Nations team in Bangladesh interviewed about 220 Rohingya Muslims who had fled Rakhine State after the outbreak of violence for the report. There have been numerous allegations of human rights abuses in Rakhine State in recent months, but CNN has been unable to verify them, due to the Myanmar government’s tight travel restrictions. The United Nations estimates about 69,000 people have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh since the violence began. Out of the 220 people interviewed, the report said 65% had witnessed killings, while just under half had personally had a family member murdered. A woman from Kyet Yoe Pyin village alleged her 5-year-old daughter was killed when she tried to stop attackers from raping her mother. Related video Rohingya Muslims targeted in Myanmar “She was screaming, one of the men took out a long knife and killed her by slitting her throat,” the report says. A young girl told interviewers soldiers killed her father, then raped her mother before locking her inside the family’s house and burning it down. “All this happened before my eyes,” she said. More than half of the 101 women interviewed by the UN reported either rape or sexual assault before fleeing Rakhine State – the youngest was 11 years old. Sixty-four percent of those interviewed reporting burning or destruction of property while 37% said their own property had been stolen or looted. There were also allegations of torture, including beating and sexual humiliation. Up until now only fleeting glimpses of the situation inside the Rakhine State have emerged. A Rohingya refugee who lost his 16-month-old son Mohammed fleeing Myanmar told CNN they had left after the military attacked their village, burning his grandfather and grandmother alive. Related video Inside the Rohingya resistance “We couldn’t stay in our house. We fled and went into hiding in the jungle,” he said. The Myanmar government has repeatedly denied claims of human rights abuses, saying they are carrying out “clearance operations” against suspects who attacked Myanmar border guards in October 2016. Myanmar’s government is still limiting access for aid agencies and journalists to the area. Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who is part of a Myanmar-government commission into the Rakhine State, has said he is “deeply concerned” about the violence. Rohingya Muslims, a stateless minority recognized by neither Myanmar nor neighboring Bangladesh, have expressed their disappointment with State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi, who they’d hoped would help them after decades of discrimination. CNN’s Sandi Sidhu contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar’s security forces", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170204053000", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/asia/rohingya-united-nations-report/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "490777169", "sentence": "GOP presidential candidates addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington on Thursday Candidates took questions from attendees Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is expected to spend millions of dollars backing a GOP candidate Republican presidential contenders descended on Washington on Thursday for a conference that was slated to focus on foreign policy but took place in the shadow of another mass shooting in the United States. The candidates planned to use their appearances before the Republican Jewish Coalition to boost their pro-Israel bona fides. But the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California – the deadliest since the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut – once again inserts the issues of violence, security and gun control into the 2016 race. The day opened with a moment of silence for the victims, and the first speaker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, held another one at the opening of his speech. He also said the murders show the nation is “at war” with terrorism. “At this point the details of what happened in San Bernardino is still unclear,” Cruz said. “All of us are deeply concerned that this is yet another manifestation of terrorism, radical Islamic terrorism here at home.” Sen. Marco Rubio was slightly more measured in his remarks, and only briefly touched on the shooting. “We don’t know all the facts yet, but we certainly have learned some facts that are concerning,” Rubio said, saying his “prayers” were with the victims. RELATED: Trump praises police response to shooting that Carson calls ‘hate crime’ In contrast, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is languishing at the bottom of the polls, devoted most of the beginning of his speech to attacking Cruz for his hard-line positions, telling the audience he guarantees Republicans will lose the election with hard right immigration policies and opposing exceptions to abortion restrictions for cases of rape. “Not the speech you thought you were going to hear, right?” Graham said. “Not the speech I thought I was going to give.” Still, the vast majority of the conference will serve as a forum for the candidates to make their foreign policy pitches before the RJC, a group of influential conservative Jews looking for a candidate strong on Israel and for an active U.S. role in the Middle East. With the Paris terrorist attacks and crisis in Syria putting national security in sharp focus in the race, candidates’ performances may speak volumes about their viability with the Republican electorate. Cruz and Graham both still dedicated a significant portion of their speeches to supporting Israel, opposing Iran and fighting terrorism. Special attention Thursday was on GOP front-runner Trump and two senators rising in the polls: Rubio and Cruz. Trump led the new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday morning with 27%; Rubio and Cruz are at 17% and 16%, respectively, with Carson also at 16% as he continues to fall. RELATED: Donald Trump leads as Ben Carson fades Trump announced Wednesday night a planned trip to Israel, and spent most of his speech making jokes about his familiarity with the crowd. “I know everybody in this audience,” he joked at one point after recognizing an associate in the front row. But he also conceded that the room was not his chosen crowd, and got boos from the audience when he refused to take a position on whether Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of Israel. “You’re not going to support me even though I’m going to be the best thing that ever happened to Israel,” Trump had said earlier. “And I know why you’re not going to support me, it’s because I don’t want your money.” In contrast, the Florida and Texas senators are both comfortable speaking about foreign policy and have historically pro-Israel stances, with Cruz making targeting evangelical voters a priority, especially as Carson has struggled of late, including on foreign policy issues. Both were clear audience favorites for their speeches Thursday morning. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was unable to make his speaking time at the forum due to votes in the Senate. All the other senators had morning speaking slots. The senators are also vying for support of Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate expected to spend millions of dollars backing a pro-Israel presidential candidate. Adelson’s spokesman Andy Abboud said the billionaire will not be in attendance. The audience is larger than just those in the room, however. Gallup polls show that 83% of Republicans side with Israel over Palestinians, up steadily from 53% in 2001, and evangelical voters in particular favor a pro-Israel foreign policy. Thus far in the race, those themes have mostly played out as GOP candidates have railed against President Barack Obama and also his nuclear weapons deal with Iran. RELATED: Donald Trump: I’m going to Israel Each candidate gets 30 minutes, which includes opportunities for questions. Tevi Troy, president of the American Health Policy Institute and a former George W. Bush administration official, said he expects Trump will have to show knowledge and mastery of foreign policy in order to impress the well-informed audience. Cruz and Rubio will have to live up to expectations. Carson had a chance rehabilitate himself on the foreign policy front. The rest of the candidates will be looking to have a breakout performance that could send them back into the top tier. Jeb Bush, for instance, will come out strongly in support of Israel and highlight his long track record of supporting the Jewish state, said Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a co-chairman of Bush’s campaign. Carly Fiorina has often referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as her “friend” on the trail. And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will seek to avoid a repeat of his speech last year to the group, in which he ruffled feathers by referring to “occupied territories,” as he continues to make the case that he is the most experienced candidate in the race on national security. Carson, however, failed to impress the crowd, and delivered an uncharacteristic written address. Carson said he would be reading his remarks in order to make sure he made all the points he wanted to, but the wooden speech that was heavy on Israeli history and statistics failed to strike a chord with the audience. He also several times throughout the speech failed to correctly pronounce Hamas, the Palestinian terror group that is one of Israel’s biggest adversaries. At one point, he described the Middle East as “really complicated.” “He missed a big opportunity,” said former White House press secretary and RJC board member Ari Fleischer. “He read a good speech but the way he came across, it just doesn’t work, you can’t read a big lengthy policy wonky speech like that – you have to make an emotional connection with the audience and he failed.” “He didn’t advance his goal of showing any foreign policy,” Fleischer added. As for Trump, Fleischer said he entertained the crowd, but didn’t impress. “Trump’s speech was wildly entertaining, it was enjoyable, but he  comes across as if he lacks knowledge and lacks substance and doesn’t know any of the nuance of the issues,” Fleischer said. “For a group that wants to hear his position on an undivided Jerusalem and the ’67 borders, he either didn’t have a position because he doesn’t know the issues or he made a mistake by not saying it.” The Paris attacks have put the spotlight again on ISIS and international terrorism, and that will be reflected at Thursday’s event. “There’s no question” that the Paris attacks have made the RJC forum even more important, said Cantor, who was the highest ranking Republican Jew before losing a GOP primary in 2014. “We are in the process of nominating and electing a commander in chief. The gravity of the threat that continues to present itself as far as Israel is concerned reflects the gravity of the threat to the free world.” For her part, Fiorina focused on the Bernadino shooting, and used remarks lifted from her stump speech to pitch to the group. “Hillary Clinton was tweeting about gun control while we learned that radicalized Islamic terrorists were building pipe bombs,” the former Hewlett-Packard CEO said, one of the final 2016ers to speak, adding later. “The murder the mayhem that we see unfolding in Paris in Beiruit, San Bernardino are a direct consequence of this administration’s polices. We cannot lead from behind.” Winning over the room will have more implications than amplifying a candidate’s image: It will have an impact on the money, as well. “The RJC is an excellent and skilled organization at bundling dollars in favor of preferred candidates,” Troy said. “This is going to be a chance for candidates to talk candidly in real terms about foreign policy after Paris, in the context of Syria, and I think as a whole Republican candidates are going to be able to contrast their understanding of threats facing the country in contrast to the last seven years.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republican presidential candidates", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151203113000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/03/politics/republican-jewish-coalition-san-bernardino-shootings/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "424689024", "sentence": "Saudi general says more than 1,200 airstrikes since campaign began March 26 Three Saudis were killed in attack on border position, source tells CNN More than 500 Houthi rebels have been killed since the start of Saudi-led military operations against Yemeni Shia fighters, a Saudi Defense Ministry official said Saturday, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. A Saudi general said Saturday the nine-nation coalition has undertaken 1,200 airstrikes since they began on March 26. Gen. Ahmed Asiri added that the raids aim to keep the rebels from moving toward southern Yemen,  according to the SPA. Clashes took place Friday near the Saudi-Yemeni border, in the Najran region. Saudi forces responded to mortar rounds fired by Houthis on a Saudi border site. Related video Iran calls Saudi airstrikes in Yemen criminal Three Saudi military officers were killed and two others were wounded in the shelling, a defense official said, according to SPA. A Saudi source also confirmed to CNN’s Nic Robertson that three Saudi soldiers were killed in the shelling. The Yemeni Health Ministry on Saturday said 385 civilians have been killed and 342 others have been wounded. The World Health Organization has put higher figure on both tolls – 648 killed and 2,191 wounded – but includes militant casualties in the totals. Yemen has been descending into chaos in the weeks since Houthi rebels – minority Shiites who have long complained of being marginalized in the majority Sunni country – forced Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi from power in January. And even before the crisis escalated with the Saudi airstrikes, most of the 25 million people in Yemen required humanitarian assistance to meet their most basic needs, the United Nations said Friday. CNN’s Pierre Meilhan and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi-led military operations against Yemeni Shia fighters", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150412014500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/11/middleeast/yemen-crisis-saudi-arabia/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "648255349", "sentence": "The Trump administration is reviewing whether to keep the Iran deal Administration officials have slammed Iran for destabilizing activity President Donald Trump doubled down on the administration’s tough rhetoric on Iran Thursday, echoing his Cabinet officials as he declared Tehran isn’t abiding by the spirit of the nuclear deal. Iran is “not living up to the spirit of the agreement” that curbs its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, Trump said at a White House news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. “And they have to do that.” Trump said. “I think they are doing a tremendous disservice to an agreement that was signed,” Trump added. The President was following Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who ratcheted up the rhetoric on Iran Wednesday, declaring the international deal to restrain Tehran’s nuclear program had failed and that Iran continues to be “the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism.” The nuclear deal forged by the Obama administration and allies “completely ignored all of the other serious threats that Iran poses,” Tillerson said from the department’s ornate Treaty Room. On Tuesday, Tillerson – required by law to report regularly to Congress on Tehran’s adherence to the deal – had affirmed that Iran is abiding to the pact curbing its nuclear program. On Wednesday, however, he detailed Iran’s “alarming and ongoing provocations that export terror and violence, destabilizing more than one country at a time,” and said that if Iran goes unchecked, it “has the potential to travel the same path as North Korea.” His statement was the latest in a drumbeat of warnings from the Trump administration that it is set to crack down on Iran and might reconsider the nuclear deal reached between the US, EU partners, Russia and China. But despite the rhetoric, diplomats and analysts say they don’t expect the administration to walk away from the deal, which aims to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. Instead, they see the administration’s harsh words as both a warning to rogue regimes such as North Korea and an effort to create political cover for sticking with the deal after Trump’s campaign criticism of the pact as a “horrible deal.” They note that the US is making these moves in the lead up to a quarterly international meeting in Austria to review the deal. “We understand there is some tough talk for internal consumption and the US electorate,” one Western diplomat explained. “But we don’t foresee the US trying to reinterpret the agreement. At least that’s our understanding from the American side for now. We could be wrong.” Another Western diplomat called the administration comments “a politically acceptable way of sending the certification to Congress” that Iran is holding to the deal, describing it as “certification dressed up in rhetoric” of criticism toward Tehran. Related article When it comes to Iran, Trump and Obama aren't yet looking much different “The administration is doing an Iran review, but from what we hear the focus is more about what happens as parts of the deal expire, as opposed to actually opening the agreement up for renegotiation,” the second diplomat said. “None of the other countries would be up for that.” The diplomat said the intensified language is also a shot across the bow by the US to Iran to warn: “Just because North Korea is misbehaving, it doesn’t mean we aren’t still watching you.” But a senior administration official said the White House is serious about its reservations with the agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The immediate concern is the ways in which the financial relief provided by the deal’s rollback of sanctions is being used by Iran to destabilize the region. “The JCPOA was meant to provide economic relief to Iran in exchange for their suspending their nuclear program,” the official said. “It’s not clear we’ve achieved that result, and the economic relief they’ve received has been used on weapons systems and support for terrorism.” The decision the administration is considering “is if providing additional such relief will be in the national security interests of the United States,” the official said. Candidate Trump made criticism of the pact a centerpiece of his campaign, telling the American Israel Political Action Committee in March 2016 that “my number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.” He added, “let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for America, for Israel and for the whole of the Middle East.” While Tillerson blasted the deal because it didn’t address Iran’s destabilizing activities in the region, analysts and diplomats said it was designed that way because more comprehensive negotiations that took in other issues would have tanked the deal. “The deal was limited by design,” said John Kirby, an Obama State Department spokesman and CNN military and diplomatic analyst. “There would have been no way to get a deal if we lumped in everything else we don’t like about Iran.” Like the diplomats, Kirby said the administration may be looking for political cover. “I think they felt he needed to come out and make this statement because (Tillerson) was forced by congressional reporting to admit Iran was in compliance” with the deal, Kirby said. Though Tillerson certified on Monday that Iran is sticking to the terms of the nuclear deal, he announced that the US would be reviewing whether the deal’s requirement to lift sanctions in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear program is in US national interests. Reapplying sanctions would violate the terms of the deal orchestrated by former President Barack Obama alongside Russia, China and the EU. Proponents of the deal say that abandoning it would make other challenges in the Middle East even harder, emboldening Iranian hardliners and triggering Iran to restart its nuclear program, which could start a nuclear race in the region as other countries rushed to get their own bomb. Ahmad Majidyar, director of the Iran Observed Project at the Middle East Institute, said that “with a nuclear deterrent, Iran would most likely increase its support for groups in the region, which would definitely not improve regional or international security.” The administration official countered that “Iran’s program is ongoing, they continue to enrich uranium, and other regional powers are already considering their options. The hardliners are already emboldened. And our allies, notably Israel, are extremely upset at the moment about Iranian aggression in the region.” The official concluded, “I’m not sure that’s a compelling case to stay in the JCPOA and continue to provide the sanctions relief that is fueling Iran’s belligerent and dangerous behavior.” Administration officials said the US is looking at ways to more strictly enforce the terms of the nuclear deal and impose tougher sanctions related to Iran’s activities in the Middle East, which the US and its allies see as destabilizing. That includes Iran’s support for Houthi rebels in Yemen, its backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and for Islamic militant groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon. But Majidyar argued that scrapping the deal wouldn’t help Washington. “It would more isolate the United States than it would isolate Iran,” he said, noting that other world powers are party to the deal. “What I see is a more strict (US) interpretation of the deal and that interpretation will be different than Iran’s interpretation.” Those parties have been talking for some time to the UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency about clarifying various aspects of the deal that were ambiguous to ensure stricter implementation, the first diplomat said. Administration officials have made clear in recent days that they are very focused on Iran. White House press secretary described the attention as a sign that Trump believes there are problems with the deal. “If he thought everything was fine, he would have allowed this to move forward,” Spicer said. In the Middle East, Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday told reporters who asked about Iran’s role in Yemen and elsewhere that, “Everywhere you look, if there’s trouble in the region, you find Iran.” “Right now, what we’re seeing is the nations in the region and others elsewhere trying to checkmate Iran and the amount of disruption and the amount of instability they can cause,” he said after a meeting with officials in Saudi Arabia, Tehran’s Sunni rival. And last week, CIA Director Mike Pompeo told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that “we’re actively engaged in a lot of work to assist the President in making sure he has an understanding on where the Iranians are compliant and whether they might not be.” Since the pact was signed, Pompeo said, “The list of Iranian transgressions has increased dramatically.” CNN’s Laura Koran and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170420000000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/19/politics/tillerson-iran-nuclear-deal-review/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "549571596", "sentence": "The woman woke up in an unfamiliar location and realized she'd been raped Police held her in custody after she reported it A Norwegian woman was jailed in 2013 in the UAE in a similar case A Dutch woman who reported being raped while on holiday in Qatar has been jailed since mid-March and could face charges of adultery, according to her lawyer. The 22-year-old woman, whom CNN has identified only as Laura, was at a hotel bar having drinks with a friend, but then had a drink that made her feel “very unwell,” according to Brian Lokollo, a lawyer who was hired by the woman’s family. She reportedly woke up in an unfamiliar location and realized “to her great horror” that she had been raped after her drink was spiked, Lokollo said. When she reported the rape to the police, she herself was imprisoned. “I don’t know what the charges are. To my knowledge she is being held in custody because she reported that she was raped,” Lokollo told CNN Sunday. According to Lokollo, she is due to appear before a judge in the Qatari capital Monday where the official charges will be heard for the first time. Rape: Why is it so hard for countries to combat? The Dutch government and its embassy in Doha are in close contact with the defendant and her family in the Netherlands, according to a statement from the embassy. “We have provided assistance to her since the first day of detention. For the sake of the defendant’s case we will not make further comments at this point,” the statement added. The Qatari authorities could not immediately be reached for comment. “Adultery,” or “fornication outside of marriage,” is a crime in Qatar as well as other countries in the conservative Muslim Gulf regardless of the marital status of those involved. According to Qatar’s Penal Code 2004 (Law No. 11), “anyone who copulates with a female above sixteen without compulsion, duress or ruse is convicted to no more than seven years in prison. The same penalty is also imposed on the female for her consent.” In the nearby United Arab Emirates in 2013, a Norwegian woman who reported being raped by a colleague was sentenced to 16 months in jail, charged for having unlawful sex, making a false statement and the illegal consumption of alcohol. Marte Deborah Dalelv was later pardoned by Dubai’s ruler.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Qatari authorities", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160612124500", "country1": "QAT", "country2": "NLD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/middleeast/qatar-dutch-woman-rape-report-held/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "656955268", "sentence": "Rep. Devin Nunes step aside from leading the House intelligence investigation last month \"I don't talk about intelligence,\" the California Republican said Thursday The former head of the House Russia investigation, Rep. Devin Nunes, is continuing to review intelligence relating to Russia, a move that has Democrats grumbling that he has violated the spirit of his recusal. Nunes, a California Republican, took a trip to the CIA this week to review Russia intelligence, according to House intelligence committee sources. As word of Nunes trip trickled out among lawmakers this week, it angered Democrats who thought that they had moved past the chaos spurred by Nunes’ coordination with the White House. Rep. Mike Quigley, an Illinois Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, shrugged when asked if he was concerned that Nunes had not completely removed himself from the House Russia investigation. “He recused himself, so he can set those limits,” Quigley said. RELATED: House intel chairman stepping aside from House Russia investigation Nunes’ clandestine trip two months ago to the White House to review intelligence obtained by White House staff started a three-week stretch of chaos inside the House that almost derailed its Russia investigation. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the investigation, both called for Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation, accusing him of coordinating with President Donald Trump to sabotage the House inquiry. At the end of three weeks, Nunes announced he would step aside from the House Russia investigation, as he became the subject of a House Ethics probe into whether he revealed classified intelligence. “I don’t talk about intelligence,” Nunes said Thursday, when asked why he was still reviewing Russian intelligence. When Nunes stepped aside from the House Russia probe, he noted that a trio of Republican representatives would be taking his place – but he never said he would withdraw from the Russia investigation completely. “I believe it is in the best interests of the House Intelligence Committee and the Congress for me to have Rep. Mike Conaway, with assistance from Reps. Trey Gowdy and Tom Rooney, temporarily take charge of the committee’s Russia investigation while the House Ethics Committee looks into this matter. I will continue to fulfill all my other responsibilities as committee chairman,” Nunes said in a statement on April 6. RELATED: Meet the man taking over the House Russia probe Since then, Nunes has attended briefings and has retained his spot on the “Gang of Eight” – a select group including the top Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate and on the intelligence committees. Nunes’ perch on the “Gang of Eight” has given him greater access to intelligence than every other House Russia investigator except Schiff, who is also on the “Gang of Eight.” Schiff declined comment for this article. A senior House Republican aide noted that Nunes is still the chairman of the House intelligence committee and has duties, which still require him to review classified intelligence. The aide added that House Speaker Paul Ryan is not setting the terms of Nunes’ recusal from the leadership of the investigation. The senior Republican aide later said that Nunes never technically recused himself, because he only said he would ask the other Republicans to “temporarily take charge” of the House Russia investigation. Since Nunes’ limited recusal, investigators have worked hard to reset the House investigation – with Schiff and Conaway agreeing on a pair of hearings and Democrats curtailing some of their public criticism of the House probe. A spokeswoman for Conaway did not immediately return a request for comment for this article.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rep. Devin Nunes", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170518230000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/politics/devin-nunes-russia-intelligence/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "562932831", "sentence": "Soldiers who seized state broadcaster were from presidential unit, PM says July 15 attempted coup left hundreds dead Turkey is disbanding its elite presidential guard unit following an attempted coup that left hundreds dead this month, the Prime Minister said. Some of the soldiers who seized state broadcaster TRT  during the attempted coup came from the presidential guard unit, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told Anadolu state news agency. “We decided that there won’t be a guards unit in this compound anymore,”  he said. Since the attempted coup on July 15, Turkey has cracked down on various agencies and individuals suspected of having ties to it, including journalists, judges and professors. Related video Turkish parliament approves state of emergency The roundup of suspected coup plotters is not the only government response to the uprising. Under a new presidential decree following the attempted coup, suspects can be detained for as long as 30 days without charge and the government can listen in on all conversations they have with their lawyers. A three-month state of emergency declaration issued Thursday grants President Recep Tayyip Erdogan new powers to implement the detention measures. It is expected to be ratified by parliament, where his party holds the majority. Before the coup attempt, Turkey’s detention period without charges was 24 hours, extendable to as long as four days. How people in Turkey feel about the failed coup Related video Who is Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Turkey has shut down more than 2,000 institutions linked to the cleric Fethullah Gulen – the president’s longtime rival, who has been in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999. Erdogan accuses him of being behind the coup attempt and has requested his extradition from the United States. Gulen and his supporters have said the government is using the state of emergency “to solidify his power and persecute his critics.” Turkish authorities detained Gulen’s top aide Saturday, according to a source from the President’s office. Halis Hanci, who was taken into custody in northern Turkey, entered the country two days before the military coup attempt, the source said. Gulen’s nephew, Muhammet Sait Gulen, was also detained, Anadolu reported. Obama: U.S. was not involved in Turkish coup attempt Turkey fired or suspended 50,000 people from the country’s institutions and security forces last week. They include judges, teachers, police and journalists. More than 9,000 soldiers have been arrested since the coup, but 1,200 were released Saturday, the government said. Related video Erdogan's popularity a week after the failed coup Turkey’s secular Republican People’s Party has planned a rally for Sunday. The party opposed the coup attempt and supported Erdogan, but it voted against his state of emergency declaration. The secularists have said their denouncement of the coup does not mean they agree with the government measures enacted afterward. The rally marks a rare show of solidarity for a country that has failed to stand together in the aftermath of several terrorist attacks this year. The government’s response to the rally will also widely be seen as a test of its commitment to democratic freedoms. CNN’s Susanna Capelouto and Gul Tuysuz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkish government", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160724080000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/24/world/turkey-coup-attempt-aftermath/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "692442433", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Michael Weiss is a national security analyst for CNN and author of “ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror.” Michael Weiss: The colorful political operative maintains he is looking forward to telling his side of the story about the Russia investigation Stone has disputed Rep. Adam Schiff's claim that he forecasted release of John Podesta's emails The Nixon tattoo on his back looks more expensive than the transplanted hair on his head. His fashion sense, about which he is outspoken and fastidious, seems ripped from Gilded Age cartoons about predatory industrial fat cats. He enjoys body-building, marijuana, swinging and martinis, which he sometimes blames for his vulgar sallies on social media against those with whom he disagrees, usually women (“disgusting lesbian dwarf”), minorities (“stupid negro”) and minority women (“Black beans and rice didn’t miss her”). Inevitably, then, Roger Stone has known and worked for the current president of the United States for four decades, on and off serving as a lobbyist, a political strategist and a campaign adviser before he quit or was fired in August 2015. He and President Trump have a lot in common. They share a mentor in the late McCarthyite attorney Roy Cohn, a love of Manhattan and Florida residences and an incurable penchant for peddling conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination and the Clintons. Even though Trump once described him as a “stone-cold loser” who “always tries taking credit for things he never did,” Stone has remained a stalwart defender of the man he calls “perhaps the greatest salesman in US history,” for whose unlikely ascent to national office he strangely doesn’t claim credit. “Donald Trump is his own strategist, campaign manager, and tactician, and all credit for his incredible election belongs to him,” Stone writes in his book, “The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution,” a score-settling account against everyone who has ever upset Roger Stone, which comes across as a feverish and dubiously sourced campaign journal. “I’m just glad to have been along for the ride.” Except that the ride is now taking the Republican operative and self-professed “dirty trickster” before the House Intelligence Committee, where he is scheduled to testify in closed session on September 26 as part of the panel’s investigation of Russian government interference in the 2016 election. Stone steadfastly denies any involvement, in yet another uncharacteristic display of modesty. Not that Stone isn’t loving every minute of the attention. He only regrets that the hearing will be held in private. As he told CNN, “I have again asked for immediate release of the transcripts so that there will be no confusion or misinformation about my testimony. I very much look forward to testifying and I am anxious to correct a number of the misstatements by committee members regarding my activities in 2016.” Stone first drew the scrutiny of Congress and counterintelligence officials after he seemed to uncannily forecast the embarrassment of John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman. On August 21, Stone tweeted that it would soon be “Podesta’s time in the barrel.” Two months later WikiLeaks published a tranche of Podesta’s hacked Gmail correspondence. Much has since been made of Stone’s tweet, not least of all by Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee’s ranking Democrat, who extrapolated dark collusion from that admittedly vague comment. Stone, however, insists that his remark has been misinterpreted.  He was referring, he writes in his book, to Podesta’s forthcoming comeuppance for his “and his allies savaging of Paul Manafort,” the embattled former Trump campaign manager, over “a series of leaks and false claims regarding his business activities in Ukraine.” CNN reported this week that Manafort had been wiretapped by the FBI beginning in 2014, in part over his business activities in Ukraine, and that a source said that the surveillance of Manafort had lapsed for lack of evidence, before resuming on another matter related to the Russia investigation. Related video Stone: I talk to Trump on occasion Stone claims in the book that he knew from his “own research that Podesta had been involved in money laundering for the Clinton Foundation and the Russian Mob” and the tweet was about an article addressing these unproven allegations, which Stone would later post, also in October 2016, on his personal blog, StoneColdTruth.com. “It’s important to note that none of the information regarding Podesta’s activities in this article comes from WikiLeaks in their subsequent releases,” he writes in his book. “The two are not connected.” In a recent USA Today op-ed, Stone went even further, blaming “the entire allegation of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign” as the “brainchild” of Podesta, “most likely to distract from the lucrative business contracts that he and his brother enjoyed with the oligarchs around Vladimir Putin.” (A spokesperson for Podesta didn’t reply to my request for comment.) Thus, according to the unsubstantiated story peddled by this longtime GOP operative, was a longtime Democratic operative like Podesta able to enlist the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, private cyber security firms, multiple bipartisan congressional committees and a legion of investigative journalists into an elaborate false-flag conspiracy. One can’t tell if Stone here is indignant or jealous. By his own admission — or at least one variation of it — he has “communicated” with Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, who has spent the last five years in paranoia and purdah behind the walls of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. (WikiLeaks says neither it nor Assange has ever communicated with Stone.) Stone has also copped to having had online conversations with Guccifer 2.0, the hacking entity responsible for the breach of Podesta’s emails and the Democratic National Committee’s and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s, all of which were then passed on to WikiLeaks. The FBI, CIA and NSA have all concluded “with high confidence” that Guccifer 2.0 was actually a cutout for the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, another allegation Stone disclaims. “It doesn’t seem to be the Russians that hacked the DNC,” he wrote in an August 5, 2016, column for the right-wing website Breitbart, “but instead a hacker who goes by the name of Guccifer 2.0.” Stone has posted what he says is the full online exchange he had with the account, via Twitter direct message, on his website. He apparently wrote that he was “delighted” the account had been reinstated on Twitter after being taken offline. Guccifer 2.0 replied, “i’m pleased to say u r a great man… and i think i gonna read ur books… please tell me if i can help u anyhow… it would be a great pleasure to meet.” Trump, too, has continually doubted or questioned Russia’s hacking of the DNC, DCCC and Podesta’s emails, both before and after the election, despite his now having access to all those agencies’ classified findings on the matter. Assange denies receiving his digital wares from Russian intelligence at all. Much like the embassy-bound anarchist, Stone is a notoriously unreliable and unscrupulous showman who revels in his own inflated reputation as a prime mover of historical events and a master of the dark political arts.  Among his “rules” for living is this forbidding combination of Evelyn Waugh and Sun Tzu: “Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack.” Which will make even an untelevised congressional hearing something of an unbound ego trip for him and the reason he wants his testimony publicized. Yet the Stone spectacle shouldn’t distract from the fact that he has been especially squirrely about his engagement with Assange. There are also circumstantial oddities to the story about the arms-length relationship enjoyed between supporters or fellow travelers  of Trumpland and WikiLeaks, about which Stone will no doubt be asked directly. Related video Roger Stone on Comey firing (entire interview) On August 8, 2016, Stone told the Southwest Broward Republican Organization, “I actually have communicated with Assange. I believe the next tranche of his documents pertain to the Clinton Foundation but there’s no telling what the October surprise may be.” In fact, this proved to be quite an accurate guess, as WikiLeaks did release thousands of emails about the Clinton Foundation in October. As the website The Smoking Gun first reported, Stone’s gift for prophecy became acuter the closer WikiLeaks got to its Podesta data dump. On Saturday, October 1, 2016, he tweeted that “Wednesday [October 5] @HillaryClinton is done.” On Monday, October 3, at 12:24 p.m., Stone then appeared to explain why he thought this was going to be the case: “I have total confidence that @wikileaks and my hero Julian Assange will educate the American people soon #LockHerUp.” Stone was off by two days: the release of Podesta’s hacked emails began on October 7, 2016. On October 12, Stone told CBS Miami that his “back-channel” to Assange was a “mutual friend” who “travels back and forth from the United States to London and we talk. I had dinner with him last Monday.” He elaborated further, on November 2, 2016, as to who this intermediary might be. Stone told Britain’s Observer newspaper that his point of contact with Assange was an unnamed American libertarian opinion journalist with no connection to the Trump team. In “The Making of the President,” he adds that this mystery friend informed him that Assange was “in possession of ‘unspecific political dynamite’ that would ‘adversely affect the Clinton campaign.’” Related article Mueller's Russia probe: Nothing is unrelated at this point That same Observer article also intriguingly cited an unnamed source “close to Trump Tower” who said that Stone once “boasted to him of meeting with Assange himself,” presumably within the span of the 2016 campaign cycle, which would have meant such a meeting can only have taken place at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Stone replied that the Observer’s source was “bull****ing” the broadsheet. Then, on March 19, 2017, he changed his story completely. Stone told CNN that he had never communicated with Assange “either directly or indirectly,” which would rule out having a go-between at all. This was mere days after he tweeted the following: “[N]ever denied perfectly legal back channel to Assange who indeed had the goods on #CrookedHillary.” The tweet was deleted within 40 minutes of its being posted. The essence of any congressional inquiry into Roger Stone’s engagement with WikiLeaks is on who exactly this mysterious “back channel” may have been, if one even exists. One of his friends, pollster Doug Schoen, told the New Yorker in 2008 that Stone is “not so much a Republican as an actor who likes to assume poses. The show is not a by-product of his life – it is his life.” Could that mean that the man who has taken credit for the prostitution-driven downfall of New York governor Eliot Spitzer and for blocking a crucial recount of votes in Miami-Dade County in the 2000 presidential election might be embroidering or misrepresenting his engagement with a retailer of stolen political secrets? I emailed Stone for this article, asking if he’d name his back channel to Assange. “I had an off the record conversation,” he wrote, “and I do not burn reporters with whom I have that ground rule so I will not expose this journalist. Nothing illegal or improper in his dialog with Assange.” Some in the left-leaning press have speculated, based purely on circumstantial evidence, that Stone’s interlocutor is actually Nigel Farage, the goofy-grinning, demagogic former leader of Britain’s pro-Brexit UK Independence Party and a staunch transatlantic Trump supporter.  (Trump has returned the admiration; just after the election, he tweeted that “Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!” This endorsement caused some displeasure in the British government, members of which sternly noted that they already had a fine ambassador in Sir Kim Darroch.) Stone has suggested, although Farage has denied, that he first put the former investment banker turned Member of European Parliament in touch with Trump. But, in that same email to me, he “categorically” denied that “Farage is the person who confirmed the WikiLeaks tweet of July 21 in which WikiLeaks said they had info on Hillary. My source, a journalist, confirmed this and was borne out in October.” Now here is why some question whether Stone is telling the truth. On August 8, 2016 — the same day he spoke before the Broward Republicans, saying that he had communicated with Assange — Stone tweeted this: “When I had dinner with Nigel Farage who lead [sic] the Brexit campaign in the UK he told me the polls had been rigged in that fight. MSM trick.” (“MSM” refers to “mainstream media.”) Assuming the misspelled “led” here suggests that the dinner took place after the Brexit referendum, that would place it sometime after June 23 but before August 8, 2016. We know that Farage and Stone were both in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention, which was held from July 18 to 21. Furthermore, Farage’s spokesman told Mother Jones that at the RNC he “met Roger Stone in a restaurant in Cleveland during the RNC purely by chance. They subsequently met each other in a hotel in Washington during Trump’s inauguration, again without planning and by chance.” “Farage told me he was seeking a meeting with the candidate and I told him I would recommend it,” Stone wrote me, “which I subsequently did in conversations with Donald and Paul Manafort.” The former UKIP leader’s “capacity for drink and cigarettes are memorable,” Stone added. “Seemed like a very nice guy. I am confident Farage asked many in the Trump camp to help secure this meeting. I am certain others recommended it as well.” As to the subject of their exchange or exchanges during the convention and possibly also during the inauguration, “[n]either Julian Assange nor WikiLeaks came up in any context in that conversation or any subsequent conversation as, again, I don’t recall seeing or meeting him again,” Stone wrote me. Farage dined with President Trump, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump on February 25, 2017 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. and tweeted a photograph of the event that same day. On March 9, eleven days later, he was seen entering the Ecuadorian embassy in London by a local resident who alerted BuzzFeed to the fact. Farage was inside the embassy for 40 minutes before a BuzzFeed reporter buttonholed him as he was leaving, along with the head of operations of LBC, a British radio station on which Farage hosts a talk show. Farage told the outlet, “I never discuss where I go or who I see.” He later explained to Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper that his meeting with Assange was for “journalistic reasons, not political reasons… It was a private meeting.” Related video Stone: I talk to Trump on occasion Whatever was discussed at that conclave, Assange had urgent business to attend to. Later that day, the fugitive Australian gave a live press conference about WikiLeaks’ latest haul of leaked documents, the drip-drip publication of which had begun on March 7. It was a data dump pertaining to the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, which WikiLeaks code-named “Vault 7.” The timing of this leak was particularly propitious for those who not only doubted or dismissed the US intelligence community’s consensus on Russian cyber espionage in the 2016 election but who also conspiratorially insisted — as did Stone, Assange and Trump’s other perfervid supporters — that the current president was being undermined by a “deep state” of American spies. March, after all, had seen Trump’s tweeting of his accusation that he had been personally “wiretapped” by President Obama and the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions from the Trump-Russia investigation, a recusal Trump would later abhor publicly. “Vault 7” demonstrated how American spies use cyber warfare to snoop, via smart phones and televisions, on their friends and foes alike. If yours is the kind of mind that judges InfoWars and StoneColdTruth.com as standard-bearers of credibility, as against a compromised and biased “MSM,” what might you infer from these disclosures? Perhaps that such sophisticated eavesdropping capabilities make Langley a likelier culprit in the hacking of the Democrats’ correspondence, a “deep state” operation blamed unfairly on Putin. Didn’t the president himself compare the CIA to Nazis, after blaming it, without evidence, for leaking the notorious “dossier” on his alleged ties to Russia? Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Just as he had done by publishing the first batch of Podesta emails within hours of Trump’s Access Hollywood grab-them-by-the-genitals scandal, on October 7, 2016, Julian Assange had again interrupted a news cycle unflattering to Donald Trump — and only a little more than a week after Nigel Farage sat at a dinner table with the commander in chief at the latter’s own hotel. The Observer asked Farage’s spokesperson if he was Stone’s line of communication to Assange and was told, “Definitely not.”  (My attempts to reach Farage via the UKIP press department were unsuccessful.) Sure, Farage isn’t an American, but he does travel back and forth between the United States and London and he is arguably a libertarian opinion journalist, partly in keeping with Stone’s description. He’s also a bit of a squish on the Kremlin. He has previously said he admires Vladimir Putin as an “operator” if not as a human being and he appears regularly on the Kremlin-financed English-language propaganda channel RT to talk about immigration to the UK, terrorism and the EU. In one especially outre piece of theatre, he was even “knighted” on RT’s air by a child dressed as Queen Elizabeth. US investigators might find it rather easy to determine who Stone’s “back channel” to Assange is — assuming such a person exists. Anyone who pays call on the fugitive WikiLeaks founder  is captured on CCTV, footage of which would be in the possession of MI5, Britain’s domestic security service, including, presumably, any American libertarian scribbler more closely hewing to Stone’s description of his interlocutor. The Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge lies around the corner from the department store Harrods and, thanks to its infamous resident, it’s one of the most surveilled buildings in London. It hardly needs stressing that if US counterintelligence officials in the FBI and CIA asked, MI5 would gladly share such CCTV footage with them. Which may mean that the House Intelligence Committee already knows more than the dirty trickster thinks it does. Not that he’s bothered by that. “I could care less if the [intelligence] leakers figure out who my source is,” Stone wrote me, “because neither he nor I know the source of the WikiLeaks disclosures.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Roger Stone", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170924233000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/opinions/roger-stone-moment-of-truth-opinion-weiss/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "543167253", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Danny Cevallos is a CNN legal analyst and a personal injury and criminal defense attorney practicing in Pennsylvania and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Follow him on Twitter @CevallosLaw. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his. Danny Cevallos says it's too easy to invoke the Nazis as William Weld did on Trump There are better ways to counter Trump's immigration stance, Cevallos says Last week, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who is seeking to become the Libertarian Party’s vice presidential candidate, compared Donald Trump’s plan to remove some 11 million undocumented immigrants from the United States to Kristallnacht, the infamous “Night of the Broken Glass” in 1938, when anti-Semitic mobs spread across Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia, burning homes and businesses and attacking and killing Jewish residents. When CNN’s Jake Tapper pushed back, asking if it was a “little strong” to make Holocaust comparisons, Weld engaged in a behavioral tradition used for millennia by politicians, defendants and generally anyone confronted with their own questionable choices. He doubled down. Instead of backing off or conceding any ground, he added more words to his original words. Related article Trump's casual racism toward Native Americans No, Weld insisted, it was not too much. Specifically, he intimated that because he served on a Holocaust commission sometime in the 2000s, he was uniquely qualified to make Nazi comparisons. Serving on a Holocaust commission is surely an honorable billet. It probably qualifies you to do and talk about a number of things. It does not bestow upon you a superior skill with Nazi analogies. In fact, the comparison game is dangerous whether you are a former Holocaust commission member, or just some angry guy on Facebook in mom’s basement with a Wi-Fi signal. It turns out Weld’s remarks are an echo of the principle known as Godwin’s law. I first heard about Godwin’s law from another lawyer friend, the kind of guy who tells riveting tales, unencumbered by such inconveniences as certainty, or facts. But unlike his other inventive tales, he was right about Godwin’s law; it was a real thing. Related article How gender could win Trump the White House If nothing else, Godwin’s law sounded important. Generally laws named after people are sound, scientifically proven, maybe even immutable. It’s hard to dispute Newton’s Laws of Motion, or Hubble’s Law of cosmic expansion. Godwin’s law is not exactly a hard science rule though.  It is more a theory of Internet sociology, but one as predictable as the conclusions of Einstein or Heisenberg. Godwin’s Law of Nazi Analogies states: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one – or a 100% probability. Internet philosopher Mike Godwin wrote about his observations back in 1994 when most of us didn’t even have an email address yet. Godwin’s observations were brilliant and prescient. Even then he noticed that online discussions of all kinds eventually led to analogies to Hitler or Nazis: gun control and the Second Amendment (“Hitler banned weapons!”), birth-control debates (“It’s genocide!”) and censorship (“The Nazis burned books!”). Related article Unite behind Trump, our best chance for a GOP victory Godwin’s law went viral in a pre-viral era, without the aid of a Snapchat or Periscope. It holds true today, too. Lazy logic and ineffective arguments are now part of the effluvia of public speech – online and otherwise. (We expect it from the Internet, but our politicians should be better at making their point than that.) In general, arguing by simile  is fraught with risk. Not everything is like the Holocaust. Not everything is like slavery, and not everything is like the Native American experience. If everyone compares their own, self-centered mission du jour to a present-day fight against Nazism, it eventually dilutes everyone’s message and minimizes those events in history. Trump’s immigration plans understandably sound unconventional and extreme to many. Even Trump may think so. He’s already indicated his willingness to back down on these controversial positions, saying his ban on Muslim immigration was a “suggestion.” If Trump is so willing to change his views on immigration or walls, maybe – just maybe, his opponents’ Kristallnacht comparisons might be a little premature. And extreme. And not helpful to promoting a dialogue. Related article Is Trump's past catching up with him? There are plenty of effective ways to argue with Trump.  John Kasich did this well during the debates. He called Trump’s immigration policy “silly” and quipped that if it weren’t for immigration, Kasich would be running for president of Croatia. Simple, even entertaining rhetoric. You can be an effective advocate against the toughest political foe without the improvident comparisons to genocide. But maybe Weld’s comments are just part of a new era of acceptable political discourse. After all, Twitter wars and genitalia jokes appear to have become part of public debate. Maybe there are no more rules to politics, and it’s open season on comparing immigration policies to genocide or reviled Aryan ideologies. But when it comes to advocating your point of view, or even expressing a cogent idea, we can do better. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine. Danny Cevallos is a CNN legal analyst and a personal injury and criminal defense attorney practicing in Pennsylvania and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Follow him on Twitter @CevallosLaw. 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{"article_id": "745369676", "sentence": "Texas is preparing to deploy National Guard troops and vehicles to the border with Mexico, the state’s top military commander said Friday. About 250 troops will be sent by Monday to the state’s 1,254-mile long border with Mexico, Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Tracy Norris said. “This mobilization supports the priorities of the governor and the President in securing our borders,” she told reporters. More troops will be sent once mission requirements and locations are determined, she added. Notifications for troops will go in the mail Saturday telling troops they need to report as early as next week, Norris said. Texas already has 100 National Guard soldiers on the border from another operation that began in 2014. Related article Trump began the week tweeting about the border. Now he's sending troops. One other southwestern state announced its National Guard plans. Arizona is sending 150 troops to the border next week, the state’s department of military affairs said. Troops there will lend air support, help with reconnaissance and construction of border infrastructure and give logistics support. A spokeswoman for the Pentagon, Dana White, said Thursday: “These National Guard members will act in support of Border Patrol agents who are performing law enforcement duties.” Earlier, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said the department was looking at how it can support the department of Homeland Security. “We’ll figure it out,” he said. “It will be consistent with law and the spirit of Congress. No problem.” Related article Reality check on Trump's border war Late Friday, he and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen released a joint statement. “Tonight, National Guard troops are deploying to support border security missions along the US southwest border,” they said.  “Working closely with the border governors, the Department of Homeland Security identified security vulnerabilities that could be addressed by the National Guard.” The chief of the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Joseph Lengyel,  tweeted that the move involves 500 troops. “Moving up to 500 #NationalGuard troops immediately on the SW border security mission. Vehicles, equipment & helicopters on the way tonight,”  Lengyel wrote. Always Ready, Always There! Moving up to 500 #NationalGuard troops immediately on the SW border security mission. Vehicles, equipment & helicopters on the way tonight. https://t.co/nIjKEY5SSv Norris said Texas troops that moved Friday are planners. US law limits what the troops can do. Federal law prohibits the military from being used to enforce laws, meaning troops cannot actually participate in immigration enforcement. In the past, they’ve served in support roles like training, construction and intelligence gathering. Norris said whether an airman or soldier is armed during deployment depends on the nature of the mission, but the Guard is still working with Homeland Security on mission issues. Mattis late Friday signed an order for “up to 4,000 National Guard personnel to support DHS’s southern border security mission while under the command and control of their respective governors through September 30, 2018,” according to a Defense Department memo. The memo says troops will be armed only in limited situations that might require self-defense. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will deploy 2,000 to 4,000 troops to the border with Mexico. Related article 'It's not going to change anything:' Border towns react to possible troop deployment In a memo he signed Wednesday evening, Trump declared the defense secretary “shall request use of National Guard personnel” to secure the border and that the homeland security secretary will work with him to train and direct the troops in that mission. He said in the memorandum that “the security of the United States is imperiled by a drastic surge of illegal activity on the southern border.” Sending National Guard troops to the Mexico border is not unprecedented. Both of Trump’s predecessors did so, though the moves were criticized as costly and of limited effectiveness. Norris noted troops will need time to tell relatives and employers about their deployments. Troops typically head to an armory first, pick up their gear and get briefed before heading out on deployment. CNN’s Sheena Jones, Diane Ruggiero and Chris Boyette contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Texas National Guard deployment to the US-Mexico border", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180407020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/politics/national-guard-troops-border/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "597392244", "sentence": "Donald Trump and his transition team must replace 4,000 political appointees It can be a tempting period for actors looking to disrupt the US government North Korea and Russia might not wait until January 20 to test the new president-elect. The weeks between Election Day and Inauguration Day can be a key time for foreign adversaries to cause mischief for a new administration. Donald Trump and his transition team must replace 4,000 political appointees right off the bat, construct a foreign policy framework and get up to speed on an exploding array of international challenges. The staff’s change in approach and high learning curve can make it a tempting period for international parties to take steps without US supervision or that aim to disrupt the US government itself. RELATED: Russia’s Putin pleased as Trump win shocks world “Any presidential transition is a very vulnerable time for the country,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told an audience at the Intelligence and National Security Summit in Washington earlier this fall. President-elect Barack Obama’s 2008 transition period witnessed the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai, India, and an Israeli military incursion into the Gaza Strip. George H.W. Bush had to deal with the Lockerbie bombing and a deadly aerial clash between US and Libyan warplanes in 1988, while Richard Nixon took over from Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 with the Vietnam War in full swing. While these crises weren’t necessarily tied to the transition, they kicked off as a new administration with little to no experience on the matter was preparing to take over. “We’re also looking at how some of our adversaries might try to take advantage of some type of transition that they think will lead to some discontinuity either in focus or attention,” CIA director John Brennan told CNN’s Erin Burnett last month. “The new team coming in, they need to get up to speed very quickly. So right after Election Day, we’re going to have the responsibility for briefing that new team, that new president, to make sure that they understand what lies ahead,” he added. The CIA expected its Cold War adversaries to take advantage of the unusually sudden transition between Nixon and Gerald Ford upon the former’s resignation. Analysts later wrote in the President’s Daily Brief that, “It may be that many have not had time to consider how the situation might be turned to advantage” after America’s enemies appeared to not act immediately after Nixon’s. RELATED: CIA declassifies Nixon, Ford daily intel briefings Former senior officials who have been through the presidential transition tend to agree with Brennan’s assessment that it’s a sensitive time. “Literally within hours of taking over power, you could be in the middle of a major crisis,” Stephen Hadley, President George W. Bush’s national security adviser, said at an event hosted by the Partnership for Public Service, an organization that has been pushing reforms to the transition process ahead of Election Day. Appearing alongside Hadley, Clapper’s predecessor, John Negroponte, agreed, stressing the need to adequately brief any incoming president. “You’ve got to prepare the president-elect for these potential contingencies, so get them thinking about that they’d do now before it actually happens.” He added, “What are you going to do if North Korea detonates a bomb or China captures all the Spratly Islands?” One crisis likely to face the incoming president on Day One is the fight against ISIS. The battle to recapture Mosul, the last ISIS bastion in Iraq, kicked off earlier in the month and is expected to be fierce, with an estimated 4,000-strong ISIS force defending Iraq’s second-largest city. The potential for a mass refugee exodus as the assault gets further underway is also growing. Some analysts also believe that some of America’s adversaries are ramping up their activity in order to take advantage of the transition. North Korea, for instance. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank, released a study this month October estimating that a North Korean nuclear provocation was more likely in the period immediately before and after a US presidential election. “North Korean missile/nuclear tests and other major kinetic provocations have clustered increasingly closer to US elections,” the report said. Some experts think the Russian and Syrian regimes’ intensified bombing of Aleppo, Syria, is part of a bid to recapture that major city before a new administration is inaugurated and able to change US policy towards the five-year-long Syrian civil war – making a final bloody assault on the city during the transition period likely. Asked if he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin might take advantage of the transition, retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling told CNN: “I don’t think he will; I know he will.” The Trump transition is headed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The team has long had planners at work, with intelligence briefings having been provided during the campaign and now being stepped up. President Harry S. Truman inaugurated the pre-Election Day intelligence briefings for nominees after feeling unprepared upon assuming the presidency in 1945 following the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “I’m really glad as a citizen he made the generous decision to prepare his successor,” Clapper said of Truman in September. With the election complete, the intelligence briefers will start holding daily briefings with the president-elect, including about the “crown jewels” – their term for the most sensitive intelligence. RELATED: The next US president faces a world of trouble “The sooner these kinds of briefings of the president, presidential candidates, and/or the president-elect start the better and the more deeply they get into it the better, because a lot of these issues are pretty complicated, there’s a lot of background to learn,” Negroponte said. “A good time to be asking lots of questions is when you haven’t yet assumed office, because the pace will pick up once you get in,” he added. Both Hadley and Negroponte, who were involved in several presidential transitions, said the process has improved significantly in recent years. “We’ve come a long way,” Hadley said, noting that when he left at the end of Ford administration, all the paper records were taken from his office the day the presidency was handed to Jimmy Carter, making it even more difficult for the incoming staffers to get up to speed. Recent legislation has helped to improve the process, however. A law passed in 2010 allowing staff picked by the nominees to undergo security clearance investigations before the vote has been held so that they can be ready to start the job on Day One. And a measure passed this year created presidential transition councils, which can meet with presidential candidates and enable additional planning even before the contenders have secured their party’s nominations. Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning in late October outlined some of the steps the services were taking in order to better prepare the incoming administration. “Travel dries up right after the election, so that we can make the transition as smooth as possible. So we have a whole series of binders and information papers and information available for the team when it shows up,” Fanning said as part of a panel moderated by CNN’s Barbara Starr at the Center for a New American Security. Fanning’s Navy counterpart, Secretary Ray Mabus, concurred, stressing the need for a smooth transition. “One thing the Pentagon does very well in my experience is get you ready to go in in terms of briefings, in terms of where we are in any specific thing, in terms of making sure that nothing falls through the cracks as you move from one administration to the next,” he said. “There’s no luxury of having a couple of days after the inaugural to figure things out,” he added. “You’ve got to be ready at 12:01 on January 20 to meet whatever comes.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump and his transition team", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161109161500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/presidential-transitions-dangerous-times/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "671774781", "sentence": "Thousands of Canadians are without power California wildfires saw thousands evacuated from homes over weekend CJ Summers described the fire that destroyed two of his family’s barns like something out of an action movie. “It looked just like a wall of fire,” he said. “It sounded like a jet engine, like a tidal wave.” Summers, a 31-year-old who lives in Vancouver, grew up on his parents’ ranch. He and his brother were on the ranch when a fire traveled from the forest nearby, eventually igniting some of their property and destroying two of their barns. And they’re not alone. There were 202 wildfires burning in Canada’s British Columbia province by Tuesday night and 14,000 people had been forced to evacuate their homes. On Monday, 39 new fires began, said Kevin Skrepnek, Chief Fire Information Officer for the British Columbia Wildlife Service. Since the start of the wildfire season on April 1, the province has seen 604 fires, with the damage estimated at $53.5 million Canadian dollars (US $41 million). The hot, dry conditions that create the blazes are expected to persist in the coming days, he said, with potential winds and lightning threatening to make the situation worse. Several of the fires in the southern region of British Columbia – those near Ashcroft, Princeton and 100 Mile House – are together burning 70,000 hectares, officials said, or more than 170,000 acres. Authorities estimate 14,000 people have been evacuated, according to Robert Turner, British Columbia’s Assistant Deputy Minister of Emergency Management. Military assistance has been brought in to help the 1,000 fire personnel currently fighting the fires, which are mostly in rural areas. Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale said in a news conference Monday that an additional 300 personnel were on their way to assist. British Columbia also enlisted the help of the Canadian Armed Forces’ aircraft to help transport the more than 1,000 fire personnel currently fighting the fires, Goodale said. Here's what the devastation looks like at the Boston Flats. Roughly 30 homes were razed to the ground. https://t.co/9DL8qdlEqy #bcwildfire pic.twitter.com/PGHHMfdfty The fires have left thousands without power, according to BC Hydro and Power Authority, one of the province’s electricity distributors, which said it had 100 crews working to repair electrical infrastructure. But officials believe there’s a long way to go before the fires are brought under control. Dave Scott was at his home Friday outside 100 Mile House when a friend of his, a volunteer firefighter in the area, sent him an ominous text: “Get out now.” “I’ve never been so panic stricken in my life,” said Scott, who moved to the area two years ago from the coast near Vancouver. “As a city boy, I was not prepared,” he said. “I’m worried that if my home burns – I’m 44 years old. I’ve worked hard to get here in life. What do I do for clothing? What do I do for food? Do I have a job? Do I have a future in this town?” In the hot, dry conditions over the weekend, thousands of Californians evacuated homes at risk from wildfires. Cal Fire said Tuesday night that nearly 5,000 Californians were still under evacuation orders. The scorching weather comes after California’s prolonged drought emergency was declared officially over in April. Extremely low humidity and winds are helping to fuel the wildfires, not just in California but also Arizona. On Tuesday one of the most dangerous blazes – the Whittier Fire in Santa Barbara in coastal Southern California –  had spread to 11,281 acres with 48% of the blaze contained, according to Cal Fire. Winds out of the southeast are pushing the fire away from Santa Barbara and toward Santa Ynez, authorities said. A path toward Santa Ynez has already burned, which is helping firefighters contain parts of the fire. On Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Butte County, where the blaze known as Wall Fire started Friday. By Tuesday night, it had burned 5,800 acres and was 55% contained, Cal Fire said, but 5,400 homes were still threatened. More than 2,000 personnel were fighting the Alamo Fire in San Luis Obispo County, which had spread to more than 28,000 acres and was 60% contained, according to Cal Fire’s website Monday evening. And the Jennings Fire in Lakeside, outside San Diego, forced evacuations Tuesday afternoon after it grew from 100 to 400 acres in a matter of hours. CNN’s Jeanne Bonner, Joe Sutton, Haley Brink, Tony Marco, Nicole Chavez and Charles Levin contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "wildfire management and emergency response in British Columbia and California", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170710070000", "country1": "CAN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/us/california-wildfires/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "651397671", "sentence": "Algerian gas complex attackers may have trained in Libyan jihadist camps, sources say Jihadists from Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and elsewhere train there, sources say Libyan oil fields could now be at high risk of attack, former Libyan intelligence chief says A Salafist group in eastern Libya has called for protests over French involvement The terrorists who attacked the In Amenas gas complex in eastern Algeria appear to have been of several nationalities, and may have trained in jihadist camps across the border in southern Libya, according to sources familiar with the situation there. Read more: Power struggle: The North African gas industry targeted by militants Algerian security sources told Reuters late Thursday that the militants whose bodies had been recovered from the complex so far included three Egyptians, two Tunisians, two Libyans, a Malian and a French citizen. Read more: Algerian hostage crisis enters 3rd day with ‘ongoing activity’ Other sources said the leader of the hostage-taking commando group dispatched to carry out the attack was Abou al-Barra, a jihadist who had previously belonged to the group that later became al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. A U.S. official told CNN Wednesday that the hostage-takers appeared to have crossed the Libyan border – some 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the gas complex – to carry out the attack. Read more: ‘Mr. Marlboro’: The veteran jihadist behind the attack in Algeria Libyan authorities have been aware for some time of the existence of three militant camps south of the desert town of Sabha, not far from the Algerian border, a regional security source told CNN. The source said the leader of one of those camps was a Libyan veteran of the 1980s Afghan war. Related video Hostage standoff in Algeria Related video Britain PM warns Algeria hostage takers Related video U.S. unaware in advance of Algeria raid Related video Escaping the Algeria hostage crisis Related video Military storms hostage takers Related video Brother: Semtex tied to hostages Related video Algeria: Some hostages have been killed Western intelligence officials had established that the man had met Moktar Belmoktar – the overall leader of the group that assigned al Barra to carry out the attack – during a trip Belmoktar made to Libya late in 2011. The source said the three camps include jihadists from Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Mali as well as ethnic Tuaregs, and that it was highly possible that these camps were connected to the attack. Read more: Islamists take foreign hostages in attack on Algerian oil field A former head of intelligence for the Transitional National Council in Libya also confirmed to CNN that he was aware of three camps in the area. Rami El Obeidi said the camps had been operational for about a year and confirmed that foreign fighters had been among the militants training there. El Obeidi also said that extremist militia in Libya were financing militant groups in Mali and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as well as providing them with logistical support. Read more: Six reasons events in Mali matter The former intelligence chief said the Libyan army had little capability in this vast area of desert and there was a fear of confronting the extremists. With the French intervention in Mali, he said “a Pandora’s Box has been opened” – and he believed oil fields in Libya were also at high risk of being attacked. Foreign oil companies have gradually returned to Libya since the 2011 revolution that ousted Moammar Gadhafi, but much of Libya remains highly insecure and under the sway of independent militia. Read more: France continues Mali airstrikes; residents frantic A Salafist group in eastern Libya has called for protests after Friday prayers in Benghazi in response to the French intervention in Mali – posting on its Facebook page that “Mali is bleeding” because of the French involvement. El Obeidi said that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb treated the whole region as one theater and was oblivious to the desert borders that divided the countries of the Sahel. North African media have described Abou al-Barra as the one of the most effective commanders of the Al-Mulathameen Brigade that is led by Belmoktar. Read more: U.S. Air Force evacuating foreigners from Algeria gas plant, source says He was born in Algeria in the 1970s and served in the Algerian army before joining the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, which was heavily involved in the Algerian insurgency in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group was held responsible for the kidnap of more than 30 European tourists in Algeria. A Mauritanian news agency – Alakhbar – named another of the attackers killed as Zarghawi Al-Mouritani,18. His real name was Abdallahi Ould Hmeida, the agency said. CNN is unable to verify the report of his death. The Algerian Communications Minister, Mohamed Saïd, told state media late Thursday that the terrorist attack was the work of a multinational group of terrorists whose aim was to implicate Algeria in the conflict in Mali, destabilize the Algerian state and destroy the Algerian economy, which is heavily reliant on oil and gas revenues. Other Algerian officials have repeated that there would be no negotiations with such groups. Follow along on the live blog", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Algerian state", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170430043000", "country1": "DZA", "country2": "LBY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/world/africa/algeria-attackers/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "613364123", "sentence": "Repeated violence blighted Turkey in 2016, threatening its popularity with tourists Country is in crosshairs of two groups: radical Islamists and Kurds In Istanbul’s horrific New Year terror attack the message is clear: 2017 has begun, expect more of the same to come. The echo of the black-clad gunman’s bullets on such a globally festive night will reverberate long and hard. The year 2016 had already laid a terrible and bloody foundation of terrorist mayhem for Turkey’s citizens: Dozens of attacks, from Europe’s easternmost tip in Istanbul through to Turkey’s southern border with Syria. Why Turkey is such a target for terrorVictims from 14 countriesHorrifying scene inside massacre nightclubIstanbul club was a hot spot for celebrities Why Turkey is such a target for terrorVictims from 14 countriesHorrifying scene inside massacre nightclubIstanbul club was a hot spot for celebrities At times last year it felt that barely a week went by between strikes, from a brazen gun and bomb raid at Istanbul’s main international airport to carnage on the city’s tourist-filled streets, to the assassination of Russia’s ambassador in the capital, Ankara, 12 days ago. Such was the crescendo of attacks in the last few months of 2016 that the terror at Reina nightclub had a feeling of inevitability about it – if not there precisely, then someplace similar: upmarket, secular, serving alcohol. Barely two months ago, the US State Department warned that “extremist groups are continuing aggressive efforts to attack US citizens in areas of Istanbul where they reside or frequent.” In a year, Turkey has gone from popular tourist destination to disturbingly dependable terror venue. That’s not a reputation any country wants – and particularly not Turkey, with its economy struggling following an attempted coup last summer. This has not come out of nowhere. READ MORE: Dozens killed in upscale nightclub attack There are two brands of terror targeting Turkey now: Kurdish and radical Islamist. It would be easy to lay the blame for the growth of both at the feet of Turkey’s increasingly autocratic and powerful President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but that would be to oversimplify the upheaval underway in this once secular country. Yet Erdogan shapes Turkey’s destiny more than any other single person. Related article Timeline: Turkey's bloody year Four years ago he ended three decades of bloody conflict with the country’s Kurds. They make up one fifth of Turkey’s 80 million people. Tens of thousands died in a terror campaign as they fought the state for better rights. With peace came popularity, a secular Kurdish party winning seats in the following national elections. But their gains threatened Erdogan’s grip on parliamentary power. As this was playing out, the war in neighboring Syria was heating up. The United States did a deal with Turkey to use its Incirlik airbase close to the Syrian border in order to strike ISIS targets. In return, Turkey agreed to strike “terrorists” too. But when Turkey did, its focus wasn’t ISIS, but its old foe the Kurds, whom, it was feared, were gaining ground inside Syria. Within months, Turkey’s war with the Kurds was back on; snap elections a few months later crippled the Kurdish vote and restored Erdogan’s party’s hold on government. By 2016, Kurdish tit-for-tat bombings, ambushes and gun attacks – mostly against military and police targets – had become the ugly background music of the year. To that already monstrous din, ISIS has added its own sordid battle noise. Like the renewed conflict with the Kurds, this too has its roots in Syria, and once again President Erdogan played a leading role in shaping its course. In the early years of the Syrian uprising, Erdogan sought to unseat his onetime friend President Bashar al-Assad by backing Sunni rebels. Unlike the US and Europe, Erdogan didn’t seem so picky about who benefited from his largesse, often choosing conservative Islamist rebels, rather than moderates. As ISIS grew in strength, they profited from Turkey’s policy toward rebels. Thousands upon thousands of ISIS recruits transited Turkey on their way to the war. Near-open borders allowed ISIS fighters and their weapons to pour across, and most damaging for Erdogan, resupply hubs, escape routes and safe houses to develop right under his nose. Before the country belatedly tightened its border security, Turkey became riddled with ISIS. As the war in Syria morphed and Russia moved in to save Assad, Erdogan began to reassess. With the US an ineffective partner in the war – for his aims at least – the Turkish leader turned to the increasingly influential Vladimir Putin in Moscow to cut a deal. The assassination of the Russian ambassador by a Turkish policeman in Ankara the week before Christmas highlighted how swift an about-face Erdogan has executed. Few Turks expected his support of their co-religionists, the Sunni rebels, to wither so fast. It is clear however, that ISIS saw the writing on the wall. Turkey was transitioning from benign conduit to outright enemy. They didn’t immediately claim responsibility for the July attack on Ataturk airport, but by the end of the end of the year the gloves were off. In recent weeks, pro-ISIS groups had called for attacks in Turkey, urging lone wolf assaults on clubs, markets and movie theaters over the holiday season to turn them in to days of “terror and blood.” ISIS waited barely 24 hours to claim responsibility for the Reina nightclub attack. Neither ISIS nor the Kurds have any reason to scale back their assault, and Turkey is well and truly in their crosshairs. The Kurds will focus on military and police targets, civilian collateral an accepted part of their terror package. ISIS will gravitate towards westerners and to undermining the Turkish state. They’ll target tourists to hit the economy, and wage open war on Turkey’s secularists to rive at the wound Erdogan has already opened between conservatives and the less religious. READ MORE: Turkey can no longer conceal deep fault lines ISIS’ aim will be to create chaos, the Kurds’ to continue a generational fight. Neither bodes well for Turkey, its neighbors in Europe or its allies in Washington. It’s clear that 2016 killed the status quo, and 2017 is already a dark canvas.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkey", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170101160000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/01/europe/istanbul-terror-attack-analysis-robertson/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "616597949", "sentence": "Marco Rubio is back in the thick of it. The Florida Republican, who reversed his decision to quit the Senate after his losing the GOP presidential nomination, suddenly finds himself at the center of the political intrigue swirling around Donald Trump’s nascent administration. Rubio’s tough questioning Wednesday of Rex Tillerson, Trump’s pick for secretary of state, and unresolved doubts about the former ExxonMobil chief’s nomination, present him with a set of provocative political choices. Related video Tillerson and Rubio spar on human rights The senator was expected to meet Tillerson on Thursday after expressing reservations over the potential top US diplomat’s answers on Russia, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia – particularly on human rights – during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing. “We’re still working through it, so you know, we’ll have a decision here soon,” Rubio told CNN on Thursday. In some ways, Rubio’s position at the center of the Tillerson confirmation drama validates his decision to return to the Senate. At the time, the Florida senator argued that his deep interest in foreign policy and the clutch of threats to US national security justified his decision to reverse his resolve to turn his back on Washington. The Tillerson confirmation process gives him immediate platform to shape the course of the new administration’s foreign policy. Rubio, Tillerson critics clash with nominee over human rights In a baser sense, it also offers him an opening to exact revenge: a decision to slow or stall the Tillerson nomination would poke Trump in the eye. That might be a temptation for Rubio after he saw his presidential dreams crushed last year by the billionaire who ridiculed him as “Little Marco” during the bitter primary race. Rubio could complicate Tillerson’s nomination fight by declining to back him in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote. Assuming all of the panel’s Democrats also oppose him, that would force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to resort to some legislative gymnastics to bring the nomination to the full Senate. Such a step would position Rubio as an early – and likely irredeemable – critic of Trump administration foreign policy, particularly the President-elect’s determination to repair estranged US relations with the Kremlin. But coming out against Tillerson would also threaten to diminish Rubio’s future capacity to influence Trump’s foreign policy from the Senate since he would immediately become persona non grata for the new administration. A decision to come out against Tillerson would effectively see Rubio line up with Senate GOP foreign policy hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham. Like Rubio, McCain and Graham have yet to decide on whether to back Tillerson. Given the narrow GOP Senate majority, a decision by the trio to oppose him could doom the nomination, should all of the 48 Democrats in the Senate band together in opposition. Rubio has come under intense implied pressure from establishment Republicans who are backing Tillerson, including former defense secretary Robert Gates and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. Alienating that establishment could hurt Rubio if he hopes to one day advance in national politics. Who is potential Trump Secretary of State Rex Tillerson? Apart from his shaky performance in Wednesday’s hearing, Tillerson came across as a down-the-line establishment Republican foreign policy type who is far more conventional on key questions than the President he will serve if he is confirmed. That means Rubio has to consider whether alienating the establishment national security wing of the GOP would erode the foreign policy sway on which he has anchored his second Senate term. He might also conclude that if Tillerson were to fail, Trump could nominate someone more in line with his own foreign policy beliefs and farther from the Republican mainstream. These concerns aside, there appears to be a more fundamental reason for Rubio’s concern about Tillerson – one that is often dismissed in the cynicism of Washington. It may well be a question of principle. Rubio’s questions to Tillerson on Wednesday were consistent with the way he has approached foreign policy throughout his career. He took exception to Tillerson taking refuge in the fact that he had not yet had classified briefings on many human rights questions, judging that the nominee fell short of the sharp moral clarity Rubio believes should underpin America’s engagement with the world. What the last 48 hours told us about Trump’s next 4 years The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio has often viewed America’s foreign policy through the prism of human rights and a deep antipathy towards communism and authoritarian governments. He has spoken out in favor of Chinese dissidents, branded Russian President Vladimir Putin a “gangster” and pushed for democratic reforms in the Western Hemisphere in particular. He told Tillerson on Wednesday he had no questions about his character or patriotism, but was troubled that he was unable to label Putin a war criminal, condemn thousands of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drugs purge or to judge that Russian bombings of Syrians in formerly rebel-held districts of Aleppo amounted to war crimes. “The position that you’ve been nominated to is, in my opinion, the second most important position in the US government, with all due respect to the vice president,” Rubio told Tillerson. “It is the face of this country for billions of people, for hundreds of millions of people as well, and particularly, for people that are suffering and they’re hurting.” “We need a secretary of state that will fight for these principles,” Rubio said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Rex Tillerson nomination", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170112224500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SAU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/politics/marco-rubio-donald-trump/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "449094424", "sentence": "Here’s a look at the life of former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. Birth date: July 21, 1939 Birth place: London, England Birth name: John Dimitri Negroponte Father: Dimitri John Negroponte, shipping magnate Mother: Catherine (Coumantaros) Negroponte Marriage: Diana (Villiers) Negroponte (December 1976-present) Children: Marina, Alejandra, John, George and Sophia Education: Yale University, B.A., 1960 Speaks five languages: English, French, Greek, Spanish and Vietnamese. Attended Harvard Law School for one week. Left after he was accepted into the Foreign Service. All of his children were adopted from Honduras. Has been accused of having knowledge of human rights abuses happening while he was ambassador to Honduras. Negroponte denies these claims. Has taught at Yale and George Washington University. 1960-1997 - Member of the Career Foreign Service, serving at eight different posts in Europe, Asia and Latin America. 1968-1969 - Member of the US delegation to Paris peace talks on Vietnam. 1973-1975 - Serves as a political counselor in Quito, Ecuador. 1975-1977 - US Consul General in Thessaloniki, Greece. 1977-1979 - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries Affairs. 1980-1981 - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. 1981-1985 - US Ambassador to Honduras. 1985-1987 - Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Environmental and Scientific Affairs. 1987-1989 - Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. 1989-1993 - US Ambassador to Mexico. 1993-1996 - US Ambassador to the Philippines. 1997-2001 - Executive Vice President at McGraw-Hill Companies. 2001-2004 - US Ambassador to the United Nations. April 19, 2004 - President George W. Bush nominates Negroponte to be US ambassador to Iraq. He is confirmed by the Senate May 6. February 17, 2005 - Bush names Negroponte as the country’s first director of national intelligence. He is confirmed by the Senate April 21. January 5, 2007 - Bush nominates Negroponte as deputy secretary of state. 2007-2009 - Deputy Secretary of State. 2009 - Joins advisory firm McLarty Associates. 2012-2015 - Chairman of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Board of Directors. 2018-present - Serves as the James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs. February 13, 2020 - Negroponte’s daughter, Sophia, is arrested and charged with murder after being accused of stabbing a man to death at a home in Rockville, Maryland. She is later found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "John Negroponte", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150714194500", "country1": "HND", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/16/us/john-negroponte-fast-facts/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "593583798", "sentence": "If you invade, don’t expect our people to make it easy for you. That was the message Lithuania sent to Russia Friday as it published a manual for its three million citizens on how to defend their homeland in the event of invasion. Since Russia annexed Crimea two years ago, Lithuanians have been on edge. Related article NATO bolsters presence in Eastern Europe as Russia tension rises Conscription has been restarted and defense spending ramped up, not to mention their now-answered calls for NATO to deploy more troops to the Baltics. But even this is not enough to assuage anxiety – the Lithuanian government has Friday issued a 75-page guide on what to do if the country is invaded, entitled “Prepare to survive emergencies and war.” “Attention needs to be paid to the actions of the neighboring country – Russia,” says the manual. “This country does not hesitate to use a military force against its neighbors, and at this moment it basically continues the military aggression against Ukraine.” It notes the Russian method of using “denial and ambiguity” at the beginning of an invasion and warns: “It is most important that the civilians are aware and have a will to resist – when these elements are strong, an aggressor has difficulties in creating an environment for military invasion.” It is the third time the Lithuanian government has distributed a handbook of this type to its citizens since the Russian annexation of Crimea. The last one, published in December 2015, was entitled “Prepare to survive emergencies and war: a cheerful take on serious recommendations.” It included cartoons of a family with a cat and noted that “while no country is immune to adversities of any nature” it is important not to panic if there is an emergency. There is nothing cheerful about the latest edition, which details how Lithuanians should spy and inform on the enemy if Russia succeeds in occupying part of the country. There are also detailed images of Russian-made tanks, grenades, mines and guns and instructions on how to recognize different types. Further instructions cover first aid and surviving in the wild. There will be 30,000 copies available in schools and libraries and it will also be published online. Lithuania borders Russia’s strategically important enclave of Kaliningrad where it has been enhancing its already muscular military options, including the arrival of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile system earlier this month. The document reminds Lithuania’s people – of whom around six percent are Russian, according to the last census in 2011 – that the defense of the country is “the right and duty of every citizen”. Karolis Aleksa from the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, the editor of the manual, said that in times of invasion, “people become your early warning system,” and by reporting crucial details they can help intelligence officers and soldiers. “This doesn’t scare people when you give them this, so we will see actually society is waiting for this,” he told CNN. Additionally, he suggested, simply creating and distributing the manual publicly and with “fanfare” could deter potential aggression from Russia. “It is precisely to send a message to Russia – don’t do it – we are ready and will not be hoodwinked like Ukrainians,” he said. Related article Analysis: Why are Russian warships in British waters? Lithuania’s defense minister, Juozas Olekas, told CNN “We demonstrate that whoever crosses our border will have strong resistance from our society, from our military forces” Lithuania lived under Soviet rule from 1940-1991. Thirty thousand Lithuanian resistance fighters were killed in the first 10 years as they tried to fight the Red Army from flimsy hideouts in Lithuania’s sprawling forests. With ramped up defense spending, the reinstatement of conscription and NATO’s troops, Lithuania is at the front line of a new Cold War. Its defense minister sees no thaw any time soon, telling CNN: “President Putin only understands power against power.” The new handbook aims to place some of that power in the hands of Lithuania’s people.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161028114500", "country1": "LTU", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/europe/lithuania-war-manual/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "432362608", "sentence": "Libya army chief has previously expressed opposition to plan European Commission to consider mandatory numbers of migrants EU countries must accept UK expresses opposition to any mandatory quotas on number of people to be resettled The European Union, facing a rising tide of migrants, asked the United Nations on Monday to authorize military action to destroy boats used to smuggle people from Africa to Europe. Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief, outlined for the U.N. Security Council the EU’s plan to destroy boats used by smugglers as long as the boats are known to be empty. The boats are used to transport people who are bent on escaping violence, or desperate for a better life, from North Africa primarily to Italy – which happens to be Mogherini’s home country. Many of the migrants are from sub-Saharan Africa and Syria, or are foreign workers who have lost their livelihoods. They know that traffickers can take them to Europe from Libyan shores. But many die at sea. More than 3,400 migrants died in 2014, according to estimates from the U.N refugee agency. And nearly 2,000 have lost their lives already this year, the agency estimates. Mogherini said the EU could not stem mass migrations on its own. “This has to be a common global effort,” she said. Any migrants found on the boats will be processed as refugees or asylum seekers, she said, rather than being forced to return to their home countries. But the proposal will not meet with unanimous approval in the region. In an interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson at the end of April, Libyan army head Gen. Khalifa Haftar said his country had not been consulted, would not cooperate – and, he hinted, might even resist military action on its territory. The EU is also pushing a plan to accommodate those migrants who do make it to Europe – one that will not meet with universal approval on the continent. The plan, a draft of which CNN has seen, would call for quotas on the number of migrants each EU country would be required to take in. A spokeswoman for the European Commission said repeatedly Monday that the document was still being redrafted, and she would not comment on whether any EU countries would be able to opt out of the quotas. The commission, which is the EU’s executive arm, will consider the proposal Wednesday. Related gallery Europe's migrant crisis Britain has already made it clear that it opposes quotas. “The UK has a proud history of offering asylum to those who need it most, but we do not believe that a mandatory system of resettlement is the answer,” a representative for the British Home Office said. “We will oppose any EU Commission proposals to introduce a nonvoluntary quota.” Skepticism of the EU runs high in Britain, as does concern over the number of migrants entering the country. David Cameron, the newly re-elected Prime Minister, has promised to hold a nationwide referendum by the end of 2017 on whether the UK should leave the EU. Journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European Union", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150511154500", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "ITA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/11/europe/eu-migrants-military-action/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "756531717", "sentence": "On Wednesday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a slew of transcripts related to its investigation of a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between the top brass of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and several Russians, including Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer. The meeting was arranged by Rob Goldstone, a publicist for Emin Agalarov, a Russian music star and the son of billionaire Aras Agalarov, with the express purpose of sharing “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. It has become one of the critical moments of the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russia’s interference into the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. The transcripts released Wednesday provide the most detailed version of events of that day we have seen to date. (You can see them all here.) I zeroed in on Don Jr.’s testimony – all 232 pages of it! – given that he is not only the eldest son of the President of the United States but was also Goldstone’s contact in setting up the meeting. The 31 most important, intriguing, insightful and, occasionally, odd lines from Don Jr. are below. 1. “As will become clear, I did not collude with any foreign government and do not know of anyone who did.” Don Jr. gets the big thing out of the way early on in his opening statement. To paraphrase someone else: “No collusion!” 2. “Rob was among the many individuals who would reach out from time to time to congratulate us on winning a primary or to show their support.” It appears as though Goldstone, the music publicist, was doing what he could to get in good with the Trumps – making sure Don Jr. and even Don Sr. knew he was following the presidential race closely, and that he was 100% behind Trump. 3. “In his email to me, Rob suggested that someone had official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary Clinton and her dealings with Russia and that the information would be very useful to the campaign.” This isn’t new – we know that Goldstone promised “dirt” on Clinton – but it is helpful to have Don Jr. on the record about what he thought he was getting from Goldstone. The Trump Jr. argument, which he makes repeatedly later in his testimony, is that there was nothing wrong with his interest in Goldstone’s information because he believed Goldstone to be a bit of an exaggerator and wanted to know more rather than take what the publicist was saying at face value. 4. “As much as some have made of the phrase ‘I love it,’ it was simply a colloquial way of saying that I appreciated Rob’s gesture.” Hmmm. Trump responded to Goldstone’s email that he had “dirt” on Clinton by saying he loved it because it was a way of thanking Goldstone for the gesture, not an indication that he was excited about what the information might be? A simple “thank you” wouldn’t have sufficed? 5. “While Rob said he would send me the names of the attendees for the June 9th meeting, he never did.” This is very important. Trump says – under oath no less! – that he had no idea who was coming to the meeting in which the dirt was promised. Yes, Goldstone said he had dirt and that it came from Russians but that was it. And, as I mentioned above, Trump Jr. argues that because he didn’t take Goldstone super-seriously he wasn’t really sure about the source of the information or the information itself. 6. “After perfunctory greetings, the lawyers began telling the group very generally something about individuals connected to Russia supporting or funding Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton or the Democratic National Committee. It was quite difficult for me to understand what she was saying or why.” This is the alleged “dirt.” Which Trump portrays as a total and compete nothing-burger – and simply a ruse by the Russians to get a meeting with him, Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort about the Magnitsky Act. 7. “I have no recollection of documents being offered or left for us.” This isn’t quite a “no.” So, there is a possibility the Russians – Veselnitskaya, etc. – may have left documents for the Trump team. But, Don Jr. can’t remember. 8. “Did you inform your father about the meeting or the underlying offer prior to the meeting?” “No, I did not.” Important. Trump Jr. is asked if he ever mentioned the June meeting at Trump Tower to his father. He is definitive: “I did not.” 9. “Again, I don’t remember much from the meeting because I didn’t give it much credence at the time.” This is a tactic Don Jr. used repeatedly in his testimony – he lacks clear recollection of what happened because it was sort of a useless meeting. He thought he was getting dirt on Clinton. When it was clear – and this happened quickly – that he wasn’t, he sort of checked out mentally. 10. “[Kushner] showed up a few minutes late and left a few minutes early to take a phone call.” Jared Kushner is all of us. 11. “Did you take any notes at the meeting?” “I didn’t, no.” I’m not sure whether Trump’s lack of note-taking was purposeful – leave no paper trail and all that – or whether he simply didn’t think there was anything of note in the meeting. We’ll never know which it was because, well, Trump Jr. didn’t take notes. 12. “After the meeting but prior to the news of it breaking this summer, did you discuss the meeting with anyone?” “No, I did not.” Trump Jr., according to his version of events, goes to a meeting with Russians and two top members of the campaign apparatus. But, he never speaks of the meeting – not to his father, not to the other meeting attendees – ever again. 13. “I do not know. I imagine I was talking about Russian government people, not Russian nationals, because I would have no way of knowing how many people of Russian descent that I would have met along the campaign trail every day for two and a half years.” This is in reference to a quote Don. Jr. gave to The New York Times in March 2017. Here are the relevant lines from the story: “Asked at that time whether he had ever discussed government policies related to Russia, the younger Mr. Trump replied, ‘A hundred percent no.’” The meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016 would seem to contradict that claim, given that the Magnitsky Act was discussed. Trump Jr’s attempt to threat that needle is to argue that he interpreted the Times question to be in reference to official represetnatives of the Russian government – which he had no idea that anyone in the June 2016 meeting was. 14. “It did not talk about what got them into the door and I didn’t expand on it because I didn’t think it was relevant to discuss what the meeting was not actually about even if that’s what the email was.” Don Jr.’s first statement in the wake of the revelation of the June 2016 meeting was, in retrospect, decidedly narrow and, by almost any reading, misleading in what it left out. Here’s that statement: “It was a short introductory meeting. I asked Jared and Paul to stop by. We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago and was since ended by the Russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow up.” The argument he made to the Senate Judiciary Committee was that he didn’t mention why the meeting happened in the first place – to get “dirt” on Clinton – because no dirt was gotten. 15. “I don’t know. I never spoke to my father about it.” Don Jr. here insists he never spoke directly to his dad about that initial statement about the Trump Tower meeting. 16. “To the best of your knowledge, did the President provide any edits to the statement or other input? “He may have commented through Hope Hicks.” So.  Trump Jr. and Trump didn’t speak or communicate directly about the initial statement. But, Trump Jr. leaves a BIG opening to allow for the idea that his father simply told Hicks the changes he wanted made and then she conveyed those to Trump Jr. and his lawyers. 17. “[Hope Hicks] asked if I wanted to actually speak to him, and I chose not to because I didn’t want to bring him into something that he had nothing to do with.” Maybe. But also to protect Trump from jeopardy related to being directly involved in dictating a statement about the meeting which, remember, according to Don Jr., he had zero idea about. 18. “I have one phone.” Same. But, I was sort of surprised Don Jr. wasn’t a two- or even three-phone guy. 19. “He’s sort of a big personality, creates sort of a vacuum.” Don Jr.’s assessment of his dad is, um, spot on. 20. “I think, especially knowing Goldstone and his personality, I imagine there was a discount factor to anything that was written.” Again, Trump Jr. is very interested in portraying Goldstone as a sort-of loveable huckster who he never took all that seriously. Which, theoretically, explains why he wanted to verify the “dirt” Goldstone was promising before speaking to lawyers or anyone else about it. 21. “I responded in 20 minutes because if I get an email, I respond to it. If I see it, I respond.” My inbox currently has 13,032 unopened emails. I hate myself. 22. “I didn’t think that listening to someone with information relevant to the fitness and character of a presidential candidate would be an issue, no.” The key here is that Trump Jr. is fuzzy – in his telling – about exactly where the information is coming from. He says he had no reason to believe it was from any sort of official Russian channel and had even less reason to believe it was totally credible because Goldstone was sort of a cartoonish and unreliable figure. What’s difficult to square is this line from Goldstone’s emails with Don Jr. setting up the meeting: “This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump - helped along by Aras and Emin.” 23. “Did you tell your father about this email?” “I did not.” Again, Trump Jr. is totally and completely definitive that he didn’t show or tell his father about the Goldstone email setting up the June 2016 meeting. 24. “It just became pretty obvious to me that they were not representatives of the Russian government.” It’s not clear to me how this became evident so quickly to Trump Jr. in the June 2016 meeting. But, it informs his belief, I suppose, that he was doing nothing wrong by talking to them about alleged “dirt” on Clinton. 25. “So was any information specific to Hillary Clinton provided during the meeting?” “No, there was not.” This much-ballyhooed meeting promising negative information amounted to absolutely nothing, according to Don Jr. 26. “I think the only time I responded to them was, hey, when I am I going to receive the next leak. And they would reach out on a few occasions, sort of passing along news, hey, you may want to tweet this, this would be of interest probably with some sort of admin there.” Don Jr. acknowledges that, yes, he was in some very limited contact with WikiLeaks – and that he reached out to them at one point asking when they were going to leak more stuff 27. “I believe it was after we had already secured – meaning after the election, but I could be mistaken. The only reason I’m aware of it is because it occurred in my office. I came back from the gym and they were in there.” After working out, Trump Jr. came back to a meeting in his office between Kushner, Michael Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. (He thinks.) He did not go into the meeting because of, well, sweat. 28. “I don’t do Snapchat, I have enough forms of of social media.” Story of my life, Donnie J. Story of my life. 29. “Do you have a home landline?” “I believe I do, but I don’t even know the number of it.” It’s like he’s in my head! 30. “Have you ever been told that Russia has compromising information on your father?” “No.” No Kompromat! And, worth noting that Don Jr. also told the Senate committee that he was unaware that the Russians had any compromising information on his father or any top official in the Trump campaign. 31. “Have you and your father ever discussed the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election?” “No, not that I remember.” This is amazing to me. President Trump is absolutely fixated on Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 election. But, he and his eldest son NEVER had a conversation about it! Not once! Correction: This story incorrectly identified the committee that released the transcripts. It was the Senate Judiciary Committee.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump Jr.", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180516171500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/politics/don-jr-testimony-trump-tower-meeting-2016/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "559049781", "sentence": "Niels Ackermann and Sebastien Gobert have tracked down fallen statues of Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine Over 1,000 statues of Lenin have been removed since 2013 When revolution comes, statues find themselves on the front line. And like pawns on a chessboard, they’re often the first to fall. It’s as true for Ukraine as anywhere else in the world. Nearly a century after his death, monuments to Vladimir Lenin have come down in parts of the country, thumbing its nose at pro-Russian unrest in eastern regions. But what of the shattered pieces? Can there be new life after the death of a statue? Swiss photographer Niels Ackermann and journalist Sebastien Gobert seek answers to these questions as they zigzag across western Ukraine in their hunt for fallen Lenins. Their ongoing project “Lost in Decommunisation” documents the fate of the leader as he goes to ground and becomes an unlikely trophy for everyone from ultra-nationalists to local officials. Ackermann and Gobert say that once upon a time Ukraine possessed around 5,000 statues of Lenin – a number more impressive when you consider Russia, 28 times its size, held only 2,000 more. Approximately half of Ukraine’s Lenins disappeared with independence in 1991, but the pair estimate a further 1,200 have fallen since unrest began in 2013. The move is one aspect of Ukraine’s ongoing decommunization effort. Soviet symbols, from flags to statues to road signs, were banned in 2015; Lenin Street became John Lennon Street in one humorous corner in the southwest, but by and large the process has been a somber erosion of a chapter of Ukraine’s history. The destruction of monuments – dubbed “Leninopad” (“Lenin-fall”) – has been fractious and symbolic, suggest Ackermann and Gobert. “They’re all still owned by municipalities – at least on paper,” Ackermann explains. In some communities local governments have voted to remove statues of Lenin. Elsewhere vigilante groups and ultra-nationalists have torn down statues independent of authorities’ will. Presidential playground: Ashgabat, the marble city “The way that the Lenins fall down, it’s being implemented in a very dysfunctional way,” says Gobert. “There’s not just one process, there’s not a single way that it is done.” Gobert says tracking down the fallen Lenins has brought to light “two very strong symbols of contemporary Ukraine: the heavy bureaucracy and the lack of law.” Finding their subjects means talking to figures on both sides of the law, often negotiating a web of red tape and cloak-and-dagger secrecy. Officials are often content to pass the buck when approached by Ackermann and Gobert, and private individuals in possession of statues are sometimes wary of revealing the location of their contraband. “There’s many [points of opposition],” says Gobert, “but it’s what makes this project fun.” “Some statues we’ve been negotiating since last September to shoot,” he explains. “We have to write tons of official request letters… We’ve become lost in all the layers of bureaucracy.” Ackerman recalls one failed attempt to win round municipal staff in the southeast of the country. “We started by calling them. They said ‘No, we don’t want to show you,’” he says. “Then a letter – they politely said no.” Uncovered: The hidden history of Poland's radical post-war churches Gobert and Ackermann visited anyway and negotiated in person, but officials stood firm. Ackermann summarizes their reaction: “‘We do not want to show you the Lenins because your project does not show our country in a positive way.’” The photographer describes the “outlaws” who sequester relics of Lenin as a diverse group. Many have moved Lenin into sheds and outhouses around the region, beyond prying eyes. On occasion the ideologue finds company alongside Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin and other communist figures. “Nationalists would collect them as trophies,” says Gobert, recalling one individual who “would collect the image of Lenin like you’d collect stamps.” A house is being built inside a cliff, thanks to the internet Gobert says there are plinths bearing the name of Lenin that have been without his likeness for three and a half years in parts of the country. Tearing Lenin down is a move “against the past and their Soviet heritage,” he argues, “but it’s not for anything either.” The duo say they are still on the hunt to find more Lenins, suggesting the numbers are on their side. Whether they’ll be able to turn Ackermann’s lens on all the statues they uncover is a different debate entirely. “[The project] keeps on changing and dragging us to new spots with new people,” says Gobert. “It’s like a never-ending story.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ukraine's decommunization effort", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160712123000", "country1": "UKR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/architecture/lenin-statues-niels-ackermann-sebastien-gobert/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "658398639", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jen Psaki, a CNN political commentator and spring fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service, served as the White House communications director and State Department spokeswoman during the Obama administration. She has worked as a consultant for Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Follow her: @jrpsaki. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Jen Psaki: The true challenge of events like Manchester is in how we react in the days to come At times like this, we need a President who also guides us away from allowing fear to morph into prejudice and hatred As a mom, the scenes from the terrorist attack in Manchester make me want to lock my daughter up in her room, ban her from attending concerts and shut out the world. And she is not even two years old. Fear is a human response. But it is also what the terrorists are after. The images and stories of the young victims that begin to emerge in the coming days will put our resolve to not be afraid to the test. And it is times like this when we need the President of the United States to be a steady voice – one who acknowledges the human reaction to tragedy, but who also guides us away from allowing fear to morph into prejudice and hatred. But this kind of leadership will require a new approach from the Commander in Chief, one that differs from what he has said and done in the past. In the days after the Paris attack, for instance, then-candidate Donald Trump called for banning all Muslims from entering the United States and for building a registry that would ensure we knew the identity of all of the Muslim-Americans living peacefully among us. He stoked anger against Muslims and helped spur, across the country and among members of Congress, a fear of refugees that led in part to more stringent restrictions on refugee resettlement. I was working for President Barack Obama at the time, and our own reaction from the White House to the Paris attack was not perfect either. We were so wrapped up in our own outrage at Donald Trump’s attacks on the Muslim community, and against refugees, that we failed to focus enough of our energy on communicating to the public the strengths of our own system – our law enforcement, our vetting process, and our own protections to keep the American people safe. President Obama was also criticized at the time for not reacting to the attacks with more emotion, with more anger. Some of that criticism was justified. He was on a trip in Asia, and was not digesting the raw reaction in the United States. His answers during press conferences were wrapped in the steady and pragmatic tone that had long been his signature. But in the days following the attack, he also didn’t do enough to acknowledge the impact of the attacks back home. Related article How we react to Manchester is a defining choice While his approach was frustrating to many of us in the White House in the moment, his steady calm proved in retrospect to contain wisdom as well. He refused to get into a race to the lowest common denominator, to heighten his own language or ways of thinking to mirror the fear and emotions of the people in the country he led. He told us that he needed to be the voice of reason. He was right. It has been 18 months since the Paris attack. There is a new President in office. He may not want to take a page out of the calm and steady Obama playbook, but I hope he can at least learn from how the people of Manchester, citizens who have lost neighbors and classmates and  children, have already responded. Muslim taxi drivers are offering free rides in the city. Citizens are banding together. We are in some ways more vulnerable to reactive prejudice in the United States. The population of Muslim Americans here pales in comparison to countries like the UK, where Muslims are about 15% of the population in Manchester, according to the last census in 2011. Yet there is not a flood of talk about kicking Muslims out of the city. There is not a movement by even the conservative leadership of the United Kingdom to register Muslims or ban entry of Muslims into the country. There is an effort at the grassroots level to live together. To stand together. The true challenge of events like Manchester is not how we respond with sympathy for the victims, and anger at the “evil losers” (as our President has called them) in the immediate aftermath, but in how we react in the days to come. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook If history is a guide to how President Trump will react in the weeks ahead, we have reason for concern. As citizens, we must hope he will not use this horrific attack as an opening to turn anger and fear into discrimination and either way, resolve not to let that happen.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170523233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/opinions/the-leader-we-need-manchester-psaki-opinion/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "675643078", "sentence": "Democrats on Monday presented a new economic message Schumer said blame for the party's 2016 losses is wide-ranging Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, denied Monday that his party is overly fixated on Russia as Democrats rolled out a new campaign focused on economics. Schumer, in an interview for CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” said the party’s primary concerns are health care and “the economic well-being of the working family” – not the various investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. “Those are our two big focuses,” Schumer said. “Obviously Russia is in the news. Obviously we want Bob Mueller to be able to pursue and our committees to be able to pursue their investigations unimpeded.” But Schumer did allow that the party has had a longstanding messaging problem and needs to make its economic agenda known. The Senate’s minority leader was speaking from Berryville, Virginia, just after joining other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, to unveil the party’s new agenda, titled “A Better Deal.” He said because of his focus on the rollout, he had not kept up with the comments about Russia from Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and top adviser to President Donald Trump, or Trump’s own tweet calling Attorney General Jeff Sessions “beleaguered.” Schumer said moving forward, Democrats will focus on health care, jobs training and breaking up monopolies, and that the party would “fill this agenda out” further in coming months. The new agenda is a reaction to systemic issues in the Democratic Party’s outreach efforts, Schumer said, avoiding pointing specifically to the Hillary Clinton campaign. “It’s not just 2016. It’s 2014 as well,” Schumer said. “The blame goes all around, and the bottom line is people didn’t know what we stood for.” When Tapper pointed to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll that found most people think the Democrats stood against Trump as opposed to “for something,” Schumer reiterated his point and explained the new campaign is intended to demonstrate the party has a real economic agenda. “I’m not going to point any specific fingers,” Schumer said. “We’re all to blame, but what you said, that 52% of Americans don’t know what we stand for, that changes today.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democratic Party", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170724210000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/chuck-schumer-health-care-russia/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "620451507", "sentence": "Army Corps had approved the Dakota Access pipeline before halting the project In 2015, Obama rejected the Keystone proposal, ending a seven-year fight With one swipe of the presidential pen, the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines were back on the agenda, marking the realization of protesters’ worst fears about what a Donald Trump presidency means for the environment and the controversial energy projects. Trump signed executive actions Tuesday to advance the approval of the pipelines – one of which, the Dakota Access, was recently stalled, while the other had been killed by the State Department and White House in 2015. The proposed $3.7 billion Dakota Access Pipeline was slated to stretch 1,172 miles through four states – from North Dakota into South Dakota, winding through Iowa and ending in southern Illinois – moving 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day across the Midwest. It is completed except for a contested portion under North Dakota’s Lake Oahe, half a mile upstream from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s reservation. The $8 billion Keystone XL Pipeline was proposed to stretch nearly 1,200 miles across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, carrying more than 800,000 barrels of carbon-heavy petroleum daily from Canada’s oil sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast. With debates looming, and protests quickly mobilizing, how did the nation get to this point? Proponents of both projects tout their economic boon. Supporters say the Dakota Acess pipeline would decrease American reliance on foreign oil. Opponents cite environmental concerns, such as contamination due to breaches and eventual greenhouse gas emissions, and destruction of Native American land and burial sites. Instagram post not found. Post has been removed or is no longer public. We are the only planet with love songs, we are the only planet with dancing, we are the only planet with love, we are the only planet with water.  We can't drink oil, water is life. #noDAPL #protectcleanwater #weStandwithStandingRock #marchon #notgoinganywhere #evenintherain #Iwillnotbesilent #resist A photo posted by Mallory (@malzb611) on Jan 24, 2017 at 5:19pm PST The US Army Corps of Engineers approved the project and granted final permits in July to the dismay of environmentalists and the Standing Rock Sioux. The tribe quickly sued the corps, claiming the pipeline threatens its “environmental and economic well-being, and would damage and destroy sites of great historic, religious, and cultural significance.” Read the complaint The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing pending litigation. The developer, Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Crude Oil, said the pipeline from the oil-rich Bakken Formation, a vast underground deposit where Montana and North Dakota meet Canada, is the most cost-effective and environmentally responsible way to move crude oil, removing the dependency on rails and trucks. An estimated 7.4 billion barrels of undiscovered oil is believed to be in the US portion of the Bakken, according to the US Geological Survey. Related article Dakota Access Pipeline: What's at stake? Dakota Access estimates the pipeline would generate $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments as well as add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs. An advocacy group, the Midwest Alliance for Infrastructure Now, backed the developer’s assertions that pipelines are a safe way to move crude oil. “Already, eight pipelines cross the Missouri River carrying hundreds of thousands of barrels of energy products every day,” the group said. The alliance said the pipeline “does not cross into the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s reservation.” The alliance also said 100% of the affected landowners in North Dakota, where part of the tribe lives, voluntarily signed easements allowing construction. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is also concerned that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River would affect the area’s drinking water. “We have laws that require federal agencies to consider environmental risks and protection of Indian historic and sacred sites,” Dave Archambault II, the elected chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, said in an earlier statement. Related article Dakota Access Pipeline: What happens next? “But the Army Corps has ignored all those laws and fast-tracked this massive project just to meet the pipeline’s aggressive construction schedule.” Based in Fort Yates, North Dakota, Standing Rock is a federally recognized Indian tribe, a successor to the Great Sioux Nation. Other Native American tribes and nations have joined in opposition. Archambault II said he doesn’t support moving more crude oil from North Dakota. He told CNN affiliate KFYR-TV in Bismarck the country should search for alternative and renewable sources of energy. For months, Standing Rock Sioux members and allies protested in North Dakota. They stood in the path of the pipeline during peaceful demonstrations and clashes that turned violent. Police deployed bean bag rounds and pepper spray and unleashed a high-pitched siren to disperse the crowd. One day in October, police arrested at least 141 people. A few weeks later, just before Thanksgiving, as temperatures dipped below freezing, authorities unleashed water cannons on the demonstrators. Related video Veterans stand in solidarity in Standing Rock But in December, protesters celebrated after the Army said it would not – for the time being – allow the pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe. The Army said the plan should be carefully restudied and alternative routes should be deeply considered. In her letter to the Army Corps, Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Army’s assistant secretary for civil works, called for the creation of an official environmental impact statement, a months-long process that would allow the public to weigh in. The Army statement did not rule out future approval of the current route. But tribal leaders worried then that the decision to change direction might not be permanent, especially with the incoming Trump administration and pipeline supporters backing the plan. This month, a judge blocked an effort by Dakota Access to stop the Army Corps from beginning the environmental impact study. Supporters of the project praised Trump’s decision Tuesday. Related video Daring protest during NFL game leads to arrest “This is clearly a step in the right direction,” North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak told KFYR. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe vowed to keep fighting. “It wasn’t a surprise. We knew this was gonna happen. We’ve been preparing for it,” Jon Eagle Sr., Standing Rock’s historic preservation officer, told KFYR. “You gotta take a historic perspective, though, of who we are as Lakota Dakota people. We’ve been resisting since the point of contact.” TransCanada first applied for a permit to build the pipeline in 2008. Since then, the massive project has been a hot topic during presidential and congressional elections. It pitted oil companies and Republicans against environmentalists and liberal activists. Keystone XL represented just under a third of TransCanada’s entire Keystone project. Every other piece of the project had been built and laid out. The Canadian and, in particular, Alberta government pushed President Barack Obama to approve the project. TransCanada said in 2011 that the project would create about 140,000 direct and indirect jobs. Related article Keystone XL pipeline debate: What do I need to know? Fact checking Keystone job claims The State Department in January 2015 concluded the project would create about 42,000 jobs directly and indirectly. The total included about 3,900 construction jobs. In all, the pipeline would provide about $2 billion in economic benefits, the State Department review said. But once the construction jobs, which would last no more than two years, wrapped up, Keystone XL would have created about 50 permanent jobs, the number needed to maintain the pipeline. Environmentalists were concerned because extracting crude oil from the oil sands, a combination of oil and sand, pumps about 17% more greenhouse gases into the air than standard crude oil extraction, according to the State Department review. How we got hereWhat happens next?In pictures: Protesters rejoiceWhat’s at stake? How we got hereWhat happens next?In pictures: Protesters rejoiceWhat’s at stake? Environmentalists, local residents and indigenous tribes also said the pipeline’s proposed route would cut across the Ogallala Aquifer, which is one of the world’s largest. Activists were also concerned the pipeline could pollute many of the 2,500 aquifers, key sources of fresh water, within a mile of the proposed route. Native Americans voiced concerns over the societal impact of camps with thousands of construction workers living near their communities. Those face high rates of sexual assaults from nonindigenous men, representatives of the activist Wica Agli group said in 2015. In 2011, the Obama administration said it would delay a decision on the pipeline until at least 2013 to allow for more time to study the issues and to look at possible alternative routes. Exercising his veto power for the first time in five years, Obama rejected legislation giving the go-ahead for construction of the pipeline in February 2015. The White House said it opposed the bill because it would have usurped the Obama’s authority to approve or deny the creation of the pipeline and short-circuit the State Department analysis. In November 2015, Obama nixed the proposed pipeline, virtually ending the fight over the project that had gone on for much of his presidency. Related video Boehner: Obama's with 'anarchists' on Keystone pipeline Secretary of State John Kerry concluded the project was not in the country’s national security interest. Obama’s move came as the White House continued to promote his environmental agenda and efforts to fight climate change. In a statement at the time, Kerry said the climate impact was the key factor. “The critical factor in my determination was this: Moving forward with this project would significantly undermine our ability to continue leading the world in combating climate change,” he said. The pipeline was a key issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, with GOP nominee Mitt Romney saying he would approve the pipeline. Republican candidates in the 2016 race also pledged to let the project go forward. At the time, Trump, then the GOP front-runner, tweeted: “So sad that Obama rejected Keystone Pipeline. Thousands of jobs, good for the environment, no downside!” So sad that Obama rejected Keystone Pipeline. Thousands of jobs, good for the environment, no downside! Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has said he was “disappointed by the decision,” expressed support for the pipeline Tuesday. “I’ve been on the record for many years supporting it because it leads to economic growth, and good jobs for Albertans,” he said. In a statement, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said, “The Keystone pipeline was rejected because it was not in the country’s interest, and the environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline was ordered because of the threats it poses to the Standing Rock Sioux. 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{"article_id": "547823883", "sentence": "Republican Party establishment figures are beginning to go public with their concerns about Donald Trump’s race-based criticisms of the federal judge overseeing the Trump University lawsuit, even as the presumptive GOP nominee urges supporters to up the ante. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Mexican heritage has become a fixation for the GOP’s presumptive nominee, who has repeatedly questioned the Indiana-born Curiel’s impartiality – often in stark terms. Now, as worries mount that Trump’s words could weigh down other Republicans in November, more high-profile elected officials and party leaders are speaking out. Here’s what some of the biggest names are saying: Ryan ended his waiting game and endorsed Trump on Thursday. One day later, the speaker was on the radio in his home state of Wisconsin bashing the presumptive nominee: “Look, the comment about the judge, just was out of left field for my mind,” Ryan told WISN in Milwaukee, nearly a week after Trump first criticized Curiel. “It’s reasoning I don’t relate to; I completely disagree with the thinking behind that.” “So (Trump) clearly says and does things I don’t agree with and I’ve had to speak up from time to time when that has occurred and I’ll continue to do that if that’s necessary – I hope it’s not,” Ryan added. Among the most vocal Never-Trumpers, Sasse delivered a stinging condemnation Monday: “Public Service Announcement: Saying someone can’t do a specific job because of his or her race is the literal definition of “racism,” he tweeted. Public Service Announcement:Saying someone can't do a specific job because of his or her race is the literal definition of \"racism.\" Cruz, a vanquished primary rival of Trump’s, on Monday afternoon joined the chorus of concerned Republicans, saying, “Of course it’s inappropriate to attack a federal judge’s race or ethnicity. “You’ll have to ask Donald why he says the thing he does,” he said. “I’m not going to try to explain it.” Rubio’s long drift toward Trump seemed to stall on Monday, when he repeatedly criticized Trump. “When I was running for president, I told everyone that this is what would happen,” Rubio told CNN. “That we would continue to be faced with this very difficult choice, as we are, as many of us have been, between Hillary Clinton and Donald. This is not where I wanted us to be.” Earlier, he addressed the comments in Orlando: “I continue to have strong disagreements with (Trump) on a bunch of issues and I do not agree with and quite frankly I’m very disturbed by the way he keeps referring to this judge – an American – born Indiana who he continues to raise issues about and I hope he’ll stop doing that.” The Kentucky senator endorsed Trump in early May, but is now warning that the billionaire businessman could alienate a generation of voters with his attacks on Curiel: “This is a man who was born in Indiana,” McConnell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “All of us came here from somewhere else. Almost all Americans are either near-term immigrants like my wife, who came here at age 8 not speaking a word of English, or the rest of us whose ancestors were risk-takers who came here and made this country great. That’s an important part of what makes America work.” Carson, who has emerged as a Trump supporter and emissary for the campaign, released the following statement via business manager Armstrong Williams: “Every human being is an individual first rather than a member of an identity group. The moment we forget that is the moment we enter into a phase of moral descent.” Schwarzenegger in 2006 appointed Curiel to his first judicial post, as a Superior Court judge. On Monday the action star-turned-politician – and Trump’s successor heading “Celebrity Apprentice” – tweeted his dismay about Curiel’s treatment by the presumptive Republican nominee, harkening back to the judge’s days as a federal prosecutor. “Judge Curiel is an American hero who stood up to the Mexican cartels. I was proud to appoint him when I was Gov.” Judge Curiel is an American hero who stood up to the Mexican cartels. I was proud to appoint him when I was Gov. https://t.co/ADLCBXw57Q Trump’s former GOP primary rival has been mostly quiet since leaving the race after the Indiana primary. But on Monday he, too, dropped a pair of critical tweets, first condemning Trump’s comments, then asking for an apology: “Attacking judges based on their race &/or religion is another tactic that divides our country. More importantly, it is flat out wrong,” he said, adding: “@RealDonaldTrump should apologize to Judge Curiel & try to unite this country. #TwoPaths” Attacking judges based on their race &/or religion is another tactic that divides our country. More importantly, it is flat out wrong.(1of2) .@RealDonaldTrump should apologize to Judge Curiel & try to unite this country. #TwoPaths (2of2) Facing a tough general election challenge from New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, Ayotte has said she will “support” Trump, but has no plans to endorse. On Monday, she released a more easily-parsed response to Trump’s remarks on Curiel: “His comments are offensive and wrong, and he should retract them.” Scott, the only African-American Republican in the Senate, told CNN Trump’s criticisms are “racially toxic.” Corker has been among highest-profile elected officials to speak favorably about Trump. Though he hasn’t offered an outright rebuke, this weekend the Tennessee senator did suggest the current path was a dangerous one. “I think that he’s going to have to change,” Corker said on ABC’s “This Week.” “I’m not talking about him necessarily changing his views, but I think that he’s moving into a different phase, he’s talking to the right people.” Another vocal backer, Gingrich has emerged as one of the favorites to be chosen as Trump’s running mate. But in an interview with The Washington Post published this weekend, he delivered a stern judgment: “I don’t know what Trump’s reasoning was, and I don’t care,” Gingrich said in an email. “His description of the judge in terms of his parentage is completely unacceptable.” Collins, like many of her GOP colleagues, has been mostly mum on Trump, refusing to say if she’ll vote for him or a third party candidate. But the Maine Republican told CNN Monday Trump’s recent comments were “very troubling,” and expressed concern they could “undermine respect for the judicial system.” But she stopped short of calling them “racist.” “They seem to be prompted more out of anger than the rulings that this judge has made. I think they are inappropriate regardless, she said. “After all, there are plenty of people who are white who Donald Trump has attacked. His personal insults, which must stop, seem to run the gamut.” Michael Reagan, son of Republican President Ronald Reagan, said his father – iconic in GOP circles – wouldn’t vote for Trump if he was alive today. “This most likely would be the 1st time if my father was alive that he would not support the nominee of the GOP @Reince @newsmax,” he tweeted. This most likely would be the 1st time if my father was alive that he would not support the nominee of the GOP @Reince @newsmax CNN’s Manu Raju contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160607000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/politics/republicans-donald-trump-judge-racism/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "613947117", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Dustin McKissen is a writer, communications and marketing strategist, and founder of McKissen + Company, a marketing and communications firm. He was recently named one of LinkedIn’s “Top Voices” for the second year in a row. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. On Tuesday, Ford announces it will shift jobs intended for a now-canceled Mexican plant back to Michigan Dustin McKissen: With this announcement, Democrats risk losing the story on outsourcing and trade They must learn to repackage facts in a compelling narrative, or the 2020 election could be an uphill battle When Franklin Delano Roosevelt told America, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” he was telling us a story about resiliency and hope in one of America’s worst economic moments. When Ronald Reagan told Mikhail Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall,” he was telling the world a story about what the future – a future without walls – could look like. And when then-candidate Barack Obama gave his “A More Perfect Union” speech in the spring of 2008, he was telling a story about America’s changing demographics. Politics has always been, and will always be, about story – and Democrats are at risk of losing the “story” on trade, even if they’re right about the data. Data is important, but political data is always driven by the story being told, rather than the other way around (as the Clinton campaign learned). With Ford’s announcement that it will shift jobs intended for a now-canceled Mexican plant back to Michigan, it’s obvious Democrats risk losing the story on outsourcing and trade in a big way. Related video Trump rips GM for making cars in Mexico If the reaction to Carrier’s November decision to keep roughly 800 jobs in Indiana is any precedent, Democrats will likely point to the details of Ford’s decision, arguing that saving a relatively small number of jobs does little to address the decadeslong trend of reduced manufacturing employment. But telling a better story, particularly in an era where that story might be told using less than 140 characters, is almost never about the details. And while Democrats have an obligation to debate a Trump administration on the basis of facts, they need to figure out a way to package those facts in a compelling narrative. Otherwise the following hypothetical commercials could become a 2020 presidential campaign reality. Commercial 1 – Elizabeth Warren (or Joe Biden or Corey Booker or someone we’ve yet to hear of) talks about macro-level trade data, how the efforts of the Trump administration amounted to little more than tokenism and how manufacturing job loss has continued despite companies making periodic announcements that they will restore a few hundred jobs. Commercial 2 – A factory worker (for even better effect, an African-American, female or Hispanic factory worker) stares into the camera and says, “I didn’t vote for Trump. But he saved my job anyway.” Related article Trump has a secret weapon on jobs and trade You don’t have to be an advertising expert or a political junkie to know which of those two commercials will be more effective. One is a potential regurgitation of factual data. The other is a story. Democrats should have already learned this. Hillary Clinton had the data, but she lacked a story. Donald Trump may have lacked many things (staff, money, a filter and at times common decency), but he told a story that resonated with the portions of the electorate he needed it to resonate with. Based on the reaction to the Carrier deal, and what I expect the reaction to the Ford decision will be, Democrats didn’t learn the lesson. After Carrier, there was debate about how many jobs were actually saved, and whether the tax breaks the company received were too generous. The Ford deal may generate the same sort of reaction, including discussion about what the company expects from the administration, given that the automaker cited Trump’s “pro-growth” agenda as a reason for keeping the jobs in Michigan. Is it 1,100 jobs in Indiana, as Trump claims, or 800 jobs, as Carrier (accurately) states? Did the Trump administration make a promise, either directly or indirectly, in exchange for Ford’s decision? In the scope of manufacturing job loss, how much of a difference do these one-off company decisions really make? Related article Why Trump can break his promises and still win Here’s the reality: When it comes to the politics of trade, none of those things matter. In four years, no one will remember the specifics. And any remotely competent communications team can turn an American president flexing his muscle to keep jobs in America into a pretty compelling story, regardless of the specifics, because a good story is never remembered for the specifics. In fact, even if many Americans continue to lose their manufacturing jobs, the image of a newly re-employed man with a hard hat standing next to Trump on a stage will resonate, and those same Americans will cast their vote once again for Trump. And if you think people vote largely because of personal circumstance, think again. In Whitley County, Kentucky, where the rate of uninsured declined by 60% thanks to Obamacare, over 80% of residents voted for Trump. The fear of an Obamacare repeal did nothing to influence Whitley County voters because Trump’s overall narrative was larger than the sum of any one of his policy proposals. Of course, Democrats should understand this better than anyone. I remember watching Obama’s DNC speech in 2004 in an awful, tiny apartment my wife and I shared with our daughter. I remember weeping. I remember a story that felt like it was my story, though I share almost nothing in common with Obama’s background. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Other than something about there not being a blue America or a red America, I don’t really remember specifics of that speech. But I remember a powerful story. Democrats might be right when it comes to trade policy and the real reasons for manufacturing job loss. However, if they don’t get the story right, if their hatred of Trump blinds them to the fundamental political truth that telling a compelling story is more important than having the best set of charts, they may find themselves – as hard as it is to imagine – campaigning against a popular president four years from now. And that would be a story no one expected to read.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Democrats", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170104020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/03/opinions/democrats-losing-trade-story-mckissen/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "650729593", "sentence": "Here is a look at the life of United States Senator Ted Kennedy. Personal:Birth date: February 22, 1932 Death date: August 25, 2009 Birth place: Boston, Massachusetts Birth name: Edward Moore Kennedy Father: Joseph Kennedy Mother: Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy Marriages: Victoria (Reggie) Kennedy (1992-2009, his death); Virginia Joan (Bennett) Kennedy (1958-1981, divorced) Children: with Joan (Bennett) Kennedy: Patrick Joseph, 1967; Edward Moore Jr., 1961; Kara Anne, 1960 Education: Harvard University, B.A, 1956; Attended International Law School, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1958; University of Virginia Law School, LL.B., 1959 Military service: US Army, 1951-1953 Religion: Catholic Other Facts:The youngest of nine children in the famous Kennedy family. One of only six senators in US history to serve more than 40 years. Longtime champion of health care reform. Notable legislation: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act, Kennedy-Hatch Law of 1997, and No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Timeline: 1961-1962 - Serves as the Suffolk County, Massachusetts assistant district attorney. 1962 - Is elected to the US Senate, filling his brother’s, President John F. Kennedy, seat. 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 - Re-elected to the Senate. 1964 - Breaks his back in a plane crash. July 18, 1969 - Drives his car off a bridge in Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. His passenger Mary Jo Kopechne drowns. Kennedy fails to notify authorities for several hours and later is found guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. 1969-1970 - Serves as the Democratic whip in the Senate. 1979-1980 - Runs unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in the 1980 presidential election. 1979-1981 - Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. 1987-1995 - Chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. April 2006 - Kennedy’s book, “America Back on Track,” is released. May 2006 - Kennedy’s children’s book “My Senator and Me: A Dog’s Eye View of Washington, D.C.” is released. August 3, 2007 - Casts his 15,000th roll call vote. May 17, 2008 - Is rushed to the hospital after suffering a seizure. On May 20, doctors announce Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. June 2, 2008 - Undergoes brain surgery. July 9, 2008 - Returns to the Senate to cast the tie-breaking vote on a Medicare bill. He is met with cheers and applause. August 25, 2008 - Delivers a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. January 20, 2009 - Suffers a seizure during a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama. February 2009 - Returns to work briefly and casts a vote in support of the stimulus package. March 4, 2009 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces that Kennedy will receive an honorary knighthood from the Queen of England. April 7, 2009 - Throws out the first pitch at the Boston Red Sox season opener. April 22, 2009 - President Barack Obama signs into law the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which creates four national service corps. August 12, 2009 - Is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His daughter, Kara, accepts it on his behalf. August 25, 2009 - Dies at the age of 77. September 2009 - Kennedy’s book, “True Compass: A Memoir,” is released.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States Senator Ted Kennedy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170427201500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/ted-kennedy-fast-facts/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "591866666", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Amy Zegart is Co-Director and Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Russian hacks are a warning sign of things to come and the US better be prepared, writes Amy Zegart US government needs to start attributing election-related breaches as fast as possible, she says Next month, America will elect a new president. Most likely there will be no cyber hanging-chad moment, no massive breach that calls into question election results or faith in the democratic process. But it would be a mistake to breathe a collective sigh of relief on November 9th and conclude the danger is past. The danger is just beginning.  The 2016 election is a warning of darker hacks to come. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recently announced what many cyber experts had long suspected: High-level Russian officials authorized hacks of the Democratic National Committee and other campaign-related sites. Related video Kasparov: Trump fertilizing ground for civil unrest after election This is the first time a foreign power has inserted itself directly into an American presidential election. Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn’t just probing our digital systems. He was probing our political response to see how far he could go to sow distrust in the most important cornerstone of any democracy: free and fair elections. Our response has not helped. FBI Director James Comey has sought to reassure Americans that our decentralized voting system is just too “clunky” for one massive breach to affect the outcome. But sometimes small changes can have big effects. Lyndon Johnson’s 1948 Senate victory hinged on a single sketchy precinct where he was popular with dead voters. The 2000 presidential election was decided by just 537 votes in Florida. In a tight race, cyber bad actors don’t need to disrupt everything. They just need to hit a few counties in Pennsylvania or Florida, two big battleground states that use electronic voting but in some precincts do not use verifiable paper audit trails to confirm results. Related video Putin ally warns of 'war' if US elects Hillary Clinton Pennsylvania and Florida are not alone. Thirteen other states lack paper audit trails in either all or some voting locations. Even when a race isn’t tight, nefarious actors do not actually have to throw an election to succeed: Simply casting doubt on the legitimacy of the process in these states could be enough. Others advocate calling election hacking “acts of war” to deter the Russians. This feels good and sounds tough. But deterrence 101 teaches that if you call something an act of war, you’d better be willing to go to war if it happens. Related article The weaponization of hacked emails Declaring an action unacceptable and then accepting it only weakens US credibility everywhere, on every issue. There’s a reason the Pentagon has been careful to avoid this language: It’s unclear how cyber escalation might work or where it could lead. Many cyber weapons have a “use it and lose it” quality. Once they are in the wild, they can be reverse engineered and possibly used against us. Crossing from the cyber to physical worlds is even more uncertain. What happens if we respond to election “hacks of war” with military strikes? What will the adversary do next? Going up the escalation ladder is a murky and dangerous business with sobering possibilities: Would we really launch nuclear strikes over vote counts in Beaver County, Pennsylvania? Instead of deterrence by punishment, the US should implement a policy of deterrence by denial. The goal is to deny adversaries the outcomes they seek – in this case, by rendering cyber election hacks insignificant to our democratic process. Related article Why Putin fears a Clinton presidency The strategy starts by building better defenses, including legislating minimum cyber security standards for party, PAC, and campaign-related websites for presidential elections. That would include paper audit trails in every state, starting with large battlegrounds, so that our election process can be resilient even if attacked. Building resilience also requires changing minds, not just systems. Public education is essential. Future cyber attacks could alter the integrity of data so the truth will be hard to know. Today, when a breach occurs, we assume the information released must be true. In the future, we need to assume that anything leaked could be false, designed to deceive and manipulate. Because increasingly, it will. Finally, the US government needs to start attributing election-related breaches as quickly as possible unless there is a compelling intelligence reason not to. For months, the Russian government’s election hacking was the worst-kept secret in Washington; everyone knew it, but the White House refused to acknowledge it.  This sends all the wrong signals, emboldening bad actors to do more tomorrow than they did today. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Fast attribution would help establish international norms that election hacks are outside the bounds of civilized society; move election intrusions from the realm of secret intelligence operations that are rarely discussed to diplomatic agenda items that can be publicly and regularly discussed; and decrease public anxiety by making a vague threat more concrete. It is one thing to say, “Someone is burglarizing your neighborhood but we’re not sure who,” and quite another to say, “The bad guy stealing in your neighborhood is Vladimir Putin. Here’s his picture. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.” The ultimate aim of election hacking is to change how we think about ourselves and our government. 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{"article_id": "751191989", "sentence": "The marvel of Donald Trump’s presidency is not that so many things happen that stretch the limits of credulity. It’s that the scandals, presidential outbursts, shattered conventions, executive branch muscle-flexing, foreign policy 180s and legal quagmires seem to have no discernible political impact. Related article White House releases photos of Kim Jong Un and Pompeo In any other presidency, a Cabinet secretary being skewered on Capitol Hill over massive ethics questions – such as Environmental Protection Agency Chief Scott Pruitt – or a nominee such as White House physician Ronny Jackson dropping out of consideration as Veterans Affairs secretary would represent major political crises. Photos like those released Thursday of CIA chief turned new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting the world’s most reclusive leader Kim Jong Un would create news shockwaves that would rumble for weeks. And if any other President had called up a morning news show and unspooled a stream of anger down the phone for half an hour, in a way that may have deepened his legal exposure after the FBI raid on his lawyer Michael Cohen, he would drive his White House close to a cliff edge. In the Trump administration, it’s just another day. Given that expectations of Trump’s presidency are cemented 15 months into his term, it’s likely that none of the turbulence of the last few days – extreme even by Trump’s standards – will have an immediate political consequence. Polls show that the President moves in a range between the high mid-30% range and the low to mid-40% territory. The most recent poll of Trump’s approval ratings is by Fox News and shows his number at 44%. In other latest surveys, Quinnipiac puts Trump at 39%, ABC has him at 40% and CNN has the President at 42%. Related article Is Nikki Haley the most popular politician in America? When Trump dips and then picks up the pace in polls, it tends to reflect a drift of softer Republican voters away and back to him – rather than a realignment of wider sentiment in the electorate. The fact that Trump’s floor remains just below 40% – while likely insufficient to stave off heavy midterm election losses or fears among his team about his re-election hopes is still remarkable. It speaks to the solidity of his legendary political base, which he has taken pains to preserve and means that his presidency remains viable despite the torrent of logic defying escapades that he engineers every week. So far, the bottom has not fallen out. He’s not experienced the kind of slide for instance that afflicted George W. Bush a year into his second term after the botched handling of Hurricane Katrina and the bloody occupation of Iraq, which at one point would send him down to Gallup approval rating low of 25%. While Trump seems to be defying political gravity, some prominent critics and observers are beginning to worry about longer term damage – and not to the President’s own political standing. They warn that what is unfolding is potentially damaging to America’s position overseas and the institutions that underpin its democratic system at home. James Comey, the fired FBI chief who has emerged almost as an amateur shrink with his character sketches of the President on his book tour, warned that the abnormality of Trump must not be allowed to become a new normal. Related article Comey's psychoanalysis: Trump's always trying to fill an emotional hole In a CNN town hall event on Thursday Comey was asked by Anderson Cooper about his reaction when he saw Trump tweeting that he should be in jail. He admitted to “a shrug. Like, ‘Oh, there he goes again,’” Comey said. “And then I catch myself, because I hope you’re not shrugging, because that’s numb to something that is not OK, that is not normal,” he continued. “And Republicans, if they just close their eyes and imagine Barack Obama waking up in the morning saying someone should be in jail, they will understand that it’s not normal.” Comey is not the only person to notice the chaos in Washington. French President Emmanuel Macron, who used a state visit to Washington to intensify his charm offensive with the President, remarked on Wednesday night that dizzying US foreign policy U-turns were “insane,” the Guardian reported. There were signs on Thursday that some of Trump’s aides in the White House believe that the new political reality – where none of Trump’s antics appear to hurt him – can hold for ever, after his tirade on “Fox and Friends” which left even the show’s friendly anchors looking puzzled. “Lots of people winced,” CNN’s Jim Acosta quoted one official as saying when asked about Trump’s unleashed performance, which showed why the President’s lawyers and political team try to keep him under wraps. Related article Trump airs grievances in revealing Fox interview At one point, Trump appeared to be signaling that he wanted to conduct a purge of his own Justice Department – but couldn’t do so because of the Russia investigation. “I think you’ll understand this, I have decided that I won’t be involved. I may change my mind at some point because what’s going on is a disgrace,” Trump said. Given that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey, the President’s own admission that he would like to strong arm top US law enforcement agencies may be unwise. Trump may also have deepened his legal exposure regarding Cohen. He admitted on Fox for the first time that his lawyer had acted for him in the case of porn star Stormy Daniels, who was paid $130,000 before the election to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump. If there are issues with the payment, the President could now find himself being drawn deeper into the legal mess. Trump also caused a problem for his legal team, which is fighting to convince a federal judge that papers seized from Cohen by the FBI should be covered by attorney client privilege. The President told “Fox and Friends” that the percentage of his legal work entrusted to Cohen was a “a tiny, tiny little fraction.” Hours later, federal prosecutors said that material obtained by the FBI – believed to include records of the Trump Organization – is “unlikely to contain voluminous privileged documents,” using the President’s own words to undermine his legal arguments. Such developments explain why Trump’s legal and political supporters fear the consequences if the President goes anywhere near an interview with Mueller.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180427053000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/politics/donald-trump-michael-cohen/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "544623731", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Since CNN interviewed Alyaman Daar’s parents on Thursday, the family has been granted emergency medical admission to Switzerland. Doctors say Alyaman’s condition may improve temporarily, but that he remains terminally ill. Alyaman Daar is dying of muscular dystrophy at the Eko refugee camp in Greece His family says his 1-year-old sister Bisan has symptoms of the same condition Sunbeams stream through the white canvas wall of the tent, bouncing off the crib and bedding and making it glow in bright colors: red, green, yellow. Inside its mesh walls, barely breathing, 6-year-old Alyaman Daar lies dying. Alyaman and his family fled Syria when the country’s bloody civil war meant they could no longer access healthcare and medication to battle his muscular dystrophy. His parents, Wasel and Johaina, from Deir Ezzor, were sure that if they could just make it to Europe, they could give their son the medical help he so desperately needs. But having finally reached what they once saw as the “promised land” – via Turkey and a perilous and costly voyage across the Mediterranean – they have found no hope, only heartbreak. Marooned in a camp at a gas station close to the Greece-Macedonia border, unable even to register as refugees, they can do little more than watch as Alyaman fades away before their eyes. And to make matters worse, their youngest daughter, 1-year-old Bisan, is now showing signs of the same condition which looks likely to take the life of their son within days. How do you keep 1m refugees healthy? “I wish we had access to proper medical care, but in this tent it’s very difficult,” says Johaina. “The only reason we left our home was to seek treatment for our son.  And now my daughter also has similar symptoms.” Johaina appears sadly resigned to the loss of Alyaman, but she becomes distressed at the thought of her daughter going through the same torment. “It’s from God, so we must accept his fate; but now I am worried about my daughter,” she says, wiping away tears. “It is very difficult to get the kind of medical care we need.” Wearing a purple dress and gold earrings and fussing in her father’s arms, Bisan seems like any other toddler. But the family says she can no longer crawl or grip their fingers. These were the same clues that pointed them to a diagnosis for Alyaman back in Syria five years ago. There is no cure for muscular dystrophy – a genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness and eventually the loss of muscle mass – but medication and therapy can ease a patient’s symptoms and prolong their life. One mom’s life with muscular dystrophy The crib, set up within a tent filled with the clutter of four families’ upended lives, is intended for a much younger child, but Alyaman is tiny and frail, and fits easily among the blankets, a Quran tucked at his side. Hereditary genetic condition Causes progressive weakness and wasting of the musclesNo known cureMedication and therapy can help manage symptomsSome types of MD shorten life expectancy dramatically Hereditary genetic condition Causes progressive weakness and wasting of the musclesNo known cureMedication and therapy can help manage symptomsSome types of MD shorten life expectancy dramatically Dr. Zaher Sahloul leans in and tries to wake him, calling his name and stroking his pale cheek, but there is no response. His long eyelashes do not flutter, his eyes remain closed. “Alyaman’s prognosis is very bad,” Sahloul says. “He’s barely able to eat or swallow; he’s dehydrated; he has malnutrition; his oxygen level is very low; he’s not reacting to stimulation. “In a condition like this, in the U.S. we would usually treat the patients with a nasogastric tube for feeding … oxygen, IV hydration … [maybe] a respirator,” he says. “But in a tent like this, where they don’t have access to any advanced medical care, he’s probably going to die within a few hours.” Greece clears Idomeni refugee camp The one relief for Wasel and Johaina, amid all of their pain, is that their middle child, 3 1/2-year-old daughter Lyan, shows no symptoms of muscular dystrophy. When Alyaman was healthier, he and Lyan were very close. Until very recently he would respond to her laugh, or if she called his name. But even that has stopped now. Now Lyan sits alongside her mother, her big, dark eyes watching intensely as Johaina tries to make her son eat, feeding him tiny amounts of milk formula through a syringe. The only sign he is conscious are his half-open eyelids, but there is no recognition, no light in his eyes, even when his mother coos lovingly at him and tenderly touches his face. His arms are contorted, his body stiff, his face expressionless. Only his mousy brown hair, topped with a Tintin-like cowlick, is recognizable from the screensaver photo on his father’s phone – a picture taken 10 months ago, before they came to Greece. Doctors say the family knows Alyaman has a very short time left. Greek grandmother’s kindness to refugees For Sahloul and his colleague Dr. Hanne Lossius, from the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), there is sadness that they cannot do more for Alyaman, and anger that Europe is not doing more to help all those like him, trapped in camps and in need of better medical care. “It is very painful that we have, in the 21st century, families like this in Europe [who] don’t have access to the minimum that they could have even in developing countries,” says Sahloul. “It is unacceptable for any human being that a family like this, who have children who are suffering for nothing – for no reason except that there’s a war in their homeland – who expected to be treated with dignity in Europe, that they are not getting any of that.” “It’s inhuman,” adds Lossius. “It really comes down to common decency. A child should not spend his or her last hours of life in a tent like this.” “We’ve met people here saying that they want to go back to Syria – to die with honor, fast – instead of dying slowly here. That’s what Europe is doing right now. This is killing them, and we need to do something.” For Wasel and Johaina, there is one last shred of hope: That people will hear their story and be inspired to act, and that they and their daughters will find a home in Europe. “It is too late for my son,” says Johaina, dabbing at her eyes with a tissue. “But I need your help to save my daughter. I don’t want her to suffer like her brother.” Since CNN interviewed Alyaman Daar’s parents on Thursday, the family has been granted emergency medical admission to Switzerland. Doctors say Alyaman’s condition may improve temporarily, but that he remains terminally ill. Bryony Jones wrote from London with reporting from Atika Shubert and Bharati Naik. CNN’s Elinda Labropoulou and Robert Nowatzki also contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Europe", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160527121500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "GRC", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/27/health/syrian-boy-dying-in-refugee-camp/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "490831792", "sentence": "Star Wars fans may be coming soon to an idyllic spot near you as tourist officials try to cash in on locations from the new movie in the series. Scenes from “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” were shot in a number of places not used in the previous six films. Here are three that could prove popular: The rural location near Gloucester, England, was inundated with fans when rumors spread in July 2014 that scenes were being filmed there. The moody and mysterious woods appear in the trailer, and were referenced by director J.J. Abrams in a letter thanking the movie’s cast and crew. While locations are often kept secret, local tourism groups dressed up a few surfers as stormtroopers last month to highlight the link. They’re hoping to boost visitor numbers by offering guided tours of the forest from December 16, the day before the film releases in the U.K. Holidaycottages.co.uk, a site offering short-term vacation lets, said it saw an 85% jump in bookings in the area once news of the filming leaked out. “The fact that Star Wars was filmed there is fantastic for tourism in the area,” said managing directory James Morris. Ireland is also hoping for a windfall. Tourism officials are betting that Skellig Michael’s appearance on the big screen will translate into more visits to the rocky outcrop, seven miles off the country’s west coast. The release of the film presents “a truly unique opportunity to highlight the South West and Ireland in 2016,” Tourism Ireland said, predicting a record year for visitors to the country in 2016. Related: 17 ‘Star Wars’ locations that actually exist Spain, Italy and Switzerland boast sites to visit from previous Star Wars films. But Tunisia, home to many locations from the early installments, has missed out on the most recent movie, likely due to recent terror attacks and the Arab Spring uprisings. Still, a recent tourism campaign video showing Star Wars characters dancing around Tunisian film locations has more than two millions views on YouTube. Remote sand dunes in Abu Dhabi replaced Tunisia in “The Force Awakens,” and it’s already given the tiny emirate $60 million worth of free publicity, according to Paul Baker of twofour54, a media group which is hosting the local premier. The movie could give the U.K. and Ireland another boost too. Tourism officials are hoping that American fans will fly over to see the movie there first – it releases in parts of Europe one day before it does in the U.S. Related: ‘Star Wars’ memo from 1976 Related: Movie theaters ban ‘Star Wars’ masks Related: “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens” brings down ticket booking sites", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens filming locations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151203150000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "ARE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/03/travel/star-wars-3-locations-hoping-for-a-boost-to-tourism/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "661088378", "sentence": "As President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that America is leaving the Paris climate accord, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria had something to say. “[T]his will be the day that the United States resigned as the leader of the free world,” the host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” asserted. Fareed Zakaria on Trump and climate accord: This could be the day the US resigns as leader of the free world https://t.co/TTwMoMjqEn Zakaria continued, telling “The Lead” anchor Jake Tapper: “The irresponsibility of this act is breathtaking, because the Paris climate accords are actually extraordinarily flexible. They do not dilute American sovereignty. They allow every country to make its own plans. That’s why countries that have jealously guarded their sovereignty – like China, like India, like Russia – have all signed on.” Several world leaders have criticized Trump’s decision to take America out of the agreement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States withdrawal from the Paris climate accord", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170601213000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/politics/fareed-zakaria-climate-change-cnn-newsroom-cnntv/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "686956929", "sentence": "Iran has been complying with the deal, the IAEA says Trump has chafed at sticking with the international pact US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley laid out a case for President Donald Trump to step back from the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, arguing that Iran’s technical compliance alone isn’t enough for the US to stick with the pact. In a carefully read 20-minute address at the American Enterprise Institute, Haley argued that the nuclear deal can’t be considered in isolation. Instead, Iran’s history, its hostility toward the US and its behavior in the Middle East have to figure into Trump’s calculus when he decides in October whether to certify if Iran is abiding by the deal, she said. And, Haley argued, both UN resolutions and US law should be considered as well. “What I am saying is should he decide to decertify, he has grounds to stand on,” Haley said. “It’s very easy to just talk about compliance and the JCPOA,” she said, referring to the deal’s formal name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. “But there’s so much more to the story that we need to be looking at,” she added. Related article Haley: Kim Jong Un 'begging for war' The deal, reached in July 2015 and implemented in January 2016, essentially eased nuclear related sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran’s nuclear program, some of which expire after a few years. Congress passed a separate law requiring the president to certify every 90 days that Iran is in fact complying with the deal, something Trump has done twice now. Asked if the US would end up isolated for leaving a deal that has buy in from China, Russia, Germany, France, the UK and the EU, Haley said that European allies, who worked most closely with the Obama administration to craft the deal, understand the new US concerns. She added that Washington’s job wasn’t to make sure allies were “comfortable.” “This is about US national security, this is not about European security,” she said. Haley’s remarks appeared to draw a quick response from the French ambassador to the US, Gerard Araud, who tweeted a rebuke at the Trump administration’s apparent attempt to move the goalposts on the Iran deal. “The Iran deal is about the nuclear issue, nothing else,” Araud tweeted. “So far, Iran is abiding by the commitments taken in this mutually agreed framework.” Related article Bolton says he's no longer allowed to see Trump Haley rejected suggestions that decertifying the Iran deal could send a message to others involved in negotiations with the US – particularly North Korea – that Washington is an unreliable dealmaker, prone to back out of agreements as easily as it makes them. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is currently trying to pressure Pyongyang back to the negotiating table through an international “peaceful pressure” campaign. “What’s more important is that we let others know we will stay in a deal as long as it protects the security of the United States,” Haley said. She cited Iran’s support for terrorism, proxy wars and malign actors, its weapons-smuggling and human rights violations – subject to other US and international sanctions – as reasons to pull back from the agreement. “Everyone hoped the deal would make the Iranian government good people,” Haley said, “but no one looked at the history of Iran, no one looked at all the past aggressions they have shown.” Related article Iran rejects US call for UN nuclear watchdog to inspect more sites When limits on Iran’s uranium enrichment or centrifuge production expire, Iran may be able to send a nuclear warhead to the US, as North Korea can now, Haley said. “What if we just gave them 10 years, and all the money they wanted to do what they want to prepare for, when that 10th year hits and they start nuclear war?” Haley said. A congressional aide, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss Haley’s speech, said that if the President chose not to certify Iran’s compliance, “they would need to be very clear with Congress about what Iran has done to not deserve certification.” “Thus far, at least to us, there has been no evidence produced. Just all the innuendo in the press and from the President himself,” the aide said. The US law requiring the President to certify compliance also requires the administration to brief Congress on the specific technicalities of how Iran is in violation, the aide said. Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee, said it would be a mistake for the US to take unilateral action to leave the Iran agreement, especially for political purposes. “It’s a factual determination that the administration has to make as to whether Iran is in compliance with the agreement or not,” Cardin said. “That’s a factual determination – it’s not a political determination.” But Senate foreign relations chairman Bob Corker of Tennessee said that Haley was merely describing mechanisms of the certification law that Congress passed. “That’s the way the legislation is written, that under certain circumstances it comes Back to the House and Senate,” Corker said. “I didn’t think it was anything groundbreaking in what she said.” The former South Carolina governor denied that her speech was meant as a signal of what’s to come. “I’m not going to prejudge in any way what the President is going to decide next month,” Haley said. “While I have discussed it with him, I do not know what decision he will make. It is his decision to make, and his alone.” Still, she crystallized the message that administration officials and those close to the White House have been conveying in recent months. “The entire world thinks the JCPOA is untouchable,” Haley said, “but it’s not.” CNN’s Jeremy Herb contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170905210000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/haley-iran-nuclear-deal/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "522610453", "sentence": "Law promulgated by President Biya in 2014 applies the death penalty to a number of terrorism-related offenses The death sentences handed down Wednesday are \"not subject to appeal,\" a military magistrate told CNN Security expert worries that, rather than deterring terrorists, the law creates more martyrdom appeal A military court in Cameroon this week sentenced 89 Boko Haram insurgents to death for their roles in terror attacks in the country’s Far North Region. The judgment handed down Wednesday marks the most extreme implementation of a controversial anti-terrorism law promulgated by President Paul Biya in December 2014. It prescribes the death penalty for “any activity which can lead to a general revolt of the population or disturb the normal functioning of the country” and for “anyone who supplies arms, war equipment, bacteria and viruses with the intention of killing.” The death penalty also applies for people found guilty of kidnapping with terrorist intent, as well as for “anyone who directly or indirectly finances acts of terrorism” and for “anyone who recruits citizens with the aim of carrying out acts of terrorism.” The law also punishes people and companies found guilty of promoting terrorism, as well as people who give false testimony to administrative and judicial authorities in matters of terrorism, with various fines and prison terms. A military magistrate who would not be named told CNN that “the judgment was not subject to appeal.” The 89 condemned insurgents were among nearly 1,000 who were convicted by the military court. Recently, Chad executed 10 Boko Haram members convicted of acts of terrorism. Security experts already are expressing fears that executions intended to deter terrorists will cause violent retaliation instead. The International Business Times quoted David Otto, CEO of UK-based global security provider TGS Intelligence Consultants, David Otto, as saying that Boko Haram will “surely react” by expanding its violence farther south in Cameroon. “The government has no clue on the potential martyrdom effects this will create,” Otto said. “One must be reminded that no amount of punishment frightens a man who is not afraid of death.” Boko Haram aims to institute Sharia, or Islamic law. It has killed at least 20,000 people since its insurgency began in Nigeria in 2009 and spread to neighboring Cameroon, Chad and Niger. CNN’s Cameron Tankersley contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cameroon anti-terrorism law", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160319174500", "country1": "CMR", "country2": "NGA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/19/africa/cameroon-boko-haram-death-sentences/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "728264898", "sentence": "The first time Alanna Kane wrote to a US president, she was 10 years old. It was Ronald Reagan. She was too young to really understand the dynamics of government. And she didn’t get a response. Kane is in her 40s now. And when Donald Trump assumed office, she wrote again to the President. This time six days a week. For an entire year. If you’re counting – and she was – that’s 313 letters, all of them put on paper in tidy handwriting. The Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, woman is a registered independent and didn’t vote for Trump. She says she began writing because she doesn’t see eye to eye with the President on many issues and wanted him to understand the viewpoints of people like herself. She tried to keep her tone friendly. “I wrote it kind of like a pen pal,” Kane, 47, told CNN. “The kind of friend that will always give you honest advice.” She sent her first letter the day Trump was inaugurated: So here’s the deal. I’m going to write you letters… LOTS of letters. A letter every day for your first year as President. Please don’t worry… I’m not here to cause a problem. I just want to get to know you a little better, and for you to get to know me. Maybe we can find something in each other to relate to… Kane wrote about whatever interested her, including immigration, the Russia investigation and Trump’s Twitter habit. She infused some letters with sarcasm, and took some digs at the President. But she also complimented Trump when she felt he did something right, such as his dignified reaction to Roy Moore’s defeat and his swift reaction to the April 2017 chemical attacks in Syria. Kane, who works the graveyard shift as a 911 dispatcher, said she spent extra time reading the news and researching issues so she would feel better informed in her letters. “I’d try and tie it in with something going on in my own life, something with relevance, or maybe a past experience,” she said. She wrote Trump about her first and only granddaughter, and asked him what activities he enjoys doing with his grandchildren. She took special interest in healthcare. One of her daughters is a cancer survivor. Another has Marfan syndrome – a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue – making Kane’s granddaughter a risky pregnancy. Her daily routine consisted of making coffee, reading up on the news and then writing Trump a letter in the afternoon. She took a break on Saturdays. It’s the only day both she and her husband have off, so she saved these days for quality time with him. Six months after she sent her first letter, the White House wrote back. “At first they were like little postcards saying ‘Thanks for your support,’” she said with a laugh. “I kind of got a chuckle out of them.” By the end of the year, the White House had sent her nine letters, she said. The initial postcards contained a generic response. “Thank you for your thoughtful suggestions on how to address important issues facing our Nation,” they began. Later, the responses became a little more personalized, citing specific issues that she had mentioned in her letters. All bore Trump’s signature at the bottom, although the replies still read like form letters. Kane didn’t feel like a real person was responding to what she had written. And she says she felt disappointment at putting so much effort into a one-sided relationship. But doing research and writing the letters helped her to better express her views on current events. “If you want to know the truth you got to spend the time looking for it,” she said. “You have to educate yourself if no one else is going to do it for you.” Kane sent her final letter on last month’s anniversary of Trump’s first year in office. I have to admit, I’ve learned so much since you became President… I’ve learned how precarious our freedom is, and how casually we take it for granted… and how important it is to step up individually to protect it…You’ve helped me appreciate what my country is supposed to stand for … and I thank you for that. Now that her year of letter-writing is over, Kane is taking a break and hoping to get her collected Trump letters published in a book. She believes the experience helped make her more understanding and respectful of differing political views. “I learned how important it is to truly take the time to listen to what people from opposing points of view have to say and to figure out where they’re coming from,” she said, “… so I can have a civil conversation with them.” The whole process was exhausting for her, and she wouldn’t do it again. But she’s proud that she stuck with the project. “I went into it pretty depressed and I came out of it a little bit more encouraged,” she said. Kane’s advice for others is simple: Speak out. “Sometimes we feel like our voices are so insignificant,” she said. “Everybody counts. Don’t think that you don’t.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180205134500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/woman-writes-letters-to-trump-trnd/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "672424645", "sentence": "Congrats to the American League, which won the MLB All-Star Game for the fifth year in a row. Here’s what else you need to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) No matter what side you’re on in the whole Trump-Russia thing, you have to admit that Donald Trump Jr.’s emails are something of a game changer. Up until now, President Trump and his supporters downplayed the controversy and insisted that during the campaign no one from Team Trump had connected with Russians. But Trump Jr.’s emails – which he released right before The New York Times published them – undercuts that position. They show that members of Trump’s campaign were glad to meet with someone they’d been told was connected to the Russian government and who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. Trump Jr. appeared in the friendly confines of Sean Hannity’s show on Fox to defend himself, saying he only took the meeting with a Russian lawyer because he wanted to hear what she had to say, and that, looking back, he “probably would have done things a little differently.” The meeting and emails – which ratchet up possible legal liability for the President’s son and other campaign operatives – have caught the attention of special prosecutor Robert Mueller and will be added to his investigation. The Senate’s going to delay its August recess to carve out more time to work on health care, so GOP senators must be making some good progress in the drive to get rid of Obamacare, right? Nope. No one seems to know exactly what the revised bill will look like, but GOP leaders say a procedural vote is still on for next week. Ready for more confusion? Sen. Lindsey Graham said he’s working on his own health care plan that includes the input of – gasp! – Democrats. America lost some of the best of the best when that military transport plane went down in Mississippi. Sixteen people were killed, including seven Marine special forces members from Camp Lejeune. The plane, carrying troops and equipment, was headed to a base in Arizona when it crashed. Witnesses to the crash said they heard a loud bang before the plane, with white smoke trailing, spiraled to the ground, nose down. Is this the first step in ending the crisis in the Gulf? The US and Qatar signed an agreement to fight terrorism, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it could help end the nasty diplomatic spat raging between Qatar and other Gulf nations. The other countries in this dispute, including Saudia Arabia, accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism. Tillerson didn’t specify how the agreement could help quell the crisis, but he said he’s hopeful some “progress” can be made. The US-Qatar deal focuses on disrupting terrorist groups’ funding sources. Investigators are calling it a “mind-boggling” mystery: Four men went missing last week north of Philadelphia, and foul play is suspected. The men, ranging in age from 18 to 22, may have all known each other. Police are conducting a big search of a 90-acre property in the area and have arrested the son of the property’s owners. But the charges he’s being held on don’t relate to the case. 2.7 million That’s how many airbags Takata is adding to the biggest automotive recall in history. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Matter of timing Remember that buzzed-about photo that could have been Amelia Earhart? Two bloggers say that pic is from a book published two years before she vanished. King Khalifa “Gangnam Style” has been dethroned as YouTube’s top video, replaced by Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again,” the weepiest rap song ever. Unbreakable bond When a family was in danger of drowning off a Florida beach, 80 strangers formed a human chain to save them. Let the games begin LA and Paris are probably getting the Olympic Games, but we’ll have to wait to find out which years. One city is likely to host in 2024, the other in 2028. Pregnant pause A Spanish airline’s going to stop asking female job applicants to take a pregnancy test. It’s amazing what a little outrage – and a fine – will do. “I’m not going to be a Republican anymore” “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, telling Stephen Colbert that he’s embarrassed by the GOP’s reaction to Donald Trump’s controversies World class Here’s nine minutes of video of the world’s largest super soaker at work. Enough said. 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{"article_id": "580918102", "sentence": "The UN estimates there are more than 20 million refugees around the world The summit is co-hosted by Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Jordan, Mexico, Sweden and the UN Secretary General President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea Tuesday for countries to fulfill a moral obligation to alleviate a global refugee crisis “of epic proportions,” despite a political backlash in the US against absorbing those fleeing Middle East violence. The President’s interest in calling attention to the tens of millions of displaced people around the world, and pushing back against the anti-refugee tenor, was underscored by his decision to convene a Leaders’ Summit on Refugees at the United Nations Tuesday. At the summit, he also rejected another aspect of the American political debate swirling around accepting foreigners – GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s call to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. “This crisis is a test of our common humanity. Whether we give into suspicion and fear and build walls, or whether we see ourselves in another,” Obama said, though he didn’t mention Trump by name. Obama singled out the situation in Syria, which has displaced 4.8 million people so far, as particularly “unacceptable.” Related video President Obama at the UN: Then and now “We are not as unified as we should be in pushing to make it stop,” he said, describing the global refugee crisis as both a humanitarian and security challenge that tests countries’ ability to take collective action. “I called this summit because this crisis is one of the most urgent tests of our time,” he said. “Just as failure to act in the past – for example, by turning away Jews fleeing Nazi Germany – is a stain on our collective conscience, I believe history will judge us harshly if we do not rise to this moment.” The refugee issue is one that’s captured the world’s attention more in the past two years than at perhaps any time since World War II, seared into the public’s consciousness by photos like that of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean and the flood of migrants into Europe. A recent study by from the UN’s refugee agency estimated 65.3 million people were displaced from their homes by conflict or persecution in 2015, up by over five million from the prior year. Many are internally displaced within the borders of their own countries, but about 21.3 million are classified as refugees. Obama’s summit follows a similar UN-led meeting on the issue Monday, which drew attention to the crisis but offered little in the way of binding commitments. RELATED: Donald Trump Jr. likens Syrian refugees to Skittles candy “Make no mistake,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said at the UN meeting, “additional efforts are urgently needed.” Leaders also called for a more orderly and equitable system to manage refugee flows – acknowledging the burden is shouldered disproportionally by certain regions. “You have to know that today the European Union has a clear objective to restore order on its external borders,” European Council President Donald Tusk said in his remarks, signaling a growing sense that patience in Europe with the migrant flow is wearing thin. “There will be no repeat of the year 2015 with more than one and a half million irregular migrants,” he added. The Obama administration is hopeful the Leader’s Summit on Tuesday afternoon can build momentum for more action. Related article Obama outlasts foes at the UN National Security Advisor Susan Rice in June announced that the gathering – co-hosted along with the US by Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Jordan, Mexico, Sweden and the UN Secretary General – would seek an increase in funding of at least 30%, a doubling of permanent resettlement, and expanded access to education and work rights for refugees. “Reaching these ambitious objectives will be challenging, yet the level of need demands no less,” Rice said in a statement. But aid groups are skeptical the summit will prompt the kind of action they say is desperately needed. “We have to be optimistic that we’ll see some real concrete commitments,” said Amnesty International’s Interim Executive Director Margaret Huang. “But the truth is, even if those numbers are hit, it’s nowhere near what’s actually needed.” The US is a major contributor of humanitarian aid for countries that host large numbers of refugees – particularly Syria’s neighbors – and plans to increase the number of refugees it will take in to America from 85,000 in 2016 to 110,000 next year. The President’s chief spokesman last week conceded that even as the administration calls for greater global action, it is limited in what it can do. “The President’s commitment to ensuring that the United States plays a leading role on this issue is not shared by a lot of people in Congress, including by a lot of people in the Republican majority in Congress,” Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. “And that has an impact in terms of the resources that are dedicated to this effort.” Vetting efforts to screen refugees, he noted, “are not cheap.” RELATED: Boat survivor: I am a refugee with a voice David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and a former British Foreign Secretary, said he’s hopeful but waiting to see whether any agreements are backed up with action. “The scale of the global refugee problem demands an appropriate scale of response,” Miliband told CNN. “Governments around the world haven’t, in the main, been responding with the right degree of compassion or competence up to now.” But the co-hosts of the Leaders’ Summit said in a statement they were pleased with “new and significant humanitarian contributions” from world leaders. “We sought a $3 billion increase in global humanitarian financing and commitments to maintain funding in future years,” they said. “Through our mutual efforts, over the course of 2016, the 32 donors participating today have contributed this year roughly 4.5 billion additional dollars to UN appeals and international humanitarian organizations than in 2015.” As they await action from world leaders in New York, a group of volunteers in London laid out a “life jacket graveyard” Monday to draw attention to the plight of thousands of migrants who’ve lost their lives attempting hazardous boat crossings in the Mediterranean. The conflict in Syria and resulting migrant crisis in the Middle East and Europe have dominated headlines over the past 18 months, but refugees are a global problem. Perhaps nowhere are they more prevalent than in the so-called “global south” – the developing countries of the southern hemisphere. Last week, South Sudan joined the ranks of Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia – countries with over 1 million of their citizens living as refugees abroad. And protracted conflict in places like Somalia have led to a generation of lifelong refugees – men and women in their twenties who’ve never known life outside of a camp. “These are not people who can envision what life would be like if they were returned to their home countries,” Huang said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United Nations Leaders' Summit on Refugees", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160920164500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/obama-refugees-summit/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "584316860", "sentence": "The Britain that Samuele Marcora fell in love with still exists: He can ride his motorbike along winding mountain roads and past unspoilt sandy beaches, laugh at stand-up comedy nights, enjoy live music at rock gigs, or meet his PhD students for coffee. As long as he doesn’t open his mouth. Marcora doesn’t even have to talk in his mother tongue to spark a reaction: In his adopted hometown of Chatham in Kent, southeast of London, just speaking English with an Italian accent can be enough to provoke a reaction. This is post-Brexit referendum Britain. And it’s a place Marcora, who has lived and worked in the UK for 18 years, barely recognizes. “I was Britain’s biggest fan, pre-referendum,” the physiology professor recalls. “I was always very complimentary about it. Compared to Italy it’s less chaotic, more meritocratic, more cosmopolitan.” “Then all of a sudden, you find out that a large part of the population don’t feel that way. They don’t want you here … I’ve been rejected by the British people.” 100 days ago, Britons went to the polls to vote on whether the country’s future lay inside or outside the European Union. After a bitter campaign that focused largely on immigration, a majority of voters backed Brexit, signalling the UK’s departure from the EU after more than 40 years. That decision has left many of the 3.2 million EU citizens living in the UK in limbo as Britain decides how it will Brexit. Will they be allowed to stay? And do they want to live in a country that voted to leave? READ MORE: Brexit ‘made me feel like a foreigner again’ Tanja Bueltmann says she saw Brexit coming a long way off. Living in the northeast of England, one of the most eurosceptic areas of the UK, and active on Twitter, where she has frequently been attacked for her pro-EU stance, she was well aware of the rising tide of support for a Leave vote. “I’ve no idea why anyone thought it would be otherwise,” the German-born history lecturer, who has spent 10 years in the UK, says. “I don’t understand how the polls got it so wrong.” Kerstin Albers (not her real name) says she, too, saw the writing on the wall – but after 13 years in Britain, was nonetheless taken aback by the final results. Albers and her family, also originally from Germany, were so concerned about the growth of anti-EU sentiment across the country that they began planning for a future outside the UK long before the first ballots were cast. “Over the past two years, the atmosphere in the UK has changed towards EU migrants. I don’t feel welcome here [any more] … [It was] such a tolerant and open society, and we have enjoyed being part of it, but now it feels different.” She decided to take pre-emptive action: “I am sad to leave friends, but at the same time, I don’t want to sit here for two years and wait.” Just weeks after the Brexit vote, she was offered a new teaching job back in Germany. The Albers’ youngest daughter, who was just four when the family moved to the UK,  is still at school, so she and her father will stay in England until she finishes her A-levels – the family now divided between two countries. Albers says the Brexit vote was “very disappointing.” However, she also considers her family lucky: “We are not refugees, so we can go back. I’m more sorry for you, because I have 27 other countries I can go to.” READ MORE: Anti-establishment tsunami sweeps Europe For others, the decision whether to leave or stay is more complicated. Sara Calamassi grew up in Brussels, and first came to the UK as a student in the early 2000s. She moved here permanently 11 years ago, and later married the boyfriend she’d met at university. She says the “most horrible thing” about Brexit has been “to wake up the day after and see my husband so disappointed in his country.” Calamassi and others interviewed by CNN say they are deeply concerned at the impact of Brexit on their ties with friends and loved ones in less EU-friendly areas. “London is my home, but I studied in Scotland, my husband is from North Wales, and most of my friends are from other areas of the country,” she says. “I always identified a lot with Britain … I love other parts of the UK, but I don’t feel comfortable going there now. I don’t really want to go out into the country of the 52%,” she says. “I want to stay here with the 48%.” READ MORE: Can wounds ever heal in divided UK? In the aftermath of the Brexit vote, reports of hate crime against migrants in the UK spiked; police recorded five times the usual number of racist attacks in the week after the referendum. In Harlow, Essex, an area with high levels of Eastern European expats – and a high Leave vote – Polish man Arkadiusz “Arek” Jozwik was attacked and left for dead in August; police are treating his killing as a possible hate crime. Related video This town voted to leave the EU, what do they think now? “Britain won the Olympics of xenophobia,” on June 23, says physiology professor Marcora. He says he’s seen this hatred of foreigners at first hand. “I wouldn’t go talking Italian in one of the pubs in Chatham town center or in Gillingham (another nearby town). I wouldn’t feel safe.” Even in “slightly posher” Rochester, he says, someone yelled at him to “Go home!” when they heard him speak. And he says his wife, who is Chinese and “recognizably an immigrant” has been subjected to even worse treatment. Having undergone a mastectomy as a result of breast cancer, she went to a local chemist to collect a prescription, only to be told “your drugs are very expensive!” He said she was made to feel as though she did not deserve the National Health Service (NHS) medication as a person who wasn’t born in Britain. “[The tablets] cost £88 a month, and we pay our taxes,” says a clearly angry Marcora. “All through the campaign there were stories about health tourism, about ‘immigrants’ coming in to get treatment, but it is unbelievable that someone would say that, that they felt allowed to say it.” READ MORE: The British town that wants to leave Europe A small survey carried out by the pro-Remain group Academics for Europe found that 71% of those questioned were thinking about leaving the UK in the wake of Brexit. Boin Cheong grew up in Berlin, but has made London her home. Now she’s not so sure about that decision. “I really don’t see my long term future in this country,” she says. “I’ve started looking at other places.” “I want to leave because I feel unwelcome, but also because it feels like there’s no bright future here anymore.” She fears the UK will be left facing the double-whammy of a recession and a brain drain of its brightest talent if Brexit goes ahead. READ MORE: Could these ads have changed the vote? Bueltmann agrees that a mass exodus of European expats from the UK would have a huge negative effect on the country – on universities like hers, and particularly on the NHS, where it would have “massive repercussions.” “We need every EU migrant in the UK not to work for one day to demonstrate the impact it would have in universities, hospitals, everywhere,” she says. For now, at least, Calamassi will stay put – but she says she no longer feels at home in the UK. “I’m working towards British citizenship at the moment, which is kind of weird, to be doing that for a country that doesn’t want me.” Photos by Sarah Tilotta, illustrations by Kouzou Sakai. Harshadha Balasubramanian and CNN’s Rachel Clarke contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Brexit", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160930103000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/europe/brexit-news-100-days/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "694936774", "sentence": "When Pete Eckert started going blind, he decided to channel his feelings of loss into art. In his 20s at the time, Eckert would spend whole days preparing graphite drawings and woodcuts before asking his wife to describe the results to him. But the process was, in his own words, “driving my wife crazy.” So in search of a more instantaneous medium, he turned his hand to photography. 'Island of the Colorblind': Where the jungle is pink, the sea is gray and the light is far too bright “When I started out, digital cameras hadn’t wiped out mom-and-pop photography shops yet,” Eckert said on the phone from his home in Sacramento, California. “I would go in and buy two rolls of film and ask ten questions. I went every day. And by asking questions and getting feedback, I learned.” More than two decades after entirely losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease, Eckert has established a successful career as a self-taught photographer. His striking, ghostly images have been sought after by the likes of Playboy magazine, which commissioned a series of eerie nudes, and Volkswagen, which recently hired Eckert to photograph its new car for an advertising campaign. “I view my work, and the blind photography movement, as an extension of the impressionist movement from a hundred years ago,” he said. “A lot of the impressionists had vision problems, they showed a different way to interpret things. The blind photography movement is the next logical step.” During his first forays into photography, Eckert would go on excursions at night with his German Shepherd, Uzu, for protection. He began by photographing statues, though he soon sought more interesting subject matter. “To take photos of sculptures isn’t really fair because the art is already there,” he said. “What I was looking for was a way of graphically showing what blindness is like.” This new focus resulted in a distinct photographic aesthetic – images composed of ghostly figures and artfully blurred lines. Playing with light and long exposures, Eckert builds the pictures in his mind, using sound and touch to visualize his subjects. “I actually build the images with layers and layers of information – I’m memorizing the layers as I put them together,” said Eckert, who claims to be able to store up to 100 images in his short-term memory. Burnout: The photographer who found beauty in hot rods “Like a bat, I can use my voice to echolocate my model. In (my pitch-black studio), I layer light, measuring what I’ve done until I’m satisfied with the image in my mind’s eye. People ask me how I know how to stop. But since I’m building the image, I have a very clear image of what’s happened. At that point, why would I need sighted people at all?” Many of Eckert’s pictures are shot in his home studio, though some of his most arresting images merge phantom-like figures with outdoor backdrops. He has even taken to photojournalism though his collection “Bus Series,” in which he documents the difficulties facing blind and disabled people on public transport. “You come to understand the ‘sound signature’ of an object,” he said. “Take a stop sign, for instance. A stop sign shimmering in the wind vibrates and (projects) this image that oscillates. At first you can’t hear the pole holding up the sign … but it has a sound shadow that’s many feet long. Photographer captures beauty around the world “I actively listen to things, and then go up to touch them so I can relate the sound shadow to what that object actually is,” he said. “I’m slowly building a language of sound to associate with the objects. “It’s like a baby learning to see. When they’re first born, babies can’t see well at all. As they learn to see, they have to associate words to objects and they become more real.” Eckert’s images aren’t simply metaphors for blindness. Many of them have been shot to literally represent what his mind sees, offering sighted people a compelling look into his world. Eckert claims to be able to see “light” emanating from his own bones, something he compares to the “phantom limb” sensation experienced by some amputees. He believes that this phenomenon is a result of his ongoing efforts to perceive the world around him. Filippo Minelli's 'smoke bombs' spotlight political and social issues “There is a section of the brain that’s not being used when you’re blind,” he said. “(But) your brain, is ready to (redirect) that capacity. So, for the past 20 years, I’ve been actively rewiring my visual cortex through sound, touch and memory inputs. “I believe that if someone did an MRI on me, my visual cortex would be just as active – and it would be cross-wired with my other senses.” See more of Pete Eckert’s photos at www.peteeckert.com", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pete Eckert", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171004021500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/pete-eckert-blind-photographer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "535975803", "sentence": "Humanoid dive-bot \"OceanOne\" successfully completes its maiden voyage The mermaid-like robot can go deeper and stay under longer than regular divers Drifting down into the gloomy depths, the diver barely paused before entering a wreck that lay undisturbed for three and a half centuries. The underwater traveler maneuvered slowly but determinedly, honed in on an ancient artifact, gently picked it up and deposited it in a sample bag. The recovery of a small vase from the wreck of La Lune, once Louis XIV’s flagship, marked a significant step in man’s discovery of the oceans. The diver in question, a plucky orange-and-white humanoid robot called OceanOne, had successfully completed its maiden voyage. It navigated  the wreck that lay out of reach of conventional divers since sinking in waters 32 km (20 miles) off the French city of Toulon in November 1664, taking with it a thousand souls. Aboard a surface support vessel, Oussama Khatib, a Stanford computer science professor, exchanged gleeful high-fives with his students, the Stanford News reports. He’d been controlling OceanOne from the safety of the boat, allowing it to feel its way through the hazards inherent in any shipwreck, using its twin cameras – mounted in its head, just like a pair of human eyes – and its delicate haptic-feedback hands mounted on fully articulated arms and wrists. At the other end of the five-meter-long robot, a complex array of thrusters, and its computer brain, are housed. Sensors enable it to maintain a steady position, no matter the current. It got briefly stuck in the wreck, but its pilot 90 meters above it used its arms to heave it forward, freeing it to carry on with its mission. It’s a breakthrough, Khatib says, and marks the beginning of an age where this underwater proxy can undertake the gritty, dangerous, tiring or just plain repetitive tasks that can test the limits of a human diver’s endurance. It will mean that searches at depth, or underwater work on, say, oil rigs, is not limited by the time divers can stay down or how deep humans can go – around 40 meters (130 m) for recreational divers. “OceanOne will be your avatar,” Khatib tells the paper. “The intent here is to have a human diving virtually, to put the human out of harm’s way. Having a machine that has human characteristics that can project the human diver’s embodiment at depth is going to be amazing.” It’s a remarkable piece of gear. Its hands are covered with sensors that relay the sensation of touch to the remote pilot, and its brain is able to figure out how sturdy or fragile anything it encounters is. It was developed originally to study coral reefs in the Red Sea, meaning a light touch was essential. “You can feel exactly what the robot is doing,” Khatib says. “It’s almost like you are there; with the sense of touch you create a new dimension of perception.” After a successful trip below the waves of France’s southeast coast, the diver will return to California where Khatib and his team will continue to develop it – with the aim of developing a whole team of oceangoing bots that can work silently in concert, going where no human could swim.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "OceanOne", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160501071500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/01/tech/oceanone-robo-mermaid/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "728613968", "sentence": "United Nations human rights experts are investigating reports of alleged chlorine bomb attacks on civilians in two Syrian towns, officials said Tuesday. “Most alarmingly, the commission has received multiple reports, now under investigation, that bombs allegedly containing weaponized chlorine have been used in the town of Saraqeb in Idlib and in Douma in Eastern Ghouta,” near Damascus, Paulo Pinheiro, chair of the UN’s commission of inquiry on Syria, said in a statement issued in Geneva. The panel also expressed “deep concern” over the escalation of violence in rebel-held Idlib province and in Eastern Ghouta, Pinheiro said. Related article Syria opposition slams Idlib 'onslaught' amid new chlorine gas attack claims The White Helmets, a volunteer rescue group, said three of its members and six others were injured by a chlorine gas attack in Idlib’s Saraqeb on Sunday night. The group posted several videos on social media showing men coughing and being put onto stretchers. Two media activists who spoke to CNN from the nearby town of Kafranbil said they were told that the chlorine attack in Saraqeb had been launched from Syrian helicopters. CNN could not independently verify these claims or videos. The Syrian government has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons. Rebel-held areas in Eastern Ghouta, meanwhile, continue to be a target of airstrikes, a Syrian monitoring group said. Syrian regime airstrikes there killed at least 78 people and injured more than 190 others on Tuesday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Tuesday’s deaths included 19 children and 20 women, SOHR said. The monitoring group did not mention allegations of chlorine use in Tuesday’s attacks. Syrian state-run media said the Syrian army was responding to a shelling attack in Damascus by “armed groups” – an attack that they say killed five people – including two children – and injured 13 others. Regime forces targeted “areas from which the shells were launched in Eastern Ghouta, inflicting heavy losses upon the armed groups’ ranks and destroying a number of their mortar launchers,” the state-run SANA news agency said. Various Islamic rebel groups control the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus, but it has been surrounded by Syrian regime forces for more than four years. Russian-backed Syrian government forces escalated their military offensive against rebel-held areas, including Idlib province and Ghouta, in recent weeks. More than 350 people – including 86 children and 68 women – have been killed in bombardments in Eastern Ghouta alone since December 29, SOHR says. But the scale and ferocity of attacks in Idlib and Eastern Ghouta have “increased dramatically” over the last 48 hours, “resulting in multiple reports of civilian casualties & airstrikes that have reportedly hit at least three hospitals,” Pinheiro, the chair of the UN’s commission of inquiry on Syria, said Tuesday. “The commission remains committed to fulfilling its mandate to investigate and document all human rights violation(s) occurring in the context of the Syrian armed conflict, regardless of who commits them,” Pinheiro said. The UN statement comes the day after the US State Department said it was “gravely alarmed” by allegations that Syrian forces conducted chemical attacks. “We implore the international community to speak with one voice, taking every opportunity to publicly pressure the Assad regime, and its supporters, to cease its use of chemical weapons,” spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement Monday night. Earlier Monday, the US accused Russia of blocking a UN Security Council statement condemning Sunday’s alleged chemical attack in Idlib. Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia fired back, accusing the United States and the United Kingdom of “slandering” Russia and “spreading a mountain of lies.” Related article Russian military reveals identity of pilot shot down in Syria On Monday, the opposition Syrian National Coalition condemned what it described as a “barbaric onslaught” by Russian and Syrian forces in Idlib province in recent days and demanded UN action. Observers say Russia has ramped up its air campaign in Idlib after one of its fighter jets was shot down by rebels in the province on Saturday. The pilot ejected from his aircraft but died following an exchange of gunfire on the ground. The Idlib area is home to more than 1.1 million of Syria’s 6.5 million internally displaced people, many of whom escaped other formerly opposition-held areas after they were overrun by government forces, according to UN figures. Hundreds of thousands are trying to escape the intensified assault and are seeking refuge at makeshift camps near Turkey’s border. CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180206161500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/middleeast/un-syria-chlorine-idlib-intl/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "552273792", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: This story is an update of a report CNN did over the summer reflecting the changes in Jared Kushner’s role in his father-in-law’s political organization in the wake of Donald Trump winning the election. Jared Kushner has kept a relatively low-profile despite amassing billions of dollars in properties Throughout 2016, his role as political operative for his father-in-law has grown substantially News this week that Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is at the center of the infighting inside the President-elect’s transition team highlights the larger role Kushner has carved out for himself since the campaign trail. The 35-year-old businessman-turned-political operative has had a crucial role in his father-in-law’s incoming presidency and that is only expected to increase. A source with knowledge of this situation told CNN Tuesday that Kushner could likely end up with a top national security clearance as a key adviser to his father-in-law, a position which is expected for him. While Trump has shared much of the spotlight with his adult children, Donald Jr., Eric and Kushner’s wife, Ivanka, the real estate mogul has also taken time publicly express his appreciation for the role his son-in-law has played largely behind the scenes. As he wrapped up the Republican nomination after a crucial victory in Indiana’s primary earlier this year, Donald Trump singled out Kushner for praise, immediately after thanking his top campaign staffers, including then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and spokeswoman Hope Hicks. “Honestly, Jared is a very successful real estate person, but I actually think he likes politics more than he likes real estate. And he is very good at politics,” Trump said. 5 things that grabbed us about Corey Lewandowski Kushner’s reaction to his father-in-law’s flattery – bashfully tilting his head downward, blushing at the compliment – embodied the stark differences between the two men. While both expanded the real estate businesses their fathers built, Kushner has kept a relatively low-profile despite amassing billions of dollars in properties over his decade in the cutthroat New York real estate market. Trump cultivated his image and bolstered his brand in the New York tabloids with tales of sexual escapades, dates with models and hyperbolic valuations of real estate deals. And his campaign has been defined by his controversial and at-times outrageous proposals and no-holds-barred tactics. Kushner, by contrast, rarely sits for interviews and only rarely appears on television. And when he does, he doesn’t abandon his shyness and mild-mannered demeanor. At just 25, Kushner delved into another industry, publishing, when he purchased The New York Observer in 2006, which just last week announced it would end its print edition and continue as an online-only publication. After joining Trump sporadically on the campaign trail – standing quietly alongside his wife for brief moments on stage before adoring crowds of Trump supporters – Kushner took on his first campaign task by helping his father-in-law craft the policy and language for his speech in March before the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. The speech was no small affair for Trump, who used a teleprompter for the first time as he delivered the remarks before an audience skeptical of his commitment to protecting Israel. Kushner went on to add more responsibility within the campaign, spending more time with Trump. He helped the presumptive Republican nominee adjust to the reality of fundraising, which Trump largely eschewed during his primary campaign, a source told CNN. “Jared has been very helpful on the fundraising side,” the source said. The abrupt firing in June of Lewandowski underscored Kushner’s growing influence. He was “intimately involved” in the decision, one source told CNN, noticeably putting his power and influence to the test in making the case to Trump that he should dump Lewandowski. Kushner, along with Trump’s children, repeatedly butted heads with Lewandowski, who they felt was undermining their efforts to steer Trump in a more positive direction, multiple sources said. And rumors also swirled that Lewandowski was trying to plant negative stories in the press about Kushner to undercut Kushner’s influence. How Corey Lewandowski overplayed his hand Hours after his firing, even Lewandowski sang Kushner’s praises. “He’s helped us from the onset,” Lewandowski told CNN’s Dana Bash, noting that Kushner has helped the campaign grow “a stronger social media presence.” Fired Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski: ‘No regrets’ Kushner is no stranger to controversy or the media glare. His life took dramatic turn in 2004 when his father Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and top Democratic campaign donor, was arrested and charged with federal crimes, including tax evasion, witness tampering and campaign finance violations. The elder Kushner would strike a plea deal and serve two years in prison, catapulting his son to the heights of power in the family’s top-tier real estate development firm. Kushner’s father was prosecuted by then-US Attorney Chris Christie. Christie who later went on to become New Jersey governor also ran Trump’s transition team until last week when the reins were handed over to incoming Vice President Mike Pence. Sources said this week that Kushner has been irritating some allies in his recent efforts to purge the transition team of Christie associates, including former Rep. 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{"article_id": "646705477", "sentence": "US military dropped 21,600-pound bomb on ISIS network of tunnels near Pakistan border Strike killed 36 ISIS fighters, officials say, but ISIS media wing denies deaths or injuries The US military on Friday defended its decision to drop its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS positions in Afghanistan, describing it as a “tactical” move. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB, was dropped Thursday night on a network of fortified underground tunnels that ISIS had been using to stage attacks on government forces. The strike in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border killed 36 ISIS fighters, Afghan officials said. The US military previously estimated ISIS had 600 to 800 active fighters in the area but was unclear whether it had hoped to strike more. The blast destroyed three underground tunnels as well as weapons and ammunition, but no civilians were hurt, Afghan and US officials said. However, ISIS denied that any of its fighters were killed or injured, according to a statement in Arabic distributed by the terror group’s media wing, Amaq News Agency. The US military was quizzed Friday on whether the 21,600-pound behemoth, known as the “mother of all bombs” for its extraordinary force, was necessary for that particular target. The GPS-guided bomb is capable of destroying an area equivalent to nine city blocks. “This was the right weapon against the right target,” Gen. John Nicholson, commander for US forces in Afghanistan, told a press conference. “It was the right time to use it tactically against the right target on the battlefield.” Nicholson gave a vague response to reporters’ questions on who ordered or greenlighted the strike, saying only that he enjoyed a certain amount of “latitude” to make decisions in his chain of command. The general confirmed the strike was carried out in coordination with Afghan officials and said rigorous surveillance had been conducted to prevent any civilian deaths. “Let me be clear – we will not relent in our mission to fight alongside our Afghan comrades to destroy ISIS-K in 2017,” he said, referring to the terror group’s regional branch. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he approved of the strike and that it was designed to support Afghan and US forces conducting clearance operations in the region. But former President Hamid Karzai accused the United States of using Afghanistan as “a testing ground for new and dangerous weapons.” The bomb was dropped as Washington faces increased scrutiny over its military actions in the Middle East, including three US-led airstrikes in the past month that reportedly have killed civilians or allies. On Tuesday, the US-led coalition in Syria killed 18 of its own allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces in what was described as a misdirected airstrike. The United States is also investigating two strikes in Iraq and Syria, which Iraqi officials and activists in Syria say killed dozens of civilians. US bomb hits ISIS target in AfghanistanCaves and tunnels used for smuggling Why the MOAB and why now?Trump won’t say if he approved strikeWhy did the US use the MOAB?How serious is Afghan ISIS threat? US bomb hits ISIS target in AfghanistanCaves and tunnels used for smuggling Why the MOAB and why now?Trump won’t say if he approved strikeWhy did the US use the MOAB?How serious is Afghan ISIS threat? But President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Afghanistan bombing was “another successful job.” The bombing – along with the first US military strikes against the Syrian regime last week – mark a dramatic change in attitude for Trump, who advocated an isolationist, “America first” foreign policy during his election campaign. In just the last week, Trump has overseen the use of some of the most powerful weaponry in the US arsenal. He once said the invasion of Afghanistan was a mistake, though he later walked back that statement, saying he “always supported” US involvement in the country. Residents in Afghan villages kilometers away from the target area felt Thursday’s powerful strike. One resident living around 2 kilometers (1.5 miles) from the blast told CNN he heard an “extremely loud boom that smashed the windows of our house.” “We were all scared, and my children and my wife were crying. We thought it had happened right in front of our house,” he said. “I have witnessed a countless number of explosions and bombings in the last 30 years of war in Afghanistan, but this one was more powerful than any other bomb as far as I remember.” Another Afghan man, 46-year-old Abdul, who lives 3 kilometers from the site, described the thick cloud of dust that formed after the deafening blast. “We were unable to see each other at home because of the excessive dust inside the room,” he said. “I was feeling that boom till the morning.” Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, said the colossal MOAB was dropped after fighting had intensified over the last week. US and Afghan forces had been unable to advance because ISIS –  which has expanded into Afghanistan in recent years – had mined the area with explosives. Related article Why the 'mother of all bombs' and why now? Locals told CNN that more than 3,000 families had fled the district in the past year or so since the militant group established its presence. One man, who did not want to give his name for fear of ISIS retaliation, said there were no civilians left in the area the group controlled. The region butts up against the porous Pakistan border. The rocky landscape is dotted with caves and defensive tunnels, making it easy to hold and hard to attack, according to Nic Robertson, CNN’s international diplomatic editor, who has reported from the Afghan mountains. The war in Afghanistan has largely slipped from public consciousness, replaced by the conflict in Syria and ongoing tensions over North Korea, but there are still around 8,400 US troops in the country engaged in counterterrorism operations. Those troops are separate from a wider NATO-led effort to train, advise and assist the Afghan army and police force. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in February, Nicholson, the commander, warned of a stalemate in Afghanistan. He told US lawmakers the current troop level was insufficient and there was a “shortfall of a few thousand” advisers to train the Afghans. According to CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen, “the war in Afghanistan is at its lowest point for the Afghans and their American allies since the Taliban were overthrown in the months after 9/11.” The Taliban “control or contest” about a third of the population of the country, Bergen said, citing senior US military officials. That’s around 10 million people – more than the population ISIS controlled in Syria and Iraq at the height of its power during the summer of 2014, he said. Thursday marked the first time a MOAB has been used in the battlefield, according to US officials. Developed during the Iraq War, the munition is an air blast-type warhead that explodes before hitting the ground to project a massive blast from all sides. During the final stages of testing in 2003, military officials told CNN the MOAB was mainly conceived as a weapon employed for “psychological operations.” Military officials said then they hoped such a huge blast would rattle Iraqi troops and pressure them into surrendering or not even fighting. As originally conceived, the MOAB was to be used against large formations of troops and equipment or hardened above-ground bunkers. The target set has been expanded to include targets buried under softer surfaces, such as caves or tunnels. CNN’s Ehsan Popalzai, Ryan Browne, Zachary Cohen, Jim Acosta, Jeremy Diamond and Euan McKirdy and journalist Saleem Mehsud contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military use of MOAB bomb on ISIS in Afghanistan", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170414050000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/asia/afghanistan-isis-moab-bomb/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "637738421", "sentence": "Syrian reports suggest mosque hit; US says al Qaeda meeting targeted US will investigate allegations of civilian casualties, military official says The US military has said it conducted airstrikes in a northern Syria location where local reports say a mosque was struck and more than 40 people died, but the military denies it bombed a place of worship. Instead, a US military official said, Thursday’s airstrike along the border of Idlib and Aleppo provinces struck a building believed to be hosting an al Qaeda meeting near a mosque. That building was 40 to 50 feet from the mosque, but recent satellite imagery shows the mosque still is standing, the official said. Related video McCain: 'More latitude' for commanders in Syria News about the airstrike emerged from local reports, via the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, saying warplanes bombed a mosque in the village of al-Jena, killing at least 42 people and injuring dozens of others. Most of those killed were civilians, the observatory said. The group, which did not say whose warplanes conducted the strike, said search and rescue efforts were ongoing and told CNN the death toll was expected to rise because dozens of people remained under rubble. The attack was also documented by the Syria Civil Defense, better known as the White Helmets, which seemed to corroborate that the strike hit a mosque in the village. The volunteer emergency medical service posted video of what it says shows its rescue operation amid the ruins of the mosque. The US military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that American planes conducted an airstrike in the area in question. The building struck was not a mosque and was not being used as one, the official said. The strike is believed to have destroyed half that building, where al Qaeda militants were thought to be meeting inside, the official said. The airstrike killed “several terrorists,” the US military said in a statement Thursday. Deputy al Qaeda leader killed in Syria US Central Command will look into any allegations of civilian casualties in the area, the official said. Idlib has been a significant safe haven for al Qaeda in recent years, the official added. Related video Dozens dead after airstrike hits Syrian school In January, a strike destroyed an al Qaeda camp, where more than 100 fighters were being trained in terror tactics. Earlier reports suggested that airstrike killed as many as 300 people. The United States has targeted al Qaeda fighters in Syria in past strikes. The Pentagon said 10 al Qaeda operatives were killed near Idlib in February. A US senior defense official told CNN an unmanned drone carried out that strike. US says it killed bin Laden-era al Qaeda leader in Syria US airstrikes have hit civilian facilities before. In 2015, a US airstrike hit a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 42 people. CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military airstrikes in Syria", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170317053000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/middleeast/idlib-bombing-syria/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "433346033", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Dr. Zaher Sahloul is the president of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), a nonprofit organization that represents more than 5,000 Syrian American physicians in the United States. The views expressed are his own. Zaher Sahloul: U.S. should take lead on stopping chemical weapon attacks Helpless locals expect more \"ghastly attacks,\" writer says “I tried to scream, but I couldn’t take a deep breath. No one noticed when I tried to scream – everyone was overwhelmed by the number of victims.” I sat with my colleague Moustafa, a nurse in his early 20s, at a field hospital in Sarmin, Syria, as he described the chaos in his hospital on March 16, when barrel bombs filled with chemical gas struck. At around 9 p.m. that day, the hospital received a wave of people experiencing chemical exposure symptoms – difficulty breathing, burning eyes, mouth secretions. He described washing and desperately trying to treat a small boy, Mohammad, who was foaming at the mouth. His sisters lay dead on top of their dead grandmother nearby. Moustafa says that as he treated the boy, he began to cough and was struggling to breathe. He rushed outside to breathe fresh air, but the air smelled like bleach. He passed out and woke up inside the hospital, receiving oxygen. He survived the chemical exposure. Baby Mohammad did not. He died along with his two sisters, his grandmother, and his parents. I decided to take the dangerous trip last month to Sarmin and Binnish in the suburbs of the northern city of Idlib, a major battleground in recent months, to speak with the brave doctors and nurses there. There are believed to have been at least six more similar attacks since the one in March, in addition to daily bombing and shelling using “conventional” weapons. Barrel bombs filled with choking agents have not been as deadly as those filled with shrapnel and explosives, but are particularly dangerous in that they spread fear, panic, and confusion. I interviewed more than 30 doctors, nurses, civil defense volunteers, and regular citizens about the chemical attacks and inspected the Sarmin field hospital and the site of the March 16 attack. It was springtime in northern Syria – the flowers and grassy countryside were a stark contrast to the buildings that lay in rubble. After years of barrel-bombing in many areas of Syria, everyone, including children, can identify not only the sound of helicopters but also of jet fighter aircraft, air-to-surface missiles, and mortar shells. Many people I spoke with about the chemical attacks described hearing the sound of barrels hitting the ground without explosion. People typically celebrate when a barrel bomb does not explode in Syria, but in these cases, initial joy turned into a nightmare. Patients young and old that I saw presented similar symptoms, consistent with exposure to a choking agent –  shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing, burning eyes, nausea, and vomiting. Some developed pulmonary edema and choked to death. When a choking agent is inhaled, it reacts immediately with the normal water droplets in the linings of the nose, throat, and lungs to form acid, which burns the lung tissues and dissolves the cells, causing the lungs to fill with fluid. The victims suffocate. Medical staff and civil defense members developed similar symptoms after close contact with patients. None had proper protective equipment and had used primitive masks that we use in hospitals to prevent inhalation of bacteria, not chemical agents. On April 16, four days after my visit to Sarmin, I spoke about these attacks, along with my Syrian colleague Dr. Tennari who directed the only makeshift field hospital in Sarmin, in front of the U.N. Security Council in a special closed session. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power said after the meeting that, “If there was a dry eye in the room, I didn’t see it.” However, after four years of relentless killing, the Syrian people deserve more than emotion. They deserve action. My organization, the Syrian American Medical Society, and other nongovernmental groups have collaborated on a chemical weapon preparedness and response program. The program included training of medical staff, distribution of antidotes, like Atropine, and public awareness materials, and the establishment of decontamination treatment centers in dozens of locations across Syria. Sadly, these preparedness efforts continue to be necessary. Helpless locals expect more ghastly attacks resulting in many more casualties. Strangely enough, there seems to be no chemical weapon preparedness and response program in government-controlled areas. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact Finding Mission, designed to investigate allegations of chemical weapons use, has not yet entered Idlib, and it took OPCW more than five months to confirm the use of Chlorine in Syria with “high confidence” last year. Meanwhile, the Security Council has passed two resolutions about Syria that are largely being ignored. Syria gave up some of its chemical weapons, but the attacks continue. The reality is that it is not enough to send another fact finding mission to prove that chlorine has been used. The children who suffocated to death while asleep in their basement are painful enough proof of what has been going on. Having seen its so-called redline crossed frequently, the U.S. government should lead the Security Council to implement its own resolutions on Syrian chemical weapons, assign responsibility for the recent attacks and hold the culprits accountable in court. In addition, the U.S. should work with its allies in the region, especially Turkey and Jordan, to establish protected zones for civilians and displaced people in northern and southern Syria to prevent further dropping of chemical agents – and barrel bombs – from helicopters. If this is not done quickly, the United States and the United Nations will risk losing what is left of their credibility in the eyes of Syrians and in the region. Extremists will rejoice at the new opportunity to recruit desperate youth. As I sat with Moustafa, I asked him and the other members of the hospital and volunteer teams what they wanted me to tell the ambassadors in the U.N. Security Council? They all chose the words “protect us.” or “Himayah” in Arabic. And that is what we should do. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. government", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150514211500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/14/opinions/sahloul-syria-chemical-attacks/", "score": "0.75"}}}
{"article_id": "512457306", "sentence": "CNN will host town hall meetings with the GOP presidential candidates in South Carolina on Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. ET Ted Cruz bill would rename Chinese embassy address after jailed dissident China warns bill would have serious repercussions for U.S.-China ties Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz drew fire from a new quarter Tuesday, when the Chinese government tore into the Texas senator for a bill he pushed through the Senate last week. The legislation would rename a part of the street across from China’s embassy after a pro-democracy activist jailed by Beijing. It would effectively change the embassy’s address to “1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza,” after the Nobel Peace Prize winner serving an 11-year sentence in part for publishing an anti-Communist manifesto calling for political freedoms. China’s Foreign Ministry blasted Cruz’s bill as a “political farce” and warned that it would have serious repercussions for its relationship with the U.S if it were to pass the House and become law. The measure cleared the Senate in a unanimous voice vote on Friday. Victoria Coates, Cruz’s national security advisor, told CNN that the candidate understands the U.S. has strong ties to China and that he doesn’t want to be “overtly antagonistic.” But she said Cruz feels that human rights have been ignored “since the beginning of the Obama administration, since Secretary (of State Hillary) Clinton went to Beijing in February 2009 and said we were going to have a separate track for human rights. The Chinese said they interpreted that as human rights on the back burner.” The tiff comes as President Barack Obama meets in California with Southeast Asian leaders, in part to discuss increasingly assertive Chinese moves in the South China Sea and reassure China’s neighbors that the U.S. is committed to protecting their interests in the region. RELATED: Terrorism on agenda as Obama hosts Southeast Asian leaders “If the relevant bill is passed into law, it will cause serious consequences,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement, which also called Cruz’s bill “contrary to the basic norms” of international relations. “We demand the U.S. Senate stop promoting the bill and hope the U.S. executive authorities put an end to this political farce,” the spokesman said. A White House official, speaking anonymously to discuss sensitive issues, dismissed Cruz’s bill as a “stunt.” “While we continue to impress upon China the imperative of respecting human rights and releasing Liu Xiaobo, as well as other political prisoners, we do not believe Sen. Cruz’s ploy to rename a street in Washington, D.C., is an effective way to achieve either goal,” the official said. “In fact, legislative stunts such as this complicate our efforts.” The administration has indicated that President Barack Obama would veto the bill if it reached his desk, with the White House official saying, “We oppose this approach and would prefer to work with Congress on more productive ways to address our shared goal of improving human rights in China and around the world.” Cruz hit back, saying in a statement that “the Obama administration’s veto threat is yet another outrageous example of its eagerness to coddle an authoritarian Communist regime at the expense of pro-American dissidents.” “The moral high ground enjoyed by the United States is an advantage when dealing with a country like China, not something to be voluntarily abandoned,” Cruz continued. “How ironic it is that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate is threatening to veto a bill honoring the 2010 one.” It’s not the first time in this presidential campaign that a candidate has used China in an attempt to demonstrate tough foreign policy chops. GOP front-runner Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he would have China declared a currency manipulator on his first day in office. That idea is supported by U.S. manufacturers who argue that China keeps its currency artificially low to make its exports cheaper, but Obama, like predecessor George W. Bush, has preferred to use international pressure and diplomacy to try to move China. RELATED: China brushes off Donald Trump ‘disturbances’ In September, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman dismissed Trump’s pledge as a mere “disturbance” that wasn’t to be taken seriously as an official U.S. government position. Cruz has been using campaign appearances to stress that he would pursue a muscular foreign policy without concern for what he on Tuesday labeled a culture of political correctness at the Pentagon. In Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, he told troops that their ready-to-eat rations would never be gluten-free and that under his leadership, the military would be “feared by our enemies and trusted by our allies.” The Texas Republican has often used China as a foil. He introduced a resolution to rename the street across from China’s embassy in a leafy northwest Washington neighborhood in September and then again in October. The sprawling Chinese embassy compound was designed by I.M. Pei and opened in 2009, one of more than a dozen diplomatic missions located in upper Washington. Both times, Cruz’s effort was blocked by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democratic, who objected that Cruz had given his colleagues only one hour’s notice before introducing the resolution. “Maybe people don’t believe diplomacy makes a difference, but I do,” Feinstein said at the time. “I think there will be ample time for the President to speak with the President of China and for some of us to speak as well.” Related gallery Moments from Ted Cruz's career Undeterred, Cruz introduced his bill on February 12. The Senate cleared the bill later that day at the same time that Cruz lifted a hold he had long placed on a slew of diplomatic nominations – including ambassadors to Norway and Sweden and the State Department’s under secretary for political affairs – to protest of the Iran nuclear deal. National-level politicians have gotten interested in this local Washington street before. In 2014, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers, including Hose Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, asked Washington’s mayor to rename the street after Liu Xiaobo to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square killings. Since the street is actually federal property, Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf also put an amendment in the 2015 State Department spending bill that required Secretary of State John Kerry to change the street name. The House appropriations committee approved the amendment, but it was later dropped. There is also precedent for such a move. In 1984, the year Soviet athletes boycotted the summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and a year after then-President Ronald Reagan declared the Soviet Union an “evil empire,” the Senate passed a measure changing the official address of the USSR’s embassy on Washington’s 16th Street to No. 1 Andrei Sakharov Plaza, in honor of the anti-Soviet dissident and Nobel laureate. The Senate took the step after Sakharov went on a hunger strike in 1984 after the government prohibited his wife from traveling abroad for medical treatment. CNN’s Chieu Luu and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ted Cruz's bill to rename the street address of the Chinese embassy", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160216221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/ted-cruz-china-embassy-dissident-street/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "521415033", "sentence": "Marco Rubio dropped out of the presidential race after losing the primary in his home state of Florida Rubio struggled to win states against Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and banked his campaign future on winning Florida Marco Rubio is dropping out of the presidential race after losing the Florida primary to Donald Trump and failing to unite the Republican establishment against the billionaire front-runner. “We live in a republic and our voters make these decisions,” Rubio said in Miami Tuesday night as his supporters booed Trump’s victory. His speech was a thinly veiled rebuke of Trump’s campaign tactics, as he warned that it would have been easier for him to exploit the anger and anxiety driving the race. He warned that the politics of division were going to leave America a “fractured nation.” “America is in the middle of a real political storm, a real tsunami and we should have seen this coming,” Rubio said. “While we are on the right side,” he said,” this year, we will not be on the winning side.” Rubio, the 44-year-old first-term senator, had positioned himself as the only person who could stop Trump, and had gone on the attack, memorably bringing up the size of the Trump’s hands during a campaign rally and at a presidential debate. His campaign slogan was “a new American century” – as he tried to send the message that America needed a new generation of leadership that could deal with the challenges ahead. It was also a way to spin his relative youth, and short time in the U.S. Senate as an advantage. He drew heavily from his life story on the trail. The child of Cuban immigrants, Rubio’s parents worked menial jobs like bartending and hotel cleaning to provide for their children. His stump speech drove home the message that Americans should leave their children better off than they were, and warned that dream was slipping away. After not winning any of the early contests, Rubio’s advisers and donors banked on him consolidating the establishment vote – particularly after Jeb Bush quit the race – and winning in big states like his home of Florida. Meanwhile, Trump continued to lead the pack and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz became the second favorite, picking up the first contest of Iowa and far more states than Rubio along the way. Rubio tried several tactics to deal with Trump. At first, he mostly ignored the front-runner, aiming his fire instead for his closest competitors for the nomination like Cruz and Bush. But as Trump continued to roll, Rubio made a sudden strategy change at the GOP debate in late February in Houston. That night and in successive days, Rubio unleashed a torrent of opposition research combined with schoolyard insults, suddenly mentioning Trump by name and hand size in his stump speeches. Trump responded in kind, making a crude joke about his penis size at a following debate, and seemed to get the better of the tiff against “Little Rubio,” who lost momentum rather than gain it after the attacks. Rubio’s other major stumble came much earlier in the campaign, in the first primary on the calendar. At the New Hampshire debate before the Granite State’s contest, Rubio fell into his habit of repeating his one-liners, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie mocked him brutally for doing so. The widely panned debate performance was followed by a dismal fifth place finish in that early primary, only made worse by establishment rival Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s surprise second place placement. The Cuban-American did get his mojo back, though, nabbing the highly sought-after endorsement of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to best Cruz for second in that state and Nevada. And after Bush’s departure from the race, a slew of establishment Republicans ran to endorse Rubio, including Haley being joined by the sitting governors of Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee and New Mexico. Rubio lost every one of those states, except New Mexico, which has yet to vote. The campaign has blamed other candidates for some of their troubles, including singling out Kasich as a spoiler. Kasich’s share of the vote especially stung in Virginia on Super Tuesday, where Rubio came within 3 percentage points of beating Trump. But despite his campaign’s argument that an establishment candidate could win if the slate of candidates would just narrow, anti-establishment candidates Trump and Cruz only picked up steam in the wake of Rubio’s endorsement avalanche, as Rubio fell back to third and fourth place in races. His last stand came down to his home state of Florida, which was called for Trump as soon as polls closed at 8 p.m.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Marco Rubio", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160316010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/15/politics/marco-rubio-drops-out/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "704680118", "sentence": "Schiller was around for some of the most controversial moments of Trump's political career Comey's firing is now a key part of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation Keith Schiller, one of President Donald Trump’s closest confidants and longtime associates, denied on Tuesday to congressional Russia investigators the salacious claims about Trump’s 2013 trip to Moscow that appeared in the opposition research Russia dossier about Trump, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Schiller, who quit his White House job in September, appeared for a closed-door interview to the House intelligence committee on Tuesday. He was by Trump’s side for many years, including the trip to Moscow, but Schiller said little to the committee about past events involving Trump, according to the sources, telling lawmakers repeatedly that he could not recall or was not aware a number of potential Russia connections with Trump associates, which Democrats continually asked about. Trump’s activities while in Moscow for that event have been the subject of rampant speculation ever since the January leak of a 35-page dossier written by former British spy Christopher Steele. The dossier also accuses the Trump campaign of colluding with Russia as part of its active measures campaign to influence the election and defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Several of the dossier’s most salacious claims have not been independently corroborated, and Schiller denied them on Tuesday. The hearing with Schiller provided an opportunity for lawmakers to try to learn more about the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russians and Trump’s links to Kremlin-friendly interests in his business career. Schiller joined the Trump administration as director of Oval Office operations, but he left after about eight months. During the campaign, “it mattered more to me what Keith Schiller thought of me than what the campaign manager thought,” a former top Trump campaign aide told CNN in May. Being so close to Trump for so long means Schiller was around for some of the most controversial moments of Trump’s political career. Related article Who is Keith Schiller, the man Trump sent to fire Comey? Trump dispatched Schiller in May to hand-deliver a letter to the FBI headquarters, informing then-Director James Comey of his termination. Comey was on a work trip on the other side of the country, but CNN cameras spotted Schiller entering and then leaving the FBI building. Comey’s firing is now a key part of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential obstruction of justice. Mueller’s team has recently interviewed White House witnesses who could shed light on Comey’s firing. And CNN reported last week that White House senior adviser Jared Kushner turned over documents about the firing to Mueller’s investigators. Trump has said that years earlier, Schiller joined him on a trip to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant. The significance of the event, held in November 2013, wasn’t clear at the time. But now, the contacts Trump made as part of that deal are coming back in a big way. That deal was struck between Trump and Aras and Emin Agalarov, the father-and-son team of billionaires that own a major development firm in Russia. The Miss Universe pageant was held at one of their properties in Moscow. The dossier’s broad assertion that Russia waged a campaign to interfere in the election is now accepted as fact by the US intelligence community. CNN also reported earlier this year that US investigators have corroborated some aspects of the dossier, specifically that some of the communications among foreign nationals mentioned in the memos did actually take place. Video obtained exclusively by CNN showed Schiller, Trump and other Trump associates sharing a dinner in June 2013 with the Agalarovs and their associates, including British publicist Rob Goldstone, who represents Emin Agalarov in his musical career. The day after the dinner in Las Vegas, the Trump Organization announced it would bring Miss Universe to Moscow. The Agalarovs stayed in touch with Trump after the 2013 event and re-entered the picture in summer 2016. Through the publicist, Emin Agalarov reached out to Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., in order to broker a meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer. The publicist said the Russian government was eager to offer information that would “incriminate” Clinton. Trump Jr. took the meeting and the rest is history – it became a major political scandal after it was revealed this summer, nearly one year after it took place, and amid sprawling federal investigations into the Trump campaign’s links to Russia. Trump Jr. denies colluding with the Russians and says he didn’t get anything useful from the meeting. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correctly identify the pageant that Schiller and Trump traveled to Moscow for in 2013. It was the Miss Universe pageant. 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{"article_id": "727879557", "sentence": "President Donald Trump says a GOP memo declassified on Friday “totally vindicates” him in the Russia probe. In a Saturday morning tweet, Trump denied any collusion or obstruction and called the investigation “an American disgrace.” “This memo totally vindicates ‘Trump’ in probe,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning. “But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!” This memo totally vindicates “Trump” in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace! On Friday, Trump approved the public release of a memo spearheaded by GOP House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes that alleges the FBI abused its surveillance authority. The highly controversial memo alleges that then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the House Intelligence Committee that no surveillance warrant would have been sought for a Trump campaign aide without a disputed opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia. The memo is the most explicit Republican effort yet to discredit the FBI’s investigation into Trump and Russia, alleging that the investigation was infused with an anti-Trump bias under the Obama administration and supported with political opposition research. Related article The Nunes memo: 5 takeaways The memo tries to connect what Republicans believe was a flawed application to monitor former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page to the overall counterintelligence investigation into potential collusion between Russians and the Republican campaign. But the memo undermines its own argument about the application being overly reliant on the dossier. It notes that the application also included information regarding Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, suggesting there was intelligence beyond the dossier in the Page application. Related article Did the Nunes memo undermine its own core argument? A former senior national security official told CNN that the President’s tweet on Saturday shows he acted for “personal purposes.” “As a public servant I was taught to never take official action for personal gain. That is exactly what our president has done,” the former official said. “He personally ordered the declassification of the memo, not for political purposes, but for personal purposes. The proof of that is his claim that he has now been ‘vindicated’ by the memo. In my view this conflict of interest is the real story. Not the memo itself, which doesn’t contain much we didn’t already know.” The FBI issued a rare public warning on Wednesday that the GOP memo omits key information that could impact its veracity. Democrats, meanwhile, have slammed the memo as an inaccurate and misleading portrait intended to undermine Mueller’s probe and disputed what the memo concluded about McCabe’s testimony on the dossier as the basis for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant. There are currently several investigations into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, but Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 election. CNN’s Jeremy Herb and Jake Tapper contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "GOP memo", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Contrasted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180203153000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/donald-trump-memo/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "416221865", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: This article contains language that some may find offensive. Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson is determinedly anti-PC; courts controversy Broadcaster has caused offense for racist remarks in the past Friends with UK PM David Cameron and former news head Rebekah Brooks At the time it probably seemed like fun: Jeremy Clarkson and a crew from the top-rated BBC TV show Top Gear driving a Porsche in Argentina. The only problem was that the car’s registration plate, H982 FLK, appeared to refer to the 1982 Falklands War between the UK and Argentina, fought over a remote British colony off the coast of Patagonia, which both countries claim. The conflict, which claimed the lives of 655 Argentinian servicemen and 255 Britons, ended with a British victory. Clarkson and the rest of the production team were in the country filming a TV special on a remote highway that passes through Chile and Argentina, and the number plate sparked anger among locals over the perennially touchy subject of the war. As the crew attempted to flee by road to Chile, they were attacked by an angry crowd who hurled rocks and bricks at the Porsche and other cars in the convoy. Clarkson, who fronts Top Gear, later said an angry mob tried to attack them with pickax handles and shouted “burn their cars.” Related video Top Gear star suspended for 'fracas' “This was not some jolly jape that went awry. For once, we did nothing wrong,” he told The Sun. Top Gear producers said the numbers and letters on the registration plates had not been chosen deliberately. The motoring show, fronted by Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, has made a name for itself globally with risky stunts and a brand of blokish humor that often treads the line and regularly steps over it. Clarkson is determinedly anti-politically correct among the topics he rails about, both on the show and in his newspaper and magazine columns. Favored topics include environmentalism, traffic laws and liberals. The latest “fracas” has seen Clarkson suspended by the BBC, which broadcasts Top Gear, for allegedly hitting a producer. The presenter, who is one of the BBC’s highest earners, has previously caused offense during shoots in foreign countries and regularly court controversy at home. In July 2014, Clarkson came under fire for a racist comment made during a Top Gear special in Myanmar. The slur came during a show segment which showed hosts Clarkson, Hammond and May looking at a bridge they had built over the River Kwai as a local man walked over it. “That is a proud moment. But there’s a slope on it,” Clarkson said. Related video Is this the end of Top Gear? “You’re right,” co-star Hammond replied. “It’s definitely higher on that side.” Following complaints, the UK’s media watchdog, Ofcom, said the use of the word “slope,” which is a derogatory term, was offensive and that the episode broke broadcasting rules. The show’s executive producer Andy Wilman said in a statement, that they “[regretted] any offense caused,” adding, “when we used the word ‘slope’ … it was a light-hearted word play joke referencing both the build quality of the bridge and the local Asian man who was crossing it.” Over the years, Clarkson has been in trouble for an apparent series of racist comments including characterizing Mexicans as “lazy and feckless” and saying that everyone who traveled to India got “the trots.” He was also accused of using the “n-word” while filming the motoring show by UK newspaper The Mirror. “Eeny, meeny, miny moe …,” he sang in video footage published by The Mirror, “Catch a nigger by his toe.” I did not use the n word. Never use it. The Mirror has gone way too far this time. Initially, Clarkson vehemently denied the accusation on Twitter but following public condemnation and calls for the BBC to fire him, he begged viewers for forgiveness in a video statement posted online. “I’d actually used the word I was trying to obscure. I was mortified by this, horrified. It is a word I loathe,” Clarkson said. Among the condemnations was a sternly worded statement from 10 Downing Street, the office UK Prime Minister David Cameron – a friend of Clarkson’s – saying he would “certainly not” use the n-word. According to the BBC, the PM’s spokesperson added that he felt it was “absolutely right that there has been an apology.” Both Clarkson and the UK prime minister have homes in an affluent, rural part of central England known as the Cotswolds. They are part of a wealthy group of media, politics and showbiz acquaintances who live in and around Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency. They have been dubbed “The Chipping Norton Set.” Among them is former News International CEO and editor of The Sun and The News of the World, Rebekah Brooks, who came to prominence during the News International phone hacking scandal, for which she was acquitted. They also include former Blur musician Alex James and Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch. In an article for the Daily Telegraph, former chief political commentator Peter Oborne described “The Chipping Norton Set” as “an incestuous collection of louche, affluent, power-hungry and amoral Londoners.” Clarkson’s popularity also comes from regular columns in venerated newspaper, The Sunday Times and tabloid The Sun. A recent Sunday Times column with the headline “Phrasebook, tick. Local currency, tick. Tracksuit, tick. I’m off to the north” attracted the ire of people from the northern English city of Liverpool. He wrote: “People up there (north) earn less, die more quickly, have fewer jobs and live in houses that are worth the square root of sod all.” Local newspaper, The Liverpool Echo, which pointed out that Clarkson is a northerner himself, published a series of responses to the piece from local people who described him as “stuck in the past” and “a fake southerner” whose comments were “as dated as his double denims.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jeremy Clarkson", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150311190000", "country1": "ARG", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/11/europe/clarkson-friend-elite/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "437453854", "sentence": "Here is a look at the life of US President Joe Biden. Birth date: November 20, 1942 Birth place: Scranton, Pennsylvania Birth name: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Father: Joseph Robinette Biden Sr., car salesman Mother: Catherine Eugenia (Finnegan) Biden Marriages: Jill (Jacobs) Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Neilia (Hunter) Biden (August 27, 1966-December 18, 1972, her death) Children: with Jill Biden: Ashley; with Neilia Biden: Naomi Christina, Robert Hunter, Joseph Robinette “Beau” III Education: University of Delaware, B.A., 1965; Syracuse University Law School, J.D., 1968 Religion: Roman Catholic Had a stuttering problem as a child. Biden’s son, Beau Biden, was the attorney general of Delaware. Delaware’s longest serving senator. 1968-1970 - Defense attorney for criminal cases in Wilmington, Delaware. 1970-1972 - Serves on the New Castle County Council in Delaware. 1972 - Is first elected to the Senate at age 29, defeating Republican Senator J. Caleb Boggs. Wins reelection in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996 and 2002. December 18, 1972 - While Christmas shopping, Biden’s first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden, and daughter, Naomi Biden, are killed in a car accident. His sons are badly injured, but survive. January 5, 1973 - Is sworn in as US senator of Delaware at son Beau Biden’s bedside in the hospital. 1987-1995 - Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 9, 1987 - Enters the 1988 presidential race, but drops out three months later following reports of plagiarism and false claims about his academic record. February 1988 - Undergoes surgery to repair an aneurysm in an artery that supplies blood to the brain. January 20, 1990 - Introduces a bill that becomes the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The act addresses sexual assault and domestic violence. It is signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994. 2001-2003 - Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 2002 - Votes to authorize military intervention in Iraq, but later becomes a vocal critic of the conflict. 2007-2009 - Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. January 31, 2007 - Files a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission to run for president. August 1, 2007 - His memoir, “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics,” is published. January 3, 2008 - Announces his withdrawal from the presidential race. August 23, 2008 - Is named the vice-presidential running mate of Barack Obama. November 4, 2008 - Is elected vice president of the United States. January 15, 2009 - Resigns from the US Senate. January 20, 2009 - Is sworn in as vice president of the United States. February 7, 2009 - Delivers his first major speech as vice president at a security conference in Germany. September 1, 2010 - Presides over a ceremony in Iraq to formally mark the end of the US combat mission in Iraq. November 6, 2012 - Obama and Biden are reelected, defeating Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. January 20, 2013 - Is sworn in for his second term as vice president of the United States. October 2, 2014 - Speaking at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Biden tells attendees that ISIS has been inadvertently strengthened by actions taken by Turkey, the UAE and other Middle Eastern allies to help opposition groups fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. October 4, 2014 - Biden speaks by telephone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding remarks made at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He apologizes “for any implication that Turkey or other allies and partners in the region had intentionally supplied or facilitated the growth of ISIL or other violent extremists in Syria.” May 30, 2015 - Biden’s eldest son, Beau Biden, passes away from brain cancer at age 46. October 21, 2015 - Says he will not seek the presidency, announcing that the window for a successful campaign “has closed.” January 12, 2017 - Obama surprises Biden by presenting him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, during a White House ceremony. February 1, 2017 - Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, launch the Biden Foundation, an organization that will work on seven issues: foreign policy; Biden’s cancer initiative; community colleges and military families; protecting children; equality; ending violence against women; and strengthening the middle class. February 7, 2017 - Is named the Benjamin Franklin presidential practice professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he will lead the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. He will also serve as the founding chair of the University of Delaware’s Biden Institute, the university announces. March 1, 2017 - Biden receives the Congressional Patriot Award from the Bipartisan Policy Center. He receives the honor in recognition of his work crafting bipartisan legislation with Republicans and Democrats. November 14, 2017 - Biden’s memoir, “Promise Me Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose,” is published. March 26, 2019 - At an event in New York, Biden says that Anita Hill “paid a terrible price” when she testified in 1991 that she had been sexually harassed by now-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, adding that he regrets he didn’t give Hill the “hearing she deserved.” As the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman at that time, Biden presided over Thomas’ confirmation hearings. March 29, 2019 - Lucy Flores, the former Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Nevada, makes allegations against Biden in an essay for The Cut, an arm of New York magazine, writing that Biden made her feel “uneasy, gross, and confused” in 2014 when, at a campaign rally in Nevada, she says he kissed her on the back of the head. March 31, 2019 - “In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort,” Biden says in a statement. “And not once – never – did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention.” April 3, 2019 - Biden releases a video on Twitter, saying that he will be “more mindful about respecting personal space in the future.” The video comes in the wake of multiple allegations he made women feel uncomfortable in their encounters, including a woman claiming Biden made her feel uncomfortable at a 2009 Connecticut fundraiser. Two additional women, including Alexandra “Tara” Reade, also told the New York Times that Biden made them feel uneasy by the way he touched them. April 25, 2019 - Announces he is running for president in a campaign video posted to social media. Hours later, the Biden Foundation board chair, Ted Kaufman, announces the immediate suspension of all the organization’s operations. June 6, 2019 - Biden announces that he has changed his mind on the Hyde Amendment, dropping his long-held support for a measure that blocks federal funds for most abortions. He says his decision was driven by a wave of state laws restricting the procedure. October 23, 2019 - Biden’s campaign signals that it is dropping its objection to the creation of an outside group to defend against attacks from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. March 25, 2020 - Reade says on a podcast that Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 while she was an aide in his Senate office. May 1, 2020 - During an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Biden denies allegations made by Reade that he sexually assaulted her, stating “I am saying unequivocally. It never, never happened, and it didn’t.” Biden’s campaign also releases a 21-paragraph statement addressing the allegations. Biden also sends a letter to the secretary of the Senate requesting the release of any documents related to a sexual assault allegation made by Reade. August 11, 2020 - Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, names Kamala Harris as his running mate. November 7, 2020 - Days after the election on November 3, CNN projects Biden is elected the 46th president of the United States. November 24, 2020 - Biden becomes the first presidential candidate to win more than 80 million votes. November 29, 2020 - Biden’s doctor says that Biden has hairline fractures in his foot and will “likely require a walking boot for several weeks” after he slipped while playing with his dog, Major. January 20, 2021 - Takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts during an inauguration ceremony at the Capitol and delivers an inaugural address focusing on unity. Later in the day, Biden signs 17 executive actions, including halting border wall construction, reversing the travel ban targeting largely Muslim countries, and stopping the United States’ departure from the World Health Organization. April 14, 2021 - Biden formally announces his decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan before September 11, 2021. June 27, 2021 - Biden directs military forces to conduct defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, according to a news release from the Department of Defense. March 8, 2022 - Biden announces his administration is banning Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports to the United States in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. April 4, 2022 - Biden says the atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Ukraine, are a “war crime” and calls for a trial to take place against Russian President Vladimir Putin. July 21, 2022 - Biden tests positive for Covid-19. According to a White House statement, he is experiencing “mild symptoms,” and will take Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral drug. September 18, 2022 - In an appearance on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Biden says he believes the Covid-19 pandemic is “over,” but acknowledges the US still has a “problem” with the virus that has killed more than 1 million Americans. The US government still designates Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency and the World Health Organization says it remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. October 6, 2022 - Biden pardons all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, a move that senior administration officials said would affect thousands of Americans charged with that crime. December 13, 2022 - Biden signs into law the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that mandates federal recognition for same-sex and interracial marriages. January 8, 2023 - Biden visits the US-Mexico border for the first time as president. January 12, 2023 - Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints Robert Hur to take over the investigation into the Obama-era classified documents found at Biden’s home and former private office. Classified records are supposed to be stored in secure locations. February 20, 2023 - Biden visits Kyiv for the first time since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost a year ago. April 25, 2023 - Biden formally announces 2024 reelection campaign. February 8, 2024 - Following a yearlong investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents, special counsel Robert Hur releases a report that concludes Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified military and national security information but Hur recommends Biden not face charges.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Joe Biden", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150531170000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/us/joe-biden-fast-facts/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "740110498", "sentence": "Special counsel Robert Mueller has provided lawyers for President Donald Trump a list of questions as part of ongoing negotiations regarding an interview with the President, according to a recent report from The New York Times. Mueller wants “to ask follow-up questions, but put forward the list as a start,” two sources told the Times. The news comes almost two months after CNN reported Mueller had provided Trump’s lawyers with a range of topics for the interview. CNN – citing a a source familiar with the matter – reported that the special counsel initially offered the list of topics after the President’s attorneys requested to whittle down Mueller’s areas of interest. Topics included learning more about the President allegedly asking former FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Mueller also wants to know about Trump’s reaction to Comey’s May 2017 testimony on Capitol Hill, which reportedly angered the President. Additionally, investigators want to learn more about the President’s outreach to intelligence leaders about the Russia investigation. Additionally, Trump’s lawyers “appear to be feeling increasingly uneasy” about their status with the President as the special counsel’s probe into Russian election meddling continues, the Times reported Saturday. Trump recently met with veteran Washington lawyer Emmet T. Flood to discuss joining his legal team, according to the Times. But Trump’s personal lawyers – John Dowd and Jay Sekulow – did not know about the meeting, the Times reported, raising their concern over being pushed aside in handling special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling. As CNN reported in January, Trump himself has said he is “looking forward” and would “love to” meet with Mueller. But he did say any interview would be “subject to my lawyers,” who believe that Trump should not be required to do that. The Justice Department announced Friday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, just days before he was set to receive his pension. McCabe had been frequently taunted by Trump. On Saturday, Dowd released a statement calling for an end to the Mueller investigation. “I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe’s boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt dossier,” Dowd said. Dowd told CNN he was speaking on his own behalf, although he had earlier told the Daily Beast, which first reported the statement, that he was speaking on behalf of the President. Dowd’s comment wasn’t authorized by the President, a person close to Trump told CNN. His statement came as Trump lashed out against Mueller and his team on social media, questioning the team’s impartiality and dismissing the investigation as a “witch hunt.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Special counsel Robert Mueller", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180319174500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/19/politics/donald-trump-lawyers-concern-questions/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "707556479", "sentence": "NEW: State Department spokesperson: 'There is a morale issue in this building\" Senators: Diplomats leaving State Department 'paint a disturbing picture' Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is facing a wave of withering bipartisan criticism that his effort to reform the State Department is instead spurring an exodus of talent that undermines American diplomacy and endangers the nation. The turmoil surrounding Tillerson’s stewardship of the State Department deepened this week as lawmakers questioned key elements of his strategy to shrink what he sees as a bloated bureaucracy. Sens. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the Armed Services committee, and Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, said low morale and a perceived flood of career diplomats leaving Foggy Bottom “paint a disturbing picture.” In a Wednesday letter to Tillerson, the senators expressed “deep reservations” about his staffing decisions, which, they said, “threaten to undermine the long-term health and effectiveness of American diplomacy.” Voicing concerns over a recent halt in hiring new foreign service officers – a move they say will result in a lack of experienced personnel in the future – the lawmakers urged Tillerson to lift a hiring freeze and promote experienced Foreign Service officers. Sen. Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, warned a “high-level decapitation of leadership” has “put our country in danger.” “This situation is alarming,” he told reporters Wednesday. Even Tillerson’s typical allies, such as Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, have tough words for the secretary of state. The Tennessee Republican earlier this week slammed Tillerson’s reorganization efforts, saying, “I don’t think they are anywhere close to having a plan to present relative to the reforms that they want.” By Friday afternoon, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert acknowledged the trouble, especially when it comes to morale. “Sure, there is a morale issue in this building,” she told reporters. “And that’s why I say, you know, folks, hang in there. We have a lot of work to be done. Please don’t give up. Don’t give up on this building. Don’t give up on what America is doing. Don’t give up on the importance of this job and career.” The rebukes mark the latest headache for Tillerson, whose rocky first year in office has been marked by disagreements with President Donald Trump and an inability – or unwillingness – to connect with career staff at the State Department, which has led to plummeting morale. Tillerson’s management struggles combined with widespread reports that he’s frustrated in the job are fueling constant speculation that his days in the administration are numbered and that CIA Director Mike Pompeo is waiting to take over. (For his part, Tillerson insists he isn’t going anywhere and is scheduling work-related trips into next year.) The lawmakers’ concern about staffing was prompted by a letter from the president of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a union for US foreign service personnel, excoriating the State Department’s leadership. Ambassador Barbara Stephenson told union members the top ranks of the foreign service are leaving “at a dizzying speed.” Career ambassadors are the most elite US diplomats in the foreign service, equivalent to a four-star general. Fewer than 60 individuals have attained the rank since it was instituted in 1955. Of the five people who held the rank at the beginning of the administration, three have since retired or quit. Stephenson lamented the department’s partial hiring freeze and predicted the loss of top talent will be felt for years. (Tillerson has approved 2,300 exemptions from the hiring freeze as of last month, according to the State Department. That includes more than 300 foreign service officers and 150 civil service staff employees.) More cuts are in the offing. The Office and Management and Budget has ordered the State Department to slash 8% of its full-time employees, which total about 25,000 people. Because attrition alone will not meet that goal, OMB has directed Tillerson to offer buyouts and early retirement incentives of $25,000 to the first 641 people who sign up by the end of April. Still, State Department officials are pushing back on assessments that Foggy Bottom is hemorrhaging talented employees. They argue there are more senior diplomats on hand today than at the beginning of the Obama administration. There are currently 983 senior foreign service officers, with 63 more waiting for Congress to approve their promotion to senior tiers, according to State Department figures. This is more than the 931 when President Barack Obama took office in 2009. (There were more than 1,000 senior foreign service officers on hand at the height of the Obama years.) Ultimately, aides say Tillerson is focusing on building the State Department for the future, including the next generation of leadership. “Secretary Tillerson is very proud of the work America’s diplomats put in every day,” said R.C. Hammond, a senior Tillerson aide. “As the employee-led review identifies solutions, we will be coming to Congress with reforms that will create new tools for our diplomats to do their job. We are hopeful every senator will be supportive of these efforts.” The White House did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Tillerson was overseas much of this week as the bipartisan criticism of his management stacked up. Following his trip through Asia alongside Trump, Tillerson went to Burma, but is now back in Washington hosting a conference with African ministers. Tillerson refuses to label Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing,’ calls for investigation As the battle over staffing unfolds, multiple sources tell CNN morale inside the State Department is at the lowest level in years, largely because of the perceived talent flight and an insular and distrustful approach from Tillerson and his team that’s being interpreted by longtime employees as not valuing their input. Nancy McEldowney spent 30 years in the foreign service, holding senior positions in Washington, Turkey and Azerbaijan and served as the ambassador to Bulgaria. She left her most recent post in June as director of the Foreign Service Institute over what she called “inept and negative management” by Tillerson and his team. She said several career foreign and civil service officers were unceremoniously removed from their posts in the Trump era. “It’s not just demoralizing for the senior officer who is treated this way,” she said. “What kind of message is this to the hundreds of people who worked for them and the thousands of people who knew them?” As the new director of the masters program at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, McEldowney said she continues to encourage her students to join the foreign service. But she added: “If this is the reward for loyal service, young people are asking, ‘Why should we bother applying to the State Department?’” Trump’s assertion earlier this month that “I am the only one that matters” in formulating foreign policy has also contributed to widespread unease that career expertise is not valued. Adding to the sense of frustration inside the State Department are instances in which returning ambassadors and people who were detailed to other agencies have been assigned low-level jobs in Foggy Bottom, such as answering Freedom of Information Act requests. “I used to advise the President on national security and now I’m reviewing FOIA letters,” one mid-level career officer who was detailed to another agency under Obama said. “I don’t know how much longer I can do this.” Several other senior officers say they have been given signals they should move on from the State Department because there is no way to get ahead. Tillerson has downplayed reports of low morale, telling Bloomberg Businessweek in a recent interview, “I’m not seeing it.” Calling the State Department reform effort “employee-led,” Tillerson has held several meetings with young diplomats to garner their ideas and has been spotted in the State Department cafeteria holding brown bag lunches with mid-level officers. But several senior career officers have said those sessions amount to a “fig leaf” where Tillerson appears to take the opinions of foreign service officers into account. “People are in a room talking, but are they people with breadth and depth of experience?” one senior career official asked. “Not necessarily.” The officer said Tillerson, who moved up the ranks of Exxon-Mobil to ultimately lead the company, “has no use for anyone with experience.” Several senior career officers are serving in top positions in an acting capacity until political appointees are confirmed and have been given high profile assignments. They include Susan Thornton, the acting assistant secretary for East Asian affairs, who recently traveled to Asia with Trump and has emerged as Tillerson’s top adviser on Asia. Tim Lenderking, a senior diplomat in the department’s Mideast bureau, has also taken the lead on the dispute between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. “If you tie the hot spots of the world Secretary Tillerson is focusing on, you can name a career official who is sitting outside his office waiting to talk to him every day,” Hammond said. Tillerson has praised the Foreign Service officers who have stepped up, challenging the notion their expertise was being ignored. “These people are engaged with our counterparts in leading this diplomatic effort,” he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month. “I’m proud of them. They are doing a great job.” Foreign service officers serve across Republican and Democratic administrations, but there is widespread dissatisfaction among this group with the direction of Trump’s foreign policy. Even before he took office, more than 1,000 diplomats signed a “dissent” cable voicing concern about what they viewed as dangerous rhetoric contrary to American values. “The State Department has a history of frank discussion before policy decisions are made,” McEldowney said. “But we were told early on there is a ‘trust deficit’ and if you want to rebuild that trust, get in line and follow the policy.’ But internal debate does not equal disloyalty or disobedience. Quite the contrary.” Said one career officer of the foreign service: “We have always been a grumpy group.” The diplomat went on: “This is not just about how the place is managed. It is about the politics, policy and a whole approach to diplomacy. We are a country in the midst of serious political change that will have a profound impact on how we do our foreign policy and people are having to come to terms with that.” For young officers willing to cool their heels and wait out the chaos, the departures of the senior diplomats could present an opportunity to move up the ranks more quickly than expected. But for many senior and mid-level officers who likely would have stayed longer under another president, the winds of change present an opportunity to serve their country in different way. Several diplomats who recently retired are preparing bids for Congress in 2018 and beyond. “I leave with immense pride with what I did here,” said one senior officer who joined the Foreign Service with George W. Bush and is retiring next month. “I have a considerable amount of intelligence. I have an MBA. I can make as much money as I choose or I can find other ways to be of service. I think Rex Tillerson needs us more than we need him.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171116224500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MMR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/rex-tillerson-state-department-criticism/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "664809462", "sentence": "There’s something about being far above the hubbub of the Big Apple’s streets, especially in the summertime, when humidity levels soar and the concrete feels like it’s emanating heat waves. “Being on a New York City rooftop gives you this special pleasure of feeling part of the city, inside it, but at a distance,” says Ray Chung, director of design at The Johnson Studio, the firm behind the rooftop lounge at The Wit Hotel in Chicago, among other projects. “Walking down the streets is one thing, but being able to let your guard down and see the city reduced in size – all the while still breathing the same air and still hearing the buzz of the city – it can be intoxicating,” says Chung. Drinks just taste better 10 stories up, especially when a cool night breeze is blowing. So what exactly makes for a good rooftop bar? Chung says there are several key factors. “One of the most important moments … is the first view coming off the elevator,” he says. “Where else do you get to have such a theatrical reveal – doors opening in slow motion to the top of the city?” Of course, space planning, comfortable seating, spectacular views and a creative and varied menu are important as well, the latter in particular. “Unique food and drink offerings are becoming a given,” says Chung, “and a top-notch bartending crew can be a draw on its own. But really, as long as there’s a view and fresh air, people will come.” Here are some of the best rooftop bars in Manhattan. PHD Terrace at the Dream Midtown hotel is newly renovated and has doubled in size, with expansive views of Times Square and midtown Manhattan. There’s a menu of small bites, such as the BLT deviled egg and Murray’s meatballs served with house-made pickles. Bottle service is available for the high rollers in the house. Otherwise, try one of the specialty cocktails like the Hot to Trot (tequila, cucumber, jalapeno) or the Singani Sour (made with the Bolivian spirit Singani 63, lemon and grapes). For a group, the Mega Mule ($185) – a giant Moscow Mule made with either vodka or tequila – is a fun option. In the Lincoln Center area, the 12th floor of the Empire Hotel is home to the Empire Rooftop, a new property from the team behind the fabulous and sadly shuttered Campbell Apartment (which recently reopened under new ownership). The lounge spans 8,000 square feet with east- and west-facing terraces, two bars and a fireplace. The menu has a range of small plates on offer, including Koreatown fried chicken wings, fried mac and cheese and Moroccan spiced lamb sliders. Cocktails include a barrel-aged old fashioned, the signature Empire Sunset (made with rum, vodka and citrus) and carafe cocktails, including a pineapple-jalapeno margarita and Prohibition Punch. Take a bite out of these 9 New York sandwiches The Roof at Park South is located on top of the Park South Hotel, offering views around the Gramercy and Flatiron neighborhoods of Manhattan. The food and beverage programs are top-notch as well, with a drinks menu from beverage director Ted Kilpatrick and food from James Beard Award-winning chef Tim Cushman. That means you can snack on yellowtail poke tacos, fried artichokes and a Cajun poached shrimp cocktail, while sipping decadent drinks such as Dukes’ Martini (“freezing cold Plymouth gin” with a bit of caviar for garnish) or Miami Vice (layers of pina colada and strawberry daiquiri). Sometimes, the best way to see Times Square is from high above the teeming crowds. St. Cloud Social, atop The Knickerbocker, is named after the hotel that was originally at the site where The Knickerbocker is now located. The focus here is on luxury – there are sky pods in the corners that you can reserve for private parties, a cigar lounge and small plates from chef Charlie Palmer. The menu is seasonal, but right now expect to find a Maine lobster roll, short rib sliders and a charcuterie plate. Cocktails include the Rake, Shovel and Hoe (gin, Irish whiskey, lemon) and three different types of margaritas, each one made using a different tequila and flavorings. STK Rooftop is really more of an al fresco steakhouse than a rooftop bar, but the views, food and drinks found here make it worth your while. The Rooftop is part of STK Downtown, and you can watch the light fade on the Hudson River and the High Line from this perch. This year, there is a new slushie cocktail (also available at STK Midtown Patio), called the Frozen Mule – essentially, a frozen version of a Moscow Mule. The menu is packed with prime meats, raw bar options and classic steakhouse sides. You can also come for brunch at STK Rooftop, while enjoying a sunlit view of downtown Manhattan and menu items like a fried chicken sandwich or tater tots with caviar and crème fraiche. Rockefeller Center is one of New York City’s most popular destinations, frequented by tourists from all over the world. Way up at the top of the Rock, adjacent to the iconic Rainbow Room, is Bar SixtyFive, which at 65 stories above the city streets offers unparalleled views in every direction. The atmosphere here is on the swanky side – men are asked to wear suit jackets or collared shirts, and there’s a $65 per person minimum for outdoor seating. The cocktail menu keeps pace with a range of expertly mixed classics like a Manhattan or the 1915 Gin and Tonic, as well as contemporary creations such as Sage and Apple made with vodka, sage and New York State maple syrup. If you’re hungry, you can order snacks or large plates like the Szechuan peppercorn filet of beef. Great breakfast, lunch and dinner options in NYC The building housing the Jane hotel played a part in the downtown NYC music and arts scene of the ’80s and ‘90s. Back when it was called Hotel Riverview and the accommodations were shabbier, the ground floor theater hosted productions of rock musicals like “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and “tick, tick… BOOM!” The building is still going strong, and The Jane Rooftop – which was once RuPaul’s apartment – offers amazing views of the Hudson and downtown waterfront area. The octagonal bar and outdoor terrace is open to both guests and drop-ins, and you can find food and craft cocktails like the Little White Lie (gin, apricot brandy, Lillet and lemon). This penthouse lounge sits 30 stories above Midtown Manhattan atop The Kimberly hotel. There are three separate indoor and outdoor areas, amazing views of the city’s bustling streets spreading out in all directions and an excellent food and drinks menu. The dress code here is business casual, so arrive looking smart. The beverage menu reads like a book of poetry, with cocktails like the Chrysler, Rum Service and Mistress described with eloquent flourishes that draw you in. Case in point: the “alluring ruby red” Mistress “unfolds into a mysterious and flawless blend of citrus, Pisco, elderflower and a whisper of licorice.” This rooftop bar is open year-round, but the summer months are surely the best time to visit. Jonah Flicker is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who covers food, drink, travel and lifestyle for a variety of outlets. 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{"article_id": "713490908", "sentence": "Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces clashed Friday in Jerusalem and the West Bank amid heightened tensions in the region and elsewhere over US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. A 30-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed during clashes in eastern Gaza, Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health said, with more than 300 people injured across the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, 50 of whom needed hospital treatment. Most of the injuries were minor, the ministry said, adding that they were caused by bullets, rubber bullets, tear gas and asphyxiation. Protesters in the West Bank and Gaza began to disperse in the early evening, the Israeli military said. In Gaza, Israeli aircraft hammered Hamas targets. A 54-year-old Palestinian man died from injuries sustained during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, according to a report from the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, quoting the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Fifteen people were injured, WAFA said. An Israeli army statement said what it called violent riots had broken out in about 30 locations across the West Bank and Gaza. The main disturbances in the West Bank were in Hebron, Al-Arroub, Tulkarm, Ramallah, Qalqilya and Nablus. About 3,000 protesters were involved in the West Bank unrest, with 28 people arrested and about 65 injured, it said. In Gaza, about 4,500 Palestinians were demonstrating at six locations along the border with Israel, the army said, with protesters rolling burning tires and throwing rocks at IDF soldiers. “IDF soldiers are responding with riot dispersal means,” the military said. “During the riots IDF soldiers fired selectively towards dozens of main instigators and hits were confirmed.” In the West Bank town of Bethlehem, a CNN team saw Israeli soldiers fire rubber bullets and tear gas while Palestinian protesters threw rocks, marbles and Molotov cocktails. Tires burned, sending up thick black smoke, in a town which would normally be busy with tourists in the run-up to Christmas. Brief scuffles broke out by the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, where protesters chanted slogans and held Palestinian flags aloft. Extra police units have been mobilized in Jerusalem and the Old City, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld tweeted. No incident occurred inside the al-Aqsa mosque compound during Friday prayers, but security measures continue around the city, he said. Israeli Defense Forces said air force aircraft struck a Hamas training compound and ammunition warehouse in Gaza in response to projectiles fired earlier. The Palestinian Islamist group controls Gaza. The IDF said two projectiles were fired from Gaza at southern Israel. One was intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defense system and no injuries were reported, the IDF said. Troops were searching for the other. “The IDF holds Hamas solely responsible for all hostile acts against Israel emanating from the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said. Violent protests and international condemnation had already followed Trump’s move Wednesday, when he also committed to moving the US Embassy to the holy city. Both Palestinians and Israelis claim Jerusalem as their capital. Some Palestinian factions called for three “days of rage” to protest the decision, culminating Friday. At least 49 people were injured Thursday during protests over Trump’s decision, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. Thirteen Palestinians were arrested overnight into Friday morning in Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, a nongovernmental organization that provides legal aid to Palestinians arrested by Israeli authorities. Trump’s move has roiled Muslims around the world and loomed large during prayers on Friday, Islam’s holy day. The governments of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia were among those to speak out against Trump’s decision. A number of Western allies have also been critical. Big crowds marched through the streets of Amman, Jordan, in a show of opposition to Trump’s move. Jordan is a key US ally in the region. A protest march also set off from Istanbul’s Fatih mosque after Friday prayers. Demonstrators waved Palestinian and Turkish flags, as well as banners proclaiming solidarity with the Palestinians. Dogukan Sevinc, a municipal worker attending the rally, told CNN the protesters were not against anyone but were “defending Muslim rights” in the wake of the US decision. “They don’t respect anyone – they care just about Jews and Christians. The world is not just Jews and Christians,” he said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara on Monday to discuss “the recent developments in Jerusalem and the situation in Syria,” Erdogan’s office said. Police in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, said an estimated 5,000 protesters gathered outside the US Embassy after prayers. They dispersed peacefully by 3 p.m. local time. The Indonesian capital of Jakarta also saw protesters gather near the US Embassy. Demonstrators held a banner that said “Trump is enemy of humanity.” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a statement the country’s citizens should take part in  protests, according to official news agency IRNA. “It is vital that that the Muslim world and all other freedom-seeking nations across the globe thwart this evil plot,” the statement said. At an emergency meeting, US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the UN Security Council that the United States is still committed to a two-state solution. “The United States is not predetermining final status issues. We remain committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement. We support a two-state solution if agreed to by the parties,” Haley said. Speaking in Paris, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem “is not something that will happen this year, probably not next year.” Tillerson said that Trump had ordered the State Department to “start the process of making the move,” but that it would take time. It still needed to acquire a site, make construction plans, ensure necessary authorizations, and then start building the embassy itself. He also said that Trump’s decision did not “indicate any final status for Jerusalem,” adding that the “final status would be left to the parties to negotiate and decide.” A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cast doubt on whether he will receive US Vice President Mike Pence during a planned visit to the region later this month. Speaking to broadcaster Al Jazeera, spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said: “Jerusalem is more important than Mike Pence – we will not abandon Jerusalem just to receive Mike Pence.” Abu Rudeineh stopped short of confirming that Abbas would not receive Pence. Jibril Rajoub, who has been floated as a possible successor to Abbas, told CNN that Pence – who used the phrase an “eternal undivided Jerusalem” in a campaign advertisement last year – is not welcome in the Palestinian territories. Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas, called for a new “intifada,” or uprising. He also described the US-Israeli alliance as “satanic.” The first two intifadas were periods of Palestinian uprisings against Israeli rule. The second began in September 2000 and was particularly violent, with rocket attacks and suicide bombings targeting civilians and military operations by Israeli security forces. Nearly 3,000 Palestinians and 1,000 Israelis died between 2000 and 2005 during the second intifada. RELATED: Palestinians enraged by Trump decision The Trump administration cast the step as a “recognition of reality” that Jerusalem has long been the seat of the Israeli government. For Trump, the embassy move also fulfilled an election campaign promise. But the decision was met with skepticism by some of Trump’s international peers, who are concerned it could be the final nail in the coffin of the two-state solution and could provide recruiting fodder to radicals. The UN partition plan drawn up in 1947 envisioned Jerusalem as an “international city.” During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel took control of the eastern part of Jerusalem from Jordan and later annexed it. Israel still holds the land, which much of the world now considers occupied territory. Palestinians say that any eventual two-state solution should include the return of East Jerusalem, which would serve as the new country’s capital. READ: What is the two-state solution? CNN’s Andrew Carey and Ian Lee reported from Jerusalem and Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN’s Vasco Cotovio, Natalie Gallon, Jomana Karadsheh, Gul Tuysuz, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Schams Elwazer, Hande Atay Alam, Joe Sterling and Hilary McGann also contributed, as did journalists Yosef Riadi and Zan Azlee.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171208084500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/middleeast/jerusalem-trump-friday-prayers-protests-intl/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "755230135", "sentence": "A lot has changed on the Korean peninsula in just matter of months – threats of fire and fury have been replaced with handshakes and optimism – but for the military organization that monitors threats to North America, it might as well be 2017 when it comes to North Korea. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the joint Canada-US organization tasked with warning of incoming threats from the sky, continues to monitor North Korea’s nuclear program with the same intensity it did at the height of North Korea’s missile testing. In fact, NORAD and US Northern Command Center Director Col. Travis Morehen, a Canadian, says the organization still gets three or four intelligence reports on the country’s nuclear program every day. “We’ve been watching the same as we were previously, the same as we watch any other nation that poses a threat to the United States and Canada,” he said. Morehen has been “standing watch” at the helm of the NORAD command center during five North Korean missile tests and says it’s not the political rhetoric that shapes their decision-making, it’s what he calls the “hard intelligence.” “We have a job to do that’s measured in minutes and seconds and for us to try and account for the political rhetoric, it doesn’t fit in. We’re worried about pieces of metal flying through space coming to North America,” he said. CNN was granted rare access to NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs to mark the organization’s 60th anniversary. The complex houses NORAD’s alternate command center, located nearly a mile inside the mountain and buried under 2,400 feet of solid granite. The primary command center is located at nearby Peterson Air Force base, but in the event of a serious real-life nuclear threat, the operation would shift to Cheyenne Mountain, and for good reason. It’s secured by two massive 23-ton blast doors, completely sealing it off from the outside world to survive a nuclear strike, or maintain communications after an electromagnetic pulse attack. Outside of training, those doors have sealed shut only once before: September 11, 2001. The 15 buildings inside are built on 1,300 giant springs built to allow them to bounce in the event of a nuclear strike or earthquake. And inside the command center, there is enough powerful technology to detect a missile launch anywhere on the globe within seconds. Related article Trump announces North Korea summit will be in Singapore “We like to say it’s the most secure facility in the world,” said Steven Rose, the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station deputy director. Originally built during the Cold War to defend against Soviet bombers, it’s now used to detect the latest missile launches abroad, and monitor potential threats to domestic air traffic. It is also equipped to detect marine threats like the movement of military submarines. If a Chinese or Russian sub were headed to North America, it’s NORAD’s job to know. If North Korea launches a missile, the roughly 30 people inside the command post are trained to react within seconds – determining whether the missile could reach North America, and if so, notifying Washington and Ottawa so decisions can be made about a potential response. President Donald Trump is no longer calling Kim “Little Rocket Man,” and Kim is no longer calling Trump “mentally deranged.” Instead, Trump has found a new foe when it comes to nuclear threats: Iran. Since the President announced the United States would pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, the country’s President Hassan Rouhani has yet to fully commit to staying in the deal – meaning the world could soon have a second aspiring nuclear power. But that hasn’t changed the calculus much inside the NORAD command post. Morehen says intelligence coming out of Iran doesn’t always match the nation’s fiery political rhetoric – not to mention that fact that Iran has yet to demonstrate the capability to strike North America. “We try not to look really hard at what is being said in the news. It’s rhetoric. So once again we focus on the hard movement of capabilities, the deployment of missiles, the deployment of submarines and bombers,” he said. CNN’s Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180511221500", "country1": "KOR", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/inside-norad-north-korea/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "414222545", "sentence": "Iraqi forces make some progress as they seek to advance toward Tikrit The city, best known to Westerners as Saddam Hussein's birthplace, was taken by ISIS in June Iraqi forces appeared Wednesday to be making progress on the third day of a major offensive intended to push ISIS fighters out of the city of Tikrit. The Iraqi soldiers are reportedly approaching the city from five directions, as they seek to prevent ISIS militants from either escaping from Tikrit or sending in reinforcements to bolster its defense. The operation is part of a wide-scale offensive to retake Tikrit and Salahuddin province ordered by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday. It has highlighted the role played by neighboring Iran in the fight against ISIS, at a time when the United States and five other world powers are negotiating with Tehran on a controversial deal to curb its nuclear program. The semiofficial Iranian FARS news agency reports that Qassim Sulaimani, the commander of the elite Iranian Al-Quds Brigade, is helping oversee the operation to retake Tikrit. Iran has provided advisers, weapons and ammunition to the Iraqi government. According to the Pentagon, there may be Iranians operating heavy artillery and rocket launchers as well. Despite the reported Iranian assistance, the Iraqi forces face no easy task as they seek to advance on Tikrit. Besides the direct threat posed by ISIS fighters, they must also avoid the large numbers of homemade bombs that litter the approaches to the city. Iraq has not asked the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS to provide air cover for the operation to retake Tikrit. ISIS released a number of propaganda images Wednesday, showing several vehicles and dozens of ISIS militants with their weapons, which it said were part of a military reinforcement of Salahuddin province. CNN cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the photographs. How the U.S. and Iran found common interests Why battle for Tikrit will defeat ISIS Tikrit fell to ISIS in June of 2014, after the group’s capture of Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul. Tikrit is best known to Westerners as the birthplace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. ISIS, the radical Sunni militant group, has been on a murderous campaign to establish a caliphate across swaths of Iraq and Syria. Related video Key battlegrounds in fight against ISIS On Monday, Iraqi forces approached Tikrit from several fronts, Iraqiya TV reported, engaging with ISIS north of the city at al-Alam and south of the city at al-Dour. The element of surprise probably was not a factor, as reports of Iraqi troops amassing near Tikrit were widely shared. What awaits the Iraqi army is most likely a long, hard slog and not a quick rout. Tikrit is a big city, and the army and its associated militias have had problems recapturing much smaller towns from ISIS. There have been several failed attempts to recapture Tikrit since the second half of 2014. While Iraqi forces have gained some territory in the area, it has generally been under ISIS control for the last eight months or so. Prime Minister al-Abadi, who is also commander in chief of the armed forces, said on Twitter that he would “oversee the operation to liberate Tikrit” from ISIS. The joint Iraqi forces fighting to retake Tikrit include Iraqi troops, members of the Shia al-Hashed al-Shaabi militia, members of the Sunni Sons of Salahuddin brigades and other Sunni tribal fighters. The offensive involves around 30,000 fighters in all. Rights group Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged government forces to protect civilians from revenge attacks by pro-government militias as they fight to retake Tikrit. The rights group said it had documented “numerous atrocities against Sunni civilians by pro-government militias and security forces” after they recaptured other towns. Human Rights Watch also warned that ISIS could seek to use civilians as human shields. “All commanders in Tikrit need to make sure that their forces protect civilians and allow them to flee the combat zone,” said Joe Stork, the group’s deputy Middle East and North Africa director. “Past fighting raises grave concerns that Tikrit’s civilians are at serious risk from both ISIS and government forces, and both sides need to protect civilians from more sectarian slaughter.” CNN’s Ben Wedeman reported from Baghdad and Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London. CNN’s Mariano Castillo and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150304144500", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/04/middleeast/iraq-tikrit-battle/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "468961436", "sentence": "The introduction of drones follows a buildup of Russian military equipment and personnel into Syria. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Friday on the escalating Russian posture. Russia has started to fly unmanned aircraft over Syria in what appears to be surveillance operations over the country, two U.S. officials told CNN. The officials were not able to confirm whether the drones were armed, or how many missions have been flown to date. The development was first reported by Reuters. The introduction of drones follows a buildup of Russian military equipment and personnel into Syria. To date, Russia has over 25 fighter and attack aircraft, 15 helicopters, nine tanks, three surface-to-air missile systems and at least 500 personnel on the ground in Syria, a U.S. official told CNN. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday regarding the escalating Russian posture. While there has been no follow-up contact between the two since Friday, defense officials are watching the situation closely. The U.S. opposes Russia’s policy of bolstering Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom the U.S. has stated must leave office for the civil war to be resolved. “We are keenly aware of what is happening there,” Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters Monday. “We continue to believe that anything that’s done in support of the Assad regime, particularly militarily, is counter-productive and risks worsening an already bad situation.” Related video Israel wary of Russian military build up in Syria READ: Russia sends fighter jets to Syria after talks with U.S. Pentagon officials are also concerned about any potential run-in with Russian aircraft in Syrian airspace while the U.S.-led coalition continues its military campaign against ISIS. In addition, the U.S. is supporting rebels in fighting the terror group, also known as Islamic State. While Russia has not flown any combat missions using jets or helicopters in Syria yet, officials said that they are keeping a close eye on all Russian military moves. “This has the Secretary’s attention and it has the attention of our senior leaders, and we’re absolutely concerned about the potential for confliction and the need to de-conflict,” Davis said. For its part, the Russian Foreign Ministry used harsh language against anti-Assad forces after announcing that the Russian Embassy in Damascus had been hit by a mortar shell on Sunday. The Foreign Ministry statement characterized the attack as a terrorist act by Syrian rebels. “We expect a clear position in regard of this terrorist act from all members of the international community, including regional parties,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday. “This requires not only words, but also concrete actions.” The statement continued, “a mortar attack on the Russian Embassy was carried from the district of Dzhobar where the anti-government militants are. They did not identify themselves as ‘Islamic state,’ but have external sponsors, who are responsible for influencing the illegal armed groups.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia's military involvement in Syria", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150921204500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/politics/russia-flies-drones-over-syria/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "567674945", "sentence": "Dozens of Taiwanese have been deported from Kenya to China in recent months They are accused of running Internet and phone scam operations Taiwan has strongly protested the deportation of five of its nationals from Kenya to mainland China, the second such incident in recent months. The move showed “contempt for human rights,” Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said in a statement. According to Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua, the five Taiwanese were part of a group of 40 fraud suspects brought from Kenya to China in police custody on Monday. ALSO READ: Kenya defends forcing 45 Taiwanese onto a plane to China The deportees are accused by Chinese authorities of being involved in dozens of fraud cases worth upwards of $600,000. They were arrested by Kenyan police in November 2014, Xinhua said. They are part of the same group deported from Kenya to mainland China in April, who were also accused of fraud. That group included 45 Taiwanese citizens, sparking a diplomatic incident between Taipei and Beijing. Many of the suspects deported to China had previously been acquitted by a court in Nairobi of running a complex phone and internet scamming operation, but then later charged by Chinese authorities. Chinese officials said the Taiwanese nationals confessed after being flown to China. At the time, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, Lu Kang, said “the one China policy is an important precondition for bilateral relations with China and other countries. We commend Kenya for implementing this policy.” The “one China” policy is the principle that Taiwan and China are part of the same country. The governments of Taiwan and China both claim sovereignty over mainland China and Taiwan – but crucially, neither recognizes the other’s legitimacy. Kenya does not recognize Taiwan – officially the Republic of China (ROC) – nor does it maintain diplomatic relations with the island. Only a handful of states, mainly small island nations and South American countries, recognize the ROC. According to Xinhua, Chinese police “kept their Taiwan counterparts informed of all developments” with regard to the latest deportations.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160809054500", "country1": "TWN", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/09/asia/taiwan-kenya-deportations/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "724539890", "sentence": "The statement comes as the President has called on friends and allies to choose between him and Bannon Trump continued to fume privately about Bannon over the weekend Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Sunday he regretted not responding sooner to comments attributed to him that were critical of Donald Trump Jr. in an explosive new book on the White House. “Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man,” read Bannon’s statement, which CNN obtained Sunday from a source close to Bannon. “He has been relentless in his advocacy for his father and the agenda that has helped turn our country around.” The statement later adds: “I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding Don Jr has diverted attention from the president’s historical accomplishments in the first year of (Trump’s) presidency.” Axios first reported Bannon’s statement. READ: Steve Bannon’s full statement on comments attributed to him in ‘Fire and Fury’ Bannon’s statement comes as the President has called on friends and allies to choose between him and Bannon, a source told CNN. It also comes amid an effort to oust Bannon from his position as executive chairman at the conservative news site Breitbart because of his remarks in the book, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley echoed those sentiments aboard Air Force One on Monday, telling reporters that Bannon’s attacks on Trump’s family members were “repugnant” and “grotesque.” “I don’t believe there’s any way back for Mr. Bannon at this point,” Gidley said when asked to react to Bannon’s statement. In the book, “Fire and Fury,” author Michael Wolff quotes Bannon as saying the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign officials, including Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and a Russian lawyer purportedly offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton was “treasonous.” The book also attributes statements to him denigrating the President. CNN has not independently verified all the assertions in Wolff’s book. Bannon said his comments about the Trump Tower meeting were not aimed at Trump Jr., but rather Manafort, “a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the Russians operate. He should have known they are duplicitous, cunning and not our friends.” Following the publication of Bannon’s quotes in the book, which went on sale Friday, Trump has called friends and allies to make clear they must choose between him and his estranged former adviser, a source familiar with the calls told CNN. Axios previously reported the calls. Trump continued to fume privately about Bannon over the weekend despite Sunday’s statement, a source inside the White House told CNN, adding that Trump viewed Bannon’s semi-apology as “too little and too late.” Trump has also taken to Twitter to attack Bannon, labeling him “Sloppy Steve,” and said in a statement released by White House last Wednesday that Bannon had “lost his mind.” On his Sirius XM radio show later the same day, Bannon praised Trump and called him “a great man” – a comment Trump touted the following morning. “He called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick,” Trump said. The White House has attacked Wolff as well, and an attorney for Trump sent a “cease and desist” letter to him and the book’s publisher. The attorney, Charles Harder, also said he sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bannon warning of potential legal action. After leaving the White House, Bannon returned to his previous position as executive chairman of the right-wing website Breitbart, where he has boosted Trump and select conservatives. But his future there has come into question in the wake of Wolff’s book. There has been a “hard push” to convince Breitbart CEO Larry Solov and Susie Breitbart, the widow of website founder Andrew Breitbart, to fire Bannon, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Billionaire conservative donor Rebekah Mercer, who owns a stake in Breitbart, publicly rebuked Bannon and said they had not spoken “in many months.” Although Bannon’s statement Sunday said his comments in the book were “not aimed at Don Jr.,” a quote attributed to Bannon in the book predicted, “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.” Bannon also said in the statement that he continued to believe special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential coordination between Trump’s associates and Russia to influence the 2016 election is “ridiculous” in nature and “a witch hunt.” In the book, Bannon is quoted as calling the Trump Tower meeting in June of 2016 “treasonous” and saying it should have been reported to the FBI. “The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor – with no lawyers. They didn’t have any lawyers,” Bannon said in the book. “Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad s***, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.” CNN’s Kaitlin Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Elizabeth Landers and Oliver Darcy contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Steve Bannon", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180122211500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/07/politics/donald-trump-steve-bannon/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "688846780", "sentence": "Steve Bannon left the White House because the Trump administration “needed a wingman outside” and now wants to help get allies of President Donald Trump elected to the Senate, he said Tuesday at a global investment conference. Bannon delivered a keynote address in Hong Kong on the subject of “American economic nationalism, the populist revolt and Asia” at an event organized by Hong Kong brokerage firm CLSA. He also discussed the US relationship with China and his belief that a trade war between the two nations can be avoided. RELATED: Who has left the Trump administration? “I left the White house because Trump needed a wingman outside, helping candidates for the Senate,” Bannon said, according to a global investor who attended the talk. Media was barred from attending the event; asked why media access was revoked, a CLSA spokesperson said it was a decision by the firm and declined to comment further. Asked if Bannon received a fee for his speech, the spokesperson had no comment. In his address, Bannon emphasized the populist movement he pushed while serving as White House chief strategist. “This populist message is a global message,” he said in the Grand Ballroom in the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. “This movement could win elections for the next 50 years.” Related article The 48 most revealing lines of Steve Bannon's '60 Minutes' interview A source close to Bannon told CNN on Sunday that he and his allies are preparing primary challenges against Republican senators, including Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, Alabama Sen. Luther Strange, Nevada Sen. Dean Heller and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake. Bannon has held private meetings with possible challengers whom he plans to support in the primaries, Politico has reported. He has begun working with conservative mega-donor Robert Mercer and has installed an ally in an outside group that is expected to target GOP lawmakers and push Trump’s agenda, the article said. Bannon, who rarely speaks publicly or gives interviews, played a crucial role as one of Trump’s top political advisers over the past year, feeding and encouraging Trump’s nationalist and populist instincts. While serving in the White House, he garnered an infamous reputation as a puppet master pulling the strings in the Oval Office, earning the moniker “The Great Manipulator” from Time magazine. During the forum, Bannon reiterated his belief that the Republican establishment is trying to “nullify” Trump’s election, a remark he also made while appearing on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” “The Republican establishment is really trying to nullify Trump’s election,” he repeated. During the CBS interview, Bannon specifically named Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan as obstacles to Trump’s agenda. He also addressed Trump’s recent deal with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to attach hurricane relief money to a shorter-term bump in the debt ceiling as well as keeping the government open. Trump surprised the leaders of his own party in Congress when he made the deal, making it one of the most fascinating and mysterious moves he’s made with Congress during eight months in office. “He’s a transaction guy,” Bannon said, defending Trump’s decision to work with the Democrats. But he later added: “My recommendation would be not to work with the Democrats.” Although Bannon has been critical of China in the past, he was very complimentary about China’s leadership – a stark contrast to what he told The New York Times last week, when he compared China to Germany before the rise of the Nazis. “Trump doesn’t respect anyone more than the President of China,” Bannon said. “There is a lot of affinity between China and the US.” Related article Trump to aides: 'I want tariffs' He added that he believes a trade war with China can be avoided, but called for a bilateral trade agreement with Japan and said the US “must limit China’s access to the tech market.” Bannon’s praise of China is particularly notable as he is one of the foremost opponents of China in Trump’s orbit in regard to economic policy. Right before he left the White House in August, Bannon declared in an interview with The American Prospect that the US is at “economic war with China,” promising aggressive trade actions against Beijing and adding he was “fighting” other top White House aides on the subject “every day.” Bannon was ousted in mid-August amid a reshuffling of power within the White House, just a few weeks after retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly took over as chief of staff with a goal of instilling order in a chaotic operation beset by internal divisions, staff infighting and a string of controversies. Bannon has since returned to his role as executive chairman at the conservative online publication Breitbart News, a job he held before joining Trump’s campaign.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Steve Bannon", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170912124500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "HKG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/politics/steve-bannon-hong-kong-white-house-donald-trump/", "score": "0.5"}}}
{"article_id": "599565296", "sentence": "Iraqi paramilitary forces take airbase outside northern city of Tal Afar ISIS attacked eastern Mosul neighborhood of al Zahraa after losing it nearly a week ago Iraqi paramilitary forces have recaptured a strategic airbase outside the northern city of Tal Afar, a spokesman for the Popular Mobilization Forces said. Ahmed al Assadi acknowledged that militia forces have yet to extinguish some pockets of ISIS resistance inside the airbase, however, saying late Wednesday that mopping-up operations will continue for the next few hours. Iraq’s Joint Operations Command put out a similar statement. The base will serve as a staging area for Iraqi Security Forces in their battle with ISIS west of Mosul, authorities said. Tal Afar is a predominantly Sunni city that used to be divided between Sunni and Shia Turkmens before ISIS captured it in 2014. It is about 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of Mosul. Mosul, Iraq’s second-most populous city, is ISIS’ last major stronghold in Iraq and the terror group is well entrenched there. The campaign to retake the city has raged on for a month, forcing nearly 59,000 people to flee their homes, according to the United Nations. An ISIS attack on a Mosul neighborhood previously declared “liberated” from the militants killed at least two civilians and wounded at least seven more people, including children, Iraqi army officials told CNN on Wednesday. The officials said at least four mortars landed in the eastern Mosul neighborhood of al Zahraa, which was declared under the full control of Iraqi security forces nearly a week ago. Witnesses also told CNN there had been civilian deaths and injuries from the attacks. Video of the aftermath broadcast by local Kurdish TV station Rudaw showed several of the injured, including children with bloody wounds. Up to a dozen children are being maimed every day as fighting pushes into the city, according to Save the Children. “Many children have been through two years of ISIS and were then forced to flee through a war zone, and some told us they have seen people shot and hanged,” said Aram Shakaram, deputy country director for Save the Children in Iraq. “Imagine what effect that would have on a child.” The Iraq Joint Military Operations Command declared six days ago that its security forces had taken full control of al Zahraa as well as two other eastern neighborhoods – al Samah and al Malayeen. Attacks by ISIS in areas previously cleared by Iraqi forces are frequent. These areas often lack water, power and medical services, according to the UN. Iraqi forces have encountered fierce resistance as they battle their way into Mosul. Related article Booby-trapped toys: How ISIS targets Mosul's children While the ISIS presence has started to wane in parts of the northern city, a number of residents told CNN they are disappointed with the pace of Mosul’s liberation. They said people are increasingly fearful because of what they see as slow advances by Iraqi forces. ISIS has fortified its positions and regrouped after the Iraqi forces’ initial push on Mosul, which was faster than current progress, residents said. The Mosul offensive began almost one month ago. Brig. Gen. Halgurd Hikmet, a spokesman for the Peshmerga, or Kurdish forces, told CNN on Wednesday that “for ISIS, Mosul is survival.” Hikmet said he believes ISIS militants won’t leave Mosul but will continue to put up a fight that will only grow fiercer as the battle moves to the city’s west. He pointed to the audio message purportedly from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released just weeks ago, which seems to have emboldened and inspired ISIS fighters. Hikmet also reiterated the difficulty posed for Iraqi-led forces by the potential for civilian casualties among the dense urban population, saying the utmost care was being taken not to bomb civilians. The terror group’s use of civilians as “human shields” is also a challenge because it’s often hard to differentiate between them and ISIS members, Hikmet said. The paramilitary force said Tuesday it has intelligence that al-Baghdadi is somewhere between al Baaj and Tal Afar. The two cities are about 50 miles (80 kilometers) apart and close to the border with Syria. Iraqi Ministry of Defense spokesman Brig. Gen. Tahsin Ibrahim would not confirm nor deny that al-Baghdadi is in the area. Related video This is what an ISIS booby-trapped house looks like Meanwhile, a military official said Tuesday that the US-led coalition against ISIS has pounded targets linked to the extremist group relentlessly since the Iraqi-led offensive began on October 17. In four weeks, coalition forces have hammered ISIS targets with 4,000 bombs, artillery strikes and missiles, coalition spokesman Col. John C. Dorian said. They also have killed hundreds of fighters in the battle to retake Mosul, he said. Nearly 60 vehicles equipped with bombs and more than 80 tunnels have been destroyed, Dorian said at a news conference in Qayyara. The Mosul offensive has exacerbated widespread displacement of residents in northern Iraq and placed heavy demands on humanitarian groups working to provide aid for civilians fleeing the war, Refugees International said in a report Tuesday. Since ISIS began seizing territory across Iraq in 2014, 3.3 million civilians have been displaced. The Mosul battle is spurring more civilian flight, the group says. The International Organization for Migration says more than 56,000 people have been displaced since the start of the offensive. More resources are needed as tens of thousands of families have no place to stay, the leaders of NGOs and UN agencies said a joint statement. “With winter approaching, and temperatures dramatically dropping at night, families, many who fled their homes with virtually nothing, need heaters, blankets and other winter items.” Save the Children reported that children who’ve been able to flee Mosul are showing signs of distress. The organization has set up tents to care for nearly 2,000 children with classes. CNN’s Jennifer Hauser and Joe Sterling contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi paramilitary forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161116120000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/middleeast/iraq-mosul-zahraa/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "628612001", "sentence": "Zarif agrees with Trump that US policy created ISIS Says travel ban, which included Iran, was an insult to whole nation Sending US ground troops to Syria to fight ISIS will fan flames of extremism in the region that will impact the security of the whole world, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Friday. He also said that the agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program – brokered in 2015 by the US, Iran and five other world powers – will stay in place, despite noises to the contrary from members of US President Donald Trump’s administration. Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Zarif said there was an international consensus not to let the agreement – which took two years to negotiate – unravel. “I believe everybody, including experts in the United States, know this was the best deal possible for all concerned, not just Iran but the US too,” he said. “It was a triumph of diplomacy over coercion, because coercion doesn’t work any more.” Related article ISIS' enemies line up to take Raqqa, but when -- and how? Regarding Syria, where Iran is in alliance with Russia in supporting the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the 57-year-old Iranian diplomat said it was the US “occupation” of Iraq that had created ISIS. Zarif claimed that a nationwide ceasefire in Syria – brokered by Russia and Turkey in December – was largely working, and said that sending US soldiers to fight ISIS would add fuel to the fire. “We cannot commit to solutions that are part of the problem,” he said. “I believe that the presence of foreign troops in Arab territory is a recipe for those extremists to rally behind and gain new fighters from disenfranchised youth.” Regarding the global effort to destroy ISIS, Zarif pointed out that Trump himself had accused then-President Barack Obama of creating ISIS, and repeated criticisms of the US policy to arm opposition groups in Syria. Shortly after Trump took office, the White House put Tehran “on notice,” applying sanctions on 25 individuals and companies connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program and those providing support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force. Iran is playing with fire - they don't appreciate how \"kind\" President Obama was to them. Not me! Zarif said that sanctions won’t work with Iran. “Everybody (in) the past who has tested Iran know we don’t respond well to threats. We respond well to mutual respect and mutual interests.” Zarif said the Obama administration tried to use economic sanctions to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, but eventually failed, with Iran increasing their number of nuclear centrifuges tenfold in that period. “The reason Obama came to the negotiating table was because sanctions did not work,” Zarif told CNN. Related article 'We will lose those babies': Iranian doctor sees effects of travel ban Zarif said Trump’s proposed, but currently stalled, travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries including Iran “was an affront to the entire nation.” “You cannot find any Iranian who has committed a single act of terror against Americans, in any of these atrocities that have taken place,” he said. “Iran has always condemned every single terrorist incident in the United States since 9/11.” Zarif said the ban was a departure from previous US policy that took issue with the government but not the Iranian people, and added that Iranians were among the most successful immigrants to the US. “They (the US) don’t understand in a globalized world you cannot contain threats to one locality. Syria is now a training ground for terrorists creating havoc everywhere,” Zarif said. Related article Report suggests Russia, Syria deliberately targeted civilian areas of Aleppo Amanpour asked the Iranian Foreign Minister why Tehran chose to intervene in Syria on behalf of President Assad. “There are 500,000 people dead, there are twelve million refugees, there is torture, there is mass hanging – it is not my impression, those are the facts,” she said. “Mistakes were made in Syria, as in the past mistakes have been made,” he replied. “The same people who armed Daesh [ISIS], armed the terrorist groups, were the same people who armed Saddam Hussein, were the same people who created and armed al Qaeda.” “We should not continue to repeat history and then blame people who were on the right side.” Responding to a question about people fearing Iran – partly because of its support for Hezbollah – Zarif said the Lebanese Shia militia entered Syria on the request of Assad “to prevent these extremist forces (ISIS and other Sunni Islamist groups) from infiltrating into Lebanon, which would be a threat against all of us.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170217163000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/17/middleeast/iran-zarif-amanpour-trump/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "689354435", "sentence": "Hatch's spokesman: \"Sen. Hatch has a great sense of humor\" Hatch previously engaged in a funny Twitter exchange with Sen. Ben Sasse Sen. Orrin Hatch knows how to be blunt. And, yes, that is a marijuana reference. When introducing a Medical Marijuana Research Bill, the Republican lawmaker did not shy away Wednesday from including weed puns in his statement. Eight, to be exact. “It’s high time to address research into medical marijuana,” Hatch said in the statement. “Our country has experimented with a variety of state solutions without properly delving into the weeds on the effectiveness, safety, dosing, administration, and quality of medical marijuana. All the while, the federal government strains to enforce regulations that sometimes do more harm than good. To be blunt, we need to remove the administrative barriers preventing legitimate research into medical marijuana, which is why I’ve decided to roll out the MEDS Act.” “I urge my colleagues to join Senator Schatz and me in our joint effort to help thousands of Americans suffering from a wide-range of diseases and disorders,” he added. “In a Washington at war with itself, I have high hopes that this bipartisan initiative can be a kumbaya moment for both parties.” The weed references include: “high time,” “experimented,” “delving into the weeds,” “strains,” “to be blunt,” “roll out,” “joint effort” and “high hopes.” According to Hatch’s office, the humor was on purpose. “Sen. Hatch has a great sense of humor,” said Matt Whitlock, Hatch’s spokesman. “While this is a serious bill dealing with serious issues, particularly in Utah, he felt that the best way to ensure it received the attention required for a thorough and robust debate was with a bit of good-natured humor, similar to that of his social media platforms.” As few of you were alive during the Civil War, here's a valuable jargon lesson on \"wads\" and the shooting of them. https://t.co/dOYvcfgImO pic.twitter.com/wk9aaNb3s2 This isn’t the first time the Utah conservative has been creative about his word choice. In August, his colorful comment about  how members of his party “shot their wad” on their efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare made headlines. As Hatch’s comment began circulating on social media, the senator shared a “valuable” lesson on Civil War jargon. His office tweeted a link to the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of the expression, explaining that it refers to a “a plug of tow, cloth, etc., a disk of felt or cardboard, to retain the powder and shot in position in charging a gun or cartridge.” Hatch later clarified his remarks with “helpful additional context,” sharing a tweet from Whitlock, who explained that this turn of phrase “was used quite often during the Civil War when Hatch was just a young senator.” Hatch also engaged in a funny Twitter exchange with Sen. Ben Sasse in July. Hatch responded to a dig from Sasse about his age by writing: “The vote-a-rama we had on the Treaty of Paris was quite the hootenanny.” CNN’s Liz Stark contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Sen. Orrin Hatch", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170914000000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/politics/orrin-hatch-medical-marijuana-research-bill/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "592436392", "sentence": "Pat Toomey is a first term Republican senator from Pennsylvania He's locked in a tight battle with Democratic challenger Katie McGinty Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, who is in a tight race for re-election, refused to say during a debate Monday night if he plans to vote for his party’s presidential nominee. The first-term senator has repeatedly dodged when asked whom he would vote for and during the final Senate debate before Election Day, he told the crowd at Temple University that Donald Trump was “deeply flawed” but he would not go as far to disavow the top of ticket. “If he were president, he would probably sign a bill repealing Obamacare, which we badly need,” Toomey said. “He’d probably sign a bill that would restore sanctions on Iran which we badly need. So there is this dilemma.” After being asked three times by the debate’s moderator, Toomey tried moving past the question saying, “I don’t think my constituents care that much how one person is going to vote.” His Democratic challenger, Katie McGinty, pounced on her opponent’s answer. “The senator is in a class of his own on this issue,” she said. “He is the only person running for United States Senate in the entire country who has not leveled with his constituents.” First on CNN: House Dems expand map as super PAC targets ruby red Montana The numbers in Pennsylvania show why Toomey is walking a fine line. Polls consistently show an advantage for Hillary Clinton in the Keystone state but a much tighter race in the battle for the Senate. In the latest Bloomberg Politics/Selzer poll of the state out October 13, McGinty and Toomey were statistically tied at 47% to 45%, respectively, well within the poll’s 3.5 percentage point margin of error. Democrats are counting on picking up Republican Senate seats, such as Toomey’s, to regain control of the congressional chamber. They need four seats to tie the chamber 50-50, and five seats to take a majority.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Pat Toomey", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.1, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161025111500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/25/politics/pat-toomey-senate-debate-katie-mcginty/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "617391781", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @TheDeansreport. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. John Lewis' books sold out after the President-elect criticized him on Twitter Dean Obeidallah says he wants to be Trump's next target On Saturday, President-elect Trump went after civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, a man millions of Americans rightly admire for his courage and principles. Lewis had commented Friday that he didn’t view Trump as a “legitimate” president since in his view “the Russians participated in helping this man [Trump] get elected.” Well, Trump used Twitter to go after Lewis:  “Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart.” In a second tweet Trump added,  “All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!” It appears that to Trump, Lewis risking his life in leading a civil rights march in 1965 across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and being instrumental in leading the way for the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts is just talk and not action. In any event, the reaction to Trump’s slam was swift, but probably not what Trump had expected. Related article Trump, stop whining about SNL and focus on presidency There was an awe-inspiring outpouring of support for Lewis online.  Add to that Lewis’ book, “March,” a graphic novel trilogy about the Civil Rights movement, jumped to No. 1 on Amazon.   Lewis’ memoir, “Walking with the Wind,” skyrocketed to No. 2. The lesson: A Trump attack on Twitter translates into a spike in popularity and even profits. This is far from the only time Trump’s Twitter attacks have yielded a windfall of benefits for the targets. In December, Trump went after Vanity Fair magazine hard, tweeting that the publication was, “Way down, big trouble, dead!” and he called its editor, Graydon Carter, “No talent” and demanded he be fired. What had Vanity Fair done to earn Trump’s wrath?  Had they made racist or bigoted remarks? Had they possibly colluded with some foreign actor to influence our election? Nope, they had simply published a bad review of Trump’s restaurant, “Trump Grill.” But Trump’s hope of crushing Vanity Fair with his tweets saw the opposite result. The article panning Trump’s restaurant received 1 million plus views and Vanity Fair gained more than 10,000 new Twitter followers. Vanity Fair reported that in response to Trump’s attack, the magazine had seen the highest number of new subscriptions sold in a single day among the family of Conde Nast publications. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook And, naturally, Trump has unleashed a barrage of tweets directed at “Saturday Night Live” for its comedic jibes and especially in response to Alec Baldwin’s hilarious depiction of Trump.  In fact, Trump even took to Twitter in October calling for this legendary comedy show to be canceled after they skewered Trump: “Watched ‘Saturday Night Live’ hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!” So have Trump’s tweets hurt “SNL”? Apparently not. As of November 21, 2016, “SNL” was up 26% in ratings from the year before.  In fact this “SNL” season got off to a roaring start with the highest ratings for early episodes of the show in 24 years! Related video Rand Paul: John Lewis is a 'partisan Democrat' You get my point. So President-elect Trump, here’s my humble plea to you: Mock me on Twitter. That’s right, call me a “low energy loser,” “overrated,” and/or “third rate.”  You can even give me a nickname like “Despicable Dean.” In fact, I’ll make it as easy as possible for you: Here’s a sample tweet you can simply copy and paste and instantly share with your nearly 20 million Twitter followers: Just read Despicable Dean @Deanofcomedy new @CNNOpinion article. Total loser. Unfunny Clown. And do NOT listen to his @SIRIUSXM radio show! I think I’ve earned a tweet or two from Trump. After all, I’ve written countless articles for CNN and The Daily Beast over the last year and a half calling out Trump’s racism, bigotry and sexism. My radio show is like a nonstop anti-Trump tirade.  And I’ve debated just about every Trump surrogate on cable news and even screamed at one or two on live TV. So Mr. Trump, if you are reading this: Bring it on. I – as well as my agent and accountant – anxiously await your Twitter attacks on me.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170115221500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/15/opinions/trump-attack-me-on-twitter-please-obeidallah/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "701892336", "sentence": "“I was on the way to winning until a combination of Jim Comey’s letter, on October 28th, and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. And the evidence for that intervening event is, I think, compelling, persuasive, and so we overcame a lot in the campaign, we overcame an enormous barrage of negativity, of false equivalency and so much else, but as Nate Silver, who doesn’t work for me, he’s an independent analyst, but one considered to be very reliable, has concluded: If the election had been on October 27th, I’d be your president.” On May 2, 2017, Hillary Clinton sat down for a conversation with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at a Women for Women International event in New York. Nearly six months out from Election Day, Clinton said she took “absolute personal responsibility” for its outcome – but her remarks strayed from there. In a now famous riff, Clinton paraphrased a tweet from FiveThirtyEight.com’s Nate Silver, who said former FBI Director Jim Comey’s letter to Congress, delivered 11 days before the vote, shaved off a fateful sliver of her support, enough to ultimately deliver the presidency to Donald Trump. In a brisk note, Comey told lawmakers that the FBI had “learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation” of Clinton’s personal server – the same probe Comey had said over the summer was effectively over. The bureau, he added now, “cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work.” Meting out blame (or claiming credit) for Clinton’s loss has become a full-time concern for countless interested parties across the political spectrum. Few if any, Clinton included, would suggest any single factor tipped the race – one she seemed sure to win for long stretches of the summer – in Trump’s favor. Clinton too has cited an assortment of damaging variables, from the foul headwinds of white grievance to bad journalism. Her book, “What Happened,” points fingers just about everywhere, including at herself. But even in such a weird and unpredictable campaign, Friday, October 28 – just three weeks after the “Access Hollywood” tape dropped – was uniquely gonzo. By the time it was over, with Clinton back in New York ahead of a Saturday trip to stump in Florida, the tone was changed, and the contest was back in doubt. What follows is a look back at that fateful Friday, as it unfolded on social media. 10:57 p.m. ET, October 27: Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama embrace in North Carolina. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/pWF9Evqr4j 7:20 a.m. ET, October 28: The campaign is an afterthought in the NYC tabloids. Today's cover: Oregon militia leaders acquitted in wildlife refuge standoff https://t.co/WyXhCqpDdN pic.twitter.com/Sjnf7P01ui Today's front page: SANDY RIPOFF https://t.co/hfaTDJSTHb News finds NYCHA consultants ran up costs on hotels, flight, limos — even laundry pic.twitter.com/iXgrQhX6gp 8:13 a.m. ET: A new poll shows Clinton slipping … Clinton lead shrinks, even as nearly 6 in 10 expect her to win, Post-ABC tracking poll findshttps://t.co/fphjhtP9fE 8:15 a.m. ET: …but she’s still favored, as multiple outlets speculate about the Clinton Cabinet. \"They are spending a lot of time figuring out the best way to try to persuade him to do it if she wins\" https://t.co/387Su8UptM Joe Biden is on Hillary Clinton's Secretary of State list, sources say https://t.co/Xvrf50aR16 pic.twitter.com/6hOh0DlimJ 9:02 a.m. ET: Former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh chats about his post-election plans. Former Rep. Joe Walsh explains his \"If Trump loses, I'm grabbing my musket\" comment https://t.co/nKMxsL4Lxt https://t.co/lgJho3OWDm The tweet in question here: On November 8th, I'm voting for Trump.On November 9th, if Trump loses, I'm grabbing my musket.You in? 10:03 a.m. ET: Another allegation against Trump. Former Miss Finland says Donald Trump groped her https://t.co/9TsfwQrUKK pic.twitter.com/XkjFzXc262 10:39 a.m. ET: The Clinton press corps gathers. Flying with Hillary Clinton to Iowa today: @RobbyMook, her campaign manager. 10:53 a.m. ET: The Clinton campaign posts video of the Obamas and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders campaigning for her. “I need you to knock on doors.I need you to make phone calls.You gotta talk to your friends, including your Republican friends.” —@POTUS pic.twitter.com/3bTUjMkSRZ 11:06 a.m. ET: Fox News questions whether the FBI was thorough enough with Clinton. #AngelinaJolie's FBI interview was longer than #HillaryClinton's https://t.co/WcbZ2KNYZH 12:35 & 12:41 p.m. ET: The Clinton campaign talks up trip to Arizona. Hillary Clinton will campaign in Arizona on Wednesday, per @jmpalmieri, her first trip to the battleground state since the primary. Arizona ain't an indulgence. It's a true battleground. Perhaps even more favorable-looking right now than some other places we've been on TV 12:57 p.m. ET: Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz tweets about what he’s just been “informed.” FBI Dir just informed me, \"The FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.\" Case reopened 1:00 p.m. ET: Kellyanne Conway touts coverage of new WikiLeaks disclosures. Huge. https://t.co/WEvmpLumIU 1:04 p.m.: Trump heads north. Heading to New Hampshire. Will be talking about the disaster known as ObamaCare! 1:04 p.m.: The Comey letter lands (while Clinton flies). FBI Director Comey, in letter to members of Congress, says FBI is investigating additional emails in Clinton private server case pic.twitter.com/Ue0qlhqT5w 1:07 p.m. ET: Breitbart celebrates the Chaffetz tweet. https://t.co/CW4KlXJUPe pic.twitter.com/WDMD49EV2Q 1:11 p.m. ET: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer throws to justice correspondent Evan Perez with the breaking news FBI director says investigators will review Clinton emails to determine whether they contain classified information https://t.co/yXO6L5b1BM pic.twitter.com/2QKTFIMZKO The scene inside Clinton’s campaign plane As he was just about every day for more than a year, CNN’s Dan Merica was traveling with Clinton October 28. Here he recalls how the Clinton press corps – and the campaign itself – got the news: “I remember getting to the airport and there being a buzz in the air among her campaign staffers. They had read a series of strong swing state polls and there was talk of expanding the battleground map. A lot, they felt, was going their way as Election Day closed in. But most notable to me was how Clinton looked like she was finally having fun on the campaign trail – a rarity. She was dancing on TV, celebrating her birthday with tequila and engaging more. All of that was blunted, though, when reporters seated in the back of Clinton’s campaign plane got wind that the FBI was reviewing new emails related to Clinton’s personal server. The wifi on the campaign plane was awful. It made commercial air travel wifi feel like Google Fiber. But as the plane cruised at 30,000 feet to Iowa, the Los Angeles Times’ Chris Megerian somehow – miraculously – got his wifi to work and read the Comey letter. Megerian and other members of the press were the first to inform Nick Merrill, Clinton’s traveling press secretary, about the reopened investigation. Clinton and her top campaign aides had no advance warning that the FBI would be issuing its letter to Congress. Shocked, Merrill made his way to the front of the plane, where Clinton’s top campaign staffers – including top aide Huma Abedin – consumed the news and decided what to do. Later in the day, those same aides learned the emails being examined were part of an investigation into former Rep. Anthony Weiner, Abedin’s estranged husband. The most remarkable moment of the day, though, was a last-minute press conference Clinton’s staff planned at Theodore Roosevelt High School. As the traveling press made their way to the bus, a staffer told everyone to head another way. That was how the press conference – which ended up being in a choir room – was announced. Hillary Clinton on new FBI email review: \"We have not been contacted by anyone\" https://t.co/ACuHYAubba https://t.co/j8OJdDonhr ‘We don’t know what to believe. And I’m sure there will be even more rumors,’ Clinton said. ‘That’s why it is incumbent upon the FBI to tell us what they’re talking about.’ After an upbeat morning and talk of expanding the map, the Clinton campaign’s mood was dramatically different. It was almost like they knew that was going to be the day that did them in.” Related article The bizarre day that blunted Clinton's good mood 1:27 p.m. ET: Conway celebrates the news. A great day in our campaign just got even better.  FBI reviewing new emails in Clinton probe @CNNPolitics https://t.co/WBltG2lAK6 1:28 p.m. ET: House Speaker Paul Ryan piles on. BREAKING NEWS → The FBI is reopening its investigation into Secretary Hillary Clinton.My full statement ⇩ pic.twitter.com/LHfyg46dWk From around 1:40 p.m. ET: Clinton lands in Iowa; reporters wait. Reporters waiting for Hillary Clinton to step off her plane in Iowa shortly after FBI news broke. No comment from her team yet. pic.twitter.com/qPxSYPzB0F Reporters wait for Clinton to deplane in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We landed over 20 minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/XzjzSdXIrt Clinton waves but does not respond to reporters' questions as she deplanes in Cedar Rapids: pic.twitter.com/cERWZ6RZqA 1:52 p.m. ET: Trump weighs in from the trail. Trump: The FBI just sent a letter to Congress informing them they have discovered new emails pertaining to Hillary Clinton's investigation. pic.twitter.com/l4SDvhK3xl Good to know your audience: .@realDonaldTrump: \"With that being said, the rest of my speech is going to be so boring!\" pic.twitter.com/SMBVLHOP69 2:14 p.m. ET: A break – and a question – about the “new” FBI emails. Pete Williams sources say in course of a separate investigation, FBI came across \"a device.\" found emails there. but emails NOT from HRC 2:15 p.m. ET: But would you have blamed him? 2:28 p.m. ET: Twitter starts sniffing around. 2:31 p.m. ET: Despite the news, this number wouldn’t change much. Clinton’s chance of losing is about the same as the probability that an NFL kicker misses a 31-yard field goal https://t.co/QUVUfF5CVy pic.twitter.com/IyQ4wCc0Qr 2:49 p.m. ET: Mike Pence wants more info from the FBI. We call on the FBI to immediately release all emails pertinent to their investigation. Americans have the right to know before Election Day. 2:50 p.m. ET: State of play. Democrats everywhere frozen by the FBI news — GOP blasting away, but Dems don’t know what they don’t know. Around 3:00: p.m. ET: Trump applauds the FBI’s “courage” at New Hampshire rally; Clinton mum on FBI. We must not let #CrookedHillary take her CRIMINAL SCHEME into the Oval Office. #DrainTheSwamp pic.twitter.com/GtPkj4xIz6 Clinton in Cedar Rapids takes aim at Trump: \"this is a man who relishes making women feel terrible about themselves\" pic.twitter.com/nP1BCNfunD 3:20 p.m. ET: Anthony. Weiner. 3:44 p.m. ET: Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta responds. Statement from @johnpodesta in response to Comey letter to GOP chairmen pic.twitter.com/egyUMl68ZC 4:05 p.m. ET: The Weiner angle develops. \"Weiner confirmed!\" -- POLITICO editor just now 4:29 p.m. ET: At least a couple of Trump supporters are… suspicious. I don't trust this FBI thing.  It feels like an attempt to distract from something larger and then at the last moment declare it nothing. Limbaugh: FBI Rekindled Email Investigation Just to Distract Attention From Wikileaks https://t.co/TaMacPoLO0 (AUDIO) pic.twitter.com/K3rzSSvDAj 4:45 p.m. ET: The long debate begins. good one. If you want to pretend this is typical in the final days of a campaign, cool. 5:00 p.m. ET: Programming note – Clinton does an ad buy in … Wisconsin. News: Hillary Clinton is buying television time in Wisconsin, per source.Her very first ads of the general election in the state. Around 5:00 p.m. ET: Clinton arrives in Des Moines; Trump is talking in Maine. Hello, old friend. Wheels down Des Moines. pic.twitter.com/7IKa1hVmCi For second time today, Hillary Clinton ignores shouted questions on FBI news, offering a smile and wave on Des Moines tarmac instead pic.twitter.com/K0D7ybmrqP Not sure why Trump's entire speech isn't just about the FBI investigation, laying out past contradictions as he did after first decision. While talking TPP, Trump interjects that \"they're looking at her properly now\" in re: Hillary Clinton/FBI Trump spent less than 2 minutes addressing the FBI's decision to probe new emails tied to Clinton private email server at 2nd rally today 5:34 p.m. ET: The Clinton campaign bites back. Brian Fallon: “Director Comey is just unleashing a wildfire of innuendo” https://t.co/vFvCdTl9pU https://t.co/AHii2Ry2a1 6:22 p.m. ET: Right wing media perks up. Any Republ who is not working to stop the Clinton Criminal Enterprise by supporting @realDonaldTrump, pls reconsider for good of USA. She was taking glamour shots with Annie Leibovitz 😂😂😂She thought this was in the bag 😂😂😂 https://t.co/mq7a4SQLxD Around 7:00 p.m. ET: Clinton talks to reporters in Des Moines. .@HillaryClinton laying in to FBI: \"it's imperative the bureau explain this issue without any delay\" \"Even Director Comey said this information may not be significant so let's get it out\" -@HillaryClinton .@HillaryClinton calls on #FBI to provide more information about the email probe it has opened without delay pic.twitter.com/mfN18HdbBE Clinton: \"I think people a long time ago made up their minds about the emails. I think that’s factored into what people think.\" Clinton was asked if she’s spoken to Huma Abedin. She did not answer that specific question. Clinton was asked if she’s spoken to Huma Abedin. She did not answer that specific question. 7:05 p.m. ET: Clinton on what’s to come. Clinton says she is \"confident\" the initial conclusion of the email investigation will remain unchanged https://t.co/LcckUzzHEr Clinton was correct. On Sunday, November 6, Comey would – once again – tell lawmakers that it wouldn’t recommend charges against Clinton. 7:44 p.m. ET: Crowds await Trump in Cedar Rapids. And here's your pre-event pano from @realDonaldTrump's rally in Cedar Rapids. Big crowd and more still coming. Word is Trump will be delayed pic.twitter.com/10QtbO3WAU Waiting for @realDonaldTrump as crowd screams \"lock her up\" -- behind the stage in Cedar Rapids happens to be a prison. #Election2016", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "FBI Director Jim Comey", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171028133000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/28/politics/james-comey-clinton-letter-one-year/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "638554290", "sentence": "Trump, Abadi met at White House Monday Leaders reaffirm commitment to SFA, shared goal of ISIS defeat US President Donald Trump has met his Iraqi counterpart in Washington, D.C., praising the “unprecedented cooperation” between the two countries in ridding Iraq of ISIS and reaffirming the US’ commitment to bolstering the country’s security. Trump met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the White House Monday, with both leaders praising the partnership that has seen significant gains in retaking territory, including progress in liberating Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, which has been under militant control for three years. Related video Can ISIS ever be eradicated? “The two leaders agreed that the United States and Iraq will pursue a long-term partnership to decisively root out terrorism from Iraq and strengthen the Iraqi military and other key institutions,” a White House readout from the talks said. The two leaders agreed to promote a “broad-based political and economic partnership based in the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),” the bilateral agreement which has been the cornerstone of US support of Iraq since 2008. Opinion: Will Iraq survive victory over ISIS in Mosul? Prior to the trip, Abadi said Iraqi forces were close to ridding the country of ISIS and that he would talk to the US administration about the final steps needed. Related video ISIS destroyed antiquities ... or did it? “We are in the last chapter, the final stages to eliminate ISIS militarily in Iraq,” he said in a video statement. Abadi said he hoped the US and other allies would continue to offer economic assistance to Iraq, which he said faced a financial crisis as a result of the war against the militant group. Trump last week proposed a $54 billion increase in defense spending. If approved by Congress, more than $3 billion of the additional money would be allocated to the fight against ISIS, including $2 billion for a flexible fund that would allow the Pentagon to decide how to utilize resources in support of the new counter-ISIS strategy. Speaking at a United States Institute for Peace (USIP) event Monday, Abadi said that he felt that the Trump administration wants to be “more engaged in fighting terrorism.” However, he admitted that he wasn’t up to date on Trump’s plan to combat the ISIS threat. “I haven’t seen a full plan. I know there is a plan, I haven’t seen it. We have our own plan. But we need to have a plan together, the region must have a plan to wipe out terrorism” he said. ‘Hundreds’ of Yazidi women killing themselves in ISIS captivity It is not clear from the official readout if the two leaders discussed Trump’s controversial travel ban, which seeks to ban travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from visiting the US. The Iraqi government objected after its citizens were included on the first iteration of the executive order, which was struck down by an appeal court. Iraq was removed from the revised version of the order following intensive lobbying from Baghdad at the highest levels, a senior US official told CNN. The pressure from the Iraqi officials included a phone call between Trump and Abadi on February 10 and an in-person conversation between Abadi and Vice President Mike Pence in Munich on February 18. In the two leaders’ meeting, Trump criticized his predecessor’s policies in the region. He queried “why President Obama signed that agreement with Iran, because nobody’s been able to figure that one out,” referencing the Iran nuclear deal. Related video Iraqis wage intense urban combat against ISIS He praised the Iraqi military’s advances in Mosul but added further criticism of both the Bush invasion of Iraq and Obama’s troop drawdown. “Perhaps we shouldn’t have gone in (to Iraq) and… certainly we should never, ever have left and the vacuum was created and we discussed what happened,” he said. “We will figure something out. Our main thrust is we have get rid of ISIS, it’s happening – it’s happening right now.” In war-torn western Mosul, a determined few remain CNN’s Merieme Arif and Yousuf Basil, and journalist Susannah Cullinane, contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States and Iraq partnership", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170320054500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/politics/iraq-abadi-trump-visit/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "742179956", "sentence": "Lesotho is a mountainous nation of 2 million landlocked by South Africa Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says an attempted coup has taken place He tells a South African broadcaster that he fled because the military was looking for him An attempted military coup took place in the remote and mountainous nation of Lesotho on Saturday, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane said in an interview aired by South African broadcaster eNCA. “In my political life, it was not the first time that I saw this kind of activity by the Lesotho army,” Thabane said. A lot of effort has been made to reform the military and to “make it a normal army that is subject to the civilian authority,” he said. Sometimes referred to as the “Kingdom of the Sky,” Lesotho is completely landlocked by South Africa and is the only country in the world where all of the land lies above 1,000 meters. It  has a population of nearly 2 million and covers an area slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Maryland, according to the World Factbook. The Lesotho government is seeking the assistance of the South African government and other neighboring states, Thabane said. The Prime Minister said that since the Lesotho military was looking for him, he decided “to get out of the way,” and fled to an unknown location. He told the broadcaster he would not resign. “We can’t have coups d’etat in 2014. If there are political problems people must sit (down) and talk,” said Clayson Monyela, a spokesman for the South African Foreign Ministry. Monyela said that the Lesotho military’s actions “bear the hallmarks of a coup d’état.” Kamalesh Sharma, secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations, condemned the reported coup attempt and urged the military in Lesotho to respect civilian authority, constitutional order and the rule of law. “There is zero tolerance in the Commonwealth of any unconstitutional overthrow of an elected government,” he said in a statement. “Democracy and the rule of law are central tenets of our association … and any action to subvert constitutional civilian rule is unacceptable.” Lesotho has been independent of the United Kingdom since 1966, but continues on as a member of the 53-nation Commonwealth. Thabane became Prime Minister in 2012, when he formed the kingdom’s first coalition government, according to the CIA World Factbook. Elections are next due in 2017. Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said the United States “is deeply concerned by clashes between security forces today in Lesotho.” Psaki called upon all parties to “remain committed to a peaceful political dialogue and to follow democratic processes” in order to resolve the conflict. Lesotho is known for its “herd boys,” children as young as 5 who tend flocks of cattle in remote locations and often miss out on education. Prince Harry established a charity, Sentebale, to help the country meet educational challenges. CNN’s Nana Karikari-apau and Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lesotho military", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180327000000", "country1": "LSO", "country2": "ZAF", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/30/world/africa/lesotho-coup/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "748942994", "sentence": "For Samantha Sally, a vacation was all it took to flip her quiet middle-American world of muscle cars, cotton candy and an Indiana packing company, into the horror of the ritual beatings, serial rape, torture and propaganda videos of ISIS’s so-called Caliphate. A holiday is what her husband, Moussa Elhassani, promised her when she went to Hong Kong in 2014, she says. The couple was planning to move to Morocco to start a new, cheaper life, she says, and needed to go through Hong Kong to transfer money. Days later, Sally says, she stood on the Turkish border with Syria, on the edge of ISIS territory, her husband holding her daughter, Sarah, while she held her son, Matthew, then 7, confronted with an impossible choice: Abandon her daughter to ISIS and save her son, or follow her husband into ISIS’s so-called Caliphate. Following him was the only way to protect her daughter, she says. “To stay there with my son or watch my daughter leave with my husband – I had to make a decision,” Sally, 32, tells CNN in northern Syria. “Maybe I would never have seen my daughter again ever, and how can I live the rest of my life like that.” Sally spoke to CNN in Syrian-Kurdish custody, in limbo, arrested after ISIS’s collapse in Raqqa and unsure if she will ever see the United States again. The story of how Sally got there is a remarkable web of mystery, compassion, and animal savagery befitting ISIS’s legacy of almost surreal terror. And in it, Sally flits between the role of naive, manipulated housewife, and the savvy pragmatist able to survive the savage, male-dominated world of ISIS. As she sits in a Syrian-Kurdish jail, waiting the US government to determine – or not determine – what to do with her, it is navigating that delicate balance between unknowing victim and deft manipulator that will decide her fate. Sally’s journey to the former Caliphate begins in Elkhart, Indiana, where she and Elhassani worked at a delivery company. They lived with Matthew, her son from her first marriage to a US soldier, and their daughter Sarah. Elhassani took delight in souped-up cars, family videos show, and, according to Sally, used drugs and cheated on her – showing few signs of devout faith. Their marriage was rocky at times, but Elhassani came up with a plan to move to his native Morocco for a year, where she could get cheap surgery on her knee and they might find a new start. She says she went ahead to look, and was impressed enough to later fly to Hong Kong and help transfer some of their money. From Hong Kong, the couple together went to Turkey, on what Sally says was a romantic holiday, during which Elhassani lavished her with gifts. At the time, the indirect trip to Asia before diverting to the Syrian border in Turkey, and the proxy transfer of funds to Hong Kong, were textbook methods of evading law enforcement for those seeking to join ISIS. But Sally insists she thought nothing was amiss before she reached the Turkish border town of Sanliurfa. It was there that Elhassani refused to let her leave the hotel room, saying the city was “too dangerous.” “Once we got to Sanliurfa everything changed,” she says. “I was like a prisoner in the room.” Pushed as to how a woman adequately assertive to divorce her first husband in her 20s was now so submissive in a bustling Turkish city, she said: “This was years in the making. He separated me from my family. I could not see that he was the one that was wrong. It was always ‘no, my husband is right.’” Days later, they found themselves on the border, Sally faced with the agonizing choice. She insists the crossing was forced and then felt she could have come back again to Turkey later. “People can think whatever they want but they have not been put in a place to make a decision like that,” she says. Inside the so-called Caliphate, her relationship with Elhassani changed. “Before he would spoil me. ‘I love you.’ We were very much in love. The romance never left. As soon as we came here it changed. I was a dog. I didn’t have any choice. He was extremely violent. And there was nothing I could do about it. Nothing.” Sally says she feared divorcing him as that would leave her and her children yet more vulnerable in ISIS’s society. She said at one point she was jailed by ISIS for three months while pregnant for trying to escape and for alleged espionage for the US. She says she was held in solitary confinement and tortured, even sexually abused, in that jail. Sally says she was later released and went back to the small home she had made for her family on the outskirts of Raqqa, where Elhassani would periodically return from the frontline and – in between fits of violence – fathered two children by her. The loneliness of her domestic existence made Elhassani propose an addition to their home, which was, by the warped standards of the Caliphate, commonplace. In 2014, the terror group had captured hundreds of Yazidis when it took Mount Sinjar in Iraq, and many of the younger women were being sold as slaves, some purely for the purposes of sexual abuse. Elhassani suggested some Yazidi slaves would help keep Sally company while he was away, and he took her to the slave market. There she saw Soad. “When I met Soad, I couldn’t think about money, I needed to help her,” she said. The teenage girl cost her $10,000 – half the money she says she smuggled with her from their United States savings. She brought Soad home, and soon, her husband Elhassani began raping her. But that was not enough. Elhassani soon decided to “buy” his own slave, using another $7,500 from their savings to purchase Bedrine, who was younger than Soad. She was also raped by Elhassani. The family also bought a young boy, Aham, for $1,500 later still. Sally is defensive about the decision to buy the girls, saying she offered them a protection and care that other homes could not have. “I was trying to hold on to that money as at some point I knew that he (Elhassani) was going to die and I was going to need that money. That wasn’t the plan.” Asked if she feels she enabled the girls’ serial rape, she said: “In every house that she was in before that was the same situation, but she did not have the support of someone like me. We constantly talked about going to see her mother. I was going to get her out and she was going to go back home.” Sally continued: “And no, no one will ever know what it is like to watch their husband rape a 14-year-old girl. Ever. And then she comes to you – me – after crying and I hold her and tell her it’s going to be OK. Everything is going to be fine, just be patient.” “I would never apologize for bringing those girls to my house. They had me and I had them. And we knew that if we were just patient we would stick together. You understand? In any other situation they would be locked in a bedroom and fed tea every day. And the situation I was in with them, we cooked together, we cleaned together. Drank coffee together. Slept in the same room together. I was like their mother.” Sally does not outwardly appear a devout ISIS wife. She has a large blue tattoo of pursed lips on the right side of her neck and a nose ring. She smokes, and appears defiantly dismissive of the suggestion she must have known more about her husband’s plans to join the Caliphate than she admits. Indeed, she has been interviewed by the FBI, and admitting to voluntarily joining ISIS would legally complicate her situation, if not result in charges. CNN has spoken to several friends from her hometown, who say there were no open signs of her radicalization, and depict a loyal, single divorcee who found in Elhassani a generous provider-turned-controlling abuser. “She was an amazing, wonderful, generous person, a really good friend and an excellent mom to Matt and Sarah,” says friend Andria Lightner. “I believe with all my heart she would never be willing to take her kids” to join ISIS. A close friend in Indiana, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Sally became less available before she left and curiously did not confide in her friends that she intended to move to Morocco. She quit her job, and declared she was going on vacation to Hong Kong, but the friend describes what would be their final farewell as ordinary: “It was ‘I can’t wait for you to be home and see you soon,’” the friend says. “She was being everyday normal Sam.” CNN also tracked down Soad, the older of the three Yazidi children Sally and Elhassani bought. Now 17, she is in a refugee camp in Iraq, reunited with her family, and has nothing but gratitude for the American housewife who purchased her into a life of repeated rape. She sent a video message to Sally in which she said: “I really want to see you, even if it is one last time. I miss you so much and I miss your children. Anything I can do to help you get out, I will do. I love you so much.” In other ways too, Sally’s own children became victims. Her son Matthew, a US citizen through and through, was a prized cast member for ISIS as they increasingly sought to involve children in their macabre and sickening propaganda videos. Matthew was eventually visited by another ISIS fighter, who knew the ISIS propaganda wing, and approached Sally and Matthew with a script, part Arabic, part English, for Matthew’s appearance. “After I saw the script was when the beating happened,” Sally said, referring to her husband. “I was like, ‘This is absolutely not acceptable’. All I could do was talk. He became very violent and scared my son into becoming complicit. I ended up with two broken ribs on that video. I fought. I fought. It was three days after my operation with her,” she says, indicating to her youngest daughter. “I did not give birth naturally, it was Cesarean. I couldn’t even fight back. There was nothing I could do.” Matthew, sitting next to his mother throughout her interview, chimes in: “It was a very bad beating.” Sally added: “They learned the script but it was grueling. His days were long and he came home crying every day about how tired he was.” The video is one of ISIS’s more notorious, in which Matthew is made to walk through a damaged mosque and streets, vow revenge on US President Donald Trump and pledge attacks on the West. His mouth intermittently full of candy given to him by his Syrian-Kurdish captors, Matthew says: “It was extremely stressful and it was hard. I would have to say one word and then they would make me say another in Arabic. I never even knew Arabic before. I did not want to do it. He would hit me, he would stress me. About all those things.” Asked where he wants to go now, he said: “Back to my state. Back to America.” The family’s escape from Raqqa came tantalizingly closer when a drone strike killed Elhassani in the middle of last year. “I was able to breathe,” recalled Sally. “I was like – OK – we can start phase two. At least now we can all breathe.” The US coalition in Syria slowly tightened its noose around Raqqa, but Sally said she saw no avenue to escape with the thousands of civilians who had been fleeing the city during the assault. “All that I knew was that if somebody tried to leave, the snipers – which was my husband’s job – had permission to kill. So I am thinking if I try to walk out, I take the risk of IEDS (mines) if I go off road, and I run the risk that I will be sniped.” They remained in Raqqa until the very final days, released, Sally says, as part of the final hundreds of ISIS fighters – many foreign hardliners – whose departure from the city was negotiated with the US-backed Syrian-Kurdish fighters besieging ISIS. She left in that convoy east, and then found her way north, where she was eventually detained. Sally’s time in the so-called Caliphate spanned from its most brutal beginnings in 2015 until its very final moments, the totality of which, in some way, complicates her defense that she was an innocent bystander. Sally said: “I really don’t care what people think and what people say. Once I left, I was extremely relieved and I was not able to breathe in three years until now. All I saw was a bunch of drug-using thugs who had no place. They created their own state here and called it in the name of God.” Yet it is the believability of her story – that of the pliable and then abused housewife, turned savior of three child slaves – upon which her and her children’s fate surely hinges, as US authorities decide their next steps. “I will do anything to get my kids back where they belong,” Sally says. “If I have to spend 15 years in prison, it’s better than anything here.” They dream of returning home, yet the FBI agents who visit them in custody to talk, have yet to bring charges or plane tickets home. “Me and my kids we talk about wanting to eat McDonald’s,” she said. “We want to live a normal life again.” Correction: This story has been updated to correct the year Samantha Sally arrived in the so-called Caliphate. 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{"article_id": "706334115", "sentence": "Two Navy SEALs being investigated over the death of an Army Green Beret in Mali in June are accused of killing him after he discovered they had been stealing, according to a report in the Daily Beast. CNN has not independently verified the information in Saturday’s article, which the Daily Beast attributes to “five members of the special-operations community who were not cleared to speak publicly.” Related article Navy investigating if Green Beret died at hands of SEAL Team 6 members Naval Criminal Investigative Service spokesman Ed Buice confirmed to CNN last month that the NCIS was investigating whether two members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six killed Army Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar. The New York Times was the first to report that the SEALs were under investigation for Melgar’s death at a US government compound near the American embassy in Bamako, the capital. Melgar was a Special Forces Engineer Sergeant, according to a statement from the US Army Special Command. Military officials told CNN that a military examiner ruled Melgar’s death while on assignment in the African nation of Mali as a homicide. An official said jurisdiction for the investigation shifted from the Army investigation service to the Navy in September. The official said the transfer of jurisdiction indicated that Navy personnel were subjects of the investigation. Melgar’s cause of death was asphyxiation, according to a defense official familiar with the findings of the medical examiner’s report. The Daily Beast article cites two special operations sources as saying the SEALs under investigation over Melgar’s death had been taking money from a fund used to pay informants. It says the sources allege that Melgar uncovered the theft and declined an offer to take a cut of the proceeds. On June 4, according to the Daily Beast’s sources, an altercation broke out – the cause of which the article says is unknown – and Melgar stopped breathing. The SEALs and another Green Beret took Melgar to hospital, the Beast quotes former AFRICOM officials as saying. Related article US investigating reports from locals that slain soldier in Niger was found with hands tied Melgar, a native of Lubbock, Texas, enlisted in the US Army in 2012 and began Special Forces training in 2013, according to the US Army Special Command statement. He served two deployments to Afghanistan. Melgar was a member of the 3rd Special Forces Group, which is the primary unit responsible for Army special operations in northwest Africa, including Mali and Niger. Four American soldiers killed in Niger in October were part of the same group. Like neighboring Niger, Mali has faced significant, deadly extremism. Gunmen attacked a luxury resort in Mali the same month Melgar died, and in August there were two separate attacks on United Nations missions there. CNN’s Barbara Starr, Eli Watkins and Ryan Browne contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Navy SEALs under investigation", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171113071500", "country1": "MLI", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/politics/mali-green-beret-death-seals/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "648855705", "sentence": "Uzbeki is believed to have facilitated a nightclub attack in Istanbul Special Operations ground units conducted the operation A close associate of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who is tied to the New Year’s nightclub bombing in Turkey was killed by US forces in Syria two weeks ago, the US Central Command announced Friday. Troops killed ISIS facilitator Abdurakhmon Uzbeki on April 6, according to Col. John Thomas, chief spokesman for US Central Command. “He was known to interact with him in various ways over time,” Thomas said about Uzbeki’s relationship with al-Baghdadi. Uzbeki is believed to have facilitated the New Year’s attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that killed 39. “He was involved in plotting external terror plots,” Thomas said. “We’ve clearly linked him with the Istanbul” attack The ground operation was conducted by US Special Operations forces near Mayadin, Syria, according to a defense official who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the operation.  Mayadin is located in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria. It’s a rare use of US Special Operations ground units for combat inside Syria. A longstanding expeditionary targeting force made up of Special Operations troops has been tasked with these types of missions.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US Special Operations forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170421171500", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/middleeast/us-syria-isis-death/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "653277086", "sentence": "Grab a cup of coffee and settle in. Here are some pieces you may have missed in a busy news week: CNN exclusive: An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative she had been assigned to investigate. (By Scott Glover) In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, people on both sides of the immigration debate have one thing in common. (By Catherine E. Shoichet; photographs by Mike Belleme) We unpack the one sentence in the Paris Agreement that could determine President Donald Trump’s decision on whether to withdraw from the climate change accord. (By John D. Sutter) France is about to pick a new president. One of Europe’s most powerful countries could end up being run by a far-right leader or someone who’s never held elected office. Either way, the result will ripple across the globe. (By Doug Criss) Is it a toy or a tool? The fidget spinner may be the latest fad for middle schoolers, but it actually has a really interesting history in education – even if it is driving some adults crazy. (By AJ Willingham) *** Artem Kolesov, a 23-year-old gay Russian violinist, explains how he went from being a closeted gay Christian in a Moscow suburb to an out and proud YouTube sensation. Kate Andersen Brower on how Melania Trump’s anti-fur statement lies somewhere in the space between Eleanor Roosevelt’s courage and Betty Ford’s bravery … and Michelle Obama’s experimentation with bangs (superficial but not entirely devoid of meaning). She clearly has channeled fashion icon Jacqueline Kennedy.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170506124500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/06/app-news-section/weekend-reads-may-6-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "747025061", "sentence": "Republicans from a series of key states with large agriculture and livestock industries pushed President Donald Trump on Thursday to address their concerns with his recent trade rhetoric, seeking concessions to protect crop and livestock producers from a possible trade war with China. Trump has engaged in a tit-for-tat trade escalation with China for the last month, with each country promising to impose tariffs on imported products from each country. While Trump has focused his ire on steel, aluminum and cracking down on intellectual property violations by China, the Chinese have taken aim at politically powerful industries like soybean farmers, pork and beef producers and citrus growers. The trade escalation has rattled even staunchly pro-Trump Republicans from farm states, leading many to question the President’s rhetoric on China and asking him to consider the repercussions. “Hopefully the President is just blowing off steam again but, if he’s even half-serious, this is nuts,” Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, said earlier this month in response to the tit-for-tat with China. “This is the dumbest possible way” to confront the country. Related article Senators: Trump is reconsidering his stance on TPP trade deal On Thursday, Trump met face to face with Sasse and some of those lawmakers who were critical of his decision. According to lawmakers in attendance, the back and forth was frank and direct and the lawmakers pressed on the collateral damage farmers could become in a trade war with China. Publicly, even, lawmakers in the meeting acknowledged that they pushed the President. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a powerful Iowa Republican who has long represented the most prolific pork producing state in the country, tweeted that the lawmakers “each expressed concerns to the Pres (about) nervousness among farmers (because) of possible retaliation against agriculture.” Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican who faces a tough reelection in November, told CNN that “farm prices are significantly down” and that the tough trade talk was not helping the issue. “Our farmers and ranchers in Nebraska cannot take much more and we need to protect our nation’s ag economy,” Bacon said. “It is important that our trade deals promote our state’s strong agriculture industry. I also ensured the President’s staff knew that tariffs, especially those on ethanol, would have negative impacts on our state.” Bacon is expected for face former Rep. Brad Ashford in the November election. The Democrat seized on the news earlier this month. “Attention soybean growers, pork producers and the Nebraska businesses and communities that depend on them in #NE02, you can express your opposition to Trump’s trade wars, by voting against one of his biggest enablers @RepDonBacon this November,” he wrote. And Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said in a statement that there is “uncertainty around the disruption tariffs may cause.” “During the discussion, I urged the President to put a continued focus on expanding markets for agriculture,” Ricketts said. “He listened and expressed a commitment to growing international trade so we can grow opportunities for our farmers and ranchers.” Trump has looked to explain the impact on farmers by arguing that the group – many of whom voted for him in 2016 – were “patriots” and would be helped by the trade negotiations in the long run. “If during the course of a negotiation they want to hit the farmers, because they think that hits me, I wouldn’t say that’s nice,” Trump said on China earlier this month. On Thursday, flanked by the senators, congressmen and governors, Trump made a similar argument by stating that farmers are “going to do fantastically well” after the trade negotiations. He pledged to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, a long-standing deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico, to make it “great” for agriculture. Related article Trying to make sense of Trump's contradictory trade war tweets As a way to appease the Senators on Thursday, Trump directed Larry Kudlow, his new top economic adviser, and Robert Lighthizer, his top trade negotiator, to take another look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, a massive multi-national agreement that he withdrew from in his first week in office. Sasse told reporters that Trump, while being pressed on the impact breaking away from the trade deal had on agriculture, directed his aides to take another look. “Clearly, it’s a deliberative process and the President is a guy who likes to … entertain a lot of different ideas,” said Sasse. “But he multiple times reaffirmed the point that TPP might be easier for us to join now once the TPP-11 is aligned and we might be the 12th party to those negotiations, as opposed to the long process that it took to get to TPP.” Sasse said the decision would be the “best thing the United States can do to push back against Chinese cheating.” There are electoral implications in a possible trade war with China. Many of the states and districts with considerable industries under threat of Chinese tariffs have key House and Senate races in 2018, meaning a full-scale trade conflict with the Asian nation could sour reliably Republican voters on the President at a critical time.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180412210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/agriculture-republicans-trump-trade/", "score": "0.75"}}}
{"article_id": "442435077", "sentence": "Lawmakers, wildlife officials watch more than a ton of ivory get crushed \"Criminals, take notice,\" says Cristian Samper, president of Wildlife Conservation Society The message was crushingly loud and clear: Stop the illicit ivory trade. And to highlight it, the United States destroyed more than a ton of elephant ivory in New York’s Times Square on Friday. Lawmakers, wildlife officials, conservationists and bystanders watched the ivory turn into sand-like powder as an industrial rock crusher descended on carvings and raw tusks. “Today, we are not just crushing illegally poached ivory; we are crushing the bloody ivory market,” said Cristian Samper, president of the Wildlife Conservation Society. “We are crushing any hopes by the poachers that they will profit by killing off our Earth’s majestic elephants. Criminals, take notice.” Poaching is reducing elephant populations at an alarming rate, and the numbers are getting especially grim in Africa, where most of the giant animals are targeted. “Elephant poaching is at its highest level in decades and now exceeds the species’ reproductive potential,” said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which organized the Times Square crushing. The illegal ivory trade has doubled worldwide since 2007, with the United States among the largest markets for illegally acquired ivory. Two years ago, the United States crushed a six-ton stockpile of elephant ivory in Denver, the first time it has destroyed such large quantities. Other nations followed suit, including the Philippines, Kenya and Gabon, which have destroyed large quantities in recent years. Most of the ivory crushed Friday was confiscated during undercover operations nationwide. They included ivory seized from a Philadelphia art dealer who pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling African elephant ivory into the country. African elephants are listed as threatened under the endangered species act. Even though some African elephant ivory, including lawfully hunted trophies, can be imported into the country, the United States prohibits commercial imports and strictly regulates domestic trade of ivory products, wildlife officials said. Poaching, shrinking habitats and a seemingly insatiable appetite for ivory in Asia – particularly in China – have contributed to the disappearing populations of elephants. About 35,000 elephants are poached annually as the demand for ivory grows. Glenn Close opinion: Intelligent animals marked for death", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "illegal ivory trade", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150620053000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/20/us/times-square-ivory-crush/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "605367275", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Shannon Tiezzi is managing editor of The Diplomat, a current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific region. She writes on China’s foreign relations, domestic politics and economy. The views expressed here are her own. Shannon Tiezzi: Pence's protests that Trump's Taiwan call was \"courtesy\" won't work Given personalities and context involved in Beijing and Taipei, negative fallout is likely, she writes On the face of it, it’s hard to believe that a simple phone call could cause such a furor. When US President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, the conversation may have seemed routine, but it was a potentially devastating breakdown in the elaborate dance between China, the United States, and Taiwan that downplays the reality that Taiwan is, in fact, a self-governing democracy. Donald Trump has now broken with this careful charade by becoming the first US president to speak directly with a Taiwanese counterpart (at least publicly). Though Mike Pence went on television Sunday to try to mollify all parties by asserting the call was simply “a moment of courtesy,” his attempts to diffuse the tension fail to address the fact that, given the personalities and context involved, Trump’s move has the potential to grow into a perfect storm: a downward spiral, where Beijing retaliates and Taipei stiffens its resolve in response. Taiwan’s President Tsai already faced a headache in cross-strait relations even without adding a call to Trump into the mix. Since she began running away from her opponent in the presidential election polls in summer of 2015, Beijing has been adamant that it will only engage with her government should Tsai embrace the “1992 consensus.” That agreement, openly accepted by Tsai’s predecessor Ma Ying-jeou, holds that there is only one China, although it does not define which government, precisely, is the rightful ruler of said China. Both the PRC and Taiwan’s Republic of China government have maintained they can claim that mantle. Tsai, as the candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, which was founded on a sense of unique Taiwanese identity, could not enter into a straightforward embrace of the “1992 consensus.” Beijing rejected her offer at compromise – accepting the “historical fact” of the 1992 talks that led to the consensus and pledging to uphold the “status quo” in cross-strait relations – and severed official communication channels with Tsai’s government the day of her inauguration. Related article Trump now considering more than four for secretary of state, Conway says Beijing seems inclined to place the blame mostly on Taiwan, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi dismissing the Trump-Tsai conversation as a “little trick” played by Taiwan. China may seek to apply coercive economic measures to Taiwan to “punish” Tsai and her administration; such a move would doubtless outrage Taiwanese. China’s attempts to play the barefaced bully have historically backfired, pushing Taiwan farther away from Beijing’s desired goal of unification rather than bringing it closer. That was the case in 1996, when Beijing fired missiles into the Taiwan Strait in an attempt to prevent the re-election of Taiwanese nativist president Lee Teng-hui; Lee won in a landslide. Likewise, Beijing’s attempts to freeze out the only previous DPP president, Chen Shui-bian, forced Chen to make an abrupt about-face; he went from advocating liberalized cross-strait economic ties in his first term to pursuing a referendum on Taiwan’s UN membership in his second. Cross-strait ties were already at their frostiest in eight years; this phone call to Trump ups the ante at a sensitive time for China, which will soon undergo its own leadership transition. In fall  2017, the Communist Party holds its 19th Congress. This gathering, held once every five years, will extol the achievements of the Xi Jinping-led government, cement his approach in party doctrine, and reshuffle the top echelons of leadership. While Xi will stay on, five of those on the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee are due for retirement. There are also persistent rumors that current No. 2, Premier Li Keqiang, could see himself officially replaced, forced to play scapegoat for slowing economic growth. What this means is that domestic political wrangling is at its peak in China at the moment. In such times, Beijing would keenly prefer a quiet external environment; that’s likely a large contributing factor to the current calm in the South China Sea. However, should a crisis emerge – such as, say, a paradigm shift in the US-Taiwan relationship – China’s current leaders will feel immense pressure to respond swiftly and harshly. Though not a democracy, Beijing is not as insulated from public opinion as one might imagine. Chinese leaders are incredibly wary of the risk of being outflanked by nationalistic sentiment on the cross-strait issue. Beijing’s censors have moved to block conversation about the Trump-Tsai phone call on social media, hoping to prevent a groundswell of public anger. But if the trend toward an open US-Taiwan relationship continues, Beijing won’t be able to keep a lid on domestic fury forever. Related article 10 minutes that could change US-China history In the United States as well, uncertainty rules. Trump will not officially take office for another six weeks, but even as President-elect he has the ability to send strong foreign policy signals. The question is whether he understands those signals – or even means to send them. His conversation with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is a prime example. When Trump assured Sharif, “I am ready and willing to play any role that you want me to play to address and find solutions to the outstanding problems,” did the US President-elect realize that would be read in Islamabad as an offer to intervene in the toxic Pakistan-India dispute over Kashmir? The phone call with Tsai is even more complex. Though, as he pointed out on Twitter, Tsai placed the call, Taiwan’s presidential office spokesman Alex Huang confirmed that Trump’s team helped arrange it. “Of course both sides agreed ahead of time before making contact,” Huang told Reuters. Several Trump affiliates, including adviser Peter Navarro and rumored secretary of state candidate John Bolton, have argued for a much closer relationship with Taiwan, despite (or even gleefully because of) the immense anger that would cause in China. That means Trump’s call with Tsai can be interpreted in two ways. One, it could be a simple nicety extended to a foreign leader, without much forethought on Trump’s side. That lack of understanding would be a dangerous sign for the future of US foreign policy in general, but not an indication that US-Taiwan (and thus US-China) relations are about to change forever. However, the call could also be taken as a sign of Trump’s future Taiwan policy. Trump’s latest tweets, which take a biting and sarcastic tone in criticizing China’s actions on currency, taxing US goods, and the South China Sea, certainly indicate that possibility. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook If Trump’s advisers are advocating a wholesale change in the way Washington relates to Taipei, that could very well translate to actual policy decisions. This week, it’s a phone call; next year, we could see US Cabinet officials traveling to Taiwan, or Taiwan’s President making a visit to the United States. This would shake the foundations of the awkward diplomacy that has kept peace across the Taiwan Straits – and between the United States and China – since Washington normalized ties with Beijing in 1979. For now, uncertainty reigns in the United States, and that sets the stage for a crisis, especially if neither Taiwan nor China can correctly interpret what Trump will do next.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States-Taiwan relations", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161205100000", "country1": "TWN", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/opinions/trump-taiwan-call-and-tweets-tiezzi/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "720028062", "sentence": "UN human rights experts urged Iranian authorities to respect the rights of protesters and voiced concern over Tehran’s restriction of social messaging services, in a joint statement issued Friday by the UN agency for human rights. The statement by four Special Rapporteurs – expert advisers to the United Nations who work on a voluntary basis – comes eight days after anti-government protests first broke out in Iran. At least 21 people were killed and 450 were arrested in the protests, many in clashes with security forces trying to quell the rallies. Related article Here's why the Iran protests are significant The protests, the most powerful challenge to the regime in years, appeared to have fizzled Thursday, after a claim by Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari that the unrest was officially over. Mass pro-government rallies have taken their place in many Iranian cities. “We are very disturbed by the way the authorities have responded to the protests,” the four Special Rapporteurs said in their statement, released by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. “The government’s instruction to the Revolutionary Guards to hit hard against the protesters, and the judiciary’s threats of harsh punishment, are unacceptable. “We urge the authorities to exercise restraint and respond proportionately in their efforts to control the protests, to limit the use of force to a strict minimum, and to fully respect the human rights of the protesters, including their rights to life, freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.” The UN experts said they shared the concerns of Iranian civil society groups for those arrested. Related article Iran threatens to shut down Telegram social media app “We are also very concerned at reports that the Government has blocked the Internet on mobile networks, and that social media services like Instagram and messaging services like Telegram have been shut down in an attempt to quell the protests,” they said. “In some regions, Internet access has been blocked altogether. Communication blackouts constitute a serious violation of fundamental rights.” The experts added that the lack of measures to address the underlying causes of the unrest through nonviolent means was “disturbing.” The protests began just over a week ago over Iran’s stagnant economy and the rising cost of living, and developed into a broader outcry against the government. The UN Security Council met Friday to discuss Iran after the US requested an emergency session amid the demonstrations. US to UN Ambassador Nikki Haley called the protests “something the world must take note of” and a “powerful exhibition of brave people” risking their lives to exercise their right to speak. Iran’s ambassador to the UN said the US abused its power by calling for the meeting, saying the protests in his country fall outside the scope of the Security Council mandate. “There is a long history of US. bullying at the UN, but this is a preposterous example – the purely internal affairs of a nation,” Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo said, addressing the council. In Tehran, firebrand cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami delivered a fiery sermon during prayers at the Grand Mosalla mosque in which he pointed to the United States and Israel as fomenting protest. “Any voice that represents Trump and Netanyahu is not the voice of the people, it is the words of foreigners and the people will make them choke on their words,” he said, referring to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Khatami spoke against the political divide in Iran, saying “religious leaders are on the side of the downtrodden and those who have problems making ends meet.” He added: “I urge you not to turn this into partisan politics. People want freedom. They want their voice to be heard.” The presence of Khatami, who often leads the prayers in turbulent times, signaled that the authorities are taking recent events across the country very seriously. Numbers in attendance at the mosque, always busy and bustling on a Friday – Islam’s holy day – appeared even larger than usual. A march began from outside the prayer hall once prayers ended. Rouhallah, an Iranian national at the Grand Mosalla who preferred only to give his first name, said he hoped the country could come together to address protesters’ real concerns about the price of basic foods like bread and chicken. “I don’t think the solution is regime change,” he told CNN after prayers. “I think the solution is to bring bread to the people. I think there are a lot of solutions for that and absolutely, we have to be thinking of them.” Another Iranian who gave only his first name, Hosseini, said: “Even though there are some shortcomings on the part of our officials, we are standing by our revolution and will wait so that our officials can discharge their duties in the best possible way.” Iranian state media broadcast wall-to-wall images of pro-government rallies in Tehran, Kerman and Tabriz. Both prayers and the pro-government marches that followed in Tehran passed off peacefully, according a CNN producer on the ground. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli claimed Thursday that no more than 42,000 people had taken part in the anti-government protests since December 28, according to the semiofficial Iranian Student News Agency. That isn’t a high number of people, Fazli said, adding that protests are “normal occurrences and happen in all countries.” On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pinned the number at 15,000. CNN has not been able to verify either number. In a statement released late Thursday, Haley warned other nations against trying to impede the Security Council’s discussion of what she called a “troubling and dangerous situation” in Iran. “The world has witnessed the horrors that have taken place in Syria, that began with a murderous regime denying its people’s right to peacefully protest,” she said. “We must not let that happen in Iran.” Iranian and US officials have traded barbs for the past week, and Tehran maintains that the United States and its allies orchestrated the unrest. Tehran accused US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence of inciting Iranians to protest against the government through a series of tweets and described US interference in Iranian issues as “grotesque.” There is no evidence that Washington had any direct role in orchestrating the anti-government protests, beyond encouragement through social media and published remarks. CNN’s Angela Dewan, Bijan Hosseini, Marilia Brochetto, Elizabeth Joseph and Richard Roth contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iranian authorities", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180105133000", "country1": "IRN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/middleeast/iran-protests-united-nations-intl/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "435952512", "sentence": "About 55,000 people have fled since ISIS seized Ramadi, a United Nations agency said Forces loyal to the Iraqi military are awaiting orders to attack the city, two officials from a nearby town say Ramadi, capital of the Anbar province, fell to ISIS last week Close to 55,000 people have fled Ramadi since ISIS captured the city, a United Nations agency said, with most of the displaced persons heading to Baghdad. Meanwhile, forces loyal to the Iraqi government are awaiting orders to attack Ramadi, two officials from Khalidiyah, a city 25 kilometers (16 miles) to the east of Ramadi, told CNN. ISIS fighters swept into Ramadi on May 17, tightening control of the Anbar province and gaining a base of operations 70 miles away from Baghdad. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter publicly criticized the Iraqi army, saying it lacked the will to fight. As always happens when ISIS takes a city, thousands of civilians fled. The United Nations Population Fund said close to 55,000 left Ramadi after the ISIS takeover and headed east to Baghdad. An estimated 4,000 families, comprising 24,000 individuals, arrived from Khalidiyah on Saturday and another 3,000-5,000 families are expected to arrive in coming days, UNFPA said. UNFPA is helping women and girls among the displaced persons by distributing 2,173 dignity kits in the Baghdad area through local partners. The UNFPA website says dignity kits contain hygiene supplies such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, sanitary pads and underclothes. UNFPA said 150 dignity kits were sent to the Qurato Camp in the Sulimaniyah Governorate and 2,800 kits will be sent to to the city of Habbaniyeh in Anbar. UNFPA says it has distributed 66,000 dignity kits since June 2014. Forces loyal to Iraqi government are on the eastern outskirts of Ramadi waiting for orders to advance on the city now under control of ISIS, said two officials from the Khalidiyah council. The order to attack will come from Anbar’s Operation Commander, Major Gen. Qassim al-Mahamadi, the officials said. The officials said the forces consist of a brigade from the Iraqi federal police and a brigade from the quick reaction force backed by Sunni tribal fighters and al-Hashd al-Shaabi, a predominantly Shiite paramilitary force. Meanwhile, one of Iran’s senior military leaders said Obama and the United States have been ineffective in the fight against ISIS, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA. The head of the elite Quds Force, Soleimani said the United States ”has no will to fight ISIS,” adding America is ”doing nothing” when Ramadi has fallen to ISIS and ”war crimes are taking place.” ”Today, nobody in confronting ISIS properly except Iran, even the countries that Iran is supporting,” he said, apparently a reference to Iraq. CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali reported from Baghdad. CNN’s Amir Daftari in Abu Dhabi and Mohammed Tawfeeq in Atlanta contributed to this report, which was written by Ralph Ellis in Atlanta.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi government forces", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150525141500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/25/middleeast/ramadi-refugees/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "495379062", "sentence": "The anger apparent after sentencing two years ago is not to be seen outside courthouse Indian law allows a maximum of three years in reform homes for juvenile convicts \"Crime has won,\" rape victim's mother says Outside the Delhi High Court on Friday, there were few clues that a momentous decision was underway in India’s watershed gang rape case. Besides a small band of lawyers and journalists, few were present when the court ruled that come Sunday, the youngest of six men who tortured and raped a physiotherapy student on a moving Delhi bus would be a free man. He had participated in the most heinous of acts but because he was just shy of his 18th birthday on the night of the rape, he served only three years in custody, a sentence that many felt amounted to a severe miscarriage of justice. And yet, there were not the thousands of protesters who gathered on the streets of the Indian capital after horrific details of the rape came to light. Nor was there the anger expressed outside this very court in September 2013 at the sentencing of the other convicted rapists. On that hot day, Indians had demanded “fansi,” death by hanging. But in the cool breeze of this December day, the outrage that sprouted from this case seemed a memory. The only expression of disappointment came from the victim’s parents and the lawyers who had fought to defer release. The girl whose rape changed a country The victim’s mother, Asha Singh, had promised her daughter she would fight for her but on Friday, she said she had failed. “Crime has won. We have lost,” Singh said. “Our efforts for three years have failed.” India’s juvenile justice laws were drafted with the best of intentions and aimed at reform for minors. A minor’s maximum punishment is three years in custody. In the aftermath of the gang rape, a bill introduced in parliament sought to amend the law to make exceptions for heinous crimes. But that bill was tabled in the upper house. Indian law enforcement and lawmakers had asked for continued custody of the minor, who has been held at an institution for juvenile reform. But the high court could not find legal ground on which to issue a stay. “The court is no doubt concerned by what has happened and the seriousness of the offense, but the court is also helpless because they have to stay within the confines of the act and the rules and the law,” said Anil Soni, a government lawyer. Three years was a sentence that seemed vastly disproportionate given the heinous nature of the rape. Of the other five rapists, one died in prison and the other four received death sentences. Related video 'Nirbhaya' parents share their memories Their crime was unimaginably brutal. On the night of December 16, 2012,  the victim and a male friend boarded a bus to make their way home from a south Delhi movie theater, not far from the high court complex. They were attacked by the six men and left on the side of the road to die. The woman was found with her intestines pulled out of her body. She was dubbed “Nirbhaya,” one without fear, as she struggled for survival, first in Delhi and then in a hospital in Singapore. She died of her injuries 13 days later. On Wednesday, people gathered at a third anniversary commemoration in Delhi and listened to Singh name her daughter publicly for the first time – Jyoti Singh. By law, rape victims are not ever named publicly in India. “Why should I hide her name? Why should I be ashamed of it?” Asha Singh said. “Those who committed that heinous crime on her should feel ashamed. The makers of this administrative system should feel ashamed.” The law states that Jyoti Singh’s under-18 rapist also cannot be named. He came to be known in the Indian media simply as “the juvenile.” The crime galvanized Indians to take to the streets. They demanded an end to violence against women and as well as legal and societal changes. And though the Nirbhaya case is still widely discussed, the fervor has calmed and few changes have materialized. “Public memory is fickle,” said Meenakshi Bhanja, 35, a Delhi-based journalist who was outside the Delhi court Friday. “Has anything changed in India? I am sorry to say, ‘no,’” she said. “Outrage over an incident doesn’t change the DNA of the society. That was also the sentiment of three young women, all law students who are interning at the high court. “Our legal system should be strong enough to make us all feel safe,” said Dolly Kaushik, 22. “Nothing has changed in India.” Related video 'Nirbhaya' opens dialogue on rape Her friend Kritika Dua, 22, said India has the laws in the books, but she blamed the police and the judiciary for failing to implement them. Kaushik blamed all of Indian society. “Even we are at fault,” she said. “The mindset has to change. How can anyone say that the answer to the problem is that girls should not go out.” She was referring to Indian politicians who, in the aftermath of Jyoti Singh’s rape, suggested that she had perhaps asked for it by going out at night. “In our country, fathers rape their daughters,” Kaushik said. “Most rape cases happen in the house.” Monika Khatri, another 22-year-old law student who wants to become a judge, said a young man who rapes a woman so violently that she dies from her injuries should serve many years behind bars, no matter his age. Justice, she said, had eluded Nirbhaya.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Indian juvenile justice laws", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151218110000", "country1": "IND", "country2": "SGP", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/asia/india-new-delhi-gang-rape-juvenile-convict/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "570333602", "sentence": "Trump's campaign is highlighting Clinton's State Department work related to Russia The Trump campaign points to several links between Clinton or her associates and Russia Donald Trump is pushing back against reports about his campaign chairman’s links to a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine by claiming Hillary Clinton also has ties to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. Trump’s campaign is highlighting a series of connections between Russia and Clinton’s State Department activities, her top campaign allies and her family’s foundation. “Clinton’s close ties to Putin deserve scrutiny,” the campaign said in the headline of a news release this week. What Trump’s campaign omitted: Many of its allegations were incomplete – inaccurately citing government reports and comments and ignoring that many of Clinton’s efforts came as part of the Obama administration’s broader efforts to improve ties with Russia. More recently, she and the Obama administration have been extremely critical of Putin. And Russian hackers are suspected of leaking internal Democratic National Committee emails. There’s also the reality that Trump himself has repeatedly insisted on the campaign trail that Clinton does not, in fact, have close ties to Putin. “You know she hates Putin and Putin hates her. Right? That’s what I hear,” he said in Green Bay, Wisconsin, this month. “She has terrible relationships with Putin,” Trump said three days earlier, in Ashburn, Virginia. The move to accuse Clinton of being too cozy with Russia came after Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was named in an investigation by Ukrainian authorities looking at whether he and others received millions in illegal payments from Ukraine’s former pro-Russian ruling party, according to the Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau. On Wednesday, Trump layered over Manafort, adding a new campaign manager as well as Steve Bannon – the far-right Breitbart News executive who co-wrote the “Clinton Cash” documentary based on Peter Schweizer’s book of the same name – in a campaign shake-up. The Trump campaign points to several links between Clinton or her associates and Russia, though it offers no proof that the actions she took were motivated by donations made to the Clinton Foundation. “Donald Trump continues to push pro-Putin policies and is trying to deflect from the bombshell news about troubling connections between his team and pro-Kremlin elements in Ukraine by hurling false attacks from the author of the widely-debunked book ‘Clinton Cash,’” Clinton spokesman Josh Schwerin said in an email. “We have called on Trump to disclose campaign chair Paul Manafort’s and all other campaign employees’ and advisers’ ties to Russian or pro-Kremlin entities, including whether any of Trump’s employees or advisers are currently representing and or being paid by them,” he said. “That call still stands.” Here’s a look at the claims Trump’s campaign made: The claim: “Clinton sold out American military technology to Putin as secretary of state in exchange for Russian money for her foundation.” What we know: In an op-ed published in July by The Wall Street Journal, Schweizer scrutinized Clinton’s efforts to aide a Silicon Valley-style tech city in Russia called Skolkovo. He argued that Skolkovo was a thinly-veiled effort to help Russia obtain American companies’ secrets – but appears to have incorrectly characterized an Army report and an FBI op-ed in drawing that conclusion. As part of the Obama administration’s effort to “reset” relations with Russia, Clinton attracted major US companies to Skolkovo. But defense- and weapons-related activities have been among those tech initiatives, Schweizer wrote, citing research that he attributed to the US Army Foreign Military Studies Program – even though the article he cited specifically stated its conclusions were the view of the author and not the US military. The FBI’s Boston office in 2014 issued a warning to the area’s businesses through an op-ed in the Boston Business Journal written by Lucia Ziobro, assistant special agent at the FBI’s Boston’s office. “The FBI believes the true motives of the Russian partners, who are often funded by their government, is to gain access to classified, sensitive and emerging technology from the companies,” the op-ed said. However, Ziobro later told The Boston Globe there was no evidence this had occurred – pointing to concern that had resulted from Chinese firms’ theft of US companies’ intellectual property. It wasn’t just Clinton who supported the Skolkovo effort. Condoleezza Rice, who was secretary of state under President George W. Bush, took her Stanford University students there in 2011. Many high-ranking figures in companies tied to Skolkovo have also donated to the Clinton Foundation. Schweizer cited Andrey Vavilov, the chairman of Skolkovo’s nuclear research arm, who donated between $10,000 and $25,000 to the foundation. The claim: “Clinton’s campaign chairman sat on the board of a Skolkovo-based company that received millions from a Putin-connected investment fund.” What we know: Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, was a member of the board of Skolkovo-based energy company Joule Unlimited – which got an investment of $35 million from Rusnano, an investment firm founded by Putin, just two months after Podesta joined the board. Podesta’s brother, Tony Podesta, a bundler for Clinton’s presidential campaign, has lobbied for Russia’s Sberbank, which has ties to Putin and his associates, according to the Organized Crime and Reporting Project. Also worth noting: Sberbank was a sponsor of the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Trump met with one of the bank’s officials during his trip to Russia for the pageant, the Daily Mail reported. The claim: “Clinton helped push through an agreement giving Russia a controlling stake in a uranium company in exchange for money for the Clinton Foundation.” What we know: Trump’s campaign was highlighting The New York Times’ 2015 reporting on the sale of a Canadian uranium mining company to Russia’s atomic energy agency Rosatom. The deal underscored the limits of restrictions put in place by the Obama administration to avoid appearances of conflict between the United States and the Clinton Foundation. The sale gave Russians control of one-fifth of the uranium production capacity of the United States. Because of that, the deal needed – and received – the approval of a 14-agency panel called The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which includes Clinton’s State Department. The State Department and other US agencies accepted a subsequent sale of Uranium One after Clinton left the State Department. But what Trump’s campaign focused on was money that flowed from businessmen involved in the deal to the Clintons and their foundation. As the deal was completed in three transactions from 2009 to 2013, the Canadian chairman of what became Uranium One used his family foundation to pump $2.35 million in donations into the Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton, meanwhile, was paid $500,000 to deliver a speech to a Russian investment bank that was promoting Uranium One stock, and was connected to the Kremlin.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump campaign", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160818004500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "UKR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/politics/hillary-clinton-russia-ties-donald-trump/", "score": "1.0"}}}
{"article_id": "453002858", "sentence": "A petition to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden got more than 150,000 signatures A top Obama adviser responded to the petition that Snowden should return to the U.S. to face justice The White House rejected a petition to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden and a top Obama adviser said Snowden should return to the U.S. to face the consequences of his decision to disclose classified information about American intelligence gathering. The statement from the White House was released Tuesday in response to a petition with more than 167,000 signatures asking President Barack Obama to pardon Snowden, who in 2013 leaked documents about the government’s mass surveillance programs to journalists. “He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers – not hide behind the cover of an authoritarian regime,” said Lisa Monaco, the President’s adviser on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. “Right now, he’s running away from the consequences of his actions.” The White House said if Snowden’s main concern was the nation’s security, there’s a process he should follow. “If he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and – importantly – accept the consequences of his actions,” Monaco said. The president has worked with Congress to balance the protection of civil liberties to keep Americans safe, Monaco said. “Mr. Snowden’s dangerous decision to steal and disclose classified information had severe consequences for the security of our country and the people who work day in and day out to protect it,” she said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Edward Snowden", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150728154500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/snowden-face-consequences/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "412841915", "sentence": "NEW: OSCE mission chief in Ukraine cites reduction in combat, signs of heavy weapons withdrawal Under a peace deal, both sides must draw back heavy weapons to create a buffer zone A dispute over natural gas supply has flared between Russia and Ukraine A dispute over natural gas supply flared Friday between Russia and Ukraine, even as a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine appeared to be taking hold. Both sides in the conflict have begun withdrawing their heavy weaponry from the front line of the conflict, in line with a peace deal agreed to in Minsk, Belarus, two weeks ago. There has also been a reduction in the fighting between the two sides, although some artillery fire can still be heard. But the ceasefire remains fragile. A spokesman for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko cited him as saying on Twitter: “We starting withdrawing only some of the heavy weaponry. Ukrainian military are ready to return the equipment to the front line any time.” Related video Is Mariupol next target for separatists? The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zacharchenko, said separatist forces there had withdrawn 90% of their heavy weapons. But he also warned that they reserved the right to return the weapons to the front line if authorities in Kiev did not keep their end of the bargain. A CNN team on the ground saw a small convoy of artillery, flying the yellow-and-blue flag of Ukraine, heading south out of the conflict zone Thursday. The separatists began the withdrawal of heavy weapons a couple of days earlier. Under the terms of the Minsk agreement, the two sides have until Monday to complete the withdrawal and create a buffer zone of at least 50 kilometers (31 miles) for heavy weapons. The Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe is tasked with monitoring the ceasefire and the withdrawal. Ukraine’s National Defense and Security Council said Friday that three Ukrainian troops had been killed and seven injured in the past 24 hours in continued clashes. Meanwhile, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak warned that Russian energy giant Gazprom could cut the supply of natural gas to its neighbor in the coming days if payment is not received. Russia’s Tass state news agency said that Gazprom confirmed receiving $15 million Friday in prepayment from Ukraine. But that is enough to pay for only a day’s supply of natural gas, the news agency said. Related video Kremlin critic: Not all Russians support Putin A meeting between the European Union, Russia and Ukraine is due to take place in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday to discuss gas supply to Ukraine. Russia has used gas as a weapon before, cutting off supplies to Ukraine three times in the past decade. A new dispute could affect the rest of Europe. About a third of the European Union’s natural gas comes from Russia, and 15% flows through Ukraine. However, now that the worst of winter is over, the threat of a halt in the supply of gas is less alarming than it was for Ukraine and for the rest of Europe. In any case, Kiev has reserve gas supplies that could be used if the supply from Russia were stopped. Europe also has the option of reverse supply – sending gas back through pipelines into Ukraine. The latest disagreement comes against the backdrop of an EU investigation into Gazprom, which is due to report soon. Europe has accused Gazprom of using its dominant position to manipulate prices and hinder the free flow of gas across the continent. The developing situation in eastern Ukraine was the focus of an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Friday. The chief monitor for the OSCE mission to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, reported some progress in implementing the Minsk agreement as he briefed the council, but said much remained to be done. “For the past days, combat operations have been significantly reduced across the conflict zone, although some violence has still occurred around Donetsk airport, as well as close to the town of Mariupol,” he said. “As to the withdrawal of heavy weapons, yesterday our monitors began observing the movement of heavy weapons away from the line of contact on several instances.” However, the OSCE needs more information in order to monitor their withdrawal effectively, he said, including what heavy weapons each side has, where they are now and where they will be taken. There are currently 451 civilian monitors in Ukraine, he said, of whom more than 300 are in the contested Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The mission will need more technological resources, such as drones, in order to cover a huge area of operations extending about 50,000 square kilometers (19,300 square miles), including large stretches of the Russia-Ukraine border, he said. More hubs may also have to be set up for OSCE patrols. Ertugrul also highlighted the plight of more than 1 million people forced from their homes within Ukraine, “some of them living in desperate circumstances.” Related video 'Night Wolves' motorcycle gang: We will die for Putin Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking Friday at his ministry’s Diplomatic Academy, said: “Impartial observers, including the Organization for Co-operation and Security in Europe, have registered a significant reduction in the exchange of fire, so the ceasefire is nonetheless yielding a result.” But he stressed that although some progress has been seen in the withdrawal of heavy weapons, “it is important to consolidate it.” He also warned that Ukraine must keep its nonaligned status “in order to keep the stability in Europe.” Russia is unhappy about what it sees as NATO’s expansion toward its western border. Ukraine is not a NATO member, but Baltic nations bordering Russia belong to the alliance and Georgia also hopes to join. Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of arming and training the separatists, as well as sending Russian troops over the border to fight with them. Russia denies the claims. CNN’s Diana Magnay reported from Donetsk, and Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported from London. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen and journalist Victoria Butenko contributed from Kiev. CNN’s Radina Gigova, Nana Karikari-apau and Ivana Kottasova also contributed.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Minsk agreement", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150227111500", "country1": "UKR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/27/europe/ukraine-conflict/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "670135817", "sentence": "NEW: United States calls for UN Security Council meeting Test comes days after Trump phoned leaders of China and Japan about threat North Korea claims to have conducted its first successful test of a long-range missile that it says can “reach anywhere in the world.” Tuesday morning’s missile test reached a height of 2,802 kilometers (1,741 miles), according to state broadcaster Korea Central Television, which would be the highest altitude a North Korean missile had ever reached. The country claimed it was an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, which would put the United States on notice that Pyongyang could potentially hit the US mainland. US military analysts believe it probably was a two-stage ICBM, said a US official with knowledge of the Americans’ analysis. North Korea appears to have timed the launch for maximum political effect, giving the order to fire on the eve of the July Fourth holiday, just days after President Donald Trump spoke with Japanese and Chinese leaders about the North Korean threat and before this week’s G20 meeting. The fear is that North Korea may one day develop the technology to mount a miniature nuclear warhead on a long-range missile, something analysts say it may have already achieved. Trump’s reaction to the launch was scathing. “North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?” Trump asked on Twitter, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!” North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea..... ....and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all! US national security, military and diplomatic officials were holding an unplanned meeting Tuesday to discuss US options if it determines North Korea did test an ICBM, several administration officials said. If it was an ICBM, Trump could approve a “measured response,” one official told CNN. Nothing has been decided, but such a response could include sending additional US military assets to the region and diplomatic efforts such as more sanctions, the official said. What does Trump do now? US military analysts initially thought North Korea launched an intermediate, single-stage missile, the source familiar with the American analysis said. But further examination revealed a second-stage booster may have ignited, producing 30 seconds of additional flight, the source said. President Vladimir Putin said Russia would work with China to resolve the crisis. At a joint news conference Tuesday in Moscow with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Putin said: “It is very important to push forward our joint initiative on settling the Korean problem with a view of immediately freezing the ballistic missile strikes and also dealing with the US deployment of weapons in South Korea.” Russia and China are irked by the deployment of a controversial missile defense system, which they said fuels an arms buildup on the Korean Peninsula. Analysts believe Moscow and Beijing also are motivated by concerns the system’s powerful radar could be used to monitor activity in both Russia and China. Russia threw its support behind a Chinese proposal to de-escalate tensions, which the United States has previously rejected. China, North Korea’s closest ally, urged restraint. “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is sensitive and complex,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Geng Shuang said. “We hope all relevant parties will exercise restraint and avoid taking actions that may escalate tensions.” South Korean President Moon Jae-in warned North Korea not to cross the “bridge of no return” and called on China to play a stronger role in resolving the situation. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, told Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi, president of the UN Security Council, that she wants an emergency session on North Korea, according to a tweet from Haley spokesman Jonathan Wachtel. The emergency session will convene Wednesday afternoon, Wachtel wrote. UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the missile test. “This action is yet another brazen violation of Security Council resolutions and constitutes a dangerous escalation of the situation,” Guterres said through his spokesman Stephane Dujarric. “The DPRK leadership must cease further provocative actions and comply fully with its international obligations.” The launch was North Korea’s 11th missile test this year and comes amid increasing frustration from Trump about the lack of progress in curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. A Japanese defense official said North Korea’s missile, referred to as Hwasong-14 on state TV, flew into waters east of the Korean Peninsula and may have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, which extends 200 nautical miles from its coastline. Related video Why does North Korea hate the US? The US Pacific Command said it tracked the missile for 37 minutes and described it as a “land-based, intermediate range ballistic missile.” Japan reported that its flight time was 40 minutes. It was launched from Panghyon, in North Pyongan province, and traveled more than 930 kilometers (578 miles), according to South Korea’s military – further than a May 14 missile launch that analysts described as North Korea’s most successful test ever.  That launch reached a then-record altitude of around 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles). South Korea said the missile had an “improved range” compared with the May launch. But one apparently successful test doesn’t necessarily mean that North Korea has the global capability it claimed, said Euan Graham, director of the international security program at Sydney’s Lowy Institute for International Policy. “If the North Koreans are claiming they can launch an ICBM (to) anywhere in the world, that needs to be looked at through a technical lens,” he said. “One successful test doesn’t get them over the bar; they’re claiming more than they can deliver at the moment.” Bruce Bennett, senior international/defense researcher at RAND Corp., said North Korea had aimed high to limit the distance traveled and avoid a major international incident. “You can’t hardly fire a missile from North Korea that’s got a thousand-kilometer range without it going into somebody’s exclusive economic zone. The bottom line is, they’ve flown it very high so that they can test the range of the missile,” Bennett said. “If they were to shoot it on a normal trajectory, it’s probably going to go out 6,000 or so kilometers. By definition, anything over 5,500 kilometers is an ICBM.” Related video How much damage can North Korea's weapons do? Russia, which shares a small border with North Korea, cast doubt on Pyongyang’s assertion that an ICBM was fired. The Russian Defense Ministry said it believed the missile reached an altitude of 535 kilometers (332 miles) and traveled 510 kilometers (317 miles), according to the state-run news agency Sputnik. “The parametric data of the ballistic target’s trajectory matches the performance characteristics of a medium-range ballistic missile,” the ministry said. Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said an ICBM test would put the United States in a difficult negotiating position. “I think there’s room for negotiation, but it’s not the kind of negotiations we want,” Hanham said. The United States can now only work toward limiting, not eliminating, the North Korean missile threat to the US mainland, she said. CNN’s Paula Hancocks in Seoul, Joshua Berlinger in Hong Kong, Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo, Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr in Washington and K.J. Kwon in Atlanta, and journalist Yoonjung Seo in Seoul contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170704020000", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/asia/north-korea-missile-japan-waters/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "684216333", "sentence": "Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is vowing he will “never turn” on his former boss. But that doesn’t mean Bannon, who has returned to his role as Breitbart’s executive chairman, will go easy on President Donald Trump. “We will never turn on him,” Bannon promised in an interview with The Economist published Friday. “But we are never going to let him take a decision that hurts him.” Bannon rejoined Breitbart the same day he left the White House, having been forced out by the President and his new chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly. Bannon has vowed to use the site – which he has termed a “killing machine” – to target his rivals at the White House and continue to keep up pressure on Trump and the White House to make good on Trump’s campaign promises. But Bannon has already made clear that his vow to “never turn” on Trump does not extend to criticism of his policies and decisions. Breitbart has bared its teeth since Bannon returned to the helm, terming the President’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan a “flip-flop.” It also has run pieces critical of top White House aides, including the President’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, whom Bannon feuded with. “I am an ideologue, that’s why I am out,” Bannon told The Economist. “I can rally the base, have his back. The harder he pushes, the more we will be there for him.” Some of Bannon’s ideological allies still remain at the White House, including his deputy, Julia Hahn, and the President’s senior policy adviser and top speechwriter, Stephen Miller. Both share much of Bannon’s nationalist ideology and hardline views on trade and immigration. Still, Bannon’s departure from the White House has left an ideological void among the President’s top advisers, giving Kushner and his allies an advantage in influencing the President on policy.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Steve Bannon", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170825233000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "AFG", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/bannon-trump-economist/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "549288506", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him on Twitter @aarondmiller2. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Four Israelis were killed and several wounded in a shooting at a Tel Aviv market on Wednesday Aaron Miller: Israelis and Palestinians will be left to cope with this new normal by themselves The deadly attack in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, which claimed the lives of four Israelis and wounded several others, presages what could be a long hot summer between Israelis and Palestinians. But the challenge goes deeper than just the immediate threat of summer violence. Indeed, a number of factors are emerging to create what could be the new Israeli-Palestinian normal – one in which a highly functional Israeli state interacts with two separate, highly dysfunctional and weak Palestinian polities in the West Bank and Gaza. This new status quo will be marked at times by competition and violence and at others by cooperation and coordination. Sadly, it is a road that at least for now promises not a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but to a series of pretty unhappy outcomes. Several new factors define the new normal. First, the attack in Tel Aviv appears to have been intended as a mass casualty assault with firearms, and could signal the beginning of a new trend in Palestinian terror. Of the attacks since September 2015, more than half – 151 – were knifings, according to the Israeli government. There were also 92 attacks using firearms, and 43 using vehicles. Although Hamas praised the attack, it did not claim responsibility. But it many respects that may not matter. The bloodiest terror attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 – the killings in San Bernardino – was inspired but not directed by ISIS. In the Tel Aviv attack, two people identified as Palestinians in their 20s from a village in the southern West Bank opened fire in the Sarona Market. Both Israeli Defense Forces and Shin Bet sources say they are concerned that new terror cells along these lines may be forming in the West Bank to carry out similar attacks. Related article The next war in the Middle East? Second, the recent addition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of Avigdor Liberman as defense minister will create additional pressures on what is now arguably the most right-wing government in Israel’s history. Netanyahu will still make the final decisions, but the motivation to get tougher – particularly in the face of new terror attacks – will inevitably rise. The Israeli response so far has already been tough, but could easily become much harsher. The West Bank has been sealed off for the next several days; 83,000 Ramadan and family visit travel permits have been suspended; and the West Bank city of Yatta has been blocked off. Liberman, meanwhile, will have to balance his own need to be tough (he was a bitter critic of what he believed was the weak response to the Gaza conflict in 2014) with his desire not to overact and make the situation on the ground worse by undermining Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation. Third, the Palestinian Authority has no good options and is drifting. Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has an interest in maintaining security cooperation. But not at the expense being perceived as Israel’s policeman on the West Bank. The harsher Israel’s security measures become the more tenuous his position will become. The truth is, though, his condemnation of the Tel Aviv attack – quite detached and general – will satisfy nobody, particularly compared with Hamas’ praise for the operation. Meanwhile, Abbas’ international campaign to gain recognition for Palestinian statehood has stalled and he is reportedly suspicious about new contacts between Israel and the Arabs states. So reports that he will be meeting with Hamas political leader Khalid Meshaal in Qatar soon do not come as any surprise. Real unity between Fatah and Hamas is magical thinking. But it plays well for Abbas domestically. Related article Clinton-Sanders Israel exchange a real surprise at debate Fourth, the other potential flashpoint, of course, is the possibility of another serious escalation between Israel and Hamas over Gaza. Three such confrontations in the past eight years – 2008/09; 2012; 2014 – do not inspire confidence regarding the various sides’ ability to avoid another. Indeed, Hamas’s dedication to resistance against Israel; a deteriorating economic situation in Gaza; Israel’s blockade of the strip; more Hamas tunneling along the border into Israel; and no prospect of Hamas buying into diplomacy – all make another confrontation seemingly inevitable. Defense Minister Liberman has, for his part, talked tough about destroying Hamas. Yet for now, it’s unclear what benefits a confrontation would have for Israel or Hamas at the moment. Ultimately, the latest incident has taken place against the backdrop of this stark reality – rarely, has there been a period in the past decade or more where the prospects of a credible peace process, let alone a solution, have seemed so gloomy. The Americans are caught up in their election; the French initiative has fizzled in Paris; the Arabs are preoccupied with their own internal problems and with Iran and Sunni jihadis. And while Egypt has flirted with some sort of regional meeting involving Netanyahu and Abbas, it’s hard to see where such a meeting would lead, given the enormous gaps on the big issues between Israelis and Palestinians. With no possibility of a political solution, and with a distracted international community, Israelis and Palestinians will be left to cope with the new normal by themselves. And if history is any guide, the outcome is certain to be an unhappy one. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine. Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him on Twitter @aarondmiller2. 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{"article_id": "455411167", "sentence": "The former president and the billionaire spoke about the 2016 race in May Hillary Clinton was already running for president at the time Bill Clinton called Donald Trump in late May, an aide to the former president confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. The call, the aide said, came after Trump reached out to Clinton “a few times” before the businessman decided to run for the Republican presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton’s wife, was already running for president at the time. “While we don’t make it a practice to discuss the President’s private conversations, we can tell you that the presidential race was not discussed,” the aide said, adding that the duo had not talked since the late May conversation. The Washington Post first reported the call, noting – according to Trump allies – that the conversation came while the reality TV star was making his final decisions about a presidential run. Trump’s team declined to comment to CNN. RELATED: Jeb Bush stumbles into debate night The call is the latest chapter in the intriguing relationship between the Clintons and Trump. The Clintons attended Trump’s third wedding in 2005 and the businessman is a donor to the Clinton Foundation. “You know, he has been, believe it or not, uncommonly nice to Hillary and me – he thought Hillary was a good senator for New York after 9/11, and he is actually one of the many Republicans who supported our foundation before they got the memo,” Bill Clinton told Jon Stewart during an interview earlier this year. But now that Trump has decided to run for president, and is leading most recent polls, Hillary Clinton has continually made the boisterous and blunt Republican a target. “It’s shameful,” Clinton said last month of Trump’s criticism of Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona over his time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. “And so is the fact that it took so long for his fellow Republican candidates to start standing up to him. The sad truth is if you look at many of their policies, it can be hard to tell the difference.” Not one to shy from a flight, Trump has returned fire. “What she did is criminal,” Trump told CNN in July about Clinton’s use of a private email server.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150805231500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/05/politics/donald-trump-bill-clinton-2016/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "706663843", "sentence": "Senate Foreign Relations panel holding Tuesday hearing on Trump's nuclear authority Administration is trying to soothe concerns A decades-old presidential authority to use nuclear weapons is suddenly coming into question as US allies and some lawmakers from both parties want the Trump administration to assure them that President Donald Trump cannot rashly launch a nuclear strike, according to multiple sources. The potential that Trump could use existing law to authorize the deployment of a nuclear weapon on his own is becoming the subject of frequent conversation – and bipartisan anxiety – on Capitol Hill. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker will hold a hearing Tuesday on the authority of the President to maintain sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. It’s a big day on Capitol Hill: Follow along live A NATO partner country raised concerns about the President’s command of the US launch system. A diplomatic source from that country said they were more comfortable following a briefing on the subject. “The more people think about this, the more they realize Donald Trump can start a nuclear war,” Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who sits on the Foreign Relations panel, said in an interview. The administration is trying to soothe concerns by arguing the existing launch process that presidents have operated under for decades has sufficient checks in place that would discourage Trump from taking imprudent action. Trump himself has had multiple briefings on the nuclear launch cycle and more conventional, non-nuclear alternatives. The requests for assurance come as Trump has rattled Washington and other world capitals with heated rhetoric toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Tuesday will mark the first time the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has held a hearing on a president’s authority to use nuclear weapons since 1976, according to the panel. Why Trump’s Korean war talk should be taken seriously Corker, who has announced he won’t seek re-election next year and has become a frequent Trump critic, has said he would use his committee chairmanship to keep the President in check. “The committee is going to be very active,” he said in October. “I think it will be very informative to the American people and the rest of the Senate about what powers the President has – should, shouldn’t have, whatever. It’s going to be a very robust period of time.” The White House did not respond to requests for comment on Corker’s decision to hold a hearing on the President’s nuclear authority. The administration’s attempts to assuage the growing concerns underscore the fact that, like his predecessors, Trump has sole authority to decide when and how to use nuclear weapons. If there is a sense that Trump rashly ordered a nuclear launch, multiple sources tell CNN that senior generals would explain the risk of such a move. But that’s not specific to Trump – top military officials would offer advice to any president facing the extraordinary decision of whether to launch a nuclear weapon. What would the military do if Trump gave illegal orders? A central question surrounding the potential of a nuclear launch is whether it would cause undue widespread human suffering when there are other, less dramatic military options. Under US military law, troops are obligated to not obey an unlawful order. If they received such an order, they could resign or force Trump to fire them. The military continues to argue that with the advent of precision weapons such as cruise missiles and heavy bombers, there is less reason to use nuclear weapons. In developing options for North Korea, the Pentagon has a package of what it calls flexible response options, which includes ensuring US aircraft and missile launching ships are always in place if needed. There’s no secret alternative chain of command in place. The military would treat Trump as they would any other president ordering a nuclear strike. To do otherwise would be considered treasonous. During an Oct. 30 Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing, Defense Secretary James Mattis said the launch process is “extremely rigorous.” But he resisted calls for changes. Markey is sponsoring legislation that would require a congressional declaration of war before a president could authorize a first-use nuclear strike. During the Oct. 30 hearing, he pressed Mattis on whether he could contemplate a scenario in which Trump authorized a nuclear strike on a country that didn’t first launch a nuclear attack on the United States. “If we saw they were preparing to do so and it was imminent, I could imagine it,” Mattis said. “It’s not the only tool in the tool kit to try to address something like that. But I believe congressional oversight does not equate to operational control. I think we have to keep trust, keep faith in the system that we have, that’s proven effective now for decades.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Trump administration's presidential nuclear launch authority", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171114063000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/trump-nuclear-authority/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "619824479", "sentence": "A balding and bearded Jamaican man trains his eyes on the table in front of him, nervously shaking his leg. He’s miles from home in a lonely courtroom. And in the eyes of immigration authorities, he’s worn out his welcome. “My job,” the judge says, “is to decide whether you will be allowed to stay.” The odds are slim. This is the toughest immigration court in the continental United States. Hundreds of miles north in the nation’s capital, bands are about to march in the Inauguration Day parade. Donald Trump is getting ready to kick off his presidency with a pledge to put America first. Cheering crowds are lining up to watch. But there’s no fanfare Friday at this 1,900-bed immigrant detention center in rural Stewart County, Georgia, about 120 miles southwest of Atlanta. In Courtroom #3, behind two barbed wire gates and three locked doors, Judge Saundra Arrington is getting ready to ask the man before her a methodical list of questions. Rows of benches are empty. The air conditioning hums. The guard’s jacket rustles as she paces the room. The judge says it’s time to begin. “Why do you want to stay in the United States, briefly?” the judge asks. The 51-year-old Jamaican, who immigrated when he was 8 years old, pauses for a moment. “It’s the only place I know.” An appeals court has ordered the judge to evaluate whether the man is mentally competent. If not, a court-appointed attorney could help him make his case. CNN is not identifying the man because of the nature of the court proceeding. In court the judge peppers him with queries about his employment history, his family and his two felony drug convictions. “Do you know what date it is?” Arrington asks. “January 20, 2017,” the man replies. “Is there anything special about today in America?” the judge continues. The man looks back at her blankly. “Is it a holiday?” Trump has vowed that deporting criminals will be a top priority of his presidency. But as he pushes to make his campaign promises a reality, the immigration court system could be a significant stumbling block. The country’s 58 immigration courts are already dealing with a growing crush of cases. The backlog grew to more than half a million last year. For years, the leader of the immigration judges union has warned that the overburdened system doesn’t give them enough time or resources to sort out complex cases – noting that the consequences of a wrong decision can be dire. It’s like handling death penalty cases, she says, in traffic court settings. So far this fiscal year, more than 90% of the cases decided in the Stewart Immigration Court have ended with a deportation order. Only a small immigration court in Guam has sent back a higher percentage of people, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, which tracks and analyzes immigration court decisions. On this day in the Stewart Immigration Court, the judge’s questioning lasts for nearly an hour. “Tell me about your mental condition,” she says. “I hear voices,” the man tells her, “and sometimes, I might be in a conversation, and I hear something else. I answer. I see things – spirits, demons, dead people.” Medication and psychological treatment have helped, he says. The judge looks concerned. She asks him if there’s anything else she needs to know. “I just messed up. I need a second chance,” he says. “They say America is a second chance.” The judge says she’s heard that, too. She tells him she’ll begin the process to get him a lawyer to help with his case. It could be lengthy, she says, and could mean he’ll have to spend more time in detention. It’s worth it, he tells her, for a chance to stay. Outside the courtroom, a guard and an interpreter are getting ready for the next case to start. They glance up at the waiting room wall. Framed pictures of President Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch hang just a few feet above the day’s court docket. Next week, the interpreter says, they’ll be looking at a portrait of President Trump.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump presidency immigration policy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170123130000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JAM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/us/immigration-court-inauguration-day/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "689505407", "sentence": "Our perceptions of luxury are today defined by brands like Louis Vuitton, Lexus and Louboutin. But archaeological evidence shows that humankind’s obsession with luxury objects stretches right back to the earliest civilizations, predating the invention of money itself. A new exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, “Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas,” is dedicated to opulence in ancient cultures, in particular the pre-Columbian societies of the Aztecs and Mayans. CNN spoke to the director of the Getty, Timothy Potts, about the exhibition that he co-curated. CNN: What was it that inspired you to put on this exhibition? 'Incredible' ancient Roman neighborhood unearthed in France Timothy Potts: The concept was developed by Joanne Pilsbury, who was then at the Getty Research Institute and is now a curator at the Metropolitan in New York. She’s an expert in pre-Columbian archaeology. We developed the idea that, while there’s been so much attention on goldwork going right back to the Spanish conquest (of the Americas), there has never been a series, study or exhibition on the other materials which these cultures valued – in many cases – much more than gold. This includes works made from shell, textiles, featherwork and semi-precious stones like jade. What kind of themes and motifs do these items depict? We know much more about the iconography of some cultures than others. Often we don’t have any written documents, like we do with Greek and Roman artifacts. So, to some extent,  it’s guesswork. But from the context, we can presume that many of (the depictions are) to do with the gods. In the case of the Mayan culture, we do have written texts showing that these are usually representations of deities or underworld forces – beings that relate to the control of the world. Were they just ornamental, or did they serve a deeper purpose? I think “ornamental” is the wrong term. A lot of these items would really be classified as regalia, which would have been literally worn by royal and religious figures. Not only was this regalia there to be seen, but the metal it was made from would rattle. The sounds they made were apparently an important part of the effect they had. They were definitely calculated to impress and to resonate, but not just aesthetically. These were deeply meaningful acts that the king and others were performing. Did any of these luxuries trickle down to the common people? Rare delights: Where to see the world's most beautiful jewels By and large, we’re talking about a very elite level of society. Most of these objects were found in royal burial grounds and the pyramids of the Mayan realm. Materials like the (feathers) of macaw birds, which were imported across the Andes from Brazil, and shells, which could only be found by diving deep along the coast, were considered very precious and were essentially part of a royal prerogative. What do we know about the people who made them? Virtually nothing. We have one (attributable) Mayan work: a jade mask which is signed with the name of an artist. But that’s the only work in the exhibition where we know anything about the maker. And frankly, a name doesn’t tell you anything. It’s almost certain that these were (created in) royal workshops. The materials were controlled by the elite, and (the artifacts) were made by craftsmen who had passed these skills down for generations. But there wasn’t a practice of naming these works, or the artist being a significant part of the creation. What for you are the standout pieces in the show? Gosh, there are so many of them. There’s the Mayan jade mask, the great objects from the Aztec capital (and) a whole wall of blue and yellow featherwork which survived for many, many centuries because it was buried in jars. (We also have) a royal tunic with multiple motifs woven incredibly finely into it, which is extraordinarily beautiful and technical. The whole exhibition is really quite a feat. Visitors will be bowled over. “Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas” is on at the Getty Center in Los Angeles from Sept. 16, 2017 to Jan. 28, 2018.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas exhibition", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170914110000", "country1": "MEX", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/style/article/golden-kingdoms-luxury-legacy-ancient-americas/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "620965018", "sentence": "Max Foster: Meeting with Trump is riddled with pitfalls for May and she knows it She needs good ties with EU, given she's about to start negotiating with it, he says Theresa May will be making history Friday as she becomes the first foreign leader to be welcomed at the White House by President Donald Trump. It’s Trump’s first test on the world stage, and we will all be tuning in to see how he does, but for the British leader, the visit is much more than a photo opportunity. She’s likely to get the nod on a trade deal, which she needs to offset the cost of Britain leaving the European Union. It will also help her show opponents, both domestically and internationally, that she has a credible post-Brexit plan. The White House meeting has been heralded in London as a diplomatic coup, and comparisons are already being made to the special relationship enjoyed by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. But they were natural bedfellows; getting too close to Trump carries a number of risks for May. Related article British leader Theresa May urged to push Trump on controversial policies For a start, the UK isn’t allowed to negotiate its own trade deals as long as it is still part of the EU, and there is a genuine fear in Brussels that Trump is out to destroy the bloc. He hasn’t made any secret of his support for Brexit and recently told The Times of London: “I think people want … their own identity, so if you ask me … I believe others will leave.” He is even expected to confirm a Brexiteer Ted Malloch as the next US ambassador to the EU. Malloch told the BBC last week: “Mr. Trump has clearly said that any trade deals with anyone frankly in the future will be done on a bilateral basis.” Pressed on whether other EU countries could be offered a similar deal as the UK’s, Malloch said: “I think the idea of offering such a deal – again negotiated on a bilateral basis – to other European countries is an ingenious one, and it circumvents a certain bureaucratic organization called the European Union.” While May does need a good relationship with Trump, she also needs a good relationship with the EU, given that she’s about to start negotiating with it about the terms of Britain’s exit from the bloc. A US trade deal that is meant to strengthen her position could ultimately have the opposite affect if she is seen to be siding with someone set to bring the whole system down. Trump’s “early embrace” of the British will inevitably be seen as an attempt to divide Europe, according to Jonathan Eyal at the Royal United Services Institute, an independent defense and security think tank in London. “The last thing that the UK needs is to be regarded as a battering ram for a US administration which wishes to promote the break-up of the EU,” Eyal wrote this week. Trump started his first week in office with an attack on free trade agreements, pulling out of one in Asia and suggesting he will do the same in North America. If he plans to finish it by taking aim at the EU during his meeting with May, it will put her in a very awkward position. Only last week, she said: “We do not want to undermine the single market, and we do not want to undermine the European Union. We want the EU to be a success and we want its remaining member states to prosper.” Related video Trump on using waterboarding If Europe weren’t enough of an issue, there are a couple of other issues that the two leaders seem to disagree on. Earlier this week in Parliament, May was asked by a member of her own Conservative Party to make it clear to Trump that in no circumstances will she permit Britain to be dragged into facilitating torture. She clarified: “We do not sanction torture and do not get involved in it.” Hours later, Trump, in an interview to ABC News, suggested he could be open to bringing back torture because he “absolutely” believes it works. May’s meeting with Trump is a landmark moment, but it’s riddled with pitfalls for her and she knows it. Her plan is to “renew the special relationship for a new age,” and she insists she isn’t afraid to talk “frankly” with the US leader. We’ll see how Trump copes with that as he shares the cameras for the first time with another world leader.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Theresa May", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170126140000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/europe/may-trump-analysis-foster/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "508000342", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Follow him on Twitter @aarondmiller2. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Aaron Miller: Next U.S. president won't risk crisis by scrapping Iran nuclear deal Iranian moderation was never the goal of deal, but opposite seems to be occurring, he says The problem with dancing with a bear, the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin once quipped, is that you can never let go. That uncomfortable reality is one the United States will be fully familiar with right now. On Sunday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei honored an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps admiral and four others for detaining 10 U.S. sailors last month. The sailors were, of course, quickly released. But Sunday’s move underscores just how strained (and strange) U.S.-Iran ties are right now. In some Republican presidential candidates’ eyes, such provocations are cause enough to tear up the nuclear agreement. Indeed, in Thursday’s debate, two candidates pledged to do exactly that if elected. But while frustration is understandable, such pledges are basically empty threats. Why? Because when the next president is inaugurated, implementation will have been underway for more than a year. Already, Iran is doing deals with Russia, Italy, France and China, among others, and nobody is looking for an international crisis right now.  The natural inclination once a thing this large has settled is to accept it. And the mentality based on my own diplomatic experience will be to keep it going, not try to sink it. But while a case can certainly be made that the accord was better than the alternatives – war or an Iran with a nuke – implementation day was also no cause for unrestrained celebration, either. It’s not just that the deal between the six world powers and Iran damaged relations with traditional U.S. allies, most prominently Saudi Arabia and Israel (both are in their different ways, to say the least, imperfect partners). The problem is that a fundamental shift in the balance of power is taking place in the region in Iran’s favor. For a start, Iran gains access to frozen assets without having to end its support to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, stop backing the Shiite rebels in Yemen who are fighting a proxy war with the Saudis or back off from its support to Lebanese Hezbollah. Related article Who lost the Middle East? More broadly, Iran is rising as Arab states face increasing challenges to state authority; restive populations and worsening economies; and, in some cases, fragmentation. Moreover, after nearly four decades of tension, America’s dependence on Iran is actually increasing. Washington, having gone all-in on the nuclear deal, needs Iran to uphold its commitments, something critical to the Obama administration’s legacy. In addition, it also needs Iranian assistance in resolving the civil war in Syria and stabilizing Iraq – complex issues that may require formal U.S. recognition of growing Iranian influence. Of course, the flip side of this, as supporters of the deal point out, is that Iran and the United States have another channel for communication. They point, for example, to the speedy resolution of the incident with the captured U.S. Navy personnel, as well as the prisoner exchange that saw several American-Iranians released. Yet the U.S. Navy personnel were still used for propaganda purposes by the Iranian military unit holding them – and now by the Supreme Leader on Sunday. Meanwhile, Siamak Namazi, another U.S.-Iranian dual national, has not been released. And no information has been given about the fate of Robert Levinson. So moving forward, Iran’s leadership is likely to exploit this channel with the United States whenever doing so suits its own interests. True, Iranian moderation was never the goal of the nuclear deal. Unfortunately, the opposite seems to be occurring. In fact, the strengthening of hard-line elements can be seen in a variety of recent actions, including the increase in the number of Iranian military advisers sent to Syria; the disqualification of thousands of centrists as candidates in the February elections for Parliament and the Assembly of Experts; the execution of large numbers of minors; and continued Holocaust denial. All this suggests that Iran’s hard-line leadership never really saw the nuclear agreement as a threat to the regime’s authoritarian and ideological character, but rather as a way to consolidate its power. Getting international sanctions lifted allowed it to improve Iran’s economic conditions and defuse public discontent. If social and political change comes at all in Iran, it will likely be painstakingly slow and controlled adroitly by the regime. Ultimately, though, none of this means that the next U.S. president – whatever he or she has said during the campaign – is going to create a crisis in the first year by unilaterally abrogating or undermining an international agreement signed by all five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. It won’t happen. Still, there is some good news. The agreement has not created a permanent fix for Iran’s search for a nuke, but it did buy time while heading off an immediate crisis. And finally, there is this point, too: The nuclear agreement is so advantageous to Iran that it just wouldn’t be in Tehran’s interest to violate the terms anyway. For better or perhaps worse, we’re now dancing with a bear and we won’t be stopping anytime soon. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.Read CNNOpinion’s Flipboard magazine.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iran nuclear deal", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160202223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/02/opinions/iran-american-dance-miller/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "730533114", "sentence": "Several Russians who had been hired as paramilitary contractors were among more than 100 men killed in US airstrikes in northern Syria last week, according to their friends and families. The men were working for a private Russian company called Wagner, which has sent hundreds of private contractors to Syria to help both the Russian military and pro-regime forces, according to people who knew them. One of the dead was 51-year-old Vladimir Loginov. Like many contractors who have gone to Syria, he was a member of a Cossack group of ultranationalists who have also fought in eastern Ukraine. The Baltic Cossack District said in a statement that Loginov was a Russian citizen who was killed in an “unequal battle” while “heroically defending our Fatherland in its far reaches from crazy barbarians” when he died on February 7. “Vladimir died for the Fatherland, the Cossacks and the Orthodox faith!” the group said. Related article Rare US airstrikes on pro-regime forces bring latest turn in Syrian war CNN has been able to confirm the names of at least three other Russians who were killed supporting pro-regime militia in a large-scale attack that day. According to US officials, a force of some 500 crossed the Euphrates River near Deir Ezzor, along with tanks, missile launchers and artillery. Their target was a base of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which came under artillery fire. A US detachment was at the base. The US responded with airstrikes that killed about 100 of the attackers, according to the coalition, with the rest retreating. One of the Russians killed was Kirill Ananyev, according to his friend Aleksandr Averin. He said Ananyev had been in Syria “a little over a year” and that he had been killed when “American artillery smashed the Wagner unit.” Averin said he believed that casualties among the Russians present amounted to more than “the typical Wagner loss of just a couple of people.” Most of the casualties, according to local sources, appear to have been members of a pro-regime Christian militia from the town of al Suqaylabiyah. Earlier this week, there was a mass funeral for about 30 members of the militia – which often describes itself as the “ISIS hunters” – in the town. Two sons of a prominent tribal leader were also killed, according to social-media posts from Syria. Wagner, which is under US sanctions for supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine, has several hundred contractors in Syria, according to analysts. In December, Nikolay Tikhonivch from Tomsk was killed “in the area of the Hama-Idlib highway,” according to a social-media post from the “Rus” patriotic group to which he belonged. Two Wagner contractors who were captured by ISIS in November have not been heard from since appearing in a video soon after being seized. They are believed to be dead, according to Russian officials. Wagner is registered in Hong Kong and has no public offices in Russia and no contact details. Efforts by CNN to reach the company were unsuccessful. US Defense Secretary General James Mattis has said that the US was puzzled by the attack near Deir Ezzor last week. “The Russians told us they had no forces there initially. I think that’s still the case but we don’t have full clarity on what the regime forces are doing there,” Mattis said over the weekend. The US and Russian militaries have de-confliction channels to prevent accidental clashes in Syria and alert each other to movements. “The Russians professed that they were not aware when we called them about that force that had crossed [the Euphrates]. As it came closer they were notified when the firing began,” Mattis said. Related article Deadly battle with Syrian regime forces complicates Trump's Syria strategy Neither the Kremlin nor the Russian Ministry of Defense talks about private military contractors in Syria. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday:  “We have no information regarding other Russians who may be in Syria.” It is very difficult to estimate the number of Russians working as military contractors in Syria and the number who are killed. For days, rumors have swept through Russian social media that far more than a handful of Wagner contractors were killed in last week’s engagement. On Monday liberal presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky said: “If massive Russian casualties took place, then relevant officials … must announce this to the country and find out who is responsible.” Kremlin spokesman Peskov rejected Yavlinsky’s assertion, saying: “I don’t think Yavlinsky has more reliable sources than this.” There were many Russian citizens overseas, Peskov said, “and it’s very hard to have detailed information.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Wagner private military company", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180213163000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/middleeast/russians-killed-us-airstrikes-syria-intl/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "672867447", "sentence": "Trump signaled he is working with Russia to establish a second regional ceasefire in Syria \"We are working on a second ceasefire in a very rough part of Syria,\" he said President Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he is working with Russia to establish a second regional ceasefire in Syria, nearly a week after the US, Russia and Jordan brokered a first ceasefire in southwestern Syria. Trump said the next ceasefire agreement would cover a “very rough part of Syria,” but offered no additional details on the potential agreement or which countries were involved in the negotiations. “By having some commutations and dialogue, we are able to have a ceasefire and it is going to go on for a while and frankly, we are working on a second ceasefire in a very rough part of Syria,” Trump said Thursday during a news conference in Paris after fielding a question on the US’ dialogue with Russia. Related article Trump: 'Most people would have taken that meeting' “And if we get that and a few more, all of the sudden you are going to have no bullets being fired in Syria. And that would be a wonderful thing,” Trump added. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment seeking more details on the potential ceasefire agreement. Trump’s comments came as the US-Russia brokered ceasefire in southwestern Syria entered its fifth day, a hopeful development in a country where numerous ceasefires have been brokered and quickly fallen apart. Trump expressed optimism that the ceasefire would continue to hold, noting that the days-old ceasefire had already last a “very long period of time” relative to past ceasefires. The ceasefire was touted as the first tangible sign of agreement between the US and Russia in Syria, where the two countries support opposing factions. The US has backed moderate anti-government rebels in the country while Russia continues to support the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Trump’s comments came amid his meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, talks that were set to focus in large part on the conflict in Syria, with the longtime allies aiming to partner to develop a road map for the country’s future. “We agreed to continue to work together, in particular in order to be able to launch together some diplomatic initiatives in order to put in place a road map for what will come after the war,” Macron said, adding the US and France hope to help establish a “political road map in particular for Syria after the war.” Macron also touted the need to maintain an open dialogue with Russia to advance peace in Syria. CNN’s Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-Russia ceasefire efforts in Syria", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170713184500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/donald-trump-possible-second-syria-ceasefire-russia/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "710334519", "sentence": "The Trump administration is stopping short of publicly confronting the Chinese government The three charged in the Pittsburgh case are presumed to live in China The Justice Department on Monday unsealed an indictment against three Chinese nationals in connection with cyberhacks and the alleged theft of intellectual property of three companies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation. But the Trump administration is stopping short of publicly confronting the Chinese government about its role in the breach. The hacks occurred during both the Obama and Trump administrations. The charges being brought in Pittsburgh allege that the hackers stole intellectual property from several companies, including Trimble, a maker of navigation systems; Siemens, a German technology company with major operations in the US; and Moody’s Analytics. The three charged in the Pittsburgh case are presumed to live in China and are either employed or associated with Guangzhou Bo Yu Information Technology Co., known as Boyusec, court documents say. US intelligence and private cybersecurity experts say Boyusec works as a contractor for the Chinese ministry of state security, that nation’s version of the National Security Agency. The court documents unsealed Monday don’t mention the Chinese state links. US investigators have concluded that the three charged by the US attorney in Pittsburgh were working for a Chinese intelligence contractor, the sources briefed on the investigation say. But missing from court documents filed in the case is any explicit mention that the thefts were state-sponsored. A 2015 deal between then-President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping prohibits the US and China from stealing intellectual property for the purpose of giving advantage to domestic companies. In recent months some US intelligence agencies have concluded that China is breaking the agreement, sources briefed on the matter say. But there’s debate among intelligence officials about whether there’s sufficient evidence to publicly reveal the Chinese government’s role in the infractions, these people say. Obama administration officials had touted the Obama-Xi agreement, as well as 2014 Justice Department charges against members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army for commercial espionage, for reducing some of the Chinese cyberactivity against companies in the US. But the 2015 Obama-Xi deal was met with skepticism inside the US agencies whose job it is to guard against Chinese cyberactivity targeting US companies. Some now say there was only a brief drop in the number of cyberspying incidents, if at all. In the waning months of the Obama administration, intelligence officials briefed senior White House officials on information showing that the Chinese cyberattacks were back to levels previously seen, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Early in the Trump administration, US intelligence officials briefed senior officials, including the President and vice president, as well as advisers Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon. At the same time, some Trump administration officials have raised concerns about whether to confront China over the cyber intrusions at a time when the administration is trying to get cooperation from the Chinese government on North Korea and other issues.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Chinese government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171127183000", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/politics/china-hacking-case/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "686351379", "sentence": "Flake said North Korea seems \"intent\" on continuing its nuclear development He also said it would be wrong for Trump to end DACA Following North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test, one of President Donald Trump’s most outspoken Republican critics expressed confidence in Trump’s team, but not the commander in chief himself. Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that Trump, like most new presidents, was inexperienced in foreign policy, adding that he would like a “measured” response from the Oval Office. “Obviously, you’d like a leader that is measured and sober and consistent,” Flake said, adding, “We’ve got a good team around the President.” Flake echoed the administration’s previous statements on the North Korean nuclear threat, saying all options needed to be on the table – including military ones – and said there is no clear path forward to resolving Pyongyang’s continued nuclear development. “It becomes cliche to say there are no good options here, but there really aren’t,” Flake said. Flake said China has “considerably more leverage” than the US over North Korea, and he hoped Beijing would use that leverage to help alleviate the crisis, but he also acknowledged international sanctions on Pyongyang had not slowed the rogue state’s nuclear program. “They seem intent on moving forward,” Flake said. Flake criticized Trump during the campaign, and since he took office, the senator has said he is willing to part with Trump on key items of the President’s agenda. Mattis warns of ‘massive military response’ What is a hydrogen bomb?What happens when NK tests a nukeWhat’s left to sanction?Pressure on Washington to find right response Mattis warns of ‘massive military response’ What is a hydrogen bomb?What happens when NK tests a nukeWhat’s left to sanction?Pressure on Washington to find right response Flake has supported Trump’s nominees and voted with him on a number of issues that have come before the Senate, including GOP proposals to repeal and replace Obamacare. But the Arizona senator has also staked out positions opposing Trump on immigration and the proposed border wall. Trump promised during the campaign to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation. Flake said Sunday that “it would be the right thing” for Trump to go back on that promise. “To remove them from the country, to split up families like this, is just not the way we ought to go,” Flake said. On Trump’s proposed border wall, Flake said it was still unclear to him what Trump was actually proposing. “We still really haven’t seen what he means by the wall,” Flake said. “If that’s a metaphor for border security, we can certainly support that. But if he’s talking about a solitary, brick-and-mortar, 2,000-mile edifice on the border, then no, nobody ought to support that.” Flake’s criticisms of Trump have earned the ire of the President, who most recently criticized him – but not by name – during a rally in Flake’s state of Arizona. But in the interview Sunday, Flake said he was not worried about Trump hurting his reelection chances. “The people in Arizona tend to elect independent-minded, principled senators,” Flake said. He added, “I’m quite comfortable being where I am.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170903151500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/03/politics/jeff-flake-north-korea-cnntv/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "656216895", "sentence": "President Donald Trump is facing criticism over claims he released classified info Republicans House members in competitive districts responded in different ways Several vulnerable House Republicans representing districts Hillary Clinton carried in 2016 have publicly distanced themselves from President Donald Trump since Monday night. Their moves – which include calls for a special prosecutor in the probe into his campaign’s ties to Russia and criticism of his reported sharing of classified information in an Oval Office meeting with top Russian emissaries – are the latest evidence that Trump is becoming politically toxic for the Republican Party headed into the 2018 midterm elections. In a statement Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Steve Knight, R-California, became the latest GOP lawmaker to call for a special prosecutor in the Russia probe. “There is too much at stake at home and abroad to not take this step,” he said. “There is so much conflicting information from many sources; Americans deserve the opportunity to learn the truth.” His comments came after Rep. Barbara Comstock, who represents northern Virginia’s moderate suburbs, issued a statement strongly criticizing Trump over The Washington Post’s report that Trump shared highly sensitive information with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a meeting last week – one that took place the day after he fired FBI Director James Comey, who was leading the Russia investigation. “Once again we are faced with inexplicable stories coming from the White House that are highly troubling,” Comstock said. “We need to have immediate classified briefings on what occurred at this meeting so that Congress can at least know as much as Russian leaders and know the impact on our national security, our allies, and our men and women protecting our country.” Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, whose Miami-area district went for Hillary Clinton in 2016, compared Trump’s actions to Clinton – whom Republicans lambasted during the campaign for keeping classified information on her personal email server. “The importance of carefully handling classified information was one of the big lessons of 2016,” Curbelo tweeted. “All leaders should be held to same standard.” Another Republican who has largely backed Trump – Rep. John Katko of New York – attempted to defend the President in a town hall Monday night by citing Clinton’s actions, but ultimately conceded that Trump erred as well. “The bottom line, it is a persistent problem,” Katko said. His efforts to distance himself from the Trump administration were even more clear when the topic of the town hall shifted to health care. “You want to talk about the pressure that was brought to people on that vote, it was incredible,” he said. “And I didn’t buckle.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "President Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170516203000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/16/politics/vulnerable-house-republicans-trump-russia/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "582229427", "sentence": "Actor Richard Hong was found dead in a home in LA after an attempted burglary George Stroumboulopoulos had rented the home, but was in New York at the time Canadian actor Richard Hong was found dead in a Los Angeles home being rented by George Stroumboulopoulos, a Canadian TV and radio personality, according to Los Angeles Police. Hong, 41, was the apparent victim of a burglary attempt, police said. “The victIm was a dear friend of mine, who was staying at my place while I was away. I am heartbroken. ” Stroumboulopoulos wrote on Facebook. He said he was in New York at the time and is returning to Los Angeles. Police found Hong’s body after they responded to a 911 call around 2 a.m. Friday. Witnesses saw a man dressed in a black jacket fleeing from the scene, according to LAPD Officer Jenny Houser. “There’s so much to say but I’m at a loss for words so just love your people and I will have more to say when we know more about what happened,” Stroumboulopoulos said in his Facebook statement. In 2013, Stroumboulopoulos hosted a one-hour talk show on CNN.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160924033000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CAN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/us/la-actor-body-found/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "641361819", "sentence": "Merkel and Trump spoke more than a week after their meeting Trump called to congratulate Merkel A little more than a week after their frosty White House meeting, President Donald Trump and his German counterpart, Angela Merkel, spoke by phone Monday, ostensibly for the US leader to congratulate the chancellor on her party’s victory in a tiny German province over the weekend. But the call, according to US officials, was also designed to smooth over any lingering unpleasantness from the March 17 meeting, during which Trump focused intently on Germany’s defense spending, even when Merkel sought to move on to other topics. The technique of using a political victory in a local election to flatter an important foreign leader is new for Trump, but not an entire surprise for a president still basking in his own political victory. Trump still recounts his election night win in public remarks, and foreign leaders hoping to foster close ties to the US President have made a point of praising his unlikely campaign during joint appearances. Related article Trump stands by wiretapping claim during Merkel visit Trump adopted that approach for himself Monday, phoning both Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate them on their parties’ state-level wins. One German government official suggested the call with Merkel amounted to Trump “making an effort to be nice” after their first face-to-face meeting a week and a half ago. In their conversation, Trump and Merkel discussed the contentious sit-down, though US officials said Trump did not apologize during the phone call for his aggressive stance on NATO, which rankled some German officials. But he did seek to strike a more conciliatory tone with Merkel, with whom he hopes to work together on a range of subjects – from trade to Syria and Ukraine. Last week’s meeting commenced on an awkward note when Trump appeared to refuse to shake Merkel’s hand during an Oval Office photo-op. The body language came to symbolize the vast gulf between the two leaders, which was exacerbated by memories of Trump’s campaign trail criticism of Merkel’s stance on refugees. In their meeting, Trump returned repeatedly to the defense spending issue, according to people familiar with the two leaders’ conversation. He did not, as a British newspaper reported over the weekend, present a physical invoice to Merkel for unpaid funds. But he did maintain, in what one official described as an aggressive tone, that Germany owed vast sums to NATO and the US. Merkel told Trump during their talks that Germany had committed to ramping up military spending but avoided engaging him on the issue of back payments. But even with those assurances, Trump was intent on driving his point home, even when the German chancellor attempted to redirect their conversation toward other topics. A person who spoke with Merkel afterward said the German chancellor – who isn’t known for outward displays of emotion – did not appear fazed by the session. A separate German government official described the face-to-face meeting as “fine” and “productive,” without the level of awkwardness that some read into the leaders’ body language. The Germans “heard the right messages” on US commitment to NATO and insistence on territorial integrity in Ukraine, the official said, which were the topics Merkel was most intent to discuss. But some members of the German delegation did privately wonder what level of cooperation could exist between the two leaders given Trump’s single-minded focus on the NATO matter. After Merkel departed the White House, Trump attempted to downplay any suggestions the meeting went poorly. But even then, he inserted a jab at Germany’s defense budget. “Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel,” Trump wrote on Twitter while he was at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago. “Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!” Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes..... ...vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany! That message added to the anxiety of some German officials, who were unnerved by the combative public stance toward an important US ally. Some US officials also expressed private concern that Trump risked alienating Merkel, who is Europe’s longest-serving, most politically assured leader and has expressed a desire to maintain a close working relationship with Washington. Ivanka Trump, the President’s daughter, has herself sought to foster a connection with Merkel in a bid to maintain Berlin-Washington ties. At Merkel’s request, the first daughter arranged a meeting between US and German CEOs as part of the Chancellor’s visit; the session was a highlight of the day, according to German officials. Ivanka Trump will visit Berlin for a women’s empowerment summit in April. Monday’s phone call was added to Trump’s schedule after Merkel’s Christian Democrats won a regional election in a tiny western state over the weekend. In an official readout of the phone conversation, the White House said Trump spoke with Merkel “to congratulate her on the outcome of the Saarland state election on March 26.” But the statement also added that the two leaders “used the occasion to reflect on the Chancellor’s March 17 visit to the White House.” Trump employed a less aggressive tone and did not repeat his claim that Germany owed the US money, said US officials familiar with the call. He instead used the local elections as a way to flatter Merkel. Sunday’s vote in Saarland state – Germany’s smallest – isn’t expected to have a major impact on the balance of power in Germany, and the Christian Democrats have held power in the area for the better part of two decades. But the election was seen as a bellwether for a series of upcoming votes in Germany, ending in the federal elections on September 24. Merkel’s party performed better than expected. The center-right Christian Democrats won 40.7% of Sunday’s vote, a solid 5.5% increase over four years ago and a convincing win over the center-left Social Democrat Party, which only took 29.6%, according to CNN affiliate ARD. The Saarland elections were widely viewed as a test for the SPD’s new leader, former EU Parliament President Martin Schulz, whose criticism of Trump’s policies appeared to be playing well with voters. It’s rare for a US president to call foreign leaders to congratulate them on their parties’ political successes, particularly in local elections when the leader is not herself on the ballot. Indeed, the White House typically take pains to avoid seeming to interfere in foreign political contests. On Tuesday, however, the White House also said Trump had phoned India’s prime minister to “congratulate him on the outcome of India’s recent state-level elections.” Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory earlier this month in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. That election was regarded as a direct win for Modi himself, who campaigned in the district for his party and will come up for a second term in 2019. CNN’s Juliet Perry and Susanna Capelouto contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170329001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/donald-trump-angela-merkel-call/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "576485823", "sentence": "Members of Congress are concerned about civilian casualties in Yemen Doctors Without Borders is pulling out of several hospitals because of the danger More than 60 lawmakers in the House are fighting to delay the Obama administration’s planned sale of $1.15 billion in arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia, citing the growing number of civilian casualties in Yemen caused by the Saudi-led military coalition. In a longshot bid to stall the sale, the bipartisan group of 64 House members, led by California Rep. Ted Lieu, has called on the White House to withdraw the request for congressional approval for the sale until Congress can fully debate American military support for the Saudis. Among the lawmakers who signed the letter, which was sent to President Barack Obama, are several members of the House Armed Services Committee and House Committee on Foreign Affairs. “This military campaign has had a deeply troubling impact on civilians,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter, which was first reported by Foreign Policy. “According to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 3,704 civilians, including 1,121 children have been killed during the conflict. 2.8 million Yemenis have been internally displaced by the fighting, with 83 percent of the population now dependent on humanitarian assistance for survival.” The United States has backed a Saudi-led coalition of Arab countries in an 18-month campaign against Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen. UN-led peace talks to end the conflict broke down last month, and airstrikes resumed. The Doctors Without Borders group is pulling out of a half-dozen medical facilities in northern Yemen due to what the humanitarian organization described as “indiscriminate bombings and unreliable reassurances” from the Saudi-led coalition, after an attack last month hit one of its hospitals, killing 19 and wounding 24. Saudi Arabia was the top recipient of American-made arms from 2011 to 2015, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Congress has 30 days to consider the sale, which was approved by the State Department on August 9, and the deadline is soon to pass, meaning lawmakers would not be able to delay the sale. The letter indicated that the lawmakers were frustrated that the clock began ticking in the middle of the seven-week summer recess, which just ended Tuesday. “Any decision to sell more arms to Saudi Arabia should be given adequate time for full deliberation by Congress,” the letter said. “We are concerned, however, that the timing of this notification during the August congressional recess could be interpreted to mean that Congress has little time to consider the arms deal when it returns from recess within the 30 day window established by law.” The most recent congressional effort to thwart the sale of armaments to Saudi Arabia came from Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, who unsuccessfully pushed a resolution earlier this year that would make air-to-ground weapons and ammunition sales to Saudi Arabia subject to a certification process. “There’s an American imprint on every civilian life lost in Yemen,” Murphy told CNN’s Jake Tapper last month. “Why? It’s because, though the Saudis are actually dropping the bombs from their planes, they couldn’t do it without the United States.” State Department spokesman John Kirby told CNN that the US shares some of the lawmakers’ concerns. “We have had some concerns with the conduct of some coalition operations in Yemen, and we’ve not been bashful about expressing those privately or publicly,” Kirby said Friday. “I can assure you that (Secretary of State John Kerry) raised those concerns with Saudi leaders when we were in Jeddah.” Kerry traveled to Saudi Arabia last month and met with Saudi King Salman. Kerry recently announced nearly $189 million in additional humanitarian aid for Yemen, bringing the total to more than $327 million since October 2015.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160906214500", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "YEM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/politics/saudi-arabia-arms-sale-congress-yemen/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "624540220", "sentence": "US, Japan have jointly developed new missile interceptor Pacific allies fear North Korean missile program The US and Japan have passed a crucial test for missile defense, shooting down a medium-range ballistic missile with a new interceptor launched from a guided-missile destroyer. The US Missile Defense Agency announced that the USS John Paul Jones detected, tracked and took out the target ballistic missile using its onboard Aegis Missile Defense System and a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor. The test took place Friday night off the Hawaiian island of Kauai. “Today’s test demonstrates a critical milestone in the cooperative development of the SM-3 Block IIA missile,” the director of the Missile Defense Agency, Vice Adm. Jim Syring, said in a statement. “The missile, developed jointly by a Japanese and US government and industry team, is vitally important to both our nations and will ultimately improve our ability to defend against increasing ballistic missile threats around the world.” Related article Mattis: US will defend Japanese islands claimed by China The test came while new US Defense Secretary James Mattis was on his first overseas trip to South Korea and Japan. Ballistic missile defense was at the top of the agenda after North Korea’s prolific testing of short- and intermediate-range missiles last year. And the US is worried that North Korea may be developing a long-range missile that could carry a nuclear warhead to reach as far as the US West Coast. A focus of Mattis’ trip was the THAAD – Terminal High Altitude Area Defense – anti-missile system, which the US plans to deploy in South Korea this year. The THAAD system has drawn sharp criticism from China, which sees it as part of a broader US strategy to extend its military alliance network from Japan all the way down to the South China Sea. But during his trip to South Korea, Mattis said North Korea’s “provocative behavior” was the only reason THAAD would be deployed. “There is no other nation that needs to be concerned about THAAD other than North Korea,” he said. Though THAAD and Aegis operate on a similar concept, it’s THAAD that has drawn vocal Chinese opposition. Asked Monday about the Aegis system missile test, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said all such systems raised trust issues among the major military powers. “Countries should not only consider their own security interests but also respect other countries’ security concerns” when it comes to missile defense, Lu said. “We should follow the principles of preserving global strategic stability and doing no harm to other countries’ security.” Related video US displays its military power in the Pacific The Aegis system is designed to intercept ballistic missile around the middle of their flight, when the missile is at its highest point above the Earth. The system is based on the powerful AN/SPY-1 radar, which can track 100 missiles simultaneously. The US Navy has 22 guided-missile cruisers and 62 guided-missile destroyers equipped with the Aegis system. Japan has six Aegis destroyers with plans for more. South Korea also operates Aegis-equipped destroyers. CNN’s Steven Jiang in Beijing contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US-Japan missile defense cooperation", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170206044500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/politics/us-japan-aegis-missile-defense-test/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "630729783", "sentence": "The US and NATO have begun discussions with Iraq about the possibility of a long presence Trump directed the Pentagon to draw up a plan on fighting ISIS The US military is contemplating a long-term presence in Iraq to stabilize the country after the anticipated defeat ISIS, America’s top military officer said Thursday. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford said that both the US and NATO have begun discussions with Iraq about the possibility. “We have, as has NATO, begun a dialogue about a long term commitment to grow the capacity, maintain the capacity of Iraqi Security Forces, but no decisions have been made yet,” Dunford told an audience at the Brookings Institution in Washington, his first time fielding questions since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. “Iraq has begun to speak, and you’ve heard Prime Minister (Haider) Abadi speak, about the international community continuing to support defense capacity building,” he added. A NATO official told CNN Friday that, at Abadi’s request, the alliance had already begun training Iraqi troops this month and that NATO’s presence there “has no fixed end date.” Dunford’s comments come days after Secretary of Defense James Mattis and the commander of the US-led counter-ISIS coalition, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, suggested in Baghdad that there would be continued US-Iraqi military collaboration even after the terror group is ejected from Mosul. Forces are currently advancing on the terror group there, the last major city it controls. “The Iraqi people, the Iraqi military and the Iraqi political leadership recognizes what they’re up against and the value of the coalition and the partnership in particular with the United States, Mattis told reporters Monday on a trip to Baghdad. “I imagine we’ll be in this fight for a while and we’ll stand by each other.” The longer-term approach to stabilizing Iraq stands in stark contrast to policies pursued by President Barack Obama, who ran on a platform of getting US troops out of Iraq and campaigned for reelection based on having withdrawn all US troops in 2011. Obama later had to recommit American forces upon the rise of ISIS, but kept their involvement limited. A longer assignment could trigger political pushback. Dunford seemed to take a subtle swipe at Obama as well as offer a warning to his current commander in chief when he stressed Thursday that “we can’t be paralyzed” with the difficult decision in the fight against ISIS. Many in the military had pushed the Obama White House to take more forceful action to confront the terror group, something Trump has pledged to do. Before deciding on a specific course, however, Trump directed the Pentagon, with input from the State Department and Treasury, to draw up a plan to be delivered Monday or Tuesday to the White House for consideration. “It’s fair to say we’ll provide him a full range of options,” Dunford said, refusing to rule anything out. A US defense official told CNN this week that the document would include strategies, goals and resources needed to accelerate the fight, potentially proposing an increase in resources for Syria. The plan is also expected to address ISIS franchises outside of Syria and Iraq, including in Yemen, Libya and Afghanistan. At Brookings, Dunford mentioned the need to weigh the views of regional players, such as key American ally Turkey, which opposes US-backed Kurdish groups currently carrying out some of the most effective fighting against ISIS in Syria. “We are wrestling with all those issues, but at the end of the day we can’t be paralyzed by tough choices,” Dunford said. CNN’s Barbara Starr contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military presence in Iraq", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170224010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/dunford-us-iraq-commitment/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "570309561", "sentence": "Five years after President Barack Obama first called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the last American ambassador to that war-torn country issued a scathing criticism of U.S. policy. “The United States does not have leverage to forge a consensus,” Robert Ford told CNN’s Clarissa Ward, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour. “And, frankly, the Obama administration is doing very little, if anything, to generate leverage to forge that consensus.” Related video U.S.: 'There is leverage' in Syria Ford said that the administration had a “myopic” focus on ISIS. “The Islamic State is a problem, but the Islamic State came out of the broader problem of the Syrian civil war. And it really isn’t going to be solved outside the context, outside a larger solution to the Syrian civil war.” America is, he said, “trying to fix with a military hammer a deeper political problem.” Ford resigned his post more than two years ago, saying he could no longer “defend the American policy.” He has called for a much more forceful policy against Assad. U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby denied the U.S. lacked leverage in Syria. Related video British aid worker: Massacres happening daily in Aleppo “Actually, there is leverage,” he said. “And Russia is, and has been, part of that leverage in the past. What we want to see is that they continue to live up to those obligations that they have made in so many multilateral forays.” Russia, which said on Monday it was engaged in “very active” talks to begin joint military action with the U.S. over Syria, stepped up its intervention in that country by launching for the first time long-range bombers from an air base in Iran. Aleppo, Syria’s second city, meanwhile remains under partial siege and the target of daily airstrikes. Speaking with Ward from that city, a British aid worker and activist, Tauqir “Tox” Sharif, said he “couldn’t think of enough superlatives to describe the situation.” “We are seeing massacres taking place daily.” Nearly half a million civilians have been killed in Syria, according to human rights groups.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "U.S. policy on Syria", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160817231500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/world/syria-amanpour-ward-robert-ford/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "592310518", "sentence": "Nina Pham filed a lawsuit in 2015 Nurse claims she was not adequately trained to deal with Ebola A Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a patient has settled a lawsuit against the hospital where she became infected. The diagnosis of Nina Pham was the first known transmission of the disease in the United States. The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas nurse sued its parent company, Texas Health Resources, in March 2015, accusing it of failing to adequately prepare her to treat Ebola and violating her privacy. “Texas Health Resources and Ms. Pham have resolved the pending lawsuit, and wish the best for each other going forward,” the parties said in a joint statement. “All parties have agreed the terms of the resolution are confidential and will not make additional statements or grant media interviews.” Pham and another nurse contracted Ebola in October 2014 after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who started showing symptoms after arriving in Dallas from Liberia. Pham wore a mask, gown, shield and gloves, but it wasn’t enough. Two days after Duncan died, Pham was diagnosed, despite assurances from her employer that she was at no risk for Ebola and could “freely” see friends and family, the lawsuit contends. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a breach in protocol was to blame for the infection. Pham alleged that the hospital was at fault for disregarding warnings about the disease and failing to provide her with necessary protective equipment or training for treating Ebola. Because the hospital initially discharged Duncan when he arrived seeking treatment, it hurt his chances of beating the virus, the lawsuit said. Related video The facts about Ebola Related video How your hospital handles Ebola “I was hoping that THR would be more open and honest about everything that happened at the hospital, and the things they didn’t do that led to me getting infected with Ebola,” Pham said in 2015. “But that didn’t happen, and I felt I was left with no choice but to turn to the courts for help.” After her diagnosis, Pham claimed that the hospital violated her privacy by sharing details of her condition and took advantage of public sympathy for her in marketing and social media campaigns. Pham and another nurse, Amber Vinson, were cleared after being treated in hospitals specially equipped and staffed to handle Ebola, Pham at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, and Vinson at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. When she filed the lawsuit in 2015, Pham said she was still experiencing fatigue and body aches. It was unclear whether the effects were from the disease or experimental drugs for treatment, her lawyer said. She also worried that the stigma of being the “Ebola nurse” could have  lasting impact on her career. “Professionally, she doubts whether she can ever be a critical care nurse again – in part because of the emotional stress and anxiety over the trauma she experienced and in part because of the fear and stigma that follows her,” the lawsuit said. It is unclear whether she has resumed working. She did not immediately respond Monday to requests for comment. CNN’s Samira Said and Holly Yan contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Texas Health Resources", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161025020000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "LBR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/health/nina-pham-ebola-hospital-lawsuit-settled/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "657200818", "sentence": "Russia criticizes attack on military convoy US coalition carried out airstrikes on Wednesday Russia has condemned a series of US coalition airstrikes on a military convoy allied with President Bashar al-Assad in Syria as “totally unacceptable.” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov hit out at the attack Friday, according to state news agency RIA-Novosti. “Any military actions leading to the aggravation of the situation in Syria definitely affect the political process, especially if such actions are committed against the Syrian armed forces,” Gatilov is quoted as saying. “This is totally unacceptable; it is a violation of Syrian sovereignty.” The US said Thursday it had struck a convoy of 20 pro-regime vehicles in Syria a day earlier. It is the second time since Donald Trump became President that the US has intentionally struck pro-regime forces in Syria. Related article US-led coalition airstrikes targeted pro-Syrian regime forces According to a US defense official, a convoy of 20 pro-regime vehicles was headed toward al-Tanf, a military base on the Syrian-Jordanian border, on Wednesday night. Al-Tanf, which Russian warplanes bombed a year ago, is currently occupied by US and British Special Forces that are advising an anti-ISIS Syrian rebel group known as Maghawir al-Thawra, or the Commandos of the Revolution. READ MORE: US to Iran – containment is back Thirteen of the vehicles apparently breached the “de-confliction zone” around the base, an area that the coalition has communicated to Moscow to stay well clear of. US warplanes were first scrambled in a “show of force” against the oncoming convoy. But then five vehicles kept approaching, coming within 29 kilometers of the base when they were finally hit by US aircraft. The coalition confirmed that the convoy posed a direct threat to “US partner forces” – “despite Russian attempts to dissuade pro-regime movement” toward the base. Related article With latest airstrikes, US signals to Iran: Containment is back The strike marks the first time that the Pentagon has offered aerial protection to its Arab proxies under assault from pro-Syrian militias – and only the second time in the history of the six-year conflict that American warplanes have intentionally targeted Iranian proxies in Syria. The convoy appears to have consisted not of regular Syrian army soldiers but of international Shia militiamen. The news of the strikes came just hours before Trump was set to make his first overseas trip as President. Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia on Friday, where he is expected to reassure America’s Sunni Gulf allies that his administration is committed to containing and deterring Iran, which is now the principal security underwriter of the Assad regime in Syria. Iran’s expansionist ambitions have begun to chafe under a slowly increasing US hard power deployment in the region, opposition sources have told CNN. Tlass Salameh, the commander of the Lions of the East Brigade, said that his men are located 20 kilometers from al-Tanf. The brigade receives support from a covert CIA program designed to train and arm vetted Syrian rebel groups, according to Salameh. Recruits of that program are allowed to fight the Syrian regime and its allied militias, including those imported from Lebanon and Iraq and beholden to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Force. Related video Photojournalist reveals life in regime-held Syria On Monday, Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency claimed that Lebanese Hezbollah, a prominent Iranian proxy, had deployed “12 regiments with 1,000 fighters” to southern Syria “to face the US-backed militants in al-Tanf border crossing.” “The regime is bombing us in 25 to 30 raids on a daily basis. Russia hit us once or twice,” Salameh told CNN. “We have a post in Mafraq Kabid on the Damascus-Baghdad highway, which is now controlled by the Iranian and [Lebanese] Hezbollah militias.” That transnational highway is crucial to Iranian plans to construct a ground corridor, or land bridge, from Tehran all the way to Mediterranean coast. Rebel sources confirm a report published this week by the UK’s Guardian newspaper to that effect, noting that the original route for this corridor has recently shifted from northern Syria, running through the heartland of Syrian Kurdish territory, to Sunni Arab tribal south of the country. The Guardian suggested that the change of latitude owed to a growing presence of US troops and US-run military installations the north, used by various anti-ISIS forces. A Syrian military source also reacted with anger to the US coalition strike, Syrian state media reported Friday. “The attempt to justify this act of aggression by saying that the targeted forces failed to respond to the warning to stop advancing is completely rejected,” the source told SANA, the Syrian Arab News Agency. “The Syrian Arab Army,” the source said, “is fighting terrorism on its territory, and no party whatsoever has the right to determine the course and destination of the army’s operations against the terrorist organizations, mainly ISIS and al-Qaeda.” CNN’s Michael Weiss, Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr contributed to this report. Emma Burrows and Alla Eshchenko in Moscow and Katie Polglase in London also contributed to this piece.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US coalition airstrikes", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170519153000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/us-syria-airstrikes-russia/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "664483283", "sentence": "One of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s predecessors has warned that her plan to stay in power after losing her parliamentary majority risks the “fragile” peace in Northern Ireland. John Major said he had serious doubts about a proposed tie-up the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which is traditionally associated with the protestant side of the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland. Major, who helped lay the foundations of the 1998 agreement that ended two decades of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland when he was in government, said it would imperil the UK government’s impartial role in the peace process. May’s Conservative Party needs the support of the DUP’s 10 MPs in order to retain power in the House of Commons, after losing her majority in last weeks “snap” UK election. Related video DUP 'only lifeline' for Theresa May after election The Prime Minister held talks with Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP on Tuesday, with a view to agreeing a “confidence and supply” agreement, in which the smaller party would support the Conservatives on budgetary and confidence votes. But Major, who was leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister between 1990 and 1997,  said he was “wary” and “dubious” of any deal with the DUP at a time where talks are about to resume on the state of the devolved government in the province. “A fundamental part of that peace process is that the UK government needs to be impartial between all the competing interests in Northern Ireland,” he told the BBC. “And the danger is that however much any government tries, they will not be seen to be impartial if they are locked into a parliamentary deal at Westminster with one of the Northern Ireland parties.” “People regard the peace process, which was very hard earned over very many years by a lot of people, people shouldn’t regard it is a given. It isn’t certain, it is under stress. It is fragile.” “Although I don’t expect it to suddenly collapse because there’s a broad consensus that wishes it to continue, I think we have to take care with it.” Read: The 10 people who can make or break Brexit May’s pursuit of the DUP has raised concerns in the Conservative Party. Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservatives in Scotland, sought assurances that LGBT rights would be protected after any deal with the DUP, which opposes same-sex marriage. But may appears to be motivated by her desire to guarantee a majority in Parliament for a Queen’s Speech – a key event in the parliamentary calendar in which the government lays out its policy agenda for the coming year. If the Conservatives lost a vote on the Queen’s Speech, May would face calls to stand aside, Major’s warning comes amid ongoing political turmoil in Northern Ireland. Devolved government at Stormont, site of the Northern Ireland assembly, broke down in January and has yet to restart. Talks between the parties resumed Monday in a bid to end the political deadlock. Downing Street has warned that direct rule from London could be imposed if no solution is found before ta June 29 deadline. One of the most pressing issues is the state of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Britain leaves the EU. Related video On GPS: Where do UK Conservatives go from here? While the DUP backed Brexit, it has already stated that it opposes a hard border and wants to maintain the Common Travel Area which would allow the movement of goods and services to go unhindered. The European Union has already said that it will make the border issue one of its top priorities, as has the British government. Read: Theresa May – the Icarus of UK politics Major says that any reintroduction of a hard border in Northern Ireland could prove harmful to long-term peace in the country. “The last thing we want to see is one or other of the communities so aggrieved that the hard men, who are still there lurking in the corners of the communities decide to return to some form of violence,” he said. “We really need to do everything we conceivably can to make sure that that doesn’t happen, and that does require an impartial UK government.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Theresa May's plan to stay in power with DUP support", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170613153000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "IRL", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/europe/john-major-northern-ireland/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "689101391", "sentence": "NEW: Spokesman says Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver speech on Rohingya next week More than 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh after violence escalated Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has canceled a trip this month to the UN General Assembly as the crisis involving minority Rohingya Muslims escalates in her country’s Rakhine state. More than 370,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence since August 25, according to the United Nations, an average of almost 20,000 a day. A spokesman for the presidential office said Wednesday that Suu Kyi had called off her trip for two reasons. “One is the current situation in Rakhine state. We have terrorist attacks and also there are many works on public safety and humanitarian works,” spokesman Zaw Htay said in a statement. “And the second reason is we have received reports that there are possibilities of terrorist attacks in our country.” Htay later announced Suu Kyi would give a “state of the union” speech next Tuesday in which she would address the Rohingya crisis fully. “She will explain about everything … Her speech is not only for the country but to tell the world as well,” he told reporters. One of the world’s largest annual diplomatic occasions, the 72nd UN General Assembly opened Tuesday in New York, with events expected to last for weeks, including a speech by President Donald Trump. Suu Kyi isn’t the president of Myanmar; her official title is state counselor in the country formerly known as Burma. The latest outbreak of violence in Rakhine state was sparked last month by a series of alleged attacks by Rohingya militants on government border posts. The actions of Myanmar’s armed forces are a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing,” UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Monday. They are believed to have intensified following the recent attacks. Refugees are pouring across the border into Bangladesh, bringing with them stories of murder, rape and devastation. Some have been injured by landmines they accuse Myanmar of planting along the border, while others described people being tortured to death or burned alive. Suu Kyi has been repeatedly criticized over her response to the crisis, particularly given her previous work as a defender of human rights for which she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. During her last speech to the United Nations in September 2016, Suu Kyi said her government didn’t fear international scrutiny over its handling of the Rohingya. “We are committed to a sustainable solution that will lead to peace, stability and development for all communities within the state,” she said then. By October, new violence had broken out across Rakhine state. Tom Malinowski, former US assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, said he’s “very sad” about Suu Kyi’s response to the Rohingya crisis. On Tuesday, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees taking shelter in her country, condemning “those who are responsible.” “What is the crime of the women and children or the innocent people?” she asked. “Because these people, innocent people, children, women, they are suffering, these people, they belong to Myanmar. … How can they deny they are not their citizens?” But Hasina also blamed the insurgents who have struck out against Myanmar authorities, saying they should have worked with the government. Hasina was one of 56 Islamic leaders to condemn the violence against the Rohingya in a joint statement Tuesday after an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the world’s largest Muslim body. The statement called for a “thorough and independent investigation” into the violence. The leaders of Turkey, Pakistan and Iran were among the signatories. It wasn’t only Muslim countries defending the Rohingya, however. In a statement posted online, al Qaeda threatened the Myanmar government, calling for militants to “set out for Burma.” “The savage treatment meted out to our Muslim brothers … shall not pass without punishment, and the government of Myanmar shall be made to taste what our Muslim brothers have tasted,” the terrorist group said in a statement from its media wing, al Sahab. The UN Security Council will meet Wednesday to discuss the ongoing crisis inside Rakhine state, which the organization says has left at least 1,000 dead. Related article Overnight exodus: Rohingya use cover of darkness to reach Bangladesh The Myanmar government says the death toll stands at 421, including 378 “terrorists” and 28 civilians. Sweden and the United Kingdom requested the meeting, saying in a statement they were “deeply concerned” by the reports emerging from Myanmar. “It is important that the Security Council play its role in responding,” Swedish Ambassador Olof Skoog said. “The priority is now to obtain immediate humanitarian access to those in need.” Skoog called for an end to the violence and protection for civilians from the fighting. The United States expressed further concern about the ongoing Myanmar violence Tuesday, with White House press secretary Sarah Sanders saying the Trump administration was “deeply troubled.” In an earlier statement, the US State Department stopped short of condemning the Myanmar government or Suu Kyi for the crisis, saying instead it was “concerned.” CNN’s Nima Elbagir contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar government", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170913063000", "country1": "MMR", "country2": "BGD", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/asia/rohingya-aung-san-suu-kyi-un/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "562673601", "sentence": "Wasserman Schultz was booed at a Monday breakfast Monday is the first day of the Democratic convention The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday without its outgoing Democratic National Committee chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, following a chaotic scene at a morning meeting where she was loudly jeered by Bernie Sanders supporters. “I have decided that in the interest of making sure that we can start the Democratic convention on a high note that I am not going to gavel in the convention,” Wasserman Schultz told the Sun Sentinel newspaper in an interview. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who is also the Democratic National Committee’s secretary, handled the gaveling instead. “Delegates, alternatives, standing committee members and all of our honored Democrats and other guests here in Philadelphia and all of you who have joined us by television, radio and online, here in the United States and around the world,” she said, “I hereby call the 47th quadrennial Democratic National Convention to order.” From Russia without love? DNC hack roils Philly Wasserman Schultz will also not speak tonight or throughout the duration of the convention, a Democrat close to her says. She will remain in Philadelphia until Friday when she formally steps down as leader of the committee. Wasserman Schultz changed her plans as the fallout deepened from leaked DNC emails that appeared to show the committee favoring presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over Sanders during the primary. It became clear Monday that the convention floor could erupt in anger if she gaveled the convention into session or sought to speak. And the Democratic National Committee issued an apology to Sanders moments after the convention opened, likely hoping to help soothe tensions heading into the week. “On behalf of everyone at the DNC, we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to Sen. Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Democratic Party for the inexcusable remarks made over email,” the statement said. “These comments do not reflect the values of the DNC or our steadfast commitment to neutrality during the nominating process. The DNC does not – and will not – tolerate disrespectful language exhibited toward our candidates. Individual staffers have also rightfully apologized for their comments, and the DNC is taking appropriate action to ensure it never happens again.” The morning Florida delegate meeting descended into chaos when Wasserman Schultz took the stage, with critics holding up signs with the word “emails,” and Sanders supporters booing the congresswoman loudly, even after she began speaking. “We have to make sure that we move forward together in a unified way,” Wasserman Schultz said during brief remarks. “We know that the voices in this room that are standing up and being disruptive, we know that is not the Florida that we know. The Florida that we know is going to make sure that we continue to make jobs.” The audience was roughly half supportive of Wasserman Schultz and half detractors, though the angry participants were louder than the other half. Those attendees began to chant, “Shame! Shame! Shame!” while Wasserman Schultz was speaking. Sanders tried to quell some of his dissatisfied supporters at a rally before his expected speech Monday. “We have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine,” Sanders said, which prompted some attendees to shout him down. Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she is stepping down as chairwoman of the DNC at the end of the party’s convention. The drama reinforced concerns about Democratic party unity. Former Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver tried to show a unified Democratic Party on Monday, the morning after Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation. “This happened, we knew it happened then, now is the time to go forward,’ Weaver told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” on Monday. “Now is the time to elect Hillary Clinton and defeat Donald Trump.” Wasserman Schultz talked with both President Barack Obama and Clinton before making announcing her upcoming resignation, a Democratic source said. “Going forward, the best way for me to accomplish those goals [which include electing Clinton president] is to step down as Party Chair at the end of this convention,” Wasserman Schultz said in the statement. “As party chair, this week I will open and close the Convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election not only for Democrats, but for all Americans,” she said. DNC Vice Chairwoman Donna Brazile will serve as interim chair through the election. She had been a CNN political commentator, but CNN and Brazile have mutually agreed to suspend their contract, effective immediately, although she will remain on air during the convention week in an unpaid capacity, CNN said. CNN will revisit the contract once Brazile concludes her role. Separately, a Democratic operative said Hispanic leaders close to Clinton and her high command were discussing Housing Secretary Julian Castro as a possible successor to Wasserman Schultz at the DNC helm, among a number of other candidates whose name are being mentioned. Chants of “Debbie is done!” and “Debbie resigned!” broke out at a pro-Sanders rally Sunday in Philadelphia after the news was announced. Party officials decided Saturday that Wasserman Schultz would not have a major speaking role or preside over daily convention proceedings this week. The DNC Rules Committee has named Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, as permanent chair of the convention, according to a DNC source. She will gavel each session to order and will gavel each session closed. “She’s been quarantined,” another top Democrat said of Wasserman Schultz, following a meeting Saturday night but before her announcement that she was leaving. Obama issued a statement, saying, “For the last eight years, Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has had my back. This afternoon, I called her to let her know that I am grateful.” And Clinton thanked Wasserman Schultz for her leadership of the party. “I am grateful to Debbie for getting the Democratic Party to this year’s historic convention in Philadelphia, and I know that this week’s events will be a success thanks to her hard work and leadership,” Clinton said. After slamming Wasserman Schultz as “highly overrated,” Trump, speaking at a rally in Roanoke, Virginia, knocked Clinton for being disloyal to the soon-to-be former DNC chair. “How about that for disloyalty in terms of Hillary Clinton. Because Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been so much for Hillary Clinton,” Trump said. “These politicians. There’s no loyalty there. No loyalty. None whatsoever.” “It gets a little heat and they fire her,” Trump said. “Debbie was totally loyal to Hillary and Hillary threw her under a bus and it didn’t take more than five minutes to make that decision.” Wasserman’s Republican counterpart, Reince Priebus, said, “I think the day’s events show really the uphill climb Democrats face this week.” “The extreme left will not be satisfied by one person’s resignation,” the Republican party national chairman added. Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz out the door. “Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned over her failure to secure the DNC’s email servers and the rigged system she set up with the Clinton campaign,” he said in a statement. “Now Hillary Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz’s lead and drop out over her failure to safeguard top secret, classified information both on her unauthorized home server and while traveling abroad.” DNC hack: What you need to know Weaver called Wasserman Schultz’s departure a win on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” on Sunday. “I think what the signal was today is that the voices of Bernie Sanders supporters have been heard,” he said. “And other people, frankly, in the party, Hillary Clinton supporters, who felt this was the last straw, that she had to go, and this shows they have been heard and gives us opportunity to move forward toward November – united to deal with the problem of Donald Trump.” Wasserman Schultz’s stewardship of the DNC has been under fire through most of the presidential primary process, but her removal from the convention stage comes following the release of nearly 20,000 emails. One email appears to show DNC staffers asking how they can reference Sanders’ faith to weaken him in the eyes of Southern voters. Another seems to depict an attorney advising the committee on how to defend Clinton against an accusation by the Sanders campaign of not living up to a joint fundraising agreement. Before the announcement, Sanders on Sunday told Tapper the release of the DNC emails that show its staffers working against him underscores the position he’s held for months: Wasserman Schultz needs to go. “I don’t think she is qualified to be the chair of the DNC, not only for these awful emails, which revealed the prejudice of the DNC, but also because we need a party that reaches out to working people and young people, and I don’t think her leadership style is doing that,” Sanders told Tapper on “State of the Union,” on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “I am not an atheist,” he said. “But aside from all of that, it is an outrage and sad that you would have people in important positions in the DNC trying to undermine my campaign. It goes without saying: The function of the DNC is to represent all of the candidates – to be fair and even-minded.” He added: “But again, we discussed this many, many months ago, on this show, so what is revealed now is not a shock to me.” CNN’s John King, Dana Bash, Manu Raju, Tal Kopan, Theodore Schleifer, Eugene Scott, Chris Frates, Elizabeth Landers, Brianna Keilar, Dan Merica, Ziris Savage and Betsy Klein contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Debbie Wasserman Schultz", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160723031500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/22/politics/dnc-wikileaks-emails/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "715335546", "sentence": "Rep. Adam Schiff said Thursday he’s concerned Republicans are working to end the Russia investigation. “I think they view shutting us down as a prerequisite to shutting Bob Mueller down,” Schiff said on CNN’s “The Situation Room.” “And we see some very disturbing signs that that’s what they intend to do.” In the interview, Schiff noted several Republicans who were critical of special counsel Robert Mueller during a hearing on Wednesday with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. And when CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked the Democrat from California if he feared Republicans were attempting to pave the way to shut down the investigation, Schiff replied: “I do.” “We are scheduled to have witness interviews out of state at a time next week when we’ll be voting to keep the government running, when we’ll be voting … potentially, on this tax bill for the wealthy, so we can’t leave to do these interviews, and nonetheless even though these witnesses are very important and have been on our witness list for months and months and they haven’t been willing to bring them in until now, they’re pulling these kind of tactics, which say to me they’re trying to bring this to an end,” Schiff later added. CNN previously reported that the House Intelligence Committee has two interviews scheduled for next week in New York. Rep. Schiff on off-site interviews: The critical point is none of this is necessary. These witnesses are willing to testify in D.C. and we have done this to no other witnesses, “what has changed?” https://t.co/w2JFYDkTXRhttps://t.co/X2Q5hUnO6m Schiff serves as the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, which is looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The House Intelligence investigation is just one of several looking at any potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia from the 2016 election.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Republicans", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171215001500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/politics/adam-schiff-cnn-tv/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "684538294", "sentence": "Iraqi forces have recaptured the urban center of Tal Afar from ISIS fighters, giving the government near control of a key city in their fight against the terror group. Tal Afar was captured by the extremists on June 16, 2014, after a two-day battle. Retaking the northwestern city was the latest objective in the US-backed fight against ISIS. The city is strategically important as it lies on the supply route between Syria and the former ISIS stronghold of Mosul. The offensive started a week ago. Several divisions of Iraqi security, including the American-trained counterterrorism forces, advanced on the city from different sides. The commander for the operation, Lt. Gen. Abdulmanir Yarallah, said only one enclave northwest of the city center remained under ISIS control. Iraqi Joint Military Command spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool told CNN that two Iraqi military divisions are now advancing towards that final ISIS-occupied enclave, al-Aidiya, and its surrounding villages. Tal Afar was the last city still under the control of ISIS militants in Iraq’s Nineveh province following the liberation of Mosul, about 45 miles to the east. But there are concerns that ISIS fighters and violence could return to the city – more than a month after Mosul was declared liberated, violence and sleeper cells still exist in the city’s west. Earlier on Saturday, Yarallah said counterterrorism forces had raised the Iraqi flag in the central areas of The Citadel and al-Basateen. Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the US-led coalition against ISIS, had told reporters on Thursday that ISIS fighters were “completely surrounded” in Tal Afar, with their resources drying up, as Iraqi forces moved closer to the city center. Rasool, of the Iraqi Joint Military Command, said on Thursday that 302 ISIS fighters had been killed since the start of the operation. He added that 33 rigged vehicles and 35 tunnels had been destroyed. Officials provided no updated figures Sunday. As the effort to retake Tal Afar got underway, the US-led coalition estimated that between 10,000 and 50,000 civilians remained in and around the city. The United Nations warned of the risks to thousands of Iraqi families as they seek to flee the battleground in scorching heat. UN refugee and migration agencies on Tuesday called for civilians to be given safe passage out of the conflict zone. “We fear that Iraqi civilians are likely to be held as human shields again and that attempts to flee could result in executions/shootings,” said Andrej Mahecic, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, in a news release. He added that people in the area had reportedly been enduring very difficult conditions for months, with a lack of food, clean water and electricity. ISIS fighters still control Hawija, west of Kirkuk, as well as the towns of Qaim, Rawa and Ana near the Syrian border. CNN’s Schams Elwazer contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Iraqi forces", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170827150000", "country1": "IRQ", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/middleeast/iraq-isis-tal-afar-offensive/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "629047136", "sentence": "Aircraft carrier is second high-profile US Navy ship to visit South China Sea this month China has a long history of maritime disputes with its neighbors The United States deployed the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday as part of maritime “routine operations.” Sailing with the 97,000-ton Vinson is the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer, the Navy said in a statement. The Vinson carries a flight group of more than 60 aircraft, including F/A-18 jet fighters. The operation comes amid growing tensions between the United States and China over territory and trade, and as the Trump administration looks set to take a more confrontational stance toward China than its predecessor. During his confirmation hearing, new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said China should be blocked from accessing the artificial islands it’s built, setting the stage for a potential showdown. In a news conference Wednesday, China’s Foreign Ministry said it heard about the planned deployment of the Vinson days before it happened, and warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty. “China respects and upholds the freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea, which countries enjoy under international law, but firmly opposes any country’s attempt to undermine China’s sovereignty and security in the name of the freedom of navigation and overflight,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said. The contested waters are a crucial shipping route at the heart of a territorial dispute that pits multiple countries against one another. China has a long history of maritime disputes with its South China Sea neighbors. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including islands more than 800 miles from the Chinese mainland, despite objections from neighbors such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam. Beijing has also created artificial islands in the area, outfitting some of them with military features. According to the US, China has reclaimed more than 3,000 acres in the Spratly Islands since 2014. Satellite imagery released by Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative in December showed China has installed weapon systems on all seven artificial islands. Why ruling may change AsiaShowdown: How did we get here?Fishermen caught in frayTropical power struggleExclusive: China warns U.S. warplaneIs China upping the stakes? Why ruling may change AsiaShowdown: How did we get here?Fishermen caught in frayTropical power struggleExclusive: China warns U.S. warplaneIs China upping the stakes? Though the US takes no position on the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, its warships have conducted routine “freedom of navigation” operations near the reclaimed islands, eliciting warnings from Beijing. The most recent of those was in October by the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur. China at the time called it a serious breach of law and an intentional provocation. There is no word whether the Vinson or the Meyer would be getting near the Chinese-claimed islands. But Chinese media reacted quickly to the Vinson’s cruise. An opinion article in China’s state-sanctioned Global Times declared that the deployment of the Vinson showed that the US wants to “create provocations and drive a wedge” between China and other countries party to the South China Sea. “This may trigger frictions or even military clashes between China and the US,” wrote Li Jie, a Beijing-based naval expert. A separate Global Times article decried Trump’s policy in the South China Sea as “unclear” and said that it may escalate tensions. Compared to Barack Obama, Trump poses more of a risk to the area and China should “prepare diplomatically and militarily,” Li is quoted as saying. US aircraft carrier operations in the South China Sea are not unusual. Almost a year ago, the USS John C. Stennis led a similar cruise through the area. And the Vinson was in the South China Sea in 2015, just one of its 16 operations in the South China Sea in its 35-year history. The cruise of the Vinson in the South China Sea is the second of a high-profile US Navy vessel this month. Last week, the littoral combat ship USS Coronado, which is temporarily based in Singapore, was conducting training operations in the South China Sea, according to a Navy statement. “While underway, we are conducting training across multiple mission areas including weapons training, manned and unmanned flight operations, ship handling, and damage control drills,” said Cmdr. Scott Larson, the Coronado’s commanding officer. “Training at sea in these warfare areas maintains crew proficiency and ensures we are ready to operate successfully in a variety of missions.” Rear Adm. James Kilby, commander of the Vinson strike group, had a similar message. “The training completed over the past few weeks has really brought the team together and improved our effectiveness and readiness as a strike group,” Kilby said in a statement. “We are looking forward to demonstrating those capabilities while building upon existing strong relationships with our allies, partners and friends in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.” Among those friends has been the Philippines, which last week was hosting the crew of the attack submarine USS Louisville in Subic Bay. The Navy did not give details of the mission of the 6,000-ton sub, saying only its presence at the Philippine port “demonstrates the U.S. Navy’s commitment to regional stability and maritime security in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations,” which includes the South China Sea. CNN’s Katie Hunt and Hamdi Alkhshali and journalist Justin Heifetz contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States Navy operations in the South China Sea", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170219070000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/19/us/us-carrier-south-china-sea/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "486809996", "sentence": "Livia Firth campaigns for a more ethical fashion industry She believes wages for garment workers are kept low by \"fast fashion\" companies She wants to see an international agreement that would see global workers paid a living wage “These businesses have created an evil system that works so well for them, and they’re not accountable,” says Livia Firth. The wife of British actor Colin Firth, Livia is a passionate campaigner for a more ethical fashion industry. The businesses she’s referring to are “fast fashion” companies – the global retail chains that sell mass market clothes at low prices. The creative director of “sustainability brand consultancy” Eco Age, Firth started the Green Carpet Challenge, which asks top designers to dress celebrities for the red carpet in clothes that are ecologically friendly and socially responsible. One of her chief concerns is the “poverty wages” paid to workers in developing countries who make the garments sold in fashion stores in the West. Related article How you can help end slavery “In Bangladesh you see women who work 12 to 16 hours a day to produce our clothes in factories which have bars on the windows and guards at the doors,” she says. “They are paid very little. Even if it’s the national minimum wage, it’s really a poverty wage.” The minimum monthly wage in Bangladesh is $68. The country’s garment industry came under scrutiny in April 2013, when more than 1,000 people died when a nine-story factory building collapsed in the capital, Dhaka. The majority of those killed or injured were textile workers. Firth says wages are kept low by the huge buying power of fast fashion brands, which want clothes that are cheap and quick to make. “The fast fashion companies are like drug pushers: they go to these countries promising to lift millions out of poverty, they get the business, and then once they start production in that country they start pushing prices down,” says Firth. “They can always impose the lowest wages and local governments and entire countries are enslaved by that. Say you are in Bangladesh, if you are too expensive they’ll go to Vietnam or Myanmar, which they are doing.” She argues that there’s an urgent need for a transnational agreement on wages, which would see workers around the world paid a living wage. At the Trust Women conference, held in London on 17-18 November, Firth announced a “ground-breaking study to establish the legalities for a global standard on wages.” She hopes a paper will be published in May 2016 that will establish the “legal fundamental rights for a living wage across all borders.” So proud to launch @CircleOrg @TrustWomenConf #LawyersCircle legal study on global wages in #fashionindustry @GCC_ECOAGE Another target of her ire is the way fast fashion brands have created an attitude to clothing as a “disposable” product. She blames the way their stores bring out several collections each month, at low prices that can only be maintained by low wages for the people who make the clothes. “Twice a week they put a new collection in the store,” she says. “There’s a new thing that we can buy – “Oh my God! It’s only $12, €13, £20, I’ll buy it, who cares? “In the name of democratizing fashion they addicted us, like a sugar rush, to consume that. Who needs all these clothes? Who needs all this crap?” In response to this throwaway culture she has started the “#30 Wears” campaign, which asks that people commit to wearing clothes at least 30 times. Firth explains: “By treating them [clothes] as disposable we are endorsing the slavery in another part of the world, where someone is producing them for nothing. “So how about telling that woman in Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, that we actually know she exists and we care for her? So when we buy something, let’s wear it at least 30 times, in respect for her.” The annual Trust Women conference, which devoted a day to the issue of modern-day slavery, also saw Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, announce a new Stop Slavery Award, to recognize companies that are leading the fight against slavery in their supply chains. The inaugural award will be presented next year, with the winner receiving a sculpture designed by British sculptor Anish Kapoor. “The goal is to create a virtuous circle, so that once one company in an industry has that award, others will want to join in,” said Villa. You can help end modern slavery by joining CNN’s #FlyToFreedom campaign. Find out more at cnn.com/freedom", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "fast fashion companies", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151120133000", "country1": "BGD", "country2": "MMR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/world/livia-firth-fast-fashion-wages/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "740520305", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s National Security Council has drawn up a range of options should the President decide to take action against Russia after the poisonings of a former spy and his daughter on UK soil, according to multiple State Department officials and a person familiar with the discussion. The officials said there have been inter-agency discussions involving the State Department and White House. Related article Putin tightens grip on power with overwhelming Russian election win The sources said the most severe option being considered is for the US to expel more Russian diplomats. One of the officials said that would be a “very serious step,” especially given the last round of tit-for-tat expulsions, which left Russia and the US with significantly smaller diplomatic forces in each other’s countries. If the US expels more Russian diplomats, in alignment with how the UK has responded to the poisonings, it would be expected that Russia would respond in kind, according to the sources. Related article Russia expels 23 UK diplomats as fallout over nerve agent attack grows One official cautioned, however, that expulsions are just one option the White House will consider, and there is not a good sense at this point whether the President will take any action at all. One senior State Department official, speaking on background, supported the UK’s own decision to kick out 23 Russian diplomats: “We stand in solidarity with our Allies in the United Kingdom, and we fully supported the UK’s decision to expel diplomats and take other actions to respond. The United States is considering a range of options to respond to this outrageous incident, both to demonstrate our solidarity with our Ally and to hold Russia accountable for its clear breach of international norms and agreements.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180320234500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "GBR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/politics/russia-sanctions-uk-poisoning/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "754128471", "sentence": "Ken Isaacs, the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the United Nations migration agency, told reporters Friday that he believes in climate change and said a tweet questioning it was taken out of context. However, a CNN KFile review of his tweets shows that Isaacs repeatedly and forcefully cast doubt on climate science in the past. In a news conference at the United Nations Friday, Isaacs, when asked about climate denial in his tweets said, “The context that I made that – this is the last time I’m going to comment on the tweets, you know, y’all can ask me questions all day long, but I’ve done deep in-depth interviews on this. The context of the tweet was a conference that was held in Paris about climate change and terrorism. And I said this will be a joke at the dinner table of ISIS,” Isaacs said, adding that as head of the Samaritan’s Purse relief organization, he had responded to disasters caused by climate change. Isaacs’ comments were in reference to one Facebook post uncovered by the Washington Post in which he referred to the connection between national security and climate change as “a joke.” “The meeting in Paris next week is not going to be a rebuke to ISIS. It is going to be a dinner joke, a laughing stock, and a diversion of all the real issues,” Isaacs wrote. Related article Trump pick for UN migration job shared tweets warning of creeping Sharia, pushed fringe view of Islam “I don’t deny it,” Isaacs added Friday on climate change, explaining he met with representatives of South Pacific island countries concerned about rising sea levels. But those comments are a direct contrast to sentiments he expressed in several tweets and retweets. A State Department spokesperson declined to comment. Isaacs did not respond to a request for comment. Isaacs retweeted a post calling climate change “a hoax” and an “idiotic superstition.” Isaacs himself called links between climate change and extreme weather “a crock” and raised doubts about scientists predicting rising temperatures. Isaacs’ nomination to head the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration has been mired in controversy after reports from the Washington Post and CNN’s KFile on his anti-Muslim and climate-denying tweets. He also apologized for those tweets at Friday’s news conference. In June, the IOM’s members will hold a vote on Isaacs’ appointment. He must receive support of two-thirds of its members to get elected. It has been a longstanding practice for members to elect the US-chosen candidate. Here’s what Isaacs tweeted about climate change: In August 2015, Isaacs shared an article that reported President Barack Obama’s climate change agenda as the most important issue on his agenda, along with the caption “[T]his should scare us all!” In December 2016, Isaacs retweeted a post about air pollution in China and said that it was the issue people should care about, not climate change, and, “This foul air will kill millions before #climate ever changes.” In February 2017, Isaacs shared a tweet from prominent climate change skeptic Steven Goddard and asked him whether the ignorance of experts could be applied to those who believe climate change is influenced by human activity. In August 2017, Isaacs shared a tweet from Goddard that accused government scientists of lying about the extent to which global warming had melted the polar ice caps and sea ice. Also in August 2017, Isaacs retweeted an account that said that climate change was “all a hoax” going back to the 1970s when some media outlets speculated about a coming ice age. The idea that there was widespread scientific belief in the 1970s about a new ice age is common among climate change skeptics, though in reality scientific concern over global cooling was limited. In September 2017, Isaacs dismissed scientific concern over climate change because meteorologists weren’t able to accurately predict the path of storms, tweeting: “Scientists can’t predict a path of visible storm yet certain of manmade climate change” Later in September 2017, Isaacs responded to a tweet from Democracy Now!, again criticizing scientists for failing to predict the path of hurricanes yet still raising alarms about climate change, saying: “A crock! Meteorologists can not even predict the path of a hurricane when they can see the thing and measure it. But scientist (sic) read climate?” In September 2017, Isaacs shared a Goddard tweet again, which said that “Global warming is an idiotic superstition, and the people pushing it should be treated as the morons which they are.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Ken Isaacs", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180508174500", "country1": "FRA", "country2": "WSM", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/kfile-ken-isaacs-presser-answer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "609198141", "sentence": "A group of electors for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton called for a briefing ahead of their vote 10 electors from 5 states asked for additional information on Russian interference in the election Electoral College electors will not receive an intelligence briefing on Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Friday. In a statement, DNI pointed to an October 7 announcement by US intelligence agencies that said they were “confident” of Russia’s involvement in efforts to hack information related to the election. The statement also said that the intelligence community will brief Congress and make the findings available to the public once the review of potential foreign interference in elections since 2008 is available. Earlier this month, a group of electors for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton – a minority among the 538 men and women who will officially vote for President-elect Donald Trump as president on Monday – called for a briefing ahead of the vote in an open letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. The 10 electors from five states asked Clapper for information on “whether there are ongoing investigations into ties between Donald Trump, his campaign or associates, and Russian government interference in the election, the scope of those investigations, how far those investigations may have reached, and who was involved in those investigations.” The list of electors includes Christine Pelosi, a daughter of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep.-elect Carol Shea-Porter and Terie Norelli, a former speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Clay Pell IV, a Democratic politician from Rhode Island, also signed onto the latter. Pell is married to Michelle Kwan, the Olympic figure skater who worked on Clinton’s campaign. On Monday, Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, backed the electors who were asking to be briefed on the foreign interventions, which was the closest Podesta and Clinton’s former campaign infrastructure came to calling into question the legitimacy of Trump’s presidency. “We believe that the administration owes it to the American people to explain what it knows regarding the extent and manner of Russia’s interference and this be done as soon as possible,” Podesta said in the statement. At his last press conference of 2016 on Friday, President Barack Obama described the attempts for Russia to meddle in the US election as tightly controlled by the man at the top. “Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin,” he said. “This happened at the highest levels of the Russian government.” CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Dan Merica contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russian interference in the 2016 US election", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161216231500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/16/politics/no-intel-briefing-for-electors-dni-says/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "671975508", "sentence": "Trump learned of the meeting \"in the last couple of days,\" a spokeswoman said Trump's son \"did not collude with anybody to influence the election,\" Sanders said President Donald Trump only recently learned of the meeting between a Russian lawyer and three of his top campaign officials, including his son Donald Trump, Jr., a White House spokeswoman said Monday. Trump learned of the meeting “in the last couple of days,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, describing the meeting Trump’s son, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Natalia Veselnitskaya, as “very short” with “absolutely no follow up.” “The only thing I see inappropriate about the meeting was the people who leaked the information on the meeting after it was voluntarily disclosed,” Sanders said, slamming leaks and later the Democratic National Committee. Related article Kremlin: We were not aware Trump team met with Russian lawyer during campaign The White House statement echoed what Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the President’s legal team, said on Sunday. “The President was not aware of, and did not attend, the meeting,” he said. Vice President Mike Pence was also unaware of the meeting until recently, a spokesman told CNN on Monday. “The vice president was not aware of the meeting,” said Marc Lotter, Pence’s spokesman. “He is not focused on stories about the campaign, particularly stories about the time before he joined the ticket.” The meeting with Trump’s son and campaign officials happened on June 9, 2016, over a month before Pence – then Indiana’s governor – joined the Trump campaign on July 15. Pence, in an interview with CBS News, said “of course” no one from the campaign met with Russians trying to meddle in the election. “Did any adviser or anybody in the Trump campaign have any contact with the Russians who were trying to meddle in the election?” CBS’ John Dickerson asked on January 15. “Of course not,” Pence replied. “And I think to suggest that is to give credence to some of these bizarre rumors that have swirled around the candidacy.” Donald Trump Jr., in response to a New York Times story about his meeting, said on Saturday that his meeting with Veselnitskaya was primarily about “adoptions.” But the President’s son and operator of the family’s business said in response to another Saturday New York Times report that the meeting was, in part, to gain damaging information about Hillary Clinton. “After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton,” Trump Jr. said in a statement. “Her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information.” The meeting later pivoted, Trump’s son said, to adoptions and a US law known as the Magnitsky Act, which allows the US to withhold visas and freeze the assets of Russians thought to have violated human rights. Sanders said later in the briefing that Trump’s son “did not collude with anybody to influence the election.” Asked if it was normal and standard practice during the campaign to have meeting like the one Trump Jr. had. “I don’t know any other meetings with Don Jr. but I also haven’t had an extensive conversation with him,” Sanders added. The meeting – and its revelation – underscores how the swirl of stories about Russia continues here in Washington, even after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 in Hamburg, Germany. White House aides had hoped that the meeting between the two world leaders would have helped stem the stream of stories, but were greeted by the New York Times report when they touched down in Washington after the foreign trip. A spokesperson for Donald Trump Jr. confirms the first son has now hired Washington attorney Alan Futerfas to represent him in the ongoing matters. Veselnitskaya founded a group that sought to remove Moscow’s ban on the adoption of Russian children by US citizens. Clinton’s former campaign chairman, John Podesta, looked to ridicule Trump on Monday when he tweeted about the fact Trump didn’t know about the meeting at the time. 1/ Everyone here at this gas station in Stratton, CO is talking about how @realDonaldTrump didn’t know his son… 2/2 son-in-law and campaign manager were meeting in his office building with a Russian who promised negative information about Hillary. Sad! “Everyone here at this gas station in Stratton, CO is talking about how @realDonaldTrump didn’t know his son, son-in-law and campaign manager were meeting in his office building with a Russian who promised negative information about Hillary,” he tweeted. “Sad!” Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful! The tweet came days after Trump tweeted that everyone at the G20 was “talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump Jr.", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170710230000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/politics/trump-knowledge-meeting-natalia-veselnitskaya/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "436919056", "sentence": "Jurriën de Jong says he believes he saw Natalee Holloway shortly before she died De Jong says he saw a man put a woman's body in foundation of construction site in Aruba Aruban officials dismiss de Jong; hotel chain says construction wasn't underway at that time Ten years after Natalee Holloway went missing, a Dutch citizen says he knows where to find her. Prosecutors, however, aren’t buying it. Jurriën de Jong told CNN’s Martin Savidge that the teen’s body is buried in a crawl space at a Marriott vacation property in Aruba, and he believes he saw her in her final moments. De Jong says he was near Marriott’s Aruba Surf Club, then under construction, on the night of May 30, 2005, when he saw a young man chase a young woman through the construction site. At first, he thought the two were being playful, but he says a short time later the man reappeared, carrying the woman in his arms. He says her body appeared limp. “… He pulled (the woman) by the ankles inside the crawl space, stayed inside for a minute and then came out and closed the gap,” de Jong said. Even though de Jong suspected he had witnessed something serious, he says didn’t go to the police because he was involved in “illegal activities” at the time. When news of Holloway’s disappearance came out, de Jong put the pieces together, but for three years he says he stayed quiet, afraid he’d be indicted for his own crimes. He also says he was afraid of talking to police and facing retaliation from the people he worked for in his illegal activities, which he declined to specify. De Jong says he had a change of heart after seeing a 2008 Dutch broadcast of an undercover interview with Joran van der Sloot, who was brought in for questioning in Holloway’s disappearance but never charged. In that interview, van der Sloot said that Holloway died while the two were together and her body was dumped in the ocean. De Jong says he got angry because he knew it was a lie and says he felt bad because he has a daughter close to Holloway’s age. Van der Sloot later said he was lying in that interview. De Jong then called Holloway’s father, Dave Holloway, who has never given up hope of finding his daughter. Holloway had faced many false leads and hoaxes before and wrote de Jong off. Holloway’s father opens up about new lead “I was running out of possibilities,” de Jong said. “I tried to convince the head prosecutor, the parents, then I tried to convince the other head prosecutor, but he didn’t listen.” That’s when de Jong attempted what he called “Mission Impossible.” Related video Possible new lead in Natalee Holloway case The site where de Jong says Holloway is buried now rests under the high-rise Marriott Aruba Surf Club resort, in an area called the Spyglass Tower.  De Jong bought an electric drill with a diamond tip and went to Aruba to investigate the site. He says he carefully planned a scheme to drill a hole through the hotel floor, but his efforts to take a look in the tower’s foundations ultimately failed. Next, de Jong turned to local newspapers. But before long, the new lead hit a snag – on the night Holloway disappeared, officials say construction of the Spyglass Tower hadn’t started. Aruba’s chief prosecutor, Eric Olthof, says he spent weeks investigating de Jong’s assertions, including a 2010 sworn statement to police. When asked about what construction was underway on May 30, 2005, Olthof says Marriott officials said there was no construction at the spot de Jong pointed out. “It’s evident now the story of Mr. de Jong can’t be true, so that’s a closed book,” Oltholf told CNN. On the other hand, some signs complicate Marriott’s official time line of the construction of Spyglass Tower. A satellite image from Google Earth taken in June 2005, just a few weeks after Natalee Holloway disappeared, shows what appears to be the blurry outlines of structures that could resemble a construction site. Holloway’s father says he remembers the site from the day after his daughter’s disappearance. “I can tell you for a fact. I was there on June 1, and there was definitely construction in that area,” he says. Holloway says he has information that construction began in February, but he was not clear on how he knows. Natalee Holloway was last seen on May 30, 2005. CNN’s Savidge received this statement from Jeff Flaherty of global corporate relations at Marriott International Inc.: “Mr. de Jong has contacted Marriott in the past and each time we have suggested to Mr. de Jong that he present his account of the matter to the authorities.  As we have done all along, we cooperate fully with the authorities whenever they are conducting an official investigation.” For his part, de Jong says he believes authorities are dragging their feet. “It’s the inconvenient truth. It would damage the image of Aruba as one happy island,” he says. Oltholf won’t say that de Jong is lying, but says his statement can’t be true. “It’s the statement of the management of the Marriott that at that time, at that place, there was no construction. When there’s no construction, Natalee Holloway can’t be buried in the crawl space under the foundation,” he said. And, he added, that Marriott has provided proof. “I think they’re not wrong because they can prove it with some photographs and some other material. And I think they are right with what they are saying.  And Mr. de Jong can’t prove it,” said Olthof. Holloway was on a high school graduation trip when she vanished. The 18-year-old from Alabama was last seen leaving a bar with three young men, two brothers and van der Sloot, then 17. Van der Sloot has never been charged in Holloway’s disappearance. He says he was with Holloway that night, but left her on the beach, alone. In 2012, he pleaded guilty to the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores in Peru. Flores was killed five years to the day Holloway disappeared. Van der Sloot is serving a 28-year prison sentence. He is expected to be extradited to the United States after his release. What does he think about de Jong’s claim that he saw him that night, in 2005?   Through his attorney, van der Sloot did not call de Jong a liar, but told CNN’s Savidge he was a drug dealer and is only out for money. De Jong denies he ever asked for money, and laughs off the accusation, saying van der Sloot’s angry because he’s scared. “I think he’s desperate. I mean the only reason why he does that is that he’s afraid that people go to believe me, ” he said. In the United States, he’s been indicted on federal charges of extortion and wire fraud. American authorities accuse him of extorting money from Holloway’s mother by offering bogus information about her daughter’s disappearance. CNN’s Martin Savidge and Tristan Smith interviewed Jurriën de Jong in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They’ve also been in Aruba to examine his allegations further.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Jurriën de Jong", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150529014500", "country1": "NLD", "country2": "PER", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/world/natalee-holloway-new-tip/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "415105187", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Hans Rosling is co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation in Stockholm. Anders Bolling is a journalist. The views expressed are their own. For more, watch Rosling on Fareed Zakaria GPS this Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN. Hans Rosling: Media is built on conflict and a black-and-white model of explanation The reality of the world is different, and often better, than most assume, he says The world is spinning so fast that it can be hard to keep track of everything that is going on. Yet despite the fact that we can feel like we are being increasingly overloaded with information, it’s not clear that we’re doing a very good job of making sense of all that data we’re receiving. Don’t believe me? Well, try answering these three questions on major global trends: 1) What percent of 1-year-olds in the world are vaccinated against measles? Is it 20, 50 or 80%? 2) Young adult men today have, on average, eight years of schooling, globally. How many years of school do you think the world’s women of the same age have attended? Is it 3 years, 5 years or 7 years? 3) How has the proportion of people living in extreme poverty around the world changed over the past 25 years? Has it doubled, stayed about the same, or been halved? So, here are the answers: Around 83 percent of the world’s 1-year-olds are vaccinated against measles; 25-year-old women have, on average, been to school almost as long as males the same age, having attended for about seven years; and extreme poverty has been more than halved since 1990. Did you get those right? You probably didn’t. And you’re very far from alone. In fact, when the Gapminder Foundation partnered with polling firms around the world to ask members of the public in Europe and the United States these and similar questions, what we found was a depressing lack of awareness about some of the most basic facts about our world. In fact, less than a fifth of Americans, Swedes, Germans and Britons answered these three questions correctly. One of the biggest misconceptions about the world we live in is about global population growth. The number of children in the world has actually stopped increasing, because 80 percent of us live in societies where the two-child family is the norm. And how many people would have guessed that women in Brazil, Iran and Vietnam today have fewer babies, on average, than women in the United States? In a way, this lack of knowledge shouldn’t come as much of a surprise because there is something that actively skews our thought process: Preconceived ideas. We all have them. Even those of us who think we keep abreast of what is going on in the world have personal biases because we have been taught a mountain of facts that are now outdated, whether we learned them in school or at work. And then there is our news media, which is built upon conflict and a black-and-white model of explanation (hence our susceptibility to negative headlines). All this means that if you went to the zoo with the questions posed earlier written down on piece of cardboard, placed a banana beside each of the three alternatives and let some chimps have a go at picking the answers, they could be expected to get one in three questions correct, beating most humans in the process. Does our ignorance of strong positive trends, which makes us believe that the world is a sicker, worse place than it is, really matter? Yes, because as a result we are more likely to make the wrong decisions. Indeed, a world view based on outdated facts can have severe consequences – from not investing where we will get the best returns, to allocating aid where it might have little impact. With this in mind, the director of Gapminder, Ola Rosling, has launched The Ignorance Project in an effort to identify where our collective knowledge is weakest, and therefore where we might be likely to make the biggest mistakes. We will be formulating 250 questions on major aspects of global development and the state of the world and, over five years, will gradually identify the 25 least known but important global facts through surveys across 130 countries. With luck, by highlighting just how little we know about the world, we will be able to encourage fact-based teaching of the world in our schools. And in an effort to upgrade the level of global knowledge among adults, we will provide employers with a certificate - a kind of driver’s license for global knowledge - if their staff passes our fact test. We’d argue that no major company or other organization should be hiring those who don’t have even this basic awareness of the world. Some might argue that we are tested enough, and that they simply don’t have time to digest the information contained in the countless reports and papers that are released every year. But there are actually ways to shortcut some of the biases that give us a blinkered view of the world. In fact, by simply remembering Ola Rosling’s four rules of thumb, you will likely do just fine the next time someone quizzes you. 1) Most things improve over time. Opt for the “better” alternative whenever you are expected to know something about some aspect of global development. 2) There’s only one hump. Most people in the world find themselves in the middle of the income scale. There are extremely poor people, and there are extremely rich people, but those groups are minorities. So an income chart looks like the back of a one-humped camel. 3) First social, then rich. One might intuitively think that countries have to be rich to be able to improve health care and put more girls in school. That is a common, preconceived idea in the West because Europe, North America and Japan have followed that trajectory. But while some economic development is of course needed, the health and literacy revolutions in low and middle income countries since the 1970s show that this view is no longer self-evident. 4) Sharks don’t kill many people. As scary as shark attacks may be, they are extremely rare. But it is their gruesomeness combined with their rarity that is precisely why they get disproportionate attention in the media (as do other spectacular, violent events). Always remember that while the press thrives on drama, the news is not a full summary of the world; it’s a tiny sample of information that fits specific needs. So, good luck with the quiz. And try to keep an open mind! Read CNNOpinion’s new Flipboard magazine Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "media", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150307174500", "country1": "SWE", "country2": "VNM", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/07/opinions/rosling-global-knowledge/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "590764363", "sentence": "Missile believed to be a Musudan intermediate-range missile Second missile failed launch detected in one week North Korea fired a missile on Thursday morning that appears to have failed, according to the US and South Korean militaries. It was the country’s second failed missile launch in a week and fifth time they attempted launches in the past two months – three ballistic missiles were fired in September towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. The US Strategic command said it detected the new missile, which may have been a Musudan intermediate-range projectile, at 6:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, or around 6:30 a.m. Pyongyang time Thursday. Related video Study: North Korea may be planning 'October Surprise' The South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the launch took place near Banghyon Airport in Kusong City. “Our military strongly condemns North Korea for continuously conducting illegal provocative acts and are thoroughly prepared for any possibility of additional provocation,” the statement said. Just four days ago, the US Strategic Command detected another North Korean missile test in the northwestern city of Kusong. “We strongly condemn this and North Korea’s other recent missile tests, which violate UN Security Council Resolutions explicitly prohibiting North Korea’s launches using ballistic missile technology,” said U.S. Navy Commander Gary Ross in a statement. “We call on North Korea to refrain from actions that further raise tensions in the region and focus instead on taking concrete steps toward fulfilling its commitments and international obligations,” he added. North Korea’s failed missile launch came less than a day after United States Secretary of State John Kerry pledged to deploy the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea “as soon as possible.” The THAAD system can shoot down short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles and is planned to be deployed by the United States, in the face of objections from China and North Korea. Kerry made the comments during a press conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se in Washington on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Yun said it was time for South Korea and the United States to work harder to “press North Korea in all dimensions.” He said the establishment of a high-level group to “deal with extended deterrence” should “reduce the concerns on the part of the people concerning this nuclear threat.” Related video N. Korea threatens to wipe out Seoul The rogue state has often favored the Musudan missile in test launches. Between April and May, it conducted four separate tests of Musudan missiles, according to the CSIS. In June they fired two more, including one that traveled 250 miles (400 kilometers) into the Sea of Japan. Then in September, three more ballistic missiles were fired from a base in the west of North Korea. Pyongyang hasn’t only been raising the stakes with missile tests, however – it followed the September missile launch with a nuclear test. Tensions have increased considerably on the Korean peninsula since Pyongyang said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb in January, a claim which experts view with skepticism.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "North Korea", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161020023000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/asia/north-korea-missile-launch-fail/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "461890846", "sentence": "NEW: 2,748 migrants die so far this year in Mediterranean, or 73% of those worldwide European external borders are considered the world's deadliest for migrants 22,400 migrants died trying to reach those borders between 1996 and 2014 For all the presidential candidates’ uproar over the U.S.-Mexico border, the world’s biggest migrant crisis actually lies with the European Union, reeling from mass deaths on land and sea. In the span of just a week in August, 71 refugees were found dead in a truck in Austria, and scores of other migrants died off Europe’s shores yet again. Indeed, the Mediterranean Sea is called the world’s deadliest border because thousands of desperate migrants and refugees drown on unseaworthy boats trying to reach Europe from Africa and the Mideast. On land, 60 men, eight women, and three children were found dead in the abandoned truck on an Austria highway this week, and the victims are most likely Syrian refugees, authorities said. Here are four things to know about the humanity migrating to Europe’s doorstep despite deadly peril. Arrests were announced in the Austrian deaths; Italian authorities arrested 10 people in the 52 deaths of migrants and refugees found aboard a boat off Libya. As of August, more than 300,000 refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean, exceeding the number in all of 2014, which was 219,000, a United Nations spokeswoman said. However, another group estimated that 432,761 migrants and refugees have reached Europe by sea this year as of early September, according to the International Organization for Migration. Related video Desperate journey ends in suffocation for 71 migrants The reasons for the mass movement are as varied as the nationalities of the people involved. In broad terms, migrants and refugees are fleeing war, persecution and poverty in Africa and the Arabian peninsula. Eritreans and Syrians made up half the migrant traffic to Europe last year, according to Arezo Malakooti, director of migration research at Altai Consulting. In their case, Eritreans are fleeing “one of the poorest countries in the world and a closed and highly securitized state under an authoritarian government,” according to a report by the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat in Nairobi last year. In other words, they are running from a life of repression and abject poverty. In the Mideast, more than 4 million Syrians have fled four years of civil war, becoming the worst refugee crisis seen in 25 years by the United Nations. There’s also a pull factor: Migrants see Libya as an open door to the Mediterranean because of the country’s deteriorating security, so they use its coast as a stepping stone to Europe, experts say. The Mediterranean passage accounted for 65% of all migrant deaths last year, the International Organization for Migration said. That equates to 3,279 deaths. Related video 51 people found dead in 1 boat by authorities This year, a total of 2,748 migrants have died in the Mediterranean as of early September, accounting for 73% of all migrant deaths worldwide, the IOM said. Even over a yearslong view, the European external borders remain the biggest deathtrap for migrants and refugees, with 22,400 deaths between 1996 and 2014, the organization said. The next deadliest? The U.S.-Mexico border with 6,029 deaths between 1998 and 2013, the group said, citing U.S. Border Patrol statistics. This may sound familiar to those exasperated by how the U.S. Congress is gridlocked over immigration reform and the U.S.-Mexico border: A Europe-wide solution moves at a painfully slow pace. “There is no simple, nor single, answer to the challenges posed by migration. And nor can any member state effectively address migration alone. It is clear that we need a new, more European approach,” European Commission officials said on August 6. Related video Inside migrants' journey to Europe Member states don’t appear to be in a hurry. “Migration is not a popular or pretty topic. It is easy to cry in front of your TV set when witnessing these tragedies. It is harder to stand up and take responsibility. What we need now is the collective courage to follow through with concrete action on words that will otherwise ring empty,” the commission officials said. Portugal, the Netherlands and Finland support search and rescue operations at sea. But Italy reduced its rescue missions after the rest of Europe wouldn’t help shoulder the onus of the crisis: Because of its proximity to Libya, Italy feels it has done more than its fair share of picking up, sheltering and feeding migrants. Britain isn’t supporting the naval Operation Triton held under the auspices of the European Union’s Frontex, contending the rescue fleets are “an unintended ‘pull factor’  encouraging more migrants to attempt the dangerous sea crossing and thereby leading to more tragic and unnecessary deaths.” The European Commission has scheduled a November summit with key African countries to “tackle this challenge from all angles.” The distinction is crucial for European countries receiving new arrivals. Why? Refugees, as defined under the 1951 Refugee Convention, are entitled to basic rights under international law, including the right not to be immediately deported and sent back into harm’s way. A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her home country because of armed conflict or persecution. Syrians are a prime example. Related video New barriers go up as migrants flood to Europe Migrants, however, are processed under the receiving country’s immigration laws. So, ultimately, these terms have major implications for those seeking asylum and the countries being asked to grant it. A migrant is someone who chooses to resettle to another country in search of a better life. So, for example, those fleeing poverty in Nigeria, looking for work in Europe, would not have refugee status and would be considered migrants. But, technically, refugees are also migrants. So, what term should we use? The United Nations notes that both groups are present in Europe and at its shores. It’s safe to call all of them migrants because each is migrating, but many of them are also refugees. CNN’s Richard Griffiths contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European Union", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150828234500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/world/things-to-know-europe-migrant-crisis-worlds-deadliest-border/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "600348472", "sentence": "Election of Donald Trump major talking point at UN climate change summit \"I count on the US continued engagement and leadership to make this world better for all,\" said U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon The UN’s climate change summit in Marrakech has culminated in the Action Proclamation – calling for the “highest political commitment” to combating climate change – but the election of Donald Trump cast a shadow over the event. Speaking to CNN at COP22, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Trump to “really work for humanity.” “I hope the President-elect Trump will really see the reality, will consult with his senior advisers and world leaders and take wise and correct decisions for their future involvement in world affairs,” he said. “I count on the US continued engagement and leadership to make this world better for all,” he added. Delegates, business leaders and members of state gathered in Morocco for the summit are concerned that the President-elect might pull out of the Paris Agreement, the fruit of more than two decades of international negotiations often painstaking and tortuous. Earlier this week, more than 350 US businesses including Starbucks, General Mills, Nike, Mars and Intel issued an open letter to Trump, Obama and the members of Congress, urging them to “continue US participation in the Paris agreement,” and warning that “Failure to build a low-carbon economy puts American prosperity at risk.” And on Wednesday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin reiterated that climate change was not a hoax – a reference to Trump’s 2012 claims – adding that it’s possible for Republicans to continue to support the process of addressing it. However, there were some positives from the summit. Japan, Australia and the UK formally ratified the Paris agreement, joining the US and China, the world’s biggest emitters of CO2, bringing the total tally of countries that have signed up to 111. The Action Proclamation confirmed the goal for developed countries to jointly raise $100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing countries with climate change, and stated that there’s been “extraordinary momentum on climate change worldwide, […] driven not only by governments, but by science, business and global action of all types at all levels,” and calls it “irreversible.” Here’s what leaders and delegates from some of the countries that are significant contributors to global emissions had to say over the last week. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a passionate speech, conveyed a firm determination to defend the Paris agreement: “No one should doubt the overwhelming majority of citizens of the US who know climate change is happening and we are determined to keep our commitments in Paris,” he said. Stressing that “time is not on our side,” Kerry urged for more action, and noted that “At some point even the strongest skeptic has to acknowledge that something disturbing is happening.” He then highlighted the fact that clean energy means good business: “Most business people have come to understand that investing in clean energy makes simply economic sense. You can make money and do well at the same time.” Indirectly referring to Trump’s support for the coal industry, he noted that “Coal is the single biggest contributor to global greenhouse emissions,” before saying that “No one has a right to make decisions that affect billions based solely on ideology or without proper input.” His closing remark was even more direct: “I know the election has left some uncertain about the future. I can’t speculate about what policies the President-elect will pursuit, but I’ve learned that some issues look a little bit different when you’re in office compared to campaign. Climate change shouldn’t be a partisan issue in the first place.” Jonathan Pershing, the US Special Envoy on climate change, said to UN delegates that “The transition to clean energy is inevitable. While we have many profound challenges to wrestle with, the momentum is insurmountable: there is no stopping.” Speaking at the opening ceremony on Tuesday, French Prime Minister Francois Hollande called the Paris agreement “irreversible” and told the US that “as the second biggest greenhouse gas emitter, it must respect the commitments that have been made.” He added: “Not only it is their duty, but it’s also in their interest and in the interest of the American people.” Beijing took the chance to hit back at Trump’s claim – from a 2012 tweet – that global warming is a Chinese hoax. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin reminded reporters that climate change negotiations began with the UN’s International Panel for Climate Change in the 1980s, supported by the US Republican-led administrations under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. It was the EU and the US who brought full climate change awareness to China, he said, according to notes sent to CNN by a Chinese delegate traveling with him. Liu reiterated that climate change was not a hoax and that it was possible for Republicans to continue to support the process of addressing it, the delegate said. Related article This is what climate change looks like Speaking to the press, UK Climate Change and Industry Minister Nick Hurd said: “I think it’s very important that this COP sends a very clear signal to the world that everybody is still committed to the Paris Agreement.” Gian Luca Galletti, the Italian Environment Minister, said in the UN plenary hall in Marrakech that “Italy wishes to state before the nations of the world that there is no going back from the Paris agreement. We will raise the issue at the G7 in 2017, when Italy will assume the rotating presidency.” In a panel moderated by CNN’s Isa Soares, Norway’s Minister of Climate Vidar Helgesen said: “The tremendous climate leadership we’ve seen from the US is very likely to fade - we need to step up to protect the Paris agreement. China and the EU have already done that at this conference.” Speaking to CNN, COP22 President Salaheddine Mezouar said: “The Paris accord has entered into force and that creates a responsibility for countries and civil societies. We are in a fight for our planet and our future, not a political debate. I have no doubt that the US as a responsible country will maintain its commitment.” Aziz Mekouar, Former Moroccan Ambassador to the US and member of the steering committee of COP22, said: “I think that there is a full commitment to implement the Paris agreement and that’s what we’re expecting from all the countries that have ratified it.” Said Mouline, also a member of the COP22 Steering Committee member, told CNN: “We are switching, all over the world. You cannot stop that. It’s a matter of economics and it wouldn’t make sense for the US to not follow. This is a transition, not a rupture. We have coal plants in Morocco, we didn’t close them overnight. This new economy can create more jobs.” Natasha Maguder contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "United States", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161118143000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/politics/cop22-trump-ban-ki-moon/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "662086219", "sentence": "Montenegro was formally invited to join the alliance in 2015 Monday's event comes on the heels of Trump's controversial appearance at a NATO meeting last month NATO officially welcomed Montenegro as its 29th member on Monday during a ceremony at the US State Department in Washington. Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic and Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanović presented US State Department undersecretary Thomas Shannon with Montenegro’s instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty. Montenegro was formally invited to join the alliance in 2015 and despite awaiting its formal acceptance, participated as a full member during the NATO leaders meeting in Brussels last month. Monday’s event comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s controversial appearance at that meeting of world leaders, where he lectured fellow heads of state over their defense spending and failed to reaffirm US commitment to Article 5 of the treaty – a key provision that outlines the principle of collective defense. Related article Trump and Europe don't mix, and that will have lasting consequences While Trump proclaimed the trip a “great success for America,” European leaders have been critical of Trump’s remarks, as well as his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, seeing the President’s actions as signs the US is ceding its global leadership role in favor of an inward turn. On Monday, however, acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs John Heffern tried to strike a different tone in his remarks to the crowd of ambassadors and foreign officials, directly referencing the importance of Article 5 and collective defense. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg echoed Heffern’s comments on the alliance’s commitment to Article 5. Related article Watch President Trump push a prime minister aside During last month’s NATO meeting in Brussels, Trump also drew criticism after he was seen pushing aside Markovic during a photo opportunity. Trump did not attend today’s ceremony, but Markovic did visit the White House later in the afternoon and was seen leaving with Vice President Mike Pence, though neither answered questions.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "NATO", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170605193000", "country1": "MNE", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/politics/montenegro-joins-nato-article-5/", "score": "0.65"}}}
{"article_id": "643458397", "sentence": "When a British national inspired by Islamic State plowed through crowds on London’s Westminster Bridge on March 22, killing four and injuring many others, acts of solidarity with the UK took place around Europe. That night, the Eiffel Tower went dark in Paris, an all-too familiar act of national mourning in France in the wake of the last few years of terror attacks there. In Germany, the UK’s Union Flag was projected onto Berlin’s Bradenburg Gate in another public demonstration of solidarity from one state to another. Yet as Russia mourns the victims of a terrorist attack that killed 14 and injured 39 at a St. Petersburg metro station on Monday, the response from many European neighbors have been notably lackluster. The absence of prominent memorials has prompted many – mostly Russians – to rally around the victims on social media using the hashtag #PrayforStPetersburg. The mayor  of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has turned off the Eiffel Tower’s lights a handful of times in the past – not just in response to domestic or European terror attacks, but also as an act of solidarity for the residents of war-ravaged Aleppo. On Tuesday afternoon, Hidalgo’s office confirmed to CNN that they would again extinguish the lights of their world-famous landmark at midnight for the victims of the St. Petersburg attacks. Ce soir, à minuit, #Paris éteindra @LaTourEiffel en hommage aux victimes de l’attentat de #SaintPetersbourg. #NousSommesUnis pic.twitter.com/kxq28wOIoo But many still rue the international response. Blogger Cristiano Alves tweeted, “It’s curious how differently from Paris terror, Facebook did not create any filter with Russian colours,” referencing the social media giant’s response to the Parisian terror attacks, which allowed users to temporarily add the French flag to their profile picture. #prayforstpetersburg It's curious how differently from Paris terror, Facebook did not create any filter with Russian colours. In Russia, a three-day mourning period for the victims began on Tuesday, with President Vladimir Putin placing flowers at a memorial at the St. Petersburg Technological Institute metro station. France was not alone in criticism from Russian commentators. Germany has yet to indicate if the Bradenburg gate will adorn the Russian flag in solidarity with those who have died. Last June, the Berlin landmark blasted a rainbow flag onto its gate, honoring the LGBT victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting. In January, the Israeli flag was projected onto the gate after a driver plowed a truck into a group of soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four and injuring at least 10. A Berlin Senate spokesperson told German broadcaster RBB that the Bradenburg gate would only alight with special colors for terrorist victims in exceptional cases or in “partner cities.” Considering Berlin appears to have made exceptions to this rule in the past, it has prompted questions about why the St. Petersburg metro blast has  so far gone unacknowledged. CNN has asked the Berlin authorities for comment. Berlin-based writer Jon Worth tweeted, “An argument like this was inevitable. (UK flag) on Brandenburg Gate for London attack, but nothing for St Petersburg.” An argument like this was inevitable. 🇬🇧 flag on Brandenburg Gate for London attack, but nothing for St Petersburg https://t.co/4pDZJucXwU Israel is one of the few nations to honor the St. Petersburg attack victims publicly so far. On Monday night, the Tel Aviv City Hall was emblazened with Russian tricolors. The city’s mayor, Ron Huidal, wrote on Twitter, “In solidarity with our friends in #SaintPetersburg, #TelAviv city hall is lit tonight in the colors of the #Russian flag.” In solidarity with our friends in #SaintPetersburg, #TelAviv city hall is lit tonight in the colors of the #Russian flag 🇷🇺🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/rK1APbrNKf Despite the lack of adorned landmarks, an outpouring of support has been seen online with European leaders paying their tributes directly to Putin. The Kremlin earlier announced that French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed their condolences. European Council President Donald Tusk wrote on Twitter to pay homage to the victims: “My thoughts are with the victims of the #StPetersburg metro explosion and their families and loved ones.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "European response to the St. Petersburg metro attack", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170404170000", "country1": "DEU", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/europe/st-petersburg-attack-european-solidarity-sidelined/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "733026919", "sentence": "With tensions flaring between President Donald Trump and national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Pentagon is considering options that would allow the President to potentially move the three-star general out of his current role and back into the military, according to half a dozen defense and administration officials. A search is quietly being conducted by the Pentagon to see if there is a four-star military job suited for McMaster, these officials said. Several sources told CNN that the push for a replacement comes after months of personal tension between McMaster and Trump. The task of easing McMaster out of his role as national security adviser presents a unique challenge for the White House. While administration officials have privately said the preference is to move McMaster into a position within the Army or Defense Department that qualifies as a promotion, some within the Pentagon feel he has become politicized in the White House and have expressed reservations about him returning to the military in a prominent role. Some defense officials caution that the President could also go as far as not to offer him a fourth star and force him to retire. Related article Facing staffing exodus, Trump struggles to fill West Wing This is not the first time McMaster has faced speculation that his job may be in jeopardy and sources with knowledge of McMaster’s standing in the White House have repeatedly said that he has been on thin ice for months. There was discussion in the West Wing about replacing him last fall, but he ultimately survived because officials, including the President himself, were skeptical about the optics of appointing a third national security adviser in less than a year, several sources told CNN. Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned amid controversy over his contact with Russian officials within a month of taking the job. The decision was also driven by the White House’s challenge attracting top talent for jobs in the administration due to Trump’s “blacklist” of individuals who have criticized the President, his personality and the Russia investigation, according to a senior Republican source. However, those familiar with the President’s thinking don’t believe McMaster’s job is any safer now. “He is safe until he’s not,” the senior Republican with knowledge of the White House added. On Thursday, the Pentagon referred all questions about McMaster’s future to the White House. “General McMaster works for President Trump. Any decision with regards to staff, the White House will make those determinations,” chief spokesperson Dana White said. The White House did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that Trump “still has confidence in General McMaster.” Tensions between Trump and McMaster have been playing out for months and were on full display this weekend after Trump publicly chided him over remarks he made regarding Russian interference in the election. “General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems,” Trump tweeted. “Remember the Dirty Dossier, Uranium, Speeches, Emails and the Podesta Company!” Related article Memo highlights friction within White House National Security Council The criticism laid bare the strained relationship between the two men and left some wondering how much longer McMaster has left in the administration. For months, Trump has privately expressed irritation with McMaster stemming from differences in “personality and style,” the senior Republican source said. The two have never gotten along, and Trump continues to chafe at McMaster’s demeanor when he briefs him, feeling that he is gruff and condescending, according to a source who is familiar with his thinking. He prefers the briefing style of someone like CIA Director Mike Pompeo or Defense Secretary James Mattis, who patiently answer his questions, regardless of the premise. McMaster, meanwhile, is the person who delivers the news that Trump doesn’t want to hear on a daily basis, according to the senior Republican source. The issue is not political but mostly stylistic, as McMaster and Mattis tend to discuss information before it is presented to the President, the same source added. Related article Trump advisers signal the knives are out for Bannon CNN previously reported that McMaster has been at odds with the President and other cabinet officials over the last year. He has also been undercut by others in Trump’s orbit like former chief strategist Steve Bannon, according to congressional and administration officials. A source familiar with the situation said Trump’s perception of McMaster is still influenced by the legacy of Bannon who maintained a tense relationship with McMaster after McMaster removed him from the National Security Council. “He paid McMaster back by spreading rumors and whispering in Trump’s ear,” the senior Republican source said, adding that “Bannon poisoned the well.” Officials could not yet confirm what job McMaster might be nominated for if he were to leave the White House. The current commander of US forces in South Korea, General Vincent Brooks, is expected to leave his post on a scheduled rotation in the coming months but his successor has already been earmarked within the Army but not yet made public, several officials said. Another possible option would be to name McMaster as the replacement for Gen. John Nicholson who has served as commander of the coalition in Afghanistan since 2016. Related article Donald Trump vs. John Kelly vs. Jared Kushner vs. Jeff Sessions vs. H.R. McMaster Some officials have told CNN that the Pentagon may be looking to identify a slot that is not too high profile, because McMaster would be transitioning back to the military from a White House position akin to a political appointee. If moved back into a military role that involves testifying before Congress, McMaster might be viewed as simply supporting the White House rather than providing lawmakers with his best military advice, one defense official said. Lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee would likely have questions about McMaster’s time in the White House should he be nominated for a military role but an aide to one senior Republican member told CNN that there do not appear to be any obvious red flags at the outset that would inherently prevent his confirmation. A second defense official said McMaster is well aware of those political sensitivities. However, one top Pentagon official said McMaster’s role in the administration should not prevent him from earning his fourth star, comparing his transition to other military officers like Colin Powell who have gone back and forth between the Pentagon and the White House. McMaster would also have the option of retiring from active duty at any time if he chose to do so. But officials told CNN that the White House’s wish is to find McMaster a four-star job that is seen as acknowledging his service.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180222114500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/hr-mcmaster-future-trump-white-house/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "622895047", "sentence": "Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga is leading the charge for the rule's repeal Critics say the vote will be on the heels of the Republicans' aborted effort to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics Congress is preparing this week to start the process of rolling back multiple regulations, one of which is a bipartisan rule that requires extractive industry corporations, like oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments they make to foreign governments for access to natural resources. The rule, the Cardin-Lugar Amendment, became law in 2010 as Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act. After delays by court challenges by some in the oil and gas industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission implemented the rule, saying that all foreign and domestic companies listed on US stock exchanges and involved in oil, gas and mineral resource extraction must publish payments they make to foreign countries in which they operate. Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga is leading the charge for the rule’s repeal, which is scheduled for a vote in the House Wednesday. The Senate also will need to vote on this measure, with 51 votes needed to overturn the rule. “In reality, this very flawed rule is diverting precious resources not only from the SEC, but more importantly resources from American companies that could otherwise be used to create jobs,” his office told CNN in a statement. The congressman suggested the SEC is guilty of overreach. “Despite being instructed in federal court, the SEC continues to propose a resource extraction rule that is overly burdensome, puts US companies at a competitive disadvantage and fails to provide investors with useful information,” Huizenga said. His opponents say he is acting on behalf of an industry with a strong lobby. According to OpenSecrets.org, Huizenga’s campaign received $46,050 from oil and gas interests. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Services, responded to Huizenga’s resolution, saying in a statement, “the American people have a right to know where Big Oil is drilling and who they’re paying, especially if it involves countries that have been hostile to the United States.” Waters specifically said companies like ExxonMobil would benefit, citing the company’s former CEO, Rex Tillerson, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. “Striking Section 1504 would mean that Big Oil companies like ExxonMobil would be able to continue their questionable dealings with corrupt parties such as Vladimir Putin and Russia,” Waters said. Critics say Wednesday’s House vote will be on the heels of the backlash Republicans received after planning to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog, with a vote to strip the agency of its powers. House Republicans eventually pulled their plans to gut the agency. The rule is finalized and has legal standing but it has a phase-in period so companies do not have to disclose those government payments to the SEC until 2019. Jodi Vittori, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who also teaches courses in terrorism finance at Georgetown University and worked on counter-corruption efforts for NATO, said repealing this rule could impact US national security. Vittori said “a lot” of the money the gas and oil industry pays to many poor or fragile countries for access to their natural resources “gets diverted to other places out of these slush funds they can be going to hackers that are hacking political parties. It could be going to terrorists, insurgents, warlords, criminals, wherever these authoritarian governments or the cronies who have access to their money choose to divert it. “ But the American Petroleum Institute, a top lobbyist for the oil industry, said the SEC’s recent rule “undermines global payment transparency efforts” and the oil and natural gas industry “has been an advocate of greater revenue transparency for decades.” Exxon said the rule “likely will adversely affect the ability of publicly traded companies to compete globally,” though other oil giants, including Shell and BP, have supported it. Isabel Munilla, a policy adviser of Oxfam, an international confederation of charitable organizations focused on the alleviation of global poverty, said the rule helps the citizens of fragile countries and American taxpayers follow the money. “At a time when terror groups like ISIS’ largest source of revenue is from oil, we deserve to know where oil companies’ payments to foreign governments are going,” she said. Munilla added, “What does Exxon and Chevron have to hide? How does these payment disclosures put you at a competitive risk if your competitors are disclosing the same information? These oil companies are not being asked to disclose proprietary information.” API argues more than 90% of the world’s oil reserves are owned or controlled by state-owned oil companies, many of which are not subject to either the SEC’s jurisdiction or disclosure requirements. Competitors could examine the disclosures of US companies to discern commercially sensitive information, and countries wishing to avoid disclosure could divert their business to foreign competitors not subject to the US disclosure rule, the institute said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cardin-Lugar Amendment", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170201034500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/politics/oil-industry-regulations/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "720496067", "sentence": "The members of 20 organizations – including one Jewish organization – which advocate boycotting Israel will be banned from entering the country. The full list comes from the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, a governmental department created to fight the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, known as BDS. “The anti-Israel boycott campaign seeks not to promote peace but to undermine Israel’s national security and existence,” said Minister Gilad Erdan. “The state of Israel will prevent groups working to undermine its security and core interests from entering Israel.” The list stems from a March 2017 law allowing Israel to deny entry to any nonresident who promotes a boycott of Israel. The final list was put together in collaboration with the Interior, Foreign Affairs and Justice Ministries. The new regulations are expected to take effect in March 2018, one year after Israel enacted the law enabling the ban. Related article Israel's travel ban: Boycott supporters to be turned away Critics of the legislation zeroed in on the ban of Jewish Voice for Peace, a left-wing Jewish organization that advocates the boycott as a nonviolent means of ending Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories while seeking “security and self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians” and a solution for Palestinian refugees. “A new crack in the wall of the occupation,” tweeted Ayman Odeh, an Arab member of Israel’s Knesset. “Minister Erdan has decided to ban Jewish activists who oppose the occupation, although they are entitled to Israeli citizenship by the discriminatory law of return. Oppressive regimes have collapsed because of such internal contradiction.” The “Entry Law,” as it’s called in Israel, carries an echo of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on majority-Muslim countries, which has been partially allowed to go into effect after numerous revisions and legal battles. It was approved by Israel’s parliament at virtually the same time Trump issued the second version of his travel ban. In a press release publicizing the list, the ministry of strategic affairs insisted the ban did not target any specific race or religion, instead targeting “central figures in key boycott organizations” while allowing for humanitarian exceptions. The ministry said those who have voiced political criticism of Israel will be allowed entry. Only those who have taken “material action” against Israel will be banned. That action is defined as “significant, ongoing and consistent to harm Israel through advocating boycotts.” But critics of the list saw it as nothing more than a travel ban. “The Netanyahu government’s Entry Law, which is a travel ban that uses blacklists and litmus tests to bar visitors from entering Israel based on their beliefs, flies in the face of the democratic principles enshrined in Israel’s declaration of independence,” said Daniel Sokatch, the CEO of the New Israel Fund. “We don’t have to agree with them to know that banning them from visiting Israel is just wrong.” Related article Lorde cancels Israel concert amid calls for cultural boycott Israel has lobbied hard against the BDS movement, urging European countries to oppose those who advocate boycotting Israel. President Reuven Rivlin, hosting Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide in Jerusalem on Sunday, said, “You must work against [BDS] no less than we, because it stands in the way of progress.” In late-December, Denmark agreed to more closely monitor foreign aid going to Palestinian organizations to prevent it from financing groups that support boycotting Israel. Celebrating the decision, Erdan said on social media, “We demanded from the European countries that they stop funding [organizations that support boycotting Israel] and now Denmark has made a move in the right direction and the funding will stop.” Last week, Israel approved $36 million to the creation of an agency to help fight the BDS movement, seeking to raise the same amount again from private donors and organizations. The BDS movement, founded as a grass-roots, nonviolent means of opposing Israel’s policies in the Palestinian territories, advocates for an economic boycott of Israel, modeled on the boycott of apartheid-era South Africa. The movement, backed by celebrities such as Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters, has claimed numerous successes in recent years, including pressuring the Israeli beverage company SodaStream to move its facility from the West Bank to Israel. In late December, New Zealand pop star Lorde canceled her concert in Israel after pressure from the BDS movement.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israel", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180108000000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/07/middleeast/israel-bars-groups-promoting-boycott-int/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "495764244", "sentence": "Turkey agrees to move troops from Iraq Iraq's government had insisted it never invited the Turkish forces into the country Turkey announced Saturday it would move its troops from Iraq after weeks of tensions over its military presence near the city of Mosul, according to a statement from the country’s Foreign Ministry. The Turkish government didn’t say where the troops would move to. It had said troops were deployed to the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq earlier this month to protect a mission to train and advise Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS. But Iraq’s government has insisted that it never invited the Turkish forces and that their presence constituted a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. Iraqi President Fuad Masum said Turkey violated international laws when its military entered the country. The move comes just one day after U.S. President Barack Obama urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take steps to “de-escalate” tensions. Brett McGurk, the State Department special envoy to the anti-ISIS coalition, welcomed the move in a tweet: “Welcome statement by #Turkey MFA on movement of forces from #Iraq. US actively engaged, encouraging focus on #ISIL” Welcome statement by #Turkey MFA on movement of forces from #Iraq. US actively engaged, encouraging focus on #ISIL - https://t.co/tPgEGN9adZ Turkey said it will continue to coordinate with the Baghdad government in the war against ISIS. “Turkey reiterates its support for Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and acknowledges the miscommunication with the government of Iraq over the recent deployments of Turkish protection forces to support training activities for Iraqi forces in their campaign against DAESH (ISIS) in northern Iraq,” the Turkish statement said. “Turkey, in recognition of the Iraqi concerns and in accordance with the requirements of the fight against DAESH, is continuing to move military forces from Ninewa province that were the source of the miscommunication.” CNN’s Marilia Brocchetto and Kevin Wang in Atlanta contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Turkey", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151220003000", "country1": "TUR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/19/middleeast/turkey-withdraws-troops-from-iraq/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "672043610", "sentence": "Trump Jr. has come under fire for a meeting with a Russian lawyer The NYT reports that an email said she would provide information from the Russian government An email sent to Donald Trump Jr. last year stated that a Russian lawyer had “compromising” information about Hillary Clinton as “part of a Russian government effort” to help the Trump campaign, The New York Times reported Monday. Citing three people with knowledge of the email, the Times reported that Rob Goldstone, who connected Trump Jr. with the Russian lawyer, sent the email to Trump Jr. pointing to the Russian government as a source of potential information that could damage Clinton. The story that Trump Jr. was offered potential information from the Russian government to aide his father’s campaign came after months of staunch denials from President Donald Trump that his campaign had a connection to Russia. Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Trump Jr., said in a statement following the story that it was “much ado about nothing.” The statement called the period of May to early June 2016 “an intensely busy time” for Trump Jr. The statement said Goldstone had emailed Trump’s son about alleged wrongdoing from Clinton regarding Russia. “The meeting lasted about 20-30 minutes, and nothing came of it,” Futerfas said. “His father knew nothing about it. The bottom line is that Don, Jr. did nothing wrong. I have been representing people in investigatory matters for almost 30 years, and I see nothing here.” In response to the Times’ previous reporting revealing the June 2016 meeting, Trump Jr. said in a statement Sunday that he met with Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer, in Trump Tower last June. He responded to the latest development on Tuesday morning, tweeting, “Media & Dems are extremely invested in the Russia story. If this nonsense meeting is all they have after a yr, I understand the desperation!” Goldstone did not immediately respond to CNN requests for comment on the latest Times reporting. Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the President’s legal team, reiterated an earlier statement saying, “The President was not aware of and did not attend the meeting.” The Times said it was not clear if Goldstone knew where the potential information was coming from, and one person the report cited said it appeared Goldstone was sending Trump Jr. information that had come through several other people. By the time of the June meeting with Veselnitskaya, Trump had clinched the Republican presidential nomination. In his statement, Trump Jr. said the meeting also involved Jared Kushner, his brother-in-law, who now serves as a senior adviser to Trump, and Paul Manafort, who was running the Trump campaign at the time. Trump Jr. on Saturday said the meeting primarily focused on adoption policy, and was not related to the campaign. Veselnitskaya has been a major campaigner against the Magnitsky Act, a US law targeting alleged Russian human rights abusers. In response to the passage of the Magnitsky Act, Russian President Vladimir Putin blocked Americans from adopting Russian children. On Sunday, Trump Jr. said in a statement that he had attended the meeting in the hope that there would be helpful information for the campaign. He defended his actions at length on Twitter, saying sarcastically at one point: “Obviously I’m the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent… went nowhere but had to listen.”’ He said in a statement that it quickly became clear in the June 2016 meeting that Veselnitskaya had no useful information and that the meeting ended after she attempted to talk to them about adoption policy. White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said earlier on Monday that the President did not know about Trump Jr.’s meeting with Veselnitskaya and asserted that Trump Jr. “did not collude with anybody to influence the election.” The White House has steadily denied collusion with Russia on the campaign. In March, then-FBI Director James Comey confirmed that the Department of Justice was investigating Trump associates for potential coordination with Russia as part of an effort to influence the election. A report from the intelligence community in early January accused Russia of attempting to influence the election to hurt Clinton’s candidacy and bolster Trump’s by taking several measures, including disseminating false information online and orchestrating the hacks of political officials like Clinton campaign chair John Podesta. The June 9, 2016 meeting occurred prior to reports that emerged later that month saying Russia had hacked the Democratic National Committee. In July, WikiLeaks began posting emails online from the DNC. Trump has denied any wrongdoing, as has Russia. WikiLeaks has denied Russia was the source for its releases. Following Comey’s ouster in early May, the Department of Justice appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to lead the investigation. Members of the Senate intelligence committee, which is conducting its own investigation, indicated they would want to speak to Trump Jr. about his meeting with the Russian lawyer. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that the House panel would like to question everyone who attended the meeting. Futerfas said Trump Jr. had not received any request from a committee or office and would work with them to “convey what he knows.” CNN’s Diane Ruggiero, Dan Merica and Adam Levine contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump Jr.", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170711034500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/politics/donald-trump-jr-natalia-veselnitskaya/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "420219079", "sentence": "Chiang Mai and the province of the same name blend ancient culture and natural wonders Chiang Mai's most famous dish is khao soi, a savory noodles dish The roads around Chiang Mai are some of the most scenic in the country With spectacular mountains, vibrant hill tribes and a relaxed vibe, Thailand’s unofficial “second city” of Chiang Mai is everything Bangkok isn’t. As the travel hub for northern Thailand, the city of Chiang Mai and the province that shares its name (population 1.6 million) blend ancient culture and natural wonders to create a character that’s unique to a region once known as the Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields, or “Lanna” in Thai. In a kind of repeat of history, parts of the city have been invaded by regional neighbors in recent years. In the past, invaders came from Burma, Siam or other regional rivals. This time, it’s tour groups from China, lured by the success of a massive-hit Chinese comedy movie called “Lost in Thailand,” which is partially based in Chiang Mai. Fortunately, you can still lose yourself in Chiang Mai’s majestic mountains, find a quiet picnic spot next to a cascading stream or visit with its friendly people. Nothing says “I’m in Chiang Mai” more than slurping a piquant bowl of khao soi, noodles bathed in an intense curry broth topped with crispy noodles. The dish is traditionally served with chicken or beef with a side of chili paste, pickled cabbage, raw shallots and wedge of lime. Arguably northern Thailand’s most famous dish, khao soi can be found from unnamed holes-in-the-wall to five-star resorts, all peddling renditions of the “best” noodles money can buy. For a fail-safe lunchtime introduction, Lam Duan Faham or Samoer Jai, both on Chiang Mai’s Charoenrat Road, are terrific choices. A glass of the herbal drink bai bua bok (Asian pennywort) helps you cool off after the spicy meal. The top snacks and curries in Chiang Mai With seven national parks in the province, many door-to-doi (mountain) excursions are within easy striking distance of the Chiang Mai city center. You can pitch your own tent at designated campsites or rent one on arrival from the park headquarters. Most parks also have cabins or huts for rent, though these must be reserved, easiest via the Department of National Parks website. Ob Luang National Park, with its dramatic river-canyon landscape littered with boulders, and Doi Inthanon National Park, named after the highest peak in the country, offer waterfall and cave attractions by day and stargazing by night. Both are within a two-hour drive from town. 10 things in Chiang Mai most visitors don’t see Presiding over the mountainous horizon to the northwest of the city, Doi Suthep mountain is the most recognizable landmark in Chiang Mai. Its glimmering mountaintop temple is a popular first stop for visitors. Most make the trek up the 300-plus steps of the Naga staircase to visit the working monastery in the daytime, from which, weather permitting, you can get panoramic views of the city. A better time to go is in the early hours of the morning, when you can avoid the heat and crowds, and watch the flickering lights of the city fade as the sun rises. The climb to the top is a thigh-buster, but it’s worth it for the great views. There’s also a scenic road up Doi Suthep for those who prefer to drive. Nearby hills or dois mean there are plenty of nature-based day trips in the area, often with a waterfall to cool off in. Tour operators will often combine a handful of excursions in a single day. The best and priciest outfits in town provide private customized tours that allow you to choose your activities and not be herded along with the crowd. A great leisurely activity, bamboo rafting in Mae Wang provides a closeup introduction to the region’s lush forests. To admire the greenery from top down, Flight of the Gibbon in Mae Kampong offers 5 kilometers of zip line through a forest canopy. The village of Mae Klang Luang is big on community-based tourism.  It’s a place to stop for a freshly brewed cup of coffee while overlooking terraced rice paddies before following a local guide on a 3-kilometer trek to a “hidden” waterfall. The man who founded a religion based on ‘The Big Lebowski’ In recent years, a slew of modern malls has sprung up in the city. But Chiang Mai’s vibrant street markets are still the place to get the classic retail experience. The best choices are the nightly bazaar on Chang Klan Road; Saturday Walking Street on Wualai Road; and Sunday Walking Street down Ratchadamnoen Road inside the old city walls. Sunday Walking Street is the most popular of the bunch, with back-to-back vendors selling trinkets, boutique fashion and handicrafts. With shopping comes sore feet. Fortunately, entrepreneurial massage ladies have that covered – in the market, rows of plastic chairs set up on the pavement lure shoppers with $5-an-hour foot rubs. You can get your feet rubbed while sipping on a drink from the market and watching crowds amble past. Festivals in Chiang Mai are celebrated with boisterous party fervor and observance of ancient traditions. One of the best holidays is Songkran, the Thai New Year, observed over three official days but often lasting five days each April (dates change every year). Cultural activities are centered around Wat Phra Singh, the city’s most visited temple, and the old town. To take part in Chiang Mai’s famed full-fledged water fight, you need to pick a strategic station and get ready to get wet – Tha Pae Gate, anywhere along the moat, next to the Ping River, around Central Kad Suan Kaew and Maya shopping centers, are areas of intense activity and big crowds. Another festival worth planning a trip to Chiang Mai around is Loy Krathong, which coincides with the Lanna festival of Yi Peng. On that November night (again, the dates change annually), tens of thousands of paper lanterns (khom loy) are set off into the sky and thousands more candle-lit floats are released along waterways. The best photo op is at the mass release behind Maejo University. Pictures of the world’s biggest water fight When the year-end holidays roll around and the mercury dips below 20 C (68 F), the cardigans and beanies come out as city folk head for Chiang Mai to enjoy the “winter.” Visitors tend to follow suit, putting away the tank tops and cutoffs and bundling up for the weather as they head for higher ground up in the dois. It really does get chilly. Hot springs suddenly make sense, especially if you stay the night to experience the misty mornings and maximum nighttime chills in the hills. Best day-trip spots for a steamy soak are the Fang Hot Springs at Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park and, closer to Chiang Mai, Pong Duead at Huay Nam Dang National Park. Both have hiking trails and impressive viewpoints. The roads around Chiang Mai are some of the most scenic in the country. One of the best known is the Mae Hong Son Loop, a 600-kilometer journey that starts from Chiang Mai, and, traveling counterclockwise, passes through Pai, Mae Hong Son and Mae Sariang before returning to the starting point. Driving yourself is the best way to do this multiday excursion – car and motorbike rental shops are found all over the city – allowing you to stop to admire the mountainous landscape, visit small villages and swim beneath waterfalls. The shorter, 100-kilometer Samoeng Loop makes for an easy day trip. It passes through Hang Dong and Mae Rim just outside of town. Both of these loops have food stops along the way, but it never hurts to have bags of sai-ua (northern Thai herb sausages) and sticky rice for a spontaneous hillside picnic en route. The pace of life in Chiang Mai is refreshingly slower than in Bangkok, giving it a sleepy ambiance that adds to its charm. To indulge in the chilled-out lifestyle, you’ll want to kick back in a waterside setting with views of the mountainous surroundings and, of course, good food. About an hour’s drive from town, and a longtail boat ride away, you can dine in one of the floating restaurants in Mae Ngat Reservoir in Sri Lanna National Park – there’s nothing to do here but eat, drink, swim and be merry. Houseboats can be rented by the day, and if you can’t tear yourself away from the scenic surroundings, it’s worth staying overnight. Closer to town, Huay Tung Tao lake has a similar food-nature-and-not-much-else appeal. Located close to the base of Doi Suthep, the lake is dotted with private open air huts on the water’s edge where you can order food from nearby restaurants, swim and just whittle away the day enjoying the moment. Very relaxed, very Chiang Mai. GALLERY: Chiang Mai’s laid-back street style For the best view of the city, you can reach for the skies in a basket. Weather permitting, Balloon Adventure Thailand (+66 84 611 4128) offers twice-daily hot air balloon flights year-round. Rides last about 90 minutes. Morning flights tend to be smoother, and you can enjoy views of rice paddies, sprawling valley floors and 360-degree doi-scapes. It’s quiet up here, so you can be alone with your thoughts, which will most likely turn to the champagne breakfast awaiting at the end of the ride. 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{"article_id": "518249127", "sentence": "The Afghan government -- along with the U.S., China and Pakistan -- invited the Taliban to take part in peace talks But the Taliban rejects \"rumors\" that it will participate in what it expects would be \"futile, misleading negotiations\" The Taliban have been fighting the Afghan government and their allies since being ousted from power after 9/11 The Taliban are invited to the negotiating table, but they aren’t coming. The Islamist militant group made that clear Saturday, refuting reports that it would send representatives to upcoming talks involving the Afghan government, Pakistan, the United States and China in the Pakistani city of Islamabad. “We reject all such rumors and unequivocally state that the esteemed leader of the Islamic Emirate has not authorized anyone to participate in this meeting, and neither has the Leadership Council of Islamic Emirate decided to partake in it,” the Taliban said, using another name for itself. The announcement appears to be a significant blow to the peace talks and is a reversal from what the Taliban reportedly have done in the past. Taliban representatives met with their Afghan government counterparts, as well as with U.S. and Chinese officials, last summer in Pakistan, officials said. But just weeks later, the Taliban’s reported new leader (Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour) denied in an audio message that his Sunni Islamist group was trying to work toward peace with Afghanistan’s government. Such pronouncements haven’t stopped other parties from talking, or from trying to include the Taliban. After conversations in Kabul on February 23, the Afghan government sent out a news release noting President Ashraf Ghani’s “strong commitment … for peace and reconciliation with Taliban groups and Hezbi Islami Hekmatyar,” the latter being another nationalist militant group. Characterizing it as a “national priority,” Ghani called “on the Taliban and other groups to join early direct talks with the government of Afghanistan.” And the Afghanistan, Pakistani, Chinese and U.S. governments together “invite(d) all Taliban and other groups to participate … in the first round of direct peace talks” slated for early March in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Taliban didn’t just reject this invite; they explained why. It blamed the U.S.-led coalition that’s been in Afghanistan since the weeks after the September 11, 2001, attacks for “deploying fresh troops, … carrying out airstrikes and partaking in night raids.” The U.S. military has carried out several missions in recent weeks in the embattled Asian nation. Many have been aimed at ISIS’ growing presence there, including airstrikes last month that hit an ISIS radio station and killed 29 militants. Deadly airstrikes last fall hitting a hospital in Kunduz that U.S. authorities had mistaken for a Taliban site, according to officials in President Barack Obama’s administration. In its statement, the Taliban also accused the Afghan government of expanding its military operations and intensifying its “propaganda.” The Taliban have been behind scores of attacks that have threatened security and stability in Afghanistan for years, and there’s no indication they will let up anytime soon. Related video Taliban claim assassination of 11-year-old boy fighter Last weekend, the Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry that killed 12 people and injured many more, including eight civilians. And the Taliban have been battling Afghan forces in Helmand province, with Afghan forces last month withdrawing from certain districts there despite complaints from local leaders. A few weeks earlier, the group claimed it had killed an 11-year-old boy who allegedly battled the militants in Uruzgan province. The Taliban gave no indication in their statement Saturday about when their attacks would cease. On the subject of peace talks, the group said, “Unless the occupation of Afghanistan is ended, black lists eliminated and innocent prisoners freed, such futile, misleading negotiations will not bear any results.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Taliban", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160305171500", "country1": "AFG", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/05/asia/afghanistan-taliban-violence-talks/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "481071630", "sentence": "NEW: A second flight carrying victims' remains arrives in Russia A U.S. satellite detected a heat flash at the time of the crash, official says Metrojet blames \"a certain impact\" for the crash of Flight 9268 in Sinai on Saturday How close are authorities to pinpointing what caused a Russian passenger jet to break up in midair and crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula? That depends whom you ask. The airline says technical faults or human errors couldn’t have caused Metrojet Flight 9268 to crash. Related gallery Russian plane crashes in Egypt But Russian officials say it’s too soon to tell what made the passenger jet plunge to the ground Saturday, killing all 224 people on board. Experts agree it’s too early to know for certain, and officials have downplayed an apparent claim by Islamic militants that they brought down the Airbus A321-200, saying technical failure is the most likely reason for the crash. Here’s what we know so far: Flight 9268 was on its way from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg early Saturday when it dropped off radar about 23 minutes into the flight, Egyptian officials say. Air traffic controllers apparently didn’t receive any distress calls. “There was nothing abnormal before the plane crash,” Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamel said Saturday. “It suddenly disappeared from the radar.” The website Flightradar24, which tracks aircraft around the world, said it had received data from the Russian plane suggesting sharp changes in altitude and a dramatic decrease in ground speed before the signal was lost. A U.S. satellite that was over Sinai at the time of the crash detected a heat flash, according to a U.S. official directly familiar with the latest information in the investigation. U.S. intelligence and military officials are analyzing the data to determine whether the flash occurred in midair or on the ground and what that can tell them about what happened to the plane, the official said. Analysts say heat flashes could be tied to a range of possibilities: a missile firing, a bomb blast, a malfunctioning engine exploding, a structural problem causing a fire on the plane or wreckage hitting the ground. “The number of heat signatures is crucial,” said CNN aviation analyst Miles O’Brien. “If, in fact, only one was detected, that in some respects might steer one away from a missile launch and onto some idea of an explosion onboard the aircraft.” A top Russian aviation official has said the plane broke apart in midair. Alexander Smirnov, a Metrojet official, told reporters in Moscow on Monday the airline had ruled out technical problems and human error. Protection systems on the plane would have prevented it from crashing, he said, even if there were major errors in the pilot’s control equipment. Related gallery Russian plane crashes in Egypt “Therefore the only reason that could explain the plane’s breaking up in the midair can be a certain impact, a purely mechanical (and/or) physical impact on (the) flying vessel,” he said. The vague comment made translation difficult, with some interpreting that the executive said an “external influence” caused the crash. The head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, however, quickly pushed back. “It is completely premature to speak about the reasons of this, as there are not grounds. And I’d like to call on the aviation community to refrain from any premature conclusions,” Transport Agency chief  Alexander Neradko told the state-run Russian news agency Sputniknews.com. Learning that the plane broke into pieces while in the air helps reduce the list of possible causes of the crash, but there are still plenty of scenarios, said CNN aviation analyst Peter Goelz. Related article Russian jet crash investigation: The key question “It narrows it down a little bit, but there are a number of issues that could have affected this plane,” said Goelz, a former managing director of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB. “And terrorism has not been ruled out.” He suggested the disaster could have resulted from “some sort of catastrophic failure, perhaps caused by an earlier maintenance problem. It could have been a center fuel tank that might have exploded.” Related article Richard Quest: Russian plane crashed at what should have been flight's safest point The A321-200 was built in 1997, and the airline company Kogalymavia, which flies under the name Metrojet, had been operating it since 2012, Airbus said. The aircraft had clocked around 56,000 flight hours over the course of nearly 21,000 flights, the plane maker said. And so far, officials have said all its inspections were in order. The aircraft passed a routine inspection before takeoff, Egyptian Airports Co. chief Adel Al-Mahjoob said Saturday. Related video Report: Russian plane's condition concerned co-pilot According to the Aviation Safety Network, which tracks aircraft incidents, the same plane’s tail struck a runway while landing in Cairo in 2001 and required repair. At the time, the aircraft was registered to the Lebanese carrier Middle East Airlines, registration records show. Kogalymavia’s Andrei Averyanov said the plane had been damaged in 2001, but had most recently been thoroughly checked for cracks in 2013. Not enough time had passed for major cracks to develop to a critical size since then, he said. Smirnov said that he had personally flown the plane in recent months and that it was “pristine.” There were 217 passengers and seven crew members on board Flight 9268. Of the passengers, 209 were Russian, four were Ukrainian and one was Belarusian. The citizenships of three other passengers are unknown. Related video Russia mourns those lost in Egypt plane crash Russian media reported that the disaster created a large number of orphans in Russia, as a lot of parents left their young children with relatives while they took vacations in Sharm el-Sheikh. ‘Tragedy to lose so many children’ Most of the bodies retrieved at the crash site are intact, a medical source in Sinai told CNN on Monday, and showed no major burns. So far, two flights carrying remains of victims have flown to Russia, according to the TASS news agency. The first flight carried 130 bodies and dozens of body fragments. It was unclear how many victims’ remains were aboard the second flight, which landed in St. Petersburg early Tuesday. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has promised Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will allow “the broadest possible participation of Russian experts in the investigation,” according to the Kremlin, and Russian officials have joined their Egyptian counterparts at the crash scene. Putin has also ordered Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to open an investigation, the Kremlin said. Related video Aviation official: Russian jet disintegrated in mid-air Aviation investigators from France and Germany, the countries where the plane was manufactured, are also taking part. The aircraft’s engines were manufactured in the United States. If the plane’s engines become a focus of the investigation, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will likely dispatch a team to Egypt as well, a U.S official with knowledge of the investigation said. The plane’s black boxes, which were recovered at the crash site Saturday, have not yet been read or decoded, Smirnov said. Sharm el-Sheikh, where Flight 9268 began its journey, is a beach resort dotted with palm trees at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. The plane crashed about 300 kilometers (185 miles) farther north, near a town called Housna, according to Egyptian authorities. The Sinai Peninsula has been a battleground between ISIS-affiliated militants and Egyptian security forces. The conflict has killed hundreds of people. Is it safe to fly over war zones? How low can planes go? The militants appeared to claim responsibility for bringing down the Russian passenger jet in a statement posted online Saturday, but officials in Egypt and Russia disputed it. Related article Russian jet crash investigation: The key question Mahjoob, the airport official, said there was no evidence of a terrorist attack. And Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said the claim that terrorists brought down the plane with an anti-aircraft missile “cannot be considered reliable,” according to RIA Novosti. The Egyptian military said militants in Sinai have shoulder-fired, anti-aircraft weapons that shoot only as high as 14,000 feet, far short of the more than 30,000 feet at which Flight 9268 was flying when it dropped off radar. Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov refused to discount terrorism, telling CNN’s Matthew Chance on Monday that “only (the) investigation can rule out something.” Metrojet executives also said Monday that it was too early in the investigation to speculate or draw any conclusions. But Smirnov referred to purported footage of the crash posted by militants, saying: “Those images you have seen on the Internet, I think they are fake.” CNN’s Barbara Starr, Sara Sirgany, Mariano Castillo, Nic Robertson, Alla Eschenko, Elena Sandyrev, Alexander Felton, Arwa Damon, Nancy Leung and Radina Gigova contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Metrojet Flight 9268 crash investigation", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.3, "certainty_label": "Hedged", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151102093000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "EGY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/02/africa/russian-plane-crash-egypt-sinai/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "639891884", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript The Weekly Newsquiz tests your knowledge of events in the news March 24, 2017 Following the arrest of a man suspected of threatening Jewish centers in several countries, we’re bringing you perspective from a woman who survived a Nazi concentration camp in World War II. Our other stories today include a company’s plan to give undersea tours of the Titanic and a product that could help people correct their posture. WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ 1. What drug, which the U.N. calls the strongest painkiller in existence for medical use, poses a deadly overdose threat when abused? 2. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that more than 21,000 pounds of frozen pizzas had been recalled because of possible contamination by what kind of bacteria? 3. Name the director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who testified on Capitol Hill this week about various issues concerning the U.S. president. 4. Tuesday’s show featured a report about how virtual reality could potentially be used to treat various conditions, including agoraphobia – the fear of what? 5. Schoolchildren in Japan are participating in drills that could help them prepare for a possible missile strike from what other Asian country? 6. Name one of the two bodies of water separated by the Baja California peninsula. 7. Sears Holdings, whose sales have significantly declined in recent years, includes what two historic American companies? 8. What lawmaking assembly, the heart of political life in Britain, was locked down during a terrorist attack this week? 9. In what country was a suspect arrested and accused of threatening Jewish organizations in several nations? 10. Friday’s show reported on a company that’s offering tours of the Titanic’s wreckage. Name the ship that rescued survivors of the 1912 disaster. Click for a printable version of the Weekly Newsquiz. TRANSCRIPT CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR:  You’re one day away from the weekend and minutes away from being up to speed on world news events.  I’m Carl Azuz for CNN 10. For months, bomb threats had been made at Jewish organizations and community centers throughout the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.  And for months, international investigators have been trying to figure out who’s been making them.  Yesterday, they arrested a suspect. Police say he’s a 19-year-old Jewish man who holds citizenship in both Israel and the U.S.  He was arrested in Southern Israel.  International police say he used camouflaging technology to cover his tracks.  And while some leaders of Jewish institutions are calling the arrest a relief, others are saying they’re bothered by the fact that the person suspected of making threats against Jewish centers is himself reportedly Jewish. Israel officials are trying to figure out his motive.  The suspect’s lawyer says the 19-year-old has a history of behavioral issues and that he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor when he was 14. In the U.S. alone, there had been more than a hundred bomb threats this year against Jewish schools and centers in 33 states.  Police believed most of the threats were made by one person and that copycats made some others.  None of the threats was carried out.  There were no actual attacks.  But they did cause evacuations at some of the targets and anxiety among many Jewish people. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) FANNY AIZENBERG, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR:  We escaped to death. BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over):  An auditorium of teenagers listening to 100-year-old Fanny Aizenberg, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, tell of unimaginable fear more than 70 years ago. AIZENBERG:  Nine minutes on the clock, 100 people were dead. STARR:  The students crowd around, wanting to say hello at Washington’s Holocaust Memorial Museum.  But now at 100, anti- Semitism is back in Fanny’s life. (on camera):  You know that happened and now, today, you see things like the JCC? AIZENBERG:  Yes. STARR:  What do you think about that?  What is – AIZENBERG:  It scares me. STARR (voice-over):  More than 80 Jewish Community Centers and schools across the country have received bomb threats in a wave of anti-Semitism. AIZENBERG:  Next door is a JCC.  There were – they got already two warnings about a bomb.  That’s next door to where I live. STARR (on camera):  Explain to people what you think about all of this. AIZENBERG:  I’m afraid, too, because I’m too honest. STARR:  Tell me. AIZENBERG:  No, it hurts me and I say (ph), of all the places in the world. STARR (voice-over):  For elderly holocaust survivors, a struggle once again to understand why. AIZENBERG:  So why do you stop it?  If you don’t have the authority today and America is still the biggest power in the world, so why don’t we do anything about it? STARR:  Diane Saltzman works with survivors at the museum. (on camera):  The reaction you’re seeing is refusing to give up? DIANE SALTZMAN, DIRECTOR OF SURVIVOR AFFAIRS, U.S.  HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM:  There’s determination and even some defiance that they’re not going to stop.  Their message is really important. STARR (voice-over):  And Fanny Aizenberg’s life is testimony to that.  When the Nazis invaded Belgium in 1940, she had to send her daughter, Josiane, into hiding.  She wouldn’t see her for years.  Even now, Fanny says the decision to separate was unbearably hard. AIZENBERG:  How do you put a child away?  That’s the only thing I had. STARR:  She joined the resistance, hiding Jews and working as a courier before she was exposed to the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz, surviving Nazi medical torture, the family eventually reunited and coming to America. Today, she and other survivors struggle to understand a simple question, why do people hate? AIZENBERG:  I try to make people understand.  You cannot love each other, but you could understand others.  You don’t have to hate anybody. STARR:  Barbara Starr, CNN, Washington. (END VIDEOTAPE) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ (voice-over):  Ten-second trivia: The RMS Carpathia was most famous for what? First transatlantic voyage, sinking the Bismarck, rescuing Titanic survivors, first steamship? On April 15th, 1912, Carpathia sailed into history when she rescued 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster. (END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ:  The wreckage of the Titanic lies more than two miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.  It’s several hundred miles off the coast of Newfoundland.  And though it’s been well-documented and photographed since it was discovered in 1985, a British travel company is now allowing people to visit the site in person.  Adventurers would sail to the surface over the wreckage and then get into a submersible to explore the Titanic and its massive debris field, for up to three hours at a time. The cost: just over $105,000 per person and the company says the first voyage is already booked.  It also says that the price is what a first class ticket on the Titanic would have cost in today’s dollars, though a different company offered trips like this in 2012 for just over half as much. There are other organizations planning to give Titanic tours, but it’s not known for how long.  A study from last year claimed that a certain type of bacteria was eating away at the wreckage and that it may only last another 15 or 20 years. The number of health sites can tell you how bad posture can be a real pain in the neck.  Oh-uh!  But it goes beyond that.  Shoulder pain, low back pain, rotator cuff issues, all of it’s been linked to slouching.  And staring down at smartphones hasn’t done our posture any favors.  The pain and damage that can result from that has been nicknamed text neck. There are products that can help us straighten up, things you can use at work, in class, around the house.  The one you’re about to see starts at $80, but it’s not perfect. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) RACHEL CRANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over):  It’s a small device that promises big gains for your back health. (on camera):  Oh, there you go. Can you describe to me how this whole system works? MONISHA PERKASH, CEO, LUMO BODYTECH:  So, Lumo Lift attaches to your shirt magnetically and when you slouch, it will vibrate, to remind you to straighten up. Also, it connects an app on your smartphone.  And on that app, it will track your posture habits that helps you to be aware of your posture, so that you can self correct and develop the muscle memory to hold yourself in a good form. CRANE (voice-over):  While posture devices like this one maybe helpful, physical therapist Karena Wu has concerns. KARENA WU, CLINICAL DIRECTOR, ACTIVECARE PHYSICAL THERAPY:  You have to remember to charge it, put it on and actually use it, and then you have to remember to attend to it because of how easily one can ignore sensory stimuli once you get used to it. It’s more about making the conscious effort to say, oh, you know what?  Let me sit up with good upright posture, because I know my health will be better in the long run. CRANE:  After having worn this thing, I realize that I’ve got a long way to go until good posture like this is my new normal. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ:  It’s time to take a break y’all, and we’re going to the break room, a place where you first put on safety gear and then you get to break stuff and not get kicked out of the house. There’s a price to pay for doing all this damage.  It ranges from 30 to 90 bucks, depending on how many breakers you’ve got, what kind of stuff you want to break, and how broke you are. But the idea is that it helps people relieve stress by taking it out on unsuspecting household items. See?  We do cover breaking news and that was one of the breakups we’ve seen.  People who go there maybe entering and breaking, engaging in disorderly conduct, disturbing the pieces.  But the only laws being broken were the laws of physics. That pieces together another edition of CNN 10 where Fridays are awesome. Click here to access the printable version of today’s CNN 10 transcript. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of international significance and then clearly describe why they’re making news, who is affected, and how the events fit into a complex, international society. 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{"article_id": "702419148", "sentence": "Early morning light lands on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his ex-business partner Rick Gates, who also served on the campaign, turned themselves in to federal authorities Monday in relation to the special counsel’s investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election. Manafort, left, leaves his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Manafort and Gates surrendered to federal authorities Monday. The indictment of United States of America v. Paul J. Manafort Jr. and Richard W. Gates III. A member of the media conducts a live broadcast outside of the FBI field office in Washington where Manafort and Gates turned themselves in. They are being charged with money laundering and tax evasion in the federal investigation into whether Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russia. Both pleaded not guilty. Traffic moves up and down 16th Street Northwest, north of the White House, on Monday morning. President Donald Trump tweeted: “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????” “….Also, there is NO COLLUSION!” he added. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders answers reporters’ questions concerning the indictments of Manafort and Gates and the guilty plea from Papadopoulos in relation to the special counsel’s investigation during a news conference at the White House on Monday afternoon. People enter the federal court building in Washington. Later Monday morning, a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI after he lied about his interactions with foreign officials close to the Russian government. Manafort makes his way through television cameras as he walks from Federal District Court in Washington on Monday. Manafort pleaded not guilty to felony charges of conspiracy against the United States and other counts. Gates, right, leaves federal court. Gates also pleaded not guilty to felony charges of conspiracy against the United States and other counts. Kevin Downing, Manafort’s lawyer, turns to exit after speaking to members of the media outside the federal courthouse in Washington. Manafort gets into a car as he leaves federal court in Washington. The United States Capitol building is seen as the Republican-controlled Congress prepares for a hectic week unveiling and promoting its tax reform plan. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out goody bags and cookies to costumed children during a Halloween event on the South Lawn at the White House one day before the holiday.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paul Manafort and Rick Gates", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171030211500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/day-in-washington-photos/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "503201457", "sentence": "Rachel Papo photographed homeschooled children in rural New York She found them to be \"very special,\" she said, and they opened her mind about education Rachel Papo was still reeling from the shock of becoming a mother when her family moved from Brooklyn to the smaller, more rural town of Woodstock, New York, in 2010. In a cafe they frequented, they met a waitress and her 5-year-old daughter, True. The child was vibrant, “extremely special,” Papo remembers. “She told me she’s homeschooled,” Papo said, meaning that True didn’t attend a traditional school, but instead, learned at home. “I literally didn’t know it existed. When I heard about it, I thought it was really strange, a really odd thing. “How can these kids be normal if they’re not part of the mainstream?” Papo, a photographer, grew up in Israel and attended schools there. She was familiar with other educational models like Montessori and Waldorf. But the idea that children’s schools could be their homes, their parents the teachers, and the world their textbooks, intrigued her. Papo decided to shoot portraits of True and perhaps other homeschooled children living in the area. On their first visit, True changed Papo’s mind. “I went to her home and there was a whole world there for me to photograph,” said Papo, now based in Berlin. “She was incredible. She showed me everything in her house, everything around her house. I was running around after her. She had so much energy and life to her.” Over two years in Woodstock, Papo photographed about 15 homeschooled children in the area. The images will be published a book, “Homeschooled,” to be released in Europe this spring and in the United States in the fall. Essays from the parents of homeschooled children will be included, along with some insight from the kids themselves. Papo came to learn that many people choose homeschooling for religious reasons. But among those she met, people’s reasons were entirely their own. “Each one was completely different than the other, and each had different reasons and approaches,” she said. “A lot were extremely educated. Some are certified teachers, some are world travelers. The children were really pretty remarkable.” Social mediaFollow @CNNPhotos on Twitter to join the conversation about photography. Some kept a schedule, some were more flexible. Some worked on the family farm, some studied in groups with other homeschoolers. Many spent their days out in nature, learning about trees, plants and animals, or designed a curriculum around their own interests. “They were all very special and very sensitive and mature,” Papo said. “They were in a world of their own, but they weren’t afraid to share it.” Her mind opened as she met more homeschooled children and learned how full and deliberate their days could be. While the days sometimes moved slower, every moment was a chance to learn – whether they were feeding ducks, baking cookies or reading books. It didn’t turn Papo off of traditional schools, she said, but she wondered, “How could there be a way to bridge the two?” She would be interested in homeschooling her own children, she said. Her family is planning to move back to New York, and there, she would have the option. She just doesn’t think she could pull it off. “They have patience, which I don’t even have on the weekends,” she said of homeschooling parents. “I’m sure there’s a lot of failed attempts along the way. “I love that in America, you have the freedom to try it.” Rachel Papo is a photographer based in Berlin. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can follow “Homeschooled” on Kickstarter.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "homeschooling in the United States", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160118060000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "DEU", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/17/health/cnnphotos-homeschooled-children-new-york/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "639389061", "sentence": "President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort pushed back Wednesday on a report that he allegedly earned millions of dollars by helping Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government push its interests around the world. Manafort confirmed that he worked for Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire with close ties to Putin, but rejected an Associated Press report alleging that work was aimed at furthering the political interests of Putin’s government. “I worked with Oleg Deripaska almost a decade ago representing him on business and personal matters in countries where he had investments. My work for Mr. Deripaska did not involve representing Russian political interests,” Manafort said in a statement his spokesman provided to CNN. He issued another statement on the matter Wednesday afternoon: “I have always publicly acknowledged that I worked for Mr. Deripaska and his company, Rusal, to advance its interests. For example, one of the projects involved supporting a referendum in Montenegro that allowed that country to choose membership in the (European Union), a measure that Russia opposed. I did not work for the Russian government. Once again, smear and innuendo are being used to paint a false picture. I look forward to meeting with those conducting serious investigations of these issues to discuss the actual facts.” Manafort was referring to the 2006 referendum that resulted in Montenegro’s independence from Serbia and Montenegro, which set the country on a more pro-Western path. A spokesman for Deripaska told CNN on Wednesday that Manafort provided “investment consulting services” but declined to provide any additional details. “There was an agreement between Mr. Deripaska and Mr. Manafort to provide investment consulting services related to business interests of Mr. Deripaska which now is a subject to legal claims,” the spokesman said in a statement. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Manafort pitched a plan to Deripaska to “greatly benefit the Putin government” and was subsequently paid millions of dollars, according to business records obtained by the AP and interviews the news outlet conducted with sources familiar with the matter. It is just the latest report pointing to a link between Manafort and Russian interests. Before he was brought aboard the Trump campaign, Manafort was well known for having served as an adviser to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was close to Putin and fled to Russia after he was ousted in the 2014 political crisis. Manafort was later named in a Ukrainian government investigation last summer after a ledger detailed millions of dollars in secret payments to Manafort, which he denied. Manafort’s connections to Russia faced fresh scrutiny last month after current and former US officials told CNN that high-level Trump campaign advisers, including Manafort, regularly communicated with Russians known to US intelligence. Manafort called the allegation “100% not true” and said he didn’t “remember talking to any Russian officials, ever.” White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday said Trump “did not know” of Manafort’s work as disclosed in the AP report. “I think nothing in this morning’s report references any actions by the President, the White House or any Trump administration official,” Spicer said during the White House briefing. Spicer rejected the notion that Trump should have known about the work, asking in return whether Trump should have known who Manafort “played with in the sandbox.” That came two days after Spicer sought to diminish Manafort’s role in the campaign, claiming he played a “limited role” even though Manafort was campaign chairman and effectively took over as campaign manager after the firing of Trump’s first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. Manafort worked on the campaign from March until August 2016. “To start to look at some individual that was there for a short period of time, or, separately, individuals who really didn’t play any role in the campaign, and to suggest that those are the basis for anything is a bit ridiculous,” Spicer said Monday during a White House briefing. The Associated Press report comes days after FBI Director James Comey confirmed in testimony to Congress that his agency is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign and potential ties between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Wednesday that the new reports about Manafort are likely to be reviewed by the Senate Intelligence Committee. “I definitely do have concerns about that news report,” Collins told CNN. “I don’t know what the evidence is and I think it’s really important that we look at the evidence and do so aggressively. We need to follow the evidence wherever it leads.” And Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the committee, told CNN’s Erin Burnett Tuesday that “we’re going to need to bring (Manafort) in” to discuss connections between the Trump campaign and Russia. A cloud of suspicion has hung over Trump since the US government confirmed that the Russian government interfered in the presidential election with the aim of hurting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and helping Trump. During the campaign, Trump called for a friendlier relationship with Russia, defended Putin from human rights abuse allegations and repeatedly cast doubt on US government conclusions of Russian interference during the campaign and after his election. Anthony Scaramucci, a hedge fund manager who served on Trump’s national finance committee during Manafort’s tenure at the helm, said he has “a lot of respect” for Manafort and said he believed Manafort’s denial. “I take Paul at his word that he was working on business interests for Oleg and it wasn’t tied to the Russian government,” Scaramucci said Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day.” CNN’s Noah Gray, Ryan Browne, Manu Raju and Emma Burrows contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Paul Manafort", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.5, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170322134500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MNE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/paul-manafort-russia/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "752252540", "sentence": "Former CIA Director Michael Hayden downplayed on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dramatic presentation in which he accused Iran of “brazenly lying” over its nuclear ambitions. “To the best of my knowledge – out of government, not getting the briefings – I think this is fundamentally old news,” Hayden told CNN’s “New Day.” Related article Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu defends Iran nuclear accusations On Monday, Netanyahu gave a presentation in English in which he claimed Israel has evidence that Iranian officials were “brazenly lying” when they said Iran wasn’t pursuing nuclear weapons and that the Islamic Republic is keeping an “atomic archive” at a secret compound. Calling it one of the greatest achievements in the history of Israeli intelligence, Netanyahu displayed what he said were files that demonstrate Iran planned to continue pursuing a nuclear weapons program despite the 2015 deal it brokered with the international community. Hayden told “New Day” the US has known many of Netanyahu’s recently announced findings for more than a decade. “We created a national intelligence estimate in 2007 that said that the Iranians had stopped the weaponization part of their program – missiles still going on, centrifuges still spinning – but the actual building of the weapon, that they had stopped in 2003,” Hayden said. He added that the trove of documents and digital records obtained by the Israelis gives “more detail to the plotline that we all knew, that we all agreed, existed.” Related article Israel's Netanyahu speaks about Iran deal The former National Security Agency director went on to say that based on American intelligence, “some research went on” and Iran was “hedging their bets” to “keep their options open.” “But we went in and told President (George W.) Bush and Vice President (Dick) Cheney and that was the heavy lift,” Hayden continued. “They’re still bad folks. They’re still heading in a bad direction, but our intelligence estimate now is they’ve stopped this particular activity.” Netanyahu’s presentation, Hayden suggested, may have been geared toward President Donald Trump. He added that in the intelligence field, some sources have labels to their remarks that say their comments were “designed to influence as well as to inform.” “I think that might apply to what the Prime Minister said yesterday,” Hayden remarked. CNN’s Eliott C. McLaughlin and James Masters contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180501140000", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "IRN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/michael-hayden-israel-iran-cnntv/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "713393859", "sentence": "The House Ethics Committee has cleared Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes in its investigation into whether he disclosed classified information to the Trump White House, which could create an avenue for Nunes to return to the helm of the panel’s Russia investigation. Nunes’s return could further inflame the partisan fervor surrounding the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. The California Republican has already launched a joint investigation with the House Oversight Committee into the Uranium One deal that was agreed to in 2010 under the Obama administration, which Republicans claim involved illicit donations to the Clinton Foundation. He has also hammered the FBI and Justice Department for not turning over documents or making witnesses available in response to subpoenas related to the FBI’s connection to the Fusion GPS opposition research dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia compiled by former British agent Christopher Steele. The Ethics Committee announced Thursday that it was closing its investigation into Nunes after determining the information that he had disclosed was not classified. Related article Who's who in Trump-Russia saga “In the course of this investigation, the Committee sought the analysis of Representative Nunes’s statements by classification experts in the intelligence community,” the Ethics Committee said in a statement. “Based solely on the conclusion of these classification experts that the information that Representative Nunes disclosed was not classified, the Committee will take no further action and considers this matter closed.” In April, Nunes temporarily stepped aside from his role as the head of the committee’s probe into Russian election meddling amid questions about his decision to provide information to the White House about the “unmasking” of Trump officials at the tail end of the Obama administration. Rep. Mike Conaway, a Texas Republican, took the lead on the Russia investigation alongside the committee’s top Democrat, Adam Schiff of California. But Nunes has kept a hand in the investigation, as he’s continued to sign the committee’s subpoenas as chairman, with Conaway’s blessing. Nunes has said for months that he did not recuse himself from the investigation, but only temporarily stepped aside while the ethics panel’s investigation was ongoing. “I’m in charge. I was always in charge,” Nunes told Fox News on Thursday after he was cleared by the committee. Nunes’ role has been a sore spot for Democrats on the committee, and the investigation into Russian meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign has frequently been roiled by partisan tensions. Earlier this week, Nunes told CNN he was still planning to move forward on holding FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt of Congress for not complying with the committee’s subpoenas. In a statement, Nunes accused the Ethics Committee’s Democrats of making statements that appeared to prejudge him, and he called on the panel “to publicly release all its transcripts related to my case.” “While I appreciate the Ethics Committee’s work, I need to reiterate that the allegations against me were obviously frivolous and were rooted in politically motivated complaints filed against me by left-wing activist groups,” Nunes said. “I respect the ethics process, but I remain dismayed that it took an unbelievable eight months for the Committee to dismiss this matter.” The ethics investigation was launched over allegations that he had  discussed classified material following his clandestine meeting at the White House in March about the unmasking of Trump officials. Nunes has accused Obama administration officials of politically motivated “unmasking,” or the identifying of US officials in documents collected through foreign surveillance. The Obama administration officials have argued they had legitimate reasons for the unmasking requests they made. It could be complicated politically and logistically for Nunes to fully retake control of the investigation. The committee has spoken to dozens of witnesses since Nunes stepped aside in April, while Reps. Conaway, Trey Gowdy of South Carolina and Tom Rooney of Florida have taken the lead in interviewing witnesses on the Republican side. Conaway is already discussing the end game for the committee’s investigation, with a report he hopes to write when the committee finishes interviewing witnesses. Conaway has said he wants to wrap up the probe as soon as possible. Spokespeople for Schiff and Conaway did not immediately respond to a request for comment.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Devin Nunes", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171208010000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/politics/ethics-committee-devin-nunes/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "709504980", "sentence": "Syrian opposition says it can't achieve fair negotiations \"without the departure of Bashar al-Assad and his regime members\" The UN-backed peace talks are set to begin on November 28 in Geneva, Switzerland Key Syrian opposition groups insist that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should play no role in any transitional period under any peace deal supervised by the United Nations. Saudi Arabia hosted a two-day “expanded” conference for the Syrian opposition forces in Riyadh on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of the UN-backed peace talks set for Geneva, Switzerland, to find a solution for the war-torn country. In its draft resolution of the Riyadh meeting, Syrian opposition groups said they can’t achieve fair negotiations “without the departure of Bashar al-Assad and his regime members at the beginning of the transitional period.” The Syrian opposition factions also called on the United Nations through its representative “to take immediate necessary measures to activate the political process and to correct the Geneva negotiations by holding direct and unconditional negotiations between representatives from the Syrian opposition members and Syrian regime members,” the draft said. Related article Syrians rebuild and rehabilitate under Turkey's watchful eye Opposition leaders, the United States and their allies hold the Assad regime responsible for the mass slaughter of civilians and rebel fighters seeking an end to his family’s decadeslong rule. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also repeatedly said there is no place for Assad in Syria’s future. UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday that Syrian opposition groups meeting in Saudi Arabia should do all they can to unify ahead of a fresh round of the UN-facilitated talks scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The UN special envoy called for the opposition groups to take a “common line” on their country’s future. The UN-sponsored peace talks are part of a “road map” for peace detailed in UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which the council adopted in December 2015. Among the provisions, the resolution called for a political transition aimed at establishing “a credible, inclusive and nonsectarian governance” in Syria. It also foresees that negotiations will result in a new constitution and transparent elections. Opposition groups have demanded an end of nearly 45 years of Assad family rule but Assad hasn’t offered any indication he would step aside. Ahead of earlier negotiations last year in Switzerland aimed at ending the civil war, Assad’s chief envoy said Aasad’s political future was nonnegotiable. Chief diplomats from the United States, Britain and other Security Council nations have previously said Assad must leave office as part of any peace deal, arguing that Assad has lost his credibility to lead his country. But while the UN resolution calls for a political transitional governing body with full executive powers, it doesn’t mention or explicitly exclude Assad. Related article Russia, Iran, Turkey agree to hold Syrian 'congress' to talk peace Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to hold a “congress” in Russia that would bring together Syria’s warring factions for the peace talks. Putin’s comments came after a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi. Putin and his government have been among the chief supporters of the Assad regime, both militarily and in helping to negotiate ceasefires in the country’s long-running civil war. Since the war began in 2011, an estimated 400,000 Syrians have been killed, according to the United Nations. Assad has ruled Syria as President since July 2000. The ongoing violence against civilians has been condemned by the Arab League, the European Union, the United States and other countries. As of March 2017, more than 5 million Syrians have fled the country and 6.3 million people are displaced internally. CNN’s Darran Simon contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Bashar al-Assad", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171124001500", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/23/middleeast/syrian-opposition-no-bashar-al-assad/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "678140775", "sentence": "On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the Russia sanctions bill that the Republican-led Congress had approved overwhelmingly. But he made sure everyone knew he wasn’t happy about it – and in so doing revealed, again, that he has either little understanding of or little care for the separation of powers built into the US government. Here’s the key part of Trump’s statement after signing the sanctions bill – which he did out of public sight and with little fanfare: “The bill remains seriously flawed – particularly because it encroaches on the executive branch’s authority to negotiate,” he said in the statement. “Congress could not even negotiate a health care bill after seven years of talking. By limiting the executive’s flexibility, this bill makes it harder for the United States to strike good deals for the American people, and will drive China, Russia, and North Korea much closer together. … I built a truly great company worth many billions of dollars. That is a big part of the reason I was elected. As President, I can make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress.” Set aside for a moment that Trump was outmaneuvered by Congress on the sanctions bill; both the House and Senate passed the bill with overwhelming supermajorities and that Trump was forced to either sign it or watch it become law without his signature. Trump is hardly the only president ever to blanch at what he believed to be an encroachment on his executive powers. George W. Bush clashed regularly with Congress over warrantless wire-tapping of US citizens. And Barack Obama enraged members of Congress with his willingness to end-run them with executive actions. What makes Trump’s derision of the division of power between the executive, legislative and judicial branches different is both how brazen he is about it and how many times he has expressed sentiments in his first six-plus months in office that suggest he simply doesn’t understand the fact that everyone in the government doesn’t work for him. Let’s start with Trump’s Russia statement. At its root, what Trump is saying is this: Congress doesn’t know what it’s doing! They wouldn’t even listen to me and pass a health care bill! And I made a bunch of phone calls! They shouldn’t get to have a veto over me on anything! Especially not when I am a great businessman of a “truly great company worth many billions of dollars!” This is not an isolated incident. In the wake of the failure of the attempted overhaul of the health care law in the Senate last week, Trump repeatedly scolded senators for not following his orders. “Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead! Demand another vote before voting on any other bill!,” he tweeted on Saturday. In another tweet, Trump wrote: “Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don’t go to a 51 vote majority NOW. They look like fools and are just wasting time….” Then there is what Trump has said about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. “It’s extremely unfair, and that’s a mild word, to the president,” Trump told The New York Times of Sessions’ recusal. Never in that Times interview – or anywhere else – does Trump acknowledge that Sessions might have been considering the American public when he made his decision. As in, Sessions thought that anyone with such a prominent role in one of the two presidential campaigns shouldn’t oversee an investigation into that election because of the way it might look to people. That is simply not a thought that occurs to Trump. That same mentality was on display when Trump reacted earlier this year to the rulings by federal courts that held up the enforcement of his travel ban. “The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!,” he tweeted on February 4 in response to a federal appeals court ruling that refused to lift a lower court’s stay on the ban. The next day, Trump doubled down with this tweet: “Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!” Again, Trump’s view is clear: These people work for me! (They don’t.) They should do what I want! I am the president! Want one more example? How about “my generals”? In announcing his decision last week to ban all transgender people from serving in the military, Trump tweeted out that he came to that conclusion “after consultation with my Generals and military experts.” At his inauguration, Trump said something similar. “I see my generals … these are central casting,” he said. “If I’m doing a movie, I’d pick you general, Gen. Mattis.” While Trump is the commander-in-chief, presidents don’t usually tend to describe the military as working for them.  And they very rarely use the descriptor “my” to describe military men and women. Whether Trump’s seeming lack of concern with the traditional separation of powers is purposeful or him simply not knowing is immaterial. Either option equals the same thing – an executive who believes everyone in the US government (and beyond) works directly for him and should do what he says at all times. You can understand why Trump sees things this way. He comes from the world of business. In the Trump Organization, everyone did report to him and their jobs were, generally speaking, to do what he said. That’s the world he’s used to. It’s the only world he knows. But this is not that. Senators and members of Congress are elected to represent their citizens, not to do the bidding unquestioningly of the chief executive. “We work for the American people. We don’t work for the president,” South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott told the Washington Post on Tuesday. “We should do what’s good for the administration as long as that does not in any way, shape or form make it harder on the American people.” Ditto for members of the judiciary, whose job it is to see how well legislation measures up to the law, not rubber-stamp the laws the president likes. The expansion of executive power has been a trend in the modern-day presidency. Each successive president in the past few decades has worked to broaden their powers – particularly in relation to Congress. But no president has shown such total disregard for the separation of powers as Trump. None are even close.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170802201500", "country1": "CHN", "country2": "PRK", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/trump-russia-sanctions/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "494256420", "sentence": "Mohamed Elshinawy, 30, of Edgewood, Maryland, was arrested Friday, authorities say FBI says he received $8,700 from people he thought were connected to ISIS for \"nefarious purposes\" A Maryland man has been accused of receiving almost $9,000 to finance a terrorist attack in the United States, the FBI said Monday in a criminal complaint. Mohamed Elshinawy, 30, of Edgewood was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, obstruction of an investigation and making false statements. “According to the allegations in the complaint, Mohamed Elshinawy received money he believed was provided by ISIL in order to conduct an attack on U.S. soil,”  Assistant Attorney General Carlin said in a statement. A criminal complaint filed by the FBI said Elshinawy received about $8,700  for “nefarious purposes” from people overseas he believed were connected to ISIS. The money came through Western Union and PayPal accounts, the complaint said. The criminal complaint said authorities became aware last June that someone in Egypt had sent $1,000 to Elshinawy. The FBI had a “noncustodial interview” with Elshinawy on July 17. He first said his mother in Egypt sent the money, but upon being shown Western Union records admitted a childhood friend in Egypt connected him to an “unidentified ISIL operative” who sent the money, the FBI said. (ISIL is another way of referring to ISIS.) He first said he’d received a total of $4,000, knowing it was intended to finance terrorist activities, but that he never planned to carry out an attack, the complaint said. In an interview a few days later, he suddenly remembered receiving another $1,200, the complaint said. “Elshinawy sought to portray himself as someone who was simply trying to scam some money from ISIL members,” the complaint said. He spent some money on a laptop, several pay-as-you-go phones and personal expenses, the complaint says. The complaint does not mention spending money on any weapons. The FBI traced his social media communications and discovered he pledged allegiance to ISIS on February 17, telling a childhood friend that he was “a soldier of the state but was temporarily away,” according to the complaint. He told his brother, who was in the Mideast, on April 27 about his pledge, and said he had received money from ISIS and expected to receive more, the complaint said. After talking with the FBI, Elshinawy tried to conceal past communications with his contacts in Egypt, the complaint said. “This case demonstrates how terrorists exploit modern technology to inculcate sympathizers and build hidden networks,”  U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein said in a statement. The FBI said Elshinawy could be sentenced to 15 years on the charge of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and eight years each on the other two charges.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Mohamed Elshinawy", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151215021500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "EGY", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/us/maryland-terror-arrest/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "555571381", "sentence": "A 13-year-old Israeli-American girl was stabbed to death in her bedroom Thursday morning in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said. Hallel Yaffa Ariel was sleeping when a Palestinian teenager entered the house in the settlement near Hebron and killed her, authorities said. “Just like any teenager on summer holiday, my daughter was asleep, calm, relaxed. A terrorist murderer came and murdered her in her bed,” her mother, Rena Ariel, told Israel’s Channel 2. Security guards on the settlement entered the home and found the suspect still inside, the IDF said. During a fight, one security guard was stabbed, and the intruder was shot and killed. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the attacker as Mohammed Tarayra, 17, from Bani Naim, a village east of Hebron. In response to the attack, the IDF sealed off access to Bani Naim to everyone except humanitarian and medical workers. Related video Old conflict, young participants Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the world to condemn the attack. “The horrifying murder of a young girl in her bed underscores the bloodlust and inhumanity of the incitement-driven terrorists that we are facing. The entire nation deeply identifies with the family’s pain and declares to the murderers: You will not break us. We will continue to take strong and determined action against terrorism everywhere and at all times,” he said in a statement. Netanyahu said he would revoke work permits for members of Tarayra’s family and has started the process of seeking approval to demolish Tarayra’s home, a not uncommon practice by Israeli authorities. The girl was a dual national of Israel and the United States. U.S. Secretary of State spokesman John Kirby said, “This brutal act of terrorism is simply unconscionable.  We extend our deepest condolences to her family. We also understand another individual who was responding to the attack was wounded by the attacker.  We extend our hopes for a quick and full recovery.” Hallel Ariel was a student in eighth grade. Hundreds attended her funeral Thursday evening in Hebron, a city with longstanding tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Kiryat Arba is a settlement in the southern West Bank near Hebron. Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal by many in the international community. Sari Bashi, Israel-Palestine director of Human Rights Watch, said, “The fact that settlements are illegal under international law does not make their inhabitants, children as well as their parents, subject to lethal attack. At the same time, the killing provides no legal justification for the Israeli government to punish the alleged attacker’s family members.” CNN’s Ralph Ellis contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Israeli settlements in the West Bank", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160630201500", "country1": "ISR", "country2": "PSE", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/middleeast/israeli-girl-stabbed/", "score": "0.9"}}}
{"article_id": "620087739", "sentence": "US President Donald Trump’s pledge to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has caused controversy across the world. Trump could announce the move as early as Tuesday, US officials with direct knowledge of the matter and foreign diplomats have told CNN. Upon making his decision public, Trump is expected to sign a waiver to keep the US embassy in Tel Aviv for another six months, but say his administration will move the diplomatic mission to Jerusalem at some point – a goal long sought by Israel. Trump told CNN in March that moving the embassy would happen “very quickly.” The State Department’s security arm has been told to plan for potentially violent protests at US embassies and consulates if the Trump administration announces it is moving the embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. CNN’s Oren Liebermann, who is based in Jerusalem, walks us through what’s at stake. If the United States moved the embassy to Jerusalem, it would mean that the US effectively recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. That would overturn 70 years of international consensus, and, many argue, would effectively signal the end of moves to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The United Nations partition plan drawn up in 1947 envisaged Jerusalem as a separate “international city.” But the war that followed Israel’s declaration of independence one year later left the city divided. When fighting ended in 1949, the armistice border – often called the Green Line because it was drawn in green ink – saw Israel in control of the western half, and Jordan in control of the eastern half, which included the famous Old City. During the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel occupied East Jerusalem. Since then, all of the city has been under Israel’s authority. The city marks “Jerusalem Day” in late-May or early-June. But Palestinians, and many in the international community, continue to see East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Yes. Before 1980 a number of countries did, including the Netherlands and Costa Rica. In July of 1980, Israel passed a law that declared Jerusalem the united capital of Israel. The United Nations Security Council responded with a resolution condemning Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem and declared it a violation of international law. Correct. In 2006, Costa Rica and El Salvador were the last to move their embassies out of Jerusalem, joining the rest of the world in locating their embassies in Tel Aviv. Some countries do maintain consulates in Jerusalem, including the United States, which has one in the western part of the city. Other countries – such as Britain and France for instance – have a consulate in the eastern part of the city, which serve as their countries’ main representation in the Palestinian territories. The US has never had its embassy in Jerusalem. It has always been in Tel Aviv, with the Ambassador’s residence in Herzliya Pituach, about 30 minutes north. Wait a minute, it gets more complicated. In 1989, Israel began leasing to the US a plot of land in Jerusalem for a new embassy. The 99-year lease cost $1 per year. To this day, the plot has not been developed, and it remains an empty field. In 1995, the US Congress passed a law requiring America to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Proponents said the US should respect Israel’s choice of Jerusalem as its capital, and recognize it as such. Every president since 1995 – Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama – has declined to move the embassy, citing national security interests. Every six months, the President has used the presidential waiver to circumvent the embassy move. The first is to make use of the undeveloped plot that the US has been leasing since 1989. Or the US could turn its existing consulate in Jerusalem into the embassy. A final option might be to leave the embassy in Tel Aviv, but have the US Ambassador to Israel do his day-to-day work in Jerusalem. MORE: Trump pushes US embassy move in Israel amid outcry The Israeli government has lauded Trump’s pledge to follow through with the embassy move. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has been perhaps the most outspoken advocate, launching a campaign just days before the US President’s inauguration, urging him to make good on his promise. Palestinian leaders are adamant that an embassy move to Jerusalem would be a violation of international law, and a huge setback to peace hopes. President Mahmoud Abbas has turned to other world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Jordan’s King Abdullah, to help pressure Trump to change his mind. The Palestine Liberation Organization has suggested it would consider revoking its recognition of Israel, and canceling all agreements between Israelis and Palestinians, should the move take place. More immediately, there are fears it could set off a wave of unrest – perhaps even street protests and violence – in the Palestinian territories and across the Arab world. The powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, warned in January a statement on his website that moving the US embassy to Jerusalem would represent a declaration of open war against Islam. He called for the closure of the Israeli and US embassies in Islamic countries. CNN’s Caroline Kenny contributed to this article.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US embassy move to Jerusalem", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170124054500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ISR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/middleeast/donald-trump-us-embassy-israel-explainer/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "473987165", "sentence": "Huckabee plans to tour the border near San Diego Will secure the border in one year if he wins White House Mike Huckabee plans to visit the Mexico border this weekend and vowed to secure it within one year if he wins the White House. The former Arkansas governor was invited to tour the border near San Diego on Saturday by former Congressman Duncan Hunter, his campaign told CNN on Wednesday. “Governor Huckabee will address the media and outline his plan to secure the border within the first year of his presidency,” Huckabee spokesperson Alice Stewart said. “The governor has always said that the number one priority in immigration reform is securing the border first.” Huckabee previously told CNN that he favored “reasonable approaches”  to immigration reform. “I’m for some reasonable approaches to immigration that start with a secure border,” he said. “The fact that people say that we can’t secure the border, that’s nonsense,” he added. “This country can do it if we want to. You just have to have a president that’s committed to it.” Donald Trump and Ben Carson also have toured the border.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "border security", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151007223000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "MEX", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/mike-huckabee-border-mexico/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "585232140", "sentence": "US suspends bilateral talks with Russia over Syria after US accuses Russia of failing to uphold ceasefire US personnel intended to cooperate with Russia as part of a joint effort against ISIS and al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate will now be withdrawn The same day Moscow announced that it would suspend a US-Russia agreement on cooperation on arms reduction The US announced Monday it is “suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia” that had come about as part of the short-lived cessation of hostilities in Syria. “This is not a decision that was taken lightly,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement announcing the suspension. Secretary of State John Kerry, who spent months negotiating with his Russian counterpart in order to bring about a ceasefire in Syria, spoke Tuesday about the end of bilateral talks and emphasized that the US was not giving up on peace or the Syrian people. “Yesterday, as most of you saw, the United States announced our decision to suspend the bilateral discussions with Russia on the re-institution of the cessation of the hostilities agreement. A decision that, believe me, does not come lightly,” Kerry told an audience in Brussels, Belgium, while speaking on Transatlantic relations. Kerry stressed that the US would continue to pursue diplomatic initiatives to curb the violence in Syria that has sprung from the civil war there. “I want to be very, very clear to everybody: We are not giving up on the Syrian people. We are not abandoning the pursuit of peace. We are not going to leave the multilateral field. We are going to continue to try to find a way forward in order to end this war.” Kerry also slammed both Russia and the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad for their role in perpetuating the conflict. “Together, the Syrian regime and Russia, seem to have rejected diplomacy in furtherance of trying to pursue a military victory over the broken bodies, the bombed-out hospitals, the traumatized children of a long-suffering land,” he said. The White House on Monday had similarly harsh words for Russia’s behavior. “Everybody’s patience with Russia has run out,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. Earnest said Russia had lost credibility by “making a series of commitments without any indication they were committed to following them,” accusing Russia and its Syrian regime allies of trying “to bomb civilian populations into submission.” Kerry last week had threatened to call off bilateral talks with Russia unless Moscow took immediate steps to end the assault on Aleppo and restore a ceasefire. Kerry: ‘I lost the argument’ on Syria The statement announcing the suspension said the Russian and the Syrian regime’s unwillingness to uphold the cease-fire accord was “demonstrated by their intensified attacks against civilian areas, targeting of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching civilians in need.” US military and civilian personnel that were sent to Geneva, Switzerland, to work with the Russians on the Joint Implementation Center will now be withdrawn home, according to the statement and US defense officials. The Joint Implementation Center was a key element of the negotiated accord and was intended to facilitate collaboration between the American and Russian militaries in targeting ISIS and al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, the al Nusra front. The center was never launched because the agreement had required that the cease-fire hold and aid deliveries must be allowed for at least seven days prior to the center’s starting work. Officials said the US and Russia will continue to communicate via previously established direct military-to-military channels as part of a safety effort to “de-conflict” Syrian airspace and allow for coalition and Russian warplanes to avoid dangerous accidental incidents. State Department spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeau told reporters Monday that US and Russian officials had met through the weekend to discuss Syria. The suspension “does not preclude multi-lateral dialogue” with Russia regarding Syria, Trudeau added. When asked if the US had lived up to its end of the cease-fire deal, Trudeau said, “We believe we did.” For its part, Moscow announced Monday that it was suspending an arms reduction agreement with the US in which both countries agreed to dispose of 34 tons of plutonium, enough for thousands of nuclear bombs, over what it called Washington’s “unfriendly actions” toward Russia, state news agency TASS reported. In a statement published on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: “The decision we have made is a signal to Washington: attempts at talking to Russia from the position of strength, in a language of sanctions and ultimatums while continuing selective cooperation with our country … where this cooperation benefits the United States will not succeed.” Asked if the Russian announcement was linked to the recent US decision regarding the suspension of bilateral Syria talks, Trudeau said, “I would not link those at all.” “We believe it would be a shame if this important agreement was put aside because of an unrelated issue,” she added. Related video Former Russian FM: Moscow not interested in Syria talks Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed regret over Washington’s decision Monday to stop participating in the bilateral channels with Russia. Shortly after Zakharova’s response, Konstantin Kosachev, head of Russia’s Foreign Affairs Committee, criticized the decision by the US. “Russia has striven for continuing dialogue with the US on Syria until the last moment, and only our position was keeping the chance to launch a stable peace process alive,” he said, according to Russian state-owned Sputnik News. He also accused Washington of making the decision because of campaign politics, saying it was based “to a great extent on subjective factors linked with the current presidential election cycle.” The UN’s special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said he “deeply regrets” the fact that the US-Russia talks “did not reach a positive conclusion,” according to a statement issued in the wake of the announcement. “The UN will continue to push energetically for a political solution of the Syrian conflict regardless of the very disappointing outcome of intense and long discussions among two crucial international stakeholders,” the statement said. CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Michelle Kosinski contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161003181500", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "SYR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/03/politics/us-suspends-talks-with-russia-over-syria/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "707652592", "sentence": "NEW: State media reports ruling party wants Mugabe and wife to step down Leader says little, dozes at graduation On a day Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe appeared in public for the first time since his nation plunged into political crisis, his ruling party is reportedly calling for him to step down. “ZANU-PF provincial structures in all the country’s 10 provinces met today and called for the resignation of their First Secretary, President Robert Mugabe. They also called for the resignation of women’s league Secretary and First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe from the party,” State newspaper The Herald reported Friday Mugabe emerged from house arrest to attend a university graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare, in a staged public appearance that belied the reality that he is no longer in control of the country he has ruled for 37 years. The veteran leader arrived at Zimbabwe Open University in a blue-and-yellow gown, accompanied by his security detail, in his first public appearance since being detained in Wednesday’s army takeover. There was no sign of Mugabe’s wife, whom the leader was trying to promote as the next president, triggering the political upheaval. The developments were the latest in an increasingly bizarre set of events that has eschewed the traditional playbook for military takeovers. Mugabe’s appearance was apparently designed to convey a business-as-usual atmosphere – the generals pulling the strings in Harare are desperate not to give the impression they are orchestrating an unconstitutional coup. But behind the scenes, efforts to push Mugabe aside appeared to be foundering. Mugabe was reported to be resisting a plan to oust him, and the generals were said to be frustrated by his refusal to go quietly. Mugabe resisting deal: The President has pushed back on a deal to replace him with an interim leader, a source told CNN. Military sets deadline: Frustrated with Mugabe’s resistance, the commander of the defense forces said the President had until Friday to change his stance, “or we do it the hard way,” a source said. Tillerson weighs in: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the situation as an “opportunity” and called for democratic elections. An anti-Mugabe march: Zimbabwe’s military says it supports a peaceful and orderly march against Mugabe, scheduled to take place in Harare’s Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield on Saturday. As Mugabe arrived at the graduation ceremony Friday morning, Zimbabwe’s political limbo was entering its third day and clandestine efforts to prise Mugabe from power appeared to have reached an impasse. According to a government source with direct knowledge of the talks, Mugabe had pushed back on a deal to replace him with an interim leader, arguing there would be a constitutional crisis if he left before his term expired. Mugabe was photographed Thursday in talks with army chief, Gen. Constantino Chiwenga, and other officials at the official State House. The source told CNN that the photos were “merely a formality” and a deal that had already been done. Part of the deal was that an acting president would be named, as required by the constitution when there is no vice president, the source said. But a day later, it was clear Mugabe was digging his heels in. Frustrated with the lack of progress, the commander of the defense forces, Chiwenga set a deadline of Friday for Mugabe to agree to a deal, “or we do it the hard way,” the source said. Meanwhile, at Zimbabwe Open University, on the outskirts of the capital, Mugabe conferred degrees on students as if nothing was untoward. But if he thought that attending the event would make it look as if he was still in charge, the tactic backfired. The 93-year-old said little and drifted in and out of sleep on stage. 10 days that shook Mugabe’s rule‘Gucci Grace’ and the ‘Crocodile’Mugabe: Africa’s longest serving leaderHow Mugabe killed Zimbabwe’s economy 10 days that shook Mugabe’s rule‘Gucci Grace’ and the ‘Crocodile’Mugabe: Africa’s longest serving leaderHow Mugabe killed Zimbabwe’s economy The political firestorm was ignited by Mugabe’s dismissal of his powerful vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa has strong connections and the support of the military, and under the deal apparently on the table with Mugabe, he would run for the leadership of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF at a congress in December, allowing him then to contest next year’s presidential elections. CNN has learned that Mnangagwa had been instrumental for some time in plans to seize control from Mugabe, who had been maneuvering to anoint his wife Grace as his successor. “This takeover was planned a long time ago by Emmerson Mnangagwa and secret discussions did take place with opposition about a succession plan including forcing out Mugabe,” a senior opposition leader with direct knowledge of the talks told CNN. Mnangagwa’s whereabouts were unknown, but he was widely reported to be guiding events. The influential Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association, which has thrown its support behind Mnangagwa, is planning a huge show of strength in Harare Saturday. “We will settle the scores tomorrow,” Chris Mutsvangwa, head of the association, told reporters on Friday. “There is no going back about Mugabe, he must leave,” he said. Foreign powers have called on the military to show restraint in the upheaval, but have largely supported its actions so far. Tillerson hosted a ministerial meeting on African trade, security and governance on Friday, where he described the situation in Zimbabwe as an opportunity for the country. “Zimbabwe has an opportunity to set itself on a new path, one that must include democratic elections and respect for human rights,” he said at the event in Washington, calling for a quick return to civilian rule. Related article Zimbabwe streets are calm but in Harare, the military is calling the shots Not too long ago, Mugabe’s presidential guard would have died defending their leader. But this week, CNN saw several armored personnel carriers (APCs) stationed outside their headquarters in Harare – a clear sign that the military is hemming them in. Tanks were still positioned in downtown Harare and no police were to be seen, though the city was “calm” with shops and businesses open, residents reported. The military has denied that the events of the week amount to a coup, but residents were still unclear as to what type of rule they would be living under. “We don’t know what is happening,” one man told CNN. “What we know is that the soldiers are in control.” ‘Nobody knows where this is going’: Zimbabwe faces uncertain future Zimbabweans are cautious, but hopeful that, after almost four decades of often brutal rule, Mugabe – who has governed for longer than many of his countrymen have been alive – could be coming to an end. Another Zimbabwean CNN spoke to said that Mugabe should leave office, and end the economic ruination of the African country once known as Africa’s breadbasket. “We need a new president,” he said, peering through his car’s window. “We need bread and butter.” CNN’s Brent Swails, Joseph Netto and Hamdi Alkashali contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Robert Mugabe", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171117060000", "country1": "ZWE", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/17/africa/zimbabwe-unrest/", "score": "0.6"}}}
{"article_id": "618560577", "sentence": "New satellite images suggest increased activity at North Korea nuclear site Pyongyang has upped its threatening rhetoric in recent weeks Satellite imagery shows increased activity at a major North Korean nuclear site, according to a new report. US-based monitoring project 38 North said evidence suggested Pyongyang may be preparing to resume operations at a plutonium production reactor at the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of the capital. “Stepped-up activities throughout the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center indicate that it is operating at a level somewhat above what has been observed during the past five years,” the report said. “The exact implications of that activity remain unclear except to reaffirm that the Yongbyon facility remains the center of North Korea’s nuclear program.” Plutonium from the Yongbyon reactor is believed to have been used in North Korea’s nuclear weapons tests, according to a US government report. Traditional nuclear weapons use plutonium (or uranium) as their main fuel. The “Fat Man” bomb the US dropped on Nagasaki used 14 pounds of plutonium, producing a blast equivalent to about 21,000 tons of TNT. What can be learned by not shooting down a North Korean missile At the heart of the Yongbyon complex is a 5 MWe experimental nuclear reactor, at which operations had been suspended since late-2015, according to 38 North. “Throughout the previous four months, there has been a continued presence of vehicles at and around the 5 MWe reactor suggesting either ongoing maintenance, refueling or preparations for renewed operations,” the report said. Satellite images show no snow on the roofs of the reactor buildings, while others are covered. “This indicates that the 5 MWe reactor and its support buildings are occupied and at least minimally heated.” Channels leading from the reactor’s cooling cisterns have also been dredged and cleared of ice, though there was no indication that they were currently in use, the report said. “Taken as a whole, these activities suggest preparations to resume operation of the 5 MWe reactor,” the authors conclude. North Korea has a stockpile of around 15-22 nuclear weapons, according to the US Institute for Science and International Security. However, the country’s supply of plutonium is believed to be relatively low, which may explain why it is restarting the Yongbyon reactor. There has been much speculation over what, if any, action North Korea will take around the upcoming inauguration of US President Donald Trump on January 20. In his New Year’s speech, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un said the country was close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to the US mainland. A statement last week, released by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, seemed to offer an avenue to Trump for future negotiations, saying any future US leader “would be well advised to secure a new way of thinking.” John Delury, associate professor of international studies at Yonsei University said the statement was “definitely a message to the Trump transition team” not to follow the current administration’s tactic of imposing international sanctions on Pyongyang. If North Korea is hoping for a sit down meeting with Trump, as some analysts have argued, it’s “logical to assume” Kim will want to test an ICBM as soon as possible to strengthen his hand, said Tal Inbar, a North Korea expert at the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies. Just before the start of President Barack Obama’s first term, six-party talks involving North Korea and the US over Pyongyang’s nuclear program broke down, and relations between the two countries have worsened considerably during Obama’s two terms. Should the parties return to the negotiating table, Kim’s side will be in a considerably stronger position than during previous talks. “During the 1990s and early 2000s, (North Korea) was willing to trade away significant elements of its nuclear program for various concessions at different times,” Shane Smith, a senior research fellow at the US National Defense University, wrote in a report last year on Pyongyang’s changing nuclear strategy. “However, those days appear to be gone for the foreseeable future.” North Korea conducted its second nuclear test early during Obama’s first term, and its third just a month into his second. 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{"article_id": "677252507", "sentence": "Pence said he hopes that slapping new sanctions on Russia would lead Moscow to change its behavior \"(Trump) confirmed his belief and our intelligence that Russia was involved in meddling in U.S. elections,\" Pence said Vice President Mike Pence spoke forcefully about reining in North Korea’s nuclear program during his trip to Estonia on Sunday, saying that “all options are on the table” in countering the threat. “The continued provocations by the rogue regime in North Korea are unacceptable, and the United States of America is going to continue to marshal the support of nations across the region and across the world to further isolate North Korea economically and diplomatically,” Pence told reporters. Related article US tests defense system after North Korea missile launch Pence also lamented China’s actions in the effort to pressure Pyongyang. “We believe China should do more,” Pence said. “The President has been clear about that in his conversations with President Xi (Jinping) that while China has taken unprecedented steps to begin to isolate North Korea economically and to bring diplomatic pressure, we believe China has a unique relationship with the regime in North Korea and has a unique ability to influence decisions by that regime.” US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley also tweeted Sunday morning about the administration’s desire for China and other nations to put pressure on Pyongyang, writing, “Done talking about NKorea. China is aware they must act. Japan & SKorea must inc pressure. Not only a US problem. It will req an intl solution.” Done talking about NKorea.China is aware they must act.Japan & SKorea must inc pressure.Not only a US problem.It will req an intl solution. In a statement on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, Haley dismissed reports that Washington is seeking an emergency UN Security Council meeting, saying, “North Korea is already subject to numerous Security Council resolutions that they violate with impunity,” and “China must decide if it is finally willing to take this vital step” of challenging Pyongyang. “The time for talk is over,” Haley said. “The danger the North Korean regime poses to international peace is now clear to all.” The remarks come two days after North Korea tested a ballistic missile that it claims can reach all of the United States. China, a longtime North Korean ally, issued a statement Saturday condemning the missile launch and asked Pyongyang to “stop taking actions that would escalate tensions” on the Korean Peninsula. “The UN Security Council has clear regulations on North Korea’s launch activities that use ballistic missile technologies. China is opposed to North Korea’s launch activities in violation of UN Security Council resolutions and against the will of the international community,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said. In a pair of tweets Saturday, Trump also slammed China for not taking stronger action. I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet... ...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem! “I am very disappointed in China,” Trump tweeted. “… they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!” In a show of force on Sunday, the US military said it conducted a successful missile defense test in the Pacific Ocean amid the growing tensions. US forces tested the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in Alaska by launching a ballistic missile, which was then detected, tracked and intercepted over the Pacific Ocean, according to the military. Pence’s visit to Estonia is the first leg of an Eastern European trip that will also take him to Georgia and Montenegro to show US support for them and NATO in the face of what the administration has called Russia’s destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere and its efforts to undermine the alliance. The trip comes amid rising tensions between the US and Russia over a new sanctions bill that easily cleared Congress last week and that the White House says Trump is expected to sign. Passage of the bill prompted Russia to retaliate by cutting US diplomatic missions by 755 people, which Moscow announced Friday – an in-kind response to penalties that would be codified by the legislation, including the ejection of Russian diplomatic staff and closure of two Russian compounds in the US, for its alleged meddling in last year’s election and aggression in Ukraine. “We waited a long time for things to perhaps change for the better,” Russian state media quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying Sunday. “We had such hope that the situation would change, but judging by the situation that will not be soon.” On taking retaliatory measures, Putin said, “I thought it was time for us to show that we will not leave this without an answer. As for other possible measures, or whether it is a lot or not, this is quite sensible from the point of view of the work of the diplomatic department. …” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov threatened further retaliation against the US on Sunday morning, saying that if that US goes through with the sanctions, “we will respond in kind,” but he would not specify how Russia plans to respond. Related article Russia vows further retaliation if US moves forward with sanctions Pence said Sunday that he hopes that slapping new sanctions on Russia would lead Russia to change its behavior with regard to Ukraine and end its support for Iran and North Korea. “The President and I remain very hopeful that we’ll see different behavior by the Russian government, with regard to Ukraine, with regard to supporting rogue regimes in Iran and North Korea,” Pence said. “We continue to believe that if Russia will change its behavior, our relationship can change for the good and improve for the interests in both of our countries and the interest of peace and stability in this region and around the world.” Related article White House: Trump to sign Russia sanctions bill Pressed on how to square the purpose of his trip with Trump’s position on Russia’s alleged efforts to influence last year’s election, Pence defended the President. He insisted Trump is in agreement with US intelligence services on Russian meddling despite newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci telling CNN last week that Trump is still unsure. “The President has confirmed repeatedly that we believe Russia did meddle in US elections,” Pence said. “I think he has also said it could have been other actors as well. But he’s confirmed his belief and our intelligence that Russia was involved in meddling in US elections and it’s part of what inspired the bipartisan action in the Congress to codify the sanctions that our administration has been implementing against Russia and will continue to advance that.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Russia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170730204500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/30/politics/pence-russia-north-korea-trump/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "747967911", "sentence": "The United Nations and Bangladesh have questioned Myanmar’s claim of repatriating the first Rohingya refugees as concerns mount for the safety of returnees. More than 670,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh since August 2017, bringing with them stories of murder, rape and the destruction of villages at the hands of the military. Under an agreement signed by Yangon and Dhaka, Rohingya refugees should have started to return to Myanmar in January. But the UN and rights groups say the move is dangerously premature. Related article Raised in the shadow of genocide: A young Rohingya's story In a statement on Saturday, Myanmar said it had repatriated the first Rohingya family from refugees who have fled to Bangladesh. However, the UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, said in a statement on Sunday that it had no direct knowledge of the case and was not consulted or involved in this reported return. Bangladesh’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, Abul Kalam, also disputed the claim. “The family who went to Myanmar is part of around 6,000 Rohingya living in the no-man’s land camp, on the Myanmar side of the zero line,” he told CNN. “Since the family never entered the Bangladesh territory, this is not a repatriation. By definition, this is not an official repatriation,” he added. Zaw Htay, a spokesman for Myanmar’s government, said its claim “is not propaganda” and that the family decided to come back of their own volition.  “We are taking care of them,” he added. When Facebook becomes ‘the beast’: Myanmar activists say social media aids genocide The UN and the US say they believe the violence against the Rohingya constitutes ethnic cleansing. Myanmar denies most of the charges, saying its military has only targeted suspected terrorists that killed 12 security officials in late August. However, in January the military admitted involvement in the killing of 10 Rohingya buried in a mass grave. Seven soldiers were sentenced to 10-year prison terms with hard labor last week over the killings. The Rohingya have long faced persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, which describes them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh – effectively denying them citizenship – despite the fact that many families can trace their roots back hundreds of years. Last week, UNHCR released a statement saying “conditions in Myanmar are not yet conducive for returns to be safe, dignified, and sustainable”. Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar. Last week, according to Matthew Smith, co-founder of Fortify Rights, some 70 of them left on a boat heading for Malaysia. “Rohingya refugees on the move: Boat with 70 on board is likely arrive in Thai or Malaysian waters in a matter of days, assuming they don’t capsize or face other problems at sea,” Smith tweeted. Between 2012 and 2015, more than 112,000 Rohingya fled, largely by boat, to Malaysia. In May 2015, the world watched in horror as human traffickers stranded thousands of mainly Rohingya in the Bay of Bengal on rickety boats with scant supplies of food and water.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Myanmar", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180416100000", "country1": "BGD", "country2": "MMR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/asia/myanmar-rohingya-bangladesh-un-intl/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "640158507", "sentence": "What do you do when you’re a student and you want to compete in robotics competitions – and you’re blind? Well, you go to the dark side, of course. Dark Side is the name of a robotics team in Iowa made up mostly of blind students. It’s taking part in a regional competition this weekend in Cedar Falls against dozens of other teams from the US, China and Brazil. One of the team members said he asked teachers if they could form a team because they had something to prove. “We can do it and we can pass it down to other visually-impaired students. That’s our goal,” Danny Grimes told CNN affiliate KCRG. There’s eight students on the team: three blind students, three with only very limited vision and two students who can see. The Dark Side operates just like any other robotics team with just one exception. The components they use to build the robots have Braille labels. (The touch reading system for the blind appears in the team’s slogan too: “May the Braille be with you.”) The two team members who can see handle the steering of the robots during competitions. Sara Larkin, a teacher at the Iowa Braille and Sightsaving School, said what the team is doing is pretty awesome. “They’ve already got so much out of it. It’s just amazing,” Larking said. “Most of them had never used a power tool, a screw driver or a hammer before.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Dark Side robotics team", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170324171500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/us/blind-students-robotics-trnd/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "425591439", "sentence": "For Republicans wooing conservative primary voters, opposing the Obama administration’s efforts to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations is an easy political applause line. There’s just one problem: It’s one more issue that increasingly pits the GOP against the powerful business community, a critical financial base for the party. READ: Obama acts to remove Cuba from terror list The GOP has aggressively criticized President Barack Obama as he has embarked on a mission to rewrite the country’s Cuba policy, taking steps – including an announcement Tuesday to remove Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism – toward lifting an embargo that has kept the Caribbean nation off limits to Americans for decades. But even as prominent Republicans – including Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio – attack the President’s diplomatic measures, some of the country’s most influential business groups and leaders have loudly applauded Obama. Corporate America views the re-establishment of economic relations with Cuba as a potentially lucrative trade opportunity and a possible boon for industries like tourism, agriculture and telecommunications. Related gallery Summit of the Americas The Chamber of Commerce said the recent developments would allow “free enterprise to flourish.” Sugar tycoon Alfonso Fanjul, who was exiled from Cuba decades ago, shocked the anti-Castro movement last year when he said he would be open to investing in Cuba. Even within Florida, a state with a prominent, conservative-leaning Cuban American community, local business groups have hailed Obama’s recent moves. Bob Rohrlack, CEO of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, who will lead the group’s third delegation to Cuba in May, said he endorses changes to the current U.S.-Cuba relationship and lamented the “doggedness” of some individuals on this issue. “We are the only country that has a restriction like we do on Cuba,” Rohrlack said. “When we were there, even though we knew it, it was shocking to see how much of the rest of the world was there.” Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist reversed his support for the embargo in 2012 and ran for governor last year as a proponent of opening trade. In an interview with CNN, Crist predicted the Republican Party would not be able to defend the status quo for much longer, in no small part due to the economic ramifications. “Being able to open up relations with the Cuban people and to have more trade not only benefits all of America, but in particular, the state of Florida, being only 90 miles away,” said Crist, who left the Republican Party after losing the 2010 Senate race to Rubio. “There are those who are going to be hard-liners and stay steadfast to their position in the past, but I think by and large, many Republicans already in fact think it’s the right thing to do.” READ: He’s in: Marco Rubio announces presidential bid Within the field of Republican presidential candidates, there is near-unanimous disapproval of the Cuba thaw. Rubio, the Florida senator and son of Cuban parents who officially entered the GOP presidential field on Monday, is among the most vocal opponents of normalizing U.S.-Cuba relations. “Cuba is a brutal, tyrannical dictatorship 90 miles from the shore of our country,” Rubio said in an interview with NPR this week, adding that the United States should “continue with the policy of not recognizing that regime and not allowing them access to economic growth that would allow them to perpetuate themselves in power.” This Republican orthodoxy is pitting the party against the broader business community. And the relationship between the United States and Cuba is hardly the first issue to highlight the divide between factions of the Republican Party and corporate America. Most recently, Republican officials were in tension with companies across the country over the so-called religious freedom laws in Indiana and Arkansas, which gay rights advocates feared would allow companies to discriminate against LGBT customers. Conservative Republican lawmakers in Congress have also butted heads with business on issues like raising the debt ceiling, reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and extending a federal terrorism risk insurance law. Though there are significant obstacles, including Cuba’s poor infrastructure, to U.S. businesses reaping significant financial benefits right away, companies have their eyes set on the potential long-term benefits. Related video Obama asks Congress to move Cuba off terror list Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, said rebuilding economic ties with Cuba would boost Florida’s tourism industry. “People, when they come to a Florida vacation, they often like to take a little side trip or take a cruise or stop at several points within the state,” Haley said. “And this will be a whole new reason to come to Florida.” Florida, with its high number of Cuban immigrants and outsize role in presidential politics, has been a stronghold of political opposition to easing relations with Havana. But Cuba experts and Florida political strategists say the dynamics within Florida are already shifting, particularly with younger generations of Cuban-Americans more willing to consider an end to the embargo. And recent polling shows the majority of Americans support Obama’s efforts to re-establish ties with Cuba. READ: Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet, launch new era of U.S.-Cuba ties Lawrence Diamond, a partner at Duane Morris and chairman of the firm’s Cuba Business Group, said the emotionally charged opposition to re-establishing U.S.-Cuba relations in Florida can sometimes overshadow the desire in other parts of the country to do business with Cuba. “If you’re in Idaho and you want to send potatoes to Cuba, this might be a big deal for them up there and the agricultural products,” Diamond said. Thomas Herzfeld, chairman and president of Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, an investment firm that works on investments in Cuba, predicts that it’s only a matter of years — if not months — until the United States will have resumed some level of trade with Cuba. “Geography plays a large part in it; certainly agricultural states in the Midwest are all for it,” Herzfeld said. “I just think the toothpaste has come out of the tube.”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Obama administration’s efforts to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20150415120000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CUB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/15/politics/cuba-embargo-republicans-business-obama/", "score": "0.4"}}}
{"article_id": "632097604", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Timothy Stanley is a historian and columnist for Britain’s Daily Telegraph. He is the author of “Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration Between L.A. and D.C. Revolutionized American Politics.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Timothy Stanley: Trump's opposition to intervention has exploited anger at failed wars He says anti-war advocates need to ensure Fortress USA doesn't launch new conflicts Donald Trump wants to reshape the American state. Not shrink it, as conservatives promised in days of old, but redefine its priorities. Hence his promise to cut funding on aid, diplomacy, climate change, etc. – and dramatically increase the money that goes to the military. By an astonishing 10%, or $54 billion. That’s a lot of lead, and Republicans as well as Democrats should be asking questions about it. “Hold on a second,” you might ask, “doesn’t hiking military spending contradict Trump’s promise to stop America playing world policeman?” Not necessarily. In principle, Trump wants to spend big bucks for very different reasons than Ronald Reagan or George W Bush did. They wanted a strong military in order that it could be projected everywhere fast. Trump, by contrast, wants to turn the United States into a giant fortress. No army, hopefully, ever goes out; no army, fingers crossed, ever gets in. At the same time as he invests in new equipment, he’ll also be demanding that NATO members pay up more, reducing aid, probably shredding the State Department, trying to ban whole classes of migrants on the basis of alleged security threats and erecting a wall along the Mexican border. Related article How much could other countries buy with Trump's military spending surge? So just because Trump appears to be giving the war hawks the money they want does not mean he is endorsing their global strategy. On the contrary, sealing up the United States is supposed to reduce the likelihood of another 9/11 and, the world prays, another Iraq War. But does the country really need more bombs to do this? The most serious threat is China, which is projecting its power within the Pacific region. But its goals still appear to be revanchist: designed to reclaim bordering territories that it believes to be its own. Russia remains a military paper tiger. It has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons, granted. But its conventional capabilities are limited. When its only aircraft carrier recently chugged into the Mediterranean, European spectators were shocked to see it billowing black smoke – like a dilapidated steam engine. Related article President Trump goes to Congress to make a sale Russia does pose a threat, as we know all too well, online. Political piracy and industrial espionage are the biggest challenges from the old Cold War players – and they necessitate clever investment in intelligence. The same goes for Islamist terrorism. The UK has shown that domestic terror threats can be beaten by infiltration, data gathering and shared intelligence. The best offense against terrorism is prevention: breaking up cells, stopping radicalization, reaching out to young Muslims. Trump is right that political correctness has incubated extremists, but practical experience also shows that working sensitively with Islamic communities reaps benefits. Related video Geore W. Bush offers easy criticism of Trump There’s a certain class of Trumpite who regards himself as a crusader against Islam. This approach is wrong and could backfire horribly. Fiscal conservatives would do well to ask if these spending priorities are correct. Libertarian conservatives have to ask if they’re happy with Trump handing a massive check to the military industrial complex – a group no more deserving of taxpayer largesse than the banks or Planned Parenthood. Finally, anti-war campaigners of all stripes should beware of the potential for mission creep in Trump’s crusading rhetoric. Yes, he wants to build a fortress. Yes, he wants the rest of the world to police itself. But he also wants to crush ISIS. He has spoken about the possibility of taking Iraq’s oil. Related article Can McMaster steer Trump clear of ISIS disaster? He famously refuses to discuss strategy, leaving everything on the table. Who knows? He may find himself drawn toward the logic of saying that it’s better to fight America’s Islamist enemies “over there” than “over here.” For while Trumpism is about skepticism toward globalization, it’s also about making America great again – and that remains measured, for many, in its ability to kick ass. I see nothing in Trump’s psychology or language that implies his opposition to intervention is shaped by a close reading of constitutional history or the pacifist’s fear of causing harm. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook Just look at the language the President used when previewing this boost in military spending: “We must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war and when called upon to fight in our name only do one thing, win. We have to win. We have to start winning wars again.” Trump’s opposition to intervention on the campaign trail has, however, cannily exploited popular anger at failed wars. Given that he is now demanding stratospheric sums of money to rearm America, anti-war conservatives and liberals must work hard to ensure that Fortress USA does not become the launchpad for a new generation of conflicts.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170228153000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "IRQ", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/opinions/trump-wrong-on-military-spending-opinion-stanley/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "722870117", "sentence": "Officially, the deployment is part of the US military's effort to maintain a \"continuous bomber presence\" The B-52s and 300 airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base will replace B-1 bombers in Guam The US Air Force has deployed six nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Guam, according to US Pacific Air Forces, adding more firepower to the region just hours after North Korean state media mocked President Donald Trump’s tweet referencing the size of his nuclear button as the “spasm of a lunatic.” B-52 bombers provide additional nuclear and conventional mission capability to a subtly growing American military presence in the region amid ongoing talks between North and South Korea. Officially, the deployment is part of the US military’s effort to maintain a “continuous bomber presence” in the Pacific, but the timing coincides with ongoing talks between North and South Korea ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics. Related article North and South Korea meet again to discuss Winter Olympics The talks mark the most significant thaw in relations between the neighboring states in years, and the US remains cautiously optimistic that the dialogue could eventually provide fertile ground for diplomacy. Washington and Seoul opted to postpone their annual military exercises until after the Olympics, but the Air Force said it will maintain “routine” fire power in the region even as talks are ongoing. “This forward deployed presence demonstrates the US continued commitment to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region,” the Air Force said in a statement. Ongoing discussions between North and South Korea has not prevented Pyongyang from openly criticizing the US and President Donald Trump in recent days. Related article The last resort: How a US strike on North Korea could play out North Korean state media mocked Trump this week, calling his tweet about having a bigger nuclear button that Kim Jong Un the “spasm of a lunatic.” Kim will likely also take issue with the US deployment of additional nuclear-capable bombers to Guam – a territory he has often threatened to target with a missile should the US provoke him. But despite the recent cooling of tensions that has prompted talks between North and South Korea ahead of the Olympics, officials remain aware that Kim Jong Un still refuses to put his nuclear program on the table and understand that previous rounds of diplomacy have failed to bring about either denuclearization or a permanent peace treaty to formally end the Korean War (hostilities ended with a truce in 1953). Related article Tillerson vows allies won't ease up on North Korea pressure Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and allies said Tuesday that the world community must continue to pressure North Korea to change its behavior, warning against complacency amid talks. As Tillerson continues to push for a diplomatic solution, the US military officials is preparing for any conflict scenario by conducting mock missions and training exercises. The B-52s and 300 airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base will replace the B-1 bombers currently stationed in Guam and join three B-2 stealth bombers that arrived at Andersen Air Force Base earlier this month. While the B-1 Lancers are scheduled to return to their home base at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota at the end of the month, the Air Force said that the three types of US bombers will overlap in Guam for a few days. The highly versatile, supersonic B-1 is considered the backbone of the US long-range bomber fleet and carries the largest conventional payload of any aircraft in the US Air Force. But while it packs a punch, the B-1 remains disarmed of nuclear weapons – unlike the B-52 and B-2. Defense Secretary James Mattis and other Pentagon officials have long warned that a military conflict with North Korea would yield devastating consequences and any strike option should only be considered once diplomacy is no longer possible. Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico wrote a letter to Mattis last week to express concerns that the administration was considering a “bloody nose” strategy against North Korea in which the US would launch a preemptive military target strike. Heinrich wrote: “In our eyes, a limited strike against even a single, military site could easily be perceived by North Korea as the opening salvo and a declaration of war. Even putting aside the myriad targeting challenges presented by North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs, we have no way of predicting the exact form of North Korean retaliation.” But should the situation arise where the US must wage a military campaign on the Korean Peninsula, analysts have told CNN that B-2 and B-52 bombers launched from Guam – referred to as the “tip of the spear” – would likely be part of any first strike. The B-2 is considered the Air Force’s heavy-penetration bomber and features low observable stealth technology designed to evade anti-aircraft defenses. Related article N. Korea accuses US of 'nuclear strike drill' after bomber flights A long-range heavy bomber, the B-52 can perform a variety of missions but is a significantly older aircraft than the B-2. It is capable of flying at subsonic speeds and can carry nuclear or precision guided conventional ordnance. The Air Force said the B-52’s will provide “regional allies and partners with a credible, strategic power projection platform.” Additional bombers are not the only pieces of US military hardware to arrive in the Pacific in recent weeks. Earlier this month, the military boosted its stealth attack options in the Pacific when the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp moved into the 7th Fleet area of operations. The 40,00-ton, 844-foot-long Wasp is essentially a baby aircraft carrier. Built in 1980s, it has been upgraded to deploy new Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter jets. The fifth-generation fighter jets are seen as a major advantage for the United States in any contingencies involving North Korea as they are undetectable by Pyongyang’s radars. Related article US adds platform for stealth jets to Pacific The Wasp will be based in Sasebo, Japan, and become the flagship of the US Navy’s Upgunned Expeditionary Strike Group in the Pacific, the service said. It replaces the USS Bonhomme Richard, which has not been upgraded to handle the F-35s. Meanwhile, more than 6,000 sailors assigned to the Carl Vinson Strike Group left San Diego earlier this month for a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, according to the US Navy. Led by the 97,000-ton aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the strike group includes a guided-missile cruiser and two destroyers in addition to the accompanying air wing. CNN’s Elise Labott and Brad Lendon contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "US military deployment of B-52 bombers to Guam", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.4, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180116204500", "country1": "PRK", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/north-korea-lunatic-trump-b-52-bombers/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "566723195", "sentence": "The possibility of official Saudi involvement in 9/11 has hung over the relationship between the two countries Bandar is a key Saudi royal figure known to have a very close relationship with George H. W. Bush When the United States caught its first big al Qaeda operative, six months after the 9/11 terror attacks, it found a disturbing clue: phone numbers linked to the United States. In an overnight raid, Pakistani forces captured Abu Zubaydah, allegedly a recruiter for the terror group and a member of Osama bin Laden’s inner circle. Now, 14 years after Zubaydah was apprehended, newly declassified information from a 2002 congressional report on the 9/11 attacks, dubbed the “28 pages,” reveals an indirect link previously hidden from the American public between the alleged al Qaeda operative and a company associated with a key member of the Saudi royal family, former Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan. Ever since 19 men – 15 of them Saudi nationals – hijacked four airplanes and changed the course of American history, the possibility of official Saudi involvement has hung over the relationship between the two countries. While the alleged association with Bandar revealed in the newly declassified pages does not provide direct evidence the prince was complicit in the 9/11 attacks, it raises new questions about Saudi Arabia’s involvement. The connection to Bandar was made through Zubaydah’s phone book, retrieved during the Pakistani raid in which he was taken. In it, the FBI found numbers linked to the United States, including an unlisted number for a company that managed Bandar’s estate in Aspen, Colorado. An unlisted number was also found for a bodyguard who worked at the Saudi Embassy in Washington. RELATED: Congress releases secret ’28 pages’ on alleged Saudi 9/11 ties “Both of those numbers were unpublished, so they had to have gotten into Zubaydah’s phone book through a personal contact who knew what those numbers were and what they represented,” said former Sen. Bob Graham, co-chair of the congressional commission that compiled the 28 pages. The revelation about Bandar’s indirect ties to the al Qaeda operative was one of the few pieces of new information contained in the declassified documents. The CIA and FBI concluded that there was no evidence anyone from the Saudi royal family knowingly provided support for the 9/11 attacks. But Graham said the indirect connection to the respected former Saudi ambassador was “one of the most stunning parts of the investigation” and worthy of pursuing further. Bandar was the Saudi ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005, during the Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. He later served as secretary general of Saudi Arabia’s National Security Council and head of Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Presidency, the equivalent of the CIA, until last year. Bandar “is probably the most effective ambassador in Washington ever. Full stop,” said former CIA analyst Bruce Riedel. “He was highly regarded by every president.” The key Saudi royal figure was known to have the closest relationship with George H. W. Bush, because of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in the 1990 Gulf War. Saudi Arabia viewed the Iraqi aggression as a threat and supported the subsequent US military action. “Bandar was in the Bush White House I would say every other day and in some periods every day. It was a very, very close relationship,” said Riedel. “And I think the President and Bandar genuinely liked each other.” The so-called 28 pages were the only part of the initial congressional investigation into the September 11 attacks – officially named the Joint Inquiry since both chambers participated – that had not been made public before their declassification in July. Actually numbering 29 pages, they detail a web of Saudi nationals living in the United States who may have aided the 9/11 hijackers. The George W. Bush administration deemed their publication a threat to national security and kept them confidential. That designation was for more than a decade a bone of contention for family members of 9/11 victims and others who thought the pages might contain more details showing Saudi participation in the terror plot. After continuous pressure, the Obama administration agreed to make the pages public last month. During the decade-plus they remained classified, Congress established the 9/11 Commission to devote more time and resources to investigate the questions raised by the Joint Inquiry – such as what the nature and extent of the Bandar tie was – because the inquiry was by no means exhaustive. The 9/11 Commission’s book-length findings were published in 2004 and found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded” al Qaeda. The FBI investigated the phone numbers indirectly linked to Bandar in the summer and fall of 2002. A CIA-FBI investigation concluded in 2005 that there was “no evidence that either the Saudi government or a member of the Saudi royal family knowingly provided support” for the September 11 attacks or “had foreknowledge of terrorist operations in the kingdom or elsewhere,” according to an executive summary of the findings, which were released on the same day as the 28 pages. The FBI would not comment for this story concerning those investigations. The Saudi Embassy did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the questions raised in the 28 pages regarding Bandar. A public relations firm that handles press for the embassy referred CNN to the findings of the 9/11 Commission and the 2005 joint CIA-FBI memo. However, the 9/11 Commission report and the joint agency memo only offer blanket absolution of official Saudi involvement and do not reference the questions detailed in the 28 pages surrounding the phone numbers that indirectly seem to link Bandar to al Qaeda. The 28 pages also raise questions about another possible link between Bandar and the attacks: the prince’s relationship with a Saudi national named Osama Bassnan, who was living in the United States on 9/11 and was investigated to determine if he helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. The declassified pages reveal previously undisclosed amounts of money that Bandar and his wife sent to the man’s family. Bassnan, a former employee of the Saudi government’s Educational Mission in Washington, according to a 9/11 Commission document that cited information obtained by the FBI, lived across the street from two of the 9/11 hijackers in San Diego: Nawaf al Hazmi and Khalid al Mihdhar.  Hazmi and Mihdhar were on the plane that crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon. According to the same 9/11 Commission document, Bassnan admitted to an FBI asset that he met Hazmi and Mihdhar while the hijackers were in San Diego, then denied this in a subsequent conversation. There was some evidence that Bassnan may have had closer ties to the hijackers, though the FBI was not able to corroborate it. Bassnan’s wife, meanwhile, received tens of thousands of dollars in monthly stipends from a Saudi charity run by Bandar’s wife, Princess Haifa al-Faisal. Bassnan’s wife was allegedly receiving the money as an allowance for “nursing services,” according to the 28 pages. The inquiry indicated it doubted that was what the payments were really for, though Bassnan repeatedly spoke of his wife’s “health problems” during interviews with investigators. In a search of the Bassnan residence, the FBI found “copies of 31 cashiers checks totaling $74,000, during the period February 22, 1999, to May 30, 2002,” the 28 pages state. On at least one occasion, Bassnan received a check for $15,000 directly from Bandar’s account, according to an FBI document cited in the pages. Bassnan’s wife also received at least one check directly from Bandar himself. Related video Congress releases '28 pages' on alleged Saudi 9/11 ties A former employee at the Saudi Embassy said that such financial arrangements were not unusual. “It is very common for the government to help Saudi citizens, certainly in terms of providing medical assistance or support while they are abroad,” said Fahad Nazer, a scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute and a political analyst at the Saudi Embassy while Bandar was the ambassador. Bandar was known to give “a lot of money to charity,” according to Riedel and “was pretty notorious for lavish spending.” “He gave some of the best parties Washington probably has ever had,” Riedel said. The 9/11 Commission report, which does not mention the details of the donations, looked at whether the money from Bandar and his wife’s charity was passed on to the hijackers but found “no evidence” that it had. Still, the FBI determined that at least some of the checks meant for Bassnan’s wife changed hands and were given to the wife of another Saudi man living in the United States, Omar al Bayoumi, who had direct ties to Hazmi and Mihdhar. Bayoumi helped the hijackers settle in San Diego when they arrived in the country around early 2000 by finding them an apartment and even co-signing their lease. “Bayoumi’s wife attempted to deposit three of the checks from Bandar’s wife, which were payable to Bassnan’s wife, into her own accounts,” according to a passage from the 28 pages. Despite Bayoumi’s association with the hijackers, the FBI determined in 2004 that Bayoumi did not have “advance knowledge of the terrorist attacks” or “knowledge of al-Hazmi’s and/or al-Mihdhar’s status as al Qaeda operatives” or that “the assistance provided by al-Bayoumi to al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar was wittingly.” The allegations against Bandar and the other Saudi nationals in the 2002 Joint Inquiry were not meant to be “final determinations” on connections to the Saudi government, according to the report, which states it is “possible that further investigation of these allegations could reveal legitimate, and innocent, explanations for these associations.” The 9/11 Commission report, which found no evidence of Saudi involvement in the plot, is viewed by the US government as the definitive investigation of the attacks. “I don’t see on the basis of anything we have now that we should change those judgments,” Riedel said, referring to the 28 pages and Bandar’s mention in them. “He had tremendous access to the White House. He had access to the CIA, Department of Justice, the Hill, media,” Riedel said. “I just find it stretches credulity that he would somehow be involved in a plot to attack the United States of America.” Bandar enjoyed American culture while he was living in the United States, according to Riedel, including being an avid Dallas Cowboys and McDonalds fan. “He used to go to a lot of games in Dallas. He is an avid McDonalds Big Mac fan. He often would order a Big Mac to be delivered to his residence in McLean, Virginia,” said Riedel. “What’s more American than the Dallas Cowboys and Big Macs?” RELATED: Saudis warn of economic reprisals if Congress passes 9/11 bill While the clues found in Zubaydah’s notebook seemingly never led to damning evidence tying the Saudi prince to al Qaeda, Bandar’s name was mentioned again in 2014 when Zacarias Moussaoui, thought to be the 20th hijacker, claimed that Bandar was in an al Qaeda donor database. Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty in 2005 to six terror related charges, said he was tasked by Osama bin Laden with creating a digital database cataloging al Qaeda’s donors. He made the allegations in a sworn statement contained in a brief submitted as part of an ongoing case in US courts by the families of 9/11 victims against Saudi Arabia. Graham, the former senator that pushed to have the 28 pages declassified, thinks there’s enough to justify a closer look. Graham now wants the FBI and CIA documents pertaining to the questions raised in the 28 pages to be released as well. “It’s going to now be the task to find out, did the … (9/11) commission, did the FBI, did the CIA, or any other entity of the United States government in fact do” a comprehensive inquiry into the Bandar connection?” Graham asked. “If so, what did they conclude in their further investigation?”", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Saudi Arabia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160805103000", "country1": "SAU", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/politics/28-pages-saudi-prince-bandar-9-11/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "734496080", "sentence": "The Trump Organization raised more questions than it answered this week when it said it delivered on a pledge to donate foreign government profits from its hotels to the US Treasury. The company declined to provide substantive details of its donation, including the amount of the contribution and how it defined profits from countries outside the US. “On February 22, 2018, The Trump Organization made a voluntary donation to the United States Treasury,” the company’s chief compliance counsel, George Sorial, said in a statement Monday. “This annual donation represents profits from foreign government patronage for the period beginning January 20, 2017 through December 31, 2017.” A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed receipt of the check but declined to answer any of CNN’s questions, including the amount and whether the Trump Organization-provided documents to support that the total represents all foreign government profits from its hotel. For its part, the Trump Organization noted that the contribution was made voluntarily. Related article Trump's DC hotel is the new legal hot spot in town The Trump Organization tallied the earnings using an industry standard, Sorial said, and in accordance with the company’s internal guidelines. The lack of transparency prompted an immediate backlash from political opponents and government watchdogs who say President Donald Trump is defying an anti-corruption clause in the Constitution by accepting foreign government profits through his company. The issue is at the heart of multiple lawsuits against the President, including one that a New York court dismissed in December. “It would be nice if President Trump would be transparent,” said Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight. “A list of properties, the foreign governments involved and the benefits surrendered would help ensure that the President is making good on his promise and honoring the anti-corruption protections created by our founding fathers.” Amey added that the donation may resolve the constitutional dilemmas – though others disagree. The President’s pledge to forgo foreign government profits from his hotels has been controversial since he announced it. In January 2017, just before taking office, Trump tried to address concerns over the possibility of foreign influence. During a news conference, one of his attorneys said Trump’s business would voluntarily donate all profits hotels derived from foreign governments to the US Treasury. Related article 'Pay Trump bribes here' sign projected onto Trump's DC hotel “This way, it is the American people who will profit,” said Sheri Dillon, Trump’s attorney from the firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. But months after that, the plan to donate those profits faced renewed scrutiny by watchdog groups when the Trump Organization conceded it was difficult to determine whether certain payments were attributable to foreign governments. In response to inquiries from congressional Democrats, the Trump Organization told lawmakers in May it would “track and identify” revenues received from three distinct sources: direct billings from a Trump-owned property to a foreign government, payments tied to banquet and catering business and all payments received by check or electronic payment from a “reasonable identifiably foreign government entity.” At the time, the company also said it was “impractical” to require all guests to identify themselves – a policy that would “impede upon personal privacy and diminish the guest experience of our brand.” Related article Exclusive: Data show Trump's DC hotel was pricier and emptier than peers in 2017 One of the President’s most controversial properties is his Washington, DC, hotel. Little is known about the hotel’s operations, its financial performance or its customers. Congressional Democrats and government watchdogs say they want more transparency to ensure it’s not a conduit for corruption. Last month, CNN reported that rooms, on average, at the property are more expensive and less occupied than those of its luxury hotel peers. The property serves a de facto clubhouse for Trump’s supporters. It hosts GOP events – as well as parties for foreign governments. In 2017, the Kuwaiti Embassy threw its annual Independence Day party there, according to NPR. That’s just one example of foreign government spending at the hotel. There’s also a lobbying firm for Saudi Arabia, which paid the hotel more than $270,000 from October 2016 through March 2017. Last year, an industry group with ties to the Turkish government held its annual conference at the property. The Attorneys General of Maryland and the District of Columbia cite Trump’s DC hotel in their lawsuit against the President for allegedly breaching the Constitution. When asked about the Trump Organization’s donation to Treasury, a spokesperson for DC’s AG said it won’t impact their case. “With this announcement, President Trump’s businesses seem to confirm that they accepted payments from foreign governments in violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause,” said the spokesperson. “Whether the Trump Organization donated the proceeds from those foreign emoluments is irrelevant to our case, but we would certainly be interested in learning more about which foreign governments have paid the President.” CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correctly identify comments from the DC attorney general’s office.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Trump Organization", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180227234500", "country1": "KWT", "country2": "TUR", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/trump-organization-foreign-profits/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "696570767", "sentence": "Catalan president expected to address parliament Tuesday Supporters want him to declare independence but unclear if he will Pro-independence Catalans gathered on the streets of Barcelona Tuesday ahead of a hotly anticipated speech by the region’s leader on the status of the restive province. Carles Puigdemont, the President of Catalonia, was due to address a specially convened session of the region’s parliament. But the session, due to begin at 12 p.m. ET (6p.m. local time) was delayed amid reports of international mediation to end the crisis. Puigdemont requested the delay “given the contacts for an international mediation,” his spokesman Joan Maria Pique told CNN. He did not immediately provide additional details on the mediation. The anti-independence Ciutadans party and the Catalan branch of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s  Popular Party (PPC) had also requested a suspension of Tuesday’ rsession, according to a document seen by CNN. Puigdemont was under intense pressure to back down from plans to declare independence from Spain following a disputed referendum. The Parc de la Ciutadella, which houses the Catalan parliament building, was sealed off to the public for safety reasons, with the Catalan police Mossos guarding the entrances and exits. National police and the Guardia Civil kept a low profile, according to CNN reporters. European Council President Donald Tusk urged Puigdemont to back down. “The force of arguments is always better than the argument of force,” he said in Brussels. “Today I ask you to respect in your attentions the constitutional order and not announce a decision that would make such a dialogue impossible,” he said. “Diversity should not lead to conflict whose consequences would be bad for Catalonia, Spain and the whole of Europe.” Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau, an influential figure who has been critical of both sides, called for de-escalation. She urged Puigdemont not to make a unilateral declaration of independence, and also called on the government of Prime Minister Rajoy not to impose direct rule from Madrid. “Now is the time for dialogue,” she said in address from in Barcelona. Colau said Spain was experiencing its “worst institutional crisis since democracy began” and said Spain’s political elected representatives should “find a solution that is inclusive and up to standards we have been living.” Neighboring France said Monday it would not recognize an independent Catalonia – and independence would result in automatic expulsion from the European Union. However thousands of supporters of independence are expected to show up at the parliament in Barcelona to show support for the plan, and to call on Puigdemont to honor his commitments to the separatist movement. The political uncertainty began with a divisive and controversial referendum on October 1 that found a majority of Catalan voters in favor of independence for the wealthy, northeastern region of Spain. Madrid declared the referendum illegal and Spanish police tried to shut the vote down by firing rubber bullets and pulling voters from polling booths in scenes that shocked many across Europe. Catalonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Raul Romeva Rueda, told CNN’s Nima Elbagir that the Catalan side has long wanted to negotiate a fair bargain with the Spanish state. “What we have always demanded is a political dialogue. The opportunity to (practice) democracy, to allow everybody to express themselves … We want to talk, we need to negotiate. The problem is nobody’s listening from the Spanish state side.” He said that the Catalan government has invited international mediation and called for dialogue. “We say, ‘we are ready, we want to go to the negotiating table. We are ready to start talks’ … If (the central government has) an offer to make we are very much keen to listen to them.” Prime Minister Rajoy is determined to prevent a breakaway by the northeastern province in the wake of the October 1 vote. “Spain will not be divided, and the national unity will be preserved. To this end we will employ all the means we have within the law. It is up to the government to make decisions, and to do so at the right moment,” Rajoy said in an interview with German newspaper Die Welt on Monday. Catalan authorities said 90% of voters chose independence from Madrid, but the result was not as decisive as it appeared – turnout was only 43%. The stakes are high for both Spain and Europe if Catalonia chooses to break away. Catalonia accounts for nearly a fifth of Spain’s economy, and leads all regions in producing 25% of the country’s exports, CNNMoney reports. It contributes much more in taxes (21% of the country’s total) than it gets back from the central government. The prospect of an independent Catalonia has already prompted two major banks and some other businesses to move their registered headquarters to other parts of Spain. There is more at stake for Madrid than losing wealth. The country has 17 regions with varying degrees of autonomy, and losing one may inspire others to begin, or revive, separatist movements. But there are many other unanswered questions, including continued membership in the European Union. If forced to apply independently for EU membership, Catalonia would have to convince all of the bloc’s current members, including Spain, to agree. And if Catalonia became an independent state, it would not automatically be a World Trade Organization member, so would likely face stiff trade barriers that would hurt its economy. Speaking on French TV Monday, Nathalie Loiseau, France’s minister of European affairs, said the French government would not recognize an independent Catalonia. “If independence were to be recognized – which is not something that’s being discussed – the most immediate consequence would be that (Catalonia) automatically left the European Union,” said  Loiseau. Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría said in an interview on Spanish radio that the government would invoke powers to take control of the regional government if Catalonia went ahead and declared independence. Journalist Elena Gyldenkerne and CNN’s Vasco Cotovio contributed to this report from Barcelona.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Catalan independence", "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.6, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20171010083000", "country1": "ESP", "country2": "FRA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/europe/catalonia-puigdemont-parliament-address/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "744354491", "sentence": "A political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned after a CNN KFile inquiry about controversial postings he made on Facebook. Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director in New Mexico who joined the Department of Defense in 2017 as an advance officer, a Pentagon employee with the sensitive task of providing logistical support related to the secretary’s events and appearances domestically and abroad. Johnson had a pay scale of GS-14, typically reserved for senior civil service positions. A CNN KFile review of his social media found that Johnson posted birther conspiracies about then-President Barack Obama and shared a video that claimed Obama was the Antichrist. After CNN initially reached out to the Pentagon for comment, Johnson made his Facebook account private. A spokesperson confirmed Johnson was still working at the Pentagon Tuesday morning, but in the afternoon, after CNN informed the Department of Defense that a story was forthcoming, a Pentagon spokesperson said Johnson had offered his resignation and that it was accepted. Photos and videos posted online show Johnson has traveled extensively with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis overseas and posed in photos with Trump and at the Pentagon along with Mattis and former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. In September, Johnson warned friends on Facebook against posting or tagging him in articles about current events and politics. “While I really appreciate you tagging me in and posting to my wall articles covering politics and current issues, I have to request that you please refrain from doing so any longer, due to the sensitive nature of my job. I don’t mean to upset anyone, it’s just what I have to do to protect myself and others in my position, and to comply with our policies,” Johnson wrote. Before taking the Pentagon job, Johnson regularly posted articles and content popular in mainstream conservative circles. But Johnson also shared conspiracy theories about Obama’s citizenship, an off-color joke about Obama dying in a plane crash and a clipping that compared people on entitlements to animals. In July 2012, Johnson shared a video titled “Michelle Obama admits Barack Obama’s home country is Kenya,” commenting, “people still don’t believe.” Obama released his long-form birth certificate in 2011, showing that he had been born in Hawaii. That same month, Johnson shared a video on his Facebook page with the caption, “I post(,) you decided.” The seven-minute-long video cited the so-called Bible code to claim Obama was the Antichrist. In 2013, a friend of Johnson’s commented that Obama “being a Muslim” automatically made him crazy, to which Johnson replied, “Yes sir.” In September 2013, Johnson agreed with a friend who wrote a post saying that “the true Muslim religion” was not peaceful. “We should never judge, but all Muslims believe in the Koran? If so, then they are not peaceful,” Johnson commented later in the September 2013 thread. In 2015, Johnson shared a story that joked about Obama being murdered after Air Force One crashes in rural Kentucky. The joke’s punchline reads:  “President Obama is dead?” the sheriff asked. “Well,” the farmer grumbled, restarting his tractor, “He kept a-saying he wasn’t, but you know how bad that sumbitch lies.” In another 2012 post, Johnson shared a photo of a newspaper letter to the editor comparing people on entitlements to animals. “Those who love the entiltement (sic) programs will not get this,” he said.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Todd Johnson", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180403220000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KEN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/politics/trump-dod-appointee-resigns-birther/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "619045597", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Now you can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. Inauguration Day is a time to come together and celebrate this thing we call America. Let’s stand together to witness the historic, awe-inspiring sight of the peaceful transfer of power. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door on this very special day. Donald J. Trump identified, long before anyone else did, the anger and desire for change that millions of Americans craved. He addressed that in frank, blunt terms that deeply resonated with millions who were fed up with Washington’s political class and felt left behind in the globalizing economy. He easily vanquished a 16-person field of GOP competitors and then beat the Clinton machine in one of the greatest upsets in American political history. Just before noon today, he’ll raise his hand and take the oath of office on the Capitol steps, swearing to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. The 70-year-old Republican will then become our commander in chief, the top executive of the government, the 45th President of the United States. The weather forecast looks gray and damp. The chance of showers will increase throughout the morning – from around 40% at 7 a.m. to 70 to 80% when Trump takes the oath of office. Here’s everything you need to know about the Inauguration Day schedule. A little plug for us: You can catch the celebrations everywhere on CNN - on TV, on the homepage of CNN.com and on our mobile apps for iOS and Android. Trump will get to the nitty-gritty of governing within hours of taking the oath, saying he’ll sign some “meaningful” executive orders today. Obamacare, the fight against ISIS, immigration and a lobbying ban are high on the list. Or he may wait until Monday. He told some European newspaper he wants to make Monday his Day 1 because he didn’t want to mix the serious work with the weekend’s inauguration fun. Of course there are a lot of Americans who are definitely not feeling the love for what’s about to go down today. And there could be demonstrations nationwide today. “Never Trump” folks like Ana Navarro are coming to grips that he’ll indeed become the 45th President today. Her advice? Breathe deep and take a big gulp of your beverage of choice. And for all of you planning to heed social media’s call to either not watch or switch channels to sink the inauguration’s TV ratings? Just stop it, because it won’t work. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Welcome to the USA ‘El Chapo’ is on US soil. He was extradited late last night to New York. The timing’s no coincidence. The Mexicans didn’t want Trump to get the credit. One last thing President Obama granted 330 commutations on his last full day in office. That’s the most ever in one day, and the most by any president. Digging in his heels Senegalese troops have entered Gambia to boot longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh who refuses to step down despite losing the election. Here’s an explainer. Air raid The US hit ISIS hard in Libya. Bombers – dropping over 100 bombs – destroyed two training camps, killing more than 80 militants. Street attack Three people, including a baby, were killed in Australia when a driver ran over pedestrians on a street in Melbourne. The man was arrested.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald J. Trump", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170120130000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "SEN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/us/five-things-friday-trnd/", "score": "0.2"}}}
{"article_id": "584997399", "sentence": "A new exhibition explores African male and female dandies. \"The cult of the cloth has been very significant throughout African cultures for millennia,\" says its curator. The new African aesthetic is not what you’d expect. There are girls dressed like boys and men hoarding money to splash out on expensive luxury shoes. Now, the Brighton Photo Biennial is turning its focus on these fashion-obsessed millennials by featuring The Dandy Lion Project – a look at black men and women who like to dress provocatively as dandies. The exhibit has already been across the U.S. and parts of Europe, reaching Amsterdam and now Brighton. But the updated UK edition features women dandies for the first time. “It’s 2016 and it would be funny to have a conversation about black masculinity and not include women who present as masculine or feminine on that spectrum,” says curator Shantrelle Lewis, who has been amassing images of black dandies since 2010. Africa’s style collectives hold global currency – this is the second exhibition in the UK within six months to focus on black dandies, and this style trend has appeared in a recent advert by Guinness, as well as a music video by Beyonce’s sister, Solange. But it’s more than just fetishism or “poverty porn”, insists Lewis. “People have been shooting black dandies for years,” she acknowledges. “When I first started curating the exhibition I was really anti including any artists who were not of African descent. So I really wanted to look at dressing up not as a response to racism and discrimination but as a source of pride.” “The cult of the cloth has been very significant throughout African cultures for millennia,” says Lewis. “It speaks to an African aesthetic that is always persistent throughout the continent and even throughout the diaspora.” Within the collection are images by Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia, looking at the fictional league of extravagant grannies, who were former government leaders, as well as Baudouin Mouanda, capturing Congo’s sapeur clothing battles held on the streets of Brazzaville. The exhibition will showcase around 150 images taken by more than 30 photographers over the past 10 years. Among them is budding South African photographer Harness Hamese. The 30-year-old started his career in photography after developing an interest in black and white images. A chance meeting with a group of dandy enthusiasts named Khumbula (a Nguni word that means “remember”) led him to start documenting their street style. The idea, both for Khumbula and Hamese was to try to look back at a time in South African history where options were limited for their parents. The images are staged in a way to convey how their parents used fashion as an expression and statement of independence. “That kind of clothing represents a time in the South African history where our parents used to dress like that,” says Hamese. “A time, when they were very oppressed.” “For me, it sort of communicates the mindset that even in oppression we can still dress up and look good and be determined as a people to represent ourselves on an appropriate level.” Social media has made it possible for the photographer’s images to spread across the globe, he notes. Being part of the exhibition and seeing it travel across the U.S. and Europe “makes me feel like I’m actually a part of a very important part of black culture,” he says. “As an African person it feels great to show the culture that I live on a daily basis.” Dedicated followers of fashion: Congo's designer dandies His staged black and white shots are very much “about drama” and telling people’s stories he admits. Over 20 of Hamese’s photographs were part of the initial exhibition and the show’s final line-up will take the form of a book, to be published next year. Of the exhibition, “It’s not only about the clothes because I don’t photograph clothes,” says Hamese. “I photograph people.” The Dandy Lion Project part of Beyond the Bias - Reshaping Image, runs until 30 Oct 2016, at Brighton Photo Biennial", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "The Dandy Lion Project", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161003021500", "country1": "USA", "country2": "ZAF", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/02/arts/african-style-battles-captured/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "728636165", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Jessica Neuwirth is founder of Donor Direct Action, an international women’s group which runs the Efua Dorkenoo Fund To End FGM. She writes on International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM about empowering women in communities to tackle the problem. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. FGM prevalence is on a slow decline around the world Three countries with the highest prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) - Sierra Leone, Mali and Sudan - have yet to ban it. The harmful practice which violates human rights is done intentionally to alter and cause injury to a female’s genital organ for non-medical reasons. It is a form of subjugation, and it has affected over 200 million women and girls around the world. But unlike many other forms of violence and discrimination, FGM is one where great progress has been made over the past few decades. It has now been outlawed in 26 out of the 29 African countries on the continent in which it is centered. In January, Liberia was the latest country to introduce a ban - albeit for only one year and girls under 18. I hope that this ban will be made permanent and strengthened by the new president, George Weah, so that it can be outlawed for all Liberian women. Related article Nigerian Facebook user posts graphic photos of female circumcision Liberia follows the positive momentum of 2015 when FGM was banned in both Nigeria and The Gambia. Somaliland has just declared a fatwa on FGM, a very encouraging step towards a total ban on this human rights abuse with a prevalence rate of 98% - the highest in the world February 6th, is International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM. This African-led initiative is stronger than ever and the day presents a  moment to reflect on what should happen next if we are to achieve Global Goal 5 - which calls for an end to FGM by 2030. Although many front line groups are having a major impact, population growth in many affected countries means that all work needs to be  scaled up. The harsh truth is that unless we accelerate efforts and increase funding to end FGM - particularly to grassroots groups like the Tasaru Rescue Center and the Galkayo Center - we are not going to be able to end it anytime soon. I have spent decades supporting efforts to end FGM and all forms of violence against women and girls. What was once a taboo subject no one dared to speak of is now out. Despite increased levels of awareness and the strides that many countries have made - usually due to the hard work of front line groups - funding to end FGM has been minimal. In 2013 the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) made the biggest ever financial commitment to end FGM with £35m. Despite this, little funding has reached grassroots groups that are leading the change. Development Initiatives estimated in 2016 that less than 2% of international aid actually reaches the front lines. For FGM this is likely to be even less. Related article How to fight female genital mutilation with economics Instead, management consultancies and international organizations have benefited from these funds while local anti-FGM campaigners have been largely left out. This rather colonial approach has meant that we have missed many opportunities for those on the front line - who know best how to end FGM - to build their organizations alongside their level of impact. To help redress this funding imbalance I set up Donor Direct Action in 2011. We recently launched the Efua Dorkenoo Fund to End FGM, named after the legendary activist Efua Dorkenoo OBE, who first brought attention to the practice decades ago and made it her life’s work to elevate the issue on the international stage. Partners Efua Dorkenoo introduced me to Agnes Pareyio, founder of the Tasaru Rescue Center in Kenya and Hawa Aden Mohamed, who founded the Galkayo Center in Somalia. They have been building the movement for change from the roots up. Both women are FGM survivors who have spent their lives committed to protecting girls at risk. It is brave and often thankless work. By challenging traditions both have also had to face enormous levels of risk and abuse. But they have saved many lives and are still making a change. Some countries have been more successful than others in reducing FGM prevalence. Kenya is leading the way globally and over a 30-year period,national surveys show that FGM rates has reduced from 41% to 11%  in the East African country- an incredible success considering the high levels of resistance faced by local campaigners. Over a similar period, Liberia reduced the harmful practice from 72% to 31%; Burkina Faso from 89% to 58%; and Egypt from 97% to 70%. Unsurprisingly, alongside government inaction on the issue, efforts by anti-FGM campaigners in Sudan, Sierra Leone and Mali have shown far less success. FGM is not just an African issue. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Colombia and Singapore. And over 500,000 women and girls have been affected in both the European Union and the United States. Related article Nigerian Facebook user posts graphic photos of female circumcision Shocking figures released in 2016 for Indonesia shows that about 60 million women and girls have been affected by FGM - almost half of the country’s female population. Nobody knows the full scale of this issue around the world as we have yet to see accurate statistics for many other countries where we know the practice continues to exist - not to mention those territories where it is hidden. FGM has no health benefits. Rather it can cause drastic immediate complications, even death through hemorrhage or infection. In the longer term, a girl or woman who has been cut potentially faces a lifetime of health and psychological consequences. Although sometimes thought to be mandated by religion, FGM is not mentioned in any major religious texts and pre-dates contemporary religions. Around the world,educational efforts have created an awareness that makes it possible to imagine that it could end altogether. We know what works. We know what doesn’t. What remains is convincing international donors to change their archaic patterns of funding and really trust these women at the grassroots, who have done so much - and can do so much more to help protect the 30 million girls at risk this decade alone - girls who will hopefully never have to face this horrific abuse of their bodily integrity.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.9, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180206173000", "country1": "MLI", "country2": "GMB", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/africa/ending-fgm-means-funding-women/", "score": "0.0"}}}
{"article_id": "606973250", "sentence": "Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a New America fellow. He is the author of “Jimmy Carter” and “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.” He is the co-host of the podcast Politics & Polls. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Julian Zelizer: President-elect Trump 's economic interests across the globe could be a problem for his presidency Possibility of corruption is biggest risk that stems from his family continuing to profit from Trump properties, writes Zelizer This coming week, President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to explain to the nation how he plans to handle his sprawling business empire of hotels, resorts and other businesses while he serves as president of the United States. After refusing to release his tax returns during the campaign and initially insisting that he had every right to keep his businesses – with the plan being to let his children control the empire – he seemed to reverse course in late November when he tweeted that he will leave his “great business in total” and reveal the details on December 15. His transition spokesman, Jason Miller, also told reporters this week that he had sold his stocks in June, although he didn’t provide any proof. Then, in Trumpian fashion, the news turned again. The New York Times reported that Trump was planning to keep a stake in the business. As he originally indicated, it appears that his sons, with whom he is in close contact, will be in charge of handling the operations. Apparently Donald Trump is even going to stay on as an executive producer of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” while he is president. As a result, at this point there is no real evidence that he or his family are planning to build a true firewall between the President-elect and his economic interests. The president is largely exempt from conflict of interest laws, though legal experts have pointed out that he could be covered by the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, which forbids officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments without congressional authorization. But that doesn’t mean conflicts won’t have an impact. If President Trump does not wall himself off from his businesses, the political ramifications could be extremely serious – and they will be multifold. If the Trumps control the presidency and the Trump business, our democracy will suffer. Related article Why a Romney pick would be a coup for Trump Trump has contended that his business empire is worth $10 billion. If that is true, it has been argued that he would be unlikely to be corrupted because any amount intended as a bribe would be insignificant to a President Trump in the context of his fortune (although he is also someone who notoriously wants to earn every dollar that he can get his hands on – or keep every dollar he can avoid paying someone). But it is equally true that if he’s worth $10 billion, any further monetary gains from keeping his business would hardly seem warranted if there’s any risk of imperiling his presidency. What advantage could he possibly gain by holding onto a stake in the business, except perhaps to insure that his children were employed? Here are the risks: The possibility of corruption is the biggest risk that stems from his family continuing to profit from the Trump properties, both within the United States and overseas. Running a dual operation of politics and business will vastly increase the opportunities for individuals and governments to essentially bribe the President, either directly or indirectly by moving forward with lucrative deals or helping to secure new investments. For much of modern American history, the nation has been working as hard as possible to diminish the possibility of this happening. This moves us in the opposite direction and creates the conditions for a scandal worse than Watergate. Even if there is not outright corruption, there will be constant instances where the motivations of different players in political negotiations are simply unclear and untrustworthy. Even before he has stepped foot into his new job, we have seen this arise on many occasions. There have been news reports about his investments in the parent company of Carrier, Ivanka’s pending business deal with a Japanese government-backed company (which was in play when she met with the Japanese leader during his visit to her father), Trump’s praise for the brutal war on drugs in the Philippines where he has a hotel, or his conversation with the leader of Taiwan, where earlier this year someone who said they were associated with the campaign was reportedly in talks about opening a new property on his behalf. Related video Do Trump business ties pose conflicts? When it was revealed that the Bahrain government was to host an event at Trump’s new D.C. hotel, many eyebrows were raised about what their intentions were. There have even been concerns that Trump is using the entire appointment process as a way to showcase his properties in New York, New Jersey and Florida with free advertising every time someone comes in and out of a meeting. There are also specific properties where his influence over government policy will conflict with the needs of his holdings, of which he is a notorious micro-manager. Democrats have been asking how the Government Services Administration will deal with the Trump hotel company that signed a 60-year lease for the old US Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. All of these kinds of connections continue to undermine the credibility of his decisions and create confusion among officials dealing with Trump about what is expected of them, even if the new President does not say a thing. Given that Trump has been so protective about disclosing the full scope of his investments, and as the Wall Street Journal reports many of them are difficult to discern because they are obscured through complicated LLC’s, Americans don’t even know where the conflicts might be. In short, we need to know that Trump will only be thinking about what’s in the interest of America, not in the interest of his bank account. With the family still running its businesses, there could be many occasions when the President might actually make decisions for the purpose of providing his family economic benefits rather than for the good of the nation. While this might be technically legal (although scholars are debating this) it doesn’t make the situation any less problematic. With the job of the presidency comes the responsibility of thinking about what is best for the nation. Related video This could be Trump's 'constitutional crisis' Of course, nobody would say that politics is pristine. Presidents have a number of factors that they consider when making decisions, from the interests of their party to the interest group pressure that they face on any given problem. But there is every reason to remove the very obvious negative incentive of private profit. This is a problem that is easily solved. The point of removing these kinds of incentives is to protect him from the temptation to make the wrong move, so that he doesn’t even have this option on the table. Now that he is going to be the president of the United States, his properties and resorts will be seen as potential targets. This will probably mean that it will be necessary to direct vast government resources to protect the holdings as well as the areas surrounding them. This has already become an issue right here in New York, where the Secret Service has been racking up massive bills, as has the city, to keep Trump Tower secure while he uses it as his White House-in-waiting. If there is some kind of attack on a property overseas or within the United States, this might require a military response and budgetary resources. “We have to have protection for those buildings,” said the ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, Richard Painter, “Will it be US taxpayer money or foreign government money? Foreign government funding raises constitutional issues.” We live in an era when public confidence in government is in terrible shape. Ever since the turbulence over Vietnam and Watergate, public trust in government institutions has continued to steadily decline. Of all the political figures in the nation, the presidency looms largest in the minds of average citizens, from little children to the elderly. If Trump decides that holding the presidency is not worth the sacrifice of selling off his businesses, or even stepping down as an executive producer for “Celebrity Apprentice,” it will send a troubling signal to the electorate about what it means to be president. For a child in school, this would mean that the honor of being president is not worth the costs of losing control of a business. It would mean that a potential conflict of interest for the president is something that we can live with. Sign up for CNN Opinion’s new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook So in the coming week, Donald Trump has his first chance to show that he is really not the person many of his critics think him to be, and that he has a true understanding of the weight of the job he will now hold. He can only doing so by cutting his ties to the business that he has created, and not by handing this off to his children. He must create a true firewall between the Trump White House and Trump Incorporated. Otherwise, it is virtually inevitable that these worlds will continue to verge in very dangerous ways, bringing back the atmosphere that led to Watergate and spurred the ethics reforms that today so many Americans assume should be part of our government.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.85, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20161209194500", "country1": "TWN", "country2": "JPN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/opinions/trumps-conflict-interest-zelizer/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "668315231", "sentence": "Terence Tam’s dad fled to Hong Kong from China during the political chaos of the Cultural Revolution to make a better life for himself and his family. Then a British colony, the city became home to a huge number of refugees fleeing Communism in the 1960s and 1970s. Now 39, Tam says he’s ready to make another escape, 20 years after the UK handed sovereignty over the city to China. While Hong Kong is one of the most affluent cities in the world, he says it’s now in the throes of its own political upheaval. “I want to see if I can do the same for my family (as my father did for us),” he says. “I’m not satisfied with the situation in Hong Kong. The political situation, the government. We have so many complaints.” By most yardsticks, Tam’s done well for himself. He’s an assistant IT manager at one of Hong Kong’s universities and owns an apartment – no mean feat in a city that has the world’s most unaffordable property prices. But Tam objects to China’s growing grip on the city. Under the principle of “one country, two systems,” Hong Kong was supposed to have preserved the rule of law, freedom of speech and the right to protest as enjoyed under the British – at least until 2047 – but Tam, and others, feel that China hasn’t held up its part of the bargain. “Some people say that we are emigrating but I feel like we are refugees escaping from Hong Kong,” he says. In two years, once his newborn daughter is ready for kindergarten, Tam plans to uproot his family and move to Taiwan. His wife has already secured citizenship there through an investment visa scheme and Tam plans to cash out his Hong Kong pension pot and start a business selling Hong Kong snacks. Tam is one of a growing number of people in the city looking for an exit. According to an opinion poll conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong last year, two in five Hong Kongers want to live overseas – up from one in five in 2014 – although only 10% of those who said they wanted to leave had put such a plan into action. It’s not the first time that political upheaval has had Hong Kongers scouting for boltholes. From 1989, in the wake of the Tiananmen massacre, almost 60,000 people left the city every year, primarily for Canada, the United States and Australia, according to one academic study. However, many came back as the nightmare scenarios some had imagined didn’t emerge and Beijing largely left the city alone during the first 15 years of Chinese rule. According to Canadian estimates, some 65,000 Hong Kong born people returned from Canada to Hong Kong between 1996 and 2011. But in 2014, Beijing denied Hong Kongers the universal suffrage promised to the city under its mini-constitution, the Basic Law, triggering massive streets protests that paralyzed much of the city for more than two months. Since then, fears have grown that Beijing neither cares about, nor pays heed, to the city’s supposed autonomy. In 2015, five men involved in publishing gossipy books on China’s ruling elite – two of whom had European passports – disappeared only to reappear in Chinese custody weeks later. Last year, a Chinese tycoon who held Canadian citizenship was abducted in the dead of night from the luxury Four Seasons hotel. China has also moved to bar pro-democracy lawmakers from taking office, using a rarely invoked power. This erosion of the city’s autonomy has led to calls for Hong Kong’s independence from a small but persistently vocal group. Many fear that Hong Kong’s new leader Carrie Lam, who was selected by a 1,200-strong committee and takes office July 1, will now enact a controversial security law, known as Article 23, that would “prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against China.” Andrew Lo, an immigration consultant at Amlex in Hong Kong, said his company has seen an upturn in business since the 2014 Occupy protests – largely down to the deteriorating political situation, though he says the city’s pressure cooker school system and cramped high-rise living conditions also play a role. “The main reasons why people leave Hong Kong is because of political instability – the future is uncertain – and poor education in Hong Kong,” he says. Taiwan, and southeast Asian countries like Malaysia and Thailand, have emerged as popular destinations  –  particularly for younger couples and retirees, says Lo.  It’s also now much harder to emigrate to places like Australia and Canada than it was in the 1990s. Tam says he chose Taiwan because it’s a place he fell in love with on vacation and it has the same cultural roots as Hong Kong. He knows that life won’t be easy. Tam’s native language is Cantonese and says he speaks Mandarin, the language most Taiwanese use, haltingly. Jobs are also lower paid on average in Taiwan than in Hong Kong. “I love the culture in Taiwan. I’ve been to the UK to study for one year. When I landed there, the first step, I felt like I didn’t belong. But when I went to Taiwan I felt different,” Tam says. It’s also the world’s only Chinese-speaking democracy – an important drawcard. According to official figures, the number of Taiwan permanent residents hailing from Hong Kong has more than doubled since 2014 – though the absolute number is still very small at 1,086. Taiwan, however, is not without its own political issues and complexities. Despite Taiwan governing its own affairs for more than six decades, China views the island as part of its territory, to be taken by force if necessary. The two – officially the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China –  split in 1949 following the Communist victory on the mainland after a civil war. China’s military comes out of shadowsHong Kongers look for an exitFrom pop princess to democracy fighterHow Hong Kong has changedWhat China’s scared ofSecret negotiations sealed city’s fate China’s military comes out of shadowsHong Kongers look for an exitFrom pop princess to democracy fighterHow Hong Kong has changedWhat China’s scared ofSecret negotiations sealed city’s fate “I have a stable job, income and property, but I find the environment here very uncomfortable,” Tam says. “We were born before 1997. Our birth certificates, our passports were issued by the UK. After 1997 we didn’t immediately see any changes but we do now.” On July 1, thousands braved the city’s sultry summer humidity to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover by marching through Hong Kong’s streets to demand greater democracy. The annual event took on extra significance this year with Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting the city for the very first time. Tam has joined the protest in the past but didn’t this year – he sees it as a futile act: “I have a choice, I can leave. It’s time to get out.” CNN’s Bex Wright and intern Mark Lu contributed to this report", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "China's control over Hong Kong", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170627010000", "country1": "GBR", "country2": "TWN", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/asia/hong-kong-handover-exit/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "651234289", "sentence": "European Council chief praises the \"outstanding unity\" of EU ahead of talks Germany's Angela Merkel says there is \"no conspiracy\" against Britain European Union leaders swiftly and unanimously adopted their negotiating principles for Britain’s exit from the EU at a meeting Saturday in Brussels amid signs they plan to take a tough stance over the country’s financial commitments to the bloc. Britain was not invited to the special summit of 27 EU nations, where the leaders finalized the guidelines for two years of what are set to be grueling divorce talks. British Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the official withdrawal process a month ago, but the Brexit negotiations will begin only after a UK snap general election is held June 8. European Council President Donald Tusk praised the “outstanding unity” of the 27 nations at a news conference concluding the summit, saying it had given the EU a “strong mandate” and the guidelines had been adopted unanimously and immediately. Guidelines adopted unanimously. EU27 firm and fair political mandate for the #Brexit talks is ready.  #EUCO In what he described as “unity in action,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted it had taken less than 15 minutes to approve the principles. #EUCO: Unity in action: #EU27 adopt #Article50 Guidelines in less than 15 minutes. #Brexit French President François Hollande said Brexit would be negotiated to meet Europe’s interests – and that there would be a cost for Britain. “Obviously, there will be a price and a cost to be paid by the United Kingdom,” he said. “This is their choice. It mustn’t be punitive, but at the same time it is absolutely clear that Europe will have to defend its interests and that the UK – outside of Europe – will have a less good position than inside as it does today.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who warned Britain this week not to hold any “illusions” about what Brexit means for its future – told reporters Saturday there was “no conspiracy” against the UK. “British citizens have held a referendum, and we have to accept that,” she said, adding the exit was regretted by all 27 states. The UK government had hoped to be able to negotiate a new trade deal with the EU at the same time as carrying out the complex process of unraveling a relationship lasting more than 40 years. Related video One thing to know about the UK's snap election But the EU has insisted that progress must be made on key issues around Britain’s continued budgetary commitment to the bloc, the future status of EU citizens living in Britain and the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland before talks on future relations with Britain can begin. Juncker reiterated that position Saturday and stressed it would be for the EU leaders unanimously to decide when enough progress had been made on the “divorce talks” to proceed to trade negotiations. He acknowledged it would be hard for the bloc to preserve the unity shown in agreeing to the guidelines throughout the negotiations, saying there would be “tough decisions” ahead, particularly in discussions of budgetary matters. A European Council statement on the adoption of the guidelines warned of the potential disruption Brexit will cause to UK and other EU citizens’ lives and businesses and said for this reason it will pursue a “phased” approach that prioritizes an “orderly withdrawal.” Related article Brexit: EU says it doesn't want to 'punish' Britain for leaving The EU will “maintain its unity and act as one” throughout the negotiations, with the aim of reaching an agreement fair for all its citizens and member states, it said. “The Union will work hard to achieve that outcome, but it will prepare itself to be able to handle the situation also if the negotiations were to fail,” the statement said. An EU source earlier told CNN that there was increasing unity among the EU states. “The 27 want a deal and they realize the more united they are, the higher chances to get a deal,” the source said. “We are not aligning against anyone. We are aligning (in) the interest of the 27, and then we need to find common ground with the British.” UK’s Labour Party vows to ditch May’s Brexit plan if elected Last month, Juncker told the BBC that Britain would need to come up with roughly 50 billion pounds ($62.4 billion) as it leaves the EU to honor its financial obligations. But the UK government has indicated it does not expect to pay nearly that much. Brexit Secretary David Davis told the BBC last month that Britain would meet its international commitments but that the bill would be “nothing like” the tens of billions of euros suggested by Juncker and others. EU member states pay into a communal budget, which finances infrastructure projects, social programs, scientific research and pensions for EU bureaucrats. The budget is negotiated to cover a period of years, with the current agreement extending to 2020. Britain pays roughly 10 billion pounds a year ($12.5 billion) more into the budget than it receives in benefits – a fact often cited by supporters of Brexit – and its departure will leave a large hole in the EU’s finances. However, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Britain’s departure would not “affect significantly” the EU’s global position as a leader in trade, humanitarian affairs and security. The EU has also said that resolving the thorny issue of the Irish border must be a priority in the upcoming negotiations. In a letter to the 27 EU leaders Friday, Tusk said Europe should aim to avoid a “hard border” between the Republic of Ireland, which will remain in the EU after Brexit, and Northern Ireland, which leaves as part of the UK. Related video Brexit implementation period 'will take years' Border controls between the north and south were eased as part of the Good Friday Agreement, the 1998 accord that brought peace to Northern Ireland after decades of sectarian conflict. Ireland asked Saturday that Northern Ireland be allowed to enter the EU automatically if the two Irelands ever unite, an EU source said. The request was approved but won’t be published in EU minutes until the next European Council meeting in June, the source said. The EU is not taking a stance on unification, which would be decided by the people of Ireland and Northern Ireland in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement. A majority in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU in last year’s UK referendum. At present, the “soft” border with the neighboring Republic of Ireland facilitates trade and the movement of people. Both the UK and Irish governments want to maintain the soft border but have struggled to define how such an arrangement could work after the introduction of what would be the UK’s only land border with the EU. The issue has forced a discussion on the future status of Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement stipulates that if polls show support for a referendum on unification, then the UK government must offer one. However, a poll by Ipsos MORI in Northern Ireland in September did not suggest great enthusiasm for a united Ireland. CNN’s Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported from London, and Erin McLaughlin reported from Brussels. 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{"article_id": "741381862", "sentence": "A high-ranking official from former President George W. Bush’s State Department shared a dire assessment of the current geopolitical state of affairs, calling it “the most perilous moment in modern American history.” President Donald Trump “is now set for war on 3 fronts: political vs Bob Mueller, economic vs China/others on trade, and actual vs. Iran and/or North  Korea,” Richard Haass tweeted Friday. “This is the most perilous moment in modern American history – and it has been largely brought about by ourselves, not by events.” .@realDonaldTrump is now set for war on 3 fronts: political vs Bob Mueller, economic vs China/others on trade, and actual vs. Iran and/or North  Korea. This is the most perilous moment in modern American history-and it has been largely brought about by ourselves, not by events. Haass, a pillar of the US foreign policy establishment and longtime president of the Council on Foreign Relations, a premiere foreign policy think tank, previously accused the Trump administration of abdicating US global leadership. Haass’ appraisal on Friday comes after a day of major developments out of the Trump White House. On Thursday morning, Trump’s lead lawyer, John Dowd, resigned from the President’s personal legal team handling the response to the Russia investigation. Dowd’s resignation came amid growing disagreements with Trump over the response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. That afternoon, Trump directed the US trade representative to level tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese imports following a seven-month investigation into alleged Chinese intellectual property theft. In addition to the tariffs, the US also plans to impose new investment restrictions and take action against China at the World Trade Organization, and the Treasury Department will also propose additional measures. Related article John Bolton on: bombing Iran, North Korea, Russia and the Iraq War Later in the day, Trump announced he was replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton. Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations and Fox News analyst, is seen as a controversial pick. He has advocated war with Iran and a preemptive strike on North Korea, and remains an unapologetic supporter of the Iraq War despite the flawed intelligence used to justify the US invasion. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Gloria Borger, Pamela Brown, Zachary Cohen, Nicole Gaouette, Kaitlan Collins and David Wright contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Donald Trump", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180323163000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "CHN", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/23/politics/richard-haass-donald-trump-tweet/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "577234138", "sentence": "This page includes the show Transcript Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary The Weekly Newsquiz tests students' knowledge of events in the news September 9, 2016 As the U.S. approaches the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, today’s show is focused exclusively on the memories and insights of some young people who were directly affected. The interview contains emotional accounts from the children of attack victims as well as some footage of the attacks themselves, so teachers are encouraged the preview the program. On this page you will find today’s show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT Click here to access the transcript of today’s CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. WEEKLY NEWSQUIZ Click for a printable version of the Weekly Newsquiz (PDF). 1. A model of a European city was recently burned to commemorate the 350th anniversary of what historic event? 2. Pope Francis recently canonized a woman known for her humanitarian work in India. By what popular name was she known before her sainthood? 3. In what U.S. state did Hurricane Hermine make landfall on September 2 before the storm moved northeast and out into the Atlantic? 4. In what Asian country, which is located between Thailand and Vietnam, are officials trying to locate and dispose of up to 80 million unexploded U.S. cluster bombs? 5. Name the international sporting event whose roots date back to a 1948 competition between injured British veterans of World War II. 6. Name the animal that is native to China and is no longer considered endangered, thanks in part to an increase in its habitat. 7. In the U.S. presidential race, name either the candidate representing the Green Party OR the candidate representing the Libertarian Party. 8. What term is used to describe the generation of American workers who were born after 1980? 9. In order to participate in a U.S. presidential debate, a candidate has to have the support of a certain percentage of likely voters in national polls. What is this percentage? 10. How many years ago was the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil carried out? CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. Thank you for using CNN Student News!", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": null, "stance_label": "Neutral", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.0, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20160908210000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "IND", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/studentnews/sn-content-fri/", "score": ""}}}
{"article_id": "471880811", "sentence": "'No Escape' was filmed in Thailand but Cambodia is the one that gets smeared as the imaginary land of evil The film's fictional rioters could easily be seen as Thailand's Red Shirts, who rallied for nationwide elections in 2010 Apparent references to Cambodia have led to the country banning the movie When visiting Southeast Asia for the first time this year, some anxious novices might wonder if they’ll stumble into a frenzied bloodbath in the streets unleashed by political protests, riots or a coup. And will those screaming natives also hack, shoot, bomb and rape innocent tourists amid the tacky souvenirs and charming neighborhoods surrounding their five-star hotels? Could this happen to an American family with two darling daughters as soon as they arrive here in Thailand? Watch Hollywood’s latest Asia-based action potboiler – “No Escape” stars Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan – and you might see your worst and most absurd fears vividly displayed. “No Escape” is an over-the-top, so-bad-it’s-good, careening, pulsating, murderous chase from beginning to end, heavily splattered with blood and tears. Countless quivering, desperately pleading Thai actors soon become dead meat, expertly minced by other Thai actors, bug-eyed and grimacing. These guys just won’t stop killing. Wilson, playing a sincere Texas multinational executive, and his resourceful motherly wife (Lake Bell) also eventually kill. But the urbane Americans are different from the “locals” who slaughter, because the brave husband and wife are just trying to survive and escape the mobs. Aside from all that ridiculousness, one of the most interesting aspects of “No Escape” is the real-life, behind-the-scenes intrigue that enabled it to be filmed. The movie was shot in Thailand’s tourist-friendly northern cities of Chiang Mai and Lampang. To avoid implying that Thailand is an anarchistic destination swarming with homicidal Thais, most of the signage that appears in the film’s streets, markets, advertisements and elsewhere is actually neighboring Cambodia’s Khmer script, lamely printed upside down. Cambodia also gets smeared as the film’s imaginary, unidentified, land of evil. That’s because only one Southeast Asian country – Vietnam – is mentioned by name, and is repeatedly hailed as a much safer nation. The escaping Americans try to row a boat “to Vietnam.” They row under a huge sign that reads “Vietnam” on a bridge that forms an international border. Thailand of course does not border Vietnam. But Cambodia does, along some of the Mekong River. MORE: Best and worst expat movies of all time Perhaps in an effort to protect its relationship with Thailand, where the film was shot, “No Escape” trashes Cambodia, which subsequently banned the movie. Despite the rumor that Thailand might prohibit the movie, “No Escape” has been showing at Thai cinemas since early September. Ironically, much of the screaming by Thai actors is in Thai language without subtitles, so the attempted sleight of hand that would suggest none of this chaos is taking place in Chiang Mai and Lampang ultimately appears clumsy and cosmetic. On the plus side, the Americans and their British buddy, played by Brosnan, are chased through the streets amid gripping scenes, dazzling photography and concise vignettes. But the plot of “No Escape” chases a weary formula. Good, clean, wealthy, intellectual and sensitive white people are brutally bullied by a cruel, yelling, bloodthirsty, darker-skinned, generic Third Worlders. Film credits reveal the story was copyrighted as “The Coup” – the original working title. But soon after filming here in 2013, Thailand’s military staged a coup in May 2014. The movie was retitled. Today, Thailand still lives under the coup’s military junta. But members of the coup-installed regime may be laughing if they watch “No Escape,” which they allowed in theaters here. The regime might be amused by the movie’s bloody coup, which topples a pro-American government and unleashes anti-American, anti-capitalist carnage. Though Bangkok’s 2014 coup did oust a pro-U.S. government, the coup was bloodless and didn’t result in any street violence. Perhaps even more pleasing to Bangkok’s military regime may be the appearance by many of the rioting Thai actors wearing a piece of red clothing, creating a deadly catwalk of red pants, red shirts, red scarves or red bandanas. In 2010, Thailand’s U.S.-trained military crushed a nine-week insurrection in Bangkok by thousands of self-named Red Shirts, who wore that color while demanding nationwide elections. The clashes left more than 90 people dead on all sides, but mostly Red civilians. As a result, the film’s red-clothed rioters could easily be (wrongly) seen as Thailand’s real Red Shirts, now exaggerated into overwhelmingly vicious slayers. READ: World’s 10 most romantic movie locations In real life, some Americans and other foreign expats who live here are worried for their personal safety while Thailand’s politics and economy spiral down the drain under Bangkok’s dictatorship. “Where would you go? What bolthole would you run to, if things got out of hand here?” one aged expat executive recently asked journalists in the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand, in the real world. Some reporters responded by suggesting their favorite countries as ideal retreats. Other journalists dismissed an apocalypse of Thais massacring foreigners, even if this polarized country further implodes. “Does living in a foreign country always cause some degree of uncertainty and anxiety for expats? Or is it just Thailand?” tweeted an American nicknamed Lucky Erawan a few days later, also in real life. A Thai white-collar manager, however, who watched “No Escape,” said she’ll gladly recommend the movie to her Thai office colleagues and friends. “It’s interesting and exciting. Actually, when you see the movie, maybe you can learn how to escape from that type of situation,” she said. “You can learn how to fight, how to find things and how to hide from the bad guys like when Owen put a dead guy in front of him to hide behind.” The movie’s stereotypes and attempt to disguise Thailand weren’t so good, she said, asking not to be named because she didn’t want to be publicly involved in any controversy over the film. “I think it makes Thais look bad. But it isn’t obviously Thailand,” she said. Perhaps that’s true for many viewers. MORE: 21 of the world’s coolest outdoor cinemas Richard S. Ehrlich has reported news for international media from Asia since 1978, based in Hong Kong, New Delhi and now Bangkok.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Cambodia", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20151001020000", "country1": "KHM", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/30/travel/movie-no-escape-opinion/", "score": "0.7"}}}
{"article_id": "729058243", "sentence": "Republicans have two new targets in their effort to discredit the dossier on Donald Trump and Russia written by ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele: the State Department under President Barack Obama and Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime associate of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Republicans are effectively accusing the Obama State Department of providing Steele information from Clinton associates which he then used to reinforce his own dossier that he eventually gave to the FBI. While the veracity and significance of the information given to Steele are not yet clear, the impact is already being felt as key Republican leaders suggest publicly that they see evidence of a partisan bias against Trump that fueled Steele’s dossier. Related article White House officials expect Trump to OK Dem memo barring national security threat Steele provided part of the report along with his own memos to the FBI, noting similarities between the two but acknowledging that he had not verified the sources or the information, according to The Washington Post. Republicans are alleging that Steele received material on Trump and Russia written by Cody Shearer, a freelance journalist who they claim is a Clinton partisan. According to a source with knowledge of the matter, Shearer’s raw collection of notes – which Republicans are calling a second dossier – made its way to Steele on this path: from Shearer to Blumenthal, who gave it to an official at the State Department, who then passed it along to Steele. Steele then gave it to the FBI, explaining it was passed along by the State Department and someone connected to a “friend of Clinton’s,” according to a report from the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Related article Judiciary chairman wants FISA judge to reveal more info on Page surveillance After targeting the FBI and the Justice Department in his first memo, the Shearer matter appears to be the next item on the agenda for House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, R-California, who has said he’s preparing more memos – including targeting the State Department – to follow last week’s allegations involving Steele and the dossier. Shearer’s notes are also a topic that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is probing as part of his investigation into the dossier, which prompted a criminal referral of Steele to the Justice Department last month. House Intelligence Committee Democrats say they’re once again being kept in the dark about the new Republican investigations, just as they were caught by surprise when the House Intelligence Committee first voted to make the Nunes memo available to House members last month. Here’s what is known about Steele, Shearer, Blumenthal and the investigations into the matter: Shearer, an independent journalist, decided to investigate potential Trump-Russia connections after seeing stories about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, the source said. Shearer’s so-called dossier is actually a set of notes based on conversations with reporters and other sources, according to the person who spoke to CNN, and he circulated those notes to assorted journalists, as well as to Blumenthal. Blumenthal then passed the notes to Jonathan Winer, who was a State Department special envoy for Libya under former Secretary of State John Kerry, the source said. Winer had a previous relationship with Steele, and he passed it along to Steele in order to get his assessment. Related article Carter Page struggles to explain how he could advise both Kremlin and Trump team Blumenthal, according to the source, did not know that Winer would consult Steele on the Shearer document, and said Winer made that decision on his own. After Winer gave Steele the notes from Shearer, Steele wrote that he found it interesting and it tended to corroborate some of what he found, but he also noted that it was uncorroborated, the source said. Shearer’s notes, a copy of which were obtained by CNN, make uncorroborated allegations involving Trump and Russia, and they cite unnamed Russian intelligence and Turkish sources. Steele provided Shearer’s notes to the FBI in October 2016. Steele was being paid for his research by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which was hired by a law firm on behalf of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee. A key allegation in last week’s Nunes memo was that Steele’s political connections to Democrats were not told to the FISA court, and Republicans are charging that Shearer’s involvement could show Steele was receiving information from Clinton associates that went into the dossier he gave to the FBI. The criminal referral from Grassley and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham – which was unclassified with some redactions this week – states that Shearer’s notes went to Steele through an official at the State Department and another person who was a “friend of the Clinton’s.” “It is troubling enough that the Clinton Campaign funded Mr. Steele’s work, but that these Clinton associates were contemporaneously feeding Mr. Steele’s allegations raises additional concerns about his credibility,” the senators wrote in the criminal referral, which does not accuse Steele of wrongdoing but urges the Justice Department to investigate the matter. Winer worked with Steele from 2014 through 2016, according to another source familiar with their interactions. Steele provided Winer with reports related to the conflict in Ukraine and Russia as a courtesy, which was not unusual and considered one source among many used for assessing the situation on the ground in Ukraine, the source said. Related article Former CIA Director Brennan says Nunes 'abused his office' Steele also gave the dossier to Winer, who flagged to his superiors at the State Department, according to the source. Kerry was eventually briefed on its existence, and that it wasn’t known how much was true. Senior State Department officials showed the dossier to Kerry once it was clear the document was in wide circulation around Washington, according to the source. Kerry was not briefed on the Shearer document, the source said. Lee Wolosky, an attorney for Winer, said in a statement that Winer was “concerned in 2016 about information that a candidate for the presidency may have been compromised by a hostile foreign power.” “Any actions he took were grounded in those concerns,” Wolosky said. “Today’s attacks are nothing more than a further attempt to undermine the independence and credibility of special (counsel Robert) Mueller’s ongoing investigation into those and related issues.” Republicans haven’t come out and accused Blumenthal of any wrongdoing, but they’ve hinted in public appearances that raw intelligence may have been distributed for partisan purposes. Rep. Trey Gowdy, who chairs the House Oversight Committee and is a senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, discussed Nunes’ State Department investigation a Fox News interview Tuesday, saying he was “troubled” by the role the State Department played. Gowdy read the classified FISA documents that the Justice Department gave congressional committees access to on the condition that only one member of the majority and minority would view them. “When you hear who the source, or one of the sources of that information is, you’re going to think, ‘Oh, my gosh, I’ve heard that name somewhere before. Where could he possibly have been?’” the South Carolina Republican said. Related article Gowdy: Memo has no impact on Russia probe “A domestic source. I’m trying to think of Secretary Clinton defined him. I think she said he was an old friend who emailed her from time to time,” Gowdy continued. “Sidney Blumenthal?” Fox News’ Martha MacCallum asked. “That would be really warm,” Gowdy concluded. Nunes made headlines over the weekend when he predicted more memos would be coming from his committee, but he says that the investigation into the State Department has already been in the works. “We have an active investigation into the State Department. That has been ongoing for a while now,” Nunes told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Nunes has repeatedly declined to discuss his investigations with CNN, saying he doesn’t discuss committee business “in the halls.” Graham declined to discuss Blumenthal’s role in the committee’s investigation into Steele, but said the State Department is one element of it. “There’s some connections outside the Department of Justice and the dossier that we’re looking at. One of them goes to the State Department,” Graham told CNN. “It’s clear to me he was using the dossier for political purposes and that should have been more alarming than it was.” Blumenthal is no stranger to congressional investigations, playing a role in the House Benghazi Select Committee investigation that was led by Gowdy. Blumenthal testified behind closed doors as part of the Benghazi investigation, and he provided the committee with emails he exchanged with Clinton, who was secretary of state when the 2012 Benghazi attack occurred. Blumenthal sent Clinton dozens of emails while she was secretary of state on various foreign policy topics, some of which were unsolicited and others that were requested by Clinton. A former journalist, Blumenthal has known the Clintons for more than 30 years, and he worked in the Clinton White House as senior adviser from 1997 to 2001. He’s been by the family’s side during difficult moments, including President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. 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{"article_id": "654623625", "sentence": "New center reflects growing perceived threat from Pyongyang North Korea has ramped up its nuclear weapons program in recent months The CIA has established a Korea Mission Center to address “the nuclear and ballistic missile threat posed by” North Korea and its unpredictable leader, the US intelligence agency announced Wednesday. The creation of the center focusing on specific threats from the Korean peninsula will allow the CIA to “harness the full resources, capabilities, and authorities of the Agency” to deal with North Korea, according to the agency’s statement. The center, which is located in CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, will put the forces of CIA analysts and officers side-by-side in one location to tackle the threat from Pyongyang. “The new Mission Center draws on experienced officers from across the Agency and integrates them in one entity to bring their expertise and creativity to bear against the North Korea target,” the statement reads. Added Heather Fritz Horniak, a CIA spokeswoman: “Just as the threats facing our nation are dynamic, so too must the CIA continue to evolve to address them.” Former CIA senior analyst John Nixon told CNN he expected the center to issue “sitreps” – situation reports for the intelligence community and the Trump administration – possibly twice daily, indicating an around-the-clock watch by an office of significant size. North Korea claims US ‘biochemical’ plot to kill Kim Jong Un In the statement, CIA Director Mike Pompeo says the creation of the center focuses the CIA’s efforts against the “serious threats” emerging from North Korea, which has in recent months ramped up both nuclear and missile tests in an effort to enhance its military capabilities. “Creating the Korea Mission Center allows us to more purposefully integrate and direct CIA efforts against the serious threats to the United States and its allies emanating from North Korea,” Pompeo said, adding its creation “reflects the dynamism and agility that CIA brings to evolving national security challenges.” Mission Center for AfricaMission Center for CounterintelligenceMission Center for CounterterrorismMission Center for East Asia and PacificMission Center for Europe and EurasiaMission Center for Global IssuesMission Center for Near EastMission Center for South and Central AsiaMission Center for Weapons and CounterproliferationMission Center for Western Hemisphere Mission Center for AfricaMission Center for CounterintelligenceMission Center for CounterterrorismMission Center for East Asia and PacificMission Center for Europe and EurasiaMission Center for Global IssuesMission Center for Near EastMission Center for South and Central AsiaMission Center for Weapons and CounterproliferationMission Center for Western Hemisphere The timing is unlikely to be linked to any recent events but rather to better position the agency against a very real and growing threat to the US, justifying the allocation of enough resources to a dedicated center, according to Bruce Klingner, former CIA Deputy Division Chief for Korea and senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center. “Although there aren’t many details, a restructuring of the bureaucracy is something that takes quite a while to prepare, review, and go through multiple levels of approval,” Klingner told CNN. There are 10 such existing centers in the CIA, and the new addition will be the most focused in terms of geographical area and remit – the Korean Peninsula currently falls under the jurisdiction of the Mission Center for East Asia and Pacific. Opinion: Dealing with North Korea is not an option The new office will “work closely with the intelligence community and the entire US national security community,” the CIA statement said. Nixon, the former analyst, said he also expects significant cooperation with South Korean intelligence services going forward. “I think (cooperation with the South Korean National Intelligence Service) will be very high. Also with the (Korean Central Intelligence Agency).” He added that the announcement of the center, coinciding with the election of a less-hardline South Korean President who is likely to pursue at least some form of diplomacy with Seoul’s belligerent neighbor to the north, was “interesting.” “I think its very interesting that this happened and now we have (newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in) who says he want a different relationship with Pyongyang. I think that’s very helpful, hardline never works.” Nixon said the creation of the mission would send a message from the CIA to the Trump administration that his foreign policy priorities were being acknowledged. “It’s not an easy regime to collect information on, but we’re not getting the information out of there that we should. It’s a sign that, ‘OK folks, we’re going to get serious about this,’” he said. “(This center will) show the administration that this (issue) is going to be front and center. “One thing that’s interesting about Trump is that he’s getting briefed up about North Korea. He’s absorbing this stuff. It’s another sign that North Korea is the top of the list.” He added that the CIA is looking to “beef up” its Seoul station, including the appointment of a new, high-profile station chief in Seoul. “They’re going to look for somebody with serious gravitas, who has connections and knows the players,” he said. South Korea election shakes up US-North Korea dynamic CNN’s Brian Todd and Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "CIA Korea Mission Center", "stance_label": "Favor", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 0, "judgment": 0, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.7, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170511063000", "country1": "USA", "country2": "KOR", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/cia-north-korea-mission-center-announced/", "score": "0.3"}}}
{"article_id": "657948198", "sentence": "Michael Flynn resigned from President Donald Trump's White House earlier this year Ex-FBI Director James Comey said Trump asked him to end his investigation into Flynn The top two leaders of the Senate intelligence committee are leaving the door open to holding Michael Flynn in contempt of Congress after President Trump’s former national security adviser said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than comply with a subpoena. Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said the panel was reviewing a range of options to compel Flynn to disclose records about his meetings with Russian officials, including holding Flynn in contempt. And he said the panel “could” call for Flynn to assert his right against self-incrimination in a public session. “It does us no good in having people pleading the Fifth if we are trying to get information,” Burr said. He added: “The only thing I can tell you is immunity is off the table.” Unlike Flynn, two other former Trump campaign officials have turned over documents to the committee related to its investigation of Russian meddling in the US election. “The subpoena seeks to compel (Flynn) to offer testimony through the act of producing documents that may or may not exist. In these circumstances, (Flynn) is entitled to, and does, invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against production of documents,” Flynn’s lawyer wrote in a letter to the committee, verified by CNN. When asked by CNN whether his panel would hold Flynn in contempt, Ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner, said, “We have to find out whether we have the ability to either hold Gen. Flynn in contempt or whether it’s just Fifth Amendment. I’ve got to get the legal answer to that first.” Warner said he was “disappointed” Flynn didn’t produce the documents that were requested, and the committee was still determining if it had other options to get a hold of them. Flynn’s refusal to cooperate comes as he faces scrutiny in several inquiries, including by Capitol Hill and a federal grand jury that has issued subpoenas to associates of the ex-national security adviser. His refusal will also intensify scrutiny over Trump’s decision to hire him initially for the job and his decision to keep him on staff for 18 days after the President was warned by former acting Attorney General Sally Yates that Flynn may have been compromised by the Russians. And the White House is also bound to face new pressure from Trump’s apparent disclosure of classified information in a private meeting with Russian officials at the White House earlier this month. Warner, in an interview with CNN on Monday, said the White House must turn over records related to that meeting – and did not rule out issuing a subpoena for the records. “We have made the request,” Warner said. “Transcripts or tapes. My hope is the White House will comply. They say there is no there there. They ought to work with the committee.” Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has turned over documents to the committee, a source familiar with the filing told CNN on Monday. Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone has also complied with the committee’s requests and answered its questions, according to Stone’s attorney, Robert Buschel. The Senate committee had asked Flynn earlier this month to produce all records over his communications with Russian officials by this Wednesday. But Flynn is expected to send a letter later Monday invoking his Fifth Amendment rights. The source close to Flynn said it would be “highly imprudent for him not to exercise his Fifth Amendment rights” given that several members of Congress have called for his prosecution. Related article Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: 'I believe we should look into obstruction of justice' Flynn’s decision to decline the subpoena does not come as a surprise to Senate intelligence leaders, as Flynn’s lawyer also told the panel last month he would not provide documents in response to an April request. Interactive: The many paths from Trump to RussiaFlynn was back in the news last week following the revelation that former FBI Director James Comey wrote in a memo that Trump had asked Comey in a meeting to end his investigation into the former national security adviser. Comey has agreed to testify before the Senate intelligence panel after Memorial Day. Warner said he and Burr hoped to meet with Robert Mueller, the Justice Department’s special counsel in the Russia investigation, to talk about what Comey can and cannot say in his testimony. “Our hope is that the chairman and I will be able to sit down and again just kind of get the rules of the road for us going forward with Director Mueller,” Warner said. Related article First on CNN: Russian officials bragged they could use Flynn to influence Trump, sources say Flynn resigned from the Trump White House in February after it was revealed he’d misled White House officials over his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, which included communication about sanctions. In what could be a signal of additional problems for Flynn, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a new letter on Monday calling for Chaffetz to issue subpoenas for White House documents. The letter from Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings cites a Report of Investigation from the Pentagon, which was conducted by investigators undertaking a review for Flynn’s security clearance application. According to that March 14, 2016 report, Flynn made false statements to investigators about who funded his foreign trips, including a 2015 trip to Russia where Flynn was paid roughly $45,000 for a speaking engagement. He claimed they were funded by “US companies,” even though he was paid by Russia Today, according to the letter released Monday by House Democrats on the Oversight Committee. The report stated that Flynn said he “had not received any benefit from a foreign country.” Flynn also claimed to investigators he had no substantial contacts with foreign government officials, saying he only had “insubstantial contact,” but photos from the event showed Flynn sitting near Putin at that 2015 RT dinner. The committee Democrats say Chaffetz must subpoena documents from the White House to determine what the White House was told about these foreign contacts and trips. In the letter, Cummings demanded that Chaffetz either “issue a subpoena to the White House for the documents it is withholding or schedule a business meeting during which committee members can vote to issue the subpoena ourselves.” Flynn previously sought immunity from the Senate committee in exchange for his testimony. Leaders of both the Senate and House panels, which are conducting separate investigations into Russia’s election-year meddling, rejected that request. During the 2016 campaign, Trump blasted aides to Hillary Clinton for taking the Fifth Amendment in relation to the investigation of her use of a private email server while secretary of state. He said at a September Iowa rally: “So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment, like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” Related article First on CNN: Comey now believes Trump was trying to influence him, source says Sen. James Lankford, an Oklahoma Republican on the intelligence panel, said Flynn’s decision would not stop the committee’s investigation, tweeting: “It is Mike Flynn’s right to plead the 5th. We will get to the truth one way or another. We need facts, not speculation & anonymous sources.” It is Mike Flynn's right to plead the 5th. We will get to the truth one way or another. We need facts, not speculation & anonymous sources. Flynn is one of several former Trump aides to whom Senate investigators have sent requests for information to as part of the panel’s investigation into connections between Trump associates and Russian officials. The panel has also sought documents from former campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. The House intelligence panel, meanwhile, is requesting documents from former Trump campaign communications adviser Michael Caputo.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Michael Flynn", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 1}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Asserted", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20170522153000", "country1": "RUS", "country2": "USA", "source_url": "http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/michael-flynn-pleads-fifth/", "score": "0.8"}}}
{"article_id": "745539131", "sentence": "Several Syrian activist groups Saturday reported that a brutal attack on the remnants of the rebel-held city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta left dozens of civilians dead and scores wounded. The groups – including the White Helmets, the Douma Coordination Committee and the Ghouta Media Center –  said  toxic gas inside barrel bombs dropped by helicopters over Douma caused people to suffocate and choke. Syrian state news agency SANA cited an “official source” who denied the allegations, saying the reports were a “blatant attempt to hinder the army’s advance” into what the news agency described as a “collapsing terrorist” stronghold. SANA, citing the same sources, wrote that the Syrian Arab Army “does not need to use any chemical materials as claimed by terrorists’ media affiliates.” Graphic images showed people, including children, apparently dead and injured – some with some kind of spittle or foam in their mouths in makeshift medical centers. An official with the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM) told CNN that doctors in eastern Ghouta have told him they were seeing patients who were convulsing from side to side and some appeared to be paralyzed and unresponsive. Related article Children swap basement hideouts for rooftop playgrounds after escaping war Many of the people had been staying in underground shelters. CNN could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the images. The UOSSM, citing doctors and activists on the ground, released a statement saying a massive suspected chemical or gas attack was reported and at least 25 people were killed and 500 wounded. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen in Damascus said there were heavy air strikes in the area all day and rebels shelled the Syrian capital. Meanwhile, a US State Department official told CNN, “We have seen multiple, very disturbing reports this afternoon regarding another possible CW (chemical weapons) attack near a hospital in Douma, Syria.” The official also said, “The regime’s history of using chemical weapons against its own people (is) not in dispute, and in fact began with a sarin gas attack in Eastern Ghouta on August 21, 2013 which killed over 1,000 Syrians. Related article Top general says Trump has not given a Syria withdrawal timeline “As we’ve said, Russia ultimately bears responsibility for the brutal targeting of countless Syrians with chemical weapons.  Russia’s protection of the Assad regime and failure to stop the use of chemical weapons in Syria calls into question its commitment to resolving the overall crisis.” A later statement from State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US continued to “closely follow disturbing reports” of the alleged attack. “Reports from a number of contacts and medical personnel on the ground indicate a potentially high number of casualties, including among families hiding in shelters. These reports, if confirmed, are horrifying and demand an immediate response by the international community,” Nauert said. “The United States continues to use all efforts available to hold those who use chemical weapons, in Syria and otherwise, accountable. The regime’s history of using chemical weapons against its own people is not in dispute, and in fact nearly one year ago on April 4, 2017, Assad’s forces conducted a sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun, which killed approximately 100 Syrians,” she added. In April 2017, more than 80 people were killed in a sarin attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun – an attack that prompted the United States to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase. A joint report from the United Nations and international chemical weapons inspectors last October determined the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the attack. Syria has repeatedly denied it had anything to do with the attack and denies it has any chemical weapons. Damascus has said an airstrike hit a chemical weapons depot in the rebel-held area. CNN’s Bethlehem Feleke, Fred Pleitgen, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Eyad Kourdi, Gul Tuysuz, Daniel Nikbakht, Jen Deaton, Barbara Starr, Elise Labott and Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report.", "context_before": null, "context_after": null, "dataset_source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "target": "Syrian regime", "stance_label": "Against", "appraisal_labels": {"affect": 1, "judgment": 1, "appreciation": 0}, "intensity_label": 0.8, "certainty_label": "Attributed", "metadata": {"dataset_type": "news_full_article", "source": "worldrep_dataset_v2.csv", "provenance": "llm_labeled", "label_model": "gpt-4.1-mini", "worldrep": {"date": "20180408000000", "country1": "SYR", "country2": "RUS", "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/07/middleeast/syria-suspected-chemical-attack/", "score": "0.8"}}}